Su Ziji's eyes fell on several students, all of whom were in their early twenties, some of them were as delicate as pine and bamboo, and some were mediocre but also had some temperament, without exception, the Confucian robes on their bodies were all half-old and not new, with his eyesight, from such a distance, he could see that these people must be a little embarrassed in life.

He couldn't help but think of the days when he was in the county seat, this kind of poor family can still be admitted to the lifter, and he did not enjoy the benefits of the status of lifter, but continued to go to Beijing to study, and people who are willing to continue to endure hardships, no matter what their character is, at least they are ambitious.

You must know that if you don't come to the capital and stay in your hometown, even if you don't become an official and become a squire, you can live a very nourishing life, but when you come to Beijing to study, the cost of travel and the degree of use in Beijing will be difficult to relax.

In the capital, no one is talking to a person.

"You've done a good job, so you can focus on it then. Su Ziji said in a deep voice, making friends with scholars is the purpose of the Wenhui, if he doesn't make friends, he will arouse suspicion.

Just control the degree, and at this level, it doesn't hurt to come to a hundred.

"Yes, Lord. Jian Qu responded.

Su Ziji suddenly saw the wild Taoist looking at him not far away, and nodded when he looked over, Su Ziji understood that this was the person he asked him to stare at.

"Come down with me and talk to these students. Su Ziji said to Jian Qu with a smile.

Jian Qu is naturally very happy, and he can accompany him to do this kind of thing, and his face is also bright.

When the wild man saw his own hint from the Lord, he said to the two people who followed him, "Okay, we don't have to worry about this matter, just stare at it from afar." ”

The person they were going to keep an eye on had just come over from a small boat and boarded the boat.

Because the painting boat is rented, the boatmen and the like are all the original people of the painting boat, although the people of the Daihou Mansion are also patrolling because of the cultural meeting held by the Daihou here, but as long as it looks like a scholar, once it is put up, it will not be interrogated.

It was under such circumstances that Zhao Gonggong took a little eunuch, pretending to be an old Confucian with a scholar, and went to the painting boat.

"Master Zhao, don't run around, they will find out that you are not the guest you were invited......" The boatman who secretly led them up reminded a little worriedly.

Gonggong Zhao didn't speak, and the little eunuch beside him, who was pretending to be a scholar, suddenly glared at him: "What you said, don't my master know? We are just curious, turn around and leave! You are waiting for us around here!"

"Yes, yes!" The boatman took someone's hand, and could only watch with a little worry as the pair of "master and servant" walked into the boat.

"Who's playing?"

As soon as I walked in, I heard that the original sound of silk and bamboo had stopped, and the noise disappeared all at once, and the entire floor of the painting boat was quiet, and only a piano sound was heard, so that Zhao Gonggong couldn't help but stop and listen.

In fact, not only them, but even the students on the first floor showed a fascinated appearance, and tried to find someone to play the piano.

"It turned out that it was playing over there, and there was a curtain separating it, could it be a female dependent?" someone looked towards the place where they hadn't noticed it, and found that behind the bead curtain that had hung down before, there seemed to be some people in the shadow blanch, looking at the figure, it seemed that they were all women.

Because of this cultural meeting, the women of the Qinglou were not invited to play, and the silk and bamboo were all entertained by these students, so when they heard the sound of the piano at this moment and saw this scene, they immediately had a realization: "Could this be the female dependents of the Daihou Mansion?"

Think about it, a year ago, the opening of the Beijing conference was still mixed with men and women, but with the incident that Lin Yuqing made a fuss, the atmosphere changed to conservative, and then the meeting, except for the princess and the county lord, they could invite some famous male guests at the same time, and men would basically not invite female guests when they held a meeting, in order to avoid suspicion.

But apart, behind the beaded curtain accompanied by a female guest, then this kind of problem is nothing.

"I don't know which talented girl played the piano music, it should only be in the sky!" a student sighed.

"We've never heard this sound in our family. However, although the sound of the piano is wonderful, and the player must be everyone, it is clearly played by the female dependents......"

Such a person, even if she is a talented woman, there is no need to be co-opted by Su Ziji, the acting marquis, after all, she cannot enter the court as an official.

Zhao Gonggong thought so in his heart, he had already come to the entrance, and he looked inside, and he also had a panoramic view of the scene on the first floor.

"Are there really only two famous people who have come here?" he looked at the little eunuch.

This little eunuch has some skills in recognizing people, and after a quick look at the people present, he will match the people on the list he investigated.

"Except for Zhang Lan and He Shanzhi, who are still talents, no one else is famous, and they are basically from poor families, and even a few people are poor, although their lives have improved after winning the move, but they still live a shabby life after coming to Beijing, and they frequently participate in literary meetings, also to avoid the cost of interpersonal contacts. The little eunuch whispered back.

"And under normal circumstances, there are also some gifts of stationery paper and ink. ”

As an example, it is impossible to only bury your head in reading, always to socialize with readers, participate in the literary meetings held by the powerful, you can socialize, and you don't have to spend money yourself, and private meetings with others, you can not always pull out a dime, some of the reading people who live a tight life, and therefore more willing to participate in the literary meetings of the elites, if you win the lottery, there may be some income, which is also a helpless move.

Zhao Gonggong looked carefully, and saw that although Su Ziji's expression was quiet, he was patiently talking to these cold men, just watching, Zhao Gonggong was sad for a while, and after a while, he woke up: "I didn't expect that Dai Hou could only find some cold men to support the scene, and now he is still smiling, it's really not easy." ”

Making friends also depends on the level, these humble people may be regarded as characters in the local area, but what are they in the capital?

Daihou, the only son of the dignified prince, opened a banquet for the first time, and it was so desolate!

"Let's go, go to the Qi Palace, and have another look. Zhao Gonggong couldn't bear to look at it, so he didn't stay any longer, and took the little eunuch to get off the painting boat along the same road again, and returned to the shore by small boat.

When he arrived at the shore, he took an ox cart instead, and went directly into the city again and rushed to the palace of the king of Qi.

Because of the cold weather, the street where the palace is located and other idlers can not enter casually, but in front of the palace of Qi, a ride from the door to the far away, and to the near, the servants can not enter the door casually, just eat tea and snacks under the shed in front of the wall to bask in the sun.

The eunuch came down from a distance and looked at it, and when he saw that the nearby teahouses were full of people, a grim smile flashed on his face, and he stared at the door without saying a word.

Even now, when the festival has begun, people are still getting down from the ox carts and heading inside.

"Sure enough, there was a tide of guests, a lot of traffic, and a crown like a cloud. Zhao Gonggong looked at it for a while, and his expression became more and more gloomy: "Let our people take a good look and write down their names." ”

"Yes!" replied the little eunuch.