The Winter Solstice Festival falls on November 28 in the eighth year of Jinghe, which is one of the most important festivals of the year. On this day, every household celebrates the festival, and Yangzhou people want to eat tangyuan in the morning.

Large families often have another way to get by. For example, He Yunzi, one of the seven outline merchants, sent out invitations and set a banquet on the winter solstice to celebrate the festival for the Qincha Zhu Fanghe who came from afar, and the location was set in the Pingshan Hall of Shugang in the northwest of the city.

Under the instruction of the Salt Transportation Division, the responders were like clouds for a while, echoing from all directions. The party was hot before it opened, and the momentum was very great, and many people from nearby Nanjing and Zhenjiang also crossed the river. Some good people predict that the meeting of Pingshan Hall during the Winter Solstice Festival will be the most legendary cultural event in Yangzhou City in the past ten years.

As the parent official of Yangzhou City, Lord Li also received an invitation. Then he called Jin Wan over: "Can we still do the cultivation of the secluded garden?" ”

Jin Million said helplessly: "Due to all kinds of inexplicable reasons, I really can't steal the limelight from the He family this time." It's still a long time coming. However, the old man sees that you have a very close relationship with the Qincha, so you don't have to make friends through these. ”

Lord Li was helpless, and he wanted to make the salt transport division proud for the time being. Originally, it was his idea to hold a repair party to make a strong noise, but it was once again robbed by the Salt Transportation Division to oppose the customer. It's as if he was the first to advocate donation, but he was about to be overtaken by the Salt Transportation Division.

"Brother He invited a few of our merchants to accompany him, and the old man still wants to go, but do you want to go? If you're afraid of losing face, it's better not to go. Jin Million asked.

Li You patted the case and said: "Go together!" Why not? Who doesn't have face doesn't have to be! Settle accounts with them today! ”

Jin Million shook his head, even if his son-in-law went to make a hundred good poems, his own reputation would not rise much, and in the end, it was the He family who organized the event.

Of course, Jin Million can see that the He family is instructed by the Salt Transportation Division on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of their own momentum. The more successful this event is, the more it spreads through the mouths of literati and celebrities, and the greater the prestige of the He family will naturally be.

The He family's intention to post to his son-in-law is clearly revealed, Li You is known as the leader of this dynasty, Jiang Zuo, the first, and if he goes, he is the icing on the cake for the He family, and if he doesn't go, it seems to be marginalized.

Not to mention, on the day of the winter solstice, Li You and Jin Million took a boat together and looked northwest along the waterway. At this time, the trees on both sides of the bank are sparse, although they are not bare, but the branches and leaves are yellow, and it is an early winter weather.

The five halls of Pingshan Hall are all open, and the outside is cold, but the interior is warm like spring. The six major salt merchants other than the He family all came to cheer together, and the officials above the seventh grade in Yangzhou City also came. Even the Yanyun Taizhou Branch and Guazhou Cangguan, who are not in Yangzhou City on weekdays, are not absent, and it is indeed a rare festival event.

Zhu Qincha, officials, salt merchants, and several famous Jiangzuo scholars were seated in the main hall in the center, and the rest of the literati were seated in the four halls on the left and right.

When Li You arrived, it had not yet officially opened. Master Li glanced around and felt that he was out of place, and although the hall was full of laughter, he seemed to be out of place.

There was no one to talk to him, some people did it on purpose, and some people felt that Li Beijia's future was not good, and he couldn't make a public acquaintance at the risk of offending others in vain.

However, it doesn't matter to Lord Li, his arrival has impacted the original pattern of interests, and it is normal to be unpopular. The world is snobbish and the world is profit-seeking, as long as he grasps the profit, those people will also stick a hot face.

Only He Yuanwai, who was the host this time, happily stepped forward to greet Li You and said a few words of greeting. He Yunzi really didn't expect that Li You, who loves face, would actually participate, which is indeed an unexpected joy.

