Chapter 335 Jin Cheng coaxes Xiao Bai

At dinner time.

Shen Yibai looked at the table full of pork, drooling as he picked up his chopsticks: "Ah... It smells so good... It's worthy of being a wild boar that I hunted myself, the meat is fresh and delicious, and it's so tasty!"

Zong Wenxiu raised his eyebrows, feeling something was wrong. He remembered that wild boar meat was rather tough and should not taste good. Why was Xiaobai eating it so happily?

He picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and tasted it.

Hmm...it seems to be no different from the usual pork?

The little devil picked up a big pig's hoof and gave it to Shen Yibai, saying seriously, "Eat it, brother. After you eat it, you will be taller than Xinglu. This is a little wild boar from the royal hunting ground."

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

Brother, you are coaxing Xiaobai again.

Shunzi looked at the nose with his eyes and the heart with his nose, pretending not to know the truth.

The court doctor howled for a long time, and finally, with the help of the chef, found out that the little wild boar had eaten something drug-like, which made its movements slow down, and the other prey also had some of the same drugs, and it was obvious that they had been tampered with by someone.

Master Cheng was worried that eating these drugged prey would be bad for the body, so he had all the wild boars replaced with normal domestic pigs without telling anyone the truth.

As for Young Master Shen saying that the pork is better than before... that's probably just a psychological effect, because the pig is still the same pig as before.

While chewing on the pig's trotter, Shen Yibai howled excitedly: "Tomorrow I want to eat stir-fried wild boar!"

Zong Jincheng looked at me like I was an idiot and nodded lovingly: "——Arrange it."

"Yes." The servants responded.

Shunzi covered his face with one hand, trying hard not to laugh while ignoring the sight.

After dinner.

Zong Jincheng came to talk to Xu Wan. When he entered the room, he didn't see Zong Zhao and asked in surprise, "Mom, Dad hasn't come back yet?"

Xu Wan replied, "No, I was called away by the Dali Temple people in the hunting grounds during the day, and I haven't returned yet. There must be new progress in the case. What's wrong? Do you have something to talk to your father about?"

Zong Jincheng quickly shook his head: "Oh no, I was just asking."

He thought for a moment and said, "Since Dad is not at home, can I still come to you for dinner in the future?"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Sure, come on."

The little devil was delighted when he heard this. He told Xu Wan what happened at the dinner table, making her laugh. "You are too wicked. At least ask the kitchen to prepare a real wild boar for him to replace it. Otherwise, Yi Bai will really think that wild boars and domestic pigs taste the same."

Zong Jincheng laughed and said, "Forget about him. He is the kind of guy who thinks everything he eats tastes delicious. He can't even taste the difference."

Xu Wan asked with a smile: "So you still think that this was done by Luo Jingfeng?"

The little devil sat on a stool, swinging the stool legs back and forth, and said, "Except for him, no one else can do such a thing, and he still refuses to admit it. Humph, he dares to do it but not to take responsibility for it."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Maybe I'm afraid that my favorability towards you will keep dropping."

Zong Jincheng curled his lips and said, "He doesn't have any good feelings towards me at all."

"But at least it's not to the point of disgust, right?" Xu Wan looked at him.

Zong Jincheng looked up, somewhat puzzled: "Mom, what do you want to say?"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "I was wondering what he was thinking. Why would he love you more than his own children?"

At that time, when Zong Zhao said that Jin Cheng would be someone that Luo Jingfeng loved very much, she had no idea and could not imagine it. But now, she saw that a person like Luo Jingfeng could be so concrete when it came to loving a child.

Putting aside the fact that it undermines the fairness of the hunt, Luo Jingfeng's behavior is more like that of a doting grandparent, who doesn't care about right or wrong as long as the child is happy.

Zong Jincheng thought about Luo Ji and said angrily, "He is not so pampering even to his own son. Look how powerful Luo Ji is. He is the best in hunting and a genius in the martial arts academy. Fortunately, I am not his son, otherwise I would be raised by him to be a useless little thing who only knows how to take shortcuts."

Xu Wan smiled and stroked his little head, saying, "Yes, fortunately you are now a child who can distinguish right from wrong and have not been overwhelmed by these pamperings. Good Chengcheng, you must stay sober and be a good official who serves the country and the people."

"Yes, don't worry, Mom. I've always kept my original intention in mind!"

The next day, Luo Jingfeng sent someone to deliver something again.

Although the Yuanyang Marquis' Mansion is rich enough to rival a country, many things cannot be bought just by buying them. Most of the rare treasures collected by Luo Jingfeng are tributes, and each one is priceless.

Unfortunately, the little devil didn't appreciate it and asked someone to take it back without even opening it. He had already developed experience that whenever the Luo family servants came to the house, he would have the servants block the door and no one could leave without his permission.

And what he allows is: take your things and return to where you came from.

The Luo family's servants ran back and forth every day, and they were the same when they left and when they came back.

In the end, Luo Jingfeng might have gotten tired of it and realized that he could not defeat that stubborn little donkey, so he finally stopped sending things.

In early June, the young men went to Qingbo Academy to see the list.

The autumn examination is getting closer, and the performance of the young boys is getting better and better. I feel particularly happy every time I look at the list.

Of course, if they are beautiful, others are not beautiful.

"Aaaaaah! I'm going crazy! This is the list of candidates for the imperial examination, not the list of candidates for the children's examination. The first row is completely taken up by children. Am I blind?!"

"Brother Cheng, calm down, calm down. Those kids are all prodigies. They are different from ordinary kids."

"Aaaaaah... I still want to go crazy. There are six kids on my head. I, the seventh one, might as well just hide underground."

"So what did I, the 18th place, say?"

"Does it mean that I, who ranked 50th, don't have to participate in the Autumn Examination? There are only 120 places for the Autumn Examination in the capital, and our academy is not ranked high, so it will definitely be taken by the Hanlin North Academy."

"...Calm down, calm down. This is just the college entrance examination. I still have to take the autumn examination. What if he tests me for all the questions I don't know and he doesn't test me for the questions I don't know?"

“That makes sense!”

…

The little devil had just gotten off the carriage and hadn't seen the list yet, but he had already started to laugh: "I guess Shen Yibai is still the last in the key class."

Wei Xinglu jumped off the carriage and said firmly, "There is absolutely no suspense about this."

He Zheng concluded: "My brother Bai is still steady, as steady as Mount Tai!"

“…”

Shen Yibai flew down from the carriage and started to attack randomly: "You guys are also very stable, okay? He Zheng, you will never be better than Brother Wen Xiu; Xing Lu, you are half full and half drunk; Jin Cheng, you are defeated by Qin Ye!"

"What did you say?!" The three young boys who were hit by the bomb shared a common hatred and ran towards him with their sleeves rolled up.

Shen Yibai grabbed Zong Wenxiu as a shield and did not forget to glance at them.

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

Brother, you are so arrogant that my hands can't help but itch.