Chapter 1: Bai Hong (Part 2)

When everyone saw this, they didn't need to ask, and they knew that Zhao Wuwu's palace grievance poem touched the hearts of beauties. After a closer look, I found that although this poetic conception is incompatible with the lively atmosphere in front of me, but in terms of the rhythm and neatness of the poem itself, it is indeed not inferior to the poem made by Song Yu, the former central housekeeper!

So everyone opened their mouths one after another, and Zhao Wuwu was too modest, and deliberately took a good poem to whet people's appetites. I was about to push this poem to the first grade, but I saw Mrs. Qiu Guo yawn lazily, and said with a smile: "I slept a little late last night, so I walked for a while just now." I'm really sorry for you. Well, I composed a new piece a few days ago, and I need someone to come to Yazheng. If you are not afraid of being polluted, Yu Yao is willing to play a song to help the wine! ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes looking at Zhao Wuwu became more and more full of admiration, and they all smiled and thanked them. Mrs. Qiu Guo didn't talk anymore, borrowed a yaoqin from Jia Chang of Jiuming Mansion, and slowly stroked it a few times on the low table in front of her, and adjusted its timbre. Then he lowered his eyebrows and played Ding Ding Dong.

The reason why all the sisters of the Yang family can be cited as confidants by Li Longji, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, is that their outstanding appearance is only one of the factors. What's more, their sisters are extremely accomplished in music and singing and dancing, so they have endless common topics with Li Longji. At this moment, Mrs. Yu Guo played with her hands, although she played a new song that had just been baked and had not been polished and refined, but the artistic conception revealed in it was much stronger than that played by ordinary pianists.

The six arts of a gentleman, Leben is one of them. All the guests were quite fluent, and at first they still had a curious mentality when they heard it, trying to find out what was so special about this lady of the Kingdom of Qiu, who was full of Beijing, that even the dragon bed could be easily obtained. After a moment, the curiosity in my heart turned to appreciation, and the smile on my face gradually became solemn. By the halfway point of the bomb, the room was full of breathing. Only the gentle sound of the piano flowed like a spring in the room.

Suddenly, the spring water merged into a great river, which came from the sky and went straight into the sea. The mountains and rivers along the coast are all blue in an instant, the flowers are gorgeous, and the birds are singing in unison. There is also a young man and a woman, galloping along the riverbank. Horses step on the spring breeze, and people compete for peach blossoms. In Russia, the wind was raging, and the lightning was thundering. The trees are full of flowers, and the birds in the forest are frightened. Only men and women galloping on horses do not care about the changes of heaven and earth. The four eyes were facing each other, and when the smile started, there was a dingdong, and the wind and rain stopped abruptly.

There was a 'ding dong', but it was the player who closed the strings and was silent. After a long time, the guests slowly recovered their souls from the vanished piano realm and gently stroked their palms. Song Yu, a scholar from the Zhongshu House who was a little annoyed by Zhao Wuwu stealing the limelight before, sighed and gently arched his hand at Mrs. Qiuguo: "The sage said that after listening to the sound of the piano, he would not know the taste of meat in March, and Song originally thought it was an exaggeration. Today, after listening to the music played by the lady, I realized that what the saint said was true. It's not just that March doesn't know the smell of meat, it's just easy to wash the marrow, so that Song doesn't want to touch something fishy within half a year! ”

"Song Sheren has won the prize!" Mrs. Yang Yuyao smiled and shook her head slightly. The demeanor and demeanor are still overwhelming, but it is difficult for people to have any thoughts in their hearts.

What she needs is a strange man who can accompany her through thick and thin, life and death. And my generation is just wanting to enjoy it overnight. What they want to do is far from each other, so it's better to retreat from the difficulties and keep a good impression on each other. For a while, there was more than one person who had the same thoughts as Song Yu, and even Zhao Wuwu, who had boldly shown favor with Huanhua Song before, also put away the idea of non-separation. He poured himself a glass of wine, and smiled and commented on the poems of the people just now with his nearby colleagues.

