Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 976: Poison Can’t Kill You

Magistrate Gu listened and praised, "Your riddle is very well crafted." It was truly extremely satirical.

Left hand holding righteousness, right gripping a three-foot sword, one move conquers all, killing a pure heart... He seemed to see a person who had studied hard, but in the end, for the sake of achievements, killed his original intentions.

Magistrate Gu: "..."

Hiss~

Why does it feel a bit painful on the face? As if someone had given him a slap.

He would definitely not admit he had changed for the worse; he was still the kind scholar who aspired to be a good official!

Magistrate Gu suppressed the feeling of being slapped and said to Xue De, "You have fifteen minutes, start guessing."

Fifteen minutes is not short; generally at a literary gathering, guessing a riddle is about this time.

He then looked at the other students present and said, "If you want to help Xue De, you can also answer."

This...

The students who initially helped Xue De were troubled; they could see that Lord Magistrate was clearly angry, annoyed at their lack of rules, daring to cause trouble at the government office.

Hearing this, how could they dare to help Xue De anymore, quickly shaking their heads and saying, "The competition is one-on-one, and with Brother Xue’s talent, a mere riddle won’t defeat him."

Xue De was so angry his face turned green, pointing at those people wanting to curse, but in the presence of Magistrate Gu, he could only suppress his anger and say, "A small riddle, I can handle it, no need for you gentlemen to help."

Brother Cheng listened with a grin, saying to him, "Then go ahead and guess."

Xue De choked, wishing he could twist Brother Cheng’s head off; this little brat was extremely annoying, what was he thinking, to come up with such a bizarre riddle.

"No need for you to hurry, there’s still fifteen minutes, I will state the answer when the time comes."

Yet Xue De’s words were tough, but in his mind, he had no clues at all... Left hand holding righteousness, right gripping a three-foot sword, one move conquers all, killing a pure heart.

What on earth is this? It’s completely nonsensical!

Yao Youqian laughed beside him, "How is it Xue De, can’t guess it, just admit defeat then."

Xue De angrily said, "Shut up you lowlife! Don’t interrupt my thinking here."

Yao Youqian sneered, "What’s noisier than the literary gathering and Lantern Festival with so many people, yet others can guess the riddles, why can’t you."

When he finished, Xue De didn’t speak, and then asked Magistrate Gu, "May I ask, Lord Magistrate, the student has already received the scholarship documents and is listed in the government official position registry, is a student considered a lowlife?"

To call farmers mud-legged and those born of low status lowlife, really think it’s so easy to scold?

Xue De’s face turned pale, only then did he realize, Yao Youqian was already a student, and insulting him was equivalent to insulting Magistrate Gu who granted him student qualification, quickly saying to Magistrate Gu, "Lord Magistrate, the student was unintentional, please forgive me."

The Xue Family was a wealthy household in the prefecture, having given many benefits to the government office over the years, Magistrate Gu did not wish to fall out with the Xue Family, thus said, "Guess your riddle, there’s only half of your time left."

Xue De listened, becoming more anxious, cold sweat already forming on his back, looking around at the students, he sought help from the friendly students, but none of them had heard of this riddle, unable to come up with the answer for a while.

And Brother Cheng seemed to be hungry from waiting, took a piece of snack from the small pouch at his waist, ate while watching Xue De.

Xue De felt like hitting him, glaring viciously at him.

Brother Cheng, however, grinning widely, opened his mouth, squinting his eyes, giving Xue De a slight smile.

Uh, Xue De was startled, jumping with anger.

But he couldn’t hit a child in the presence of Magistrate Gu, only sulking, yet the more upset he was, the less he could think of the answer.

Time ticked away, and finally...

"Time’s up." Magistrate Gu looked at Xue De and said, "You lost."

Xue De was stunned, shocked, "Lost? Impossible... This, this riddle is problematic!"

Yao Youqian cursed, "Ah, spit, Xue De can you change your excuse? Every time you can’t guess it, you say the riddle is problematic, truly shameless."

Xue De was both angry and anxious, all in all unwilling to admit defeat.

Even though Magistrate Gu did not want to fall out with the Xue Family, he could still teach Xue De a lesson, and sternly said to Xue De, "You can’t guess it, but I can, the answer to this riddle is the character ’De’."

After finishing, he looked at Brother Cheng, and asked, "Is that right?"

Brother Cheng grinned and nodded, "Hmm, Lord Magistrate guessed right, it is the character ’De’."

Then muttered, "The old man in the dream indeed said correctly, only those with virtue could guess the answer to this riddle."

Magistrate Gu was taken aback, laughed, he was indirectly calling Xue De lacking in virtue.

Magistrate Gu stepped forward a few paces, patted Brother Cheng’s head, praising, "You are a smart child, study well in the future, and like your elder brother, earn an official position."

These words were to clarify Brother Cheng’s name, saying he was a normal and smart child, not the foolish son as rumored.

Brother Cheng obediently nodded, promised, "Yes, I will definitely study hard, earn an official position in the future, and assist Lord Magistrate."

The words said, made Magistrate Gu burst into laughter, this child was so young yet adept at flattery, complimenting that he would become a high official in the future.

Gu Jin’an, however, felt a bit heartache for Brother Cheng who was eleven years younger; he just hoped his brother could live simply and happily, but reality wouldn’t allow it, he could only teach Brother Cheng to be clever and sensible, granting him skills to protect himself.

Magistrate Gu looked at Xue De and said, "You have reached the age of maturity, are a grown man, focus on the college examination, stop competing with a child, it’s disgraceful."

Xue De was blushing with embarrassment, hating Gu Jincheng in his heart, that little fool dared to create a riddle mocking him for being without virtue, he, he... just wait for him!

No need for you to wait, it should be you waiting for retaliation.

Gu Jin’an cupped his hands respectfully towards Magistrate Gu and thanked him, "Student thanks Lord Magistrate for judging on behalf of my younger brother."

Magistrate Gu said, "It was just a small effort, no need to thank."

Then asked, "How come your cousin and clan brothers have not yet arrived? They are the only ones who have not received scholarship documents."

Qi Kangming and others were already waiting outside the courtyard, upon hearing hurried inside and said, "Lord Magistrate forgive us, students arrived late."

Magistrate Gu looked at them and said, "It’s alright, come in, take your scholarship documents."

Saying this, he turned and headed towards the previous Civil Affairs Office.

Qi Kangming and others quickly followed.

And Gu Jin’an nodded to them... This was also his arrangement, he had long anticipated someone would seek trouble with Brother Cheng, and to train Brother Cheng, he deliberately staggered the arrival with Qi Kangming and others to the government office.

He instructed Qi Kangming and others after arriving, if they saw Brother Cheng being troubled to wait a bit, let Brother Cheng resolve the matter himself before stepping in, not fearing he would be bullied and jumping in to help him.

Qi Kangming and others soon claimed their scholarship documents, then followed Magistrate Gu to the banquet.

While the government office was at the banquet, Mr. Shi was also hosting a feast, inviting those who failed but talented exam candidates, looking like he wanted to compete with Lord Magistrate.

But Mr. Shi was unlucky, after eating a dish of puffer fish slices, he fell poisoned to the ground.

The banquet guests were frightened, it was the Shi family who first reacted, loudly shouting, "Quickly invite the doctor, Uncle of the Thirteenth Clan has fainted!"