Who Touched My Tail!Ch3 - Ah, the disobedient pet has disturbed the general

1.3 – Ah, the disobedient pet has disturbed the general

translator: xiin McR1iv

The time for the imperial examination soon arrived, and numerous students gathered at the entrance of the examination hall. Xue Ling’s inn was not far from the examination point, he leaned against the window and was pulled by Xiao Qing to look at a young man clad in green clothes.

The buildings were not high, and Xue ling had good eyesight, so he clearly saw the young man’s face.

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If we really wanted to talk about appearance, Duan Xuyang could only be regarded as pretty and delicate, but as he stood there proudly erect like a bamboo, his lips slightly curved in a smile, it was easy for others to feel good when looking at him. He was surrounded by a group of people, laughing and boisterous, and it seemed that this period of painstaking networking had paid off; he was mingling and blending in very well.

This was a person who did not reveal his inner thoughts, and was very good at life on the surface. Or, because he was the protagonist, he would always be better than others with the same amount of effort and luck. 2Q kfl

Xiao Qing’s face was full of anxiety. He wanted to go down and argue with him, but was held back by Xue Ling. “Gongzi?!” Xiao Qing couldn’t understand, “He was so well dressed, and there were so many people around him! Those were all supposed to be gongzi’s!”

Xue Ling smiled and said, “It’s enough that we know, and he knows who it all belongs to. What are you in a hurry to do now?”

Xiao Qing looked at Xue Ling, puzzled. He could understand his gongzi a little before, but since he became seriously ill, he seemed to understand him less and less.

Nevertheless, it didn’t matter. His gongzi was still the gongzi, and as long as he was the same person, no matter what he became, Xiao Qing could accept it. And this version of gongzi was much better than the frail and gloomy due to disease gongzi from before.

It was just that his temperament seemed to be worse… Always wanting to play tricks on him or something…

“Does gongzi want to wait?”

“Discussing with him won’t prove anything, and now the exam is about to start, what is there to discuss? All we have to do is find the general.” Xue Ling straightened out his clothes, turned around and sat down. He took a leisurely sip of tea before adding, “It’s starting. We’ll go down after he goes in.”

Xiao Qing nodded and looked down at Duan Xuyang. His eyes were filled with disgust. es9 F2

Returning kindness with ingratitude, using gongzi’s identity, really shameless.

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Xue ling slowly drank his tea and occasionally enjoyed some snacks. He didn’t bother to look at the leading character downstairs at all.

In order to obtain enough energy to retrieve his tail, Xue Ling did not actually plan to go slowly according to the plot. Making it so that the protagonist has no room to run as early as possible, was his true style of doing things…

The time for the imperial examination was fixed. Only when the entrance time was about to reach its end did Xue Ling unhurriedly make his way downstairs, causing the assistant shopkeeper to look at him strangely. After all, the students in the shop had all rushed to enter, and this one was the most leisurely. XJZFkE

Compared with the previous students who had books in their hands every day, this one seemed really relaxed.

This fictional world’s imperial examination should refer to the ancient imperial examination system of State Z. Everyone took the examination in a closed space, staying there for three days until they finished their papers.

Xiao Qing prepared a lot of food for Xue Ling, which were inspected one by one when he entered the examination hall. Xue Ling was searched all over in order to confirm that there was no suspicion of cheating before he was let into the hall.

Xue Ling knew the examination topic as early as when he checked the plot, and there were already some article ideas in his mind. The original owner was a young genius. He took the test for talent at a young age and had the ability to continue rising up. If his body hadn’t been really terrible, he would already have been on his way to moving up in the world. JkQoIF

The protagonist’s articles were all written by him, but because he was not satisfied, were ultimately burned. The young man’s character was also strange; he burned any of his works that he did not like, so the amount of writings left behind was pitiful. Additionally, because he does not like to publicize his works, very few people knew of his poems and articles.

Thinking to here, it should be the result of the world’s way of automatically dealing with the plot to complete it.

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The protagonist was his companion and fellow scholar, his study partner. He was a few years older than him, and had already become an adult, but took the exam two years later than the young master. His literary talent was not bad, and he had a close relationship with the young master. In fact, at the beginning, he did not mean to replace the young master. He came to Beijing under the name of the young master to protect his own safety, and also because he did not want the friends on the road to despise him.

The moment he really took the place of the young master was when the general mistook him for the young master. He hesitated, but found that the general did not know the young master at all, nor had he ever seen the young master’s face, so he put himself in the young master’s place. IfEtyp

After all, he was gay and had a lot of intentions towards the general.

There were many bugs in this plot. For example, when the general was young, he was rescued by the Duan family and gave Duan family his token. But when he got the token back, he did not ask people to check Duan family’s affairs. Instead, he took in Duan Xuyang directly. Duan Qian’s parents died with grievances, but that was only a factor to highlight Duan Xuyang’s kindness in the original story. In order to overthrow the prime minister, Duan Xuyang mentioned Duan Qian’s parents in the later stage of the plot. Duan Xuyang said that he had suffered humiliation and was almost made into a study companion, and in order to wash away his parents’ grievances, the general willingly lent a hand, thus emerging as a key figure to topple the prime minister, preventing a rebellion, and gaining the trust of the emperor, finally leading to the two’s beautiful, charmed life.

It could be seen that Duan family’s issues was a foreshadowing of the plot in the author’s writing, and it also paved the way for the plot. The young master ultimately died without understanding at all. He gained nothing, yet still managed to die without grievance – it was really amazing.

