"Both of them are talented and high, and they are so refreshing and heroic if they don't want to drink, and I also salute the two of them!" Meng Jiayan looked at it, raised the remaining half of the wine in his hand, and said with a smile, "I hope both of you can be on the high school gold list, have to choose Hanlin, live up to the ten years of hard study, and fulfill your life's ambitions!"

Huang Wuji and Sheng Sleeping Crane both said: "Thank you Yu Shi Jiyan!"

"The younger the child, the more talented he is, he is a well-known prodigy in Shuzhong. They drank this time, only then put down the wine cup, but Yuan Liuguang, who didn't think about it, stroked the bone on his thumb, and said casually, "Since ancient times, there are many talented people in Shu, and he can come to Chang'an as Shu County Xie Yuan this time, and call it 'Cai Gao Badou', which is also worthy of the name! However, this Sheng Shizi ...... Ben Hou has never heard of it, but he doesn't know what he has achieved, and he is on a par with Ziyue?"

When these words were spoken, the originally lively atmosphere in the hall was suffocated.

Sheng Weiqiao frowned slightly, but Zhao Taocheng grabbed Zhao Li quickly, glared at him fiercely, and didn't allow him to make a sound: Why is this fifth brother so stupid?

Before, they helped Sheng Sleeping Crane at the bottom, targeting Gao Chengxuan, the nephew of the Meng family, who was a political enemy of the Zhao family, but it was nothing.

Now the one who is embarrassed to sleep with the crane is Huaiyuan Hou Yuan Liuguang, the husband of the lord of Qingfang County and the son-in-law of the Gaomi King and his wife, who is in the same camp as the Zhao Mansion!

At this time, Zhao Li stupidly ran out to accuse Yuan Liuguang, isn't this a ready-made joke for Meng's side?!

What's more, Yuan Streamer is not Zhao Li's son who is not valued because of "going astray", he is thirty years old and is in the prime of life, because of his own talent and the relationship with King Gaomi's son-in-law, it is not an exaggeration to say that King Gaomi is the right-hand man...... Will he be idle, leave his wife and children unaccompanied, and run over alone at night to participate in the quiz?

Ten out of ten will appear here because of the consideration of King Gaomi's side in the court!

In case Zhao Li, for the sake of personal relations, stood up and shouted for a while, breaking the arrangement of King Gaomi, how would they explain when they went back? !

If it weren't for the fact that there were many people present at the moment, Zhao Taocheng would have to scold these five brothers for not having long brains!

Although Sheng Shenghe saw the actions of their brother and sister, he did not instigate Zhao Li to stand up for him, and replied to Yuan Liuguang in a flat tone: "Meng Yushi is just a false praise, why should Huaiyuan Marquis take it seriously?"

"Oh?" Yuan Liuguang squinted, squinted at Meng Jiayan, and smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Junyu, you have always been arrogant, Gao Shaoyang is known as the 'No. 1 talent in Jiangnan', or your cousin, you haven't praised him once, didn't you think that this Sheng Shizi who came from afar at this time would make you look at him differently?"

Without waiting for Meng Jiayan to answer, he turned to Sheng Sleeping Crane and said with a smile, "Although Ben Hou is clumsy and can't see what is different about you, but being able to make someone like Junyu take the initiative to hand over shows that he is talented...... Although you are the Xie Yuan of Nanfeng County, in the next few days, you should also be a good student, and you must not slack off!"

These words sounded like earnest teachings, but they clearly implied that Sheng Sleeping Crane did not have the true talent and practical knowledge that was enough to match Huang Wuji, but it was just relying on Meng Jiayan's promotion that Fang and Huang Wuji were on an equal footing.

Even knocking on the sleeping crane, don't think that relying on the power of the Meng clan today, you can go up to the third floor without following the rules, and you can also take such a crooked path in the spring of the next day!

Yuan Liuguang's attitude, except for Zhao Li, who admired Sheng Sleeping Crane's danqing skills and was worried about it, everyone else felt that it was normal.

