Strange World Survival Manual

"Crackling!!!"

There were bursts of firecrackers, and a group of children walked happily through the streets. Adults were also walking on the streets, and vendors were selling their goods.

The lanterns on the street illuminated the entire Zetianfu street. In the dark, they could already move around as if it were daytime.

Suddenly, Zetian Mansion was also full of excitement. It was August 15th, the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And in this lively street, a group of people carrying a sedan chair were as quiet as dead water, walking through the lively crowd.

The place they passed brought up a gloomy wind. When the gloomy wind blew, the lanterns hanging on the road dimmed slightly, and the flames became much smaller. When the gloomy wind passed, they returned to normal.

Pedestrians on the side couldn't help but shiver when they were blown by the cold wind.

"What a weird wind." A shivering middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, this wind is really weird." Pedestrians on the side also responded.

"The last time I saw this kind of strange wind was in Shajun." The middle-aged man looked at the young man who answered and said.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the young man was immediately surprised and said: "Are you from Shajun? I am also from Shajun."

"Are you from Shajun too?" The middle-aged man looked at him in surprise.

Then the two started chatting, and the more they chatted, the more they became more and more speculative. They had completely forgotten about the weird wind before.

Li Si opened the curtain at this time and looked at the lively scene outside. With a look of sigh in his eyes, he sighed: "It's Mid-Autumn Festival."

The last time he celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was eating a five-nut mooncake alone on the street, but now he was experiencing the calamity of life and death, which couldn't help but make him sigh.

At this time, he suddenly saw a tall mansion on the roadside, which was crowded with people.

Li Si looked at the plaque of the mansion, with a complicated look in his eyes, and said, "It turns out to be the governor's Yamen."

At this time, a deer-crowing banquet was being held in the governor's office, so it was normal for there to be a large number of people.

Then, Li Si turned around and asked the woman who had been following the sedan, "How long until we arrive?"

After listening to Li Si's question, the woman turned her head, glanced at him with a sinister look, stretched out her hand to grab the curtain, and pulled it shut arrogantly without saying a word.

The curtain was drawn, and the sedan suddenly fell into darkness. Li Si was slightly stunned, then shook his head and sighed in his heart.

This woman was burned alive, so it was normal for her to be so angry.

Then he stopped opening the curtain and closed his eyes in meditation in the sedan chair, replenishing his energy and preparing for a life and death situation.

Fortunately, the sedan was not carried by humans and was very stable, which allowed him to have a good rest.

At this time, in the governor's yamen, many scholars were chanting "Deer Ming Ci", and the high-pitched sound of reading resounded in all directions.

Then, the governor, Wang Qian and other officials encouraged many candidates. At the same time, because of the Lu Ming Banquet, many candidates returned to their hometowns or went to the capital to participate in the examination.

These officials are also paying farewell to many relatives.

After the farewell party was over and the deer-minging banquet was coming to an end, the governor stopped talking to the candidates in the audience and began to form a circle with the examiners, chatting happily.

The same is true for the people in the audience. They are in small groups, looking extremely harmonious.

"Brother Qin, come and drink!" Zhang Yuan toasted Qin An.

Qin An was already red in the face from drinking, but when he saw Zhang Yuan's toast, he couldn't refuse. He picked up the jug from the side, poured a glass of wine, touched it with Zhang Yuan, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Okay, Brother Qin An is indeed a good drinker." Zhang Yuan laughed, then raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, Qin An looked at Zhang Yuan and sighed: "Brother Zhang and I hit it off instantly. This is the first time I've met people in the same year who are as knowledgeable as you and me."

He admired Zhang Yuan very much at this time, and his knowledge impressed him with admiration, and in some ways he felt ashamed.

"Hey, hey, hey..." Zhang Yuan waved his hand, then pointed to a middle-aged thin scholar in the distance with a smile, and said: "Then Zhu Jian ranked first in the provincial examination. He must be more knowledgeable than you and me. How can you say he doesn't?" Have you seen it?"

When Qin An heard this, he was slightly startled and said, "But..."

"But what." Zhang Yuan laughed, interrupted Qin An, and said: "It would be rude not to meet this Jie Yuan until now at the Lu Ming Banquet.

Come on, let's go over and see what kind of person this Jieyuan is who is above you and me. "

With that said, Zhang Yuan pulled Qin An towards Zhu Jian's direction.

