The rich man narrowed his eyes and asked, "It sounds like you know what this thing is, so why don't you tell us about it?" ”

The young man's face flushed, and then with a somewhat proud tone, he said, "This is something that has been passed down from my ancestors, of course I know." ”

The man raised his eyebrows, and the light in his eyes flashed, "Oh? Handed down from your ancestors? ”

"Of course," the young man lowered his head, his eyes darkened, and then showed a sad look, "If it weren't for the fact that my family was too poor to open the pot, I wouldn't have taken this thing out and pawned it." ”

And they looked at him from head to toe, and saw that there was no good garment on him. glanced at each other at the moment, and they all sighed silently, they were really poor.

The rich man rolled his eyes, wanting to test him, and then smiled, "Then tell us, what is this piece of iron?" If I'm right, I can raise the price appropriately. ”

At this moment, on the other side of the street, several young people who looked like students walked up, and when they saw the strange scene outside the pawn shop, they couldn't help but walk over with curiosity.

The young man hesitated for a moment, pointed to the two palm-sized pieces of iron, and then said, "This is a rubbing left over from the Northern Wei Dynasty, although I can't recognize all the words on the rubbing, but I know that it is a poem, a treasure left by my ancestors." ”

I heard that it was a rubbing piece left over from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and a few young students who had just approached immediately became interested, and some people even went directly into the middle of those rich men, and bent down to look at the words on the iron sheet in the young man's hand.

"Momo...... Flower dock ...... Nunnery, half-awake and half-drunk, day after day, flowers bloom and fall year after year. …… The dust of the car is full of nobles, and the poor of wine cups and flowers are ....... ”

After the young student read these words intermittently, the faces of many people on the spot suddenly became strange. And the faces of several students who came with him became particularly strange.

The rich man looked at the guy as if he hadn't seen all this, looked directly at the guy, and asked, "Little brother, since you have the heart to sell this rubbing for money, you might as well go with us to the Yuquzhai in front, how about it?" ”

The young man was stunned, looked at him with wide eyes for a long time, and suddenly realized, "You are the shopkeeper of Yuquzhai?" ”

The man smiled and nodded proudly, "Yes, it seems that you already know what kind of business Yuquzhai does, so I won't dwell on it here." ”

The guy was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed excitedly, "I know, Yuquzhai is an antique shop, no wonder the shopkeeper didn't treat the iron piece in my hand as worthless rags." ”

Obviously, the guy was still a little haunted by the white eyes of the pawn shop guy he had just encountered.

The rich man stood up, looked at the few people who were with him, and invited, "Why don't you come to my shop together?" ”

Although those men were peers with this person, they were also good friends, and when they heard his invitation, there was naturally no reason why they should not be. They all looked at the honest young man, and they all thought that maybe they could find a treasure or two from this young man.

In the end, the guy followed the shopkeeper of Yuquzhai and left. And after the students who passed by, they also followed to Yuquzhai.

They didn't go for the rubbing, but for the poem on the rubbing, which was said to have been left by the guy's ancestors.

When I went to Yuquzhai, the shopkeeper asked the shopkeeper to carefully clean up the mud on the rubbing, and after repeated identification by a number of antique connoisseurs at the scene, it was confirmed that the two-palm-sized rubbings that the guy took were indeed treasures left over from the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Several shopkeepers in the same antique industry were excited, but after those students saw the words on the rubbings one by one, they lost their souls one by one and hung their heads like thunderbolts.

Soon after, someone circulated the peach blossom poem on the rubbing. And it is spread at a rapid speed of one to ten, ten to hundred, among scholars and literati.

When Li Xuecheng, the head of Lishan Academy, knew about this, almost everyone in the capital knew about this famous peach blossom poem. This is famous not because Li Xuecheng is a respected contemporary Confucian, nor because he is the head of the Lishan Academy, the head of the four major academies of Southern Chu.

It's because he became famous overnight with this peach blossom poem, but now because of a piece of Northern Wei rubbing, he has become a shameful thief and plagiarist in an instant.

Almost like when he became famous overnight, a small rubbing, almost in one day, made him, a contemporary Confucian who had stood for more than ten or twenty years, famous.

All kinds of insults, contempt, and ridicule were overwhelming for a while, flying up to Lishan Academy like snowflakes and falling on his desk.

The contemporary Confucian, who was admired and loved the day before yesterday, suddenly became a water dog despised by everyone for selling his reputation and reputation.

In the maple forest, under the gorgeous sunset, the girl who was walking leisurely in the courtyard became more and more magnificent, and she smiled slightly and listened to Leng Yue report the progress of the matter to her.

After the report, even Leng Yue was a little puzzled, "Miss, is the peach blossom poem that made Li Xuecheng famous overnight really plagiarized?" ”

Mu Xiaofeng rolled his eyes, stared at her strangely for a moment, and suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

"Leng Yue, when did you become as innocent and cute as Qingruo?"

