So Du did not forget to discuss with Zhu Qi and decided to go to Suzhou tomorrow, and today just invited Gao Gong to have a meal to compensate for yesterday.

In the afternoon, Gao Gong was invited by Du Yiyi and Zhu Qi to a restaurant in the city to entertain him.

After serving the wine and food, Du did not forget to ask:

"Brother Gao, I didn't know you were Jinshilang that year?"

Gao Gong smiled at this time:

"Brother Du, I haven't been admitted to the Jinshi yet, and I've been taking the exam for more than ten years, but I've made up my mind that I must be in high school in the next imperial examination!"

Du did not forget to toast a glass of wine:

"Okay, Brother Gao, you have this spirit of perseverance, I believe that God will not disappoint you. ”

After Gao Gong finished taking a sip, he lowered his head and sighed:

"In fact, I was already familiar with the scriptures and history when I was eight years old, but unfortunately the examination room was dark, and I repeatedly entered the Beijing scientific examination, but I always failed to get the favor of the examiner...... Maybe it's because I'm really talentless!. ”

Du did not forget to ask:

"Who are your examiners?"

Gao Gong recalled:

"I remember that last year, our chief examiner seemed to be Master Li Fuxing of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and Xu Jie, the deputy examiner, it seems to be them!"

Don't forget to smile:

"Oh...... It's them, that's easy!"

Gao Gong looked at Du Cheng with great curiosity:

"Brother Du, what do you mean, it seems that you know the two of them?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Yes, Brother Gao, since you asked, I will tell you the truth, in fact, my real name is Du Don't forget, Du Shilang is my young name, Li Fuxing is my good brother, Xu Jie, I am also familiar with it, and I am friends with it at first sight. ”

Gao Gong immediately got up and saluted Du Buyi, but was stopped by Du Buyi:

"Brother Gao, don't be like this between us, you brother and I hate etiquette the most. ”

After Gao Gong sat down, he looked at Du Yi incredulously:

"I didn't expect to be with you for two days, Brother Du, I was so clumsy that I didn't find out that you were Du Tanhua. ”

At this moment, there seemed to be a dispute under the restaurant, and it seemed that the sound was getting louder and louder.

After Du did not forget to get up, he said to Gao Gong and Zhu Qi:

"Shall we go downstairs and see what's going on?"

The two of them each nodded.

The three of them went downstairs, and a group of people gathered around the door of the restaurant to watch the excitement, and the guests in the restaurant also left their seats at this time to watch.

Du Buyi and the three of them squeezed in front of the crowd to take a look, and found that it was the proprietress of the restaurant and the shopkeeper who seemed to be arguing with a butcher with a basin of blood in his hand.

I saw that the proprietress of the restaurant pulled up her sleeves at this time, stuck one hand on her waist, and pointed at the butcher with the other hand and shouted:

"Liu Axe, do you want to pay or not?"

The butcher named Liu Axe reluctantly put the blood basin in his hand on the ground:

"Aunt Zhao, it's not that I don't compensate you for the silver, but I didn't mean it, I just killed sheep for people to make some money, how can I have so much money to pay you?"

Du did not forget to whisper to an onlooker next to him:

"Brother, what's going on here?"

Then he replied:

"The butcher named Liu Axe passed by the restaurant just now and accidentally splashed the sheep blood in the basin on the door of the restaurant, and the door was damaged, so Aunt Zhao asked this Liu Axe to compensate her for the door outside the door. ”

Then he said:

"This Liu Axe is just a nearby helper who kills sheep, and he can't earn much silver in a month, I heard that this Zhao Auntie's door is mentioned by Wu Kuan, a senior official of the previous dynasty, where can this Liu Axe accompany him? Alas, it seems that Liu Axe is really unlucky today......

Zhu Qi asked curiously:

"Who is this Wu Kuan, why haven't I heard of it?"

Gao Gong came over and explained:

"Sister Qi, this Wu Kuan is the champion of the Chenghua period, the official did the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, and was given the crown prince Taibao after his death, he is a great talent, especially good at calligraphy, so his inscription value is not inferior to Tang Bohu's paintings. ”

Zhu Qi was stunned after hearing this:

"Is it that powerful?"

Du did not forget to smile at Gao Gong:

"What Brother Gao said is indeed true, because Tang Yin's eldest brother has a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and Wu Kuan's predecessor's handwriting is very rare, so it is precious. ”

After Du Buyi finished speaking, he walked outside the door and looked at the door on the door, although one side of the door had already been stained by sheep blood and could not see the handwriting clearly, but the other side of the door was still preserved, Du did not forget to take a closer look at it, and said to Aunt Zhao:

"Boss lady, the door link you mentioned by Wu Kuan is a forgery!"

When Aunt Zhao heard this, she immediately pointed to Du and said:

"Why do you say that our Yuxianglou door is a forgery?"

Du did not forget to point to the unstained handwriting of the door couplet on the side and said:

"You see, the seven characters on this door are obviously written in regular letters, and Mr. Wu Kuan is good at calligraphy, and I have seen Mr. Wu Kuan's handwriting, which is too different from this. ”

Aunt Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked again:

"Since you said that you have seen Wu Kuan's handwriting, can you imitate his handwriting for me to see?"

