Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 365
Although the grievances with Zhu Erdan on the Qinhuai River that day were not big, the two hated each other very much, and this loathing was far greater than personal grievances.

Now that we met, Li Xiuyuan saw Zhu Erdan's smiling face, and his polite and forthright appearance made him hesitate.

Several thoughts popped up in Li Xiuyuan's mind at once.

Zhu Erdan has suffered from typhoid fever for the past few days, has his brain burned out?
Or is it that the person in front of him is just Zhu Erdan's body, but there is actually another person inside?

Or that he was so impressed by his talent and appearance that day that he fell in love with him already?

Apart from these three possibilities, Li Xiuyuan couldn't think of any other possibilities that could make Zhu Erdan invite him so enthusiastically.

"This guy is definitely not normal, maybe a pervert."

Li Xiuyuan secretly became alert in his heart.

At this moment, Zhu Erdan pulled Li Xiuyuan to, no, into the gazebo, then pointed to a white letter on the stone table and said: "Brother Li, look, this is my second couplet, I don't know if Brother Li thinks my second couplet is already Is it correct for your lower line?"

With a stroke of luck, Li Xiuyuan shook Zhu Erdan's palm away with a slight movement of his arm, and then said: "The couplet last time was just what I said casually, and I didn't do it, it was made by a talented woman, and I was just It’s just borrowed, I just wanted to perfunctory you, but I didn’t expect you to take it seriously, it seems to be my fault.”

The first couplet he wrote: Lonely, cold, empty, widowed.

You can tell at a glance that it was written by a woman, and it is impossible for a man to write it.

Li Xiuyuan is also a scholar, although he is not as talented as the ancient ones, but he also knows that Wen Chaogong can't take him on himself this time.

"So that's the case. No wonder this couplet is full of resentment. It turned out to be written by a talented woman. I thought it was you, Brother Li." Zhu Erdan laughed.

The other scholars next to me couldn't help laughing too.

This is secretly mocking Li Xiuyuan as a resentful woman in the boudoir.

After all, you are a scholar, and you don't use dirty words when you curse. It's not like ordinary people who open their mouths to greet your father and mother.

Li Xiuyuan's expression moved slightly, and he looked at Zhu Erdan with a strange expression, this fellow was really different, although he just seized the flaws to insinuate himself in a short sentence, it could be seen that his intelligence was far different from before.

"Although there are boudoir grievances, the talent is something that even I admire. Let me have a look at your second couplet."

He was not angry, but glanced at the stone table with a calm expression.

But the second line is: the river and the sea are raging with waves

"That's right." Li Xiuyuan fixed his eyes, and immediately knew that Zhu Erdan had definitely cracked it.

This thing is not so easy to match. Among this group of talents, he dared to say that there are not a few talents in a hundred who can match, and it is Zhu Erdan who was originally mediocre.

"Brother Li, how about this couplet?" Zhu Erdan said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "It's true."

"Is that so?" Zhu Erdan asked.

"Oh, what else? Could it be that you wait until I praise you?" Li Xiuyuan wondered.

"Haha."

Suddenly, the scholar next to him couldn't help laughing.

This Li Xiuyuan is fighting back, insinuating that Zhu Erdan is a naughty boy, waiting for his father's praise, which is much more ruthless than Zhu Erdan calling Li Xiuyuan a grudge in the boudoir before.

"A master's trick."

Zhu Yu put his hands into his sleeves, and muttered to himself with a melancholy frown.

Zhu Erdan's face darkened slightly, he thought of what Lu Shenxian said.

The most intelligent heart in the world is the exquisite heart with seven apertures in Li Xiuyuan.

He didn't understand that day before he changed his mind, but now he understands that this Li Xiuyuan is indeed extraordinary. He worked.

Afterwards, Zhu Erdan's expression changed, and he said with a smile: "Brother Li, you said that this pair was made by a talented woman, so Brother Li must have already had a second couplet. I don't know what the second couplet is. Can you let me have a look?" Vision? Take a look at Brother Li's second couplet."

