Liaozhai Great Sage

"Hey, it's better to meet you by chance than to invite you. Just come and have a look. Just take a look. Don't worry that I won't waste your time, Brother Zhu." The scholar Zhang Bangchang said in a rather straightforward tone.

After Zhu Yu was pulled into the private room, it was announced that six or seven scholars had gathered here.

They were pointing around a desk and arguing over a copybook.

"This must be the real one. It is absolutely correct. I have seen his copybook by chance. It is exactly the same as this copybook. How could it be fake?"

"No, no, the year of this rice paper is wrong. Although it is an old thing from the previous dynasty, the ink color and the age of the paper are quite different. It must have been copied later."

"I think it's genuine. The handwriting, year, and seal are all correct. How come it's a fake?"

"I also think it's authentic."

A group of scholars seemed to be identifying the authenticity of a copybook, but they couldn't stop arguing, so Zhang Bangchang had to pull Zhu Yu to hold his eyes.

"Everyone, don't be impatient. I have brought brother Zhu. He has studied calligraphy and painting a little bit, and he will definitely be able to tell a reason."

Seeing Zhang Bangchang pulling Zhu Yu in, all the scholars were stunned for a moment, but then someone shook their head and laughed, "Brother Zhang, it's not good for you to invite someone to taste, and bring Zhu Yu here? I'm afraid you don't know yet. Zhu Yu lost all face yesterday because he couldn't pay the money, so he was kicked out by the shopkeeper of Zuifeng Tower, and it really embarrasses us scholars to spread this matter."

Speaking of which, many scholars shook their heads, ashamed to be with them.

Zhu Yu couldn't help but flushed again, unable to refute in his heart.

This is another reason why he doesn't want to come to Zuifeng Tower. If the people he met before see him again, they will definitely mention yesterday's embarrassing incident.

However, Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The businessman is unjust, he even drives out the guests, and he is still a scholar with a reputation as a scholar. Instead of accusing the businessman, you laugh at Zhu Yu instead. Don't tell me that scholars in the capital like to bully the weak, right or wrong?"

"Who is this?" A scholar asked.

"I'm also a scholar. I'm Li Xiuyuan, and I'm friends with Zhu Yu from the same hometown." Li Xiuyuan said.

The scholar immediately smiled and said: "I'm Qian Jun, a scholar of Tongtian Pavilion. Although you are only a scholar and don't read much, you don't know the right and wrong, right? Isn't it a matter of course that you owe money? You can't take it out yourself. What's the point of throwing you out if you have to rely on the shopkeeper to pay the bill? If everyone in the world is like you, the store's business will be easy to do."

"That's right, that's the reason." Many scholars agreed, and at the same time looked at Li Xiuyuan with some disdain, thinking that this person is just a scumbag.

Is it still a talent if you don't understand such a simple truth?I really don't know how he got his talent.

"Qian Jun, Mr. Qian, what you said is correct, but this matter will not work with Zhu Yu." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Why?" Qian Jun said indifferently: "Is it just because he is a scholar? It must be known that the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, let alone just a scholar."

Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly: "Of course that's not the case. Let me ask you scholars, how long has Zhu Yu owed Zuifenglou money?"

"I heard people say that I owe ten days' expenses." Qian Jun said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Since Zuifenglou knew that Zhu Yu had no money, why didn't he drive Zhu Yu out immediately, but waited for more than ten days before driving away?"

"Maybe it's the shopkeeper's benevolence, just tolerate him for a few days." Qian Jun said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "That's wrong, Zuifenglou is not tolerant of Zhu Yu for a few days, but wants to drain all the money on him, and even owes money on credit. Yu wants to pay, if the store owner is really benevolent, do you know how much money I spent yesterday to settle the debt for Zhu Yu?"

"The cost of ten days in Zuifeng Tower is only a few tens of taels of silver." Qian Jun said, "I am also a frequent visitor here, so I can't make a mistake."

As long as some high-value talented women and beauties are not allowed to accompany them, the cost of eating and drinking in brothels is considered to be the sky.

Li Xiuyuan said: "But the shopkeeper of Zuifenglou first said to pay 700 taels of silver, and then added it to 1000 taels of silver. Do you think this kind of expense is normal or abnormal? Of course, I said it was useless, and there is evidence for it." As proof."

