The influence of the martial arts examination was far inferior to that of the imperial examinations. The imperial examinations and Jinshi paraded on horseback, attracting attention from the whole city, and the top scholar made countless girls fascinated and were the son-in-law that every household dreamed of.

The martial arts exam ended after the exam. There was no celebration ceremony. The top scholar in the martial arts exam was even more low-key and unknown. However, the riding and shooting competition held today because Wu Zetian was present in person is a topic of interest to everyone. No one cares about the martial arts exam, but everyone likes the battle for the war.

After promotion and rendering by the palace guards, this cavalry battle suddenly spread to thousands of households in Luoyang like a gust of wind, and was talked about by countless people. Li Zhen's name once again became the legend of Luoyang City, and his popularity even surpassed He Zhizhang, the top scholar in the imperial examination.

When Li Quan heard that his brother won the top scholar in the martial arts competition, she cried with joy. She immediately booked a floor at the Zuobank Tavern to invite all relatives and friends. Nearly a hundred people gathered together to celebrate Li Zhen's victory at the top scholar in the martial arts competition.

The lobby was filled with glasses and laughter, and the atmosphere was very warm. Less than a quarter of an hour after the banquet was held, Li Zhen was filled with five or six bowls of wine by the celebratory people. Seeing that there were still many people queuing behind him toast him, Li Zhen was so scared that he slipped into an elegant room using the excuse of changing clothes.

Everyone was laughing, but Di Yan was very unhappy. She was arranged by Li Quan at a table next to her. On the main table, in addition to Li Quan's siblings, there were also the inner guard general Wu Youxu, three lieutenants, chief clerk Yang Xin, and chief clerk Cui Shaoying.

These people are fine. What annoyed Di Yan was that there was also a very beautiful young lady sitting at the main table and sitting next to Li Zhen, making Di Yan secretly sulk.

"Fatty, who is that woman?" Di Yan finally couldn't help but whispered to the Jiuzhi sitting opposite him.

Jiu Zhi was staring at A Ling who was sitting at the gate from afar and was dazed. When Di Yan asked, he replied casually: "That is A Ling, Sister Qiu Niang's apprentice, my dream fairy, hey! My fat man, I have a hard life!"

Di Yan frowned. She glanced at Jiuzhi and found that he was looking in the wrong direction, so she kicked him, "I mean the one sitting at the main table!"

Jiuzhi woke up and quickly turned around and looked at the main table. He smiled immediately, "That! It's Wang Yuanbao's sister Wang Qingyu, and his relationship with Lao Li is extraordinary."

Di Yan's face became more gloomy as water, and she asked coldly: "What is extraordinary?"

Without waiting for Jiuzhi to talk about it, Yao Xi, who was sitting next to Jiuzhi, took over his words and said, "Don't listen to this fat man's gossip. There is nothing extraordinary, it's just a deal."

He briefly said about the relics, and Jiu Zhi immediately said angrily: "What do you mean by gossiping me? You don't know about Songshan, but I have heard of it a little."

Di Yan's heart that had just been relieved was pulled back into the air by Jiuzhi's words. She hurriedly asked, "What happened in Songshan?"

Jiuzhi shrank his neck, "Actually it's nothing. I just hate to say that I'm gossiping. I heard that Lao Li saved Miss Wang while investigating Wei Yaodao in Songshan, but I don't know the details."

"Who did you hear?"

Jiu Zhi thrust Zhao Qiuniang with his mouth, "Sister Qiuniang said it!"

Although things didn't sound that bad, Di Yan still accumulated anger in her heart. The reason was very simple. Why did Wang Qingyu sit at the main table and sit next to Brother Li? Who arranged the seat?

Thinking of arranging a seat, Di Yan glanced at Li Quan in great dissatisfaction, and saw that she was laughing and talking with Wang Qingyu in a low voice. The two were very close, and she became more and more indignant. She was just the daughter of the Wang family. She pleased her so much for a little profit, and she deserved to be a businessman.

Di Yan looked around again, but no Li Zhen was seen. Yao Xi beside him whispered: "Miss Di, I just saw Brother Zhen go up to the third floor."

"oh--"

Di Yan agreed blankly, then withdrew her gaze, and snorted coldly, "I'm not looking for him, what does it have to do with me where he goes?"

Having said that, after only a moment of sitting, Di Yan quietly left the seat from behind without paying attention, circled around, and went up to the third floor as if nothing had happened.

There were not many drinkers on the third floor, most of whom were resting from the second floor, sitting together to have tea and chat. Di Yan did not see Li Zhen, her eyes fell on the several elegant rooms on the other side. She slowly walked forward and saw the door of the elegant room on the edge was covered. Looking through the crack of the door, she saw Li Zhen lying on the table.

