Looking at the sound, the young man standing behind Chen Ziye was dressed in a richly decorated robe, holding a jade folding fan, a piece of blue-green jade pendant pinned to his waist, a dark green belt was tied, and a pair of silver silk boots were worn on his feet. Looking at the face again, he looks elegant and easy-going, with a gentleman's style.

Looking at the few people who followed behind him, they were all dressed similarly, but they were slightly inferior. There was a woman who was a little different, and if she looked closely, she looked very much like the one in the lead.

"It turned out to be Brother Ma, and now I am not studying ancient books in the house, how can I have time to come to this Penglai Immortal Residence?" Chen Ziye arched his hand with a smile on his face.

"Isn't this for the poetry meeting in two days to discuss with the colleagues of the poetry club," Ma Yanyi said unhurriedly, with a smile on his face: "I met Brother Chen in a hurry yesterday, and I haven't talked about the old before, and today is also a coincidence, I met here." Isn't this the Suzhou genius Li Xiao mentioned by Brother Chen? ”

Chen Ziye opened the folding fan, laughed, and said, "It's Brother Li." When Brother Li first came to Beijing, Chen specially came to Xianju to set up a banquet to wash his dust. However, Brother Li only stayed for a few days, so Brother Ma didn't bother digging Chen's corner. ”

When the two people in front of them bragged to each other, Cai Kun behind him had already gotten out of the car, walked over, bowed his hand to the Ma Gongzi, and quietly stood aside, it seemed that he was the talented son and daughter of the Jingshi Wenyuan Poetry Society these days.

"This is the son of Master Ma of the Ma Zheng Yuan, Ma Yanyi. He is also the vice president of the Wenyuan Poetry Society, and a well-known talent in Beijing. Chen Ziye leaned into Li Xiao's ear and said softly.

"It turned out to be Ma Gongzi, who has admired his name for a long time, and he will be fortunate to meet him." Li Xiao arched his hand and complimented. Although this Wenyuan Poetry Society is the first time I have heard of it today, it can be heard from the mouths of those people that unlike Lu Yunlu's poetry society, Wenyuan Poetry Society is a poetry society that has been famous in Beijing for a long time, and it is also the largest poetry society. It has been able to gain a foothold in Beijing for so many years, and the energy behind it must have been unfathomable.

As for the Nama Political Yuan, Li Xiao had already heard of it. Ten years ago, His Majesty the current Emperor conformed to the principles of heaven and changed the name of the era to Chenghua, and then had a whim to set up the Ma Zheng Yuan. This Ma Zhengyuan is not an important department, and the highest officer in it is only worthy of the fifth grade, but its oil and water are jaw-dropping.

Ma Zheng Yuan, the full name of Dahao Heavenly Kingdom Ma Zheng Management Institute. There are three departments under it: the Horse Administration Management Division, the Horse Administration Horse Breeding Workshop, and the Horse Administration Driving Examination Supervisor. The management department is no different from the horse breeding workshop, one is to register horses, the other is to breed horses, and they are all inherent departments in the past.

The first time I heard about this department, Li Xiao was still a child, at that time the royal government implemented a new horse policy, requiring all those in the Hao country, from the princes and ministers, down to the civilian slaves must obtain a horse driving license, and those who do not have a horse driving license are not allowed to ride horses, if there is disobedience, once found, a fine of 100 taels of silver, and a heavy sentence of five years in prison.

Of course, the test for a horse driving permit is not free, and except for the military, a certain fee must be paid, and the amount varies. The most important thing is that the examination of the horse certificate made Li Xiao feel inexplicably timid.

The exam is divided into four subjects, each with three chances, and if you run out, you will need to pay the fee again. In one subject, the place of the examination is a fixed hut, and the test is all about some horse knowledge, such as what breed of horse eats what forage, which horses are produced and where...... It's extremely simple; The second subject, different from the first subject, is known as the most difficult one of the four subjects, and it is also the most unsuccessful one, the place of the examination is a specific horse farm, and the project is to make Li Xiao creepy and fall into the stable, stop the horse in the side position, and ride the horse uphill......

After the second subject, it will be the simpler three subjects, and the place of the examination is in a less populated street, and the students need to carry a skilled coachman to walk around the street, and the time limit is a stick of incense, of course, this circle is not so simple as it seems, and the students need to always pay attention to the roadblocks and pedestrians on the street. When you get to the fourth section, there is nothing left, and you can go back to the questions of a few officials of the Horse Administration Yuan in the hut, and then take a few oaths, just give way to passers-by in the carriage, ensure the safety of the horse, and so on.

Although it is said that the people in Haoguo have passed the horse driving test, but for those children of the family, they just go through the motions, and they can pass casually by stuffing some silver into the examiner, which is also the biggest source of income for the Ma Zheng Yuan. Not all the children of the family need this certificate, like Li Xiao, who has more or less a few coachmen at home, and there is no need to spend those unjust money. However, the coachman of Haoguo slowly sought, and for a while, it was rumored that if you have a horse driving license, you will not worry about eating and drinking.

For the new Ma Zheng, Li Xiao always felt that it was His Majesty the Emperor's nonsense, but the whole world knew that this high-ranking emperor would not make a fuss, and the Ma Zheng Yuan did enrich the treasury of Haoguo to a certain extent, and also gave Haoguo great convenience to a certain extent.

