Yang Congyi immediately tightened the reins and stopped outside the gazebo. When I looked up, there was the word "Jinghu" on the pavilion.

Looking into the pavilion, I saw three people in the pavilion, two masters and one servant, one man and two women, one man and one woman were young and beautifully dressed, sitting in the pavilion drinking soup, and another little woman holding a fan in her hand, standing aside.

Yang Congyi turned over and dismounted, led the horse a few steps forward to the outside of the pavilion, the little woman with a fan in her hand saw someone coming, raised her eyes and glanced at him, and then looked away, a man and a woman sitting in the pavilion ate their own soup, looked at each other from time to time, both men and women had smiles in their eyes, and their appearance was very sweet.

"Lang Jun, how does this sweet soup of red dates and white fungus wolfberries taste?" The woman stopped the spoon and looked up at the young man who was drinking soup next to her, a slight smile rippling on her face.

"It tasted delicious, sweet but not greasy, and I loved it. The old chef made it, right? The man took another sip and looked up.

When the little woman who was playing the group fan heard this, she laughed out loud, and when she saw the hostess looking at her, she quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth and speed up the frequency of the group fan.

The woman lifted the lid of the clay pot on the table, added two more spoonfuls to the man, and said with a smile: "Lang Jun likes it, so drink one more bowl to relieve the heat." As he spoke, he saw a slight bead of sweat on the man's forehead, so he put down the spoon, took out a brocade handkerchief, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat off the man.

Yang Congyi was basking in the sun outside the pavilion, and his mouth was dry and he watched others basking in the pavilion with affection, and his heart was really not good.

Immediately coughed lightly, and when the man in the pavilion heard the sound and turned his head to look outside the pavilion, Yang Congyi said in a loud voice: "This brother, excuse me." The scorching sun is scorching, and it is inconvenient to hurry, so I wonder if I can enter the pavilion to sit together and avoid it a little? ”

The man in the pavilion saw that although the person outside the pavilion was a servant, his demeanor was quite elegant, and he should have read a book, so he said, "Brother, please take it." ”

Seeing that an outsider was coming, the young woman sitting next to her immediately restrained her smile and sat silently.

Yang Congyi tied the horse outside the pavilion, gently flicked off the dust on his body, and then walked into the pavilion, raised his hand to apologize, and said, "Excuse me." ”

There is only one stone table and four stone benches in the pavilion. The maid had already put away the white porcelain bowl and spoon that the woman had drunk the soup on the table and put it in the food box.

"Brother, please take a seat." After the man finished the soup, he put down the white porcelain bowl, and the maid quickly put it away.

After Yang Congyi thanked him again, he sat down on the stone bench next to the man.

Because there are female dependents in the pavilion, the two sides do not know each other, and the atmosphere is a little awkward for a while.

"The weather is so hot, it's really interesting for my brother to come out to play." Yang Congyi looked at the young man opposite and smiled.

And the young woman sitting with low eyebrows on the side, he didn't even glance at it, the woman's hair was coiled behind her head, obviously she was already a married person, and it was rude to look closely at it, and he still knew this bit of etiquette.

"Brother Tai is not also under the scorching sun, riding a horse." The man laughed.

Yang Congyi smiled awkwardly and continued: "What Brother Tai said is that it is exciting, but it has nothing to do with whether the weather is hot or not. ”

"I don't know where I'm going?" The man looked at Yang Congyi again.

"I'm coming from Mingzhou, and I'm going to Lin'an." After speaking, I lowered my eyes and saw an inkstone and white paper on the table, and there was ink in the inkstone, and a lot of words were written on the white paper, which looked neatly arranged, like a poem. Then he asked, "Is this a poem written by Brother Tai?" Can you take a look? ”

The man smiled: "I have nothing to do, and I wrote a few sentences randomly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get into the eyes of my brother." He said this, but looking at his expression, he looked at it casually, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with his poems.

Yang Congyi comprehended, stretched out his hand to take the piece of paper with poems written on it, took a closer look, and couldn't help but sing: "Bathing Huaqing Second Soup." The red cotton puff powder jade skin is cool. Wan Ting tried lotus silk clothes for the first time. The phoenix ruler is cut into scarlet blood, and the mantis is smoked through the musk navel. The water pavilion is secluded. ”

After the song, he immediately praised: "Brother Tai, what a good word." ”

The man waved his hand and said, "Where, brother, the brother has won the prize." ”

"Brother Tai is so literate, I don't know which academy to study, but have you participated in this year's imperial examination?" Yang Congyi put down the words in his hand and couldn't help asking.

The man smiled and said, "I haven't considered the matter of the imperial examination for the time being. Brother Tai participated in this year's imperial examination? ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "I haven't participated yet, and my knowledge is shallow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the imperial examination." Brother Tai is so literary and talented, if you participate in Bineng High School, the title of the gold list. ”

The man laughed and said, "Borrow Brother Taijiyan, let's try it next time." I was happy for a while, and I had a good impression of Yang Congyi.

Seeing the other party's dusty servants, he wiped the beads of sweat with his sleeve, and said: "The weather is hot, if Brother Tai doesn't dislike it, there is sweet soup here, which can relieve the heat a little." ”

Yang Congyi was so thirsty that he had already peeked at the clay pot on the table several times, but he had been unable to explain. At this time, when I heard the other party mention it, I immediately thanked him: "Thank you, brother, the scorching sun is hanging high, and there is sweet soup to relieve the heat, so why dislike it." ”

"Since the meeting is fate, I don't know what to call Brother Tai?" The man motioned to the maid on the side to serve soup to Yang Congyi.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "My surname is Yang, my name is Congyi, and I am from Qizhou." What is the name of Brother Tai? ”

The man smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Yang." Under the surname Lu, a single name is a travel word, a local Shaoxing people. ”

"Lu You?" Yang Congyi was startled, his face changed, and he immediately stood up.

