Zhemuer was stunned. In his impression, Chu Yu was a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. This kind of words, this attitude, and this kind of momentum were definitely not what he should have. Although he was straightforward, he was very careful in his heart. Looking closely at Chu Yu's eyes, he suddenly felt that he was a little different from the playboy he had met before, and couldn't help but say, "How do you know I can't do it?"

"Because..." Chu Yu was about to say "I want to marry Su Xue", but suddenly stopped. Some thought suddenly arose in his heart and said, "There are many people here, Brother Zhe, let's find a place to speak and I'll tell you."

Zhemuer was skeptical. Logically speaking, this young master who only knows how to spit out any ivory when he is eating, drinking and having fun. However, today he always feels that Chu Yu is like a different person than before. After thinking for a while, he finally decided to listen to what he wants to say, and said, "Okay, come to my hotel."

The two of them came to Zhemuer's small hotel. In the uninhabited hut in the back hall, Zhemuer ordered a few drinks and suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Chu, I think you have nothing to say. You want to use the reason for speaking to deceive me into eating a drink. Haha, that's okay. You and I will have a drink. Who made us know each other before?"

Chu Yu sneered, "If I only have such a little ambition, I will not be here. Let me tell you, the final winner of the Su family's marriage recruitment this time has been decided."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Wu family in the west of the city, Wu Cheng!"

Zhemuer was shocked, "How do you know?"

"This time the Chu family's incident occurred, from the money house being robbed to the mysterious death of my elder brother, it was not accidental. Guess who was manipulating it behind the scenes?" Chu Yu lowered his voice.

"This..." Zhemuer pondered.

Chu Yu didn't wait for his answer and said, "Now the Su family threatened to invite brides. If the winner was Wu Cheng, then... our Chu family would undoubtedly die. And the Wu family has won the number one beauty in Yangzhou and the second has the financial help of the Su family. I dare say that they will expand the money business next year and then annex the various families to dominate Jiangnan. What do you think?"

Zhemuer pondered for a while and suddenly said, "But this arena is not a false appearance. What if someone else wins?"

"The Wu family will not allow others to win!" Chu Yu asserted: "I believe they have already been venting with the Su family, and Su Youcai cannot allow his daughter to marry someone who has no help to his salt farm business, such as you."

Zhemuer was shocked. Chu Yu was right. His small hotel was not in the eyes of the Su Wu family. His confidence finally began to dissipate with Chu Yu's explanation.

"And you are still a Mongolian. Do you think Su Youcai and his son Su Mao, who is an official in the court, want to marry Su Xue to a Mongolian? It's not the Yuan Dynasty now..." Chu Yu's words were like a knife, pricking the weakest corner in Zhemuer's heart.

7

Zhemuer was stunned. He stared at Chu Yu, as if he was a person he had never seen before.

"You... are you Chu Yu? Chu Yu will never say such words. Who are you?"

Chu Yu sneered slightly and leaned closer to Zhemuer and said, "Who do you think I am? I used to be slutty, eating, drinking, gambling, and all the five poisons. I didn't wake up until I was kicked out of the house. I am still Chu Yu, but I am no longer the Chu Yu he used to."

Zhemuer was stunned for a while before slowly breathing out, lowered his head and said, "I paid all 100 taels of silver. It seems that I really want to waste it. Then... that's my hotel's three months of profit..."

"Your money can't be wasted, but I just don't know if you are willing to listen to me?" Chu Yu said lightly.

Zhemuer frowned, "What are you going to do? That money cannot be refunded!"

"Change your name to mine." Chu Yu said mutely.

"This..." Zhemuer said in surprise: "Do you want to go to the ring to attract bride?"

"I didn't think about recruiting a bride. I want to take revenge and avenge the Wu family!" A cold light appeared in Chu Yu's eyes. "They caused my Chu family to be destroyed and I want to marry my sister-in-law who has not passed away. This revenge is different from Dai Tian!"

Zhemuer was shocked. He didn't expect Chu Yu to have such hatred. "But you..., the ring is about literature and martial arts. Can you beat Wu Cheng? As far as I know, he is a very popular candidate for recruiting relatives this time."

"Hmph!" Chu Yu said contemptuously, "Then are you willing to bet me? Your 100 taels of silver is gambling."

Zhemuer was originally a passionate man. After hearing Chu Yu say so much, he was already moved by his ambition. When he thought of this big change in the Chu family, he also felt pitiful. At this time, he suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart and smiled and said, "One hundred taels are too little, I will take another item."

As he said that, Zhemuer took out a scimitar from the wooden cabinet, about two feet long, with a hilt of the knife inlaid with white jade, and the blade was inserted into a bearskin scabbard. Zhemuer handed the scimitar to Chu Yu and said in a deep voice: "There must be weapons in the competition on the ring. I will escort this on you."

Chu Yu took the scimitar and saw Zhemuer's solemn expression, he knew that it must be a good knife. He didn't say thank you, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, bowed and said, "Goodbye." After that, he left.

Listening to his far away footsteps, Zhemuer nodded slightly and murmured: "I am a Mongolian. I will never live in this small hotel and be a rich man. Chu Yu will meet in the future. I hope I will not misunderstand you."

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Laba Festival.

