The further you go, the more difficult it becomes, especially in front of the lampstand of the noble royal family, crowded with people and bumping into people, Zhen Zhen is a little speechless looking at those people who are crowding behind the lampstand to guess the bottom of the couplet and scrambling to read the poems aloud, there is a sense of confusion.

Old Man Rong looked at the crowd in front of him who was difficult to walk at all, and he was a little speechless, looking at the girls on both sides and smiling bitterly, hesitating in his heart if he wanted to find a place to wait for a while.

At this moment, there was a sudden shouting from the front, and then the crowd began to disperse on both sides, followed by a dozen or so guards dressed in sergeant clothes and carrying long swords at their waists.

Those guards soon arrived in front of Zhen Zhen and the others, and quickly separated, and there were actually several handsome men in various brocade robes and bright eyes coming from behind.

As soon as one of them saw Zhenzhen, a wicked smile on his evil face, and his eyes flickered desperately at Zhenzhen.

Oh! What is the situation? Vera's eyes widened as she tried to make sense of what was going on.

"The grass people have seen His Royal Highness King Rui!" Without waiting for Zhen Zhen to think about it, the old man Rong beside him had already bowed to a man.

Zhen Zhen quickly and Linlin also leaned over to salute, and the man in the purple brocade robe walked a few steps quickly, "The teacher is exempt!" On the stage, I saw my teacher coming from afar, and Rui was fortunate to see my teacher today, which is really a blessing. ”

It seems that this is the famous deposed prince Rui Wang! Vera's eyes were lowered as she looked down at the street ahead.

"I don't know where the teacher goes?" King Rui didn't wait for others to speak, and directly asked the question in his heart.

"His Royal Highness King Rui is really polite! The grass people have nothing to do today, and take the juniors in the family to the Daxiangguo Temple to have a look! Old man Rong said indifferently without being humble or arrogant.

King Rui nodded and waved his hand, "Although the teacher walks, the student will go to the Great Xiangguo Temple to talk to the teacher later!" ”

Old Man Rong was obviously stunned, and then bowed with a light smile and took Zhen Zhen and the others away.

Zhen Zhen raised her head, her eyes were still staring at the ground in front of her, and she followed her grandfather indifferently in front of these men, her face was indifferent, but her heart was churning, and the demonic man in the big red clothes was actually ......

"Isn't there a great-granddaughter in Old Man Rong's family? Who is the other woman? Yang Minghui, who was wearing a dark robe, subconsciously asked.

Qin Yuan glanced at Baili Xiao narrowly, and whistled in the corner of his eyes, "Why, our famous Xiao actually has such a restrained time?" ”

Yang Minghui's eyes widened suddenly, he glanced at Qin Yuan in disbelief, and then looked at Baili Xiao, "Is it ......?" ”

King Rui smiled silently, looking at the few figures in the distance, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Baili Xiao waved his hand, stretched out his hand and patted Qin Yuan's shoulder, "Hahaha, joke." When have I been introverted, it's just that the old man doesn't want to be broken in his ear! After speaking, he put his hands behind his back and straightened up, and his face became serious.

A few people looked at the figures of Old Man Rong who left, and laughed in their mouths, but their eyes revealed a touch of contemplation.

Finally past those lampstands, although the crowd in front of them was still bustling, but not so crowded, Old Man Rong thanked a few guards, and walked towards Daxiangguo Temple with Zhen Zhen Lin Lin Shi Ran.

As soon as I saw the outline of Daxiangguo Temple, I was greeted by a smell of Sanskrit incense. "Grandfather, do you still offer incense and pray for blessings at night?" Zhen Zhen doesn't know whether the incense will pick the time in ancient times.

"It's not incense to pray for blessings, the incense of Daxiangguo Temple is vigorous, every year on the Shangyuan Festival will hold a poetry and painting exhibition, and everyone who comes will put incense on the pillar in front of the main hall to ask for good luck.

Later, there were special incense monks in front of the furnace to burn incense and pray for the students and talented women who came. ”

"Daxiangguo Temple actually has a poetry and painting exhibition? Could it be that my grandfather brought us here to see the exhibition? Zhen Zhen asked with some clarity in her heart.

"No, no!" Old Man Rong denied Zhen Zhen's words, but did not explain why.

Zhen Zhen was a little depressed and raised her little mouth, and she didn't know what her grandfather wanted to do?

Soon arrived at the main hall of the Great Xiangguo Temple, this temple is different from other temples in that there is no gate, and enter the temple directly through the main hall facing the street.

Entering the main hall, Zhen Zhen found that there were only a few monks in front of a huge furnace, and the whole hall was full of smoke, and the Sanskrit incense was ethereal, solemn and quiet.

When several monks saw the few people who came in, they quickly lit three sticks of incense in their hands, and put their hands into the hands of Old Man Rong and Zhen Zhen Linlin respectively.

Zhen Zhen watched Old Man Rong's movements with her eyes, followed by putting her hands together and putting the incense into her palms, then spreading her hands and twisting the incense and bowing to the furnace three times, she took a few steps forward and inserted the incense into the furnace.

After doing this, Old Man Rong slowly walked around the furnace and walked towards the back door of the main hall.

As soon as I walked out the back door, I was greeted with bursts of cheers and loud chanting.

Although the main hall in front is not small, you can only know that the courtyard behind you is even wider after passing through the main hall.

I saw that countless lamps were hung high in the whole courtyard, illuminating the whole courtyard as bright as day. What's even more strange is that there are countless tables and chairs in the courtyard, and countless talented and beautiful women are waving or chanting in front of the tables and chairs.

Zhen Zhen looked at the large courtyard in front of her, which seemed to be the courtyard of the ancient academy, and a puzzled expression flashed on her face.

"Sister Zhen, Sister Lin. Every year on the Shangyuan Festival of Daxiangguo Temple, tables, chairs and benches will be placed in this courtyard, and pen, ink, paper and inkstone will be set up. All students and talented women who have a heart can come to present their masterpieces, or poems or paintings, or copy scriptures, and write calligraphy.

After the writing is finished, it will be put into the back of the bucket, and when the bucket is opened tomorrow, there will be the great Confucian and the famous sons of the capital from the inside according to the order of the text.

Then, on the second day of February, these works will be auctioned, and the money obtained is the money that has traditionally been used to supply poor students. ”

Zhen Zhen understood, but still asked curiously, "Are these all really real poetry and paintings, or are they ......?" ”

"Hahaha!" Old Man Rong laughed when he heard Zhen Zhen's question, "Of course, there are really real materials, many great Confucians and some people with good paintings will take this opportunity to leave their own ink treasures, many of which are treasures that money can't buy!" Old Man Rong spoke, and his eyes showed a trace of pride and memory.

Zhen Zhen's mind turned, "Did my grandfather also flow his own ink treasure?" ”

Old Man Rong sighed with emotion, nodded and did not speak.

Zhen Zhen's eyes rolled a few times, looking at Linlin squeezing her eyes, "Did my grandfather come here today to leave something behind?" ”

Linlin also raised her head, her eyes were full of longing and looked at Old Man Rong, Old Man Rong looked at Zhen Zhen and looked at Linlin without speaking, but laughed out loud.