Feast of Rebirth

"Come with me to the vegetable market to buy some meat?"

"No, I still have to study."

"Aren't you ready to enter the school directly?" Dududu, when will this idiot realize that his true level has already stood at the top of the Eastern Continent?

"May I make braised pork for you, let's celebrate?"

"……All right."

Hu Yan happily went to the market to pick meat. At this time, the butcher happened to be offering freshly slaughtered pork, and there were not many people buying meat.Hu Yan bargained with the butcher, and then the butcher's wife came out, stared at Yun Congfeng for a while, and slapped: "Are you called Yun Congfeng?"

Yun Congfeng was originally wandering in the sky, but when the butcher's wife asked him, his spirit was pulled back: "Yes."

The mother-in-law smiled and said, "Since it is Wenquxing, what money do you need! Come on, you can take this piece of meat, you don't need money." She snatched the meat cleaver from her husband and swiped to hide the meat. The husband winked: "What are you doing in a daze! Let Baozi come out!"

"Oh oh oh!" the butcher was stunned, turned around and hurried into the house, took out a child, and asked Yun Congfeng to touch the top of the child's head no matter what, to rub Wenquxing's literary blessings, Yun Congfeng couldn't refuse, so he had to touch it. Touched the child's head.The couple were overjoyed, not only gave two catties of pork belly, but also five catties of high-quality short ribs, and sent them away with great gratitude.

Back at the inn, the students at the inn got the news that Yun Congfeng had won the debate through some channels, they rushed out in a swarm, almost lining the way to welcome Yun Congfeng, which surprised Yun Congfeng.

In the next few days, the threshold of Rujia Inn was broken several times, and several copies of Fengmobao, used stationery, and even his handwritten ledgers were missing, which made Hu Yan very angry.

Forced to have no choice but to let Yun Congfeng leave the inn temporarily, he rented another house in Beijing for him to live in, so as not to affect the normal business.When someone came to the door again, Hu Yan began to use his skill of making up stories to bluff people: Yun Congfeng finished his work every day and studied in the land temple opposite the inn.

Hu Yan felt that this story was ridiculous, but some people believed it. The incense fire in the Earth Temple suddenly increased several times, and the incense ashes in the incense burner had to be cleaned four or five times a day.

Hu Yan set up a merit box next to the incense table. At the end of the day, the box was heavy and full, which made him very happy.

When he was happily counting the money, Wei Ze came to the door again, claiming that he wanted to discuss a big business with him.

"If this business is successful, at least it can earn more than [-] yuan, or even more!" Wei Ze vowed.

Hu Yan asked: "What business?"

Wei Ze lowered his voice: "Have you heard the rumors in the capital?"

"What wind?"

"The rumor about Yun Congfeng's cheating." Wei Ze's words aroused Hu Yan's anger, "What kind of cheating, who spread it?"

"Someone is messing with him. Do you still remember that there were five people participating in the debate at the Waking of Insects Wenhui, and one of them was the one in the blue and white shirt with a jade belt around his waist?"

When Wei Ze said this, Hu Yan seemed to be a little impressed, but most of his attention was on Yun Congfeng, and he didn't pay attention to other people - anyway, he was definitely not as good as Yun Congfeng.He said vaguely: "Well, remember, who is he?"

"His name is Liu Liandong, and he is a direct descendant of the Liu family of the Shuxiang family. His father is a minister of the Ministry of punishment. He is talented, but not very famous." Wei Ze drank his saliva, "I don't think Yun Congfeng should raise an argument with Mr. The topic is too sensitive - he had debated with Bai Jiu, the top student in the academy, and it happened to hit the topic of the literary society. As long as someone with a heart makes a fuss, it is easy for the general public to suspect that Bai Jiu leaked the topic to Yun Congfeng. I can’t even speak clearly.”

"Why is Liu Liandong speculating on this? The Waking of Insects Wenhui is over, what else can he do?"

Wei Ze sighed: "Oh, you don't understand this. A literati must have a level and a reputation. If the level is not enough, fame will make up for it. As long as you are famous, you can talk about anything. According to Liu Liandong's level, he It is safe to pass the literary examination to enter the academy, but as the son of Shangshu, he is too ordinary."

Hu Yan figured it out, this Liu Liandong not only wanted to enter the academy, but also wanted to enter in a good manner, to make his parents look good.It's a pity that Jingzhe Wenhui couldn't go in, and it happened that Yun Congfeng had a suspicious tail, so he planned to hold on to it.

"Then how do you make money from it?"

Wei Ze smiled and said: "I have a perfect plan in mind, this time I came here just to remind you, no matter what happens, you have to hold back, and wait for my arrangement, it will definitely be a huge profit!"

Hu Yan hesitated for a while, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, but... it's best not to play too much, if it collapses, it will be difficult for Yun Congfeng to do it."

Wei Ze smiled and said, "There are poems and books in the belly, why are you afraid of being famous? Don't worry, this matter is on me."

After sending Wei Ze away, Hu Yan continued to do business step by step, slowly following the frenzy of Wenqu Xingfu Wenqi, and doubts began to emerge.The students who lived in the inn were discussing whether Yun Congfeng cheated or not, whether the college had really leaked the topic after finishing their studies, and even glanced at Hu Yan intentionally or unintentionally, but Hu Yan just pretended nothing happened It happened, ignore it.

