Hearing Xu Shu say "Don't think about it!", Zhu Ding couldn't help but was stunned, but then he heard Xu Shu continue: "Since you are kindly inviting me, Shan will stay."
Xu Shu stayed in Zhu Ding's mansion for more than a year, and met Zhu Rong often. However, although he was very enthusiastic, the girl was as cold as ice to him. To say that Xu Shu was really able to endure his temper and give full play to what he had learned in his life.
If he wants to make the girl smile, he either writes a little poem or sends a few flowers. But Zhu Rong loves heroes and turns a blind eye to all the nonsense he puts his mind into. Whatever he sends, he accepts it with the front foot and the other with the back foot.
Just threw it away.
Zhu Ding naturally saw all this, but he pretended not to know, and warned the tribe not to tell this "Mr. Shan" about the alliance three years ago. He was the tribe leader, and he always told the truth in the tribe. With this
With this order, Ren Xu Shu was full of resourcefulness and had no way of knowing why Zhu Rong was not married yet at such an old age.
Since Zhu Rong was not married, Xu Shu should still have a chance, so he continued to please Zhu Rong perseveringly, which annoyed Zhu Rong and wanted to drive him out of the cave several times. However, Zhu Ding knew that the entire Zhu family
In the future, Zhu Jie can only rely on his youngest son Zhu Jie. Cultivating him into an adult is the top priority of the Zhu family. Now, it is difficult to find such a talented gentleman to teach him. How can Zhu Ding be willing to let Xu Shu leave so easily, but instead send Zhu Rong to him?
scolded.
Of course Zhu Ding would not be stupid enough to let Zhu Rong give up his bet with Liu Xin and marry Xu Shu instead. He was just trying every means to keep Xu Shu. Fortunately, Zhu Rong was determined enough, otherwise he would have faced Xu Shu's death.
After all the hard work, it’s really hard to say what the outcome will be. However, when Liu Xin and Xu Shu unexpectedly met at Zhu’s house, Zhu Ding and his daughter still felt a little embarrassed. After all, it’s hard to talk about such things.
Although Xu Shu had enough food and clothing in Zhu's family, and Zhu Ding treated him with great courtesy, he was ignorant. Even at the beginning of the year, he had no way of knowing the real reason why Zhu Rong left Zangke and went to Xiangyang. He believed Zhu Ding's words and stupidly said
The Zhu family is waiting for the return of Zhu Rong, who is visiting relatives.
In fact, Xu Shu had met Liu Xin when he was at Yingchuan Academy. But when he learned the news that Zhu Rong was back, Xu Shu was naturally surprised and happy. His eyes were all on Zhu Rong, especially the woman she was dating.
With her hair in a bun, she completely didn't notice that Liu Xin was here.
When Xu Shu heard Liu Xin's question, he could not understand the relationship between Liu Xin and Zhu Rong. He couldn't help but get angry and angrily said: "Liu Xin, I have long heard that you are a womanizer, but you can't rely on yourself."
The power of the people robbed the women of the people!"
Zhu Rong was a little unhappy when he heard him calling Liu Xin by his first name, and asked loudly: "Mr. Shan, oh no, I should call you Mr. Xu! Why do you say that my elder brother raped a girl!"
Xu Shu couldn't be fierce when facing Zhu Rong, and lowered his voice and said: "Miss Zhu, I know you are not a person who follows people's influence. If he hadn't forced you, how could you be with him?"
Zhu Rong blushed and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about! No one forced me. I wanted to marry my brother three years ago. At that time, I thought he was just an ordinary Han businessman. How could he force me?"
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Liu Xin listened to the two of them arguing and couldn't figure out how Xu Shu and Zhu Rong could have any intersection. Historically, these two people did not have any intersection, and they had never met each other, and they didn't even know about each other's existence. This
Everything was due to the arrival of Liu Xin, which changed the original trajectory of history.
Historically, when Xu Shu went out to study, Yizhou was still under the jurisdiction of Liu Yan and implemented a policy of isolation from the imperial court. Xu Shu had no way of coming to Zangke. In fact, even if he came to Zangke at that time, he would not
You will meet Zhu Rong, because Zhu Rong has long been married to Meng Huo.
From the conversation between the two people, Liu Xin had already heard that Xu Shu was just wishful thinking and had unrequited love. Zhu Rong's feelings for him had never changed. She couldn't help but feel relaxed. She stepped forward, stopped in front of Zhu Rong, and said to Xu Shu: "
Xu Shu, no matter what you thought in the past, you should know now that Rong'er is my woman. Unless she wants to leave me, I will not let anyone take her away from me. You still
Give up this attachment as soon as possible."
Liu Xin was tall and blocked Zhu Rong behind her, completely blocking Xu Shu's sight. Only Zhu Rong's jade-like arms could be seen wrapped around Liu Xin's waist, which showed that the two were extremely affectionate.
Xu Shu stared at it blankly for a long time and murmured: "That's all, that's all. Liu Xin, Xu knows that you have a high position and outstanding literary talent. Your "Humble Chamber Inscription" has been widely circulated, and Xu often reads it.
Inspiring.”
Liu Xin felt a little ashamed. She could no longer remember a few lines of the plagiarized "Inscription on the Humble Room", but she didn't expect Xu Shu to remember it.
