"Within today?" The literary giant was horrified. "This is impossible. No, I can't do it!"
Xiao Fu was puzzled: "Why? You are a scholar. I can write thousands of words in an hour. You are a scholar, so you should write at least 3,000 words in an hour. In these twelve hours, that means 36,000 words. That is enough."
His face was pale: "According to what you said, doesn't it mean that I don't eat, drink or sleep?"
Xiao Fu nodded calmly: "Yes."
The great writer was not going to do it at first, until he saw a burly and rough-looking man standing next to him, draw out a scimitar, and look at him fiercely, and said, "Huh?"
He admitted defeat: "Okay... I'll write, no, I'll read, and you write."
Xiao Fu immediately perked up and sat up straighter.
Based on the material provided by Xiao Fu, the author slowly spoke and soon came to the topic of marriage, which Xiao Fu was concerned about.
"It is said that on the wedding night, the scholar was drunk and found the general dressed as a woman on the bed. He was terrified and couldn't accept it, so he kicked the general out. The general knelt down, and there was a storm outside the door..."
Xiao Fu interrupted: "Wrong, they got married in spring, there was no snow. The scholar would not kick him out, he is not that kind of person."
"...Okay, in spring, let's change it to a thunderstorm outside the door. The general voluntarily kneels in front of the door and tells his heart all night long, feeling tragic and heroic. The scholar then..."
Xiao Fu interrupted: "What if it's not a rainy day? Change it to a romantic night, and they can have their wedding night smoothly."
"...Okay," the author gritted his teeth, "The scholar discovered that the general was actually a man. He was shocked and sad, but he was drunk and could not control himself. The general took advantage of him and raped him..."
Xiao Fu continued to interrupt: "The general is not that kind of person, no, try again."
The literary giant is worthy of being a literary giant. Xiao Fu got dozens of possible situations and response plans from him for the problem that was bothering him. No matter what happened, Xiao Fu knew what to do.
He asked Yuanqing: "Have you written it all down?"
Yuan Qing said expressionlessly: "I've written it all down."
"Very good," Xiao Fu turned his head and shouted, "Yuanwu, give the master one hundred taels of silver."
One hundred taels! The author was overjoyed: "Then can I leave?"
"No, write a few more. I love to see what you write. How good are you at drawing? Can you finish it today, along with some small paintings?"
“…………”
Xiao Fu was forcing people to write stories for him, and Lin Zikui was still memorizing books. He memorized so much that his mind was in a fuzzy mess and he couldn't tell the time.
After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, it is time to report to the Imperial Examination Hall.
On the Lantern Festival, Lin Zikui was thinking that the examination would last for nine days, and the palace examination would be the next month, which would take at least two months.
"It would be too easy for such a large amount of silver to be stolen if brought to Huainan Guild Hall."
Mo Liu: "Sir, why don't we leave the silver at Lord Tang's house?"
Mo Liu still didn't know what Brother Tang had done to Lin Zikui. Lin Zikui had never said anything. As for changing the medicine on his eyes, Lin Zikui only said that it was the doctor's order from Doctor Xie.
Now when he mentioned Tang Mengyang, Lin Zikui shook his head and said, "Lord Tang and I have severed our relationship. We have nothing to do with each other anymore. This silver..."
"What silver?" Xiao Fu's voice came from outside the door. The snow of the Lantern Festival had melted long ago, and the winter plum blossoms were in bloom. There were still scattered plum blossom petals on Xiao Fu's dark cloak, and there were a few petals in his black hair, which made his black eyes look like stars, more beautiful than countless people in the world.
"This silver... Lin Zikui didn't dare to say it was sent by Lord Xiao, and explained, "It's my family property..."
"Is this the only box?" Xiao Fu glanced at it and said, "I have a house in Jinling. I'll ask Yuanwu to move it to the carriage for you later. I'll exchange it for silver notes when we get to Jinling."
Silver bills are light, so people who give gifts usually like to use real gold or silver to show the importance of the gift.
"It would be great if you could change it into silver notes." Lin Zikui got into the carriage with him. Xiao Fu came down again, and soon Jinzun came out of Xingzhi Temple.
Xiao Fu lowered his voice and asked, "Did you get it?"
"My Lord, I got it." Jinzun handed him a box.
Xiao Fu opened it and took a look, then said in a low voice, "It seems that the old man doesn't want to see the change of ownership and the suffering of the people." He closed the box, "Jinzun, you and Yuanqing go behind and take care of the young prince Zhao. Don't let anything go wrong. As long as Yuwen Zhou is here, his father won't dare to act rashly."
On the way back to Beijing, there were two cars in front and behind. The servant was embarrassed to sit with the young master, so there were only Lin Zikui and Xiao Fu in the car, and the country road was very bumpy.
