Chapter 47: Tu Ye Xi Xiao

  Mr. Li's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Thank you, Dean."

  Li Hui waved his hand: "Alas, it's actually me who snatched the opportunity from you. You're the invigilating teacher and should be the first to review the papers. However, I'm eager to seek the Tao, and at this first time, I'll feel the imprint of the great Tao above. This position of Dean can also be considered as a small compensation for you."

  Mr. Li hastily shook his head: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

  With a flourish, Chen Jiu had already finished writing amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd. He gently put down his brush and gazed at the majestic aura on the paper, his face tinged with regret: "What a pity, what a pity, the foundation is insufficient, otherwise it would have been enough to attain the status of a sage."

  Li Hui looked at Chen Jiu, then walked over with a smile: "Chen Jiu, you're not bad, really impressive, actually bringing about such an extraordinary phenomenon, in the future becoming a Confucian or Taoist sage isn't impossible".

  "When the principal can't praise you, students are just a little bit lucky." Chen Jiukui humbly said.

  "Luck? Luck isn't that reliable, I've lived for decades, how come I never had this luck?"

  Chen Jiu looked at the Dean and then said: "The students have a request, hoping that the Dean can agree."

  Li Hui glanced at the article with a fiery gaze and said calmly: "Tell me, what does it say?"

  "It's like this, this article contains the student's hard work, and the student hopes that after the teacher grades it, they will return the article to me."

  The dean was taken aback: "That's right, that's right. This test paper is indeed a manuscript of the various masters, it's not an exaggeration at all. Such a good treasure, no wonder you can't bear to part with it. Originally, the college does not allow this to be done, such treasures should be sealed in the secret library. However, you are the owner of this test paper, since you don't want to donate it to the academy, then after the exam is over, come here and take it back."

  "Thank you, Dean," Chen Jiuzhou said with a slight smile.

  Li Hui quietly rolled up Chen Jiu's test paper and put it in his sleeve: "Well, since you've already finished the questions, just wait for the exam to end. I'll take this test paper first."

  After finishing speaking, before everyone could react, the Dean had already walked out of the door. It seems that this Dean's martial arts cultivation is not low.

  The great Confucian with the surname Li looked at Chen Jiu with a strange gaze, then glanced at the stunned student, and let out a soft shout that startled everyone.

  "Half of the time has passed and if you don't start answering the test questions now, then there's no point in continuing with the exam, just go home."

  The students looked around in confusion, wondering what was going on. They had wasted so much time and now they were all burying their heads in thought. Perhaps it was because of the article by Chen Jiuling earlier, but soon the students' minds were flowing like a fountain, and before long, they had finished writing.

  After collecting the test papers, Mr. Li looked at everyone: "You all go home and wait for news, and the results will be announced in about three days."

  "Chen Jiu's eyes widened in surprise: 'The speed is actually this fast, the efficiency is really high'."

  The crowd poured out, and outside the door stood some other husbands from inside the house. Each of them cast their eyes at this room, and all those who had been present earlier with such a majestic and righteous atmosphere now felt something in their hearts.

  Just as he walked out of the gate, Chen's stomach growled nonstop from a day of hunger. He was about to go back for a big meal when a neutral voice called out from behind him: "Brother, wait a minute."

  Turning his head, Chen Jiu looked at this scholar with a puzzled expression. He was clean and neat, with delicate skin, obviously a young master from a wealthy family.

  Her face is elegant and pleasant to look at, even beautiful. But can a man be described as beautiful?

  "My elder brother is so polite, I am Chen Jiu, may I ask who you are?"

  "Oh oh oh, little brother's name is Yi Xiao Xiao, easy-going 'Yi', free and easy 'Xiao'".

  "Hehe, you can call me Chen Jiu, or Jiǔ the drinker, or simply Nine from One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine."

  "Chen Jiu, brother, your name is quite strange?" Yi Xiao Xiao said with a flip of her big eyes.

  "Haha, you're not the first to say my name is weird, but this name was given by the person who saved my life, and I don't want to change it either, after all, I've been called that for over ten years, I'm used to it."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao Xue: "I don't know what business you have with me, brother?"

