Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 66 Chen Ce Relieves the Situation
When Chen Ce was leaving, several uninvited guests came to the central hall of the palace.

Tang Yin and his four companions had long been famous in Wuzhong, and there was no one in Zhejiang who did not know their names. Especially Tang Yin, his fame had spread to the capital, and he was hailed as the quasi-champion in that year's examination.

The capital area also has its own four talented men, but compared with Tang Yin and his three companions, they have almost no fame.

They are Li Gui, Cai Quanfang, Xu Feng and Zhang Tingyong.

If you come uninvited, you must have ulterior motives.

Wang Wubi looked a little serious, and stood up and said with a fake smile: "Brother Li, I don't think I invited you?"

"How did you get into the mansion?"

Li Gui said calmly, "I walked in so rudely, how dare anyone from your house touch me?"

After all, he is a juren, so you can accuse him of being rude, but you can't do anything to him.

Wang Wubi snorted and said, "Show him away!"

Li Gui smiled and said, "I heard that the Four Talents of Wuzhong are also here? I came here just to see whether the Four Talents of Wuzhong are seeking fame or just seeking reputation!"

Hearing this, Wang Wubi's expression changed slightly, and he said sternly: "Li Gui! You are too presumptuous!"

Tang Yin held his hands down, signaling Wang Wubi not to get angry. He looked at Li Gui with a smile on his face and said, "You? Are you worthy?"

"Use all your sucking skills. I can also take a look at the so-called four talents of the capital."

"Don't worry, I will go out and publicize your deeds after today."

Li Gui was not angry, and said with a cupped hand: "What a coincidence, I also have this plan."

"The green mountains are greener and greener, and two people are talking about the reason on the ground; three people are pulling a cow with a missing horn, and there is an old man among the grass and trees."

Li Gui didn't even bother to be polite. He spoke directly without saying what it was, leaving Tang Yin to guess everything.

This is shameless.

No matter what you are competing for, at least you have to define a scope so that the answerer can have a general direction, is it to compete in couplets? Or poems? Or something else.

You should always say something.

It is obviously inferior and ungentlemanly to let the other party guess your thoughts without saying anything casually right away.

However, since the other party was able to barge in so rudely, it was obvious that he did not care about his reputation as a scholar. Even if he used dirty tricks, there was nothing he could do.

As long as you can't answer them, they can spread the word that the Four Talents of Wuzhong were just exaggerating, and the other party won't be able to answer the questions he asked.

By relying on the reputation of the Four Talents of Wuzhong to rise to the top, you will gain many more reputational benefits.

Tang Yin closed his eyes in deep thought, as did Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming. Wang Wubi looked angry and shouted, "Li Baixiang! Don't you think this is too shameless?"

"You are a juren in the fifth year of Hongzhi, how could you do such a thing?"

"If this matter gets out, it's not Brother Tang who will be embarrassed, it's you!"

Li Gui smiled without saying anything, just looking at Tang Yin and the other two provocatively.

Wang Wubi was furious. Nothing went well today, and suddenly a group of clowns ran in. If you drive them away now, they will say that you are afraid.

But if you don't drive them away, you won't be able to make a reasonable response to what Li Gui said, which is neither poetry nor reality.

nausea!

Wang Wubi felt sick from the bottom of his heart, as if he had eaten a fly!
He glanced sideways at Tang Yin and the other two and found that they didn't look very good either, and it was obvious that they were at a loss as to what to do.

The arrogant Tang Yin who had been so arrogant recently was also thinking with his eyes closed. He just looked at the situation in front of him, and it was unknown how long he would stop thinking.

Tang Yin was sweating profusely at this moment. He was so arrogant just now that he was sweating profusely now.

This actually had nothing to do with Tang Yin, the other party was too despicable, but Tang Yin had already said it, and now he felt that his previous arrogance was a bit too much, and it began to backfire on him. Xu Jing whispered to Tang Yin, "Mr. Chen hasn't come yet."

Tang Yin shook his head. He felt that even if the teacher came, it would be of no use.

You shouldn't bother the teacher with the trouble you caused yourself.

However, at this moment, Chen Ce came in from outside, as quiet and inconspicuous as usual, gentle and elegant like a jade.

He held out his hand and said, "Please sit down. Tea is served."

what?
Wang Wubi was confused, thinking, Master Chen, have you not figured out the situation yet? How come you can't tell friend from foe?
Why do you let him sit down and serve him tea?
Tang Yin was suddenly stunned. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that this was a riddle!

It looks like a seven-character poem, but it turns out not to be, it’s a word puzzle!

Speaking to the green mountains, it is a invitation.

Two people and one piece of soil, that means sitting.

Three people are like a cow, which means offering.

There is an extra old person among the plants and trees, and the old person is a person. I think the other party wanted to force a rhyme and confuse Tang Yin, making them think that this is a poem, but in fact it should be plants, trees, and people, so it is tea.

After Tang Yin figured out the key, he looked at Chen Ce in astonishment and said, "It has to be you, teacher!"

Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming were also stunned. Their talents were not much inferior to Tang Yin, so when Chen Ce said it, they just thought about it for a moment and immediately understood what Chen Ce meant.

Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming looked at Chen Ce deeply. Since Chen Ce came, they had actually always regarded Chen Ce as a supporting role.

Tang Yin told them that Chen Ce did not take part in the imperial examination and asked them not to bring up these sensitive topics in front of Chen Ce.

The fact that he did not even take part in the scientific examinations suggests that he was not confident in his knowledge, or that he felt that he did not have enough knowledge to take the examinations.

But at this moment, Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming finally understood why the arrogant Tang Yin was willing to call Chen Ce "teacher"!

Who dares to call this uneducated?

Who dares to call this a lack of knowledge?

Chen Ce spoke very little from beginning to end, and many of the jokes and witty remarks were made by Wang Wubi and others.

Several people did not dare to discuss the topic in too deep depth, and they all spoke in simple and easy-to-understand terms, fearing that Chen Ce would not be able to keep up with their pace.

Now...it's very embarrassing.

Li Gui stared at Chen Ce blankly, and his smile just now became a little stiff, "Sir, you are..."

Chen Ce said, "I'm here to join in the fun. I'm also from Zhejiang and we're here for the party."

"The same to you?"

Li Gui took a deep breath and asked, "In which year of Hongzhi were you selected as a juren?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I didn't take the imperial examination, I'm not even a scholar."

Li Gui: “…”

Chen Ce had just heard their conversation and had come specially to help Tang Yin out. Having learned from the trouble Lin Mianzhi had suffered last time, he no longer made things difficult for the other party by giving him couplets.

I could only play dumb and say, "What are you doing? Sit down and chat together. We are all from the same hometown."

Li Gui and the others twitched their lips. They had originally wanted to use Tang Yin to get promoted, but now that thought was gone, they cupped their hands and said, "Excuse me, you guys chat, I'm not from Zhejiang."

After saying this, he hurried away with the other three. When he reached the door, he stumbled and almost fell, and left the palace as if he was escaping.

(End of this chapter)