"Hey, isn't this Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen, why are you here at the No. 1 Scholar Banquet? Oops, I almost forgot that Jinke's Tanhualang is Mr. Chen's student. Mr. Chen, you are here to save face for your beloved disciple.

Come on." A sarcastic voice brought Chen Changmin back from his thoughts.

Chen Changmin looked over, and it was Jiang Zude who was walking towards him. This person had some relationship with the Jiang family of the Duke of Lu, but he had always had a grudge against Chen Changmin. The two were students of the same class, and had participated in Enke.

At that time, I was in a poetry competition

To settle the grievances, Jiang Zude later promised to avenge his disgrace in the scientific examination. However, after the final results came out, Chen Changmin was the second-class scholar, and although Jiang Zude was also the second-class scholar, he was already ranked 23rd.

, far different from Chen Changmin.

After more than ten years, the two did not meet each other. Who knew that this time when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he would meet Jiang Zude again, and he seemed to have blocked Jiang Zude's path. The position of left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs finally fell to him, Chen Changmin.

On his head, Jiang Zude had to work in the Ministry of Rites, which had no real power.

Jiang Zude has always been a petty person. Chen Changmin blocked his path time and time again. How could he not hold a grudge? Some time ago, everyone was rumoring that Chen Changmin was blind and disliked the talented Lin Zixuan. Now that Lin Zixuan has won the title of the most beautiful woman in one fell swoop, Jiang Zude thought

Chen Changmin must have been extremely regretful at this time, so he rarely spoke out to ridicule him.

Jiang Zude's voice attracted a lot of attention, and many of those eyes were interested in the show. Everyone was wondering whether Chen Changmin would regret it after seeing Lin Zixuan, who was soaring to the sky. Today's Lin Zixuan is not the poor student he was earlier.

Every family was optimistic about him, and many ministers expressed their willingness to marry their daughters to him. Lin Zixuan became a favorite almost overnight.

Chen Changmin's face darkened. He came here today to see what happened to Lin Zixuan. How could he not hate that beast in his heart for hurting his daughter so miserably and messing around with the Chen family?

Seeing Chen Changmin's change of expression, Jiang Zude felt even more happy, "There are always horses with a thousand li, but bole is hard to find. Who knew that even this bole dislikes the poor and loves the rich." This sentence only failed to indicate that Chen Changmin disliked the poor and loved the rich.

Chen Changmin's face was tense, and his heart was full of hatred. He hated Lin Zixuan's poison, and even more hated his own blindness. He had been a kind-hearted farmer, and had been bitten by a poisonous snake. The pain and suffering

Can't say yet.

"Teacher, students have met teachers." Just when Jiang Zude was mocking Chen Changmin, Lin Zixuan walked up to the two of them and bowed to Chen Changmin respectfully.

"Master Jiang, in Zixuan's mind, the teacher is Zixuan's mentor. We share the same feelings as father and son. We also ask Master Jiang to leave a mark and not slander Zixuan's mentor." After Lin Zixuan finished his salute, he turned to Jiang Zude again.

He said without being humble or arrogant.

When Jiang Zude saw that Lin Zixuan was still helping Chen Changmin to speak, he couldn't help but muttered: "Idiot!" and left angrily.

Seeing this scene, people around him couldn't help but admire Lin Zixuan's popularity even more. Even if Chen Changmin failed him, Lin Zixuan still regarded Chen Changmin as his mentor. When others criticized Chen Changmin, he stood up without hesitation.

Shouldn't such people be admired?

Now that Chen Changmin has understood Lin Zixuan's style, he is getting more and more annoyed. At this time, he can't put on a good face anymore, and only says three words from the gap between his teeth: "You are fine!"

These three words sounded like compliments, but Chen Changmin's tone seemed to be full of hatred, which made Lin Zixuan extremely confused. He didn't know that Chen Changmin had already seen his character clearly, and only thought that he was being raped by Jiang Zude.

I'm so angry.

At this time, the noisy hall suddenly became quiet, but the prince of Wei arrived, and beside him was the prince of Qin, Shangguan Jue, who had a wicked smile on his face.

Lin Zixuan's pupils shrank. As for Shangguan Jue, since he was humiliated in the Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion last time, he felt a chill in his heart almost the moment he saw him, especially when his eyes seemed to stay on him for a while.

