Rui Hegui

The next day, just after dawn, Zhao Liangyue got up and went for a walk in the courtyard, Ah Bai followed behind meowing non-stop, Zhao Liangyue had to hold him in his arms.

"I'll give you a hug!"

Youbai had just finished practicing and came over covered in sweat. Abai naturally burrowed deep into Zhao Liangyue's arms in disgust. Youbai clicked his tongue, and then deliberately stretched out his hand to mess up the hair on Abai's head, causing the little thing to scream. .

Zhao Liangyue was used to this kind of rivalry between one person and one cat, so he just helped Ah Bai smoothen his hair, and let Youbai change his clothes first.

Youbai nodded, turned around and walked to his room, suddenly thought of something, turned his head and turned back.

"My lord, I heard on the street yesterday that Dr. Tang Kang went to Jinluanwei to teach Xingshuo the Living Hades!"

Zhao Liangyue frowned slightly when he heard the words, thought for a while, and asked, "What's going on?"

"It's just that after you followed into the Jinluan Guard that day, rumors began to circulate in the market, saying that you had just stepped out of the Meridian Gate, and your back foot was arrested and tortured by the Jinluan Guard. People passing by outside heard the screams. Afterwards, Dr. Tang After hearing about it, I will vent my anger on you with my old bones."

Zhao Liangyue was stunned when he heard the words, and then recalled the two words of Xing Shuo in front of Jin Luanwei.

"Really? Do you really hate Chu Bandit so deeply that you regard him as a traitor in your heart?"

"But since you came to Beijing, he has been helping you."

At this point, the long-awaited sharp knife was cut down, and the mess in Zhao Liangyue's heart was broken, clearly revealing the thread from the old cause of the past.

Youbai on the side rambled on for a long time, and finally asked: "Then we have to take some time to see Dr. Tang, but what good things can we give the old man?"

Zhao Liangyue came back to his senses, and said: "So, haven't you gone to Wei's mansion to do business yet? When you go, ask about what Mr. Tang likes. Mr. Wei must know what Mr. Tang has spent most of his life in Beijing."

Youbai was startled: "I probably won't even see Mr. Wei face to face, why did you send me something extra!"

"Anyway, the Qionglin Banquet is over today, and I'll see that your work is done when I come back." Zhao Liangyue looked at the sky, and before Youbai could say anything, he went inside and changed into his blue clothes before going out. Bai himself pouted all the time, tangled up in his heart, and planned to go to the next door to ask the beautiful young man for help.

The Qionglin Banquet is a banquet held by the imperial court after the end of the civil examination. It is set at the Xiande Terrace next to the Imperial College. It's not until night falls.

Zhao Liangyue and Xiang Mian met at the gate of Xiande Terrace, before they had a few words, other Jinshi came out to greet them.

"Isn't this our No. [-] and Tanhua? What are you doing standing outside? Come in quickly, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

"Please!"

After the two went in and chose a place to sit down, they found that most of the people had already arrived, and Wang Yuncheng was among those who hadn't arrived.

Xiang Mian took a sip of the new tea handed over by the boy, turned his head to Zhao Liangyue and said, "Guess, what kind of tricks does our number one scholar want to play?"

"I'm going to sit here all day today. It's just a matter of making some noise, and it's so lively."

Xiang Mian clicked his tongue and said: "Brother Zhao, do you think he will find an opportunity to compete with you again today, to use the shame of the past?"

"No." Zhao Liangyue smiled, "Although he may not be worthy of the title of No. partisan."

Xiang Mian sighed, and said: "It's a pity, I still want to see Brother Zhao use his three-inch tongue to attack him."

"Brother Xiang, are you sure you want to see it?"

"That's natural."

"Then it will be as Brother Xiang wishes."

Xiang Mian raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, what do you say today?"

"As soon as a word is spoken, it is difficult for a horse to chase."

"Okay!" Xiang Mian couldn't help applauding, attracting several Jinshi nearby to come over.

"What good thing did you two get, so happy?"

