His tone revealed undisguised skepticism.
Perhaps the couplet was obtained from elsewhere, and since the person couldn't match it, they wanted to show off!
Unexpectedly, as soon as Qiao Ziming finished speaking, Wei Yichen uttered the second line of the couplet.
"My matching line is: Earthworms in the courtyard, their hearts full of mud!"
Wei Yichen's smile vanished, and he looked coldly at Qiao Ziming, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
The heir of the Marquis of Anyang is nothing special!
"I came to the capital to visit relatives and incidentally to witness this literary gathering, but I became quite interested in the beautiful scenery of Bibo Pavilion. Therefore, I will give the title of champion of this competition to the heir of the Marquis of Anyang."
Qiao Ziming felt that Wei Yichen was blatantly humiliating him!
Just as he was about to speak angrily, Wei Yichen said, "However, I am willing to buy the couplets that you all just composed for 17,840 taels of silver."
Although the literary gathering was nominally for donating silver to disaster-stricken areas of Qi.
Ultimately, it was about giving businessmen an opportunity to meet intellectuals.
Normally, it's the merchants who take a liking to a talented man or woman and want to befriend them that will spend money to buy their couplets, poems, calligraphy, or paintings.
But now Wei Yichen has paid a high price to buy all the pairs in the first competition.
If he was new here and wanted to make friends with everyone, that would be understandable, but what's with all these coins, some in small change and some in large bills?
Qiao Ziming was still angry, but when he heard Wei Yichen say 17,840 taels of silver, his anger gradually subsided, and he began to look at Wei Yichen again.
Suddenly, he glanced at Su Muxi and a look of realization appeared in his eyes.
Chang Zhong had previously stated that Su Xing was actually a member of the Su family, one of the four major Shanxi merchants, while Su Muxi's mother was a member of the Wei family, also one of the four major Shanxi merchants.
So, when Wei Yichen said he came to the capital to visit relatives, it was actually the Su family?
Wouldn't that mean Wei Yichen is Su Muxi's cousin?!
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