Everyone patronized and tasted the sound of the piano and the poems, but forgot about those who had not yet submitted the papers. Xue Jingxian, the former Fufeng County Commander, coughed lightly several times in a row, but he couldn't attract the attention of others. I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in my heart, and I slapped the empty wine cup a few times in front of me, making a loud "bang" sound, "Pour wine, pour wine, drink so much today!" ”

The maidservant who was waiting on the side was startled, and hurriedly trotted forward to fill the empty lamp that Xue Jingxian had dropped. Jia Chang, the host here, also suddenly woke up, hurriedly bowed behind his seat, and said with a smile, "Oh, look at me, who is a wine Ming Mansion, I can't even have a bowl of water!" Whose masterpiece hasn't been handed in yet? It seems that there is only Brother Xue left! Blame me, blame me! With Brother Xue's talent, it must be a finale! ”

"Yes, yes! I almost let Brother Xue get by! "Song Yu, the lawyer, didn't want to think that Xue Jingxian had disturbed everyone's sex alone, so he hurriedly smiled and helped on the side." Hurry up and hand over the masterpiece, otherwise, Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law in this record! ”

Who expected him not to help, but the more he helped, the more depressed Xue Jingxian felt in his heart. The poems that had been prepared in his stomach, Xue Jingxian asked himself if he couldn't suppress the limelight of Song Yu and Zhao Wuwu. In terms of quick thinking, everyone here may have completed it much faster than him. Even if you can get lucky and get a second grade, you can't show any ability. Blame this law record Song Yu, what kind of poetry do you have to show off? He is a scholar who plays with a pen, so he is naturally familiar with it. And Xue has been a local official for half his life, and he always deals with mundane things, how can he be elegant in his writing? !

Rather than taking out the poems that were pieced together and barely fitting the situation, it is better to find another way, otherwise, it will definitely be difficult to attract the attention of the prime minister's sister. Thinking of this, Xue Jingxian pursed his lips and responded with a smile: "When I was in office, I was busy every day, where did I have the leisure to dance and write?" Therefore, let the poems be forgotten, so as not to defile your ears. ”

He originally wanted to hint to Mrs. Qiu Guo that he was better at government affairs. Unexpectedly, these words were heard in everyone's ears, but they were full of provocation. Immediately, Zheng Ang frowned, and said with a smile: "Indeed, Xue County Commander is more diligent in office. So much so that his immediate boss has been reluctant to transfer him elsewhere, so he deliberately gave the lowest grade in the annual evaluation! ”

This is simply a slap in the face in public. With a beauty on his side, how could Xue Jingxian endure it? immediately raised his eyebrows and retorted loudly, "That's because Xue is not good at drilling, so he was framed by the villain." Unlike some guys, the only thing they know is how to please their boss! ”

Not good at drilling? Then why do you bother to go to Lord Jia's house with a dead face?!! The guests didn't even bother to mock, and they all slanted their blue and white eyes towards Xue Jingxian. Everyone is a scholar, and everyone expects to find opportunities in this life and show their ambitions. So it's not a shame to find another way. However, while taking the initiative to run to Yang Guozhong's door to take refuge, while shouting that he was a clear stream, it was a little too disgusting. At best, it is said that it is a hypocrite who is not the same as his words and deeds, and he said that he is doing ** while setting up the archway!

I didn't expect that I was negligent for a while and caused so much trouble. The owner here, Jia Chang, was also annoyed. Forcibly suppressing the urge to order someone to fork Xue Jingxian out, he cleared his throat and said with a smile: "In the past, the way the Ministry selected and promoted officials did have many drawbacks. Therefore, it is not impossible for Brother Xue to be deliberately suppressed by his boss! Fortunately, after Lord Yang took over the phase, he began to work to eliminate the accumulated shortcomings. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had a chance to sit together today. Hehe, above the wine banquet, don't mention these! Let's talk about things, Brother Xue is unwilling to show people with a big show, and he loses as agreed. Therefore, Benming Mansion asked Brother Xue to make two more glasses of water and wine, and then show everyone a good skill. What does Brother Xue think? ”

"Lord Xue just said that the only thing he is good at is handling government affairs!." Without waiting for Xue Jingxian to respond, someone immediately sneered and ridiculed.

Xue Jingxian immediately shrugged his shoulders and sneered, "As a local official, isn't it good to be good at handling government affairs?" No wonder in recent years, the lives of the people have become tighter and tighter, it turns out that the world has changed! ”

"Lord Xue is saying too much!" Hearing this, Jia Chang couldn't bear it anymore, frowned, and raised his voice a little to question. "Could it be that Lord Xue thinks that my dynasty should change the era name again?"

"Hmm-" Xue Jingxian was speechless. He just wanted to ridicule someone who was a parent official of the people, but he knew how to recite poetry and play the piano all day long, and handed over all the business to his subordinates, making the local people miserable. But he never expected that these words could be linked to the immorality of the Son of Heaven. Thinking about the relationship between Jia Chang, a cockfighting child, and today's son, I can't help but sweat on my forehead. After hesitating for a moment, he solemnly bowed his hand to Jia Chang: "Xue drank too much today." So the mouth does not choose words. Please also ask Lord Jia to forgive me. The wine order just now, Xue admitted punishment! ”

After that, he quickly picked up the wine cup in front of him and toasted two glasses in a row. Then, he wiped his face and said with a smile: "Poetry is indeed not Xue's strength. With everyone like Mrs. Qiu Guo on his side, Xue's piano skills would never dare to show his ugliness. Others, please Mingfu casually draw a road, Xue Mou just do it! ”

Seeing that Xue Jingxian was willing to give in, Jia Chang didn't want to continue to entangle with him. This kind of hypocrite looks serious on the surface, but in fact his stomach is very dirty. And they are often extremely narrow-minded. I never remember what I did wrong, and I can't remember the slightest offense of others. Rather than deal with him in public, it is better to end tonight's banquet in a daze, and then drive this person far away, and never allow him to come to the door to add to the obstruction.

