I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 343 Romantic people are the most infatuated

Xu Zuiyin held a wine glass in his hand and looked at the eager reading people below. He was filled with emotion. He knew that with the emergence of this literary studio, the prosperity of the literary style in the capital was already spreading to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Xun Kuang lowered his head and looked at the many students downstairs, many of whom Xun Kuang could still name. Looking at them, looking at them as they were thinking or wanting to participate, he sighed: "It is human nature to pursue fame and fortune. There are only two of them." Only by doing so can one move forward in an indomitable way. Although it is said to be cliché, but it is really only by relying on these two that the literary fortune of Great Xia can prosper. I just hope that there will be some scholars who do not pursue these two things, like me. Yes, hey, I’m still too good.”

At the end, Xun Kuang picked up the wine glass and looked at Xu Zuiyin.

Xu Zuiyin has a good temper. Hearing what his junior brother said in front of him, he felt empathy.

There is nothing wrong with studying for fame and fortune!

But there is nothing wrong with reading to cultivate your moral character!

But comparing the two, Xu Zuiyin, a person who is only obsessed with learning, feels a little bit embarrassed.

However, when he heard Xun Kuang's words, he immediately smiled helplessly and said: "Master said that since you stopped going back to your hometown and indulged in Huajie delicacies, you have become more and more shameless. Sometimes he even thinks that you are almost surpassing him. "

After saying this, Xu Zuiyin realized that he mentioned something he shouldn't have said, and immediately apologized.

However, Xun Kuang was very open-minded and didn't care about these things, so he said with a smile: "Senior brother, you are right, raise your hand and apologize to me! Besides, I feel so comfortable studying in this book, am I uncomfortable now? As for the shameless brother, look at Master like that. Those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black. I even want to remind you to ask your boy to pay attention! Didn’t you see that I can make my Yan Shu If he stays far away from the master, he will stay with Old Master Yao and Old Master Zhao?"

Although Xun Kuang said it was not necessary, Xu Zuiyin still bowed slightly and apologized. Some things are just wrong if they are wrong.

Xu Zuiyin knew a lot about Xun Kuang's affairs and knew how sad his junior brother's hometown was for him.

Xun Kuang was so high-spirited in the past. Although he was born in the Xun family, he was not considered a Xun family because he was a distant relative. Therefore, his family was poor, but he had no so-called inferiority complex.

At that time, Luo'an City's "Seven Sons of Luo'an" had outstanding literary talents and had the best sign of the new generation literary world in Great Xia.

But after Xun Kuang appeared, the seven sons of Luo An dispersed. It was only because he, a younger junior brother, suddenly appeared. At a banquet held by the late emperor that year, he took the lead, fighting seven people with one person, and surpassed all the talents of his generation. Since then, there has been a student named Sa Ran from a poor family among the people of his generation, which has forced many people to completely give up on studying.

At that time, there was even a saying about Xun Kuang: "Like that golden star coming to earth, he is so talented, so bold and uninhibited, so optimistic and confident." ’

What's more, people in the city said, "No matter how many talents and names you have, when you meet Xunzi, you will bow your head three parts: one part for his free and easy style, one part for his literary talent carved by the moonlight, and one part for his emotion." The other seven points lie in Xunzi himself. ’

Everyone knew that Xun Kuang loved a woman deeply, so Xun Kuang was extremely independent and pursued by many women. Even the late emperor lamented that if he had a sister, he would definitely marry Xun Kuang. In addition, many powerful people wanted to recruit him as their son-in-law.

Especially when Xun Kuang ranked first in the examination that day, the scene of catching his son-in-law at the bottom of the list was so spectacular. It was said that he was trying to catch his son-in-law, but Xun Kuang was the only one caught by everyone.

However, Xun Kuang just smiled, saying that he already had someone in his heart, and even wrote, "If the moon is not long, the flowers will fall easily, and I will be melancholy for Ido all my life." ’

But suddenly one day.

Xun Kuang changed.

Xun Kuang no longer wrote poems about scenery, love, and thoughts, but only about beauties, delicacies, and wine.

