Chapter 28: A Gathering of Wasted Youths
Night, quietly coming.
Bianliang City, a piece of brilliant lights.
Who would have thought that this was just a few months after the Jin army retreated.
The streets are full of people.
In the hook column, it is even more singing and dancing.
But if you want to ask, where is the most lively tonight.
Naturally, it is a place called the Flowing Water Hall.
"Have you heard, the founding uncle is going to a poetry banquet tonight!"
"As soon as he thought that no one could stop him, but this poetry banquet, he was really troublesome, and almost all the talents in Bianliang City were dispatched."
"I heard that Li Bangyan's protΓ©gΓ© and son have already released their words, and he won't be able to drink a glass of wine tonight!"
"Today, his limelight is too strong, his martial arts skills are first-class, and he is afraid that he will bring humiliation on himself!"
"What nonsense, dare to talk about my Lin Gongzi, I will fight with you!"
"Lin Gongzi will win! Win! β
Naturally, the rumors in the streets and alleys also came as scheduled.
With all kinds of different moods, people flocked to the flowing water hall.
The Flowing Water Hall is located outside the Imperial City, inside the city.
Adjacent to the Bianhe River, not far away is the brightly lit Goolan Tile House and Yanliu Lane.
On weekdays, it is a tacit understanding that literati are nostalgic and romantic.
But being able to enter this flowing water hall is by no means something that ordinary scholars can come.
After all, the owner here is Zhao Yingluo.
A talented woman who can recite poetry at the age of eight, she has her own hobbies.
Poetry meetings are held here from time to time, which can be regarded as meeting friends with literature.
The invitees are naturally all known as talented people in Bianliang City.
When Lin Su appeared at the corner of the street, it immediately attracted everyone's boiling.
On weekdays, there are many literati who gather here for poetry gatherings, but today it is more common people.
"There are so many people!"
Lin Su looked at the people crowded in front and back, if it weren't for Zhao Yingluo asking the forbidden army to escort him, he might not be able to squeeze in.
All kinds of cheers gave Lin Su a feeling of being a super idol.
Unexpectedly, this ancient man also chased stars.
And how can there be so many women?
The glances made Lin Su shudder.
It was as if he was about to rush up and bite him at any moment.
Finally, squeezing through the crowd, Lin Su walked into the flowing water courtyard.
It covers a lot of land and there are not many buildings, it is more like a park.
At this moment, in addition to him, there were dozens of Confucian students wearing robes.
The oldest of them was in their early thirties, and their eyes looked at Lin Su with a little hostility.
"It's just a person, and he dares to go to the poetry meeting, is it really a battlefield here?"
"It's ridiculous to be a four-rank official, it's ridiculous!"
"How can there be a person in this flowing court who can be invited, it's really insulting!"
Lin Su, who was cheering very loudly outside, heard bursts of cynicism as soon as he entered the door.
Especially his identity as a person, it seems to have caused many people to be unhappy.
There is no way, if you count it, the worst person here is also Jinshi, and he is the only one who lifts people.
"The champion has arrived!"
"It's here!"
"Tanhua has arrived!"
Just as Lin Su sat down, there was a burst of peace outside.
Immediately after, three Confucian scholars in brocade robes walked in.
These three people are the top three new Jinshi last year.
The three people who walked in looked at Lin Su in unison.
"I can't imagine that a small person would dare to come to this elegant place."
The champion who was the leader walked in front of Lin Su and said with a look of disdain.
"Champion Lang, you have to be more careful, martial artists are all people with developed minds, if you get angry, I'm afraid you will bite someone!"
Someone on the side immediately said with a wicked smile.
"This flowing water is idle, but I can't imagine that even such vulgar people can come in where we and other urbane people drink and talk."
"I thought that there would be some master exchanges today, but a martial artist came, a person who raised people, and what face did he have to mix here!"
Bangyan and Tanhualang spoke one after another.
Shaking the fan, he looked arrogant.
Because they decided that Lin Su didn't dare to do it.
Those sarcastic words made Lin Su stand up with a sneer.
"People still have the ambition to serve the country, but the three mad dogs are barking here, could it be that last year's Enke is compared to gnawing bones?"
Swearing, and not turning around at all.
That's it.
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three of them suddenly turned blue.
"Rude! How dare you say such vulgar words! β
"You dare to mock Enko's test questions, it's bold!"
"That's enough to send you to jail!"
The three of them immediately surrounded Lin Su, and his grinning appearance was like a mad dog.
It's just that they always keep a distance.
Obviously afraid of being beaten.
"If I'm not mistaken, last year's Enke exam, the chief examiner was Li Bangyan, you say it's a coincidence, but it was last year, this champion also fell into the Li family, and it was a three-yuan, this chance of being struck by lightning, why did it fall into the Li family? Your ancestral grave is coming from green smoke, right? β
Lin Su smiled coldly, he didn't succeed in Jinshi last year.
Of the three people in front of him, the champion is Li Bangyan's own son, and as for Bangyan and Tanhua, they are all his students.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows how the fame of these three people came about.
But he still dares to show off here.
"You're slandering!"
"Unwarranted speculation! Shameless! β
"You speak, but you have to be responsible!"
The three of them glared at Lin Su with grim faces.
"What? You also have hypochondriasis and want to kneel down and beg for mercy before you stop? β
Lin Su's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light.
At this moment, it is like a tiger.
Frightened, they retreated.
"You...... Don't get complacent too soon, tonight I promise, you won't get a glass of wine! β
Champion Li Wenyu gritted his teeth.
He wants to take back all the face that his father lost today.
"This smooth wine is definitely not something you can drink!"
Bangyan and Tanhua are naturally on his side.
The three of them walked towards the grass hut.
They want to unite everyone and make Lin Su an enemy.
Lin Su smiled faintly and didn't look at the literati gathered around.
He sat alone, but he had his own thoughts in his head.
These so-called scholars are afraid that they are all soft bones in their bones.
That is, the waste of later generations.
If this kind of person occupies the voice of the mainstream society, the country is the most dangerous.
It seems that if you want to prevent the overthrow of the Northern Song Dynasty, you can't just fight on the battlefield.
He had to start from the inside to change the tragedy of the entire Great Song Dynasty.
"The princess has arrived!"
A short time later, a group of men and horses walked in, surrounded by the forbidden army.
Zhao Yingluo, who had been talking with Lin Su for an afternoon, changed into a gorgeous dress again.
Her beautiful face and her special outfit are like Chang'e on the moon, which is shocking to the world.
"See the princess!"
When Zhao Yingluo walked into the arched bridge of the Flowing Water Garden, all the scholars who were waiting in the grass shed gave a deep salute.
"Then please all the talented people, take a seat!"
Zhao Yingluo's beautiful eyes kept staring at Lin Su in the distance.
Today, I don't know how he behaved at this watery poetry banquet.
Will it be like during the day, with one enemy against hundreds?