Chapter 48: The Banquet I
The Great Wei Academy is located on the left side of the Wei Imperial Palace, although the martial artists of this world do not need any martial arts, but they need a lot of cultivation resources, the existence of the academy is actually to provide resources, and the students must also obey the dispatch of the academy, in essence, it is no different from a sect force.
The only difference is that the Great Wei Academy is specifically designed to provide talents for the Great Wei, while the sect is a personal force.
In the early morning, Ye Lintian, under the leadership of Xia Wuzhen, saw the academy of this world for the first time, which was not much different from what he imagined, the martial artists were very busy, and the academy would not be too restrictive, so in this huge academy, there were usually not a few students at all.
Most of the people who come and go today are also the major Wei forces who came to celebrate his birthday.
Dean Xia Chen's mansion is located in the depths of the academy, today he held a banquet, the entire mansion looked jubilant, Xia Wuzhen walked all the way, all kinds of salutes, obviously most of them were old acquaintances he knew.
"Yo, the second brother came quite early!" Among the dignitaries, a handsome young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes walked out, this person was dressed in silk and satin, with a noble temperament, and with that sunny smile, it was indeed a little charming.
"Didn't Big Brother come earlier than me?" Xia Wuzhen smiled faintly, although he was polite, Ye Lintian could clearly feel his sense of alienation.
"Anyway, if you're idle, you're idle, and you're here for the old man's birthday banquet earlier, this is a bit of a face-wrenching second brother?
Compared to him, Xia Wuzhen was obviously a little dwarfed.
"It's just a casual practice, the birthday banquet will start soon, the foolish brother will go over to congratulate first, and the eldest brother will please take care of himself. Xia Wuzhen didn't want to talk too much about Ye Lintian, the relationship between the two was like fire and water, and he was not interested in acting with Xia Wuxin here.
"Okay, we'll talk later. Xia Wuxin smiled heartily, raised his wine glass and looked for others.
"He's Xia Wuxin, Brother Ye, wait for me here, I still have to go over to give gifts." ”
"Good. Ye Lintian nodded slightly, and stood aside very low-key, with his identity as a guard, he was not qualified to sit at the table...
"Colleagues, as we all know, the old man loves chess, calligraphy and painting in his life, and today is the birthday of the old man, and he is happy with the old man, and intends to add a color to you and celebrate it. ”
"The old man has been worried about the country and the people all his life, today, with the country as the theme, please improvise with your colleagues and write a poem, and those who win the first place can get a heaven-level treasure as a reward!"
The host is a burly middle-aged man, although he is smiling, but his body reveals a trace of majesty, and his identity is not simple at first glance.
"Heaven-level treasures? Chen Lao made a move, he was really generous!"
"It's so good, it's not interesting to just drink, then I'll be ugly!"
"Haha! Wei Guo is a talent, and it is thanks to the old man, and he didn't forget to test us at the birthday banquet!"
All the guests praised one after another, this old man in the Wei State is indeed very high, when he was young, he didn't know how much he had made great contributions to the Great Wei, and now he is old, and he is also dedicated to cultivating talents for the Great Wei, such a person, even His Majesty the Emperor is respected, not to mention a group of courtiers!
"Alas, although I can write poetry, my level is limited, and I'm afraid it's difficult to write a good work that satisfies the old man!" Xia Wuzhen complained as soon as he came over, and he could see that he was a little embarrassed.
"Don't panic, and see what they write. Ye Lintian said lightly, writing poems?
"Elder Chen has always paid attention to talent, Xia Wuxin is quite talented in this area, if he comes out on top today, the situation will be even more unfavorable for us!" Xia Wuzhen shook his head, his eyes revealing worry.
With the words of the host, a kind of guest also shows his own powers, but with a stick of incense, the whole banquet becomes a poetry conference, as Xia Wuzhen himself said, although he can also write poems, but his level is limited, the poems he writes are mediocre, and the limelight is all stolen by Xia Wuxin.
"If nothing else, I'm afraid that Xia Wuxin will come out on top today!" Although Xia Wuzhen was a little helpless, he was also calm, his skills were not as good as others, so there was nothing to say.
"Can I participate?" Ye Lintian touched his nose and looked calm.
"Of course you can, but if you can't write it well, I won't send it up to shame..."Xia Wuzhen smiled bitterly, he really didn't want to go up and lose face a second time...
"Everyone, is there anything that hasn't been written? If not, then I'll announce the results!" The host opened his mouth with a smile, seeing that no one answered, and then said in a loud voice: "Today's winner, His Royal Highness the Prince, Xia Wuxin!"
"Congratulations, my Prince Wei, you are really talented!"
"The prince is not only talented, kind to people, and strategic, but also far from being comparable to us, and the future of Great Wei is promising!"
"Prizes have been awarded. Xia Wuxin on the side bowed his hands again and again, humble, but his eyes swept to Xia Wuzhen's side from time to time, faintly a little complacent.
"Brother, you can't do it!" Ye Lintian also pouted slightly, patted Xia Wuzhen's shoulder, and said.
"Brother Ye, don't hit me..."
