It was quiet in the East Gojin General's Mansion. Inside and outside the hall, except for the slight sound of footsteps and the friction of clothes, no sound can be heard, even coughing, which is probably the so-called family style.

The stones that lay on the road are like this, and so are the trees in the courtyard, thick and straight, far apart, but there are not many green leaves between the branches, silent and indifferent.

Chen Changsheng sat at the table, looking at the porcelain tableware in front of him, and didn't know what to say—since he entered the mansion, there had been no meaningful conversation for the time being.

Xu Shiji and his wife sat on the top, he sat in the guest seat, and Granny Hua waited quietly beside him, and the cloth was actually Shuang'er, a girl who was extremely arrogant.

There are only five people in the hall, but there are many people serving outside the hall, several housekeepers and women are staring around with cold faces, and the maids keep going in and out with the case plates, and when the pomegranate skirt crosses the high threshold, it is so relaxed.

There are green orange water on the table at the end of the ring, there are hot and cold wet towels, and there are ivory chopsticks and mahogany carved tiger squatting, in comparison, there are many fewer dishes for vegetables.

Tonight's dinner party in the East Imperial Shogun's Mansion is relatively simple, there are Xun's square meat, there are fresh fish steamed with green onion and ginger, and there are green bean seedlings blanched in soup, the dishes are delicious, but they are very ordinary, there is no rare sea fish common to banqueters in the mansions of the powerful in Kyoto, and there is no soup made of demon beast marrow juice, and even the number of plates is very small.

If it is said to be a family banquet, it is really an ordinary family banquet.

Chen Changsheng roughly understood what the intention of Xufu in this posture was, so he could only wait in silence and bow his head to eat the vegetables, but noticed that in addition to the lack of rare birds, there was not even the most ordinary chicken, and even the most common duck gizzard sauce was not available in the more than ten flavored sauces.

He was a little curious, but didn't ask.

After the dishes were served, Mrs. Xu began to talk to him, just like this family banquet, what she said was neither salty nor light, and she did not talk about the oil and salt that had not been eaten.

The meal came to an end without taste, and the house of the Eastern Imperial God was still as quiet as before.

Mrs. Xu glanced at Xu Shiji, picked up the wine jug, and filled the glass for Chen Changsheng.

This is Chen Changsheng's second glass of wine tonight.

He thanked him.

Xu Shiji raised his glass, looked at him, and then drank it all.

Chen Changsheng drank it all.

Mrs. Xu poured wine.

Xu Shiji drank again.

Chen Changsheng accompanied the drink.

Mrs. Xu poured the wine again.

Xu Shiji held the wine glass, looked at him expressionlessly and said, "I admit that from beginning to end, I didn't have any kindness to you. ”

Chen Changsheng was silent.

Xu Shiji said indifferently: "But everyone must admit that I have no ill will towards you, otherwise, it would be impossible for you to live in Kyoto until now and still sit opposite me." ”

Chen Changsheng still didn't speak, he stood up, took out a paper envelope from his arms, and put it on the table.

The paper envelope was a little thick, obviously new, and although it was impossible to see what was inside, everyone knew that the contents must be old.

Mrs. Xu's expression changed suddenly, and Granny Hua was also slightly anxious, only Shuang'er's eyes lit up.

"You...... What does this mean?"

Xu Shiji squinted at him, his face became cold, and the wine glass in his hand slowly fell, although the speed was slow, the moment the bottom of the cup touched the table, there was an extremely dull crashing sound.

"I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to finish it. Originally, this thing should have been done a year ago, but because of some misunderstandings, it has not been done......"

Chen Changsheng looked at Mrs. Xu, Granny Hua, and Shuang'er, and said seriously: "I didn't lie at the beginning, I came to Beijing to get out of the marriage, but you didn't believe it all along." ”

Hearing this, looking at the heavy paper envelope on the table, Mrs. Xu's face suddenly became extremely ugly, the anxiety between Granny Hua's eyebrows became heavier and heavier, and Shuang'er was obviously very shocked.

