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Mid-Autumn Festival, full moon night.
When night falls, the disc-like bright moon leaps onto the willow branches, eager to spread its soft moonlight to the whole world.
The Tiantong Dynasty attaches great importance to time, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is a major festival of the year. Therefore, every time this day comes, it is extremely grand and lively in every city and village.
On this day, the curfew in Jiangzhou City was also postponed from Xu hour to midnight, so that the people could have as much entertainment as they wanted on the reunion night.
The bright moon in the sky is the focus of thousands of people's attention; and tonight the focus of the entire Jiangzhou City is naturally the Zhuangyuan Building.
In order to celebrate his qualification for next year's provincial examination, the former magistrate of the state and current minister of rites, Mr. Wu, spent thousands of dollars to buy out the entire Zhuangyuan building, held a banquet, and invited prominent officials in Jiangzhou, as well as people from Minghua College.
Teachers and students, as well as famous literati and poets in Jiangzhou...
The final number of guests reached more than 300 people.
It can be said that the banquet was of such high standard that it was at least a dozen floors up.
The Zhuangyuan Building only has three floors.
The specific banquet arrangements and arrangements had been arranged long ago. The students of Minghua College were uniformly arranged on the first floor, while the general literati and lower-level officials were arranged on the second floor. As for the third floor, everyone
They are all heavyweights.
The distinct floors represent distinct classes.
The Tiantong Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and the rules and regulations are clearly defined and cannot be exceeded, otherwise it will become a basis for attack.
The lights inside the Zhuangyuan Building are brightly lit, laughter is constantly flowing, and dozens of waiters are running around and busy.
Compared to the hustle and bustle on the first and second floors, the third floor seems relatively calm.
The third floor of Zhuangyuan Building is luxuriously decorated. Most of the screens and walls usually used for partitions have been removed, forming a large space.
The place is not small, but only three tables are opened.
In the center of the main table, the person sitting there is a dignified-looking man with three long flowing beards. He is none other than Nie Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Zhizhou, the father of Nie Xiaoqian.
At the same table, the host Wu Wencai can of course occupy a seat and sits next to Nie Zhizhou. The others include Lord Tongzhi, Lord Tongpan, etc. One of them, who is over sixty years old and has a pale face, is Jiangzhou.
Song Zhiyuan, a famous Confucian master, wrote annotations on the Book of Rites of the Sages, De, but it was included in the imperial examination category by the imperial court. It was printed all over the world and was of great importance and influence.
As for Nie Xiaoqian, she had a place surrounded by a screen in a corner, like a small room, where she ate alone, with her own maids waiting on her.
During the dinner, Song Zhiyuan suddenly asked Wu Wencai: "Wencai, I heard that you have a classmate named Chen Jianchen. He is a very talented young man. Can he have such a son?"
Wu Wencai curled his lips, and the boss reluctantly replied: "There is indeed such a person, but it is difficult to judge as a young talent. He took the science examination this year, but he only got a fourth-class result."
Song Zhiyuan stroked his beard and smiled: "Jingyi Shiwen is not an easy person. It is not surprising that he did not perform well when he first entered the academy... Well, it is said that when you went to Beacon Mountain for an outing in March this year, he immediately composed a poem "Twilight"
”, the poem says: The evening mood is smoky, Xiao Xiaodeng is steep; the sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is almost dusk. This poem is of great talent, is it really a three-step work by him? "
Wu Wencai complained in his heart. He really didn't expect Chen Jianchen's poem to have such a great influence. Even Song Zhiyuan praised it. However, the matter had already spread widely and he could not deny it, so he said: "It was indeed true at that time."
Next to him, Zhang Tongjian observed the color, and then interrupted: "Song Master, that "Dusk" is indeed a good poem, with profound artistic conception and sober philosophy. However, looking at its meaning, it is desolate and deep, and it does not look like a seventeen-year-old.
What a young man can do.”
The implication is that Chen Jianchen is suspected of deceiving the world and stealing his reputation.
Upon hearing this, Wu Wencai immediately felt happy and calmly made a gesture to Zhang Tongpan to express his gratitude.
Zhang Tongpan was immediately elated: Wu Shang had only one son, and he was extremely fond of Wu Wencai. If he took Wu Gongzi's line, he would be on Wu Shang's line, and there would be many benefits.
