Chapter 208 Poetry Club of the Garden
Long Zhan had returned to his residence, because the winemaking had been successful, and he was now picking out a suitable poem for tonight's poetry meeting.
Since he was a friend through poetry, he was eager to see what the literati of this world would say about the poems written by the literati of that world.
He sat in front of the bookcase and wrote a dozen poems on paper, but he hesitated, and finally did not decide which one to choose.
Li Bai's? Du Fu's? Or Wang Wei and Lu You? Long Zhan is actually more inclined to Li Bai's, after all, what he wants to promote
"Poetry fairy wine", if you choose poems, of course, it is the most suitable to choose poems of poetry fairies. Looking at these poems, Long Zhan sighed, he only knew that these poems were good, but he didn't know where they were good.
As for the artistic conception inside, he couldn't read it even more. So for a while, it's really hard to choose.
When he was in a dilemma, Ji Kai'an's voice came from outside the door,
"Third Young Master, Third Young Master......" Hearing the sound at the door, Long Zhan got up and walked out, and at the same time, Meng Wanlin and Yan Jin came out.
He rarely talks to Meng Wanlin now, and as for the matter of cultivation, now that he has Yan Jin, he is not needed.
And once he got close, Yan Jin would stare at him very vigilantly, which would simply treat him as a demon.
Long Zhan couldn't stand this anger, and he couldn't get rid of her, so he had to stop sticking it. Meng Wanlin actually wanted to talk to Long Zhan, not because she suddenly liked Long Zhan.
Instead, compared to Yan Jin, she was more familiar with dragon battles. By Yan Jin's side, she always felt uncomfortable, but when there was a dragon battle, she felt a lot more at ease.
But now Long Zhan basically doesn't take the initiative to take care of her, which makes her a little sad. At this time, the two met, and they just nodded, not like a couple should be at all.
After Long Zhan went out, he directly opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?" Ji Kai'an said excitedly: "Master Ke contacted us and said that he wanted a hundred jade flowers tonight, and Shopkeeper Huang asked me to inform you." When Long Zhan heard that Ke Peiling had taken the initiative to find this side, he raised his eyebrows, and after waiting for so long, the other party finally came.
said: "Wait a minute, I'll give you something, you bring it back for me." After Long Zhan finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the house, and not long after he brought out two jars of wine and handed them to Ji Kai'an,
"You take these two jars of wine back, and when this jar is sent to the garden in the evening, you also send it by the way, saying that it is to thank Master Ke for taking care of our business for the first time, and specially give it to her to taste. As for this jar of wine, when you go back, you deliberately smash it in the street, wherever there are more people. Ji Kaian was puzzled and asked, "Why?" Long Zhan said: "Haven't you heard the smell of wine and are not afraid of deep alleys?" Ji Kai'an said: "I've heard it, what's wrong?" ”
"I'm afraid." Long Zhan said a word, and then began to drive people,
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, do as I say." Seeing that Long Zhan was impatient, Ji Kaian didn't dare to ask more, and left with two jars of wine.
After he left, Meng Wanlin asked, "When you said Yuan just now, are you talking about the Yuan Poetry Club?" Long Zhan remembered that Meng Wanlin was also a famous talented woman, and she was more or less interested in these things in the poetry club, so she smiled and nodded,
"Well, I'm going to send them something." Then he asked, "Do you want to go?" Meng Wanlin hesitated, she had been to a lot of poetry clubs before, so she was naturally a little interested, but now that her identity was different, it was not good to show her face publicly, so she shook her head.
"If you want to go, don't you have fun with a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women chanting poems?" Long Zhan said encouragingly, as if he had thought of something, Long Zhan's body suddenly trembled,
"Oops, I'm grass, I forgot about it. I won't talk to you more, I'm going to get down to business. After Long Zhan finished speaking, he immediately chased after him.
He only cared about giving the wine to Ji Kai'an, and forgot to give him the poem, knowing that poetry is the key. Meng Wanlin looked confused, she didn't know what Long Zhan was doing, but when she thought of the Poetry Club, she thought that she probably didn't have the opportunity to go, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Turning around and walking, I came to the study. Looking at the four treasures of the study inside, she suddenly wanted to write and draw, just like back then.
Dancing with knives and guns is still not suitable for her, what she likes is to hold a pen on paper and write lyrically. But as she approached the bookcase, she saw a few pieces of paper scattered on the bookcase, as well as a few poems on it.