Li Zhen was empty and was filled with five or six bowls of wine. This kind of wine was not a three bowl of water mixed in the wine shop, but a five-year-old wine brought from the store by Li Quan. The wine was like honey slurry, very mellow and intense. After drinking the five or six bowls of wine, Li Zhen couldn't stand it. The wine surged, which made his chest and abdomen very uncomfortable.

He lay on the small table and gently rubbed his temples, trying to ease the rising wine. At this time, a cup of hot tea was placed in front of him, and Di Yan complained: "I have never seen anyone like you. I can't drink this wine for only two cups, but you drink five or six bowls in a row. Don't you want to have a life?"

Li Zhen picked up the teacup and drank the hot tea. Then he gasped and said, "My eldest sister killed me. She actually used such strong wine to entertain guests. She didn't say anything to me in advance."

"Can you do it? If not, go back! Come on, I will help you."

Di Yan wanted Li Zhen to go home to rest, but she couldn't see Li Zhen sitting next to the young woman and accept her care. She helped Li Zhen up and walked downstairs. Unexpectedly, as soon as she went out, she met Sun Li and Zhang Xi coming towards her. Both of them held wine glasses and pointed at Li Zhen and smiled: "This kid is hiding here, come, come, everyone is still waiting for you!"

Di Yan immediately said anxiously: "He can't drink anymore, he will fall down if he drinks again."

"Miss Di is underestimating him."

Zhang Xi smiled and said, "Last time I invited him to drink, he drank more than a dozen bowls and competed with Qiu Niang for a sword. He only drank a few drinks. Tonight everyone celebrated him, how could he escape?"

"Two brothers, he really can't do it."

Sun Li stopped her and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss Di! With us here, he will be fine. It's rare to have such a fun. Everyone will not be drunk tonight."

The two of them pulled Li Zhen downstairs, and Di Yan wanted to stop him again, but Li Zhen smiled at her and said, "The two elder brothers are right. I am the master tonight. I can't leave the stage no matter what. I try my best to have another drink."

"That's right!"

Sun Li and Zhang Xi pulled Li Zhen to the second floor. Di Yan was helpless and looked at Li Zhen downstairs. She stomped her feet in hatred, "You go and drink! What's the matter with me if you drink it to death?"

She was very annoyed and rushed downstairs angrily, preparing to go home by herself. She didn't want to talk to Li Zhen anymore. What's the business of him being the top martial arts student?

But when he walked to the bend on the second floor, he heard a woman crying from behind the stairs. Di Yan stopped suddenly and sneaked over.

But Jiu Zhi was holding a young lady's shoulders, coaxing her while wiping her tears, "I have turned aside now and work diligently every day. When I save some more money, I will go to your parents to propose. I believe they will agree."

The little girl sobbed and said, "Brother Jiu, my parents are not because of money. They say that what you do is too dangerous. What if you have a few shortcomings, what should I do?"

"This... is this saying that I am a fat man and a short life? A Ling, your parents are thinking too much. Your drunk brother is experienced and considers his life more than anything else. I will never take risks with me. Besides, your second brother is also an inner guard! Why don't your parents worry about him?"

"Brother Wine, I really... don't know what to do?"

"Don't worry, if I'm here, just listen to me. I will treat you with all my heart. I have sold my house and saved some money. I will also go to Nanshi to buy a store and ask you to be the female owner, okay?"

A Ling threw herself into Jiu Zhi's arms and started crying, "Brother Jiu, are you coaxing me!"

Di Yan watched from the side, and her heart became softer. Unexpectedly, this fat man with wine had such a gentle and considerate side. She didn't want to leave anymore, so she turned around and entered the lobby and returned to her seat to sit down.

At this time, Di Yan searched around again, but Li Zhen was not seen. Looking at the beautiful little girl, her seat was also empty and nowhere to go. Di Yan was shocked and asked Yao Xi, "Xiaoxi, where is Brother Li?"

"As soon as Brother Zhen came in, he was filled with a few bowls of wine by his subordinates. He ran downstairs from there." Yao Xi pointed to the stairs on the other side and said.

Although Di Yan was dissatisfied with Li Quan, she knew in her heart that the arrangement of the position should have nothing to do with Li Zhen. Li Zhen was given the top martial arts scholar today, and there was a lot of trouble. He could not care about the arrangement of the position. If he really could care about it, he would never place Wang Qingyu by his side and throw himself aside.

