"Odds?" When Ji Ning knew that he even had odds in Zhongjieyuan, he had a wry smile on his face.

Gambling things, since ancient times, the word flower stall on the market is the most frequent place for people to gamble, big cities such as Jinling City will have gambling houses, controlled by the power of the three religions and nine streams, push pai gow, shake dice, fish, shrimp and crab and other gambling methods, it is said that Ji Ning, who was not doing business in the past, also often went to these places, after all, Ji Ning at that time made bad friends, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are all fine.

Han Yu said with a smile: "I have occasionally heard that the odds of Yongning in this township test are two to five, which is very high, but the odds of Zhongjieyuan are not high, maybe Yongning did not have many literary names before, and the odds of one loss of ninety-six are also based on Yongning's attainments in poetry and songs." ”

"Shall I feel honored, or sad?" Ji Ning spread his hands and said.

Tang Xie smiled: "Haha, Yongning, don't care about this, let's think about going to Chongwangfu, this year's county lord's birthday is different, in the past, the county lord's birthday, Chongwangfu will not be publicized to the public, after all, the daughter's birthday is their own business, and it is not the turn of outsiders to come to the banquet." But this is the fifteenth birthday of the county lord of Huaizhu, and the woman is fifteen and the year of marriage, if King Chong asks me to play on the spot to make a celebratory article, the quality of the work can be heard by the county lord. If anyone does a good job, and the county lord secretly agrees to him, then he will have a chance to become the county lord's favorite? ”

"Ziqian, you also think about good things, instead of letting the county lord appreciate, in fact, it is better to let King Chong appreciate, is it King Chong choosing a son-in-law, or the county lord choosing the person he likes? What can a fifteen-year-old girl understand? Isn't her marriage to her father and brother? After Xie Tai put forward this point of view, Han Yu, Tang Xie and Song Rui all nodded, rather than letting the county lord appreciate it, it was better to let King Chong appreciate it.

When Ji Ning heard what they said, he couldn't help but be surprised: "The county lord's birthday banquet, you guys are going...... How? ”

"Huh?" When Tang Xie and Han Yu and the others heard this, they couldn't stop laughing, it was obvious that their motives were not pure, and when they went to attend the birthday banquet of the county lord of Huaizhu, they were not staring at the county lord to make friends, but staring at the county lord's county horse to make a fuss, which was simply a bit "shameless".

The county lord of Huaizhu is only fifteen years old, and you are staring at being her husband, how eager are you to become King Chong's son-in-law?

Tang Xie hurriedly said: "We still don't discuss this issue, I came out today to get together for a drink, and discuss poetry and articles by the way, if Yongning you have any good articles, especially those that fit the birthday banquet of the county lord and Lu, you might as well share it with us, and we can make a judgment first." ”

"What are you ......," Ji Ning looked at Tang Xie with a strange face.

"Can't understand this? In fact, Ziqian wants to help you gain the favor of King Chong and Lord Huaizhu. Song Rui said, "If you think about us, although we are conceited and have a little talent, we have never entered the eyes of the Chongwang Mansion, but Yongning you are different, you want to respect the princes of Chongwang, and there are even Shen scholars recommended for you, can Chongwang not be curious about you?" If you can make a splash at the banquet in King Chong's Mansion, King Chong will definitely think that you are the best candidate for the county horse, as for the county lord of Huaizhu, it was originally a girl's mind, and he has not seen too much of the world, as long as you can stand out from the crowd, the county lord will also be ......"

Ji Ning waved his hand and said: "Your kindness is appreciated in my heart, but everyone asks for different things. In the matter of being a county horse, Ji does not deny that the county horse who becomes the lord of Huaizhu County can get more political convenience, and even be able to enter the court in the future, but it is not the wealth and glory obtained by his own imperial examination, it will only make people shameful. Not to mention, Zaixia's original ambition is not in the court, but in the Confucian Temple, what he wishes in the future is just a beautiful wife and concubines and children and grandchildren around his knees, dare to ask if he marries the county lord, can he still fulfill Zaixia's wish? ”

When the four people present heard this, they couldn't help but be disappointed, and Han Yu said bluntly: "Yongning, in fact, even if you become a county horse and want to participate in the imperial examination and enter the Temple of Literature, it is okay." But what do you say...... It is indeed difficult to have a beautiful wife and concubine, but it also depends on your ability, you can also raise it outside, there is no need to marry into the door, in fact, King Chong himself has a lot of princesses, and the lord of Huaizhu County should not be too reluctant to your three wives and four concubines, but because of the number of etiquette, you can't marry more! The lord of Huaizhu once appeared at the bonfire banquet, although it was not very clear when it was dark, but it was vaguely recognizable that it was a beauty who captivated the country and the city, Yongning, sometimes women have to talk about quality, not quantity, you have to understand, after this village there is no such shop. ”

Ji Ning thought to himself, what kind of loss is this, blindly encouraging him to marry the county lord of Huaizhu, but let me ask, he is just a down-and-out son of the wang clan, and now he needs to support his family by himself, why should he let King Chong marry his daughter with peace of mind? In the end, he has to get into the house, and when he enters the wealthy compound of Chongwang's Mansion, he can no longer come out to meet guests and drink like today, and he has to consider the wishes of the county lord and King Chong in doing things, and in the end he will become "the door does not go out of the two doors", and he has to accompany King Chong to entertain some dignitaries, and the whole person has changed from a student to a foil who accompanies wine.

Ji Ning was unwilling to fall into the Chongwang Mansion and become the laughing stock of others.

"Instead of marrying a woman you don't like against your will, wouldn't it be nice to seek fame from the imperial examination in peace, so that you can live a calm and comfortable life?" Ji Ning said eloquently.

Tang Xie and Han Yu and the others obviously couldn't understand Ji Ning's logic, students seeking fame and fame, no matter what way, it was feasible, and the daughter of King Chong, Lord Huaizhu, was not ugly, it was your honor to marry back, how could you say that it was as if you had entered the palace of the king of Hades? Marrying a county lord, do you have so many feelings?

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice from the next table praising the case: "Okay." This brother said it well! ”

The eyes of the five people all looked over, but they saw that at a table in the corner next door, there was a staggered boy and brother, maybe the few people were chatting too vigorously just now, and this person didn't notice when he came, but he saw that this person was swordsman's eyebrows and phoenix eyes, quite a bit heroic, and what he was holding in his hand was not a folding fan, but a blue scroll of thread-bound books, and he took the book in his hand when he went out, it seemed that this person attached great importance to learning, but Ji Ning could detect it at a glance, it was a book on the art of war, indicating that this person was not proficient in poetry and articles, It is a book of strategies for the march of statecraft.