Hearing Zhang Yuan say that Zhu Jian was on top of him, Qin An felt slightly uncomfortable. He turned to look at Zhu Jian with a hint of hostility in his eyes that he was not even aware of.

This Zhu Jian looks to be over forty years old, although he is in Jieyuan. But he is not very convinced. If he is also this age, it is still uncertain who will win.

Seeing the strange look on Qin An's face, the corners of Zhang Yuan's mouth raised slightly.

Seeing the two people coming over, Zhu Jian stopped chatting with others and began to receive Qin An. These two were influential figures in the provincial examination, and he had to take them seriously.

Later, when other people saw that the top three in the provincial examination were all here, they became more concerned about this place. Some people also came over, wanting to establish a good relationship with these three and become familiar with them.

As a result, this place suddenly became the most lively place in the venue.

As soon as Zhang Yuan arrived here, he chatted very enthusiastically with Zhu Jian. Every word he said scratched Zhu Jian's itch. For a while, the two of them became like brothers, but Qin An was left aside in the cold.

Seeing that the two of them were chatting enthusiastically while leaving him alone, Qin An felt extremely uncomfortable, and his face immediately turned ugly.

But he was also a man from the city, so he didn't get angry immediately. Instead, he said to the many scholars on the side: "There are many people here, why don't we wait and come and compare the couplets?"

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Jian with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

"Okay!" The other candidates responded and agreed, with eagerness to try in their eyes.

They are all candidates for this move, so naturally they are all arrogant people, and they also want to compete.

Hearing the words, other Juzi from far away also came over curiously. When they heard other Juzi's suggestions, they agreed and joined in.

When the officials in the high hall saw this, they asked the junior officials to go over and ask. After knowing that they were going to make a couplet, they all looked at each other and smiled and didn't take it seriously. Everyone has their moments of youth and frivolity.

Some officials even asked the clerk to move a table over and prepare pens, inks, paper and inkstones.

"Since it was you who suggested it, how about I let you make the start?" After preparing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, an official said to Qin An with a smile.

When Qin An heard this, he didn't refuse. He cupped his hands and said, "Then Qin has the audacity to ask the question."

Then he thought for a while, then walked to the table and started writing, while chanting: "A green mountain cannot be painted with ink for thousands of years."

After hearing this, everyone looked at the rice paper and then fell into deep thought.

"Liu Shui Wan Gu Qin." A voice came from the crowd, and everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that someone would come out in such a short period of time.

Then they looked towards the person who made the sound, and saw Zhang Yuan standing there with a smile.

"What a pair!" One of the candidates immediately clapped his hands and applauded. The others nodded in agreement and looked at Zhang Yuan with admiration. He thought of such a neat second line in such a short time. It was indeed worthy of his praise. Second place in the provincial examination.

"Then I should have made the right mistake." Zhang Yuan smiled and walked to the table without taking it seriously.

Qin An nodded to him, handed him the pen, and said with a smile, "Come on."

"Then Qingfeng deliberately makes it difficult for me to stay." Zhang Yuan took the pen, lowered his head and started writing on the rice paper.

After hearing the title, many of the candidates also fell into thinking, and the venue fell into silence for a while.

Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Qin Anduo glanced at Zhu Jian. Seeing that he was still thinking hard, a trace of disdain gradually appeared in his eyes.

Then he stepped forward and said, "I'm right. The bright moon has no intention of shining on anyone."

Qin An's voice was so loud that it resounded throughout the entire audience.

When the others heard this, they immediately applauded.

The breeze versus the bright moon, intentional versus unintentional, are also an extremely neat pairing.

For a moment, everyone looked at him with admiration, knowing that the third placer in the provincial examination was also an extremely capable person.

Then, everyone continued to play against each other, and the atmosphere in the field suddenly became high.

However, in the field, Zhu Jian, who was the first in the provincial examination, could not answer a single answer, which made many candidates look at him strangely.

Being stared at by so many weird eyes, Zhu Jian felt uncomfortable all over and his face turned a little red.

"Work hard to learn Chinese characters all over the world." A middle-aged scholar asked the question and looked at Zhu Jian with some concern.

After hearing this couplet, Zhu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and felt a warm current in his heart. He looked at the middle-aged scholar with more gratitude.

This middle-aged scholar is from his hometown. He has also paired couplets with each other before, and he is doing this to help him.

Then he laughed and prepared to write a couplet to save face.

