When the last ray of sunset drifted from Huaping Lake, the banks of Huaping Lake were still surrounded by people.

They are all those students and literati who were eliminated in the first round of couplets.

They stood in the cool night breeze, looking forward to the news coming from the pleasure boat.

At this moment, the fans in their hands were put away, and even the little eyes didn't look at a clever girl.

After all, I have lost.

Literati value face, and what they need now is to hide their embarrassment rather than expose their failures again.

But there must be some words and conversations, which makes it more calm.

"Who do you think can become the leader of this literary conference?"

"What else can there be suspense? When it emerged among the three talents in our Guangling City...the three of them all went up to the third floor of the pleasure boat."

"It's not certain, may you not know that the four people in Kyoto are here?"

"...Brother, you are talking about two of the four great talents in Kyoto. Which two are they?"

Hua Manting Hua Daru and Guangling City School Master Zhang Pingju were squeezing hard into the crowd, and the comments from these students came to their ears.

"One is Su Muxin, the leader of the four talents in Kyoto, and the second is Qi Zhixue, a genius boy from the Qi family in Kyoto."

"Young Master Qi from the Qi family is here too? In this way, this good thing will eventually fall on the Qi family."

"But isn't Qi Zhixue slightly inferior to Su Muxin in poetry?"

"What do you know? The Duke of Qi's Mansion and Zhongli Mansion are a match! As for Su Muxin... he is indeed very knowledgeable, but after all, he is from a poor family."

"Although Zhongli Mansion is not one of the five major governments, the foundation of Zhongli Mansion and the emperor's grace received are not inferior to that of the five major governments. Such high-ranking families emphasize marriages, so of course they can go up to the top of their families. Could it be that you still have luck thinking that this article will really be chosen from you poor family members?"

The young and old god opened the fan with a whisper, revealing his look of a master, "This is all for you. What a woman the third lady of Zhongli Mansion? She must be the eldest young master of Qi from the Duke of Qi's mansion!"

Everyone looked like they suddenly realized.

One by one, they immediately let go of the failed knot, and what they said in their ears was not the flaws in their couplet, but the fact that it was originally determined.

No wonder I lost.

Those people on the pleasure boat also ran away.

They are all accompanying to perform a play.

But no one left, as if he was looking forward to the final result to prove that he was not defeated because of his poor level.

...

...

The three-story building on the pleasure boat.

Li Chendong took the pen and put it on the paper, and a moment later he wrote a poem.

He read the poem carefully again, and was very happy, thinking that this was the best poem he had written in his life.

If he could win the title of today's literary master with this poem and become the son-in-law of Zhongli's mansion, he would be able to soar into the sky and become the upstart of the younger generation.

If the third lady in Zhongli's mansion married the Li family in Guangling, the Li family's lintel will be no less than the two houses in Yujing City, and it will be even taller.

My father must be happy. If he went to Yujing City in the future, he would dare to hold his head up and knock on the stern door of his uncle's second uncle's house with his head held high.

Mother...will become the main house of the Li family, and now the main house... it is time for her to move out of the yard to the east.

Li Chendong looked up, but he could not see the third lady Zhongli. He felt a little regretful. After thinking for a while, he was the first to take this piece of paper to the front desk...

He handed this poem to three old bachelors. He returned to his seat and looked out the window at the people standing by the Huaping Lake and sneered.

A bunch of shit!

Toads also want to eat swan meat?

I just don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!

Su Muxin, who was sitting in front of the window, had already written the words he wrote at this moment. He looked up at Qi Zhixue on the side. The two looked at each other and smiled. There seemed to be thousands of flashing sparks at the intersection of their eyes.

They stood up and delivered all their poems to the front desk.

After a while, the other students were no longer reserved and wrote down one after another, and then handed them to the hands of the three judges.

At this moment, Ning Chuchu in the cabin behind her retreated her gaze, picked up the teacup and looked at Chen Qiaodie again, took a sip of tea, and she asked again:

"Miss Chen, although I have already released that, I will definitely help you do it, but this matter is not a trivial matter after all. Do you... do you want to think about it again?"

How could Chen Qiaodie think of Li Chenan?

Since she became sensible, and since she heard about Li Chenan's misfortune, this marriage has become her nightmare.

Although she was born in a business family, her knowledge was excellent!

In this Guangling City, although her reputation is not as loud as Zhongli Ruoshui, she is also a famous talented woman in Guangling City.

What's more, she is also a good at business, especially at calculating accounts.

If she hadn't had that engagement, she felt that she had already found someone she wanted... For example, Huo Shufan, one of the three talented men in Guangling.

