His eyes quickly scanned the faces of several people, causing Xue Lince to worry that his brain would explode on the spot.

After a while, he seemed to have finally cleared up his thoughts, pointed at Xue Lince and condemned: "As a fifth-rank magistrate, you are not good at reading sage books, but you study these ingenious and obscene skills all day long, what a shame!"

Ke Ran couldn't take it anymore, and when she heard this, she took a step forward, put her hands on her hips, and said in a full-fledged manner, "Then let me ask you, have you ever been hit by a Juren?"

Lian Zhi was startled, a blush quickly flew up on his pale face, he just failed, these words just hit his heart, and he was immediately ashamed.

But after bowing his head for a moment, he somehow added some confidence, "Yes, I have never been successful, but as a citizen of this city, can I not persuade the officials?"

He spoke clearly and logically, and his chest heaved violently again.

"Really?" Xue Lince became more calm and composed, and even raised the corners of his lips with a smile, "Then tell me, did you take the provincial examination, did you pass it?"

These words were hitting people's sore spots, and they immediately turned green and white on the face, and couldn't get off the stage in embarrassment, "I... I passed the exam, but I didn't pass it."

There was a blush on his face, which continued to the back of his neck. His face was so hot that he could boil an egg, and then he seemed to be anxious to find a step for himself, "But, I have read the sage books seriously, no matter what. Like Lord Xue..."

"Master Xue is also a fifth-rank magistrate of the imperial court." Ke Ran didn't give him a chance, just to save his face. "That's the number one scholar who is obvious to all. If you want to compare the reading of sages, Master Xue is probably so taller than you. Where did you go?"

As soon as these words came out, Lianzhi's face was immediately blue and white, cloudy and sunny.

Knowing that he was wrong, he humiliated himself again and again, his face could no longer hold back, and when he closed his eyes, two tears flowed out.

Probably because he thought that the man would not flick his tears easily, he hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves, whimpered and was about to rush past the crowd and run towards the gate, wanting to flee in shame, but he almost fell down again, covering his face and not looking at the road .

This scene fell into Ke Ran's eyes, and he couldn't help but gloated.

Lian Zhi had no time to care about his teasing, just wanted to leave quickly, so he quickly adjusted his posture and ran towards the door, this time, he was stopped again.

Tang Luoyu turned on her toes and stood in front of him, "Young Master Lian, stop."

Lianzhi wiped away tears indiscriminately, and there were still messy tear stains on his face. His eyes were red and his eyelashes were wet. Looking forward through the hazy eyes of tears, he seemed to see a bright smile on Tang Luoyu's face.

Scholars are emotionally sensitive. When he saw the other party smiling, he felt that she was mocking him. Suddenly, his face became hot, hot and red, as if he had been slapped, and the hands hanging on both sides of his body were also pinched. Clenched into a fist, tightly clutching the corner of his clothes.

"What else do you want to do?"

He wanted to ask the question imposingly, but when he opened his mouth, he choked up, stammered, lacked aura, his face became redder and hotter, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl down.

Ke Ran was determined to see his jokes, folded her hands on her chest, and jumped up to him lightly, "Didn't you still look like you were jealous just now? I thought you were so tough, but it turned out that you just got along with those old men." Like a pedant, stiff as a piece of wood, who wants to run away because his talent is not as good as his, and doesn't apologize for misunderstanding others."

As he said that, he suddenly slapped his forehead again, "Oh, look at my brain, even the son is not as good as those old pedants, at least those bad old men who don't know how to change are all Juren, no matter how bad they are, they are Jinshi."

Chai Jin saw that his words became more and more disproportionate, so he raised his hand and patted him on the forehead. Ke Ran was unaware of his slap, turned her head a little angrily, met his slightly reproachful eyes, and then closed her mouth unconvinced, and retreated to beside him.

"Mr. Lian," Tang Luoyu said with a teasing tone, but he was much gentler than the aggressive Ke Ran, "Aren't you stupid when you study?"

Lianzhi was pinching the hem of his clothes with both hands, his neck was straightened, his eyebrows and eyes were drooping, his chin almost reached his chest, his eyes were looking at the ground, only his ears that were already red and feverish could be seen from the front.

His fists were clenched until his knuckles turned white, his body was covered with cold sweat, and he lacked the aura of anger and resentment just now.

"How about it," Tang Luoyu clasped his hands in front of his chest, the ponytail curled up behind his head gently swayed with her movements, "I don't make things difficult for you, but I want you to do something for me as an apology. "

Only then did Lian Zhi slowly raise his head, and looked at Tang Luoyu suspiciously, the crimson on his face slowly receded, and his eyes gradually became clear, "What... what is it?"

There was some guard in his eyes, he was very wary, as if he was still worried about what kind of demon Tang Luoyu would cast on him.

"Our family still lacks someone who organizes files. I see that you can read and write and you are a scholar. Are you willing to take up this job?"

Lian Zhi frowned, a little hesitant.

"Since you're wondering if I'm a witch, why don't you just stay here and see if I'm really a scourge as rumored. Don't worry, since you're working in the house, your wages won't be deducted from you. I see your family background." It’s not considered rich, why not give it a try?”

Tang Luoyu spoke directly, even when he heard the words, he felt that he was thinking too much. After thinking for a long time, he bowed deeply to Xue Lince and Tang Luoyu, "I just offended you so much. Please forgive me, my lord and madam."

The husband and wife looked at each other, knowing that Lianzhi agreed, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

After Lianzhi left, several people gathered in front of the stone table in the courtyard. The table was square, and several people happened to be on one side, with their heads crowded together.

"By the way, Luo Yu, why do you want to keep this talented scholar who is like everyone else?" Ke Ran held her head a little puzzled, "I don't think he is smart."

"It's all rumors that spread like wildfire, and people think that common people are the most susceptible to rumors, but in fact they are not," Tang Luoyu explained intimately, with sparkling eyes, "It is the literati who are the easiest to believe in rumors. Aspirations, many people are depressed and unsuccessful, if they meet those who are sensitive, they will simply write this rumor into the book to make people misunderstand."

She paused, and then continued: "So, literati are an important part of spreading rumors. If we can find the origin of this rumor, maybe we can stop it as soon as possible."

"I haven't heard any related rumors in the city before, maybe it came from other places."

Xue Lince held his wife's hand under the table, and as soon as the warm skin touched, Tang Luoyu felt a sense of peace of mind, as warm as the scorching sun.

"I have quick feet," Chai Jin interjected, his eyes firm, "I'll check."

Ke Ran grabbed his wrist subconsciously, "I'm going too."

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