Bidding farewell to Sima Chengzhen's master and apprentice, Kong Sheng's young and handsome face had a faint smile on his face, and he walked back to the city slowly with his hands behind his back.

He's in a great mood at the moment. The fate of Kong Sheng, a rootless and helpless prodigal, has been quietly reversed, everything is running in the established direction, and a magnificent new life is coming, he does not admit that he is a falsifier of history, but firmly believes that he is the creator of a piece of history.

At the very least, he wants to change his destiny and create his own history!

Jiangning County still sings and dances, and the people of Jiangning, who sing and dance, no matter how high or low, are noble or low, and they are not affected by the war. Even the news of the new emperor's accession to the throne did not stir up too many waves in the city.

Kong Sheng walked through the prosperous market and walked alone all the way to the Shunsheng Inn where he was temporarily staying.

Not long after, Meng Chao suddenly appeared with two house slaves and blocked his way.

Kong Sheng let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that these jumping clowns still couldn't hold it back after all, and jumped out with a roar. He expected that Liu Nian, the children of Yanei, would at most give themselves "some eye medicine" to save the face they had lost in the past.

For the fierce and brave Kong Sheng, Meng Chao has actually been a little afraid. Most of the people in the city couldn't figure it out, how could this weak little guy of the Kong family be born with amazing brute strength and fierce fierceness? The arrangement of heaven is also very strange.

Seeing Kong Sheng at a glance, Meng Chao subconsciously took half a step back, he fixed his mind, and pretended to be arrogant with his shelf: "Kong Sheng, tomorrow afternoon, Liu Nian Liu Gongzi and Zhou Chang Zhou Gongzi set up a banquet for drinking tea and literature in the Rose Square of Yanyun Bayuan, and jointly invited you to the meeting, and the scholars of the city will compete with you again for poetry and writing, do you dare to come?" ”

Seeing that Meng Chao was bluffing and using a childish and ridiculous agitation method on himself, Kong Sheng couldn't help laughing, he glanced at Meng Chao, and said lightly: "Please reply to Liu Nian and Zhou Chang, Kong is not interested in this at all." ”

Kong Sheng walked away.

Meng Chao remembered Kong Sheng's usual fierce posture, and didn't dare to stop it anymore, but he stood on the side of the road and shouted: "Kong Sheng, if you don't come, you will obviously be a person who deceives the world and steals fame, and a person who plagiarizes poetry and literature. ”

Hearing this, Kong Sheng suddenly turned around, his eyes were deep, but he was not flustered.

He looked at Meng Chao and said coldly: "This is probably Zhou Chang's idea, right?" Based on Liu Nian's appearance alone, he couldn't think of such a vicious trick. It seems that there is no good banquet, you are determined to coerce Kong to go to the meeting, and you must have laid a trap to lure me in. ”

Meng Chao laughed: "Do you dare to go or don't you dare to go?" Give me a good word! ”

Kong Sheng turned around and left, but left a sentence of understatement: "Tell Liu Nian and Zhou Chang that if they want to play, Kong will accompany them to play to the end, but I hope they can afford to play, don't cry dad and call mother when the time comes, scared to pee your pants!" ”

Meng Chao was ecstatic when he saw Kong Sheng agree, and he didn't hear the "language disease" in Kong Sheng's words - there were no pants in this year. He trotted all the way with the house slave and went straight to the nearby Yanyun Tower. Upstairs in Yanyun, Liu Nian, Zhou Chang and a group of people were drinking happily, anxiously waiting for Meng Chao's news.

Kong Sheng's pace quickened, and without any further stop, he returned to the Shunsheng Inn and entered his room.

After the Wangjianglou poetry meeting, he secretly decided that in the future, he would try to avoid participating in such vassal and elegant gatherings. He is not a person who likes to be in the limelight, but the reputation of his predecessor was too bad, and he was forced to take this path out of desperation.

Zhou Chang and Liu Nian jointly set up a banquet to hold a cultural meeting, there must be a conspiracy, and everyone can see it. The so-called test of poetry is actually not good. Kong Sheng knew that he wanted to ignore it, but this Zhou Chang is also the number one person, and he is quite scheming, so he actually came up with such a trick to coerce Kong Sheng into it.

If Kong Sheng didn't go, with the power and power of the Liu family in the city, and with Zhou Chang's influence among the scholars in Jiangnan, they united a large number of scholars to jointly release their reputations, manipulate public opinion, and slander Kong Sheng as a deceptive and famous, it would be bad.

Kong Sheng actually took a very light view of his false name -- the reputation of the so-called No. 1 genius in Jiangnan was worthless to him. However, he wants to make a name for himself in Datang, and he still needs to maintain such a reputation for the time being before the opportunity comes.

Since this is the case, let's go to the meeting alone, and see what tricks Liu Nian and Zhou Chang can play. For Liu Nian, don't look at him as the son of Liu Junshou, Kong Sheng really doesn't take him seriously, this is just an ignorant Yannei disciple, so there is nothing to worry about; What really made him a little vigilant was Zhou Chang, Zhou Chang, who was born in the Yixing Zhou family.

