The third day of March in the 23rd year of Zhaohua in the Ning Empire.
Jiangnan Province.
Guangling City.
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The spring is bright and beautiful, and it is a good time to step into the spring. The shore of Huaping Lake is full of tourists.
They are all handsome men and pretty women. Most of those handsome men are dressed for officials, wearing excellent long gowns, their hair is well-glossy, and holding a folding fan in their hands. They gather in groups of three or four, one by one. He was in high spirits, shaking his head and commenting on a certain poem and song that was circulated in Guangling City recently, with a touch of impassioned enthusiasm.
But those little eyes betrayed them.
Their little eyes are always inadvertently and secretly glancing at a certain pretty girl.
Li Chen'an grinned, "Spring is here, and it's the season when animals are restless."
He ignored those literati and students, walked along Huaping Lake, shuttled among handsome men and pretty women, and unknowingly came to the east bank of Huaping Lake.
There are few people here.
clean.
There is also a pavilion called Misty Rain.
There was no one in the pavilion, so I happened to take a rest.
Sitting in the Yanyu Pavilion, Li Chenan looked at Huaping Lake again, and only then sighed softly:
"It seems that I really can't go back!"
"It's just the background of the original owner...!"
The original owner was also called Li Chen'an, the eldest son of Li Wenhan, the director of Zhuxia Academy in Guangling City.
This Li family is not considered a wealthy family in Guangling City, but it is also an extremely famous scholarly family.
Of course, the scholarly family has more rules. For example, the children of the family first pursue learning.
But the original owner has no talent for this.
He was enlightened at the age of three and couldn't memorize the Three Character Classic until the age of nine.
After learning martial arts, he practiced martial arts with Guangling boxer Zheng Haoyang for three years, but he still couldn't get it!
If he can't become a martial artist, he will give up and go into business again... This is already his father's bottom line that can't be lowered any lower!
I bought a shop in Erjinggou Alley in Guangling City and opened a restaurant. After three years, it went bankrupt and owed a whole lot of debt!
His father, Li Wenhan, was so angry that he used his life savings to pay off his debts. He couldn't stand the wind blowing in his ears from his concubine, and drove the original owner out of the house half a month ago!
Immediately afterwards, a bloody thing happened.
The Shen family, a wealthy businessman from Guangling, came to withdraw the engagement. It was a child marriage. Perhaps the Shen family bet that Li Chenan would be the number one scholar in high school——
The Li family in Guangling is very well-known in Ningguo, because the legendary story of a family of seven Jinshi, a father and son three times, happened in the Li family, but it is not Li Wenhan's lineage, but the eldest and second wife of the Li family.
Of course, they don't live in Guangling City now, but in Yujing City, the capital.
From the perspective of the Shen family, even if they were queuing up, it would be the turn of the third house of the Li family, but they did not expect the eldest son of the third house to be such an incompetent person. He was really blind and almost stole a chicken. Don't lose the rice.
Now that the Shen family is retiring the marriage, of course the Li family would not agree so easily, so this matter was aroused in Guangling City, and the news that the Li family had a fool naturally spread. household name.
Li Wenhan was ashamed and reprimanded the original owner for a while.
Ten days ago, the original owner died in depression, and Li Chen'an came here.
No one knew that the former Li Chenan had died, and of course no one knew that the living Li Chenan had changed.
Li Chen'an didn't take those old grievances to heart, because he was an outsider after all, the things that happened and the people he experienced didn't have much to do with him.
"Also, although this place is backward, it is cleaner than the previous life."
"Well, take it easy."
Thinking of this, the mood that had been depressed for more than ten days suddenly became brighter, and thus, Jiji's Huaping Lake became a little more lively in his eyes.
Especially after a painting boat floated on Huaping Lake.
He looked at the three-story painting boat with great interest. A tall flagpole was planted in front of the painting boat. A bright red flag was flying on the flagpole. On the flag were written two large characters - Zhongli!
This is a compound surname, and I vaguely remember that this surname has a very high status in Ning State.
As for how high the law is, the original owner is quite dull and autistic, so he doesn't have a deep impression of it.
This also has nothing to do with him, and even the whole world has nothing to do with him at this time.
He felt like a spectator.
For example, now, he just looks at the painted boat and thinks that the painted boat is beautiful under the sun.
The cornices and pavilions are carved with beams and paintings, which look very grand and elegant.
It's a pity that the windows with the bamboo curtains of Concubine Xiang are all closed. If the bamboo curtains can be half-rolled, and there is a pretty girl playing the pipa in the half-rolled bamboo curtains, that would be the most beautiful.
Just as Li Chenan was thinking so, there were footsteps outside the pavilion.
He turned his head and saw two people walking towards the pavilion.
The man in front was about sixteen or seventeen years old, not tall, about 1.6 meters tall, but with a good face, he was wearing a snow-white gown with cloud patterns, a blue auspicious cloud wide-brimmed brocade belt tied around his waist, and his hair was tied up. , wearing a small silver crown inlaid with jade.
Behind him is a handsome boy in green clothes, holding a three-layer food box in his hand.
The two master and servant stopped when they were three steps away from the gazebo.
The young man in front didn't seem to have thought that there would be anyone in this remote Misty Rain Pavilion. He raised his head to look at Li Chen'an, frowned slightly, and then quickly opened his eyes.
The boy behind him was about to step forward, but he opened the folding fan with a swipe and shook it. With the other hand behind his back, he walked into the Misty Rain Pavilion.
He sat opposite Li Chenan.
At this moment, Li Chenan cast his eyes on the Huaping Lake again. After all, it is impolite to stare at a stranger, not to mention that this strange man is too handsome——
His lips were red and his teeth were white, and his skin was rosy and rosy, as if it could be broken by a bullet.
