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Chapter 745 You Never Beat Me

Chen Ziang searched around the capital, and finally found Lu Xiucai who was drunk in a tavern.

"Xiucai, why do you drink so much wine?" Chen Ziang's heart sank. Could it be that Lu Xiucai didn't win the first prize?

"Of course it's for celebration, to celebrate my success in being ranked No. [-], hahahahaha" Lu Xiucai laughed loudly, and continued to drink.

Chen Ziang frowned. The second place is No.2, which means someone else is the number one pick? !
"Scholar, don't drink, I will definitely uphold justice for you." After Chen Zi'ang finished speaking, he forcibly dragged Lu Xiucai back to the inn, and threw him on the bed. Lu Xiucai fell asleep immediately after touching the pillow.

If Lu Xiucai was a contented person in the past, she would be crazy happy to be admitted to the second place. Even if she was disappointed, she would not be so disappointed. There must be a reason for this.

Chen Ziang lay on his bed and looked at the starry sky outside. He didn't expect that even the level of the palace examination would be tricky. Could it be that the scientific research in ancient times has degenerated to this point?

With the starlight and moonlight, Chen Ziang also fell asleep.

The next morning, the sun shone hotly on him.

Chen Ziang hurriedly came to Lu Xiucai's room and found Lu Xiucai sitting on the bed in a daze, his eyes looking a little empty.

"Xiu Cai, what happened in the palace examination yesterday?" Chen Zi'ang asked.

Lu Xiucai sighed and replied, "Because the emperor is resting due to his poor health, yesterday's palace examination questions were not given by the emperor, but by the Minister of Rites, and I think my answer is clearly better than the other two, but he Still think the other person should be the top pick.”

The Minister of Rites, whose rank is equivalent to the modern Minister of Education and Ministry of Culture, no wonder Lu Xiucai felt that he had lost unfairly because he was not convinced!
"Xiucai, you stay in the inn today, don't go anywhere, I will take back what belongs to you for you." Chen Ziang was about to leave after speaking, but was held back by Lu Xiucai.

"Brother Chen, I know you're not fair for me, but let's forget about this matter. He is the minister of the Ministry of Rites and has too much power. We can't beat him." Lu Xiucai didn't want Chen Ziang to take risks.

"I have my own measure," Chen Ziang left without hesitation after finishing speaking.

He first inquired about the mansion where the Minister of Rites was located from passers-by, and from a distance, he found that there were several big tables in the mansion, as if they were celebrating something all night long.

Chen Ziang scrambled in from a corner of the wall, and quickly locked on to a middle-aged man with a long beard. People called him "Kong Shangshu" and "Master Kong", and it seemed that the protagonist of this banquet was not him, but An acquaintance of mine.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Chen Ziang did not expect to meet this man here. This man was the young man who looked at him at the lantern festival that night.

People gradually left, and only Kong Shangshu and this young man were left in the courtyard.

Kong Jian said worriedly, "Dad, I'm still a little uneasy."

Kong Shangshu shook his head, "Jian'er is too worried, that person looks like a poor scholar, at worst, we will give him some gold and silver in a few days, and promise some benefits, he will not say anything again."

Chen Ziang was shocked. Sure enough, this young man had a close relationship with Kong Shangshu. They were actually father and son!
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is not him, but a friend of his. I was at the Lantern Festival that night." Kong Jian confided everything about that night.

Kong Shangshu was shocked, "There is such a talent. If he is in politics, he will have some achievements in time."

Kong Jian struggled and said, "I'm just worried about this, I'm afraid he will think of revenge in the future"

"It doesn't matter in the future, usually I will report it on the same day I have a grudge." Chen Ziang jumped off the tree after finishing speaking.

"Who are you?" Kong Shangshu asked coldly.

Kong Jian said bitterly, "Father, this is the talent I told you about."

Kong Shangshu's eyes turned unsteadily, and he was thinking about the countermeasures in his mind.

"Brother Chen, I know you are not fair, but the overall situation is settled and everything is over." Kong Jian looked at Chen Ziang with some guilt.

"I said, just because of your stinky level, why did you confidently say that you want to win the first prize, so you have already planned everything?" Chen Ziang said with a sneer.

Kong Jian was so ashamed that he didn't dare to look at Chen Ziang. Since he lost to Chen Ziang last time, he always felt inferior and ashamed when facing Chen Ziang.

"What are you talking nonsense here? If you don't go, believe it or not, I will have people arrest you as an assassin," Kong Shangshu said with full authority.

Chen Ziang shook his head, and smiled evilly, "You don't have to treat me as an assassin, because if it weren't for me, your attitude is okay, but today I really want to be an assassin!"

Kong Shangshu finally got a little panicked, but the servants in this yard are not allowed to enter, and now it is like saying that every day should not be done, and the ground is not working.

"Brother Chen, I know I'm sorry for you, but at this moment the overall situation is settled, except for the number one prize, I will promise you anything else you want!" Kong Jian said helplessly.

"Including your life?"

Kong Jian was speechless, but after thinking for a while, he said stiffly, "Brother Chen, if you kill me, you will die. Why do you need to do such a thing that hurts both sides? Besides, now that the overall situation is settled, neither you nor I rights to change"

"No, I have," Chen Ziang said calmly.

"You didn't," Kong Jian said without giving in.

"Look, you never beat me that night, and you won't this time." After finishing speaking, Chen Ziang smiled lightly, patted him on the shoulder and left over the wall.

When Chen Ziang returned to the inn, he found that Xiucai was still in the room. He breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The matter has been settled, and everything should be settled when the emperor goes to court tomorrow."

Lu Xiucai asked worriedly, "Brother Chen, you didn't do anything stupid, did you?"

Chen Ziang couldn't help laughing, "What stupid things can I do, just wait for the court tomorrow."

Although Lu Xiucai didn't know what it meant, she had a lot of confidence in her heart.

The next day, Lu Xiucai dressed up and went to the palace, while Chen Ziang ordered a jug of fine wine and two dishes of side dishes, and sat by the window looking at the scenery outside.

When it was almost noon, Lu Xiucai burst into the room in a hurry, with an uncontrollable smile on his face: "Zi Ang, I have become the number one scholar!"

Chen Ziang already knew it in his heart, but he still asked with an interesting expression on his face, "Oh?"

Lu Xiucai sat down and took a deep breath for a long time before he calmed down, and then said, "The one who was originally a scholar in the early court seemed to have found out his conscience. He said that he cheated in front of the emperor. He already knew the problem, and Only then did I realize that Kong Shangshu was his father!"

(End of this chapter)