blue shirt oath

Chapter 292: Ziying enters the capital

At dawn the next day, the two set off.

Wang Zeng bid farewell to Du Qingshan and went straight to Yingtian Mansion by another road, while Du Qingshan drove to Kaifeng.

Tomorrow is the day of the general examination, and a tense and serious atmosphere hangs over Kaifeng City.

Du Qingshan drove his horse into the city, but he didn't dare to gallop in the street, so he dismounted and led the horse slowly.

After traveling all day, Du Qingshan was tired and hungry, so he took out a few copper coins, bought two drawers of steamed buns from a bun shop on the street, and ate them while walking.

"Brother Du, there are people at home who are worried that you won't be able to get back in time, but you are fine. You can enjoy yourself here and relax."

Gu Yi saw Du Qingshan leading the horse walking this way from a distance, so he came forward with a smile.

Du Qingshan brought the remaining half drawer of steamed buns in front of Gu Yi: "Have a taste of the steamed buns from the Luojia Steamed Bun Shop outside Longjin Bridge?"

Gu Yi squeezed one and took a sip gently.

"Well, not bad."

"Aqi likes his Xiaolongbao the most." Du Qingshan said with a smile, "I tasted it, and it was okay. Xiaochen has never steamed Xiaolongbao, so I don't know how it tastes..."

"Stop showing off." Gu Yi interrupted him, "It happens that everyone is in Fanlou today, and your Xiaochen is right in front."

Du Qingshan raised his eyes and saw that Fanlou was in front of him.

Suddenly realized, he jokingly smiled: "It seems that everyone has been honored by Brother Gu! What's the reason today?"

After the case of No Head in Fan Lou, Zhu Lingyi, the owner of Fan Lou, always had something to trouble Gu Yi every now and then, or maybe Fan Lou released a new dish today, please Gu Yi to taste it; Poetry, so I invite Gu Yi to comment on it; otherwise, the sky is bright and clear today, suitable for drinking, so I invite Gu Yi to have a drink...

Thanks to Gu Yi, Song Guichen and the others were often invited by Fan Lou.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Miss Zhu, Fan Lou's actual owner, was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking.

Therefore, Du Qingshan subconsciously felt that it must be Zhu Lingyi who wanted to invite Gu Yi again, and Gu Yi brought everyone together.

Gu Yi has a thin skin, and when he sees friends making fun of him, his earlobes are slightly red.

"Today is not what you think." Gu Yi explained, "My second brother and Ah Ying came to the capital from Hangzhou, and today is to clean up the dust for the two of them."

"Ah, Miss Ziying is here?"

"That girl is so crazy that she didn't mention such a big thing in the letter. I didn't know at all. I was shocked when I saw them suddenly yesterday."

The two went to Fanlou, and the bartender took Du Qingshan's horse down to take care of him.

Fan Lou was very quiet today, too cautiously quiet.

In order to create a good study and rest atmosphere for the candidates, Zhu Lingyi specially ordered the servants in the building not to make loud noises. Even the daily activities such as storytelling, singing and dancing on the first floor were cancelled. , and a few scholars in long gowns gathered together in twos and threes to discuss something.

"Miss Ziying has a hot temper." Du Qingshan said with a smile, "Xiaochen probably doesn't know about it either."

"Brother Du, you are wrong. Xiao Chen actually knew about Ah Ying's coming to the capital, but that girl Ah Ying specifically confessed, so she didn't mention it. The two of them even happily discussed the book all night yesterday , Said to open an engraving workshop in the capital."

"Ah this."

"Brother Du!"

Du Qingshan was about to say that Xiaochen didn't talk to him at all, when suddenly a girl in purple appeared at the stairs on the second floor with a clear voice:

"It's better to come early than coincidentally. Come quickly, the dishes are ready!"

"Miss Ziying." Du Qingshan nodded and smiled, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have eaten that drawer of buns. Wouldn't it be nice to have a big meal with my stomach full?"

Song Guichen also poked his head out of the pavilion when he heard the commotion here, and said with a smile: "That's really a coincidence, today Aying is the host and ordered a table of delicious food."

Du Qingshan looked at Song Guichen, met her soft eyes, and the exhaustion of running around for days was swept away.

"It's okay, I'll be by the side and watch you eat."

Hearing this, knowing his tricks, Song Guichen glanced at him with a smile, and stopped talking.

A Cui happily ran to Du Qingshan, "Brother Du, Brother Song thought you were worried that you would fail the exam, so you ran away."

Du Qingshan: ...Brother Song really spared no effort to discredit himself in front of the children.

As a result, he is now less and less majestic in A Cui's heart.

