As the Duanyang Festival is approaching day by day, the weather in Jiangning City is getting hotter day by day, and the Yiya Conference of the Zhao and Zheng families is getting closer and closer.

There are many kinds of gatherings and activities on the banks of the Qinhuai River, especially the poetry club, and the first Yiya Conference appeared alone, which caused a sensation in the entire Jiangning City for a while, and became a talking point between the upper class people and scholars and literati, many people are looking forward to it, hoping that this day will come as soon as possible, of course, for those low-level people such as peddlers and pawns, they have no time to take care of it.

Finally, the Duanyang Festival came as scheduled.

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, there is a delicate and elegant garden, named Jinxiang Garden, which was originally the Xie family's other business and was used as the venue for the Yiya Conference.

The Yiya Conference was held in Jinxiang Garden.

This time, Zhao and Zheng competed with each other, although Zhao Hao and Zheng Feng were fighting each other, but because of the interests of the two families, and both sides worked hard.

Zhao Xie was originally a family, and now the Zhao family provides the venue, taking advantage of the host's home field. Although the Zheng family was reluctant, they did not have a better venue than Jinxiangyuan, so they had to agree, but asked to bear all other drinks, girls and other expenses, and they were half the masters.

If it is said that Jiangning City is an inch of land, the Qinhuai River is an inch of land, and the area of Jinxiang Garden is not large, but thirty or forty acres of land is already the largest and most luxurious garden on the bank of the Qinhuai River. Its layout is exquisite, the ancient rhyme is leisurely, all kinds of rockery strange stones, pavilions and water pavilions, there must be everything, and it is located by the Qinhuai River, you can watch the river view.

Such a luxurious garden only receives the upper class people of Jiangning City, and occasionally receives some prestigious scholars and Confucian scholars, and ordinary people will be bombarded away by sticks even if they want to look inside at the gate of the garden.

Although many people in Jiangning City want to have a glimpse of this unprecedented Yiya Conference, not everyone can participate, and only more than 100 people are invited.

Although there are only more than 100 people, plus the servants who are waiting, there are also three or four hundred people, tonight's Jinxiangyuan is brilliantly lit, extremely lively and prosperous.

In the middle hall of the garden, banquets are set up on all sides, in the south are a group of famous and famous veterans, celebrities and tycoons who rank in the top of the Jiangning rich list, in the north are quite talented scholars and literati, and in the west are women. And there are five tables and chairs in the front row of the easternmost row, which is the seat of the judges of this Yiya Conference, and then there are a few tables and chairs sparsely placed behind, and the people who can sit on the east side are all famous in Jiangning City, and the whole Jiangning City will be shaken by a few points.

Xie Wen, a senior official of the Xie Mansion, is also Xie Yu's father and Zhao Hao's uncle; Zheng Qing, the steward of the Zheng Mansion; Xie Yun and Zhao Shixuan husband and wife; In addition, there are several tables and chairs, all of which are invited by Jiangning City to be wealthy or extremely respectable, except for the judges' seats, there are only more than ten seats in total, which shows that it is noble.

The first to enter the table early were naturally those top girls and scholars, they were lucky to be able to participate in this meeting, how dare they let people wait.

The Zhao family and the Zheng family, as hosts, naturally had to arrive early.

Zhao Hao came early with his parents under the entourage of Zhao Ling and a group of house slaves, and then his uncle Xie Wen, whom he met for the first time, also came to the venue with his cousin Xie Yu, and the two sides sat down separately after greeting for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Qing and Zheng Feng also hugged each other and led a group of people into the stadium. Zhao Shixuan is a regimental training envoy from Wupin, a disciple of the clan, and also the head of the Zhao family, Zheng Qing has no official status, and he is not the head of the Zheng family, so he naturally does not dare to trust him, so he can only take Zheng Feng to meet him according to the routine.

The older generation is naturally full of polite words, and the two younger ones are not so polite.

"Brother Zhao, although the business of Hefeng Building is sluggish, but the building in that area is worth tens of thousands of yuan, and I really have to let my brother break the bank."

"Get out of your mother, I'll kneel straight and straight, kowtow a little more, and tell the eldest brother to be louder."

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why should Brother Zhao be angry, Brother Zhao is defeated if he loses, I'm afraid that even Meilin Jushi has not been invited, which is a big mess."

"Get out!"

The two lowered their voices and scolded each other, but only the two of them could hear it, and what others saw was a greeting and polite words.

Slowly, those old celebrities also entered one by one, and the people gradually arrived, gathered together, and the distinguished guests in the east gradually filled up.

On the judges' bench in front, the great Confucian Lu Qing and Zhou Jin were the first judges to arrive, and then the legendary Meilin monk came gracefully surrounded by two maidservants.

The white clothes are like snow, the people are as clean as jade, and the veil shows a bit of mystery.

Merlin Jushi, a song moves the south of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult for a thousand daughters in Jiangning City to find a song, even if they are occasionally lucky enough to hear its song, it is also surrounded by a veil, only hear its voice, and do not see its people.

This was the first time that Merlin appeared in front of the public under a veil, and the audience was in an uproar for a while.

Merlin was still unhurried, and slowly walked to his seat and took his seat.

Zheng Feng looked at the shadow blankly, and his face turned slightly red.

It is not difficult for the Zhao family and the Zheng family to ask for a song from Meilin Jushi, but it is even more difficult to ask him to appear in public.

Two years ago, at Zheng Qing's fortieth birthday banquet, he wanted to invite Meilin Jushi to play the piano in public, but he was mercilessly refused, and in the end he had to hang the curtain and play a song.

In his impression, Merlin Jushi, who has always been reluctant to show his face, would not accept Zhao Hao's invitation no matter what, who knew that Zhao Hao would quietly complete this matter.

Fortunately, on such an occasion, he didn't dare to speak out when he ridiculed Zhao Hao just now, otherwise this slap would have been severe.

Subsequently, Wang Tong, the head of the Wang family, and Wang Hanzhi, the prefect of Jiangning, came side by side, and all the important participants were in place.

Although Wang Hanzhi is the official of Jiangning's parents, in recent years, the prefect of Jiangning has changed almost once a year, and even this year it has changed twice. Cai Wei, who still relied on Cai Jing to ascend to the throne last year, was replaced by Zhang Zhuang, a native of Tianfu, at the beginning of this year, and was replaced by Wang Hanzhi within two months.

However, this Wang Han is sixty-four years old, and he can be regarded as a sparrow in Dongting Lake who has seen the wind and waves, and has been sent to Liao to write "Records of Experiences and Experiences", and he is upright, knowledgeable, and versatile. Celebrity Cheng praised it: "With a smart posture, pure learning, and a talent of Minda, since the arts, political affairs, words, calligraphy and painting, the wonder of health preservation, and the reason of the outside, all of them are intended to be on the top, and they are unprecedented, and they are the first for a while." ”

If it weren't for the dispute between the Zhao and Zheng families of the four major mansions in Jiangning, and the ordinary gathering, it would have been decided to invite this parent official who has all the opportunities to come and be the judges.

As a result, Wang Tong became the host of the Yiya Conference, and said a high-sounding opening remarks, which probably meant that friendship was the first and second competition, and then the prefect Wang Hanzhi also said a scene, and the Yiya Conference officially began.