Cui Xiangsheng glanced in the direction Li Qiuchi pointed, and saw Ye Xiaotian holding a piece of kiwi in his mouth, raising his chin for Yingying to bite. Yingying actually knew how to be shy, she secretly looked left and right, and then leaned forward and took a quick bite.
When she moved closer to her mouth, Ye Xiaotian leaned forward on purpose, wanting to kiss her, but Xia Yingying moved very quickly, took a bite of a kiwi slice, and immediately moved away, her red mouth full of tears. Holding a piece of light green kiwi fruit, she smiled charmingly at him.
The two of them were unaware that this scene was seen by a few people in Qiyun Pavilion. Cui Xiangsheng frowned, and said displeasedly: "Frivolous! Today, Jiaxiu gathers together, and they come with their female companions. Although the folk customs in Guiyang are open, but they are flirtatious in public. It's too frivolous!"
Father Xia saw that he was talking about his precious daughter and the bastard prospective son-in-law who made him wish to beat him to death but dared not touch his finger, his old face suddenly felt dull, and he quickly raised his wine glass to hide his shame, pretending that he didn't know them .
Li Qiuchi continued to apply eye drops to Cui Xiangsheng, and said: "Sir, this man is far from being frivolous. It is said that his reputation as a scholar is not clear. He also came to pester a woman repeatedly because he coveted her beauty. The woman's father was very angry." Annoyed, chased him out, but got into trouble with others by mistake and lost his life, seriously, isn’t it also his fault.”
Cui Xiangsheng was even more displeased when he heard this, and scolded coldly: "He is really a beast in clothes, call him over!"
One of Wang Yacha's servants hurried ashore along the small bridge and rushed to Ye Xiaotian's seat. Ye Xiaotian just leaned into Xia Yingying's ear and whispered something softly, which made the beautiful woman blush and hit him shamefully , the yacha came straight in front of them.
Yacha said: "This is Ye Xiaotian Ye Xiucai, Wang Xuezheng and Mr. Cui please come forward and answer."
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and slowly stood up, Xia Yingying said happily: "Look! I'll just say it! A real young talent can't hide his brilliance even if he sits so far away, Brother Xiaotian , Wang Xuezheng and Mr. Cui think they have heard of your name."
"Am I that good?"
Ye Xiaotian glanced movedly at Miss Xia, who "sees Song Yu in the eye of a beholder". He didn't think that he would be able to win the ears of Wang Xuezheng and Mr. Cui because of his reputation, but he also followed the yamen messenger to the small bridge.
The other scholars who had no chance to show their faces in front of Wang Xuezheng looked at him enviously when they saw that Wang Xuezheng and Mr. Cui had specially sent someone to invite him to speak.
When Ye Xiaotian walked to the Qiyun Pavilion and saw Xu Boyi and Li Qiuchi with sneers on their faces, his heart skipped a beat. If Wang Xuezheng and Mr. Cui summoned him in such a mess, it might not be a good thing. son.
Cui Xiangsheng looked at Ye Xiaotian coldly, preconceived, he was already bored when he saw his appearance, and seeing that he was not like other scholars, he immediately bent over and flattered him when he saw him, he was even more displeased.
Cui Xiangsheng slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "Today's banquet in the clouds, all the guests are Guiyang officials, elders from all over the world, and talented scholars. It's not appropriate for you to bring your daughter with you, and you don't know what to do with this." It's too insulting for a shameless woman to tease her in public!"
If the words "shameless" were removed from what he said, Ye Xiaotian would have endured it even if it was an outrageous accusation, and bowed to him perfunctorily, saying "students are taught", and then let this old guy rely on his old self to teach him a lesson A few words will not make a sound.
But Cui Xiangsheng was too harsh, and he criticized Ye Xiaotian's woman with a sentence of "shameless". Ye Xiaotian's face turned cold immediately, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. At such a great age, you should also know that you should not eat or talk indiscriminately!
That woman is from the Yi people. The girls of the Yi family are passionate, lively and cheerful, which is naturally different from the girls in the Central Plains, and they don't understand the etiquette of the Central Plains. As the saying goes: Do as the Romans do! Now that you have arrived in Guizhou, you use the etiquette of the Central Plains to evaluate the women in Guizhou, but you don't know whether you are a great Confucian or a corrupt Confucian? "
Cui Xiangsheng was used to saying the last sentence, but Ye Xiaotian suddenly robbed him of it, Dengjue's face was dull, and when he heard the last sentence, he came up angrily, his face was hot.
Relying on his reputation and status among scholars, he also wanted to enter the temple as an official as a "virtuous talent". Unfortunately, when the Minister of the Ministry of Officials recommended Cui Xiangsheng, a great sage, to the emperor, Zhang Juzheng happened to be by the emperor's side, and said casually: "This rotten Confucian is worthless!"
Just this one remark completely cut off Cui Xiangsheng's chance of becoming an official, and the word "rotten Confucianism" has since become his heart disease. Now that Ye Xiaotian said such words, Cui Xiangsheng's face was swollen with anger, and he pointed at Ye Xiaotian. , with a trembling voice: "Zhuzi! You Zhuzi!"
Father Xia heard Cui Xiangsheng say that his daughter "knows no shame", and was furious. He was staring at Cui Xiangsheng. Hearing Ye Xiaotian's words, he looked at him a little more pleasingly. Now that Ye Xiaotian came forward, he calmed down. .