Brother Chen was serious. Yan Yi naturally knew the purpose of Brother Li's coming to Beijing, how could he disturb Brother Li ignorantly. Ma Yanyi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Yanyi just read the words written by Brother Li, and he was deeply touched, so he wanted to be friends with Brother Li, I don't know if Brother Li can agree to Yanyi's little request." ”

Ma Yanyi, who was born with a golden key, has shown inhuman talent since he was a child, although he has not made a poem, but his unique views on the poetry of his predecessors, ancient and modern famous texts have made those talented people full of poetry and literature admire. After his father was promoted to become the five-grade imperial horse history of the Ma Zheng Yuan, he was even more out of the limelight, and countless talented and beautiful people wanted to have a relationship with the Ma family, so as to ask for a position in the Ma Zheng Yuan. At this time, he took the initiative to show favor to this Li Gongzi from Suzhou, and no matter how he thought about it, he had no reason to refuse.

You must know who he Ma Yanyi is, the eldest son of the Wupin Yuma Shi of the Jingshi Ma Zheng Yuan, the vice president of the Wenyuan Poetry Society, and the only person who talks about poetry with His Royal Highness the King of Xian.

But Li Xiao didn't think about it so much, he was only staying for a few days, and he was friends with Ma Yanyi, which seemed to be beautiful, but it was useless. In itself, it is to keep a low profile, and if it is beautiful, it will not be pushed to the forefront and may become a victim of a certain politics. Moreover, this Ma Gongzi himself is not familiar with everything, and everything in Beijing is cautious.

Li Xiao smiled faintly, arched his hand and said: "Li Xiao is just a grass people, and he just copied the word by chance, how can he climb high in vain, if he shows his feet in the future, won't it hurt Ma Gongzi." ”

Ma Yanyi didn't know what to say after hearing this, Li Xiao's words seemed to be a refusal, but in fact he still refused, and more importantly, he refused to say anything. Moreover, I hadn't heard of any talent in Suzhou before, but I suddenly found that Li Xiao wrote such a poem, and at this time he said that it was plagiarism, which no one knows whether it is true or false, but Chen Ziye confidently said that it was written by himself, but who knows.

There is also the fact that Li Xiao only came to Beijing to treat the princess, and he was about to leave when he was done, so there was really no need to recruit this person into the poetry club. But you can still think about one or two first, if there is really a genius, it is not too late to make a plan, presumably there are few poetry clubs in the huge Beijing that can grab Wen Yuan.

"Brother Li is humble." Ma Yanyi opened his eyes slightly, and the folding fan in his hand fanned intentionally or unintentionally: "Hey, presumably Brother Li is also bored in Beijing, it is better to come to the poetry meeting in two days, Brother Li can come to visit, and it can be regarded as Yanyi chatting about the friendship of the landlord." It also happened to let Li Xiao know all the talents who knew Jingshi, what do you think. ”

"But two days later, the poetry party held by His Royal Highness the King?" Chen Ziye was a little surprised. Offering Wang Gao Youqi loves poetry, which is well known to everyone in Beijing, and the third prince often invites the talents of the Beijing division to go to the palace to compose poems in April and May every year, but not all poetry societies can enter, only like Wenyuan Poetry Society will be officially invited. It's just that these days I heard that King Xian was sent to Texas to deal with some things, and he was not in Beijing, so I thought that the poetry meeting was gone, but who knew that Ma Yanyi came to invite Li Xiao to participate at this time.

"Dedication to the king's love of poetry, we know, although he is in Texas now, he asked Yanyi to continue to hold a poetry meeting, of course, this poetry meeting is not in the palace." Ma Yanyi said with a smile, his tone was full of pride: "This poetry meeting was hosted by the Wenyuan Poetry Society, and the Jingshi talents were invited to participate in the banquet in the bamboo forest building in the southern city. At the end of the day, Yan Yi had to hand over the masterpieces from the poetry meeting to His Royal Highness. ”

The so-called poetry meeting is that talented and beautiful people get together, talk about the world, and compare with each other who makes good poems, which seems interesting, but in fact it is extremely boring, Li Xiao wanted to refuse, but I heard Chen Ziye say that the bamboo forest building in the south of the city is extremely beautiful, and there are black and white big cats in it.

What is a black and white big cat, it is naturally a panda that was a national treasure in the previous life.

"Brother Ma invited, Brother Li and I have come from now on." Before Li Xiao could speak, Chen Ziye agreed first.

"Brother Chen is refreshing, and that Yanyi is waiting for the arrival of the two of them in the bamboo forest." Ma Yanyi smiled: "By the way, if Cai Kun did anything bad before, I still hope that Brother Li Haihan." Cai Kun still doesn't apologize to Brother Li. ”

As soon as the words fell, Cai Kun walked out of the crowd with his head down, without the slightest arrogance from before, arched his hand, and said, "If you are offended, go to Li Gongzi Haihan." ”

Li Xiao also arched his hand and said "Cai Gongzi is generous".

As the son of the servant of the fourth-grade ministry, he actually obeyed Ma Yanyi, who was only the son of the fifth-grade imperial horse history, which Li Xiao did not expect at all, but he was not interested in all kinds of relationship entanglements. With Cai Kun's apology, he catered to a few words and turned the page, after all, it was not his own business.

Ma Yanyi also smiled and led a group of talented people back to Penglai Xianju.

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The red glow on the horizon became more and more intense, scattered among the white clouds, like flames. In the city, a few wisps of gray-white smoke slowly rose into the sky.

At the corner of the street, the carriage of the Lu Mansion did not stop much after the people of the Wenyuan Poetry Society left, and left quietly with the guards, just leaving a few short conversations in the same place.

"Sister, didn't you also read the words that your father brought back, and it was also a compliment, why didn't you pull Li Xiao into your poetry club?"

"What do you know, stay at home for the past two days, don't run around, or I'll send you to take the horse certificate."

"Oh."