He has been extremely intelligent since he was a child. He could read at the age of three, compose poems at the age of five, speak well at the age of ten, and was admitted to the Juren Examination at the age of twelve.
What is the concept of "Ji Ren" in Zhushi? If you want to make an analogy, it is roughly the current 985... In other words, he had already been admitted to a prestigious university when we were just entering junior high school.
However, as the saying goes... things are unpredictable.
Before he was thirty years old, Xue Tui had gone to Chunwei five times. As a result, not only did he win the top prize, he was not even nominated for the apricot list.
As he grew older and failed more and more exams, the voices of praise and envy around him gradually turned into ridicule and ridicule.
Generally speaking, if a person's talent is not found for a long time, his character will be easily distorted; after all, there are only a few people who can adjust their mentality, and Xue Tui is obviously not one of them.
His character began to become surly, and he became alienated from his former friends...
He stayed behind closed doors all day long and studied hard day and night until he was thirty years old. He made up his mind to go to the capital to take the examination for the last time.
Who knows, this time...he still missed.
And when he returned home, he discovered that in the past few months when he went to Beijing to take the exam, his parents had contracted sudden illnesses and died one after another; his wife did not write to tell him in order not to disturb his exam.
The double blow of defeat and bereavement left Xue Tui in a state of despair, and he himself became seriously ill. After recovering from the illness, he stayed at home for another three years... During this period, his family's money was gradually emptied.
There is no other way, people have to eat; if they want to eat, they have to find ways to go out and earn a living.
But Xue Tui couldn't do anything but write and write, and he couldn't do any physical work. So he thought: I am a master of civil education, so it is okay to become a master in the county, right?
There are problems, there are big problems...
Who are you, Xue Tui? You are the "child prodigy" in your hometown. You have been what other parents call "other people's children" since you were a child. Then think about how many scholars in your hometown hate you?
As for the scholars, most of them have rich and powerful families. They may have ancestors who were officials, and there may even be some "poor students" at the same level as Xue Tui who are now officials themselves... What can those people do?
Do you, Xue Tui, have a good face?
More than a month later, after looking for many people, relying on many connections, and spending the last bit of money, Xue Tui finally understood one thing: he could no longer stay in his hometown.
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In order to support himself, his wife and children, Xue Tui had no choice but to sell his ancestral property, drag his family with him, and flee to another country. After many twists and turns, he finally came to Luoyang.
It was here that he met the noble person in his life, the boss who never returned to the building. Who was this boss? We will describe it later, but let’s talk about Xue Tui first.
Xue Tui, who had just arrived in Luoyang, made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings in the market. His business was not very good, and gangsters often came to his door looking for trouble and blackmail. Sometimes he could not earn a penny for several days in a row.
That year, their family almost relied on his wife's scattered income from laundry and sewing. Not to mention the adults, even the children were hungry and well-fed. At that time, Xue Tui often thought: His wife once
She was also the right daughter of his family, and now that she has fallen into this situation with him, he is really sorry for her.
It was during those most difficult days that Xue Tui's character underwent another transformation - he became smooth.
Since her wife, a woman who had never washed a dish before she was twenty-five years old, can now work until her hands are full of holes and calluses, then why can't Xue Tui throw away his costly pride and self-esteem?
It was from then on that he began to write some erotic poems that he found unbearably vulgar, and draw some erotic beauties that were more in line with public aesthetics... He gave up his personal pursuits and put the quality of his family's life first.
A person who uses this as motivation to entertain his talents.
That kind of life came to an end until one day, when he was spotted by the boss of Buguilou and invited him to be the guest of the "Zhixian Pavilion".
It is not difficult to see from Xue Tui's experience for most of his life that he is not a sour scholar who is unsophisticated. Although he has a arrogant side in his character, he can also make concessions in appropriate situations.
To sum it up with a popular saying nowadays - I am an old hermaphrodite.
At the moment, what he said to Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie with "easy as a piece of cake" is undoubtedly a covert trick for these two people. In this way, even if he comes up with the whole super problem soon, it will be difficult for the other party to make excuses.
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Of course, Sun and Huang are not so easy to fool... With your Xue Tui's ability to control fire, it is nothing compared to Sun Yixie.
Huang Donglai is being irritated by Brother Sun all day long, how can he still not see what you, Xue Tui, want to do at the moment?
"Haha... It's hard to say." After thinking for a moment, Huang Donglai responded with a smile, "We still have to see what questions Mr. Xue asked before we can make a judgment."