Zhao Liangyue made a salute to the other party, and said with a smile: "The Qionglin Banquet is always a gathering of elites, and they often talk about the world in order to find like-minded people, so today Zhao is very looking forward to it, and eagerly wants to talk about the past and the present with everyone."

After hearing this, the Jinshi in front of me expressed that they were looking forward to it too, but a few children from aristocratic families who had always been friends with Wang Yuncheng who were sitting not far away came over with disdain and said: "Young Master Zhao, the imperial examination has passed, how can the Holy One make a clear decision?" , choose one of three people, and Brother Wang is the first, he deserves his name. But why did he come to Brother Zhao, he seemed very dissatisfied in his heart, could it be that he disobeyed the Holy Majesty's decision?"

Zhao Liangyue smiled slightly, and said: "Zhang believes that he is not as good as the second son of Wang, but he just wants to ask for advice so that he can improve himself."

Xiang Mian was deeply lazy, and also echoed: "Yes, who doesn't want to ask for advice from talented people? It doesn't matter if you hide it."

While everyone was talking, the "hidden" Wang Yuncheng stepped forward, and when he entered the door, he was treated like a star.Xiang Mian and Zhao Liangyue got up and made a salute as if going through the motions.

Wang Yuncheng's robes and crowns are quite exquisite today, and the fragrance on the clothes is thicker than usual, walking against the wind, it actually brought out a burst of fragrance, not to mention Zhao Liangyue and Xiang Mian frowning, even Wang Yuncheng's little ones Ye also frowned, and then endured it.

At the second quarter of the hour, the Qionglin Banquet officially began. First, the officials of the Ministry of Rites gave congratulatory speeches, accompanied by singing, dancing and music to boost the whole atmosphere.

Xiang Mian was not very interested in the graceful dancer, and even yawned twice, which happened to be seen by Zhao Liangyue.

"It's said that a hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, why do I see Brother Xiang's lack of interest?"

Xiang Mian asked Zhao Liangyue back: "Then Brother Zhao is very interested in beauties?"

"Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of brother Xiang's jokes. Zhao is an ordinary person, so he naturally hopes to hug a beautiful lady."

"Haha, how can this be a joke? When I get back, I will help Brother Zhao find out."

Zhao Liangyue shook his head, and said: "Just wait until I become famous, I'm still wandering, I'm afraid I will be wronged."

"Brother Zhao is humble, I'm afraid that in the future, Beijing will rush to marry his daughter, and the threshold will be broken by you."

Zhao Liangyue heard that Xiang Mian's words were getting more and more outrageous, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, Second Young Master Han has met me a few times, and he is a straightforward person, but it seems that he hasn't seen him recently, and I don't know if it's because of Jing Zhao. What about Yin?"

Xiang Mian was stunned when he heard the words, and said: "Indeed, I heard that he often caused troubles like this when he came in, and it was not once or twice that he was related to him at home."

Zhao Liangyue couldn't help sighing when he thought of Han Ting's loss of soul after being drunk that day.

Seeing this, Xiang Mian said, "However, it really surprises me that he is remembered by Brother Zhao."

"Because he's not as dandy as the rumors say, on the contrary, he's very honest and worthy of friendship."

"Oh?" Xiang Mian laughed, "It doesn't look like a dude, it's rare, but he's a cute little fat man."

Zhao Liangyue was about to explain, but this time he was interrupted again - a drum sounded suddenly.

The sound of drums came from outside, and the indoor music stopped. Everyone was attracted to look out, only to see a white elephant performing drumming outside Xiande Terrace, and everyone was stunned.

Wang Yuncheng got up proudly and introduced to everyone: "This is a rare white elephant. It was brought back from Tuyuan by my brother. It took a year of training before he was able to perform drum music. My brother is usually very precious, but a few days ago A brother wanted to watch it after hearing about it, so I told my brother, and he agreed without saying a word, saying that he would make everyone happy."

"General Wang is really heroic! Such a blessing is too hard to find."

"I haven't seen an elephant yet. This is comparable to a house. The wonder of everything is really wonderful."

