Two days later, the long-awaited "Qionglin Banquet" was held in Qionglin Garden as scheduled.

In order to ensure that the new scholars can eat and drink well, the official Zhao Xu took great pains to arrange a special agency responsible for the emperor's sacrifice, court meeting, tour, and banquet affairs-Yiluan Division, which was responsible for the preparation of the "Qionglin Banquet".

According to the regulations, the officials of the Yiluan Division should place the relevant utensils needed for the banquet in an orderly manner in the Qionglin Garden, and arrange the seats according to the age, status and other factors of the banquet participants.

Since the emperor would not personally preside over the banquet, it was necessary to arrange for some officials (such as examiners) to accompany the banquet. And how these people sit down is also a problem that Yiluan Division needs to consider as a whole.

Qionglin Garden, the royal garden, is located in the south side of Shuntianmen Street outside the city gate wall in the west of Bianliang City, echoes with the Jinming Pond on the north side, covers a vast area, the pavilions and pavilions are dense, the strange flowers and plants are planted everywhere, the ancient trees and pines stand in a forest, the flowers and trees are flourishing, lush, it is a good place to relax and escape the summer.

After each imperial examination, the emperor in order to show the emperor's grace and rain and dew, specially gave a banquet in Qionglin Garden, so it is called "Qionglin Banquet", which is a feast that all new scholars are worthy of boasting about.

During the banquet, in the staggered planning, you can befriend the boss and the royal family, you can also make friends with the upstarts, and you can also recite poems to make a name for yourself, of course, everyone attaches great importance to it.

Wu Zhi didn't think so, he wanted to make friends with his boss and upstarts, and there would be many opportunities in the future, so why rush for a while.

When Wu Zhi and Pan Wei came to Qionglin Garden together, they saw that the crowd in Qionglin Garden was like a river, and all the Jinshi and civil and military officials, princes and grandsons had already come to the scene, sitting in their seats, or looking forward to self-pity, or talking with others, and the scene was very jubilant.

Wu Zhi and Pan Wei each found their own seats, Zhuangyuan, Bangyan, and Tanhua sat at the same table at the forefront, followed by the second class Jinshi and the first twenty people, Pan Wei's position was on the right hand side of Hu Anguo, the third and fourth rows were arranged to sit one hundred and eighty people from the Jinshi background, and the three hundred and sixty-six people from the same Jinshi were arranged to sit in the back and on both sides.

Directly opposite, Zhang Chun, An Tao, Li Qingchen, Zeng Bu, Cai Jing and other twelve chief examiners of the palace examination sat at the front table with a righteous and lofty attitude, and the people sitting on the left and right were the princes and grandsons and other court ministers, and there were rows of seats behind them, and all the officials of all sizes had already taken their places. Several princes of the Emperor Shenzong such as Zhao Li, Zhao Ji, Zhao Yu, Zhao Yi, and Zhao Si were all present, and they were wearing brocade robes, jade pendants hanging from their waists, and purple gold traveling crowns on their heads, which were very conspicuous.

As soon as Wu Zhi sat down, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere at the scene was a little weird, the crowd was talking quietly, and everyone was looking at him and muttering quietly. When Zhang Chun, An Tao and other ministers on the opposite side saw him sitting down, they also stopped talking instantly, and stared at him with complicated expressions.

Wu Zhi saw that the ministers on the other side were paying attention to him, so he quickly got up, walked quickly to them, bowed and greeted them one by one. When the ministers saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, and his demeanor was respectful, they couldn't help but look a little softened, but they all sat upright, just arched their hands, and looked strange. He didn't have time to think, and after saluting the princes and grandsons and officials on the left and right in turn, he returned to his seat.

"I have flowers on my face?" Returning to his seat, Wu Zhi walked up to Pan Wei in confusion and asked softly.

"Okay, no flowers." Pan Wei looked at him with a little complicated eyes and responded.

Seeing that he couldn't get an answer from Pan Wei, Wu Zhi had no choice but to give up, although he had doubts in his heart, he simply didn't care.

The bell rang, and the officials of the Yiluan Division began to serve wine and food one after another, and after a while, all kinds of delicacies and wines were placed on the feast.

After Zhang Chun's simple speech, the Qionglin banquet officially kicked off.

Looking at the table full of wine and food, Wu Zhi couldn't care about Sven, so he picked up the chopsticks and started eating. Others are just shallow tastes, but Svenwen, he doesn't care about feasting. He had to eat more to replenish his stomach before he drank wine, otherwise he would get drunk easily when he was hungry and drunk, which was a valuable experience in his previous life.

