Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

[Negative emotions from Guan Shanyue +30, +30, +30...]

[Negative emotions from Wu Quanwen +15, +15, +15...]

[Negative emotions from Qin Kesong +5, +5, +3...]

[Negative emotions from Zhao Qiancheng +10...]

Following the useless complaint of the couplet, Lu You's mind seemed to explode, and negative emotion reminder sounds began to ring continuously!

With a slight movement of his mind, Lu You took a quick glance at the income record and found twenty or thirty freshly-named names, which just happened to correspond to the number of students in front of him.

Good guy!

You bunch of literati and scholars, instead of thinking about academic studies, you just rely on writing couplets for fun, right?

Looking at the gloomy eyes in front of him, no matter how stupid Lu You was, he knew that he had incurred public anger.

[Negative emotions from Lu Yi +50, +30, +30...]

Lu You: “…”

Isn’t it just saying that you scholars don’t do any serious work all day long?

Why do you hate me so much? I'm your second sister!

Glancing at Lu Yi standing aside, Lu You sneered in his heart.

Wait until you get home and see how your sister will take good care of you!

"It's insulting to gentlemen!!"

Just when Lu You was thinking about how to punish his younger brother, a thin young man with a pale face and a somewhat sickly look came out panting among the students.

"Mr. Guan! Lu You is so arrogant and insults my character as a scholar. I am an incompetent student and would like to challenge him to a competition!"

After saying this, the young man bowed to Lu You without caring whether Mr. Guan agreed or not.

"My name is Qin Kesong, a student of the 63rd year of Wuli, and I am here to ask for your advice, young lady!"

Hearing the other party's words, Lu You frowned slightly.

It is now the sixty-seventh year of the Wu calendar, and Qin Kesong was a student in the sixty-third year, which was four years ago.

He has failed to pass the imperial examination for four consecutive years. This person must have either become a stubborn person because of studying too much, or he has become obsessed with the so-called "elegant thing" of couplets.

Looking at Qin Kesong’s flushed face, Lu You coughed lightly.

"Sir, your body is so weak after just two steps."

"I'm really afraid of getting sued if I fight with you!"

At this time, Lu You already knew that he had incurred the wrath of the crowd, and all he wanted was to leave here as quickly as possible. How could he agree to any competition?

But the students on the opposite side surrounded him at this time, obviously not wanting to let Lu You go.

When the sickly scholar saw his classmates coming forward, he became even more courageous.

"vulgar!!"

"As a scholar, even if we are competing, how can I compete with you in brute force?"

The scholar walked slowly forward, got close, raised his neck and looked at Lu You through his nostrils.

"Couplet is a pair of parallel lines, with matching contents. It can express the meaning of things, recite the past and sing the present, contain the universe and condense the essence of the article."

"But the young lady just now said that this is a minor practice, a way to gain fame and reputation."

"Since the young lady dares to say so, she must be very good at writing couplets."

"I would like to have a discussion with you to see if your writing skills are as sharp as your words. Is that okay?"

Following Qin Kesong's words, everyone present turned their eyes to Lu You.

Lu You's gaze swept across the faces of the students and finally looked in the direction of Guan Shanyue.

Lao Guan is a great scholar of the time and the founder of this school. As long as he speaks up to help himself, no matter how incompetent and angry the students below are, they will stand aside.

The two of them looked at each other for a few breaths, but Guan Shanyue just twirled his beard and chuckled, without any expression.

Ok?

It was obvious that Lao Guan didn't want to help out.

Is it because I broke the rules just now?

Or was it because I criticized the couplets that he was proud of as trivial, which made him worry about it?

He claims to be a great scholar of the time, but it seems he doesn't have that broad a mind!

Lu You's mind was in turmoil, and when he saw Guan Shanyue still looking calm and indifferent, he felt an unknown fire rising in his heart.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

"You guys, a bunch of grown men, gathered together to force a little girl like me, aren't you ashamed?"

"And they all call themselves gentlemen who read the books of sages!"

"I'm blushing for you guys!!"

Following Lu You's indiscriminate attacks, many students present fell silent and retreated in embarrassment.

Just now, everyone was condemning Lu You for belittling the art of couplets.

At this time, after Lu You's reminder, everyone realized that the person in front of them was just a little girl who had lost her father.

It is indeed not gentlemanly behavior for a group of grown men like them to denounce Lu You.

"Miss Lu is really sharp-tongued. With just a few words, she has bewitched all of you classmates. Qin really admires her."

Seeing that the students were about to retreat, Qin Kesong waved his sleeves and spoke.

"Miss Lu is able to answer Mr. Chuguan's absolutes, which shows her great talent. She is also very proud of her couplets."

"We are not talented enough, and we want to learn a few tricks from Miss Lu, but it is limited to couplets. How can we say that we are violating the teachings of the saints?"

Following Qin Kesong's words, the expressions of the students present relaxed and their backs straightened again.

"Brother Qin is right. This is an elegant thing to do and it is not against the conduct of a gentleman!"

"That's right! We just want to take a glimpse of the girl."

"Miss Lu, please give me some advice!"

As the words were spoken, all the students extended their hands to greet him, each of them showing great humility.

But Lu You understood what these guys meant. They just wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

Seeing everyone speaking and supporting him again, Qin Kesong's pale face showed a hint of pride.

"Of course, if Miss Lu can match Mr. Guan's couplet, it must be because she has spent a lot of time and effort in the past six months to come up with this."

"Then just treat it as Qin Menglang, and Miss Lu can turn around and leave."

"But please ask Miss Lu to take back what you said and apologize to Mr. Guan, and then the matter will be over."

Hearing Qin Kesong's words, everyone agreed.

Seeing the looks in everyone's eyes, Lu You understood that these guys were probably the same as Qin Kesong.

I think of myself as the kind of person who tries hard to come up with a good sentence behind the scenes, looking for opportunities to show off in front of others, and coveting fame!

Thinking of this, Lu You suppressed his anger and looked at Guan Shanyue again.

Seeing that the other person was still twirling his beard and laughing, Lu You finally curled up the corners of his mouth.

Are you still laughing at the joke?

Row!

Just laugh!

You will cry later!

"Since you guys don't intend to let us go, I'll take this round!"

Lu You opened his mouth slowly and spoke to the students.

But before everyone could agree, Lu You added again.

"However, since you all proposed the theme of couplets, I would like to ask for a favor from you. Let me go first and write the first three couplets."

"If you are correct, I will take back what I said and apologize to you."

"What do you think?"