But she had just sat down and ran to find Li Zhen again. This seemed too impatient. When others saw her, they would laugh at her. Di Yan suppressed the anxiety in her heart and picked up the wine glass to drink carefully. At this time, she saw Jiuzhi pulling the little girl into the lobby. The little girl had burst into tears and laughed, sitting intimately with him and talking.

"Xiaoxi, who is that little girl? That next to the fat man?"

Yao Xi leaned over and looked, "That is A Ling, the apprentice of Sister Qiu Niang. Brother Jiu is obsessed with her and wants to marry her."

"It seems her parents don't want it?"

"It's a little bit!"

Yao Xi nodded, "Her parents have always had prejudice against Brother Jiu, and they blamed him for being unpretentious in the past. Although he has restrained a lot now, her mother said that his nature is difficult to change. Alas! It takes time to slowly eliminate her parents' prejudices."

Di Yan glanced at Li Quan again, thinking that Li Quan seemed to have a prejudice against him, and she didn't like her when she met her for the first time, but why?

At this time, several guards pulled Yao Xi to drink, and Di Yan was the only one left at their table. Seeing that everyone was not paying attention to her anymore, Di Yan quietly stood up and went downstairs from the other stairs.

The stairs were straight in the backyard of the wine shop. Di Yan looked around. The yard was very quiet and there were no other drinkers. She only heard a little movement behind a rockery. She walked over quickly. The scene in front of her almost made her lungs burst into anger.

Li Zhen squatted on the ground halfway, choking his throat and retching. Wang Qingyu supported him, took a wet towel and gently wiped his forehead, and comforted him in a low voice: "Brother Li, just spit out the wine. I just happened to bring the wine medicine and I'll pour you a cup of hot water."

"Thank you!" Li Zhen muttered, his body tilted and his head couldn't be raised, and he looked drunk.

Wang Qingyu stood up and looked around. Di Yan hurriedly hid behind the rockery. Wang Qingyu found a slightly flat stone and helped Li Zhen sit down. She turned around and hurried towards the kitchen.

After Wang Qingyu entered the kitchen, Di Yan flashed out from behind the rockery, pulled Li Zhen up, gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "You come with me, I'll take you back, and if you drink it, you'll be dead."

Li Zhen was drunk and his mind was dazed. He couldn't tell who was in front of him. He staggered while walking. Di Yan put his arm on his shoulder and helped him leave from the back door.

After a while, Wang Qingyu walked quickly with a cup of hot water, but Li Zhen disappeared by the rockery. She couldn't help but be stunned, searching around, her eyes full of confusion.

.........

At this time, the lobby was a little messy, and another distinguished guest came to the second floor. King Wu Sansi of Liang came to the restaurant in person to congratulate Li Zhen on winning the top scorer of Wu.

Li Quan panicked and quickly asked Jiuzhi and Yao Xi to find his brother, but Li Zhen disappeared. Helplessly, Li Quan had to go forward and salute, "Thank you for your kindness to my brother, he... He is already drunk and may be drunk. He is really rude. Please forgive me."

Wu Sansi smiled and said, "I can understand it completely. You are the eldest sister of Commander Li!"

"It's just the folk girl!"

Wu Sansi looked at Li Quan meaningfully. He knew that the woman in front of him was also Cao Wen's wife. It turned out that she looked so much worse than her daughter.

Wu Sansi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm just here to congratulate Ling on winning the top scholar Wu. Please accept it with some thoughts."

He waved his hand and the follower behind him presented a brocade box with a Jinxian crown made of ivory, which was very precious.

Although Li Quan didn't want to accept such expensive gifts at will, the other party was the prince, so she couldn't help but give them to him. She had to thank him for accepting them, and said to Wu Sansi: "Prince, please sit down and have a glass of bar!"

"No need, I have something else to do, so let's go first."

Wu Sansi nodded to his nephew Wu Youxu with a smile, turned around and left surrounded by more than a dozen followers. Wu Youxu also sent his uncle out of the restaurant.

At this time, Jiuzhi ran down from the third floor, "Big sister, I have searched all the third and fourth floors, but I can't see him."

Yao Xi thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhen seemed to have gone downstairs just now. Maybe she was in the backyard, and Miss Wang was with him."

When Li Quan turned around, he happened to see Wang Qingyu coming up from the stairs. She hurriedly went up to him and asked, "Qingyu, where is Azhen?"

Wang Qingyu shook her head hurriedly, "He was drunk just now, so I went to pour him a glass of water. When he came back, he disappeared. I thought he was back. Isn't he here?"

Li Quan was wondering in her heart, where did this guy go? At this moment, she suddenly thought of something and quickly looked at Di Yan's seat. Seeing that Di Yan was gone, she suddenly realized something in her heart.
Chapter completed!