At the gate of Guozijian, there is a special place to park carriages, which is naturally cleared out today and left for the dignitaries who came.

When Xia Jingyun got out of the car with Dongfang Bai, the British Duke took his good grandson, Dongfang Tai, the king of Linjiang County, nicknamed Shao'er, and stood not far away.

With the status and qualifications of the British duke, he did not do any useless and degrading provocations, but his little grandson was different.

The little fat man, who was already five years old, was muttered in his ear every day by his mother who was the enemy, glared at Dongfang Bai viciously, and waved his fist like a martial artist.

Success in exchange for Dongfang Bai's white eyes, "naïve." ”

Xia Jingyun thought it was funny, "You're not too old, and you say that people are naïve." ”

Dongfang Bai was straightforward, "Didn't Uncle say before, difficulty and ease are dwarfed, there are absolute concepts in this world, and there are also relative concepts, I am absolutely naïve compared to him, but he is relatively naïve compared to me, and I didn't scold him wrong!" ”

Xia Jingyun was secretly speechless when he heard it, and secretly said that the prince is the prince, this brain really can't be underestimated, he just said a few words casually, and he remembered and understood.

It seems that in the future, in front of him, you should be careful when you speak, and don't instill any bad thoughts into it.

At the gate of the Guozijian, the sacrificial wine Wanguili personally acted as a welcome guest, welcoming the two most important groups of guests today into the Guozijian.

It's just that when passing by the door and on the road, many scholars didn't look at him very friendly, so that Dongfang Bai quietly asked, "Uncle, have you beaten them before?" ”

Xia Jingyun couldn't cry or laugh, and understood in his heart that it was probably because of the funeral for Ning Bing, and he had now become a scum of Shilin in the eyes of some corrupt Confucian guardians, but this kind of thing, he was not easy to explain to Dongfang Bai, his eyes swept away, and he suddenly saw many plainly dressed and even somewhat shabbyly dressed fathers and sons standing in the square not far away, looking around nervously.

"Hello, if you look at those people, do you think they are vulgar?"

Dongfang Bai padded his little short legs and glanced at them, "No." ”

"Why?"

Dongfang Bai looked left and right, and whispered: "The mother concubine said, if you want, who doesn't want to wear gold and silver, others can ridicule or despise such a person, but the children of the royal family should reflect more, because it should be the responsibility of the royal family to let them live a good life." ”

Xia Jingyun smiled and nodded, "You're right. ”

Dongfang Bai is a child in the end, and he replied a little playfully and was praised by his admired uncle, straightened his small chest, and walked up, completely forgetting his question just now.

Along the way, there are scholars with high crowns and broad belts, and there are forbidden troops on duty at intervals, with a grand posture, which also highlights the good status of Tushan Sanjie in the literary world and the court.

Walking to the square, Xia Jingyun glanced at it, and saw that in front of the square, a platform was set up, on which were placed three desks and cushions, needless to say, the seats of the three old gentlemen.

On the left side of the three desks, there is also a desk, judging from the information on the intelligence, this should be the seat of His Royal Highness the Prince, who was ordered to preside over today's Spring Festival banquet.

He doesn't have any special feelings for this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he hasn't reached a deeper power struggle yet, so his current attitude towards that person is very simple, not close but never evil.

On the left and right sides of the square, there are seats, the one on the left is looser and spacious, and the one on the right is tighter, which should be for the dignitaries and dignitaries who came to watch the ceremony, and for the students on the other.

As for the middle of the square, there are 36 desks, each with two futons, which are obviously for the 36 finalists and their escorts who have passed the preliminary selection this time.

Among these cases, the first two are particularly prominent, and several are displayed separately in the back, and the rest are divided into two distinct plates, which makes Xia Jingyun unhappy for a while.

But he didn't say much, but calmly took Dongfang Bai's hand and came to the field.

The people of Surabaya Prefecture and Yunmeng Prefecture, who had come here early to see the excitement, immediately surrounded them, saluted Dongfang Bai, and then greeted Xia Jingyun.

And Dongfang Bai did not waste Concubine Feide's consistent education, and returned the salute to everyone one by one, although there were no amazing words and deeds, but the identity of the prince and this gesture still made everyone quite satisfied.

Following behind everyone, the rest of the states also came over, including a few people from Guangling Prefecture, saluting the two.

