Chu Liang's anger is not only that, Lu Zhi is just a fuse, and the main problem is Lu Li.

Since "The Story of Guanhai Tower" became famous, the four talented people came to ask for advice, but he avoided it; The literati gathered and invited Lu Li to go, but he politely declined; Finally, the gathering of the hundred gardens arrived, and they didn't even look at them.

This attitude ...... simply look down on their four talents!

Lu Li was really wronged, he didn't dare to speak, for fear of showing cowardice, and there were some small problems, but others didn't know, they had similar thoughts to Chu Liang, "Yes, you Lu Li is talented, but you are too arrogant!" ”

Therefore, among the scholars in Xuanwu City, Lu Li's reputation is very high, but his reputation is not very good, which is also the basis for Chu Liang to do things.

In the following days, things began to ferment slowly, and rumors began to spread in Xuanwu City, some said that there was a unicorn talent in Xuanwu City, some said that Lu Li would definitely be able to win the champion, and some said that the four talents were not even farts in front of Lu Li, and all kinds of news were very loud.

In this way, Lu Li was put on the title of a unicorn talent, which can be said to be high in praise of him, and at the same time, there are opposite arguments, doubting whether Lu Li is Jiang Lang's talent.

Lu Li has indeed not been able to get his hands on a work for a long time, which is in stark contrast to other talents in the city, especially the four talents of Xuanwu City, led by Chu Liang, who have been prolific recently.

Chu Liang has good poems and essays coming out every day these days, and he is as productive as a sow, and other talents have to rack their brains and try their best to keep up, or they will seem to be incompetent, and the talents are arrogant one by one, and no one wants to admit that they are not capable.

Literati, what they want is this face, this reputation, brush their prestige, keep brushing, compare brushing, or the reputation of talented people will be dimmed, and even forgotten.

That's not possible, the cost of studying is not small, there is no fame, and you can't become an official for the time being, if you don't even have a reputation, it's not a waste of work.

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The Lu family.

The leather monkey has begun to regard himself as the fourth son's dog, and every time he hears something new and interesting and gossip on the street, he is anxious to tell Lu Zhi, and the rumors in the city are brought to the Lu family by him.

Lu Zhi squinted his eyes and whispered, "This is someone who wants to deal with the third brother, on the one hand, he is holding it hard, and on the other hand, he is belittleing it hard, and it is menacing!" ”

"Go and call the third son." This kind of thing can't be done without asking the attitude of the person concerned.

Lu Li gritted his teeth when he heard the news, "I can't lose the face of our Lu family, and ask the fourth child to teach me!" As he spoke, he prepared to salute.

Lu Zhi hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, "It's all brothers, why don't you do this, come, sit down and say." ”

As soon as the leather monkey saw this situation, he knew that he was not suitable to stay here any longer, and took the initiative to go out and become a goalkeeper.

"There are many ways to solve the problem, but it can't be solved, and it can solve people, it's not a problem, the question is what kind of result the third brother wants."

"I just want not to lose the face of our Lu family."

"It's as simple as that? Doesn't the third brother want to win glory for the Lu family? Don't want to shine on the lintel? ”

"Yes, of course!" Lu Li clenched his fists, "But ......"

"Afraid of a lot of people? Don't dare to speak? Lu Zhi actually discovered a long time ago, even at home, Lu Li didn't talk much, and he spoke a few words outward, let alone outside, in front of others, this is a proper lack of self-confidence that he has never seen the world.

"Yes, I'm nervous when there are a lot of people, and I'm prone to stuttering." Lu Li was also very helpless, he had tried to correct it during this time, but the effect was not good, if it wasn't for the strength of the wine in Guanhailou last time, he wouldn't have been able to do that to that extent.

Lu Zhi squinted his eyes, if he is not confident, his strength is not good, so does Lu Li have the strength? He decided to knock on the side, "Third brother, you tell me the truth, what is your goal in this imperial examination?" ”

"The first place in the second class." Lu Li thinks that his level is okay, and there was a big gap between him and the four great talents in the capital before, but now he has many famous stories of Lu Zhi in his mind, if it weren't for the nervous little problem, he was even confident that he would win the first place in the palace examination in one fell swoop.

But no, if you talk in front of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military at that time, it will be ruined, how can you still have the face to be an official, so Lu Li decided to pretend to be dumb in the palace and not say a word.

The top three are hopeless, but the top two are ranked according to the results of the written test, he has great hopes, there is no way, Lu Li can only helplessly be a quiet and talented beautiful man.

There is no preparatory examination for the imperial examination of the Yue country, as long as there is a teacher, you can participate, according to the geographical location is divided into four regions, southeast, northwest and northwest, in the respective areas of the first test, equivalent to the township examination.

The top ranking will enter the capital for the second assessment, which is equivalent to the examination, and finally the palace examination will be conducted in the palace hall, and the king of Yue will personally ask the questions, so as to select the most desirable point as the champion, and the imperial examination that Lu Zhi knows is not much different.

"That's right." Lu Zhi thought for a while, since he had set such a high goal, then Lu Li's real level must not be bad, at least much stronger than these stinky fish and rotten shrimp in Xuanwu City, you must know that the best year of the Xuanwu City exam was only two second-class exams, and there was no one in recent years.

In other words, it's not a matter of strength, it's just a simple cowardice, "Just afraid of seeing people?" It's easy to do. Lu Zhi already had some ideas.

Lu Li was a little anxious, and Lu Zhi waved his hand, "This is not in a hurry, the top priority is to solve the problem at hand." ”

"Don't they suspect that the third brother Jiang Lang is exhausted, then let's raise our profile and step on the four talents, yes, just pick up that Chu Liang and step on it, he is not the head of the talents, just step on him."

Lu Zhi didn't know a few scholars, so he picked up one that could be named, and he was absolutely not selfish, after all, when Chu Liang made a disrespectful speech, he took revenge on the spot.

"But I can't speak!" Lu Li also wanted to fight back in person, and threw out a few famous poems, and they were honest in keeping the pressure, who would dare to say more?

"Who says you can't solve a problem without talking?"

"I'll teach you, you ...... like this" Lu Zhi used to be a writer, and although he was not skilled in pretending to be forced to slap his face, he also had his own opinions and routines.

"When the time comes, go to the Hundred Gardens Poetry Club, you just shrink aside, don't speak, wait first, and wait for others to compete in poetry to the end, when it is almost over, you take out a piece of rice paper, and leave a piece of ink treasure without hurrying."

"Hey, you don't have to speak, just leave quietly, but pay attention, you must let others notice that you wrote a poem, and wait for a good thing to see, oh, it's really well written, you're a blockbuster, so that you can look amazing, you're awesome, do you understand?"

Lu Li: "!! ”

He stepped on people without speaking, this line, and he now has goods in his stomach, and he is not afraid of showing timidity at all.