Chen Wenhao, who picked a few peonies from the peony garden, felt more and more guilty of being a thief, and carefully hid the bouquets of flowers in his arms, not only to avoid being seen by acquaintances, but also to prevent these peonies from being wrinkled by himself.

So it took half an hour to walk from the peony garden to the inn where he settled, which was quite laborious.

After returning to the room, he carefully bandaged the peony flowers with a few bright red cloths, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it was already noon, and when I was about to go downstairs to eat, I just walked out of the door and met a classmate.

This classmate's surname is Niu, a single name is a short word, and his body is thin, and when he was in the academy before, he was often teased that he should not be surnamed Niu, but should be surnamed Hou. Although this Niu Jian is thin, he is not a poor family, and he is very generous when his classmates invite him out to eat and drink. The teasing of others is only a joke, and I don't take it seriously. Therefore, even if the grades are a little lame, it has won a lot of popularity among students.

Sometimes I am really surprised by the things in the world, obviously a rich family, not worried about food and clothing, but thin as a monkey. And there are a great number of children from poor families who do not have enough to eat, but they are as strong as oxen.

At this time, when he saw this classmate of the famous Niu Jian, Chen Wenhao was a little happy, and hurriedly called Brother Niu!

Niu Jian realized it later, turned his head and stared at Chen Wenhao carefully for a long time before a smile bloomed on his face, and put one hand on Chen Wenhao's shoulder, "Brother Chen! It turned out to be Brother Chen! It's strange that the little brother is clumsy, and he didn't even recognize Brother Chen's appearance." Anyway, we haven't seen each other for seven or eight years, and I can't blame me! Okay, I'll book a private room in the Fugui Building later, and I'll punish myself for three drinks, okay?"

"Brother Niu is very polite. ”

Niu Jian has a very good impression of Chen Wenhao, not that Chen Wenhao is indeed the favorite good student in the eyes of the master, and the future is immeasurable. It's because when his classmates went out to eat and drink with him in the past, other students regarded him as the wronged leader, and Chen Wenhao was the only one who insisted on paying for it himself! Even if Chen Wenhao was really shy in his pocket, and when he couldn't afford to pay for it, he would definitely find an opportunity to exchange this favor.

Niu Jian's family is really rich, although she doesn't care about the money, she always dislikes it. Even if you are a bold person, you will secretly raise a scale in your heart to judge who is a villain and who is a gentleman. Whoever is just flowing water, who can have deep friendships.

In Niu Jian's heart, Chen Wenhao is a gentleman.

"It's not polite, just ask Brother Chen not to be too polite!" Niu Jian smiled and asked again: "By the way, I haven't seen Brother Chen, and I don't know where Brother Chen is?"

This was just Niu Jian who regretted it as soon as he said it, and he was just looking for a conversation to talk about, so as to bring in the strangeness that the two had not seen for many years. But looking at Chen Wenhao's simple clothes, where does it look like the sky is up? Secretly annoyed that he didn't know how to speak, he didn't have the slightest eyesight, and he was worried that Chen Wenhao would be unhappy because of this matter, so he said: "Forget it, don't talk about it, it's noon, let's find a place to eat and drink first, and then we will talk!"

Chen Wenhao said with a smile: "Why haven't I seen Brother Niu for so long, how can he change into such a scheming appearance? This is not like the bold temperament before, it shouldn't be!"

Niu Jian smiled and did not answer.

The two talked while walking, Chen Wenhao said: "Actually, there is nothing to say, you know me, I am the only one in the family, and I don't have to worry about the family's livelihood, so I just want to be a scholar." But I always need to ask for some way to live for my stomach, and I can't help others in my heart, and I have done a lot of miscellaneous things. Now, he can be regarded as a strategist for others. ”

"Oh?" Niu Jian was a little curious, "Where did the big man come from, and he dared to accept Brother Chen as a staff member?

Chen Wenhao smiled, "I'm just a pedantic reader, I don't have any heart, I don't have any strategy, the best thing I've ever done is to help an adult write a line, it's really not on the table." Even if I don't care, the royal relatives don't look down on me!"

"Brother Chen, don't be presumptuous, the master said back then, among our classmates, you can rank in the top three. Brother Chen doesn't have to hide it, even if he is a member of the staff of the emperor's relatives and relatives, he can only 'show off' in front of me, and I can't do that thing that will trouble you for three days, right?"

Chen Wenhao just smiled, turned his head and asked, "By the way, where is Brother Niu now?"

"Gao is a fart!" Niu Jian replied: "You know me, I am annoyed when I see the words in the book, and now I can only inherit my father's inheritance and be a little benevolent, which is really not as good as Brother Chen!

"Don't laugh at me for being poorly dressed!"

"How can it be?

Too lazy to move, the two of them booked a private room in this inn, and as soon as the drinks were placed on the table, they saw a person push open the door, "Cousin, why are you still here?" Then he turned his head and saw Chen Wenhao, stunned: "Who is this gentleman?"

Niu Jian hurriedly greeted: "This is my classmate and friend, named Chen Wenhao." ”

The man saluted towards Chen Wenhao, and Chen Wenhao hurriedly returned the salute.

Niu Jian introduced again: "This is my cousin, the eighth among his peers in the family, you just need to call him Niu Laoba." ”

At the end, Niu Jian shouted at Niu Lao Ba with a straight face: "Lao Ba, why are you so reckless?

Niu Laoba replied: "Cousin, it's not that the elder brother doesn't know the reason, it's true that today's literary meeting in the Lion Park has begun for a while, and some of my cousin's poets are waiting for my cousin!"

