In the next two days, the Lou family's extermination of mountain bandits became more and more intense in Qinghua City, and the officers and soldiers who participated in the operation talked about the whole process of exterminating the mountain bandits.

Some people scoffed at this matter, thinking that Zhang Shumo was just lucky, and he just happened to choose the right route for the mountain bandits to escape. As a result, there are often two waves of people arguing about this matter in the tavern and teahouse.

However, Zhang Shumo didn't care about the rumors from the outside world at all, and even had some worries in his heart, once his own affairs were too big, Lu Li would inevitably have to report to his father, and then he would be unlucky. So Zhang Shumo simply accompanied Lou Zaiying to wake up for Mrs. Qing at home, and did not leave the house for half a step.

Among the Lou family, the status of the big house has quietly risen. Every time the Lou family discusses things now, Lou Jun will call Lou Zaiying and Zhang Shumo to be present, which makes the Erfang family very unhappy. It stands to reason that after Lou Hong passed away, the position of the patriarch should be passed on to Lou Yuan, but now that Lou Jun has vigorously improved the status of the big house, Lou Yuan will inevitably think more. In order to regain the disadvantage, Lou Yuan returned to Mengzhou without waiting for the deceased Lou family children to be buried, vowing to make some merits to overshadow the limelight of Zhang Shumo.

The time soon came to August 15, and the Lou family had a funeral, so there was no holiday atmosphere at all. But the city of Thanh Hoa is very lively, because today is the day of the final of the cricket fighting competition.

During this period, Yang Xue invited Zhang Shumo to watch the finals again, but Zhang Shumo still refused, which made Yang Xue very disappointed, so she sprinkled all her anger on Chen Yi. defeated Chen Yi, Yang Xue won the championship as she wished, the faces of the people in Xu Liangcheng were gloomy, and Chen Yi was even more angry and directly stepped on his crickets.

The people of Qinghua City were naturally overjoyed, and they praised Yang Xue for how powerful. But what everyone didn't expect was that Yang Xue told everyone that she was just Zhang Shumo's apprentice, and if Zhang Shumo participated in the competition, she would definitely win the championship easily, and as for the players in other cities, they were not even half as good as Zhang Shumo.

These words can be regarded as causing an uproar, and the people in Qinghua City admire Zhang Shumo even more, they can be literary, martial, and fight crickets, and the Lou family has really picked up a treasure. The people in other cities were very dissatisfied with Zhang Shumo, especially the literati and ink writers who participated in the cricket fighting competition. They took out the poems and lyrics written by Zhang Shumo and criticized them, saying that Zhang Shumo was a man with no ambitions, and could only describe men and women who loved lewd scholars.

Niu Qi is one of the people who criticize Zhang Shumo, although his ancestral home is from Qinghua City, but he grew up in Xu Liangcheng and has a greater sense of belonging to Xu Liangcheng. Yang Xue's words undoubtedly angered Niu Qi, and he unceremoniously criticized Zhang Shumo. And the attitude of the Niu family towards this matter is a little erratic, taking Niu Ci as an example, in the matter of fighting crickets, he supports Zhang Shumo even more. But in terms of poetry and songs, he supports Niu Qi more, after all, the Niu family is a famous scholarly family in Qinghua City, and there is still some pride in it.

On August 18, the Lou family held a grand funeral, and because of the Lou family's meritorious service in exterminating the mountain bandits, Zhang Jian attended the funeral on behalf of the government. This made the Lou family feel very honored, these people who entered the soil were nobodies before their lives, but when they passed away, they were sent by the county master, which was worth it.

The day after the funeral, the weather suddenly turned cooler, and people changed into autumn clothes. Since he hadn't been to Shanyang Academy for many days, Zhang Shumo decided to go to the academy today.

