Xu Que took out his pen and ink and started writing...
After the three rolls of four-foot-long cloth were written on, Xu Que said to the waiter: "Ask the shopkeeper to hang these couplets outside."
"Yes." The waiter responded, picked up three rolls of red cloth and ran downstairs.
When the shopkeeper saw the couplet on the red cloth, he smiled like a chrysanthemum and quickly urged the waiter to hang it up.
There are couplets in this world, so it is not unusual for Xu Que to write couplets, but the content of his couplets is very strange.
When the waiter unfolded the red cloth and hung it up, the first couplet immediately appeared in everyone's eyes.
"The sea is vast and the sky is high, allowing birds to fly..."
Who wrote this? What an artistic conception!
More and more people gathered around, and they all wanted to see the second line posted by the waiter.
When the waiter jumped down from the height again, the second line appeared instantly: "The vast sea is leaping with fish..."
"good!"
In an instant, there were constant cheers from below the restaurant.
"Secretary, hurry up and get the Hengbiao!" everyone urged.
The waiter smiled, climbed up the pillar, and hung up the horizontal batch directly.
The horizontal batch slowly unfolded, and the four big characters instantly caught everyone's eyes.
"The world is vast..."
"Okay! It's really a perfect couplet!"
In an instant, the entire restaurant entrance became lively.
Seeing so many people, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran out and said: "Everyone, this couplet was written by the guest officer upstairs. If you want to get to know this guest officer, please..."
Xu Que, who was standing on the second floor, was stunned. He didn't expect that the shopkeeper would actually do business with him.
Thinking about it again, he became indifferent again. After all, it was for people to publicize. After all, the louder the sensation, those people would be unable to sit still and leave the capital in a big way...
Xu Que showed a smile, it was very exciting to think about it.
With the appearance of the couplet, Beicheng's small restaurant became completely lively, and the news spread quickly.
Prime Minister's Mansion
After learning that Xu Que was at the North Gate and had written such a couplet, Qu Zhongyi ordered his men to make preparations.
"Father, something is not right about this!" Qu Feng said as he entered the main hall.
"What do you mean?" Qu Zhongyi looked at Qu Feng.
"This son can obviously leave quietly, but why should he leave with a big fanfare?" Qu Feng expressed his inner thoughts.
Qu Zhongyi said nothing, waiting for his son to tell him what he was thinking about.
Qu Feng continued: "There must be an explosion here, and based on this kid's consistent style, he must be 100% sure. If we send people to intercept and kill secretly, we will definitely fall into the trap, so I ask father to think twice."
After hearing his son's words, Qu Zhongyi closed his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table.
He was recalling what Xu Que had done recently, and suddenly Qu Zhongyi opened his eyes.
"Let them come back, and tell Yushan Study that the interception and killing are cancelled!" Qu Zhongyi said to the housekeeper outside.
"Yes." The old butler bowed and left.
"Did Father notice something?" Qu Feng looked at his father in confusion. Although he didn't know what was going on, he always felt that something was not right.
In the past, Xu Que was just a playboy in Qu Feng's eyes, but since this kid returned to the capital, the Xu family has become weird, and many things have even deviated from the planned route!
"Do you remember the vision that happened in the ancestral mansion a few days ago?" Qu Zhongyi asked in a deep voice.
"My child remembers that at that time, the great Confucian poets were writing poems written by their ancestors. That night, my child even sent people to send congratulatory gifts." Qu Feng replied respectfully.
"Humph!" Qu Zhongyi sneered: "What Zu Shanhe's work is, it's clearly a poem written by Xu Que Shuzi!"
Hearing Qu Zhongyi's words, Qu Feng was stunned, completely shocked by this matter.
"If my father guessed correctly, then I should have invited Zu Shanhe." A trace of anger flashed in Qu Zhongyi's eyes, but he quickly hid it again, and then continued: "Zu Shanhe alone cannot stop him. The second brother did it, but don’t forget, Zu Shanhe is very close to one person, and that person once even surpassed Xu Que’s song ‘Xia Ke Xing’!”
"Cao Qing!" Qu Feng blurted out: "How is that possible? Why would Cao Qing help Xu Que? Didn't he already ignore..."
