The sound of the gong came from the first floor of Ju Ya Ge. At this time, Liu Rencheng stood in the middle of the first floor with a calm face, and Liu Hun held a gong in his hand and struck it twice. Liu Rencheng saw that the people had almost gathered, and nodded to Liu Hun, who then put down the gong, took out a rectangular wooden box from the back, and placed it on the desk in the middle.

Liu Rencheng stepped forward, came to the top of the desk, and said loudly, "Everyone, it's still the old rules. He put his hand into the wooden box, searched for a while, took out a folded note, unfolded it neatly, cleared his throat and said, "This debate has been won, on the question of 'can the wild grass be copied', please choose your own side to sit, the left is OK, the right is no." ”

He showed the note to everyone, and asked Liu Hun to stick the note on the screen behind him.

More than 20 people chose their own side and sat down in order. Liu Rencheng looked at the positions on the left and right, and there were obviously fewer people on the right than on the left.

Another gong sounded, Liu Rencheng inserted a stick of incense into a copper incense burner, and then another gong sounded, and he shouted, "Kai!" ”

When everyone gathered, Xiyun also secretly went upstairs and took the opportunity to stand behind a few maids, and at this time, no one noticed them. She remembered that Liu Rencheng had mentioned to her that this cherry blossom viewing party was divided into three days: the first day was debate. Participants can each come up with a debate topic, as for the topic of this debate, the lottery on the spot shall prevail, and the winner is the main debate topic; On the second day, it is a game of chess, where everyone can set up their own difficult chess game, and those who want to play on the other side can go up and play against it; On the third day, it is to send Xing, on this day, everyone can enjoy and play freely, but on this day, for the four major academies, it is the time to choose capable people and talents, because most of the participants are not outstanding laymen, so as to enjoy the cherry blossoms, the Royal Forest Academy and Guangling Academy will naturally seize the opportunity to raise talents for the imperial court.

At the beginning of the debate, a young man in brocade stood on the left, Xiyun saw that this was not the person Ning Xiang bumped into that day, but when she took a closer look, she found that this man was just a little similar to the person that day, with a difference in appearance and temperament, and this man had a little more childishness on his face.

I only heard him say confidently: "Everyone, the little brother is not talented, and he has used his shallow knowledge to get an axe." I have studied calligraphy since childhood, seal, li, Kai, shape, grass, all have dabbled, at the beginning of the study of words, all are copying the book of the ancestors. I once copied the 'Grass Fairy' Liu Yizhi's 'Mei Xue Ji', and I thought I could come out of its glyphs. ”

The man in brocade said, and a man in patched clothes on the right side got up, he pulled his sleeves casually, and said: "Xu is our lonely and unheard, as far as we can see, it seems that there is no successful work of copying." ”

This sentence, the man in brocade turned a little red, Xiyun was a little surprised, this argument was not superfluous polite, this sentence did not show any mercy to the other party.

At this time, an old man in a purple robe on the left stood up with a smile, Xiyun looked at this dress, and guessed that he was Xia Yan, an academician of the famous Imperial Forest Academy, "This layman, what he said is true, but as far as I know, although the wild grass is continuous and simple, but it can still see where the dot painting is, it is not without rules at all. ”

"There is no paradigm in the brushwork in the wild grass, and the achievement of any word, based on the current paper, pen and ink, and the improvisation of the author's mood, cannot be measured by common rules."

"Although it is different from the brushwork in other calligraphy, as long as you understand the form of dot painting and pen gesture, you can copy it on paper."

"Not really, although you can copy one or two of its forms, but the charm of a moment is absolutely unattainable, only the external skeleton, is not empty of its appearance." A half-bunched woman dressed in white, seeing her made Xiyun think of "fairy sister". Because, the woman exuded a fairy spirit, Xiyun saw that she had an elegant temperament, and stood up unhurriedly and said. Immediately, she looked at the people sitting below, there were three women, it seems that the cherry blossom viewing will not be limited to the difference between men and women, it is true.

A woman sitting next to Xia Yan got up and argued: "This is a bad statement, there is an empathy in the calligraphy copy, if you can feel the feeling of the calligrapher in person, presumably the words written, the form and spirit can be both, how can there be only a virtual appearance." ”

Xiyun then paid attention to the woman, this woman, with a long figure, a duck egg face, a pair of smart eyes, looking forward to Shenfei, this is a face that the woman can't help but praise when she sees it, it seems to sense her gaze, the woman glanced back at her, and she hurriedly lowered her head with a little weakness.

Watching the two sides fight with each other, you come and go, it is so lively, she also listened with great interest, but after listening for a long time, she did not see the familiar white figure, so she took her eyes to inspect the people sitting around, but did not find the figure, she couldn't help but be a little lost, so she couldn't be interested in the debate. So, she turned slowly and went down the stairs lightly, and no one noticed her leaving.

Except for the stone steps to the back mountain, and the road when she came, Xiyun didn't find any other place to go, she expected, the man in white should not go back, the biggest possibility is to go to the road where she hid when she came, so Xiyun walked that way.

Xiao Jingyu actually arrived at Ju Ya Ge very early, but he didn't have any interest in this debate, so he didn't go upstairs. He walked through the archway and saw the pavilion standing on the rockery, and wanted to go up to relieve the knot in his underwear.

When he stood in the pavilion, he saw that in addition to the cherry blossom road when he just came, there was a cherry blossom forest under the mountain on the other side, which had a unique flavor, and there was a mountain stream next to the cherry blossom forest, and the sound of the stream could be faintly heard.

Xiao Jingyu looked at it for a while and found that there seemed to be a courtyard in the cherry blossom forest. There were a few gongs in Ju Ya Ge, and he didn't bother to pay attention. At this time, Xiao Jingyu thought in his heart, could it be that the person he was looking for, over the years, he had also sent many people to find that person, but every time he was disappointed. This time, he personally stepped in, perhaps to put an end to this matter, no matter what the outcome, he probably won't look for it again in the future.

Xiao Jingyu went down the pavilion and saw the stone steps leading to the bottom. This is exactly where Xiyun was hiding just now, but when the gong sounded for the first time, she secretly went to Juya Pavilion and did not meet Xiao Jingyu.