Liao Zhai Great Kind People

Chapter 39 So Restrained
As the weather turned cold, scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam arrived in the capital one after another.

The inns in the capital are overcrowded, and the major guild halls are also crowded with people, and people face each other. Scholars who come a few days late may not even be able to grab a place to eat and live.

However, Zhao Ji, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, obviously does not belong to this group of people who have nowhere to stay.

Zhang Xiu was very surprised that Zhao Ji came to the Luzhou guild hall. After entering the room and taking a seat, he asked curiously: "Brother Zhao, why are you so busy today that you came to this guild hall? Could it be that your father was arrested for embezzlement and his family property was arrested?" Did the imperial court copy it?"

Zhao Ji took a deep breath and said, "I don't have the same knowledge as you. I am here this time because I was entrusted to send you an invitation."

While speaking, he took out a bronzing invitation and patted it on the table.

"The king of Liang has always been known as a lover of talents. Now that the spring is approaching, talented people from all over the world gather in the capital. King Liang specially hosted a banquet to invite talented people from all over the world to encourage them."

"The current sage has no children. He is a compatriot with the king of Liang and his mother. Everyone in the world knows that he is the only crown prince. Brother Zhang, you should take good advantage of this opportunity to meet the king of Liang."

Before Zhang Xiu could speak, Yan Feng picked up the invitation card with a puzzled expression on his face. After confirming that Zhang Xiu's name was written on it, he couldn't help frowning: "Isn't the king of Liang banqueting talented people? Why invite Zhang Xiu over?"

Zhang Xiu: "@#￥%￥#@..."

Zhao Ji looked at the thick-browed and big-eyed Yan Feng in astonishment, took a breath, and hurriedly pushed his teacup in front of him: "Brother Yan, if you can talk, talk more!"

Zhang Xiu almost wrinkled a well on his forehead. After a while, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Send the invitation back, anyway, I don't have any intention of official career. At that time, I will take the number one exam casually and become an official for two years." , and then retired and returned to his hometown, and went back to the academy to teach and educate people."

Zhao Ji: "..."

Brother Zhang, there are too many slots in your words, I don't know where to complain!
What the hell is going back to his hometown? Also, you can get the number one scholar casually?
This is simply ignoring me, Mr. Zhao!

Glancing at Zhang Xiu viciously, he looked at the invitation on the table with some confusion: "Brother Zhang, this opportunity is rare, why don't you think about it again?"

Zhang Xiu rolled her eyes involuntarily: "King Liang is not my son, if you invite me to go, I will go!"

Zhao Ji: "..."

This... Even if King Liang is willing, the Queen Mother and her elders cannot agree!
Zhao Ji couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head and said, "It's fine if you don't want to go, I'll just say that you occasionally feel cold and unwell. It's a pity, if you don't go to the banquet this time, Li Zijie and Ma Wenbin will lose the limelight." They pressed down..."

Yan Feng scoffed at his statement, feeling that Zhao Ji still didn't know enough about Zhang Xiu.

With Zhang Xiu's ability to cause trouble, what kind of demon king must come into the world to suppress his limelight...

There was nothing to say all night, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when King Liang had a banquet.

Zhang Xiu took Yan Feng and Xiao Aoxue to eat snacks on the side of the street and looked at the lanterns. Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead.

Driven by a few guards, the people on the street ran away in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, the pedestrians on the street scattered in disorder.

Surrounded by several eunuchs and maids, the eldest princess, who drank the northwest wind all night, appeared in front of Zhang Xiu with slightly red eyes and disheveled hair.

Zhang Xiu was amused by her embarrassed and ferocious appearance, and said with a smile: "Oh, isn't this Your Royal Highness, you may have found the most beautiful man in the world last night?"

The eldest princess was so angry that she gritted her silver teeth and said angrily: "Zhang Xiu, I have already found out your details, so you can never escape this time!"

Zhang Xiu looked blank: "Escape? Why should I escape?"

Seeing that he was not afraid at all, the eldest princess became even more annoyed. She waved at Zhang Xiu and shouted, "Tie him up!"

As soon as the words fell, several guards rushed forward and came to Zhang Xiu.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu was not in a hurry, she slowly said: "My sister, your concubine, your concubine!"

When the guards heard the words, they stopped immediately and looked at each other with embarrassing faces. No one dared to take the lead.

Seeing this, the eldest princess was furious: "What is there to be afraid of that vixen, she blames it, and this princess will bear it!"

The guards breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to act. Zhang Xiu smiled slightly, took out a token from his sleeve, and said, "The Queen Mother gave me a gold medal. Seeing the token is like seeing the Queen Mother!"

When the guards saw the token, their faces changed, and they half-kneeled on the ground in an instant, lowered their heads and did not move.

The eldest princess was so angry that her seven orifices were filled with smoke, she said with trembling fingers: "You villain, where did you get the token of the queen mother!"

Zhang Xiu took back the token, and then took out the two-foot-long Ruyi Golden Cudgel from his waist, and said, "The Empress Dowager also gave me a Ruyi Golden Cudgel, which can be used to beat the faint king on the top and the courtiers on the bottom. try?"

"How dare you, even the emperor hasn't hit me!"

The eldest princess pursed her lips stubbornly, looking at the iron rod in Zhang Xiu's hand, a thin layer of mist filled her eyes, she wanted to let Zhang Xiu relax her vigilance, and then look for opportunities to attack.

"See if I dare!"

Zhang Xiu suddenly showed a ferocious face, swung the stick in his hand, broke a bamboo pole beside him with a click, raised his right hand, and rushed towards the eldest princess.

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, then realized that Zhang Xiu didn't like her, let out a scream, turned around and fled.

Zhang Xiu followed closely behind her, followed by guards and eunuchs, and a strange scene that had never been seen in the capital appeared on the street.

Above the restaurant, a young man in a manglong robe witnessed this strange scene, he was dumbfounded and said, "Why does that woman who is being chased downstairs look so much like Huaiyu?"

The corner of the eunuch's eyes twitched slightly, and he said, "My lord, that's the eldest princess."

King Liang was taken aback, and his face was full of fear: "In broad daylight, someone dared to chase and beat the princess. Is there any law for this? Who was the one who chased and beat her?"

The eunuch glanced at Zhang Xiu, carefully recalled the information about scholars from all over the place in his mind, and said, "My lord, he is the talented man who rejected your banquet invitation yesterday, Zhang Xiu from Luzhou..."

"Zhang Xiu from Luzhou? Is that the Zhang Xiu who wrote the "Book of Agriculture", which increased the grain production in Daxia by [-]%, and left a name in the book as Zhang Dashan?"

Liang Wang was slightly startled, then turned his head, and looked at Zhao Ji beside him with a strange expression: "Mr. Zhao, didn't you say that Zhang Xiu is sick? This is what you said about feeling unwell due to the occasional cold?"

Zhao Ji had been hanging around Zhang Xiu for many days, and he had already cultivated a brazen and impenetrable face. He said expressionlessly, "Returning to the prince, Zhang Xiu is not like this usually. It will be so... so restrained!"

Liang Wang suddenly showed a suspicious expression: "@#￥%￥#@..."

What is this called restraint?

Did I hear it wrong, or did you say it wrong? !
(End of this chapter)