Drawing the first talisman in his life, Ning Que was of course very happy, and then calmed down and sighed, but he was not as ecstatic as he was when he embarked on the path of cultivation last year. Because of the fact that he had been tormented by his cultivation for more than ten years, he was already desperate but suddenly succeeded, but the matter of the Fu Dao was taken for granted and came naturally, and he knew that he would definitely be able to comprehend the truth, but he didn't know when he could.

Calm and joyful, naturally it is impossible to beat gongs and drums through the streets and alleys to announce the whole world, he only told the people who were closest to him, and then he was a little surprised to find that the reaction of these guys after learning about this was actually stronger than his own, and for a while he couldn't help but wonder who wrote the water talisman on the snow-white paper on the desk.

Sang Sang actually went to the victory house and invited the master to come back and make the table table. The senior brothers and sisters in the mountain behind the academy rushed to tell each other, thinking that the little junior brother would be intoxicated with Fu Dao from now on, presumably the rotten flying sword would not be practiced again, and his head and the ass of the big white goose would be much safer, so he danced with his hands and feet, and played Xiao Lianqin and sang lightly, after Master Yan Se knew the news, he first sat in a daze in the south gate for a while, and then went to the red sleeves to indulge in wine, and when he was drunk, for some reason there were two lines of old tears flowing down the old face.

On the third day after the summer rain, the respected wine lord of the Tang Empire chose a name at random to hold a banquet in his own mansion, and dozens of officials were invited to drink and have fun under the rain in the courtyard.

Naturally, the big men of the imperial court will not sit in the courtyard with these middle-level officials, but chat with the old priest in the main room, they listen to the hearty laughter of the lord of the sacrificial wine, and the doubts in their hearts are stronger than those of the officials outside, and they have speculated about what happy events have happened, which can make the old man who leads the literary world with academic articles and has never been smiling so happy, could it be that where did the border army lay a big territory for the empire, or is it that the granddaughter of the old man is going to marry?

On this kind of occasion, I didn't care what happened, I should have a lot of fun, but I just looked at the other old man with pale hair who was sitting on the left hand side of the old sacrificial wine, and even the secretary of the Ministry of Rites didn't talk much.

That lord is the courtier of the scholar king of Wenyuan Pavilion, looking at the entire imperial court, except for the prime minister and other Liao Liao people, only this scholar dares not to give the old priest a good look, not to mention that everyone knows that these two old men have always been at odds.

The disagreement between the sacrificial sake and the scholars has been around for a long time, but it has nothing to do with political opinions. The Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to the law, even those kings and nobles do not dare to touch it, and all ministries and departments act according to the law, although there is no harsh law, but it is even more difficult to rub the edge of the law, but it is even more difficult to do some tricks, so how can any minister dare to form a party for personal gain.

Liao Liao's several Shangshu ministers in the main room are clear, the grudge between the two elders faintly points to a certain young affair decades ago, at that time, these two adults are students of the academy, the same house, the friendship is very deep, but it is a pity that there is a young woman in the same house, and it is a pity that the woman is the prime minister's female affection is not good, the most regrettable thing is that the prime minister has only one daughter, so ......

Scholar Wang sneered, stroked the white beard on his chin, looked at the old sacrificial wine beside him and said, "I heard that you have often sent stewards to Linxi Lane 47 recently, and you have also bought a few brothers' books from others?"

"Yes, are you envious?" Lord Saijiu smiled slightly, looked at him and said: "You don't want to say anything about losing the face of the court, thinking that Ning Que was originally a student of the academy, and he has an old relationship with you and me in detail, and besides, he has already entered the second floor, so what if I don't respect him for three points at my age? I heard that your housekeeper also often goes to Lao Bizhai these days, why bother to come to me." ”

"Look, if you old guy doesn't have a ghost in his heart, why would he ask so many words?" Scholar Wang smiled coldly and said mockingly: "Ning Que is indeed well written, Your Majesty likes it, I like it too, what's the problem with me sending someone to Lao Bizhai? I just sympathize with you, and I searched everywhere, and I don't know if I have found a few authentic works." ”

Without waiting for Lord Sacrificial Wine to answer, Master Wang smiled, looked at the colleagues at the table and said: "I think you all know that Brother Ning's chicken soup is now in my house, and I will take a look at it twice after official business, and it feels really good." ”

The priest raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that this sentence was aimed at himself.

Scholar Wang raised his eyebrows slightly, and continued intentionally or unintentionally: "It is said that there are not many copies of Ning Que's books that have been circulated outside, but except for this chicken soup post with a hidden rune, I don't think there is a second post that can be compared with the flower blooming post in the palace.

The old man did put some thought into getting this chicken soup sticker, if it wasn't for the fact that I had some friendship with Master Yan Se back then, how could I get it in my hands?"

