Chapter Twenty-Six: A Thousand Miles
"Hey, it's said that you're good at poetry, is it true?"
Hearing the crisp and mellow sound of this yellow warbler out of the valley, Li Xi was subconsciously stunned, and then raised his head to find the location of this sound. Then he realized that there seemed to be something different in today's class.
The experience of the past ten days has made Li Xi know that there are more than a dozen or completely unfamiliar or slightly familiar faces in this Mao choir every day, and after these occasional people who come to listen to the class arrive, they often just quietly find a place to sit down and listen to the class, at most, they whisper a few words with their friends, probably to make an appointment to go to eat and drink together after school, and when the doctor or teaching assistant arrives, they will quickly calm down and listen to the lecture as seriously as everyone else.
But today, there seem to be more people coming, there are more than 20 people, that is to say, class is about to start, and there are more than 40 people in the classroom, which is the largest number of people in the more than ten days that Li Xi has come here to class.
Also, it seems that the atmosphere is quite different.
Originally, when someone came, except for a few people who knew each other well, everyone else was still busy with what they should do, but as soon as these people came, it seemed that everyone greeted them, and thirty or forty people gathered together, talking and laughing, and it was so lively.
Staying in the center of the scene faintly as the focus, there are a total of three people.
One of them was dressed in a luxurious moon-white rolling yarn regular dress, wearing a royal blue hat, inlaid with beads and jade, and hanging a fish bag from his waist, about the age of about twenty, and he looked extremely handsome.
The other was wearing the shirt that the scholar was accustomed to, although it was also a new dress, but he stood beside the luxurious boy and brother in a plain body, but he unconsciously gave people a shabby feeling.
He is about twenty years old this year, and he looks energetic, especially with full eyebrows and a sparse expression. It's just that at this time, when facing the luxurious son who is extravagant and heroic at the same time, he will still subconsciously feel a little ashamed of himself, so that he will be a little nervous.
The other is the owner of the voice.
She was half a head shorter than the two men, but the plain scholar's shirt was worn on her, and she wore the same hat as a man, but she suddenly looked much more energetic and brighter than the others. In particular, although she did not deliberately tighten her waist, she still showed a graceful posture with a light waist and a buckle of the rhino gold and jade belt.
She was staring at the man in the shirt across from her, her eyes full of adoration at the sight of an idol, but most of the eyes in the classroom were on her.
Who is Cen Shen? No one knows, and most of them aren't very interested.
On the contrary, although the woman in front of her wore a scholar's shirt and dressed as a man, she did not shy away from her daughter's identity, so whether it was her beautiful figure, crisp and lovely voice, or her pretty face, it was enough to attract the attention of most people.
Of course, more importantly, Yang Wei is a character who doesn't appear very often, but as soon as he appeared today, the first thing he did was to greet the female son-in-law in the past, and he was called Li Gongzi, do you think, is this woman's identity simple?
Many people have begun to speculate about who this woman is, but there are too many officials surnamed Li in Chang'an City, so there is no need to mention the royal side, there are said to be five or six princesses of the imperial family who are around fifteen or sixteen years old, and others such as King Xue and King Qi also have daughters of about this age. As for the secretaries of the court, there are also many people with the surname Li, not to mention anything else, the more famous ones are Li Linfu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Li Ang, and Li Chang Li Shizhi, who has just been appointed as the imperial historian.
However, no matter who this woman is, everyone only needs to know that even Yang Wei has great respect for her in her speech and demeanor.
Yang Wei is also a student of Guozixue, his father is the Captain of the Horse, the Duke of Guanguo, the General of Zuo Qianniuwei, and Yang Shenjiao of the Zhu State, and his mother is the daughter of His Majesty Xianzhongzong, Princess Changning, and now she is respected as the eldest princess of Changning.
Although Yang Huan has not been awarded an official so far, everyone knows that although his father Yang Shenjiao has passed away for several years, his mother is still alive, as long as she is there, it will not be a problem for Yang Huan to have a future of five or six grades.
There were even rumors recently that Concubine Li, Concubine Hui and other ladies in the palace all valued this Yang Hui's talent, so they asked His Majesty several times to take the princess to Shangzhi. Although he may not have much power in the future, a rich and leisurely future is nine out of ten.
This kind of character is naturally the object that everyone likes to befriend.
It's just that this Yang Wei came to school today, obviously not to make friends with many students, he looked more like he wanted to pimp a pair of men and women, because as soon as he came, before he could be polite to the students, he first introduced the young man named Cen Shen to everyone. Of course, the focus is on introducing the son-in-law surnamed Li.