Time, this made his heart beat faster.

Today is the No. 1 Scholar Banquet. He is Jinke's Tanhualang. Even if Shangguan Jue keeps fooling around, he will not dare to do anything to him today. Otherwise, just insulting Tanhualang's name will be enough to make Shangguan Jue be reviled by all the literati in the world.

After breaking his spine, Lin Zixuan secretly comforted himself in his heart.

What's this? When Shangguan Jue saw that Lin Zixuan didn't dare to meet his eyes, he couldn't help curling his lips. This boy looked like a deer with a rat's eyes. Are all the ministers who want to recruit him as his son-in-law blind?

.

Prince Wei took a look at the situation in the hall and saw that everyone had arrived, and the No. 1 Scholar Banquet could officially begin.

Sitting on the chief's seat was the Crown Prince of Wei, and Shangguan Jue was sitting on his right hand. Also sitting at the table were the number one scholar, Tanhua, and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, among other officials with higher official positions.

For a moment, Lin Zixuan didn't care about Shangguan Jue's taboo. After all, it was an extremely rare thing to sit at the same table with so many people. He must strive for the opportunity to leave a good impression in everyone's minds.

As soon as Prince Wei opened the banquet, people from Bishuiting dressed in uniforms served the dishes. Their movements were skillful, and they made no sound while walking and placing the bowls. This was even better than the well-trained palace servants in the palace.

Not bad at all.

When the food was served, the Crown Prince of Wei stood up with a glass of wine and spoke some words of encouragement. Although the Crown Prince of Wei looked cold, his words were extremely brilliant and aroused the desire of all the students to serve the imperial court.

After all this talk, the atmosphere in the hall became lively.

On the second floor of Bishuiting, in a room facing the hall, Wei Qingluan is sitting on a stool. Next to her is Chen Biyu, who is motionless, and Wei Ailian, Chen Baoyu and her daughter. Among the three, only Chen Biyu's body is

Stiff, she was white

Zhou tapped his acupuncture points and stared blankly at the large bead curtain in front of him. He didn't know what material the bead curtain was made of. He could clearly see the situation in the hall on the first floor and even hear it.

The voices of those people talking.

However, the people below looked up and could only see this beautiful bead wall, which was spliced ​​with bead curtains into a desert oasis pattern.

Chen Biyu looked a little stunned, her face slightly pale, while Wei Ailian and Chen Baoyu looked at her with worried eyes from time to time, or looked at Qingluan who was calm on the side.

Qingluan gave them both more tea and signaled them to calm down. This scene was a bit long, but it must be exciting. In the end, Lin Zixuan would never have the face to appear in front of so many people.

in front of.

Shangguan Jue has suggested that there are so many students, and there must be some who want to show off their talents. They have passed the imperial examinations of the Four Books and Five Classics, but their poetry talents have not been demonstrated. Therefore, it is better to ask all the students who participated in the top prize today to compose a poem.

, of course, you can also use words instead. With today's No. 1 Scholar Banquet as the center, everyone can show their strengths.

These poems and lyrics were common in previous No. 1 scholar banquets, so those people made full preparations before attending the No. 1 scholar banquet. Lin Zixuan also worked hard to prepare several poems, ready to show off his talents.

The servants had already placed a long row of desks on the right side of the hall, with all the four treasures of the study on them, and someone also lit incense.

Those students also wanted to seize this opportunity to express themselves, so they all came to the case.

Lin Zixuan wanted to go, but neither Han Shide nor Qin Shifeng made any move, so he cupped his fists and invited them: "Brother Han, Brother Qin, let's go together."

Han Shide shook his head and said: "I have been studying the Four Books and Five Classics for most of my life. I am really not good at poetry. It would be embarrassing to do so."

Lin Zixuan was anxious, secretly thinking that you are not good at me, I don't want to miss this opportunity to express myself. Even so, he still said with a very warm expression: "Brother Han is too modest. This poem is just to add interest to the No. 1 Scholar's Banquet.

It’s a banquet for the number one scholar, and it wouldn’t be good if you, the number one scholar, don’t go there, not to mention that Prince Qin has said that every student who attends the banquet must do it, and Prince Qin will be angry like Brother Han.”

