In a carriage that was moving in the direction of Zhili, Shen Jiaolin was looking at Liu Hua with a smile on her face, after seeing Shen Jiaolin's smile, Liu Hua was a little helpless, after he saw this train fleet, he wanted to take a ride.

But he didn't expect that when he stopped the convoy, he found out that these cars turned out to be the convoy of the Shen family in Qingshi County, and what he didn't expect was that it was his ex-fiancée ------ Shen Jiaolin who led the team this time.

After chatting casually, Liu Huazhi explained the purpose of Shen Jiaolin's trip to Zhili, it turned out that she was escorting a batch of silk to Zhili to deliver goods to the buyer, and by the way, she went to "Shilin Villa" to participate in this year's Wenqu Competition.

Hearing this, Liu Hua asked Shen Jiaolin with some curiosity and asked her what was the Wenqu Competition? Seeing that Liu Hua didn't know about the Wenqu Competition, although Shen Jiaolin was a little surprised, she still told him the information about the Wenqu Competition.

Originally, in the territory of Chengde, Hebei Province, in addition to a summer resort, there is also a Shilin Villa, the summer resort is the place where Kangxi takes refuge in the summer and deals with government affairs, and the Shilin Villa is a place where some literati and writers exchange articles and learn poetry and songs.

The name of the owner of Shilin Villa is called Yuan Hai, the word Zhongtang, the number is self-mediocre, the people in the literary world call him Mr. Ziyong, and the officials of the court and the central government are commensurate with Yuan Zhongtang, the reason why this is the case, it has to start from the identity of Yuan Hai.

It turns out that this Yuan Hai is the personal disciple of Kangxi's old teacher Fan Chengmo when he was a child, and he is Kangxi's younger brother.

Although Yuan Hai is more than ten years younger than Kangxi, his talent and knowledge are deeply admired by Kangxi, Kangxi once commented on Yuan Hai, saying that he is quick-witted, not afraid of power, free and heroic, and indifferent to fame and fortune.

Once, when Kangxi and Li Guangdi commented on the world's great masters, they once said: "My junior brother, although he is called mediocre, is actually wise, and his chest is full of policies for governing the country and the country, but he does not want to be an official. It can be seen that the weight of Yuan Hai in Kangxi's heart is very high,

When Kangxi attacked Suo Etu and Nalan Mingzhu, the two powerful ministers of the DPRK and China, he asked Yuan Hai for advice, because Suo Etu and Nalan Mingzhu were already full of wings at that time, and if they didn't pay attention to it, they would not only lose their efforts, but also cause a backlash from those people.

Later, Kangxi adopted Yuan Hai's strategy, and without shaking the country's foundation, he silently disintegrated the power formed by the two, not only sent Suo Etu and Nalan Mingzhu to prison, but also captured all the henchmen of the two. A plan was used, and the two Xiangguo were imprisoned, and the name of Yuanhai Zhongtang spread far and wide.

Afterwards, Kangxi persuaded Yuan Hai to enter the court as an official several times, but he was politely rejected by Yuan Hai after the most reluctance, he said that he couldn't stand the rules and regulations of the court, and he was unwilling to serve as an official, and was only willing to teach and teach in the countryside.

Seeing that Yuan Hai had made up his mind, Kangxi built this mountain villa for Yuan Hai not far from the summer resort, and named it Shilin Villa, hoping that Yuan Hai would teach more talents who could enter Shilin.

After the establishment of Shilin Villa, Yuan Hai almost never went out, tutoring his students in the villa all day, occasionally exchanging experiences with some old friends who came to visit, and in addition, he was also keen to study ancient texts with some literary giants.

Slowly, the daimyo of Shilin Villa gradually spread. More and more literati and artists rushed to the mountain village to study each other and discuss knowledge, and it became a sacred place for literati.

Just half a year ago, Shilin Villa issued a notice to the outside world, saying that six months later, a literary and music competition will be held in the villa, and talents from all over the world are welcome to come to compete.

At that time, not only Tang Mengchen, the priest of the country, and Chen Yuanlong, the master of the Hanlin Academy, will come to serve as judges, but even Kangxi will come to Shilin Villa to watch the competition, and the top three with the best results in the competition will be rewarded by Kangxi personally.

Now there are seven days left before the Wenqu Competition, because there is no limit to men and women in this competition, therefore, all the talented people and talented women who know this grand event have rushed to Shilin Villa from their hometowns, and Shen Jiaolin is one of them.

After hearing the reason, Liu Hua was more curious about this so-called literary music competition, although he did not show his heart on the surface, but he thought in his heart: "If the conditions allow, I have to go there to join in the fun." ”

Then Liu Hua asked Shen Jiaolin about the situation of Shilin Villa, and then talked about other aspects, during which Shen Jiaolin asked Liu Hua a few questions, but Liu Hua listened to the clouds and didn't even understand what it meant, let alone help answer it, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Seeing that Liu Hua did not answer the questions she raised, Shen Jiaolin thought that Liu Hua was blaming her for her previous move to withdraw from her family, so she sighed with a lonely expression and turned her head out of the car.

After seeing Shen Jiaolin's expression, Liu Hua knew that the other party had misunderstood, but at this time, he didn't dare to explain to the other party, because once he explained clearly, he would have to answer the questions raised by the other party.

After entering the realm of Zhili, Liu Hua thanked Shen Jiaolin, and then quickly got out of the car, looking at Liu Hua's gradually disappearing figure, I don't know why? Shen Jiaolin actually had an urge to catch up, but looking at the carriages behind her, Shen Jiaolin sighed with a low expression, and then ordered the groom to continue walking.

The Yamen of the Governor of Zhili was set up in Baoding, Hebei, and the Yamen of the Governor of Hebei was set up in Cangzhou, Liu Hua inquired with the locals about the route to Cangzhou, and then found a car and horse dealership, and after negotiating the price, he got on the car and went to Cangzhou.

Bumpy all the way, Liu Hua finally arrived in Cangzhou in the evening, when there were three streets away from the governor's yamen, Liu Hua got out of the car, he just got out of the car, and saw several waves of catchers on the street looking around, it seemed that he was looking for someone?

At many intersections of the streets, there was a portrait of a beautiful girl with a sweet smile, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and a notice next to the portrait, on which was written only a reward for the search for the person, and then there was nothing else.

Seeing this portrait, Liu Hua knew that Bai Xiaoyu was painted on the road, and after remembering Bai Xiaoyu's appearance, Liu Hua walked towards a store next to him that sold the four treasures of the study.

Yinxiang told him before that after Bai Xiaoyu fled from Baifu, he had written a letter to Tong Guowei. Liu Hua wanted to use that letter as a clue to find Bai Xiaoyu.

Because he believed that when Bai Xiaoyu escaped from Baifu, he would definitely not carry a brush, ink, letterhead, and envelope on his body.

And Hu Yingzhong searched the Bai Mansion before, and in order to search for some evidence that was unfavorable to someone, he would definitely take away all the letterhead items in the Bai Mansion, so it was impossible for Bai Xiaoyu to write the letter in advance, and then abscond out of the palace in a panic.

Therefore, Liu Hua concluded that the items that Bai Xiaoyu wrote credit should have been purchased in the shop outside after she escaped, and if she could find the shop that sold the items to Bai Xiaoyu, she might be able to find Bai Xiaoyu indirectly.