The Wu brothers suffered a loss from Li Xian, so they had to hug their heads and run away, but they had no way to retaliate, and now they finally understood that Li Xian's gang was not as easy to deal with as the prince.

Because of the prince's self-respecting identity, he has a lot of worries, and he can't do anything to teach a lesson by force, but Li Xian is from the army, and his solution to the problem is to use his fists, and the Wu brothers' bodies can't withstand Li Xian's fists, so they have to sigh in vain.

They originally thought that they had enough power and soldiers in their hands, and Wu Chenghei was in charge of the carriages and horses in the palace, which could restrain Li Xian and make Li Xian jealous, but Li Xian didn't eat that set, and Li Xian didn't make trouble, but he was not afraid of it, once he provoked him, it would definitely be unforgiving, so they could only forcibly swallow it when they suffered a loss, and decided to temporarily forbear, and then find a way to teach this guy a lesson when they found an opportunity in the future.

After that, these guys began to gang up to bully the prince in order to find some sense of existence from here, and the prince did not want to cause trouble because of the escalating conflict with the Empress Wu, so he adopted a reluctant attitude towards their constant provocations.

The result of the prince's indulgence was that the Wu brothers did not take the princes more and more seriously, and later developed to the extent that they competed with the princes after meeting.

This day is the Lantern Festival in the second year of Xianheng, because the curfew was lifted that night, all the people rejoiced, so many princes, nobles and ordinary people poured into the streets to celebrate the festival.

Li Xian didn't want to join in the excitement, but Xiao Taiping just pulled Xiao Wan'er to him and asked him to take these two little girls to the street to enjoy the lanterns.

The Shangyuan Festival is worthy of being one of the most lively festivals in Datang, especially the annual night ban, which makes this already prosperous city empty of thousands of people. All kinds of musicians, such as those who swallow steel swords, run dry boats, walk ropes, dance horses and fight cocks, drill fire rings, and wrestle sumo wrestlers, are really wonderful and dizzying.

"Wow, seventh brother, Wan'er, look at it, it's such a big light wheel, what a lively song and dance." As soon as he came out of Anfumen, Xiao Taiping couldn't help but clap his hands and jump excitedly, pointed to a huge light wheel there, and said to Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er.

I saw that the lamp wheel was twenty zhang high, wrapped with various colors of silk brocade, gold and silver as decoration, hanging on the lantern ten thousand, the end is beautiful, it is full of praise.

Under the lantern wheel, there are hundreds of people singing and dancing around the lantern wheel, especially noticeable, there are more than 20 high-nosed and deep-eyed stunning orchids are doing Persian Hu whirling dance there, although the weather is bitterly cold, but those orchids show their white limbs and delicate navel, provoking people's emotions.

Wan'er grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, and if it wasn't for the light of peace this time, where would she be able to see this kind of lively scene, so she naturally clapped her hands and jumped excitedly.

At this time, I suddenly saw a man who looked like a businessman stepped forward, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "Everyone, in the next is the big shopkeeper of the Tang Dynasty business, today coincides with the Shangyuan Festival, 10,000 people are happy, we are here to have a lively time, and everyone has a play, the name is the poetry reward, please come to the literati to compare the poems, which one gets the first place, and we should offer a reward of 100,000 yuan to reward it." ”

The man is naturally Li Xian's single-handedly founded Xian Tang Dynasty business shopkeeper Ni Lai, these years under his support, the Tang Dynasty business has become the first business in the Tang Dynasty, in Chang'an and Luoyang each opened hundreds of shops, goods are involved in jewelry, spices, tea houses, silk, porcelain, tea, wine shops, shipbuilding, iron and other industries, what's more, this business even went abroad, and Zhenla, Waguo, Tianzhu, Dashi and other overseas places have trade contacts.

And the most convincing thing is that this business pays attention to integrity, never lacks catties and short two, shoddy, and the price code is even more particular about children's deception, not only that, this business has also helped the people many times, not only to provide low-interest loans for the people for a long time, to help the people through the crisis, and even in the year of famine, it has also opened porridge sheds many times to provide free food for the people.

The righteous deeds of this business even made the imperial court full of praise, so Gaozong specially issued an edict to allow the son of his chief treasurer, Ni Lai, to take the imperial examination.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the reputation of the Tang Dynasty business is all over the Tang Dynasty, and now the people have seen the big shopkeeper of the business in Chang'an, and see that there is still a lively scene to see, so they are naturally enthusiastic and immediately surround them, and the people who are a little talented are gearing up, ready to conquer everyone with their talents and learning, and get a huge bonus of 100,000 yuan.

So, after the big shopkeeper announced the start of the competition, dozens of people rushed forward to show their poems.

