The cultural gathering was held in the center of the lake. All the guests were high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen from Xiangzhou. Officials of ordinary rank were not qualified to sit down.
In the center of Longting Lake, there is an island with a five-story pavilion called Longting Tower.
Today's Dragon Boat Festival is held on the first floor. The Longting Building occupies half of the island in the middle of the lake. It is not a small hall and can accommodate thousands of people.
Longting Tower has a history of hundreds of years. A hundred years ago, the demon barbarians invaded. At that time, Emperor Da Ying took charge of the army and set up battle here.
There is a chair in the hall. The Dragon Boat Festival is held by Qingxue Mansion. Although Du Zhoumu is also in Qingxue Mansion, he never likes to participate in such poetry events. This position naturally belongs to Mr. Guo Fu of Qingxue Mansion.
The seats on both sides of the seat belong to Dong Daru from Yanbei Prefecture and Lu Tongpan from Qingxue Mansion.
Further down are the seats for officials from the two states and some famous scholars and bachelors.
At the Dragon Boat Festival venue, people who arrived early laughed and said some non-nutritious words to each other respectfully.
Students from two states also got off the boat and came to the island in the middle of the lake.
The students looked at each other and snorted coldly, not liking each other.
Zhou Dagu walked in front of the Xiangzhou students. He originally wanted to keep a low profile.
But the eight-character mantra just now made his status in the hearts of Xiangzhou students even higher. Facing the hostility of Yanbeizhou Confucian students, Xiangzhou students unconsciously followed Zhou Dagu, and even walked beside him in some actions. .
This made Wang An, who had been waiting behind Zhou Dagu, straighten his back unconsciously.
When he was in Caixian County, he would bow down when facing a young policeman, fearing that he would not be willing to break his legs.
Nowadays, everyone has to walk behind him. This is a civil servant, a civil servant who can fill the vacancy at any time, a future official!
Wang An straightened his chest. Brother Gu had brought these to him, and he had to show a good attitude to avoid embarrassing him.
Zhou Dagu doesn't like to socialize, but he can't help but socialize. In the final analysis, he is just a young scholar now, and he is not qualified to be arrogant when facing the big shots sitting upright in the venue.
Only by growing into a towering tree can he be like Du Zhoumu.
In such a conference where a great scholar attended, he didn't even show his face, but no one dared to say anything about him.
Zhou Dagu could only pretend to smile and nod in praise to everyone in front of him.
He followed the government official and found his seat. It was in the middle of the hall, not on the edge, but still some distance from the front row.
Zhou Dagu raised his head and met Lu Tongpan's gaze, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
This is the first time Zhou Dagu has seen him!
He smiled kindly and tried his best to suppress the killing intent in his eyes.
Zhou Dagu still understood his meaning from the corner of his twitching eyes. Officialdom is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat!
The hatred between the two is incomprehensible!
Niu Ruxian was a little happy: "Brother Zhou, let's sit together!"
Zhou Dagu nodded respectfully: "That's a good relationship!"
The fact that he comes from a humble family and can sit with a top family member like Niu Ruxian in Xiangzhou is the result of his own talent.
In Da Ying, strength is everything. Zhou Dagu now only has the potential to become a person of great ability, but does not yet have real strength. He looks forward to the day when he can truly become a strong person.
By then, perhaps, many things will be different!
Zhou Dagu lowered his head and handed the roast chicken in front of him from his sleeve to Wang An behind him: "Eat slowly, hide behind me, don't let anyone see you!"
Wang Anming looks like his book boy. If Zhou Dagu asks him to sit down, the old scholar in the venue will not be able to sit down!
He was too lazy to argue with those people. It would be better to do less than to do more!
"Look to the sky!"
A yellow-brown dragon boat appeared in the sky in the distance. The dragon boat was blown by the wind to the center of the lake. An old man stepped off the dragon boat. Every time he took a step, a yellow cloud of talent bloomed under his feet.
It looked as if floating clouds appeared in mid-air and caught his feet.
The old man has a slightly dark face, a long white beard, and his eyes are hidden in his long eyebrows. He is a simple and honest elder.
Scholar Yanbei saw the old man standing up one after another, and the old man stepped forward and stepped on the ground.
But the moment he landed, he was sitting directly in his seat.
The Confucian scholars from Yanbei paid tribute one after another: "I have seen Dongda Confucian!"
Xiangzhou and Yanbei are not at odds with each other, but it is polite for a Confucian scholar to respect a great Confucian scholar. No matter how unconvinced he is in his heart, he must show courtesy on his face.
The scholar from Xiangzhou followed the Confucian scholar from Yanbei to greet him, bowed his head and held his hands in his hands: "I have met the Confucian scholar from the East."