The others were stunned when they saw him like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and their eyes were even more strange when they looked at him, muttering and discussing in a low voice. Wu Zhi turned a blind eye and continued to go his own way, and after a quarter of an hour, he was full. Comfortable, the food at the Qionglin Banquet is still good.

After five glasses of wine, the atmosphere of the scene gradually reached a climax, the most lively is of course the seat where Zhang Chun, An Tao and others are located, Wu Zhi as the champion, naturally also the object of key care, he was poured a few glasses of wine by everyone, after all, it is a royal wine, although the alcohol is lower, but the taste is not bad, sweet and mellow.

After five wines, the feast began to give flowers, that is, the emperor gave people four palace flowers, hairpins on the head, and people and subordinates were given flowers.

"Again!" Wu Zhi muttered quietly, looking at the funny appearance of the hairpin on the crown of everyone at the scene, he suddenly lost his appetite, fortunately, he ate almost just now. After thinking about it, he put all four palace flowers on his chest, so that he felt better. Seeing him like this, the atmosphere around him suddenly became strange again, and everyone looked at him like a monster.

The banquet continued. When Wu Zhi was slowly tasting the wine in his hand, in the crowd in front of him, a little prince of about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a purple brocade robe, a jade pendant on his waist, and a purple gold travel crown on his head, slowly walked in front of him with a silver wine glass in his hand. Wu Zhi saw it and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"The champion upstairs is the champion tour, and the water is surging in Kyushu! Champion Gong good poetry! Good Yaxing! A glass to you! The little prince raised the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile.

"Wu Zhi doesn't dare! Hello Wangye! The little one respects the king! Wu Zhi hurriedly picked up the wine glass with both hands, bowed down, raised the wine glass to salute him, and then drank it all. The little prince saw that he was refreshing, and he also finished the wine in his hand.

"Dare to ask the prince?" Wu Zhi couldn't figure out who this little prince was, so he had to ask with a smile.

"King Lonely!" The little prince smiled and responded, although he pretended to be old, his voice still revealed a youthful childishness.

"Huh?" "Duanwang auspicious!" Wu Zhifu heard the word "Duanwang" suddenly, and as soon as he said "ah", he secretly said that it was not good, so he hurriedly changed his words and said hello. Good guys, Duanwang, Zhao Ji, the future emperor Huizong! Finally, the road is narrow!

Duanwang Zhao Ji looked at Wu Zhi's somewhat radical expression, and wondered in his heart: What's wrong with this Wu Zhi? Why are you so excited when you hear you?

After Wu Zhi settled down, he slowly recovered his state of mind, and after reacting, he hurriedly explained: "The prince is famous, and the little one is afraid!" Gaffe! Please forgive me! ”

When Duanwang Zhao Ji heard Wu Zhi's explanation, his doubts disappeared and he began to talk happily about poetry.

Wu Zhi talked with Zhao Ji enthusiastically, and looked at him secretly: blessed by noble royal blood, he is tall, good-looking, full of scholarly spirit, very literary and artistic, after all, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he has not fully grown up. No wonder Zhang Chun said: "King Duan is not decent, frivolous!" ”

"Withered vines and old trees, faint crows, small bridges and flowing water, ancient roads and west wind thin horses. The sun is setting, and the heartbroken man is at the end of the world. Master Wu's poem "Tianjingsha • Autumn Thoughts" is very well written! The vicissitudes of artistic conception are lofty, and the loneliness is taught! While talking, Duanwang Zhao Ji suddenly recited the poem "Tianjingsha • Autumn Thoughts", and was extremely emotional.

"The prince smiled!" Wu Zhi can only respond modestly. He found that although Wang Zhao Ji's character is not good, and he is also ambitious, his knowledge is indeed good, and he can throw him a few streets, a full literary and artistic young man! It is really a waste of talent to be an emperor in the future!

At this time, the surrounding crowd was already chanting poetry. At the Qionglin banquet, if someone can give a good poem to be recited by everyone, it will be a glorious and famous thing, so everyone is working hard, and they are all thinking about it.

At that time, although the imperial court did not use poetry to give scholars, poetry and words were still very popular and sought after in the Great Song Dynasty. For example, Yan Shu, the prime minister of the Renzong Dynasty, became famous all over the world with small words, "helpless flowers fall, déjà vu Yan returns" is from his handwriting. Su Shi of this dynasty also relied on poetry to become famous all over the world, "I wish people a long time, thousands of miles together" in "When is the bright moon" and "Nian Nujiao Chibi Nostalgia" in "The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the eternal romantic characters" and other words and sentences are well known and recited for a long time.