He turned to the priest and said with a smile: "Old fellow, I heard that your housekeeper also went to the red sleeves to buy two chicken soup stickers and Yan's rubbing? If you really want to see the real works of chicken soup stickers, tell me about it, why do you invite me to eat this meal? Why bother to have so many colleagues to accompany you?"

The wine lord had a slightly rough breath, put his hand on the table, and said with a sneer: "If I want to see it, you will send it to my house?"

"That's a thought. Scholar Wang smiled and said: "Your Majesty knows that the chicken soup is in my house, and has asked me for it three times, but I haven't done it, the chicken soup is definitely gone after entering the palace, and the chicken soup is sent to your house, and you will definitely tear your old face and not return it to me, can I be fooled like this? ”

"Wang Datou, don't bully people too much!" the old sacrificial wine slapped the table and rebuked sharply.

The master of the Dao Chalk article was angry today, and he actually called the other party by the nickname in the academy back then, which was really a bit unbearable, if it was placed in normal times, the Wang courtiers would probably blow their beards and stare at each other and scold each other, but today he has the absolute upper hand with that chicken soup post, and he can give mercy to the loser, shook his head disapprehantly, and said sympathetically: "Gaffe, you are too gaffe." ”

Thinking about the purpose of today's banquet, the old sacrificial wine forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, sat down slowly, and said with a sneer: "Today's old man banquet guests, naturally there is no other purpose, just invite you? Do you think you have a big head and a big face?"

Scholar Wang smiled slightly, not paying attention. (Finally using this phrase again)

The two elders of the Three Dynasties laughed at each other, and the ministers of Shangshu at the table did not dare to interject, they were used to seeing such pictures on weekdays, and they knew that persuasion was useless, so they had to keep an awkward silence.

It didn't take long for the courtyard to be quiet, as if there were guests.

Scholar Wang looked out of the threshold and frowned slightly.

The old priest smiled, looked at the young man who was arched into the courtyard by a few young people, stroked his long beard with satisfaction, glanced at him obliquely, and said, "The authenticity of the chicken soup sticker? Let's take a look at the owner of the chicken soup sticker first." ”

At this time, these court bigwigs had already guessed the identity of the young man, although they all knew more or less about this person in advance, but today they found that the other party was so young, and they couldn't help but let out a few sighs of emotion in their hearts.

Scholar Wang's expression was very ugly.

In the spring, the whole Chang'an City was shocked by the appearance of the owner of the flower blossom post, how many dignitaries wanted to get close to this person, so as to please the saint, that is, in addition to half buying and half grabbing the chicken soup post in the hands of Yan Se, he also sent a steward to invite this person into the house, but no one expected that this person would ignore all the invitations, and still live peacefully in the alleys.

Ordinary calligraphers put on such a posture towards the big men of the empire, even if he is the second book saint, he will be knocked out of the tide in an instant, until no one cares about him, but this year, the light calligrapher is quite popular with His Majesty, and he is a student on the second floor of the academy. Even these dignitaries and nobles didn't dare to use any means, so they had to follow him with love and hatred.

As time passed, the Chang'an Zhufu found that this person had such an attitude towards everyone, and had never been to the He family's banquet, thinking that there were probably a lot of strange things in the cultivators, so they gradually disagreed, and when it was time to buy books, they were still unrelenting, but they no longer thought about being enthusiastic about this person, but who would have thought that this person would be ...... today. Appear at the feast of the old sacrificial wine!

The officials of the Tang Dynasty inside and outside the courtyard were all extremely smart people, and it only took a moment to roughly guess why this calligrapher would make an exception, and the Wang courtier sneered, turned his head to look at the old sacrificial wine, and said mockingly: "Congratulations on giving birth to a good granddaughter."

The implicit meaning in this good word is actually a bit vicious, but just like the previous verbal attack on the old sacrificial wine, the victor is qualified to forgive, and the old sacrificial wine smiled and mocked: "Who told your granddaughter that she couldn't be admitted to the academy?"

This sentence directly killed the biggest regret of the scholar Wang in the past three years, only to see his face change slightly, his fingers trembled slightly, and he pointed at the face of the old sacrificial wine and scolded angrily: "You old horseman, don't be so proud!"

The old sacrificial wine said with emotion: "As the first old man in Chang'an City to invite everyone into the mansion, it is difficult to think about it." ”

Scholar Wang looked back at Ning Que, who had walked outside the threshold, and said angrily, "Can you drink chicken soup to watch the old hen?"

The old sacrificial wine smiled generously, shook his head and sighed: "Gaffe, you are too gaffe." ”

The day before yesterday, there was a rainstorm in midsummer, Ning Que wrote an ink note on the snow paper, and then said that sentence to Sang Sang, and began to go to the banquets of each family.

He understands very well that the reason why these big men in Chang'an City give themselves this courtesy is all for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, and he didn't go to Si Ren's house before, and of course he was not afraid of leaning on the mountain behind the academy, but if he started to go to the banquet, he must pay attention to the order of success, otherwise he would offend any big man in the court because of the number of etiquette, and even the academy would not be able to come forward for him.

