The Yan Dao who opened his mouth is the youngest son of Yan Shu, the famous minister of the Renzong Dynasty.

Together with Yan Shu, he is known as the father and son star of the Northern Song Dynasty.

As the saying goes, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest.

Yan Shu is old and has a child, and he likes this child "Little Seven" who is very similar to himself in the field of literature and art.

The period when Yan Shu was in politics was the Renzong Dynasty with a clear political atmosphere.

Ming Jun ascended, virtuous ministers went down, Yan Shu had many cultivators and recommended friendships to Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others, and the protégés and former officials could be said to be all over the capital, and several sons of the Yan family were officials because of the shade of the door.

Therefore, in the first few years after Yan Shu's death, the children of the Yan family lived a decent life.

But in the reign of Shenzong Xining, a petty official named Zheng Xia, because he witnessed the suffering of the people and repeatedly made suggestions to Wang Anshi to oppose the change of the law, but to no avail, finally ignored people's slight words, turned against Wang Anshi, and directly painted a "Picture of the Wandering People" and presented it to Emperor Shenzong. Zheng Xia's move touched Emperor Shenzong and Wang Anshi to some extent, although the two monarchs and ministers were stubborn about changing the law, they were essentially more respectful to Zheng Xia, a minister who had a bit of Fan Zhongyan's background, and did not mean to pursue him.

However, which dynasty and which generation, under the top-level power, the treacherous villains are as numb as ants. Zheng Xia still can't escape the fate of being belittled after all.

On the contrary, Yan Jidao, who was in an idle official position like Taizhu at the time, usually had a poetry and singing exchange with Zheng Xia. Zheng Xia's political enemies found a piece of poetry in Zheng's home, on which there were poems written by Yan Jidao: "The spring breeze is a guest in the world, and it will be prosperous for a long time."

Since the sentence "the spring breeze is illiterate, why do you flip through the book" in later generations can be classified as anti-poetry, this kind of spring breeze comes and goes in black and white in this world, and it can also be characterized as a ridicule of the government.

Yan Jidao was implicated and imprisoned, although he was released after the intervention of the Divine Sect, he was punished and lost his office, and his family became more and more decaying.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, your father is a popular man of the first emperor, and it does not necessarily give you the official fortune of being able to be pink and willow green before the new son of heaven.

Fortunately, in an era when scribes were extremely prosperous in the Northern Song Dynasty, the officialdom was no longer a sword and a sword, and there was always some friendship between literati that was established because of mutual appreciation.

After meeting by chance, Yan Jidao and Huang Tingjian have a good relationship, the two often drink wine, or talk about current affairs, or write lyrics, or sigh about the impermanence of the world, drunk together at the side of the wine shop, and look at it after dawn the next day, hey, the brothers have also slept on their feet.

And Wang Xu, who has also experienced some political storms, has a little sympathy with Yan Jidao, coupled with Huang Tingjian's penetration, Yan Jidao and the horse mansion are moving frequently.

Let's say that in the West Garden at this moment, Wang Shu and all the guests learned Huang Tingjian's incense identification skills, and listened to Yao Huan's report with great interest to explain how to use the method of burning charcoal and burying stones to bake meat, and more and more because of the novelty and more appetite for the chickens, fish, pigs and sheep that are full of fat and fragrant and juicy.

After feeling that the tip of his tongue and stomach were satisfied, Wang Xucai smiled and comforted Yan Ji: "Yan Gong, don't be annoyed, every time you come back to my house for a banquet, which time did you write the words that you never taught my singer to sing to you?" Today, the old man also asked you to ask the question, so he ordered someone to call the Cui Sleeve who you called Kaifeng Xu Hezi. ”

Xu Hezi was a famous singer during the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Shu teased like this, and the guests didn't say much, and Yao Huan, who was standing on the side, was already excited.

This Yan Jidao is Yan Shu's son, this father and son who dominate the Song Dynasty poetry altar, they have never written any good words, and they have never heard any good voices!

can be called the singer of the Great Song Dynasty version of Xu Hezi by Yan Jidao, and that voice must not be owned by mortals.

Yao Huan was looking forward to the appearance of the singer, but saw Yan smiling and groaning with his beard, and suddenly leaned over to look at Su Yu's food plate opposite like a naughty child.