Although there are rumors outside, hasn't Leng Yue always been very clear about the origin of that rubbing? How can you ask such a non-standard question?

Then she couldn't help but sigh slightly proudly, it seemed that this fake was very successful.

Leng Yue's cold and expressionless face suddenly turned red, "It's the slave who has become stupid." ”

But Mademoiselle made things more real than real, and I don't wonder she would believe it. She thought, I'm afraid that it is the queen's younger brother Li Xuecheng Li Yuan, which will also be confused whether the peach blossom poem was written by herself, right?

Mu Xiaofeng shook his head and looked at her with a smile, "Lost in the phenomenon, Leng Yue, this is not like you." ”

Li Xuecheng is definitely not a fame and reputation seeker, and it is precisely because he is a genuine Confucian that she needs to start from the thing that arched him up to the high ivory tower in the first place.

No matter how high the building is, it cannot withstand the unstable foundation.

Leng Yue gathered her mind and looked at the girl in purple as if she didn't understand, "Miss, what should I do next?" ”

"Is it to wait and see what happens? Or is it secretly fueling the fire? ”

Mu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, but shook his head and said softly, "You don't need to pay attention to this matter anymore, I have other things for you to do." ”

Turning Li Xuecheng from an admired contemporary Confucian to a questionable fame-seeker is only the first step.

And the far-reaching impact of this step is not yet visible.

The queen's power in the court can almost be said to be against Emperor Chu, not because she has a powerful maiden family and two capable brothers.

Li Xuecheng has become a scholar, since he became the head of Lishan Academy, the students who studied in Lishan Academy have all become his protégés. Lishan Academy has also indirectly become the cradle of cultivating talents for the prince, and the students who came out of Lishan Academy are all over Southern Chu.

It can be imagined how much the power of the queen of the Li family is.

And that's only part of the story.

The queen's brother Li Huaitian is a martial artist, he holds nearly half of the military power of Southern Chu in his hands, how can Emperor Chu not be afraid of the queen or the Li family.

What Mu Xiaofeng has to do now is to disintegrate the power of the Li family bit by bit, and cut off the queen's right-hand man step by step.

As long as the power of the Li family is cut off, no matter how powerful the queen is, she can only jump in the palace.

However, it is of course impossible to cut off all the forces at once.

And it is naturally easier to attack a literati and a Confucian than to deal with a martial artist with a heavy army.

When the overwhelming doubts reached Li Xuecheng's ears, how could he, who had always been conceited, stand it.

In his separate errand room in Lishan Academy, he was immediately so angry that his beard curled, and his voice trembled with anger and couldn't be stable at all, "Say I'm selling my reputation? Say I'm plagiarizing someone else's poem? ”

"I, Li Xuecheng, sit upright, with my talents, I need to do that kind of dirty thing?"

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and the beard shook more and more frequently.

Around the side of the long desk, there were several Xixi teachers from Lishan Academy, and seeing this, one of them hurriedly persuaded him, "Head Li, don't get excited. People outside are jealous of your talent, so they will deliberately spread rumors and slander, and the more excited you are, the more you care, but they will be mistreated. ”

The other person looked at Li Xuecheng, who was thin and temperamental, but was naturally elegant, and said worriedly, "But what should I do if the things that are getting more and more crazy outside?" ”

Someone immediately came up with an idea, "Why don't you ask Your Majesty for a decree to calm down?" ”

Someone immediately frowned and denied, "It's not proper, you must know that rumors are this thing, the more you suppress it, the more it will rebound, maybe this will not be quelled, but it will become more and more outrageous." ”

"So what should I do about it?" Someone ran out of ideas, so they could only look at Li Xuecheng expectantly, "Courtyard Chief Li, why don't you have an idea?" This matter is not only a private matter related to your personal reputation, but a major matter related to our entire Lishan Academy. ”

The character of the head of the academy has been questioned by the world, and the students who have gone out of Lishan Academy will also be questioned in the future, and even criticize their virtue with this matter.

For a long time, the reputation of Lishan Academy must be stinky.

Someone thought about it, looked at Li Xuecheng who was silent cautiously, and said tentatively, "Chief Li Yuan, why don't you come forward to clarify this matter?" ”

Li Xuecheng immediately raised his head and glared at the man, and said angrily, "The pure person is self-purifying, why should I stand up and be judged by others for what I haven't done?" ”

The man winced at him, and immediately lowered his head and did not dare to squeak again.

"Of course it is not possible to come forward to clarify directly," someone gave Li Xuecheng an idea, "It is better for the head of the court to indirectly prove his innocence to the world." ”

Li Xuecheng's face eased, and he looked at the man expectantly, "How to prove it indirectly?" ”