Smiling politely, he whispered: "If you talk about poetry, can anyone here have less ink in your stomach than Jia?" It's just a matter of having fun! It has nothing to do with the level of talent! Since Lord Xue doesn't like to compose poems, why don't you tell a joke and listen to it! If you make everyone laugh, Benming Mansion will count you as having ended this wine lawsuit, how about it?! ”

"This, Xue is not worried!" Gently arching his hand at the 'cockfighting child' Jia Chang, Xue Jingxian responded with a pretended to be very grateful, "Let's tell a joke about the tiger first!" In the Fufeng area, the terrain is mountainous, so there are many fierce beasts. The tiger is the king of beasts and rarely encounters an opponent. Unexpectedly, he was hunting one day, but he bit the hedgehog and was pierced so that his mouth was full of blood. The tiger was in pain, so he had to open his mouth and spit out the hedgehog again. I was hungry in my stomach, and I couldn't find anything more palatable to feed my stomach for a while. Suddenly, he saw the chestnut that fell to the ground, and immediately pounced on it, held it down with his paws, and scolded loudly: "It's endless, I've been pricked by your grandfather once today." What more do you want?! (Note 1)

After that, he was the first to laugh.

Everyone here, except for Jia Chang and Mrs. Qiuguo, who had relatively ordinary family backgrounds when they were young, were all scholarly families, and they had never seen what the chestnut fruit looked like without taking off the outermost shell. Of course, it cannot be associated with a hedgehog. Seeing that Xue Jingxian was overjoyed, he couldn't help but smile relatively bitterly.

Xue Jingxian leaned back and laughed for a moment, and suddenly found that no one responded to him at all. Rang Lang said with a bitter face, "Isn't this joke funny?" The tiger used chestnuts as hedgehogs. Have you ever seen a hedgehog? What about chestnuts? ”

Everyone nodded, then shook their heads. Xue Jingxian finally understood what he was wrong, grinned, and continued: "Then I'll say one more thing, it's funny." It is said that a group of people crossed the Yangtze River by boat and walked to the middle of the river, and the boat suddenly leaked. The people on the boat were so frightened that they screamed, only one old man, first frowned and looked around, and then scolded everyone, "It's not your ship, it's sinking when it sinks, what is it distressing, it's really stupid!" ””

This time, it finally caused three or two more chuckles, but it was still not very enthusiastic. Xue Jingxian couldn't pass the test, and his heart suddenly became angry again, and his face turned dark. Seeing this, Hanlin Scholar Zhao Wuwu was afraid that he would disturb the nature of everyone again, so he arched his hand and led the conversation to himself with a smile, "I'll tell you a joke too." But there is no guarantee that it will speak better than Brother Xue. It is said that in our hometown, the land is barren, so the people have never been ashamed of doing business. But there is a medium-sized family in the west of the county, and they want their sons and nephews to study and become officials. When asked why, he said, "Give your children and grandchildren gold, silver, pearls, and jade, and they will always run out of money." Give them a belly of learning, enough for them to use for a lifetime! When the neighbors heard this, they all took this as their wisdom. As a result, a wealthy family in the east of the county heard this, but he couldn't help shaking his head. The guy with good things asked why he shook his head, but the rich man in Dongcheng smiled and didn't answer, but invited someone to come and teach his daughters how to dress up every day. Three years later, the son of the old man in Xicheng entered Beijing to take the exam, and he was named on the gold list. After the news came back, the west side of the city was lit up with lights, and the east side of the city was also drummed. And guess what? ”

He deliberately sold a pass, then took a sip of tea, and added with a smile, "Miss Chengdongtou has already made a private agreement with the talented man in the west of the city for life, and after making an appointment with the title of the gold list, the talented son will join his family!" didn't spend a few copper coins, and turned Jin Shigong and his full stomach of knowledge back to the door! ”

Note 1: The chestnut fruit is not the chestnut sold on the street, and there is a thick shell on the outside, and there are many burrs on it. Each husk usually contains three or four chestnuts.