Xiangfuju, the best restaurant in Xiayi County.

Several private rooms were full of friends, and the shopkeepers brought their signature dish braised fresh fish one after another, and placed it on every table.

Today is the Xiucai Song Xi's treat, and the invitees are all celebrities in the county, including dozens of Xiucai scribes, and some ordinary literati who are good at poetry and songs.

In addition to the good wine and food, the guests all received a small gift - a stream beast chess made of high-quality ebony.

Everyone can't put it down about the brook beast chess, and they don't care about the wine and food in front of them, so they will kill two games first.

Brook Beast Chess is easy to learn, although it cannot be compared with Go and chess, but it is also a kind of entertainment and pastime.

Song Xi's face was full of red light, and in the face of everyone's praise, he pretended to be modest.

A small set of beast chess not only allowed him to recover the face he had lost before, but also gained more fame, as long as the word Xi beast chess was mentioned, it would be associated with him.

Although fame is illusory, for him who wants to become an official, there are still many benefits.

He has already planned to go to Nanjing Mansion to enter the office after being promoted in the examination, and with the fame brought by the Creek Beast Chess, he should be able to find a good position and shine on the lintel.

As soon as he thought that he would have the opportunity to return to his hometown in the future, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The money for the dinner came from the Qin family, and he planned to take the time to go to Muyang Town twice more, and then knock Qin Guang's father and son as the capital for a large-scale banquet of guests.

Suddenly, he inadvertently saw a familiar figure appear in the private room opposite.

"How could it be him?" Song Xi was suspicious, thinking about going over to find the other party's fault, but because of the appearance of another person, he had to give up this idea.

Qin Mo sat in the private room opposite, and Gu Meng.

It was because of the existence of Gu Meng that Song Xi gave up the idea of finding fault.

In fact, Song Xi's waist is very hard today, and everyone eats his banquet, so they naturally want to stand on his side.

When he was planted in Qin Mo's hands during the county exam, he was unconvinced, but because Qin Mo stayed in the Wendao Academy all day, he didn't find a chance to retaliate, so he could only take the fire on Qin Guang's father and son.

Since he couldn't afford to provoke Gu Meng, he decided to endure it.

But just as he was deciding, Qin Mo suddenly looked at him with bright eyes, and said loudly: "Yohe, I met an acquaintance, isn't this our Song Lisheng from Xiayi County, what a coincidence." ”

Song Xi gritted his teeth with hatred, and said in his heart I don't provoke you, but you come to provoke me.

Gu Meng opened his mouth and said: "People are now celebrities in Xiayi County and creators of Xibeast Chess. ”

"You're talking about beast chess, it's said that it's related to the two children in Muyang Town, what does it have to do with Song Lisheng?" Qin Mo said with a smile.

He was disgusted with Song Xi.

"Yes, some villain who sells his reputation and names himself is a shame for the scribes. Gu Meng said.

Song Xi's face changed in an instant, and his heart beat faster at first, how could these two people know that the Xi Beast Chess came from two children?

But he quickly stabilized his mind, and at the same time figured out the reason for the matter, Qin Mo was from Muyang Town, and it was not difficult to find out about it.

How did he know that the beast chess was originally created by Qin Mo, so he didn't think there was any problem at all, because at the beginning of the spread of the Creek Beast Chess, he had already thought of a countermeasure, and Zhengse said: "The two must have misunderstood, the Creek Beast Chess was indeed created by himself, and he went to Muyang Town by chance a while ago, and saw that the two children were fighting over trivial matters, so he gave them to use it for recreation, how did it become a child's creation?"

These words are neither humble nor arrogant, and most importantly, there is no sign of lying.

Obviously, he's practiced it many times.

The highest level of lying is that even if you believe the lies you tell, others will naturally not suspect anything.

Song Xi would say the same thing to himself every day, and he had already reached the point of believing it.

Gu Meng frowned, and his good impression of Song Xi in his heart decreased again.

Qin Mo's face did not change, and he said in a tone that was not hurried or slow: "Let me tell you a story, once upon a time, two children learned a small pastime game after being instructed by a master, and they had a lot of fun. One day, a scribe saw it and thought that children were too young to be bullied, so he took the little game for himself and named it himself in order to gain the attention of the world. As everyone knows, this kind of theft will be exposed sooner or later, and of course the child will not be able to fight against the scribes, but don't forget, the master will not give up. ”

Many people's attention has been attracted, and with this little story with a very clear direction, anyone who has no problem with their brains can hear that Qin Mo is accusing Song Xi, and the so-called Xi Beast Chess is very likely not to have been created by Song Xi.

