"You think I'm not as good as Su Ziji?" An evil fire rushed up. Ding Ruili felt something was wrong just now, but now he was completely immersed in anger.
He said coldly: "My teacher is a Jinshi, my grandfather is a Jinshi, and although my father is also a Jinshi, he is also in the sixth rank. I started enlightenment at the age of three, and I can read thousands of words at the age of five. After studying hard for twenty years, I will not be as good as
A teenager from a poor family?"
"It's really ridiculous!"
With that said, Ding Ruili threw up his sleeves and walked out of the pavilion.
Tan An didn't chase him, he just stood on the pavilion with a smile, watching Ding Ruili walk away, he groaned for a moment, and black blood flowed from his seven orifices.
He sneered: "You don't blame me for influencing you. You have never been uneasy or jealous in your heart, and you won't fall into my spell."
Then he wondered: "But it's also strange. Ding Ruili is said to be better than Su Ziji in both talent and family background. Why is he so afraid of Su Ziji?"
"No matter, I am acting under the king's orders. Even if there is a backlash, the most I can do is give up this body and lose some souls." As he said that, Tan An's figure flickered and disappeared.
"Young Master, Young Master?" On the way back, the book boy Wendong looked at his Young Master with some doubts.
I don't know what happened, but the young master went out to relax and went to an inconspicuous little pavilion on the roadside. But when he got there, he sat there for a while and then ordered him to go back.
The young master also looked very unhappy, but the view of the pavilion was nice. He just met a passerby and did not speak to each other. Why did the young master look like he was fighting with someone?
Wendong couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to ask, so he could only keep the question in his heart.
Ding Ruili was only in a depressed mood when he came out, but when he came back he was completely negative.
Especially when I handed over the article I wrote to the teacher that night, Mr. Yu frowned after reading it: "Are you in a bad state today? Why are you so bad at writing this article? It seems that you are impetuous and have not paid attention to it. You will go back and rewrite it."
Give me one."
Ding Ruili was scolded and felt even worse. When he came back under the lamp, he looked at this article that he didn't understand even after reading it. He crumpled it into a ball in anger and threw it into the wastebasket.
On the smooth desk, there seemed to be a face that was mocking. Looking carefully, who is it if it's not Su Ziji? Ding Ruili screamed: "Su Ziji, no matter how scheming you are, you want to take away my Jieyuan, but it's just a wishful thinking."
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But just one week later, Mr. Yu called him over and asked him to read an article.
"This was copied to me by an old friend of mine. It was written by a scholar named Su Ziji from the Fu School. Every word is exquisite. It is really a wonderful article. Please take a look."
As he spoke, he sighed with emotion: "I originally thought that you were outstanding enough, but unexpectedly, this person came out of the government school. I heard that this scholar is only fifteen years old. He entered the government school and made rapid progress every day. This is
One article is not as good as yours, but there is a huge difference from half a month ago."
"My old friend is really stingy in hiding it. Hey, is he afraid that I will steal his student? I already have a student like you, so how can I be greedy for others?"
Mr. Yu still has confidence in his student, and Su Ziji, who wrote this article, is obviously talented, but he only cares about his students, so he thought of showing this article to Ding Ruili.
According to his understanding of Ding Ruili, this child has a broad mind and is not a jealous person. He waved his hand and said, "Sit down and take a closer look."
Hearing the teacher's praise of Su Ziji, his face was already a little ugly. Ding Ruili forced a smile, sat sideways and read the article, and his face turned pale.
It is true that this article is not as good as his own, but Ding Ruili has read Su Ziji's article during the government examination. In comparison, it is very different.
"How is it possible? How did Su Ziji improve so quickly?"
Fearing that the teacher would see something, Ding Ruili forced a smile: "What the teacher said is that I know this Su Ziji, and he is indeed a talented person."
Mr. Yu is sincerely doing his best for the students, and naturally hopes that the students can make friends with some talented people. When he heard this, he nodded happily: "You can have more contact with him. From this article, he is not only literary, but also very calm and sophisticated.
I’m not going eccentric, even if I can’t pass the provincial examination this time, I will be more than enough in three years.”
"You studied in the same government, and you might become officials in the same court in the future, so you should get closer to each other."
Only those who have been officials know best how important the relationship between the same age and classmates is. It can be said that in the officialdom, talent is important, but relationships sometimes take precedence.
Ding Ruili listened, smiling on his face and feeling even more uncomfortable in his heart.
When he returned to his room, he kicked the table leg: "It's really hateful!"
At this moment, a sneer was heard in the room: "Why is Mr. Ding so angry?"
"Who?" Ding Ruili looked in search of the voice.
When he saw the passerby whom he had met at the pavilion last time, he turned around with a smile and appeared in his room. This was a big surprise. Ding Ruili was about to call someone, and he heard this person say: "This time I
I came here to tell you a secret, which is related to Su Ziji. If you don’t want to hear it, just call someone."
When Ding Ruili heard this, his expression changed. He took a few steps back and approached the door. As soon as something was wrong, he immediately rushed out and asked: "Is it related to the secret of Su Ziji? Humph, you are telling me these things."
very?"
"Okay, my great talent Ding, I don't believe you. You don't want to overthrow Su Ziji." Tan An walked over slowly. As long as Ding Ruili didn't call out for someone for the first time, he knew there was something going on. He turned his back on the guests and sat down, half-smiling.
Pointing to the seat next to him: "Master Ding, don't be so wary of me. I'm here just to form an alliance with you and I won't harm you."
"Are you forming an alliance with me?" Although Ding Ruili fell into the spell, he only amplified his negative emotions and only regarded Su Ziji as his enemy. It does not mean that he is stupid enough to believe anyone's words. After hearing this, Tan An said, first of all
The response is a critical look.
Last time, because of his excitement, Ding Ruili didn't observe Tan An carefully. Now that he looked carefully, he was slightly surprised.
This man calls himself Tan An. According to the information obtained, it is said that he was once just a county government official. He is not a scholar, nor does he come from a wealthy family. He is average-looking and not very old.
But looking at it now, he was calm and composed, and he was not afraid when he appeared in front of the same magistrate. How could he be an ordinary person?
What's even stranger is that there is a kind of arrogance between his eyebrows.
It's strange, he is just a low-level person, how can he have the confidence to have such a contemptuous attitude?
Aren't you afraid that if you call someone, servants or even government officials will rush in and capture you, making you unable to survive or die?
Ding Ruili pondered for a moment, pulled up the chair and sat down, smiled coldly, and asked: "You are just a dismissed official, why should you ally with me?"
"Just because you broke into the magistrate's residence without permission, I can call for people to take you to jail, or even kill you on the spot."