Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 341 The Palace Examination Started from the Day Before (Part 2)

It was three poles high in the sun, the sun was warm, and the golden light shone on the world. A large sedan chair carried by four people outside Linhuaihou's mansion stopped firmly outside the door. "Strict" word.

Zhu Pingan followed the steward out of the Marquis of Linhuai, and was shocked by the sedan chair at first glance. The sedan chair carried by these four people is the treatment that can only be enjoyed by senior officials of the third rank. Use this sedan chair to pick yourself up.

  Framing is not so blatant, is it? ! Someone as smart as Yan Shifan shouldn't be so mentally handicapped, right? !

"My lord, please get on the sedan chair. There will be a palace test tomorrow. Our master was afraid that he would be tired and affect his performance, so he sent his sedan chair to pick you up." Seeing Zhu Ping'an's doubts, the steward immediately Stepping forward to solve his doubts, he stood respectfully in front of the sedan chair and opened the curtain, half bowing his waist to invite Zhu Pingan to get on the sedan chair.

  Soldiers came to block, water came to cover up, and the words came to this point, Zhu Ping'an was no longer polite, and he had never sat in a sedan chair carried by four people.

  So, Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said thanks, then bent over and got into the sedan chair. After Zhu Pingan got on the sedan chair, the person in charge waved his hand, and then the four sturdy men standing on both sides of the sedan chair bent down to lift the sedan chair up, and walked steadily all the way east.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Zhu Pingan took out the white jade hairpin that was in the sleeve. This white jade hairpin is a crown hairpin. In ancient times, people dressed in clothes and hairstyles as the Romans did. When wearing a crown, they used the crown hairpin to fix their hair. Ping An bought it when they were visiting the capital with Zhang Siwei. This crown hairpin is inlaid with silver and jade, and the white jade is carved into a roaring tiger with a silver pick in its mouth, and the combination of the two forms this crown hairpin. At that time, there were also gold inlaid jade in the store. The main reason why Zhu Pingan bought this silver inlaid jade was that it was cheap.

Now with this crown hairpin, I also value its silver stick. I always see the ancients using silverware to test poisons in TV dramas and novels. Probably almost all the types of poisons given by the ancients can be tested with silverware. At least most of them are. Yan Shifan's meal is definitely not a good banquet. In case of poison or something, I dare not take this risk. Although Yan Shifan should not be so blatantly poisoning the banquet, but what if there is some chronic poison? , Test poison with silver, be prepared.

  The feeling of sitting in a sedan chair is not good. It bumps up and down, which is more uncomfortable than riding a horse, and far less comfortable than modern transportation. The speed is not very fast, they are all carried by people, and there are probably two reasons why the ancients liked to sit in a sedan chair. One is to save effort, and the other is probably the sense of superiority.

  The journey seems to be a bit far away. I have been sitting in the sedan chair for about an hour, but I haven't reached the destination yet. Sitting in the sedan chair, Zhu Pingan was bored, so he repeatedly reviewed the strategies and theories of the number one scholar that he had reviewed a few days ago, and studied the examination questions given by the emperor at that time and the historical background at that time.

  When Zhu Pingan himself tried to finish a strategy, the sedan chair finally stopped.

   "Young Master Zhu, the Zhuangyuan Tower has arrived." The voice of the steward came from outside the sedan chair, reminding Zhu Ping'an that his destination had arrived.

   "I'm sorry." After getting off the sedan chair, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to the person who carried the sedan chair to express his gratitude.

  This is Zhuangyuan Building, Zhu Ping'an is also hearing about this restaurant for the first time, never heard of it before. This Zhuangyuan building is three stories high, towering and majestic, a bit like a palace. It is made of three materials: brick, stone and wood, with carved railings and jade glazed tiles. A breath of luxury.

  The Zhuangyuan Building is probably newly built, and there is no sense of historical precipitation. I don’t know how this building dares to be called the Zhuangyuan Building!

  The steward led the way, and led Zhu Pingan all the way into the Zhuangyuan building.

   "Congratulations to Mr. Zhu, and congratulations on your title on the gold list."

  Zhu Ping'an just stepped into the Zhuangyuan building when he heard a neat female voice, and then saw eight maids dressed in splendid palace attire bowing their knees and bowing to him in the building.

   "Hahaha, Zihou is here, go upstairs quickly, Brother Donglou has been waiting for a long time." A person came up and down the stairs, and greeted Zhu Pingan.

Uh

   By the way, didn't Luo Longwen catch himself spraying at the last banquet? Why is Nima's enthusiasm rising now? It's too fake, smiling all over his face, as if he knows how well he knows him.

   Sure enough, today, the banquet is not a good one!

  Zhu Ping'an was convinced of this from Luo Longwen's smiling face. To make a person who sees him unhappy many times smile at him, that must be the result he likes to see at today's banquet. The result he likes to see is that Ouyang Zishi is the number one scholar in high school. As for me, Zhu Ping'an, I will be cool.

Then

   "Hehehe, Mr. Luo, hello. I haven't seen you for a few days. It's like three autumns. In the past few days, Mr. Luo's voice and smile have been echoing in Ping An's mind. Today, Mr. Luo welcomes you from afar, and Ping An is extremely terrified."

  Zhu Pingan bowed to Luo Longwen with a silly smile on his face. The smile on his face was several times brighter than Luo Longwen's, as if Luo Longwen was a relative he hadn't seen for many years.

  Then, the smile on Luo Longwen's face became a little stiff, and the smile on Zhu Ping'an's face couldn't be more dazzling.

  Sound and smile!

   This is to describe the memory of the dead! Whether you did it on purpose or not, but looking at Zhu Ping'an's sincere smile, Luo Longwen felt that the word Zhu Ping'an's voice and smile was just a misuse. Zhu Ping'an's performance in the Yan Mansion that day was not righteous and arrogant, and his words and deeds seemed quite interesting. It's just that, will the problem of using wrong words happen to Huiyuan?

  But for today's matter, forget it, I don't dare to ruin the East Building, the smile on Luo Longwen's face returned.

   "Look at what Zihou said, go upstairs quickly. Today is a palace test for you. You are the protagonist. Brother Donglou and the others have been waiting for a long time." Luo Longwen invited with a smile.

   "Lord Luo, please go first." Zhu Pingan stood in front of the stairs, bowed his hands to Luo Longwen with a smile on his face, and respected Luo Longwen very much.

"Please"

"Please"

  The two gave way again, and then Luo Longwen went upstairs first, followed by Zhu Pingan.

"Hehehe, our Hui Yuanlang is here, hurry up and take a seat, and order down to serve wine and food." A one-eyed fat man sitting surrounded by everyone on the second floor of the Zhuangyuan Building saw Zhu Pingan, stood up with a hearty smile, and greeted Zhu Pingan. Zhu Pingan took the table, and then ordered the restaurant to start serving dishes.

   "Lord Yan loves you dearly, and I am afraid of Ping An." Zhu Pingan stepped forward, bowing his hands, and sincerely apologized to Yan Shifan and everyone who did it again.

   Apart from Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen, there are five other people on the second floor of the Zhuangyuan Building. The Yan Mansion also had some impressions last time. It is not clear who they are, but they are all members of the Yan Party.

  (end of this chapter)