Seeing that he was not only defeated, but also ridiculed by Chen Xiaomu. Zhuge Cheng felt that stars were dancing in front of his eyes, and his head was dizzy. His body swayed involuntarily and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Ye Duzheng had quick eyes and quick hands, and he took one step. He jumped out from behind the desk and helped him!
Zhuge Cheng bit the tip of his tongue lightly and regained his composure. He first turned around and glanced gratefully at Ye Duzheng, who was supporting him, and then said to Chen Xiaomu sadly: "Chen Tongpan, you won, but you also lost!"
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu said with a smile: "I wonder what Master Zhuge said?"
Zhuge Chang sighed and said: "Chen Tongpan, I admit that you are very talented, but you really shouldn't joke about me marrying a wife. I am an old man who is over seventy years old. His health is getting worse, and my wife is pregnant. He passed away while fleeing. His only son used to be the magistrate of the Anping Prefecture. Because of the Chu army's invasion of the south, after the city of Anping was captured, the son's family lost contact and his whereabouts are still unknown. Today, the only one left in the mansion is me, an old man. With a few maids and servants, I usually didn't even have anyone to talk to after I returned from the previous court, so I thought of marrying a concubine, even if I could chat with me to relieve my boredom. !”
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaomu quickly bent over to Zhuge Cheng and said, "Oh, I don't know much about Master Zhuge's family affairs. Please forgive me!"
Zhuge Cheng waved his hands and was about to say something polite, but Wu Guanglu suddenly interrupted: "Sir, this poem you wrote is clearly making fun of the Taiwei, so you can't be considered the winner!"
Looking at Wu Guanglu's rogue face in front of him, Chen Xiaomu temporarily suppressed the anger in his chest because of Zhuge Cheng's face, and said coldly: "What do you want?"
"Unless, unless...!" Facing Chen Xiaomu's stern gaze, Wu Guanglu couldn't help but feel short of breath. It turned out that he was just eager to get rid of the money he lost in gambling, and had not thought of the following countermeasures. He hesitated for a while, and then he came to his senses in his haste. , suddenly thought of a good plan, and then said: "Unless the elder writes another poem that can make everyone sad and applaud, Xiao Ke can be sincerely convinced and admit defeat!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but became angry and couldn't help but yell at him: "Who do you think you are? Do you still want to take the poetry test for the school official?"
Seeing this, Zhuge Cheng hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said with a smile: "Hey, Chen Tong, please calm down. Your Excellency has a lot of money, so why bother getting angry with a common man like Wu Guanglu! Since he wants to be convinced of losing, he might as well come again I know you are very talented, but composing a poem is not something that comes easily to you!"
As soon as Zhuge Cheng finished speaking, there was a burst of ridicule from the people eating melons in the hall. Everyone was laughing at him, a dignified official of the imperial court. He had obviously lost the bet in public, but he was still shameless in front of everyone. Come on!
At this time, how could Zhuge Cheng care about face? For a high-ranking official in a small country like him, this one million taels of silver was as unattainable as he could ever be!
Chen Xiaomu didn't expect Zhuge Cheng to be so shameless. He had already lost, but she was just casually polite to him, and he could use Po Xia Donkey to help Wu Guanglu and compose another sad poem.
Chen Xiaomu immediately said to Zhuge Cheng rudely: "Master Zhuge, I can write another sad poem, but you have to pay more!"
"What? Do you need more money?" Zhuge Cheng couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "Yes, at least another two hundred thousand taels will be added. If you agree, we don't need to write a document and just make a verbal agreement."
"This..." Zhuge Cheng hesitated unconsciously. At this time, Wu Guanglu's gambler nature was once again aroused by Chen Xiaomu. For him, it was now equivalent to the 1.3 million he used 200,000 taels of silver to gamble with Chen Xiaomu. Two silver dollars, is there anything more cost-effective than this? Furthermore, he did not believe that Chen Xiaomu could write sad and applauding poems in the blink of an eye, unless he was a literary star from the sky who came down to earth, but how could this be possible!
At this moment, Wu Guanglu had already decided in his heart that Chen Xiaomu was stealing the chicken, and deliberately proposed an additional 200,000 taels of silver bet to intimidate him and Zhuge Cheng into retreating in the face of difficulties.
