After Master Li's words fell, the tense nerves of all the scholars suddenly wilted, and they naturally knew that what Master Li said was the best answer in her heart, which was completely different from what they wrote, and then they looked at each other suspiciously, wondering who answered this sentence.

"Huh...... Ladies and gentlemen, Zhou is not talented, and he was lucky enough to answer Miss Shishi's question. Zhou Tianchen, who was dressed in a green shirt, stood up, clenched his fists and spun around, and said with a smile.

"It turned out to be Zhou Gongzi! Congratulations ......"

"Gongzi Zhou, you have to invite us to have a drink later!"

“……”

There is obviously a friend of Zhou Tianchen here, and when he stood up, he also smiled and complimented, in fact, most people are lucky to come out on top, after all, the poems here are not masterpieces, they are all come up with by the geisha themselves, and the answer is also chosen by the geisha who made the question, maybe your poems are not very good, but they are favored by the geisha, which is also a thing that has happened.

Master Li's expression didn't change much, and he glanced at Zhou Tianchen lightly: "Gongzi Zhou should know the rules here, the poetry couplet must be made by himself, if it is stolen from elsewhere, it will not be counted." ”

Originally, Master Li's words were asked by every geisha who made the question according to the custom, the purpose was to remind them not to steal the question, but such an ordinary word in Zhou Tianchen's heart made his heart chuckle, and then he smiled as usual on his face: "The answer is naturally undoubtedly done in the next, and this kind of thing is not to be done in the next." ”

"Zhou Gongzi is sure?" Master Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked again.

"Huh...... Naturally, I dare to be sure, Miss Shishi, don't need to ask too much, go back to the upstairs wing room and sing a song to Zaixia! Haha......" Zhou Tianchen said, and wanted to walk towards the wooden platform.

"Zhou Gongzi, don't panic." Master Li waved his hand, stopped Zhou Tianchen's movements, and then turned his head to look at the maid who was guarding under the wooden platform, and said lightly: "Xiaoyue, you come up for a moment." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Tianchen stood stiffly in place, and his face couldn't help but change.

"Huh?" The maid also chuckled in her heart, seeing Master Li's increasingly cold expression, she already realized something in her heart, so she had to hook her head in horror and walk towards the wooden platform step by step.

Everyone was stunned unconsciously, looked at Master Li in amazement, and then looked at Zhou Tianchen who was staying in place, not understanding what the situation was.

"Zhou Gongzi, actually...... The personal maid Xiaoyue has already told her teacher, and you got this answer from her. Master Li's eyes stared straight at the maid, and a look of anger flashed on her pretty face: "Isn't it!" Moon? ”

When the maid heard this, she was taken aback, where did she say this to Master Li, but what the latter said was indeed the truth, and hurriedly knelt on the wooden platform with a "plop", trembling slightly, but she didn't dare to respond.

Zhou Tianchen's face suddenly turned like ash, and he stood in place awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

When the scholars saw Zhou Tianchen's expression, and then looked at the appearance of the maid on the stage admitting her mistake, they suddenly exploded in an uproar.

"This ...... That's child's play, isn't it? Actually stealing questions? ”

"It's really in vain to do all these things!"

"Gongzi Zhou, you are really a good talent!"

“……”

Originally, some scholars failed to win the first prize, and they were naturally a little depressed in their hearts, but now that Zhou Tianchen's ugly thing was exposed, everyone couldn't help but ridicule.

Lin Xifeng didn't participate in this, still smiling faintly and eating snacks, being a bystander.

Zhou Tianchen was ashamed of what everyone said, and his earthy gray face slowly turned red, and then the dog jumped over the wall and pointed at Xiaoyue and said fiercely: "Okay, you maid, you obviously said that this matter should be strictly observed, and as soon as you turned around, you told Miss Shishi!" Yes! My reputation is discredited, it's a big deal not to be called a scholar in the future, leave Hangzhou City, go to a place where no one recognizes me, I can still live a chic life, and you don't want to be a servant in Tianxianglou in the future, waiting to live on the street and be bullied! Hahahaha......"

Looking at Zhou Tianchen's hideous smiling face, everyone couldn't help but chill, what he said was really good, it's a big deal to leave here, and Xiaoyue is different, she is a helpless maid, if she is expelled by Tianxianglou, in this world, her future livelihood has really become a problem, unless she sells herself and steals her life, that life is not a human life.

"You...... You don't blame me! I'll give you the answer, just for you to use it for a little reference, and you can change two words at will, but you are too lazy to copy the words and sentences, and now you are found by Miss, not only do you hurt me, but you yourself will be discredited! After the maid heard Zhou Tianchen's accusation, the mixed emotions of horror and shame made her explode, pointing at the latter and retorting with a red face.

"Enough! Go down! Master Li scolded with a cold face, and the coldness in his words frightened the maid couldn't help but tremble, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried and begged: "Miss...... Miss let the slave go this time! The slave maid has served the young lady for so many years, and there is no merit and hard work! The slave will never dare to do it again in the future, please forgive Miss for this time! ”

Tears hung all over Xiao Yue's cheeks, looking at her miserable appearance, Master Li was still a little unbearable in his heart, and was silent for a while, then bent down slightly, and whispered in her ear, "Did you tell him about that poem?" ”

When the maid heard this, she lowered her voice and whispered, "No...... No, the slave only told him the answer, and did not mention the 'untitled poem'......"

Master Li breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, and said lightly: "You go down first......

The maid also knew that this kind of occasion was not the time to make trouble, so she got up and retreated cautiously, and when Master Li looked up again, Zhou Tianchen's figure was gone, presumably this person was really likely to leave Hangzhou City and go away.

In fact, Lin Xifeng had already suspected that Zhou Tianchen's answer should have been obtained from the maid's hand, and only three people knew this sentence on the surface, he, Liu Lian'er and Master Li, Liu Lian'er would definitely not leak the question, and Master Li should not, excluding these two people, there was only one object of suspicion left, Master Li's personal maid, she may also know this sentence.

Lin Xifeng could probably guess that Master Li might also be wondering why Zhou Tianchen knew this sentence, so he wrote the sentence "far away in the sky, close in front of you" on rice paper, which meant to tell Master Li that the maid next to her was the key object of suspicion.

And Master Li really hadn't doubted Xiaoyue before, as the latter said, she had served herself for so many years, and it was reasonable that she wouldn't betray herself, until she saw Lin Xifeng's words, the fog in front of Master Li's eyes dissipated a little, and she suspected this matter on the maid.

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