Rise From the Humble

"Customs of the Customs": "The long official's horse is fat, the viewer is quick, and the rider is happy with his words, and he will drive endlessly until he dies." During the May 4th Movement, Mr. Cai Yuanpei quoted this allusion in his resignation announcement on May 9. The original words: "I am tired, 'the one who kills the king and the horse is on the other side of the road'".

To put it simply, the person who kills your horse is the one who is applauded by those around you, that is, "killing with praise".

On the surface, Yan Shifan was praising him, but in fact he was flattering him. Without Yan Shifan's praise, Luo Longwen's accusations would be dull and pale. Zhu Ping'an understood this very well.

Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and the others sang together, clearly giving themselves a blow!

Can Huiyuan not be punctual? Of course not! Then why are you, Zhu Ping'an, not punctual? Is it because of your poor personal character or too bad personal character? ! See the big from the small, but you are not punctual as a Huiyuan, and you don’t know what to do if you are untrustworthy, so can you, Zhu Pingan, be worthy of the title of Huiyuan?

Hearing Luo Longwen's negative accusation, Zhu Ping'an smiled, it was interesting, it really was a good feast.

The invitation card I received stated that it was: It's a day to drink and drink, and I have gathered and scattered, and I don't know the night. Waving the stag, Jin people often wave the tail of the stag to help the conversation. In layman's terms, the meaning of the invitation is, today, we will drink, drink, and brag about B, starting at nine or ten in the morning, and three games at six or seven in the afternoon, without staying overnight.

It was almost ten o'clock when I received the invitation. It was estimated that the banquet had started at that time. Although I rode over on a black horse as soon as I received the invitation, I was already late when I received the invitation. It's already doomed.

No matter what the reason is, being late is already a fait accompli, so it depends on how you deal with it.

Everyone at the banquet also turned their attention to Zhu Pingan, wanting to see how Zhu Pingan responded.

"Peace is late, I will punish myself with three cups of wine to apologize."

In the eyes of everyone, Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands and bowed, apologizing, then walked straight to the corner of the banquet, took a wine glass from the tray held by the maid waiting nearby, and took it from the meandering wine stream. He filled a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp, punishing himself with three glasses of wine in one go.

If you speak truthfully, on the one hand, others will think that you are making excuses, thinking that you know your mistakes and will not correct them; on the other hand, if you speak truthfully, you are clearly blaming Yan Shifan. If someone praised you just now, you will turn around and retaliate. It is what people look down upon the most.

If you say the road is too congested, just pull it down. It’s not modern!

In fact, no matter what, the other party must have other countermeasures to achieve their goals. After all, they are waiting for work, and they must have been prepared long ago.

Therefore, it is better to accept this dirty water readily.

Zhu Pingan's response was beyond the expectations of Luo Longwen and others. He had prepared a lot of rhetoric, but who knew that Zhu Pingan "recognized" it so readily. This made Luo Longwen feel like an iron fist had hit the cotton. Feel.

There is nothing more humiliating than being shameless; there is nothing greater than being able to improve by going too far.

Others were quite satisfied with Zhu Pingan's attitude of readily admitting his mistakes. Moreover, some people could guess the truth to some extent, so they appreciated Zhu Pingan's reaction more.

"Ping'an came to the capital for the first time. He was not familiar with the journey, but he took a lot of mistakes. Therefore, he came late. I hope you seniors can forgive me. Seniors, Ping'an is like the brightness of the bright moon. Ping'an is nothing but the glimmering fire. How can the glimmering fire dare to compete with the sun? The moon is shining brightly, and looking up to it in peace is not enough, so how dare you have the heart to despise it."

After punishing himself with three drinks, Zhu Pingan once again bowed to everyone and explained calmly.

"Huh, Hui Yuanlang is quite eloquent."

When Luo Longwen heard this, he sneered and said sarcastically, implying that Zhu Ping'an was confusing right and wrong with his words.

"Hanzhang, that's all. Zihou is a very human being, so how could he break his promise to us? I think it's probably because the servants in the mansion were cheating and cheating. The invitations were sent late. I'll settle the accounts with them after the banquet." Hou, come and take a seat."

Yan Shifan pressed his hand down towards Luo Longwen and brushed off the matter of Zhu Pingan's lateness. Then he looked at Zhu Pingan and smiled with a trembling face, waving his hand for Zhu Pingan to sit down.

"Brother Donglou is so generous, I can't wait to see you." Luo Longwen naturally followed Yan Shifan's lead and stopped pursuing Zhu Ping'an's lateness. He took advantage of the situation and flattered Yan Shifan again.

"Thank you, Master Yan." Zhu Ping'an said with a look of gratitude, and then sat down in the corner of the banquet.

If we hadn't known what kind of person Yan Shifan was in history, we would have been moved by Yan Shifan's words today, crying and asking the wealthy people to be friends with us. However, Yan Shifan himself has long been recorded in history books. I understand deeply that the director who is showing off his power today is probably Yan Shifan. Of course, I still have to pretend to be grateful.

Yan Shifan looked at Zhu Ping'an's tears of gratitude and smiled with satisfaction. Fourteen-year-old Huiyuan was smart, but he still had little experience.

The atmosphere at the banquet became lively again. Zhu Pingan sat in the corner and looked at everyone at the banquet quietly. The banquet was roughly divided into three waves. The largest wave was the Yan Party who loyally supported Yan Shifan, and the smallest wave was only a mere A few people, but gathered together, were vaguely hostile to Yan Shifan; the other group was the neutral faction, there were probably seven or eight people.

Sitting at the banquet, Zhu Ping'an got to know Yan Shifan more deeply and intuitively. This fat man was very arrogant and acted as if no one else was around, but he was really good at talking and could talk easily.

Sitting next to Yan Shifan is Comrade Ouyang, the second person in this examination. Yan Shifan has just introduced Comrade Ouyang to many people. Comrade Ouyang looks like a typical tall, rich and handsome man, and his literary talent is quite good. .

At the banquet, everyone was playing poems and drinking games, but Comrade Ouyang had not lost yet, and he often came up with good lines, which attracted everyone's praise and made everyone praise Comrade Ouyang.

Zhu Ping'an's performance at the banquet was mediocre, and he deliberately lost twice in the drinking game. Even if he won at other times, his poems were just average. He was not at all like Comrade Ouyang who stole the show, and was completely suppressed by Comrade Ouyang. One end.

In fact, it's not that Zhu Pingan doesn't want to perform well, but that he can't perform well. Through observation, Zhu Pingan has a clear understanding of this banquet. The theme of this banquet can be summarized as suppressing Zhu and raising Ouyang.

Moreover, at the banquet, many people came to offer toasts in the name of congratulating Zhu Ping'an on becoming a successful candidate. Zhu Ping'an drank so much that his head began to feel dizzy. Even if he really wanted to do well, it would not be easy.

This is to prepare for little Comrade Ouyang's imperial examination. He is stepping on his own stepping stone to help little Comrade Ouyang improve his reputation.

From the fact that Comrade Ouyang lives in Yan's house, it can be seen that Comrade Ouyang is a relative of Yan Shifan, very close. He may have other interests in private, so it is logical for Yan Shifan to help Comrade Ouyang.

In this banquet, I am destined to be a supporting role. From the moment I received the invitation, I was destined to become a stepping stone for Comrade Ouyang.