happy rebirth

The second day of the No. [-] parade is the Bright Light Banquet.

The nature of this Bright Light Banquet is actually exactly the same as the Qionglin Banquet in the time and space before Ke Qi traveled, it is a celebration banquet.It's just that Qionglin Banquet was held in Qionglin Garden, so it was called Qionglin Banquet.The Mingguang Banquet was held in the Mingguang Garden, the royal garden of the An Dynasty.

The emperor wants to entertain the newly qualified Jinshi at the Mingguang Banquet.

Xie Jinhua dressed up to go to the banquet, and when he walked out the gate, he saw several people kneeling outside the walls of the Qingyang Hou Mansion.Those people didn't dare to get too close and knelt on the street corner far away, but they were indeed kowtowing in the direction of Xie's mansion.Xie Jinhua didn't understand what they were doing.

Li Yang said in a low voice: "Since yesterday, this street has not been peaceful. The stewards have asked, and they all think that you are the master of Wenqu, so they want to come to pay respects. At this time, others They are all staring at our house, and the stewards dare not ruthlessly expel them."

Xie Jinhua was dumbfounded, and said, "They...are they kneeling down on me?"

Li Yang said seriously: "Yes! These people also have a sense of proportion. They just kowtow from a distance, and they will leave after kowtow." Almost all the people who kowtow are poor, and they have children in their families, but children are not necessarily I can afford private school, so I can only kowtow to find some psychological comfort.

Xie Jinhua stuffed himself into the carriage with a blank expression.He thinks everyone is crazy.

Li Yang puffed out his chest proudly.He grew up with his master since he was a child, and he has already acquired a lot of immortality!

When Xie Jinhua arrived in Mingguang Garden, the little eunuch who led the way immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, and led him into the garden.The seats for everyone had already been arranged. The top seat was vacant, reserved for the emperor, and the first few seats in the two rows were also vacant, reserved for the chief examiner and great Confucian scholars.Xie Jinhua took the first position among the new Jinshi, the second place sat opposite him, and Tanhua sat next to him.

Faced with Xie Jinhua's young age, handsome appearance, and the ability to make others look dim, it is said that the second place and Tanhua would feel a little uncomfortable, but Tanhua is a student of Yifeng Academy and visited him not long ago. Over the old mountain chief Chen Yun.Tanhua knew that Xie Jinhua's reasoning should call Chen Shanchang a grandfather, and that would be his own, so he said with a smile: "Brother Wenxian, take a quick look at everyone, what do you see?"

Now that the emperor has bestowed letters and everyone is a Jinshi on the same list, Tanhua can naturally call Xie Jinhua Xie Wenxian.

Xie Jinhua was puzzled by Tanhua's question, he looked at everyone, shook his head after a while, and said apologetically that his eyesight was poor, and he really didn't see anything.At this time, the banquet has not yet started, but everyone has already sat down in their seats, looking normal.

Xie Jinhua didn't dare to look carefully, after all, everyone was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.If he looked at someone, he would definitely meet that person's eyes.Then, that person would suddenly sit upright, as if Xie Jinhua's gaze had become a ruler in his hand.

Tanhua smiled and said, "Look carefully at everyone's hair crowns."

Xie Jinhua glanced quickly again.Looking at it this way, he really saw some tricks coming, everyone is wearing wooden hairpins on their heads!

Tan Hua still smiled, and said: "Whether it was the palace examination a few days ago or yesterday's ceremony, Brother Wen Xian always wore a simple sandalwood hairpin. Everyone thought that Brother Wen Xian must like wooden hairpins. "When it comes to this, it is very straightforward.Because Xie Jinhua liked it, everyone followed suit.The ancients also chased stars. This kind of behavior of wearing wooden hairpins like Xie Jinhua is a bit like the meaning of "forwarding this Jack Ma to get some money" in later generations.

When taking part in the palace examination and the ceremony of passing on a group of people, candidates need to wear a uniform examination uniform, so there is only a difference in the hair crown and hairpin.Because a body search was required before entering the palace, Ke Qi did not let Xie Jinhua wear that kind of sharp hairpin, but used a sandalwood hairpin with rounded corners, so that the guards who searched would not think that the hairpin could be used as a murder weapon, so they would give him Pulled out.But when it comes to body searches, the guards are actually not so strict.