Xun Kuang began to frequently live in the major brothels and flower houses in Nahua Street. If nothing happened, he would be accompanied by wine and beauties. He became what people said was a romantic and talented man who was no longer infatuated. Xun Kuang also began to behave strangely and shamelessly.

The world doesn't know what happened.

Someone asked what happened.

Xun Kuang lay on his side on the bench of the flower shop, picked up the wine bottle, drank the wine and said, "I understand, what can I do?" ’

Everyone guessed that it must have been hurt by love.

Only those who are deeply in love will change due to love. They can no longer get out of the vicious circle and will be trapped in it for life.

Everyone close to Xun Kuang knew that they were right.

It is because of love.

The root cause is the girl from my hometown.

Hence.

The high-spirited and elegant scholar who deliberately kept his distance and respected the woman disappeared.

There is an Imperial College Siye who always smells of wine, looks slovenly and carefree, is always accompanied by beautiful women, and is nostalgic for romance.

Seeing his senior brother saluting him, Xun Kuang also returned the salute. Then Xun Kuang thought for a while and asked, "Senior brother, are the laurel flowers in my hometown blooming well?"

Xu Zuiyin and Xun Kuang are not from the same hometown, but their hometowns are only two days away from each other. In fact, if we have to count, they can be called fellow townspeople.

Xu Zuiyin nodded: "I don't go often, but your sister-in-law went once with her best friend three months ago, and she said it was a good time."

Xun Kuang smiled: "That's fine."

Xu Zuiyin looked at Xun Kuang and knew the meaning of the inquiry. He couldn't help but sigh, picked up the wine cup and drank a drink with his junior brother.

Xun Kuang took a sip of wine and said softly: "Last time, at the Flower Garden, I saw the carriage of Mrs. Xin's family. He must have come to the capital to do business? But maybe it was someone from her family."

When Xu Zuiyin heard Mrs. Xin's name, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Junior brother, the past is like smoke."

Xun Kuang immediately laughed: "So sensational? I just said that I saw it. Now I see her business getting bigger and bigger, and I am happy for her. And it has nothing to do with me! I just saw it, nothing more." "

Xu Zuiyin looked at his junior brother and thought for a long time. He even thought about the time when his master chatted with him before, talking about the current literary world and the college he built. When talking about his junior brother, the master was full of pride and said that if his students were willing , how many people are thinking about taking the high-ranking official position in the central government and just go there, but they are not interested!

But at the same time.

Mu Xu looked at Xu Zuiyin and felt a little guilty, because Mu Xu felt that he, a bad old man, had allowed Xun Kuang to fall to his own devices. If he had given a hand to pull him out of that trough, he would not be able to do what he did now. Having a wife at home was not like now, which delayed herself and even more delayed Ji Shuying.

Thinking of what his teacher said and looking at Xun Kuang in front of him, Xu Zuiyin frowned: "Junior brother, Shuying is pretty good."

Hearing this, Xun Kuang immediately became serious: "You have to say that?"

Xu Zuiyin was helpless, and then said: "What I mean is, don't be blinded by the clouds and smoke in the past, the bright moon in the clouds is right next to you."

Xun Kuang asked: "Master and Master Yao asked you to be a lobbyist?"

Xu Zuiyin shook his head: "I told you, but you didn't ask me to talk to you about this."

Xun Kuang was speechless: "Hey, you don't know, those two are thinking about me every day! And they are going to make trouble with the Queen! If the Queen hadn't been injured and needed to be taken care of, this kind of There is no need for her to worry about things at this time, she must really find it. Hey, brother, I am worried, our queen must have such a temper."

When it comes to this.

Xun Kuang saw several women wearing masks sitting at the table next to them on the second floor, and wondered why they looked so familiar.

But don’t think too much about it.