"Ha!" Sun Yixie, who had just shown his face just now, was feeling proud. Hearing this, he touched Huang Donglai's arm with his elbow and said with a smile, "Hey, Brother Huang, isn't this right?"
Like you, aren't you the most daring to make judgments?"
"Go away~" Huang Donglai was no longer polite when talking to Sun Yixie, "It's okay to talk about it. What the hell are you trying to do here? Are you full of fish?"
"Ha..." Sun Yi smiled jokingly, "Okay, I won't say anything anymore. I'll let you go to the next level. I'll watch you perform, Brother Huang."
The conversation between these two people was full of swear words. It was very natural for them to speak it, and there was nothing wrong with it. But if you think about it carefully, the information leaked between the lines showed that they already knew what Xue Tui was doing.
It's a trick, and there's even a hint of pointing fingers and scolding Huai in it.
Xue Tui listened and was secretly frightened...
Over the years in Buguilou, he has met many so-called "young heroes", but most of these young people in their teens and twenties are too open-minded and upright, and they always like to talk big and talk too much when things happen.
…As long as you compliment them a little, they will easily fall into the trap.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But the two boys in front of you not only have certain abilities, but also are quite experienced in dealing with people - they basically don't pretend to be unsure, even if they are
When being complimented, there is always a way out in the response.
Xue Tui had never seen such a young man in his life, which made him very interested.
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After a while, Xue Tui led the two of them to a study room on the second floor. The room was surrounded by bookshelves. In addition to books, there were also many antique calligraphy and paintings and potted plant ornaments on display. There was a desk on the south side of the room.
, paper, ink, pen and inkstone have already been prepared on the case.
The three of them had just arrived in the room and before they could stand still, Xue Tui suddenly turned around and said: "You two gentlemen, I will get straight to the point..." He wanted to catch these two people off guard, "Today's glance
', just ask you two to look here..."
As he spoke, he pointed with his sleeves at something placed on the third floor of the bookshelf next to him.
That's right, the so-called "one glance" actually means "recognition of objects".
Of course, the thing that can be used to test others cannot be something very common, it must be a rarity, and it is a rarity that is very rare or even unique in the whole country - so the "one glance" test is to test the eyesight.
Secondly, the main thing is to test your knowledge.
At this moment, what Xue Tui showed Sun Yixie and Huang Dong to see was one of their many collections from the owner of Buguilou.
Who would have thought... As soon as he finished speaking, before he had time to put on a provocative expression, Huang Donglai looked at the thing and said, "Isn't this a telescope?"
As soon as these words came out, Xue Tui almost spat out a mouthful of old blood...
"One glance" can be said to be the most difficult of the three levels; "Yipin" may still rely on guessing, and the judgment of "Yiyan" is somewhat subjective, but the answer to "One glance" is "just know it"
I know, I don’t know, I can’t even guess” kind of thing.
Furthermore, today Xue Tui specially chose a rare thing that his boss had just acquired from overseas countries not long ago. It can be said that not many people in the whole country knew what it was. Unexpectedly... the other party just stood in the distance and scanned it.
Eye, he didn’t even come over to confirm, and just reported the name of this thing.
"Master Huang... have you seen this before?" Xue Tui blurted out in surprise.
Can Huang Donglai be fooled by such a cliché? If we continue to talk about this topic, what can Brother Huang answer? Should he tell him that he is a time traveler? Or fabricate a story that he has been to the Netherlands in this universe?
"Well...heh..." Huang Donglai laughed dryly, cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience of telling you."
There is nothing wrong with this. People are not obligated to answer such questions that may involve personal privacy. There are also rules in the world. If you don’t want to talk about something, don’t talk nonsense. Just make it clear from the beginning that “it is inconvenient to tell you.”
, does not count as losing the other party’s face.
"Oh...heh, it was Xue who was rude." Xue Tui soon realized that he was asking Tulu. He smiled apologetically, bowed, and quickly changed the subject, "Well, since 'one glance'
This level is not difficult for you two, so let’s just start the third level, ‘One Word’.”
It is said that the requirement to pass the test "at a glance" is not only to name the item, but also to describe its general function; however, Xue Tui did not make any mentally retarded request such as "Please tell Mr. Huang what the use of a telescope is."
, after all, the function of "telescope" is already included in the name, so there is no need for it.
In this way, Sun and Huang passed the second level effortlessly.
But for the "one word" in the third level, they were still quite panicked... because according to their speculation, this level was likely to require them to compete seriously for their literary talent; they had just established the "knowledge"
The "Guang" persona is likely to disappear at this stage and be replaced by the "Zhangyu" persona.