After making up his mind, Wu Guanglv raised his hands and said to Zhuge Cheng, who was still hesitating: "Sir Taiwei, the bet of 200,000 taels of silver belongs to my Wu family!"
Zhuge Cheng squinted his eyes and reminded him: "You have to think about it!"
Wu Guanglu nodded immediately: "Sir Taiwei, the common people have thought about it!"
"Okay." Zhuge Cheng no longer hesitated, turned to Chen Xiaomu and said, "Chen Tongpan, please!"
After hearing the sound, Chen Xiaomu gathered his emotions for a moment, then slowly said: "Jiang Chengzi. Mourning for the death of his wife"
The difference between life and death is vast, unthinkable, and unforgettable.
Thousands of miles of lonely tomb, no place to speak of desolation.
Even if we meet each other, we should not know each other, our faces are covered with dust and our temples are like frost.
At night, I suddenly returned to my hometown with a deep dream. I was dressing up outside the small window.
They looked at each other without words, only a thousand lines of tears.
It is expected that the broken part of the intestines will be cut off every year, on a bright moonlit night, there will be short pines.
At first, Zhuge Cheng was wary that Chen Xiaomu would use some sensational verses to incite everyone's emotions so that he and Wu Guanglu would admit defeat. However, with Chen Xiaomu's low, magnetic, and seductive voice, he recited this poem. The desolate and beautiful poem made Zhuge Cheng couldn't help but be involved in it. It was almost the same scene as described in the poem, and he couldn't help but think of his old wife who had been with him for most of his life. Not long ago, he was on the run. She was knocked down from the carriage and fell to death. In order to escape, she didn't even have time to get a thin-skinned coffin. She just wrapped her in a straw mat and buried her hastily in a pine forest on a hillside!
Although Zhuge Cheng was always wary of the trap set by Chen Xiaomu, he could not avoid it in the end. When he listened to Chen Xiaomu reciting this song "Jiang Chengzi. Mourning the Death of Wife" as if it was tailor-made for him, he couldn't help but evoke the feeling in his heart. I was so hurt that I couldn't help myself for a moment, and my eyes were quietly red! "
The war to destroy Zheng initiated by the Chu State not only nearly destroyed the Zheng State's court, but also caused many casualties among the people at the bottom of the Zheng State. Many families had relatives who died in this war, so after Chen Xiaomu finished reciting " After the whole poem "Jiang Chengzi. Mourning for the Death of Wife", it immediately aroused the resonance of many people in the crowd in the hall, and the sobs continued one after another. The young scholar standing next to Hou Qi said to Hou Qi with tears in his eyes: "Master Qi, if you can hear this fairy poem, my nephew's life will be worth living. Master Chen is really the Wenqu star who came to our country of Zheng!"
The girl who came from Qin State to find out what was going on was extremely shocked at this moment. She stood there blankly, unable to even say a word. The middle-aged lady gently patted her shoulder from behind and imitated her. Following her tone, he jokingly said: "Daughter, this liar didn't know where to copy two good poems to deceive people!"
The girl blushed when she heard this, lowered her head and said coquettishly: "Mother, are there so many unheard of good poems in this world that he can copy? Besides, if there really were so many good poems surviving today, they would have been copied long ago. Word has spread! I have never heard either of the two poems he is reciting."
"Oh!" the middle-aged lady chuckled: "So, you now admit that these two poems were written by him?"
The girl nodded and sighed softly: "Mother, my daughter has never seen such a talented person. I'm afraid even the teacher can't compare with him!"
On the other side of the crowd, Zhao Yiqiu seemed to be dreaming. He twisted his arm quietly with his hands, and bit the tip of his tongue with his teeth. If Chen Xiaomu hadn't already recognized her outside the Cicada City in Zheng State, she would have known her. She really doubted whether the young handsome man in front of her who could write poems and was so talented was the silly little brother she had played with since childhood!
Zhuge Cheng said dejectedly in the court: "Chen Tongpan, I have to say that your "Jiangchengzi" is a peerless poem. You still win this round! But I still have an extravagant wish, which I hope Chen Tongpan can fulfill. !”
Chen Xiaomu guessed what Zhuge Cheng wanted to say next, so he smiled and said, "Does Master Zhuge want my subordinate to present this song "Jiang Chengzi. Mourning for the Death of Wife" to you?"
