Chapter 78: The Mandarin Meeting

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Le came to Zeng's house in Daliang City.

There are four members of the Zeng family who went to Handzhou to participate in the Wenhua small meeting this time, and in addition to Zeng Xihua, the other three are all children of the Zeng family.

Obviously, under some special instructions, these three people knew Chen Le's other identity, Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuda, ranked eighty-eighth on the Wenhua list, weak and not as good as the crown, but they were the guests of the head of the family, Zeng Gong.

The so-called distinguished guests have another meaning in the eyes of these three people, that is, cronies and celebrities!

This Xiao Yan Xiao Shuda is on the Wenhua list, which in itself makes these three people admire them so much, you must know that people on the Wenhua list are rare to see at all, let alone being on the list at such a young age! And the identity of the head of the family's cronies made the three of them want to bow down directly to the ground, begging Chen Le to accept them as disciples, although Zeng Gong is also on the Wenhua list, but Zeng Gong is the head of the Zeng family first, even if he kills the three of them, he will not dare to do so.

The Zeng family sent a total of 100 private troops, led by Zeng Gong's personal guard Wu 13, to escort five people on the road.

In addition to Zeng Xihua's four juniors, the Zeng family also sent a clansman named Zeng Bu to go with him.

This Zeng Bunai is Zeng Gong's younger brother, in his thirties, although there is a lot of age difference between him and Zeng Gong, but he is very famous in the literary world of Zhao State, but this person does not like to be an official, he is low-key, and he just concentrates on research.

The Zeng family of Daliang is a sub-sage family, not just a contemporary Confucian Zeng Gong can be supported, the Zeng family is full of poetry and books of learning, some devote themselves to the study of knowledge, some are officials in the Zhao court, and some are not in the Zhao State, but in other vassal states.

Originally, the Nanhua Primary School did need to send a great-parent to support it, but it was not Zeng Bu, but another person.

Zeng Bunai heard that Chen Le was going to Handzhou, so he took the initiative to ask Ying, wanting to meet Xiao Shuda, the new Wenhua list.

The two talked loudly on the carriage, Zeng Bu suddenly regarded Chen Le as a celestial, and he was indescribably admired, if it wasn't for Zeng Xi's painting on the side, he would simply be commensurate with Chen Le as a brother.

And Chen Le was also very surprised by Zeng Bu's talent, this Zeng family member is very knowledgeable, he is not an official is not that he does not know how to be an official, but he is very familiar with various means such as governance, which can't help but make him curious, I don't understand why Zeng Bu is unwilling to be an official.

The two talked deeply, but they didn't care, but talked and laughed along the way, which made Zeng Xihua, who was watching from the sidelines, grit his teeth and wanted to kick Chen Le out of the car.

"Miss Xihua, please prepare pen, ink, paper, inkstone, I want to study calligraphy with Zi Xuangong!"

"Miss Xihua, please open the curtain, I want to watch the scenery with Zi Xuangong and compose a poem!"

"Miss Xihua, please tell me to go down, I want to drink and have fun with Zixuangong!"

Zeng Xihua couldn't wait to rush forward and strangle Chen Le, this villain actually used himself as a maid!

"Shuda, you and I don't have to be so polite when we intersect, although you are the eldest brother's honored guest, but the age difference between you and me is not so big after all, I think it's better to be called brothers, what do you think?"

"Huh? Zi Xuangong said that it was really torturous for Xiaosheng, and it was better for Xiaosheng to be respectful than to obey his fate! ”

"Brother Shudaxian!"

"Brother Zixuan!"

Chen Le suddenly looked serious, and turned his head to look at Zeng Xihua: "Uh...... The granddaughter who cherishes painting, quickly go to find a rooster, ask for a red crown and golden claws and colorful hairs, I want to make a blood alliance with Brother Zixuan! ”

Zeng Xihua almost died of anger when he heard this, this little thief actually called himself granddaughter, and he wanted to find a big rooster with colorful hairs, why didn't you die! Bastards, scum, thieves!

