County school results will be released today.
Zhang Shi drove Zhang Yue, Guo Xuexue, and Guo Lin together in a mule cart into the city.
This time around, things were different again.
The mule's fur is bright, and Zhang Shi is also wearing a brocade robe, which makes him look noble.
Neighbors asked along the way: "Where is Zhang Daguan going, dressed like a new uncle?"
“Go to the county school and look at the results!” Zhang Shi said loudly.
“Isn’t the person from the Three Officials chosen to be a scholar?”
Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Why don't you send his senior brother to see it too?"
“The officials are really warm-hearted.”
Zhang Shi drove the mule cart all the way into the city. Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "Brother, this is not the way to go to the county school."
Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Let's have breakfast first. Eat and drink enough before looking at the list. Anyway, the list won't go anywhere. What do you think, Mr. Guo?"
“All high officials make decisions.”
The mule cart turned a corner, and Zhang Yue finally understood where Zhang Shi was going. This was not the tea restaurant where his eldest brother was his uncle.
It really corresponds to the saying, "Wealth and honor are not returned to someone, like walking at night in brocade clothes."
Zhang Shi parked the mule cart, but when he came in, all the people he knew from the past came out to greet him. Even shopkeeper Xu went out to greet him: "Master Zhang, what's the wind that brings you here?"
Zhang Shi said: "I sent my third brother and his senior brother to the county school to read the results, and stopped here to have a bowl of mutton noodle soup!"
“Three lives are lucky, but we are afraid that when the officials become rich, they will not remember us.”
Zhang Shi smiled and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. What kind of friendship do we have? We should never forget each other even if we are rich or noble!"
After saying this, he clasped his fists at everyone.
Everyone is happy in the store.
“Great officials are righteous!”
“The high officials are really nostalgic for old friendships!”
“The senior officials should be invited from among the three officials.”
Zhang Shi sat down with a happy face.
Zhang Yue chuckled to himself. In the past few days, his eldest brother has made this saying, "Never forget each other as long as we are rich and noble" a mantra.
Zhang Yue looked at the busy kitchen. Although the tea restaurant sold some mutton, they mainly used mutton bones to make soup.
Historically, Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou by Zhang Dun and almost escaped death. Huizhou was a poor place, and only one sheep was killed in the city every day. After eating lychees, Su Shi was greedy for mutton. Since he had no money to buy mutton, he bought mutton bones.
We made soup at home. Su Shi also wrote to his brother that you eat a lot of mutton every day, but you don’t know how delicious the mutton bone soup is. Su Shi repeatedly said how delicious the mutton bone soup is. The only drawback is that I put the mutton bone soup on it.
All the meat was eaten away, and the dogs surrounding it were a little unhappy.
The same is true for the mutton soup in tea restaurants. Use a big pot to boil the mutton bones. Drink a bowl of steaming, fragrant mutton soup with cakes, which is really satisfying.
As for the mutton, only the bones are removed so much that it can only taste the meat. Even so, it is not affordable for ordinary people.
After everyone sat down, diners came in one after another, and people chatted one after another.
“Have you heard? Zhao Yasi is dead?”
"Don't you know? This matter has been widely spread."
Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue couldn't help but prick up their ears. They had already heard about this.
As for the truth, various versions have been spread, such as killing people with flying swords, being poisoned by henchmen, etc.
Among the various rumored versions, the one I feel is more reliable is that someone took advantage of Zhao Asi, and in order to protect his family, Zhao Asi committed suicide.
“These subordinate officials deserve to be killed even if they are innocent.” One person sighed.
"This cannot be said here. Zhao Yasi usually has a good reputation, but his bad reputation has been attributed to the people below him. Even so, there are still accusations. It is not that no one has gone to the state to file a complaint with the criminal department, but
If you can't sue him, there will be no way to reach heaven from above."
“Now the account has been settled. A letter cost his life. How can you say Zhang Erlang is so successful?”
Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue ate noodles in silence. What the two of them paid attention to was not the death of Zhao Yasi, but the letter.
You have time to write to Zhao Yasi, but you don’t have time to write a letter to yourself?
