Chapter 31 • Flower Dynasty Meeting
The old housekeeper escorted the four of them out of the mansion all the way, and Jinhong, who was still angry, couldn't help but say to the old housekeeper: "I said that your master is also what to do, you see that the streets outside are all in charge, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to catch up with the dishwashing water when I go back at this time." ”
The old housekeeper smiled and said, "The master has explained, tonight is the annual flower night party, and the son and the three young ladies can go there to wander around and find some food." ”
Jin Hong patted his head, and a flower bloomed on his face instantly, and he almost forgot about this stubble, this flower court meeting is an annual big day for literati and scholars.
Initially, because of the beginning of the Yan Kingdom, most of the local officials were the military generals during the conquest period, these generals galloped on the battlefield, and the siege of the city was a good hand, but when it came to local governance, it was completely a black eye - blind, for which there were many troubles all over the country at that time, and the Zhaolie Emperor was so angry that he scolded his mother in the imperial study, to say that the Zhaolie Emperor was in good health when he was fighting everywhere, but his body was getting weaker and weaker after the unification, and he left after only six years.
After Emperor Jing succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to adopt the advice of Sun Zhi, the then secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, to set up a test system, open a test in the country, select talents for the country, and then increase the martial arts test for more than ten years.
Because the literary examination is generally carried out in the second month after the beginning of spring, and the martial examination is held on the day of the beginning of autumn, people are accustomed to call the literary examination and the martial examination in the spring and autumn, and the two examinations are held every three years, and people call this year the big year.
This year is the New Year, seeing that the spring period is approaching, Yanjing City at this time can be said to have gathered most of the country's top students, and this flower court meeting has just given these talented people the opportunity to get together to grind and learn.
Moreover, there are many people and there are business opportunities, which is the eternal truth, and the merchants and hawkers from all walks of life are not willing to miss such a good opportunity to make money, so at this time, the streets and alleys are always full of all kinds of goods, and the shouting of the hawkers is the main theme in Yanjing City at this time.
After nearly a hundred years of development, the Flower Dynasty Party has become a conventional festival in Yanjing City, and every time a slightly famous restaurant in the city will send out invitations to invite literati and ink guests to come to the Flower Dynasty Night Party in their own restaurants, one is to echo the festive atmosphere, and the other is to improve the popularity of their own restaurants.
Although Jin Hong is a little unaccustomed to the appearance of those literati and ink writers when they dance and write ink, after all, he can see people's aspirations and understand some local folk customs through them, and occasionally one or two masterpieces can indeed resonate with his heart, which is very beneficial to his personal martial arts practice, so in the future, he will still be patient to be an ordinary onlooker.
Jin Hongsan caught up with Yan Changfeng, who was walking in front, and saw that she was looking at a brightly lit restaurant in the distance with her two personal maids, wondering how there could be such a splendid embellishment, but she had never seen it before.
A light cough, successfully attracted the attention of the three people, Jin Hong stood with his head up, I don't know when there was a folding fan in his hand, gently tapped his left hand to make a scholar, and said slowly: "Tonight is the flower dynasty event, Xiaosheng is fortunate to walk with the three girls, it is a great honor, we can first look for some food along Chang'an Fang, and then climb the Guanwen Building, wave the pen and splash ink, and meet friends with the text, I don't know what the three girls want?" ”
A literary crepe words spit out from Jinhong's mouth, giving people a sense of immediacy in the style of painting, which made Changfeng and the three of them laugh coquettishly, Changfeng glanced at Jinhong with disgust, as if to say, "You will be weird", Ling'er and Xiang'er around them pretended not to see the eyebrows of the two, and looked at each other, which made Changfeng's pretended to be calm and his face was red.
"Fortunately, it's night, others can't see it," Changfeng comforted himself.
The two walked side by side in front, followed by Ling'er and Xiang'er, both saying that when people are at night, they will be much bolder than during the day, because under the cover of night, there will be a kind of self-concealment of "they can't see" psychologically, and it also finds a good "excuse" for people to do something they dare not do during the day.
These people include those gentlemen who are ready to commit crimes against the wind, and of course, those men and women who are just starting to fall in love.
For example, the current Jinhong, it is rare to have the opportunity to walk side by side with Yan Changfeng at night, and the bursts of body fragrance from Yan Changfeng's body and the occasional feeling brought by the touch of the body have made our Jin Dagongzi's heart ripple and his heart throb.
So at a moment when he was about to suffocate, the evil Jin Dagongzi grabbed the left hand that was occasionally touched on the right side, a little domineering, but extremely gentle, the left hand symbolically struggled slightly, and then lay quietly in the palm of his right hand.
For example, the current Changfeng, she found that she liked the feeling of Jinhong walking beside her, liked the smell of Jinhong, and even liked to feel the body temperature transmitted to each other when the two occasionally stepped shoulders, so she used the cover of the night to draw herself and Jinhong very close, and then pretended to be calm and commanded Xiang'er and Ling'er to buy all kinds of food they wanted for her and Jinhong.
The two girls are ghosts, usually the princess is commanding Jin Gongzi to buy all kinds of things for her to run before and after, the two just have to follow, but this time they tried their best to separate the two, then there must be something, so the two made a look at each other and ran away.