It wasn't until Liu Liandong led the other three people who had participated in the debate to ask the master to come out in front of the academy and give them a notarization—the rumors were completely detonated.

Wei Ze got the news from somewhere, so he took Hu Yan to stay at the gate of the academy in advance.Liu Liandong and the others didn't speak at first, they just sat quietly at the entrance of the academy. Later, word of mouth spread the news, and more and more students gathered together, so Liu Liandong began to speak.

"Students, I am Liu Liandong. People who have participated in the Waking of Insects must know me. I am here today, not to play tricks, but to seek justice. Please tell me why Yun Congfeng, an ordinary student, can Discussed with Bai Jiu, a disciple of the Academy, and it just happened to discuss the topic of the Wenhui debate?—Why is that?" His tone suddenly rose, impassioned.

This person really deserves a beating. Can you win the argument if you take the question?Hu Yan was disdainful, but also curious about what bullshit he would do next.Sure enough, Liu Liandong began to talk about his ten years of studying hard in the cold window with great emotion. The students around him couldn't help thinking about him and shed tears.

If Wei Ze hadn't told him that Liu Liandong was the son of Shangshu, he would have believed it: what kind of cold window, it is clearly a golden window, and it may be inlaid with eight treasures of mother-of-pearl.

As soon as Liu Liandong finished speaking, someone watching the students loudly said: "A few days ago, I still admired Yun Congfeng's knowledge and talent, so I begged a lot of money for his calligraphy to carry with me, praying to be blessed by Wenquxing. Now it seems that it is Manipulate the stolen reputation in secret, the petty people are not worthy of our company, and they will be punished by the stars of Wenqu for fame and fame. The way of heaven is clear, how can we allow mediocre people to occupy the top! I don’t want this calligraphy!” With a single pull and a few swipes, something was torn to pieces.

"I also have his calligraphy, this dirty thing, I don't want it!" Hu Yan looked quickly, only for a moment, he saw vertical lines on the paper, full of words, and it was torn to pieces in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, someone responded: "Mr. Liu, I would like to do my best. If the academy doesn't come out and give an explanation, I will stay here!"

"Yes! It's so unfair! How can we honest students accept it!" "Yes! Yes!" The voice became louder and louder, chaotic and noisy, and finally turned into a mountain roar and a tsunami. Hundreds of people sat quietly at the entrance of the academy.

"Very good." Wei Ze said flatteredly, "The bigger the noise, the better."

Hu Yan poked him and said in fox language: "I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"You said."

"The things those people tore up seem to be my family's account books. I will find them one by one later and report to the officials. Please give them some trouble." Stealing my family's account books and tearing them up is tolerable, but what is unbearable.

"No problem." Wei Ze readily agreed, he had been operating in Beijing for many years, and he still had some connections.Hu Yan looked around to take note of the faces of the two people who tore the book, and waited for the farce to end and they left.

People from the Jinwu Guard had already arrived near the academy, riding horses around the edge, to prevent these people from suddenly going crazy and causing trouble, and the rest did not stop them—until the closed gate of the academy suddenly opened, and the students who were sitting quietly stood up one after another .

The person who came out was Bai Jiu, and he looked tired: "Who is Liu Liandong?"

"I am." Liu Liandong took a step forward, striding forward without losing any momentum.

"Then let me ask you, you slandered me for leaking the question to Yun Congfeng, do you have evidence?"

Liu Liandong sneered: "Of course the matter of leaking the question will never see the light of day. I naturally have no way of knowing what you talked about with Yun Congfeng."

"Okay, you don't have enough evidence to prove that I leaked the question to Yun Congfeng." Bai Jiu insisted on the definition, and emphasized: "You said it!"

Liu Liandong looked slightly stiff, with a bad premonition.

"Secondly, I would like to ask all the students who have participated in the Wenhui." Bai Jiu lifted his breath, and his voice was as loud as a bell, "During the Wenhui, the topic of the debate between the students of the outer court and the disciples of the Academy is 'Will the emperor go to war against Baopu'? Yes , or not!"

Silent.

"Ask you again." Bai Jiu looked at Liu Liandong and the other three students, "What is Yun Congfeng's level? You debated with him that day. Compared with the two sides, don't you have any points for your own level?"

One person retorted: "What we are asking for is a statement, which has nothing to do with our level of talent and learning. Mr. Bai, don't change the concept!"

"What kind of statement do you want? Do you want to prove that I leaked the question to Yun Congfeng?"

The person who made the sound was stuck on the back of a tiger, so he could only say: "Yes."

"But you don't have evidence." Bai Jiu couldn't help laughing, "There is no academy either. If it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist. There is no evidence to prove that I leaked the questions to Yun Congfeng, so I didn't leak the questions to Yun Congfeng."

The man opened his mouth, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Liu Liandong was already in cold sweat, and Bai Jiu continued to press him: "Mr. Liu, do you think that if you knew the topic of the debate in advance, would you take the initiative to change the topic at the essay meeting? If you knew it, you didn't propose to change it." Question, do you think you can win the academy with your talent and learning?"

"Please answer yes or no!"