The big shopkeeper was also extraordinary, and immediately ordered people to distribute pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, so that all those who wrote poems were written on white paper, and then pulled out a few literati for evaluation.

What is surprising is that the literati found by the big shopkeeper turned out to be well-known scholars, including Lu Zhaolin, who is known as one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, such as Wang Bo Wang Zi'an, who is also the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, and Su Wei, who is also known as one of the four friends of the article with Du Xianyan.

When Li Xian heard that there were such four people on the review, even he couldn't help but be shocked, he really didn't expect Ni Lai to have the ability to invite these four, it seems that the development of Xiantang Business in recent years is indeed beyond his expectations.

You must know that Lu Zhaolin was born in the Fanyang Lu family, he just resigned two years ago, and it seems that he still had a lawsuit in Luoyang last year, and it is said that with his personality, it is impossible for him to give face to Ni Lai, who was born as a businessman.

And Wang Bo is even more difficult to do, because this person is now serving as a cultivator in the Pei Wangfu, and he is a hostile force to himself, and he can't win it out despite all his might, and I don't know how Ni Lai can let him give this face.

Du Xianyan's situation is even more complicated, although this person and Li Xian don't know each other, but the two are only gentlemen's friends, and they don't have any dealings at all on weekdays, even if they really have dealings, with Du Xunyan's personality, they will definitely not sell their face, they are willing to put down their bodies and talk about friendship with businessmen. However, Li Xian knows a little about his situation, although he is poor, but he has a good cup of things, it is estimated that he owes Ni Lai money for wine or something, owes favors, and has to make a scene.

As for Su Wei, in fact, Li Xian was not surprised, after all, this person is sleek, and he is more friendly with others, so it is natural to give face.

But no matter what, this time's poetry club can be regarded as a huge lineup, such as Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin, Du Xianyan, Su Wei and other world-famous talents, it is usually difficult to invite one, but now there are four at once, and the meaning is naturally extraordinary.

And those who participated in the competition heard that the judges were actually these people, and they couldn't help but be in high spirits, trying to make a poem, on the one hand, to win a huge prize, and on the other hand, it was also an opportunity to make a name for themselves.

At that time, in addition to the normal answer sheets, there was also a way to recommend one's poems to high-ranking officials and nobles, which was called Xingjuan. Of course, there are also some people who directly build momentum for themselves and spread their literary names to the examiner, so that the examiner can add "impression points" to themselves, thus prompting themselves to be selected.

And today, many literati have this purpose, and want to become famous through this poetry meeting.

You must know that this is outside the palace, and there are definitely many princes and nobles who watch the poetry meeting here, as long as they are appreciated, they can rise to prominence in the future.

Among the literati, a child of about ten years old and a middle-aged man with a gray beard were the most conspicuous, both of whom were quick thinkers who completed their poems almost in one go.

What's even more shocking is that when the white-bearded man handed in the poem, he suddenly heard Lu Zhaolin say in surprise: "Brother Sightseeing? ”

When Lu Zhaolin said this, he saw that all the judges looked at the gray beard in surprise, and then saluted in unison.

But seeing the white beard, he sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Sheng (Lu Zhaolinzi), Brother Bijian (Du Xunyan), Brother Zi'an (Wang Bozi), Brother Wei, Neizi is seriously ill, and he has no money to treat, and he was almost kicked out by the landlord today, and came here in desperation, wanting to sell calligraphy and painting to earn some money, and solve the problem of housing expenses first, but he didn't want to have a poetry club here, so he ignored his old age, and fought with his juniors to win or lose, and asked the princes not to laugh." ”

But he heard Lu Zhaolin salute and sighed softly: "The so-called Luo Bin King, one of the four masters, has fallen to this point, isn't it sad?" ”

"Huh? What did he say? Luo, Luo Bingwang? Thanks to Li Xian's better hearing, otherwise he would have missed this crucial piece of information, and it was precisely because he heard it that he was even more shocked: "It turns out that this person is so down." ”

In fact, for the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, Li Xian first knew that this Luo Bin Wang, that poem is said to have been made when he was seven years old has long become a must for the enlightenment of children in his time, and when he came to this era, he also made people pay attention to this king, but unfortunately he has not encountered it, until last year when he fought with Tubo, I heard that this duke actually volunteered to go to the Western Regions to fight, and the emperor agreed happily, but unfortunately this person followed another road at that time, That is, in the army of Ashina Duzhi, who was responsible for appeasing the four towns of Anxi, according to the development of history, he should continue to fight there until the four towns of Anxi were lost and entered Shu, but he did not expect that now that the Tang army has recovered the four towns of Anxi, he actually returned to Chang'an, and he fell to this point. (To be continued.) )