Chapter 16: The Five Great Schools (I)
On the tenth day of August, there are still five days before the convening of the Sword Tasting Conference.
More and more young knights began to gather in Yuhang, and Baihuafang was already overcrowded, and if you didn't book a place in advance, you couldn't enter at all.
Of course, Kong Zhaolin, who is known as the "gorgeous and unparalleled" of the five masters of the south of the Yangtze River, is an exception, Baihuafang has reserved a private room for it for many years, even the top ten rookies in the rivers and lakes do not have such treatment, the reason why it is so is mainly because Kong Zhaolin has a good tire and has a rich Lao Tzu - Kong Youkuang.
There are countless wealthy families in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, and there is absolutely no place for him in the top ten.
But Kong Youkuang has private rooms in all famous inns in the Tang Dynasty, just this luxurious wrist, his Kong family claims to be second, no one dares to rank first, to borrow the words of 1,500 years later, this Kong Youkuang is a 100% "local tyrant".
Kong Zhaolin doesn't need to show proof of identity when he goes to any inn, because the words "gorgeous and unequaled" can't be impersonated by others.
When Kong Zhaolin took Tang Ji and Xiaode into Baihuafang, the maidservant who had seen her own eyes came to pick them up and led the three of them straight up to the luxurious private room Plum Garden on the third floor.
This plum garden is as big as an ordinary house, there are two huge windows, one window is the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the other window can see the whole picture of the stage in the square, there is a small stage built in the center, there are five tables of eight immortals around it, it happens to be in the shape of plum blossoms.
After the three of them entered, they sat down by the window in the middle of the square.
"I don't know what Gongzi Kong wants to eat." The maidservant asked earnestly.
"First of all, I will serve all the pastries in that workshop, and tell the chef to make a few dishes of good dishes with his heart, and then brew dozens of jars of old flowers." Kong Zhaolin knew that Xiao Decai had left the mountains and liked the food in the world very much, so he took out a heavy money bag and threw it to the maidservant.
When the maid saw this, she was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut, and after retiring diligently, she secretly deducted her share, and then went to the back kitchen to divide the money bag equally with the masters.
After "the spoils were divided", the back kitchen knew that it was the unequaled prince who wanted to entertain the distinguished guests, so he hurriedly ordered to go down and bring out the best food, and be sure to serve the unequaled prince to the satisfaction.
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Besides, the male and female thieves had already been influenced by Tang Ji and were swaying, who knew that they had handed in the wrong name, and the two of them knew that they would definitely attract the pursuit of the All-Sex Palace, so under Kong Zhaolin's clever words, they immediately decided to join the Haoran Palace, and Meng Fei led the two to the Yuhang Branch Hall to be tested.
The eldest grandson Xiaowen was also shocked by Tang Ji's words, and insisted on keeping Tang Ji to lecture in Xizi Academy for a few days, Tang Ji had no opinion on this, but it hurt Xiaode and Kong Zhaolin, Tang Ji talked endlessly on the podium about the views on the Four Books and Five Classics, and Kong Zhaolin and Xiaode had to accompany him on the side.
In the end, it was because Kong Zhaolin said that before participating in the sword tasting conference, he would introduce a few friends to Tang Ji to know, so the eldest grandson dean reluctantly let Tang Ji leave.
"This Hundred Flowers Brew is the best product of Hundred Flowers Workshop, come and I will fill it up for Brother Tang." Kong Zhaolin was about to pour wine for Tang Ji while holding the wine jug.
"Thank you Brother Kong for your kindness, but the inferior don't drink." Tang Ji said apologetically.
"The eldest husband walks the rivers and lakes, talks and laughs, how can he not drink?" Kong Zhaolin persuaded.
"This is very true, but the bad man has tasted the harm of drunkenness and misdeeds, so he decided not to drink anymore." Tang Ji explained.
"Let's drink a jar, and then we come out today to relax and entertain, so what's wrong."
"The inferior used to like to talk about small drinks, but every time I didn't know it, I got drunk."
"Brother Xiaode, do you want to drink a little?" Kong Zhaolin saw that he couldn't resist Tang Ji, so he turned his head and asked Xiaode.
"The master doesn't drink it, and I don't drink it either." Xiao Dezheng was eating the delicious food on the plate seriously, and said without raising his head.