Yesterday on the shore of the academy lake, he consulted Situ Yilan seriously, and finally decided to rank the banquet of the wine house in the first place, the reason is very simple, the wine lord is a noble scholar, and it is natural to meet the younger disciples of Shuwen, and the more important reason is that because Jin Wucai is his classmate, this relationship can not be faulted anywhere in the world.

Of course, the dishes in the wine house are much stronger than the dishes in the palace, but they are too light, and that kind of conversation is really not too fun, Ning Que is in line with the eternal truth that these big people reward your face, and you have to return your face, and answer the question honestly and humbly, and the expression is very in place.

After the feast, the old sacrificial wine naturally called people to bring up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and asked Ning Que to keep a book.

After leaving the book, Jin Wucai and Situ Yilan sent him out of the mansion together, and the three of them chatted for a while, and Ning Que realized that during the time period when he was busy comprehending the Fu Dao a few days ago, Xie Chengyun had already returned to the Southern Jin Dynasty. Ning Que noticed that when Situ Yilan mentioned Xie Chengyun, Jin Wucai's expression was still calm, but his eyes were a little sad, and he couldn't help but sigh a little.

Since we started to go to the banquet, it was impossible to just go to the family. On the second day, Situ Yilan arranged a meal schedule for him, which was supposed to be a visit to the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, but because he met Scholar Wang at the Wine Offering Mansion last night, he was forced to go to Scholar Wang's Mansion for dinner. Before Ning Que promised the other party on the table at that time, he had already clearly felt that if he didn't agree to the white-haired scholar Wang, the other party might really send someone to Linforty-seventh Lane to smash his shop.

The dinner at the Royal Scholar's Mansion was even more exaggerated than the dinner at the Wine Sacrifice Mansion. This old man obviously didn't treat Ning Que as an old hen and just feed some rice at will, but invited all the officials from the six ministries and three courts to the mansion, if you count carefully, I am afraid that half of the officials who are qualified to participate in the court meeting are standing in the courtyard!

Looking at the birds in the courtyard pressing down on the officials, looking at the blue and purple official uniforms, Ning Que was completely speechless in shock, thinking to himself How can the kid be a stinky writer, where can he afford such a formation?

However, Scholar Wang thought that he was worthy of it, and actually stood in front of the steps with his hand and made a very grand introduction.

For the sake of the academy and the master, for the sake of the palace and His Majesty, for the sake of the South Gate View and Yan Se, the scholar Wang didn't mind giving this face, of course, there was also a vague meaning of shaking, on the one hand, he wanted to borrow the mouth of the princes to announce the news that Ning Que had come to eat to the entire empire, on the other hand, he wanted to borrow the announcements between the halls to sù Ning Que, old man, I treat you more carefully than the old man who sacrificed wine, what kind of books do you have in the future, you should show me first, Your Majesty has an idea, you should let me know first......

Before the resignation was dismissed, Scholar Wang took out the chicken soup post that Brother had treasured and asked the public to appreciate it, and finally asked Ning Que to take out his private seal and solemnly stamp his seal on this pair of memo paper that had been repaired but was still difficult to erase the wrinkles.

Ning Que raised his fingers slightly, and the seal left the surface of the chicken soup sticker, leaving a dazzling bright red, and the bachelor's mansion was jubilant, the officials applauded and high-fived, the mansion housekeeper was proudly moved, and the servants and servants whispered. There is also the old man who followed him all the way from his hometown to Chang'an, and served the university scholar for nearly 70 years, and was even more moved to tears, looking at the brightly lit courtyard with a cane in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, young master, he finally won the old man Jin, and the hatred of taking his wife finally repaid a few lives......

After doing this, Ning Que breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was probably the case, but he didn't expect that Scholar Wang didn't mean to let him go, but just like the old sacrificial wine last night, he ordered someone to set up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the speed at which the stewards shook the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Ning Que looked at the exaggerated Huangzhou bud paper in front of him in a daze, and wanted to cry without tears, thinking that the old sacrificial wine lord just took an ordinary scroll last night, you ...... Do you want me to write about the deputy Dazhongtang? Wouldn't that be too ruthless?

After leaving the Academy's Mansion, he said to Sang Sang bitterly, "Don't participate in this kind of banquet in the future." ”

Sang Sang asked puzzled: "Young Master, you said a few days ago that if you want to achieve great things, you can't rely on a skill, although you are determined to practice, you must also have a good relationship with the big people in the world, why do you say now that you should never participate in this kind of banquet again?"

"I'm still good at eating and chatting and praising the saint's sycophants, because I'm a thick-skinned person. ”

Ning Que shook his head and said with emotion: "However, if you eat some food, you have to leave a letter, yesterday it was an ordinary book, today it has become a large middle hall, tomorrow Guogong invites me to dinner, what should I write?

"Where are these big people inviting me to dinner, this is completely robbing me of my money!"