"What are you waiting for? Go find the big, and your sins will be great when the auspicious time comes! Chen Le said with a straight look.

Zeng Xihua gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, frowned, and jumped out of the carriage with a light movement, thief, let me go find you a big? Dream of it, this girl's literary talent is not as good as you, and archery skills are not as good as you, but this girl will also have other weapons, and after this girl's embroidered sword is practiced, she will definitely cut you under the horse, chop a thousand knives and feed the ants......

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and the convoy arrived in Handzhou City on the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Handzhou is a big state at the junction of Zhao and Qi, under the jurisdiction of three counties and twelve counties, the location of Handan is very dangerous, eighty miles in front is the border of Qi and Zhao, only two counties in front of the barrier, once the war broke out, this big city will bear the brunt.

The Wenhua small meeting was presided over by the national prince of Qi and Zhao, and the two countries extinguished their swords during the small meeting, truce the war, and opened the border.

Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the next day is the day when the Wenhua Elementary School will open, so the city of Handzhou is very lively, and you can see young people in fresh clothes and angry horses everywhere.

Chen Le only glanced at the carriage for a few moments, and then lowered the curtain with no interest, and Zeng Bu was even more uninterested.

Chen Le is already on the Wenhua list, naturally he will not lower his status to participate in the Wenhua Meeting, his purpose here is very simple, is to broaden his horizons, his current understanding of the world is only limited to writing, and there are some things on writing and there is a gap in reality, so he will definitely not let go of such an opportunity.

As for Zeng Bu, his purpose is Xiao Yan, which is even simpler than Chen Le's purpose.

As one of the best gate valves in Zhao State, the well-known Yasheng family in the world, the Zeng family also has branches of their own family in Liangzhou, which is the means of survival of the family, spreading branches and leaves all over the world.

The Zeng family in Handzhou is the cousin of the head of the family, Zeng Gong, and the cousin of Zeng Bu, although this line is a side branch, but the power in Handzhou is very large.

Hearing that Zeng Bu and his party were coming, Zeng Xie, the speaker of this line, personally greeted him, let Chen Le and his party into the most gorgeous courtyard, and set up the most sumptuous banquet to entertain them.

On top of the banquet, Chen Le learned that although the Wenhua meeting was nominally held in Handzhou, the actual location was Qingyuntai, a light rain mountain, five miles outside the city of Handzhou.

Originally, this palace was very eye-catching by the monarch of Zhao State, but it was too close to the border between Qi and Zhao, so in the end, King Zhao had to give up.

However, after all, this Qingyuntai was the emperor's palace, although King Zhao gave up his own use, but he didn't really care, or ordered the history of Hanzhou to maintain it every year, so this palace is still very vast and can be used at any time.

Under Zeng Bu's introduction, Zeng Xie couldn't help but be surprised when he knew Chen Le's identity and knew that the young man in front of him was Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuda, who had just entered the Wenhua list.

There are 100 people on the Wenhua list, even if it is a top family, it is good to be able to occupy one place, and even some top families do not even have one person on the list.

There are two people in the Zeng family on the cultural list, one is Zeng Gong, and the other is a seventy-nine-year-old member of the Zeng family, who is already dying.

According to the rules of the Wenhua list, if you are over eighty years old, you will automatically be off the list, so the older generation is about to be off the list, and once you are off the list, the prestige of the Zeng family is bound to be damaged.

After Zeng Xie learned of Chen Le's identity, he couldn't help but think in his heart, the people on the Wenhua list can easily obtain the right official position in today's world, and this Xiao Yan is actually willing to deign to lead the juniors of the Zeng family to participate in the Wenhua Meeting, it can be seen that the relationship with the main family is by no means ordinary, this is definitely a great joy, thinking of this, Zeng Xie is more respectful to Chen Le.