"Determine to read all the books in the world." Suddenly, at this time, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Hearing this second line, Zhu Jian's face froze. He turned around and saw Zhang Yuan looking at him with a half-smiling expression.

"Did he do it on purpose?" The thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately saw Zhang Yuan looking away and talking to others.

It was as if it was his illusion just now.

"Hey, why are you up against me again? But you really deserve the second place in the provincial examination." Qin applauded and smiled on the side.

The others also complimented him upon hearing this.

But at this time, Qin An suddenly looked at Zhu Jian and said displeasedly: "But what do you mean, Brother Zhu? You have got more than twenty pairs right now. Why don't you get any of them right? Do you look down on me and can't wait?"

Zhu Jian felt a fever on his face when he heard this, and was about to explain that he was not good at playing pairs.

However, before he could speak, Qin An continued to add: "I don't believe that you, as Jieyuan, can't even match one of the more than twenty couplets."

Hearing this, the other scholars turned to look at Zhu Jian, with a bit of hostility in their eyes. If they said they couldn't stand up to each other, that would be fine, but if they could stand up to him but it was wrong, it would clearly mean they looked down on them.

After all, the second and third places are so good at matching each other, so it makes no sense that the first place cannot match up with any of them.

Seeing many candidates looking at him with hostile eyes, Zhu Jian's heart was filled with anger, and the blush on his face became a little heavier. He did not expect that this matter would develop to such an extent.

He was the first in the provincial examination and should have been popular, so why did he suffer such humiliation here.

Then he looked towards the high platform and saw many officials looking at him, and he felt even more aggrieved.

"No, are you really sorry?" Qin An sneered when he saw his appearance.

At this time, when he saw that the first place winner in the provincial examination was such a fool, he naturally wanted to add insult to injury.

"I...I..." Hearing this, Zhu Jian gasped and bloodshot eyes came out.

"The governor asked, what happened?" At this time, a petty official came over and asked.

Zhu Jian's eyes immediately darkened when he heard the junior official's words. If he let the governor know about his affairs, he was afraid that he would leave a bad impression on him and even affect his career.

Thinking of this, his weak body, which had gone through the provincial examination, couldn't resist it, and he felt a pain in his chest.

"Poof!" A mouthful of blood mist spurted out from Zhu Jian's mouth. His face turned pale and he fell limply to the ground.

When many of the officials saw this, they were shocked and screamed.

There was chaos in the field for a while.

Seeing Zhu Jian fall to the ground, the clerk quickly walked to Zhu Jian, stretched out his hand to his nose, and shouted in disbelief: "I'm out of breath."

When the officials above heard this, their expressions changed drastically, and they all came towards Zhu Jianjian one after another.

"What the hell is going on!" The governor glanced at the people present and yelled angrily.

Many of the candidates lowered their heads after hearing this.

At this time, Zhu Jian's fellow villager came out and cried: "Please let Zhu Jian make the decision, he was forced to death by Qin An!"

Then he told the story exactly as it happened.

After hearing this, the governor looked angrily at Qin An, who was at a loss, and said coldly: "What a Qin An, I will definitely report this matter to the court truthfully."

Then he ordered to the clerk on the side: "Get me the best doctor quickly and see if there is anything we can do."

After saying that, he walked away with many officials. He was extremely angry at this time, why was he so unlucky this time that something like this happened at the Luming Banquet.

Now he still needs to start something early, otherwise this will become a big stain on his resume.

"How could this be so...how could this be so..." Qin An stayed where he was, his face turning pale.

"Brother Qin, I can't blame you. Zhu Jian is too narrow-minded." Zhang Yuan came over and patted Qin An on the shoulder to comfort him.

Seeing that everyone else was avoiding him, Zhang Yuan came over to comfort him, and Qin An's face showed a touched look.

Zhang Yuan glanced around and whispered: "But Brother Qin, you don't have to be so panicked. This matter may not be a dead end. It's still early now, so you can work overnight.

Just say that Zhu Jiande is not worthy of his position, and he was stumped by your couplet and died of anger. You can also use this to become famous. When the people's hearts are with you, the matter can be easily solved. "

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Qin An also calmed down. Then he looked at Zhang Yuan and said gratefully: "Thank you Brother Zhang for your advice. If I can escape this disaster, I will definitely repay Brother Zhang well in the future."

After saying that, he walked out directly.

Seeing him walking away, Zhang Yuan chuckled, then unfolded the fan in his hand, revealing a half-human, half-demon face.