Chapter 4: The Banquet of Qionglin (2)

"Brother Jia, can you ...... Better? ”

Shi Xiang walked a few steps to catch up with Jia Rudao, who was looking east and west, and smiled dryly as if he was concerned.

He is also a Wuxu Kejinshi who was released half a month ago, although he did not enter the first class and top ten, but he is still among the more than 100 new science and technology scholars in the first class. On the night of Jia Rudao's feast on fox friends, he also had fun with a group of fox friends on the West Lake in the name of Xinke and No.

"Brother Lao Shi cares, it's all right, it's just that I forgot something here." Jia Rudao glanced at Shi Xiang, pointed to his head and said lightly.

The breezy appearance seems to tell a thing that has nothing to do with him.

"Forgot something?"

"Well, it's not that I've forgotten something, it's that I've forgotten everything. If Jia Quan'er hadn't told me Brother Shi's name just now, I wouldn't have recognized it. Brother Shi is not strange. ”

Didn't anyone pick it up? How do you get in. Looking at the three rows of stubborn forbidden soldiers, Jia Rudao scratched his head.

"Ahh Shi Xiang obviously didn't notice Jia Yidao's absent-mindedness, "Then Brother Jia still remembers Jiao Niang?" ”

"Jiao Niang? Who is Jiao Niang? I forgot my sister, how can I remember who that lady is. ”

“……”

Shi Xiang looked at Jia Rudao, who had an indifferent expression, a little sullen.

This nouveau riche has always been extremely domineering by relying on Jia Guifei. If he hadn't intervened in Hele Lou at the beginning, Jiao Niang would have been a concubine in her own house at this time.

Today, he took the initiative to say hello, naturally not to win over feelings. He knew Jia Nidao's domineering temperament, and he also wanted to laugh at Jia Nidao when he saw him angry, and Jia Nidao teased the people who were beaten half to death, but he didn't expect to be told by others that I have amnesia, and I don't know who you are.

The difference between the expectation and the result was too great, and the blow that he had been weighing for a long time hit the air, and he felt very uncomfortable with internal injuries.

"Brother Jia......" Shi Xiang is not a person who gives up lightly, and he is ready to continue digging pits.

"Shixian, Ha Luha, the miscellaneous family can be regarded as waiting for you."

With a slightly sharp voice, Shi Xiang's words came from behind the forbidden army, interrupting Shi Xiang's words. As the forbidden soldiers who were originally lined up on the wall separated a passage, Dong Songchen, who was holding the dust, walked out with a smile.

For the first time, Jia Rudao felt that Dong Songchen's somewhat feminine voice was so good. Shi Xiang buzzed in his ears like a fly, which really bothered him a little.

He didn't want to have a conflict with Shi Xiang in this Qionglin Garden, and the jealousy between the two was really not worth mentioning in his opinion. There is no need to completely tear your face apart because of this.

"Shi Xian has seen Master Dong."

Jia Rudao waved at Dong Songchen, but this gesture was sincere.

"Ziwan has seen Grandpa Dong."

Shi Xiang naturally recognized Dong Songchen, the confidant and servant of Li Zong.

"Ziwan doesn't have to be polite."

Dong Songchen saw Shi Xiang beside Jia Rudao, and raised his hand reservedly, but a different color flashed in his eyes. Aren't these two opposites? How did it come together? And it still looks very harmonious.

As an attendant by the side of Li Zong, he can be said to be extremely clear about all matters in the court.

Shi Song's previous worship was to participate in political affairs, and he was just one step away from the right prime minister's privy envoy. When it comes to the current Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi, as long as there is no accident, the position of Zaifu of the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably be in Shi Song's bag.

However, four years ago, Shi Songzhi was dismissed because of his opposition to taking advantage of the destruction of the Jin Kingdom to recover the eastern and western capitals, and now he has only just recovered. Shi Miyuan has been a relative for more than 20 years and has made countless enemies. When Shi Miyuan was there, he was still forced to become a scholar, not to mention that Shi Miyuan is dead now.

No one can guarantee that Shi Songzhi, the new representative of the Shi clan, who has greatly reduced his power, will not be dismissed again. Therefore, he naturally will not be too close to Shi Xiang and Dong Songchen.

There is only one person he needs to stammer, and that is Emperor Lizong. Of course, Concubine Jia Guifei, who was favored by the emperor in the harem, was naturally one of them.

The feud between Shi Xiang and Jia Nidao was not a secret in the Great Song Dynasty, and even Li Zong had heard of the jealousy between Jia Nidao's wife and brother and Shi Xiang, and Dong Songchen naturally knew a thing or two.

"Shi Xian, the miscellaneous family has been waiting for a long time on the orders of the noble concubine, and finally did not miss the mother's request, so let's enter the garden with the miscellaneous family." Letting go of the doubts in his heart, Dong Songchen helped Jia Rudao to say affectionately.

Who kisses and who neglects in the process of gently helping is undoubtedly revealed.

Shi Xian was frightened, and he was tired of Master Dong. Adults first, please. ”

Sensing the feminine aura on Dong Songchen's body, Jia Rudao quietly broke free of Dong Songchen's palm and took a step back, and said with a smile.

Looking at the polite Jia Rudao, the smile on Dong Songchen's face became more and more intense. He would never have thought of what he thought was polite, just because Jia seemed to be panicked when he saw that the two were too close.

