"The area around the Yubei Bridge by the Chunfang River in Beijing is a place of geomantic omen." Recently, this matter has become a topic of conversation among people in Kyoto after dinner.
Many official and business families and even princes and nobles want to build a house or a courtyard on this geomantic land. The Yubei Bridge was originally a place where the rent in Kyoto was low and students from poor families could study. Now it has become the capital city. A place where the prices are extremely high.
Why?Why do you say this is a treasure land of geomantic omen?
Because a cold house next to Yubei Bridge gave birth to two Ding Jias in this year's imperial examination!There are only three members of Dingjia, yet two of them came from here!This is really a miracle in the world!
There are rumors that although it is not known to the public, Wenqu Xingjun descended to earth many years ago and blessed the area around Yubei Bridge. This is the reason why both Ding Jia came from Yubei Bridge. All the people in Beijing frantically want to buy a house in Yubei Bridge.
Fang Chi didn't care about the changes in the outside world, but the changes in the outside world did affect him. Since he won the first prize, people have come to visit him in an endless stream. It was not easy to find such a remote place, but now He and He Wei's residence seems to be known to everyone.
Regarding this, Fang Chi felt... bothered?No, he would not refuse anything that could expand his influence. When he saw someone even came to talk about a matchmaker, he thought to himself why it wasn't someone from the prime minister's mansion?Of course, this is just a daydream, and the prime minister's family still needs a lot of effort on his part.
It is He Wei who is really troubled.The idiot is not good at speech, and it is difficult to get along with strangers. Now the house is so crowded that he can't even put his feet down from time to time. He has been expressionless for many days. This is the performance of his patience.
Fang Chi saw it, and was annoyed by socializing all day long, so he suggested, "Should we move?"
Anyway, he has already achieved success and fame, so it is better to spend the remaining money all at once, anyway, there will be more days to make money in the future, Fang Chi thought to himself.
"Move to a better place, with a few rooms, away from the busy city, but with smooth roads, what do you think?"
He Wei seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and nodded.
After the move, there were a lot fewer annoying guys, and their old house was sold at a high price in no time. After hearing the news, He Wei was a little depressed.
Fang Chi laughed at him for nostalgia.
Immediately after the completion of the moving matters, the day of the Dragon Banquet arrived.
The emperor sent someone to lead a tall horse to welcome the champion, the second place, and Tanhua from their own house to Luye Lake. On the road they passed, the people crowded shoulder to shoulder and blocked the road—in order to see the demeanor of the emperor's disciples.
This year's Ding Jia is also strange, the champion is a young man who has just reached the weak crown, Tanhua is a young man who is slightly longer than the champion, and the second place between the two is the youngest, only one year behind the weak crown.
The three of them stood at the top of the scholars at their best age, and they must be high-spirited. Sitting on a big white horse, with hairpins on their heads and jade on their waists, their looks are gorgeous and beautiful. At a glance, both men and women would lose their minds For a moment, I was obsessed with their demeanor.
In the middle of the parade, some people threw flowers from the tall buildings, and the girls who secretly agreed with each other even threw the purses they made overnight on the young people, and the scene was out of control for a while.
The team moved slowly on the street, and finally, the three of them arrived at Luye Lake under the escort of the commander of the capital, and a feast was about to begin.
All civil and military officials, some valuable relatives, and more than [-] Jinshi this year have all been present. After the No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua were in place, the emperor's jade chariot arrived late, and Emperor Guangda took his place.
Fang Chi has been waiting for this day for a long time, he won the marriage with Shao Yin'er, he can only succeed, not fail.
At the banquet, the emperor sat on the highest jade chair, and the others sat on the left and right sides. It was a bit like the Juyi Hall in Water Margin. People with higher status sat closer to the emperor, but it was different from the Juyi Hall. Yes, everyone is not sitting on chairs, but on mats, with a big table with tea and wine in front of them.
The previous dragon banquets were not simple banquets, they were not for eating, but for being judged by the emperor again.
The emperor will ask you a lot of questions, ask you to write a poem, or ask you to comment on the paintings made by the painters in the palace. These questions are not easy to answer. In the past, some people fell down at the dragon banquet, and then spent their whole life floating in the officialdom Shen Chen failed to climb to the position of senior official in the end.
