Chapter 233 Wei Chong
Zhu Qi said firmly, "Of course I am serious. I climbed the mountain for a day and a night, and prayed sincerely for a whole day to get this."
The student stared at the talisman and carefully picked it up to examine it.
At the same time, three or four feet behind Zhu Qi, Ah Wu patted Xiao Yong and Bai Lixin on the shoulders and whispered to them.
Then, Xiao Yong came to the counter of the restaurant and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, why is your Lanting restaurant so chaotic!"
The shopkeeper was startled and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean, sir?"
Xiao Yong said coldly: "There are street scammers pretending to be students, sneaking in, and selling some kind of exam talismans to the students."
"This is obviously a scam. Your restaurant doesn't care about it." The
shopkeeper's face darkened: "Is there such a thing?!"
Xiao Yong snorted coldly: "It's true, I saw it with my own eyes. It's right at the entrance of the stairs. It's being sold to people now!"
"It is not easy for us students to go to Beijing for the imperial examination. If someone cheats us out of money in your tavern and reports it to the government, you will also be held responsible, right?"
The shopkeeper's face became even uglier, but he still forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will chase the swindler out right away."
After a while, two tall servants walked straight up to Zhu Qi and shouted, "What are you doing?"
Zhu Qi hurriedly put the talisman in his hand into his arms and said, "I didn't do anything. I was just chatting with my fellow townsman."
A servant glared at Zhu Qi fiercely and said angrily, "You are so dishonest. You must be a swindler. Get out!"
After that, the two servants attacked together, lifted Zhu Qi up, and threw him out of the tavern.
Zhu Qi's butt hurt from the fall. He rubbed his butt and said aggrievedly: "You actually kicked me out. I just sold a talisman. Is it that serious?"
Zhu Qi stood up, tidied himself up, and returned to the inn.
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In Tianxiang Restaurant, twenty students who participated in the calligraphy competition had already come on stage, picked up the brush and wrote seriously on the paper.
Among the twenty students, one was Wei Chong, who lived in the same room with Zhu Qi.
Wei Chong finished his work with great concentration, admired it proudly, and then looked down at the stage with a confused expression.
He wondered, he and Zhu Qi came in together, how come Zhu Qi disappeared after just a while?
The host came on stage and said, "Please all students go downstairs and wait. If there are any students who want to participate in the calligraphy competition, please come on stage!"
Then, many more students came on stage to write.
Xia Miaoyuan waited patiently for a long time upstairs, and the students who participated in the calligraphy competition finally finished writing.
After the judges scored, three calligraphy works stood out.
Three servants took the three calligraphy works to the stage to show them.
The host announced: "The winners of the calligraphy competition are: first place, Wang Yuan, second place, Zhang Chen, and third place, Wei Chong. Please come on stage!"
Applause broke out in the hall, and the three students also came on stage.
"Awen, bring out paper and pen." The prince ordered.
Ah Wen responded, took out a pen and paper from his small bag, and walked to the side of the prince.
"Wang Yuan, Zhang Chen, Wei Chong, write down these three names." The prince said again.
He planned to write down the students who performed well in the Lanting Club, and pay special attention to them after the exam.
Of course, he also had to be wary of these people being absorbed by Liang Chaozong. When
Xia Miaoyuan heard the name "Wei Chong", her heart was tense.
[Wei Chong! I remember him!] Xia Miaoyuan exclaimed in her heart.
[I didn't expect to meet this guy here!] When
the prince heard his sister say this, he quickly looked at Wei Chong downstairs a few more times.
He thought, what's wrong with Wei Chong? Tell me more quickly.
The guy named Wei Chong was plain looking, wearing a coarse cloth robe, with dark skin, and looked like he was from a poor family.
[This guy who cheated the world and stole his reputation, I'm afraid the only thing he can do is calligraphy. ]
The prince was shocked, cheating the world and stealing his reputation?
As Xia Miaoyuan complained in his heart, the second round of the competition began. The second round of the competition
was to write poems on the spot.
Because Xia Miaoyuan mentioned Wei Chong in his heart just now, the prince also focused on Wei Chong.
When the poetry writing session began, Wei Chong went on stage again.
This Lanting meeting had three rounds of competition, namely calligraphy, poetry, and couplets. It tested three different abilities.
Even if one has studied hard for more than ten years and has profound knowledge, one may not necessarily excel in all three subjects. Often, one is better at some aspects and weaker in others.
Students will choose the subject they are best at to participate in.
After participating in the calligraphy competition, there are very few who also participate in the poetry competition.
Xia Miaoyuan frowned and looked at Wei Chong downstairs, with his hands on his hips, making a posture that was in stark contrast to his actual age.
[Huh! You are also participating in the poetry competition, you are really brave. Are you ready to recite the poem? ]
The prince was stunned again. Recite a poem?
At this time, the host loudly read out the topic of the poem, asking everyone to write a poem on the theme of spring, and the style of the poem is not limited.
The students on the stage were concentrating on thinking. After thinking for a while, some of them started to write, while others thought for a long time before they started to write.
The one called Wei Chong, after hearing the topic, only thought about it for less than a cup of tea, and quickly wrote down the poem.
Xia Miaoyuan's lips curled even harder, [He can write a poem right after hearing the topic, it must be a poem from memory! ]
[This kind of guy, this princess can't stand it the most. ]
[I hope that the examiner will not take a fancy to his paper in this imperial examination. ]
The prince was even more confused when he heard this.
He didn't know what this Wei Chong did in the original heavenly book, and his sister was so disgusted with him.
After the students finished writing their poems, the host read out the poems one by one on the stage.
When Wei Chong's poem was read, there was a commotion in the audience, and everyone praised it as a good poem.
The prince clapped his hands slowly, muttering, "It is indeed a good poem!" But he glanced at his sister with the corner of his eyes.
Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice, "This poem is not written by him!"
But as soon as she said this, she covered her mouth in regret.
[Hey, what am I talking about. Really, I couldn't help listening to my brother praising Wei Chong. It's really strange for a little kid to say such things. The
prince suppressed his laughter, squatted down, and deliberately asked Xia Miaoyuan: "Why did Miaoer say that?"