When saying that, Lin Zikui truly had no regrets.
Miss Xiao might be a very good girl, but he couldn't marry her and he didn't have the blessing of being Mr. Xiao's son-in-law. However, Lin Zikui met the better Xiao Zhaoling.
The person I met at Xingzhiguan was called Xiao Zhaoling.
The person who was moved was also Xiao Zhaoling.
The person who sent the peach blossom wine was called Xiao Zhaoling.
Lin Zikui embraced the other's broad back, and the distance between them was so close. The sound of his heartbeat coming out of his throat made Lin Zikui feel that his love for him was almost dependent on each other. At this moment, in this closed space, it surged in.
Xiao Fu wanted to kiss him, and he did. He didn't need to use any force to get close, and he pecked him lightly a few times. Lin Zikui had no place to hide, so he could only accept it. He blushed and heard his whispering voice: "What about your engagement, Lin Lang?"
"That marriage certificate...is with Madam Xiao, and she tore it up a long time ago." Lin Zikui felt dizzy after being kissed twice by him. Although he couldn't see it, he felt like fireworks were popping and flashing in front of his eyes.
Lin Zikui said: "I... that's not important. I don't like Miss Xiao either."
Xiao Zhaoling smiled with his eyes curved: "You like me, don't you?"
"Yes..." For him, it was a little difficult to say it directly. Lin Zikui thought for a long time about what to say, and then said in a literary way: "You know my intention and I appreciate your sympathy. This feeling must be asked to heaven."
"...You little nerd." Xiao Fu didn't kiss him again because he could feel his body burning. Xiao Fu didn't want to take out the dagger and scare him for the first time in such a place. So Xiao Fu just rubbed his nose lightly against his nose: "Is it so difficult to say that you like me? Why are you reciting poems for no reason?"
"Because I am a scholar... what that sentence means is that I know Miss Zhao Ling's feelings for me, and you also know my feelings for you. God can be my witness."
Lin Zikui remembered that he didn't like listening to people reciting poems, but at this moment he was so aroused by him that he felt uncomfortable all over, and even felt a fire burning in his lower abdomen. He had taken aphrodisiacs before, but the feeling was obviously completely different from that time.
Lin Zikui also remembered his injuries: "Miss Zhao Ling, should we go out? I can't see. Your leg is injured now. You need to find a doctor to treat it. I don't know where this is." His tone became a little worried. "I'm worried that Xu's party will chase us to Xingzhi Temple."
"No, what kind of place is Xingzhi Temple? It's a place of quiet cultivation. No one would dare to barge in and kidnap you. And you have forgotten that I know martial arts and I have guards around me who can protect you and your servant." He promised, and then asked Lin Zikui, "What's the feud between you and the Xu party?"
Lin Zikui's resentment was suppressed deep in his heart. When Xiao Fu mentioned it, it suddenly surged up again.
Xiao Fu suddenly realized it and quickly shook his head: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Don't think about it."
"Anyway... I'm leaving Jinling too. It's really no big deal and there's nothing I can't say. You won't come to Fengtai County to kill us, will you?" Lin Zikui felt very hot. The hot breath from Xiao Fu's words blew on his face. He tilted his head slightly and put his chin on Xiao Fu's neck.
Lin Zikui felt a little embarrassed, but the two of them were like this now anyway...
Forget it. Lin Zikui forced himself to be thick-skinned and talked about the old story: "Three years ago, I went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and studied at the Yingtianfu Academy, living with Brother Tang."
Xiao Fu listened carefully: "Yes."
I cursed in my heart, Tang Mengyang, this damn homosexual.
"The academy treats everyone equally. As long as they are not high-ranking officials, princes, generals or ministers, they all live like that. Several people live together, without exception. There are also more students sharing one room. I... was admitted as the first place winner at that time, the youngest first place winner since the founding of the Ye Dynasty."
This was certainly impressive, but there was no trace of boasting in his words.
Xiao Fu praised him: "How come Lin Lang is so smart?"
