Xie Jingxi stood up and greeted him and said, "Welcome President Ding!" He introduced to everyone: "This is President Ding Honghui of Quanzhou Shangjia Cooperative, he is a God of Wealth, and he often supports the academy with money.

"Lord Xie is too polite, so praise the juniors, the juniors are extremely ashamed, supporting the academy is an obligation, just a trivial matter, why worry about it! Xie Dacai is the big backer of the academy, compared with you, the juniors have no place to be ashamed!"

At this time, Lin Hexuan came back, Xie Jingxi introduced Lin Hexuan to everyone, and called Xie Wende, saying: "This is the dog Wende, I am worshipping Mr. Lin as a teacher, and I am learning the 'Four Books and Five Classics', please give more advice to the dog!"

Xie Wende thanked him, and everyone said: "Gongzi Xie is really good-looking, a talent!"

After that, the director of the Art and Culture Museum, the director of the printing house, the teacher of the private school, and the painter of the calligraphy and painting club came one after another.

The guests basically arrived, Xie Jingxi built yì, everyone first went to the temple and Zhuzi Temple to make a salute, bowed, everyone agreed, so, led by the mountain chief Cai Qingyuan, to the temple and Zhuzi Temple, respectfully knelt and bowed, praying for the prosperity of Quanzhou's literary industry and talents.

The guest and the host returned to Meizhuxuan, drinking tea and chatting, greeting and having fun, time passed quickly, and it was nearly noon in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Yang Feiyang came in and said to Xie Jingxi: "Master, the banquet table has been set, whether to hold a banquet or not, just wait for the master's orders!"

Xie Jingxi said: "Everyone, please come to the table, I have discussed with the mountain chief in the next, a special set of dishes at today's banquet, I hope you like it, and I specially invite the master chef of the fragrant soup kitchen of Kaiyuan Temple to help, carefully make a vegetarian dish, please come and taste it!"

Everyone said: "Uncle Xie is thoughtful, we all like it!"

Xie Jingxi continued: "The academy is a quiet and elegant place, today, everyone also understands the Buddhist realm of abstaining from killing and protecting students, great compassion, and besides, vegetarian dishes are refreshing and pure, fresh and tender, delicious, exquisite, rich in nutrients, and can be used to heal diseases, which is an excellent dish." ”

Wu Junchi, the head of the Nanyin class, said: "Great! Master Xie has profound morals and compassion, which is admirable! Such a novel move is very surprising to Zaixia, and this move makes today's gathering even more memorable!"

Jiang Yihe, a professor at Quanzhou Prefecture, said: "Mr. Xie often has innovative moves, which makes him very admired, and he tastes the fragrant and pure vegetarian dishes in the elegant Meizhuxuan of the academy, which has a unique flavor." ”

Ding Honghui, president of the Shangjia Society, said: "It is indeed very good! Vegetarian dishes are cooked with vegetable oil, vegetables, soy products, gluten, bamboo shoots, fungi, algae and dried and fresh fruits as raw materials, which is pure and delicious, and it is much better than the fresh seafood on the wine table when the business world is entertaining.

Everyone asked Xie Jingxi to be the chief, of course Xie Jingxi refused, everyone gave in to each other for a while, and finally Mr. Zhuang sat in the chief, Xie Jingxi and the mountain chief sat in the first and second seats of the host's seat respectively, and the other guests also sat down in turn.

The dishes began to be served, Yang Feiyang did not sit at the table, he stood aside and waited, he had listened to the monk Wutong of Kaiyuan Temple introduced vegetarian dishes, so, there is some understanding of vegetarian dishes, today's first few dishes belong to the roll category, there are vegetarian chicken, vegetarian sauce meat, vegetarian elbow, vegetarian ham, etc., this is a "meat" delicacy. Everyone tasted it carefully, and felt that it was indeed a real chicken, real meat-like taste, and it was more pure and fragrant.

The next dishes are stewed and boiled, such as vegetarian assortment, vegetarian spicy slices, and mushroom gluten, and after a while, there are fried dishes, such as vegetarian shrimp, vegetarian loose pork, fried box, and vegetarian toon fish.

Because it is a vegetarian diet, everyone does not drink alcohol, but only drinks black fungus dew, longan juice and coconut water.

At this time, Yang Feiyang gave Xie Jingxi a look, and brought a large soup pot with golden flowers and jade leaves to protect the edge, he put the soup pot on the table, opened the lid, and a pure and strong fragrance rushed to everyone.

Xie Jingxi introduced: "This is the famous 'Luohan Quanzhai' in the vegetarian dish, it is said that the chicken, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, fresh mushrooms, ripe chestnuts, fungus, golden needles, ginkgo seeds, hair cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, tofu, bean curd, etc. are put in a casserole and stewed over low heat, and then served in a porcelain pot after being out of the pot, with colorful colors and unique fragrance, please try it!"

Everyone tasted it one after another, and sure enough, the taste was mellow, thick but not greasy.

Wu Junchi, the head of the Nanyin class, was very excited to taste it, and said: "It is really delicious in the world, vegetarian food is compassionate, vegetarian food is the expression of benevolence, Confucius said: 'Rice and vegetable food, drinking water, bending the humerus and pillow, and happiness is also in it', beautiful!

The atmosphere of the banquet was harmonious and joyful, and Wu Junchi's words pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

Inside Mei Zhuxuan, there was laughter and laughter, but not far in front of Mei Zhuxuan, something strange happened.

