Chapter 8 [The People in the Pergola]
Wuyi Lane is also a famous place in Daqi, Wang Xie and the two families have covered a small half of the empire's civil servants, and they are intertwined in the government and the opposition, but fortunately, the successive heads of these two families are smart and know how to control themselves, but they have not declined for many years.
If the two sects of the north and south are the two powerful bodhisattvas in the cultivation world, then the two families of Wuyi Lane Wang Xie also have such a status in learning.
This time, the elders of the family led this group of arrogant Wuyi Lane Langjun to tour the north and south of the river, saying that they were discussing knowledge, but they did not have the idea of showing feathers.
In the past few months, every city has been visited by local celebrities and young talents, the older generation of characters in the upper pavilion on the second floor to discuss profound knowledge, and the younger generation to compete in the wide hall on the first floor to try poetry and writing.
It's not lively.
Shencheng is also a famous cultural city, and the quality of the local students is not low, and they have a sense of arrogance, and they become indignant when they see someone from the capital hitting the door of their homes, and they don't need to provoke them! Even the elderly master and teacher are gentle and generous on the surface, but in fact, which one of them is not looking forward to his own disciple being able to overpower that Wuyi Zhulang?
Literati, what they pay attention to is a reputation.
With the passage of time, there are Shencheng students who continue to pour into Shouyang Building together, even if it is today's scorching heat, the carriages and horses outside the building have moved elsewhere, leaving a big open space to erect a pergola, the hall middle school students are competing in literature, and a cadre in the pergola is watching with great interest, but most of the visitors here are Shencheng locals, and they are naturally looking forward to their own students to destroy the prestige of the Wang Xie family!
It's just that the real well-educated people are not optimistic about this competition.
"What does Brother Li think of this Shouyang Lou Wenbi?" asked a young man dressed as a scribe in the pergola.
The scholar surnamed Li, who was at the same table as him, shook his head and said, "The odds are not big." โ
"Oh, Shen Cheng often has students occupy the gold list in the imperial examination every year, and this is the home field, even if the Wuyi Lane Zhulang wants to win against me, Shen Cheng will not be easy, right?"
"That's so, but do you know how many cities this Wang Xie family and his party have toured?" The scholar surnamed Li sighed, stretched out a hand and gestured: "There are six cities! There are only nine of the top ten cities in Qiguo except for the Jingshi, and our Shen City is the seventh one they came! And the results of the first six cities......
"How?"
"All wins!"
The other party was startled, and his eyes glared: "Quansheng? How is it possible? Even if he is agile in Wuyi Lane, won't he be tired?"
Li Shusheng sighed and took a sip of herbal tea to clear the heat and relieve the heat, and then said: "Although no one in the Wang Xie family has stepped into the cultivation of Yan Bingzu, there is still no shortage of some methods to nourish qi and breathe fitness and refresh the mind, and it is not enough to be tired, but how many famous poems have been made in just talking about poetry in six cities? Although there must be a lot of preparations in advance, this can't hide the talent of his young man in Wuyi Lane...... I'm afraid Shen Cheng can't compare to ......"
This sentence "I'm afraid it's not comparable" is still an implicit statement, according to what he thinks in his heart, just don't lose too ugly.
The two of them had nothing to say for a while, in this noisy but orderly pergola, it is not special, but there are still a few wise people like this scholar surnamed Li, most of the scholars who came here to watch are arrogant, and they have the courage to kill Wang Xie, and they talked happily one by one, plus the competition in Shouyang Building has not been going on for a long time, and the momentum on both sides is very strong, and even the students of Shencheng have pressed the end of Wuyi Lane in terms of momentum, which makes the onlookers even more eyebrows flying, the pergola is interspersed with people pouring tea, and the waitress who grinds and holds pens walks in the hall, which is very lively for a whileใ
Suddenly, a person rushed out of the hall, wearing a long robe, holding a few pieces of paper, and said loudly: "I, Shencheng Liu Chonghu and Liu Caizi, have composed another poem!"
The sound was like a crane's song, high-pitched but not unpleasant, and everyone hurriedly stepped forward and pulled one by one, and circulated it one after another.
"Liu Gongzi is a young generation talent of my Shen Cheng, and the first few poems have made Wuyi Zhulang impressed, this must be another masterpiece!"
"That's natural! Liu Gongzi is a genius who has even been praised by the bachelors of the capital, and it is not a problem to be in Wuyi Lane!"
"This poem "Title Shouyang Building" is exactly the right time! The poem is gorgeous and atmospheric, it seems that there will be another famous poem on the doorpost of Shouyang Building tomorrow!"
A lot of praise is like the ripples of stones throwing into the lake, and there are many discussions in both the hall and the pergola for a while.
There are also foreign scholars passing through Shencheng to see the lively, this Liu Chonghu is unfamiliar, ask a few words and there are locals to explain it: "Liu Chonghu Liu Gongzi is a real genius, five years old can compose poetry, ten years old to complete the sage classics, this year just and weak crown, hundreds of classics are like a stream, the year before last the Beijing Fang University scholars came to Shencheng to take the school Liu Gongzi praised the talent, but Liu Gongzi did not like the imperial examination, but he was more interested in practice, so he has never stepped into the scientific examination, but unfortunately I Shencheng has one less Jinshi......"
I don't know how true this person's words are, but the praise is endless.
Yuan Lai listened to this person's boasting, and only felt that it was better to see for believing, and remembered that he used to read about how a certain talented man was in ancient times, and how talented he was, but he didn't think that he would really have insight one day.
Big Qiao and Xiao Qiao's brothers took him to the place, the two brothers were also frightened by this lively scene, the two looked at each other, they thought it was just an ordinary poetry meeting, but they didn't expect it to be so lively.
"This ...... Gee. Xiao Qiao was surprised, the two brothers originally wanted to go up and fight with the scholars in Wuyi Lane, but when they saw this scene, they suddenly retreated.
This meeting is a little late, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to find a seat in the pergola.
Seeing this, the two brothers hurriedly wandered around here looking for their classmates and friends to get a good position, but they left Yuan Lai on the side.
After listening to everyone's conversation for a while, Yuan Lai also understood more or less in his heart, watching a group of literati gather to test their talents, it was a very interesting enjoyment, and he stood aside and no one paid attention to it, and it was also idle.
"Young Master...... Come on, there is a seat here!" Suddenly hearing Yuan Li calling, he turned his head to see that Yuan Li didn't know how to occupy two positions, and he didn't dare to delay and hurriedly ran over and sat down with his buttocks, and suddenly looked relaxed.
"Master, take a sip of tea to quench your thirst. Yuan Li handed over a cup of tea.
He nodded, wiped his sweat and drank it all before he had the time to look at the people around him.