"That's... I think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not qualified for this first prize!" Ye Lintian walked out slowly, seeing Xia Wuzhen on the side, his eyelids were raised, and when he wanted to stop it again, it was already too late, and this simple and arrogant words instantly made the entire banquet quiet.
"What a megalomant!"
"Haven't you seen this person, the newly recruited guard of His Royal Highness?"
"I don't know how thick the sky is, how could His Royal Highness bring such an uninformed escort to the banquet?"
The guests immediately talked about it, but they all condemned it.
"Don't get me wrong!" Seeing this, Xia Wuzhen could only stand up and bow his hand to everyone: "Father, Elder Chen, seniors, this is not my guard, but my guest, Ye Lintian, you might as well listen to him first..."
Xia Wuzhen was so worried in his heart, the poetry meeting is over, what do you say you are going to do when you run out again? Isn't this deliberately finding fault? But he believes in Ye Lintian, this person can rob the entire Shenzhou powerhouse, how can he be that kind of ignorant and fearless idiot?
That's why he stood up as soon as possible, and if his reputation was damaged because of Ye Lintian, he would admit it.
"Oh, you don't think you're qualified to come out on top, so I don't know what you think?" Two figures slowly walked out of the room, and the middle-aged man next to him spoke lightly, with a majestic expression.
This person is the Emperor of Great Wei, Xia Chengyuan, beside him, is a sleepy old man in a python robe, who can wear this kind of clothes in front of His Majesty the Emperor, I think it should be the main owner of this banquet, Xia Chen, the dean of the Great Qin Academy.
Originally, the banquet was about to end, and these two bigwigs who were in the Wei State also came out to say two sentences, but they didn't expect that Ye Lintian's matter would come out, so Xia Chengyuan would have this question.
"Because in my opinion, his poems are indeed difficult to reach the hall of elegance, and they are not worthy of the reward of heaven-level treasures. Ye Lintian smiled slightly, Xia Wuzhen is too low-key, no wonder he can't compete with the prince, since he is here to help Xia Wuxin, then he must first attract the attention of others, the heavier his weight, the higher Xia Wuzhen's status will be!
That's why he's standing up at times like these!
"I also feel that the prince's poems are still flawed and need to be corrected. Xia Chen on the side also said with a smile, one sentence, it reflected his generosity, even if Ye Lintian, an unknown person, was questioning the prince, he would first talk about the prince's shortcomings, instead of directly asking Ye Lintian for trouble.
"I have a poem, and I ask the old man to point out!" Ye Lintian clenched his fists slightly, he stood up to attract attention, but he didn't stand up to attract hatred, everything had to rely on strength to speak, and his strength was insufficient, this was forcibly pretending, not only could not help Xia Wuzhen, but would also trap him on the cusp of the storm!
"Oh, how arrogant you have been since ancient times, and I am looking forward to your poetry. Xia Chen smiled slightly, it can be regarded as a hand to kill, if Ye Lintian's poetry is not praised by everyone, he will only be the one who will lose face in the end.
"Then it's ugly!"
Ye Lintian's expression was calm, his eyes swept to everyone, and he slowly spoke:
"Smoke cage cold water moon cage sand,
Night park Qinhuai near the restaurant. ”
Xia Chen was slightly stunned, the description in the first paragraph was very ingenious and fascinating, he loved poetry, and he noticed the wonderfulness of these two poems in an instant.
After a pause, Ye Lintian continued:
"The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country,
Across the river, he still sings backyard flowers. ”
Irony, the irony of Chiguoguo!
Ye Lintian's poem is obviously scolding all the guests here, a group of vassal and elegant people, sitting in the lobby, who have not experienced the hatred of the country, and dare to talk about the country!
"Wonderful!"
Xia Chen was convinced, and took the lead in clapping and praising him, and the guests present were also outstanding in writing, so they could naturally taste the irony in the poem, many people were suddenly red-faced, they were still scolding people before, but they slapped them hard when they changed hands!
"Good poetry, I'm willing to bow down!" Xia Wuxin also bowed his hand slightly, looking generous, but few people paid attention to the coldness that flashed in his eyes.
"It's really good! Listening to Wuzhen, you are his guest, and now it seems that you are really young and talented!" Xia Chengyuan also nodded with a smile, this Ye Lintian can be regarded as recognized by everyone.
With strength, his previous arrogance naturally doesn't need to be taken to heart.
"Brother Ye is really still my Brother Ye, this poem vividly describes the sadness and helplessness of the country, I haven't experienced it personally, I can't write this feeling, it seems that he wants me to help, I'm afraid it's not simple!"
Xia Wuzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but there were already all kinds of speculations in his heart, he couldn't write poetry, it didn't mean that he was stupid, otherwise he wouldn't be qualified to compete with Xia Wuxin.
"It's not true, Da Wei is such an excellent descendant, why don't you hurry up and introduce it?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little cold, Xia Chengyuan suddenly said with a smile.
"This..."Xia Wuzhen was momentarily stunned, he only knew that Ye Lintian was very mysterious and powerful, but he really didn't know what Ye Lintian's identity was...
Seeing that all the guests were looking at him, he had no choice but to look at Ye Lintian as if asking for help.