That is to say, the two sandalwood hairpins in a row are all because of Ke Qi's carefulness, not because Xie Jinhua himself likes it!

No, I still like it if I say I like it, after all, Ke Qi helped him insert the hairpin.

Tanhua Lang was full of laughter, Xie Jinhua didn't know what to say, his eyes subconsciously fell on Tanhua's bun.

Fortunately, Tanhua is wearing a jade crown and hosta.

Xie Jinhua breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

Tanhua noticed Xie Jinhua's eyes, and said frankly: "I'm not afraid of Brother Wenxian's jokes. The hairpins worn by Brother Wenxian the last two times were made of repaired bamboo. My jade hairpin was newly obtained from my father. It is also the style of Xiuzhu." Tanhua also followed suit, but followed in a different way.

What else can Xie Jinhua do other than keep smiling.

Chatting with Tanhualang is actually very interesting.At Tanhua's age, she has already married a wife, and already has a son and a daughter under her knees.For some reason, the topic turned to the issue of children's education. Xie Jinhua nodded seriously and said, "It is very important to lay a solid foundation."

Tanhua saw that Xie Jinhua was young, but he didn't expect that he could teach children, so he couldn't help being a little surprised.

Xie Jinhua immediately realized that he had slipped the tongue, and quickly made amends: "The nephew at home has reached the time to be enlightened." In fact, moon cakes are still a few months away from needing enlightenment.Xie Jinhua's educational experience is all obtained from Ke Qi, a student.Others teach their sons, he teaches their husbands!

Tanhua nodded understandingly.

The auspicious time soon arrived, and the person in charge of opening the banquet was the chief examiner of this year.The seat reserved for the emperor is still there.In fact, although it was stated that the Guangyan Banquet was a banquet for the emperor to entertain new scholars, the emperor himself did not often appear at the Mingguang Banquet, but only took the title.

At the Bright Light Banquet three years ago, the prince did show up.Of course, this is what the emperor meant.Without the emperor's permission, the prince himself would definitely not be able to appear on such an occasion where he could win over future courtiers.From this point of view, the prince's position in the emperor's mind is very stable.

The focus of the Mingguang banquet is not on the banquet. There are opportunities to compose poems and poems during the banquet, which are reserved for everyone to express.

Literati, whether they are true or false, they must always show their modesty and courtesy outside.Obviously everyone wants to express themselves, and they already have a draft in their stomachs, but they have to wait for others to call their names, then "reluctantly" stand up, and then "think hard" for a while, before blurting out the article, and finally I have to be modest and say a few words, saying that I am throwing bricks to attract jade.Xie Jinhua is the jade that everyone wants to attract.

Xie Jinhua has never been afraid of such occasions.When it is time for him to compose poetry, he does it; when it is time for him to show off, he does it.At this time, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, he could no longer keep a low profile.The officials also seemed to favor him, always raising their glasses to him, and he had to take several sips.

When the banquet was about to end, the emperor led the prince to show up.

Everyone's emotions are very excited.

When the emperor raised a glass to invite everyone to drink together, the eunuchs who served filled everyone's wine glasses first, and Xinke Jinshi was so excited that he drank it all down.After drinking this glass of wine, he said a few words of effort, and the emperor left.However, no one present would feel slighted, after all, he was the emperor!On the contrary, they couldn't calm down for a long time, because they actually drank the wine toasted by the emperor himself.

The prince stayed.

The crown prince was very interested in Xie Jinhua, the champion of the six poems, so he invited him to talk to him.Although the two are somewhat related, this is actually the first time they have met because of the large gap in their identities.The prince regards Xie Chunying as a reliable friend, and is very kind to Xie Jinhua.

Xie Jinhua learned the etiquette very well. First, he bowed to the prince meticulously, and then looked at the prince quietly.

The crown prince was stunned for a moment, apparently he did not expect the style of the six champions to be like this.Xie Jinhua looked extremely well-behaved, his eyes were as clear as a winter lake, and like a newborn ignorant little animal.For a moment, the prince was even afraid that he would scare the child, so he softened his tone.