As soon as he went out, Zhang Shumo bumped into Yang Xue who was pacing back and forth at the door, Yang Xue was hesitating at the door, and when she saw Zhang Shumo coming out, she didn't know what to say for a while, and said embarrassedly: "What a coincidence." ”

Zhang Shumo raised his eyebrows: "This is my home, what is the coincidence!" You're here for me? ”

Yang Xue pouted: "I'm a momentary speechman." My dad is going to hold a celebration banquet for me in the house tomorrow, and you are my teacher, so I want you to go too. ”

Zhang Shumo grinned: "That's it?" Why didn't you knock on the door just now? ”

"I'm not worried that the Lou family will invite you to this kind of banquet just after the funeral, I'm afraid that the Lou family will say that yours is not." After speaking, Yang Xue sniffed aggrievedly.

Zhang Shumo smiled: "I'm not afraid of what others say, what are you afraid of!" By the way, is this banquet for the family? ”

Yang Xue's eyes immediately widened when she heard this: "Who do you want to take with you?" ”

"Of course it's my wife! Aren't you worried that the Lou family will say me, bring my wife and they won't say it. Zhang Shumo grinned.

After listening to Zhang Shumo's words, Yang Xue was depressed. Originally, Yang Hua planned to hold a celebration banquet on the second day of Yang Xue's victory, but in order to allow Zhang Shumo to participate, Yang Xue deliberately asked Yang Hua to move the date to after the Lou family's funeral. Unexpectedly, now Zhang Shumo has to bring Lou Zaiying to participate, which makes Lou Zaiying entangled in his heart. rejected Zhang Shumo, afraid that he would simply not participate. can agree that Zhang Shumo will take Lou Zaiying to go, Yang Xue is a little unwilling in her heart, and Yang Xue, who is entangled, simply threw the invitation directly into Zhang Shumo's hands: "You decide for yourself." With that, he turned and left.

Zhang Shumo looked at Yang Xue's departing back with a puzzled expression: "Why is this girl angry?" After speaking, he put away the invitation and walked to the academy.

When they came to the academy, the gentlemen took the initiative to say hello to Zhang Shumo, and even Zhang Gan, who had always been indifferent, took the initiative to say "early" to Zhang Shumo, which made Zhang Shumo a little unaccustomed.

As soon as Cai Zhi saw Zhang Shumo, he joked: "Zhang Gongzi is really not ordinary, Wen Neng writes poems and lyrics, and Wu Neng goes up the mountain to suppress bandits, he is really a model in my generation!" ”

Zhang Shumo hurriedly arched his hand: "Brother Cai is going to play foolish brother." By the way, Brother Cai, how is the academy doing? Did the kids I teach fall behind? ”

Cai Zhi smiled: "When you didn't come, we also taught well, how could it be that we were left behind?" There is a new student here, who may be of interest to the virtuous brother. ”

Zhang Shumo frowned, it stands to reason that the academy recruits students in the spring, and now that winter is about to begin, the academy will also suspend classes, and it is definitely not easy for students to insert at this time. So Zhang Shumo asked curiously: "I don't know which son can come to the academy to study at this time?" ”

Cai Zhi smiled mysteriously: "You'll know later!" ”

Separated from Cai Zhi, Zhang Shumo wanted to go to the classroom to have a look, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he met Wang Chen, Wang Chen asked excitedly: "Big brother, you are finally here." ”

Zhang Shumo nodded: "Brother Xian, are you going to teach students to learn archery this early in the morning?" ”

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Big brother misunderstood, I'm not here to teach, I'm here to study!" ”

Zhang Shumo smacked his tongue: "Why did the virtuous brother come to study again?" While asking, Zhang Shumo thought: Could it be that the student Cai Zhi said is Wang Chen?

Wang Chen smiled embarrassedly: "Don't I also want to be able to recite poetry like my eldest brother!" Okay, I'll go pull in first. After speaking, Wang Chen entered the classroom.

Zhang Shumo was puzzled: When did this Wang Chen change his sex? But as soon as he entered the classroom, Zhang Shumo understood Wang Chen's intentions, because there was actually a woman sitting at the back of the classroom, and this woman was the top Yunyan girl of Xingcui Pavilion!