After returning to Hangzhou Academy, Xu Xian began a regular life again: reading, studying, practicing calligraphy, and practicing......

There are no waves, but it is also full and meaningful.

What he has to do now is to continue to strengthen himself, and when he faces troubles and problems in the future, he can bear it on his shoulders and solve it by himself, instead of being a little white face.

The hospital examination has been passed, and the township examination is once every three years, and the next time will not be until next fall, and it is still early. Xu Xian is preparing to focus on the projects to be tested by the Jiangnan Talent Literature Association in this more than a month.

Jiangnan Talent Literary Association, Xu Xian is bound to win, and he must stand out from it to win the favor of Confucianism and strive to become a Confucian student.

Time passed, three days passed, and Xu Mu'e's birthday came as scheduled.

Xu Mu'e's birthday banquet was as Xu Xian expected, and many people were invited, even a small half of the students of Hangzhou Academy were invited.

Because Xu Zhengqing is a scholar in Hangzhou, the students of Hangzhou Academy can barely be regarded as his students, and Xu Mu'e has a free and easy personality and loves to learn, and often goes to Hangzhou Academy to listen and study, and she has met many people in the academy. For example, He Liang also received an invitation.

As a result, invitations were sent out a lot.

Of course, there are not many people who can let Xu Mu'e personally send invitations. Among the students of Hangzhou Academy, there will be no more than three.

The place of Xu Mu'e's birthday banquet is the most famous restaurant in Hangzhou, Louwailou.

Today, in order to celebrate Xu Mu'e's birthday, the building outside the building was directly wrapped down for a day, closed to the outside of the business, and made every effort to do a good job for Xu Mu'e's birthday banquet.

At noon, the banquet was about to begin, and the guests continued to walk into the outer building.

The identity of the guests who can participate in this banquet is basically not simple, after all, there are established rules in the social circle, and with Xu Mu'e's identity and the status of the Xu family, it is impossible for ordinary people to make friends.

Either they are high-ranking officials and nobles, either rich or noble, or they are like many students of Hangzhou Academy, the rising stars of the imperial examination.

However, the most eye-catching guest of this banquet is not a local official of Hangzhou like Yang Jianxing, but a guest from afar———— who is a third-grade official of the court, Jiang Haibo, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites!

Jiang Haibo and Xu Zhengqing were Jinshi at the same time, and later served in the Hanlin Academy, and they had a very good relationship.

Xu Mu'e and Jiang Shilang's daughter have also known each other since childhood, and their relationship is extremely close. In the words of the earth in the afterlife, the two are best friends who have played since childhood, and they have nothing to talk about.

Even Xu Mu'e almost made a baby kiss with Jiang Shilang's son Jiang Yunshan!

The relationship between the two families can be seen.

A few years ago, Xu Zhengqing was assigned to Hangzhou Mansion as a school administrator, and the exchanges between the two families gradually decreased, but they were not completely severed, and there would be correspondence from time to time.

Originally, it was impossible for Jiang Shilang's family to attend Xu Mu'e's birthday, but it happened that Jiang Shilang was sent to Jiangnan on a business trip recently, and he happened to pass by Hangzhou Mansion, so he came.

Xu Mu'e couldn't personally send the invitation to Xu Xian that day, because Jiang Shilang's family had just arrived in Hangzhou, and Xu Mu'e wanted to go with her father Xu Zhengqing to greet her.

The banquet was in full swing, dozens of shopkeepers outside the building were flexibly shuttling between the tables with plates, and the guests who came to congratulate them drank and ate food and laughed, so lively.

There are three floors in the outer building, and the seats on each floor have a certain degree of exquisiteness, and the higher you go, the higher the status.

For example, the students who came to congratulate Hangzhou Academy could only sit on the first floor, and those who had talents and fame sat on the second floor. As for the third floor, which is the highest, only a very small number of people can sit on it.

This order of action does not mean that the Xu family climbs high and steps low, but that the rules of the entire Dali Dynasty are like this.

The Great Departure Dynasty is a state of etiquette, all the rules are clearly divided, even if the family has a strict order when eating, the elders must be on top, and the younger generations must sit down, if there are children in the family who are not sensible, and run to the top to sit during meals, it is estimated that they will be beaten immediately.

It's not something unusual, it's a habit that has been cultivated since childhood.

But at today's banquet, there was one person who didn't seem to be in the right seat.

Xu Xian is a showman, according to the rules, he should be sitting on the second floor, but now he is forcibly required to reach the third floor. Xu Xian wanted to refuse, but whether it was Xu Zhengqing or Xu Mu'e, he had to sit on the third floor, and it was the closest to the main table.

At the same table, there are officials like Tongzhi in Hangzhou or scribes with great reputation, age, and seniority, and it is difficult to have a common topic when sitting with them, and they will feel a little uncomfortable eating.

Fortunately, Fang Zhongyong accompanied him.

Fang Zhongyong, as Xu Zhengqing's closed disciple, is considered half of the Xu family, so he naturally has to sit on the third floor.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the first and second floors, the third floor seems much quieter.

Because the guests on the third floor are not ordinary after all, and they are quite old, they naturally will not be as noisy as young people, and they are used to self-cultivation.

The one who talks the most is the main table.

Xu Zhengqing and Jiang Shilang haven't seen each other for many years, and they have a lot to talk about.

During the banquet, Jiang Shilang suddenly smiled and asked: "Brother Xu, didn't you say that your biggest gain in Hangzhou in the past few years is to accept a prodigy as a disciple? ”

Xu Zhengqing laughed, turned around and shouted, "Zhongyong, come and give you a toast to Uncle Jiang!"

When Fang Zhongyong heard this, he showed a helpless expression, while Xu Xian gloated.

Fang Zhongyong shook his head, then quickly straightened his expression, and quickly got up and walked over with a wine glass.

With Fang Zhongyong's character, he was even more unsuitable for such an occasion than Xu Xian.

Jiang Shilang saw Fang Zhongyong coming over, and after staring at it, his eyes suddenly showed surprise, obviously seeing that Fang Zhongyong had entered the Tao with literature, and couldn't help but sigh Chen Zan and said: "What a young talent." At such a young age, he is so extraordinary, it is really rare in the world! Even in Jingshi Ying Tianfu, it is difficult to find a better peer than him!"

Fang Zhongyong bent down respectfully, saluted and said, "Uncle Jiang praised it falsely, and the juniors are ashamed. In our Hangzhou Academy, I am not the best student, there is a Xu Xian Xu Hanwen, whose talent and knowledge far surpass me. ”

"Xu Hanwen?" Jiang Shilang's eyes flashed with a strange color, and then he smiled and said, "Is this son here here today?" The folk call him a rare genius in poetry for a thousand years, and he is known as a representative of a Jiangnan genius after Li Pan. ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled slightly, as if the conspiracy had succeeded, and said, "He's here, just sit next to him......"

Makes you gloat!