Feast of Rebirth

"I..." Liu Liandong's thoughts went blank, Bai Jiu's aura was aggressive, like a heavy giant sword was pressing on his shoulders, the cold air from the sword edge made him get goose bumps all over his body.

Silent.

"Liu Liandong lost." Hu Yan was watching with relish, when Yun Congfeng's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, startled him, turned his head, but it was not Yun Congfeng's face, he quickly understood Come here, he's the one who disguised his face.

"Why are you here? Are you afraid that others will recognize you?"

"Invited by Bai Jiu, let's come and see the excitement." Yun Congfeng remained calm, obviously not paying attention to Liu Liandong.

Bai Jiu knew about the rumors of cheating and leaking questions.Mr. Academy also doubted them, but Xuan Xiuzhu was the one who made the question, and Xuan Xiuzhu guaranteed that the question would not be leaked, so it was not.

Zhiyun moved out from Fengfeng, and Bai Jiu invited him out in the name of the academy, and discussed the countermeasures with him: Although it was a non-existent thing in itself, people's words are formidable, and they must be fought back beautifully.

Yun Congfeng felt sorry for Liu Liandong: "He shouldn't have followed Bai Jiu. In fact, Bai Jiu's behavior is still a diversionary concept. As long as he repeats what others just said, he can break the trap and have a chance to come back."

Hu Yan didn't understand: "Repeat what others said? Isn't that a repeat?"

"It's repeating someone else's meaning, not completely repeating what someone else said." Yun Congfeng thought for a while, and then explained from another angle, "Their request is for the academy to give an explanation. The main body is the academy, and they themselves are the victims. Just like When a yamen detects a murder case, you can't expect the dead to stand up and investigate the suspect, it must be the yamen to collect evidence and publicize the results - the academy is the yamen, and it should be the academy who should provide evidence. As long as they stand firmly on this point, Bai Jiu will not If you can't transfer the concept, at least it can last a little longer."

"After breaking the trap, let's say they don't have enough evidence to prove that Bai Jiu leaked the question, but Bai Jiu also has no evidence to prove that he is innocent. What's the use of talking about it? Let's go back to the topic, and I can at least hold it up. An hour."

But Liu Liandong and the others didn't stand still, and they didn't make perfect preparations. They were easily brought into the circle of speech skills by Bai Jiu, and they couldn't hold their heads up.

Liu Liandong stood stiffly, without saying a word, the other three were helpless.

for a long time.

Bai Jiu snorted and looked around: "Why are you still here? Are you happy to be used as a gunman? Why don't you go back and read more books to wake yourself up?"

The frozen crowd finally dispersed, and they left silently. The three people coaxed by Liu Liandong to ask for an explanation felt ashamed and slipped away quietly.

Bai Jiu turned around and stepped into the gate, leaving Liu Liandong standing blankly alone, like a wooden man.

Hu Yan still remembered the two people who tore up the ledger, let Chi Nu go with one, and himself with the other, bringing Yun Congfeng together.

Yun Congfeng was puzzled: "Why are you following him? Who is he?"

"Do you remember that some ledgers were lost in the shop? What did they tear up from your calligraphy just now? It looks very similar to the ledgers you made."

"It's just some ledgers, as for?"

"Of course, you did it, and I plan to keep it in my collection."

"……All right."

After following for a quarter of an hour, the scholar finally came to a remote and uninhabited place, humming to himself. Hu Yan untied his belt, threw it up and made a circle, and the belt melted into mist and fell, covering the area.

People inside can't get out, and people outside can't see it.

As he was walking, the scholar suddenly plunged into the fog and hurriedly withdrew. He looked back at Hu Yan and Yun Congfeng, startled and angry: "Who are you? Demons? Let me tell you, if you kill me, Secretary Qing Ping I will never let you go!"

Hu Yan laughed eccentrically: "Oh, Wang Jing is so strict now, which monster dares to kill people in broad daylight. Don't be nervous, little scholar, I just want to ask you, where did the paper you tore just now come from? "

The scholar looked vigilant: "My friend gave it to me. I don't know how it got here. It has nothing to do with me."

"It doesn't matter? What you tore is the account book in my store. Why does it have nothing to do with you? To be honest, who gave you the things?"

The scholar gritted his tongue tightly, and didn't say a single extra word.Hu Yan saw that he really couldn't ask anything, so he swung his face with a bewildered look.

The scholar hurriedly backed away, tried his best to cover his mouth and nose, but it was of no avail, the effect of the medicine gradually started, and he sat down on the ground with blank eyes.

Hu Yanti slipped away from the scholar and went straight to the yamen.Wei Ze took care of everything that needed to be done, and it went smoothly. He went to the Yamen to report the crime of theft, and after completing the process, he was thrown directly into prison.Wei Ze also specially took care of the jailer, asking the jailer to take good care of the two who came in.

Walking out of the yamen, Hu Yan suddenly grabbed Yun Cong by the collar of his windbreaker: "Tell the truth! Do you often desert when doing accounts?"

Yun Congfeng was stunned for a while before he remembered: "Ah, what you're talking about is about the ledger...haha." He smiled a little guilty, "There is absolutely nothing wrong with the ledger, as for those things, I have time to blind written."

Hu Yan knew that the carrots and cabbages on the ledger alone were not enough to attract students.In addition to keeping accounts, Yun Congfeng also wrote poems and lyrics in the corners, or some short sentences. Hu Yan put together a few fragments, and it was full of literary grace when you looked carefully.

"Let it go this time, don't do it next time, prepare a special notebook for what you want to write."

Yun Congfeng nodded: "Yes, yes."

Hu Yan said: "Now the matter is clear, why don't you come back and continue to do the accounting?"

He bowed his head and hesitated for a while: "Okay."