Yixing Zhou's tree has deep roots in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhou Chang, who was born in Zhou, is quite famous, and in many cases, the literati's calculation is that they don't use knives to kill, and the ruthlessness of the literati is hidden in the conversation and laughter, so they have to be guarded against.

Kong Sheng sat quietly on the bed, combing his messy thoughts, and fell into deep thought for a long time.

Yang House.

When Yang Qi got Yang Kuan's report, he was stunned at first, then smiled slightly, and waved his hand: "Zhou Chang is quite calculating this week, but he is also the number one person, if it weren't for Kong Sheng's little guy who was born, this official would have recruited him as a son-in-law a long time ago." However, since there is Kong Sheng now, let these two young men fight, and we can wait and see what happens. ”

"Yes, the villain understands." Yang Kuan bowed and retreated.

Behind the gorgeous screen, Yang Xueruo helped her mother Zheng to walk out, and Zheng frowned and said: "Husband, Zhou Chang is talented and good-looking, from a famous family, even if he loses Kong Sheng's talent and learning, he is far more suitable than Kong Sheng to be the son-in-law of our Yang family." ”

Yang Xueruo listened to her mother's words, her willow eyebrows raised slightly, but she remained strangely silent.

Yang Qi shook his head: "Madam, don't worry. This is a game of chess, all under the control of the official, the official is willing to give Zhou Chang another chance, if he can turn defeat into victory and suppress Kong Sheng, the official will also consider recruiting him as a son-in-law as appropriate! ”

Yang Qi looked up at his daughter and said indifferently, "Daughter, what do you think?" ”

Yang Xueruo sighed faintly: "It's up to my father to decide." It's just that her daughter thinks that Zhou Chang should not be Kong Sheng's opponent, and he teamed up with Liu Nian this time, taking great pains, for fear that the bamboo basket will be empty. ”

"Oh? How so? Yang Qi stroked his beard and chuckled: "Let's hear it." ”

"Father, Zhou Chang is a scholar of Qinggao and the leader of the new generation of scholars in Jiangnan. He has always been disdainful and ashamed of Liu Nian and others, and the reason why he is willing to join forces with Liu Nian this time is nothing more than to use Liu Junshou's power to manipulate the overall situation and try to force Kong Sheng into some kind of trap. The daughter doesn't know what they are plotting, but presumably Kong Sheng must have a way to deal with it. ”

"In terms of scheming, Zhou Chang is far inferior to Kong Sheng. Kong Sheng is full of talent but has endured it so far, pretending to wander for several years, willing to bear the criticism and infamy of the city, this kind of deep scheming is beyond Zhou Chang's reach. ”

"In terms of means, Zhou Chang is even worse than Kong Sheng. Kong Sheng was born with divine power, and he practiced martial arts in the past, but now he has met Bai Yunzi Immortal to teach him...... Looking back now, Kong Sheng's character is decisive, and he even has a little bit of bravery and fierceness, if they meet on a narrow road, how can Zhou Chang and Liu Nian be Kong Sheng's opponents? ”

"Father, Kong Sheng is amazing, good at forbearance, scheming, and both civil and military bravery, he has accumulated a lot of money and deliberately made a blockbuster, to say that he is unprepared for the current situation, his daughter does not believe it. Such a person is by no means a thing in the pool, and it is not something that Zhou Chang and Liu Nian and others can compare. ”

Yang Xueruo spoke eloquently, her pretty face was slightly red.

Zheng frowned, her daughter praised Kong Sheng so much, she felt very uncomfortable. But she felt that her daughter's words were quite reasonable and irrefutable.

Yang Qi looked at his daughter deeply, and suddenly laughed: "The daughter of my Yang family is really unique and has a broad vision!" Madam, you are far less knowledgeable than your daughter! ”

"In this way, my daughter likes that Kong Sheng."

Yang Xueruo bit her silver teeth, knowing that the opportunity was rare, she made up her mind and bowed to her father: "Father, Kong Sheng is both civil and military, my daughter thinks that he will have a day when he will leap into the dragon gate, and my daughter is willing to match, and I hope that my father will be perfect!" ”

Zheng Shi was taken aback and looked at Yang Xueruo in a daze.

Yang Qi had a smile on his face, but he didn't answer his daughter's words, but brushed his sleeves away.

Zheng hurriedly picked up his daughter and complained: "You kid, you are really bold and arrogant, what is so good about Kong Sheng's little girl, worthy of your shame so much?" Look, make your father angry, really! ”

Yang Xueruo straightened up and looked at her father's back, silent, and didn't know what kind of brilliance flashed in her clear eyes.

She knew her father's temperament too well. If he was really angry, or if he was adamantly opposed to her matching Kong Sheng, he would not walk away, but reprimand her to her face and sternly tell her to dispel such thoughts.

Even if I didn't agree but I didn't object, this in itself is a gesture worth savoring.