She wondered for a moment,
"Did he write it?" Then I picked it up and looked at it. At first, she just watched it casually, but after reading the song, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she breathed rapidly, and her body began to tremble.
Seeing her like this, Yan Jin thought that something had happened to her, so she hurriedly flew over and put her hand on Meng Wanlin's shoulder.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Sensing that there was nothing abnormal in Meng Wanlin's body, she was relieved. Meng Wanlin waved her hand, indicating that she was fine, but pointed to the words on the table with her finger, and asked in surprise, "This is what he wrote?" Is this a poem he made? ”
"I don't know." Yan Jin shook her head, she was just a sword practitioner, she didn't know anything about poetry, and she didn't read it anymore after taking a look.
Meng Wanlin took a deep breath and murmured: "When I am drunk, I don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of dreams and the galaxy ......" closed her eyes and imagined that artistic conception, and she couldn't help but feel swaying and intoxicated.
Turning his head to look out the window, he asked in his heart, "Did you write this?" After that, she watched a few more songs, and each one amazed her, making her unable to recover for a long time and unable to extricate herself.
And Yan Jin on the side was puzzled throughout the whole process, not understanding what was wrong with her master. ……
"Jingshan, where are you?" In a carriage, an old man closed his eyes and asked.
"It's almost to the String River, and it's almost there." Zhang Ling replied in a low voice, Jingshan is his character, and they who are scholars have words, but ordinary people don't.
The old man snorted, and then said, "What do you think of tonight's poetry meeting?" Zhang Ling replied respectfully: "I have seen those talents in Yucheng, they are indeed amazing and gorgeous, this poetry will our Sucheng is only afraid of ......" After saying that, he smiled bitterly,
"We have to lose." The old man asked, "Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" Zhang Ling knew that the teacher was testing him, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Is it a good thing?" The old man opened his eyes and asked, "Why?" Zhang Ling replied: "The one who beats me is superior, there are a few people who are better than us, which shows that we have a few more talents in Daning, which is the blessing of our Daning, and it is the blessing of Daning, so what's wrong with us being defeated." The old man laughed and said: "You kid will always say these crooked words, but it's okay, you can stand up after you can say crooked words, and you won't fall down so easily in the court." But don't learn from your teacher and me, a tendon horizontally and vertically, and finally being kicked out of the game, and a dead duck with a hard mouth. "The old Confucian is Xu Yanghui, a mellow Confucian in Sucheng, who has been a waiter in the Ministry of Rites for several years, and is also the prince and the prince, and then because he is not used to the flattery in the court, he was attacked again, so he returned to his hometown.
Since then, he has been settled in Sioux City, concentrating on learning, and occasionally accepting a few disciples, Zhang Ling is one of them, and he is also the one he is most optimistic about.
Zhang Ling arched his hand and said: "The teacher is upright, rather than bending, and he is the backbone of my generation of scholars." "The old man waved his hand,
"Don't, you don't have to say these crooked words in front of me, they are all masters and apprentices, and it's useless to pat yourself on the back." Zhang Ling gave his hand again,
"It's just a heartfelt word." The old man pointed at Zhang Ling,
"You, what a ......"
"Phew!" The carriage shook, and there seemed to be a lot of commotion outside. The old man asked, "What's wrong?" The horseman outside replied: "Back to Mrs. Xu, someone in front of me fell, as if he had broken a jar of wine, and startled the driver." The old man said: "That person is okay, right?" Check it out. ”
"Yes." The groom had just jumped out of the carriage. The old man suddenly trembled, and then sniffed violently,
"What does it smell like?" Zhang Ling also smelled it,
"It's the smell of wine, and it smells so strong." Lao Ru's eyes lit up, and he lifted the curtain and walked out quickly, and sure enough, the smell of wine outside was even stronger.
"Oops, oops, smashed, what can I do? What should I do? According to Long Zhan's instructions, Ji Kai'an came to the place with the largest crowd and deliberately smashed a jar of wine.
Seeing the wine flowing all over the ground, he pretended to be regretful and indignant: "It's over, it's over, if I let the owner know that I smashed this jar of wine, I have to peel me, what should I do?" "He has a very loud voice, which naturally attracts a lot of people.
There are many people who can drink alcohol next to them, and when they smell this wine, they can't help but shake their heads and sigh, secretly saying that it is a pity.