Hearing Duanwang reciting "Tianjingsha Qiusi", many people surrounded the two of them and talked about it. Some people are admiring, and some people are coaxing: "Wuda is a talented person, take advantage of this banquet to show your hand again!" "That yin and yang weird tone is full of jealousy.

After hearing this, Wu Zhi suddenly realized why the atmosphere just now was so weird! It turns out that after the past few days of Zhuangyuanlou's extremely hard advocacy and publicity, his name as the champion has spread inside and outside the capital, and he is a household name, and his edge is too strong.

"Good! It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, and plant power should help to entertain this feast! Wu Zhi pondered for a moment and decided to show his face again and add another fire. Since Duanwang Zhao Ji loves literature, then he will try his best to "do what he likes", he needs to take Zhao Ji's boat to better implement his plan, now a god-given opportunity, how can he miss it in vain?

Hearing that Zhuang Yuanlang was going to show off his skills, the officials of the Yiluan Division hurriedly brought pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, and brought over a clean desk and placed it in front of everyone.

Wu Zhi walked to the desk, knocked on the table with one hand, pretended to be pensive, and after a while, he picked up his pen and wrote word by word with a line of grass: ""Linjiang Immortals • Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water": Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water, Waves Sweeping Away Heroes. Success or failure turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet. How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. This is the word of Yang Shen in later generations, and he borrowed it again, his face is too thick, and there is no way. After writing, he put down his pen, returned to his seat and sat down, picked up the flask, poured a glass of wine, and drank it slowly, with a very light and breezy appearance.

"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes." "How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking." At the beginning, when everyone watched him write and read softly, they didn't pay much attention to it, but gradually read to the end, savoring it, and couldn't help but exclaim and applaud.

The heroic atmosphere and majestic momentum of this poem completely shocked everyone present, and the cursive font written by Wu Zhi also shocked them, the words are well written, and the words are also well written!

"Good words! Good word! "It's so well written!" "Great!" "What a talent!" Everyone recited it over and over again, and couldn't help but admire, and the eyes that looked at Wu Zhi had more awe, and sighed to themselves.

The hustle and bustle here attracted the attention of the princes and ministers, and they all came over to watch, and when they saw the words and characters written by Wu Zhi, they were completely undecided and joined the team of admiration. Zhang Chun, Cai Jing and other ministers looked at Wu Zhi's expressions more complicated, some admired, some admired, some cold, some vigilant, and their thoughts were different. Wu Zhi met their gaze, smiled slightly, and treated it indifferently.

"Brother Wu Zhi is really talented!" Duanwang Zhao Ji squeezed out the crowd and walked in front of Wu Zhi, and said sincerely. His eyes were full of appreciation and respect, and his smile was overflowing.

"The prince praises falsely!" Wu Zhi hurriedly got up and bowed to him with a smile. Everyone calls him a brother, and he wants to have a good relationship with Zhao Ji, but he can't lose his courtesy.

At this time, Zhao Xiang, the king of Puning County, who looked like Zhao Xu, also came over with a smile to congratulate him, and Wu Zhi also hurriedly bowed down to say hello. Zhao seems to be one year older than Duanwang, delicate and handsome, he looks more dignified and stable, with a sense of easy-going, but his face is a little pale and a little weak. Zhao seems to be and Zhao Ji, the two of them are the strongest opponents competing for the emperor's throne.

In the crowd, Wu Zhi also saw Shen Wang Zhao Yan, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with eye disease and a little squint in his eyes. At the same time, I also saw Zhao Yu, the king of Xianning County, who was fourteen years old and relatively strong. And Qi Guogong Zhao Xi is relatively young, still a twelve-year-old child. These little princes haven't grown up yet.

The Qionglin banquet finally ended in the hustle and bustle, and after saying goodbye to each other, Wu Zhi and Pan Wei got into the carriage driven by Wang Er and rushed home. Along the way, Pan Wei was also immersed in the grand occasion of the Qionglin banquet and the words and phrases of Wu Zhi, and his excitement was irrepressible.

Wu Zhi wrote the word "Linjiang Immortal • Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water" in the Qionglin banquet and made a big splash, the words shocked the four seats, everyone rushed to be the first to recite and copy, and for a time made the entire Bianliang City Luoyang paper expensive. Wu Zhi's name is close to Su Shi, who was demoted to Danzhou, and has even overshadowed the limelight of Su University, after all, Wu Zhi is the champion of the dynasty, and he is brilliant, and he is not yet nineteen years old, and he is even more promising.