Instead, he continued: "Our empress has such a temperament that she is not a nosy person, but if the teacher and Mr. Yao come to visit in person, what if Mr. Shuiyun also joins in the fun and talks to Shu Ying? The empress will definitely come to me for a heart-to-heart talk. When she comes, what do you think I should do? Then I will have to waste some words, but according to the way the empress talks, I really may not be able to talk to her. Although the empress talks very little, But senior brother, you don’t know. Speaking of which, I’ve never heard of some of the words that little mouth is talking about, but they make a lot of sense. Just like the book compilation this time, the saying “Nothing is difficult in the world” , I’m afraid if you’re interested, take a look and tell me what you think.”

Xu Zuiyin smiled bitterly, signaled Xun Kuang not to say anything more, and then frowned: "Don't you like Shu Ying?"

Xun Kuang smiled bitterly: "How could you not like such a good woman?" Xu Zuiyin thought for a moment and asked: "Then why don't you dare to take that step and make Shu Ying wait for so many years?"

Xun Kuang was a little embarrassed. After a long time, he took a sip of wine and said, "I can't get out of that year under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree."

Xu Zuiyin looked at Xun Kuang. No matter how good-tempered he was, he was still a little annoyed. He also understood better why Master blamed himself so much and why Master Yao was so angry.

Looking at Xun Kuang, Xu Zuiyin, who had never been good at cursing in his life, held it in for a long time and cursed: "Idiot!"

Xun Kuang smiled bitterly. He was not annoyed that his senior brother was scolding him. He just felt that his senior brother had not learned a little bit about his master's ability to hurt people's hearts when he cursed without using curse words.

But in his heart, Xun Kuang was also bitter, not because he couldn't get out, but because he couldn't forget that girl. How dare he like such a good woman as Ji Shuying.

Not worthy~~

With this in mind, Xun Kuang went to drink, but suddenly raised his eyes and noticed that some of the girls wearing masks sitting at the next table in the same row were looking at him.

Don't say it!

It’s really familiar!

But when Xun Kuang looked over like this, the woman was also looking directly at him. However, Xun Kuang looked at the woman wearing a white Nuo mask for a long time, and he really couldn't think of where he had seen her before.

But think about it and forget about it. I have seen too many women, so I should be familiar with them.

And this time.

However, there was a man who came to Xun Kuang and Xu Zuiyin, and bowed: "I'm late, I'm really sorry."

The person who came was about the same age as Xun Kuang. He was very elegant and fair-skinned. It looked like he had applied rouge, and if you look carefully, you could see that he still had some makeup like Jia Baoyu's on his crimson lips. Although it did not match his age, the makeup was related. The man also looked handsome.

But under the rouge on the man's face, some burn marks could still be seen.

The visitor noticed Xu Zuiyin's angry look and couldn't help but ask: "But Xun Kuang annoyed senior brother?"

Xun Kuang immediately scolded: "Well, you Wu Qiuyi, you are late because you are late. When you first came here, you tried to sow discord between me and my senior brother, didn't you?"

In the past, one of the seven sons of Luo'an was Wu Qiuyi.

He was also a student of Mo Xu, but he did not undergo the apprenticeship ceremony, so it was reasonable to call Xu Zuiyin his senior brother.

Now he works in Honglu Temple.

Wu Qiuyi was too lazy to pay attention to the scoundrel Xun Kuang, and just looked at Xu Zuiyin.

Xu Zuiyin shook his head and didn't say anything. He just looked at Wu Qiuyi and said, "Why are you so busy? It's just an invitation after I haven't seen you for many years. It's not an urgent matter."

While talking, Xu Zuiyin helped Wu Qiuyi pour the drink and motioned to sit down.

Wu Qiuyi said with a smile: "Some things at home were delayed. I was afraid that my senior brother would be waiting for a long time, so I rushed over here in a hurry. But I didn't expect that there would be so many people surrounding Zuiyaju. It was hard to squeeze in."

Hearing this, Xun Kuang looked outside.

Seeing this, Xun Kuang started to laugh, because the number of people was much larger than before.

But he wasn't surprised at all. He just looked at Wu Qiu and said, "Senior brother used his poems as prize money. I guess people outside knew about calling friends, so they all came."

When Wu Qiu heard this, he looked at Xu Zuiyin doubtfully. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Senior brother, has this Wenzhai been taken down?"