Everyone said what they said, and they were almost flattered. Wang Yuncheng raised his hand and asked the animal trainer to ask the white elephant to perform juggling, and everyone was amazed.

Xiang Mian crossed his chest and looked at it, raised his chin towards the white elephant, and said to Zhao Liangyue: "He really knows how to find rare things, but just look at the head, it's obviously covered in injuries, those in the elephant training center can't do this Cruelty."

Zhao Liang recalled the massacre in his memory, and sarcastically said: "General Wang Yunming, a strong man born of bloodthirsty, naturally needs to use real swords and guns to tame what he wants."

After the white elephant performance was over, everyone watched the animal trainer take it down reluctantly, and then returned to the banquet.

Wang Yuncheng was surrounded by the crowd, and after some courteous remarks, he began to boast about his father and brother: "My brother lives in the military camp all year round, and occasionally he brings his subordinates to live with him when he comes back. , There was once a lieutenant general who was so talented that my brother even let him live in his own room, but I was still young at the time, so I didn’t understand why this happened, so my brother taught me that respect for a corporal is the basic thing, and you need to remember my father’s teaching .”

The people next to him said wittily: "The tiger father has no dogs, so there will be a general and a champion from the same family."

"That's right. The Wang family is worthy of being a master of Shili Zanying. Its courage and breadth of mind are really not comparable to ordinary people."

"It's just that I'm stupid, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to serve under Wang Shangshu and the general."

This question reached the point that Wang Yuncheng wanted to hear, Wang Yuncheng immediately got up, bowed to everyone, and said: "This remark really ruins my Wang family. Everyone is a pillar of the court. If you can get the talent, you will be lucky for three lives." .”

Then, Wang Yuncheng and the others exchanged compliments back and forth.

"..." Xiang Mian laughed, turned his head to Zhao Liangyue and said, "If I hadn't met that old man Wang Xian, I would have believed his nonsense."

Zhao Liangyue looked at the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were pretending to be deaf and dumb to Wang Yuncheng's behavior, frowned, and said, "This Wang family is so obvious that no one dares to criticize it."

"Since Wang Han took power, which time has it not been like this? Look at the people in this place, everyone is exquisite and smart, and they are not obedient. Who will have trouble with their future career?"

"But I seem to be such a fool."

But Xiang Mian shook his head and said with a smile: "I heard that you were taken into the Jinluan Guards. The old man Tang Kang wanted to lift the roof of Xingshuo's mansion. It can be seen that the old man likes you very much. Although he Not from the court, but with a high reputation, Prime Minister Han has to ask him a few opinions when doing things, with him covering you, why do you need to find other ways?"

Zhao Liangyue didn't speak, and those peach blossom eyes couldn't help appearing in his mind, looking at him with a smile, he couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't forget it.

When the emperor gave new fine wine to Xiande Terrace, after three rounds of drinking, everyone was already slightly tipsy.

Zhao Liangyue patted Xiang Mian on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Brother Xiang, do you want to see the debate in Feixia Tower again?"

Xiang Mian nodded happily.

So, just as the imperial gift wine was put down, Zhao Liangyue got up with an empty wine glass, took the lead to pour a glass, and said to the sky, "Chengen Emperor, let's get drunk together, but just drinking is too boring."

Before Wang Yuncheng came here, he was warned by his father and brother that he must never cause another incident similar to that in Feixia Tower. Seeing Zhao Liangyue's behavior, he knew that he was probably coming for him. After thinking about it, he smiled and said to Zhao Liangyue: "Obviously it is Qushui Liushang, elegant and elegant, how did it come to brother Zhao's mouth, and it became only drinking?"

Xiang Mian clicked his tongue, stood up as well, and said, "The ones you just sang and praised each other with sour poems, worthy of being elegant and subtle? If Dr. Tang saw it, he shouldn't hit your hands with a ruler, just like that, children go up The ruler used in private schools, with a bang, you have to go home and cry for your parents."

Hearing the words around, some people couldn't help laughing.