Du did not forget to smile lightly at Aunt Zhao:

"Okay, then the boss, you can prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"

Aunt Zhao signaled to Xiao Er, and it didn't take long for Xiao Er to walk out with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

So Du did not forget to wave his pen, imitating Wu Kuan's handwriting, and rewrote a few big words on the paper: "Welcome to the Spring Full Yuxiang Building".

After Aunt Zhao picked up the paper that Du did not forget to copy, she began to ask the onlookers:

"Do any of you know Wu Kuan's handwriting, can you come out for verification?"

For a while, these people are you looking at me and I look at you, and it seems that no one has really seen Wu Kuan's handwriting.

Du Buyi walked next to the proprietress and said to these onlookers:

"Many of you should know Su Dongpo's calligraphy in the Northern Song Dynasty, right? And you should have heard that Wu Kuan's calligraphy inherited Su Dongpo's 'dignified and simple, dignified and thick' style, so you can distinguish it by Su Dongpo's handwriting. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a teacher came over, and then took the handwriting in Mrs. Zhao's hand and looked at it, and while smiling, she pointed to the handwriting and said:

This is exactly Wu Kuan's handwriting...... It's Wu Kuan's handwriting!"

Then he took the handwriting and compared it with the handwriting on the plaque, and shook his head:

"The handwriting on this plaque is indeed not Wu Kuan's authentic handwriting. ”

At this time, the proprietress said to herself:

"But when I took over this Yuxiang Building twenty years ago, the owner of this place reminded me that this door was mentioned by Wu Kuan, a great official of the previous dynasty?"

Don't forget to smile:

"Aunt Zhao, you should have been deceived at that time, although the person with this inscription has some calligraphy attainments, but it is far from reaching Wu Kuan's situation. ”

After hearing this, the proprietress was very unhappy on her face, and immediately signaled Xiao Er to unload all the doors on both sides.

At this time, the butcher Liu Axe was very pleased, so he said to Aunt Zhao:

"Since it wasn't mentioned by Wu Kuan, it's not worth much silver, I'll find someone to help Aunt Zhao write two more pieces another day!"

Aunt Zhao motioned to Xiao Er and grabbed Liu Axe:

"No, you have to find a way to get two pieces of door coupling for me now, otherwise I can't do this Yuxianglou business, do you know how many guests my Yuxianglou will lose in the future because you have defiled my Yuxianglou door union like this today?"

Liu Axe knelt directly on the ground at this time:

"Aunt Zhao, I beg you, are you okay? Just let me go with the axe, I still have an eighty-year-old mother to support at home?"

Aunt Zhao said very ruthlessly:

"I don't care if there is an eighty-year-old or a hundred-year-old lady in your family, anyway, if you don't accompany me to save my reputation in Yuxianglou, don't think about leaving today, wait for the government to come!"

Zhu Qi walked in front of Aunt Zhao at this time:

"Aunt Zhao, how much silver do you want him to accompany, I'll help him out!"

Aunt Zhao looked at Zhu Qi:

"Girl, your breath is too big, do you have five hundred taels of silver?"

Zhu Qi shook his head:

"Nope. ”

Aunt Zhao then pushed Zhu Qi away:

"If not, get out of the way, don't get in the way of the old lady's big things here!"

Zhu Qi was a little angry at this time, so he wanted to push Aunt Zhao back, but was stopped by Du Yiyi on the side.

Du did not forget to walk up to Aunt Zhao and said:

"Isn't it just a couplet, and I'll help you rewrite it?"

Aunt Zhao sneered at Du Yi:

"Haha...... Haha, who are you, can the door link you write compare with Wu Kuan, the great official champion?"

Gao Gong on the side immediately walked over and said angrily to Aunt Zhao:

"You are really an ignorant woman and child, do you know who this person in front of you is?"

Aunt Zhao looked at Du Yi with contempt:

"Isn't it just a shabby scholar? It still wants to fly up the branches and become a big official? I think it will only imitate others and write a few words in its life. ”

Gao Gong smiled, and without waiting for Du to stop it, he said:

"This is the King of the Northwest, the Great General, Du Tanhua!"

As soon as Gao Gong's words came out, the surrounding people all threw incredible expressions to Du Yiyi.

Aunt Zhao pointed at Du and laughed:

"Haha...... You...... You say it...... Is it Du Tanhua? Don't you ...... Don't tease me!"

After speaking, he covered his face and laughed again.

At this time, a few officers and soldiers suddenly came, pushed away a few people around, and then an official walked out, pointed at Du and said:

"That friend is right, this is Du Tanhua!"

Du didn't forget to take a closer look at this person, and almost didn't recognize it, it turned out to be Zhu Kun.

Then he quickly stepped forward and hugged Zhu Kun and asked:

"Brother Zhu, why did you come to Hangzhou?"

Zhu Kun smiled:

"Brother Du, I'm from Suzhou, not far from Hangzhou, and I happened to come to Hangzhou today to do official business, so passing by here, I was also excited to see Brother Du you here!"

After greeting Zhu Kun, Du did not forget to introduce Zhu Qi and Gao Gong to Zhu Kun.

Unexpectedly, when Gao Gong saw Zhu Kun at this time, he was like an old man, and shouted excitedly:

"Teacher, I didn't expect students to see you again in Hangzhou!"

It turned out that Zhu Kun had met Gao Gong in Suzhou two years ago, and Zhu Kun was also the examiner of the Gao Gong examination.