In addition to watching the opera, singing and dancing, magic, acrobatics and other performances in the square below on the city wall, the Shangyuan banquet gathered the top talents in the capital, and naturally it was indispensable to chant poems and guess lantern riddles.

Not to mention that the most basic activity is to chant poetry against the readers, not to mention that today is the Lantern Festival?

As the most important and atmospheric festival of the year, looking at the prosperous scene of people like flowing water and horses like dragons, and the dense and countless lanterns, it can stimulate the creative enthusiasm of readers.

Therefore, since ancient times, the Lantern Festival has been one of the festivals with the most masterpieces.

There are many classic poems describing the Lantern Festival, which have been passed down through the ages, almost comparable to the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Therefore, many talented people at the Shangyuan banquet will also secretly compete to see whose literary talent is better, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the spring of the coming year.

What Duanwang Zhao Ji said is indeed true, after Xu Xian entered the capital, he rode into the dust, and the limelight overshadowed all the original talents, and he was directly known as the first talent in the world with an indisputable attitude, and was no longer the first talent in the south of the Yangtze River before.

Since ancient times, there is no first, and there is no second.

Readers, it is not necessary to say that they are the first, everyone should be modest, everyone's articles have their own strengths.

But when someone comes out and occupies the first position, others will no longer be humble and can't help but want to compete.

Today, many talented people are gearing up to compete with Xu Xian.

In particular, many students of Ying Tianfu Academy have always been in the limelight in the capital, but now many of them are holding their breath.

Therefore, when Xu Xianhe and Fang Zhongyong first arrived, they were ridiculed by Yang Yongxiu Yin and Yang of Ying Tianfu Academy. Yang Yongxiu is just one of them.

"Keep talking, I'll go over there. After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he turned around and left.

However, the direction he went to was the place where the students of Ying Tianfu Academy gathered!

Zhao Ji was naturally very angry in his heart at this time.

He thought that he was already respectful and polite enough to Xu Xian.

Even when he was in Suzhou Mansion, he stood on the side of Taishi Liang and did not speak for Xu Xian, but after arriving in the capital, he also took the initiative to put down the shelf, and repeatedly enveloped Xu Xian, deliberately showing goodwill.

So in Zhao Ji's view, he is a dignified prince, how noble his identity is, and he took the initiative to envelop you as a scholar, should you be grateful to Dade and repay him with death?

As for the little unpleasantness in Suzhou Mansion, you should forget!

But Zhao Ji never thought that he would entrap Xu Xian like this, Xu Xian not only didn't appreciate it, but turned his head and got together with his biggest opponent, his sixth brother Junwang Zhao Maid!

Seeing the two of them talking happily, and what they said at first sight, Zhao Ji was jealous in his heart.

It's like the woman you fancy has been snatched away by someone else's knife and snatched away!

How do you keep him from being angry?

There is a saying that hate arises from love.

It turns out that to be honest, Zhao Ji really appreciates Xu Xian, and thinks that the talent in the world can be comparable to him, that is, Xu Xian. So when they met for the first time in Qiantang County, he had a good impression of Xu Xian.

But now, Zhao Ji has no good impression of Xu Xian in his heart, and only thinks about how to make Xu Xian regret it!

regretted that he didn't stand on his side, and he didn't know how to choose his sixth brother Zhao Maid!

Revenge does not stay overnight.

At tonight's Shangyuan banquet, he wants to let Xu Xian know a little powerful!

It's true that you are a great talent, but there is no shortage of talents in this world, let alone you.

As long as there are scholars who can enter Ying Tianfu Academy, which one is bad? Zhao Ji is ready to let Ying Tianfu Academy suppress Xu Xian's spirit!

If one person can't do it, then gather the strength of the entire Ying Tianfu Academy.

I still don't believe it, and I can't resist you if I don't believe it!

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"Hanwen, my eleventh brother probably has some opinions in your heart. It is estimated that there will be a lot of talented people targeting you tonight, so you have to be prepared. ”

Looking at Zhao Ji's eyes at the moment when he turned around, and the direction he walked directly to Ying Tianfu Academy, Zhao Ji did not say bad things about Zhao Ji in a roundabout way, nor did he turn a blind eye, but said directly with a smile.

Xu Xian could roughly guess a little bit of Zhao Ji's thoughts.

What kind of person Duanwang Zhao Ji is, he saw it very clearly when he was in Suzhou Mansion. Therefore, after coming to the capital, he would be grateful to Zhao Ji for his solicitation.

"I don't really care. Xu Xian said.

That's fine, after the backend king Zhao Ji is dissatisfied with him, he shouldn't invite him from time to time, and he won't have any trouble.

As for the other talents who would target him tonight, Xu Xian didn't care about it and didn't care very much.

What's more, even if other people target him, can they really embarrass him? Xu Xian didn't think so.

Soon, the Shangyuan banquet officially began under the auspices of Zhao Maid and Zhao Ji.

On the square downstairs of the city, the performance team took turns to play, which was very exciting, and it can be said that it was only better than the Spring Festival Gala on the earth in later generations, whether it was good-looking or the depth of the program.

After Xu Xian came to this world, it was the first time to watch this wonderful performance, and he was also sighing, but he couldn't help but think in his heart: Such a beautiful day, it would be nice if the lady was by her side.

There is no way to enter Beijing this time, and after the spring season, Xu Xian no longer wants to suffer from such separation.

The city wall tower was temporarily happy, everyone was watching the performance attentively, shouting hello from time to time, and clapping when they saw the highlights.

There are more ordinary people watching under the city walls, bustling, and there are many stalls selling small items and snacks next to it.

After nearly half an hour, the performance came to an end a little, and a maid brought a bowl of Lantern Festival to the talented people on the city wall.

After eating the Lantern Festival, the next thing is the most popular entertainment activity of the Lantern Festival, guessing the lantern riddles.

The square is covered with many yarn lanterns, on which people are drawn, or a word or a poem is made into a riddle for guests to guess. There will also be a contest to see who can guess the most riddles in the time of a stick of incense.

The one with the most will also receive a big reward.

However, guessing lantern riddles is an entertaining and difficult program for ordinary people, but for people who can participate in the Shangyuan banquet, it is not too difficult.

There are three parts of the riddle, 'riddle', 'riddle', 'riddle'.

The riddle is the approximate range of the answer to the riddle, such as guessing the name of a person, an object, or a fruit.

Therefore, after the people on the city wall went down, after telling the riddle, they looked at the riddle again, and the riddle of a lantern riddle was almost guessed.

All the way is like a bamboo, and within the time of a stick of incense, basically everyone guesses the number of more than thirty.

Xu Xian's performance was also good, and he guessed 46, but he didn't expect that when the rankings were finally announced, he didn't even enter the top three.

Zhao Fu laughed and said, "Hanwen, it seems that you are not very good at guessing lantern riddles." ”

Xu Xian shook his head and said helplessly: "I rarely participate in this kind of activity usually, and I really don't know how to do it." ”

The top three who guessed the most lantern riddles, two of them were from Ying Tianfu Academy, and the one with the most was Yang Yongxiu, who was very unconvinced by Xu Xian's sneering before, and he guessed a total of 54.

After winning the first place, he seemed to be in a good mood, and he deliberately walked past Xu Xian, a bit of a show off.