Wang Yuncheng's face was sullen, obviously displeased, but this time he came prepared, and soon he smiled again, and offered to propose: "The Holy One bestows wine, why not use the wine as the theme, beat the drums and pass the flowers, and whoever gets the flowers will do it." How about a poem for everyone to enjoy?"

"Okay, I'll be the first to agree!" Xiang Mian turned around and asked everyone, "Is there anyone who doesn't want to participate?"

One is the second son of Wang Shangshu's family from the Ministry of Punishment, and the other is the son of Xiangshu's family from the Ministry of Rites. Who dares to say no?They all nodded in agreement, and also praised how good this proposal was.

After a while, the drums and flowers were ready, and when it was time to determine the drummer, Xiang Mian volunteered.

"Tanhualang, you are not good at being a drummer, are you?"

"What's wrong? I'm a martial artist. It's boring to play with you guys. Why don't you consciously be a drummer? Do you still feel that I'm too unbearable to be a drummer?"

After hearing the words, it was hard for everyone to say anything. After all, behind the scenes, many princes of aristocratic families really felt that Xiang Mian was a warrior who grew up in a barbaric place. Moreover, when he was asked about the best strategy in the palace test, he obviously chose words that were not elegant, and the source of allusions was wrong. Yes, but later on he became a first-class candidate, and the other nobles were naturally dissatisfied, but because his father didn't say it clearly, they all ridiculed him in secret, saying that he was unfit for appointment.

Up to now, he himself has said the same thing, most likely because he heard some gossip—let's not get it up!In order not to get dirty, just like the second son of the Han family, isn't he just retribution, relying on his father as the prime minister to do whatever he wants?

The drummer was so sure, Wang Yuncheng thought about it, and asked his servants to bring a cloth towel for Xiang Mian to cover his eyes.

At the beginning of beating drums and passing flowers, Xiang Mian conscientiously implemented the image of a martial artist in the eyes of the children of the family. The sound of the drums was extremely unpleasant, without any appreciation, and the ups and downs were even irregular. Angry dare not speak.

Zhao Liangyue knew that Xiang Mian probably did it on purpose, so he didn't expose it. He felt that it was interesting to see people's faces.

After a heavy bang, the drum stopped, and the flowers fell into Wang Yuncheng's hands. Wang Yuncheng looked at Xiang Mian suspiciously, got up and wrote a poem, and the others applauded.

Then the drums sounded, and the flowers were passed around among the people. Some people deliberately held them for a while, and some hurriedly threw them to the next person like a hot potato, but none of them had a chance to get the flowers, because they fell into Zhao Liangyue's hands for the second time. .

Wang Yuncheng always felt that this scene seemed familiar, and he had a bad heart, and then Zhao Liangyue really did the same, not emphasizing rhetoric, not relying on it, but took advantage of his lack of conception, and used it to pinpoint the current problems, which was even better, but it seemed that he was trying to put on airs.

"and many more!"

As soon as Zhao Liangyue finished his poem, Wang Yuncheng stood up abruptly—he had to stop it. Most of the people invited by Feixialou last time were his own people. It doesn’t matter if you lose face once. Shake his face in public?

He, Wang Yuncheng, is the most talented man in the capital, and also the second son of the royal family in the east of the city. He is so honorable, how can he let a son of a down-and-out noble family take the limelight over and over again?

Xiang Mian smiled and said, "What's the matter, why did you stop?"

The crowd hadn't savored Zhao Liangyue's poems carefully, but they naturally noticed something, watching the two confront each other in silence.

In fact, it was only two rounds, and there was nothing wrong with it. Wang Yuncheng thought about it and couldn't find an excuse, so he asked someone to move in the screen to block Xiang Mian's view, and started again.

Then Xiang Mian twitched into a smile, and hit the drum with his hands.

Different from just now, Xiang Mian seems to be a different person this time. His drum skills are unexpectedly good, he is charming, and he makes good use of blank space. The war horses galloped to the sound of the horn, with gentleness, as if the moonlight in the frontier was shining on the quiet company in the middle of the night, illuminating the soldiers who were thinking of returning.

