Xiao Jiading heard her sad, patted the back of her hand gently, and said with relief: "The past is gone, don't think about it anymore, everything has to look forward!" Remember? ”

"Hmm!"

"Just now Mrs. Ji invited you to join our poetry club, and I also hope that you can participate in more activities like this and forget those sad things as soon as possible. What do you think? ”

Su Yunxia looked down at Xiao Jiading's wide and thick hand caressing the back of her petite palm, her heart was pounding like a deer, and she nodded shyly: "I listen to my eldest brother's ......."

There is still one sentence in her heart that she has not spoken, and that is: Actually, I also want to be with you and be with you. It's too embarrassing for her to say.

When I arrived at Yizhou Restaurant, I asked for a big elegant room, everyone sat around and ordered a table of good dishes, because there was a competition in the afternoon, Mrs. Ji only let Xiao Jiading drink three cups, and let Huang Shiyun and Su Yunxia let go of the drink, Xiao Jiading knew that the afternoon game was very important, so he naturally did not dare to despise it, at the same time, he did not sleep well last night, he was a little sleepy, if he drank a few more glasses, he was afraid that it would affect the play in the afternoon, although it was just plagiarism, but how to choose was also the key, and then he had a faint trick, and there were things in the poem that did not match the title, There's no way to explain that.

When the house was making a commotion and persuading each other to drink and eat, a shopkeeper suddenly came in, and said to Xiao Jiading with a smile: "Master Xiao, there is a messenger from the yamen outside looking for you, saying that his surname is Dai." ”

Tang Rongxuan didn't drink much, plus he was eliminated and didn't enter the finals, and he was in a bad mood, he was almost drunk, and when he heard this, he shouted: "It's Dai Tou Catcher, right?" Tell him to come in and eat and drink! If you don't get drunk, you can't go! "After that, I got up and went to find Dai Zhutou.

Cheng Geng, who was beside him, hurriedly grabbed it and said in a low voice: "Dai Zhutou must have something urgent to find Brother Xiao, don't make trouble!" ”

Tang Rongxuan staggered and sat down.

Xiao Jiading got up and said, "You eat." I'll come when I go. ”

Crazy Mei hurriedly said: "It's okay, right?" ”

"It's okay!" He knew that what he was worried about was that if there was any urgent business to handle, he would delay the afternoon game. He smiled and said, "Don't worry! Xiao Lang is not working today! ”

After that, he stepped out and followed the shopkeeper to an empty private room.

Dai Zhutou was circling inside, and when he saw him coming, he hurried over and said, "Big brother!" What you commanded last night, we have already verified. Ding Zhao is very cautious in handling cases, has never offended anyone, has a good relationship with his colleagues, and has no enemies. Other than that. We have verified that there was no urgent official business to do last night, and the yamen did not send anyone to inform Ding Zhao to come to the yamen. The officials and horses of the yamen were not dispatched. So it is certain that this person was not discharged from the yamen of the state capital! ”

Xiao Jiading's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Then this little man who went to Ding Zhao's house to inform him." It is likely that he was in a gang with the murderer and tricked Ding Zhao out of the house. Maybe even he's the murderer! You immediately re-question Ding Zhao's wife. Bring the painter of the yamen. Try to draw down the person's appearance, let her recall as many details as possible, and find flaws at the same time. At the same time, Ding Zhao's wife confirmed that the man was leading a group of official horses, and there was an imprint of official horses on his buttocks, and you sent someone to investigate the activities of all the official horses in the entire Yizhou. Look for possible suspects from it! ”

"Got it! I'll do it right away! Dai Zhutou walked a few steps, remembered something, turned back to Xiao Jiading and said, "By the way, I met the Liu Zhutou from Wenjiang County who came to investigate the case just now." He said that the Ding Zhao, who died, also participated in Zhong Facao's inspection of the prison that day. He was going to look for him to investigate the situation, but he didn't expect him to die. ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Jiading was stunned, raised his head, he seemed to feel something, but he didn't know what the road was.

After Dai Zhutou left, Xiao Jiading went out for a long time, and then returned to the private room.

Seeing that Tang Rongxuan and the others were already drunk, Mrs. Ji said that she couldn't drink it, and the banquet was dispersed. They returned to the arena under the peach tree of the stone tower of Shaocheng Temple together.

Xiao Jiading, Huang Shiyun and Su Yunxia entered the arena and came to the stone tower. There is still some time before the start of the competition, so many guests have not yet arrived, but Tang Lin and Geng Changshi have already arrived, sitting there and talking in a low voice.

Zhong Wenbo, Lu Zhaolin and others also arrived, Lu Zhaolin obviously drank a few glasses of wine, the poetry competition is different from other competitions, is that after drinking, it is easy to play, this is why Li Baidou has a hundred poems about wine.

