This didn't need Qin Yuan to explain further, and those around him burst into laughter and boos filled the air.
Someone mocked, "You're really something. If there's a lame person in our Da Xing Dynasty, does it mean we can't say the Daxing people run as fast as the wind?"
The person hesitated and said, "I just think Young Master Nantang's way of distinguishing between Wu and Chu is somewhat inappropriate. There are always exceptions. To discuss the differences in literature and customs between Wu and Chu, how can one do it so casually?"
"You're just being unreasonable. I reckon you're a scholar, so let me ask: did you happen to know only this set of essays when you took the exam? If you were given a different set, could you have made it?"
Someone else chimed in stubbornly.
Qin Siyuan declared loudly, "There's no need to argue, everyone. This is nothing more than the debate over whether a white horse is a horse. In this gentleman's eyes, a white horse is not a horse."