Zhu Jinwen took Niu Ruxian and bowed: "This is the Great Confucian of the East. He is the elder of Yanbei who raised his son Dongfang and returned home. He is also one of the two great Confucians of Yanbei. The world respects him as a great Confucian of calligraphy. His official calligraphy is square and decent. We will win the favor of the royal family." Ask him to write an inscription!"
Zhou Dagu nodded, showing great respect to Da Ru.
In the past, he had always heard stories about the great power in heaven and earth, but he had never seen what great power was like.
He had stories about great gods from heaven and earth, and today he finally understood that it was not impossible for him to open the gate of heaven with one sword.
The second grade of Confucianism is Great Confucianism. If Great Confucianism can walk in the sky as well as on flat ground, what does a literary sage look like?
What about the first-grade warrior?
"Hahaha!" A hearty laughter came from the sky. This laughter seemed to be far away in the horizon, but also seemed to be close to the ears. The sound was obviously loud, but it did not shock the ears at all.
Zhou Dagu looked along the direction where the laughter came from. He saw a person floating in the sky in the distance. Before he could see the person clearly, the source of the laughter changed position and seemed to be in the hall.
Zhou Dagu turned around and saw Guo Fujun sitting in the upper position.
He followed the crowd and bowed: "I have met Mr. Guo Fu!"
The shock in his heart could not stop, he was now in the fourth level and second level, his five senses were intelligent, and he could see dozens of miles away if there was no obstruction.
However, he didn't see Guo Fujun clearly just now.
Is he outside the city?
One step can span a hundred miles, what state is Guo Fujun in?
Zhou Dagu understood that Guo Fujun should use the Qingxue Fufu Jun Seal to be able to make hundreds of miles in one step, but just this made him excited.
Today, at the Dragon Boat Festival, he finally understood the horror of this world's power system for the first time.
That day in Liangjie Mountain was like a dream. In the Blood Dragon Valley, he only experienced the bitter song of life.
But today, he truly understood that he still knew very little about the power of Confucianism!
Zhou Dagu was an ambitious man. When he discovered the power within the body of a Confucian scholar, he naturally wanted to try it to see if he could open the gates of heaven with a poem and make heaven and man bow their heads!
Arrogance comes from the heart, sight and bones.
Feeling this arrogance, Dong Daru looked back at the seat of the second generation ancestor of Xiangzhou and saw Zhou Dagu standing straight and unyielding.
He caressed his long beard gently and said: "Sword-like eyebrows are proud, and he is a gentleman. This young gentleman must be Zhou Dagu, the poet saint of Xiangzhou!"
Zhou Dagu quickly raised his hands in greeting and said, "Dongda Ru is so complimentary. The student may have some poetic talent, but he cannot become a famous poet!"
"A Confucian scholar who can write, 'People at that time did not recognize the Lingyun tree, and waited until the Lingyun reached great heights.' Naturally, he is known as the famous poet of Xiangzhou. I am here for this literary meeting because of you Zhou Dagu. I I really want to see what kind of poetry you Zhou Dagu can write!"
Guo Fujun laughed, Zhou Dagu was his lucky star.
When he came, he exposed the hidden Lotus cultists and brought him the power of enlightenment!
It can be said that they are two miraculous feats!
"Don't worry, great scholar, I, the little poet saint of Xiangzhou, naturally have real materials!"
The scholar pointed at Guo Fujun and shook his head: "You are not polite at all!"
"My culture in Xiangzhou has been suppressed by other states in Daying for decades. I finally waited for a little poet. Why should I keep a low profile? We must keep a high profile!"
Guo Fujun knew Du Zhoumu's plan and would not raise the tone too high. He changed the subject and said, "However, Zhou Mingzhou is preparing for the national examination recently. This time, he did not prepare poems for the Dragon Boat Festival. If you want to see him My poems and essays have to wait for the examination! The great scholar can stay in my Xiangzhou first!"
"Don't be shy, let's start! All the students are impatient!"
Lu Tongpan stood up, greeted the ceremony, and said: "Wait a minute, Mr. Fu, Dong Da Ru, since we are a literary society, we must have good luck. Our Qingxue Mansion is close to Liangjie Mountain, and there are many good things. I was the one who dominated the inkstone at the beginning. Made by Xiangzhou Weapon Refining Temple!"
Dong Daru was puzzled: "Then what will your Qingxue Mansion use as the prize for this cultural gathering?"
Judge Lu Tong waved his hand, and two servants brought up a plate covered with black cloth.
Zhu Jinwen opened his eyes wide, looked at the thing in front of Judge Lu Tong, and swallowed his saliva: "Are you willing to take out this thing?"
"Fu Jun is going to...!"