With Dong Songchen leading the way, naturally there will be no problem of not being able to enter, and all the way into Qionglin Garden is unimpeded. Perhaps it was Dong Songchen's deliberate negligence, except for the shortened communication at the beginning, he never talked to Shi Xiang at all.

……

Entering the main gate, Jia Rudao only felt that he seemed to have suddenly changed the world.

Ancient cypresses abound, and lanterns of various colors, large and small, are hung on them, illuminating the world as if it were day. Jinshi winding road, treasure pond, strange stone blocking the road, willow lock rainbow bridge, flowers lingering phoenix, twists and turns, countless colorful flowers compete for beauty. The end is beautiful, as if you are in a fairyland.

Compared to the royal garden, his house could only be dilapidated. Jia Quan, who was following him, was also a little dumbfounded.

"Shi Xian."

Dong Songchen, who had already walked a few steps, turned around and saw that Jia Yidao and Jia Quan'er were still at the door, and shouted with a slight smile in his eyes.

Is this despised? Jia Rudao reined in his thoughts, and hurriedly walked a few steps to keep up with Dong Songchen.

The three of them walked along the path among the flowers, and an endless stream of palace maids and eunuchs shuttled through the garden, holding various exquisite gold and jade lacquerware in their hands and were nervously busy.

A court banquet, the manpower and material resources used can be seen from this.

Coming to a brightly lit hall, Dong Songchen summoned a little eunuch and left in a hurry after saying a few words to Jia Rudao. Under the guidance of the little eunuch, Jia Rudao entered the crowded hall through the side door.

It was naturally impossible for Jia Quan'er to enter the main hall to participate in the banquet.

The corridors and side halls on both sides of the vast hall are lined with long cases, and at this moment, the two sides of these cases are full of people one by one.

Seeing Jia Nidao coming in under the guidance of the little eunuch, the originally chaotic corridor side hall was suddenly quiet, with cold eyes and smiling fists, obviously the vast majority of people recognized Jia Nidao.

Jia Yidao smiled and responded to the people who hugged his fists one by one, but as for the cold eyes, he directly ignored them. From the costumes, he knew that these young people who were all wearing Confucian shirts should be the first scholars of his own subject.

It wasn't until he passed through the hall that the voices behind him became mixed again.

"Jia Shixian is alive again."

"I heard that it was a molesting girl who was smashed into the lake."

"Shh......h

……

Good things don't go out, bad things go thousands of miles, it's really not wrong.

Entering the main hall, more than ten rows of wooden tables tens of meters long are distributed on both sides of the main hall along the emperor's throne at the top of the main hall. At this moment, the sides of each wooden table are mostly full.

Don't hurry to take a closer look, under the guidance of the little eunuch, Jia Rudao walked towards his position.

As soon as he sat down, before he had time to look at the people left and right, Jia Rudao heard the drums outside the hall, and two columns of palace maids holding lanterns appeared at the main entrance of the main hall, and walked into the main hall along the red carpet in the center of the hall; Immediately afterwards, two columns of eunuchs holding huge fans embroidered with dragons and phoenixes of various colors entered the main hall; Then two columns of golden crowns, large and small, entered.

After repeating this repeatedly, after the female eunuchs of the Nine Waves Palace, a sharp chant was heard throughout the entire hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

"Ministers greet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

The ministers of the court and the countless ministers who were originally sitting on both sides of the case got up and fell to the ground, shouting in unison.

There is really a cumbersome enough ritual for this ceremony, and I thought that Jia Rudao followed the people around him to the ground.

"Everyone's family is flat."

After a long time, a young voice came from inside the hall.

"Your Majesty!"

The sound was in the air, and the eardrums of Jia Rudao were shaking.

The drum music sounded again, and more than a dozen palace maids in colorful clothes came out of the side hall and began to dance. As the music sounded, the palace maids in costumes began to pour wine into the wine glasses in front of each person with porcelain pots.

The table in front of him was filled with all kinds of exquisitely made pastries, and the aroma was overflowing, causing Jia Rudao's stomach to gurgle. glanced left and right, but none of the nearly 1,000 people in the hall made a move, and seemed to be carefully watching the music and dance in the hall.

There are so many rules.

His position was in the second column on the left, the first column was facing the royal road, and on both sides of the case were sitting ministers in court clothes. The second column was full of young men in Confucian shirts, and there was no need to think about it, so I knew that this should be the exclusive seat of the first-class and first-class scholars.

After half a ring, the sound of the drums gradually stopped, and the palace maid who finished the dance retreated.

It's time to eat, right?

But without thinking about it, hundreds of palace maids came out with lacquer plates, and placed the four treasures of the study room in an orderly manner on all the cases except for the two frontmost columns of ministers' seats on the left and right.

Jia Yidao also had a pair of four treasures in front of him and a good white paper.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please write a poem to respond to today's feast, the ministers of the court and the central government are led by Shen Guogong Zheng Qing to evaluate the top ten, and His Majesty has appointed the first wine tour of today's Qionglin banquet to be the poet and reward it."

Above the main hall, there was a very familiar voice from Jia Rudao, who was it not Dong Songchen?

Sure enough, whatever you're afraid of, you'll come.