Coupled with those willow-leaf-like eyebrows, those big watery eyes under the eyebrows, and the faint orchid fragrance smelling from his nostrils... He almost thought this was a girl disguised as a man!
So just now Li Chen'an took one more look at the young man, and the second fell on his chest, um, Babaili Pingchuan, it's a man.
A very handsome young man.
Just a little girly.
The handsome man was looking at Li Chenan at this moment.
Apart from his slightly tall and burly figure, Li Chen'an's clothes were very ordinary, just a blue linen jacket with two patches.
In addition... the man looked at Li Chenan's side profile, um, the side profile is more three-dimensional, the nose is straight, and the thick eyebrows like swords are very energetic. 23sK.com
There are more energetic teenagers.
The handsome man lost interest in Li Chen'an, and he also looked up at Huaping Lake. The boat on the lake turned its bow and suddenly changed its course, and actually came towards the pier in the east of Huaping.
So Li Chen'an saw two huge banners hanging down from the bow of the ship.
On the right side is written: 'There is dust in the eyes and the world is narrow'
The left side is empty.
This should be a couplet, but the upper couplet seems a bit petty, as if to vent some kind of dissatisfaction, but I don't know why the second couplet was not written.
Li Chenan pondered for a moment and recited with great interest:
"There is dust in the eyes and the world is narrow...the chest is as wide as the bed when there is nothing in it."
He said the next couplet casually, which actually fit his current state of mind, but it surprised that handsome young man.
"This brother..."
The handsome young man spoke at this time. Li Chenan turned around and was amazed by that face again, and his eyes naturally fell on the man's chest again.
As if feeling the weight of Li Chenan's gaze, the handsome man's face suddenly turned red. He glared at Li Chenan, and Li Chenan smiled apologetically, "Ah, I'm sorry, a gentleman's handsomeness is rare in the world, but it's Meng Lang."
The handsome man didn't expect Li Chenan to apologize on his own initiative. His eyes swept over Li Chenan's face. Li Chenan's brows were calm, his eyes were clear and calm, and there was no trace of profanity. On the contrary, it didn't match his age. calm.
He shook the folding fan in his hand again to cover up his embarrassment just now, but asked curiously: "Brother, this couplet is very good, is that what you just thought?"
Li Chen'an nodded and said with a smile: "It's just a feeling, I made you laugh."
This is no joke!
The second line that this person uttered casually is simply absolute!
If this person presents this couplet to the people in Zhongli Mansion, he will definitely come out on top in the couplet competition.
If he can win the first prize in poetry again, he can become the son-in-law of Zhongli's mansion!
This is what many people dream of!
Especially for those students who came to participate in Jinke Chunwei.
"Brother also came to participate in the scientific examination?"
Li Chenan shook his head. He has only been in this world for ten days. How can he have the ability to take part in the scientific examination?
He didn't think about the scientific examination at all, because it was very tiring. He just wanted to earn a little money to live his leisurely life.
After all, he is an outsider, so why bother getting too involved in the drama.
Apparently, Li Chenan's move surprised the handsome young man.
He looked at Li Chen'an again, pointed to the painting boat, and asked: "Brother, do you know that the third lady of Zhongli Mansion is meeting friends with literature at Huaping Lake... She said she made friends with literature, but in Guangling City From everyone's point of view, it seems that Zhongli's mansion is recruiting relatives for Miss San."
"This couplet is the first threshold. If you get the couplet right, you will be invited to the boat... With the couplet just now, Xiongtai will definitely be a guest of honor."
"Miss Zhongli is the number one talented woman in Guangling City, and she is as beautiful as a flower. You can see that all the talented people in Guangling City are following each other...Why are you sitting here alone and still so indifferent?"
"Oh," the handsome young man showed a look of sudden realization, "I see, you are a great talent, and you don't bother to be with others. Seeing that you are only seventeen or eighteen years old... this is a person who has thousands of books in his belly and a big heart in his chest." Thousand Mangosteen!"
"Why don't you want to take part in the scientific examination just because you are a young master?"
"Today, His Majesty cherishes talents, can be loyal to His Majesty, and can serve the Daning Empire. Isn't this what scholars should pursue?"
The corner of Li Chen'an's mouth curled up, feeling that this handsome young man was thinking too much and talking too much.
He likes to be clean, and there are more and more people coming here, so he decided to leave, so he stood up and said a word to the handsome young man:
"Young Master, you have lost your sight."
He walked out of the pavilion, and said:
"Life is just like the wind before the wind,
Happiness is also sporadic, sorrow is also sporadic,
They all make Lian Jiang Dian Dian Ping. "
He stepped out of the pavilion.
"I am a wild grass, and I have no intention of competing for spring."
The handsome young master's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Chenan's back, "Your surname?"
"Why did we meet before?" Li Chen'an waved his hands with his back turned to him, and suddenly remembered that the other party's outfit was obviously not from the world.
"goodbye!"
He walked into the crowd.
It's like going against the current.
She looked a little lonely and a little arrogant.
The handsome young man stared blankly at the gradually disappearing figure, and suddenly ordered to the servant behind him: "Zhiyuan, order Yuheng to follow him!"
"Your Highness...do you want to check his details?"
"Don't worry, I'll let Li Jingsi investigate later. Remember not to let Yuheng disturb him!"
"Slave obeys!"
The maid named Zhiyuan turned around and left. In the Misty Rain Pavilion, Ning Chuchu, the fourth princess of the Ning Empire, stood facing Huaping Lake with her hands behind her back.
Those beautiful eyes rolled around, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.
It's not that I'm amazed by the talents Li Chenan displayed, but...
This man is quite interesting.
If he became the son-in-law of Zhongli's house...wouldn't it be more interesting?