Poetry is a commonplace in many people's mouths. What may be passed down and praised by others depends on how high an official you are, but poetry.

Today's trouble with Shi Zhongkui, if he wins, it's easy to say, but if he loses, it will definitely be recorded in the Shuntian Prefecture's annals, and it will become a typical example of overestimating one's own capabilities in the mouths of countless descendants.

If that were the case, I would be tempted to jump into the river.

Seeing that they couldn't grab the rice paper, everyone could only focus on Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui is a thief. There are not many good poems after the Yuan Dynasty. One poem is missing, and some poems are not worse than the one just now. It is inappropriate to use them in the scene at this time.

Even if you forcefully write it when the occasion is wrong, people may suspect that you are making a secret reference and refer to the previous book, which means that a good thing will turn into a bad thing.

He raised his hands and said to Yuan Donggang, "Teacher, it's already late. The students are already hungry. Please allow me to have a banquet."

Yuan Donggang smiled. Although deep down he wanted Shi Zhongkui to write another poem, he got the biggest benefit tonight. Shi Zhongkui said so.

If you force him anymore, it will no longer be like being a teacher.

"Okay, let's have a banquet. Let's have a banquet. I have been busy for the teacher all day, and my stomach is already empty."

The drum music started playing quickly, and more than a dozen dishes were placed in front of the long table of the chief, deputy, and examiner, one by one, like water by the maids.

Because we have to follow ancient etiquette, everyone sits on their knees, so there is no need to worry about people being next to each other.

Those at the bottom of the rankings can only sit in the third and fourth rows against the wall.

However, Denggaolou is indeed the restaurant that monopolizes the annual Lu Ming Banquet every year and a half. It has a great backstage and the dishes are really good.

And surprisingly, they are all hot dishes, which is very rare.

It is conceivable that there must be dozens or even hundreds of fires in the kitchen.

Coupled with the chef, maids and dozens of beautiful maids, when you think about it, it seems expensive for a reason.

And when people feel that they have face, they will naturally feel that it is worth the money.

Shi Zhongkui looked polite as he ate, but he took down his chopsticks quite frequently, which made people feel their appetite improved a lot.

Xue Pan, Jia Lian, and Jia Rong were being drunk from time to time by the people around them. The three of them also knew that these people were jealous, but Shi Zhongkui was in the limelight, and the three of them really felt that they were losing face.

The subsequent lantern riddle party, because of Shi Zhongkui's poem just now, made the atmosphere much cooler than in previous years.

Moreover, many businessmen, squires, nobles and officials who came with their own purposes had no intention of recruiting anyone else to be their son-in-law at this time.

Even though there are a few young people who are not very old, they look pretty good, but when compared with Shi Zhongkui, they are really not pleasing to the eye.

Shi Zhongkui also understood that he had been in the limelight a bit too much, but he was not the best in writing, so he could keep a low profile as a person. If you keep a low profile with this poem, the next day the outside world would spread rumors that he had exhausted his talents.

The trouble will be even greater by then.

After eating and drinking, Shi Zhongkui was watching the performance of others with a smile on his face when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a gray figure from the corner of his eye.

When he looked carefully, he saw the golden-haired rat hiding under a table in the opposite corner, looking at him.

Without thinking, Shi Zhongkui immediately realized that he had something to report.

He found an opportunity to excuse himself to go to the toilet, and followed the boy who climbed up the building through the corridor, when a figure suddenly jumped into his sleeve.

"Master, after the mouse spy heard that the group of people couldn't find you, they started to investigate the matter of Uncle Xue beating people to death in Jinling, so as to drag you into life lawsuits and trivial matters of saving people and leaving you no time to study."

Shi Zhongkui clenched his fists instantly, and his breathing became somewhat heavy.

Not to mention that Fool Xue had already been sentenced to death by Jia Yucun and was exonerated. Once the case was retried, Xue Pan would not be able to escape the crime of bribing the imperial officials and would be exiled.

Moreover, in the case where Xue Pan allowed his servants to commit murder and assault, which resulted in Feng Yuan's death three days later, even if he was lucky enough not to pay for his life with one life, he still would not be able to escape the fate of being exiled.

By that time, it would be impossible for Xue Baochai to marry her within five years.

And fighting a lawsuit on behalf of Xue Pan will definitely affect the examination in four months.

Even if you are dragged into a case, let alone being admitted to the imperial examination, your status as a scholar will be taken away directly.

Blocking people's future is like killing their parents.

"Do you know where Xiu Yiwei is?"

The Golden-haired Rat nodded hurriedly. Hearing that Shi Zhongkui asked him to tell the Xiuyi Guards about the remnants of the former crown prince and their stronghold in the capital, the Golden-haired Rat couldn't help but shudder.

The current emperor really wants to kill all the former crown prince's eldest brother's men.

The Supreme Emperor committed suicide because his eldest son, whom he had personally trained for more than 30 years, failed in his rebellion. After many years, it was inevitable that all the blame would be placed on the people around the Crown Prince.

If it weren't for the instigation and mischief of these people, how could the prince, who had always been filial and respectful, have such treasonous thoughts?

Therefore, the Emperor's attitude toward these remnants was not much better.

The golden-haired rat nodded hurriedly and ran out, but after a while, he ran back again and said.

"Master, the mouse found a basement under the house of that group of people. There are a lot of gold and silver gourds, silver melons and some weapons hidden in it. How about I steal them all for you?"

Shi Zhongkui agreed without thinking. After all, he had the purple, gold and red gourd from Daxing Land, so he could receive the goods and receive them all in one thought.

But what made him hesitate was that this act of stealing was a real bad thing. If it damaged his own merit, the gain would outweigh the loss.

After all, with the saffron business, with 27,000 taels of silver a year, not only can the family not worry about food and drink, but also materially, there is no problem in living a life like the one in Rongguo Mansion.

So gold and silver are no longer necessary.

But it would be good to experiment. "In this way, you first go to deliver a message to the Xiuyiwei stall, then go to that group's house, steal a hundred taels of pumpkins, take them to my house, and then come back and resume your life."

The golden-haired rat looked at Shi Zhongkui with some confusion, but nodded and ran away without asking any more questions.

Shi Zhongkui returned to the lobby and continued to wait for the end of the Luming Banquet with peace of mind. At the same time, he asked the waiter on the high-rise building to tell Xue Pan not to drink too much. He had something to discuss later.

Although Xue Pan did not obey Shi Zhongkui's words at this time, he still admired him.

Needless to say, even a hundred of them would not be as good as this brother-in-law.

Not to mention martial arts. When I was learning martial arts from him some time ago, my brother-in-law beat him as easily and naturally as an adult would beat a child.

So after listening to what the waiter said, when he looked at Shi Zhongkui again, he saw that he nodded slightly and clenched his hand three times as a threatening hint. Xue Pan immediately calmed down and stopped drinking.

I had no choice but to take a sip from my wine bowl, then laughed and said I couldn't get drunk today, lest I lose face to my brother-in-law.
Chapter completed!