But because of her father's confusion, she and Huo Shufan could only fall in love with each other but could not agree with each other.

There are so many flowers before and under the moon, and only a sigh can be left.

Her father went to break the engagement book and made her look forward to it, but unexpectedly, Li Wenhan ignored her face and even if it was known to everyone in the city, he would not return the marriage letter.

Now that she has this noble person making decisions for herself, that is of course something she wants!

"The little woman has already figured it out... I was sad and felt that this was the little woman's life. If the Li family does not return the marriage letter... the little woman can only accept her fate."

"I just thought about being with Li Chen'an in the future. They were called husband and wife, but they were strangers. The so-called "shoulder be together and old together" naturally had nothing to do with me. I just thought it was about entering Buddhism... I just practice purity in that sea of ​​suffering."

"If the young master can help the young woman get out of the sea of ​​suffering... the young woman will be grateful to the young master for the rest of her life!"

When Chen Qiaodie said this, two lines of clear tears flowed down, and it became more and more sad and pitiful. Zhongli Ruoshui, who was beside him, felt more and more hateful.

Zhongli Ruoshui, who is good at defending the wrongdoing, spoke with anger:

"Why should my daughter be bound by a marriage contract from her father?"

"Why should I marry a chicken and a dog and a dog? If that man is really like a chicken and a dog...will he be destroyed like this in his life?"

"Don't worry, the fourth... the young master will definitely make the decision for you!"

Ning Chuchu thought to herself that although she had no relationship with Chen Qiaodie, the woman was also one of Zhongli Ruoshui's close friends. Besides, she could not decide her own marriage, so she certainly hoped that Chen Qiaodie's marriage would not be so tragic.

So she said confidently: "Okay, since the girl has this decision, I should have the beauty of fulfillment, but we have to make it clear first. Once the engagement is cancelled, you cannot regret it!"

Chen Qiaodie would not regret it? She was too happy.

She quickly got up and said a blessing to Ning Chuchu: "Little woman... would rather die than regret!"

At this moment, a maid brought in six excellent poems judged by three old bachelors.

"Miss, the three old men said that the leader of this literary meeting was born in these six poems, and they were all between Zhongbo. How to determine the final decision is what the lady means."

Zhongli Ruoshui brought these six poems over and went over one by one. Don’t say that these six poems are really good, but… “Compared with that person’s poem, these poems are either too ingenious, or have taste but no rhyme, or…visual but not spiritual… Hey, what are the two guys Qi Zhixue and Su Muxin join in the fun?”

"The four great talents in Kyoto... are still lacking in the charm of that person's poem, Li Chendong...?"

Zhongli Ruoshui asked Chen Qiaodie with a suspicious look on his face and asked, "That person is Li Chen'an?"

Chen Qiaodie was also stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes, I think this Li Chendong is his younger brother... He is half-brother and studied at Zhuxia Academy. He is now a scholar. I heard that this year, he is very likely to pass the provincial examination and is also well-known in our Guangling City."

"Hey..." Zhongli Ruoshui handed these poems to Chen Qiaodie, "It's all the same father, why is the gap so big?"

"Isn't it? If Li Chenan had half of his brother's ability, I would be able to accept it... Miss Third, these poems are really good... You just said that compared to that person's poems, these words are a little worse than those words?"

Chen Qiaodie is a rough idea and you will know that these six poems are really rare.

Especially the two poems by Su Muxin and Qi Zhixue are rare and good products, but Miss Zhongli criticized these poems. Wouldn't the poems written by the person she mentioned reach the pinnacle?

Zhongli Ruoshui shrugged, "You will understand this song again."

She handed the poem written by Li Chen'an to Chen Qiaodie.

The words are a bit ugly, but when Chen Qiaodie reads this poem, he was shocked:

"Good word!"

"No wonder Miss Third said so!"

“Who made this word?”

Zhongli Ruoshui shook his head: "I don't know who the author of this poem is."

At this time, another maid walked in, "Miss, two people came outside, saying that it was Mr. Zhang Pingju, the academician of our Guangling City.

, Another old man said it was Hua Manting."

When Zhongli Ruoshui heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Hurry up... no, I'll go to greet him in person!"

After a while, she welcomed the two into the cabin and invited them to take their seats. Chen Qiaodie quickly put down the paper in her hand and poured a cup of tea for them.

Hua Manting's eyes fell on Ning Chuchu's face.

Ning Chuchu blinked and laughed: "It turns out that Mr. Hua is here. I respect Mr. Hua for a drink!"
To be continued...