"Hey, Su Erlang, sure enough, if there is a father, there must be a son, you are the same as Master Su, you love to eat pork."

Su Yu frowned almost invisibly.

He is a generous and open-minded person since he was a child, but when he faced Yan Jidao today, he was a little awkward.

The reason is also simple, after Su Shi returned to Beijing that year, he admired Yan Jidao's reputation in the world of words, and hoped to get acquainted through his friend Huang Tingjian.

Yan Jidao sent a message to Su Shi: "Looking at the purple-robed ministers sitting in the political hall in the court today, half of them are considered the old guests of my Yan family, and I don't have time to socialize with them." ”

It's a bit inexplicable. Su Shi is also an old party, not Wang Anshi's henchmen, why is Yan Jidao thorny in his words?

Yan Jidao, who is nearly sixty years old, is probably just the arrogant temperament of a down-and-out noble son, and he has no malicious intentions, but today he really forgot about this stubble, and took the initiative to open the naughty laughter of Su Yu, a junior.

Although Su Yu was suspicious because Yan had ridiculed his father a few times, after all, he had to maintain etiquette and demeanor because he was afraid of being orderly and young.

Su Yu then replied: "Thank you Yan Gong for mentioning my father." When I followed my father in Huangzhou, I watched my father and mother teach the local people how to cook pork deliciously, which is indeed a scene that is often remembered by younger generations. ”

Speaking of this, Su Yu looked at Yao Huan generously, and said: "The pork cooked by Mrs. Yao today is wrapped in golden needle flowers, adding a wonderful taste, I don't know if there are other deep meanings?" ”

When Yao Huan heard this, he was overjoyed.

Second brother of the Emma Su family, why do you seem to have spoken to me so naturally? I'm looking for an opportunity to show off the allusions in the dishes with these great writers!

Don't worry, let me help you make the wedding wine for your second marriage, and I will definitely quote you a budget for the fracture price.

Yao Huan quickly recited the poem taught by Shao Qing again, lowered his eyes, blessed Su Yu slightly, and replied respectfully: "This golden needle flower, in our food line, also called it forget worry grass, the meaning is good, and it tastes better when used to stew meat, so today it is roasted in banana leaves with piglet pork belly." Oh yes, it also has an allusion to the love of licking calves, there was a poem in Mengjiao in the Tang Dynasty: Xuancao Shengtang steps, wanderers travel the world. The loving mother leaned against the door of the hall, but there were no daylily flowers. ”

Su Yu originally just asked Yao Huan casually, avoiding any more verbal exchanges with Yan, not wanting this daylily roast pork to be really said by Yao Huan.

He tasted Meng Jiao's sentence, and naturally thought of his father Su Shi who was far away from Huizhou, and couldn't help but show a sense of affection.

Yan Jidao, a child of such a veteran family, has also been pampered by his parents since he was a child, with a poisonous tongue and a soft heart, and at this moment, when he looks at the appearance of Xiao Su's friend, he can't help but feel pity again.

He then took the initiative to return to his topic and said to the king of horses: "Flowers can be used in food, and they can be used in words." Today's small order, let's take flowers as the theme, right? ”

Wang Shu is an old man in social situations, not only as the master, but also the best at on-site balance, and no one can be left out in the cold.

The little prince Zhao Ji is his nephew, and he is a junior like Su Yu, Zeng Wei, and Yuwen Huangzhong, so he doesn't need to take care of it too much. Among the peers, Huang Tingjian and Yan Jidao's scenes are a little too much.

It's time to socialize with Li Gefei and Li Xiaoshu.

Wang Xu then smiled and said to Li Gefei: "Li Gong, I have heard that Ling Qianjin can write splendid sentences at the age of eight, so please write Ling's daughter first, any flower can be made, the youngest daughter's family, you don't have to be like me and other old decay, you have to write some chrysanthemums and plum blossoms and the like." ”

Li Gefei brought his daughter to participate in the Yaji today, originally intended to show his daughter's talent, and also to teach the little king of the heavenly family to notice his daughter, and it is unknown whether he may bring good news in the future.

Now that he heard that Wang Shu took the initiative to give him a chance, Li Gefei hurriedly gave a few words, and then instructed the personal maid who came with the Li Mansion to pass on the theme of this word to Li Qingzhao on the other side of the brocade tent.