The hour had come, and several gentlemen on duty at the Fuwen Institute shouted loudly and beckoned all the people to enter the house.

One of the gentlemen on duty smiled and asked Zhang Yi to walk in front, Zhang Yi waved his hand and refused, and asked a few gentlemen on duty to go first. Zhang Yi has the highest status, and everyone follows him.

Xie Dongliu, the monarch of the Imperial Academy, changed his majesty from the past and invited all the gentlemen of the Academy of Literature to sit together. Yang Dong, the head of the County Academy of Literature, Fan Xuezheng and others were impressively listed, and Zhang Yi saw them and stepped forward to salute them.

Fan Xuezheng shouted: "Zhang Jieyuan, now you are a person from heaven, and your status is higher than that of me, an old fellow, where can you afford to salute? Come on, let's sit at the same table and drink and talk." ”

"Where Mr. Fan is, Zhang Yi is just lucky, where can he compare with the gentlemen who have been abusing academia for decades. Zhang Yi smiled and waved his hand, "Since today is the palace trial banquet, I should naturally sit down with you in childhood and thank you gentlemen for your kindness." ”

After Zhang Yi saluted one by one, he walked towards the table where Qiao Juzheng and the others were in Fengzhonglou. After sitting down, he found that Chen Liang was also among them, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

The banquet began, and dozens of boys came from all directions with different kinds of dishes, and in a short time all the guests' tables were filled. Of course, there is also a fine wine, a jar of osmanthus wine placed on the side of everyone.

It is now the golden autumn, and the Fuwen Institute is naturally no exception, and the unified purchase of osmanthus wine. Except for the osmanthus wine, which has soared in price, the prices of other wineries are extremely reasonable.

Chen Liang, as the gentleman of the Academy of Literature, is half the master, and he took the lead in raising his glass and said: "Chen Liang is here, I wish you all the best in the future state test hall test, like this time, invincible." ”

"Thank you, Brother Chen. "Everyone raised their glasses.

Chen Liang took a sip and sighed at Zhang Yixi: "Brother Zhang Yixian, you must know that what we are drinking today is the osmanthus wine of Huajian Winery? ”

"That's right, Zhang Jieyuan, my family lives next to Huajian Winery, and you can see many famous families coming to buy wine every day, and there is an endless stream. How expensive is the wine in Huajian Winery, even many famous families returned empty-handed, shaking their heads and sighing that Huajian wine is expensive. ”

One of the people said with a smile, and the rest of the people read the words "expensive wine among flowers" a few times, and they really found it interesting and joked about Zhang Yi. said that Huajian Winery should give Zhang Yi dividends.

Zhang Yi responded with a smile, took a sip of osmanthus wine, and felt that it was no different from the time of the Huajian wine party, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "These famous families are really idle and have nothing to do, how can the osmanthus wine made by other wineries be worse, why spend ten times and a hundred times the price to buy this Laoshizi Huajian expensive wine?"

The people present laughed loudly, and Feng Chonglou couldn't help but say: "Ah Yi, you are lonely and unheard." The wine between the flowers is expensive, just like the Tai'an paper is expensive, the famous families, and even the wealthy families, the food they drink is not necessarily many times better than others, but the price is so expensive, it is necessary to compare with each other and divide the high and low. ”

The allusion of Tai'an paper is expensive, Zhang Yi has seen it in books. Tens of thousands of years ago, the right attendant of Tai'an City had a son named Zuo Chong, who was not good-looking since he was a child, and his father was very disdainful; Zuo Chong studied diligently, studied historical materials, and finally wrote an article in the capital of the hundred countries of the Great Zhou Dynasty, called "Hundred Kingdoms Fu".

When "The Fu of the Hundred Kingdoms" was first completed, many people despised Zuo Chong, and everyone despised them even if they didn't look at it. Who knew that Zuo Chong would dedicate the "Hundred Kingdoms Fu" to the Cang in the Hanlin Academy of Tai'an City, and the name was spread all over the world, and the Wenyun was instilled in the body, and the great Confucianism was achieved overnight.

Since then, Tai'an has been shaken, and countless literati and scholars have competed to copy "The Fu of the Hundred Kingdoms", which has caused bookstores in the entire Tai'an City to sell out paper scrolls, and the price of paper in the entire Tai'an City has risen tenfold for a while. Many people laugh and say that Tai'an paper is expensive, which also means that articles or something are all the rage and are in short supply.

Zhang Yi secretly bowed his head, he had read some of "The Fu of a Hundred Kingdoms", and it was indeed written spectacularly, but there were some things in it that he didn't seem to understand, and he didn't know what the truth of the Great Dao contained. Unexpectedly, Zuo Chong made such a jinshi a great Confucian overnight.

Zhang Xie Yuan...... Come on, let's not talk about this, let's have a drink. Seeing that Zhang Yi did not speak, several people smiled and raised their glasses, inviting him to drink together.

Zhang Yi hurriedly woke up from his contemplation and responded with a smile.

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At the end of the banquet, Zhang Yi and the others saluted and thanked the court, and then returned separately.

Qiao Juzheng still didn't say much tonight, but he was never ambiguous when he drank, and he didn't know how many jars of osmanthus wine he swallowed, and finally he was drunk. He didn't come by car today, and he didn't even carry it, Feng Chonglou had no choice but to wave goodbye to Zhang Yi and help send Qiao Juzheng back to Qiao's mansion.

Seeing that neither of them was in the car, Zhang Yi hurriedly called Zhang Daniu and instructed him to send the two back to his house, while he returned to Zhang's house alone.

The moonlight was like water, a few clusters of lone lamps lit the street, and a faint green smoke shrouded the willow trees on the street. While Zhang Yi was walking, only the wine shop and the green building were noisy, and his mind was clear.

