The sky has gradually darkened, but two rows of lanterns have been lit downstairs in the Wangjiang Tower, illuminating a bamboo forest with light and shadow.

The wine banquet of the Lin Governor's Mansion has been set up, and the climate has been very good recently, although the wind by the river is strong, it seems cool.

From the afternoon onwards, the servants of the prefect's family began to get busy, and layers of bamboo mats purchased from the green god were spread on the ground, and auspicious patterns such as bats, orchids, and carp were woven on them, which looked exquisite.

Compared with the Shu embroidered silk hanging in the two pennies as a curtain, it is still a little worse.

The silks, which were so thin and almost transparent, fluttered up and down in the warm wind, and the butterflies and bees embroidered on them seemed to come to life, swirling and dancing in the light, changing different colors.

Even though they were well-informed, the scholars attending the meeting were still stunned by the scene in front of them.

Even the delicate foods such as the elegant fish, bamboo chrysalis and moon bear paws that were delivered like flowing water were forgotten to be used.

Wealth, this is the real atmosphere of wealth!

Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, not to mention Chengdu, which is only a place of ointment in Liangjing and Huaiyang. Lin Zhifu was born in a prestigious family, and he was determined to study and advance since he was a child. It's a pity that his luck is not good, and his fame stops at lifting people, so he has no choice but to go through the door and become an official.

Relying on the support of a close elder in the court, the eunuch journey was also smooth, and now he is the prefect of the big house. It's a pity that this person likes money a little, and he has made some money as an official in Chengdu, and he is very wealthy.

The number of people who came to this banquet today was not large, only forty or fifty people, but they were all young talents with meritorious reputations. In terms of the luxury of this banquet, it is three points stronger than the Tang Family Poetry Club.

The banquet has not officially begun, but the celebrities and gentlemen of Chengdu Mansion have already sat on the bamboo mats in twos and threes to drink and talk freely, and the lights and shadows are ethereal, showing elegance.

On the second floor of Wangjiang Tower, Wu Lun was talking to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young scholar with a flattering face: "Brother Zhiqin came from the capital to save his relatives this time, and he must have worked hard all the way. However, we have nothing else in Shu, so we produce a lot of fine wine. For example, the burning spring in Jiannan and the water well workshop in the city. I heard that Brother Tai had good wine, and Wu Lun specially sent two jars, which was not a tribute. ”

"Hehe, Mingqing has a heart." The seventeen or eighteen-year-old young scholar bowed his head slightly with a proud face. This person is Lin Tingchen, the younger brother of the Chengdu prefect, and the word is Zhiqin. He was born with red lips and white teeth, wearing a shirt of talent and fame, standing with Wu Lun, both of them are elegant and handsome.

Lin Tingchen said: "I like the wine of Shu very much, but it is very difficult to walk all the way. I finally arrived in Chengdu, but there was nothing surprising. Others say that Chengdu is Jinguancheng, I thought it was splendid everywhere, hum. ”

As he spoke, he sneered contemptuously: "Wangjiang Tower should be the most beautiful place in Chengdu, I think that's it." ”

In his words, he tried his best to belittle Chengdu, and the few slaves next to him were all locals, and they all showed resentment.

Wu Yan said: "Brother Zhiqin is right, this Chengdu is just an ordinary big city. Jinguancheng does not mean that there are brocades everywhere here, but that this is the distribution center of Shu brocade. Speaking of scenery, there is a strange place in this Wangjiang Tower. ”

He pointed to the bamboo forest below and said, "Those bamboos are very strange, the bamboos elsewhere are round, but the bamboos here are all square. ”

"It's not a big deal."

"That's, that's." Wu Lun echoed it flatteringly, and when the servants heard it, their hearts were even more unhappy, and their eyes were full of disdain when they looked at Wu Lun.

Lin Tingchen greatly belittled Sichuan for a long time before he pretended to be depressed and said: "There is still half a year to go, I am preparing for the exam in my hometown, but I was recruited to Chengdu by a letter from my brother, saying that I have to go to the capital after staying in Chengdu for a while. Thousands of miles away, the road is difficult, what a move. ”

Lin Tingchen and Lin Taishou's hometown is in Guizhou, and they have really tormented him along the way.

Wu Yan is such a well-behaved person, knowing that Lin Tingchen has something to say, he immediately pretended to be curious, and asked: "Brother Zhiqin is originally from Guizhou, and he will be Qiuqiu soon, why do you want to go to the capital, what if you delay your future?" ”

Lin Tingchen immediately pretended to be mysterious and whispered to Wu Yan: "That's the truth, don't hide it from Mingqing, I have already transferred my household registration to the capital." The capital is a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and the competition is fierce. If it is in Guizhou, this autumn is naturally easy. But when I went to the capital, it was difficult to say. ”

"Ah, I transferred to the capital, why is that? The younger brother can't figure it out, others are transferred to remote areas, why does Brother Tai want to go to a prosperous place such as Jingshi to join in the fun? However, it is very difficult to transfer to the capital, and I don't know how you can do it. Wu Lun was a little surprised in his heart, and he was also confused for a while, and he couldn't figure it out anyway.

It turned out that the admission quota of each province in the township examination of the Ming Dynasty was limited, and there were also preferential treatment for remote provinces. On the contrary, there are many restrictions on places like Jiangsu and Zhejiang where culture flourishes. Otherwise, in places such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, if there is no limit to the number of places, thousands of people will be tested a year, and other provinces will only have dry eyes.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and many candidates will transfer their household registration to remote areas in the year of the exam, thinking that they will have a little more certainty, which is quite the taste of later college entrance examination immigrants.

