Seeing Xiao Musheng stop, Lu He asked worriedly: "Brother Ziqing, is there something wrong?"

Xiao Musheng came to his senses, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, let's go in too!"

As soon as you step into the room, the familiar fragrance of plum blossoms hits your nostrils.

Xiao Musheng looked around and saw that the room was not big. There were only two tables. On the table, pens, ink, paper and inkstones were neatly placed.

And the fragrance he smelled came from the flowerpot placed in front of the window of the room, where a single winter plum blossomed alone...

Looking at this, Xiao Musheng was confused and couldn't help asking: "Why did Brother Zhou arrange such a separate room?"

Zhou Yuan walked to one of the tables, picked up the pen on the table and looked at it carefully. After hearing Xiao Musheng's words, he put down the pen and replied: "The first floor is noisy and there are many people. I made an appointment with you to compete. I

This is a discussion between scholars, not for others to treat us as monkeys."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Musheng was impressed, and even Chen Ce's eyes showed a little more appreciation.

The man whom Zhou Yuan called "Brother Lin" was about to step forward to study the ink, but Wen Xu raised his hand to stop him and whispered: "I will do it myself, and you can concentrate on your business."

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, studied the ink and said: "I first heard about Brother Xiao's name when he got Xiao Sanyuan. I have been admiring him for a long time and arranged for people to wait here for a long time. If Brother Xiao hadn't been there,

If I stayed in front of the building for a moment longer, I might have missed it."

Wen Xu made no secret of the fact that he arranged for people to keep an eye on Qingyun Tower, and was extremely honest.

"Brother Wen is overly praised."

Only then did Xiao Musheng realize why he had only had a cup of tea when he entered the building. Wen Xu and others, who seemed out of place in Qingyun Building, suddenly appeared as if they had received news in advance.

In his previous life, the reason why he didn't get to know these people in advance was because he had not recovered from the cold. He walked into Qingyun Tower without stopping. He even stayed in his room for several days to review his lessons. He didn't dress up until the day of the exam.

Get out of the room.

Thinking of this, Xiao Musheng felt a little uneasy, then shook his head and thought to himself: This life should be different from the previous life...

After several people had finished grinding the ink, sat on chairs, spread out the paper, and made full preparations, they started writing and waited for the two men to sing the title.

While they were making preparations, Lu He and the man named Lin also agreed to complete it, with Lu He singing the title and another person supervising it.

It was also at this time that everyone learned that the man named Lin, whose surname was Lin, given name Ping, and given name Jizheng, was Wen Xu's good friend and the companion arranged by his family for him.

Lu He unfolded the bamboo slips on the table. What was written on the bamboo slips was the mystery that Qingyun Tower had prepared in advance.

When he spoke, his words were clear, his voice was full of emotion, and his speech was neither urgent nor slow.

"A song sings loudly under the sunset (Cao), and we meet by the broken bridge after thousands of miles (Jiao).

The three of them made an appointment to gather together after the Qingming Festival (spring), and they reunited just after the Lantern Festival (period).

The bamboo village planted before leaving was half-covered (waiting), and the bamboo leaves fell one after another on the skirt (shirt).

It is also like the broken flowers parting (Bi), a song of lovesickness and tears. (Li)"

Xiao Musheng and Wen Xu wrote the fastest, almost as soon as Lu He finished reading the first sentence, they wrote their answers on the paper, while Chen Ce and Zhou Yuan were a little slower than half a breath.

Later on, several people paused longer and felt like they couldn't write anything. They finally thought of an answer and wrote it down in a hurry.

In his last two breaths, Zhou Yuanben thought of another answer to the riddle and was about to write it down, but the time passed in the blink of an eye.

Just a sigh!

Finally, the four of them wrote at the same time and took a step back.

Lin Ping stepped forward to review and wrote on paper the number of correct answers each person guessed...

When he saw Wen Xu's answer sheet, he didn't look surprised at all. It seemed that the number was within his expectation.

But when he saw Xiao Musheng's guess paper, he was obviously stunned. After comparing it two or three times, he took a pen to record it.

Finally, it was announced: "Yan Chu answered seven against seven, Brother Zhou answered six against five, Brother Chen answered seven against six, Brother Xiao... answered eight against eight."

As soon as the result came out, Zhou Yuan hurriedly walked to Xiao Musheng, picked up the answer sheet on his desk, and compared the riddle and the answer word for word: "We meet at the broken bridge after thousands of miles, but I didn't expect it to be arrogance, and this is like a broken flower.

We went separately, and it turned out to be..."

After comparing Xiao Musheng's answer sheet, Zhou Yuan raised his head and looked at Xiao Musheng again, his eyes filled with respect. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xiao is a great talent. I am convinced that I lost."

Xiao Musheng shook his head and said, "I was just lucky."

"Brother Xiao is too modest."

After saying that, Zhou Yuan took out the pen and inkstone he had agreed upon before, as well as the "Records of the Governance of the World" that Chen Ce had given him.

When he handed over the pen and inkstone, his attitude was very cheerful, but when he took out the "Record of the Governance of the World", his eyes were full of reluctance.

But even though he was reluctant to part with it, after a brief struggle, he still placed it next to Xiao Musheng's answer sheet.

Finally, he turned his head, stopped looking, and hurriedly bowed and said goodbye: "It's getting late now, and I have to rush home. I've gained a lot today, and it's a worthwhile trip. I'll ask Brother Xiao for advice another day."

Xiao Musheng returned the salute and said, "Brother Zhou, walk slowly."

After Zhou Yuan left, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Xiao Musheng was about to speak, but Wen Xu walked up to him, as if something suddenly occurred to him, and said: "The scenery of Shengjing Long Lake is so beautiful. If Brother Xiao has

If you don’t have the time and interest, it’s better to wait until the examination is over and go out on the boat together.”

Xiao Musheng smiled hoarsely and said, "Since Brother Wen invites me, I would rather be respectful than obey."

The corner of Wen Xu's lips curled up slightly, and he whispered in his ear: "Speaking of which, Brother Xiao first came to Shengjing, so he probably didn't know the depth of the water. Now that Brother Xiao has become more famous, there are many people who are eyeing you. So, don't be easy with others."

Heart to heart."

Xiao Musheng looked at Wen Xu, and after a while he said with a complicated expression: "Xiao will definitely bear this in mind, thank you very much, Brother Wen."

Wen Xu raised his hand and patted Xiao Musheng's shoulder. He wanted to say something else, but he moved his mouth and finally just said, "I don't want to say much. It's getting late, so I'll take my leave first."

After saying this, Wen Xu left directly, while Lin Ping nodded to the three of them to say hello, and then followed Wen Xu without saying a word.

Chen Ce looked at Wen Xu and Lin Ping's leaving figures, opened the fan again with a "swish" sound, and said: "The breeze and the moon are not lingering in my heart. I am worthy of being a member of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion. I am a gentleman."

Xiao Musheng nodded in agreement.

But he turned around and saw Chen Ce taking out his fan again, and couldn't help but ask: "What's the point of your fan-waving method in winter?"

Although I knew in my previous life that he liked to carry a fan with him and pretend to be a romantic man, I had never seen him fanning himself in winter.

"You don't understand Zi Qing!" Chen Ce said, once again took out a book from his wide sleeves, handed it to Xiao Musheng, and said: "The book says that if a gentleman holds a fan in his hand, he will be more humble.

Gentle, handsome and unrestrained.”
Chapter completed!