Whatever the crown prince asked, Xie Jinhua would answer.

Naturally, the crown prince could not ask about government affairs. Although the emperor let him participate in the Bright Light Banquet, he couldn't really rush to win over the new Jinshi.So what the prince asked was Qingfengmingyue.His only son-in-law had already started studying, so he asked Xie Jinhua what books he could recommend.

This kind of behavior of the prince is like those parents in later generations. Seeing that the neighbor's children have better grades than their own children, they want to ask him if he has any good learning methods.However, facing the prince's fatherly kindness, Xie Jinhua just looked at him quietly without speaking.

The prince is a good-tempered person, so he couldn't help thinking about it. Could it be that his question made Zhuangyuan Lang embarrassed?

Xie Jinhua finally spoke, and said, "I can't explain this question for a while, why don't the students write it down with pen and paper."

Naturally, there is no shortage of paper and pens at the Mingguang Banquet.Xie Jinhua picked up the pen and wrote only a few words, and the prince couldn't help saying hello in his heart.Regardless of Xie Jinhua's young age, this handwriting has already surpassed everyone present.When Xie Jinhua filled half a sheet of paper, the prince was more and more impressed.It is said that the sharp edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

It turned out that Xie Jinhua had written down all his experience in urging Ke Qi to study on paper.This is really not something ordinary people can do!

By the time the banquet was over, a set of learning methods summed up by Xie Jinhua had been thoroughly spread.Everyone looked at Xie Jinhua with admiration.If a person is talented and at the same time much more diligent and diligent than ordinary people, what qualifications do others have to not admire him?

Xie Jinhua walked out of Mingguang Garden steadily, walking in a straight line.

Ye Zhengping and Xie Jinhua walked side by side, and Tan Hualang walked with them because he had a good chat with Xie Jinhua before.Ye Zhengping and Xie Jinhua had a close relationship. Knowing that Ke Qi had already started to take the children's exam, he couldn't help asking Xie Jinhua about Ke Qi's exam status.

Xie Jinhua raised his index finger to his lips, and said mysteriously, "Shhh, don't talk about Brother Ke."

Ye Zhengping was stunned.

Xie Jinhua blinked, and said seriously: "I'm not drunk, really. Don't mention Ke Di in front of others, lest people overhear."

Ye Zhengping: "..."

Tanhualang: "..."

Xie Jinhua behaved very well when he was drunk, neither crying nor fussing, but couldn't help looking for Ke Qi.Everyone in the family already knew that he had this habit, so they all told him that if he was drunk in front of outsiders, he must not talk about Ke Qi at all times, it would be a joke.Xie Jinhua kept this in mind.In fact, when the emperor toasted, he was already drunk.When the prince questioned him, he was drunk and stupefied.

Xie Jinhua's drinking capacity is really bad.However, the examiner's toast and the emperor's toast must be drunk.

Ye Zhengping helped Xie Jinhua to Xie's carriage.Seeing that the master was drunk, Li Yang told the coachman to walk more steadily.But today is really unfortunate, there is a traffic jam on a certain part of the way home.The coachman went to the front to check the situation, and knew that a carriage hit someone, some said that the man rushed to the carriage to extort money, and some said that the carriage was going too fast and hit the person. If you stick to your word, the road will be blocked.

When Xie Jinhua saw the carriage stopped, he thought he had already arrived home. He didn't listen to what Li Yang said, so he lifted the curtain and went out.

He's drunk now, he's getting even more drunk.

A middle-aged man stood beside Xie's carriage, who seemed to be waiting for the road to clear.Because Xie Jinhua's carriage had his family's emblem on it, there was no need for Xie Jinhua to reveal his identity. People with discerning eyes would naturally know that he came from the Qingyang Houfu, and considering Xie Jinhua's age, he could basically guess who he was.The middle-aged man couldn't help but glanced at Xie Jinhua several times, and felt that his cute appearance was really likable.

This middle-aged man is Mu Lao's second disciple, he said with a smile: "It's really a pleasure to meet my junior brother here."

Xie Jinhua tried his best to maintain his etiquette, and said sincerely: "Well, I am also happy for you."