Lin Zikui leaned against the wall of the carriage and said, "There are four to five thousand students taking the exam this year, and most of them have come to Beijing. I wonder if the Huainan Guild Hall is fully occupied..."
"Why don't you live in my yard? There's no one else in my house." Perhaps because Xiao Fu practiced martial arts himself, he liked Lin Zikui's hands that were good at writing.
Her fingers are as smooth as jade, her wrists are slender, and her skin is delicate, a hundred times smoother than the finest porcelain, and very pleasant to the touch.
When they were alone and had nothing to do, he liked to grab Lin Zikui's hand and play with it.
Lin Zikui was not used to it at first, but he could do nothing about it, so he half-heartedly got used to it.
He didn't say anything now, what he was thinking was that it was not polite to live with Zhao Ling.
Lin Zikui's palms were itchy, and he tried to pull them away without success. He said softly, "If the guild hall doesn't have enough room, I can just go to the inn."
Xiao Fu didn't say yes or no, he just said: "Tonight is the Lantern Festival. Let's go on a pleasure boat to cruise the Qinhuai River. The boat is ours, and we'll stay on it at night. If you like it, you can stay here until you go to the Imperial Examination Hall."
Lin Zikui thought for a moment and said, "The Qinhuai River is bustling with music and dancing every night, so the inn is better, it's quieter."
He really won't take advantage of me at all and won't listen to me. Xiao Fu couldn't help but scratch his palm. Lin Zikui pulled his hand away suddenly, his shoulders shaking: "Zhao Ling, I'm itchy..."
"Itchy, right? Itchy, of course. How do you know that Qinhuai River is full of singing and dancing every night? Have you been to those places?"
"I went there once three years ago. I was on a painted boat and exchanged poems with others. There were singing girls everywhere. It was pleasant to listen to, but it was disturbing."
Xiao Fu smiled when he heard this and said, "No one will be singing soon, so I won't disturb you from reading."
The emperor is dead, what is there to sing about?
It’s good for Lin Zikui to live on the boat, it’s safe on the boat.
During this lively Lantern Festival, King Zhao, who was far away in the northwest, had secretly led 10,000 troops to approach Nanjing. Xiao Fu received the news two days earlier, compiled it into a book, and handed it to Taoist Master Zewu.
Compared to the useless Emperor Wen Tai, Prince Zhao was more suitable to be a good emperor. Unfortunately, Xiao Fu did not dare to repeat the same mistake. Emperor Wen Tai was a coward who was afraid of him and, instigated by the eunuchs, dared to send people to assassinate him.
King Zhao will have even more tricks up his sleeve.
The carriage moved slowly and when it arrived in Jinling it was exactly the You hour.
Half an hour ago, the three Xie elders were still in the palace, pretending to help the emperor get rid of the poison: "Your Majesty, the poison has been completely cured. Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Wentai stood up and felt relaxed. He was overjoyed and said, "Great! Reward! Thank you, doctor! I will make you the Imperial Master!"
Xie Laosan just wanted to leave quickly, so he glanced at the sky and said, "It's better not to..."
"Hey, my dear minister Xie, this is just a sinecure. Come, write an imperial edict! Thank you, the genius doctor, for bringing back the dead and saving the world. You are to be appointed as the Grand Master of the Ye Dynasty today! I will reward you with three thousand taels of gold, a Grand Master's Mansion, and one hundred rolls of silk..."
Xie Laosan had no choice but to accept the order and hurried to the Cining Palace on the pretext that the Empress Dowager wanted him to see a doctor.
Emperor Wentai, having solved the poison, recalled the incident in which Concubine Hui had poisoned him. He felt relieved and finally had no more worries. He immediately asked the eunuchs to draft three imperial edicts.
In one letter, Concubine Hui, the daughter of Lord Xu, was banished to the cold palace and stripped of her title.
A letter ordered Xu Zhuojun to be executed and beheaded at the Meridian Gate.
The third letter summoned Eunuch Tang Mengyang and listed all the crimes of his adoptive father, Lord Xu, in writing, including the crime of poisoning the emperor and attempting treason, which should have the entire family executed.
But Xu Zhuojun is easy to behead, but Xu Ge Lao is deeply rooted and difficult to shake. It's not easy to bring down. Therefore, this third imperial edict can only be put aside for the time being and sealed properly.
When Xie Lao San left the imperial study and went to the Cining Palace, there were four children sitting in Empress Dowager Xiao's palace. From left to right, they were the eldest prince born to Concubine Shu; the second prince born to Concubine Hui, the third prince born to Madam Ning, and the fourth prince born to Concubine Liang.
The oldest is nine years old, and the youngest, the fourth prince, is just over two years old, still a cute little ball.
When Third Brother Xie saw the Queen Mother testing the three princes on their studies and the Fourth Prince eating fruit nearby, he thought to himself that Emperor Wentai was still quite young, yet he was still very active, and he was able to have many children...