The sun rose from the east early, shining on the Yangzhou City, which had gradually become the New Year atmosphere. Everyone in Yangzhou's eyes gathered at the door of the Su family. The street in front of the Su family was spacious and it was crowded at this time, and there was a ring there.

The ring was built by the Su family overnight. It was half a meter high from the ground, and the hard elm boards were paved into a ring that was ten or five meters long. There was a red carpet on the ring, and a large red cloth screen wall near the north. It was carved with dragons, thorns, phoenix flowers and flowers, with four large characters in the center, "The ring is attracting brides"! On both sides are couplets specially written by famous calligraphers in Yangzhou:

"A man and woman are beautiful and beautiful in spring and autumn; a beautiful son-in-law and a sword are combined with the piano and sword"

To the north of the ring, there are two rows of wooden chairs and tables at the main seat under the screen wall. The front row is for Su Youcai and all the famous figures in Yangzhou. The back row is for Su Xue and Su Youcai’s ladies. It was just early in the morning and there was no one on the top. But the idle people around the ring pointing at the seats and talking:

"Mr. Su must be sitting in the middle, and the ones who are doing it next to him should be Mr. Wu and Mr. Fang."

"Master Su may not necessarily sit in the middle. What if he invites our Yangzhou prefect, Lord Yang?"

"Why did Lord Yang come? He is a dignified prefect. Even if Mr. Su is rich, he is just a salt merchant."

"But Su Mao, the eldest son of the Su family, is the personal bodyguard next to the emperor..."

Amid the discussion, the sun had risen a foot high. Chen time had arrived, and more and more people were watching. The Su family's ring stage seemed to be a New Year gift to all the people in Yangzhou City.

Lao Xia, the butler of the Su family, came to the stage and cleared his throat. Before he could speak, the people watching the fun calmed down. Lao Xia snorted: "Today is the day for our Su family to invite the ladies to the stage. Thank you for your support. The morning and afternoon competitions of the stage, the top young talents in our Yangzhou City were signed up for the competition. The prefect also came here in person. I believe that all the young masters will definitely use their best skills and make a name for themselves today!"

His words seemed to be able to marry the daughter of the Su family, just like he was the top scholar in the imperial examination, but if he thought about it carefully, it was indeed the case.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound of soldiers and armor behind the ring. About one hundred government guards lined up from the Su family, each wearing armor and holding weapons. While shouting, he drove away the people near the ring, drove the people a little far away, and then stood facing everyone and maintained the ring.

Lao Xia knew that the master and the prefect were about to come out, so he went on a busy day to welcome him. He saw Su Youcai and Yang Chuanzan, the prefect of Yangzhou, walked out with a smile. Behind them were more than a dozen great merchants and wealthy gentry from Yangzhou, all of whom were smiling. Behind were Su Youcai's female relatives and maids, and today's "Big Head", the number one beauty in Yangzhou City, Su Xue.

Su Youcai asked the prefect to be the most prominent seat in the middle, and then looked at her daughter with a side face. Su Xue did not dress up deliberately today, but she looked even more fresh and gorgeous. However, the sorrow that had been condensed between her eyebrows never dissipated. She seemed to be thinking about her own thoughts, sitting upright in her seat, lowering her head and silent.

Su Youcai sighed and called the gentry to sit down before sitting down.

When the people saw the magistrate coming, they all knelt down on the ground and shouted in a mess: "I have seen the magistrate... the magistrate is healthy..."

Yang Chuan nodded slightly and smiled at Su Youcai, "Brother Su, today I want to open my eyes and see which young heroes are in our Yangzhou City."

Su Youcai was frightened and frightened, "Mr. Yang is willing to give me a look. The villain is already the ancestor Youguang. Thank you Lord Yang, thank you Lord Yang..."

Seeing that Su Youcai winked at him, Lao Xia hurriedly stepped forward and announced that today's arena had begun.

The first thing to compete is poetry and articles. The registered talents need to compete in pairs on the stage, or test each other with difficult questions in the eight-legged essay, or propose topics to dialect each other, or mention things to write poems and essays until the other party is defeated. In this way, the remaining person will be the winner. After comparing martial arts in the afternoon, Su Youcai will choose one of his own son-in-law among the two winners of civil and military affairs.

The literary battle began soon. The talented men fought against each other on the stage. At first, they pretended to be gentle. After a moment, they became anxious and turned red with their faces. Someone cursed them. Seeing that the prefect was a little embarrassed, Lao Xia reminded him to "be careful of gentleness" several times, and the talented men calmed down a little.

Chu Yu was watching from afar at this moment, leaning against the corner of the wall.

Today he is striving to win both the titles of civil and military, because he knows that Su Youcai no longer has any friendship with the Chu family. Even if he defeats everyone during the competition, he may not necessarily win Su Youcai's favor. Because the hole in the Chu family is already big enough, no one is willing to trap him in. And if he gets the first in martial arts and poetry and prose, Su Youcai will have no choice. In front of everyone, he can only admit himself. This is the safest plan.

But this plan is so difficult!

He doesn't want to go on stage yet. The stage is now messy, with most of the corrupt scholars and bookworms. He has to wait for the nerds on stage to decide the winner and then go on stage by himself.
Chapter completed!