fake prince

Chapter 48 Fire
"I heard that a girl came to the Green Willow Pavilion recently. She can play the pipa very well and her voice is just like Yingti's. Why don't you invite her over later?"

"Very good, just drinking on the boat, it's a bit boring, a few girls play some tunes, it's just an elegant thing, it fits our status!"

"It's a pole, it's a pole."

"If you want me to say, even that girl just now, how can she compare to Miss Luliu Pavilion? Miss Shaoyao's chess skills are much better than this girl, how about inviting Miss Shaoyao to come over later and play a few games with us?"

"It's a good idea, maybe, it might even win the top spot, haha!"

When a few scholars talked about their interest, they felt that their gloom had subsided a little, as if they were taking advantage of it, and losing to a little girl would no longer be a shameful thing.

Seeing that Zheng Yingci's face was still gloomy, a boy student couldn't help but feel displeased, so he came over and asked, "Brother Zheng, what do you think?"

"Ah?" Zheng Yingci, who was awakened, looked at Tong Sheng, and the man's expression turned a little bad, and he repeated what he said just now.

When Zheng Yingci heard this, her already depressed mood became even worse.

What are these things!
Su Ziji, whom I wanted to make friends with, has the wind of the breeze and the moon, but he does not hold back his hands, and has no intention of attaching to the Zheng family. Although these few people are talented and learned, they have not yet achieved fame, but they are thinking about this kind of enjoyment Zheng Yingci really looked down on this matter.

What made him feel even more ashamed was that these people had dirty minds.

Even if you are narrow-minded, using this kind of thing to humiliate Ye Buhui, who won the chess game, is not humiliating her, it is clearly humiliating yourself!
Zheng Yingci's expression turned cold, and she didn't pretend to be false, and said directly: "Zheng has something else to do, so I won't go, and the brothers can do it themselves."

As he said that, instead of looking at everyone's reactions, he walked towards the only friend he had a good relationship with on this boat——Chen Ziyi.

"Brother Chen, let's go back." Since he had given up making friends, why not follow Chen Ziyi in a separate boat and seek entertainment for himself.

Chen Ziyi did not participate in the chess match, nor did he hear the conversation just now. Seeing his gloomy expression, he thought it was because of the loss of the chess match. Together, it's just for entertainment, you don't have to pay too much attention to it."

"I understand." Zheng Yingci wasn't depressed because of the chess match, he just felt ashamed that he didn't know people well and mistook rubbish for someone he could make friends with.

Moreover, he always felt that he had forgotten something and couldn't remember it. This feeling was hard to let go.

The most important thing is that in Huafang, I feel depressed.

However, in order not to worry Chen Ziyi, Zheng Yingci forced a smile: "With my chess skills, even if I entered the [-]th tournament and went to the capital, it would be difficult to win the first place. Instead, I should focus on the imperial examination."

Seeing this, Chen Ziyi was relieved.

The two left in their own boat, glanced at the eyes of the people on the painting boat, all with anger, Chen Ziyi sighed again.

"This time I lost to a young girl in the chess game. It seems that it is a bit of a blow to my virtuous brother. Usually, my virtuous brother is not in such a temperament that he will offend people."

"Not only my virtuous brother, but also many students on the boat have changed their faces, and it seems that the blow can't be clear." Thinking like this, Chen Ziyi planned to go back and explain it carefully.

The boat they took was naturally larger than the one Su Ziji and Ye Buhui took. Although it wasn't as good as a painting boat, it was only a little smaller. There were not only several cabins on the boat, but also several family members.

This is the Zheng family's own boat. Although they don't do business directly, the Zheng family has a boat of their own. It is very normal, just like a bullock cart, but it is just a means of transportation.

"By the way, Miss Ye who won the chess match came with Su Ziji. Isn't Su Ziji on good terms with you?" After boarding the boat and entering the cabin, sitting by the window, Chen Ziyi asked after taking a sip of the hot tea served.

I didn't ask just now, because there are people around. It's not easy to ask such things in front of outsiders. Now that the boat is full of our own people, Chen Ziyi doesn't have such worries.

Zheng Yingci's expression froze, and under Chen Ziyi's gaze, he smiled: "It's just that people from the same county know each other. Speaking of which, he and Fang Xi have a good relationship."

To be more precise, the relationship with the Fang family is good.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yingci found the reason why he couldn't recruit Su Ziji.

"Since Su Ziji has attached himself to the Fang family, he may feel that there is no need to attach himself to the Zheng family."

"Although he is just a student from a poor family, Fang Xi said that he is talented?" Chen Ziyi asked curiously, "But the county exam ranks eleven, which is not very high!"

"To be fair, Su Ziji's essays are really good, but this ranking is a bit low." Zheng Yingci has read Su Ziji's essays, and according to the rules, all papers that won Tongsheng are copied and posted on the list. the same.

In this way, although the examiner can give preference, the level is too low to be listed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Thinking of this, Zheng Yingci suddenly felt bored, and he didn't know why he was so emotional, so he directly suggested to Chen Ziyi: "I heard that there is a very authentic wine shop by Panlong Lake, why don't we try it in the past?"

"good!"

The boat was heading towards the shore, and at this moment, a gust of wind blew past, making my eyes hurt so much that I could barely open them.

After the wind passed through the window, Zheng Yingci and Chen Ziyi opened their eyes again, only to realize that the sky was getting overcast and the stars and rain were falling again.

Chen Ziyi couldn't help laughing: "The weather has been weird for the past few days, and it's raining again, but viewing the scenery in the rain is also an elegant thing."

Just as he was speaking, suddenly a servant pointed at the back and shouted in horror: "Master, it's not good."

"What's wrong with the young master, can you speak human language?" Zheng Yingci was in a bad mood at first, and suddenly became furious. If he hadn't raised his spirit, he was actually good, and he would smash the dog's head in front of him just by touching things!

"Brother, it's not good, look..." Chen Ziyi changed color and pointed at the lake.

Zheng Yingci looked over and was stunned.

"The painting, the painting boat is on fire!" A servant pointed at the exquisite painting boat not far away and shouted involuntarily.

Seeing the boat carrying the chess player's yearning for the capital game, the flames were already burning into the sky, maybe it was just overcast, some rash guy lit a candle, and it caught fire.

Through the light of the fire, one could see that the boats were in a mess long ago, and more importantly, the boats were colluded together for the chess game. In this way, the whole body of the boat was made of good wood, and the boats were strung together very quickly under the fire. In an instant, It burned all around red.

The scholars on the boat, together with the boatman, either screamed and fell into the water, or jumped off of their own initiative.

But another gust of wind blew by, causing the fire that had just been suppressed to jump up again, and those who were still fighting the fire jumped into the water one after another in order to save themselves, regardless of other things.

As for the boats a little farther away, they were frightened and rowed away, for fear of following in the footsteps of the painters.

"Help! Help!" There were cries for help one after another.

At this time, the fire had burned through the roof, and the girder collapsed and fell, blocking the cabin. The raging fire shattered all hope of escape.

(End of this chapter)