Probably because he wanted to show off too much, Lin Zixuan even dared to use Shangguan Jue to make a raft, but this time Shangguan Jue did not disgrace him, but said to Han Shide: "Lin Tanhua is right, Han Zhuangyuan

You won’t even give this face to me, right?”

When Han Shide heard this, he could no longer refuse, so he stood up and said, "You will have to lose face for a while today."

After saying that, he walked towards the desk, and Qin Shifeng also stood up. Lin Zixuan finally followed him there, with a confident smile on his face. He had a good talent in poetry, and about the No. 1 Scholar Banquet

This poem was prepared by him a long time ago, and he was confident that he could win the first place among so many people.

Lin Zixuan reached the desk and started writing without hesitation. Qingluan couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw his confident look. This was probably because he was dreaming of a blockbuster even before death!

As soon as the stick of incense was burned out, an attendant collected all the poems completed by each student. Of course, it was the group of people at the main table who judged the quality.

Everyone looked through it one by one. Shangguan Jue couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw Lin Zixuan's poem. The font was vigorous and powerful, and the poem was even more exquisite. Lin Zixuan was really good.

The final result was of course that Lin Zixuan lived up to his expectations and won the first place in one fell swoop. The Crown Prince of Wei looked at the unconvinced people below and said, "Copy Lin Tanhua's poem and circulate it."

For a time, Lin Zixuan's poems were passed down. Several students who were jealous of Lin Zixuan had to be impressed when they saw this poem, and their praises were endless. As expected, among the number two candidates, the most comprehensive literary talent was this young candidate.

Lang, can write articles and also make poems.

Lin Zixuan felt proud in his heart, but his face was pale, as if such a poem was not meaningful.

Shangguan Jue looked at him like this and couldn't help but despise him. This man really knows how to pretend.

This poem finally reached the hands of Ying Xiangshang, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. He just glanced at it and said "Hey". After reading it carefully, he stood up and asked Lin Zixuan: "

I dare to ask Lin Tanhua, this poem was written by you."

Although Ying Xiangshang's official position was not high, he was well-known as a lover of poetry in the Great Xia Dynasty. His family collected many collections of poetry, including those by famous poets from the previous dynasty, as well as those little-known manuscripts.

Because of this, people gave him the title of "Ying Shi Chi".

Lin Zixuan couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, and then smiled and said, "I don't know what to call this sir?"

"My surname is Ying." Ying Xiangshang had already decided in his heart that Lin Zixuan was a shameless person, so his words were not very polite.

"I don't quite understand what Mr. Ying said. This poem was naturally written by me." Lin Zixuan was not angry because of his rude words, and still had a smile on his face.

That Ying Xiangshang sneered and said: "If Lin Tanhua couldn't write a poem, no one would say anything to you, but your poem was clearly plagiarized by a scholar from the previous dynasty. It would be too much to take someone else's work as your own."

Isn’t that too shameless?”

When Ying Xiangshang said this, the whole hall was in an uproar. Everyone knew that he was a "poetry addict". He had been studying poetry all his life, and his collection of poems filled several rooms at home. This Ying Xiangshang

He is also a bit unsophisticated, and such a person is not one who can lie.

Lin Zixuan can't be calm now. He can be as bad at poetry as Han Shide, so everyone can only gossip behind his back. But this plagiarism is a matter of character. If he is exposed at today's No. 1 Scholar Banquet

With the news that Lin Zixuan plagiarized, he will really be looked down upon by all literati from now on.

"Sir Ying, I don't know why you are targeting me, but Zixuan has a clear conscience about this poem. If you think Zixuan plagiarized it, you can come up with evidence." Lin Zixuan's face was solemn and full of righteousness.

Of course, he came up with this poem himself. When the official messengers who announced the good news came to the Lin family, he suddenly felt so proud that he wrote this poem. It was probably out of love that this poem came to him.

The most profound poem I have written in the past twenty years.

Ying Xiangshang also has a serious temperament, not to mention that this involves what he cares about most in his life. Naturally, he cannot let shameless people like Lin Zixuan taint the purity of poetry.

"Do you want evidence? His Royal Highness also requested to send someone to Xiaguan's house. There was a collection of poems on the desk in Xianguan's study. That collection of poems was from a small bookstore two months ago.

What I found was written by a scholar named Luliu Jushi from the previous dynasty." Ying Xiangshang said to Shangguan Hao.
To be continued...