According to him, this Cen Shen was also born in a eunuch, originally from Nanyang, and now lives in Jiangling, Jingzhou, his great-grandfather, uncle, and uncle were all officials to the prime minister, and his father was also the official of the state assassin for two times, but unfortunately he died early, so the family declined. He recently came to Chang'an to ask for a job, but unfortunately their family's shadow has long been gone, after arriving in Chang'an, although he also worshiped a lot of families, it is said that he also made a lot of poems to offer, but unfortunately not many people are willing to take care of him.
It's just that later, the son-in-law surnamed Li didn't know where she heard a few poems by Cen Shen, and she immediately admired it, so she asked Yang Xun, a character who is used to opening the first scene of Chang'an City, to help.
In fact, before that, Yang Xun didn't care much about Cen Shen, but later the son-in-law surnamed Li opened his mouth, although he was not happy, but he couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to find Na Cen Shen, and today he specially brought him to Guozixue, and took the opportunity to introduce him to the son-in-law surnamed Li.
It's just that at this time, in the face of the girl's inquiry, I don't know whether I was confused by the other party's beauty, or I was surrounded by so many people and had some stage fright.
"This son praised it falsely, and Cen Mou has also learned to compose poetry, but he doesn't dare to be a son's 'very good'."
There is nothing wrong with what he said, but his voice is obviously wrong, which is obviously the performance of the hillbillies in the eyes of these noble children in Chang'an City, who have received etiquette and other education since childhood. Therefore, not to mention that Yang Wei twisted his face, even the other students either lowered their heads and chuckled, or twisted their heads to express their disdain like Yang Huan.
It's just that the girl who was worshipping idols at this time obviously didn't care at all, and just continued excitedly: "Mr. Cen's "Feelings" is really well written, and I only heard someone read it once and immediately remembered it. Before it could be picked, the autumn wind blew and killed. You don't see the clouds and green pine ke, even if the autumn wind is helpless. At four times, he often made green and daisy, and poor Du Hua did not know each other. ”
After reciting, she squinted her eyes and shook her head cutely, and sighed: "It's so well written!" I used to like Mr. Zhang Jiuling's "Feelings" very much, but now it seems that Mr. Cen's "Feelings" is no worse than Mr. Zhang's! ”
At this time, after listening to the son-in-law surnamed Li reading Cen Shen's poem, the students present all showed thoughtful expressions, and after a while, the disdain and contempt on everyone's faces unconsciously disappeared a lot, and the eyes that looked at Cen Shen became polite one by one. It's just that Yang Xun doesn't know much about poetry, at this time, seeing that everyone has changed the color, and he also knows that the son-in-law's statement is not unreasonable, so he also followed a few times and said: "Brother Cen is not the only good poem, Brother Cen, if there are any great works recently, you can also read them out for everyone to hear!" ”
It was not until this time that the restrained look on Cen Shen's face gradually faded a little, and there was a touch of self-satisfaction and pride on his face that scholars are accustomed to. ”
As soon as he said this, everyone felt that this person's face became more and more cute, not completely arrogant, so some people began to laugh and talk to him, and at this time, Cen Shen may have begun to gradually adapt to this scene, and his speech is not so stumbling, but it can be regarded as a decent response.
At this time, the son-in-law surnamed Li actually stayed quietly aside, but her eyes were never willing to leave Cen Shen, and her eyes were only full of admiration. is like a little girl in the later life who suddenly saw the singer or movie star she was obsessed with, simple and enthusiastic.
After such a kung fu, Li Xi first looked over there in confusion for a while, and then began to pull an acquaintance, and from his mouth, he generally knew the situation before he came, and also learned a little about Yang Xun's background.
When he heard the name Cen Shen at first glance, he was surprised for a moment, and then there was some surprise - the name Cen Shen, he naturally knew it, in later generations, as long as he graduated from high school, I am afraid that few people will not know this name, because he is one of the famous poets of the Tang Dynasty!
It's just that after the surprise, he laughed in his heart...... Even Yang Guozhong and Mrs. Qiu Guo have seen it, and now one of them is his own subordinate servant, and the other is simply his bedman. The worship complex of this historical celebrity is naturally much smaller unconsciously.
