There is a "Yunxuan" in Bianjing City, and the owner of Yunxuan is the king of Meyer's Mansion, is there anyone in Bianjing City who doesn't know the king? From the fragrant cake coal in Jincheng to the splendid pavilion of the famous imperial plaque famous in the capital for "frying" and "exploding", these are the handiwork of the king.

This "Yunxuan" removed the grille at the door, and on the day the fence was removed, there were many people around the door, but this tea shop was very different from the usual tea shop. Instead of a tea doctor who greets guests at the door of the tea shop, it is replaced by a strong gatekeeper. The verandah on the second floor of the tea shop was also demolished and replaced with windows. It is simply impossible to see the layout from the outside.

Early in the morning, a group of girls came out of Meyer's Mansion, more than a dozen people, all of whom were slim and delicate, dressed in exactly the same clothes, and they walked from Meyer's Mansion to "Yunxuan".

These maidens are not like ordinary maids, much less like courtesans, or prostitutes. A smile and a gesture are full of everyone's beautiful demeanor. These girls are dignified, kind but rarely think about it.

These girls were walking on the street, attracting passers-by to stop and watch, and some followed these girls, and when they saw that the girls had entered Yunxuan, they were even more curious about Yunxuan.

There were several sedan chairs parked at the door of Yun Xuan, and those who could enter Yun Xuan all held a silver medal in their hands. There is a corridor on the pedestal of Yunxuan, and the tables and chairs in the corridor are reserved for the entourage who come with them. Each person who enters Yunxuan can only bring in a maximum of one scholar.

If you don't have a silver medal, you can't enter, and this rule is posted on the bulletin board outside Yunxuan.

Shen Kuo had just come out of the printing factory, and the preparations were almost there, so Shen Kuo was the latest to Yunxuan today, and before he arrived at the door of Yunxuan, he saw that there was a flood at the door of Yunxuan. Some looked inside on tiptoe, and one person looked back and saw Shen Kuo. shouted, "Lord Shen is here." ”

Some people surrounded Shen Kuo, Shen Kuo was taken aback, although Shen Kuo can only be regarded as a small official in the capital, but Shen Kuo loves to visit the folk novelties, the reason why he was able to write the book "Mengxi Writings" later naturally has a lot to do with his usual accumulation.

Curious people surrounded Shen Kuo, and some asked, "Lord Shen, are you going to Yunxuan?" "Shen Kuo was confused, could it be that there was something wrong with going to Yunxuan? He arched his hands to the crowd and said, "Everyone, let me go."

"Lord Shen, what is so rare in Yun Xuan? Tell us about it. Is it only when you are an official can you enter? Someone in the crowd asked.

Shen Kuo couldn't figure out who was asking: "No, no, that Yunxuan is just a tea shop, but those who can go to Yunxuan are not necessarily officials, mainly to learn and learn." ”

He replied as he walked inside. He didn't say that it was okay to see and learn, but there were more people around Yun Xuan to see it. This period is wonderful, according to the past system, the number of people from all over the world to the capital is no less than 3,000. At present, all the large and small shops in Bianjing City are full, and the streets are full of lifters, and most of them are people who rely on their own talents.

I heard that this Yunxuan was selected based on talent, and many people inquired how to get this silver medal. This Shen Kuo really didn't know, it was easy to break through the encircled crowd and enter Yunxuan, but he was embarrassed, his hat was crooked, and his shoes were almost stepped on.

After entering the door, the vision made Shen Kuo even more dumbfounded, and he saw a screen blocking the scene inside, bypassing the screen, dozens of people on the first floor. They are all the top three and calligraphy and painting celebrities in the past ten years, most of these people have been officials in the dynasty, like Zeng Gong, Zeng Bu, and more young sons, like Na Yuan Ze Zhongzhen, as well as romantic talents like Su Xun and Su Zhe. Even the scholars around them are all clear-eyed and shrewd.

In short, these people are all today, who can be named in calligraphy and painting, except for those who are officials in Bianjing, and all those who can come in or near the capital have come. Shen Kuo sighed, no wonder there were so many people at the door of Yunxuan,

These people are holding a plate in their hands, or standing, or sitting, or chatting in groups, and the plates in their hands are full of melons, fruits or pastries. Some were holding wine glasses, and the exclusive girl was holding a jug, and when she saw that the wine in her cup was gone, she came over and took the initiative to add it.

