Chapter 105 The inscription on the stone tablet, the slander in the restaurant

On that day, Shanghe Village erected a stone tablet at the entrance of the village.

It is roughly written on it when Li Sanshui was admitted as a Tongsheng, when he was admitted as a scholar, when he was admitted as a scholar, when he was admitted as a Jinshi, etc.

This is undoubtedly a great honor for a scholar.

Seeing that there are some extra blank spaces on both sides of the stone tablet, some villagers suggested leaving one or two couplets on it, otherwise it would not look good if there were blank spaces.

This suggestion was naturally approved by everyone.

Just... what kind of couplets should I leave?

As a result, everyone gradually turned their attention to Li Miao, who had the highest academic qualifications.

"Well, I'll show my shame and mention a couplet."

Facing everyone's gaze, Li Miao stood up.

So, the old village chief immediately ordered people to bring in tables, paper, brushes, inkstones and ink.

Standing in front of the table, Li Miao thought for a while, then picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and started writing on the paper.

Zhe Xinyi, who was closest to him, stretched her neck slightly, and was very curious about what kind of couplet he wrote.

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

As each word appeared on the paper, even though I knew that his poetry level could be said to be inhuman, I still couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"How was it?"

Seeing the surprise on her face, Li Miao felt a little proud and had no guilt at all about plagiarism.

Ugh!

"Okay! Very good! You deserve to be admitted to the Jinshi!"

The old village chief applauded loudly. He had studied when he was young. Although he was not admitted as a scholar, he was still quite knowledgeable. This was one of the reasons why he became the village chief in the first place.

Li Miao: "..."

Old village chief, I’m not talking to you. Can you please stop answering?

The old village chief didn't know how depressed Li Miao was, so he quickly asked someone to carve the words on the paper on both sides of the stone tablet, one sentence on each side.

……

Li Miao, Zhe Xinyi, and Wu Yong came to the county town again.

This time, the three of them planned to buy some things they needed in the kitchen. Since they had already arrived in Anyi County, it was naturally impossible for Li Miao to leave so quickly and planned to live here for such a period of time.

However, some of the kitchen utensils at home are obviously no longer usable because they have not been used for too long.

Of course, there is another reason.

Buy some sacrifices to worship Li Sanshui’s parents and his teacher.

After all the purchases were made, it was already noon, and the stomachs of the three of them began to growl on time.

They found a restaurant that looked pretty good, and the three of them walked in.

However, what the three of them didn't know was that before they stepped into the restaurant, someone in a private room on the second floor of the restaurant happened to see them through the window.

There were several people sitting in the private room, all young people wearing gorgeous clothes, and one of them was Xie Anyu.

In fact, Xie Anyu has been back to Anyi County for a long time. Today, several friends in Anyi County gathered here again.

After failing to prevent Li Miao from participating in the imperial examination, he knew that the promise given to him by the Yang family was probably gone.

However, at that time, he did not leave the capital immediately, and there was still a slight trace of luck in his heart.

He thinks that he actually did a good job, but some unexpected accidents happened. After this incident, he will probably regard him as one of his own, right?

This sounds pretty good. If you have Yang Mansion as your background, then glory and wealth will come at your fingertips.

However, reality finally told him what reality was. In the next period of time, no one from the Yang family contacted him again. He seemed to be just a small chess piece that could be discarded at any time.

No, it doesn’t seem like he is just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time!

He also felt resentful. After all, in order to get that thing done, he not only spent a fortune, but was also slapped hard by Li Sanshui's guy and was taken to the county government office. It can be said that he lost all face.

Some wanted to take revenge, but when they thought of the power of the Yang family, they could only leave the capital in despair and return to Anyi County.

I made a firm determination in my heart: three years later, I would return to the capital again, shine in the joint examination and the imperial examination, gain recognition from the Holy One, and then stand proudly in front of others and tell them:

He is back as king!

"Eh? Isn't that Li Sanshui?"

"I haven't seen him for a long time."

"How about giving him a meeting gift?"

"This is a good idea."

"Then give him a greeting gift."

The proposal was approved by everyone present except Xie Anyu.

In fact, these young people had no grudge against Li Sanshui originally, but because of Xie Anyu, they also developed grudges with Li Sanshui over time, and they enjoyed teasing Li Sanshui.

Seeing the eagerness of several friends to give it a try, Xie Anyu stopped him and said, "It's better not to do it anymore. After all, he is a little different from before."

"An Yu, are you scared?"

A young man said disdainfully: "I'm just a top scholar, that's all. I'll probably stay in the Hanlin Academy my whole life."

In history, after entering the Hanlin Academy, many Jinshi who were among the best in the Imperial Examination were very mediocre in other areas except for their good policy writing and calligraphy. They were commonly known as nerds and had no way to learn from them. Standing out among the Hanlin Academy, in the eyes of young people, Li Sanshui is probably such a person.

"And, this is Anyi County!"

When it comes to this, the young man is very arrogant.

Because his name is Zeng Yi and his father is Zeng Ren, the magistrate of Anyi County!

Xie Anyu couldn't help but fell silent.

He admitted that he was indeed jealous and a little afraid of Li Sanshui now.

Jealousy, of course, is that Li Sanshui got into the first prize, which is something he dreams of and dare not even think about.

Fear, ever since he was slapped hard many times by Li Sanshui in the Black Tiger Gang, he could not help but feel fear when he saw Li Sanshui, and his face seemed to be swollen and painful again.

He took a slight breath and said, "Li Sanshui aside, do you know who the woman next to him is?"

Another young man said: "If you don't tell me, I'd like to ask. That woman is so pretty. If I could just press her on the bed... tsk tsk..."

The young man showed an obscene look.

"So who is she?" Zeng Yi asked.

Others also looked at Xie Anyu curiously. They knew that since Xie Anyu said so, there must be something unusual about this woman's identity.

I saw Xie Anyu say this: "Her last name is Zhe..."

After hearing Zhe Xinyi's general identity, several people looked at each other. The young man swallowed, and there was still an obscene look on his face.

Zeng Yi also had a wavering look on his face, but the looks from his friends made his head heat up, and he said impulsively: "Humph! I said this is Anyi County, where dragons are coiled and tigers are trapped. Lie down!"

Xie Anyu wanted to say something, but Zeng Yi didn't give him the chance. He stretched out his hand to stop him from talking, then waved to the servant beside him and whispered a few words to him.

"Yes! Master!"

The servants who received the order quickly left.

"Yi, what are you planning to do?" a young man asked curiously.

Zeng Yi pretended to be profound and authentic: "Just wait and see a good thing."

……

"Waiter, serve the wine!"

Accompanied by a rough voice, a rough-looking man with a machete on his waist walked into the restaurant. The loudness of the voice immediately made many people look over.

I saw the rough man's fierce eyes scanning the entire audience.

The people who were dining in the restaurant quickly looked away before the rough man's eyes were on them, not daring to look at him for fear of getting into trouble.

"Sir, here...here, please, here...here, there is a free seat here."

The waiter came over cautiously, fearing that he might accidentally offend the rough man and receive a big slap in the face.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, the waiter discovered something was wrong. He found that the rough man ignored him, but instead locked his eyes tightly on a certain position.

Looking in this direction, I found that there was a dining table with two men and one woman sitting on it.

Does this rough man know these three guests?

As soon as this thought came to the waiter's mind, he saw the rough man in front of him suddenly became furious. He pulled out the machete from his waist and shouted angrily.

"I'm going to hack you to death!"
To be continued...