Amidst such wonderful drumming, everyone finally showed a look of enjoyment. The drumming stopped halfway, and the flower fell into Zhao Liangyue's hands again. The drum and the Italian complement each other.

Then the drum started again, and when it stopped, it came to Zhao Liangyue again. Zhao Liangyue played another song without hesitation. Although it was selfish, the drum sounded and the poems were seconds away. Whoever really understands elegance does not feel refreshed ?

After five rounds, everyone felt that the time was running fast, and many people were eager to compete with Zhao Liangyue, so Hua began to bypass Zhao Liangyue in a very sensible way, and gave it to a few people who had long been poetic talents, and they would be proud of it When the poems are presented, everyone can understand the advantages of Zhao Liangyue's poems after careful reading - there are no gorgeous rhetoric, no golden rules, but some incomparable artistic conceptions, and the grand mind shown during the period.

Wang Yuncheng, who sat at the top, was gradually ignored, and his color deteriorated visibly to the naked eye. Several tails from small to large next to him handed him grapes to eat, but he threw them away.

Wang Yuncheng stared at the direction of Zhao Liangyue and Xiang Mian, and said bitterly in his heart, this guy is a reckless man from the border, a down-and-out gentleman, how dare he beat him on the spot?

After this Qionglin Banquet was over, many of the other people at the door began to exchange name cards with Zhao Liangyue and invite them to meet again.

Xiang Mian was standing behind Zhao Liangyue watching the fun, and when Wang Yuncheng saw it coming, he raised his eyebrows to find trouble, Wang Yuncheng snorted coldly in anger, and led the people into the carriage quickly.

After Zhao Liangyue escaped, the two went to the side of the moat to blow off the smell of alcohol and incense.

Xiang Mian shared one of the fruits he took out with Zhao Liangyue, and asked, "Did you hate Wang Yuncheng like that when you were in Feixialou?"

"It's not a fight, it's just that he looks for something first, and I will fight."

Xiang Mian laughed twice, and said: "It's really fun today, it can be regarded as cleaning up Wang Yuncheng once, and I'm very happy to see him suffer."

"Did you have a holiday with him?"

"Holidays? Of course. I left here when I was ten years old. I have been bullied by him before. When he was young, he would lead others to bully the children in Kyoto. His father was used to it. Who didn't have a headache for the second boy of the Wang family? I don't know. This is too big, where did you learn this set of hypocrite style, the incense you smoked can be weighed in the catty, it’s not fun to watch.”

Zhao Liangyue smiled and said, "Brother Xiang is really temperamental."

"It's okay, I'm the kind of person who doesn't offend me, I can be with you in life or death, but whoever offends me or touches me, I can chase him out of his ancestral grave." Xiang Mian suddenly remembered something, said, "Speaking of which, I kind of want to meet Han Er."

"Did he offend you when he was a child?"

"That's not true. When he was a child, he was very timid, just like a little girl. At that time, the few of us went to read with the prince. I didn't know him at first. I wondered why the girl came to read with everyone and saw someone bullying him. , I kept guarding until later, when I found out that I was actually guarding a man, everyone started making fun of me."

"The fun of childhood is always different."

"It's a pity." Xiang Mian sighed, "At that time, when I was young, everyone said that I was with a woman, and I didn't want to, but then I took the lead in bullying him, it's quite a jerk."

"..." That's pretty bastard.

"When you're free, go to him to chat about the old days, and see if he's willing." Xiang Mian recalled, and said, "I was really cute when I was young, with pink meatballs, but he probably didn't have a good image of me."

Zhao Liangyue was about to say that Han Ting was no longer a pink meat dumpling, and then he was interrupted for the third time, when he saw a servant of the Xiang family running over, calling for his master from a long distance away.

"What's the matter, what's the hurry?"

"Young master, it's the master who told me to find you back quickly, otherwise I will break... your leg."

Xiang Mian thought for a while, and said: "It seems that someone has sued my father." After saying goodbye to Zhao Liangyue, he left in a hurry.

Zhao Liangyue sighed softly, thinking, it seems that in Brother Xiang's eyes, Han Ting can only be a chubby fat man for the time being.