Lin Zikui said shyly: "I am only smart in studying, not in other aspects. People say that I am stupid in other aspects."
"No, my Lin Lang can make tea eggs, chicken soup, buy me wine, oh, he can sew clothes, make charcoal, everything... He has so many advantages."
These trivial things actually became advantages for Zhao Ling.
This made Lin Zikui feel really embarrassed.
Xiao Fu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, go on. You and that dead... Brother Tang, you two will live in the same room, then what?"
"There are only me, him, and a young man named Huang. There are three of us. Because I am the top scholar, this is a preferential treatment from the academy, and that young man Huang is from a merchant family and has given a lot of money to the academy. Brother Tang is from a famous family in Jiangnan and is very knowledgeable."
Xiao Fu smiled with his lips but not his eyes. He didn't expect that when talking about the past, Lin Zikui actually praised Tang Mengyang!
"That damn gay didn't do anything to you, did he? You were only fourteen years old at the time."
"No, no," Lin Zikui denied hastily, "I just heard you say that he was gay recently. I never thought about it that way before. I was only fourteen years old. What could he think of me? But we lived together and were closer than others. We often tested each other's homework. At that time, Brother Tang took me to the residence of Lord Xu to present a visiting card, so naturally I couldn't get in."
Xiao Fu interrupted: "Don't you want to take Xue Xiang as your teacher?"
"Well... that happened later," he said slowly, "I had great respect for Lord Xu, but a few days later, Brother Tang took me to the Gyeonggi Hall to participate in a poetry competition. I was too young at the time and didn't know I shouldn't be so prominent."
He probably mentioned the thing that hurt him the most. Xiao Fu vaguely saw in the darkness that his expression seemed to have changed. The corners of his mouth turned downwards and were tightly pursed. He had a look of suppressed emotion, and his body was tense and a little trembling.
"Lin Lang... it's not your fault that you're in the limelight. You are talented, well-read, and well-read. You must let the world see your talent. Do you understand? You are a national treasure and a valuable asset to the country. If the country has a wise ruler, he will definitely treat you as a treasure. This is not your fault at all. It's the mistake of corrupt bureaucrats for thousands of years!" He didn't even need to say anything, Xiao Fu roughly knew what had happened.
Lin Zikui sniffed, thinking that he must not lose his composure in front of Miss Zhao Ling, so he controlled himself and said, "When I was very young, I read the "Disciples' Rules", which said, 'Those with great talent should be arrogant. What people admire is not their greatness.' I thought that although I was young, I passed the Huainan exam and won the first place. People should not look down on me just because I am young and short! So I challenged someone to a poetry contest, and only at the end did I know that the person who challenged me to a red face was Xu Zhuojun, the son of Lord Xu. He was not bad at learning, but unfortunately, he lost the last seven-step poem contest, to a fourteen-year-old kid like me, and my brother Huang...said something bad about Xu."
Lin Zikui couldn't say it.
But he remembered it clearly.
I still remember his tone of voice at the time. He was fanning himself and shaking, looking very happy with himself, and said, "Brother Lin, I didn't expect you to be so amazing! Xu Zhuojun, the great talent from Jinling, is just like this. He is the son of Lord Xu, but he lost to you in a poetry contest! He refuses to admit defeat now. Hahahaha, he's probably going to go back to complain to his dad!"
Tang Mengyang's expression was not right at that time. He pulled Brother Huang and told him to stop talking.
Brother Huang was very naive. He shook his head and said, "Hey, this is the emperor's feet. Lord Xu has always been known for loving talented people. Today, our brother Lin has become famous. One day, he will become the adopted son of the Xu family!"
Lin Zikui didn't understand all this at the time. He said that Brother Huang was too kind, but what he was thinking in his heart was: Can I really ask Lord Xu to be my godfather?
For scholars all over the world, this is something that cannot even be dreamed of.
Becoming the adopted son of the Xu family means a smooth career path in the officialdom.
Brother Huang is in bad luck after all.