Empress Dowager Xiao didn't have any serious health problems, she just wanted to ask Xiao Fu and the Emperor.
"Suyi, the princes are all tired." She asked the palace maids to take the princes away first.
Then he said to Xie Lao San: "Xie Shen Doctor, you are Xiao Fu's senior brother, can you help me bring a letter to him?"
That’s no problem, Xie Laosan nodded in agreement.
"The emperor's poison has finally been cured. I feel relieved. I want to reward you, but what should I reward you with..." Empress Dowager Xiao was still thinking, and Xie Lao San quickly said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to reward me. The emperor has just given me a reward. He wants to make me the imperial teacher. The emperor's poison is said to have been cured, but..."
Empress Dowager Xiao looked panicked: "But what?"
"But... there is still some residual poison, but it is not serious! Don't worry, Queen Mother! Your Majesty will not be as painful as before! And I told Your Majesty that I am completely fine. Although I have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, it is also for Your Majesty's sake," he said firmly, "Your Majesty, think that if Your Majesty suspects that he is sick, will he only think about it more and his illness will become worse? As long as you don't think about it, you will naturally get better, and the residual poison will slowly disappear in the rest of your life."
Empress Dowager Xiao was persuaded. "Yes, tell him that the emperor still has to think about it. He is already overwhelmed by state affairs. Thank you, doctor. You did the right thing. I will still reward you."
After entering the palace, he became a first-class imperial teacher, and was given a mansion, gold, and treasures...
Xie Laosan was not very happy either.
After leaving the palace, he first met up with Xiao Fu, changed Lin Zikui's medicine on the boat, rinsed his eyes, and finally rinsed and bandaged them. This time, only the right eye was bandaged.
Xie Lao San said: "Open your left eye and take a look."
Lin Zikui's eyelashes trembled, because he hadn't opened his eyes like this for a long time, and he was not used to it.
Xiao Fu stood aside, bending over and looking at him.
Lin Zikui's eyelashes are very long. They fluttered several times before he slowly opened his eyes. The scene in front of him gradually became clear, but still a little blurry. He might have seen the person in front of him.
"Miss Zhao Ling..."
Xie Laosan glanced at Xiao Fu and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Xiao Fu came closer: "Lin Lang saw me?"
"Yeah, I can see it." It was really uncomfortable to open one eye and close the other, but the light and the person in front of him made Lin Zikui's eyes suddenly moist.
"Hey?" Xiao Fu was slightly stunned. "Why are you crying? Is it still painful? Third Master, please take a look at him."
"No, it's okay," Lin Zikui raised his hand to wipe it, "It's just that I haven't opened my eyes for a long time, so they're a little sore."
Xie Laosan pushed Xiao Fu aside and went to check Lin Zikui: "Your eyes cannot stand stimulation. Don't expose them to strong light. You can open your left eye at night. As for your squinting eye, it will recover slowly. The right eye will take a little longer. In a few months, it should be able to recover like the left eye."
"Thank you, thank you...Mr. Xie!" Lin Zikui immediately stood up, lifted his robe and knelt down. Before Xie Laosan could react, he kowtowed to him.
"Thank you for saving my life, Mr. Xie. I will never forget it!"
"Alright, alright, get up, get up. What's your relationship with Zhao Ling? I'm his senior brother. Do you think I can't save you?"
Zhao Ling...boy?
Lin Zikui wondered, didn’t his senior brother know that he liked to dress up as a man?
But I called her "girl" many times, so she should know about it, right?
He wondered if it was because Xiao Zhaoling often dressed as a man that no one called him "girl" outside. Otherwise, other people would find it strange, right?
Lin Zikui thought it through and didn't think there was anything wrong with men's clothes. Men's clothes were great. Miss Xiao was a beauty, and if she were dressed as a woman, she would probably be skinned alive by the dignitaries of Jinling.
There were many people in Jinling, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Zikui thought for a moment and called out to him, "Zhao Ling..."
"Um?"
"You often wear men's clothes. I'm in Jinling, so I'm afraid I'll let it slip. Why don't I call you... Young Master Xiao?"
"Mr. Xiao?" Xiao Fu raised his eyebrows slightly. "This sounds strange. Zikui, you should call me Xiao Lang."
"…………? Xiao Lang..." Lin Zikui got used to calling him that, and stroked his hand with a smile, "Hello Xiao Lang, then let's call him Xiao Lang."
Lin Zikui had red lips and white teeth when she smiled, and Xiao Fu loved to watch it.
"You yell again."
Lin Zikui said in a gentle voice: "Xiao Lang."
Xiao Fu: "Hey, shout again, I love to hear it."
"Xiao Lang..."
Xie Laosan couldn't stand it and left with his hands behind his back, hey! I really want to jump off the boat!
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