After hearing this, Chen Wenhao turned his face to look at Niu Jian, Niu Jian must have been mistaken, and quickly explained: "Actually, it's just some wine and meat friends, and while I have learned some words, I can pick out a few words from ancient books, which can also be regarded as my own poems." Brother Chen doesn't want to laugh, it's really not comparable to Brother Chen's full stomach. ”

"You know I don't make poetry. Chen Wenhao smiled and asked, "Is the Lion Park's cultural meeting today?"

"That's right. ”

Chen Wenhao's face was a little ugly, as if he felt a little unwilling, and asked: "Was it yesterday? I mean this meeting was just held once or in succession... ”

Before Niu Jian could speak, the Niu Lao Ba next to him smiled, "You gentleman is so ignorant, originally the Lion Park Cultural Meeting was held on the auspicious day of the zodiac today, where can there be a reason to hold it one after another?"

"Old eight!" Niu Jian looked displeased and snorted.

Niu Lao Ba knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly closed his mouth.

Niu Jian's face looked much better, and he turned his head and apologized to Chen Wenhao: "My little cousin doesn't understand the rules, please don't blame Brother Chen." At the end, he said, "Why is Brother Chen asking like this?"

Chen Wenhao smiled reluctantly and explained: "I originally heard an acquaintance say that the Lion Garden Cultural Festival was held yesterday, but I didn't expect that another cultural meeting was held here, and I was a little surprised. ”

"Could it be ... ”

Chen Wenhao heard Niu Jian's voice-over, "No, I think I heard it wrong!"

Niu Jian nodded, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "It's better to come early than to come by chance, since Brother Chen is here, it is better to go to the Wenhui with me to have a look, so that others can learn Brother Chen's majestic strategy!"

Chen Wenhao hesitated, "This ,,, you know that I don't make poetry, if I go, wouldn't it... ”

"Nothing to do, which Confucian have you ever seen compose poems to a group of children when they were arguing? Niu Jian said: "Besides, there will be a few former classmates who will come to participate in this article, and it is good to reminisce about the past." ”

Chen Wenhao was a little moved, thought about it and said: "I won't chatter, are there any rules for this Wenhui? For example, you need an invitation to enter the meeting?"

"It seems that Brother Chen really forgot to sleep and eat when he was studying!" Niu Jian laughed, "Didn't we often go to various literary meetings when we were studying in Suzhou? Of course, Brother Chen is to cultivate his sentiments, and I just want to see girls! Haha, let's not mention these things, did we pay invitations to participate in the cultural meeting at that time?

Chen Wenhao hooked the corners of his mouth, a little happy.

He instructed Xiao Er to say that the wine and food in the back do not need to be served, the money will be on credit first, and then it will be settled together when the house money is settled tomorrow.

And they went to the lion garden.

It is only half an hour's journey to get on the carriage, and the lion garden is also a lion forest, which was built in the period of Emperor Wu, and has been more than 300 years ago. Although the Lion Garden is a famous lion, the park does not show any majestic atmosphere, but the simple and elegant style of the Jiangnan garden is vividly reflected. Because there are bamboo in the garden, there are many strange stones under the bamboo, and the shape is like a lion (lion)", and it is named the lion forest.

Although the lion garden is not high in the mountains, but the caves and ravines are circling, the embedded void is wonderful; although the chiseled pond is not deep, but the loop is tortuous, the level is profound, and the waterfall and flowing spring are hidden in the flowers and trees to support and sparse.

When you first enter the Lion Garden, there is a long corridor surrounded by greenery after passing through a circular wall hole, and at a glance, you only feel that there is no end in sight. As the promenade walked forward, one step at a time, I sighed, only to feel that this lion park has brought the winding style to the extreme.

The Wenhui fell in the Ancient Five Pine Garden, and it didn't take long to enter here.

In this pine garden, it is already full of guests, beautiful talents, and flowing water.

Chen Wenhao carefully checked the soles of his shoes for any foreign objects, and carefully greeted the people who came and went around him one by one, and the courtesy was extremely thoughtful.

But the more neat this number is, the more cramped and even a little pedantic this person feels in the eyes of others.

After leading Chen Wenhao to sit down, Niu Laoba walked to Niu Jian's side, "Childe, this person is nothing more than a pedantic scholar, why is Childe so fond of him?"

"You mean you shouldn't?" asked Niu Jian with a smile.

Niu Lao is very divided, but it is actually extremely certain.

Niu Jian looked at Chen Wenhao, who was very happy but only had a faint smile in his heart, and sighed, "I'm not as good as him." ”

Niu Lao Ba was a little puzzled and puzzled.

Niu Jian said in a deep voice: "In fact, there are no pedantic scholars in this world at all, but compared with other scholars who are happy and unhappy and unruly, they have an extra scale in their hearts and know what they should do and what they should not do." Always follow your own rules and think that if you behave in the world, you are a gentleman. ”

Niu Laoba is ignorant and doesn't know why.

In fact, there is a sentence that Niu Jian has not yet said, he clearly remembers the only time Chen Wenhao was drunk when he was a student and said to him, he doesn't make poems, he doesn't fill in words, he just wants to learn the truth from books in a proper manner. And it is precisely because these truths are put on oneself that I find it a little difficult to adapt, so I have to read more books and find out the answers from books!

Niu Jian was thinking at that time, in this world, there are no other people besides Chen Wenhao who don't fill in words, don't write poems, don't chase names, don't chase profits, don't work together, don't govern the country, don't even want to refine the world, and just want to study in peace and stability?

Thinking about it, Niu Jian was dumbfounded, because there was only one such scholar in this world besides Chen Wenhao.

And that person is the master who read the first wisp of righteousness five thousand years ago, the sage Mr. who founded the Confucian school of cultivation in Mozhou!