When Zhang Xiaowu came to Mingyue Tower, he saw many scholars holding prayer stickers and handing them to the door to welcome the little girl, but those who did not worship the post were turned away. He knew that Zhang Biao had contracted the entire Mingyue Tower, and he was even more impressed that this person had strong financial resources, even if the Zhang family donated 150,000 taels of silver, he was still rich enough to rival the country.

"Yongzhou, Zhang Xiaowu." After reading the post, the doorman led him into the Mingyue Building.

Skirting the shadow wall, you will find a flower gallery with green vines such as creepers, and a small stream flowing with water. From time to time, he could hear someone singing and chatting in the distance, but he rarely heard the sound of a woman laughing, he only saw a few women chatting with the scholar in a low voice, and then pursed their lips and smiled, their faces were shy and charming.

"This is the desire to welcome and be ashamed, senior." Zhang Xiaowu praised in his heart, look at the Qinglou business of the ancient people, and then look at the old girls who accompany the wine in the KTV of the modern people, one by one: "Big brother, what about you raise goldfish?" it! "In contrast, it is really a difference between cloud and mud, even in heaven and earth, it can't compare to this small Mingyue Tower.

After passing through the promenade, there is a rockery surrounded by green bamboo, the underground cangtai is scattered, and a road of white stone Pucheng passes through the bamboo forest. In the distance of the bamboo forest, in several pavilions and pavilions, some talented people and beauties are chanting poems against each other.

"This is Mingyue Tower?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.

"No, Mingyue Tower is ahead." The little guy hurriedly replied.

The white stone trail bypassed another rockery, and suddenly opened up in front of me, only to see a bluestone paved courtyard, a five-story high-rise building standing majestically, with three big characters on it: "Mingyue Building".

A group of scholars and literati were gathered together, watching the couplets written on the white cloth in front of the Mingyue Tower. There were about fifty or sixty scholars in this group, staring at the Shanglian with interest, and some people thought of it in their hearts, so they put pen to paper, and then everyone began to comment, if it was unanimously approved by everyone, it would naturally be taken to the master to be handed over to the master to write, and then hung up.

Zhang Xiaowu stood aside and watched for a while, only to think that it was particularly interesting for a group of scholars to shake their heads and meditate. Meng Shi is even more like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, although he is of royal blood, but unfortunately his background is too sad, and his whole life is a big word: decline. So he had never seen such a grand occasion, so in order not to let people see the essence of his dirt buns, he learned to shake the heads of others to the pairs. However, Kang Tianen was quite bland, Zhang Xiaowu asked him if he often went to the Qinglou, Kang Tianen said that he had been to his colleagues a few times, but he was shy and could only drink some tea on the side and leave in a hurry.

"Scholar Zhang pays the bill today, you don't have to be shy." Zhang Xiaowu snickered.

"Pay the bill...... What does that mean? ”

"It's what it means to be treated."

Kang Tianen said: "The Zhang family is indeed rich, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his family is the first-class rich family in the world, right?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "This is going to ask Jin Yiwei, who has the money to sleep or not, only Jin Yiwei knows." ”

"Jin Yiwei may not know."

Someone behind him suddenly whispered, after Zhang Xiaowu turned around, he saw a middle-aged man with a lean figure, with a goatee and a blazing gaze, but the whole person stood on the ground, giving people the feeling of a martial artist standing like a pine. Although Kang Tianen and Meng Shi didn't know this person, they somehow, after seeing his gaze, they couldn't help but take three steps back.

"Dare to ask who the gentleman is?" Kang Tianen hurriedly asked.

The man said: "Old scholar of Sizhou, Wang Jing." ”

Kang Tianen said: "I don't think Mr. was born, but like a ranger." ”

Wang Jing smiled: "Yes, I don't think this young master looks like a literati, but like a military general." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Oh? Brother Wang is very accurate in seeing people, what else can you see? ”

Wang Jing stepped forward and whispered in Zhang Xiaowu's ear: "I can still see that you have just killed the people of the Zhang family and participated in the Zhang family's poetry meeting, and you are very bold. ”

Zhang Xiaowu frowned and said, "You know me? Who are you? ”

Wang Jing smiled and said: "Commander of the Golden Guard, Wang Jingzhi." ”

Zhang Xiaowu paused for a moment and arched his hand: "It turns out that you are the famous jade handsome in the world, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Wang Jingzhi smiled and said: "At this moment, I am just Wang Jing, a lonely and unknown old scholar in Sizhou. ”

"Brother Wang is naughty."

"Brother Zhang Xian, you are more naughty."

"Brother Wang, you are the naughtiest."

"Brother Zhang Xian, you can't do it."