A Cui continued: "Brother Song also said that if you miss the exam tomorrow, he will definitely beat you, punish you, and flog you."

People take their seats.

Ziying picked up the wine glass and said: "Brother Du and third brother will have a test tomorrow, so we will only drink one cup today. I wish brother Du and third brother the best of luck in the Toad Palace, and be named on the gold list!"

"Okay, toad palace wins, and the gold list title!"

Everyone laughed and drank the wine, only Xiaochen took a sip.

Everyone present, Du Qingshan, Gu Yi, and Ziying all knew the reason why Xiaochen didn't dare to drink, but Gu Xingzhi didn't know, so he asked curiously:

"Miss Song, I remember that when you were in Hangzhou, you liked drinking very much. Every time you went to Shocui Tower, the bartender would serve you a bottle of lotus pistil. This Meishou wine is also a famous wine in Fanlou. Why doesn't Miss Song like it?"

Song Guichen can't say in public that if I drink alcohol, maybe I will exchange souls with Duan Xiaochen who is far away in Hangzhou.

So he laughed and said: "Mei Shou wine has a strong aftertaste, not as fragrant and elegant as lotus pistils."

This is a big deal.

The fanlou bartender who came to deliver the food heard this and said: "Our Meishou wine has a little stamina, why don't you serve it to the girl?"

Song Guichen was dumbfounded.

Last altar?
I'm afraid she won't be here if she hasn't finished drinking.

"Hey, thank you, brother bartender, but it's not convenient for me these days, and I'm not suitable for drinking, so I won't trouble you brother."

The bartender brother showed a sudden realization: "Oh, that's how it is."

I see?Song Guichen had black lines all over his head.

Gu Xingzhi asked the bottom line: "Is Miss Song not feeling well? Why shouldn't you drink alcohol?"

"Oh, second brother, if you don't drink alcohol, you shouldn't drink alcohol. How can you talk so much!"

Gu Xingzhi pursed his lips aggrievedly, noticing his third brother's expression of helplessness, and Du Qingshan's fox-like complacent expression, he suddenly slapped the table: "Ah, I see, it turned out to be you!"

He asked Du Qingshan angrily: "You beast! So you were married with a son!"

Du Qingshan: "Well, I'm afraid, Second Brother Gu, you have misunderstood something."

"Misunderstand?"

Gu Xingzhi never had a good look at Du Qingshan.

Firstly, it was his appearance that abducted the third brother from the peaceful Jiangnan to the capital; secondly, it was also his intervention that made Miss Song, who was supposed to be the fiancee of the third brother, abducted away.
Who is Miss Song?It is the flower of the famous high mountain in Hangzhou, and it is also the lover of the hermit in the lonely mountain forest. How many young talents only dare to look at it from afar and dare not be close to it.

What's even more unsatisfactory is that she was already half of their Gu family, but Du Qingshan came out halfway and abducted Miss Song unexpectedly.

The rest of his silly third brother didn't even have a chance to fight for him. During his serious illness, he could only feel sorry for himself every day.

"It's better to misunderstand, hum."

Gu Xingzhi snorted angrily.

Seeing him and Du Qingshan confronting Maimang, Gu Yi quickly changed the subject.

"Second brother, didn't you say you wanted to buy a shop yesterday? I'll show you around after dinner."

"No hurry, no hurry." Gu Xingzhi said, "You still have an exam tomorrow, and it won't be too late after you finish the exam."

Gu Ziying smiled and said: "Yes! Third brother, mother heard that you got the first name in the autumn test, and you worshiped in the Buddhist hall for three consecutive days! If you get another first name this time, I think mother will worship for seven days."

"Brother Gu will definitely win the top prize again." Xiaochen also said, "The diners who come and go to and from Fanlou are the top picks these days, and Brother Gu is ranked third in the number of votes."

"Really?" Gu Ziying came to her senses, "Where is the pressure? I also want to pressure the third brother!"

Xiaochen pouted towards the downstairs: "Hey, on the high wall on the west side are the nameplates of the famous students who participated in the exam this time. The more people you press, the higher the ranking."

Gu Ziying was curious: "My third brother can only be ranked third, so who will be ranked second and who will be ranked first?"

Xiaochen said: "The second place is Wang Wengong's nephew, Wang Zhi, whose name is Ziye, who is eighteen years old this year, and is a student of Yang Yi, a scholar of the university. Appreciate."

"Since he is the nephew of Prime Minister Wang, there is indeed a reason for ranking ahead of my third brother." Gu Ziying nodded and said, "Where is the first? What about the first? Who is so powerful and ranked first?"

