Rise From the Humble

After Zhu Pingan finished the couplet, the whole inn was silent.

The six couplets in the inn have been posted for two days, and today is the third day. The best record in the past is only three couplets. It is precisely because of this that many literati come here one after another Come and try it.

Everyone in the lobby conceived and thought hard, thinking of showing the third and fourth mates a big show.

However, in the blink of an eye, the record has been refreshed, and it has almost reached its peak: six couplets were completed in one go, and the answers were fluent; in the first couplet, seven second couplets were said in one go.

It's just that no matter what, everyone can't connect that poor country boy with the person who created this record!

In everyone's mind, the person who set this record must be well-mannered and well-groomed, but this is not bad. The young man in front of him has dark skin, unattractive appearance, shabby clothes, and is unscrupulous. When he ate just now, he looked like he had never eaten in eight lifetimes. It's like rice, so worthless.

The painting styles are so different.

For a moment, everyone couldn't accept it and were shocked on the spot.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, here are two well-dressed teenagers who came hand in hand to Zhu Ping'an's table. The one walking in front was a well-dressed young man, and the one half a step behind was the one named Zhu Ping'an. Vincent's boy. Both of them are almost in their early twenties. In our modern day, that is, just graduated from university, they still look a little green.

"Zhang Siwei in Lower Puzhou, this is Wang Shizhen from Suzhou, may I ask what is the name of this little brother?"

The young man who spoke called himself Zhang Siwei. He was wearing a dark satin robe with a silver hollow hibiscus border exposed inside the robe. His thick black hair was tied up with a warm mutton-fat jade hosta. He was a handsome guy with handsome features. He looked a bit unrestrained. But the inadvertent light in his eyes made one dare not underestimate it.

The young man named Wang Shizhen next to him is also a talented person. His robe is snow-white and spotless, as if he is a humble gentleman who stepped out of a poem, book, and ink scroll. It seems that it gives people the feeling of being a well-behaved and standard student.

When these two people walked over, Zhu Pingan didn't feel anything. However, after hearing what this man named Zhang Siwei said, Zhu Ping'an's whole body failed.

Zhang Siwei!

Wang Shizhen!

Can you not be surprised? Apart from Zhao Wenhua, this is the second or third person with a famous name in history that he has met, and these two people are not inferior to Zhao Wenhua.

Zhang Siwei was the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. In history, after Zhang Juzheng died, he was on the stage. Although this guy threw away all Zhang Juzheng's policies as soon as he came to power, but after all, he also served as the chief assistant. Zhu Pingan has summed up Zhang Siwei before, he can be described as an upgraded version of Sima Yi and Goujian!

The person next to Zhang Siwei is called Wang Shizhen. Although his official position is not high, he is much more famous than Zhang Siwei. Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng knows that this guy's pen name. However, when Zhu Ping'an looked at Wang Shizhen, who looked like a standard good student, he really couldn't connect this guy with that Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, who was the author of the "No. 1 Wonderful Book" in the world, "The Golden Vase ×" . I really don't know what happened to make such a moralist write such a wonderful book.

Of course, in history, there is no clear evidence that Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng is Wang Shizhen, which is controversial. However, who let himself happen to be in the period when this wonderful book was born, just to help future generations determine it.

All of a sudden, countless thoughts flooded Zhu Ping'an's mind.

"Ahem, this little brother?" Seeing that Zhu Ping'an didn't respond, Wang Shizhen coughed and asked.

"Oh, I'm down, Xiahe Zhu Ping'an. I've never seen two such magnificent people before, and I was a little dazed for a while, so I laughed."

Zhu Pingan arched his hands and explained calmly.

"What kind of style do we have? Brother Zhu was eloquent and answered fluently just now. That was real style. I'm not afraid of Brother Zhu's jokes, so I only responded with two words." Zhang Siwei shook his head with a smile.

"I only have three couplets." Wang Shizhen also shook his head with a wry smile.

"I'm just lucky." Zhu Pingan smiled slightly, then stretched out his hand to ask Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen to sit down, then poured two cups of tea and placed them in front of them.

"Brother Zhu, don't be modest." Zhang Siwei sat down and held up his teacup. "It's a fluke, but there are six couplets."

"Especially the third couplet, which is about being a lonely widow with an empty window; traveling far and near to be free and happy. I have been thinking about this couplet for a long time, but I only have a glimpse of it. Brother Zhu blurted out the second couplet, which is really embarrassing. "

Wang Shizhen shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Wang Shizhen's literature is not so good. Wang Shizhen was born in the Taicang Wang family, which is famous for its clothes, poems and books. The Wang family is the remnant of the Langya Wang family that has been around for generations during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the Wang family settled in Tonglu, Zhejiang for a long time. In the Tang Dynasty, there was Qufeng, the governor, in the Five Dynasties, there was Yamen Tui Renhao, in the Song Dynasty, there was Si Jianjin. Honorable from generation to generation. Wang Shizhen, who was born in such an official family, received a good family education when he was young. His parents hired Wang Cai and Luo Jujing, who were both Jinshi-born and knowledgeable teachers, to teach him, making him academically advanced and sharp-minded. Among a group of friends, when it comes to literature and literary talent, he is second to none.

With such great literature and literary talents, Wang Shizhen came up with three couplets. However, Zhu Ping opened his mouth and matched all the six couplets.

That's why Wang Shizhen smiled bitterly when she heard Zhu Ping'an say she was lucky.

The three of them sat at the same table and chatted while drinking tea. Zhu Pingan became familiar with the two of them before they knew it, and then they exchanged cousin names. Zhang Siwei, Zi Ziwei; Wang Shizhen, Zi Yuanmei, had a nickname named Wensheng. Because when he was a child, he grabbed a book and kept holding it while drawing lots, so his family gave him the nickname Wensheng. Of course, Zhu Pingan also told them his cousin "Zihou".

After chatting, we learned that Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen were the same age, but Wang Shizhen was born a month earlier, and the two had known each other for a long time. They had been elected three years ago, and this time they came to the capital to participate in the Enke Examination together.

When the two learned that Zhu Pingan was also here to participate in the Enke examination, their expressions were very exciting.

"Zihou, you are truly a formidable person."

They chatted and learned that Zhu Pingan was just over fourteen years old this year, and he came to take the examination at the age of fourteen. Although he borrowed Enke's help, it was rare to pass the childbirth examination and the provincial examination at this age. Even if they are as talented as them, they still have to say that their future is to be feared.