"Xiaode, when you first enter the rivers and lakes, you should taste the flavors of the world, taste what wine is first, and only after experiencing it can you understand why the inferior no longer drinks." Tang Ji said to Xiao De.
"I see."
Seeing this, Kong Zhaolin shook his head again and again, thinking to himself that this sour scholar was really special, and he really spoke one by one.
At this moment, there was a sudden cheer in the Baihuafang, and I saw five graceful women with graceful figures, wearing tulle, appearing on the stage, and the five people were holding the pipa, the gonghou, the transverse flute, the dong flute, and the huqin.
"It is one of the five major schools and the farmer of the Six Arts Pavilion." Kong Zhaolin introduced Tang Ji.
"It is rumored that the Six Arts Pavilion was inherited from the peasant family in the pre-Qin period, and the disciples were all over the rivers and lakes. After Xu Jingye's defeat, His Majesty Long Yan was furious and vowed to destroy the Six Arts Pavilion, fortunately, Admiral Tiance suggested that the Six Arts Pavilion is the cornerstone of the stability of the world, and the Queen of Heaven had to calm down this thought, but asked the Lord of the Six Arts Pavilion Gongsun Auntie to admit his mistake, this Gongsun Auntie did not buy it, and resolutely did not obey, fortunately, Shangguan Rong, the owner of Xinglin Garden, who is also one of the five major sects, has a close relationship with Gongsun Auntie, and went to persuade in person to make Gongsun Auntie soft, otherwise whether the world can continue to be peaceful is really a matter of two words, It can be seen that the Six Arts Museum is well-deserved as the largest gang in Datang and ranks first among the five major gangs. ”
"I'm getting more and more curious, where did Brother Tang know so much about the rivers and lakes."
"In Songzhou that day, the inferior and Zhu Qian had a long talk all night, and Zhu Qian told me these anecdotes."
Suddenly, the whole Baihuafang began to be quiet, it turned out that the farmer's Wujiao was about to start playing, and the Wujiao ensemble played the famous song "Zhenguan Long Song".
The author doesn't know how to describe the beautiful and moving melody, so I can only quote the poems of later generations to appreciate:
Jincheng silk pipe day after day, half into the river wind and half into the clouds.
This song should only be in the sky, and the world can hear it a few times.
Immediately after the song ended, a maidservant girl introduced the peasant Wujiao into the private room on the third floor, and everyone in the workshop was still intoxicated with the melody, unable to extricate themselves, and finally when someone cheered and cheered, there was no one on the stage.
When everyone came back to their senses from the melody of the farmer's five Jiao, they saw two more people standing on the stage, wearing black coarse linen clothes, with the word "ink" embroidered on the back, and the word "Yanbing" embroidered on the upper part of the right sleeve.
"I don't know which of the two masters in the Glaive Tower these two are." Although Tang Ji heard Zhu Qian talk a lot about the rivers and lakes, it was not all, so although Tang Ji knew that the two of them were from Yanbing Tower, he didn't know who they were.
"The tall one is called Moqi, and the short one is called Mogua."
"The two of them are the sons of the owner of the Yanbing Building, there are ink chess in the rivers and lakes known as 'strange and strange', the Mo hexagram brothers, it is rumored that the Yan Bing Building was inherited from the pre-Qin Mo family, and the Mo family's secret weapon technique is a must in the rivers and lakes, just looking at the power of the twelve hours used by the Fu family brothers and sisters, you can know how powerful the Mo family's secret weapon is."
I saw that the ink chess bowed to everyone in the workshop, and then there was an extra square box in his hand, the ink chess threw the box into the air, and the box became a small bird of the machine when the box was activated, flying in the air, and then the ink chess performed a light skill and jumped up, stepped on the bird, and continued to fly into the air with strength, and the amazing thing was that the bird did not fall down, but flew over the top of the ink chess head at a faster speed, and the ink chess somersaulted, stepped on the bird again, and continued to borrow strength.
Everyone in the workshop couldn't help but applaud, at this moment, the ink chess put the bird in his hand, the mechanism turned, the bird turned into a crossbow, "whoosh" broke the air, a series of iron pills flew towards the ink hexagram, seeing this change, everyone in the workshop did not know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the two brothers, and some timid chivalrous women couldn't help but hide their faces and scream.