Chapter 73

After Wang Yang finished speaking, no one spoke for a long time.

You must know that the person who established the argument was Xie Xinghan. The argument must have been polished and brewed. Although it was said on the spot, how long the preparation time was, whether it was discussed with others or her own unique discovery, no one knew.

And Wang Yang first refuted Liu Cheng, and then, based on Xie Xinghan's argument, spoke eloquently, completing it in one go. How could this level of knowledge and eloquence not be surprising?

After a long time, Yan Youcheng sighed: "Sure enough, it is the Wang clan of Langya, the noble family is prominent, and the family reputation of five hundred years is not false!"

Xie Xinghan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile of heartfelt admiration. Her head hung low, like a fairy in the flowers bowing her head: "It is Young Master Wang who won. Qingshan admits defeat."

Liu Cheng's face was gloomy, and he didn't speak.

Yu Yi had liked pure conversation when he was young, but now he was uninterested. Therefore, although he saw Wang Yang shine, he admired this person's knowledge and eloquence, but he didn't take it too seriously. Seeing Liu Cheng not speaking, he said:

"If everyone has no opinion, then this pure conversation will be won by Young Master Liu."

Yan Youcheng was the first to respond: "Brother Wenshen's unique insights, we can't reach them!"

Yu Yi looked at Wang Yang, and Wang Yang said: "Brother Liu's unique insights—"

Xie Xinghan suddenly leaned toward Wang Yang, covered her cherry lips with her delicate hand, and whispered: "If you can't beat him, the fan business will be blown."

Wang Yang's eyes widened and he coughed, hurriedly changing his tone: "There are still some flaws."

Xie Xinghan's star-like eyes curved, and her eyebrows were like new moons.

Chen Qingshan's cold face also showed a faint smile.

Yan Youcheng looked at Wang Yang, his eyes surprised.

Liu Cheng said kindly: "Please give me some advice, Brother Wang."

"I don't dare to give advice. Brother Liu's talent is what makes people admire!"

The "taking advantage" that Wang Yang said was also true to some extent. After all, he was born more than 1,500 years later than Liu Cheng, with deeper research and masters emerging one after another; foreign treatises, academic logic, and new discoveries were as vast as the sea! Being influenced by such vision and knowledge, it was naturally not something Liu Cheng could compare with.

Yu Yi stood up and said solemnly: "April 18th, the eighth year of Yongming, the winner of the pure conversation is Wang Yang of Langya!"

After the pure conversation, Yu Yi held a banquet and let his eldest son, Yu Qianlou, accompany them. This was also to pave the way for Yu Qianlou's official career in the future.

Although Yu Qianlou was older than Wang Yang and the others and served as the Registrar of Jingzhou, he could only sit at the end of the banquet.

Because the Wang, Xie, and Liu families were all first-class aristocratic families in the Southern Dynasty. The family status of the Yan family was lower than the three families, but still higher than the Yu family.

Although the Yu clan of Xinye was dominant in Jingzhou, compared with these noble surnames, it was far inferior. Even if it were the more noble Yu clan of Yingchuan, it would be difficult to compete with them, unless it was the Yu clan of Yingchuan during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which would be comparable.

Yu Yi could preside over this pure conversation mainly because of the geographical convenience of Jingzhou and his own reputation, plus a little private friendship with the emperor, so he let these noble aristocratic teenagers respect each other, but he didn't talk much at the banquet, just like during the pure conversation, appearing somewhat uninterested. The person responsible for hospitality and social interaction was mainly Yu Qianlou.

"Try this." In the gap between the toasts, Wang Yang served a small plate of roast goose meat to Chen Qingshan, which was called "Goose Roast" at the time.

He persuaded Chen Qingshan several times to go down and eat, but Chen Qingshan said she had to fulfill her duties as a guard and refused to do so.

And at that time, the distinction between noble and commoner was very strict, and Wang Yang couldn't ask Yu Yi to add a seat for Chen Qingshan, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the aristocrats at the banquet.