Does it somehow mean that he is relenting and conceding defeat on this? I'm afraid that Master Li, as a celebrity, doesn't want to miss an occasion like today, since he came, he was in his pocket. …,

Master Li doesn't care what his character is, but he is a leading figure in the poetry world. If the first place in Jiangzuo is not there, today's humanities event will lose a lot of color. No matter how Lord Li didn't deal with it in the past, and what will happen in the future, as long as he makes a few poems today and attracts applause from the audience, it will add glory to his master, and he can't ask for it.

The house is full of 3,000 guests, a good festival, celebrities gathered, friends are full, and all the elements of success are ready! He Yunzi was overjoyed, after this event, after today, I am afraid that the head of the salt merchants in Yangzhou is him, this is his biggest purpose!

At first, it was mainly a wine banquet. After Li You entered the table, he found that there were exquisite plates from the Jiajing period, containing pomegranates, lychees, pears, dates, apple fruits, cantaloupe and other fruits. All kinds of seasons, all kinds of seasons, all gathered at this moment, the surface of the ordinary shows a few traces of proud luxury.

Master Li was amazed in his heart, and laughed at the prostitute who accompanied the wine beside him: "Melons and fruits are not very rare, I hope that your beauties can be kept fresh for a long time." ”

The beauty lowered her head and smiled, and stretched out her slender fingers to pour wine.

After three rounds of drinking, as soon as the cloud board sounded, six women entered the hall, holding various musical instruments such as pipa, strings, moon qin, and sandalwood.

When it got closer, everyone praised it in unison! Each of these six women wore close-fitting colorful cloud clothes, and the lining was slender and graceful. What's even more amazing is that the six women are tall, short, fat and thin, and even the raised twin peaks on their chests seem to be about the same, as if they came out of a mold. And all of them have clear eyes and bright teeth, and beautiful faces.

The owner of this room, He Yuanwai, stood up and hugged his fists around and said: "Today, I met friends with poetry, and called out the small singing group of Qingqu raised at home. There is nothing else to do, only one benefit, and he is extremely good at singing and dancing. As soon as the poems come out, no matter how long or short, they can immediately sing and dance to entertain you. ”

Such a team is still very rare, it is estimated that it is the only one in the world, and I don't know how much money it took to gather and train it. The atmosphere in the hall was heated up, and except for a few big salt merchants, everyone was eager to try.

The beauties around Li You complimented: "Today you must be the first adult, proud of the audience, and the slave Zhang Lanzhi is fortunate to accompany him, and he is honored." ”

"That's natural." Li You laughed.

Ding Yun, the envoy with the highest official position, asked Zhu Qincha, who was in the first seat, to produce his works first, but Zhu Fanghe shook his hand and smiled: "Zhuyu is in front, the master is the first, and there is still a good brother in the world!" ”

Li You was also not polite, and said in a loud voice: "I went to Huaisi Prefecture the month before last, and I felt what I saw on the road, and I made a long song!" Today he will take it out and offer it to the ugliness. ”

Zhu Fanghe said happily: "After the round song, the virtuous brother has another song?" ”

Li You said in one breath: "Fengyang women sing Yangge and cross the Yellow River in the first month of every year. The north wind blows the snow and sand, and the winter waist drum is self-swaying. The ragged kerchief is the head, and he says that he has been out for a long time. There was no rain in Shouzhou the year before last, and the estuary of the river in Sizhou this year. I sang Yangge to spend the New Year, but after the official rent was over, I still farmed. Coming from south to north is like a flying swallow, so hard and pitiful! ”

Except for the sound of the recorder sitting in the corner and waving the pen from time to time, the whole hall was completely cold...

Master Li's poems, no one dares to say that they are bad, they must be wonderful. But today is the winter solstice festival, everyone gathers here to be happy, wine and food laughter, this sad and miserable long song is quite out of place.

Is this such a pitiful occasion for singing in rags? This year, Sizhou Jiehekou is probably talking about yourself, Lord Li, and you don't need to show off here.

The six beautiful groups standing in the arena about to perform were also stunned, and suddenly two of them lowered their heads and sobbed.

