After quickly wearing the second male lead who was rejected

"Ziqing, the competition is about to start. Do you want to participate?" Ouyang Jingye now wished to be as far away from Zhang Xingye as possible, but then he changed his mind and thought, why should he be so timid like a mouse seeing a cat because of one person.

In an instant, he was full of fighting spirit.

He had always been aware of Ziqing's talent, but he had never revealed it, keeping a low profile. Outsiders also thought of Ziqing as a lazy young man.

Gu Chang said calmly, "Let's go."

Now that Zhang Xingye had gotten involved, Gu Chang didn't want to see Zhang Xingye's face anymore, so he just walked away.

Zhang Xingye suddenly called out to Gu Chang, "I've heard of Master Lu's great reputation for a long time. Today, I'd like to take this opportunity to learn a thing or two from him."

Gu Chang, "..."

Let him, an ordinary person who has never written poetry, battle with others?

Although he has the original owner's memories, it doesn't mean he can write poetry.

In a moment, the entire second floor became quiet.

It's simple. These scholars are a little curious about whether Lu Zhiyuan was given the title of "One of the Four Young Masters of the Capital" because he was good-looking or because of his outstanding talent.

But most people think it is the former.

Now Zhang Xingye wants to force this Mr. Lu to take action, which is a good opportunity to find out what they are thinking.

"I consider myself a fool, so I'll let Qiyan be Master Lu's opponent. The winner can make any demands of the other party, as long as they are reasonable and not excessive, right?" Zhang Xingye's face, bloodshot from excessive indulgence, stared at Gu Chang with increasing greed. As long as he could arrange a date with someone at the brothel, wouldn't anything be possible?

"Ziqing..." Ouyang Jingye frowned and looked at Gu Chang worriedly. Zhang Xingye must have had bad intentions, but he was just making Ziqing suffer...

Gu Chang glanced at Xu Ruowei, who looked anxious in the corner, without leaving a trace.

So, his tone was slightly cold, "Okay then."

Gu Chang poked the system.

The system trembled, knowing what Gu Chang meant. "Host, don't worry! (?????)"

Because of the bet between the two, the steward of Zhuqieju reported the matter to the master behind the scenes. After getting permission, he sent someone to arrange the necessary things.

Explain to others that the incident happened suddenly, so today's competition is over, so each contestant will receive a painting or something else as compensation.

Qiyan walked forward and knelt in front of the desk, picked up his brush and dipped it in ink, and surprisingly finished the poem in one go. Gu Chang also stopped writing at the same moment Qiyan finished writing, but a flash of blue light flashed under his lowered eyelids.

After the ink has dried, the people present will judge it first, and the winner's poem will be sent to the owner of Zhuqieju.

After a while.

"Both poems describe snowy scenes, but Miss Qiyan's focuses more on a corner of the courtyard, while Mr. Lu's describes the vastness of the snow-capped mountains. They are equally brilliant and wonderful!"

"How can the scenery in the courtyard be compared with the beauty of the mountains? In my opinion, Mr. Lu's poem is superior!"

"The seven-character poem depicts a girl in her boudoir gazing at the snow and thinking of her husband, while the red plum blossoms bloom, creating a unique sentiment."

"But after reading Master Lu's poem over and over again, I realized that the grandeur of the snow-capped mountains is only superficial. The soldiers guarding the border are homesick when they see the snow, and the artistic conception is even more vast. In my opinion, Master Lu wins."

"But the poems written by the seven-word girl are full of profound emotions..."

The people present argued endlessly for half an hour before they decided that Gu Chang's poem was better.

Gu Chang, who was listening on the side, "......"

The system comforted him, "Host, don't be discouraged. It's not your fault that you can't compose poetry. Fortunately, your system is both literary and martial. QVQ"

Gu Chang: ...

The steward delivered the poem written by Gu Chang to the room of the master behind the scenes, and stood aside with his head down waiting for the result.

Second floor——

"You useless thing! If you can't even do such a small thing, I think your senior brother's illness doesn't need to be cured!" Zhang Xingye yelled at the woman in black in frustration.

But after looking at Qiyan, a sense of coldness arose for no reason, which made Zhang Xingye, who was about to curse, shut up for a moment.

