Lin Ruhai studied hard at home, and his classmates gradually came to look for him, or posted a post, or came to the door in person to invite, today's poetry meeting, tomorrow's Saiwen meeting, and the ancients who learned that the dust was light, but Lin Ruhai was tormented.

Speaking of China, since ancient times, officials have always been to pull relationships and friendships, and interpersonal communication is the most important. No matter how clever you are, you can't rise as fast as those who can be officials. The forest is like the sea, just above this communication, and the skills are not lit. When you meet your classmates in the old days, seven or eight times out of ten there will be newcomers to introduce, and everyone has eaten and drunk together, discussed the text, even if you have different opinions on a certain thing or a certain poem, and you can be regarded as familiar. Basically, after eating a meal, they are all young brothers and virtuous brothers, and they can call each other words or titles.

At that time, Lin Ruhai was playing with a group of old friends in a famous peony garden in the capital. At this time, although the peony flowering period has passed, the peony in the garden is beautiful, these students called friends to gather, sat in a water pavilion, across the clear pond, and enjoyed the clusters of red flowers. Everyone appreciated it, and each of them had to write a poem, and those who fell behind would be punished with three glasses of wine.

Lin Ruhai is among his classmates, known as a literary name, and the children of Beijing have also heard of it, and when they see it, they all come to talk to him. The more nervous he is, the more he is paralyzed, he just smiles, listens to people, hums one or two from time to time, but rarely speaks, to become a haode listener. came and went, and there were people who were familiar with him, so they laughed: "How did Brother Ruhai become a relative, and he became more and more shy." ”

The person who spoke was originally a close friend of Lin Ruhai, surnamed Yang Mingze, two years older than Lin Ruhai, and was the youngest son of Yang Guangnian, the current secretary of Dali Temple. Born with a face as white as jade, and beautiful as a woman. In today's good male environment, he has been teased a lot, but Lin Ruhai has a good character and never laughs at him with his appearance, and the relationship has gradually deepened.

Lin Ruhai smiled when he heard this, picked up the pot with gilt chiseled flowers and birds, poured wine for Yang Ze first, and then filled it for himself before he spoke, "The more I read recently, the more I feel that the gentleman's cautious words are very reasonable. ”

Yang Ze haha smiled, drank the wine in the cup, quietly leaned over, and said in a low voice: "If you think they are cheesy, just say it, why bother to prevaricate me." However, you are right, ...... with them" Peach Blossom eyes turned slightly, and lightly glanced at the group of people who were talking about poetry and poetry, but arguing about the use of rhyme, and pouted: "There is really nothing to talk about." ”

"Runzhi, what are you talking about with Ruhai?" A man with a short figure, a rich waist and abdomen, and a talented man who learned to be merry and talented was wearing a green shirt, without a belt, with a scribe's scarf on his head a little crooked, and a hand-cranked gold folding fan, pretending to be a chic man walked over step by step. Dou's big eyes wandered on Lin Ruhai and Yang Ze, and the smile was extremely ambiguous. Speaking inside and out, it is full of evil intentions, which makes people extremely uncomfortable.

Yang Ze was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it at all, so he just shook the white-faced fan in his palm and said with a smile: "Ruhai has recently changed his temperament, left Zhao Ziang, and fell in love with Yan Lugong alone. These days, working hard at home, I was begging Ruhai to give me a fan, and before I could say it, you came over. As he spoke, he sighed with great regret: "Alas, he already has a quirk of cherishing words like gold, and when Brother Wan came, he refused to write to me more and more." ”

Wan Shilin (Hey, this name is a little familiar.) Seeing Yang Ze smiling, a pair of peach blossoms became more and more sparkling and shining, he came over with some obsession, and said with a smile: "Runzhi's words have obtained the essence of willow body, just ask for your own title, why bother asking for people?" As he spoke, he reached out to take the plain white paper fan in Yang Ze's hand.

Yang Ze glanced at him with a smile, Wan Shilin was immediately soft-boned, and Yue Xing moved the chair closer to Yang Ze, and said with a smile: "Good brother, what kind of incense are you smoking today, it smells weird." ”

Yang Ze was furious, according to his temper in the past, he was afraid that he would immediately beat up this idiot, but he had just fought a while ago and was grounded by his Lao Tzu, so he was released, and he beat someone again today, I am afraid that before entering the house, I don't want to leave the house. He suppressed the anger in his heart, and leaned back lazily, "It's just that the girl in the family is messing around, it's comparable to ten thousand brothers, and there is a beautiful woman with jade hands and incense for your use." ”

Listening to Yang Ze's words, Wan Shilin's face was blue and red for a while, so depressed, there were people chatting with them next to him, and the people who came over, all hahadaxiao, said in unison: "Not bad, the incense of the peerless beauty, we are ordinary people, we have seen very little, but it can't compare to the blessing of Brother Wan!" ”

This so-called incense of the peerless beauty has an allusion. Wan Shilin has always regarded himself as a romantic and talented man, and he usually likes to write two beautiful lyrics, and give them to the prostitutes and girls in the Qinglou to sing, so he thinks that he is Wen Feiqing of this dynasty, and he should also have a peerless fish mystery to be overwhelmed by his talent. For this point, Tang Ze once spit out very sharply: "I also know that I look cold, so I can only compare Wen Bacha." "Wan Shilin is also a third-generation official, his grandfather and father were both born in the imperial examination, and they are the kind of officials who are more proficient, but after all, he started late, his grandfather was admitted to the Jinshi, and he was fifty years old, and his father was still early, and he was also in his forties before he got a fellow Jinshi.