Li Qiuchi and Xu Boyi originally intended to belittle Ye Xiaotian in front of this great Confucian, seeing Ye Xiaotian being so upbeat, he choked on Mr. Cui as soon as he came here, secretly happy in his heart, Xu Boyi sneered and said: "I used to live in Huzhou County, I remember meeting Zuxia when I was in Hu County, I was still a commoner at that time, but I don’t know when Zuxia became a scholar?"
Naturally, Xu Boyi would not expose the fact that Ye Xiaotian used to pretend to be an official. This matter was obviously unanimously agreed by all the officials in Hu County. He also knew that Ye Xiaotian would not admit this matter, so he vaguely stated that he knew him.
When Cui Xiangsheng heard Xu Boyi's words, he immediately remembered what Li Qiuchi said just now about the strangeness of this person's fame, so he wanted to make a fuss about it. Knock down the dust, and never turn over.
Cui Xiangsheng said coldly: "You are a scholar with vulgar words? Where are you from, how old are you, when and where did you get your fame?"
If someone asks two years later, I am afraid that Ye Xiaotian will forget his qualifications and even the year of admission. Fortunately, he has just taken the exam and said: "The student is nineteen years old, and the Dawanshan Division of Tongren Prefecture Ren's, just this year was registered as a scholar, and his teacher is Li Gong Zhongyin, the teacher of Tongren Prefecture."
Cui Xiangsheng thought: "Dawanshansi? Isn't that my hometown? My hometown has always been poor in culture and education. I was sent to the Central Plains to study at my uncle's house when I was young. When did a scholar come out in my hometown? Why didn’t anyone mention it when I went home this time? When I was in Tongren, the local officials hosted a banquet, and Li Jiaoyu was there, so why didn’t he mention it?”
But Ye Xiaotian is a scholar selected by Tongren Mansion, if there is really a problem with his reputation as a scholar, then the local government must have done something wrong. Cui Xiangsheng is from the family of Tongren, if Ye Xiaotian's true face is exposed on the spot, then Tongren Mansion will also be involved.
The Cui family lived in Tongren Dawanshan Division for generations, and the Zhang family in Tixi has been the magistrate of Tongren for generations, and it is the direct management of Dawanshan Division. If he offends the local emperor, will their Cui family still have a good life? This matter is out of the question, why not put aside the matter related to Tongren Mansion, test his knowledge, criticize him bloody, and ruin his reputation among scholars. For a literati, this is worse than death.
Thinking of this, Cui Xiangsheng put aside the matter and said instead: "This old man is from Dawanshan Siren. Tongren has always been poor in culture and education. Now I am very pleased to have a junior like you. Today, everyone is talented and upright." You might as well show what you have learned in composing poems and strategies, if you are really learned, this old man will spare you the crime of speaking innocently."
Ye Xiaotian understood when he saw the murderous look in his eyes: "This old guy is going to slap me in the face. If you want to slap me in the face, I will slap your face first. As the saying goes, it is better to strike first, and then you will suffer." !" However, he still didn't know what kind of poems he wrote or what arguments he was debating just now, and when the yamen sent a loud announcement just now, he didn't listen at all, so Ye Xiaotian said, "I don't know what is the meaning of this poem?"
Seeing his composure, Cui Xiangsheng felt a little shaken in his heart: "Could it be that this man is really full of knowledge, so he is so proud of his talent?" Cui Xiangsheng said: "Choose any object as the topic, and recite a poem on the spot. It only needs to have a metaphorical meaning."
Ye Xiaotian thought to himself: "Talking about my poetic talent is not so good, even if I really have Li Du's talent, this old guy clearly wants to humiliate me, so he can use his reputation and status to belittle me. Anyway, I don't need to buy better than him, so I might as well walk away."
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, Ye Xiaotian's heart moved, and suddenly he remembered something, a smile couldn't help but floated on his face, and he said straightforwardly: "Okay! Then the student will recite a poem, please comment!"
With his hands behind his back, Ye Xiaotian began to pace up and down in front of the pavilion. There was no sound inside and outside the Qiyun Pavilion for a while, no matter who was holding his breath, because of Ye Xiaotian's feat of contradicting the Confucianism, no one would dare to underestimate him now. People can really recite the quatrains through the ages.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Ye Xiaotian took three steps, and then walked back three steps. Some people couldn't hold back any longer, they went to touch the wine glasses nervously, moisten their throats before talking, but saw Ye Xiaotian stop after taking the sixth step, and chanted: "The millennium iron tree hasn't bloomed, so it's not yet the millennium? He's only nineteen, and you're not as good as him!"
"Pfft! Cough cough cough cough..."
Those who were drinking were unlucky, they choked and coughed again and again, and the people sitting opposite them were also unlucky, they were sprayed all over their faces, the reaction of these people was exactly the same as Ye Xiaotian's original reaction. It's just that Ye Xiaotian didn't dare to show a look of ridicule at that time, but these people couldn't help laughing, and many of them burst out laughing on the spot.
Daddy Xia stared at his big eyes, and for a moment couldn't understand everyone's reaction, he didn't know how well the poem was done by this brat who captivated their precious girl with his perfect tongue.
Ye Xiaotian didn't panic, and explained with a smile: "This poem..."
"Good! Great poem!"
Before Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, someone started to speak impatiently, and the person holding his stinky feet was not Ye Xiaotian's illiterate quasi-father-in-law, but the great scholar Cui Xiangsheng!