Shangguan Yi's experience in Chenglong Banquet can be said to be in line with the old saying - "A hero is saddened by a beautiful woman". When he first saw Shao Yin'er, he lost his mind and paid attention to her every move. He behaved in vain at the Chenglong Banquet However, on the contrary, Zhou Heng tried his best to please the emperor, and completely overwhelmed Shangguan Yi in terms of momentum.
Fang Chi secretly laughed at Shangguan Yi's stupidity, if he had met Shao Yin'er earlier, wouldn't this Dragon Riding Banquet be just the right time to finalize their marriage?There is no need to wait until the future to use the achievements in the officialdom to conquer the prime minister's heart little by little.
Fang Chi raised his head and took a look at Zhou Heng in the distance. This person is his competitor, so let's see who the title of "Best in the Field" belongs to today.
Zhou Heng claimed to be one of the four great talents in the capital, and Qiu Weizhen was called a brother. He seemed to notice Fang Chi's gaze, and he also glanced at him, and smiled provocatively, and the two knew each other.
After the banquet started, Fang Chi looked for Cheng Yu's seat. Because Luye Lake was held for Xinke Scholars, they were specially allowed to sit under the emperor's seat. There was a case for each two people. In the frontmost position, Fang Chi took a look. Looking around, Cheng Yu was in the third position on the left, next to Mrs. Shao.
When he saw Fang Chi, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and felt relieved, but he gave him a threatening look in his eyes again, as if to say: If you dare to make me wait, you will feel better.
Fang Chi felt that he had lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few months. It seemed that the days of being raised as a lady were absolutely uncomfortable.
The two of them just had normal eye contact, which was not the case in the eyes of others. Gradually, some people noticed that Fang Chi was interested in the prime minister's daughter. He must not be able to act, so it's better for him to unilaterally "love at first sight", which is more convincing, so what's wrong with looking at him often?
While listening to the emperor's words, Fang Chi glanced at Cheng Yu again. He was dressed in white, sullen and self-admired, and looked very noble. Fang Chi couldn't help but want to laugh. Are you following this style?Even the emperor couldn't help but teased in the words - "Xianshu from the prime minister's family and Biyu from the imperial historian's family are also present. In order to win an inch of love, you might as well show off your talents."
Cheng Yu's expression was terrible when he heard the emperor's words. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Fang Chi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Fang Chi was suppressing a smile, He Wei touched his hand and asked, "How are you going to prepare today?"
What are the preparations, Fang Chi glanced at him, and He Wei said, "There is still trouble?" Fang Chi spread his hands, thinking, if he wants to become a blockbuster, he must do what they can't do, this is nothing but trouble.
He was afraid that it would be troublesome to explain, and others would find out that they were talking in private, so he dipped his hand in the tea and carefully wrote the word "Zhou" on the case.
He told He Wei that Zhou Heng still wanted to compete with him, and he had to accompany him. He Wei understood, sighed, and said nothing more.
Fang Chi thought to himself, doesn't He Wei want to show off at the Chenglong Banquet, and asked softly, "What about you? How are you going?"
He Wei was silent at first, and then said: "Talking about flowers is enough."
Fang Chi knew that He Wei was going to hide his strength and bide his time, but the emperor's question is not that you can not answer it if you don't want to, so he bumped He Wei's arm and said, "We still have to be prepared."
Fang Chi has done his homework, and he knows what the emperor's problems were when he made things difficult for others at the Dragon Banquet, and one of them... is really hard to describe.
The thing is very interesting, the emperor has the "elegant interest" to play tricks on others, Fang Chi didn't dare to disturb his elegant interest, so he had to cooperate with him, pretending he didn't notice anything.
Not long after the banquet, Emperor Guang set a trap. He showed a painting to the people present.
The waiter carried out the scroll, and Emperor Guangda said: "I belong to the snake. I dreamed of a snake two days ago. I told the fortune teller that it was an auspicious omen. "Your Majesty is a snake. Snakes belong to dragons. Dream at night." A snake is a sign of a flying dragon in the sky', so I asked the artist to draw a picture to commemorate this event, everyone, come and see this picture, how is the painting?"
