The main hall of Longmen Beiye Manor is very distinctive, there are five halls and rooms built up before and after, the back hall is used as the master's living and resting, the front hall is the door servant to guide the guests, and the middle three halls are opened in one.

It can be seen that Xue Shao, the original owner of this manor, is also full of guests every day, and he has a good banquet. Although the deceased is no longer there, the prosperity is far better than in the past.

Li Tong and Xue Chongxun merged into the back hall, and then listened to the singing of many people in the middle hall, and the most they sang was naturally Shaowang's new work "Youth Xing".

Seeing the young king leaving, the guests got up one after another to salute, Li Tong smiled and bowed his hand and walked into the middle seat. There were hundreds of guests in the hall, in addition to the old people who often came and went, there were also many new faces, such as Song Zhiwen, who also had a high reputation for poetry, Dongfang Qiu, Zuo Shi Dongfang Qiu, a bachelor in the museum, and half a thousand people.

The hall was full of guests, some knew each other, some didn't, and Qiao Zhizhi, who had a wide range of friends, took the initiative to act as a knower and introduce the new guests to the young king. When everyone was familiar with each other, Qiao Zhizhi said with emotion: "The ceremony is imminent, the court and the wild people are going to Longmen, and the gathering of the king's hall can be described as more than half of the splendor!" ”

This is by no means an exaggeration, many of the powerful families in Duyi have come to Longmen to have a banquet in advance, and many have traveled around the courtyards of other families, but the banquets they have passed, but there is really no more lively than the royal court of Hedong.

When it comes to power, the king of Hedong is not the highest. In the vicinity of Longmen alone, there are Prime Minister Cen Changqian, Yang Zhirou and Wu Chenghei who set up their own banquets, compared with those high-ranking officials in the south, the king of Hedong is noble, but his power is still inferior.

However, when it comes to the influence of the corporal forest, those prime ministers may not be as good as the current king of Hedong.

A king of Hedong presided over the revision of the ceremony, and many scholars were raised, and many talented people were recommended by him. Moreover, the various disciplines that have just been held have also allowed the people of the time to see the name of the king of Hedong, and there are twenty or thirty scholars from various disciplines before and after, and half of them have been appreciated and treated by the king of Hedong on different occasions alone.

Such a ratio can be said to be amazing, and therefore many people are proud to be able to get one or two reviews from the king of Hedong.

For the acquisition of this fame, Li Tong is really hard to say, where does he rely on his eyes, it is all smashed out of real money. Except for Zhang Shuo and a few other people he knew, the others had just come to the palace a few times with the crowd. Therefore, this accuracy rate is also picked up by the number of customers.

Li Tong is not without regrets, such as Zhang Cambodia, who was a late bloomer, should be ranked first in the virtuous and good square, and finally stagnant at the age of more than 60 years, and was awarded the supervision of the imperial history. Probably because I couldn't play with young people, I never came to the palace as a guest.

Another reason for the overflow of guests is that the young king's poem is majestic. Therefore, "Luoyang Daughter's Journey", with the fermentation of time, has already swept the two capitals, so much so that it has become one of the repertoire in the Fengyue field of the Shendu to evaluate the singing skills of the Lingren. Not to mention the spectacular scene of the new song and the crowd traveling this evening.

Therefore, the main discussion in the hall at the moment is Shaowang's new work "Juvenile Xing", the literati will inevitably Geng Jie's arrogant style, although face-to-face discussion, it is not all good words, there is no shortage of people bluntly say that this new work has the disadvantages of losing the solemn and elegant poetic taste, and it is more vulgar in the market, which is not as talented as Shaowang's previous articles.

What's more, it is said that the first part is shallow and floating, and the only one that can be taken is the tail couplet, "Where to swim in the falling flowers, laugh into the orchid restaurant".

Li Tong is not surprised by this, in fact, the three poems of Li Bai's "Youth Xing" are already quite questionable authors. Especially compared with Wang Wei's "Youth Xing", the only one that can be compared is the second two-couplet and four sentences. But even if it is a market opinion, it has its own audience. He wrote this article, not to make the Shilin people boast.

Qiao Zhizhi was worried that the young king was high-spirited, and as a warm-up master, he hurriedly changed the topic, pointed at Shen Yanqi and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Mr. Shen sent me the ancient tune of "Alone Missing", which is rich and beautiful, and chased the king "Luoyang Daughter's Travel", I don't know if you can enjoy it with elegance?" ”

After hearing the words in the hall, everyone raised their interest, the old story of the young king was all the rage, and there were many people present who loved this poetry and proposed new works, but after making an analogy, they felt that the poetry of the young king was difficult to chase, and each was embarrassed to show others. At this moment, hearing Qiao Zhizhi's comment, he was naturally curious.

After Li Tong heard this, he also glanced at Shen Yanqi, who was not lacking in a reserved smile, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. In fact, he copied it out a long time ago, but as the friendship deepened, it was not easy to use it, but he didn't expect to write it in advance under his own stimulation.

In the shouts of the crowd, Qiao Zhizhi sang in public, the first couplet was sung, and the hall was full of applause, the whole poem was sung, and the praise was endless.

Li Tong also applauded and applauded at the banquet, and did not hesitate to praise, this song "Alone Missing" is one of the representative works of the Shen Yan period, and the level is naturally extremely high. If you really want to talk about the application of skills, in fact, it is better than Wang Wei's "Luoyang Daughter's Trip". After all, Wang Wei's juvenile study is better than Lixin, but it is far from reaching the level of his peak.

"It's a pity that the lyrics and music are set, and the good stories of the old palace can no longer be repeated."