Lin Zikui felt his eyes were misty and a little painful, and said: "Brother Huang just recited two lines of poetry on the street the next day, and he was slandered for being disrespectful to the late emperor, saying that he wrote a treasonous poem! But I was right next to him, I knew he just recited two lines of romantic poetry! He was arrested and taken to Shuntian Prefecture, and I went to see him. Brother Tang gave him silver to let him in, and brought him food with a chicken leg. He was very happy in prison, saying that he finally had something delicious... I didn't expect it."
That chicken leg became Brother Huang’s last meal.
He gritted his teeth, Xiao Fu wrapped his arms around him tighter, and kept soothing his back: "Zikui, hey, let's not talk anymore, it's okay, don't cry."
This kind of thing has existed since ancient times. Xiao Fu was not very clear about the imperial examination. It had nothing to do with him and he did not need to take the exam. But he had vaguely heard of things like suppressing students.
Now, after hearing Lin Zikui's words with his own ears, Xiao Fu's already limited temper was filled with murderous intent.
His brother Huang was killed, and what happened to Lin Lang, who was so young and adorable at the time? Xiao Fu didn't dare to listen any more, nor did he want him to continue.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Fu tilted his head and said, "Xu Zhuojun, how about I kill him for you?"
Lin Zikui thought he was joking and comforting him. What is the law of nature? There are many people who hold grudges and seek revenge... He suppressed it in his heart and just nodded: "Okay, kill him."
Xiao Fu's tone was not very serious, and his words were as casual as what to eat tonight: "What kind of death would you be most satisfied with?"
"I want him to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people. He is the son of Lord Xu, so his crime should be announced to the world. He should be beheaded at the Meridian Gate. He should be condemned by heaven and earth, despised by the world, and let future generations learn from him and never forget..."
Lin Zikui had deep hatred, but found it difficult to express it.
People like him deserve to be hated.
Xiao Fu: "It seems like he got it a bit easy. Behead him at the Meridian Gate."
Lin Zikui smiled bitterly when he heard this: "I know that's impossible. I only told you this. I dare not tell this to anyone else. In the past few years, I haven't dared to utter a single word." But somehow, he told Xiao Zhaoling.
Perhaps it was because of the warmth from him that made him want to talk.
Xiao Fu could feel this strong trust and knew that he wanted to say it out loud. He must have been holding it in for a long time and it must have been very painful.
"Lin Lang, you can tell me anything," Xiao Fu asked him, "Who else do you want to kill? I'll kill them all together."
Lin Zikui just smiled at the almost innocent tone: "I won't kill anyone. I don't have any enemies. I just want the guilty to get what they deserve."
"Well, Xu Zhuojun is like this because his father supports him behind the scenes, so Shuntian Prefecture Governor is the Xu family's running dog."
Xiao Fu thought, then he could make Xu Zhuojun into a human pig, sew him together with his father, and then behead him at the Meridian Gate.
Xiao Fu has now aroused Emperor Wen Tai's suspicion towards Lord Xu. Originally, Yuwen Duo could have done this, but unfortunately, Yuwen Duo could only live until the beginning of spring in the first month of the lunar calendar.
They had to get through the Lantern Festival first, because during the Lantern Festival, Xiao Fu wanted to take Lin Zikui on a boat ride in Jinling and cruise along the Qinhuai River. One of Lin Zikui's eyes was not seriously injured, as the Third Master said that he could keep one eye open.
If it is a national mourning, this festival will have to be cancelled. The whole of Nanjing will be covered in white and people will be singing mourning songs everywhere. How ugly it will be! Festivals should be celebrated with firecrackers, fireworks, boat rides, river lanterns, eating candied haws, and guessing lantern riddles! Only in this way will Lin Lang be happy!
Xiao Fu was merciful and allowed Yuwen Duo to live one more day and die after setting off firecrackers.
No more is allowed, it’s time to take the Spring Examination.
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Yuwen Duo: Thank you, my good uncle!
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