Chapter Twenty-Five: The Beginning of the Edge

Shen Lingshan and the others exchanged a few polite words, and then entered the Songshan Academy, and the people outside were excited to rush to the door to enter, but were stopped by the official knife in hand, a white-bearded old man, sitting behind the bookcase at the door, to check the knowledge of the people who want to enter, this kind of event, of course, can not be mixed in with a few words.

Ling Yue stood on the carriage and looked around a few times, then suddenly pulled Zhao Xian's sleeve, pointed to a noble lady who had just stepped into the academy and had a delicate and bulging figure, and said shyly, "Did you see that woman?" She is the shopkeeper of Wanbaolou, I heard that it is the wife of a general in Kyoto, but unfortunately her husband is widowed at home, she will come to Changzhou from Kyoto every year to take care of business, and it is rumored that she has raised a good relationship in Changzhou, and she is called 'Mrs. Qingnu' behind her back, many people want to take her for themselves, but they have not succeeded. ”

Wanbaolou is the place where Zhao Xian last ordered a pendant, a very large jewelry shop in Changzhou. Zhao Xian thought for a while, 'Qingnu' is also known as 'Bamboo Lady', about one meter long, is a cylindrical object made of bamboo strips, hollow, surrounded by bamboo mesh, according to the principle of "lane through the wind", for people to sleep and cool, can hug, can rest feet, is a necessary thing to cool off on a hot day, there is one in Zhao Xian's house.

It is a bit too much to describe a woman with such a 'human husband' as a green slave, even if the lady is indeed quite petite, and the 'green slave' makes people want to hug each other, and they can't gossip behind their backs, how many chaste women throughout the ages have been forced to death by this inexplicable and wonderful rumor.

Zhao Xian patted the back of Ling Yue's head, asking him to pay attention to his words, and when he was talking, he suddenly saw a woman in a head-catching costume, carrying an official knife at her waist, and a heroic posture, standing in a place where there were many young ladies and ladies to receive female guests. Zhao Xian took a closer look, and it turned out to be his unmarried daughter-in-law Huang Tiantian.

Ling Yue also found Huang Tiantian, and immediately shrunk her neck and pushed Zhao Xian, and said with a smile: "That... I won't bother, you have a good chat, Xiaobai, the scenery over there is good, let's go over and take a look. Xiaobai also put away the folding fan, jumped out of the carriage quickly, and walked away with interest.

Zhao Xian hesitated slightly, looked left and right and saw that no one was paying attention, so he walked over and whistled. It's a pity that Zhao Xian muttered about the woman's sensitivity to whistles, and as soon as the voice came out, many warblers and Yanyan glanced back, looked at him with big flickering eyes, and a bit of charm still existed in the noble lady, and whispered:

"This is the son, so bold."

"This figure is so manly, but the movements are frivolous."

Zhao Xian coughed lightly, put away his whistling movements, hooked the long flowing hair in front of his forehead, straightened up his proud figure, and showed a smile, responding to these women who knew how to appreciate. It's a pity that Zhao Xian attracted the attention of the female guests in front of the door, and of course the 'talents' who were standing aside were not convinced, a man in yellow glanced at Zhao Xian a few times, and then said disdainfully: "Isn't this guy a little blacksmith in the south of the city, and he dares to come to such a literary resort, thinking that he dares to pretend to be a scholar after changing into clean clothes?" ”

"Blacksmith?" Yingying Yanyan tickled instantly, there was a little disappointment in her eyes, and the peeking gaze just now disappeared, and she walked towards the academy with all her steps, as if she didn't see Zhao Xian just now.

Blacksmiths and tailors may be a very productive profession for peasant households, but in the eyes of some arrogant and arrogant 'pseudo-scholars' who feel that 'everything is inferior', they are no different from coolies and slaves, just a group of rude and lowly lowly people, and when they are involved, they all feel that they have lost their identity, not to mention those young ladies and talented women with high eyes.

Huang Tiantian also saw Zhao Xian, he didn't want to deal with it, and was about to turn his head to enter the academy, but when he saw those women turn around, they showed disdain, and even ridiculed, she immediately stopped again, her face turned pale with anger. She made a family relationship with Zhao Xian, Zhao Xian is her fiancΓ©, and now Zhao Xian is humiliated and looked down upon in front of so many people, she only feels that her face is hot, pretending not to know Zhao Xian, she can't do this kind of thing, she can only grit her silver teeth and stare at Zhao Xian, looking for a way to relieve him.

"Good boy!" Zhao Xian turned his head, walked towards the man in yellow with arrogant eyes, moved his fingers, and said gloomily: "Your Excellency recognizes Zhao?" ”

The arrogant face of the man in yellow froze, and he didn't think about the consequences for a while, but now he remembered that Zhao Xian was a local snake in the south of the city, and he was known for his courage and ruthlessness.

The man in yellow rolled his eyes, glanced at the lady and his best friend who were looking over, couldn't pull his face and retreated, he could only grit his teeth, and said: "Naturally, I recognize that 'Writing and Art' is a literary event, and you Zhao Xian is just a blacksmith, and you Zhao Xian came here as a scholar, and if it was exposed and wanted to beat someone, then you have to ask the young ladies present if they agree." ”

The man in yellow said here, and he had a little confidence, it was full of talented women and celebrities, literati and writers from all over the south of the Yangtze River, he didn't believe that Zhao Xian could be rough in front of so many literati, even if he was rough, it only proved that Zhao Xian was a reckless man who could only punch and kick, and he would be taken away by the errand outside, and he would be punched one or two more times, maybe there would be a certain young lady who appreciated him for being 'not afraid of strong fists' and favored him.