I saw a well-colored golden snake on the screen. The scales of the snake were lifelike, and the head was slightly modified. It lost the viciousness of the snake and became more powerful and friendly.
Everyone said "a good painting is a good painting", Emperor Guang laughed and ordered people to collect the painting, and then suggested: "Everyone, let me go for a walk by the lake."
Everyone hurriedly got up and accompanied the emperor to swim in the lake.
Fang Chi squinted his eyes. Most people don't know that they have fallen into a trap, right?The good show is behind.
Fang Chi's face was still calm, and he followed the emperor around the lake, and then the emperor called for a cruise ship, saying that he wanted to go to the center of the lake to enjoy the moon, and everyone had to accompany him.
When they got to the middle of the lake, the emperor ordered everyone to compose a poem with the title "Moon in the Water". The flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water are all vague scenes, but the emperor called them poems. With everyone's skills, many people thought hard about what kind of poems are good. Of course, Fang Chi couldn't compose poems, so he finally brought out Shangguan Yi's poems and passed the assessment.
Zhou Heng's poems were better than Shangguan Yi's, so the emperor praised Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng was complacent.
After visiting the lake, everyone went to see the birds around Luye Lake. In the green woods, there were many birdcages, and many birds were kept in cages. They were obviously raised by humans, but they were made to look like they had been released into nature. This is an exaggerated thing that only the royal family can do.
Fang Chi felt bored in his heart, but he still composed poems according to the emperor's order, and he still used Shangguan Yi's poems.
After coming out of the bird forest, the banquet entered the second half. The emperor asked everyone to sit down and eat. After everyone was full, the emperor brought out a painting and asked everyone to write a poem. Everyone wrote the poem on the white paper first. The emperor picked out the best writer, and asked him to inscribe the poem on the original painting.
Shangguanyi's calligraphy was not as good as Zhou Heng's, but his poems were better than his. In the end, the emperor asked Zhou Heng to inscribe Shangguanyi's poems. He seemed to see the secret rivalry between the two, and wanted to remind them to live in harmony.
But this is no different from pouring sparks on dry wood. Fang Chi didn't see Zhou Heng's intention to give in at all. His fighting spirit was even higher, and he wanted to defeat Fang Chi in the next competition.
The brilliance of the two was too bright. Compared with them, He Wei was completely unknown, but Fang Chi felt that this was where He Wei was so powerful. It was rare for a person of his level to be able to be uncompetitive.
After inscribing the poem, the emperor sent people to take out dozens of scrolls and distributed them to the ministers and Jinshi, and said to them: "My dear friends, do you still remember the painting I ordered the painter to draw? Now please take the scrolls in the painting. The snake reappeared, this is the title I set for you."
Fang Chi thought to himself, are you coming?After going through a series of activities such as swimming in the lake, composing poems, watching birds, composing poems, appreciating paintings, and composing poems, many people have very little impression of the first painting. They only vaguely remember that it was a golden snake. I don't remember how my body is bent, whether my head is square or flat.
When they were racking their brains to recall the appearance of the snake, the eunuch beside the emperor suddenly said: "This snake was drawn by the painter according to the image of 'flying dragon in the sky'. Clouds and mist are sprayed between the sky and the earth, and the style is extraordinary, and I hope you don't make mistakes in drawing it."
Sweat dripped from the foreheads of ministers and Jinshi, Long?The one on the painting is obviously a snake, so what do you mean by drawing it according to the appearance of a flying dragon in the sky?Dragons have feet, snakes have no feet, the difference between the two is huge.
Fang Chi didn't hesitate at all, and Shua Shua drew a snake with feet on the scroll. This is like the old saying "pointing at a deer as a horse". Although it is clearly wrong, when the authority tells you to do this, you have to Follow his meaning.
Those who forgot to paint the details tended to draw snakes with feet, after hints from eunuchs.However, among the civil and military officials, there are probably more human beings, and there are definitely not a few people who remember that the painter's snake is not enough. They are hesitant...whether this foot should be added or not.If not, what would the emperor think?The emperor specifically asked the eunuchs to say that to them, did he hope that they would paint the snake with feet and make it more like a dragon?
