Rise From the Humble

The night was as thick as ink, pitch black, not a single light was visible; the streets were silent, the breeze blew gently, and the sound of falling mist could be heard.

Gradually, a sound of footsteps came from the silent street, breaking the silence of the alleyway, and then saw the light of the torch, and then a rickety four-person sedan chair slowly appeared!

Zhu Pingan, who was sitting in the sedan chair, was powerless to complain, so I won't talk about the crap about the banquet, and I won't talk about going home in the middle of the night, what's the situation with Nima's sedan chair! Who can explain it to me! Could it be that I accidentally adjusted the mode? ! If it weren't for the calm outside, I would have thought there was an earthquake!

Man carrying the sedan, you are so majestic and majestic that the entire sedan is rocking as you swing left and right!

Tomorrow morning palace examination, you will have a banquet at noon until late at night; I live in Xicheng, and you will have a banquet in Dongcheng. It was around one o'clock in the evening.

The red lantern in front of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion was glowing red, and there were several sturdy young men waiting in front of the door. As soon as the four people here lifted the sedan chair to the ground, these young men rushed to the front of the sedan chair, and they didn't look good at the men who carried the sedan chair. They saw that these people deliberately shook the sedan chair, and my uncle was still in the sedan chair.

"Grandpa, you are back. Miss told us to wait here for a long time." A familiar boy said worriedly after Zhu Ping'an got off the sedan chair.

"I'm fine, I kept you waiting for a long time." Zhu Pingan got off the sedan chair and cupped his hands to thank him. This little servant, Zhu Ping'an, had the impression that he was one of the people who followed Li Shu to the Hou Mansion.

Seeing Zhu Ping'an get off the sedan, the men carrying the sedan said goodbye and returned steadily with the empty sedan. The boy who was waiting outside the door entered the Hou Mansion with Zhu Pingan. After Zhu Pingan entered the guest room and confirmed that Zhu Pingan was okay, they returned separately.

When Zhu Pingan returned to the guest room, his head was still a little dizzy, mainly caused by them shaking the sedan chair. Thinking about what happened today, he couldn't help but silently greeted Yan Shifan's family members, washed his face a little, and sat on a chair to rest For a moment, prepare to put away things for tomorrow’s exam.

Zhu Pingan was sitting on the chair. Before he could sit still, he saw someone coming from outside with a lantern. It was Li Shu and the others. Came in.

The little maid Baozi was holding a large food box, and there was also a set of neatly folded clothes on the food box.

"They forced you to drink again?"

After Li Shu came in, she saw Zhu Pingan sitting on a chair and rubbing her forehead, thinking that Zhu Pingan was drunk by the people of the Yan Mansion just like last time, her pretty face turned red with anger, and her arrogant voice was full of worry.

Then, without waiting for Zhu Ping'an's answer, Li Shu ordered the little maid Baozi holding the food box, "Hua'er, bring out the hangover soup quickly."

"No, the sedan ride was so bumpy when I came here that my head was spinning." Zhu Pingan shook his head and smiled bitterly, stopping the little maid who was opening the food box.

"Why are you here?" Zhu Pingan stood up and asked.

Hearing this, Li Shu rolled her eyes hard, pinched her waist with her slender hands, and said angrily, "I'm here to see if a certain smelly toad has turned into a toad! Humph, you think I'm here for you! You But my nominal husband, Sixth Sister, they all know that you were invited to a banquet by that blind man, and if you come back so late, if I don’t come and take a look, they won’t be suspicious, and I don’t want to be regarded as heartless by them!”

Well

You think so much!

Zhu Ping'an looked at Li Shu, a little speechless. In fact, girls have always been an unfamiliar field to Zhu Pingan. Back then, he was powerless, cash-strapped, and was repeatedly ravaged on his way to employment. During Christmas, Valentine's Day, and various other festivals that could get a little side-tracked, he was always a single man who was crazily exported!

Girls are as deep as the heavenly book, but it is a pity that Zhu Ping'an could not understand even one page.

"What are you looking at? Don't be too sentimental. I don't care about you! I just don't want to be misunderstood! Those are clothes for you to wear tomorrow. Don't wear them randomly when trying on clothes in the Tomorrow Hall. If you are laughed at, you will get in trouble with me. .”

Li Shu rolled her eyes at Zhu Ping'an, pouted her little mouth, pointed at the clothes brought by the little maid Baozi with her pink and tender little fingers, her voice was very arrogant.

"Thank you very much." Zhu Pingan thanked Li Shu with his hands. Although Li Shu was as arrogant and temperamental as ever, Zhu Pingan was still very grateful for the clothes.

"Who cares about your thanks?" Li Shu pouted her little mouth and raised her little head at a forty-five degree angle, but there was a faint smile hidden at the corner of her mouth, which was almost gone. A stinking toad's sleep can prevent someone from failing in the exam and blaming us."

With that said, Li Shu twisted Liu's waist, led the little maid Baozi, and left Zhu Ping'an's guest room with the two old ladies.

With the clothes sent by Li Shu, Zhu Ping'an put away his pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., then put out the candle, lay on the bed and closed his eyes to sleep.

However

When Zhu Ping'an had just fallen asleep, he suddenly heard the deafening and earth-shattering sound of firecrackers coming from the Wei Guogong Mansion next door!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom boom boom.

Zhu Ping'an woke up from a deep sleep. Hearing the endless, continuous and endless sound of firecrackers next door, he stood up and silently said: I bought a watch last year!

This is by no means an ordinary firecracker, at least it is a thickened version of firecrackers! The feeling of two kicks after one sound, ordinary firecrackers will not even shake the windows!

At this time, Zhu Ping'an missed modern fireworks control very much!

Who dares to say that this has nothing to do with Yan Mansion! Unfair competition methods are really thorough! In this case, I will definitely grab the number one pick tomorrow!

If I am well, Ouyang, you will always have a spare tire until old age!

While Zhu Pingan was sleepless, Yan Shifan returned to Yan's Mansion with the support of four beautiful maids, dangling and smelling of alcohol. After entering, he casually asked, "How is Ouyang?"

"Go back to me, Mr. Ouyang had dinner before dark. He turned off the lights and went to bed early as he ordered. He will be very energetic for the palace examination tomorrow."

The servant's answer made Yan Shifan nod with satisfaction, then he touched the maid on the right casually, smiled and said, today I will let you see how powerful the master is, and then disappeared into the night amidst the laughter of a group of warblers. .

The firecrackers in the Duke of Wei's Mansion went off all night, and someone from the Linhuai Marquis' Mansion went to inquire, saying that the Duke of Wei's Mansion was to test the evil spirits in the palace of Xu Sangong! It was said that someone in the Wei Guogong Mansion saw something unclean and set off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits!

However, someone saw Mr. Xu being carried in a sedan chair to a courtyard near Xiyuan to rest and prepare for the exam as early as after dinner!

In short, Zhu Pingan had a sleepless night! When I got dressed in the morning, I had thick dark circles on my face and looked haggard!

"Uncle~Uncle~Miss asked you to bring this."

When Zhu Pingan left the Hou Mansion early in the morning and embarked on the journey to the palace examination, the little maid Baozi caught up with her skirt and stuffed an exquisite small bag into Zhu Pingan's hand.

Zhu Ping'an opened it on the road, and lying quietly inside was a ginseng with dense round reeds, beautiful body and whiskers, and no one knows its age!