Chapter 12: The War of Tongues

Wang Shou is still wearing a bright silk milky white tight-fitting robe, with a jade crown on his head, although he is a child of the scholar family, but he has a unique temperament, so that no matter where he is, he is a very dazzling existence, this temperament is as warm as jade, clear as water, and has the power of iron as iron, so that people will naturally have respect when they see it, if Qu Gao has seen those great Confucian scholars, he will know that this temperament is the heroic spirit of cultivating with virtue all the year round.

While Qu Gao looked at him, Wang Shou also suddenly looked straight over, saw Qu Gao, his face was happy, and said loudly: "I have to see Qu Lang, the first is worth the trip." ”

Qu Gao hurriedly got up, took two steps forward, and suddenly didn't know what to say, so he only bowed and said, "I've seen Wang Lang." ”

Between the words of the two, the teenagers and the girls in the car also gathered, and when they saw that Wang Shou took the initiative to greet Qu Gao, they all looked at Qu Gao one after another.

"Wang Lang, this person is the same name as you?" A handsome girl in a blue shirt stared at Qu Gao for a long time, then looked back at Wang Shou and asked: "Lu is puzzled, this Qu Lang can compare with Wang Lang in addition to appearance, net worth, status, knowledge, and appearance?" When she looked at Qu Gao, there was a bit of condescending contempt in her eyes, but when she looked at the king's head again, her eyes were full of autumn waves and love.

Originally, there were still people among the people who were surprised by Qu Gao's appearance, and when they heard the Lu girl say this, everyone also felt that this Qu Gao only had a beautiful skin, which was still much inferior to Wang Shou. Qu Gao didn't speak, and he didn't care about everyone's discussions, he and the king's head were like mud, so why should he compare with him and bring humiliation on himself? Besides, Wang Shouli treated him with courtesy, and Qu Gao regarded him as a friend in his heart.

"Yikes! Qu Lang's horse is exactly the same as Wang Lang's horse. I don't know who screamed, and everyone looked at it together, and saw that the two white horses looked very similar, and they were all the same with saddles, and they exploded for a while, full of surprise and whispers. Wang Shou still had a smile on his face and looked at Qu Gao, as if waiting to see how he could tell the difference.

Qu Gao comprehended it, and couldn't help but feel a little lost. He vaguely felt that Wang Shou wanted to cultivate himself, not the friendship that Qu Gao thought in his heart. He allowed the words of his friends around him to be unstoppable, wanting to use this to stimulate Qu Gao's potential and tap the side he wanted to see, in other words, Wang Shou seemed to be cultivating himself as a wing, which was a bit different from the reciprocal relationship between friends in Qu Gao's heart.

With a faint smile, Qu Gao said: "Wang Lang's side is always very lively, Yu You is on the side, and he will retire first." With that, he turned back to his seat.

"How can this person be so rude, a poor inferior person, dare to wait for me to return to his seat! In the end, he was born poor and had poor cultivation! The Lu woman scolded indignantly.

"Ah Ning doesn't know that Qu Lang's car was given by Brother Wang." A man said loudly, and as soon as Qu Gao heard the voice, he knew that it was Chen Jiagolang, Chen Xuan, who embarrassed him in the horse market that day. Chen Xuan was scolded by Qu Gao in front of everyone last time for his shallow tutor, how could he not hold a grudge, but because Wang Shou was protecting Qu Gao at that time, he kept holding back. Today, he was worried that Qu Gao would bully him, so he had been hiding behind everyone, but seeing that Qu Gao was being harassed by the Lu family, Wang Shou did not say anything to protect him, so he dared to stand up and wanted to be ashamed. He also said: "A few months ago in the horse market, Qu Lang wanted to buy a horse, but he was shy in his pocket, it was Brother Wang's generosity who gave him a horse by the way, otherwise with his family background, how could he be worthy of this snow-white horse." ”

Wang Shou looked at Qu Gao with an indistinct expression, and seeing that he didn't seem to have heard, he talked and laughed with the two friends at the table with his own care, his brows furrowed slightly, and he secretly wondered in his heart: How could he eat so many words today without having a seizure? When I looked closely, I found that Qu Gao seemed to have changed a little, and there was a little less childishness in his face when he first saw him, and a few more points were a kind of momentum that he had never had in all his interactions, and this kind of momentum reminded Wang Shou of a person he had seen with the patriarch of the Wang clan when he was in the new capital of Jiankang, the hero of the Northern Expedition, General Zu Ti!