Qi Yan's eyes, covered in black veil, turned to Gu Chang in the crowd. Cold sweat broke out on her palms. She actually saw the colors of life and death in this man...

"Mr. Lu, my master invites you to a chat." The steward's arrival surprised everyone. The master of Zhuqieju not only required the poet to be good but also to be pleasing to his eye before he would meet her.

So, Mr. Lu wants to meet the master behind Zhu Qieju?

Gu Chang, who had nothing to do with talent, left with the steward with an expressionless face.

Xu Ruowei, who had been squatting in the corner for a long time, had no choice but to give up. She thought that the path she was taking at Zhuqieju was a dead end, and she had to find another way to establish her reputation. That way, she could get to know more powerful people and secure her future path.

"Zhang Xingye, don't forget that you still owe Ziqing a request." Ouyang Jingye crossed his arms and glanced at Zhang Xingye.

Zhang Xingye didn't get angry but laughed, "Of course I remember it!"

"let's go!"

The previously crowded second floor suddenly emptied out, and those who remained began to quietly discuss whether Lu Zhiyuan would participate in next year's Spring Examination. After all, the son of a military commander had become a scholar, capable of writing, and possessing extraordinary talent. Who knew if Lu Zhiyuan entered the imperial court, the capital would be transformed.

Gu Chang followed the steward to the door of the last room on the second floor and stopped.

The steward pushed open the half-closed door and said respectfully, "Master, Mr. Lu has arrived."

Then he made a gesture of invitation to Gu Chang, "Mr. Lu, please."

Gu Chang walked into the room with long legs and saw a huge screen across the room, with a window open on one side. There was a table and a chair in front of the screen. On the table was a poem written by him.

To be precise, it was the system that controlled this body and wrote according to the original owner's handwriting.

"I've heard of Mr. Lu's name for a long time. Seeing him today, I can see that he is truly extraordinary." The deep, magnetic voice with a somewhat lazy tone was unexpectedly sexy.

"You are joking, sir." Gu Chang looked at the huge screen and thought, I can only see a blurry figure of you through the screen, how can you see what I look like?

Could it be that she was peeping at him from upstairs?

The system then reminded, "Host, there are four secret guards here."

"It is said that Mr. Lu likes quietness and rarely steps out of the house. Why would he come to Zhujuju today?" Ouyang Xiuming's deep black eyes looked directly at Gu Chang through the screen.

Gu Chang replied expressionlessly, "Your Excellency said it was just a rumor."

Ouyang Xiuming walked out from behind the screen at this time, "Ziqing, do you still remember me?"

Gu Chang was about to salute when Ouyang Xiuming quickly grabbed Gu Chang's arm and said, "No need to salute. I received a letter from your father today and wanted to go to the general's mansion to look for you. I heard that you were here."

"You are worthy of being Lu Qiao's child." Ouyang Xiuming handed a letter to Gu Chang.

Gu Chang took it.

The emperor before him was only in his thirties, but due to years of proper maintenance, he looked only in his twenties. Everyone in the Ouyang family had a pair of dark eyes, with slightly upturned corners, making them appear somewhat narrow.

Opening the envelope, Gu Chang read the letter in silence for a long time before replying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"It's okay. Lu Qiao is my brother. He is defending the people on the border against the barbarian invasion. The only thing I can do for him is to protect his only son." Ouyang Xiuming's lips curled slightly, but his eyes seemed to be recalling someone through Gu Chang.

After saying goodbye to Emperor Zong, Gu Chang walked out of the room.

He thought of the Emperor's determined look just now, and felt puzzled. Could it be that there was something else going on between the Emperor and Lu Qiao that he didn't know about?

"System, give me the information of Emperor Zong." Gu Chang couldn't figure it out, so he simply asked the system for help.

When he arrived at the door of Zhuqieju, the system just sent the information over.

"Ziqing, are you leaving now?" Ouyang Jingye suddenly rushed to Gu Chang and asked.

Gu Chang gestured for the two to go into the carriage and talk.

"Ziqing, what does the owner of Zhuqieju look like?" Ouyang Jingye asked excitedly.

Gu Chang looked at Ouyang Jingye, pondered for a moment, and in Ouyang Jingye's expectant eyes, he slowly said: "One mouth, two eyes?"

Ouyang Jingye, "......"