"First, I don't know him either. I only know that his name is Yan Ying. Before that, no one in the capital had mentioned this person. His name seems to have appeared on the wall of Fan Lou a few days ago out of thin air. .”

"feast?"

Gu Ziying almost laughed out loud.

Du Qingshan asked suspiciously, "Yan Ying? But Brother Yan's Yan, intelligent Ying?"

"Exactly." Xiaochen looked at Du Qingshan, "Do you know this person?"

"That's strange." Du Qingshan stood up, "I'll go down and have a look."

Xiaochen didn't understand his abnormality, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Gu Yi thought of something, and said: "I remembered, Brother Yan Shu seemed to have mentioned that he had a younger brother named Yan Ying, who became famous when he was a child, and was named a child prodigy with Brother Yan, but unfortunately died young. "

Song Guichen: "Could it be that this person is the soul of brother Yan?"

Gu Yi smiled: "There are no ghosts and gods in this world."

"Then Yan Ying is not dead at all?"

Gu Yi smiled again: "Maybe it's just the same name and surname, so let's go out and have a look."

Song Guichen shook his head and laughed, he had experienced Wu Qianxing's fraudulent death, and he thought it was a fraudulent death
However, a name with the same name and surname suddenly appeared on the high wall of Fan Tower, which really made people curious. Everyone went down the second floor together, and came to the wall that was more than three feet high on the west side of the first floor.

Du Qingshan was already looking up from under the wall.

Yan Ying's name was impressive.

After looking at it for a while, Du Qingshan asked the bartender guarding next to him: "Brother, do you know who this Yan Ying is? Why is the person who suppressed him so far ahead of the others?"

The bartender replied blankly: "I don't know."

"Then why are so many people beating this General Yan Ying to come out on top?"

"I don't know the small ones, but among the bets counted by Fan Lou every day, Yan Ying's name is indeed the most bettors and banknotes."

"Well, since there are so many people suppressing this person, someone should know who this person is, right? Shouldn't Fan Lou first find out who the names on the wall correspond to?"

"I don't know this little one. Our Fan Tower only provides places. As long as someone suppresses it, no matter whether you suppress a human or a ghost, even if you crush a pig to win the top prize, Fan Tower will not care."

Everyone: ".Okay"

You Fanlou won.

Hearing the ghost, A Cui subconsciously pasted it next to Du Qi, and suddenly felt that the word "Yan Ying" gilded on the wall was very eerie.

Song Guichen stood beside Du Qingshan and said, "If you're really curious, why don't you ask Miss Zhu? She might know something."

Hearing this, Du Qingshan nodded and was about to do so when Gu Yi suddenly smiled and said, "I know!"

Everyone looked at him one after another, and Ah Cui asked, "What does Brother Gu know?"

Du Qi on the side also smiled and said: "I know too."

A Cui anxiously tugged on Du Qi's sleeve: "You all know? What's going on? Is this Yan Ying really a ghost?"

Seeing that everyone was still in the dark, Du Qi and Gu Yi smiled knowingly.

Diners gathered in twos and threes on the first floor, Gu Yi lowered his voice and said:

"If I'm not mistaken, this is probably Fan Lou's cover, using the name of Yan Ying to make profits for Fan Lou. Some of the bets placed by these people are to be paid to Fan Lou as taxes. The more people who come to place bets The more Fan Lou earns, the more Fan Lou earns, so if Fan Lou establishes a person who will definitely not be the number one, and will not even take part in the test, everyone will bet."

A Cui said "Oh": "But isn't this just deceiving everyone?"

Hearing this, Gu Yi subconsciously thought of Zhu Lingyi.

In his opinion, Zhu Lingyi is a businessman through and through.

Her shrewdness and cunning are not only used on herself, but more on how to make Fan Lou bigger and stronger.

As long as Fan Lou's interests can be maximized, she can really do it.

Song Guichen said: "Besides, everyone is not a fool. This Yan Ying appeared out of thin air. Don't you just blindly place bets without doing any investigation?"

"Xiao Chen thinks everyone is too smart." Du Qingshan laughed, "Most people are blind, and when they see others doing this, they will follow suit. Even if this Yan Ying really doesn't exist, there is Fan Lou If you work around it, ordinary people may not be able to tell the truth from the fake."

He laughed at himself and said, "I was just now, and I almost thought it was Yan Ying who was alive. I even hope that Yan Ying is really alive. Besides, it's not that everyone doesn't know Fan Lou's tricks, but just the name Yan Ying is enough to make everyone Bet irrationally."

There was a touch of nostalgia and sadness in his voice, as if he had missed this person for a long time, even to the point that he refused to believe that he was dead.

"Yan Ying? Are you familiar with him?"

(End of this chapter)