Everyone really stood on the side of the man in yellow, and even a few peacemakers ran out to pull the fight, wanting Zhao Xian to forget it like this, the hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, how can the blacksmith beat a literati at the literary meeting.

Zhao Xian snorted lightly, his face darkened, and he was quite contemptuous of this man hiding under the wings of a woman, in this era, not everyone is like Shen Lingshan, who understands the truth of 'ability is only about having and not, regardless of high and low', and those who can understand this kind of truth have already become capable people who are in high positions and have the way to control them, this kind of person is a real scholar, they sit in the high hall as a matter of course, and these stand outside and stretch their necks to watch, complaining that they don't meet talents, and they don't care about other industries. 'Pseudo-readers' are not even considered rotten Confucians, they are a group of social moths.

Zhao Xian swept through the crowd, walked to the man in yellow, and asked, "Dare to ask this brother, can the imperial court stipulate that blacksmiths can't read and hyphenation?" Can it be stipulated that the reader must write his knowledge on his face? ”

As soon as the words fell, the audience was whispering, and a few old masters who were originally disdainful of this conflict also raised their eyebrows with interest and looked over, while Huang Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief, shrank behind the crowd, and glanced at Zhao Xian with ignorance.

The man in yellow was also a little surprised, and then said disdainfully: "What do you mean, don't you mean that you are also a literati who has read books?" That little student is ugly in front of all the literati and inkmen, and makes a couplet, if you can come up, then I will look away and compensate you on the spot, how about it? ”

"Good!" The audience immediately coaxed, Ling Yue Xiaobai and the others all came over, and Xiaobai danced and said: "Brother Zhao, this guy dares to despise me and other four great talents in Changzhou, teach him a good lesson." ”

Changzhou's four talents? The four great Kaizi in Changzhou were about the same, and there was a burst of muffled laughter outside the academy, and they had no confidence in Zhao Xian at all, but the little maid of the Shen family jumped behind everyone, wanting to see the scene inside.

The man in yellow rolled his eyes slightly, looked at the long shirt on Zhao Xian's body, and sneered: "The barbarian wears a vest." This sentence is obviously a curse, describing Zhao Xian as a reckless man with no knowledge, but he wears a literati robe and tries to emerge as a scholar, without self-knowledge, and the 'vest' obviously does not only refer to clothes, I am afraid that there will be more accidents in turtle shells.

Dare to call me a turtle? Zhao Xian was furious in his heart, looked at the man in yellow in front of him, and sneered: "Vertical detective**." ”

"Poof! Hahaha......" As soon as these words came out, the onlookers all shrunk their necks, and Ling Yue hugged and covered her big belly and laughed wildly, tears were about to come out.

The man in yellow himself has no knowledge, and he wants to test others, which is really ridiculous. And Zhao Xian is tall, it is very suitable to scold the man in yellow who is shorter than him, and the man in yellow can stretch his neck to be level with Zhao Xian, 'probe**' to sarcastically is really appropriate.

However, Zhao Xian's sentence also has a disadvantage, most of the onlookers present stretched their necks to watch, and scolded them all over again, making everyone's faces strange for a while, and the little maid of the Shen family, who was jumping up and down and probing her brain, was almost angry to death, and got into the sedan chair with a black face.

"You..." The man in yellow was blushing at this sentence, and the deflated look made everyone laugh.

Zhao Xiancai didn't care how many people he scolded, he looked at the embarrassed man in yellow and said, "Boy, apologize, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." ”

"Be quick, don't be sluggish." Ling Yue immediately coaxed, and the contempt for Zhao Xian in everyone's eyes was also much more restrained.

The man in yellow held back for a long time and refused to bow his head, Zhao Xian rubbed his fists, ready to teach him how to behave, this time no one said anything to stop him, just now he laughed unbridled and wanted to see Zhao Xian make a fool of himself, or the people who pulled the frame to make Zhao Xian swallow his anger were silently hidden in the crowd, as if he didn't see the embarrassing situation of the man in yellow.

The man in yellow saw a chill in Zhao Xian's eyes, afraid that he would lose face and suffer from flesh and skin, so he hurriedly bowed down and gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Zhao, who has just made a disrespectful remark, I am here to compensate you, and I ask Brother Zhao to forgive me." With that, his face turned black and red, and he squeezed through the crowd and ran out, leaving behind a laugh.

"Phew!" Zhao Xian felt that the anger in his heart had disappeared a lot, leaving a dashing back for the beautiful and talented women who were watching, and walked towards Huang Tiantian, but at this moment, the little maid of the Shen family suddenly ran over and said angrily at him: "Silly big man, my young lady is looking for you, let you go over ......"

"Don't go!" The attitude is so bad, I also want to invite the master over, I want to be beautiful, Zhao Xianniao is not a bird of the Shen family.

"Hey! Hey..."The little maid of the Shen family looked at Zhao Xian's back, with an unbelievable expression, the person invited by her young lady has not seen a refusal, but she didn't expect this Zhao Xian to be disdainful, she was stunned for a while and didn't know what to do, and finally angrily kicked a stone at Zhao Xian, and ran into the academy quickly.

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