On the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Lu Wanzhi took Lu Yunxuan and Zhao Heng back to Lu Yuan first.

As soon as he entered Lu Garden, the porter sent two letters to Lu Wanzhi and said, "Miss Lu, there are two letters here, one is from the Mei family." ”

Lu Yunxuan, who was on the side, saw the name on the letter, and chuckled: "It's a letter from my fifth cousin, when I was in Jiangnan, I told my fifth cousin that my sister was coming, and he said that he wanted to see you, and I wrote to you at this time, is the fifth cousin coming to Chang'an?" ”

Zhao Heng listened to his cousin on the side, then pricked up his ears and asked, "Sister, are our five cousins married?" ”

Lu Yunxuan smiled and said, "No." ”

Zhao Heng stepped forward and looked at the letter in Lu Wanzhi's hand, "Cousin Wanzhi, seeing the letter is like meeting ......"

Lu Wanzhi glared at Zhao Heng and said, "Don't look at indecent things, can you read other people's letters at will?" ”

Zhao Heng said: "The cousin in the book is the worst, I know to bring a bad cousin, let me see if he wants to take you badly?" ”

Lu Wanzhi simply read another letter.

Lu Yunxuan saw the name on the letter above and said: "It's Brother Pei Qin, when I was in Jiangnan, I also talked to Brother Pei Qin about your sister, and he kept saying that he wanted to come to see you!" ”

"Pei Chin? I know this man! ”

Zhao Heng said, "He is the best calligrapher in Dasheng, I heard that his words are worth a thousand gold, but the words on his letters are not as good as mine, is he married?" ”

Lu Wanzhi took the fan in his hand and tapped the hand of Zhao Heng, who came to take the letter, "I haven't married, but he can be Yunxuan's uncle at his age."

Lu Yunxuan smiled and said, "Sister, Brother Pei Qin is only thirty this year, and he is fourteen years older than me, so he can't be considered an uncle, right?" ”

When Zhao Heng heard thirty, he wondered: "Why is he not married at such an old age?" ”

Lu Yunxuan said: "Brother Pei Qin is obsessed with calligraphy, he vows to find a woman with excellent calligraphy as his wife, if he can't find it, he thinks it's okay for Mei to be a wife."

But my grandfather's name was Mei Heweng, and he said that Mei's wife and crane took advantage of my fifth cousin, and made my fifth cousin angry enough.

Now my fifth cousin is in charge of the best Meihu Academy in Jiangnan, and Brother Pei Qin is also in charge of the best Wantao Academy in Jiangnan, so the two of them often compete together for the reputation of who is the first academy in Jiangnan, why did they write letters to my sister? ”

Lu Wanzhi read the two letters, and said with a smile: "It seems that they are not going to fight for the first academy in Jiangnan, but to fight for who is the first academy in Dasheng."

In the letter, they said that they had taken the students to Chang'an, and invited us Qinglan Academy to participate in the Dasheng Academy competition to see who was the first college in Dasheng. ”

Zhao Heng said: "How can these two people be more naïve than me, is there any benefit in fighting for this?" ”

Lu Wanzhi said: "Of course there are benefits, this is related to the reputation of the literati, and our Qinglan Academy must still deal with this battle."

Among the scholars of Dasheng, there has always been a widely circulated saying, Chang'an Jinshi out of Qinglan, Dasheng literati out of Wanmei.

It means that Qinglan Academy only cares about letting students get famous and become officials, and if you really want to talk about Wencai, it is still Wan Tao and Meihu Academy. I've never been convinced.

It just so happens that now that they are coming to Chang'an, our three academies can also compete! Sitting firmly on my Qinglan College is the reputation of Dasheng No. 1 College. ”

Zhao Heng said: "So do you still want to select the top scholars from the academy to fight?" ”

As soon as Zhao Heng's words fell, he heard a lot of footsteps, and everyone looked into the distance, only to see several carriages coming.

The two carriages running parallel to the head each have a plum character and a Pei character hanging on it.

Lu Wanzhi stepped forward again and again to greet her.

