After a while, Zhao Heng walked downstairs, greeted Zhao Kai, the third son of the emperor, and the county lord of Qinghe, approached Zhao Kai's hand affectionately, whispered something, and nodded to Zhao Zixing; Zhao Zixuan pursed his lips, as if he didn't like this big prince very much, Zhao Kai seemed very close to Zhao Heng, and as he spoke, Zhao Heng led the two upstairs.

The hall returned to calm, Zhou Heng was full of resentment on the side, looked at the back of the little county lord, and said lonely: "Hey...... What a good flower, I don't know where to put it in the cow dung in the future! He thought that he was hopeless in pursuing the county lord, and his heart was very sour.

Shen Ao looked at Zhou Heng with a straight face, corrected him, and said, "Cousin Zhou Heng, how can you insult the future Qinghe County Horse like this, your intentions are too vicious, are people cow dung?" Is it cow dung? ”

Zhou Heng pursed his lips and stopped talking aggrievedly.

There were more and more people coming, and Zeng Suian and a few friends also came, greeting Shen Ao and Zhou Heng with a smile.

Then there was a doorman singing: "Yang Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Taixue sacrificial wine has become a surname, and the Guozi priest wine Tang Yan has arrived." ”

As he was talking, the three giants of the Ministry of Rites came in together, and this time it was even more lively, and many prisoners and students who had taken leave to participate in the competition and watched the game suddenly rushed over; The two groups of people are actually distinct, such as Guogong, Zeng Wen went to say hello to Tang Yan, and there were also many adults who went to greet Cheng Yang's surname.

As for the young ones, they were even more nervous and went to salute the two of them.

Shen Ao, Zhou Heng, Zeng Suian and others also went over, and they all saluted Tang Yan, Shen Ao smiled and said, "Why are you here too?" ”

Tang Yan valued Shen Ao the most, and said with a smile: "Such a grand event, and there is an invitation from Lord Yang, so naturally you want to come, Shen Ao, I heard that you are also going to participate in the treasure appreciation?" ”

In fact, Tang Yan didn't like appreciation, but he heard that the surname Chengyang secretly arranged for many Tai students to come, and he came to cheer them up in person, so he was unhappy; This Chengyang surname is so deceitful, I'm afraid that I have made sufficient preparations for this appreciation meeting, and today I want to instruct the students to show off and get their face back.

Thinking about it this way, where can he not come, not only will he come, but he must not let Taixue overwhelm the country's eunuchs; There has been news in the palace that it is very likely that the official family will come to watch the battle, so this time it can only win, not lose.

He prepared very hastily, almost empty-handed, and when he looked up, there were ** Taixue students in the hall, and his heart was relieved, although Guozijian was a little lower than Taixue in terms of knowledge, but in terms of appreciation, he was afraid that he would be a head higher than them.

The prisoners are all the children of officials, and these people have many opportunities to see treasures, plus they follow their fathers, and most of them have some eyesight; And most of the Taixue are poor scholars, not to mention appreciation, but I am afraid that the antiques worth thousands of gold have not even been touched, even if they have talent, their experience is slightly insufficient.

Tang Yan was finally determined, and it seemed that he would not be completely passive.

Shen Ao continued to smile at Tang Yan and said, "If adults can come to watch the battle, the motivation of our prisoners is enough. ”

Shen Ao understands the thoughts of this central principal very well, this guy has not been very good with the surname Chengyang recently, and the reason why he came here is to encourage the prisoners, if he loses, he will not lose the battle, and Guozijian cannot fall behind the students in the treasure appraisal meeting.

Tang Yan laughed even more happily, pressed Shen Ao's shoulder and patted him to show encouragement, then his eyes fell on Zhou Zheng, and he bowed slightly towards Zhou Zheng: "Grandpa, your nephew has a bright future." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Thanks to Lord Tang's kind words." ”

Zhou Zheng was very happy and proud in his heart, Shen Ao was his nephew, and he was also half a son, and he could be praised by the prince of the country, and his face was bright.

At this moment, a steward eunuch of the Great Prince's Mansion said to everyone: "Please go to the second floor and sit down." ”

Some powerful people who were not ready to participate in the treasure appraisal went upstairs one after another, and the surname Cheng Yang reluctantly pulled a few students to whisper something, and finally hurriedly went up to the second floor.

These people went up to the wing room on the second floor, and when they saw that the official family was also here, they were stunned at first, and they were ready to salute; But I saw Zhao Ji smiling and waving his hand at them: "All the adults open the small window in front of you to watch the battle, the ceremony will be waived, don't you see that I am a micro-service today?" ”

Everyone resigned, and each moved a small stool, opened the window, and went to see the scenery in the hall; This wing room is almost specially made for watching the battle, and when you look at it from here, you can see the movement in the hall clearly; There are also some low-status officials and wealthy families, naturally they do not sit, and can only stand behind the grandfather, the marquis, and the adults, and look at the rest of the cracks.

Tang Yan and Cheng Yang happened to sit together, and now the two of them are now enemies, and they attach great importance to the competition of this treasure appraisal meeting, which is no less than the last first test.

This time, the treasure is appreciated, but the official family is in charge, who is good and who is bad, the official family can see it clearly; Besides, the official family is also a person who loves to appreciate, if there are too many students or prisoners to shine, the country is a prisoner or a scholar and honored.