There was nothing to say all the way, both of them liked it like to be quiet, feeling the warmth of each other's company, although the street was noisy, but the world seemed to have isolated him and her, until the lights in front of them suddenly brightened.
The largest restaurant in Yanjing City, "Guanwen Building", has arrived.
Guanwen Building, Guanwen Building, as the name suggests, is the place where talented and beautiful people splash ink and gather and chant poetry, the boss is a person from Jingyue place, it is said that he was also a romantic genius back then, and they all say that there are two best talents in this world, one is a beautiful woman, and the other is Du Kang, although this merry genius is known as a talent, but he may be born with a field disease, and every time he tries it, he will play abnormally, so he has repeatedly failed, and he stayed in Yanjing in frustration to start a wine business, from the very beginning of a small wine shop, Slowly grows into the "Guanwen Building", which is now known as the first restaurant in Yanjing.
The reason why it is called Guanwenlou may also be because the owner of this restaurant is not willing to fail the test.
The right hand that returned to the real world felt the struggle of the left hand, and although it was a little reluctant, the right hand that "knew how to advance and retreat, and knew how to put it away" still let go of the left hand.
"Master, let's eat something." The voice sounded just right, and Xiang'er handed it to Changfeng with a bag of food.
"Jin Gongzi, this is yours." Ling'er also handed over the bag in her hand.
Changfeng picked up a soup packet, and then handed it back to Xiang'er, "You guys eat it too." ”
Xiang'er smiled embarrassedly, didn't take it, just licked the oil stains that still remained at the corner of her mouth, but Jinhong took the bag in Changfeng's hand, and then snatched the bun in Changfeng's hand and put it back into the bag, and said, "Let's go upstairs and eat again." ”
Xiao Er, who was guarding the door of the store, saw someone coming, and immediately greeted him early, looking at the guests and asking them about their needs, so as to arrange a suitable place for the guests.
The four people of Jinhong also walked in under the guidance of a small two at this time, the Guanwen Building looks like a tower from the outside, a pillar with a diameter of about ten people in the building stands in the center, it is carved or painted with an unrecognizable text pattern, a small pillar painted with fiery red stands in this lobby, it is said that it is a small pillar, in fact, there is also the size of a double hug, there is no embellishment on the smooth outside, but it gives people a kind of luxury, countless candlesticks around this red pillar, countless sparks of stars are reflected here, It also reflects a clear night world.
At this time, the lobby was no longer the usual loud noise, only low-cut whispers, no one seemed to be able to bear to break the silence at this time, everyone turned their eyes to the huge curtain at the end of the lobby, there were several huge scrolls hanging on it, there were poems, there were also lyrics, under the curtain sat on the left side of a well-dressed old man, at this time like other guests back and forth reading and tasting the works on the curtain, lips slightly squirmed, as if silently, a while nodding, a moment and a shake, and then just a sip of tea.
Knowing that the four of them came to participate in tonight's flower night party, Xiao Er politely led a few people to the stairs on the left side of the door and went straight to the second floor, and then confessed and left, Jin Hong had to walk freely to introduce the three of them to the Guanwen Building, he pointed to the huge curtain on the second floor and said: "The first and second floors are the same as ordinary restaurants, anyone can eat here, today is the Flower Dynasty Night Party, so there are more literati and ink writers, the old man who sits under the curtain and tastes tea is the same as the one on the first floor, they are all teachers of Yanjing Academy, the annual Flower Dynasty Night Party, Yenching Academy will appoint a few highly accomplished teachers in literature to comment on the masterpieces of those talents upstairs, one is to expand the popularity of the academy and its prestige in the academic world, and the other is also entrusted by the imperial court to play the role of educating the people. “
Changfeng looked at the works on the curtain seriously for a while: "The sentence 'Candle flame is in the sea of stars, burning the prairie and reflecting the sky' is not bad, and it feels very atmospheric." ”
Jin Hong pursed his lips and said, "It's mostly empty and beautiful, and it's not a masterpiece." ”
Looking at Jin Hong with interesting eyes, Changfeng never realized that the person in front of him still had attainments in poetry?
Jin Hong was a little weak by Changfeng, and continued his introduction to Guanwen Lou:
"The third and fourth floors are exclusive to VIPs, and only VIPs who have been approved by the restaurant can come up for dinner." Seeing that the three of them nodded in understanding, Jin Hong shook the folding fan in his hand and said, "Don't think that the VIPs recognized by Guanwenlou are those dignitaries. ”
Without waiting for the three of them to ask, Jin Hong went on to explain: "Guanwenlou has its own rules, otherwise it would not be recognized by a great writer like Mr. Ai. ”
This topic obviously aroused Yan Changfeng's curiosity, but Jin Hong was not in a hurry to explain, and after showing the folding fan in his hand to the personnel who were guarding the entrance of the third floor as attendants, Jin Hong smiled, looking a little treacherous, and then shook the folding fan to the three of Changfeng quickly:
"Don't look at you as a princess, if you don't have this fan, you won't be able to go up."
Although Yan Changfeng pouted his little mouth on the surface and pretended not to be interested, his little eyes still couldn't help but glance at the folding fan in Jinhong's hand, of course, the two Xiangling girls who followed behind were no better, and the cat looked hard at the little head, and they couldn't wait to snatch the fan to see what was going on.