Chapter 66 Debate Arena
Chapter 66
The Hongsheng Restaurant has been really lively recently. The great scholar Zhang Yonghe, together with two other highly respected presidents of academies, have used the Hongsheng Restaurant as a venue to host a debate competition. Participants can be students from various academies or famous scholars.
This debate competition even shouted out the slogan of "distinguishing right from wrong and arguing for universal justice", and the slogan was shouted very loudly.
Lu Songli came out at the right time, as today's debate competition had just begun.
"This Fan Quan is really amazing. Is this his fifth match defending the title?"
When Lu Songli heard the name Fan Quan, she looked intently at the scholar-like man in a dark gray robe standing on the stage downstairs. She saw that he was standing straight and looking at his opponent calmly.
In addition, she also saw her younger brother Lu Mingzhi, who was standing in the audience, quietly looking at Fan Quan on the stage.
"We've already argued that 'human nature is good and human nature is evil'."
Some people began to list the topics debated in the past few days.
"Which comes first, starting a family or a career?"
"Can loyalty and filial piety be achieved at the same time?"
“Knowing is difficult but doing is easy; knowing is easy but doing is difficult.”
"The question we're debating is, 'Is it okay to judge a hero by his success or failure?'"
"Yes, I don't know if he can hold on."
Lu Songli listened and realized that in just two or three days, there were already four or five debate topics, and each topic was quite profound and attracted a lot of attention.
"Yes, two games a day is not easy. The key is that he wins every game, which is really amazing."
"He is indeed impressive. You know, he is facing people who are well-read and knowledgeable."
"The debate arena at Hongsheng Restaurant is well organized. I think it's better than storytelling."
"The debate has a unique perspective and is refreshing."
"Yes, you don't know. When I first attended the first show, I was absolutely astonished. I also attended all three shows after that. After listening to them, I truly understood what it means to 'listen to one person's words and learn more than ten years of books.' Many of my previous doubts have now been answered."
"Yes, yes. Every time I listen to one of them, I get enlightened."
Listening to these discussions, Lu Songli knew that no matter whether there were any tricks in the praise, this debate were at least lively and successful on the surface.
Lu Songli leaned on the railing and listened for a while. She felt that Fan Quan's words were quite meaningful. His opponent was not as good as him, his knowledge was not as solid as his, and his words were not as sharp as his. She wanted to listen for a while longer, but Mo Bing came over and told her that Qin Sheng had woken up.
So Lu Songli didn't listen any further, turned around and went to the box. When she left, there was a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth.
After taking a nap for half an hour, Qin Sheng woke up, but he continued to lie there without opening his eyes.
Qin Sheng had been quite busy recently. After all, he was also a Cloud Cavalry Captain of the Three Thousand Battalion outside the city, and he had to keep up with his daily training. Furthermore, their wedding was very close, and his mother and the others were so busy that she had even postponed her eldest brother's remarriage. Naturally, he had to make time to help his mother.
In addition, he also paid attention to the movements of the Xie family and the Zhao family. He could feel that Zhao Bin hated Lu Songli very deeply. He knew that Zhao Bin and the Zhao family would definitely take revenge. There was no need to even think about it, Lu Songli would be the first to bear the brunt.
At this moment, he was completely sober. He still remembered his drunken memories, and the title deed in his waistband reminded him that it was not a dream.
His fiancée immediately offered him a deed for a hundred hectares of land, seemingly casually, as if she were giving him a basket of ordinary eggs. But having been to the border, she knew the land values there. While the land in Shangyang County wasn't worth much, it was vast. A hundred hectares was worth at least twenty or thirty thousand taels.
She gave away such a large piece of land just like that. Does she trust him so much?
For a moment, Qin Sheng was in a good mood, and at the same time he secretly said in his heart that he would definitely get this done.
When Lu Songli came in, she found him drinking tea. The two of them didn't say anything more. There were many people around, so Qin Sheng protected her and went downstairs to go home.
The man was handsome and the woman was pretty. When they went downstairs, people they met couldn't help but look back at them twice.
Walk through the lobby and towards the door.
Xie Zhan, who was sitting in a private room on the second floor, happened to witness this scene. He was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up with surprise. He then summoned the innkeeper, only to learn that Qin Sheng and Lü Songli were hosting a dinner at the Hongsheng Restaurant tonight, and the guests were four knights-errant from Chang'an City. Xie Zhan lowered his eyes in thought. Was this a coincidence? If they had deliberately arranged the banquet at the Hongsheng Restaurant, then they were being incredibly perceptive.
"A Zhan..."
Xie Zhan came back to his senses and turned to look at Zhao Yutan, "Why did you come out?"
"You've been out for so long, I thought something happened, so I came out to check."
"Nothing, there are a lot of people outside, let's go in."
Qin Sheng rode away only after he safely sent Lu Songli back to the Lu family.
After Lu Songli returned, he gave Chen Rong some silver and asked him to go out and collect the past information of the scholars who had participated in the debate arena at Hongsheng Restaurant in the past few days, as well as the content of their debates. The information about Fan Quan was of utmost importance.
"Is my father back?" Lu Songli asked as she took off the pearl hairpin on her head.
"The master is back, and he's been back for half an hour."
"Okay, I'll go to the main courtyard later." Her father has been going out early and coming back late recently. Sometimes he goes to the market to exchange things, and sometimes he goes to the palace to accompany the emperor. It's really hard work.
In Lu Songli's eyes, Old Man Lu, who was very tired, was lying on the couch, enjoying the massage from his wife.
Lu Desheng sprawled on the couch, taking a short nap under Jiang's massage. When he awoke, he felt much more relaxed. He'd been leaving early and returning late these past few days, which was quite tiring. Even if Zhao Bin hadn't happened, he would have gone to the palace to accompany the emperor. After all, the emperor and he had a good relationship to maintain. Lately, he'd just been more diligent and attentive.
After changing into casual clothes in her own yard, Lu Songli walked briskly towards the main courtyard.
She thought she probably knew what the Xie and Zhao families had come up with. They really wanted to change the knife for Emperor Kang Cheng. When she guessed this, she even felt a sense of irony. Was her prediction so accurate? Did she predict their prediction?
However, the other party was also very powerful. I don't know which master came up with this idea. To be arrogant, if she hadn't come, her father might not have been able to withstand their attack. But if she hadn't come, the Lu family might not have suffered this disaster. So, this is a paradox.
Their plan was sound. They said, "Catch the leader first, shoot the horse first." But that metaphor didn't seem quite right. Never mind. It didn't matter. The important thing was that they had taken down her father. The rest of the people were nothing but squash and tamper with them.
Now that the "new sword" is ready and the stage is set, the other party will definitely ask Emperor Kang Cheng to leave the palace.
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