After packing up their things, Tian Zhiyu and Nuan Yue came to the living room and saw that Ma Bencai and Luo Qi were already chatting there.

Seeing the two of them coming over together, Luo Qi couldn't help but tease them again, Nuan Yue gradually got used to this kind of ridicule, and the cheeky Tian Zhiyu smiled even more, but he was stupidly happy.

When Wu Lihan also came over, Ma Bencai said: "If you have nothing to do, I'll take you to take a walk around the garden, you will treat this place as your home in the future, and if you have any needs, you can directly find Qin Ming." ”

Walking from the gate to the residential area just now, Tian Zhiyu has already seen what is called a mansion, Ma Bencai's house is no longer a simple residential house, it is completely comparable to the top classical garden.

It turned out that Tian Zhiyu had visited the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden in Suzhou, and the buildings that made the best use of space left a very deep impression on Tian Zhiyu. In front of Ma Bencai's house, not only the space is used reasonably, but also a large blank space is left, giving people infinite reverie.

Tian Zhiyu thought that the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden might be located in the bustling area of Suzhou, and the space was limited, while Ma Bencai's house was located in the middle of the mountain and the lake, and it was a certain distance from the center of Yuhang, so the land he bought was enough for him to be extravagant.

Several people followed Ma Bencai one by one, and after turning for half an hour, Ma Bencai saw that Luo Qi was just appreciating and didn't talk much, and in some positions, he was a little dissatisfied, and there was regret in his eyes.

So he hurriedly asked: "Luo Xiang, are there any places in my house that are not very reasonably arranged, or are these rockery bonsai and the like not delicate enough?"

Luo Qi smiled: "That's not it, the mountains and waters, covered bridges and potted plants in this garden are very cleverly arranged, and they are the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen." ”

When Ma Bencai heard his words, he was very happy in his heart, but then he heard Luo Qi say: "But along the way, I found that whether it is the couplets everywhere or the inscription stones, the artistic conception of the words on it is not high, and it is quite incompatible with this garden, and it cannot but be said to be a pity." ”

Ma Bencai felt ashamed in his heart after hearing this, he was busy with business all his life and didn't pay much attention to literature. When the garden was built, the inscriptions and couplets in it were all asked to give the title to the old scholar of Wansong Academy, the largest private school in the local area, and the old scholar asked him a lot of money at that time, he thought that the questions must be popular, but he didn't expect Luo Qi to directly say that the artistic conception of these couplet inscriptions is not high.

Ma Bencai hurriedly said: "The old horse is a shallow learner, a vulgar person, he is really not good at making ink for this dance text, if Luo Xiang doesn't dislike it, can you give the old horse a few pairs, and the old horse will find someone to redecorate it." ”

Luo Qi actually came up with a few pairs in his heart, and also had a few inscriptions that he thought were good, but when he thought of Tian Zhiyu beside him, somehow, he lost confidence all of a sudden, so he said: "There is a master among us, how can you give up your roots, old horse?"

When Ma Bencai heard it, Tian Zhiyu is a well-known talent, and his poems are not only praised by Luo Qi, but also those who are officials, studyers, and tea sellers in Taiyuan City, which one is not praised?

He hurriedly turned to Tian Zhiyu and said, "Zhiyu, since this is also your home, why don't you think of a few couplets for Brother Ma?"

Tian Zhiyu was in a cold sweat, he really didn't expect to write couplets when he visited a garden.

He has countless couplets in his heart, but he must know that the couplets of the garden are written in combination with the specific topography and landform and according to the temperament of the owner.

So he hurriedly said, "Brother Ma, you're polite." Zhiyu is okay in writing poems and lyrics, but as for this couplet, it is far inferior to Luo Xiang. With Luo Xiang here, how dare Zhiyu get an axe. ”

Ma Bencai admires Tian Zhiyu, but in terms of inscription and couplet, he prefers Luo Qi.

After all, Luo Qi is the deputy prime minister of a country, and his reputation is far more than Tian Zhiyu in any case, and Luo Qi used to be the champion of the imperial examination of Shuguo, and his literary style is second to none and famous in Dongyang and Shu. Along the way, he only took care of Luo Qi before and after the saddle, just to have a firm connection with Luo Qi, and he would also have some momentum in doing business in Shuguo in the future.