"In ancient times, there were two senior brothers in the Holy Academy who also did the same thing as Mr. Zuo Chong, describing the imperial capital of Great Xia and several major capitals. Compared with these two articles, "The Fu of the Hundred Kingdoms" is no longer gorgeous, and most of it is realistic, but even if it is exceeded, it is not too strong.

Zhang Yi was extremely studious, and when he was walking, he suddenly remembered the Tai'an paper Gui's "Hundred Kingdoms Fu" mentioned during today's banquet, and immediately fell into contemplation and analyzed the wonders of this article.

The whole article of "Hundred Kingdoms" is sprinkled with tens of thousands of words, detailing the capitals of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the hundred countries one by one.

The first article is naturally the southern capital of the country on the underwater. From the beginning of the Nandu sitting on the Nanji Mountain Range, to the historical legends and famous places of interest are narrated in them, but only a few hundred words are used, Zuo Chong's ability to write articles really amazed Zhang Yi.

"There are so many wonderful things in the southern capital, but there is a bluestone tablet engraved on the Piaoxiang Tea House mentioned in the article that no one knows, Mr. Zuo Chong doesn't know whether the owner of the tea house deliberately used it to attract guests or accidentally chose the site here. ”

After reading the Nandu chapter, Zhang Yi recalled the taste, and was amazed, and admired Zuo Chong Confucianism even more.

There must be a mystery in this "Hundred Kingdoms Fu", but it is difficult to find it at your current level. When you go one step further and become a tribute, you can use jade to explore the mysteries.

"Next, let's take a look at the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Zhang Yi thought to himself, and was about to watch the next chapter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when he suddenly felt someone chasing after him quickly, and quickly gathered his mind and turned to look at the comer.

Zhang Yi is already a person descending from the sky, and with the help of Yuehua, he can clearly see the faces of the people who come. This person has a delicate face, bright eyes, and looks unusually clever, vaguely seen somewhere.

The person who came bowed and said: "Chen Cong has seen Zhang Jieyuan, I don't know if Zhang Jieyuan still has an impression of the little one?"

Chen Cong?

When Zhang Yi heard this name, he immediately remembered the scholar beside Chen Xiangwen during the township exam. Chen Cong also participated in the township test, and his ranking was still above Chen Xiangwen, about the same as Zhang Lin.

"Yes. Zhang Yi nodded noncommittally, this scholar will naturally not be treated as preferential as Zhang Lin in the Chen Mansion, and being able to be admitted to the Tongsheng is naturally related to his talent. But what he is tonight, Zhang Yi is still unclear, so he naturally has to behave more steadily.

The corners of Chen Cong's eyes curled, looking extremely happy, and said, "Thank you Zhang Jieyuan, I have always admired your personality, and I hate the practices of the people in the Chen Mansion. Now that he is already the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion, he knows the movements of the Chen Mansion well, and if you need help, you can say hello at any time. ”

Zhang Yi's face was flat, and there was no change, but his voice became cold: "I do have a grudge with the Chen Mansion, but as the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion, how can you turn your back on the main family and befriend me, is this the work of a scholar?"

This housekeeper of the Chen Mansion named Chen Cong, although he is a child, is too clever. From the beginning, he claimed to be small, and he involuntarily claimed to be below, which made Zhang Yi dislike it very much.

Chen Cong's face changed suddenly, but he quickly recovered, and arched his hand: "Zhang Xie Yuan misunderstood, I don't know if you remember Zhong Chunsheng's case at the beginning?"

"Naturally remember. Zhang Yi nodded and replied, after Zhang Xiuxiu and Zhong Chunsheng broke off their relationship, they are still servants in Zhang's mansion.

"Zhang Jieyuan, the villain was from the same village as Xiuxiu before, and he has been a childhood sweetheart with Xiuxiu since he was a child. It's a pity that I was later sold to Chen's house as a slave, and I never saw Xiuxiu again. ”

Chen Cong talked about the past, bowed his head slightly, and said: "After hearing about this incident, the **** was struck by lightning, and she couldn't save her by any means, and she was almost like ashes." Later, you spoke out, which made me admire. ”

"I know that if I turned my back on the Chen Mansion and came to take refuge, you will definitely look down on me. But, I remember another sentence in your face that you said at the time, and it made me feel that I should do it. ”

Zhang Yi was surprised: "Oh, which sentence?"

"How can you repay virtue with virtue?" Chen Cong replied loudly, "Chen Fu forcibly bought my family's land, which ruined my family, and I had to sell myself as a slave." After entering Chen's mansion, Chen Xiangwen beat and scolded me, like a pig and a dog. Chen Cong is indeed a bit of a philistine, but he is really forced by life. Chen Fu is now pointed out by thousands of people, and I came to seek refuge in Zhang Jieyuan, which is also the desire of the people, and I am not a dirty person. ”

"Repaying virtue with virtue and repaying grievances with straightforwardness, this is indeed what I said. Zhang Yi nodded lightly, Chen Cong's words were sincere, and there was no previous cleverness and cunning in his eyes, and it seemed that what he said was indeed true.

"You have a deep affection for Xiuxiu, and you can be regarded as a loving and righteous person. Chen's chickens and dogs are thieves, you can't be different in the meantime, and now you have woken up, which is not bad. I was prejudiced against you before, and I was rude. ”

Zhang Yi bowed his hand to Chen Cong, and Chen Cong hurriedly bowed in return.

The two discussed for a while, Chen Cong turned around and returned to Chen's mansion, and Zhang Yi got up again and walked towards Zhang's mansion. I want to explore the mystery of "Hundred Kingdoms" again, but I can't calm down in my heart.

If the matter of Zhangfu and Chenfu is not solved, it is really difficult to be a scholar who concentrates on cultivation.