It doesn’t matter if you change your name, isn’t the name of King Gao Changgong of Lanling changed to King Gao Changgong of Zaozhuang now?
But the family cannot deny it.
Zhang Yue sighed: "Brother, please tell me that my second brother should at least write a letter. Otherwise, we won't be able to give up all the gifts. I think you won't be able to accept your blessings these days, in case the second brother doesn't recognize us."
, isn’t it extremely embarrassing?”
Hearing this, Zhang Shi became angry and said: "Third brother, don't blame me alone. How many girls have you dated in the past few days? Ya Po walks around us very frequently, you are already spoiling it!"
Zhang Yue couldn't help but put down his chopsticks, so what if I went on a blind date? We've traveled to the Song Dynasty, why aren't I allowed to understand the local customs and lay the foundation for future reforms?
Guo Lin, who was silent on the side, assisted and said: "Senior official, junior brother knows that after the second official won the Jinshi, he has not bothered to read in the past few days..."
“Senior brother, don’t talk about me, think about Miao Sanniang instead!”
Hearing this, Guo Lin looked at him with a look of resentment, while Guo Xuejun's face turned blue. After a while, he sighed: "Lin'er, Miao Sanniang, our family can't afford it. Don't think about it anymore. After a while,
Dad, let me tell you my family connections!"
“Dad, my child...I understand.”
The group set out again and headed to the gate of the county school.
But I saw that the place was already crowded with students, all of whom were coming to see their results.
Zhang Shi, Guo Xuexue has already rushed to see the list.
Zhang Yue sat on the mule cart with a nonchalant expression, while Guo Lin was a little uneasy and even vomited on the cart.
“This lamb noodle soup is a waste!”
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Guo Lin couldn't help but feel pity. Zhang Yue patted Guo Lin on the back and said, "Brother, you've already lost half your life before you even looked at the rankings."
Guo Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Who cares about looking at the rankings? I just missed Sanniang."
“Senior brother, it is common for life to be unsatisfactory.”
Guo Lin nodded and said: "I know. In fact, I don't need to tell you. I also know that Sanniang can't reach a high level. Now she has really given up. I won't think about it again in the future."
Zhang Yue said: "Yes, sir, didn't you just tell me to arrange a marriage for you? If you think about the good things, this is a blessing in disguise."
“Junior brother, don’t be sad. Although your second brother doesn’t like you, he still has a senior brother.” Guo Lin patted his chest.
Zhang Yue said angrily: "Thank you so much, senior brother, for the favor."
At this time, Dan saw that Zhang Shi had squeezed out of the crowd. Seeing this, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin jumped out of the mule cart.
“Where is Mr. Guo?” Zhang Shi asked.
“Didn’t I watch the rankings with my brother?” Zhang Yue asked.
“I disappeared in the blink of an eye. Sir! Sir!”
Everyone saw Guo Xuejun walking out of another place in disheveled clothes, wiping his tears as he walked, with snot and bubbles coming out of his nose.
Amid the commotion, Guo Xuexiu saw Zhang Yue and Guo Lin running toward him, and they looked at each other.
“Dad(Mr.).”
Xuexue Guo suddenly squatted down and hugged his knees and cried: "Yue'er, Lin'er, you all took it! You took it all! I'm not in a dream."
After speaking, Xuexue Guo grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, held it in his hand and murmured: "It's true, it's true."
“Senior brother, you took it, haha, we will join the county school together.”
Guo Lin looked in disbelief, but saw Zhang Yue patting his shoulder vigorously.
Seeing this, Zhang Shi couldn't help laughing. He stood beside Guo Xuexuu with his hands on his hips and said, "Sir, look at these two brothers!"
Guo Xuejun said in tears: "I, Guo Zheng, have taught two talented people now! No one will look down on me anymore."
"Sir, are you right? You are highly virtuous and highly respected. Who dares to look down on you? Where are you going to celebrate now? I will be the host."
Guo Xuexiu hurriedly said: "How can I be embarrassed to bother you for so many days?"
“Sir, you are being polite to me again!”
Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Shi and Guo Xuexuu and couldn't help but thought, "We should never forget each other even if we are rich." It is true that "we should eat together if we are rich".