After speaking, he took out the voucher and put it on the table.

As soon as the scholars saw it, some people immediately became furious: "It's unreasonable, a profiteer, what a profiteer, you dare to write a thousand taels of money for only ten days' expenses, this is clearly blackmail."

"1000 taels of silver, this price is really... a bit high." Some scholars also pondered.

They often spend money here, and often see Zhu Yu, so they don't know how much he spends.

They still believe in 100 taels, but 1000 taels is absolutely impossible.

Li Xiuyuan said, "Young Master Qian, do you think this store is benevolent or vicious? Do you think what happened yesterday was right or wrong?"

Qian Jun's complexion changed, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "It's really a heart-wrenching shopkeeper. He knew that Zhu Yu had no money and didn't ask people to leave. He waited for others to owe ten days' expenses before driving people away, and he got credited. I wrote the proof, originally I wanted to blackmail, they are breaking the law, I will sue them with a pleading paper later, it is really unreasonable, it almost caused us to wrong the good people."

"Zhu Yu, we were wrong about what happened just now. Here I apologize to you, and please don't take offense, Brother Zhu."

This Qian Jun was also free and easy. After knowing the truth, he immediately wanted to apologize to Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu said in shame: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, this matter is always my fault, and you should blame me for not paying back the money I owe."

Although the other scholars were a little embarrassed, they also apologized when they saw Qian Jun, and bowed their hands to him one after another, apologizing for what happened just now.

Zhang Bangchang on the side didn't know about Zhu Yu's affairs, so he said with a smile at the moment: "Since it's all a misunderstanding, why continue to mention these unpleasant things? The shopkeepers here are disgusting, so it's fine if you don't come to them next time, but The appreciation of today's copybook cannot be interrupted, but before we had a bet, Brother Zhu, come and take a look at this copybook, do you think it is true or not?"

He pointed to the copybook on the desk.

Zhu Yu saluted, then went over to take a serious look, and said in surprise: "This is Li Bai's copybook. His copybook was widely circulated in the previous dynasty, and it was not uncommon. It is rumored that he often traded copybooks for wine money, so that Li Bai's copybooks are becoming less and less valuable, and many dignitaries have collected them, but there are not many collections nowadays."

"However, it is difficult to distinguish whether this copybook is real or not. The handwriting is indeed Li Bai's handwriting, but the year of the ink and rice paper is somewhat wrong. If you really want to say whether it is true or not, it should be half-truth and half-false. It’s true, the copybook is fake.”

"Half-truths? How can there be half-truths and half-false copybooks? What is true is true, and what is false is false. What is half-truth and half-false?"

Qian Jun shook his head with a smile and said: "By the way, Brother Li just now looks quite knowledgeable, why don't you take a look?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "I don't have any research on calligraphy and painting on copybooks, but according to what I see, this copybook must be fake."

"Oh, why?" Qian Jun and Zhang Bangchang looked at Li Xiuyuan in surprise.

Most of the scholars said it was true, even if some people said it was false, they were ambiguous and not sure. Only Li Xiuyuan opened his mouth and he was sure it was false.

"Because most of Li Bai's copybooks will not leave a seal, even if they leave a seal, they will not leave the words Li Taibai, most of them will leave Qinglian Layman and the like." Li Xiuyuan said.

"How sure?" Qian Jun asked.

Li Xiuyuan can't say that Li Taibai has such a character, he never thought that his poems were good, he just thought that his swordsmanship was the best in the world.

Of course, such an answer is obviously not convincing. He said: "Just soak it in water and see if the seal will melt. If it can melt, it is fake. If it can't melt, it is true. Li Taibai's ink pad is Specially made, it will not rot in water and will not be destroyed by fire."

His seal has Taoism in it, and the seal can last for a thousand years. This is what he knew after asking Li Taibai when he saw him writing.

Immediately, he took a glass of water from the side and poured it on the painting.

"This is Li Taibai's words, how could he waste it like this..." A scholar hurriedly said.

But just after he finished speaking, the ink pad had already faded in water.

"Hehe, the counterfeiters are reluctant to spend their money. The ink pads they use are so bad that they probably all spent on the rice paper and asking someone to copy it." Li Xiuyuan shook his head and laughed.

Chapter 627 The Poetry Thief

Li Xiuyuan is not very proficient in the game of literati.