Liu Xunzhi is very familiar with the willow garden and seems to be very fond of it, perhaps because of the surname Liu, after entering the garden, pointing to the willow trees planted all over the garden chatter, telling many allusions and anecdotes.

Stepping on the water surface to deliberately make a nine-curved bridge, this bridge extends from the small water surface to the front of several houses shrouded in smoke and willows on the opposite side, the distance of twenty or thirty meters is hard to make nine curves and eighteen bends, which makes Wang Yuan frown.

Looking at the house where the people lived, with white walls and black tiles, and long windows as walls, it was actually built to imitate the structure of Jiangnan. The floor inside the room is all covered with pine planks, and the waxed floor is shiny and still smells of pine, and the decorations inside are obviously deliberately arranged.

"Erlang, are you satisfied with this accommodation?" Liu Xun smiled.

Wang Yuan frowned and shook his head: "Naturally, it's good, but I don't want to live here." ”

Liu Xun was surprised: "Why is that? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Mr. Liu, where are the gentlemen who were invited together?" ”

Liu Xun smiled and said: "You are you, they are them, their residence is in the courtyard of the second guest room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and your prince's residence is personally ordered by Zuo Xiang, you don't need to compare with them." ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "This is not good, in the next grass people, such a courtesy is unbearable, in addition, this garden is so exquisite, it must be the favorite place of the left minister, the gentleman does not take the favor of others, I can't be a villain." ”

Liu Xun said straightly: "It's just for you to live, is it for you?" If you can't help, you have to go to the guest room. But he said: "Erlang thinks too much, let you live and you will live, why do you want to do so much?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "To be honest, I don't like it here, I don't feel comfortable living here." ”

Liu Xun smiled in amazement: "You are not satisfied with such a residence, do you still want to live in the inner house of Zuo Xiang?" Hahaha. ”

Wang Yuan knew that he was teasing himself, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu made fun of it, I just think that the scenery here is too artificial, and the scenery that is too delicate will seem a little fake, I think it is redundant to stand in it, so how can I live with peace of mind?" ”

Liu Xun stared at him in a daze and said: "So you think like this, if you feel uncomfortable living, I can tell the left minister about it." But it's too late today, so you can stay and find a suitable house to live in later. ”

Wang Yuan nodded in agreement, and Liu Xun directly ordered the servants to put down Wang Yuan's package, and called two maids and an old family member in the garden to instruct: "From today on, Wang Gongzi is the master of Liu Yuan, and you need to serve with all your heart, and you can't be the slightest bit lazy." ”

Wang Yuan wanted to say that there was no need to be so pompous, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, and he was at peace when he came, and he couldn't always pour cold water on him, and he didn't seem to know how to lift.

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At noon, the main hall of the Li Mansion was crowded, and sixteen or seventeen people sat around two large tables, all of whom were people who were reading, no matter what they thought in their hearts, on the surface, they were all elegant and well-behaved. Saluting each other, the sound of long-standing admiration is endless.

Liu Xunzhi disappeared for a moment, and when he reappeared on the side of the screen at the back door of the main hall, his face was full of smiles, and he shouted loudly: "Gentlemen, please get up, Li Zuoxiang has arrived!" ”

There was a ping pong sound on the tables, chairs and benches, and everyone hurriedly got up and looked at the back door, and a servant removed the screen, revealing Li Zuoxiang, who was smiling and giving his hand, like a living person. Li Shizhi was wearing a blue silk dark flower gown, tying his hair in a bun with ribbons at will, three strands of long hair fluttering, his face was kind, his smile was cute, and he was quite a bit of a fairy.

"See Left Phase." The crowd shook their hands in unison.

"Hehehe, Mr. Zhu is exempt from courtesy, sit down quickly." Li Shizhi slowly approached with his hands in one fell swoop.

How dare everyone sit down first, until Li Shizhi sat down on the main seat, then they sat down one after another; The wine and food were quickly served on the table, and soon it was full, and several maidservants carried tin pots to pour wine for everyone one by one, and after everyone was full, Liu Xun stood up with the wine glass.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have waited for the meeting of Li Gong Lixian, and it is a blessing that I have gathered here today, so let me wait for a glass of wine and thank Li Gong for a glass of wine."

Everyone got up and raised their glasses, Li Shizhi got up with a smile and said: "This first glass of wine should be the old man to respect you, all of you gentlemen are well-educated people in Chang'an, you can give a certain face, and you should be grateful to a certain family." Come on, do it first. ”

Li Shi drank the dry wine in one sip, lit up the bottom of the cup to show everyone, and everyone was busy pouring wine into their mouths, and some people were in a hurry and coughed.

Li Shizhi smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down, and said loudly: "Mr. Zhu can accept the old man's invitation to participate in the Pear Blossom Poetry Club today, and the old man is very happy. It is rumored that the old man participated in the Pear Blossom Poetry Club to compete with others, but the old man disdains to argue. However, the old man does have a competitive heart, and thinks that I have been reading poetry and books for decades, and if I write poems and write poems, I am not as good as an illiterate martial artist, and I will not die of shame. ”

Everyone knew what Li Shizhi meant, he was satirizing the right minister Li Linfu as a reckless man who was born a military attache and was illiterate. Li Shizhi and Li Linfu are fighting for power, this is already an open secret between the government and the opposition, and they no longer cover up each other's sarcasm behind their backs, and it is not surprising that they said this in the mansion.