The two looked at each other and laughed, Kang Tianen and Meng Shi didn't know why, Zhang Xiaowu asked the two to walk casually, he wanted to talk to Wang Jingzhi, and the two went to watch elsewhere. The two unconsciously distanced themselves from the crowd, standing at a distance and looking at the couplet hanging from the third floor, but their attention was not on it at all.

"Your Majesty sent you?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.

Wang Jingzhi shook his head and said: "No, no, Your Majesty doesn't need to send me here, I am a golden guard, and the big and small things in the capital naturally can't escape my eyes." I'm just here to join in the fun, and I work in the Jinyi Guard Yamen every day, which is really too boring. It's like you're in Saibei, and you also do something from time to time, otherwise it's too boring, isn't it? ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "I'm not boring, I have a lot of things." ”

"Doing business with Inui?"

"You've been listening to me?"

Wang Jingzhi shook his head and said: "All of us are listening, but we are only listening, and we will not interfere with you in doing anything." Jin Yiwei is just the emperor's eyes and ears, not a thug. The original intention of setting up Jin Yiwei was to let the emperor know the truth about the world inside and outside the royal court, but in the past three hundred years, many Yu Shuai may have inflated their ambitions and borrowed Jin Yiwei's figure to do some private affairs, which caused Jin Yiwei's reputation to deteriorate. But if you think back to the history of the dynasty, what major events have our Jinyiwei done to interfere in the world of the imperial court? ”

Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while, although Jin Yiwei had a bad reputation, they did not do anything to interfere with the imperial court. Compared with the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang of the Ming Dynasty, who often arrested ministers and killed opposition factions, the Jinyiwei of the Shenghan Empire was really just the emperor's ears and eyes. But what most people don't like the most is being watched, especially by the emperor's eyes and ears, which always makes people feel that they will be beaten and reported anytime and anywhere, and then killed by the emperor's order.

"This kind of work of yours, our hometown is called a spy, and it is not pleasant." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile.

Wang Jingzhi: "It turns out that there is still such a saying in Hejian Mansion, spy, hehe, spy, this kind of word is definitely not a good word." He then asked, "Do you know how this Mingyue Lou poem came about?" ”

"I don't know, I'd like to hear about it."

Wang Jingzhi: "This Mingyue Lou Poetry Club is held once a year, but it was originally held by Zhang Kuan in order to select disciples. Later, Zhang Kuan no longer recruited doormen, and the Mingyuelou Poetry Club was suspended for a period of time. Later, Zhang Kuan's second son, Zhang Biao, found that many of the people who were admitted to the Tai Academy did not know how to recite poems, and some scholars who could not pass the examination for a long time were talented. Zhang Biao took pity on their talents, and couldn't bear to see these people have not bloomed before they bloomed, and they had been swept into the corner by the autumn wind of the imperial examination. So Zhang Biao restarted the Mingyue Lou Poetry Club, the purpose of which is to discover those students and scholars who are good at poetry, so that they can be known by the world and have a good future. ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked curiously: "Even if those scholars who can recite poetry are discovered, but the imperial examination is for the government, if the imperial examination is not good, you still can't pass the examination and can't be an official." Even if you are famous all over the world, if you don't pass the exam, you have to wait. ”

Wang Jingzhi said helplessly: "In fact, the scholars in the world may not only have one way to be an official, the Shenghan Imperial Examination is held once every three years, and a total of 180 people are selected each time, but there are at least 3,000 people who participate in the imperial examination every year, and only 180 people are selected among the more than 3,000 people, and what about the remaining 3,000 people?" Some scholars had to find other ways to live, some became teachers, some became staff members, and some could only return to the countryside to work and study. Do you think that the children of the scholar family have more advantages in the imperial examination? ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "The children of the scholar family naturally don't need to worry about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, so they have a greater probability of being selected in the exam." ”

Wang Jingzhi said: "Although the children of the scholar clan have more people in the examination, it is not easy for the children of the scholar clan. The children of the scholar family, if they fail to pass the examination and cannot become officials, they will not be able to raise their heads at home. Even sometimes, for the sake of family honor, these children, who can't carry their shoulders or carry their hands, can only study, are married to other people's families and become sons-in-law. ”

"Son-in-law?" Zhang Xiaowu smiled, "It's not bad, wouldn't it be wonderful to get a daughter-in-law for nothing?" ”

"Are you willing to do it?"