Before Qu Feng could finish his words, Qu Zhongyi waved his hand to stop him, thought for a moment and said: "Although Cao Qing has withdrawn from the court, he has two wishes. At first we just thought it was a joke, but now it seems that we can't it is true!"
"Father, if Xu Que is favored by these two people, wouldn't it be more difficult to eradicate the Xu family in the future?" Qu Feng asked.
Qu Zhongyi picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Although they are great scholars and warriors, they can only protect the emperor for a while. The one who wants the Xu family to perish will naturally not have a good end for the Xu family. As long as the inspection envoy arrives in Nanfeng State, everything will go back to where it started.”
After hearing what his father said, Qu Feng finally understood. He bowed deeply and left the main hall.
Qu Zhongyi put down the tea cup, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said with a gloomy face: "If you take the power of my Qu family, you will die!"
No one knows what deal Qu Zhongyi made with the emperor, and no one knows the story between him and the Holy Family.
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Lu Mansion
After learning that Xu Que was causing trouble in a restaurant in Beicheng, Lu Qingfeng almost lost his temper. He felt that Xu Que's couplet was obviously mocking them.
"Father, please calm down. Although that Zhuzi is very proud now, don't forget that he is now the grasshopper of the Queen of Autumn." Lu Liang comforted him.
"Huh!" Lu Qingfeng said angrily: "My father is not that small, I just can't stand him! He is obviously a playboy, but in the end he was awarded a literary foundation by a saint, and now he writes such a couplet in the north of the city. It is obviously Want to warn us!"
Lu Liang didn't say anything. He couldn't tell how much he hated Xu Que. As for the eldest son of the concubine, Lu Sheng, he didn't even think highly of him.
While the two father and son were talking about Xu Que, a girl wearing a veil with lively eyes in the attic in the distance found it interesting.
"Miss, why are you laughing?" asked Xing'er, the maid next to her.
"Both my father and brother were blinded by power. They didn't see how powerful my brother-in-law is. I think he is more than that. Maybe...my sister will regret it when she finds out!" the girl said with a smile.
"Miss, the marriage between Xu Que and the eldest lady is over..." the maid Xing'er reminded her quickly.
"Oh, that's right." The girl felt a little melancholy, then smiled and fantasized: "It would be great if I could replace my sister, but it's a pity..."
"Miss, don't let me and my wife hear this." The maid Xing'er interrupted the young lady.
"Okay, I understand." The girl didn't care at all. She picked up the needle and thread beside her and began to embroider the brocade in front of her.
This red brocade is very long, more than a foot longer than the five-foot cloth on the market.
The embroidery on it is extremely delicate, especially the dragon, which seems to be alive.
…
Beicheng Inn
Two hours have passed since the couplet was posted.
Xu Que raised his head and glanced at the midday sun, with a proud smile on his lips.
Standing up, Xu Que bowed his hands to the guests on the second floor and said, "The time has come, Xu will say goodbye."
Seeing that Xu Que was about to leave, these merchants and scribes also stood up to see him off.
Just when Xu Que arrived at the North City Gate, two figures were already standing here.
"Young man, I have met these two seniors." Xu Que quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"You kid, you are so careless!" Zu Shanhe smiled and stroked his beard.
"I think it's pretty good. He has quite the style of a general." Cao Qing praised him nonchalantly.
"Hehe." Xu Que scratched his head in embarrassment: "You are doing this to let them know that not only can they not touch me, but they also want to see me leave in an upright manner."
Zu Shanhe and Cao Qing looked at each other, and they laughed "haha".
"Okay, you can leave the city. There are two of us here, no one dares to chase you!" Cao Qing patted Xu Que on the shoulder.
"Thank you two seniors. I will thank you deeply when I reach the top!" Xu Que bowed respectfully and then flew towards the north.
Looking at Xu Que's leaving figure, Cao Qing and Zu Shanhe nodded with satisfaction.
And then the two of them vaguely heard something!
"Looking up to the sky and laughing out loud from the city... How could we..."
"This kid!" Zu Shanhe shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"If you want to know, you can catch up and ask." Cao Qing looked at the north and said.
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