Although the people from the Sleepless Pavilion came up to tell what had happened, they mentioned that Huang Wuyi had helped Sheng Sleeping Crane in the dispute between Gao Chengxuan and Sheng Sleeping Crane.

But at this moment and that time, Huang Wuyi and Gao Chengxuan, as the number one candidates for King Gaomi and the Meng clan who originally came out to fight in the ring in the spring, dismantled each other and calculated to fall into the ground, which is due to the righteousness.

Now Gao Chengxuan is considered a "fake", no matter how Gao and Meng investigate afterwards, he is destined to miss the banquet here tonight.

In this case, Yuan Liuguang, as the son-in-law of King Gaomi, took it for granted that although he did not explicitly defect to the Meng family, but his two younger sisters were rumored to be very appreciated by the Empress Dowager Meng, so that Huang Wuyi on his side could stand out.

It was Sheng Weiqiao, who was stunned for a moment at first, and then it became clear: even if Yuan Liuguang knew Sheng Sleeping Crane's life experience, here and now, it would be impossible to help Sheng Sleeping Crane openly, so a fool would be suspicious. It's as difficult as it is now, but it makes people feel reasonable.

Merely......

Sheng Sleeping Crane's reputation in Chang'an is indeed far less resounding than that of Huang Wuyi and Gao Chengxuan.

This is because the Nanfeng County he comes from is not a big county in the article, and naturally everyone thinks that they are both Xie Yuan, Shu County Xie Yuan Huang Wujiao, Jiangnan Xie Yuan Gao Chengxuan, and the talent must be above the Nanfeng Xie Yuan Sheng Sleeping Crane!

The second is that both Huang Wuji and Gao Chengxuan have a very close relationship with the two giants of the current court, King Gaomi and the Meng family. As a result, they can not only get good education from an early age, but also get more opportunities to make a name for themselves than ordinary people.

Even after they decided to participate in the Spring Festival, before they arrived in Chang'an, the backers on Chang'an's side had already helped promote their talents and articles.

And although the Sheng family is rich, after all, Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Lanci have been in Nanfeng County for many years, and after leaving Nanfeng County, their power has weakened sharply, and on the side of Chang'an, it is even more minimal, and it has no impact at all, but they can't help Sheng Sleeping Crane.

The third is Sheng Sleeping Crane's own problem, after he arrived in Chang'an, except for a few families who Sheng Lanci told him to visit a little, he never went out to socialize at all!

Originally, the candidates rushed to Chang'an in advance, and there was a very important purpose, which was to visit the high gate and hand over to each other, so as to cultivate contacts. Like Sheng Lanci, he did it back then, and he did it very well, so although he was not in the court for a long time, there are still people who remember him.

But Sheng Sleeping Crane had to stare at Sheng Weiqiao out of various considerations in his life experience, except for some people who had to deal with the world, he didn't leave the house at all...... How can you be famous like this?

So at this moment, although Sheng Weiqiao knew that Yuan Streamer Bacheng would not seriously force Sheng Sleeping Crane to a dead end, he was still a little worried, and secretly thought: "But I don't know how he is going to step down?"

This question is also what everyone in the hall is curious about at this moment.

Huang Wuyi and Gao Chengxuan fought in the ring for many days, and at the end of last year, everyone thought that the champion of the current department must have a ...... between these two Who would have thought that at this time, a sleeping crane would be killed in the horizontal stab, and it was rumored that the talent was extraordinary, so that King Gaomi and Meng both had a love for talent, and decided to let him compete fairly with Huang Wuyi and Gao Chengxuan, and then whose article was better and who was the champion.

Although this matter has not yet spread widely, well-informed people know about it.

For this Xie Yuan, who came from afar and lived in a simple place, everyone here, including Huang Wuyi, has long had a desire to understand.

At this moment, seeing that Yuan Streamer was aggressive, he stopped his cup and pan, and looked over together, expecting his response.

Sheng Sleeping Crane was under the gaze of many eyes, but there was only a calm between his eyebrows, and he slowly drank a cup of alcohol, put down the wine cup, and when he looked up and smiled, there seemed to be countless colors in his slightly squinted star eyes, as if it was a thousand emotions and as if it was just the reflection of brilliant lights, and the corners of his mouth were lightly hooked with a little inexplicable mockery, and he said lightly: "Master Hou wants to know what is different from students, why not give it a try?"

