Chapter 68: Physiognomy
It is true that he wrote eight poems in a row on the painting boat, but what the hell is the poet? He clearly remembered that he didn't participate in the poetry club at all, why did he win the poetry championship?
The questions flashed through his head, and then a bitter smile gradually appeared on his face.
At this moment, Su Shi figured out a lot of things.
Nangong Jing's plan, the mysterious smile on the corner of Zhou Xuan's mouth.
Although he became a pawn of Nangong Jing, he still had to admire Nangong Jing's plan.
Being able to think of the best of both worlds in such a short period of time, Su Shi had to take a look at Nangong Jing.
However, it was not a happy feeling to be treated as a chess piece, and being forcibly pushed to the position of Shikui by Nangong Jing was not a good thing for Su Shi.
Because Su Shi knew very well that he won the Shikui, except for a slight improvement in his reputation, there was no benefit at all, and endless troubles followed.
Although Su Shi is not afraid of trouble, if he is asked to deal with these troubles every day, Su Shi might as well buy a piece of tofu and then crash to death.
"I remember that Yangzhou seems to be not far from the capital." Su Shi smiled bitterly.
Su Zhou smiled: "It's not far, but it's only two thousand miles." ”
"Since it's not far away, then please ask the eldest brother to help me prepare a carriage, and wait for me to have breakfast......" Speaking of this, he thought for a while and continued: "I will immediately set off to Yangzhou to play for a month or two. ”
Su Shi calculated, set off today, and it was autumn when he returned to the capital, and at that time, people were afraid that they had already forgotten him, the poet, and the trouble caused by winning the poet would naturally be gone.
"You want to run?" Su Zhou saw through his mind at a glance.
Su Shi sighed: "If you don't run now, if you ask me to accompany those people to drink, discuss poetry, and talk about literature every day, you might as well kill me with a knife now." ”
Su Zhou also sighed at this time, and said slowly: "But it's too late for you to remember to run now." ”
If it weren't for being naked, Su Shi would have jumped out of the bathtub, and then got into the carriage and left.
"You're not going to do it all, are you?"
Su Zhou said lightly: "What do you think is our general's mansion, not everyone can send invitations." ”
Su Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I've only accepted three or five tickets."
"Three or five?" Su Shi was stunned, because it meant that he would be watched three or five times by others like monkeys in the zoo.
"Can you not go?"
Su Zhou sighed: "I said that not everyone can send an invitation to the General's Mansion, but if you can send an invitation to the General's Mansion, it is not an ordinary person." ”
Then, as if he was playing a trick, three gilded invitations suddenly appeared in his hand.
"Who are they?"
Su Zhou selected these three from many invitations, which means that these three invitations are very special and must not be shirked.
"Two days later, on March 12, Qingfeng Pavilion, Sun Chengyi, Xie Ning'an and Li Han were invited."
The three Confucians were full of praise for Su Shi's poems, so as soon as the poetry meeting ended, the three of them intended to invite Su Shi to get together, but Su Shi was still swimming in the lake at that time, and the three of them could not wait, so they would be officially invited.
The three great Confucians of each Jinghu Poetry Club are like Bole for the poets.
Many unknown literati were appreciated by the three great Confucians, and they soared into the sky at the poetry meeting, and since then they have spread their wings and soared high.
And these people will definitely hold a banquet to thank the Confucianism for their appreciation and teaching, and some will even change their doors and worship the Confucianism as their teacher.
The reason why Su Zhou chose this one for Su Shi was because it was supposed to be a banquet for Shikui to show his gratitude. It's good now, the three Confucians want to hold a banquet to invite Su Shi, which is not in accordance with the rules, if Su Shi doesn't go again, I'm afraid that from now on, everyone will point fingers behind his back.
Then Su Zhou pointed to the second invitation and continued: "This one is the Five Princes, March 15, the Flower Pavilion. ”
"The Fifth Prince? Makkanakan? ”
Su Shi's face twitched for a while, and finally he couldn't help but smile and said, "The prince can also go to the Qinglou, and he is so blatant." ”
Su Zhou glanced at him and said slowly: "The fifth prince has a dissolute temperament, and he is extremely fond of poetry, so he is located in the Flower Pavilion. ”
"The prince is holding a banquet in the Qinglou, no matter how you look at it, it feels a little weird." Su Shi muttered to himself.
However, thinking that it was possible to meet Zhou Xuan in the Flower Pavilion that day, Su Shi's depressed mood was much better.
It is a very common thing to set up a banquet to entertain guests in the Qinglou, and no one will make a fuss, but Su Shi just couldn't figure it out, so Su Shi didn't pay attention to him, but looked at the third invitation card and was distracted.
Among all the invitations, only this one gave Su Zhou the most headache.
For the other invitations, Su Zhou only needs to look at them to decide whether to go or not, only this invitation, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't make a decision.
"What? Having trouble with this invitation? Su Shi saw that his eldest brother looked dazed, and seemed to be a little overwhelmed, so he couldn't help but ask.
Su Zhou smiled reluctantly, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the time written on this invitation is still early, even if I tell you now, I'm afraid that you will forget it when you turn your head." ”
As he spoke, he quietly took the invitation back again, and continued: "So I'll keep this one first, and I'll let you know when the time comes." ”
Although Su Shi knew that his eldest brother was lying, he was not in the mood to expose him, because no matter who invited him, he had no interest.
However, Su Shi thought that there were only two banquets that could not be shirked, and he felt a little better in his heart.
Su Zhou seemed to see through his thoughts, and sighed: "You'd better not go out for the past two days." ”
"Why?" Su Shi was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked.
In his opinion, he is taking away the poet, not taking the wife and daughter. And Su Zhou said this, but it made Su Shi feel that he was so angry that he couldn't even get out of the door.
"Because the most important invitation hasn't been sent out yet."
"The most important post? Could it be that there is a more honorable person than the five princes who wants to send an invitation? ”
Su Zhou shook his head, and then admonished: "The most important invitation is not necessarily sent by the most honorable person. ”
His reasoning was very good, but Su Shi didn't want to listen to his reasoning, and continued to ask: "Then who is the owner of this important invitation?" ”
Su Zhou sighed: "Naturally, it's the Qin Mansion? ”
"Qin Mansion? Will the Qin Mansion send an invitation over? ”
Hearing Su Zhou's words, Su Shi seemed both a little surprised and a little dazed.
"I calculated, either today or tomorrow, there will definitely be a post from the Qin Mansion."
"How?" Su Shi asked curiously: "Do you look at the astrology or palmistry or face?" ”
"Physiognomy?" Su Zhou said lightly.