Luo Qi said: "To the rain, don't be modest, when I was in Taiyuan, I knew that you were unique in the literary world in terms of couplets." Let's not talk about your three eternal absolutes, that is, the two pairs you gave to the Longquan Sword Society and Mingyuan Bookstore, both of which combine their characteristics and styles very well, which can be described as wonderful, with such skills, not to mention the inscription for the garden, it is the deep palace and the inner house, which is also the title. ”

Ma Bencai saw Luo Qi praising Tian Zhiyu so much, so he thought of a wonderful note, so he said: "Otherwise, don't be modest about Zhiyu, we have all seen your ability to export chapters, no matter how modest you are, you look down on me." Let's walk around, everywhere you go, you want to write good sentences, and when you return to the book after a while, I also ask Luo Xiang to handwrite these good sentences, and I will find someone to engrave them another day and hang them everywhere. ”

Luo Qi couldn't see his careful thoughts, but since he lived in someone's house, he always had to express it, and if Tian Zhiyu could really make famous sentences through the ages, and he could write them by hand, it would also be a good story for the ages, so he didn't shirk and said: "The old man doesn't mind writing an inscription for Boss Ma, as long as Zhiyu writes it, the old man is willing to offer ugliness." ”

It's all come to this point, Tian Zhiyu can't say anything about it, so he simply drove the ducks on the shelves, nodded and said: "That Zhiyu also has the courage to offer ugliness, if you think it's appropriate, Boss Ma will adopt it, if it's not suitable, I hope to forgive Zhiyu's indiscretion." ”

A few people are polite again, then then go shopping, and so come to a rockery, see the mountain in front of the rugged truth, only one person can be allowed to walk at a time, to pass through the rockery, see the scenery behind the mountain suddenly open, can not help but admire the wonder of the design.

Luo Qi saw that there was a large piece of Taihu Lake white jade behind the mountain, with the words 'peaks and mountains stacked green' written on it, and said to Tian Zhiyu with a smile: "Let's start here." This mountain is stacked with green, it is really not suitable to be used here, so you can talk about it when it rains, what is better to change?"

In fact, as early as when crossing the rockery, Tian Zhiyu was already thinking, this rockery road is quiet, if in midsummer, the surrounding green trees and flowers are full of flowers, it will be cooler than now.

At this time, seeing Luo Qi ask himself, he said: "This rockery is wonderful, but in the end it is just a passage to enter the inner courtyard and enjoy the scenery elsewhere, and it is suspected of being noisy with peaks and peaks. ”

Luo Qi listened, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "It's really ingenious, there is nothing more suitable than this, what do you say, Boss Ma?"

How did Ma Bencai know which sentence was better, "peaks and mountains stacked with greenery" or "winding paths lead to secluded places", but he saw Luo Qi smile with satisfaction, and of course said: "Yes, yes, your sentence to rain is more suitable for the foreground, extraordinary, extraordinary." ”

Tian Zhiyu smiled and said modestly, a few people then walked forward, walked to another smaller pool, and saw that the pond was also full of lotus flowers, surrounded by willow trees on the side of the pond, and even better was that there was a depression in the pond, and several halls were built in the depression, and the two sides of the hall were closed-window huts, only the middle hall was open, and a pair of couplets were hung at the door. From a distance, I thought that these houses were in the middle of a pond, surrounded by lotus flowers.

"It's a pity that it's early spring, the lotus flowers are not green, the willow branches have not sprouted, it looks boring and monotonous, and so on in the twilight of spring, the grass grows and the warbler flies, this is really a good place to read," Luo Qi looked at the scenery in front of him and said: "To the rain, although this couplet is not bad, but it is not very delicate, too far-fetched, do you have a good pair?"

Tian Zhiyu also likes it very much, thinking that this place is not only quiet, but also has a wide field of vision, and can see the landscape, flowers and trees at a glance, it is a good place to read books and practice, he thought for a while, and said: "This pond is equipped with a hall, although it is not big, but exquisite, late spring or midsummer, it is a good place for self-cultivation, Zhiyu thinks, 'four walls of lotus flowers and willows on three sides, half of the pond and autumn water and one room mountain' are more suitable for here." ”

Luo Qi nodded and said: "It's really good, it's natural, it's not out of the ordinary, it's a good pair." ”

Hearing Luo Qi's praise, Ma Bencai also hurriedly praised a few words, and when he walked forward and walked to a beautiful scene, Luo Qi asked, Tian Zhiyu replied, and named several pavilions and pavilions, "Furong Pavilion", "Embellished Cloud Peak", "Yuanxiangtang" The names made Luo Qi very satisfied.

In addition, there are three or four couplets, Tian Zhiyu combined the memory in his mind and the scenery in front of him, respectively, the title "The breeze and the moon are priceless, and the distant mountains and rivers are all affectionate", "Zeng Sanyan and four, Yu inch pottery", "Around the embankment willow borrow three points of green, the flowers on the other bank are a vein of incense", "Baoding tea is still green, and the window chess is still cool", each couplet amazed Luo Qi, and was also happy to lose Ma Bencai.

