Xiao Jiading stopped and looked back, but it was the chubby young scholar who was yelling to let Zhong Wenbo get into the gutter and rushed to chase after him with several servants.

He was among the onlookers just now, but he didn't say hello, but followed him for a while before speaking. Obviously, although he had prejudice against Zhong Wenbo, he still didn't want people to know that he was standing on the side of Xiao Jiading. At that moment, Xiao Jiading stood up and looked at him with a smile. Seeing that he was wearing brocade and very luxurious, he saw that he was the son of a rich family. After he came, he bowed and said, "Do you have something to do with me?"

The chubby young scholar said, "My name is Zhu Haiyin, and she is a clerk in the county government office. I just saw you defeating that shitty man Zhong Wenbo, the number one talent in Yizhou, is so satisfying. Your poetry is so good. I admire you very much. I want to invite you to go to Cuiyulou to have a drink. I wonder if Brother Xiao is willing?"

When Xiao Jiading heard this, he said that the fat scholar did not go against Zhong Wenbo and even had a grudge. He also heard that the fat man was actually a clerk in the county government office. Seeing that he was dressed in high-end clothes, he must be very rich, so why did he still work in the yamen? I really can't figure it out. Now he is about to go to the county government office, and he will inevitably meet in the future. Of course, it is best to meet him now. However, I just rejected Na Ya Niang's invitation, and now I am back. It's a bit bad. Whether he can go to the yamen to be a clerk is still unknown, but there is no need to be too anxious to meet his colleagues in the yamen. He bowed and said, "It's really an honor to know Hua Gongzi. Thank you very much for your kind invitation. However, I really have something tonight, so what's better than another day?"

"Okay? Where is the brother living? I'll go to you tomorrow."

Xiao Jiading thought to himself that he had already agreed to meet Du Erniu at noon tomorrow, and he should know if it was possible to enter the yamen. If it didn't work, he might be able to find connections through this fat clerk. He smiled and said, "I am currently staying in Yizhou Inn."

"Okay! Then I'll say that I'll come to you tomorrow night! We'll make a decision."

"Okay!"

After Xiao Jiading and Zhu Haiyin said goodbye, they returned to the inn. They were waiting to meet Du Erniu the next day to see how this little girl helped.

I slept very peacefully until the next day, and I woke up. I called the waiter Li San from the shop, brought water to wash, ordered another plate of refined breakfast, and then asked him to go to the most luxurious Yizhou restaurant near the yamen to book a clean and elegant seat. When he went shopping yesterday, he had already remembered some of the major buildings in the city, so he knew that there was a luxurious restaurant opposite the county government.

It was almost noon, and I wrapped the two jin of money around my waist, and the rest of the money was stored at the shopkeeper at the inn counter, and then I walked out.

He came to the gate of Shaocheng County. Now the yamen has been dispersed. There is no one in and out of the gate. The two doormen who are guarding the door are sitting lazily on the stool, and there is a chat without a word.

He looked around and saw if Du Erniu had arrived, but heard a surprise cry from behind: "Young Master Xiao!"

Xiao Jiading turned around and saw Du Erniu standing not far away, with a white-haired old man beside him, looking at him scrutinizedly.

Du Erniu ran over, looked up and down at him, and said, "You are indeed a scholar. They were dressed like this yesterday, so they were afraid they would not dare to bully you so fiercely." He pulled the old man over and said, "This is my grandfather. - Grandpa, he is Mr. Xiao, very righteous and talented, you must help him!"

The voice was full of coquettishness. It seemed that Du Erniu was spoiled by her grandfather.

Xiao Jiading had already learned from Du Erniu that her grandfather's name was Du Dayin, and she was a retired old clerk in the county yard. It was also the key to whether she could enter the yamen to do an errand. She quickly stepped forward, smiled all over her face, and bowed to the ground: "I was born in Xiao Jiading, pay homage to grandpa!"

Du Erniu heard his cry intimately, and liked it even more. She held Du Dayin's arm and saw his reaction.

Du Dayin also smiled, nodded frequently, and said, "Brother Xiao, don't have to be too polite!"

Xiao Jiading said: "Wansheng booked a elegant seat at the Yizhou restaurant and invited grandpa and Erniu to have a glass of water and wine. I wonder if they are willing to enjoy the scenery?"

Seeing that Xiao Jiading was so good at doing things, Du Erniu couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly shook his grandfather's arm and said in a coquettish voice: "Go! It's rare that Mr. Xiao has a good intention, let's go!"

Du Da patted the back of her hand in a doting manner and said, "Okay, then I'll bother Brother Xiao."

"What's the matter? I heard Erniu say that grandpa is an old senior in the yamen for decades. It's so honorable for young students to listen to grandpa's teachings in person! Please come here."