But in fact, the most important purpose of a certain family is to take this opportunity to promote the country. A few days ago, the old man entered the Weiyang Palace in Nannei to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty personally asked me to find a way to recommend talents for the imperial court. On the one hand, the imperial court is thirsty for talents, and on the other hand, the well-educated people are not successful in the imperial examination, isn't this a strange thing? ”

"After thinking about it, I think that the main reason is not that you have no talent, but that the problem comes from the people who took the court from the court. The Ministry of Rites often renews the name but not the talent, but how many people in the world are full of wealth but it is difficult to go to high school because of their reputation, which is very wrong. Therefore, the old man asked Liu Xun Zhiqin Changmu and several other gentlemen to visit Chang'an City, and all the talented people gathered here, which was to take the opportunity of the Pear Blossom Poetry Club to make you famous in the world. If you have a good work at the Ewha Poetry Festival, it can be used as a submission to the old man, and the old man is responsible for recommending it to the Ministry of Rites, which is of great benefit to you. ”

Everyone was in a hurry, and Li Shizhi's words were exactly the stalk in the hearts of these people on weekdays. Those who don't think that they are rich and talented, they all think that what they lack is opportunities. After the imperial examination was landed, they all thought that the people who took the scholars were blind, and they didn't understand what a real talent was. Now that these words came out of Li Shizhi's mouth, it was suddenly like a wronged child who had met his father, and he couldn't wait to cry immediately.

An old Xiucai in his forties wearing a white-washed robe burst into tears and said loudly: "Li Xiangzhi's words, we have relatives in our hearts. I have been studying hard for decades, but I am not as good as some people who welcome the beard, Jinshike has taken the exam eleven times, and every year the mud cow enters the sea, I really don't know whose house is full of poems and books to sell, full of ambition to serve the imperial court, and who to put it into. ”

Several frustrated scholars felt the same way, and even cried.

Wang Yuan felt very funny, and Wang Yuan didn't have the slightest feeling for Li Shizhi's words, because he had never experienced a fiasco in the imperial examination, nor had he tasted the feeling of never meeting Huaicai, so he couldn't feel it. It was precisely because of this kind of sobriety that Wang Yuan realized that Li Shizhi's words were insincere.

Wang Yuan had already learned from Li Xin'er that this Pear Blossom Poetry Club was actually another place of secret battle for power between Li Shizhi and Li Linfu.

Wang Yuan thought about it and was relieved, maybe this is the weakness of these invited talents, it is useless to stimulate their fighting spirit, and this method is the most effective, judging from the situation of these people crying and crying like mourning, this is the manifestation of being hit in a vulnerable and sore spot.

Li Shizhi said a few words of relief, and these people also automatically converged, and after a while, they ate and drank and made a fuss. Li Shizhi's wine is very large, these people line up to toast, Li Shizhi's wine is dry and prosperous, not to say some officialdom anecdotes, everyone laughs, and the atmosphere is very harmonious and warm.

Wang Yuan didn't have the habit of toasting, but he was just interested in the delicacies on the table, and the chopsticks in his hand never stopped for a moment, stuffing his mouth slowly, burying his head in hard food.

"Erlang, Erlang. You should have a drink with Li Xiang, look, Li Xiang is looking at you. Liu Xunzhi, who was sitting on the side, reminded in a low voice.

Wang Yuanzheng lowered his head to deal with a roast lamb rib, and when he heard this, he hurriedly looked up, only to see Li Shizhi holding a glass and smiling at him.

"Little Brother Wang, let's meet again, won't you have a drink with the old man?"

Wang Yuan hurriedly wiped his oily hands, raised his wine glass and said: "Li Zuoxiang, thank you for your generosity in the West Market that day, those two yuan can solve the urgent need of the next, and I will toast you in the next." ”

Li Shiyi smiled, raised his glass and drank it, and Wang Yuan also drank all the wine in the cup.

"Come and sit down, I have something to say to you." Li Shizhi beckoned.

Liu Xun hurriedly got up and switched places with Wang Yuan.

"Listen to Xun Zhi, you don't want to live in Willow Garden? Think the scenery of the willow garden is too contrived? Li Shizhi laughed in a low voice.

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "That's the words of madness, Li Xiang is not strange." In fact, I don't want to have it alone, and I don't want to be loved by others. All I need is an ordinary house to live in. ”

Li Shizhi smiled slightly: "Are you not confident enough in your own ability, and are you afraid of others gossiping?" With your poem, the old man is very impressed. The old man told you this, you are different from them, although these people's poems are also good, but none of them can compare to you, the old man is looking forward to you being able to amaze the Quartet at the Pear Blossom Poetry Conference, so that the old man can contribute to your future as a matter of course. ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Do your best in making up your mind and live up to Li Xiang's love." ”

Li Shizhi: "Look at these people here, these people are all incompetent, thinking that they are talented, but in fact they are just mediocre people. The old man invited them to come, but it was just to fill the scene. ”

Wang Yuan opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Shizhi in surprise, he didn't expect Li Shizhi to say such a thing, which made Li Shizhi's status in his mind a little lower.

"But you are different, although the old man has only read two of your poems, he knows that you are not much higher than them. The old man hereby promises you that no matter whether you can win face for me Li Shizhi at the poetry meeting, I will try my best to recommend you. You remember, in this world, it is not possible to get ahead if you are talented, but also to be helped by someone, and the old man is willing to be your Bole and help you all the way. ”