  Yi Xiao patted Chen Jiu's shoulder: "Earlier, brother wrote a holy and virtuous article, I admired it extremely, so I came to make friends with you."

  Chen nodded: "I'm hungry".

  Xiao Xiao smiled and said "I'm inviting you".

  "Is the first floor okay?" Chen Jiu asked with a smile.

  Xiao Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his face was bitter: "Alas, the first floor is the number one gold-digging cave in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture. It seems that I am destined to lose money today."

  "How can the first floor be the number one Jinhuang Cave in the world? Isn't the number one Jinhuang Cave supposed to be in Shuixiang?" Chen Jiu asked doubtfully.

  Yi Xiao looked at Chen Jiu as if he were an alien: "Brother, you are really out of date. The former Xian Jin Cave was naturally a water town, but now it is the first floor."

  "Do you know how much gold can be stored in the first floor every day?" asked Yi Xiao.

  Chen Ji shook his head and said frankly that as the big boss of the first building, he really didn't know how much money he could make in a day. Anyway, it was a lot.

  "at least five thousand taels of gold"

  "What" Chen Jiuduan was startled.

  "Are you surprised?"

  Chen Ji shook his head: "It's too unbelievable, can that wine shop keep producing gold endlessly? How is there so much?"

  "I don't know if it can produce gold, but I only know that there are the most beautiful dancing girls, the most thoughtful service, the most delicious food, the best wine, and most importantly, Governor Zhou seems to have some connection with that restaurant, so for those who want to send gifts, they can just go there to consume."

  Chen Jiu listened and felt a bit overwhelmed: "There are still so many twists and turns in this, let's go eat, I'm really starving to death".

  Entering the wine building, the first floor hall was already full of people. Everyone was drinking and watching the dancers on stage. Yi Xiao walked directly to the waiter's side: "Get me a second-floor private room".

  "Follow me," said the young waiter, a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a sharp look in his eyes.

  It turns out that Old Master Chen Jiu is quite a failure, spending his days trying to get into Qingyang Academy and never coming downstairs, making everyone think he's a regular guest here.

  After they were done, Yi Xiao Xiao took out the menu and threw it at Chen Jiu: "Come on, today I'm treating you, don't be polite with me, just order whatever you want."

  Although this first floor is high-end, the extraordinary phenomenon of Chenjiu's writing earlier was clear and distinct because of something special. To put it bluntly, if one can write an article that conveys a sage-like aura, then in the future they will surely have the demeanor of a saint.

  It's absolutely worth it to spend money to make friends with a future saint.

  "Then I won't be polite."

  "Whatever, whatever"

  "Good, bring me the best dish and the best wine, haha, it's rare to have a big spender today, if I don't take advantage of you, who will I take advantage of?"

  "This meal will probably cost at least three hundred taels of gold, or else we won't be able to leave the door."

  Chen Jiu looked at the dishes in front of him and took a bite: "Mmm, not bad, not bad, you get what you pay for."

  Watching Chen Jiu eating with relish, thinking of the money he spent, Yi Xiao's small face puffed up, and he started to eat frantically: "I want to eat back, I want to eat back, I'm not a fool".

  The result shocked Chen Jiu, he really didn't expect that Yi Xiao's slender body could eat so much and still not be full. Chen Jiu saw this and became anxious: "If you eat it all, what will I do? I'm the guest, you should give way to me."

  After finishing speaking, she directly picked up the plate and scooped everything into the bowl.

  Yi Xiao Xiao was taken aback: "Do you have to use it so fiercely?"

  Chen Jiubao said with a pouted mouth: "It's you who invited me to dinner, but you can eat too much and too fast, I couldn't keep up. Honestly, are you trying to eat your way back home?"

  "Where? I'm just hungry."

  Although he said so with his mouth, Xiao Xue secretly scolded in her heart: "You call me a big head, don't give you a bit of trouble to see that you don't know how many eyes Ma Wangye has".

  Cough cough, is there a Horse King in this world?