Chapter 20: The Night Banquet
Back in Taiyuan Mansion, it was close to evening.
Wu Qing looked at the bustling Taiyuan Mansion and couldn't help but take a strong interest in the Fenyang Palace on the other side of the Fen River, which was once the palace of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. It's just that he doesn't have much time to waste at this moment, he must go to see his master Li Ji immediately and immediately, this grandfather of the country is really lazy.
After settling Aunt Wu and the two little children in the inn, he followed the soldiers who came to lead the way, opened the curtain of the carriage, and Wu Qing looked at the city, which was the place where Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, was prosperous, and from here, Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty. In a way, this is the birthplace of Li Tang. But the Li family is a famous family in Guanlong, and the clan is in Guanlong, so after Li Yuan broke through Chang'an, he directly set the capital in Chang'an.
There are too many thoughts and memories entangled with Wu Qing, although Li Ji has been nervously accepted as an apprentice, but it is really unknown how to develop in the future. Wu Qing really regretted why he didn't choose to read history at the beginning, so that he could know the direction of history, so that he could be a half-official position, and maybe he would be a national prince.
The order of Jinyang County is Pei Qing, who is a member of the Wenxi Pei clan and belongs to a famous family. Li Ji was invited by Pei Yan to live in Pei Qing's mansion.
Wu Qing followed his soldiers into the side door, which Wu Qing was very depressed, because in ancient times, these scholars had cumbersome etiquette, and only the scholars and royal families would go to the main gate when they visited, and they didn't even open the gate when their status was low.
Entering Pei's Mansion, I heard the sound of silk and bamboo from a long distance, which was very pleasant and very cheerful. This is only the kind of music that these scholarly families will have, unlike some outbreaks, who drink wine and eat meat, and play music and play all the best music.
Pei's Mansion is extremely festive today, the lights are bright, and the servants are busy, this is to entertain Li Ji. Twenty years ago, Li Ji was the governor of Bingzhou, guarding the northern frontier for Gaozu and Taizong, guarding against Turkic raids, and he was quite familiar with the customs and customs of Bingzhou. Of course, Wenxi Pei's family is still not comparable to the Taiyuan Wang family, after all, the Wang family is a wang family, and the former empress of Emperor Gaozong is the daughter of the Wang family. This is also the reason why Li Ji was invited to Pei's mansion, and Wanyan refused Wang's invitation. What's more, he knows very well that Wang Liwu was abolished back then, and he also has a share.
Wu Qing stiffened his head and walked into the banquet, Li Ji brushed his beard and smiled, this seventy-year-old man was so drunk that he was really old and strong. Wu Qing sighed in his heart, and then bowed his hand and said, "The apprentice has seen the master, and the grass man Wuqing has seen the adults." ”
was interrupted by such a sudden little brat, but for the sake of Li Ji's face, he was still talking and laughing.
Li Ji laughed, stood up and said, "Well, come here, come to the side of the teacher." ”
Wu Qing was quite embarrassed, because the Tang Dynasty was very hierarchical, and everyone present had official positions.
Li Ji saw Wu Qing's expression, thought about it in his heart, and understood, he didn't expect this child to be so deep, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, but Wu Qing's eyes were clear, Li Ji felt that he shouldn't think of a child like this, so he said: "Today is a family banquet, you are my apprentice, just sit next to me." ”
A servant had already put a table on the table and served a table of wine and food.
Wu Qing agreed, sat down next to Li Ji, and said, "Thank you, Master." ”
Li Ji said: "After the apprentice, I will study my art of war and strategy, and I will definitely be able to become a generation of generals. ”
"If you keep in mind Master's teachings, you will definitely not disappoint Master's expectations." Wu Qing said respectfully.
Li Ji asked some things about Wu Qing in the past few days, and then he didn't ask anymore, Wu Qing didn't dare to drink, he was afraid of making a mistake, and he didn't know how much he drank. Although I used to read some novels that it was said that there was no distilled liquor in the Tang Dynasty, since it is wine, it should be intoxicating. Eating the dishes carefully, it looked very cramped, and there were a lot of officials with about six grades below.
At this time, Jinyang County Ling Pei Qing clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, there are little girls Pei Rou and Pei Ying below to present a new song and dance for everyone. ”
Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, it seems that this Pei County Commander is also unwilling to be lonely, everyone here is an official, and some even have a deep relationship with the royal family, even if there is not, there are a lot of sons and brothers in the family. If you can sell the two daughters and get married, it will also be the way to be promoted. Wu Qing couldn't help but despise this point of the ancients, marriage has a purpose. But then again, even in the environment of later generations, isn't marriage also purposeful, no money, no house, no car, no "three nos" **silk, even black fungus will be very despised.
Soon, two women, no, should be girls, one is wearing a red Luo skirt, the other is wearing a white Luo skirt, at first glance, the two girls are exactly the same, this is a pair of twin sisters. Bright and bright, it is really rare to see a little beauty embryo.
The two girls saluted, and then the white girl sat behind the case, her slender fingers gently flicking the strings.
A little, a little, "knock knock"
The sound of the piano is like a spring, like a birdsong
The girl in red also danced at this time, dancing lightly, like a slowly blooming stamen.
Immediately after, the woman in white opened her ruddy little mouth and sang: "The spring is silent and regrets the trickle"
Wu Qing was taken aback, isn't this the poem he plagiarized. Then I listened to it in shock, every word was sung, and it was so good, this Tang Dynasty man is really amazing!
The time is not very long, just a song, full of applause.
Li Ji stood up and laughed loudly: "Well, what a fresh and refined song, beautiful poetry, beautiful music, and beautiful people." ”
Pei Yan said with a smile: "Guogong is right, this poem can be said to have removed a qiē gorgeousness, abandoned a qiē impetuousness, and made the poem more in line with the heart." ”
Pei Qing got up with a smile and said, "Shilang is very reasonable, I don't know if Guogong wants to know who made this poem?" ”
Li Ji couldn't help but be puzzled and asked, "Could it be that this poem was not written by the second daughter?" ”
Pei Qing sold a pass and said with a smile: "Although Rou Ying is talented, she can't write such poems." ”
Zhang Wenjun's face was amazed, and he asked strangely, "Who did that?" ”
Pei Qing didn't speak, pointed to Wu Qing's position, and said, "It's the disciple." ”
This thundered some people, a child less than seven years old composed such a poem?
During the whole process, Wu Qing scolded Pei Qing seventeen or eighteen times, this old thing, it's okay to find something for yourself.
Seeing Li Ji looking at himself, Wu Qing also knew that if he pretended to be the so-called Qinggao again, he smiled bitterly: "It was the younger generation who did it." ”
Next, Di Renjie told the officials present the story of Wuqing being forced to compose poems by the disciples of the county school for the first time, and then turning poems into poems in four steps. This made Li Ji realize that he seemed to have accepted the wrong apprentice, since this child is talented in poetry and writing, he should worship Confucianism as a teacher.
But then Changshi Lin Renji's words made the officials present almost kill Wu Qing. That is Wu Qing's suspicion of Confucianism in the county, which is something that offends the world's scholars!
However, Li Ji looked at Wu Qing differently and encouraged him. Wu Qing also hurriedly said that he was going to the toilet, so he hurriedly fled out.