Ch3 - Ah, the disobedient pet has disturbed the general (2/2)
Xue Ling isn’t bothered with mending the loopholes in the author’s plot. He now needs to follows his own plan, obediently taking the three day exam, and then wait for the announcement of successful candidates.
Half a month after the announcement, a palace examination will be arranged, which is what Xue Ling has been waiting for.
With the plot in hand, Xue Ling naturally knows what article Duan Xuyang wrote. He wrote the same article as him, but the difference is, Xue Ling’s article has deeper insights. One only needs to take a look at it to know his point of view, and in the end, the various ways and means listed are much more cultured than Duan Xuyang’s article which only refers to the original manuscript.
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Their two articles are identical; eventually there will be problems. Xue Ling is not sure whether the emperor will solve the problem before the palace examination, or change to other ways after he discovers the issue. Anyway, as long as the cheating and plagiarism is caught, Duan Xuyang’s future path will have been cut in half.
Even if the general helps, he will never be able to mix in the world of officials in this life. Once this matter comes out, his talent and reputation will be completely destroyed. The only thing he will be able to do is rely on the general’s help to do business with his modern transmigration ideas.
Xue Ling did not intend to break his fortune-making road for the moment, because he did not know what the general’s intentions were.
Because the money brought by the two people is only being spent and not being made, Xiao Qing is wracking his brains over the usage of silver. Seeing him always walking around with an aggrieved face, Xue Ling thought for a long time, then drew several pictures and wrote several poems, letting Xiao Qing take them out for sale.
Xiao Qing was a bit dumbfounded at his paintings and poems. Although his gongzi was also very amazing before, such hands-on efforts were really very strange. After all, looking at his age and experience, although quite talented, he was always unsatisfied, so every painting is burnt. Looking at gongzi’s work now, it seems like everything is different.
“Gongzi, how did your writing change…”
Xue Ling’s movements paused, laughingly saying, “Those who are reborn from Nirvana are always grateful for their awakening. You not understanding this is normal.”
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Xiao Qing seems to hazily understand something, but it does not prevent him from worshipping his gongzi more and more deeply.
So a wave of calligraphy and painting was set off in the capital.
Xiao Qing hung out the calligraphy and paintings according to his gongzi’s instructions, with no mention of pricing anywhere. After hanging the works on the roadside for three days, an old man went down to the road and passed through the place. He was amazed to the heavens, and after paying a lot of money to buy piece of calligraphy, the stall became extremely popular.
Xiao Qing is only responsible for looking after the stall, telling anyone who comes to ask that the paintings are from his gongzi, who ordered him to sell them for money. He doesn’t know anything else.
If you ask him who his gongzi is, he will not answer, if you ask the price of painting and calligraphy, he also does not answer, if you are rude, he will silently pack up the collection of painting and calligraphy, close the stall, and leave.
Many people followed him to try and find out who his gongzi was, but in the end, could find out nothing.
Xue Ling painted five paintings. Under his orders, they were put into the hands of two princes, the elders of two families, and the people of the General’s Palace. The news about this mysterious stall that persisted for half a month was finally diluted and suppressed by the news of the imperial examination announcement.
In the General’s Palace, in the general’s study, the Deputy General was a little puzzled, asking his general, “General, what is the mystery of this painting? You bought it and observed it for so many days. What on earth do you see?”
This dynasty’s general, who has never been defeated since he was thirteen years old, is named Cong Hui and called the God of War. Right now, he is staring at the painting attentively, hearing his deputy general’s words, he glanced over, finally spitting out two words, “Boorish fellow.”
He is called the God of war, but the general is not a big man, at least not the same as a deputy general who looks very ferocious. He was tall, handsome, thin and powerful, like a bow that has been pulled taught. Because he is at home, he was not wearing armor, but instead a black robe, very convenient to describe, and very comfortable to wear.
Cong Hui is the hero of this book and the author’s deep love. He has all the advantages, being proficient in playing chess, painting and calligraphy. He has also written one or two articles, and many people praise him. Although his main job is killing and fighting, the author seems to have put all the skills he can think of on him. And then added on some more loveable points.
So the general, is like most main character gongs, saying very little, but able to penetrate the hearts of the people. When he talks about love, he speaks deeply. Although he seldom speaks, every word is like an oath.
In recent days, the general has been handling military affairs every day. Other than that, the only thing he likes most is to lock himself in his study and enjoy the painting he has collected. He can look at it for an afternoon, but because he seldom opens his mouth, no one knows why he really cares about it.
In fact, it is nothing more than simply appreciating the painting. The deeper he looks at it, the more curious he is about the painter. He sent a lot of people to investigate, but didn’t receive any news, this makes him even more surprised and curious.
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As the most stable person in this book, General Cong Hui should have no curiosity such things, but his heart was really tickled by the painting, the little part of him that loves talent constantly coming out to make mischief.
This curiosity reached its peak when a little fox was thrown at him by the newly appointed number one scholar of the examinations while he was riding his horse across the street.
Well, he was riding his horse across the market, and the unusually beautiful and delicate number one scholar threw a little fox at him.
According to the number one scholar’s own words, it should be: “Ah, the disobedient pet has disturbed the general.”
The little fox was held up by the scruff of his neck, a red-clothed figure that was supporting his cheek in his hand lowered his eyebrows and looked down, that pair of fox eyes gave off a bewitching glow, brightly gorgeous red lips matched with his red scholar’s clothing, made his originally white skin even more glittering and translucent.
The general’s heart and soul was moved.