Su Ling was watching the show from the sidelines. When he heard Shen Jizhou's words, he thought to himself that he had to change from an audience to an actor.
Then he walked towards them.
Su Ling came closer, and just slightly raised his hands towards Shen Jizhou and said: "Su Ling, I have met the general." There was no smile in his eyes.
Shen Jizhou was a little dissatisfied with this young man's attitude towards him, but for Xiao Yuanche's sake, he didn't want to get angry, so he just snorted coldly and nodded.
Xiao Yuanche was very satisfied with Su Ling's attitude toward Shen Jizhou, but he also felt that in public, Su Ling did not give face to the general, Marquis Bohai, so he laughed and resolved the awkward atmosphere. He smiled at Shen Jizhou and said, "Brother, let's go into the palace quickly. Don't keep your colleagues waiting."
Shen Jizhou nodded and said: "Brother Yuanche, please!"
"Brother please!"
The two of them held hands hand in hand and walked towards the palace.
The drama between the two of them completely embarrassed Qi Shizhai.
He could only curse the two old foxes secretly, then greeted them with a fake smile and headed towards Longhuang Terrace.
Two groups of people followed the two most powerful people in the Jin Dynasty.
Xiao Sishu and Shen Kun chatted while walking, and they seemed to be quite speculative.
Su Ling was bored, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Guo Tu beside him. He suddenly became interested and whispered: "Mr. Guo..."
When Guo Tu saw Su Ling taking the initiative to speak to him, he quickly smiled and said, "Su Caopu, are you okay?"
Su Ling lowered his voice and said, "I wonder what the word "Tu" in Mr. Guo's name is."
Guo Tu laughed dumbly and said: "Of course it's a smear... Su Cao asked what's the purpose of this?"
Su Ling chuckled and said: "Nothing, nothing, I just think the name Sir is quite friendly. I know an old friend with your name. He is a great talent with vast knowledge and lots of tricks. However, his plan... Painting...I guess you must be a great talent too!"
Guo Tu was actually not satisfied with Su Ling's slight treatment of his lord. Suddenly he saw that for some reason he seemed to admire him very much. He suddenly felt elated and smiled lowly and said: "Su Cao's praise. Yes, it’s ridiculous. I just read more books when I was young... I have some talent..."
When Su Ling saw that he was still dragging him, she was even more amused, so she began to flatter him half-heartedly.
Along the way, Guo Da Changshi was slapped by Su Ling. He was so dizzy that he couldn't even remember how he entered the palace.
He also sighed in his heart: Su Ling is a knowledgeable person. If I can surrender to this kind of person, he can help the lord on the one hand and help me on the other. How could Zhengnan still make things difficult for me!
It turns out that Zu Dashu, Tian Hanwen, Shen Zhengnan and Guo Tu are the four great counselors under Shen Jizhou. Except for Zu Dashu and Tian Hanwen, who are slightly close, they all hate each other and are secretly fighting against each other.
Su Ling just thought that this man was really a "skilled" person and it was good to make fun of him, so he deliberately went along with him and said more words.
As for Guo Tu and Guo Changshi wanting to recruit him, he would never have thought of it.
Under the guidance of Qi Shizhai, everyone arrived at the 950 steps of Longhuang Hall.
Su Ling looked up.
I saw a three-story high platform towering above the 950 continuous white marble steps.
With carved beams and painted buildings, green tiles and red paint, it is magnificent, majestic and luxurious.
A three-story high platform rises from the ground, all surrounded by red flowers. The six-sided platform at the corner is flying towards the sky, and all are carved and inlaid with the kiss of the dragon's nine sons, with teeth and claws, lifelike.
The tables are all wide wooden boards and covered with red carpet.
There is also a coiled dragon carved on the top of the three-story platform.
The dragon is majestic and the sky is majestic.
There is a plaque in the middle of the dragon's mouth, with three characters written in a dragon-snake style: Longhuang Terrace.
Although everyone just stood at the bottom of the 950 steps and looked up, they could still see the three gilded characters clearly. They could still feel the powerful force of Longhuang Terrace.