"Uh...... I would like to sit on the sidelines and send my blessings. ”

Wang Jingzhi smiled and said, "Look, anyone can watch the excitement, but they don't want to be a son-in-law." ”

Zhang Xiaowu thought to himself, that is because you don't live in modern times, if you live in modern times, you don't know how powerful modern people's door-to-door sons-in-law are, the famous Huawei chairman is a door-to-door son-in-law, and Shanghai, Wuxi, and Suzhou are even more door-to-door sons-in-law as normal. Of course, with today's low productivity, men play a leading role in society, and once a man becomes a son-in-law, that is, a son-in-law, he will definitely be discriminated against in every way.

Wang Jingzhi suddenly asked, "Why aren't you afraid of me?" ”

"Why should I be afraid of you?"

"Because I'm Yushuai."

"So what?"

"Most people are afraid of me."

Zhang Xiaowu looked him up and down and said, "You can't beat me, so I'm naturally not afraid of you." ”

Wang Jingzhi was so choked that he didn't know what to say, he thought that Zhang Xiaowu would say other reasons, such as being upright, such as not being afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, he had thought about what to deal with. But he never expected Zhang Xiaowu to say that he couldn't beat him, Wang Jingzhi thought to himself that his martial arts were the second in the world, and no one could beat him except for the old monster.

When this ghost general actually despised himself so much, Wang Jingzhi suddenly had a fighting spirit and said, "Why don't you compare with each other?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are old, you have the final say." ”

Wang Jingzhi said: "Boy, don't anger me. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Brother Wang, if you are so breathless, you don't look like a gold-clothed guard and handsome. ”

Wang Jingzhi laughed: "You are very determined. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Let's make an appointment for another day, but not today, I want to go in to see the poetry meeting of other literati, and then by the way, take a look at Zhang Biao and Master Zhang, what kind of person is this Lord Zhang who likes to study knowledge." ”

Wang Jingzhi pointed out: "You still dare to look at the Zhang family, but you are afraid that it will ...... tomorrow."

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "Is Brother Wang revealing the news to me?" ”

Wang Jingzhi smiled faintly: "Sort of." ”

"Thank you Brother Wang for reminding me, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, what's the use of worrying about me, I'm worried, I can't let their sympathy flood without attacking me. It's just that...... I heard that the gold-clothed Wei Yushuai Shenlong saw the head and the tail, and he showed favor to me today......" Zhang Xiaowu stared at Wang Jingzhi with interest and smiled strangely: "Do you have something to ask for help with me?" Is it hard to say? ”

Wang Jingzhi turned around angrily.

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "Just kidding, just kidding." Brother Wang, let's go in and see how the scholars recite poems against each other, how about it? ”

Wang Jingzhi didn't say a word, and when he walked in first, Zhang Xiaowu followed him with a smile, like a little follower. Wang Jingzhi whispered: "My name is Wang Jing, an old showman, don't talk nonsense about the rest." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Brother Wang, I'm not a three- or four-year-old child, there is no need to call the police, I'm curious if you are very idle all day?" ”

Wang Jingzhi said with a smile: "Naturally, I am idle, and I am talking nonsense with you." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "If I have a chance in the future, can I take your class?" ”

Wang Jingzhi: "You don't have a chance, Jinyiwei is a hereditary system." ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Zhang Xiaowu said, "Why don't you say that my grandfather is not a golden guard." ”

Wang Jingzhi: "Although your grandfather is not a gold-clothed guard, your grandfather used to be a silver-clothed guard, and later King Ning saw that he was strong in martial arts, so he spent a lot of money to invite him to be a general." However, your grandfather is an upright person, and he can't get used to King Ning's style, so he left King Ning. If your grandfather stays with King Ning, I'm afraid that there will be no more of you - all of King Ning's henchmen have been killed. I killed ten of them alone. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Brother Wang is amazing. ”

Between the two of them, they walked into the Mingyue Building, only to see that the environment in the building was mainly white, the ground was white sand and stone, the curtains and gauze tents were also elegant white, and there were pairs hanging on the wall, all of which were uplinked, waiting for the literati and inkmen to write the next couplet. The tables and chairs are pine wood with the fragrance of pine, painted with the true color of pine wood, and the table is filled with fragrant tea and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Look at these scholars' dance and writing, let's talk about fighting and killing too bad scenery, why don't you and I fight in literature?" ”

"Wen Dou? You and me? Wang Jingzhi smiled contemptuously, "Do you think my identity as a Xiucai is fake?" I am really a talent in Sizhou, if I wanted to be an official in the imperial examination, I would have been promoted in the examination a long time ago. Since you want to fight, I'll accompany you. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Okay, let's take this Mingyue Tower as the title and write a poem each, how about it?" If you write well, I promise you one thing, if I write well, you promise me one thing, what? ”

Wang Jingzhi hesitated for a moment, and then affirmed: "Okay, a word is a certainty!" ”