In the middle of the room was a table one foot long and seven feet wide, and the table was full of wine, melons and fruits, and all kinds of pastries. Anyone can take it as they please. On the east side of the room was a staircase leading to the second floor, Shen Kuo nodded to the people who were chatting and talking, and Yuan Ze greeted him. Shen Kuo couldn't help asking: "If you don't have it, what kind of fame are you doing?" ”

Yuan Ze also rushed through the crowd to enter Yunxuan, and couldn't help laughing when he saw Shen Kuo so embarrassed: "If only I knew, my younger brother's novelty all day long is to tell everyone to help themselves." ”

Shen Kuo was very confused when he heard it: "What is self-help?" ”

Yuan Ze pointed to the food on the table, and then looked at the people in the room: "It's just to help yourself, eat and drink as you like." ”

Shen Kuo asked Yuan Ze in a low voice: "To be honest, if there is no brother in this business, if we really pay for the money, we will not accompany our old capital." ”

Wang Bian walked from the steps of the second floor, and saw Shen Kuo who came in at the door talking to Yuan Ze, and walked closer and asked, "What are the two brothers talking about here?" ”

Shen Kuo glanced at him: "Talk about your new thing." ”

"Come on, Brother Shen, do you want to visit the second floor." The king smiled and gestured to them.

Yuan Ze said: "I'll take Brother Shen there, I just want to go up and drink tea." With that, the two of them went upstairs.

Wang next to the downstairs to greet the guests, after a while Lu Shenyan came back from outside, Wang next to see him with a happy face. Lu Shenyan walked up to the king and said in a low voice, "Childe, I have inquired." Now the bidding outside has reached eighty taels of silver and a silver medal. After speaking, I saw that the king had no other expression except for the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

Eighty taels of silver are not enough for the cost of this silver medal, and the heavyweights have not yet arrived, so the king does not look at these dozens of taels of silver. While waiting, a small sedan chair stopped under the pedestal, and a person walked out of the sedan chair, flashed the silver medal, and the gatekeeper let the person in.

There was a commotion outside the door, and I heard someone say: "Isn't that Lord Ouyang Xiu, who was the chief examiner of the last imperial examination?" Some shouted behind them: "Lord Ouyang Xiu, can you reveal the topic of this year's scientific examination?" This attracted more people around the door of Yunxuan.

Ouyang Xiu heard the noise behind him, and he also knew that on this street, especially in the year of scientific research, there were many people in Bianjing City. He stood on the base of Yunxuan and looked back, and saw dozens of people who looked like candidates being stopped outside, some shouted, Lord Ouyang Xiu, and some even shouted, Lord Ouyang Xiu asked. Ouyang Xiu was actually proud in his heart.

Wang saw that important people had arrived, Su Shi and others also saw their teachers coming, and they were all busy coming over to greet them, and Ouyang Xiu was busy waving his hand, all of them came to drink tea and talk about learning, different officialdom, don't be unfamiliar. Even so, there is joy in my heart. Who doesn't want to be praised? Especially since there was that sensation just outside the Yunxuan Gate.

When Wang saw Ouyang Xiu's expression, he knew that his careful arrangement had an effect. He smiled slightly, stepped forward and said, My father is waiting for Master Ouyang Xiu in the tea room upstairs.

Ouyang Xiu was also the same as Shen Kuo, he was first surprised when he saw the layout in the hall, and then he was comfortable when he saw everyone talking and laughing, not to mention that it was normal for the teahouse to arrange some fruit cakes. Take it yourself and eat it yourself, this situation is also novel and interesting.

The second floor of the teahouse is divided into two parts, one is composed of a set of bookshelves, a few rattan chairs and a large table. In contrast, the second floor is much quieter than the first floor, and visitors can choose their favorite books from the shelves and sit on wicker chairs to read slowly.

People who come can also chant poems and paint before the case, and the pen holder is neatly placed on the case, the pen wash, Yantai, and the paperweight is pressed with good paper.

Ouyang Xiu walked past the bookshelf with the king, and behind the bookshelf was the tea room, which was actually divided by a fence with a number of partitions, and in each partition was a low table and four futons. Tea sets are placed on each low table, and tea drinkers sit on futons, and there is a special tea doctor to serve tea to tea drinkers.

