The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 39
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"It's you, Shenxian brother, whose poems are even praised by County Magistrate Wu. You can't hold back and win the first prize in this poetry festival."

Xie Shen rolled Wang Shouwen's eyes and said, "Do you think I'm you?"

Wang Shouwen chuckled and said, "Love is the most incomprehensible word in the world. If brother Shenxian really falls in love with the eldest lady of the Chen family, everything will be hard to say."

Xie Shen just went for a casual stroll at this poetry meeting, and didn't deliberately prepare anything.

Early the next morning, the boy went out of the attic and boarded the carriage of the Wang family.

In the carriage, Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi had already sat down, their faces full of glory.

Xie Shen scolded with a smile: "Look at you like this, do you want to be a good son-in-law?"

Wang Shouwen rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Shenxian, don't be so pessimistic at such a young age. You should go out of the city for a horseback ride."

The carriage drove quickly on the street paved with bluestone slabs, Xie Shen said in a deep voice, "Why do you think the Chen family suddenly wants to recruit a son-in-law?"

Xie Pi coughed and said, "I heard that this young miss of the Chen family already has someone she likes and has a tryst with her. The two hit it off and wanted to elope. Who knew that the head of the Chen family found out that the news had been leaked, and the Chen family's eldest daughter was taken away immediately. The young lady locked her up and prevented her from taking a step out of the house. The Patriarch of the Chen family was worried about Ye Changmeng, so he thought about marrying her off. In order to fight back the rumors in the market, the Patriarch of the Chen family wanted to use poetry to recruit a son-in-law. If you can directly marry Miss Chen, the rumors will be self-defeating."

That's it!

In this way, this Miss Chen family is a hard-working person.Not only can she not spend the rest of her life hand in hand with the one she loves, but she is also treated as a commodity to be squeezed out of the last ounce of value.The reason why the Patriarch of the Chen family didn't betroth him directly to the son of the family was because doing so didn't bring enough benefits to the Chen family.The Chen family is not short of money, and the method of recruiting a son-in-law by the poetry club can greatly enhance the attention and sense of existence of the Chen family.

Attention and presence are what this old family needs most.

After a while, the carriage stopped, and the three jumped out of the carriage one by one.Wang Shouwen pointed to the towering courtyard wall and said, "It's really difficult for a woman to escape from the deep courtyard."

Seeing the three young masters approaching, the disciples of the Chen family greeted them immediately with smiling faces: "The young masters are here to participate in the poetry meeting, please come inside."

Since it was to choose a son-in-law for the young lady of the Chen family, the Patriarch of the Chen family did not issue invitations according to the usual rules of the poetry club.Scholars in Yuyao City can come here as long as they want to participate in the poetry meeting.

Following the door into the Chen Mansion through the gate, the three of them hurried along the wall.The Chen family's mansion occupies a very large area, and there are hundreds of people living there. It is a real deep house compound.

A group of people walked through many courtyards and finally came to the venue of this poetry meeting - Chenjialuoyunyuan.

The waterways in Luoyun courtyard are vertical and horizontal, and there are all kinds of pavilions and pavilions.Not far from the water pavilion in the north, there is a rockery made of Taihu Lake stones.

Apparently quite a few young masters had already come, and many of them had participated in the provincial examination together with the three of them.

When they saw that the head of the county examination case also came to participate in the poetry meeting, they booed and said: "The head of the county examination case has already passed the county examination, so I have to come to this poetry meeting. Could it be that he wants to be the son-in-law of the Chen family, a wedding ceremony, and a title on the gold list Alone?"

"The big and small Dengke belong to the same person, tsk tsk, this kind of blessing is hard to find even for gods."

"Xie An's first poem is excellent. He came to participate in the poetry meeting, and everyone is afraid that it will be a foil."

Xie Shen smiled awkwardly, avoided these students, walked to the pavilion and sat down alone.

"Xie Shenxie, young master, long time no see!"

Not long after he sat down, someone took the initiative to come over.The young man frowned, looked up, and saw that the person who came was the No.3 Han Xun of this county examination.

"It turned out to be Mr. Han. This Yuyao City is really small. I have been studying books these days. Today is the first time I go out. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Han here."

After the county exam, Xie Shen locked himself in the attic and fully prepared for the government exam in April.If it wasn't for Wang Shouwen's persistent request, Xie Shenzhen might not have gone out.

Han Jun said softly: "Young Master Xie is really hardworking and studious. But it is also good for exam preparation to relax and relax after participating in the poetry meeting."

Xie Shen still has some impressions of Han Jun.This person can be ranked third in the county test, and he must have good strength.

Didn't Han Jun also come here to win the first prize at today's poetry meeting?

The Chen family's family style is very strict, and the servants and servants are very polite.Not long after Xie Shen and Han Jun sat down, a maid brought melons, fruits and tea and served them carefully.

"Brother Xie is here for Miss Zhiyong?"

Han Hao was quite familiar, he took a sip from his teacup and asked with a smile.

Xie Shen said indifferently: "It's just to sit and sit casually."

"Since Brother Xie participated in the poetry meeting, he must know the rules of the poetry meeting. If you just sit around, it will be a bit difficult."

Han Jun frowned and said: "This poetry meeting is for Miss Zhiyun to choose a husband. According to the rules, everyone has to write a poem. With Brother Xie's talent, as long as you calmly deal with it, you will win the championship. But if Brother Xie doesn't want to win the championship, you will be killed As the son-in-law of the Chen family, it is necessary to make the poems a little vulgar, which will damage the image of Xiexiong County's trial chief."

Xie Shen didn't think deeply about this point, he frowned and said: "Poems are all obtained by chance, if you can't get the leader, you can't say that the poems are vulgar."

Han Jun said lightly: "Of course this place doesn't think so, but the Chen family doesn't necessarily think so."

Only then did Xie Shen realize that the Chen family is also a long-established family in Yuyao.There were quite a few clansmen who participated in the county test this time, but only two of them made it to the list.

Xie Shen came to participate in the Chen family's poetry meeting as the head of the county examination, and would definitely be exaggerated by those who cared.

"Brother Han, what do you mean, if someone doesn't get the leader, the Chen family will turn their backs?"

After careful analysis, it is not impossible.

If Xie Shen wins the first prize in one fell swoop by writing a famous poem, he can naturally be the son-in-law of the Chen family.

The Patriarch of the Chen family not only solved the trouble of Chen Zhiyun, but also got a son-in-law who was the chief case, so it was not a loss.

If Xie Shen is not the leader of the poetry club in the end, then someone else will be chosen as his son-in-law instead.As for Xie Shen, the Chen family will not be polite.They will definitely exaggerate this matter, and then the scholars in Yuyao City will think that Xie Shen was lucky to get the county trial case.

Xie Shen seemed to have fallen into a trap unknowingly.

The young man glanced at Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi who were not far away, and he sighed when he saw the two pushing glasses for a change.

It's not Wang Shouwen's fault for this matter, it's because he didn't think about it.

Killing people with a blunt knife is the most vicious. After all, scholars are living off their reputations. Once their reputations collapse, it will be very difficult to move forward in the imperial examinations.

(End of this chapter)