Yun Congfeng's return caused quite a stir among the inn students, most of them looked strangely.

However, the Guihai Wen test is about to start, and more people are busy learning their own.

The storm paused.Wei Ze came to the door again, chatted with Yun Congfeng for a while, and then said to Hu Yan with a happy face: "This matter is more than half done, you and I can just sit back and enjoy the success."

Hu Yan was stunned: "What's the situation?"

Wei Ze said: "Master Yun agreed to take part in the literary examination?"

Hu Yan almost jumped up when he heard it: "Hasn't he already obtained the admission qualification, why does he still have to take the essay test?"

"Prove your innocence." Wei Ze smiled openly, "Young Master Yun said that he is sure to win the first place. I bet on the opening eve of the essay test that he can win the first place, and I will definitely make a lot of money."

"Gambling at the opening?" Hu Yan understood, "This is what you said earlier?"

"A debater can convince people's mouths but not their hearts. Most people still doubt Bai Jiu's victory over Liu Liandong in the debate, but they can't win against Bai Jiu." Wei Zedao smiled all over his face, "The literary test will begin soon. , after I spread the news that Yun Congfeng will also take part in the essay test, and then open the market to bet on who can win the first place in the essay test, I will definitely make a fortune!"

"Can you still bet on Wenshi Toukui?"

"The top leaders of the literary examination in the past dynasties are basically great talents with names and surnames, or heirs cultivated by a few Zanying families. There are very few dark horses. Betting at the opening is a long-standing tradition." Wei Ze clapped his hands, "This time is no exception! As long as the wind direction is well controlled, money will not worry!"

"Then how much can we share?"

Wei Ze winked: "Well, it depends on how much you bet. Of course, no matter whether Mr. Yun wins the top prize or not, I will definitely reward you with a lot of money afterwards, no less than four figures."

Wei Ze offered a very generous price, after Hu Yan confirmed with Yun Congfeng, he agreed to Wei Ze's conditions, and the old fox left happily.

"This old fox." Although Hu Yan agreed, he always felt a little uneasy. Gambling is full of too many uncertainties, and his heart is always fuzzy.

Yun Congfeng was very calm: "There is no dealer in the world who loses money. As long as he sits firmly, he can make a lot of money without placing a bet. Don't worry."

Hu Yan took a sip of the wine: "How much do you think the old fox can earn?"

"It should go up to six figures, if there are enough people betting." Yun Congfeng didn't know how big Wei Ze's business was, so he could only guess.

"That's awesome." Hu Yan muttered.

The times of the Awakening of Insects Wenhui and Guihai Wenhui were close to each other, Wei Ze was almost ready to prepare in Beijing, and the bets opened the day before, and the people who came to place bets were almost overwhelmed.

Hu Yan went to see it alone. The whole wall of Wei Ze's casino was covered with nameplates. Yun Congfeng's nameplate was in an inconspicuous corner, and the odds were quite high.

Hu Yan bet [-]% of his net worth, and according to the odds, he could at least double it.After placing his bets, he looked at the other famous cards with his hands behind his back, and heard the gamblers who came to discuss and quarrel, saying which one had been famous for a long time, and which one had emerged at a young age, with outstanding talent, and the quarrel made his face blush and his neck thick.

Where is Liu Liandong?He is also on the wall, and the odds are not low, even higher than Yun Congfeng.

In the crowded crowd, Hu Yan also saw Bai Jiu, and beside him was a person with an ordinary face but an outstanding temperament, standing like a orchid and a jade tree, smiling like a bright moon in his arms.

Xuan Xiuzhu, as his name suggests, was the chief disciple of the master of the academy. Hu Yan remembered him as an extremely gentle and polite person, but unfortunately he died of an emergency later.When Xuan Xiuzhu died, the headmaster of the academy was extremely sad and almost went along with him. Although he was rescued in time, his temperament was depressed and even more withdrawn.

Bai Jiu has been lingering in the academy for not graduating. Due to this change, she hastily finished her studies and returned to her family. She also disappeared afterwards.

Seeing Bai Jiu's excited expression, it seems that he also came to place a bet. Looking at the nameplate on the wall, he talked and laughed happily, and asked Xuan Xiuzhu from time to time.

Hu Yan thought about it and decided not to tease him anymore.Silently returned to the inn.

Early in the morning on the day of the Guihai Literature Examination, all the students in the inn got up in a panic to wash up, gnawed on steamed buns and murmured hard on their studies. Shaking non-stop.

In contrast, Yun Congfeng got up late, washed up lazily, stopped reading, and just sat on the threshold in a daze.

"Stop reading when it's time to read?" Hu Yan teased.

Yun Congfeng said with a smile: "I have read enough books, the most important thing now is to meditate."

"Everyone in Kongchanzhai is like you?"

"No, there are lazy ones. My senior brother is lazy, lying still all day long. But he is surprisingly smart, and he is much better than me who is hardworking." He smiled lightly, "The gap between them is that he It's a genius, I'm a talent."

This guy... Hu Yan can't help him, he can only blame the place where he grew up is too enchanting.

Some students began to prepare to go to the examination room one after another. Of course, they did not forget to kowtow at the land temple opposite, praying for three times, praying for smooth sailing, and they will surely fulfill their vows in the future.As soon as someone took the lead and left first, the remaining people who were still desperately reciting the books couldn't sit still. They raced against the clock to recite the books while looking at the door of the inn, with sweat dripping from their foreheads like water.

"I'm leaving." Yun Congfeng was about to leave.

"I go with you."

"What are you going to do? It's boring to take the exam."

"Hey, you think I'm just standing around outside? Of course I'm going to go somewhere else."

"Then I'll finish the exam early and come out earlier."

"it is good."