Chapter 37 I laugh at you for not understanding politics!
Two days later.
Yuhua Villa, Jie Min arrived as promised.
He also tried to persuade her in the past two days, but Xia Zhibai was unmoved and had a firm attitude. After many attempts to persuade him to no avail, he gave up.
Yuhua Villa is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River. The environment is quiet and elegant, and the sound of gurgling water can be heard from time to time.
When Jie Min rushed to Bieyuan, many people had already arrived.
Seeing Jie Min, Ding Zhiwen walked over and looked back, but did not find the figure. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother Xie, where is Xia Zhibai?"
Xie Min smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"What do you mean? Is Xia Zhibai not coming?" Ding Zhiwen was a little frightened, with disbelief on his face.
Jie Min nodded.
He reached out and pulled Ding Zhiwen, telling him not to be too public. There were many people at the banquet today, so no one would notice this.
Ding Zhiwen smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Xie, I came early, but I saw Huang Zicheng, Lian Zining and others waiting at the courtyard gate."
"I'm afraid I won't be fooled by this matter. Go over there."
Xie Min said with a smile: "The soldiers are coming to block it, and the water is coming to cover it up. It's impossible for Brother Xia to not come, and we will all be too scared to come, right?"
"Let's talk about it. ”
"The results of the general examination have not yet come out. The students from the south may not really have the last laugh. The world is still uncertain. You and I are both dark horses."
As soon as Xie Min arrived, someone immediately noticed it. Ding Xian said loudly: "Hey, this Aren’t you the one who conveyed the message to Xia Zhibai?”
“What?”
“Isn’t this Xia Zhibai afraid that you are required to convey the message on his behalf even on this occasion? "Don't you dare to come." Ding Xian walked up to Jie Min in high spirits.
The last few days.
He is also high-spirited.
I have been around many officials in the court, and some of them are a bit arrogant. Before I was in high school, I already regarded myself as a court official.
When you go out, you will be grand, and when you enter, you will be aura.
Having an officialdom habit, he looks at people with his nose in his nose. He is humble towards those whose talents are above his own, and looks down upon those below him.
Ding Xian spoke in a loud voice, attracting the attention of most people around, and all eyes fell on Jie Min.
Jie Min frowned.
He took a deep breath, thinking about Xia Zhibai's reminder, and said in a deep voice: "Xia Zhibai will indeed not come to participate, and there is no point in participating."
"This is His exact words."
"Xiao Yan is a person who doesn't have much confidence, and he inquires about the details of the imperial examination selection. For Xia Zhibai, he doesn't need to inquire."
" Because his ranking has been determined long ago.”
"Number One Scholar!"
As soon as he said this, everything was silent.
A stern sneer came from the courtyard: "Xia Zhibai is still so arrogant, saying again and again that he is the number one scholar. Doesn't he think that after saying it a few times, he can really become the number one scholar?"
< br>"Joke."
Huang Zicheng walked out of the courtyard.
He had been waiting for Xia Zhibai, but he still didn't arrive, and when he heard Jie Min delivering the message on his behalf, he laughed angrily.
He has seen many arrogant people.
But this is the first time I have seen someone as arrogant as Xia Zhibai. This is not considered arrogant, but arrogant and arrogant.
He also regretted seeing Xia Zhibai as his competitor for the top spot.
He doesn't deserve it.
It also lowered his own status.
"I don't think that's the case." Hua Lun appeared in front of everyone wearing a floral dress, and said with a cold smile: "It's more like knowing that the imperial examination had failed, so he deliberately didn't come to avoid being too embarrassed. Shameful."
"It's human nature!"
Lian Zining also appeared at the gate of the courtyard, Shi Shiran said: "Brother Hua is absolutely right, this Xia Zhibai looks like this now. He is just a talker. "No real talent."
"It's a waste of time that I really thought that a great talent came out of the north, but it turned out that he was just a swindler and a thief. That's right. How can such a poor and desolate place in the north produce any great talent?"
"It's just for fame and reputation."
Huang Lianhua and the three of them, with every word they said to each other, they belittled Xia Zhibai Beifang as useless, and their words were full of arrogance and ridicule.
Jie Min's face turned slightly pale, and he was complaining in his heart. Xia Zhibai was so good at offending people. He was already a little unable to resist being targeted by this attack.
He didn’t even dare to think about it.
If Xia Zhibai were present, he would be targeted and suppressed, but with Xia Zhibai's unruly nature, he would not be afraid of even half of it.
He is not as courageous as Xia Zhibai.
Jie Min wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued gritting his teeth: "Xia Zhibai also asked me to remind you to remember the bet we made that day."
"Lest we have to do it in the future. He reminded. "
Hear the words.
Huang Zicheng and others' expressions darkened, and they said: "Of course I remember this bet. I just hope he doesn't fail the exam. Then I will have to watch from afar."
"Wouldn't it be disappointing to others?" ”
There was a burst of laughter all around.
“Haha.”
“This Xia Zhibai pretends to be quite similar. I don’t know, I really thought he was the number one pick.”
"I don't know where the courage comes from. He dares to boast like this. Even Brother Huang, Brother Lian, and Brother Hua don't dare to vouch for it. How dare he do it?"
"It makes people laugh. "
"People in the north are only good at this. They know that they can't win the exam, so they just want to take advantage of it verbally. However, this is even more ridiculous."
"They have great ambitions and few talents. , sit in the well and look at the sky.”
“…”
Listening to the laughter and sarcasm of the people around them, Ding Zhiwen and other northern students immediately changed their faces.
But they didn't dare to reply. They could only curse Xia Zhibai secretly in their hearts. Why did they provoke Huang Zicheng and others for no reason?
They were also scolded together.
Jie Min also looked ugly. He just conveyed Xia Zhibai's words, but he was directly criticized by all kinds of words and bad words.
I felt quite annoyed.
As a scholar, being so humiliated, I couldn't help but retort: "You laugh at Xia Zhibai for being arrogant."
"But Xia Zhibai only laughs at you."
“I don’t understand politics!”
Jie Min is also willing to go all out at this moment. Instead of continuing to be a coward, he might as well be bold for once. He is going to tell what Xia Zhibai said to him in front of Say it in front of everyone.
There are also some summaries he himself summarized.
Jie Min sneered and said: "I stopped the imperial examination for ten years in the past. The reopening this time is of great significance. As far as I know, among the candidates who participated in the imperial examination, the one who knows the most about our imperial examination is Xia Zhibai."
“This is why he is so confident that he will definitely become the number one scholar.”
“You laugh at Xia Zhibai because you are sitting in a well looking at the sky, and you are the frog at the bottom of the well. But you don’t know that I am waiting in Xia Zhibai’s heart, and that is the real person. "The frog in the well"
"Neither understands the imperial examination nor politics"
"Not even the consciousness of being an official."
After saying these words, Jie Min became bolder. He looked directly at Huang Zicheng and others and said coldly: "Xia Zhibai doesn't have to attend this small banquet because he has already understood the nature of this imperial examination."
"We are the only ones who are proud to have participated in this imperial examination and are complacent here, but we don't know that the examination is only a part of the imperial examination."
"It is never the whole thing!"
“The imperial examinations are held to select officials.”
“Not scholars!”
"Not even the so-called literati."
(End of this chapter)