It's strange today, Lin Tingchen didn't stay in the Guizhou examination area, but he wanted to go to Shuntianfu to squeeze the single-plank bridge with a group of exam masters, can he do it?

didn't answer why he changed his nationality, Lin Tingchen smiled incomprehensibly: "It's just a transfer of nationality, what's the difficulty." My brother is a protégé of Mrs. Lu. ”

"Mrs. Lu, which Mrs. Lu?"

Lin Tingchen sneered, glanced at Wu Lun with disdain, and said secretly: Sure enough, it's a dirt bun, and he doesn't understand anything.

Lin Tingchen: "The crown prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, the prince and the young master Lu Gong, who do you say?" ”

"Ah, Lu Gong, Jin Yiwei commands Lu Gongbing!" Wu Tan stuttered, and sweat appeared on his forehead.

Lin Tingchen's face changed deliberately, and he said in a deep voice: "Ming Qing even said, you and I can be regarded as familiar at first sight." The reason for this matter can come out of my mouth and into your ears, and you must not spread it like the ears of others. That's right, if I transfer to the capital, maybe I really won't be able to lift people. However, it doesn't matter if you lift people or not. ”

"That's, that's, with Lu Gong's support, what's the point of being famous?" Wu Yan complimented repeatedly.

"No, although I have Lu Gong's support, if I can win the lift, it will be of great benefit to my future prospects. Actually, I also want to go to Beijing to enter the Shike after I am promoted in the Guizhou examination. It's a pity that the stakes are so high that I can't go. Lin Tingchen sighed deliberately and whispered in Wu Lun's ear: "To tell me the truth, Brother Mingqing, I went to the capital this time to marry Duke Lu's precious granddaughter." Lu Gong's body is not finished, and the doctor of the Tai Hospital said that he is afraid that he will not be able to survive this winter. The Lu family wanted me to enter Beijing to marry Chongxi. ”

"Ah, Lu ...... The granddaughter of Lu Gong. Wu Yan was dumbfounded, looking at Lin Tingchen's triumphant face, and his heart was crazy with jealousy. is the same person, why can he marry the granddaughter of the first eunuch of the dynasty?

This birdman, luck is too good.

The jealousy in his eyes flashed, and he was immediately replaced by flattery, Wu Yan: "Congratulations, Brother Lin, if you are rich and noble in the future, please bring your little brother with you." Hey, people's lives are different, Brother Lin can actually marry Lu Gong's granddaughter, it's so good! ”

"Haha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." Lin Tingchen couldn't help laughing: "I heard that you have always admired Yang Shen's niece Tang Mi, that is a talented girl." How, there can be progress. However, you are affectionate, Miss Tang may not be interested, but people have fiancés, so I am not worth it for you. ”

This sentence was like a knife inserted into Wu Lun's heart, his face changed, and he said hatefully: "Miss Tang has a marriage contract with my brother, you probably don't know that my brother is a fool, and his surname is extremely unbearable, and a flower is inserted into cow dung." ”

"Who said it wasn't, I've heard about your brother, and this matter has been causing a lot of trouble in Chengdu Mansion recently...... His name is Wu Jie...... Hehe, I actually plagiarized Miss Tang's poems, such a scumbag, I will be scolded once I see it. Lin Tingchen talked to Wu for a long time, and he also felt a little tired and wanted to find a place to rest for a while.

He was also a little impatient by Wu Yan, and said, "My brother is coming soon, I'd better go down to socialize first." By the way, I'm going to hold a poetry meeting later, I happened to write something, and I asked the talents in Shu to correct it. Wait a minute, if you have a new work, you might as well write it too. ”

Wu Lun will understand that Lin Tingchen is the protagonist of this night banquet, so others should not join in the fun: "Brother Lin is talented, I won't be ugly." ”

Lin Tingchen nodded with satisfaction: "That's it, you can also go down to eat." In fact, he had already arranged several literary meetings along the way. also wrote a lot of poems in advance, just waiting to create one after another Shilin stories, hoping to increase his weight in the mind of Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei.

With the energy of Jinyiwei, a poem will be made here, and it may not take two days for the poem manuscript to fall into the hands of the Lu family with a flying pigeon.

"Brother Lin, please." Wu Yan was about to step aside, but suddenly saw a familiar figure downstairs.

Immediately smiled, and said to Lin Tingchen: "Brother Lin, didn't you just say that you saw my family brother scolding once, and now the opportunity has come." ”

He pointed downstairs and said, "That's the Wenjuan Gong Wu Festival." ”

"Hey, it's him. Anyway, now that you and I are idle and bored, it is better to play with him. Lin Tingchen became interested.

It's a pity that when the two of them walked downstairs in a hurry, Wu Jie was gone. When asked, the official who was guarding the entrance of the banquet replied that the man had just said that he had come to the banquet, but because there was no invitation, he was stopped and went on his own.

Wu Lun was very disappointed in his heart, originally, relying on Lin Tingchen's power, he could make a good deal of fun with Wu Jie and let out a bad breath, but he didn't want to be disappointed.

sighed for a moment, and Lin Tingchen, who was beside him, saw that he had no fun and left.

Wu Lun hurriedly followed, this Lin Tingchen has a bright future, and he really has to follow.

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