At that moment, the three of them entered the restaurant. Xiao Jiading signed up for the elegant seat he had booked, and the waiter quickly led them in.

This Yizhou restaurant is also one of the most luxurious restaurants in Yizhou, so the guests here are almost all of them with some identities, and most of them are scholars.

When they passed by the lobby downstairs, they heard a table of scholars in the lobby talking excitedly while having a drink. A scholar said, "You didn't see Mr. Zhong's embarrassment yesterday. Hahaha, this is the first time I have seen him so embarrassed, it's really funny."

Another scholar was full of envy and jealousy and said, "What kind of scholar who makes friends with poetry can really make poetry in seven steps?"

"That's of course, so many people saw it in full view. Can there be fakes? Someone asked Mr. Zhong to give a question and he wrote a poem on the spot. The three poems were like this. Think about it, Mr. Zhong is the number one talented man in Yizhou. How could he rub sand in his eyes? But he couldn't find any problem. In the end, he actually took out the poem Zhaojun that had won the title of the Cuiyu Tower with shamelessness, and wanted to turn defeat into victory. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xiao still made a seven-character long poem! The poem was too long, and he only read it again. I couldn't remember it, but only remembered two of the most exciting sentences: 'Once you go to Zitai and Shuomo, leave the green tomb alone to the dusk', - How vivid and touching is it to describe Wang Zhaojun'? Everyone on the spot, including the **Cao Yam girl, who agreed that Mr. Xiao won. Hehehe."

Another scholar said: "It's a pity that such a good poem was not copied. I really want to read it well."

"This is easy to deal with. Miss Ya is born with a good memory. After listening to the seven-character poem once, she remembered most of the poems and copied them. She also said that Mr. Xiao had agreed to go to meet Miss Ya tomorrow, and then it would be enough. Most of the ones she recorded were copied by many people."

"Then have you copied it?"

"Me? Which onion am I? How can I meet with Miss Ya? I haven't copied it. However, I believe that this poem will be spread after Mr. Xiao has supplemented it. There are also the three poems in front of him, especially the second and the three poems in the earth. I don't have a good memory and can't remember it. I only remember one of them is 'But the master can get drunk in the guest, and I don't know where is a foreign land' - Listen! Listen! When you are in a foreign land, as long as you have wine in the glass, you can forget your homesickness. When you are drunk, your foreign land is also your hometown! Mr. Xiao is a complete drunkard! Hahaha!"

"This young master Xiao is a real person, but isn't his honorable name?"

"I remember this, he said his name is Xiao Jiading!"

When these scholars said this, Du Erniu and the others had already walked halfway up the stairs. When they heard this, they all stopped and looked at Xiao Jiading, their eyes full of inquiries. Xiao Jiading smiled and shrugged.

Du Dayin and Du Erniu looked at each other and laughed. Du Erniu was even more excited and took Xiao Jiading's arm directly and went upstairs with him. The three of them came to the elegant seat. After the guests and guests were separated, Xiao Jiading ordered the waiter to attend a table of exquisite banquets.

After he had arranged the banquet, Du Erniu was most anxious, shaking Xiao Jiading's arm and said excitedly: "The scholars downstairs said it is true? Are you the scholar who defeated Zhong Wenbo with poetry comrades?"

"Hehe, yes, but that's just that there's nothing to do, because I know that if I want to join the yamen as an official, it's not OK to be a talented person. I still need money to make some money. This should be an unwritten rule. I don't have much money and can only write a few bad poems, so I came up with such a bad idea, the purpose is to make some money and do things easier. I can't let you always pay for me. Hehe."

To be honest, he was just because Du Dayin was an old clerk in the yamen and was very familiar with the set of hidden rules in the yamen. He could only talk to him after he made it clear. Moreover, if he said so frankly, he could also show his frankness and easily win the other party's favor.

Sure enough, Du Dayin stroked his beard and smiled and nodded, "Very good, your child is honest. The story of Zhong Wenbo, the number one talented man in Yizhou, spread throughout Yizhou overnight. I have also heard that since you are so talented, why don't you take the imperial examination and enter the official career? Why do you need to seek the position of a small county magistrate?"

Xiao Jiading was still self-aware. He was good at copying the Tang poems of later generations. If he asked him to write one by himself, he would stare at him. Besides, the imperial examination is not enough to memorize a few Tang poems, otherwise, Li Bai and Du Fu would have been the top scorer in high school. At the same time, the admission rate of the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty was very low, and he learned that the main ways to become an official in the Tang Dynasty included the imperial examinations, the family and the outflow of the rivers. The main ways were not the imperial examinations, but the latter two.
Chapter completed!