Song Xi was annoyed and angry, pointed at Qin Mo and said, "You mean Sang scolding Huai, malicious slander!"

Qin Mo confronted each other: "Whether the beast chess was created by you or not, others don't know, don't you know, don't you dare to swear by your own Wen Palace." ”

Song Xi's arrogance obviously dropped a lot, but in front of everyone, he stiffened his neck and said: "The Creek Beast Chess was originally created by me, and there is no need to swear at all." Besides, the Creek Beast Chess is just a simple plaything, and it has not been recognized by the Rank Sacred Stone, is it useful to swear?"

"If you don't dare, you won't dare, is it interesting to find so many reasons?" Qin Mo continued to press step by step, and said, "Whether it's useful or not, you swear that you will know." ”

Of course Song Xi didn't dare, in case the Wenzhi Holy Stone really appeared, the result would inevitably be that the Wengong would be shattered, and then he would lose his Xiucai Wen, and at the same time, he would have to be infamous for stealing, and the gains outweighed the losses.

But he also knows very well that he must not show weakness, otherwise he will be suspected by everyone, and the result will not be too good.

He took a deep breath and said angrily: "Qin Mo, you have fought against me five times, what is your intention?"

Next to him, a fox friend of Song Xi said: "I look at him, he must be the brook beast chess created by Song Xiucai, so he deliberately came to find fault." ”

Someone immediately chimed in: "That's right, who would have thought that a dignified double-class boy would have such a small belly and chicken intestines!"

Gu Meng is very angry, it is obvious that Song Xi deliberately made things difficult for Qin Mo in the county test, but now it has become Qin Mo's fault, do you dare to be more shameless?

Qin Mo stopped him first, smiled slightly, and said: "Doctor, you are a person with status, you can't be angry with some shameless villains, a guy who has been revoked of his reputation, in order to regain his name, he can't do any dirty things." Not to mention just stealing other people's things, even if it is killing people and setting fires, I think he will do it. ”

"Qin Mo, you make it clear!" Song Xi said angrily: "You tarnish my literary name in public, if you can't give me an explanation, I will deal with you in court!"

As everyone knows, his words are in Qin Mo's arms.

Qin Mole was happy and said, "Okay, last time you stained me in the examination room, my background is unclear and my origin is unknown, you just asked the county lord to make a judgment, let's go to the county government now." ”

After saying that, he stood up and wanted to leave, and Gu Meng made the same move.

Song Xi's face changed again, lies could not stand the test, and in the face of this situation, he had a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger.

"Just go, what's there to be afraid of!" The fox friend didn't know the inside story, he only knew how to coax on the side.

Most of the guests also have a similar opinion, because after eating Song Xi's invitation, they subconsciously believe that the Xi Beast Chess was created by him, since this is the case, is there any need to be afraid of dealing with the court?

Qin Mo glanced at Song Xi before taking a step, and said in a mocking tone, "What, Song Lisheng...... Wrong, it should be Song Xiucai, don't you dare to go?"

Song Xi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and what could he do with the court, even if Qin Mo could find the two young children in Muyang Town, the words of the children could not be used as evidence in court, I can't prove that the Xi Beast Chess was created by myself, and you can't prove that I stole it from others, and in the end it was nothing more than the result of mutual conflict.

And after the operation of the Song family these days, many people have accepted the name Xi Beast Chess, as long as they don't completely lose the lawsuit, it actually has no impact.

Thinking of this, he had a bottom in his heart, and his face quickly regained confidence, and he said in a voice full of energy: "Okay, then ask the county lord to judge on his behalf, Xu Xian Ling is well-known for his fairness and honesty, and he will definitely give a satisfactory conclusion." Ladies and gentlemen, can you go with the juniors? ”

"I'm willing!"

Eating people with short mouths, soft hands with people, plus watching the lively thoughts, of course everyone is willing to go along.

With so many celebrities as observers, Xu Hao certainly had no chance to favor Qin Mo, so he could only judge the case fairly.

Song Xi felt more and more that it was a good idea to go to the official, not only to keep his literary name, but also to solve Qin Mo's revenge by the way.

Tarnishing one's reputation was an absolute felony in the Great Song Dynasty, and those who were falsely accused would be stripped of their reputation, and the minimum sentence would be exile and confiscation.

Everyone went to the county government in a big way.

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