Xu Shu didn't know what Liu Xin was thinking. He continued: "You can write a poem in five steps. Your achievements in poetry are beyond the reach of Xu. And your grand plan is even more difficult for Xu."
Look forward to your neck."
Liu Xin didn't expect Xu Shu to have such a high opinion of herself, so she felt a little embarrassed. Even the anger she had secretly felt because he had Zhu Rong's idea gradually subsided, so she waved her hand and said, "Xu Shu, feelings are so important."
What is meant is that you are in love with me and the two of you are happy with each other. It is not a comparison of status, talent, or wealth. If that were the case, those beautiful love stories of our predecessors would not be passed down."
Zhu Rong was extremely moved by his words and couldn't help hugging him tighter. However, Xu Shu disagreed and said coldly: "Those beautiful love stories may not care about status and wealth, but it is impossible not to mention talent."
In fact, what Xu Shu said is not wrong. Those stories were made up by frustrated literati, and in the end it was always the talented man and the beautiful woman who came together, so there was a saying that "there is beauty in the book".
Xu Shu paused, glanced at Liu Xin contemptuously, and continued: "Liu Xin, although your talent is outstanding, your character is not that good! When it comes to governing the country and poetry, Xu knows that he is not your opponent, but
There is one thing, but Xu can definitely beat you! Do you dare to compete with me?"
Liu Xin almost fainted after hearing what he said. What he was most proud of was his character. He always believed that he was diligent and caring for the people. Who knew that in Xu Shu's eyes, he was not very good at it. On the contrary, in terms of governing the country and poetry
, Liu Xin is self-aware, he knows that he is no better than an ignorant person, but Xu Shu actually praises these two aspects of him.
In fact, the reason why Xu Shu came to such a conclusion was entirely based on his own judgment. During his study tour for more than half a year, Xu Shu saw with his own eyes that the people in the area ruled by Liu Xin were prosperous and the country was strong. And Liu Xin's widely circulated articles
Poetry and prose, indeed no one can surpass them
As for character, the two sides adopted different standards, so the conclusions were naturally very different. Xu Shu used the evaluation standards of scholar-officials, and some of Liu Xin's practices were indeed absurd and even rebellious in the eyes of scholar-officials.
of.
Faced with Xu Shu's challenge, Liu Xin just smiled lightly and said: "An inch is long and a foot is short. What's the comparison?"
Of course Liu Xin didn't want to accept Xu Shu's challenge. Who knows what he wanted to compete with. If he had a problem and he couldn't solve it for a while, it wouldn't be a joke if it spread.
Xu Shu took a step forward, stared at Liu Xin and said: "I just want to compete with you. If I lose, I will let you do whatever you want. If you lose, give me Miss Zhu!"
"Fart!" Liu Xin couldn't help but cursed, "Xu Shu, you are so contemptible! Rong'er is not a bet, she is a living person. She has the right to choose the life she wants. She has her own freedom. How can she be allowed to do so by
You and I will control it!"
Xu Shu couldn't help but be stunned. In his opinion, it was natural for him to pursue Zhu Rong as a gentle lady. However, women are women after all and can only become accessories to men. On this point, Xu Shu's views were not the same as those of other scholar-bureaucrats.
What's the difference? I never thought that women could also have freedom.
However, Xu Shu is now a scholar, and the best thing for a scholar is his own face. The words have been spoken, even if it is not to compete for Zhu Rong, Xu Shu refuses to step back. He took another step forward, almost touching Liu Xin's face
Nose, said loudly: "Okay! If I lose, I'll let you do what you want. If you lose, it's up to Miss Zhu to choose. That's alright. Do you dare to take it?"
Liu Xin didn't want to pay attention to him and turned around to leave.
Zhu Rong refused and said loudly: "Mr. Xu, tell me, why can my brother be afraid of you?"
Liu Xin couldn't help but frown and said, "Rong'er, don't be ridiculous."
Zhu Rong said disapprovingly: "You have nothing to lose anyway. Even if you lose, I will only choose you."
"What's the loss? You think you're doing business!" Liu Xin really didn't want to have any competition with Xu Shu. After all, this era attaches great importance to reputation. If he asks him to write an article on some topic, he won't be able to write it.
If so, even the poems and essays I wrote before will be doubted.
But Xu Shu couldn't wait to shout: "Okay! Liu Xin, listen, I want to compete with you in swordsmanship!"
Everything is low-grade, except for good reading. In the eyes of scholars, no matter how strong martial arts are, they are just trivial skills and are not worth mentioning. Therefore, the few poems Liu Xin "stolen" can be widely circulated among the scholars, and Liu Xin's
In the eyes of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, they have unfathomable kung fu, but few outsiders know about it. Otherwise, Xu Shu would never have come up with such a competition to save his face.
Zhu Rong admired Liu Xin's martial arts. This was the main reason why she wanted to marry Liu Xin. When she heard that Xu Shu actually proposed to compete in swordsmanship, she suddenly felt like she had discovered a monster. She covered her mouth and stared at Xu Shu.
Looking up and down, he finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. This smile was really charming. Xu Shu was dumbfounded. He hurriedly calmed down, took a step back, and asked in a deep voice: "Liu Xin, do you want to compare or not?"