“…… That's a good point. Meng Jiayan's eyes flashed, he picked up the wine cup in front of him, and gently shook the crystal clear wine inside, as if he was smiling, "As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire! Although the Yuan Hou Ye's eyesight is not good, but the Zhuji article is in front of him, so he will not have to deny it, right?"

"Junyu, you seem to have decided that this famous scholar is a good talent and beautiful jade?" Yuan Liuguang sneered, made a look of disdain, raised his chin towards Sheng Sleeping Crane, and said, "Okay, Benhou will have a lantern riddle......

Speaking of this, suddenly Li Shengxu, who had been watching coldly before, spoke: "Lantern riddles are just a small way, if you want to talk about literary talents, you still have to read the article." But tonight we are gathered here mainly for amusement, and if we are serious about the composition of the Eight Classics, it will seem boring. Why don't you write a poem each, not only to see if the two of them are equal, but also to help me wait for the wine, how about it?"

This Yichun Marquis had already stated that he would not interfere in the battle between King Gaomi and the Meng Clan, and he suddenly interjected at this moment, which couldn't help but surprise people.

When Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously looked up, he saw that behind this marquis, I don't know when there was an extra servant in an indigo robe, thirty or forty years old, with a soapy head wrapped in a soap handkerchief, and a white face. This man's posture is very respectful, although he bows his head and eyes, and does not make any attention-grabbing movements, he has a special temperament for no reason, and looks very different from ordinary servants.

She noticed that Yuan Liuguang and Meng Jiayan's eyes also stopped at this servant, and then Meng Jiayan said, "This is very good!"

Yuan Liuguang squinted, and then changed his attitude, saying, "It's all cousin...... But you don't know what to do, or let them play on their own?"

Li Shengxu's phoenix eyes wandered, and he glanced around the people below one by one, before he stroked Yu Ruyi, and said slowly: "It's not interesting to play on your own, tonight is the last day of the Lantern Festival, let them take the Lantern Festival as the theme, and each of them can make a poem......!

Just said this, the servant in the indigo robe suddenly lowered his head, whispered a few words in his ear, Li Shengxu seemed stunned, and continued, "The difficulty is too low if you don't limit the rhyme, how can you say that these two are Xie Yuan, just draw a rhyme foot!"

This place is a place where the eldest princess of Wuyang is specially used to contact a cadre of literati and powerful nobles, and there are no more complete things.

At this moment, Li Shengxu spoke, and the maid in the colorful clothes who originally held the pot for him got up and went to the cabinet in the corner to take out a bamboo tube, and a bamboo stick was inserted in the bamboo tube.

Li Shengxu took the bamboo tube in his hand, and asked Yuan Liuguang and Meng Jiayan: "Who will come to the two?"

Meng Jiayan looked at Yuan Liuguang and smiled: "Since it was the Yuan Hou Ye who questioned the talent of the South Wind to solve the Yuan, now it should be up to the Hou Ye to do it!"

Yuan Liuguang raised his eyebrows, but he didn't refuse, he took a bamboo stick out of the tube, glanced at it, didn't say anything, and handed it directly to Li Shengxu, who announced: "It's the rhyme of the word 'yang'." ”

Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao and Zhao Li both secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Qiyang" belongs to a wide rhyme, and there are more rhymes to choose from, which is better than drawing a narrow rhyme or even a dangerous rhyme.

However, Sheng Weiqiao has not seen Sheng Sleeping Crane chanting poems and lyrics in the past two years, and he can't help but feel that if he is not good at this, even if he doesn't like publicity, why doesn't he even have a sentence or two in the back house of Sheng Mansion during the New Year's Festival?

At this moment, his opponent is Shujun Xie Yuan, who has been a talented scholar since ancient times, and the girl is a little apprehensive in her heart, and she subconsciously clenches the wine cup.

It's just that she can't interject at all at this occasion, and although she is worried, she can only sit calmly and watch the changes.