Since the verbal confrontation is a bit inferior, he won't play with it anymore, so he just wants to see Li Xiuyuan's true ability.

"Well, I do have a couplet. Since you have spoken, I can't postpone it."

Li Xiuyuan didn't hesitate for a second, and decisively picked up the brush and ink, and began to write.

This is the trouble of Wenhui.

As long as Zhu Erdan said a word, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to evade the second couplet, otherwise he, Li Xiuyuan, would be reduced to a laughing stock in this essay meeting.

He was still thinking about taking the exams, Jinshi. Although reputation is not very important, it should not leave a stigma.

"Lingding Buddha is tired of being a monk." Li Xiuyuan put away his pen and raised his hand, leaving a second couplet.

"Yes." Wang Ping said happily.

The other scholars next to him also took a look, and nodded involuntarily. This Li Xiuyuan is indeed an extraordinary character, and such a difficult match came out.

Ning Caichen said, "This couplet is well written. Look at the meaning of the couplet. Brother Li doesn't want to compete with Zhu Erdan for fame and fortune."

"Is there still such a meaning?" Zhu Yu wondered.

He was still thinking about the master's tricks in his mind.

Zhu Erdan glanced at it and said with a smile: "That's right, this second couplet is pretty neat, but Brother Li has had this upper couplet for so long, shouldn't there be only one second couplet?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head with a smile, but wrote again with a brush: "Avoid getting lost and return to happiness,"

After finishing writing, I went on to write: The sea of ​​tears in the desert is gradually rising
"Are you satisfied with these couplets?" Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.

At the same time, I was secretly glad that I had studied some absolutes before and knew the answer. In this life, relying on my good memory, I didn't leave the old things behind.

But this is only absolute, and he is not very proficient in ordinary pairs.

"Okay, that's right."

Seeing that three couplets were written in one breath, some scholars immediately cheered.

Good is good, even if you don't know it, it doesn't hinder your appreciation.

The corner of Zhu Erdan's mouth twitched at this moment. He felt that he had underestimated this Li Xiuyuan's ability. Even he needed to think about such a couplet for a while. He couldn't do it by writing three couplets in one breath. He originally wanted to get back the humiliation of the day. Looking at it now, relying on talents to compete against each other, I'm afraid it will only be counterproductive.

"Brother Li's talent is so high that I really admire you."

Although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he was still calm and saluted with a smile on his face.

"You're being polite, but it's just a matter of thinking about it before. It's considered prepared, and it doesn't deserve your praise." Li Xiuyuan also said modestly.

This is not hypocrisy, it is the attitude that scholars should have.

Although on the surface they fight to the death, they still have to be polite and humble in words.

At this moment.

In an attic in Linyuan.

Li Liangjin stood on the third floor of the attic, watching what happened in the gazebo. Although people could not see clearly from such a distance, he was sure that that person was Li Xiuyuan.

"Li Xiuyuan participated in the Wenhui today, and coming to your house is the best opportunity for you to deal with him. Don't miss it. Look, all the scholars in the Wenhui city participated this time, but you You can only say that you are sick, why is this? You must know that normally this is a good opportunity for you to make a name for yourself in Jinling City. How could it be Li Xiuyuan's turn? The reason for all this is because of him. He caused you to lose your reputation. I can’t even hold a pen.”

Next to it, a black fox stood on the beam and spoke out.

When Li Liangjin looked at the mess on the desk behind him, and the crooked words on the countless shredded papers on the ground, he became angry and said in a deep voice: "Hu Hei, although I have lost my literary spirit, I have no Lost my mind, this Li Xiuyuan has a book of life and death in his hand, you want me to deal with him, you are killing me, you know, as long as he ticks off the pen, there will be no peace in my house, now if I don't move him, he will I won't touch me. As the son of the Marquis Mansion, I will inherit the title and become a prince in the future. Why do I have to fight to the death with a mere scholar? It is clear that you are afraid that Li Xiuyuan will retaliate against you, so you keep urging me and want to borrow my hand Kill him, let me tell you the truth, this Li Xiuyuan has already been spotted by Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, if he dies, Fu Tianchou will definitely investigate thoroughly."

