The elegant banquet is lively.

At this time, Jiang Taidong personally got up and bypassed the long case and invited Assistant Teacher Xie and Sima Tang to take a seat.

Assistant Teacher Xie is a famous person who judges poetry tonight, and he is also a well-known Confucian in Guozijian, so he naturally sat in the north side of the case.

On the contrary, Sima Tang had to compose poems and lyrics tonight, so he sat in the audience, just opposite Cui Wenqing and Su Shi.

At first sight of Cui Wenqing, Sima Tang's eyes flashed, and he arched his hand and said, "I didn't expect Cui Gongzi to come tonight, please give me advice later." ”

Cui Wenqing also said: "I don't dare to teach him, I am willing to learn from Sima Gongzi." ”

Sima Tang bowed slightly, and then stopped speaking.

Su Shi said with a chuckle: "Brother Wenqing, when you meet two rivals, you are really polite and friendly outside, and you are fighting openly and secretly, with your understanding of Sima Tang, I am afraid that he will step on your head and show it in front of Ah Zhao later, so you should deal with it carefully." ”

Cui Wenqing bowed his head lightly and said, "Don't worry, I can save it." ”

"Do you need my help?" Su Shi asked with a smile.

Cui Wenqing thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Since they are rivals in love, it is better for me to deal with them personally, so I won't help Brother Su." ”

Su Shi had already seen Cui Wenqing's talent, so he would not worry, and nodded in agreement.

At this time, the sunset sank down the distant mountains in the west, and the heavy twilight haze shrouded the earth, leaving only a trace of sunset that hung reluctantly in the sky, dyeing half of the sky red.

Fuzhou Thorn Shi Jiang Taidong stood up, pressed his hand and signaled the scholars present to be calm and not impatient, and then he said loudly: "You talented bachelors, young Junjie, I have always ruled the world with scholars, both inside and outside the government and the opposition are respecting learning, advocating learning, today Fuzhou Thorn History Mansion held a poetry collection here, but also to promote literature, to promote elegance, in order to show the importance and respect for literature, the one hundred and twenty-three scholars present today, all of them are famous people, among them, We even invited Sima Tang, the champion of the new branch last year, and Su Shi, the new branch list, to come, and to be able to chant poems on the same stage with the champion Lang and Bangyanlang, I believe everyone must be very excited. ”

At this point, all the scholars applauded, and it was obvious that Jiang Taidong's words reached their hearts.

Jiang Taidong paused and continued: "In order to show fairness and friendliness in the poetry competition, this poetry collection also invited three guests to serve as judges, first of all, Zhenwu Army Governor Zhizhao. ”

Zhi Zhao smiled and got up, looking around at the surrounding scholars and clenching his fists.

Jiang Taidong introduced: "The Governor of Zhe led the Zhenwu Army to guard the frontier, has always been busy with military affairs, rarely idle, today to be able to come to the poetry collection, it is a great encouragement to us, don't look at the Metropolitan Governor is a military general, but you don't know that the Metropolitan Governor was a student of the Guozijian before, and his literary attainments are not low, and it is appropriate to serve as a judge tonight." ”

For the first time in their lives, many people learned that Zhe Zhao was actually a student of Guozijian, and they all showed surprise, so there are too few strange women who are both talented, martial, and can lead the army to fight, and Zhe Zhao is really good.

Jiang Taidong pointed to Assistant Teacher Xie and continued to introduce: "As for this one, I believe many people know him, he is Xie Qingfeng, the assistant teacher of Guozijian, and he is also a very famous Confucian in Guozijian. ”

As soon as the words fell, thunderous applause suddenly sounded.

Assistant Teacher Xie shook his hand again and again to show modesty, and a reserved smile appeared on his face.

Jiang Taidong did not delay, and said in one breath: "The third judge is Wang Zhongchang, the other driver of this state, and the fourth judge is served by this official. ”

Compared with the first two, the applause of the scholars is obviously much sparse, and it is obviously perfunctory.

Only Su Shi had an expression of eating flies, and said with a bitter smile on his forehead: "Brother Wenqing, I didn't expect that Wang Beijia to be one of the judges, we just offended him like this, I'm afraid that he will give us small shoes to wear later." ”

Cui Wenqing smiled indifferently and said: "Let's participate in the poetry collection with real talent and real learning, are you still afraid that the king will not be able to make it bad in secret?" If he dared to do this, not to mention the scholars present, even Lord Assassin Shi and my lady, they would not agree. ”

Su Shi was right to think about it, and said eagerly: "Okay, let's stay in the world's famous article and fight for him to be the first to come back, Brother Wenqing, don't let me down." ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing suddenly became arrogant, especially being able to compete with a demon in the literary world like Su Shi, he couldn't help but feel very happy, and his heart was already on the poetry collection.

At the beginning of the banquet, Jiang Taidong, the assassin of Fuzhou, personally raised his wine glass and invited him to drink.

Cui Wenqing and other hundreds of celebrities responded violently, and they all raised their wine glasses and drank their stomachs, and the sound of gurgling drinking was endless.

Afterwards, the maids dressed in colorful clothes entered the venue lightly with food plates in their hands, and began to serve each table like a flower and a butterfly.

Cui Wenqing looked at the dishes on the table, and the main dishes were a plate of tender and delicious big river carp, a pot of stewed fat sheep with tender green shallots, and three or five catties of sliced dried beef with sauce neatly stacked on a lotus leaf.

The side dish is fresh seasonal fruits and a few baked golden and crispy hu cakes, which will open your taste buds.

At this time, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded leisurely, and the sound of the orchestra swayed violently, which was relaxed and pleasant, making people feel relaxed and happy.

As the music sounded, rows of lanterns suddenly rose on the opposite side of the pool, just like bright and twinkling stars rising, and suddenly illuminated the wooden performance platform with bright lights, reflecting in the sparkling pool, it was really colorful, flickering, indescribably beautiful, and instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the music gradually became soothing and soft, gently like the moon on the sea, faintly like a majestic desert, and the sound of the strings tinkling was like a stream rushing down from the top of a high mountain, hitting the rocks softly.

Just as everyone was intoxicated by the beautiful music, a team of graceful singers in colorful clothes floated onto the stage, which suddenly made the originally lonely and empty performance platform more vibrant.

They combed their hair and flew fairy clouds and sideburns, wore silk clothes, and held flowing cloud fans, all of them were as beautiful as flowers, and their demeanor was thousands.

With the beat of the music, the singers in colorful clothes are arranged into a diamond-shaped performance dance array, dyed with green silk and ink, with wide sleeves waving lightly, colorful fans fluttering, and the graceful figure is like a fairy, just like a beautiful fairy above the nine heavens, beautiful and moving.

The singers sometimes raise their sleeves and lower their eyebrows, sometimes lightly relax their cloud sleeves, sometimes close and hold the fan in their hands, sometimes unfold abruptly, like a pen walking in the dragon painting Danqing, like a spring breeze whistling and sweeping the green willows, the jade sleeves are windy, the posture is graceful, and people can't take their eyes off it.

Speaking of which, Cui Wenqing still rarely sees such a wonderful performance, in his modern eyes, it can not be said that it is not amazing, it cannot be described as wonderful, and by the end of the performance, he can't help but applaud.

Subsequently, a few songs and dances were performed on the high platform, and the banquet scholars were all drunk and hot, and the atmosphere gradually entered the climax, and also entered the theme of today.

(End of chapter)