After hearing this, Kong Wenshun was suddenly surprised and said in amazement: "Did I guess that the second couplet was wrong?"
Su Shi said: "I do have a couplet here. Although it is flawed, it is enough to cover up everyone's opinions."
Kong Wenshun was surprised and delighted. What was surprising was that Su Shi's talent seemed to be higher than he thought. What was happy was that at least in this matter, Su Shi's character was already higher than that of many others.
But he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are you serious about what you said?"
Su Shi said sternly: "Master Kong should know that I posted this couplet out of impatience at that time. I had no intention of embarrassing the Qin government. If you don't believe it, I can tell you the second couplet now."
Kong Wenshun saw that Su Shi's expression was serious, and it didn't look like he was saying something against his will. He waved his hands and said, "As long as you have this intention, you don't have to tell me. If the following couplet spreads out from me and ruins a good marriage, wouldn't it be my fault?"
Su Shi smiled and said, "I naturally believe that Mr. Kong will tell the truth."
Kong Wenshun picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "This tea has some flavor now."
Then Kong Wenshun and Su Shi started chatting casually. Originally he wanted to talk about poetry with Su Shi, but Su Shi heard that he had traveled around when he was young, and couldn't help but yearn for him, so Kong Wenshun told interesting stories about traveling to great rivers and mountains.
Su Shi was a good listener. Kong Wenshun listened with interest when he was telling the story and never interrupted easily. Even when making comments, they are concise and to the point. When Kong Wenshun talked about the embarrassments during his travels, Su Shi even teased him humorously.
What made Kong Wenshun's conversation even more interesting was that Su Shi would occasionally write poems to him, and all the poems he wrote amazed him.
The two of them were chatting happily, but before they knew it, it was getting dark. Kong Wenshun said without hesitation: "It's getting late, and I should go back home."
Su Shi said hurriedly: "We are guests passing through the door. Why don't Master Kong have dinner before leaving? Otherwise, others will say that our general's residence is not polite."
Kong Wenshun glanced at him and said with a smile, "Are you, Su Shi, a person who abides by ethics?"
In the chat just now, although Su Shi didn't say much, Kong Wenshun still understood Su Shi's character from between the lines.
Su Shi was by no means a peaceful master, and his words and deeds were very different from other scholars. Sometimes he even made shocking remarks, which shocked Kong Wenshun. If these words were spread, they would definitely cause an uproar.
Su Shi also smiled and said, "If you respect someone, you will naturally follow the etiquette."
Kong Wenshun sighed: "If nothing happens, I will definitely disturb you, but today is indeed an unlucky day."
Hearing what he said, Su Shi couldn't force him to stay, so he had to say: "In that case, it's not convenient for me to force him to stay."
Kong Wenshun stood up and said goodbye, and Su Shi walked all the way outside the mansion. When the carriage disappeared at the end of the street, Su Shi turned around and returned to the mansion.
Su Zhou came back very late. When he came back, Su Shi had already had dinner and was sitting in the study reading.
When Su Zhou saw Su Shi appeared in the study, holding a book and reading it with gusto, his eyes couldn't help but become a little strange.
He couldn't help but tease: "Since when did you like reading books?"
Su Shi put down the book and was about to speak when he suddenly smelled a faint smell of alcohol: "Drinking?"
Su Zhou found a chair and sat down. He breathed out a breath of alcohol and said, "Today my colleagues got together and had a few drinks."
Su Shi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then why don't you go wash up? You clearly know that my sister-in-law can't smell the smell of alcohol."
Su Zhou glared: "Of course I know how to wash up. I don't need you to remind me."
"I was just talking casually." After saying that, Su Shi got up and prepared to go back to the bedroom to rest.
Seeing that Su Shi wanted to run away, Su Zhou asked: "Kong Jijiu, why did Master Kong come here today?"
Su Shi stopped, looked at him, and said, "Master Kong came here for nothing special. We just chatted for a few words."
Su Zhou naturally didn't believe what he said and motioned for him to sit down. Su Shi had no choice but to sit down again, and then described in detail his meeting with Kong Wenshun.
When Su Zhou learned that Su Shi actually had a second line, he couldn't help showing surprise on his face.
Su Shi's couplet has spread throughout the capital. Even in the Ministry of War, Su Zhou would occasionally hear people mention it.
Moreover, he had also inquired about it and knew that this couplet was not easy to deal with. Even the literary masters in Beijing were at a loss to solve this couplet. It can be said that it is eternal.
Su Shi actually hid the second couplet, and even Su Zhou couldn't help but become curious.
Then when he heard that he was willing to give the second line to the Qin Mansion to make Qin Nan famous, Su Zhou couldn't help but look at him with admiration. When did Su Shi learn to consider others?
As for their subsequent chat about their travels, Su Zhou was not very interested in listening.
Although Su Zhou was angry about the Qin Mansion breaking off the engagement, he did not hate the Qin Mansion because he also knew that Su Shi's character and talent were indeed not worthy of Qin Nan. So Su Shi wanted to return the marriage certificate, and he strongly agreed.
But now it seems that Su Shi may not be worthy of Qin Nan.
At this time, Su Zhou suddenly remembered Su Shi's words.
"It can only be said that it is her loss if she doesn't marry me."
Su Zhou couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself, because at that time he thought it was just Su Shi's angry words, so he never took it seriously.
After Su Shi left the study, a figure appeared in the study. Su Zhou looked at him and asked, "Zhang Ao, have you been secretly guarding the second young master these past few days?"
Zhang Ao replied: "Yes."
"Is there anything unusual today?"
Zhang Ao shook his head, but there was a very strange expression on his face.
Su Zhou couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Zhang Ao smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing strange around the Second Young Master today, but his behavior today is extremely weird."
"Su Shi? What's weird about him?"
So Zhang Ao reported to Su Zhou everything that happened after Su Shi left the general's mansion.
When Su Zhou heard that Su Shi had come to help Chen Ang and his daughter, he nodded secretly. Then when he heard about Dong Yuan Zhiku, his expression suddenly became serious and solemn, and his whole body leaned forward slightly, as if he was afraid of missing a word.
When he heard that Su Shi actually made up Shen Xunhuan's name, he was a little bit dumbfounded.
But when he finally heard that Su Shi actually wanted to bet with Dongyuan Zhiku, Su Zhou's face suddenly turned livid, and his change in his view of Su Shi disappeared.
At this time, Zhang Ao looked at Su Zhou Tieqing's face and said cautiously: "Eldest Young Master, don't get angry yet. Second Young Master's behavior seems strange today, but I always feel that he seems to be very confident in this bet."
Su Zhou didn't speak and was deep in thought. After a long time, he asked with a solemn face: "Yesterday at the Flower Garden and today at Dongyuan Quality Store, do you think Su Shi's presence in these two places was intentional or unintentional? "
