Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Poetry Meeting of the King of Runan County

Zhou Tong also hid temporarily in the midst of the shouting and scolding all over the city.

Gan Qi, the initiator, looked at the people who came and went every day, but he smiled.

The finishing touches of the sumo ring are still going on, but the tall and majestic sumo ring has spread all over Bianliang City.

The sumo wrestling ring is as majestic as a small castle, and if a few exits are blocked, it can really be used as a castle.

Such a venue makes the "No. 1 Martial Arts Association in the World" more worthy of its name. Originally, it was just a gimmick that Gan Qi thought of temporarily, but now that there is such a huge sumo ring, it seems that those Bianliang heroes really feel that this is the place to compete for the first place in the world.

This was something that Gan Qi had not anticipated. The navy is still in action, and it is rumored that the Shaanxi hero and the iron-armed Zhou Dong, because of who he defeated, are now more arrogant, and the sky is angry and resentful.

Now this big brother Caifang, not only some people come to find Zhou Dong to fight, but more people come to ask if they can advance the time of holding the world's first martial arts meeting, and many people can't wait.

Gan Qi wanted to bring the time forward, but the progress of the project did not allow it.

Gan Qi, who was in the eldest brother Caifang, suddenly heard that someone in the family had come to report that Su Shi was coming.

Gan Qi hurriedly returned from the dock, Su Shi had been sitting in Gan Qi's study for a long time, looking through Gan Qi's books.

Seeing Gan Qi enter the door, Su Shi didn't say hello, and said directly: "Brother Gan, you really have a lot of books in your house, and I have never seen many miscellaneous books." ”

Gan Qi didn't care when he heard this, but said: "If Brother Su takes a fancy to which one, take it back and read it." ”

Ganqi's collection of books is the family's biggest asset, far more valuable than the 200 acres of land, and more valuable than the house where Ganqi lives. Books in this era are all manually copied, which is time-consuming and laborious, and good pen, ink and paper are also worth a lot of money, and the price of a book can be imagined.

Half of the books in the family were bought by Ganqi's father with a frugal budget, and the other half were copied by Ganqi's father himself for decades. In the official school office, in the house of the pedantic teacher, and in the house of a classmate, Ganqi's father copied books everywhere. This is also Gan Qi's father, who has such an identity, otherwise it would be difficult for ordinary readers to borrow books.

More than a dozen bookshelves, tens of thousands of books, decades of hard work. Even if you take it out and sell it, you can sell it for a huge amount of money.

Su Shi was not polite, and replied: "Brother Gan, then thank you." ”

Gan Qi was naturally not that stingy person, and he didn't care about these, watching Su Shi slowly pick and choose on the bookshelf. Looking at Su Shi's careful selection of books, Gan Qi felt a sense of admiration from his heart, the readers of this era have a thirst for knowledge, and this belief is slightly lacking in Gan Qi.

Su Shi picked it up, suddenly remembered something, and said: "Brother Gan, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I specially went out of the city to look for you today." Bachelor Ouyang is going to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival poetry party, and Bianliang scholars will come, it is the time for my generation to be famous, and I must go. ”

Gan Qi frowned when he heard this, Gan Qi's current impression of Ouyang Xiu is really not good, but now this Great Song Dynasty, none of the literati's affairs can be separated from Ouyang Xiu.

Su Shi, who was behind the bookshelf, saw that Gan Qi did not answer immediately, and said: "Brother Gan, such a good opportunity, you can't help but seize it, once it will be known to the world." Do you know Zeng Gong? It was because he became famous that he was appreciated by Bachelor Ouyang, and he worshipped Bachelor Ouyang as his teacher. Therefore, this title must be taken away. ”

Su Shi, who was young, was really arrogant.

The name Zeng Gong, Gan Qi has heard of it, this person is also one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, and Gan Qi also remembers that he seems to have learned this person's texts. But he didn't know that Zeng Gong turned out to be Ouyang Xiu's disciple.

"Brother Su, where will this Mid-Autumn Festival poem be held?" Gan Qi asked.

Su Shi in the bookshelf replied while flipping through the books: "It's not somewhere, the main poems will be in the palace of the king of Runan County, presided over by the king of Runan County." In the rest of the places, there are poetry clubs in Bailu Building, Yicheng Building, Eight Immortal Building, Yuxian Building and other places, and the poems and texts are all interconnected. ”

"The King of Runan? Why is the poetry meeting held in a county king's mansion? Ganchi asked.

"The mansion of the king of Runan County is elegant, and the king of Runan County loves this way the most, and he usually exempts the children of the clan from studying diligently, and has a high prestige in the clan. So the poetry will be in his house, and it couldn't be more appropriate. Su Shi replied.

Gan Qi suddenly seemed to remember something again, and asked, "Is the official family childless today?" ”

Su Shi smiled and said, "Brother Gan understands, right?" ”

Gan Qi nodded: "I understand. ”

What did Ganchi understand? understood that the emperor Zhao Zhen had no children, and Zhao Zhen gave birth to three sons, all of whom died young. And Zhao Zongshi, the son of Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County, has been taken into the palace to raise him since he was a child, and the things in this are self-evident. Zhao Zongshi, also known as Zhao Shu, the future Emperor Yingzong.

In other words, the future emperor is the son of the king of Runan.

It is no wonder that these bigwigs in the DPRK and China will hold the poetry meeting in the home of Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County, it seems that it is because the king of Runan County loves this way and has an elegant house. In fact, there are other reasons at a deeper level.

"Brother Gan is going with me?" Su Shi asked.

"It's okay to go, but with the identity of you and me, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the mansion of the king of Runan County." Gan Qi replied, it is true, and if you don't say Gan Qi, let's just say that Su Shi is just a foreigner who has just arrived in the capital, and his nationality is unknown, where is he qualified to enter the mansion of the king of Runan County.

Su Shi also nodded, sighed and said: "Yes, most of the people who can enter the palace of Runan County are court officials, or students of Guozixue and Taixue, you and I don't have this qualification this year, it's a pity." ”

"Didn't Brother Su say that poetry clubs and poetry articles are all interconnected? That's the same everywhere. Gan Qi could hear Su Shi's emotions and said comfortingly.

Su Shi smiled and said, "Then you also have to look down on you from those Oiran Qingqi people, so that you can exchange poems and texts." ”

Gan Qi heard this, and after thinking about it, he understood. It turns out that the so-called exchange of poems everywhere depends on the Oiran in each building, and they pass each other to each other, so that there is an exchange of poems everywhere. To put it bluntly, you have to write in such a way that people like to respect these Oiran Qingqi in order to communicate everywhere.

"Haha...... For Zizhan, isn't that all a matter of ease? Gan Qi laughed playfully.

Su Shi's face turned red, he poked his head out of the bookshelf, and smiled at Gan Qi: "Brother Gan smiled." ”

Gan Qi asked again, "So where are we going?" ”

"How is Yuxian Tower? Mid-Autumn Festival, there are fairies on the moon, and it is the most suitable to meet the fairy building. Tomorrow, let's work together to meet the immortal building. Su Shi replied.

"Okay, then meet the immortal building, and see how Zizhan is famous in Bianjing." Gan Qi is looking forward to Su Shi, who will rise in the literary world. Today's Su Shi, the future Great Su Bachelor, really makes Gan Qi look forward to it.

When Su Shi heard this, he replied: "Brother Gan, it's not Zizhan alone, it's you and me." ”

Su Shi said seriously, Gan Qi smiled to himself, and did not answer.