When the two carriages stopped, a man dressed in a light cyan scholar's clothes came out of each of them, and the two of them looked full of scholarly temperament.

When Lu Yunxuan saw the two of them, she shouted happily: "Fifth cousin, Brother Pei!" ”

Mei Fang saw Lu Yunxuan and smiled slightly: "Cousin Yunxuan." ”

Lu Yunxuan said to Mei Fang and Pei Qin: "This is my sister, and now the dean of Qinglan Academy, Lu Wanzhi. This is the little county king of the Chu king's family, and now he is studying in the Tianzi class of Qinglan Academy. ”

Mei Fang and Pei Qin heard that it was the prince of the county, and they saluted with blessings.

Lu Wanzhi also saluted Mei Fang and Pei Qin, "Fifth cousin, Pei Gongzi, I just received a letter from you, I don't know when you are going to compete?" ”

Mei Fang said: "It's set for half a month later, what do you think?" ”

Lu Wanzhi had confidence in the students of her own children's academy and said, "Okay." ”

Pei Qin said: "For the sake of fairness, this academy competition cannot select the best students from the academy to compete, just draw a class from your academy at random, and only the students from it can compete." ”

Lu Wanzhi also agreed, so he took out a note from the brocade cloth bag handed over by Pei Qin, and saw that it was written on the Tianzi class, Lu Wanzhi almost couldn't stand on his feet.

Zhao Heng held Lu Wanzhi and muttered in a low voice: "Tianzi class? How does our Tianzi class compare with the people in the two academies? Do we have to be at the bottom? ”

Lu Wanzhi: "......"

Mei Fang saw the Tianzi class and said, "I want to come to the Tianzi class with excellent knowledge, right?" My cousin is so lucky. ”

Lu Wanzhi sneered, "It's really good luck!" The two of them came from afar with the students of the academy, so it is better to rest in the Lu Garden first, and I will go to rent two Zhuangzi around here for a few to settle down and rest. ”

Mei Fang said: "This is not necessary, our Mei family also has a house in Chang'an City, so we won't bother my cousin, we will go to the city to rest, and come to Qinglan Academy to visit my cousin another day." ”

Pei Qin also said: "The Pei family also has a house in Chang'an City, and after the rest is finished, I will come to visit Miss Lu again." ”

Lu Wanzhi smiled and said, "Okay, I don't know what the rules of the competition are?" ”

Pei Qin said: "Each academy selects seven scholars from the selected classes, and compares seven subjects for piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and arithmetic. ”

Lu Wanzhi smiled and said, "Okay." ”

Pei Qin and Mei Fang didn't stay long, after all, they had to take the scholar to Chang'an City to rest.

As soon as the two of them left, Lu Wanzhi pressed her temples with a headache.

Zhao Heng looked at Lu Wanzhi and said, "You have a headache again?" Rest assured, if we try like this, we won't lose at all. I think my calligraphy is better than Pei Qin, so I will compete in calligraphy, and I will definitely win. ”

Lu Wanzhi looked at Zhao Heng and said, "Then what about the piano, chess, painting, poetry, and fu?" ”

Lu Yunxuan comforted Lu Wanzhi and said: "Xie Jin's chess is very good, I can play the piano, and painting poetry are all Shen Luozhi's strengths, especially Fu, Shen Luozhi will definitely be able to win the championship."

There are four of us in the competition, even if Xie Jin and I are not guaranteed to win the championship, at least two of the seven can win, and we will not lose very badly. ”

Lu Wanzhi sighed and said: "Pei Qin is a master of calligraphy, I heard that he has a proud disciple whose calligraphy is better than blue, Zhao Heng's calligraphy is good, but he has not practiced as diligently as Pei Qin'er, and he may not be able to win."

As for Shen Luozhi...... He won't come to Qinglan Academy anymore. ”

Lu Yunxuan asked, "Why didn't Shen Luozhi come to the academy?" Aren't we doomed to lose badly? ”

Lu Wanzhi sighed and said, "It would be great if Shen Luozhi could come to the academy, at least there would be a certain win." ”

(End of chapter)