Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 45 Someone come quickly, Kong Siye fainted again!

Are they all gone now?
Su Wang stared blankly at the empty street in front of him, and suddenly felt a little unreal.

It was obvious that when these people came, they were all filled with righteous indignation and wanted to teach Su Chen a lesson. However, no matter how much he talked, these people remained indifferent and insisted that Su Chen show up.

But Su Chen not only did not show up, he just asked Jin Yong to bring a couplet. It was like pressing the power off button. These people all shut their mouths and allowed Jin Yong to humiliate them, but they had no choice but to leave.

Is this couplet really that powerful?

Not only Su Wang, but Wang Xuance and others also stared at the first couplet and fell into deep thought.

Unlike Su Wang and others, Wang Xuance was a former county magistrate. How could he not see the power of this couplet?

Wang Xuance racked his brains but couldn't think of a suitable second line.

Wang Xuance even observed a moment of silence for those scholars who had just responded. It was really bad luck for them to encounter such a couplet.

"Son."

Su Chen walked over with a mask in his hand.

After seeing Su Chen, Wang Xuance and others couldn't help but feel a little more awe.

Gao Lin and his group came to cause trouble, and even the patrol police did not dare to intervene. However, Su Chen easily resolved the situation with a couplet.

For the Bad Guys who have not read much, this is undoubtedly a work of genius.

"These people just came to cause trouble, why didn't we see any patrol officers in the city?"

"I'm coming."

A general wearing Ming Guang armor came over with a group of patrolmen with a smile on his face, bowed and apologized: "Brother Su, I am really sorry. Your Majesty loves talents and is especially kind to the scholars of the Imperial Academy. I don't know how to disperse them at the next moment."

"You are……"

"My name is Zhao Jie, and I have heard of Brother Su's great name for a long time."

Su Chen immediately understood.

This is what Li Chengqian had mentioned, recommending Zhao Jie to replace Chai Zhewei as the General of the Central Army!

"Brother Zhao, you are too polite. I am very grateful that you can come here in person to take charge."

"Brother Su, you are making fun of me, aren't you? There are so many of us, but our couplet is not as effective as yours."

Zhao Jie waved his hands somewhat embarrassedly, "I happen to be on duty today. Now that they have dispersed, it is inconvenient for me to stay for long. I will hold a banquet to apologize to Brother Su on my day off."

Su Chen: "You're welcome. There's no need to hold a banquet or anything like that. Lord Zhao has official business to attend to, so just be casual."

Zhao Jie nodded and said, "Qi Huan, keep an eye on this area. If there are any cats or dogs running over and disrupting the order, arrest them immediately."

Qi Huan: “Yes!”

Zhao Jie took another look at the first couplet and said, "Brother Su, this first couplet is really amazing. Goodbye."

"Walk slowly without sending."

The people of Zhaojie are pretty nice.

I came here in person, but it's of no use.

"Master Qi, we meet again."

"Mr. Su, you are too polite. We will patrol nearby. Please rest assured, Mr. Su, no one will come to cause trouble."

"Come in for a cup of tea?"

"No, no, no."

"Su Wang..."

Su Chen winked at Su Wang, and Su Wang understood and took out a bag of silver.

Seeing this, Qi Huan refused again and again, "We brothers appreciate Mr. Su's kindness, but you cannot use this money. Goodbye."

Su Chen nodded, watched them leave, and then his eyes fell on Jin Yong.

"What do you want, sir?"

Jin Yong held his head high and chest out, like a triumphant general.

Su Chen smiled and pointed at the first couplet on the wall and said, "Send this first couplet to the paperhanger, have it framed with the best materials, and hang it on the left pillar."

"As long as no one can come up with a couplet to match the first line, our business will not decline for a day."

"it is good!"

……

As everyone left, the unprecedented event quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.

Especially the Imperial College.

"Yansuo Pondliu?"

"There is really no solution to this couplet!"

"I don't know what's in Su Chen's head. He could come up with such an unsolvable couplet..."

The scholars who returned to the Imperial College discussed the matter a lot. They all tried to decipher the first half of the couplet, but they made no progress.

Someone suggested going to find Kong Huiyuan, but was quickly stopped.

Kong Huiyuan was devastated. Although the medicine regulated his body's condition, it could not dispel the depression in his heart.

If I go to him at this time, wouldn't I be simply causing trouble for him?
"What do you want from me?"

Kong Huiyuan walked over with a smile. Although she looked a little tired, she was much better than before.

"Kong Siye."

Everyone stood up and saluted, but they were reluctant to answer Kong Huiyuan's question.

Kong Huiyuan bowed.

"Siye?"

"Why is Kong Siye doing this?"

"Please get up quickly, Kong Siye. We can't bear it."