After Qiao Zhizhi finished singing, he said with regretful emotion.

Song Zhi asked in the middle of the banquet and said with a smile: "It is indeed not difficult to restore the old things." The old title of "Alone Missing" is not one. Today, the demeanor of everyone in the hall is not inferior to the old days, why not plan a new resignation and test association? ”

As he spoke, he looked at the young king again: "I didn't attend the lecture a few days ago, which is a great regret, I wonder if I am fortunate to be able to teach the king today?" ”

Li Tong smiled on his face, but he was secretly scolding Song Zhi in his heart for asking this guy, looking like a human dog, and sure enough, the dog couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth, so he actually made a surprise attack on him!

After a little silence, he raised his hand to summon Yang Siqiao to whisper, and then looked at the eager crowd: "Gather the crowd to make elegance, and make people happy." But you are talented and want to show off, jade into a good story, when to wait! ”

When everyone heard this, their minds were all racing, and they all asked the servants and maids of the palace for paper and pencils, and they came to the table to occupy them.

Not long after, Yang Siqiao went and returned, accompanied by more than ten slaves and maids, each holding pearls and jade splendid beautiful utensils, one by one in the hall, for a time in the hall pearl room, full of treasure, is very attention-grabbing.

"Vulgar furnishings are not for fascination. Colorful things, inviting pearl words. It is easy to get a thousand gold, so that it is really hard to find, and all things are set up in the hall, just waiting for you to pick it up! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar of cheers in the hall, flashy squinting, who can be calm?

On the one hand, Li Tong was also stimulated by his aunt, on the other hand, there is no shortage of such jewelry and utensils, and it is useless to stay at home, and it is not easy to take them out and pawn them, after all, they are all things sent by wealthy merchants in Nanshi for advertising, so they took advantage of this opportunity to put them out to make fun.

"Bachelor Song is a new guest seat, I don't know how Yahao is. and all things for the picking. ”

You're not going to give me a surprise attack? If later your poems don't get a full round of applause, see if you're disgraced.

Song Zhiwen heard this, his expression was also a little sluggish, although he was also conceited of his poetic talent, but if he said that he would make a good poem in a short period of time that could be compared to Shen Zhi's painstaking work, he really did not have such confidence.

"The king does not love Huaqi and loves China, he is generous and bold, which is admirable. I don't know if there is a true love miscellaneous, if you can't keep it, I'm afraid it will inevitably be lost. ”

When Li Tong heard this, he was even more sure that this old boy was here to find fault today. If he said that there was no beloved thing in it, it would be second-rate goods. If you don't join in, you will be ridiculed for being cowardly.

Song Zhiwen did have this idea, he was previously asked by the Wu family to participate in the marriage ceremony of Princess Taiping to cheer for the Wu family, but the young king has been in the limelight recently, which also makes him a little worried. At that time, if the talent flow invited by the two sides is too unequal, not only will the Wu clan be embarrassed, but Song Zhiwen will also be greatly affected.

He didn't want to be able to overpower Shen Yan, but if he could beat Shaowang later, even if he achieved his goal.

After a little muttering, Li Tong raised his hand and instructed Yang Siqiao to take a pen and paper, first smiled at Song Zhiwen, and then picked up the pen and wrote. Today's events, he was indeed a little caught off guard, and one of the purposes of displaying treasures was also to delay time.

Now that I have a little score in my heart, I may not be able to overpower the poems of the Shen period, but it is not difficult to get a good article to overpower Song Zhiwen.

Song Zhiwen saw the young king lift the pen, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he also raised the pen and groaned, just put down the first couplet, but saw that the young king had put down the brush in his hand, and was looking at him with a smile.

Seeing this scene, Song Zhiwen was a little cramped and flustered, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and focused on the pen and paper on his desk without distraction.

Li Qiao, Shen Yanqi, and Banqian did not participate in the teasing, and were pushed by everyone as a direct case. Seeing Shaowang Shicheng, he also secretly praised it in his heart.

When the slave and maid presented the poem of the young king, they were not surprised to see that it was five words of ancient meaning. "Alone Missing" is a five-word grievance song with the old theme of Yuefu, and the seven-word law of Shen Yan period is "Luoyang Daughter's Travel" by Xiao Wang, and it has been carefully drafted for many days, so naturally it can't be compared to this kind of on-the-spot drama.

Several people have read Shaowang's poems, and their faces are different, and Shen Yanqi couldn't help but make a gesture to Shaowang, just to avoid disturbing the others in the hall and did not make a sound, but others could also see that this was an expression of admiration for Shaowang.

After that, some people submitted poems one after another, and Li Qiao and others also carefully commented on them, annotating them according to their own views. Those who completed the poems all looked up at the case, but when they saw that none of the classified poems could be listed in the Shaowang poems, they were disappointed and couldn't help but be more curious.

Song Zhiwen originally wrote the tail couplet, but after noticing this scene, he stopped his pen and turned over a new piece of paper to rewrite, which was obviously a little timid.

Finally, when Song Zhiwen finished writing, there was already a fine sweat on his forehead, and all the poems in the hall were also submitted.

Li Qiao and others were also quite curious about how Song Zhiwen's poems worked, and after seeing Song Zhiwen's writing, they hurriedly took it and circulated it, and whispered to talk about opinions, and after a while, Song Zhiwen's poems were stacked under the young king.

"It's just a few people in the case who are gossiping, and the merits of the talents are still to be tried."

Although Li Qiao said this in his mouth, Song Zhiwen's face had become a little difficult to look at, looking at this posture, it was clear that several people had already decided that his poems were not as good as Shaowang.