Chapter 15: The Literary Meeting (II)
"Master Zhao has arrived. Uncle should have come with Master Li, I'm afraid that he will go to the end of the day. ”
Lu Ran nodded, with a shallow smile on his face, looking at the more and more people in the pear orchard with bright eyes, he turned his head to the shopkeeper Wan and instructed: "It's almost the same, this article will have its own Lord Li and the eldest brother to worry about, let's just stare at the wine competition." Those merchants are all gold owners who have made money, and we must not be lazy, we will have to do business with others in the future! ”
Shopkeeper Wan nodded again and again and smiled: "Rest assured, the little one knows the severity, and he must entertain these old men properly!" With that, Fang bowed down and said goodbye to Lu Ran, went all the way down the attic, and went to the gate of Baohe Building without touching the ground to greet the rich businessmen and giants who came to participate in the wine competition.
The side entrance to the south of Baohe Building was also full of carriages at this time, and a few other grandmothers and neatly dressed little girls were waiting respectfully, but they were specially designed to receive the ladies of various families. The wives, grandmothers, and girls of the various provinces talked to each other, and went to the courtyard with laughter, but did not enter the pear orchard, but only went around the courtyard full of bright snow red to the cloister by the stream, hidden behind the shade of the willow trees, and looked at the young talents in the pear orchard from a distance through the gap between the leaves.
The shopkeeper asked people to explain to the south door that the housekeeper at the door was more careful, and he politely led a group of businessmen into the pear orchard, arranged for everyone to sit down, and then got up and walked out, and heard the little lady at the gate of the pear orchard say loudly: "Li Zhifu has arrived, and Lu Zhixian has arrived......
For a while, all the literati in the courtyard stood up and saluted Li Shaoqing from afar.
Li Shaoqing was less than forty years old, only wearing a homely brocade robe, his face was slightly fat, with a bit of blessing, he smiled kindly, and waved his hand to the students with a spring breeze on his face: "You don't have to be restrained, sit down quickly!" Today, the official is just here to join in the fun, and it is good to touch the tone of the south-" As he was speaking, Li Shaoqing's voice slammed, and the surprise on his face flashed, although he took a breath, he forced the surrounding students to wave his hand, and strode towards the Surabaya Pavilion, hurriedly bowing and saluting as he walked: "The official is guilty!" Sin! I don't know that the prince is here, it's really a disappointment, and I hope that the prince will forgive his sins. ”
Lu Yu followed behind Li Shaoqing, without the slightest surprise or curiosity on his face, he only lowered his eyes and bowed for a long time.
"Why is Lord Li so polite." Wei Jingyan's voice was steady, with a little smile on his face, and he motioned for Li Shaoqing to excuse Lu Yu, "Master is also on a whim to join in the fun." What's more, the more close to Longxi, the master is only a little more familiar with Longxi than Lord Li. Those who do not welcome are not in these false courtesies. ”
Li Shaoqing hurriedly arched his hands and said "yes" a few times, and his heart was a little uncertain about Wei Jingyan's attitude. Longxi looked at the Taiping, but in fact, the dark tide was surging, the Anxi Royal Mansion was eyeing this place, and the attitude of the Pingnan Royal Mansion was unclear, although it did not use troops, it must not be easy to provoke. He has only been in office for less than half a year, and he has not even straightened out the side of government affairs...... Hey, it's also to blame that he was too careless and was plotted, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent to this drudgery! I can only endure it for three years, not for merit, but for no fault!
But he didn't expect that why the prince of Pingnan Wangfu would come to Huai'an County to join the excitement of the literary meeting? I haven't heard that this prince has any interest in poetry and songs, but he is very good at leading troops to fight. However, the uncle of the Anxi Royal Mansion is still like a very gentle and courteous gentleman, and at first glance he is a person full of poetry and books......
Just thinking about it, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Chen Ziyun and Wen Qinggui coming over, Li Shaoqing took a breath, Yu Guang glanced at Wei Jingyan, and then looked at the young man who landed half a step in front of Wen Qinggui, and suddenly felt that his scalp was numb. Li Shaoqing, the second master of the Chen family, didn't recognize him, but Wen Qinggui he did! Who else can walk in front of Wen Qinggui and let Wen Qinggui follow politely and politely? There's no guessing!
Li Shaoqing stabilized his mind, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile and saluted Chen Ziyun: "The lower official has seen the second master." ”
Chen Ziyun had no surprise on his face, nodded politely to Li Shaoqing, raised his feet and entered the Surabaya Pavilion, glanced at Xu Shiheng, who was sitting a little lazily, condescendingly, looked at Wei Jingyan for a moment, and then frowned and nodded.
Xu Shiheng frowned, and wanted to jump up and slap the table on the spot, but was swept away by Wei Jingyan's smiling gaze, and immediately sat back, opened the fan with a bang, and shook it as if no one was around.
Wen Qinggui, who was following behind Chen Ziyun, stared at Lu Yu with a gloomy face, but Lu Yu saluted Chen Ziyun calmly as if he hadn't seen him at all.
Shopkeeper Wan breathed a sigh of relief outside the pavilion, and arranged these masters, and then the meeting and the wine competition should also start. Thinking about it, the shopkeeper Wan stepped forward to ask Li Shaoqing and Lu Yu, and then instructed the little guy who sang to signal everyone to sit down, as usual, it was a polite official opening, and then he said that the literary meeting, and only then did he talk about the cocktail competition in the end.
“…… Today, there are a total of ten kinds of wine, all of which are selected from all over the world. If you can get half a sentence of your lords, it can be regarded as the creation of these wines. Today, this cocktail competition is based on poetry, and the one who has more poems is king. Therefore, please also appreciate your face. ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of the guqin in the pear orchard suddenly stopped, and everyone was stunned, and several women in graceful green gauze and green skirts walked out from behind the bushes with a wine jug and wine glass. Everyone poured wine into the white porcelain wine glass, put it into the mountain spring water flow under the rockery with the food drawer, and then retreated, and in the blink of an eye, a few more people came up, round after round without stopping.
The water flow is not fast or slow, the first to flow through the small ditch built with rockery next to the Surabaya Pavilion, there is already a girl who took out the food drawer from the water and gave the wine to several masters in the pavilion. The little girls from all over the pear orchard also took the wine pot and glass in the same way, and served it nearby.
"It's a long experience! I actually learned the smooth flow of the ancient people! Song Mingshan couldn't care less about being surprised, took the fan, picked up the cup to the tip of his nose, sniffed slowly, took another sip, savored it for a while, revealing his face full of intoxication and admiration, "This wine is mellow, the aftertaste is extremely fragrant, it is really a good wine!" ”
Xu Shiheng nodded, straightened up, and took the jade fan and slapped it on the table decisively: "Such a good wine is also worthy of good poetry, but it's a pity that the master is not good at dancing and writing!" As he spoke, he directly took the two drinking poems of his predecessors, which can be regarded as throwing bricks and stones. When the people in the courtyard saw Xu Shiheng get up, they were less restrained, and some people really wrote poems. After a while, the meeting was lively.
As soon as the wine stopped, everyone was in high spirits, and someone turned to the front of the Surabaya Pavilion coldly, and stamped his feet with the shopkeeper Wan: "The old man is just a few steps late, and the wine is gone?" ”