Almost instantly, Wang Shou suddenly understood that Qu Gao knew that he was waiting for him to play smart to solve the siege, but he didn't bother to do so. On the third day of Shibei, Wang Shou couldn't help but re-examine this young man who was as famous as himself with just a pair of skins.

Feeling Wang Shou's different gaze, Qu Gao raised his head and smiled, and replied, "Wang Lang is still seated?" The king nodded and was instructing everyone to stop the carriage when the sound of Lu Aning's spikes came again.

"Chen Wulang, I heard that on that day in Dongshi, because of Wang Lang's face, you were humiliated, today I am here to be fair, Wang Lang is not allowed to be partial, you want to compete with Qu Lang?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's interest was raised, and Qu Gao also raised his head, seeing that the always peaceful Wang Shou rarely showed a trace of panic on his face, he turned around and asked Zhu Yan and Zhong Lijun, "Have you eaten the tea?" It's time to go up the mountain. ”

Zhu Yan and Zhong Lijun were uncomfortable in the morning, and when they heard this, they immediately got up and prepared to go up the mountain, but they were stopped by Chen Wulang in front of them.

"The surname is Qu, you scolded Chen for being shallow in his tutor that day, and Chen will come to talk to you about tutoring today!" Chen Xuan had the support of the Lu family's daughter, and knew that Wang Shou would never come forward for Qu Gao again, and the anger accumulated in the past month or so came out together. "My Chen family is a branch of the Yingchuan Chen family, the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin dynasties, the three dynasties, the generations of ministers, what is your Qu family, the ancestors of the three generations are just a pariahs guarding the city gate, what kind of family education! I heard that your old lady is still asking Mrs. Zhang for a share of cigarettes and protecting you, otherwise a person like you who does not learn and has no skills will not even be able to keep the position of the captain of the city inherited by your family. ”

Chen Xuan scolded so much in one breath, and most of the anger in his heart was relieved, seeing that there was a dispute here, hundreds of people gathered around, and in front of so many people, he scolded the late Taigong, Qu Gao was also angry, he wanted to smash Chen Xuan's head with one palm, but that would really make the Qu family scolded. Seeing this, Zhu Yan was about to speak, but was stopped by Qu Gao.

"Chen Lang, my Qu family is indeed insignificant, but he has guarded Xiangyang for generations, and he has never had a half-point difference, and he is worthy of the name of loyalty to the country given by Taishou. Although Gao is not as brave as his father and ancestors, he has practiced Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer since he was a child, and he never dared to waste martial arts. Qu Gao stared straight at Chen Xuan, with a contemptuous smile on his face, seeing that he was annoyed, he said: "The Yingchuan Chen family is indeed a century-old family, a generation of ministers. Changwen Gongchuang Zhongzheng, repairing the law, and continuing to use it to this day, his descendants and future generations are all named marquis and worship generals, and the Chen family also deserves to be the first-rate high-ranking gate in Yingchuan. However, the century-old family business of the Chen family in Xiangyang, no one seems to have left a name in the court. After a change of words, Qu Gao said again: "Chen Lang has one in twenty this year, right?" Have you ever thought about entering the glorious lintel? Or do you have other plans to bless the Yin family? The ancestors of the Chen family, Gao also admires him, but Lang Jun is just a vulgar son, and Gao Fa still needs the support of the Lu family, it is really a loss of face for the ancestors, although Gao is poor, he also disdains to look at you! ”