When Wang Hua was seventeen years old, he lived up to the expectations of the public and won the Xiucai examination, and after all, there was a reward for hard work.
At that time, Zhang Shimin admired Wang Hua's talent and learning very much, and everyone praised Wang Hua and another Xiu Cai Xie Qian's articles, and how good they were, and there was hope for Zhongzhuangyuan in the future.
According to the examination system of the Ming Dynasty, the reader must first take the examination in the county, the admitted person is called Tong Sheng, commonly known as Xiucai, and then to the provincial city to participate in the provincial examination, the examinee is called the lifter; and finally to the Beijing division to participate in the national examination, the examinee is called Jinshi, the first name of the Jinshi is Zhuangyuan, and the Yuanyuan is the highest honorary title that Chinese readers dream of, of course, it is extremely rare.
Due to the continuous praise of Zhang Shimin, Wang Hua's reputation became so famous that families near and far competed to hire Wang Hua as their tutor.
At that time, the governor of Zhejiang, surnamed Ning, personally visited Wang Hua's home through Zhang Shimin's introduction, and invited Wang Hua to his hometown in Qiyang (present-day Qiyang County, Hunan) to teach his children to read.
The Qiyang Ning family has a rich collection of books, there are thousands of books, Wang Hua is a book fan, so every day in addition to teaching the children of the Ning family, it is buried in the library, three years of Ningfu tutoring life, Wang Hua almost does not leave home.
Many readers in Qiyang came to visit and invited Wang Hua to go out to drink and have fun, and Wang Hua always thanked him. Qiyang Shizi all had the habit of drinking from prostitutes, and Wang Hua had seen them once before, and it was very unacceptable for these readers to gently touch the prostitute's small hands while drinking and writing poetry, and he was also very unable to adapt to the style of public flirting. Therefore, Wang Hua always only talked freely with guests in Ning Mansion, but refused to agree to go out for a banquet.
At the end of the three-year tutoring period, Wang Hua bid farewell to Ningfu and prepared to return to his hometown to participate in the zhejiang provincial examination. Many literati in Qiyang came to visit Wang Hua and resolutely invited Wang Hua to a dinner party as a send-off.
Wang Hua had always disliked eating and drinking, but the attitude of these literati who prayed for Yang was sincere, and it was really difficult to be generous, and Wang Hua had to agree.
The Qiyang scribes arranged the banquet in a pavilion in a lake, the pavilion is very spacious, divided into two rooms inside and outside, the outer room is the living room, placed on a round table and chairs, suitable for tea tasting, drinking feast, the inner room is arranged into a small room, with a clean bed, so that drunk guests can rest.
This pavilion is surrounded by lake water, guests and food are all carried by small boats, although Wang Hua has been in Qiyang for three years, but has never been here, Qiyang literati treat Wang Hua with courtesy, Wang Hua also feels that the scenery here is very good, so he is in a cheerful mood, and he drank a few glasses of wine very boldly.
After the feast was over, it was already midnight, and Wang Hua also had a little bit of wine, and the Qiyang scribes in the east forced Wang Hua to spend the night in the inner part of the pavilion, and these literati left in small boats.
Although Wang Hua had a sense of alcohol, he was not drunk, and he felt that being able to live in such a beautiful lake for one night could also be regarded as a great enjoyment of life.
After sending away the Qiyang scribes, Wang Hua slowly paced into the room alone, feeling a little sleepy. "See Gongzi." Suddenly, the delicate sound frightened Wang Hua into waking up, and on a closer look, there were actually two gorgeously dressed women with colorful faces hidden inside, and a "golden step shake" was inserted in their high buns, and with laughter, shaking violently, Wang Hua had a sense of dazzle.
Wang Hua was in a cold sweat, more nervous than he was when he saw a ghost, and he stammered and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
"Oh, Gongzi, Old Master Zhou wants our sisters to serve Gongzi well tonight." As the two women spoke, they went forward to pull Wang Hua aside, one to help Wang Hua undress, and the other to help Wang Hua take off his shoes.
"Stop!" Wang Hua shouted loudly, and then he would come over, these two women with heavy makeup were prostitutes in the city, and Old Master Zhou, one of the owners of the banquet just now, hired them.
"Son, don't be nervous, there is no one else here, you can rest assured and boldly seek pleasure." A prostitute playfully wrapped her arms around Wang Hua's neck.
"Don't move, I don't like that!" Wang Hua pushed the prostitute hard and ordered, "Leave this pavilion immediately." ”
"How do we go? This pavilion is surrounded by water, and there is no boat, how to go? Another prostitute wrapped her arms around her again, pouted, and leaned over again to pull Wang Hua's hand.
Wang Hua looked around, and sure enough, there was water all around him, he thought about it for a moment, and with a flash of inspiration, he clapped his hands and said, "I have my own way." ”
Wang Hua found a small axe, removed the door panel of the room, and put it into the lake.
"Come, sit up and shake it to the other side with a piece of wood."
"No, we are afraid, we want to stay with the prince." The two prostitutes approached Wang Hua again, and a strong fragrance sprayed directly at Wang Hua.
"Or, if you don't go, I'll go." Wang Hua said, stepping on the door panel, the door panel is not small, like a general raft, Wang Hua took a piece of wood as a paddle, and slowly left the pavilion.
The two prostitutes looked at each other in astonishment, watching with surprised eyes as Wang Hua's "raft" drifted away.