The third prince felt that the voice sounded different and thought he was overthinking it. He waved his hand and said, "You continue, I will watch from the side."
The scarred man slightly raised his head and looked at the third prince, wanting to say something, but he never spoke.
The third prince turned around and sat aside, picked up the book Du Wanchun had put away just now and read it.
He read each book one by one. When he looked at Yuan Shusheng's book, he admired it very much and couldn't help but praise: "This gentleman is really talented in literature."
With a smile on his face, Shusheng Yuan saluted the Third Prince, "Thank you, Third Prince, for your compliment."
The third prince slowly put down the book in his hand and picked up the scarred man's book.
As soon as the book was opened, the third prince suddenly looked shocked. The handwriting on it was exactly the same as that of the eldest young master of the Hai family. ?.?????.???
The eldest young master of the Hai family is dead, and the one who survives must be his younger brother.
The Third Prince's hands couldn't help but tremble, and he raised his head slightly to look at the scarred man.
Only then did he realize that his face hidden by hair and scars was none other than the Young Master of the Hai family.
Du Wanchun noticed something strange about the third prince and asked him, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
The Third Prince came to his senses slightly, slowly put Scar Man's book and Yuan Shusheng's book aside, and said, "Wan Chun, I see that these two are quite knowledgeable."
Du Wanchun also thought so. She turned her head to look at Scar Man and Yuan Shusheng and said, "Two gentlemen, please stay."
Yuan Shusheng was immediately overjoyed. He grabbed the scarred man and said with a smile, "Great, we can all stay."
The scarred man's eyes were still on the Third Prince and Du Wanchun.
His heart was full of doubts. How could the prince who was supposed to be in the capital become the father of shopkeeper Zhou Jidu?
While he was lost in thought, the other four scholars started making a fuss.
"I have known this for a long time. You have taken a fancy to them all the time, so why did you recruit us to take the exam! Aren't you kidding us?"
"Yes, that's right, the Zhou family is indeed a cunning merchant!"
"No, you have to give us an explanation. We can't let our trip go in vain."
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The third prince frowned when he heard their complaints. If he was usually in the palace, he would have sent his guards to drive them away.
After suppressing his anger, he threw Yuan Shusheng and Scar Man's booklet to them.
"You will know why they are the ones left behind!"
The scholars quickly picked up the books on the ground.
After everyone rushed to read it, they all admired it.
Only Wei Xiucai was unconvinced and threw away the booklet, "I don't feel that my talents and learning are inferior to theirs."
Du Wanchun ignored his words and asked Nan Fengling to bring some money over and said, "It is indeed our fault that you all made this trip in vain, so there are some expenses here. You can take a share and go home."
The scholars looked up and saw a lot of silver on the plate. This money was not only enough for their travel expenses, but also enough for them to drink for more than half a year.
After hesitating for a long time, the group of people took the money and left obediently.
Only Wei Xiucai was left. He came here just to be a spy, so naturally he would not leave just for these few taels of silver.
Du Wanchun asked him: "Wei Xiucai, don't you want these expenses?"
Wei Xiucai put his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Shopkeeper Du, I don't want this money. I just want justice. It's obvious that my talents and learning are not inferior to theirs, so why are they the ones who are left behind, not me?"
Du Wanchun lowered his eyes slightly and smiled slowly: "Wei Xiucai is a scholar. Our Zhou family recruits gentlemen not only based on their talent and learning, but also based on their conduct."
Wei Xiucai reacted immediately and said in a deep voice: "You mean, my character is not good enough?"
Du Wanchun said coldly: "You should know very well what your character is, and you shouldn't need me to explain it in front of so many people."
Wei Xiucai's expression changed drastically, and he lowered his head with a slight guilt, but soon he said shamelessly: "I don't know what Shopkeeper Du means?"
Du Wanchun stood up and said, "Did you secretly take Mr. Yuan's book and burn it?"
Wei Xiucai immediately retorted: "No, I didn't."
Du Wanchun winked at the boy behind him.
The waiter bent over and stood up, "That's Wei Xiucai. I saw him clearly in the inn that day."
Yuan Shusheng also immediately said angrily to Wei Xiucai: "Okay, so it was you who did it! I asked where my book went, but it turned out that you took it away!"
Wei Xiucai quickly scolded: "Nonsense, I didn't take it at all, you framed me!"
Yuan Shusheng rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action, "If you're still being stubborn, let's see if I don't beat you to the point where your teeth are all over the floor!"
At this time, Wei Xiucai took out the dagger from nowhere, pointed it at Yuan Shusheng and said sternly: "Come here, let's see which of us is better!"
Wei Xiucai was a petty person, but he only became enemies with Yuan Shusheng because of a few words.
The few words Du Wanchun said just now made him hate Du Wanchun again.
He was holding a dagger in his hand and wanted to attack Du Wanchun.
Just when Wei Xiucai was arguing with Yuan Shusheng.
The scarred man, who had been silent all this time, suddenly rushed over. First he jumped and lifted Wei Xiucai to the ground, and then he spun and carried him more than ten meters away.
Wei Xiucai fell heavily onto the wall behind him, vomiting blood and fell to the ground.
Before he could react, the scarred man stepped on his back, "Tell me, who sent you here?"
