Chapter 418: Observation Tower
The Beijing Poetry Club is said to be a competition in poetry and songs, and it is better to say that it is a grand ceremony for students from the north and south to gather.
The number of scholars who came to participate in the poetry meeting, whether they were invited, or took the initiative to sign up, or just came to watch the ceremony, there were tens of thousands of people, if you added those who didn't know poetry at all to join in the fun, the number of people was even more, Ji Ning also wanted to go to the direction of the Confucian Temple with Tang Xie and others, and after walking for a long time, he had a feeling that this ghost place could be pregnant if it was crowded.
"There are too many people in the Temple of Literature, let's go elsewhere and see what attractions are cashiers, we can go in and hide quietly!" In the end, even Tang Xie himself was discouraged, and took Ji Ning and the others to the outside of the crowd.
Ji Ning thought to himself, at this time, it is inevitable that there will be a stampede accident, so it is better to find a good place to drink tea and see the scenery.
Originally, it was also the late autumn season, and the capital was desolate in late autumn on weekdays, and it was rare that there would be a large number of people coming out at this time when there would be a Beijing Poetry Club.
I wanted to find a teahouse, but the teahouses around the Gongyuan were occupied by dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and a few people could only walk outside the crowd, looking at the surging crowd and sighing.
"Yongning, it seems that we have to find another way to get close to the Gongyuan. Today's poetry meeting, there are too many fucking people! ”
Because of his irritable mood, Tang Xie directly burst into foul language.
Ji Ning didn't say anything, for him, this kind of poetry club was just a place to join in the fun, but now he wanted to leave this bustling and mediocre street and find a place to hide quietly.
Han Yu said: "It's still like this, let's find a viewing tower and go up directly, just spend more silver." In these places, you may not need more than one or two dollars of silver on weekdays, and you may need one or two taels of silver to return the refreshments! ”
"Okay, let's go!" Tang Xie was also a little irritable, and immediately led people to the direction of the observation tower.
Tang Xie explained on the road: "Some of the surrounding observation towers are very elegantly arranged, because this is a place where students come to rest, and the famous sayings and aphorisms of the sages of the past dynasties are also hung on the walls, and some will hang some celebrity calligraphy and paintings...... But many of them are fakes, and the real thing is impossible to get out. Yongning, that's a good place, next to the Royal Observation Tower, although a little shorter, but we can also enjoy the scenery when we go up! ”
"Hmm." Ji Ning nodded, he didn't want to mix more subjective opinions in it this time, he was more willing to listen to the arrangements of Tang Xie and others.
It doesn't have to be so eye-catching in everything.
Before the group arrived at the observation tower, there were many people gathered in front of the observation tower, but there were very few people who really went in, and it stands to reason that this kind of observation tower should be overcrowded.
"Several, unfortunately, there are some exquisite dishes arranged in the viewing building today, as well as a few genuine calligraphy and paintings of famous artists in the world, if a few people want to go in and enjoy it, then it is okay, fifty taels of silver per person, refuse to bargain!" The guy in the observation tower was at the door, with an arrogant look, and his expression seemed to say, we finally waited for three years to wait for the Beijing Poetry Club, this is a good opportunity for us to pit you, how will we live in the future if we don't pit you?
Ji Ning smiled: "You haven't opened for three years, and you have been open for three years?" ”
The guy's face was not very good-looking, and he said: "Don't come up if you don't have money, you have a southern accent when you hear it, or we are more educated in the north, you look at the students inside, they are basically my students from the north!" ”
Ji Ning squinted at the guy, this guy will also use regional disputes to provoke, it is obvious that some students originally held some regional prejudices in the north and south, which would be provoked by him like this, and those who didn't want to give out the silver would also give the silver.
Sure enough, Tang Xie said disdainfully: "Look down on people or what?" ”
At this time, Qin Feng and Wu Bei suddenly walked over, they seemed to be deliberately staring at Ji Ning and the others, and when they saw that Ji Ning and the others were about to enter the observation tower, they themselves had to come over to join in the fun.
"Fifty taels for one person, right? This silver is worth it! Qin Feng asked his entourage to take out the silver exchange ticket, and said, "There are eight of us, and here are four hundred and fifty taels of silver, is it enough?" ”
The guy immediately accompanied the smiling face and said with a smile: "That's natural, it seems that there are also cool and generous students in the south, and a few sons are really generous, please upstairs!" ”
As he spoke, he took the initiative to invite Qin Feng and the others upstairs.
Qin Feng, Wu Bei and the others looked arrogant, walked past Tang Xie and the others, and walked towards the door of the first floor of the observation tower, and when they walked past Ji Ning, Wu Bei was still sneering: "I am willing to spend 20,000 taels of silver to win the hearts of beauties, and now I can't spend 50,000 taels of silver to come in for recreation, there are really such alternative people in the world!" ”
"Damn, this is sincerely finding fault with us, right?" Tang Xie said angrily, "Originally, I wanted to go in to see the scenery, but when he said this, I didn't want to go in yet!" ”
The guy came out again and continued to provoke: "If you don't have any money, you say you don't have any money, and you don't want to go in?" The royal garden next to it doesn't cost anything, but you can also get in! ”
Tang Jie's temper was not very good, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but start beating people, he couldn't stand this kind of wretched anger the most.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a relatively neutral voice from the side, and said, "Isn't this Ji Ning Ji Gongzi?" ”
Ji Ning looked sideways and saw Zhao Yuanxuan dressed in men's clothes, looking at him with a smile, and Zhao Yuanxuan came down from the Royal Observation Tower next door.
"Zhao Gongzi?" Ji Ning looked at Zhao Yuanxuan, he didn't know what the hell this little girl had in his heart, he could only bow slightly.
Zhao Yuanxuan walked over, glared at the guy, and said proudly: "Ji Gongzi, I am watching the scenery next door with my brother, and I saw that you brought your friends to the Gongyuan, why don't you go up with us to enjoy the scenery, how about it?" ”
Only then did Ji Ning know that Zhao Yuanxuan had come to help him out of the siege.
"No need!" Ji Ning glanced overhead, the gauze tent was swirling, and the windows were very thick, but he could vaguely detect that there were people upstairs, and there were probably people in the royal family, and he didn't want to go to this kind of place to attract attention.
Zhao Yuanxuan originally still hated the guy who didn't know each other, but she glared at Ji Ning again, as if she was blaming Ji Ning for not accepting her favor.
"This Zhao Gongzi, my brother Yongning is familiar with each other?" Tang Xie and the others saw Zhao Yuanxuan, but they came over to say hello very warmly.
The guy just said that you have the ability to go to the royal observation tower, but someone from above invited you, and this timing is also very coincidental.
Zhao Yuanxuan said: "Brother Ji is an old acquaintance of Jinling City, I thought he would go upstairs to have tea with us, but who knew that he didn't appreciate it!" ”
"Where, our Brother Yongning likes to make friends all over the world, Brother Yongning, it's rare for this Zhao Gongzi to invite you, don't violate her face, let's go up to have a cup of tea together, take a break for a while, just let us all rely on your brilliance!" Tang Xie said with a smile, he didn't give Ji Ning a chance to refuse.