Kong Huiyuan bowed deeply, then stood up and said, "I heard that you went to Wenxiang today to seek justice for my Kong family. I would like to thank you for your kindness."

Hear the words.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

One person couldn't help but say, "Siye Kong, Brother Gao Lin originally suggested that we go together to ask for an explanation for Siye, but we didn't expect that not only did we not see Su Chen today, but we were severely humiliated by him."

"Oh?" Kong Huiyuan frowned.

D.

Does Su Chen dare to make enemies with a group of scholars?
Everyone told Kong Huiyuan in detail what had happened outside Wenxiang.

Faced with the unsolvable first couplet, everyone couldn't help but reveal a hint of anticipation on their faces.

perhaps.

Can Kong Siye write the second line?

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond..."

Kong Huiyuan pondered, his eyes shining, and his mind gradually became active.

Think carefully.

"Miao miao miao!"

"What an unsolvable couplet..."

Kong Huiyuan murmured and suddenly fell on the table.

"Kong Siye?"

"Someone come quickly, Kong Siye fainted again!"

"Call the doctor!"

……

royal palace.

Zhao Jie, who was promoted to General of the Central Army, was not on duty in the palace, but left in a hurry. Naturally, the news could not be concealed.

As soon as Zhao Jie returned to the palace, he was informed by the eunuch that the emperor was waiting for him in the imperial study.

Zhao Jie straightened his clothes and hurried to the outside of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, General Zhao Jie requests to see you."

"Xuan."

"General Zhao Jie pays respect to Your Majesty!"

Zhao Jie saluted but heard no response. He looked up and saw that Li Shimin's attention was all on the memorials, and he seemed not to hear his voice.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Jie said, "General Zhao Jie pays respect to Your Majesty!"

"Kneel down."

"..."

Zhao Jie was doubtful, but couldn't figure out what had made Li Shimin unhappy, so he had to kneel there respectfully.

It was not until a cup of tea had passed that Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand, looked up, and said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Do you know why Chai Zhewei was dismissed from his post?"

"Something will eventually be heard."

Zhao Jie was extremely respectful. "But since I was promoted by Your Majesty to the position of General of the Central Army, I have been working diligently and have never dared to slack off..."

Li Shimin waved his hand, "You are on duty today, why are you nowhere to be seen?"

It turned out to be because of this matter.

Zhao Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am indeed on duty today, but I heard that there were a lot of people gathering in the city to cause trouble early in the morning, so I personally led people to check it out."

"Oh?"

Li Shimin knocked on the table and said, "Go on."

Zhao Jie: "Today, led by Gao Lin, a student of the Imperial Academy, more than a thousand scholars gathered outside the West Market to smash other people's property."

"The captain in charge of patrol, Qi Huan, did not dare to offend them, so he ordered someone to inform the general. The general was immediately furious and immediately led people to the smell of incense."

"However, Gao Lin and his men refused to listen to our advice and insisted on asking for an explanation from Wen Xiang Lai's boss Su Chen. We tried to persuade them, but they ignored us. We wanted to capture them, but because of His Majesty's preferential treatment for scholars, we could only wait aside and wait for them to make a move before arresting them."

Li Shimin picked up the teacup, and he had already sorted out the cause and effect in his mind, "Then what?"

Zhao Jie: "Although Su Chen did not show up, he asked the guards around him to send a couplet, saying that anyone who could come up with a couplet could meet him and sell all the goods in Wenxianglai at half price. If the couplet was exquisite, he would not charge any money for any goods."

Li Shimin immediately became interested.

I didn't expect that Su Chen would use such a trick to resolve the situation among the scholars who were causing trouble.

"What is the first couplet?"

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond."

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, "Can anyone come up with a couplet?"

Zhao Jie: "No one has ever come up with a couplet."

Li Shimin snorted coldly and put down the teacup in his hand. "I treat scholars so well, but they can't even come up with a couplet?"

"Pass on my decree. Gao Lin and others, who have been deeply favored by the emperor but have not made any progress, will all be stripped of their honors from today on!"

Li Shimin glanced at him and said again, "Zhao Jie is serious about his work and seeks progress steadily. I will reward him with 100 pieces of silk."

"I will thank your majesty."

"Go down."

"I will retire at the end."

Zhao Jie bowed and left the imperial study.

Li Shimin pondered, picked up the brush and wrote the first couplet on paper. The more he read it, the more he felt that this first couplet was exquisite, imaginative and ingenious.

It is not something that can be written casually by an unlearned person.

I really underestimated this person!
After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he was about to write the second couplet. However, when the tip of his pen touched the rice paper, he shook his head and put down his pen.

Still lacks some flavor.

"Someone is coming."

"Duke Xuanshen, Kong Jijiu, Fang Xiang, Fu Ji and others enter the palace."

(End of this chapter)