Half an hour later, the emperor ordered people to put away everyone's paintings. Fang Chi was not very good at drawing. Draw well.
Therefore, he only had time to take a look at what He Wei painted at the last moment, and he was startled by just one glance, He Wei painted a snake without feet!
"You... what do you think?" Fang Chi couldn't help questioning He Wei.
"The artist's snake has no feet. I wonder why Brother Fang's snake has feet. Could it be that he forgot what the artist drew?" He Wei glanced at him calmly, and put down the brush.
Fang Chi swallowed, seeing that He Wei's expression didn't change, he realized that he had committed a stubborn temper. It's impossible that he didn't know how to obey the emperor's wishes, but he just refused to obey.
Just like what was done in the imperial examination.
"You..." Fang Chi said a word, but couldn't continue.
"never mind."
He Wei saw that Fang Chi's expression was not very good, and he was a little sad, and asked, "Brother Shangguan, do you think I did something wrong?"
"No...no." He said no, but Fang Chi murmured in his heart, thinking that it's always not good to be like this.
"Brother Shangguan once said, 'It's not good for you to be your gentleman and I'll be my hypocrite', Brother Shangguan thinks I'm wrong now?" Wiped it with the towel, and said slowly.
"Uh..." Fang Chi was a little dumbfounded, since he said "very good", why would he still want to see the sleek He Wei.
He Wei has He Wei's arrogance and his own persistence, Fang Chi suddenly feels that he must respect him like this.As a friend, what he should do is not to urge him to change, but to respect him.
After figuring it out, Fang Chi felt a little sorry, and just lowered his head to apologize to him, He Wei took his sleeve, Fang Chi saw some ink stains on his sleeve, and He Wei took the handkerchief , Wiping it carefully for him.
Fang Chi was a little shy, feeling like a child being taken care of by an adult, he tilted his head and said, "I can't wipe it clean, go back and wash it."
"En." He Wei said softly, and slowly withdrew his hand.
Not long after the scroll was handed in, Emperor Guangda spoke from the jade chair: "My dear friends, let's take a look at what the snake painted by the painter looks like."
The painting of the golden snake was carried out, of course it was not enough, and everyone whispered to each other, saying it was a pity.
They all drew feet.
The emperor laughed loudly: "dragons and snakes are of the same species, so it is hard to tell them apart. It is inevitable that everyone thinks of snakes as dragons. I don't blame you, but it is not good to 'add a snake to a snake'. Now I will talk about who drew the right picture. .”
He paused and said: "I believe that these people are all people who can discern the details. I hope they can understand the situation and become loyal ministers who share the state affairs for me by my side and dare to speak out..."
Among them is He Wei.
He Wei frowned, as if he didn't expect the emperor to praise these people.
Fang Chi whispered in his ear: "Of course the emperor used this to test the attitudes of the two groups of people, and he didn't mean to treat you indifferently. After all, people who can only speak pleasant words are easy to become treacherous."
"Yeah." He Wei nodded.
Fang Chi secretly scolded Emperor Guang for being a ruthless character. After the dragon banquet, Shangguan Yi became an important member of the household department, but He Wei only made a small review in Dali Temple. It was clear at a glance who he was close to. It is said to let them be aware of the details and dare to advise, but in fact they still feel that they are not pleasing.
Although He Wei later became a high-ranking official, in Fang Chi's view, he still inevitably took a long detour because of the things here.
After the extravagance was over, for Fang Chi, the Dragon Banquet finally reached its climax.
The emperor ordered the maids to sing and dance. The scene was beautiful and it was the most pleasing scene in the dragon banquet. Afterwards, the emperor asked everyone to write a poem on the theme of the dance.
Speaking of dance, it is natural to talk about women. The focus of this poem is to describe the beauty of women's appearance when they dance.
Everyone started to write poems with heart.
Fang Chi had already made up his mind that he wanted to use this poem to become a blockbuster, to express his love for Shao Yin'er, and to attract the emperor's attention.
He had already begged the system to write this poem for him, after all, he was not a genius.He disassembled the three characters of Shao Yin'er into "Zhaoyang Cao Yin'er", and used the five characters as the beginning of the poem, and wrote a Tibetan acrostic poem. This poem is a collection of various high-tech systems and a large amount of data What was written later was brilliant and sincere, and Fang Chi didn't get much out of it after reading it, but the system guaranteed that it would be respected by these ancients.