Lu Zhaolin was still relatively shy before, but after a little drunken at the moment, his courage was also strong, he walked over, and said to Huang Shiyun: "Miss Huang, in Xia Lu Zhaolin, I saw Miss Huang win the championship in the morning, and Lu admired it very much. It's quite a friendship, but I don't know if the girl is willing to break the knot? ”

Huang Shiyun smiled faintly, and said: "Thank you Gongzi for your love, Gongzi is the first talent in Beijing, how dare you compare with Gongzi." ”

Lu Zhaolin listened to her politely, but the taste of categorical refusal was very obvious, and he couldn't help but smile a little uncomfortably. Zhong Wenbo on the side interjected: "Brother Lu, Miss Huang has been fascinated by those who are thick and thin for a while, and when you defeat such people, Miss Huang will naturally come to her senses." ”

Xiao Jiading had not fought back against Zhong Wenbo's provocation before, and now, he couldn't turn a blind eye anymore, hugged his shoulders and said: "There are many people here who can fight poetry to defeat me, but unfortunately you are not among them, if you are not convinced, how about we have a seven-step poetry duel again?" Who loses, who lies on the ground and learns that the dog barks? Is Brother Zhong interested? ”

Xiao Jiading looked at Tang Lin, Tang Lin said that he wanted him to find opportunities to become famous as much as possible, but he didn't know if the opportunity he was looking for now was beyond Tang Lin's expectations. When he saw that Tang Lin was just looking at them calmly without any expression, he was relieved to know that Tang Lin did not object to him doing this.

Zhong Wenbo heard that Xiao Jiading's bet was to lie on the ground and learn to bark at the dog, and his face was red, he had learned Xiao Jiading's seven-step poetry, and this time he saw Xiao Jiading's agile thinking of becoming a poem in the qualifying and knockout rounds. But if you really fight with him again and become a poem in seven steps, I am afraid that I am very likely to lose, do you really have to lie on the ground and learn to bark?

Seeing Zhong Wenbo's blushing face and not knowing how to answer, Xiao Jiading sneered: "If Brother Zhong doesn't have the courage, shut up in front of me in the future!" There are so many arguments about the defeated generals, they are really thick-skinned! ”

"You!" Zhong Wenbo pointed at Xiao Jiading with the golden folding fan in his hand, but he couldn't say anything else.

Lu Zhaolin on the side frowned slightly, and said, "Brother Xiao seems to be very confident in his poetry?" In this way, how about I take over for Brother Zhong? Whoever loses will lie on the ground and learn to bark! ”

Xiao Jiading has a lot of respect for Lu Zhaolin, he is a real great poet, he just plagiarized the masterpieces of several great poets because of the crossing, and he challenged Zhong Wenbo just now, but also because the other party made several sarcastic remarks, so he was forced to fight, but if he faced Lu Zhaolin, he was unwilling to do so, he was sure to defeat him, but he was not martial, and he couldn't insult a respectable real poet by losing and learning to bark at a dog.

Therefore, Xiao Jiading arched his hand and said: "Brother Lu is willing to learn, so it can't be better." - I'm a person who talks to people when he sees people, and he talks to dogs when he sees dogs, and at that time the condition was made by betting with dogs, but Brother Lu is a distinguished guest from Jingshi, and we, as landlords, can't go too far, so don't mention the bet of learning to bark dogs......"

Zhong Wenbo on the side said angrily: "What? Scared? Wasn't it arrogant just now? ”

Lu Zhaolin also looked at Xiao Jiading and said, "Brother Xiao refuses to teach? ”

Huang Shiyun saw that the situation was a little stiff, and said: "Brother Xiao, it's so hot here, let's sit under the shade of the book tree over there......!" ”

Zhong Wenbo immediately stopped and said, "What? Want to go? Learn to bark before you go! ”

Huang Shiyun squinted at him and said, "If you have the ability, you can come by yourself!" Brother Xiao is waiting! ”

Zhong Wenbo was suddenly deflated, and said stupidly: "Now Brother Lu can't get used to his arrogance, and wants to challenge him!" Not me. ”

Lu Zhaolin cranked the folding fan in his hand, glanced at Huang Shiyun quite chicly, and then said to Xiao Jiading: "That's right, now I'm challenging Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao doesn't have to be afraid, isn't it just learning to bark a dog, I did a lot of this kind of game when I was a child." It is worth losing in front of Miss Huang, the first talented woman in Yizhou, to learn to bark at a dog, and to be ashamed. ”

Xiao Jiading's anger surged upward, whether it was tolerable or unbearable, and he raised his eyebrows at the moment, and said: "Since Brother Lu said so, then it's okay, just take it down." Whoever loses, who lies on the ground and learns, the dog barks......"

As soon as he said this, he saw the guest Xi Tang Lin staring at him with a cold face not far away, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately thought that this Lu Zhaolin was a guest invited by Tang Lin, although the purpose was to make himself famous as a target, but after all, he invited him, if he forced Lu Zhaolin to lie on the ground and learn to bark, Lu Zhaolin would be disgraced, and Tang Lin would be afraid that his face would be dull. And it was done. And when it reached the ears of Li Ke, the king of Shu, I was afraid that he would feel that he was too arrogant and aggressive, but left a bad impression.

So, as soon as his eyes rolled like this, the anger on his face suddenly dissipated, smiled slightly, shook the folding fan in his hand, and said slowly: "In the end, Brother Lu is also a distinguished guest, but my words have already been said just now, so it's okay,—— I lost, I lay on the ground and learned to bark." Brother Lu lost, just lose the folding fan in his hand to me, how about it? (To be continued......)