"This article was written by a student I taught before," Shen Daru said. "After he finished writing it, he showed it to me. I thought it was good, so I let him publish it."

"This student is Lu Ming."

As soon as Shen Daru finished speaking, Zhao Bai was stunned.

He didn't expect that Shen Daju would actually give the article to Lu Ming for publication.

"Shen Daru, are you mistaken?" Zhao Bai was a little unconvinced. "Did Lu Ming plagiarize your article?"

"Zhao Bai, you're wrong." Shen Daru said, "It was Lu Ming who wrote the article. He gave it to me for review. I thought it was good, so I asked him to publish it."

"What?" Zhao Bai was completely stunned.

He didn't expect that the article was written by Lu Ming.

"How is this possible?" he muttered to himself. "How could Lu Ming write such a good article?"

"Did he plagiarize it?"

"Did he plagiarize your article?"

"is not it?"

Zhao Bai asked many questions, but Shen Daru just smiled and did not answer.

Zhao Bai didn't know what to do.

He knew he had hit a brick wall this time.

"Zhao Bai, do you still think my article is plagiarized?" Lu Ming walked over and patted Zhao Bai on the shoulder.

Zhao Bai's face turned pale. He took a few steps back and muttered to himself, "Impossible, impossible, impossible..."

After saying that, he stumbled away.

Shen Daru looked at Zhao Bai's back and shook his head: "Young man, it's better to be down-to-earth."

After listening to Shen Daru's words, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, you are right."

"However, this article was indeed written by Lu Ming." Shen Daru looked at Lu Ming with admiration in his eyes.

Lu Ming smiled slightly: "Thank you Mr. Shen for the compliment."

After saying that, he followed the lieutenant to the outside of the Shen Mansion to entertain the guests.

In the carriage not far away, Zhao Bai was adjusting his clothes in front of the mirror.

He was full of confidence in himself and believed that he would be the star of the show at this birthday party.

At that time, it will be the time for Zhao Bai to rise.

"Gee!" The carriage drove quickly into the Shen family's gate.

Shen Daju's birthday banquet began and everyone sat down according to etiquette.

At this time, Lu Ming and Zhao Bai also came to the banquet hall.

They saluted Mr. Shen respectively and then sat down in their seats.

At the banquet, everyone was laughing and having a great time.

Shen Daru looked at the guests present and said with emotion: "Today is my birthday. Thank you all for your support."

"Everyone, please feel free to do as you please."

Everyone raised their glasses and wished Mr. Shen good fortune and a long life.

Lu Ming also stood up, picked up the wine glass and said, "Mr. Shen, I offer you a toast."

Shen Daru looked at Lu Ming, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes: "Mr. Lu, I have read your article. It is very well written."

"Thank you Mr. Shen for the compliment." Lu Ming smiled slightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Bai also stood up and said, "Mr. Shen, I would like to offer you a toast as well."

Shen Daru looked at Zhao Bai and said, "Mr. Zhao, where is your article?"

Zhao Bai's face changed when he heard this, but then he said, "Mr. Shen, my article is not finished yet."

"Oh? Really?" Shen Daru looked at Zhao Bai with a smile.

At this time, a junior officer came up to Shen Daru with an article in his hand and said, "Mr. Shen, this is the article sent by Mr. Lu."

Shen Daru took the article, read it, and then handed it to an elder next to him.

After reading it, the elder exclaimed, "This article is truly wonderful!"

"Yes, I have never seen such a good article." said another elder.

Shen Daru smiled and said, "Everyone, what do you think of this article?"

"Mr. Shen, this article is so well written!"

"Yes, I have never seen such an excellent article."

"This article is simply brilliantly written!"

Shen Daru looked at the admiring expressions of the crowd and nodded with satisfaction: "Since everyone thinks this article is good, then this article belongs to Master Lu."

Seeing this, Zhao Bai's face suddenly turned pale.

He didn't expect that Shen Da Ru would actually award the article to Lu Ming.

"Mr. Shen, I wrote this article!" Zhao Bai shouted.

"Mr. Zhao, what article did you write?" Shen Daru asked Zhao Bai.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bai looked at the lieutenant next to him.

The lieutenant handed Zhao Bai's article to Shen Daru.

Shen Daru looked at Zhao Bai's article, then at Lu Ming's article, and frowned: "Mr. Zhao, your article is really far from that of Mr. Lu."

Zhao Bai almost fainted when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Shen Da Ru would make such a judgment.

"Dear guests, today is my birthday, please eat and drink well." After saying this, Shen Daru left the banquet hall.

Seeing this, Zhao Bai hurriedly left the banquet hall.

He walked outside and looked at Lu Ming in the distance, his eyes full of jealousy.

"Lu Ming, just wait, I will make you pay the price!" Zhao Bai said in a low voice.

At this time, a lieutenant walked up to Zhao Bai and said, "Mr. Zhao, Mr. Shen asked me to tell you that you are fired."

Zhao Bai's eyes widened when he heard this. "What? I've worked so hard on this article for so long, and you actually want to fire me just like that?"

"Mr. Zhao, the reason you were expelled is because you plagiarized Mr. Lu's article." said the lieutenant.

Zhao Bai was so angry that he almost fainted when he heard this: "How is this possible? Lu Ming's article is clearly mine!"

"Mr. Zhao, this is the evidence that you plagiarized Mr. Lu's article." After the lieutenant said this, he handed a stack of letter paper to Zhao Bai.

Seeing this, Zhao Bai quickly opened the letter to check.

On the letter paper was Lu Ming's essay for the imperial examination, as well as Shen Daru's comments.

Looking at these evidences, Zhao Bai was stunned for a moment.

At this time, Shen Daru came over from the side: "Mr. Zhao, it seems that you finally understand what is going on."

Zhao Bai turned and looked at Shen Daru, his eyes full of shock.

"You...how do you know?"

Shen Daru smiled and said, "It's very simple, because I have read all your articles."

Zhao Bai's face changed. This time he was really in trouble.

"Mr. Shen, I... I was wrong." Zhao Bai said in a low voice.

"If you are wrong, you must admit it. After all, it is your own choice." After saying this, Shen Daru turned and left.

Zhao Bai looked at Shen Daru's back, his eyes full of regret.

At this time, the lieutenant walked up to Zhao Bai and said, "Mr. Zhao, you are expelled. Here are your bedding."

After the lieutenant finished speaking, he threw a pile of bedding in front of Zhao Bai.

Zhao Bai looked at the bedding in front of him, his eyes full of despair.

Now he has lost the opportunity to take the imperial examination, lost his official position, and even lost the chance to live in this city.

"This...how is this possible?" Zhao Bai murmured.

"Mr. Zhao, this is the evidence that you plagiarized Mr. Lu's article." After the lieutenant said this, he handed a stack of letter paper to Zhao Bai.

Zhao Bai looked at the letters with shock in his eyes.

At this time, Shen Daru came over from the side: "Mr. Zhao, it seems that you finally understand what is going on."

Zhao Bai looked at Shen Daru, his eyes full of regret: "I...I was wrong."

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