"Aren't you tired of following me all this way? There is a teahouse ahead. Come in and have a bowl of tea. I'll treat you."

On the shore, the scholar in white suddenly stopped and said to the scholar in green who was following behind him.

Yang Ruoqing twirled a strand of beard and grinned: "Just wait for Brother Bai's words. Let's go drink tea!"

After that, he walked away, passed the scholar in white and went straight into the teahouse in front.

The scholar in white was stunned by this aura of overestimating the guests and not refusing at all.

"Brother Bai, you said you invited me to tea, why are you still standing at the door even after I've come in? Do you really want to default on your debt?" Yang Ruoqing responded with a smile.

The scholar in white came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly, "How come, please!"

The two of them found a table by the window on the second floor of the teahouse and sat down, ordering a pot of scented tea and two plates of snacks.

Below the railing is a medium-sized high platform with a long desk. Sitting there is a middle-aged man also wearing a blue robe, holding a folded paper fan in his hand, talking to the surrounding people.

The guests told stories.

"That storyteller is dressed exactly the same as you, brother." The scholar in white glanced at Yang Ruoqing and the storyteller below and teased.

Yang Ruoqing also glanced downwards, shook her head, and said calmly: "Tsing Yi Paper Fan, but he is not as handsome as me, and he is charming and charming!"

The scholar in white almost spit out the tea from his mouth.

"Wang Po sells melons and boasts about herself," he said.

Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows, "If you want others to praise you, you must first praise yourself. Well, this scented tea smells so good. Come on, Brother Bai, have a drink!"

The scholar in white clothes did not raise the tea bowl, but looked at Yang Ruoqing with sharp eyes: "Don't drink the tea in a hurry. Let's talk about it. What do you want to do tonight after you showed your kindness several times and started talking like this? Although I, Bai Shijing, am a scholar,

I like to be upright when doing things, and don’t like to go around in circles.”

Yang Ruoqing put down the tea bowl and said with a serious face: "To be honest, I took the initiative to show my kindness to you, Brother Bai, not because you are the legitimate son of the Bai family in Tianhai County, nor because your aunt is Princess Bai, so I came to please you.

You, I flatter you, I admire you and think you are different from the vast majority of the literati and elegant people at tonight's poetry meeting."

"It's different? How is it different? Tell me." Bai Shijing's eyes narrowed with interest.

Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment and said: "Although you are all scholars and talented scholars in Tianhai County, there may be some talents here who are not as talented as you, but in my opinion, you have one more thing than them.

"

"What?" Bai Shijing asked again.

Yang Ruoqing dipped her finger into some tea and wrote two words on the table.

"Proud?" Bai Shijing read out.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "Yes, that's pride."

Bai Shijing smiled and said nothing. He picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a few sips. The look on his face was dark and difficult to distinguish.

"I was ostracized by them. If it weren't for the fact that my father was a reputable person in Tianhai County and my aunt was the White Princess, they would definitely not invite me to come over to bring shame to the poetry club. As for me, it was also because of my family background.

I am treated politely by others, but I am also trapped by those family backgrounds, so I have to compromise to participate in such a poetry meeting!"

In the hall below, there was a sudden commotion.

Yang Ruoqing and Bai Shijing stopped their conversation and looked down together.

I saw a customer below giving the storyteller money and asking him to tell a story about the life of Mr. Guan Hang, the father and mother of Tianhai County.

So the storyteller began to tell, in a sultry tone, telling all the things Hang Zhenxing had done in his life, one by one, like a opera.

"This man shouldn't be telling stories, he should be singing operas. What he says is even more beautiful than what others sing. I am a foreigner. I heard such stories when I first came to Tianhai County. I just don't know if the Hang County Sheriff is serious.

As rumored, he dedicated his whole life to serving the people, just like his parents?" Yang Ruoqing said with a smile.

Bai Shijing's lips curled up with a trace of disdain: "Today's Tianhai County, there are many people like him, and they are everywhere praising the governor of Hang County. In the final analysis, this storyteller is just following the words written by others.

In those random thoughts, those so-called literati at tonight's poetry meeting are the writers of the script."

Yang Ruoqing's eyes widened in surprise, "So, is it really true that Governor Hang has such a good reputation that he has convinced countless literati?"

Bai Shijing sneered, "Tonight's host, the man in purple clothes is the son of the governor of Hangzhou. Like father, like son. Both of these fathers and sons are both golden and jade, but inside they are spoiled!"

Yang Ruoqing raised her hand towards Bai Shijing and gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Bai said it well. With this in mind, I offer you a cup of tea and wine! Do it first as a token of respect!"

Yang Ruoqing raised her head and drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp.

Bai Shijing was stunned for a moment, then he picked up the wine cup in front of him and took a few sips.

"Who are you? What do you want from approaching me? I don't like beating around the bush!" Bai Shijing said again.

Yang Ruoqing also suppressed the smile on her face and changed into a serious look.

"To be honest, I came from the capital. I came to Tianhai County to do something big and grand."

"This big thing is to eradicate the Hangzhenxing moth for the people of Tianhai County! But I need help, and Brother Bai, you are obviously the one who can stand out from the mud. I want to ask Brother Bai to help me.

!”

Yang Ruoqing cupped her hands and bowed to Bai Shijing.

Bai Shijing frowned, "Hang Zhenxing is indeed a big borer who has been fed by the people. I also deeply hate such corrupt officials. And now a large part of the forces in Tianhai County are attracted by Hang Zhenxing

, especially when he hooked up with the general who was stationed outside the city to protect the country, he covered the sky with one hand."

"I used to disdain to participate in poetry gatherings like this tonight, but now, because there is a general protecting the country behind Hang Zhenxing, my father is under pressure and can't break up with him, so he sent me here.

.”

"If this brother is really a nobleman from the capital, it would be a good thing to eradicate that moth, but you must first convince me of your strength!" Bai Shijing said with a serious face.

Bai Shijing's offer of such conditions was within Yang Ruoqing's expectation.

"I'll give you something. If you look at it, you'll understand it!" Yang Ruoqing said.

She took out a token glowing with cyan light from her arms and placed it in front of Bai Shijing.

"Brother Bai, please take a look."

Bai Shijing picked up the token and put it in front of her eyes, with the word "Luo" written on it.

"I seem to have seen this token somewhere..." Bai Shijing tried to remember.

Yang Ruoqing reminded me with two words: "Protect the country!"

"Yes, it is the token of the National Defense Army." Bai Shijing said.

A year ago, he accidentally met at his father's place.
Chapter completed!