After turning for a long time, he finally finished the whole garden, and returned to the living room of the residential area, Ma Bencai hurriedly ordered someone to serve tea first, and then served with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, for fear that Luo Qi would not admit it later.

Luo Qi picked up the pen with a smile, and wrote down the inscriptions and couplets that Tian Zhiyu just mentioned, and finally wrote down his own inscription, Ma Bencai waited for him to finish writing, and quickly ordered someone to put it away, and tomorrow he will find a craftsman to re-engrave everywhere according to these.

In the interval between Luo Qi's inscriptions, Tian Zhiyu made an excuse and called out Nuan Yue, and as soon as the two walked to no one's place, Tian Zhiyu said as if asking for credit: "How is it, your brother Tian is not bad, right?"

Although Nuan Yue glanced at him, there was also admiration and joy in his eyes, and said, "It's not bad." ”

Tian Zhiyu immediately pretended to be disappointed and said, "It's not bad." ”

Nuan Yuejiao smiled: "Okay, okay, it's very good, quick thinking, clever writing, writing a thousand words, relying on horses, all describe my brother Tian, this is down, right?"

Tian Zhiyu smiled and said, "It's pretty much the same," he looked at the surrounding scenery and said, "Wait for me to make a garden like this in the future, marry the warm moon, chant the wind and make the moon every day, and sing the wine, this is a happy life." ”

Nuan Yue is used to him holding his hand, and he is left to be light where no one is, and seeing him imagining his future life, he also said softly: "Nuan Yue doesn't care about the mansion compound, as long as she is with her sweetheart, even if there are three thatched houses, she likes it." ”

"Then how can it be done, there are three thatched huts, don't say that your father and mother don't agree, and I don't want to," Tian Zhiyu said: "Nuan Yue is pampered, how can you follow me to endure hardship." ”

"I'm not pampered," Nuan Yue retorted: "This girl has also been a cantilevered cone since she was a child, and she studied hard. And she is also good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she is not the kind of little girl who does not go out of the door. ”

Tian Zhiyu pinched her nose affectionately, and said: "The warm moon is the best, and in the future, our husband and wife will also come to sing and sing with their wives, chant poems together, and live a life of only envying mandarin ducks and not immortals." ”

Nuan Yue nodded shyly and said, "I just don't know when it will be realized." ”

"Believe me, it will be soon, and strive for the end of this year, or next year at the latest," Tian Zhiyu said.

Nuan Yue nodded and said, "Well, I believe you, maybe I can also go to the Qilin Tea Party, and I hope to witness Brother Tian's blockbuster success with my own eyes when the time comes." ”

Tian Zhiyu was a little surprised, and said, "You have to go to the warm moon too, but I don't know if I can go yet." ”

Thinking that her family is very likely to have a prominent background, it is reasonable to go to the unicorn tea party.

Nuan Yue smiled and said: "You can definitely do it, you have written so many wonderful poems, didn't Luo Xiang say it, there must be a place for you on this year's literary and music list, and you will definitely be able to participate in it when the time comes." ”

Tian Zhiyu asked curiously: "Why, as long as the work is selected into the literary and music list, can the author go to the unicorn tea party?"

Nuan Yue nodded and said, "Yes, being able to be selected shows that this person's literary status is very unusual, of course you can participate." And the Wenqu Chart is the most important, the status is higher than the Danqing List and the Allure List, if an article or poem can be selected into the Wenqu List, it will be recognized by readers all over the world, although it cannot enter the career immediately, it is also very helpful for future development,"

Tian Zhiyu didn't expect that he was very likely to participate in the Qilin Tea Party, originally thought that martial arts had stopped moving forward, and there was no hope, but now it seems that stealing the great works of his predecessors can also reap unexpected effects.

"The Qilin Tea Party is only held once every five years, and there are Wenqu Charts and the like every year, so can all the selected people in the past five years participate in the Qilin Tea Party?" Tian Zhiyu then asked.

"No, the Kirin Pavilion will also select, and all the selected people and works in the past five years will be evaluated again, and the best ones in the past five years will be selected before they receive an invitation letter from the Kirin Pavilion," Nuan Yue replied.

So that's the case, Tian Zhiyu is now a little looking forward to the Qilin Tea Party, he thinks that if he can meet so many masters, how can he have a chance to have a discussion: "But Nuan Yue, even if I write so many poems, how can the people of Qilin Pavilion know? Could it be that they will send people to collect them everywhere?"

Nuan Yue smiled and said, "You don't care about this, you will definitely know anyway, Brother Tian, you are ready, wait for the tea party to soar." ”