Zhao Chuchu's sharp eyes suddenly turned in that direction, and she said with a fake smile: "My classmate, you are wrong. My sister Lin is not a coward, but a genius. Geniuses don't just casually associate with a bunch of random people. As for me, although I am Sister Lin's brother and sister-in-law, she once casually guided me, so I can be considered half her student.
I'll occasionally show off my literary talent, sing a little song, or rather, recite a little poem. You scholars speak in a roundabout way, and I'm a rough man. You say so much just to compete with my Mr. Lin, but I think my Mr. Lin doesn't even need to show up. I can compete with you. What do you think?"
Zhao Chuchu exposed their purpose so bluntly in front of everyone.
In the lobby of the inn, the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant and silent because of Zhao Chuchu's words. Then someone reacted and couldn't help but chuckle.
Zhang Tian and the others couldn't help but change their expressions as they listened to the increasing laughter around them.
Zhang Tian narrowed his eyes, his chest filled with uncontrollable anger.
At this time, two of Chen Xiucai's students came forward and whispered in Zhang Tian's ear about Zhao Chuchu.
Zhang Tian listened and her anger gradually subsided.
A gangster? A businessman?
Haha, she thought that the person who dared to brag in public like this must be very capable, but she didn't expect that he was just a small businessman.
Among the four classes of people, scholars looked down upon merchants the most.
"I think Zhang Xiulin must be afraid to come out herself, so she pushed a small businesswoman out and said those things. She must be bluffing."
Zhao Chuchu still had a smile on her lips as she challenged them again, "So, are you scared?"
Zhang Tian was provoked by her and could no longer hold back: "Okay, since Miss Zhao is so confident, then I will compete with her."
"No." Zhao Chuchu shook her head, "It's me competing with you guys."
One to many!
When everyone reacted, they thought Zhao Chuchu was really arrogant.
"Okay, then it's as you wish."
So, one against sixteen was settled.
The content of comparison is divided into two items: one is to write a poem with a certain thing as the theme, and the other is to write couplets.
In order to be fair, they also invited the most prestigious scholar in Tangzhou Prefecture to serve as a referee.
The content of the first item was set by the scholar.
The second item is that they ask each other questions. Zhang Tian's side will come up with a pair and Zhao Chuchu will match it. After that, Zhao Chuchu will come up with a pair and Zhang Tian's side will match it.
"Brother and sister-in-law, are you sure?" Zhang Xiulin was a little nervous.
"Don't worry, leave it to your brother and sister-in-law."
Soon, the scholar was invited in and the first question began.
The scholar was about fifty years old. It was said that when she was young, she had taught many students, some of whom passed the imperial examinations and became officials in the court.
She cleared her throat and said, "Thank you for your trust in me. I will be the referee. I will be fair and impartial and will not favor any party."
"Now, I'll ask the first question. It's February, winter hasn't left yet, and the plum blossoms are in full bloom in the suburbs. Let's write a poem on the theme of plum blossoms. I'll give you half an incense stick of time."
Along with the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, an incense burner and a few incense sticks were also brought up.
The incense was inserted into the incense burner and quickly lit.
Poems about flowers are the most common poems written by scholars, and poems about plum blossoms are even more common.
You can just pick out any poem you have written before, as long as it is one you wrote yourself.
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