Xu Zuiyin nodded: "Well, my boy knew that I planned to stay in the capital. With the help of Su Liheng, he immediately settled down within two days. He took out some of my previous poems and copybooks and hung them in the hall. , and even found someone else, and he was the one who caused today's matter, saying that he got Su Liheng's guidance."

Wu Qiuyi was a little happy, because he didn't expect that his senior brother would settle in Luo'an City!

But after thinking about it carefully, Wu Qiu smiled and asked, "No wonder Senior Brother made an appointment here. Our restaurant doesn't cost anything, right?"

Xu Zuiyin smiled and shook his head: "It's the same kid. I heard that I was going to invite you to have dinner with Xun Kuang, so I asked us to come here to play couplets and other fun things. If someone recognizes me, it can be considered a favor. I'm trying to attract popularity in front of the shop. Although I don't pay attention to this, I can't refuse when the child asks, and settling down requires some money, so Qiu Yi can't be surprised."

Wu Qiuyi smiled and shook his head: "Making money is something that even scholars cannot do without. There is nothing strange about it. That's it."

Wu Qiuyi looked at Xun Kuang: "In addition to Su Zifeng's elegance, Xun Kuang will have another place where he can eat and drink. Senior brother must make it clear to his nephew."

When Xun Kuang heard this, he became anxious: "You rouge guy! Who says you don't pay for a meal? I owe you! I will pay you back when you have the money. Believe it or not, I will ask Su Zifeng to come and confront you!"

Wu Qiuyi looked at Xu Zuiyin with a smile: "I just met Zifeng yesterday, and he was still nagging me. Xun Kuang ran away after eating at Qingya again."

Xun Kuang was a little embarrassed and quickly explained: "I'm waiting for my salary!"

But

Just when Xun Kuang finished speaking, there was suddenly an uproar below, and even more cheers!

Several people were curious and looked outside.

"What are Yan Shu and Li Wei doing here!" Xun Kuang was immediately surprised when he saw the two people standing in front of the most elegant table in the crowd.

Yan Shu was still dressed in green clothes and was very humble. Even though the person in front of him was no more than a waiter, Yan Shu was still very humble.

Levi on the other side looked at the waiter expectantly, obviously waiting for what the first couplet below would be.

The most elegant rule today is that if you want to get lucky, you have to match three appropriate couplets to get a gift. But if you want to get something better, you must continue to match.

But it looks simple.

But it is more difficult to produce three lower couplets in succession, especially the most elegant upper couplet, so now there are only two at most.

At the moment, it was Yan Shu who performed the third set, especially neatly, so he was applauded by the people around him.

Especially when someone recognized Yan Shu, they even applauded, letting the people around know that he was the No. [-] Scholar, which made everyone even more sad and expectant, waiting for the No. [-] Scholar to come out on top.

And listening to the words of some people below, Xun Kuang also knew everything about it, and couldn't help but frown: "This brat wants what my uncle Wen Mo has, so he wants it directly, and he even comes here to make trouble!"

When Xu Zuiyin and Wu Qiuyi heard this, they felt a little helpless. Among them, Wu Qiuyi said directly and rudely: "Do you think Yan Shu is as shameless as you?"

Xun Kuang frowned: "How can you be polite if you ask for something from your own family! Just as my junior brother Su Zhaoxin said, he told me that he was never polite when taking things belonging to our queen. Why, if you ask for something from your own family, you are polite What, you have to be polite and stay out of sight."

Saying this, Xun Kuang murmured: "That brat told me last time that he wanted to give me some of my concubine's writings, but he hasn't fulfilled his promise yet."

When Xu Zuiyin and Wu Qiu heard this, they both smiled helplessly. As for the youngest son of the Su family, Wu Qiuyi naturally didn't need to say more. He had seen the tiger's energy, while Xu Zuiyin had learned something about it in the past few days. Heard it!

And this time.

The most elegant waiter looked at Yan Shu and said respectfully: "Master Yan, the first couplet prepared by our chief shopkeeper this time is 'Look at the mountain, the mountain is already steep.' Please ask Master Yan to correct the second couplet."

(End of this chapter)