So Fang Chi recited the poem with peace of mind, and everyone was dumbfounded after listening to it.
Fang Chi knew that few people noticed the hidden head when reading it, but more people noticed it when writing it down, so these people probably simply thought that the poem was well done. The Emperor's reaction when he heard this poem was like Fang Chi It was the same as when he was impressed by Tang poetry for the first time in the Chinese class. His expression was deep and sighing, and he said: "Shangguan Jinshi is really a talented person. I have nothing to do when I have nothing to do. I also like to read some poems. There are many magical strokes in them." , It is admirable, the poem of Shangguan Jinshi is worthy of the predecessors, and even has the style of Wei and Jin, it is really good, what do you love?"
The emperor threw the topic to the ministers, and the civil servants agreed one after another. All the ministers whispered to each other, and all of them agreed.
Fang Chi had the illusion that the great poet Li Bai read a poem to Tang Xuanzong just now.
He said to the system: "You are still very powerful. Although I am very confused, it is not bad to be able to pretend like this."
There was another person on the field who, like Fang Chi, was not very good at understanding the artistic conception of poetry. This was Cheng Yu. The two "illiterate" looked at each other, as if they had found a comrade-in-arms, and their eyes collided with enthusiastic sparks.
He Wei's eyes dimmed, he touched Fang Chi's hand, and asked, "Brother Shangguan, you...are you writing an acrostic poem?"
Fang Chi thought that He Wei might be the first one to wake up. After He Wei, the emperor also reacted immediately. His eyes were fixed on Fang Chi, and he was even a little angry. He was just praising Fang Chi's poetic talent. When he realized that he hadn't consciously praised Fang Chi's poem expressing his love for Shao Nu in public, his expression suddenly became ugly.
Seeing that the time had come, Fang Chi didn't have time to reply to He Wei, and wanted to pass the emperor's test first.
He stood up from the table, came out, knelt on the ground and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, the grass people dare not deceive the king. What the grass people say is the truth. There are singing and dancing beauties on the court, but in the eyes of the grass people, the singing and dancing beauties It’s just clouds and mist that cover their eyes, but the grass people look at the flowers through the fog, and the famous flowers behind the fog are what the grass people care about.”
After Fang Chi finished speaking, almost everyone on the field came to their senses, "The famous flower behind the fog"?After reading the poem secretly, and picking out the five words "Zhaoyangcao Yin'er" from the beginning of the eight sentences, everyone suddenly realized, and looked at Shao Yin'er one after another.
Cheng Yu was very confused when he saw that everyone was looking at him, but he was not a fool. Although he didn't understand the poem, he understood Fang Chi's words and knew that Fang Chi was proposing marriage at this time. He silently lowered his head and pinched He pinched his arm to make his expression less rigid, and put his head down to make a shy look.
Everyone was in an uproar, and seeing the appearance of the prime minister's daughter, it didn't seem that she had no intention of being the champion.
Prime Minister Shao stood up suddenly, stepped out and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this matter is a matter between the two families. I really don't know how to praise you for disturbing Your Majesty. Please calm down, Your Majesty, and let this matter go like this."
"In the past?" After hearing Fang Chi's remarks of "seeing flowers in the fog", Emperor Guang found it interesting, and suppressed his anger. Tell me, what do you think of this kid?"
Prime Minister Shao didn't know that the emperor was happy and angry, so he didn't dare to speak nonsense. He was sweating profusely when he heard the emperor asked him to answer. He glanced at Fang Chi and said, "I think this son is too reckless, but he still has poetic talent."
After listening to the prime minister's words, Emperor Guang put a face on his face and was silent for a moment. When everyone was confused about his emotions, he suddenly laughed loudly and said, "I think he has something interesting!"
Fang Chi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words. He knew that since the emperor had read his poems in public and praised him, he could not regret it. If Fang Chi were punished instead, it would be tantamount to a slap in the face. The emperor tended to help him along the way. very good.