Zhuge Cheng quickly made a bow to Chen Xiaomu upright, and then said solemnly: "That's right, please Chen Tongpan to present this immortal poem to me. Because my wife loved poetry and songs very much during her lifetime, I want to find a stonemason to give it to me." Engraved on her tombstone, if my old wife can read this immortal poem by Chen Tongpan under the Nine Springs, she will definitely forgive me for my sin of disrespect in hastily burying her!"
Chen Xiaomu was shocked when he heard that he thought: "Young master has also stolen Lao Su's poem. If your old wife meets Lao Su down there, and those two old ghosts have a dispute over the copyright of the poem, then what will happen?" If you all come to me to testify, wouldn’t you scare me to death?”
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaomu cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Master Zhuge, it's okay to present poems, but when you find someone to carve on the tombstone, don't carve my name on it too. I'm afraid your old wife will look down there. Later, if you come to me to discuss poetry matters, it will be troublesome!"
"Pfft" Zhuge Cheng was so amused by Chen Xiaomu's serious nonsense that he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Even Wei Wen, who had always been secretive, lowered his head and snickered silently. Wei Yuxin, Wei Yu Shang and others were laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. In short, everyone in the hall was laughing with various expressions. Only Wu Guanglu couldn't laugh anymore. He thought that his family property would be gone in the blink of an eye. Most of the time, he wanted to cry! After thinking about it, he was still unwilling to let so much money go to waste. When everyone calmed down a little, Wu Guanglu held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked Chen Xiaomu for credit: "Master, Xiaoke helped you solve three serial murder cases in Xinjing City. , this credit is not small, right? Can you please exempt some of Xiao Ke’s fine?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "I just said that to deceive Li Jiange. In fact, the three murder case files handed over by Mr. Jia did not mention the loss of any jade walls from the Shen family!"
"This...!" Wu Guanglu was stunned when he heard this, and the last glimmer of hope was instantly shattered. Li Jiange couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief when he heard this. He was even secretly grateful to Chen Xiaomu in his heart.
Despite Zhuge Cheng and Wu Guanglu's tricks, the rape case that framed Yu Chengwen was still clearly investigated by Chen Xiaomu. Next, Chen Xiaomu was preparing to interrogate the four so-called gangsters that Zhang Feili brought back from the duck restaurant. The rebels had just asked Zhang Feili to bring the four old men to the public case. At this time, someone in the hall couldn't help shouting: "Master Tong Sen, let's try the duck first! We have been standing here for a long time, with our feet on our feet. Damn, I just want to see how you judge a duck!"
Chen Xiaomu laughed loudly when he heard this and responded: "Okay, okay, after such a long time, I estimate that all those ducks have confessed!"
"What? You confessed without even interrogating me. Didn't you trick us?" When everyone heard Chen Xiaomu's words, they immediately started talking.
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand towards Wei Yuxin: "Quick, Inspector Wei, can you go to the duck cage and see if all the ducks have been recruited?"
Wei Yu looked at him suspiciously, but walked quickly to the duck cage. As soon as she bent down, a sour smell hit her nostrils. She immediately covered her mouth and nose with her hands and shouted: "Ouch, It stinks, it stinks!"
Chen Xiaomu heard the sound and walked out from behind the public case. As he walked, he said excitedly: "So, these ducks have already confessed?"
Wei Yu rolled his eyes at him and muttered: "You're a big-headed devil, the duck cage is full of duck shit, it will stink to death!"
Chen Xiaomu listened but turned around and waved to Shopkeeper Yang of the Yang Family Duck Restaurant: "Shopkeeper Yang, come here and see if these ducks confessed correctly."
Shopkeeper Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had no choice but to go to the duck cage, covered his mouth and nose, and looked left and right. After looking for a long time, he couldn't see anything, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "Master Qingtian, please forgive me for being stupid. Xiaomin really didn’t see how these ducks confessed?”
Chen Xiaomu said angrily: "Then explain to me, didn't you say that all the ducks in your house are fed bran? Then why are the duck poop in the two cages of ducks here thick and white, while the duck poop in the two cages of ducks over there are so thick? Thin and dark?”
"Ah! This...!" Shopkeeper Yang was suddenly speechless and speechless.
Chen Xiaomu continued: "If you don't accept it, I will have these two cages of ducks killed and open the ducks' naps to see if there is bran inside."
