Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 80

Poetry is a gossip in many people's mouths, and what may be handed down and praised by others is not how many officials you have been, but poetry.

Today's trouble with Shi Zhongkui, if he wins, it's okay, but if he loses, it will definitely be recorded in the Shuntian Mansion Chronicle, and it will become a model of overestimation in the mouths of countless younger generations.

If this is the case, I will have the idea of ​​jumping into the river.

Seeing that they couldn't grab the rice paper, everyone could only focus on Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui has many chicken thieves, and there were not many good poems after the Yuan Dynasty. If one is used, one less, and some poems that are not worse than the one just now are not suitable for the scene at this time.

Even if the occasion is wrong and you forcefully write it, people may suspect that you are alluding to it. If you read the previous book, it will turn a good thing into a bad thing.

He cupped his hands and said to Yuan Donggang, "Teacher, it's getting late, the students are already hungry, please allow the banquet to start."

Yuan Donggang smiled, although he wanted Shi Zhongkui to write another poem in his heart, but he got the biggest benefit of tonight, Shi Zhongkui said so.

If you force him any more, then it's not like being a teacher.

"Okay, let's have a banquet, let's have a banquet, I have been busy working for the teacher all day, and my stomach is already empty."

The drums sounded quickly, and more than a dozen dishes were placed in front of the long table of the chief and assistant examiners and the candidates one by one by the maids like flowing water.

Because we have to follow the ancient etiquette, everyone sits on their knees, so there is no need to worry about people being next to each other.

It's just that the people who are at the bottom of the list can only sit in the third or fourth row against the wall.

However, Denggaolou deserves to be a restaurant that has monopolized the Luming Banquet in the township test every year and a half. While the background is strong, the dishes are really good.

And surprisingly, they are all hot dishes, which is very rare.

It is conceivable that there must be dozens, or even hundreds of fires in the kitchen that have not stopped.

With the addition of chefs, helpers and dozens of beautiful maids, thinking about it this way, it seems expensive has its reasons.

And when people feel that they have face, they naturally feel that it is worth the money.

Shi Zhongkui started to eat, looking at the gentleman, but the frequency of chopsticks was not low, making people feel that his appetite has improved a lot.

Xue Pan, Jia Lian, and Jia Rong were being given alcohol by the people around them from time to time. The three of them also knew that these people were jealous, but Shi Zhongkui was in the limelight, and the three of them really felt that they had face.

In the subsequent lantern riddle meeting, because of Shi Zhongkui's poem just now, the atmosphere seemed much cooler than in previous years.

Moreover, many businessmen, squires, nobles, and officials who came here with a purpose are not in the mood to recruit other people as sons-in-law at this time.

Even if there are a few young Juren who are not too old, they look pretty good, but when compared with Shi Zhongkui, it is really not pleasing to the eye.

Shi Zhongkui also understands that he has been too much in the limelight, but he is not the first in his writing, and he can keep a low profile. If you keep a low profile in this poem, the next day the outside world will say that you are at the end of your talents.

Then the trouble will be bigger.

After eating and drinking, Shi Zhongkui watched the performance of others with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly saw a gray figure out of the corner of his eyes.

Taking a closer look, I saw Chinchilla hiding under a table and looking at him in the opposite corner.

Don't think about it, Shi Zhongkui immediately said that he has something to report.

He found an excuse to go to the toilet, and followed the boy climbing the building through the corridor, when a figure suddenly jumped into his sleeve.

"Master, after the mouse found out that the group of people couldn't find you, it started to investigate the matter of Uncle Xue beating someone to death in Jinling, so as to drag you into life lawsuits and trivial matters of saving lives. There is no time to study."

Shi Zhongkui's fists were clenched instantly, and his breathing became a little heavy.

Leaving aside the fact that fool Xue has already been sentenced to death by Jia Yucun, once the case is retried, Xue Pan will not be able to escape the crime of bribing the court officials and will be exiled.

Moreover, the case of Xue Pan conniving at his servants to beat others, resulting in Feng Yuan's death three days later, even if he was lucky enough not to pay for another life, he still could not escape the end of exile.

At that time, it is impossible for Xue Baochai to marry within three to five years.

And his own lawsuit for Xue Pan will definitely affect the meeting four months later.

Even being dragged into the case, not to mention being admitted to Jinshi, the status of Juren will be directly deprived.

Blocking one's future is like killing one's parents.

"Do you know where Xiuyiwei is?"

Jin Maoshu nodded hurriedly, hearing that Shi Zhongkui asked him to tell Xiuyiwei about the remnants of the former prince's remnants in the capital, Jin Maoshu couldn't help shivering.

The current emperor really wants to kill all the hands of the former prince.

The Taishanghuang committed suicide because his eldest son, who had been trained for more than 30 years, failed in rebellion. After many years, it is inevitable that the responsibility will be pushed to the people around the prince.

If it weren't for these people's instigation and mischief, how could the prince, who has always been filial and respectful, have such treasonous thoughts?

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor's attitude towards these remnants is not much better.

Chinchilla hurriedly nodded and ran out, but after a while, he came back and said.

"Master, the mouse found a basement under the houses of those people. There are a lot of gold and silver gourds, silver melons and some weapons hidden in it. How about I steal them all for you?"

Shi Zhongkui agreed without even thinking about it, after all he had the purple, gold and red gourds from Daxing land in his hand, so he could accept things and receive people in one thought.

But what made him hesitate was that this act of stealing was really a bad thing, and if it damaged his own merits, the gain would outweigh the loss.

After all, there is a saffron business. With 2.7 taels of silver a year, not to mention food and drink for the family, it is material, and it is no problem to live the same life as Rongguo Mansion.

So gold and silver are no longer necessary.

But it's good to experiment, "In this way, you first send a letter to the head of the Embroidery Guard, and then go to the man's house, steal 100 taels of gourds to my house, and then come back and report."

Chinchilla looked at Shi Zhongkui in some puzzlement, but nodded and ran away without asking any more questions.

Shi Zhongkui returned to the lobby and continued to wait for the end of the Luming Banquet with peace of mind. By the way, he asked the waiter who climbed the tall building to tell Xue Pan not to drink too much wine, and he had something to discuss later.

Although Xue Pan didn't obey Shi Zhongkui's words at this time, he also admired Shi Zhongkui's five bodies.

Needless to say, even a hundred of them can't compare to this brother-in-law.

Not to mention martial arts, when I was learning martial arts some time ago, my brother-in-law beat me as easily and naturally as an adult hitting a child.

So after listening to the waiter's words, when he looked at Shi Zhongkui again, seeing him nodding slightly and clenching his fist three times as a threatening hint, Xue Pan immediately restrained himself and stopped drinking.

Really forced to do so, he took a small sip from the wine bowl, then laughed and said that he should not get drunk today, so as not to embarrass his brother-in-law.

These words made many people itch even more, but this guy just refused to drink while playing a scoundrel, and everyone had nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)