"Shangguan Jinshi, I allow you to call yourself a 'subject', not to mention grassroots, just tell me, you asked me to marry the daughter of the prime minister at the Dragon Banquet, I have never seen such a bold person, if I get angry , do you regret it or not?"
Fang Chi said: "I regret it, but I don't regret it either."
"Oh?" Emperor Guangda's eyes lit up, and he said, "Why do you regret it, and why don't you regret it?"
"As the prime minister said, I regret my recklessness, and even more regret that I offended Tian Yan, but I don't regret it. I love Shao Nu. The world can learn from this situation! However, although the world learns from it, the emperor doesn't learn from it. Isn't it a pity? I have the courage to speak out, and I beg Your Majesty to fulfill it."
"It's a pity that the world can learn from it, but the emperor doesn't learn from it, wouldn't it be a pity"!" Emperor Guang raised his head and laughed, clapped his hands, turned his head to look at the prime minister, and said: "Prime Minister, although I have learned from you, it is also true if you don’t learn from it." What a pity, what do you think?"
Seeing that the emperor wanted him to agree, the prime minister was very surprised and looked up at the emperor.
The emperor looked unpredictable and said: "The prime minister can speak bluntly."
Prime Minister Shao hesitated for a moment: "...Your Majesty has learned, how dare I not learn from you, His Majesty is in charge of everything."
"Alright, number one scholar, since ancient times the number one scholar has been a son-in-law. You are worthy of her status as the prime minister's daughter. I have issued an order recently. You can wait at home." The emperor stepped down from the jade chair, came to Fang Chi's side, and said to Fang Chi he said.
Seeing that the emperor compared the princess with his own daughter, the prime minister took Cheng Yu to salute the emperor and said: "How dare a little girl stand shoulder to shoulder with the princess, I am afraid of my humble position."
"My lord... thank the emperor for his kindness, my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Fang Chi knelt down and said loudly.
"Hahaha..." Emperor Guang laughed and helped Fang Chi up, and said, "Okay! I have never seen such a bold person like you, but it is interesting, it is interesting!"
Lifting Fangchi up, the emperor walked back to the jade chair and said, "The Dragon Banquet has come to a successful conclusion today. The Xinke Jinshi Shangguan Qingshu is the leader. I should share my worries, assist the state affairs, and take care of myself."
After speaking, the eunuch helped him onto the jade chariot, and led all the civil and military officials to leave Luye Lake.
After the emperor left for a long time, the crowd in Luye Lake still did not disperse.
All the students stayed to watch Fang Chi, even those who were hostile to him before had to be convinced with capital letters.
Is there anyone like him?Not to mention the marriage given by the emperor at the Chenglong Banquet, the one he married was the prime minister's daughter-in-law, and the emperor even said that "Shangguan Qingshu is the leader", which shows that this guy will have a smooth career in the future.
The prime minister's son-in-law who rides the dragon quickly, and the emperor's blue eyes, plus a delicate beauty... Even, even the title of romantic talent is his. Is there anyone more successful than him in this world?
Envious and jealous, everyone surrounded him, hugged him, and scrambled to ask him how he was feeling at the moment.
Fang Chi didn't show much excitement, the task was finally completed, hoo...it's like a person who stayed up all night working on the front line finally finished his last homework, feeling, probably...a feeling of relief and relief.
Fang Chi said polite words, pushed away the crowd, and wanted to go back to his seat to look for He Wei, but He Wei was no longer in his seat, Fang Chi was a little confused, left?
Leave without waiting for him?This, this, this...
Fang Chi knew that he was very popular, and asking to marry the prime minister's daughter at the Chenglong Banquet was something that ordinary people would not dare to think about, but he didn't think it would shock the idiot to this extent.
Just like what the emperor said, since ancient times, the number one scholar has been married to a princess, and if the princess can marry, why can't the prime minister's daughter marry?
Why is He Wei so angry that he walked away without even giving him a chance to explain?
Seeing the empty table case, Fang Chi felt empty in his heart, he hurried home, will He Weiren be at home?He needs to explain it to him.
Many official and business families and even princes and nobles want to build a house or a courtyard on this geomantic land. The Yubei Bridge was originally a place where the rent in Kyoto was low and students from poor families could study. Now it has become the capital city. A place where the prices are extremely high.