Su Ling thought to himself, this Yang Shuzu really has a lot of skills, it would be better if he was born into a famous family, he has money and can do things easily!
Qi Shizhai smiled and introduced to the crowd loudly: "Sikong, General and everyone, please see, above these ninety-five steps is the place for today's competition - Longhuang Terrace."
Shen Jizhou admired it and then said a little puzzled: "Since it is a competition place, why does it have three floors and look like a pavilion?"
Qi Shizhai then smiled and said: "The general doesn't know something. This idea came from the Holy One. All ministers and talents who attended the meeting were not allowed to go on stage. They could only sit on the ninety steps in front of the nine hundred and fifty steps. Sitting on An'an, the highest nine hundred and fifty steps are the throne of the Holy Lord. Three steps below are Xiao Sikong, the Great General, the Great Situ, and the Great Sima. The next three steps are Da Honglu, the six ministers, and the princes of various places. Three steps below are the seats of the princes and ministers of the imperial palace. These positions are also very close to the Longhuang Terrace, so the viewing is excellent. The courtiers further down are seated according to their rank. And the white-bodied talents are sitting there. , all ministers and ministers can only sit down at last."
Everyone nodded.
Xiao Yuanche secretly thought that Liu Duan was very calculating and clearly distinguished between high and low. He was sitting at the highest place, and he really went to great lengths to highlight his status.
Qi Shizhai smiled again and said: "The Longhuang Platform is divided into three levels, which correspond to the difficulty of the topics of this poetry meeting. This time, the president, Li Zhibai, on behalf of the emperor, presented the questions to everyone attending the meeting. Before the questions were given, the contestants first boarded the If you only climb the first level of Longhuang High Platform, the poem questions asked by the Li family will be slightly easier. If you climb the second level, the difficulty of the poem questions will increase. If any contestant is really talented, he can go straight to the dragon level. The third level of the Huangtai is the highest, but the poems on this level are quite difficult. Of course, if you want to win the first prize in one fell swoop, you must go up to the third level of the Longhuangtai!"
Only then did everyone understand, and they all nodded.
Qi Shizhai then led everyone up to the stage.
The dozens of floors at the bottom were already filled with people, and the palace guards stood at the front, opening an upward path.
This is also the focus of today - the seats of the most distinguished talents in the world, the main force participating in today's competition.
Su Ling looked around and found a lot of people he knew: Sha Liang, Xue Heng, Gu Buyi and others were all among them.
There is even that big troll Chao Heng!
Su Ling secretly laughed, why is this person everywhere...
Everyone didn't stop and went up again. Su Ling saw another wave of familiar people three steps ahead of him.
Zhong Yuan's son Zhong Shu, Xu Wenruo's son Xu Wei, and Kong Hechen's son Kong Xi are among them.
These are the sons of officials from aristocratic families, and they all have official status. Naturally, they cannot sit with those white-bodied talents, so they sit on top of them.
During the Shangyuan Festival, these people had already seen Su Ling's talent for forcing people to attack, so they all came a long way to salute Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou.
Xiao and Chen just smiled, nodded in return, and continued walking up.
Su Ling lowered his head and followed up silently.
But unexpectedly, Qi Shizhai suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him, still with a smile on his face and said: "Su Caopu, everyone can go up, you can only sit here..."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, his face turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "Qi Fengzhang, what does this mean? Why can Su Ling have to sit on such a low step? He is from our Sikong Mansion!"
Qi Shizhai still had a smile on his face and said calmly: "Su Cao is a great talent. It is said that he should move up so that he will not be wronged. It's just that Su Cao can't reach the seventh rank of Xi Cao. We here can only take the official position regardless of talent and learning, so we can only Arrange it here.”
Because Xiao Yuanche had Shen Jizhou by his side, it was inconvenient for him to have an attack, so he could only snort coldly.
Shen Jizhou was happily watching the show with a smile on his face.
Su Ling waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's cold up there. I'm most afraid of the cold. It's nice here. It's neither high nor low. It's just the right place to sit!"
As he spoke, Su Ling cupped his hands towards Xiao Yuanche and said, "Sikong Anxin, please sit up, and I will sit here."