In the courtyard in front of the stele corridor of the academy, two "handymen" in shabby clothes suddenly appeared, one was sweeping the floor, and the other was wiping the columns, but these two people were absent-minded about wiping, they were concerned about the situation behind the stele corridor, and they saw that there was no one in front of the lecture hall, so they put down the broom and wipe the cloth, and sneakily walked to the back.

The behavior of these two people was seen by an old kitchen servant in the academy, this kitchen has been in this academy for nearly ten years, he saw that the two "miscellaneous servants" were very suspicious, too tattered clothes, and they were unfamiliar faces, the two of them were ghostly, weird, they must not be good people.

After a while, just as the two "miscellaneous servants" walked to the Wenhui Hall, suddenly, a masked man in a night robe flew out from the side of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, stopped the two "miscellaneous servants", and said, "Why don't you two clean the stele corridor? Where did you get these ragged clothes? The miscellaneous servants of the academy are not so shabby, show your true colors, leave your names, and leave early!"

Seeing that the people stopped them at a strange speed, the two "miscellaneous servants" were stunned, and then said calmly: "You have to be nosy, don't disturb the master's business, get out of the way!"

"You two thieves must be bad people, I'll take care of this!" said the masked man.

One of the relatively young "handymen" said: "The third brother stepped back and let the younger brother clean up this nosy guy!" he said, took a step forward, raised his hands, stretched out two fingers from each hand, and quickly stabbed the fingers of his left hand towards the masked man's right shoulder socket, the masked man gently and calmly raised his right hand to separate his left hand, and the "handyman" quickly stabbed the opponent's left shoulder socket with his right finger, and the masked man flicked his left hand lightly, and then pushed his right hand aside, and pushed his palms extremely quickly, forcing him to take three steps back. The handyman was taken aback and thought: "This person is very good at kung fu, and his palm power is so strong, he is not easy to mess with!"

The "third brother" standing on the side was forced to retreat when he saw his brother's two moves, and he was also shocked, hurriedly raised his fists, jumped forward in the air, and swung his fists strangely towards the masked man, and the "younger brother" also pressed forward, pointing out like a sword, aiming at the masked people's hearts, and stabbing the past, the two brothers were like praying mantises, and the other was as dangerous as a flying bee trying to sting.

"It's a good time! The brothers cooperate tacitly, the mantis fist, the Chifeng finger, the momentum is fierce, and it is really good!" The masked man drew a circle with his left hand, only to see the fist shadow flashing, and with a wave of the momentum, he swept away the "mantis fist" of the "third brother", and waved his right hand from bottom to top, like a flying dragon, sweeping the hands of the "little brother" into the air, and the two brothers adjusted their postures in a panic, trying to stand firm, and before they could understand, the masked man danced his fists, like a flywheel, and slammed at them, hitting the "third brother" right shoulder with his left hand, and slamming the "little brother" with his right handThe left arm knocked the two brothers out of the fight, and the two of them turned pale with fright.

The masked man sarcastically said: "The 'brothers' seem to have a deep affection, with a tacit understanding, a strange fist, a sharp finger, but also a little murderous, brother, I won't take your two lives, leave the academy quickly, don't disturb the tranquility of the academy in the future!"

The two "miscellaneous servants" knew that their martial arts were inferior to others, and said, "There will be a period later!" and fled the academy with a smoke.

In Meizhuxuan, everyone tasted delicious vegetarian dishes and talked happily, just now, there was some movement in the distance, Xie Jingxi and Lin Hexuan both felt it, and then they regained their calmness, the two exchanged glances, Lin Hexuan smiled, and they continued to greet the guests to taste the food.

At this time, Yang Feiyang brought another dish, he said: "Master, the master who just cooked said that this is shredded mandarin duck fish, which is said to have two different flavors, one is strong and sweet and sour, and the other is mellow and refreshing, and the taste is better than tasting it!"

After a while, several dishes were served one after another, namely fish fillets in tomato sauce, stewed anchovy bamboo shoots, three yellow finch, and eight-treasure whole duck.

Everyone tasted it one by one, and everyone was amazed that such a delicious "fish fillet", "finch silk" and "duck meat" could be made with vegetarian ingredients, and everyone tasted it with relish.

At this time, Wu Junchi, the head of the Nanyin class, sighed and said: "The master of Kaiyuan Temple can make such a delicious vegetarian dish, which shows that the monks of the temple know how to taste delicious food in their practice, vegetarian and refreshing, and live a pleasant and pleasant life in peace and quiet, while we are busy with chores in the world, busy with performances all day long, maintaining reputation, busy, always on a journey, I don't know when I can be quiet, it is sad to think about it!"

Yan Weiqi, the lantern master, responded: "In the floating world, mortals are like the lanterns of the Lantern Festival, tossing for a long time, and they are lit up for a while at the Lantern Festival.

Li Wenbo, the leader of the puppet show troupe, also sighed and said: "Li Yu, the master of Nantang, wrote most clearly in "Crying in the Dark Night": 'Lin Hua thanked Chunhong, too hurried, helpless to come to the cold rain and late wind. Rouge tears, drunk each other, when is it heavy, since people grow and hate the water Changdong. "Life often has the helplessness and sorrow of 'lonely sycamore abyss lock Qingqiu'. ”