"You should put more effort into studying, and you will naturally see it." Gu Chang put his hand into his sleeve and handed Ouyang Jingye a worn book. It was the book that Gu Chang had asked the system to store earlier.

"This unique copy is a birthday gift for you."

"So you still remember that you didn't give me a birthday present on my last birthday." Ouyang Jingye pretended to be angry and accepted the book. Then he changed his tone and said happily, "Ziqing, don't miss the flower viewing party in three days."

"Yeah." Gu Chang agreed.

After watching Ouyang Jingye get off the carriage.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, flower viewing party = the heroine must appear at the venue = the heroine showed off her talents = became famous.

After returning to the Lu family, the elderly housekeeper Wu handed a letter to Gu Chang, "This is from the master."

Gu Chang took the envelope, returned to his study, opened the envelope, and there was only one sentence inside.

All is well, don't miss it.

"System, open this random treasure chest." Gu Chang walked to the desk and sat down, staring at the rice paper in front of him.

The system said happily: "No problem, host."

A translucent light screen appeared in front of Gu Chang, with three treasure chest icons on the screen.

The first one is that there is a long sword with green patterns in the treasure chest.

The second one is a bottle of detoxification pills, which contains five detoxification pills.

The third is a dagger.

Gu Chang looked at the price. The highest-priced detoxification pill only cost 3,000 points, so it was not a problem to buy the others.

"No time limit?" Gu Chang asked.

The system said, "There is no time limit, but the treasure chest cannot be refreshed."

Gu Chang, “…”

Gu Chang bought the dagger for only two thousand points.

After storing it in the system's portable space, he suddenly remembered something, "The Snow Lotus Pill you gave me last time..."

The system turned around with a guilty conscience and said, "I bought it with the host's points..." The host probably wouldn't blame it, after all, it was a life-saving elixir.

"How much did it cost?" Gu Chang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Ten thousand points... Since it's not from a random treasure chest, the price will be doubled QAQ."

"Forget it, I won't do it again." Gu Chang leaned back in his chair. The system was also out of kindness, and he would not blame the system. It was just a night back to the pre-liberation era. It seemed that the prices of the items in the treasure chest all started at thousands...

Gu Chang began to read the information about Emperor Zong.

The content is very brief.

He just raised his eyebrows when he saw that Lu Qiao had known Emperor Zong since childhood.

The only information available is that Emperor Zong was an unloved prince in his youth. At the time, Lu Qiao, the son of the richest man in the capital, was a renowned bully, adept at fighting and other pursuits. Coincidentally, both were students at the Imperial Academy. Unable to tolerate the fence-sitters bullying Emperor Zong, Lu Qiao sided with him. As time went by, the two became acquainted.

When Emperor Zong was sixteen years old, the previous emperor passed away. At that time, five princes were involved in a war for the throne. With the assistance of Lu Qiao, Emperor Zong quickly raised an army and ascended the throne in one fell swoop.

Later, the border was invaded by barbarians, and Lu Qiao was appointed as the general defending the country and led an army of 300,000 to the north.

This departure lasted for seven years.

When Lu Qiao returned to the court, Emperor Zong personally went to the city gate to meet him.

The celebration banquet that night was held in the palace, and Lu Qiao's family members were also received into the palace.

But on the night he returned, Lu Qiao's wife and parents were all stabbed to death, leaving only the young Lu Zhiyuan alive.

The grief-stricken Lu Qiao was unable to face the seven-year-old Lu Zhiyuan, and stayed indoors. He only showed up a few days later, on the day Ye Wan and her parents were buried.

Afterwards, Lu Qiao took the initiative to request to go to the border.

Every time there is a festival, I just write a letter to report my safety.

Until now, Lu Zhiyuan is already nineteen years old.

To be honest, Lu Qiao and Lu Zhiyuan didn't spend much time together. A few months after Ye Wan gave birth to Lu Zhiyuan, she went to the border to resist the barbarians. After that, this happened again, and she went to the border again. She didn't come back for twelve years.

However, the fact that Lu Zhiyuan was secretly drugged was closely related to the people around him.

But what if this is also the task he has to do?

If he completes the mission in this world this time, he should have 20,000 points to unlock the mission permissions.

No need to guess what the tasks are.