Xia Jingyun took Dongfang Bai to return the salute to everyone, Dongfang Bai, who had not yet officially opened the mansion, was obviously rarely warmly sought after by so many people, which was quite novel, and he took an opportunity and said: "Uncle, why do you respect you so much for these actions?" Aren't you also the same year as theirs? ”

Xia Jingyun said with a smile: "This is a kind of good cause and good fruit, every good thing you do will be given back to you in a way that you want to get or can't think of at some point, and every bad thing you do will also hurt you in ways you want to get or can't think of in your future life." Therefore, we must not take the good as small and do nothing, and do not take the evil as small. ”

He didn't miss any opportunity to teach by word and deed, Dongfang Bai didn't seem to understand it when he heard it, but it didn't matter, just leave this sentence in his heart.

After he finished brainwashing Dongfang Bai, Xu Dapeng came over again, "Gao Yang, I heard that the king of Linjiang County is there, but I invited Mr. Wanlin's senior apprentice to help, can you do it?" ”

"Really?" Xia Jingyun turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw Dongfang Tai, the little fat man who was originally held in the hands of the British prince, was sitting obediently next to a middle-aged man at the moment, listening to his ear and face, while the British prince was talking and laughing with a group of powerful people.

seemed to see Xia Jingyun's gaze, and the other party even gave up his hand, so that Xia Jingyun had to return the salute.

It is this trick that makes Xia Jingyun pay a lot of attention to it, it seems that this may be a true gentleman!

"Of course it is, I went to ask the people in Longshou Prefecture, and they all said that this Confucianism of the Lu family is a well-deserved leader in the literary world in Longshou Prefecture. I don't know how the Lu family invited him. ”

Listening to Xu Dapeng's words, Xia Jingyun frowned slightly, although he and Mr. Su have repeatedly deduced that in this matter of accepting apprentices, he should be okay with the things that may be considered, but if the opponent is not only strong, but also very familiar with the routines of these three old gentlemen, this is really a strong opponent!

However, Dongfang Bai was still looking up at him, and he naturally couldn't admit it, so he pretended to smile indifferently, "If it is compared to the level of the literary world, I may indeed be inferior to him, but on an occasion like today, he is not as good as me." Rest assured! ”

After several major baptisms, Xu Dapeng, who has become the number one summer blower, nodded decisively, without the slightest doubt.

And Dongfang Bai looked at him with a pair of clear and clear eyes, as if to say: Uncle is awesome!

After a while, when Gongsun Jing and others also arrived, and the entire square was full, a crisp bell rang.

"All beings are seated!"

Each student who has passed the initial examination has a seat number plate on the receipt, as the only two princes, the older one, Dongfang Bai sat on the front left side of the desk, Xia Jingyun knelt on the futon next to him.

As expected, the escort of Wang Dongfang Tai of Linjiang County was the famous Ru Lu Lifeng of Longshou Prefecture.

The great Confucian glanced at Xia Jingyun again, and there was a slight apology in his expression, as if he was apologizing for his big bullying and Xia Jingyun's doomed failure.

In terms of personality alone, he is indeed a good person, but Xia Jingyun is not used to this self-confidence, and looks at each other apologetically, making Daru stunned, and retracting his gaze in confusion.

As everyone took their seats, the atmosphere in the stadium became quiet and solemn for a while.

Another bell rang.

"Mr. Linxi, Mr. Wanlin, and Mr. Kongbi are here!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

With this chanting, Xia Jingyun looked up and saw three old gentlemen who he hadn't seen for a few days, dressed up a little today, dressed properly, with neat hair, and couldn't find any fault between his behavior.

Then, Xia Jingyun saw a bright yellow figure walking behind the three of them.

He looks like he is about thirty years old, with a short beard, and his appearance is elegant, but there seems to be a bit of gloom in his expression.

Everyone stood up in unison, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"Everyone, hurry up and excuse me, today I was ordered by my father to come to watch the ceremony, in today's field, you should respect the three gentlemen, you should be alone, please sit!"

His calm words showed the gentleness of Corporal Lixian, and many of the sons had a good impression of His Royal Highness the Prince.

After the three old gentlemen took their seats, Mr. Linxi, who was sitting in the middle, bowed slightly to the protocol on the side, and the protocol rang the bell again.

"The auspicious time has come, the Spring Festival Banquet, up!"

(End of chapter)