Since he started late, his family background is poor, and Wan Shilin is not very proficient in some elegant and hedonistic things. For example, Hexiang! The ancients have always had the habit of wearing incense clothes, or wearing incense sachets and sleeve cage incense balls, and the people who are particularly particular about elegance use their own hands to get incense, and from time to time they also create a new product, and then make everyone envious and jealous. Those who are not so particular, and those who buy all kinds of spices and incense balls are also like a number of treasures, and they can say a lot of words when they smell it casually.

Wan Shilin is easier to show, and finally there is a stunning beauty who has a very discerning eye on him, and Gu said that he admires his talent very much (it should be silver!). That beautiful woman, according to legend, was a woman who was extremely elegant and very good at studying incense. Because of his admiration for his talent, he specially made incense for him, and his words were very compatible with him. After Wan Shilin got the incense specially made for him, he was so excited that he smoked his clothes from the inside to the outside that night, making them fragrant, and invited all friends to have to be relieved.

It doesn't matter if you have to be scared, there is a problem with it. He was moved by the deep affection of the peerless beauty, and cried tears because he couldn't redeem herself, and often accompanied him, and when he lived up to her golden affection and fiery heart, he finally had an impatience that popped out and interrupted him, "I said that this fragrance smells so familiar, this is not the taste of Lanxiangzhai's new soul returning plum!" Hey, Brother Zhao, didn't you buy it yesterday, you smell it, it's the same as what you use? ”

As a result, the natural report was right, the one who was pulled out as evidence, the incense on his body was also a soul rejuvenating plum, but the fragrance on his body seemed to be absent, not strong, revealing a wisp of cool sweetness. As for Wan Shilin...... Did he hide the incense burner directly in his clothes?

That incident, Wan Shilin lost a big face, and within a few days, he heard that he went out of Beijing to study, and he didn't appear again in the capital for half a year. This time, Yang Ze stabbed him directly at the exit, and there was no one sitting who didn't know what was going on, and they all followed the rice shelf to coax. Wan Shilin's somewhat dull yellow face was suffocated. Yang Ze still asked reluctantly: "Brother Wan, has your beautiful family ever made a new incense recently?" You don't have to keep it private, you have to take it out and let the big guys taste it. ”

Wan Shilin was ashamed and angry, his body trembled, trembling and pointing at Yang Ze "You ......" for a long time, flicked his sleeves, and took people away angrily.

There was a bad heart, and he hurriedly called him, "Brother Shilin, don't go, the big guy is still waiting to appreciate your new words?" ”

This sentence is definitely another stab in Wan Shilin's already bloody chest, Meng Zhao and Meng only reprimanded someone not long ago, he didn't learn anything, he worked hard on obscene, glamorous, and music, and he didn't make sense of bullshit!

Yang Ze looked at Wan Shilin, who was in a panic, and fell when he went down the steps, his hat fell off, and his leg was lame, so he relieved the anger in his heart a little. Raise your glass to invite, "Like the sea, please!" ”

Lin Ruhai also raised his glass and touched him lightly, drank half a cup and put it down, and said softly: "Wan Shilin is not enough, his father is not a big person, and his methods are ruthless, Runzhi has been careful recently." ”

"Huh...... I've saved it. Since he dared to publicly wipe Wan Shilin's face, he was naturally not afraid to scold the small and the old. Wan Chunlai, he has been in the household for a long time, and he has grown fat enough. Recently, there has been a shortage of saints to train the princes.

His father is in charge of Dali Temple, which is equivalent to the current Supreme Court of the country, and he is also a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Moreover, as the saint gets older, it is time to consider the heir. At present, there are six or seven princes, of which the second prince and the third prince are the most competitive. The second prince is the oldest among the princes, and the mother of the third prince is the most expensive, and they compete the most.

The emperor wants to use political affairs to temper the minds of the princes, and it has been revealed, and these princes are waiting to perform with their fists rubbing their fists. Like Wanjia, who has a shallow foundation and has pigtails all over his head, isn't it the best performance provider!

Yang Ze glanced left and right, and casually played with the small wine glass in his hand, "Ruhai, are you going to end this year?" ”

Xiucai has passed the exam, and it is time to take the exam, and the township test is mostly in the golden autumn and August, so it is also called the autumn season. This year happens to be the triennial township examination, and Lin Ruhai and Yang Ze have already qualified for the exam, so it depends on whether they want to enter the exam.

Lin Ruhai shook his head firmly, "My knowledge is still very shallow, and I haven't read the book thoroughly, how can it end." "Just kidding, he hasn't even figured out too much about trying to post poems now, let alone doing Bagu Wen, and after entering the entrance examination, he is allowed to show his stuffing, so he should honestly squint at home and study hard.

"Alas, I wanted to try it, but I was scolded by my master, saying that I would be able to reach the level of admission within ten years." Yang Ze seemed to be a little angry, feeling that his father was too underestimating him.

Lin Ruhai: "......" is so sad, this native talent (Yang Ze has good knowledge, Xiao Sanyuan was born) will have to be sure to be admitted to the examination after ten years, he suddenly wore it, does he have to study for 20 years!

Yang Ze: My brother is just smart, he heard what I meant.