"Misunderstanding?" Xu Shiji stared at Chen Changsheng's eyes, his face was like frost and said: "For a whole year, the city of Kyoto has been full of wind and rain, and the mainland has been constantly disturbed, is it because of a misunderstanding?"

Chen Changsheng didn't answer his question, but looked at Mrs. Xu, bowed first, and then said: "Madam, you have said some things, I didn't come a year later to prove that your words are wrong, I just think that now you probably won't think that I am a young Taoist priest from the countryside who has changed his life by clinging to the god general, then, or maybe it's time for me to finish this matter." ”

The hall was silent, the orange water reflected the light, like spirits, and it was the atmosphere of this time, no one spoke, and the night breeze outside the threshold was light, but it was so tense.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Shiji looked at Chen Changsheng and said with a slight mockery: "You have done such things, and you are not even afraid to throw yourself into the raging tide that you are not qualified to touch, it turns out that it is just for my wife's words, because of that poor and ridiculous self-esteem?"

Chen Changsheng thought about it carefully for a while, confirmed that there were not too many problems with what he did, and replied: "Self-esteem is indeed the reason, but I don't think it's ridiculous, let alone pitiful. ”

Xu Shiji slowly stood up, put up his hands, his burly body leaned forward slightly, with an extremely unbearable pressure, stared at Chen Changsheng's eyes, and said word by word: "I won the first place in the Great Dynasty Examination and entered the eyes of the Pope, do you think...... In this way, you can prove that you are better than Akiyama-kun, and you can pretend to be a victor and quit in style?"

Chen Changsheng was slightly stunned, thinking that he had never thought like this, and wanted to explain a few sentences, but found that this kind of too personal thing did not know how to explain, just thinking about it, Xu Shiji turned around and left the banquet, and after a while, he came back with the dossier and threw it directly in front of him.

"See for yourself. ”

Xu Shiji looked at him expressionlessly and said, "It's no secret anymore, tomorrow the entire continent will know why Akiyama-kun didn't participate in this year's Great Dynasty Exam." ”

Granny Hua and Frost have quietly retreated.

Chen Changsheng thought for a while, picked up the file from the table and opened it. As he read, his face gradually changed and became a little complicated, and he understood why Xu Shiji said that.

This year's court test is the most lively in the past ten years, and it is an undisputed year, if there is any regret, it is probably that Akiyama-kun and Xu Yourong did not appear.

With the bloodline talent and potential of Akiyama-kun and Xu Yourong, of course, they can directly obtain the qualification to watch the Tianshu Mausoleum without passing the Guò Great Dynasty Examination, but people always want to see them in the Great Imperial Examination.

Many people thought that Akiyama-kun would participate in the Great Dynasty Examination this year, but the reason why he did not show up was because Xu Yourong did not participate, but it was more likely that it was the marriage contract between Xu Yourong and Chen Changsheng.

Now after reading this dossier that had just been sorted out, Chen Changsheng knew the real reason why Qiu Shanjun did not participate in the Great Dynasty Examination, and thought about it silently, and found that he had to say his admiration.

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(There have been affairs during the day, dinner at the top of the Guangzhou Tower, Mu En invited a meal, buffet, in what is said to be the world's highest revolving restaurant, when they were happy to eat, I silently wrote a thousand words on the table, and then, all kinds of rushes, back to the hotel, desperately wrote another thousand words, and then immediately went out again, everyone knows, I have always been lazy, but these days, although the number of updates is very average, but I know very well that I am not lazy.) All my diligent editors and readers who know my itinerary will cry silently, and tomorrow I will go to the airport at six o'clock, have an early flight, land, and then take a few hours of long-distance transportation to the county seat, attend my dear niece's wedding, see the road conditions, and see how the work is going. Greetings to everyone. Thank you for your understanding. ）