Xiao Yuanche then took a deep look at Su Ling and said in a low voice: "Su Ling, please sit here for now. What are those people thinking? I know that I can let them succeed like this?"
After saying that, he went up with Shen Jizhou and others with a smile on his face.
Zhong Shu, Xu Wei, and Kong Xiyan saw Su Ling stopping behind them. They were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood why this was the case. They originally wanted to say hello to Su Ling with a few polite words.
However, Su Ling was seated lower than me, so wouldn't it be too shameful to say hello?
Thinking of this, these people just turned around and sat down.
Su Ling was used to this.
This is how people's hearts are. When you gain power, everyone wants to be friendly with you. If you lose power, everyone wants to step on you more.
Su Ling didn't take it seriously either, and sat down with a golden sword.
The people nearby saw that Su Ling came with Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou. They couldn't afford to offend these two people, so they deliberately kept a distance from Su Ling.
Su Ling was happy to be pure and at ease.
Qi Shizhai led Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou forward, and then stopped at the upper middle of the steps. He cupped his fists at Guo Baiyi and Guo Tu and said, "You two, this is where you two are."
Everyone looked and saw that this place was different from the previous place where there were only seats. In addition to the seats, there was a small table in front of each seat, and some fruit and vegetable snacks were placed on the small table.
Guo Baiyi and Guo Tu both handed over to their respective lords and found their seats to sit down.
Qi Shizhai then led the remaining people forward.
After walking for a long time this time, we were already very close to Longhuang Terrace, and then we stopped and said, "This is where the two young masters are."
Xiao Sishu and Shen Kun respectfully saluted their fathers and then sat down respectively.
Look at the table here, in addition to fruit and vegetable snacks, there is also a pot of wine, and there is wine next to it.
On this level, there were some old acquaintances. In addition to the senior officials under Xiao Yuanche, Dahonglu Kong Hechen, Taiwei Yang Wenxian, Grand Situ Cai Bojiang, and Grand Sima Lufang were all present.
Qi Shizhai waited for the two young masters to sit down, and then led everyone to continue upward.
When they reached the sixth step at the top, they cupped their hands towards Xu Wenruo, Xia Yuanrang and Zhang Shiyou and said, "Three adults, please take a seat."
This place is even more different than the seats Xiao Sishu and his friends had just now. In addition to the fruit and vegetable snacks and wine, the chairs are much wider and have backrests.
After Xu Wenruo and others sat down, Qi Shizhai led the last two people, Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou, to the top.
There are five more steps above.
On the fifth floor, Xiao Yuanche found a person sitting upright, but it was Ma Xunzhang, the prefect of Shaliang.
Ma Xunzhang accepted the official title from the imperial court, ordered his two sons to enter the imperial court, and then went there in person. He just entered Beijing yesterday.
When he saw Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou coming, he hurriedly clasped his fists to show his strength.
Xiao and Chen chatted with him for a while.
Then he saw two people walking over on the fourth and third steps, both of them saluting Xiao Chen.
The man on the left has a purple beard, blue eyes, bright eyes, a square mouth, a big mouth, a tall figure, and a strange and majestic appearance that is different from ordinary people. He is Qian Zhongmou, the Marquis of Jingnan.
The person on the right is older than them all, has silver hair and a silver beard, is more than eight feet tall, has a gentle and majestic appearance, is calm and sophisticated. He is Liu Jingsheng, a Yangzhou shepherd and nobleman of the royal family.
At present, the great Sikong and Xiao Yuanche, the Marquis of Bachang;
General, Bohai Marquis Shen Jizhou;
Yangzhou Mu, An Guohou Liu Jingsheng;
Qian Zhongmou, the Marquis of Jingnan;
The prefect of Shaliang and the mighty Hou Ma Xunzhang all gathered together.
It is a bit incredible that five giants who can stir up turmoil in the world have gathered together in the Dajin Palace.
It's just that these five big guys, who usually remain stubborn in private, are all smiling and friendly now, and they really look like old friends they haven't seen for many years.
The entire dynasty was filled with civil and military officials, royal relatives, and unparalleled talents.
Gathered together, it is like a beautiful country, thousands of miles away!