And that's not even a surprise: even the way of drinking tea is new, different from the previous tea ordering. The tea is all young girls, and they all look like uniform clothes, just like replicants, and everyone is very similar in their speeches and explanations of tea, and even their smiles. I really don't know how the king chooses people and **, it is so exquisite.

Wang Anshi also saw Ouyang Xiu coming, and the girl who served tea saw that Wang Anshi had the idea of getting up, so she helped the adult to get up, which was very thoughtful.

"Jiefu has arrived first, and Ling Lang is really unique." Ouyang Xiu greeted and admired.

Wang Anshi was proud in his heart, but he still said modestly and low-keyly: "The dog is not talented, and he is stained with some patina all day long. ”

At this time, the people who were drinking tea, reading, and painting upstairs had already seen Ouyang Xiu, and everyone greeted each other, and they all set up novelties for Yun Xuan.

At this time, all the people downstairs came up, and the king saw that everyone had arrived, and put everyone into the tea house. He arched his hand and said to everyone: "Everyone here is full of knowledge, and your coming is another Yunxuan. ”

The king paused for a moment, and the previous words were really very popular, and there was no shortage of people who were doing this beard and nodding and smiling. Seeing this, the king continued: "Xiao Ke is not talented, he is only doing some business things on weekdays and neglecting his studies. But do not dare to slack off on poetry, calligraphy and painting and even learning, but Xiao Ke is stupid and stupid, today this Yun Xuan is specially built for you, anyone who can enter Yun Xuan must have some attainments, so everyone in Yun Xuan all consumption is borne by Xiao Ke. ”

When everyone heard this, the king arranged it like this, which was free to eat, drink, read, and taste tea. Yun Xuan is just used to talk about poetry and paintings, isn't that just like Shen Kuo said: "The family is not lost"

Wang listened to everyone's discussions, laughed and said nothing, and then he specially ** Dr. Lady Tea gave you tea. Wang Fang knew in his heart that these young women were all a little beautiful, and if they were placed in ordinary restaurants and tea shops, it would inevitably be necessary for them to think about it. However, the women here are extraordinary, they are all literati and ink writers, and they call themselves gentlemen.

Seeing the special teapot, the tea cup in the fingers of Qianqianyu, one by one flying procedures, the beautiful tea, plus the incense burner specially arranged next to the king, the burning incense in it is different from ordinary incense. It is a special incense made by the king.

This incense is invited by the king to use the spice trees of Jinxiang Mansion as raw materials, after crushing and grinding, adding a small amount of straw, grinding out the fine powder, adding an appropriate amount of water and stirring together, after squeezing out a thin strip with the general shape of incense, after shearing and air drying.

What's even more ingenious is that in a corner of Yunxuan, a zither is placed, and a zither girl plays it gently. The zither pillars are obliquely arranged, and the women's peach-colored nails fluctuate on the zither, such as peach blossoms falling, and the zither song is more like the mountains and flowing water, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Master Ouyang Xiu, while sipping tea, listened to the faint voice, and admired for a while: "This is really elegant!" ”

What kind of character is Ouyang Xiu? Today, the first person of Hanlin Bachelor, Su Xun, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, Su Shi and Su Zhe are all out of his door. The creative achievements are also brilliant and impressive, and the poems, lyrics, and prose are all the top of the moment. His prose is eloquent, lyrical and euphemistic; The style of poetry is similar to that of prose, which is heavy on momentum and can be smooth and natural; Its words are deep and clear, inheriting the aftermath of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The world often says that Ouyang Xiu is today's great elegance, with a collection of 10,000 volumes, a piano, and a game of chess. In the second year of Jiayou, Ouyang Xiu presided over the Jinshi examination as a bachelor of Hanlin and admitted Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong and others. In June of the third year of Jiayou, Ouyang Xiu was a bachelor of Hanlin and a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion to know Kaifeng Mansion.

Now the people in Yunxuan heard Lord Ouyang Xiu's praise of the elegance here, and they all echoed it. Suddenly, someone said, "This tea shop is elegant, but it seems to be missing?" When everyone looked at it, it was a little scholar with beautiful eyebrows.