"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 can read thousands of words at the age of five. After studying hard for twenty years, I will not be as good as
A teenage boy 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 for my trick."
Then he wondered: "But it's also strange. Ding Ruili is said to be better than Su Ziji in terms of talent, learning 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 back.
The young master also looked very unhappy, but the scenery in the pavilion was nice. He just met a passerby and did not talk to each other. Why did the young master look like he was fighting with someone?
Wen Dong 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: "Are you in a bad state today? Why is this article so bad? At first glance, 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 his mood became even worse. When he came back under the lamp, he looked at this article that he felt 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 table, there seemed to be a face that was mocking. Looking closely, 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 Jie Yuan, 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. 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 praise Su Ziji like this, 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: "The teacher is saying that I know this Su Ziji, and he is indeed a talented person."
Mr. Yu was sincerely doing his best for the students, and naturally hoped that the students could 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 to be eccentric. Even if I fail to pass the provincial examination this time, I will be more than enough in three years.”
"You guys studied in the same government, and you might be 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.
After hearing this, Ding Ruili smiled and felt even more uncomfortable.
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 over.
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 surprise was not trivial. 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."
What?"
"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, so he turned his back 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 not to 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 reaction is the scrutiny.
Last time, because of his excitement, Ding Ruili did not 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 is calm and composed, and he is not afraid when he appears in front of the same magistrate. How can 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 a 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 mansion without permission, I can call for you to be taken to jail, or even killed on the spot."