Although Hu Hei has been bewitching him to deal with Li Xiuyuan, but he has never planned to do it. Of course, although Wen Dou was defeated by Li Xiuyuan, he didn't have to make trouble to the point of life and death, he would not provoke a person who has a record of life and death.

Hu Heidao also yelled angrily: "When you continue to suffer from it, you will soon understand the so-called karma, and you will regret it. Since you are unwilling to do it, then I will do it."

With that said, he disappeared into the attic.

After he left, Li Liangjin's eyes showed a fierce look; "This old fox has been pestering me all day, asking me to murder Li Xiuyuan. It's easy to say, this Li Xiuyuan's martial arts are amazing, and he can control ghosts and gods. My father asked him to kill Li Xiuyuan." He is safe in the haunted house. Is it true that I have to dispatch hundreds of soldiers to ambush him in front of the audience? Killing him will not do me any good, but the price will be too high. There is something wrong, and nothing can happen during this time."

"However, this fox has become more and more dissatisfied with me. Maybe it will cause me some trouble. It will be bad if it gets burned. He is right. I should stop it and suffer from it. I should do it." Not with Li Xiuyuan, but with this old fox, I am also tired of the two fox girls he gave me."

After speaking, he turned and went back to the house.

On the bed, there were two charming fox girls sleeping on it in a drunken stupor, their bodies slightly curled up in the brocade quilt, and beside their slender and delicate bodies, a fluffy tail stretched out, arousing people's infinite reverie.

Li Liangjin lingered beside the bed for a while, gritted his teeth for the last time, and immediately went to a sword on the sword stand, and stabbed at the two fox girls.

"Ah~!"

A fox girl slept so badly that she was stabbed to death in her sleep, and her body turned into a fox, she was no longer a beauty. When holding the sword, he looked at Li Liangjin in shock and fear.

"Young master, I serve you in every possible way, and you are always loyal. Why, why did you kill me?" The fox girl looked desperate and sad.

Li Liangjin said angrily: "You are not human, do I need a reason to kill the fox spirit?"

After speaking, he drew out his sword.

The fox girl spurted blood from her chest, and looked at Li Liangjin with deep resentment. She never thought that the person next to her pillow would be such a ruthless and ruthless man.

But soon, her eyes dimmed quickly, and her delicate body immediately turned into the corpse of a fox lying on the couch.

Even if the two fox girls have hundreds of years of Taoism, they will die if they are pierced by one in their sleep.

"Where are the guards?"

After Li Liangjin killed the two fox girls, he shouted again.

"Subordinates are here."

A voice came from outside the door,

Li Liangjin said: "Buy enough sulfur, charcoal, and dry firewood, and set fire to the summer resort outside the city. Remember to bring more people. There are foxes haunting it. Don't let a fox escape, even if it is to escape." If we lose one, I'm afraid the house will not be at peace."

"Yes, son."

The guard responded and left quickly.

Only then did Li Liangjin vent his anger, and he felt extremely comfortable in his heart, as soon as the news came, Hu Hei's family would all be executed.

As for that Hu Hei, hmph, if he dares to show up, he will kill him as well.

I am the fate of a prince, not something this fox spirit can murder.

But Li Xiuyuan didn't know what happened here, he was fighting with Zhu Erdan now, so he didn't know what happened here at all.

If he knew it, he would definitely be unable to help but sigh, Hu Hei has tasted the consequences of himself.

Originally, I asked Li Liangjin to help my people, kill Hu Han's people, and seize the Qingshan territory, but instead of doing it, my people lost their territory and could only stay in Li Liangjin's mansion. Today, they are going to be killed by Li Liangjin. Who can explain the karma in it clearly?

Therefore, no matter whether it is a fox or a human being, it must not have a vicious heart.

　Well, still owes a chapter. I'll keep that in mind.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)