Besides, no matter how good Cen Shen is, it seems that he is about the same age as himself at the moment, how powerful can he be? If Li Bai Dufu came over, maybe he could let himself deliberately come forward to make friends and ask for an autograph or something, this Cen Shen didn't seem to be very necessary. Anyway, he is only in his twenties, and he is in Chang'an now, and there is an opportunity to meet him in the future.
After erasing this complex in his heart, his attention returned to the woman surnamed Li. Tossed and turned to find an acquaintance to inquire, the feeling of this woman has really been here many times, but maybe the head, sometimes seven or eight times a month, sometimes it may be a few months without seeing her, now she is full of anticipation, presumably just came over and waited to get acquainted with that Cen Shen.
And speaking of this, the acquaintance couldn't help but show a lonely look, in his opinion, although this son-in-law surnamed Li only knows the surname but doesn't know who she is from, but she can be qualified to make Yang Xun, the son of the captain of the horse, so respectful and polite, thinking that the identity must be unspeakably expensive, not to mention that she is still so young and beautiful, and she is also a person who is willing to read poetry and like poetry, which is a wonderful beauty who is seventeen or eighteen years old in school, and is a young man who knows lust and Mu Shaoai, is naturally a wonderful beauty, but it is a pity, I can't make a good poem like Cen Shen, and I can't impress a beautiful woman.
After understanding this, Li Xi laughed again in his heart.
After hearing that conversation at the door of Guozixue last time, one is that he is very curious about that beautiful voice, and the other is that he is very puzzled about whose "master" knows and approves of himself so well, so he subconsciously wants to figure out who this woman is.
But at the moment, people may have just heard some things about themselves from their parents, so they were a little curious for a while, so they came over to see what Li Xi was born like...... I really can't talk about it.
Thinking about this, Li Xi laughed at himself, and then talked and laughed with that acquaintance, and at the end the man also laughed, and said: "That's right, this is by chance, I can't force it, haha, thank you Brother Li for your enlightenment." ”
Li Xi smiled, then sat down in front of his seat and began to read the book, waiting for the teaching assistant to teach later.
It's just that at this time, it seems that Cen Shen was asked about the embarrassing encounter after coming to Chang'an, and the woman surnamed Li was a little indignant when she heard it, and angrily accused those people of having no vision, and then rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "I remember, today it seems that there is a banquet in the mansion of the new imperial historian Li Chang Li?" Would you like to go over and have a few glasses of wine? ”
Then she turned her head to look at Yang Xun, and called him by his name: "Yang Xun, I know that you have a big face, this little thing is not a problem, right?" ”
When Yang Wei heard this, she naturally knew that she wanted to use a field in Li Shi's house to help Cen Shen become famous, and even the people around her, including Cen Shen, understood her meaning in one sentence.
Yang Wei was naturally not willing to help Cen Shen make a name for himself, and even looked at the admiring eyes of the woman surnamed Li in front of him for Cen Shen, he didn't know how uncomfortable it was, but since the other party said this, he was really not easy to refuse.
Moreover, for him, a communicator who is very good at grasping the scene and dealing with interpersonal relationships, even if he is very uncomfortable at this time, he will still have a bold look on his face, and the discomfort in his heart is only a flash, he has already said: "What's so difficult about this, Li Gongzi rest assured, this matter will be wrapped up in me Yang Xun!" Li Guo, the eldest son of Master Li's family, and I have known each other since childhood, and the relationship has always been good. ”
As soon as he said this, the woman surnamed Li nodded and smiled, and looked at Cen Shen as if she was invited, and Cen Shen also looked grateful and inexplicably thanked Yang Wei again and again.
You must know that Li Shizhi has always been known as a celebrity, although he is not as famous as He Zhizhang Zhang Xu and others, but he is also one of the idols of scholars, not to mention that he is still a member of the imperial family, and this identity is suddenly even more precious. The characters that Cen Shen visited before were almost not on the same level as him.
At this time, he had just been promoted to the imperial historian and moved back to Chang'an, to set up a banquet at home to invite some old acquaintances and new friends to the house to celebrate, thinking that the scene must be very grown, to be able to go to his banquet to drink a glass of wine and show his face, of course, it is a very long-term thing, if you can make a good poem, won the favor of a nobleman, it is even more wonderful.
In short, this is a stage that is too good to be good for Cen Shen, who is trying to make a name for himself.
Of course, Cen Shen knew how many catties and taels he had, and he knew that with his poems alone, he was really not qualified to let Yang Hui, the son of the Duwei family, help him with this, so after thanking Yang Hui, he thanked the son-in-law surnamed Li very solemnly.