An exclamation and the sudden action of getting up startled the three people present, and they looked at Yang Congyi with surprise on their faces.

Yang Congyi saw that the other party's demeanor was different, so he quickly sat down and explained very apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just heard that Brother Lu's name was a little out of shape." ”

The doubts on Lu You's face did not disappear, and he did not speak, but waited for the other party to continue to explain.

Yang Congyi then explained: "I have heard in Lin'an that there is a talented man in Shaoxing, named Lu You, who has been proficient in poetry since he was a child, has extraordinary literary talents, is good at poetry and songs, and has admired the name for a long time. I've seen Brother Lu! After speaking, he got up and saluted solemnly.

Lu You, who heard these words, was suspicious, and muttered to himself in his heart, his reputation has spread to Lin'an? He wasn't quite convinced. Seeing the other party saluting, he could only get up and salute back.

"Brother Lu doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat. Recently, I passed by Shaoxing, but I happened to have an urgent matter, and I couldn't come to find Brother Lu, I didn't expect to meet here, which is rare. Yang Congyi sat down, held back the excitement in his heart, and then looked at Lu You carefully, and found that he was not very old, and he was in his early twenties.

"Brother Yang praised it falsely, although Lu has a slight reputation in Shaoxing, he can be in An'an Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I'm afraid there is no place for me." Lu You said with a smile.

"Brother Lu is too modest. With Brother Lu's talent, don't say Lin'an, even in the whole world, you can't find a few opponents. "Later generations have studied so many poems by Lu You, which one is not full of talent, and in the entire poetry history of the Southern Song Dynasty, there are few people who can be as famous as him.

"Brother Yang's words are wrong, Lu has some ability, I still know it. Don't say that this world is Shaoxing Mansion, even in front of me, and I am not the first person. Lu You glanced at the woman next to him and smiled.

Tang Wan? This is a very famous talented woman, although she did not leave many poems in history, but she is talented, but it is true, if it is not an unfortunate early death, it is not impossible to stand side by side with Li Qingzhao in the literary world. But fate is too ruthless, and it is destined that there is no her name in the literary world, only wind and snow and sorrow.

Yang Congyi's heart moved, and he wanted to turn his head to take a look, but in the end he held back. It was impossible for him to hear Tang Wan's name from elsewhere, so it was better not to show any special interest in her, and pretend not to know.

"Brother Lu actually has time to go to Lin'an to have a look, and you should know that what I said is true." The maid served the soup and handed it to him.

"Brother Yang, drink sweet soup first to cool off." Lu You no longer spoke, but after speaking, he turned his head to look at the woman next to him with a smile.

Yang Congyi was not polite, picked up the spoon and took a sip first, he felt that it was sweet and delicious, and the taste was really good.

When the maid saw that he had finished a few sips, she added another bowl to him.

"Brother Yang is in a hurry, why are you in such a hurry?" Lu You saw that after he finished drinking the sweet soup, he pushed the white porcelain bowl aside and asked the maid to put it away, so he opened his mouth to ask.

Yang Congyi said: "Don't hide it from Brother Lu, at the beginning of the year, the imperial court decided to go to Nanyang to do the ocean return to Yi, and I happened to be ordered to do the work of returning to Yi to supervise the construction." Before supervising the creation of the new army in Mingzhou, now he is in a hurry to return to Lin'an to restore his life, and then he has to go to Quanzhou once, running around, too busy, and has to hurry up and run under the scorching sun. Because he has a natural liking for Lu You, he said what he was doing.

"It turned out to be Lord Yang, disrespectful and disrespectful!" As soon as Lu You heard Yang Congyi's origin, he immediately got up and saluted, and the woman beside him also got up.

Yang Congyi hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Brother Lu doesn't have to be polite, please sit down quickly." ”

After holding each other and pushing each other, Yang Congyi sat down first, and then Lu You and Tang Wancai sat down one after another.

"Lord Yang said that the imperial court wants to go back to the sea? I don't know much, but can you explain a thing or two, so that I can gain knowledge. ”

"The ocean return is that the imperial court wants to go to overseas countries to do commodity trade. Although the land of the Great Song Dynasty is wide, there are not only the Great Song Dynasty in this world, there are Goryeo and Wa Kingdom in the east, there are Jin Kingdom and Mongolian countries in the north, there are Xia Kingdom and Western Liao in the west, Dali and Annam in the south, and then there are many island countries such as the Three Buddhas in the ocean, from the Three Buddhas to the west, you can go to the ancient country of Tianzhu, but Tianzhu has been divided into dozens of small countries, and then go west along the sea, you will go to the area ruled by the black clothes and food, and there are dozens of countries, continue to the west, there are more large and small countries and city-states, countless, these local cultures are different, rich in products, We can communicate with our Great Song.

If you are stable today, it is the best time to go to sea and return to Yi, and to proclaim your prestige by the way. The imperial court attached great importance to this matter and allocated a huge amount of money to build 60 ships of the sea, requiring 6,000 or 7,000 people. At the beginning of the year, I joined the Hui Yi Supervision Department, and I have been busy with this for more than four months. ”