Zhang Lanzhi said in Li You's ear: "They may be from Fengyang, Lord Li said that they have a sore spot, and they originally miss their relatives every festival." ”…,

I only heard Zhu Qin have relatives and said: "If you live in the temple, you will worry about the people, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about the king..."

By the time Mr. Fanghe finished sighing, He Yuanwai couldn't sit still. He first scolded the six beauties: "Hugh wants to cry again!" Make your guests laugh! ”

He pointed to the outside and said to Li You: "There seems to be a light snow outside, Master Li is a celebrity, and the theme of snow is the right time." ”

Li You sighed, "When I went up the mountain, I saw a poor family crying in the thatched hut at the bottom of the mountain. At this time, the sky wants to have snow, and I am not worried about his generation. Listen to my poor people's snow song! ”

Immediately took a song and said: "At the end of the year, I work day and night, and I get fifteen buckets of rice." It's a pity that he has been making food all year round, and he can not go away for ten days. The north wind is cold at dusk, and it is difficult for the poor to sleep. The wind gathers the wood, the sound is fierce, and the snow blows down the sky. Wu Wa is happy with the snow dance, and the fireworks kitchen under the mountain is absolutely amazing! ”

Everyone in the hall was collectively speechless again, speechless, Lord Li was possessed by Bai Juyi, who wrote and sold charcoal, today. I can't say it's wrong to worry about the country and the people, but it also depends on the occasion...

The wind and snow, the lights are bright, the festival is good, everyone is gathered together to play elegantly, not to gather together to sigh the suffering of the people's livelihood. Having said that, poets who are good at lamenting people's livelihood generally do not associate with salt merchants and do not appear in this hall.

The poems are sung in harmony, and no one sings and continues to be cold. He Yuanwai finally affirmed that Li You definitely deliberately came to trick people!

Someone spoke: "This official has come up with a rule. On the occasion of this festive season, the beautiful scenery, beautiful people, fine wine and delicious food should not spoil the scenery. Poetry should be limited to all things in the hall and the wind and snow. ”

"Good!" Li You pointed to the six beauties who had stood in the field and had never had a chance to show their strengths until now, "This official is using this as a topic!" ”

Everyone pricked up their ears, Master Li was good at chanting beauties, which was quite famous, and he only heard a song of five rules: "When you are young, you are cheap, and your soul hurts and your family leaves suddenly." Hunger and cold are now free, and singing and dancing are forgotten. The elderly are intimate, and their stage names are still questionable. is still the son of man, too young and not worried. ”

It is worthy of Li Tanhua's masterpiece, and the feelings are sincere and poignant. The six beauties who were twenty-eight years old couldn't help but recall the miserable life experience and the pain of learning art that were resold, and tears welled up in their eyes again.

The poor beauty in front of her won the sympathy of everyone more than the homeless and poor people who Lord Li had just recited, and the hall was full of sighs, and they all sighed with emotion and sighed that they had a thin life since ancient times.

The atmosphere is too bad....He Yunzi is so angry that he wants to vomit blood, this is not the poetry and literature event he imagined that he was excited and high! I knew that I wouldn't have asked Li You to show off my invitation for a while.

The golden million on the other side of the seat secretly laughed and broke his belly. This son-in-law is too tricky, relying on his position as the No. 1 poet in Jiangzuo, taking advantage of the fact that others dare not compete, he deliberately controls the topic and teases He Yuanwai. It's like someone who holds a happy event, but carries a coffin to cry and mourn, and the crying covers the festive atmosphere.

A good New Year's festival is still dead until now, and it is already half a failure. Jin Million dared to conclude that whoever wanted to jump out and start a new stove would definitely be sprayed into a slag by his son-in-law.

Of course, if it goes on like this, the son-in-law will not suffer, today is all his one-man show of worrying about the country and the people and paying attention to the people's livelihood.

I don't know what the general ledger algorithm said by my son-in-law, Jin Million originally only planned to go through the motions, but at this time I suddenly looked forward to it. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. [This text is provided by Qihang]