At night, on both sides of the Qinhuai River on the day of the Qiqiao Festival, it was very lively, with vertical and horizontal painting boats, melodious piano sounds, and laughter.

In the area of Wuyi Lane on the south bank, the lights are bright, the crowds are crowded, there are two shops side by side, and many pedestrians are carrying lanterns in their hands, and they are in the idea of putting lanterns on the Qixi Festival of begging for the festival.

From time to time, someone held a piece of paper and ran out of the crowd, shouting: "Xiyuan Poetry Club will come to a new poem of Qixi Festival......"

After shouting, the paper with the words written on it was pasted on a wall, and the crowd around it began to gather around to watch.

"Sister Yongning, the Xiyuan Poetry Club seems to have begun, let's go over quickly, we can't miss Su Chen's scene to write Qixi words." Zhou Jiamin pulled Yongning's arm and said a little anxiously.

Yongning smiled and said: "Don't worry, with Su Chen's temper, it is impossible to write words so early, whether you get there or not, it is unknown." ”

Zhou Jiamin said with a smile: "Hehe, he said that he would go to the Xiyuan Poetry Club, let's go in advance, when the time comes, see how he competes with other talents, writing lyrics, but no one can compare to him, when the time comes, let's meet in the past and surprise him!" ”

"It is estimated that Su Chen would definitely not have imagined that we would appear in the Xiyuan Poetry Club!" Yongning also laughed.

The second daughter worked hard tonight, and finally persuaded the official family and the queen to agree, and concealed it from the queen mother, and left the palace in micro-service. The two girls did not wear gorgeous satin long skirts, but changed into ordinary scholar's shirts, dressed as men, and came to Qinhuai River to participate in the poetry meeting under the escort of several Ouchi masters.

After passing through Wuyi Lane, there are exquisite lanterns on both sides of the road, as well as dragon dance teams, street acrobatics and other performances, before the change, the second daughter could still watch curiously with interest, but now the second daughter has only one thought in her heart, rush to the Xiyuan Poetry Club as soon as possible, and then find Su Chen, listen to him write new words, amaze the audience, and then recognize each other naughtily, and then go out to play together.

This is the second daughter's beautiful travel plan tonight!

After passing through the bustling neighborhood of the south bank, we walked forward and stopped, walked for two miles, and finally arrived at Chunxi Garden.

This is the garden given by the imperial court to Han Xizai, the manor is very large, the planting of flowers and plants is equipped with rockery, flower platform, fish pond, etc., many famous flowers and precious trees, all year round, flowers bloom and fall, the dark fragrance floats, makes people pleasing to the eye.

Today's back garden, crowds surged, gathered hundreds of people, in addition to some large and small officials, there are talented and beautiful people, as well as the sons of wealthy businessmen, etc., to participate in the Xiyuan poetry meeting, you can not only enjoy the lanterns, put the river lanterns, guess the word puzzles, but also witness many talented people show their talents.

Of course, in order not to be cold, the organizers will also find some Qingqi people from Hualou to perform on the spot, and even have stage operas and acrobatic performances to make the scene more lively.

At the very core, there is an open-air banquet, some people in the high seat, there are Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Gao Yue and other important members of the Sun Party, and there are also some officials of six or seven grades who came to cheer the scene, this time there are a few special guests, that is, members of the envoy of the Song Kingdom, the deputy envoy Tao Yi, fifty years old, dressed in a green shirt, with deep eyes, watching the performance in the field, with a kind of arrogance on his face.

This pottery is also regarded as a person who has a university in the north, in the Later Jin Dynasty, he entered the Shi and the first, and later served as an official in the Later Han and Later Zhou dynasties, and successively served as the right to fill the Que, Hanlin Bachelor, Duanming Palace Bachelor and so on. After the establishment of the Song Kingdom, the official went to the Ministry of Industry and judged the affairs of Dali Temple, and the official position was not low.

At this time, Han Xizai looked at the cheers coming from the many young men and women in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "What happened in front, is there a superior word?" ”

The servant Laifu went over to inquire, came back after a while, and said: "Back to the master, Jinling genius Zhou Zhou Fan just made a wonderful song, which was applauded by everyone and caused heated discussions. ”

Han Xizai stroked his beard and smiled: "Oh, then introduce this Zhou Gongzi here, let me wait and appreciate the words." ”

"Yes!" Rifle past invited.

Suddenly, the Jinling genius Zhou Fan came over, hugged his fists at Han Xizai and the others, and said, "In the next Zhou Fan, I have seen all of you." ”

Han Xizai saw that this person was twenty years old and talented, and nodded slightly and asked: "Zhou Yifan, what did you just say that it caused a heated discussion, can you recite it, let me wait for a feast." ”

Zhou Fan's expression was excited, this is a good opportunity to become famous, I have been looking forward to it for a long time, as early as half a year ago, I was thinking about this Tanabata song, and I was waiting for tonight.

"That night was ugly."

Everyone fell silent, looking forward to it.

At this time, many people also gathered around, intending to listen to how the literary bigwigs and court loyalists here evaluate Zhou Fan's words, he is a popular candidate for the first place in this autumn.

Yongning and Zhou Jiamin hid in the crowd, and when they saw a young man standing up, he was surrounded by people, and he was constantly shouting good words, because Su Chen appeared, but when he squeezed over and found that it was not, they were immediately a little disappointed.

Zhou Yifan stood up, cleared his throat, and then recited "Butterfly Love Flowers-Tanabata" with emotion

"The magpie bridge flew into the phoenix. There will be a happy night, and the begging will meet at night.

Painted with starry faces in the sky. The jade hook hangs obliquely on the eaves.

Qinhuai Lantern River under the night dome. The incense sleeves leaned on the shoulder, who remembered the words of the time.

The mediastinum galaxy can still be crossed. How long will the world be left with hatred? ”

This poem was recited aloud, full of emotion, and the words were catchy, and the love and scene were very well written, and all the court officials and Shilin Qingliu also applauded after hearing it, and it was indeed a first-class poem.

In particular, the sentence: "The longitudinal galaxy can still be crossed." How long will the world be left with hatred? It seems to write about parting in the world, which is much more difficult than meeting in a year on Qixi Festival.

"What a rare word!" Han Xizai praised it.

Xu Xuan also nodded in praise, it was indeed a good poem, he turned his eyes to Tao Yi, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, and said with a smile: "Master Tao, you are from the Song Kingdom, what do you think of the poem of Zhou Gongzi?" ”

He has been an envoy to the Song Kingdom, and knows that the northern army is powerful, the soldiers are strong, and the Southern Tang Dynasty cannot be compared, and today he plans to regain some face in literature.

Tao Yi smiled faintly and said, "It's okay!"

Zhou Yifan was a little unhappy when he heard his simple evaluation, and the arrogance of the scholar came up, and he said directly: "There are many wars in the north, and there is no peace in the Central Plains, I don't know if the literary affairs are recovering and prospering, does the Song State also attach importance to the Guozijian and the imperial examination, and young scholars can write words of such a level?" ”

Tao Yi showed a sneer, glanced at this Zhou Gongzi, and said: "What's so difficult about this, today a member of my envoy group made a Qixi poem, not under this song, let him recite it, let everyone enjoy it." ”