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"Disgusting! So f*cking disgusting!"

Sun Lei just felt a wave of nausea rising from his stomach, and he just wanted to vomit.

Sun Lei knew that military generals were simple-minded and that flattery was embarrassing, just like Li Kui. Many times, when someone flattered him, he could only laugh and cry.

But today Sun Lei really witnessed the shamelessness of the literati. When these people become shameless, they are truly invincible.

"Ten of us are thinking about our family, our country, and our country. We can't even thank God for his grace."

Everyone kept reciting this couplet, nodding their heads in admiration.

The first couplet is rare, and although the second couplet may be suspected of flattery, no one can say that it lacks literary talent. The parallelism is neat, the rhythm is balanced, and there is no problem at all.

"You guys are flattering me too much, please have some shame!"

Sun Lei couldn't help it anymore and yelled at those students.

Everyone looked at Sun Lei, and seeing that he was a young man in fancy clothes, many of them felt wary. The imperial examination was approaching, and students from all over the country were gathering in Liangshan City. No one wanted to get into trouble at this time.

"Who are you to speak so arrogantly?"

The student who had just come up with the couplet was furious. He glared at Sun Lei with a folding fan in one hand. The second line he had painstakingly thought of was actually belittled in such a way. This was not just belittling the second line, it was targeting him.

The other Zhejiang students also gathered near that person, looking at Sun Lei with unfriendly expressions.

"How dare you take it out if you're just a flatterer!"

Sun Lei looked at those students with contempt and said that these scholars really had no shame at all.

"Humph, what are you afraid of flattery? If you have a dirty heart, everything you see will be dirty! What's the problem with thanking Tianen, thanking Dien, thanking Junen?"

The student pointed at Sun Lei with his fan and said, although the second half of this couplet might seem like flattery, there was no problem with it, as no one could say there was any problem with the grace of Heaven, Earth and the Emperor.

"Yes, my dear brother, our competition is just for fun and to show off our talents. If you don't agree, you can show off a little bit!"

"I'm waiting to see you show off your talent!"

"Brother, please!"

The other Zhejiang students also started to encourage.

"Brother Huichu, come up with a couplet to test him and let this kid know how powerful you are!"

Everyone looked at the student named Huichu. This student was already thirty-four or thirty-five years old, and at this age it was obvious that he was not from a newly established school.

"My name is Wang Shan, and my courtesy name is Huichu! May I know this junior fellow student?"

Wang Shan bowed calmly to Sun Lei. Seeing that Sun Lei was less than 30 years old, dressed in fine clothes, and had a rather burly figure, he thought he was just an uneducated young man from a wealthy family, and had already looked down on him.

"My last name is Shi! You don't need to know the rest!"

Sun Lei looked at Wang Hui and spoke.

"It is a crime for a young man to bully a strong man!"

Seeing Sun Lei being so rude, Wang Shan directly asked for a pair.

"Sharp? Rape? Haha!"

Everyone laughed. Xiao is on the top of Datou's head, and the word "jian" is homophonic with "jian" (奸). The person in front of him was obviously younger than Wang Shan. If he spoke rudely, it would be bullying the big. He was insulting the other person.

"His Majesty!"

Several guards around Sun Lei had angry looks on their faces, and were about to go up and arrest the man. This man was so bold that he dared to speak rudely to the emperor.

Sun Lei naturally understood the meaning of the couplet. He was very familiar with this kind of homophonic pun, but he stopped the guard. The couplets were just for fun, so why take them seriously?

"Your name is Wang Shan, right?"

Sun Lei looked at Wang Shan.

"It seems that my junior brother not only has a problem with his brain, but also has some problems with his ears!"

Wang Shan smiled proudly.

"Then I will say one thing: a vicious dog is a madman if he claims to be the king!" Sun Lei said with a smile.

All the laughter stopped abruptly. They didn't expect that such a difficult couplet could be found out so quickly. Moreover, this Mr. Li was extremely fair in his pairing. He was also cursing people, and his curses were even more unpleasant.

"you……"

Wang Shan's face turned red and white. His last name happened to be Wang, so this was like calling him a barking vicious dog.

The students looked at the two people present and felt a little uneasy, and the atmosphere became tense all of a sudden.

"It's a game of matching pairs, just for entertainment. You can't afford it, can you?"

Sun Lei looked at Wang Shan and smiled.

Wang Shan gritted his teeth and didn't know what to say. He didn't expect the pair to be cracked, nor did he expect to be scolded back.

"What are you standing there for! Why don't you write it down and hang it up! Also, spread the word to all the gambling houses and restaurants in the city!"

Sun Lei looked at the servant who didn't dare to speak and spoke.

"Mr. Li... this..."

Although the servant was not well educated, he could definitely tell that the couplet was a curse. Although this kind of couplet was very clever, it was indecent to hang up a couplet that contained curses, and it could easily cause conflicts.

"You want me to do it myself?"

Sun Lei glared at the servant. The rules were set by these people, but now they don’t want to abide by them.

"I'm going to hang myself right now!"

The servant didn't dare to offend Sun Lei, so he could only run to find the boss. Although the boss looked miserable, he still hung up the couplet obediently.

When the couplets were hung up, all the students and onlookers looked unhappy. How did this grand gathering of making friends through literature turn into a competition?

Wang Shan gritted his teeth. This was the first time he was humiliated, and he was humiliated in front of everyone.

"Student, we are all here just to have fun, why are you being so aggressive?"

A middle-aged man looked at Sun Lei and asked.

"From the looks of it, you're here to take part in the imperial examination, too?"

Sun Lei looked at the middle-aged man, who was already in his forties and obviously not a candidate. Although Qi State did not have an age limit for exams, candidates in their forties were extremely rare.

"No... I am one of the inspectors of this year's scientific examination. I am here to supervise you and tell you not to waste your life on a momentary loyalty!"

The man spoke.

As soon as the prosecutor appeared, all the students stood up and saluted him.

"I just made a pair, is this illegal?"

Sun Lei said with a smile, he remembered that Wen Huanzhang seemed to have said that there were too many students coming to take the imperial examinations, and he was worried that young people would cause conflicts, so he sent some people to secretly monitor the city.

"I am just reminding you that ten years of hard study are just for this one day of success."

The inspector looked at the crowd and said that the atmosphere just now was already very tense, and he was worried that these people would get into a conflict, so he revealed his identity.

The same thing is sure to happen in many other places, and it is only a matter of time before the inspectors reveal their identities.

Seeing that no one spoke, the supervisory official nodded with satisfaction.

"Since it's a form of entertainment, I'll come up with a couplet as well."

The supervisory officer smiled and looked at everyone and spoke.

"Please give me the first couplet, sir. The students will accept it!"

Everyone saluted to the supervisory official.

"When a candle burns out, the heart of the candidate is burned."

The supervising officer looked at all the students and spoke.

Students were all filled with tears when they heard the first line of the couplet. The silkworm will not stop spinning silk until it dies, and the candle will not stop shedding tears until it is burned down to ashes. Using the burning candle as a metaphor for students, it means that learning is not easy for students and the road to learning is full of blood and tears. (End of this chapter)