Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 125

[125. Chapter one twenty four]

This inaudible sigh from the anti-theft chapter made Zhu Nanxian hold the reins tightly. He could even imagine Su Jin’s expression when he said this – she must be very tired, leaning on the wall of the car, exhausted She closed her eyes, and her brows were inexorable.

Zhu Nanxian clearly remembers that Su Jin five years ago was not like this.

At that time, the Northwest Guard was going to send an additional commander.

At that time, Emperor Jingyuan contracted a disease, and all matters large and small were criticized by Zhu Minda on his behalf.

When Zhu Nanxian’s book was handed over to the emperor’s case, Zhu Minda threw it back and scolded him for “do your best to be a reckless husband”, which made him think behind closed doors for seven days.

At that time, Zhu Nanxian had a temperament that he would not look back when he broke through the southern wall.

He silently collected the book and returned to the palace. Not only did he close the door, but he also refused food and water, and continued to drop rice for five days, until Juminda ordered someone to knock the door open, and saw the half-dead man with cracked lips. The younger brother who grinned at him as if he was victorious.

Juminda wished he couldn’t kick him to death.

After all, he grew up with him. Zhu Minda knew that the old thirteen was soft and not hard. Then he thought about it again, and persuaded him emotionally, to the effect: “It’s not the emperor, I won’t let you go, But as a child of heaven, you don’t have any strategy in your chest, you can only dance with knives and swords, wouldn’t you make people laugh?”

Then he sent a letter to Zhu Nanxian, saying, “In this way, this emperor will give you a chance. , I have a pair here, within three days, as long as you can match ten different second couplets, which proves that you have a little ink in your stomach, this emperor will approve your order.”

Zhu Nanxian’s mind is very simple, The pair Zuo in his impression was nothing more than “the mountains end in the daytime, and the Yellow River flows into the ocean”, so what’s the difficulty in having to match ten sentences?

It wasn’t until he opened Juminda’s letter that he knew that he was in the scheme –

a cup of tea to quench his thirst.

Zhu Nanxian frowned and thought deeply, what the hell is this?

At that time, Zhu Shisan had not yet opened the yamen and built a mansion, and still lived in the East Palace with Zhu Minda.

Within two days, he took his pair and asked for advice all over the Zhanshi Mansion, Wenhua Pavilion, and even the maids up and down the East Palace, and even put the knife on the neck of the little fireman, and the little fireman just knelt down tremblingly. , replied him tremblingly: “Your Highness, Your Highness, the slaves are illiterate…”

Zhu Nanxian knew that he was following Zhu Minda’s way, presumably Zhu Minda had already known everyone, and he was not allowed to help His Highness the Thirteenth. .

So he sat at the door of the Zhanshifu and thought gloomily, in this palace, can we find a piece of pure land?

At that time, he heard two Chunfang officials talking about poetry and prose not far away, and they mentioned tomorrow’s poetry ceremony.

Zhu Nanxian had an epiphany in his mind and stepped forward to find out what the poetry ceremony was.

It turned out that this was a semi-annual event held by the Hanlin Academy for the exchange of talents and learning between universities and civil servants. And tomorrow’s Poetry Ceremony, the new scholars who entered the Hanlin in March will also go.

Zhu Nanxian thought that this was a God-given opportunity.

He dealt with Hanlin on weekdays, and the old pedants who went around had long been accustomed to seeing Zhu Minda’s face, but the new jinshi were different. If he found a fish that slipped through the net and made a match for him, he would go to the Northwest Guard Institute. Hopeful.

The next day, Zhu Nanxian slipped to the poetry ceremony in Hanlin Wenyuan.

He is the prince, and many people in the palace recognize him, so he did not get together in the Wenyuan, where Wen Si was flying and flowing, but bypassed the bamboo forest and went to the back garden.

There is a shallow lake in the back garden, and there is a water pavilion in the center of the lake.

Zhu Nanxian faintly saw a person standing in the waterside, with his hands behind his back facing him, dressed in plain clothes with wide sleeves, and his robes flying over, like a banished immortal.

This person is Su Jin, Su Jin five years ago.

Zhu Nanxian walked along the stone bridge and called out, “You are—”

Su Jin turned around.

Zhu Nanxian was born in a deep palace. He has seen a lot of talented Gao Shi since he was a child, and there are also elegant and clean people.

But Su Jin was still too different.

Her brows contained clear frost and mist, and when she looked back, it seemed as if the spring breeze and the bright moon were all embraced by her arms, and her slightly closed eyes revealed thousands of brilliance.

She just stood in the water pavilion with her hands behind her back, and the boundless wind in the dark night seemed to rise because of her, and the shallow lake behind her with rough water suddenly turned into a sea, and the waves came rushing through the mountains.

Zhu Nanxian was completely stunned.

So much so that when Su Jin knelt down to greet him and said that he was “surnamed Su, first name Jin, styled Shiyu, he is a jinshi in this department”, he didn’t remember to say “flat body”, but instead said Dong Shi with a frown: “Oh, I The surname is Zhu, the name is Ai, the word is Nanxian, the line is thirteen, and I’m… being the prince in the palace.”

Su Jin smiled lowly.

The laughter made Zhu Nanxian come back to his senses, and he asked hesitantly, “Are you…will you be a pair?”

Su Jin was a little surprised, raised his head and asked, “What pair?”

Zhu Nanxian put his arms in his arms . The letter with the words “A cup of clear tea, quenching the thirst of the Yuan Dynasty” was handed to her, and she said, “If you are right, would you like to help me write a few couplets?”

There are ready-made pen and ink in the water pavilion. He picked up the pen, thought for a moment, and then asked, “How many lower couplets does Your Highness want?”

Zhu Nanxian was so nervous for the first time, for fear of embarrassing her, he said, “Three or four

is fine.” It wasn’t enough, so he said, “Seven or eight will do.”

After thinking about it again, I have to hand over tomorrow. Could it be that I can find the second one to help the pair overnight, and finally said: “Ten, will it work?”

Su Jin smiled again, and the sentence “Seven Strings Wonderful Song, the Sound of Le Le Le Yue Fu” has been written down on the paper.

Zhu Nanxian remembered the past, when Su Jin was in high spirits, his eyes were full of smiles, and there were thousands of brilliance in his eyes.

And after many years, when she came from the hustle and bustle alleys and alleys covered in blood, and survived the rest of her life from the prince of Zhan Shifu, Zhu Nanxian never saw Su Jin smile from the heart again.

Not once.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Yashu Street. Su Jin lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to Zhu Nanxian, “Your Highness, Wei Chen will go over by himself.”

Then he jumped out of the carriage, walked a few steps and paused, without turning his head. He added: “His Royal Highness does not need to come.” The lights in front of the

capital yamen were brilliant, and there were two senior officers standing first, one was a squat stump, dressed in a scorpion, and it was the Lu Yuanwai whom Su Jin had met in the Punishment Department. , the other with a moustache, a slightly higher official rank, dressed in a five-rank white pheasant tonic.

Yu Linwei took the people out of the office one by one, and stood by the side of the directory to check them one by one. Su Jin watched from a distance, except for the big and small officials, and Sun Yinde, the prefect of the government, and sentenced Zhou Ping and the two co-authors.

[End of This Chapter]