Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

Chapter 30 Become famous

When Zhao Junyi was about to finish writing the second line, a classmate beside him tilted his head, looked at his second line and read it aloud: "The roots are under the trees, the branches are above the trees. Wood, wood, wood, pine, cypress, and camphor trees—dens—dens."

After reading the last word, Zhao Junyi also put down his pen. The corners of his mouth curled up complacently.

The classmates around him tilted their heads and stared at the second line he wrote, savoring it carefully.

"Okay, that's right!"

The classmate who read aloud just now was the first to exclaim in amazement, followed by others who also praised him.

"I didn't expect that Brother Zhao could match a pair that no one had matched for decades. It's amazing."

Everyone gave him a thumbs up.

Zhao Junyi waved his hands modestly, "Ah, you are all too kind. Actually, I didn't come up with this couplet very well. I came up with this second line two years ago, but it wasn't particularly neat, and the word type didn't quite match. I wasn't satisfied with it, so I never said it out loud. But a few days ago I came up with a new second line, which I think should be neater, and I'd like you to give me some pointers."

As he said this, he picked up his pen and prepared to write another one.

The waiter at the teahouse was very tactful and put the previous second couplet aside and replaced the paper.

The people around were very surprised, and then became excited.

"Mr. Zhao, you actually came up with a new couplet. We can't even think of one, so how can we give you any advice? Please don't embarrass us, we are all here to admire your talent."

"Yes, Mr. Zhao, quickly write out the new couplet you came up with so that we can learn from it."

Zhao Junyi listened to everyone's compliments and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll write it right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he concentrated on writing, and the others immediately fell silent again.

Just like before, someone read it aloud when he was almost done.

"Gold is made into bells because of its ring, gold is made into jade because of its jade, gold, gold, gold, hairpins, bracelets and ornaments - Xin - Xin."

"Good! Mr. Zhao, you are really talented. Others can't even think of one couplet, but you can actually come up with two. I admire you."

"This couplet is absolutely perfect. Mr. Zhao is indeed the youngest and most talented scholar in Xiemu County."

The waiter in the teahouse hurried forward and held up the couplet to show it to everyone. Someone else read it aloud, and now all the guests on the first and second floors could hear it clearly.

Suddenly, there was endless praise.

Zhao Junyi raised the corners of his mouth, enjoying everyone's flattery.

After a while, he bowed to everyone and said a lot of humble words, which made everyone have a better impression of him.

Yun Yan curled his lips, disdainful of his pretentiousness, but he had to admit that this guy was really capable.

Yun Xi ate the pastries in small bites, not taking it seriously. This kind of reputation gained by cheating would collapse sooner or later.

After taking a sip of tea and preparing to get up and leave, Zhao Junyi said, "I am not talented, but I have also thought of a couplet. I hope someone can come up with the second line."

In an instant, everyone became excited again and asked him to come up with the first couplet quickly.

Zhao Junyi glanced at everyone, put his right hand in front of his chest, put his left hand behind his back, raised his chin slightly, and said loudly,

"Listen carefully, my first couplet is: Wangjiang Tower, looking at the river flow, Wangjiang Tower looks at Jiang Tower, Jiang Tower is eternal, and the river flow is eternal."

Yun Xi looked at the complacent young man on the stage, then glanced at a private room on the second floor. She couldn't help but admire how these two people had put so much effort into becoming famous.

First, he came up with a couplet that no one had matched for more than ten years. Not counting one, he also showed two.

He earned enough fame. Finally, he left behind a couplet.

It progresses layer by layer and is really impressive.

Yun Xi knew that this was a perfect couplet. In her previous life, the first line of the couplet was engraved on the Wangjiang Tower, attracting countless writers and poets to respond. It was not until a hundred years later that someone came up with the second line.

——Yinyue Well, Yinyue’s shadow, the moon’s shadow is in Yinyue Well. The moon well lasts for ten thousand years, and the moon’s shadow lasts for ten thousand years.

Although it is neat, it is not a perfect match and there are some shortcomings. The "river flow" is dynamic, but the "moon shadow" is static.

Now Zhao Junyi actually brought out this eternal couplet. What? Does he want to be remembered forever?

Naturally, no one could come up with such a difficult couplet. Everyone could only admire it.

The owner of the teahouse excitedly asked Zhao Junyi to write down the first couplet, and then hang it in the hall, replacing the first couplet of the former Taifu.

The shopkeeper even personally presented two hundred taels of silver to Zhao Junyi, saying that this was the rule of the teahouse, and it had been decided long ago that whoever could make a couplet or leave a good pair would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

Today, Zhao Junyi happened to make a pair and kept one, which is two hundred taels.

This unexpected surprise made Zhao Junyi very happy. He pretended to refuse it twice but finally accepted it.

The classmates who came with him all bowed and congratulated him, and the people around him also threw out nice words as if they were free.

"Mr. Zhao is so talented that he will surely be on the list of the imperial examination in three years."

"Not only that, I think, with Mr. Zhao's knowledge, he has a chance of getting the top three honors in the imperial examination."

Zhao Junyi pretended to be modest. "No, no, please don't flatter me. I am not very talented and can only make a few couplets. I dare not even think about winning the first prize in the imperial examination."

After saying that, he bowed to everyone again, and then went upstairs with his classmates.

Yun Yan looked at his back and rolled his eyes. "Tsk, just pretending."

Yun Xi patted the snack crumbs on her hands, stood up and said, "Let's go, second brother."

She now had a basic understanding of the situation between Wang Yuyan and Zhao Junyi. It seemed that Wang Yuyan had used the knowledge she had learned from her nine years of compulsory education in her previous life to make a deal with Zhao Junyi.

Zhao Junyi used these poems, songs and couplets that had never appeared in the Daqian Dynasty to gild his own face and achieve his goal of becoming famous throughout the world.

Oh, that's a really good plan.

No wonder Zhao Pingxiu and Zhang adopted Wang Yuyan as their adopted daughter. In this way, Wang Yuyan could stay with them in the city without any reason and would not have to live a hard life in the village.

And Zhao Junyi also needs her by his side to give him advice from time to time and to promote his reputation.

What Yun Xi didn't know was that Wang Yuyan didn't originally want to be an adopted daughter, but wanted to be the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family.

However, Zhao Junyi’s goal is very clear. He wants to find a powerful Yue family.

After learning that Wang Yuyan had something in her head, he was both happy and scared.

What made him happy was that Wang Yuyan said that as long as she was allowed to stay in the city and live in their home, she would provide him with poems and songs from time to time.

What they were afraid of was that Wang Yuyan had obviously changed her mind. In their opinion, the stone that day really killed her. Now she was just possessed by a ghost.

However, since her condition did not seem like that of a ghost, they concluded that she was possessed by a demon.

In the end, Wang Yuyan half-truthfully told Zhao Junyi her story, saying that she was neither a ghost nor a goblin, but a person who traveled through time from the future.

She had to tell him, otherwise Zhao Junyi would not dare to get close to her. After various attempts, he found that Wang Yuyan did not seem to be a threat to him, so he agreed to let her stay.

The condition was that, as the adopted daughter of the Zhao family, she would give him at least three poems every month.

Wang Yuyan also thought that this suggestion was good. If Zhao Junyi became successful in the future, she, as his adopted sister, could also find a better husband.

In this way, the two hit it off and began to cooperate.

Anyway, both of them have something on the other, so they are both relieved and wary of each other.