At this time, the woman surnamed Li smiled proudly, her face was completely proud of a little girl, and then, she looked around, and saw that everyone was looking at Cen Shen with envy, so she turned to Yang Wei more and more and said: "Okay, since you say so, then Yang Xun, if you have the ability, you can get all of us over, everyone wants to go over and drink a glass of wine, and just sit back and watch Mr. Cen become famous today!" ”
Everyone was in high spirits when they heard the words, and Yang Wei couldn't help but be bitter, but in front of so many people, his big words were blown out, and he was not stage frightened at the moment, even when he said: "Okay, then when the doctor comes, everyone will collectively go to ask for leave, and today we will go to Li Guo's house to eat!" ”
Everyone was excited when they heard the words and thanked them loudly.
Of course, they knew that even if they went, they would only go to Cen Shen as an audience, and this was the reason why the son-in-law surnamed Li spoke, but everyone was still very happy to have this opportunity to go to Li Shizhi's house to see the big scene and drink by the way.
Of course, there must be a few people who are not very lively, and they are still honest Wen Shu at this time, such as Li Xi.
At this time, some people began to return to their seats to pack their schoolbags, and only a few people were still chatting and laughing with Yang Xuncen and the others. There are also two people who usually have a good relationship and saw that Li Xi was still reading books, so they said: "Let's go, Brother Li, let's go and drink a glass of wine together!" ”
Li Xi shook his head when he heard this, thanked him politely, and said, "I won't go, I'll go home later, you must have fun." ”
As early as three days ago, Li Guo's eldest nephew had personally come to the door to deliver an invitation, so he would definitely go today, anyway, he was very familiar with Li Shizhi, even if he went later, it was nothing, so the original plan was to rush over directly after school, and at this time, he naturally felt that there was no need to make up for this fun.
It's just that at this time, there is a humane: "Hey, Brother Li, it's not good that you're always so unsociable, last time Brother Xiao Ting invited everyone to eat and drink, you didn't go, this time you didn't go, did you not want to be with us?" Or is there a beautiful woman hidden in the house? Rare moments of scratching your heart? ”
As soon as these words came out, the students who were close to the classroom immediately burst into laughter, and then a few other acquaintances said: "Yes, Brother Li, go, everyone is going, it's not good if you don't go." ”
Li Xi smiled helplessly when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and thought that what people said was also reasonable, so he said: "In this way, thank you for your kindness, and thank you Brother Yang and Li Gongzi, then I will also go over to have a lively drink and drink." ”
"That's right!" Several people laughed slowly.
At this time, when I heard the conversation here, the people who were talking and laughing over there also turned their heads.
There was a hint of helplessness in Yang Wei's bold face, Cen saw Li Xi arching his hand, so he also smiled at him, completely unconscious, as for the woman surnamed Li, she just glanced over here dispensably, and seemed to see Li Xi, but she didn't go to her heart at all, and she didn't have the excitement when she went to Guozixue to wait for Li Xi more than ten days ago, but it seemed that she had forgotten that there was such a person as Li Xi.
Li Xihun packed his schoolbag carelessly, and when it was class time, the teaching assistant of today's class happened to come over, so Yang Xun went over to greet him, explained the reason, and asked for leave on behalf of everyone.
The teaching assistant should have recognized Yang Wei as a celebrity in the circle of Chang'an sons, and he didn't say anything when he heard this reason, but after allowing everyone's leave, he said that everyone would have fun, and then looked at the scene and found that most of the people were packing their schoolbags, so he simply smiled bitterly and said that he would simply have a holiday this morning, and he would not teach for the time being, and everyone would be on their own.
As a result, even those who were silently studying like Li Xi suddenly had nothing to do, so they simply packed their schoolbags and decided to follow everyone to the new Imperial Doctor's house to drink wine.
When it was about to be time to go to class, the gate of Guozi School suddenly became lively again, and the entire Mao poetry class was almost collectively dispatched, and for a while the carriages and horses moved, everyone talked and laughed and walked out of the door, and each got into their own carriage, and then the carriage convoy was led by Yang Wei's carriage and went straight to Li Shizhi's mansion.
In one of the carriages, there were two women dressed as men, and the shorter one frowned and asked the other, that is, the female son surnamed Li, "Miss, last month, you said that you liked Chang Jian's poems and praised him as the number one in the world, and then six days ago, you said that you admired Wang Changling, and the day before yesterday, you suddenly liked this Cen Shen's poem, this ...... Isn't it a change of mind? ”
(To be continued)