On the ninth day of September, Huai'an County was full of traffic, people came and went, and laughter continued. Many prestigious literati arrived in Huai'an County a few days earlier, and there are countless students from all over the world, and even many female dependents from all over the world have come. Early in the morning, in front of the door of Baohe Building, there is a lot of people, and it is very lively.

Wan shopkeeper did not touch the ground and commanded the guys in the building to check the furnishings back and forth, and quickly let people carry the flower rattan table that had been tied up at the door of the Baohe Building, and there was a row of pretty maids on both sides of the table, each holding a hollow carved bamboo tube with a wooden note, and greeted the guests with a smile, and behaved lively and unruly.

Xu Shiheng, the second master of the Xu family, was playing with the jade fan, while looking at a group of fresh little girls with interest, and then glanced at the people around him, squinted his eyes and smiled, leaned up and took a closer look at the bamboo tube in the little girl's hand, and his eyes suddenly widened a little, and he took a straight breath, and the fan in his hand lit the bamboo tubes, and stared at a few girls with hatred on his face: "This ...... It's a terrible thing! ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw a few little girls pursing their lips and laughing, Xu Shiheng choked, and was just about to open his mouth to point at a few little girls, when Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the uncle beside him frowned, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips, and hurriedly turned around and explained with a smile: "Look at my fuss, let the prince laugh." The carving on this bamboo tube is the handwriting of Mr. Huaiqing, which is really rare. What's more, it's still such a complete set, it's really hard to find! Such a thing was actually put here by a group of shopkeepers who didn't understand elegance! There is no one in this treasure and the building! ”

The man opposite Xu Shiheng was wearing a lake-blue brocade robe, with a dark complexion, handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a murderous aura that was different from that of ordinary literati, sharp but not calm—it was Wei Jingyan who was in Qingfeng Tower before.

Wei Jingyan snorted, his eyes fell on the bamboo tubes, and his face was a little interested. An Huaiqing is a master of carving in the world, and the carved objects are highly respected by literati and scholars, but unfortunately very few come out. There is a folk saying "one year Zhong Yu, three years of Huaiqing", which is the word of Zhong Yu and An Huaiqing's carvings, a year only one pen to move, one three years to see the finished product, in short, all are priceless treasures. Such a priceless thing was placed directly at the gate. This kind of handwriting is really ...... Had to be convinced.

Song Mingshan also inhaled from the side, his eyes were hidden in contemplation, and he looked up and down at the inconspicuous Baohelou, and his doubts were even worse.

Shopkeeper Wan caught a glimpse of a few people getting down from the carriage, hurriedly explained to the little servant, and hurried to meet him, just when he heard Xu Shiheng's words, Fang smiled and arched his hand towards a few people, and explained while saluting: "Second Master Xu is very right!" The little ones are all rough people, how do you know what elegance is? It made a few masters laugh. Or what our host said, this bamboo tube is good, but it can't be left in the house to get moldy. It just so happened that I took advantage of the literary meeting to take it out and let you adults and talents taste it. Good things have spirituality, maybe these carvings also want to take advantage of the sex to listen to the poems and songs made by all the talented people in our south? ”

"This ......" Xu Shiheng was stunned and nodded at the shopkeeper Wan, choked in his throat in one breath, his face was red and white for a while, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, he lit the shopkeeper with a fan, pouted and snorted coldly, "You owner is a strange person, you are ashamed of yourself!" After taking a breath, Xu Shiheng's eyes suddenly burst out with a few rays of excitement, and he approached the shopkeeper and asked, "You tell the master honestly, is your owner here today?" ”

The shopkeeper couldn't cry or laugh, took half a step back, shook his head and sighed: "The second master knows, our owner has never seen many people. Without waiting for Xu Shiheng to ask again, the shopkeeper Wan bowed to a few people again, led everyone to the flower and rattan table, and motioned for a little girl to come forward with a bamboo tube, Fang Langsheng smiled and said: "According to the words of the prefect, this cultural meeting should also be happy with the people." Our proprietor pondered that in addition to inviting the celebrities of this dynasty, students from all over the world should not refuse to accept the Wenhui today. If you have that real talent, you can't get the post for a while, and you should be invited into the building, but you can't let the idlers and others get confused. The little ones thought of a lazy way, and asked Lu Zhixian to come up with some couplets and poems and songs, which were engraved on the wooden notes in this bamboo tube, and invited Zhao Zhushu to judge, and draw questions with all the talents, as long as they answer well and answer in seconds, they can enter the building. ”

"That's a good idea." Xu Shiheng raised his eyebrows in surprise, and saw that the students around him were stunned at first, and then came to their senses, all of them were overjoyed, excited, and eager to try. Xu Shiheng's heart sank, glanced at Wei Jingyan, Fang smiled and put away the fan, stared at the shopkeeper Wan and asked with a smile, "If you have a post, you also have to answer?" ”

"No answer." Shopkeeper Wan smiled and shook his head, "We ...... Ahem, the little ones thought, you can't let the big guys block the door, right? If you come to answer the questions, I don't know when this article will start. The small ones have prepared extra wooden notes, and the old and young masters who have taken the post, if they are interested, they will leave a title on this wooden note. The second master also left one? ”

Song Mingshan stared at the 10,000 shopkeeper with a happy face, slowly shaking the fan, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, he looked around in the afterglow, thought for a moment, and then lowered his voice and smiled at Wei Jingyan: "I'm afraid the owner of this treasure and building is not simple." Ye took a look, but a bamboo tube and wooden note made these students grateful, and even sold Li Shaoqing and Lu Yu a favor. This mind is really ......" Song Mingshan said, sighed with emotion, and laughed for a while, "I'm confused, since Li Shaoqing has run the Wenhui in Baohe Building, he must have noticed it, and I don't know if this person can ......."

"Not necessarily." Wei Jingyan took Song Mingshan's words lightly, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and his eyes paused on Xu Shiheng, with a smile of unknown meaning on his face, "I can put An Huaiqing's carving at the gate, and I admire this magnanimous man very much!" He used Yangmou, borrowed Li Shaoqing's hand, and made Li Shaoqing owe a favor. Hum! A person with such a mind must be a little arrogant and will not easily attach himself to anyone. Li Shaoqing is not qualified enough! ”

Song Mingshan nodded approvingly, pondered for a moment, and shook the fan unhappily.

Wei Jingyan retracted his gaze, his footsteps stopped, and Zhou Yi, who followed behind, hurriedly stepped forward in two steps, bowed down and listened to his master's instructions: "Let Zhou Chuan personally check it." ”

Zhou Yi agreed, retreated to the outside of the crowd, quietly dodged into the alley, and motioned to the man in white who was leaning against the wall to "watch the excitement" to step forward and whisper Wei Jingyan's words.