Cheng Yang's surname Jin Yue made a very determined look, smiled slightly, stroked his beard, and said slowly: "There are a lot of prisoners who have come today, Lord Tang must have won the battle." ”

Although the surname Chengyang said so, there was a slight sarcasm on his face, this pair of old friends is now getting bigger and bigger, and there is no room for maneuver.

As soon as the words of Chengyang's surname fell, many officials who were born in Taixue smiled slightly, wanting to hear how Tang Yan would deal with it.

Tang Yan smiled and said, "Lord Cheng should have been prepared, how dare Tang have a chance to win." "This sentence means that you are too unkind, and you actually quietly prepare in secret, he Tang Yan is not a person in this circle, and he is a little sluggish, even if he loses, it is because he was attacked by you.

The officials from Taixue frowned, Tang Yan's words were too harsh, as if he was too learned, not because there were many people who appreciated Taixue, but because of proper preparation, one of the adults finally couldn't help but say: "What is Lord Tang's words, such a grand event, Taixue should participate, don't you have to prepare one or two, can't you?" ”

Tang Yan saw that he knew this person, and he was a director of the Ministry of Engineering from Taixue; His words were a bit of a clarity in his words, he wanted to ignite the powder keg, and was about to sarcastically say a few words to him, but a person sitting next to him sneered: "In this way, it seems that Taixue has won the first place in the appreciation meeting, and the victory or defeat has not yet been revealed, does Taixue think that he has won?" ”

This person stroked his beard, leisurely watched the movement in the hall, sneered again and again, he was on business in Jingzhao Mansion, and he thought that he was also an official from the Guozi Prison.

Tang Yan said with a smile: "That's right, the victory or defeat is not divided, what's the use of saying so much, let's watch from the wall, and wait until the victory or defeat is revealed." ”

After all, the official family is here, and the surname Cheng Yang doesn't want to make too much trouble, so he also smiled and said, "Let's wait and see." ”

The eldest son of the emperor first went to Zhao Ji to ask for instructions, and then went downstairs to preside over the treasure appreciation.

The huge chamber suddenly fell silent, looking forward to it.

Zhao Heng didn't expect it to be so lively today, the dignitaries and dignitaries in Bianjing City came, even his father and the emperor came to watch the battle in person, and he was a little excited; He has been mediocre for half his life, and he has never received such attention, he took a breath and began to speak loudly to the connoisseur in the hall, the opening remarks are nothing more than the current emperor Shengming, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the words changed, and he glanced at the eunuch in charge, and many servants came in with many antiques covered with red covers, and then announced the beginning of the treasure appraisal meeting.

Shen Ao sat with Zhou Heng and Zeng Sui'an, and several prisoners also gathered here; On the other side, the dozen or so students wearing too student robes looked at Shen Ao with bad intentions and sneered.

In fact, from the very beginning, when these Taixue students learned of Shen Ao's identity, their eyes became hot when they saw him, Shen Ao, a person and even this name, was a great shame for the entire Taixue itself, won the first place in the first exam, and then the instructor's inscription humiliated Taixue, if any Taixue student can beat him, he can definitely be called a hero in Taixue.

These people thought in their hearts: "This Shen Ao is said to be very good at writing, which he can't compare, and he is not his opponent when he writes poetry; But in terms of appreciation, I don't believe that this surnamed Shen can be so powerful. ”

You must teach Shen Ao a good lesson, and let Shen Ao know that too many students are not easy to bully!

As soon as the emperor's eldest son's words fell, before anyone announced the rules of the competition, one of the students had already stood up with a fan, he was born mediocre, but the clothes on his body were expensive, and at first glance he was a rich son, he smiled firmly, and finally his eyes fell on Shen Ao: "Brother Tai is Shen Ao?" ”

Everyone looked at it, wow, someone is looking for Liang Zi so soon, is this considered a personal vendetta from the Treasure Society's communiqué?

Okay, there's a lot of fun.

Shen Ao smiled quietly, but he was secretly scolding in his heart, he came to provoke before the game started, are you so anxious?

However, Shen Ao still said with a smile on his face: "That's right, I am Shen Ao." ”

This prince politely folded his fan and saluted Shen Ao, but there was no respect on his face, and he sneered: "In the ministers of the lower king, it is reported that Shen Gongzi is unique in poetry and books, and he has long wanted to ask for advice, but I don't know if Shen Gongzi can appreciate treasures?" ”

The eldest son of the emperor suddenly darkened, the rules of the game were formulated by him, and when the time came, he took out the treasures, and each person was given a piece of paper and a pen, so that they could write the antiques on the paper, and then eliminate the connoisseurs who guessed the wrong origin.

Who knows that these people don't know the rules too much! Before it even started, there were already people looking for someone to fight alone!

"It's too unreasonable!" Zhao Heng scolded in his heart, and was about to ask someone to knock down this troublesome student.

Who knew that this thought had just flashed, and immediately another student stood up, looked at Shen Ao provocatively, and said: "Under the fame of Shen Gongzi, he must not dare to compete with Brother Wang, if you talk about poetry and books, the student thinks that Brother Wang is not Shen Gongzi's opponent, but when it comes to appreciation, haha......" Then laughed, and the rest of the words were not said, it was clear that he was helping Wang Zhichen to force Shen Ao to make a move.

As soon as this person said this, those students laughed uncontrollably, as if they had already won this treasure appraisal meeting.