After a few people freshened up, they gathered in the lobby of the inn, and then sent Xiao Er to buy some breakfast, and then sat in the hall and began to eat.

Among the three of Liu, Qian, and Li, except for Li Xun's reservations, the other two people did drink a lot of wine last night, and they were already hungry at this time, and halfway through eating at this time, Liu Jing suddenly slapped the table, lowered his voice and said: "Brother Qian, you and I did such a thing last night, I'm afraid that Professor Zhu must have written down the voices of the two of us, if I see this Professor Zhu in the future, you and I still need to do something to cover up." ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Liu is very thoughtful." Qian Liangcai nodded hurriedly when he heard this.

Seeing that the two of them looked a little frightened, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, and then echoed Li Xun and Zhang Wenyuan with a few words.

After dinner, Liu Jing and Qian Liangcai went back to the house to catch up on sleep, Zhao Yan went back to the house to read, and Li Xun and Zhang Wenyuan sat in the lobby and chatted about some poetry and songs.

At noon, Zhao Yan rubbed his sour eyes, and was about to ask Xiao Er to make some tea, when Zhang Wenyuan knocked on the door and walked in.

"Brother Zhao, just now Brother Li and I met the examiner who lives in the same inn downstairs, listen to what he said, there is a literary meeting in Juhua Restaurant in the afternoon, as long as it is a scholar in Zhending Mansion, you can participate, I just told Brother Liu and Brother Qian, and both of them are also interested in going to see it, I don't know if Brother Zhao is going together?"

Zhao Yan also participated in several literary meetings when he was in Shenzhou, and its content was just to write poems and talk about learning, the scale was not large, and the atmosphere of mutual promotion was good, so he was not disgusted with this literary meeting, and thought that staying in the inn was also a dead study, so it was better to go and see, maybe he could get something, so he agreed.

In order to indicate the theme of the literary meeting, it is generally given a name, such as the 'Ancient City Poetry Meeting' currently held in this Juhua Restaurant, there are poems in the name, and the theme must be based on poetry, supplemented by other learning.

Juhua Restaurant is only two floors high, but the exterior decoration looks quite atmospheric, and I don't know if it has been taken over by the people who held the literary meeting at this time, and the people who came in and out turned out to be some scholars who looked polite.

After Zhao Yan and the others walked into the restaurant, they saw that the hall on the first floor was already full of people, so they had to continue to walk to the second floor, but they were stopped as soon as they walked up the stairs.

The people who came were the same age as Liu Jing and the others, dressed as scholars, and came up to ask a few people: "A few brothers have been invited, I don't know if you can hold an invitation?" ”

Liu Jingqi said: "Isn't there no limit to this article? Why do you want to ask for it? ”

The young scholar said with a smile: "If you don't need to invite yourself in the hall on this floor, you have to have some fame in Shilin to go up to this second floor." This is the meaning of Kang Gongzi, the initiator of the Cultural Society, and he just came to help, so please don't be embarrassed. ”

Li Xun said: "This brother, if you want to go up, I don't know if there is any other way besides inviting you?" ”

"Well...... this young scholar muttered: "The invitation is only sent to the talented people in the local scholars in the prefecture and county, as for the famous and virtuous people in the prefectures and counties, because I don't know whether they are in the prefecture at this time, they have not sent the invitation, if the junxian in the prefecture and county are famous, they can also go up." ”

Li Xun glanced at Zhao Yan, and then asked, "Can the county test case leader in each state and county be regarded as a handsome person?" I don't know how to prove my identity? ”

In the hall on the first floor, in addition to this young scholar, there are many people in charge of reception, so this scholar is not in a hurry, and replied: "Most of the people who participated in this literary meeting are scholars who came to take the government examination. ”

Li Xun turned his head and smiled at Zhao Yan and said, "Brother Zhao Xian, I don't know if you have this test with you?" ”

The entrance examination is the admission ticket for the government examination, and it is not easy to reissue it if it is lost, so for safety, Zhao Yan took it with him, took it out and handed it to the young scholar, and said: "Naturally, please take this brother." ”

The young scholar saw that Zhao Yan was short and thin, but his demeanor was calm, but he didn't dare to underestimate him, he took the test with both hands and glanced at it, and then handed it back to Zhao Yan, saying: "At such an age, you can get the head of the case, and it is the first time I have heard of it, Zhao Gongzi is really young and promising, and his achievements in the future must be limitless." ”

"Brother Tai has won the award." Zhao Yan said modestly, glanced upstairs casually, and asked, "I wonder if a few friends below can go up?" ”

"Naturally, please."

Zhao Yan and a few people arched their hands to the young scholar, and then they were about to go upstairs when they heard a loud voice shouting not far away: "Brother Zhao, I don't expect to meet here, and the younger brother will go up with you." ”

Zhao Yan looked back and saw a young man with a wide body and a fat body walking over, wasn't it the little fat man named Liu Quanyou who he met in Hongbin Building in Hengshui City.

"Brother Liu, what an unexpected encounter, why are you here?" Zhao Yan has a good impression of this little fat man, and when he sees him again after a year, he also has a special sense of closeness.

The little fat man said quickly: "The little brother was forced by the old man to take the county exam this year, who knew that he was selected, although it was only a few from the bottom, or the old man was happy, and then he was stunned to ask the little brother to come to the government exam, maybe he could pass it at one time, so that there is a name for a child, if you want to take the test in the future, you only need to take the college test directly, and the little brother can't do it, so he has to come." Brother Zhao was promoted to the head of the county trial, and the younger brother had heard it before, congratulations to Brother Zhao. ”

Liu Quanyou looks festive, and his mouth is also neat, without waiting for Zhao Yan to answer, he introduced himself to Liu Jing and the others behind him: "Little brother Hengshui Liu Quanyou, the words are complete, and the brothers can call the little brother the words." ”

Liu Jing and the others thought it was interesting to see that he looked familiar, and besides, he was Zhao Yan's old friend, so they also introduced themselves as brothers.

Another 'heavyweight' figure was added to the team, Zhao Yan turned his head to look at the young scholar, and was about to ask if he could take the little fat man up with him, but the scholar already understood, and without waiting for Zhao Yan to speak, he asked his hand and said, 'Please go upstairs'.

There are also a lot of people on the second floor, but there are still some empty seats, a few people found a table and sat down, and then there were small two ends of the running hall to tea and pastries, and a few people drank tea while talking about some anecdotes, but also seemed very comfortable.

After half an hour, there are no more people coming up downstairs, looking at it, the second floor is afraid that it is full of nearly 200 people, as for the more spacious first floor, there must be more people, and I don't know what kind of person Kang Gongzi who initiated the literary meeting is, and he has such a great energy.