Not two days after returning from the county government, teacher Li Zhijie came to Xu Mansion to inform Xu He that the registration for the government examination had been settled.
This efficiency is very reassuring.
Xu He was about to leave the city to inform Chu Yuan and the others, but unexpectedly he bumped into Xie Liangcai, and the scholar dragged him away without saying a word.
"No, Brother Dev, where are you going?"
Xie Liangcai was mysterious: "I'll take you to meet someone."
After following Brother Sao on the street for a while, Xu He was led by Xie Liangcai into a winding alley.
After a while, he stopped in front of a small courtyard and gently knocked on the door.
With a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door opened, revealing a young boy with a young hair. When he saw Xie Liangcai, he quickly stepped aside. After the two of them entered, he walked to the front and led them towards the backyard.
The boy didn't say a word the whole time, and Xie Liangcai didn't speak either, which made Xu He a little confused.
When they arrived at the flower hall in the backyard, the boy led the two of them to sit down, served two cups of tea, and then quietly left.
Xu He held back his curiosity and picked up the tea cup...
"Good guy, top-notch Maofeng, the tea soup is green and the aroma is overwhelming!" Xu He was slightly surprised. What kind of family would use such good tea for serving guests?
Looking inside the flower hall, although the furnishings are simple, they are more elegant. There are not so many stacked decorations. There is only a painting hanging on the wall, a fishing boat and a solitary lantern on the vast water.
If you look closely at the poem next to it, it turns out to be the previous one: "In the dark moon, I see fishing lanterns, and a single firefly shines. The gentle wind creates waves, scattering stars all over the river."
"Brother Defu, what are you..." Xu He pointed at the painting and said in surprise.
Before Xie Liangcai could speak, the curtain connecting the flower hall to the wing was opened by a slender hand, and a thin beauty walked out of it.
This woman has almond-shaped eyes and peach cheeks, beautiful facial features, and beautiful black hair. However, she is dressed in a round-collared Confucian robe and a square crown on her head. If viewed from a distance, she looks like a graceful and elegant young man.
But when she walked in front of Xu He and Xie Liangcai, her feminine charm was nowhere to be seen in her movements.
"Xiaohe, let me introduce to you, this is Su Yaoguang, Miss Su!"
Hearing this, Xu He knew where this place was.
This guy Xie Liangcai actually brought himself, a perfect young man, to the academy.
Of course, this academy is not that academy, but a private club similar to that of later generations, with many beautiful ladies in it.
The consumers of academies are generally officials or scholars, and they rarely accept traffickers and lackeys.
The women here are not only expected to have good looks, but also to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
After the guests arrive, the ladies will either show off their talents, or focus on listening and accompanying them. Finally, whether they want to do something shameful depends on the depth of the guest's wallet, and on the other hand, the amount of talent and learning in the guest's belly.
To be honest, Xu He had been to clubs in later generations, but he had never experienced a private club in this era, and for a while he didn't know how to greet someone.
After a while, he raised his hand and said, "Miss Su!"
When Xie Liangcai saw this, he immediately laughed out loud: "Miss Su, my brother is still an ignorant young man. He has never seen such a battle. Please forgive me!"
After saying that, he twirled the fan in his hand gracefully, like the pretentious boy who turned his pen in the classroom in later generations.
Miss Yaoguang pursed her lips and smiled, then sat down under the two of them, and then said, "Young Master Xie is just joking. This little girl is lucky enough to see Mr. Xu who wrote [San Zuo Man He Xing] with her own eyes."
In this life, Xu He has already seen two club sisters, one is Gu Hengbo, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai, and the other is the woman in front of him.
The two of them gave him different impressions of plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums.
Gu Hengbo gives people the impression that he is very much like the academic elder sister of later generations. His appearance is beautiful and refined, like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world. He makes people's hearts tremble when he looks at her.
The Su Yaoguang in front of her is the younger sister of men in men's shirts. The loose men's clothes bring out the thinness and weakness of women. Coupled with those peach blossom eyes, they are extremely lethal to men.
"Xiaohe, have you seen the painting on the wall? It was painted by Miss Yaoguang herself and the poem was written by me!"
Brother, look at how proud you are, people who don’t know would think that the poem was written by him.
Su Yaoguang pursed his lips and smiled softly: "Every time Mr. Xie comes to my place, he always says that Mr. Xu has unparalleled poetic talent at a young age. This time I specially ask Mr. Xie to invite you to come and talk, and also let the slave family meet our elders. Wei will be the number one poet in the future!"
I knock, listen to this, this is not the first time that the slut brother has come here!
Xu He waved his hand and said, "Young lady, you are joking. Xu is the number one poet in the world. I am so ashamed!"
Su Yaoguang blinked his smart eyes and said with a smile: "Master Xu, you are so humble. If my family is lucky, I would like to ask you for a poem today!"
"Yes, yes!" Xie Liangcai said from the side: "Since Miss Yaoguang read your poems, she has often put your name on her lips, which really makes me envious!"
"What makes Dev envious?" Suddenly, a clear voice came from the court.
When Xie Liangcai heard the voice, he stood up quickly and pulled Xu He out to greet him. As soon as he went out, Xie Liangcai bowed and said to the visitor: "Brother Mingchun!"
The visitor took two steps forward, held Xie Liangcai's arm and said in a friendly tone: "Since we parted ways in Beijing the year before last, my dear brother has lost a little weight. Although studying is important, you should also pay attention to your health!"
Xie Liangcai replied: "Brother Xie Mingchun is concerned, I will introduce it to you..."
After saying that, he pulled Xu He and said, "This is my brother Xu He, the head of this year's Hailing County Examination!"
The visitor turned his head and looked Xu He up and down, and said perfunctorily: "It turns out it's the county trial case leader!"
He thought that Xu He was a guest invited by Xie Liangcai, so he didn't care. He turned to Xie Liangcai with a perfunctory sentence and said, "When I left Beijing last year, I went to see my teacher at his house. The teacher told me that a good brother would take the provincial examination." I missed, and I was depressed. Are you feeling better now?"
Xie Liangcai sighed and said: "I am a qualified scholar. After I failed the examination, I was a little confused and depressed. But after I returned home, I figured it out. Compared with Brother Mingchun, who is a second-ranked Jinshi, I am still far behind. ah!"
The visitor laughed loudly, obviously very proud of his status as a Jinshi, and then said indifferently: "Being a brother is a blessing, a blessing!"
Speaking of this, Xie Liangcai said to Xu He: "Xiaohe, this Master Kong is Kong Yiyuan, the salt censor of Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers appointed by the imperial court. My father was greatly amazed after reading Brother Kong's article in the provincial examination, and he asserted that Brother Kong will definitely win the apricot list in the coming year. , Sure enough, Brother Kong won consecutive imperial examinations the next year!"
Kong Yiyuan waved his hands repeatedly, pretending to be reserved.
Xu He was shocked. The teacher and uncle had just talked about this dear friend before, but he didn't expect that this guy would meet Xie Liangcai. It seemed that today was not just about listening to music!