Xu Yanghui happened to see this scene, stepped forward and smelled the wine, and confirmed that it was from the broken wine on the ground, and he also felt pity, and shook his head again and again: "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's the first time I've seen such a fragrant wine, but I didn't expect it to fall, it's a pity." Zhang Ling also walked out quickly, his eyes were sharp, he saw that Ji Kai'an still had a jar in his hand, and saw that his teacher liked it, so he asked, "This big brother, can you resell the wine in your hand to me?" Only then did everyone notice that Ji Kai'an was still holding a jar of wine in his arms, and they were all a little moved, and they all said: "Hey, brother, your wine smells good, sell it to me, I'll pay ten taels." "Ten taels is already a very high price, and the average wine is a few hundred yuan, and it is about the same when it comes to one or two taels of silver.
"Ten taels? I'll give fifteen taels. ”
"I'll give twenty taels."
"I'm thirty taels." …… As the price got higher and higher, Zhang Ling was also confused, he just asked, but he didn't expect the situation to evolve like this.
But he definitely wouldn't give up, since it was what his teacher liked, he was willing to spend as much as he wanted, so he shouted: "I'll pay five hundred taels." As soon as this price came out, a large number of people were immediately scared off.
Ordinary people think that fifty taels is the end, even some rich people are only willing to spend one hundred taels at most.
Five hundred taels, they won't even think about it. Of course, there are also some really rich people who can raise the price higher, but these rich people all know Zhang Ling, and they are not too easy to refute his face, even if they are rich, they are not called.
Seeing that no one was following anymore, Zhang Ling smiled at Ji Kai'an, then took out five gold leaves from his arms and said, "Big brother, five hundred taels for you, give me the wine." "Five hundred taels to buy a jar of wine, most people think that Ji Kai'an must have made a lot of money this time, but I am afraid that I can speak out when I hide in the quilt at night.
But to everyone's surprise, Ji Kaian just glanced at the gold leaf in Zhang Ling's hand, then didn't look at it anymore, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to give this away, I can't sell it." Upon hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.
I thought that you can't buy anything with these five hundred taels, buy something else to give away, even if you buy dozens of jars of good wine, there is a surplus.
Can't you settle this account? Zhang Ling was also surprised, he didn't expect that he couldn't buy it with a bid of five hundred taels, he wondered if his bid was too low, so he raised the price again: "I pay one thousand taels, one thousand taels are you willing to sell me?" "Everyone is suffocated, 1,000 taels to buy a jar of wine, crazy, right?
But Ji Kaian still shook his head, which caused a lot of people to discuss, this is also crazy, and it won't be sold for a thousand taels.
Zhang Lingyou was unwilling, and raised the price again: "Two thousand taels!" Ji Kai'an hesitated in his heart, thinking that with so much money, it should be enough, should he sell him?
Even if it is sold, the boss will not say anything about himself. But the third young master clearly said that he wanted to give it away, but he didn't say that he wanted to sell it.
Seeing that he had begun to hesitate, Zhang Ling was overjoyed, and raised the price for the last time: "One price, three thousand taels." "Everyone's breathing began to be confused, three thousand taels to buy a jar of wine, this is not crazy, this is stupid, sick.
What kind of wine, do you want three thousand taels, fairy wine? Ji Kai'an couldn't withstand the bombardment of the capital, and he was about to loosen his slippers, but at this moment, he raised his eyes and suddenly saw Long Zhan coming from a distance shaking his head at him.
He knew that the third young master might not allow him to sell, so he had to stabilize his mind, resist the temptation of three thousand taels, and resolutely said: "If you don't sell it, I won't sell it as much as you want, this is to give it away." Zhang Ling wanted to say something more, but Xu Yanghui reached out and pressed his hand, shaking his head slightly.
Zhang Ling was unwilling to say: "Teacher, you wait, I can buy it for you with some extra money." Xu Yanghui waved his hand and said, "No need, I've already drunk it." Zhang Ling was puzzled.
Xu Yanghui explained: "Is there a more mellow liquor in this world than one that sticks to one's heart so much? Zhang Ling suddenly arched his hand and said, "It's the student who is abrupt." Xu Yanghui arched his hand at Ji Kai'an,
"Such a fragrant wine, I made it, forgive my sins!" After giving up, he left with Zhang Ling.
Someone recognized his identity and exclaimed, "It's Master Xu, it's his old man." Only then did everyone remember who it was, and they all bowed their hands to the carriage, and Ji Kai'an stood in front of the carriage, holding the jar of wine in his arms, shining brilliantly in the sun.
Long Zhan smiled slightly,
"It worked better than I expected. Master Ke, how can you thank me for this great gift? ”