So Wang Yang had to pass food to Chen Qingshan every now and then.

At first, Chen Qingshan was very reserved, but she couldn't stand Wang Yang's diligent persuasion. Besides, looking at these dishes, she was indeed hungry, so she stood and ate a few plates.

"Brother Wang, you are really good to your guard!" Yan Youcheng laughed at Wang Yang.

Chen Qingshan withdrew her hand and didn't take the goose roast.

Wang Yang ignored those, stood up, put the plate and chopsticks into Chen Qingshan's hand, and whispered: "Eat if you want, don't worry about others."

Then he sat back in his seat and said calmly: "My own guard, protecting my safety, of course I have to be a little better to her."

Better, good enough to get into bed!

Does wearing a sword make you a guard? Who are you fooling?

But she looks quite imposing, especially these legs, long, straight, and powerful...

Why don't you ask Yu Qianlou?

When will I find a female guard...

Yan Youcheng drank a few glasses of wine and laughed more and more brilliantly. However, joking also requires a sense of proportion. He was not familiar with Wang Yang and couldn't figure out the other party's personality, so it was not good to talk too much about the lower three paths, so he just thought about it in his heart and said: "Brother Wang is really compassionate!"

Xie Xinghan, who was sitting on Wang Yang's left, just lowered her head and ate fish, eating very, very seriously.

"Where is the girl from?" Liu Cheng suddenly asked Chen Qingshan.

This question seemed unintentional, but perhaps it was intentional.

Actually, it wouldn't matter if she told the truth, but if Liu Cheng used this to turn to Wang Yang and take the opportunity to probe, that wouldn't be good.

Mainly because Wang Yang hadn't had time to discuss this problem with Chen Qingshan, and he didn't know how Chen Qingshan would answer.

He wanted to interrupt before Chen Qingshan spoke, but that would seem a bit strange.

Facts proved that Wang Yang's worries were superfluous.

Because Chen Qingshan didn't prepare to answer at all. She ate the goose meat in small bites, as if she hadn't heard Liu Cheng's question.

"This girl?"

"Girl!"

Liu Cheng called twice, and Chen Qingshan stopped eating meat and looked at Liu Cheng, her eyes puzzled.

Liu Cheng was a bit embarrassed and had to ask the question he just asked again.

Chen Qingshan blinked her clear eyes, lowered her head, and continued to eat.

A bit interesting. Yan Youcheng narrowed his eyes to watch the play.

Liu Cheng took a breath, and his anger rose.

Wang Yang hurriedly said: "Brother Liu, don't take it to heart! She has some difficulty with pronunciation and is unclear, so she is ashamed to speak..."

Liu Cheng said: "So that's how it is..."

"Young Master, I'm done eating."

Chen Qingshan put the empty plate on Wang Yang's desk, her voice clear and her pronunciation clear.

Liu Cheng:???

Wang Yang:????!

She is truly naturally stupid!!!

"How can she say this sentence so well? It's strange..." Wang Yang's expression was embarrassed.

Liu Cheng sneered and drank wine.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, Yu Qianlou changed the subject: "Brother Yan, your brother went to the Northern Barbarians last year. Is he back now?"

"Back. This trip was relatively fast. He arrived in Jiankang two months ago." Yan Youcheng paused, looked around, and said mysteriously: "Do you know? When my brother and the others arrived, they happened to catch up with the Northern Barbarians' New Year's Day court meeting and met the envoys from Goryeo."

Liu Cheng glanced sideways: "What's so strange about this? Goryeo has always been two-faced, pleasing both sides."

Yan Youcheng was also very dissatisfied with Goryeo:

"When the late emperor was on the throne, Goryeo came to pay tribute, and the late emperor gave the King of Goryeo the title of General of the Cavalry! Our Great General went to the Northern Barbarians to pay tribute. What is this!"