Xue Ling wasn’t bothered with mending the loopholes in the author’s plot. He now needed to follow his own plan, obediently taking the three day exam, and then wait for the announcement of successful candidates. dhTqv0

Half a month after the announcement, a palace examination would be held. That was what Xue Ling was waiting for.

With the plot in hand, Xue Ling naturally knew what article Duan Xuyang wrote. He wrote the same article as him, but the difference was, Xue Ling’s article had deeper insights. One only needed to take a look at it to know his point of view, and in the end, the various ways and means listed were much more sophisticated than Duan Xuyang’s article, which only referred to the original manuscript.

Their two articles were identical; the problems would eventually surface. Xue Ling wasn’t sure whether the emperor would solve the problem before the palace examination, or change to other ways after he discovered the issue. Anyway, as long as the cheating and plagiarism was caught, Duan Xuyang’s future path would have been cut in half.

Even if the general helped him, he would never be able to mix in the world of officials in this life. Once this matter came out, his talent and reputation would be completely destroyed. The only thing he would be able to do would be to rely on the general’s help to do business with his modern transmigration ideas. N25dnd

Xue Ling did not intend to break his fortune-making road for the moment because he did not know what the general’s intentions were.

Because the money brought by the two people was only being spent and not being made, Xiao Qing was wracking his brains over the usage of silver. Seeing him always walking around with an aggrieved face, Xue Ling thought for a long time, then drew several pictures and wrote several poems, letting Xiao Qing take them out for sale.

Xiao Qing was a bit dumbfounded at his paintings and poems. Although his gongzi was also very amazing before, such hands-on efforts were really very strange. After all, looking at his age and experience, although quite talented, he was always unsatisfied, so every painting was burnt. Looking at gongzi’s work now, it seemed like everything is different.

“Gongzi, how did your writing change…” TimRn5

Xue Ling’s movements paused, and he laughed before saying, “Those who are reborn from Nirvana are always grateful for their awakening. You not understanding this is normal.”

Xiao Qing seemed to hazily understand something, but it did not prevent him from worshipping his gongzi more and more deeply.

So, a wave of calligraphy and painting was set off in the capital.

Xiao Qing hung out the calligraphy and paintings according to his gongzi’s instructions, with no mention of pricing anywhere. After hanging the works on the roadside for three days, an old man went down to the road and passed through the place. He was amazed to the heavens, and after paying a lot of money to buy piece of calligraphy, the stall became extremely popular. 0jftey

Xiao Qing was only responsible for looking after the stall, telling anyone who comes to ask that the paintings were from his gongzi, who ordered him to sell them for money. He didn’t know anything else.

If one asked him who his gongzi was, he would not answer. If one asked the price for a painting or piece of calligraphy, he also wouldn’t answer. If one was rude, he would silently pack up the collection of paintings and calligraphy, close the stall, and leave.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Many people followed him to try and find out who his gongzi was, but in the end, could find out nothing.

Xue Ling painted five paintings. Under his orders, they were sold into the hands of two princes, the elders of two families, and the people of the General’s Palace. The news about this mysterious stall that persisted for half a month was finally diluted and suppressed by the news of the imperial examination announcement. AXHKYZ

In the General’s Palace, in the general’s study, the Deputy General was a little puzzled as he asked his general, “General, what is the mystery in this painting? You bought it and observed it for so many days. What on earth do you see?”

This dynasty’s general, who had never been defeated since he was thirteen years old, was named Cong Hui and called the God of War. Right now, he was staring at the painting attentively. Upon hearing his deputy general’s words, he glanced over and finally spat out two words, “Boorish fellow.”

He was called the God of war, but the general was not a big man. At least, he did not appear the same as the deputy general, who looks very ferocious. He was tall, handsome, thin and powerful, like a bow that has been pulled taught. Because he was at home, he was not wearing armor, but instead a black robe. It was very convenient to describe, and very comfortable to wear.

Cong Hui was the hero of this book and the author’s deep love. He had all the advantages; he was proficient in playing chess, painting and calligraphy. He had also written one or two articles, and many people praised him for it. Although his primary task was killing and fighting, the author seemed to have put all the skills they could think of on him, and then added on some more loveable points. g4DNMJ

So, the general was like most main character gongs. He spoke very little, but was able to penetrate the hearts of the people. When he courted, he loved deeply. Although he treasured his words like gold, every word was like an oath.

In recent days, the general had been handling military affairs every day. Other than that, the only thing he liked to do most was to lock himself in his study and enjoy the painting he collected. He could look at it for an entire afternoon, but because he seldom opened his mouth, no one knew why he cared so much about it. 

In fact, it was nothing more than simply appreciating the painting. The deeper he looked at it, the more curious he became about the painter. He sent a lot of people to investigate, but was unable to obtain any news – this made him even more surprised and curious.

As the most stable person in this book, General Cong Hui should have no curiosity about such things, but his heart was really tickled by the painting, the little part of him that loved talent constantly coming out to make mischief. cYnoO4

This curiosity reached its peak when a little fox was thrown at him by the newly appointed number one scholar of the examinations while he was riding his horse across the street.

Well, he was riding his horse across the market, and the unusually beautiful and delicate number one scholar threw a little fox at him.

According to the number one scholar’s own words, it should be, “Ah, the disobedient pet has disturbed the general.”

The little fox was held up by the scruff of its neck as a red-clothed figure that was supporting his cheek in his hand lowered his eyebrows and looked down at him. That pair of fox eyes gave off a bewitching glow, and brightly gorgeous red lips that matched with his red scholar’s clothing made his originally white skin even more glittering and translucent. a8pDUk

The general’s heart and soul were moved.