Nie Zhizhou frowned slightly and said, "This poem is also famous in Zhizhou. It is indeed quite good."
He didn't elaborate much, but everyone else already knew his attitude and position - composing poems on the fly without knowing the title in advance, the possibility of fraud is extremely slim, it's like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Song Zhiyuan did not comment, and chuckled: "It turns out that Master Zhizhou also thinks that this boy is talented... Well, this boy has also been invited to tonight's banquet. How about inviting him here and waiting for me to have a good life? If it is really possible,
If you have talents, you should encourage them and make them become talents, so that they can become the pillars of Jiangzhou in the future."
Nie Zhizhou smiled and said: "Da Shan, we in Jiangzhou have not seen such an amazing young man for many years. Today is a good opportunity, so we must invite him to meet him."
Master Song proposed, and Nie Zhizhou agreed. If everyone else had anything to say, of course they all agreed and agreed.
Wu Wencai cursed in his heart: He is the unique protagonist tonight. After eating and drinking, he used the donkey to go downhill to find an opportunity to propose marriage to Nie Xiaoqian in public. What a joy!
But if Chen Jianchen comes here, it will ruin everything. What if that kid performs well, shouldn't he steal all the limelight?
We must not let him go to the third floor...
In just a moment, Wu Wencai made a decision in his mind and said: "Uncles, please wait a moment. I will send someone to call Chen Jianchen."
After saying that, he left the banquet and went outside. He ordered his loyal servants to make money and whispered a few words in his ear.
Na Wangcai understood the idea, walked downstairs, found Chen Jianchen on the first floor, and said: "Mr. Chen, my young master has invited me."
Chen Jianchen was startled, then stood up and followed Wangcai, but walked outside the building until he reached an alley outside the Zhuangyuan Building.
The alley is a bit dark, and there is no one in front or behind. Where can I find Wu Wencai?
How is this going?
Chen Jianchen immediately became vigilant and looked at Wangcai with burning eyes.
Wangcai crossed his arms and said in a rough voice: "Mr. Chen, my young master said that he doesn't like you very much. I only invited you to tonight's banquet out of etiquette. Now that you are done eating and drinking,
, it’s time to go back.”
Expulsion order.
An eviction order covered with a fig leaf!
Chen Jianchen was silent, surprisingly calm, and said lightly: "In that case, I would like to thank your young master for the hospitality."
Turn around and drift away.
Wangcai was stunned. He didn't expect Chen Jianchen to behave so calmly. He thought he would get angry. Anyway, the young master has told him that if Chen Jianchen dares to complain, he can take action. The young master will be responsible for everything. Now that Chen Jianchen has decided to leave, he
Saved a lot of effort.
He watched Chen Jianchen go away, then returned to Zhuangyuan Tower and reported to Wu Wencai.
Wu Wencai praised: "Well done."
Returning to the banquet, he said to Nie Zhizhou and Song Zhiyuan: "Two uncles, just now someone reported that when he went to call Chen Jianchenlou, his face suddenly changed drastically, he said that there was something urgent at home, and then left the banquet in a hurry.
"
After hearing these words, whether it was Nie Zhizhou, Song Zhiyuan, or everyone present, they couldn't help but have strange looks on their faces, and they all felt that this was too much of a coincidence.
The judge, Zhang Tongma, said angrily: "If you want to invite him upstairs, just tell him that there is a family emergency? Haha, I'm afraid he has a guilty conscience and doesn't dare to come."
Song Zhiyuan also looked a little ugly and said: "This son is rude. He dares not to leave even if he has something to say to an elder. Even if his family has an emergency, he should tell the story in person. Can An Neng leave in panic?"
Everyone agreed again.
Nie Zhizhou was also quite dissatisfied: Chen Jianchen clearly had something in his heart, so he didn't dare to come. Could it be that he was really a deceitful person who stole his reputation? In any case, his behavior has greatly disappointed people, and it was in vain that he still thought highly of him.
But at this time, the young man he thought was a deceiver was already on his way home, and he wanted to rush back early to enjoy the moon with his mother, A Bao, and have a happy reunion festival.
"Chen Jianchen, wait for me!"
A clear cry.
Chen Jianchen suddenly turned around and saw Nie Xiaoqian, dressed in men's clothing, walking on the moon. Her eyebrows were as picturesque as if she was walking out of the moon, and her smile was full of dimples, both angry and charming.