Why?Why do you say this is a treasure land of geomantic omen?
Because a cold house next to Yubei Bridge gave birth to two Ding Jias in this year's imperial examination!There are only three members of Dingjia, yet two of them came from here!This is really a miracle in the world!
There are rumors that although it is not known to the public, Wenqu Xingjun descended to earth many years ago and blessed the area around Yubei Bridge. This is the reason why both Ding Jia came from Yubei Bridge. All the people in Beijing frantically want to buy a house in Yubei Bridge.
Fang Chi didn't care about the changes in the outside world, but the changes in the outside world did affect him. Since he won the first prize, people have come to visit him in an endless stream. It was not easy to find such a remote place, but now He and He Wei's residence seems to be known to everyone.
Regarding this, Fang Chi felt... bothered?No, he would not refuse anything that could expand his influence. When he saw someone even came to talk about a matchmaker, he thought to himself why it wasn't someone from the prime minister's mansion?Of course, this is just a daydream, and the prime minister's family still needs a lot of effort on his part.
It is He Wei who is really troubled.The idiot is not good at speech, and it is difficult to get along with strangers. Now the house is so crowded that he can't even put his feet down from time to time. He has been expressionless for many days. This is the performance of his patience.
Fang Chi saw it, and was annoyed by socializing all day long, so he suggested, "Should we move?"
Anyway, he has already achieved success and fame, so it is better to spend the remaining money all at once, anyway, there will be more days to make money in the future, Fang Chi thought to himself.
"Move to a better place, with a few rooms, away from the busy city, but with smooth roads, what do you think?"
He Wei seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and nodded.
After the move, there were a lot fewer annoying guys, and their old house was sold at a high price in no time. After hearing the news, He Wei was a little depressed.
Fang Chi laughed at him for nostalgia.
Immediately after the completion of the moving matters, the day of the Dragon Banquet arrived.
The emperor sent someone to lead a tall horse to welcome the champion, the second place, and Tanhua from their own house to Luye Lake. On the road they passed, the people crowded shoulder to shoulder and blocked the road—in order to see the demeanor of the emperor's disciples.
This year's Ding Jia is also strange, the champion is a young man who has just reached the weak crown, Tanhua is a young man who is slightly longer than the champion, and the second place between the two is the youngest, only one year behind the weak crown.
The three of them stood at the top of the scholars at their best age, and they must be high-spirited. Sitting on a big white horse, with hairpins on their heads and jade on their waists, their looks are gorgeous and beautiful. At a glance, both men and women would lose their minds For a moment, I was obsessed with their demeanor.
In the middle of the parade, some people threw flowers from the tall buildings, and the girls who secretly agreed with each other even threw the purses they made overnight on the young people, and the scene was out of control for a while.
The team moved slowly on the street, and finally, the three of them arrived at Luye Lake under the escort of the commander of the capital, and a feast was about to begin.
All civil and military officials, some valuable relatives, and more than [-] Jinshi this year have all been present. After the No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua were in place, the emperor's jade chariot arrived late, and Emperor Guangda took his place.
Fang Chi has been waiting for this day for a long time, he won the marriage with Shao Yin'er, he can only succeed, not fail.
At the banquet, the emperor sat on the highest jade chair, and the others sat on the left and right sides. It was a bit like the Juyi Hall in Water Margin. People with higher status sat closer to the emperor, but it was different from the Juyi Hall. Yes, everyone is not sitting on chairs, but on mats, with a big table with tea and wine in front of them.
The previous dragon banquets were not simple banquets, they were not for eating, but for being judged by the emperor again.
The emperor will ask you a lot of questions, ask you to write a poem, or ask you to comment on the paintings made by the painters in the palace. These questions are not easy to answer. In the past, some people fell down at the dragon banquet, and then spent their whole life floating in the officialdom Shen Chen failed to climb to the position of senior official in the end.
Shangguan Yi's experience in Chenglong Banquet can be said to be in line with the old saying - "A hero is saddened by a beautiful woman". When he first saw Shao Yin'er, he lost his mind and paid attention to her every move. He behaved in vain at the Chenglong Banquet However, on the contrary, Zhou Heng tried his best to please the emperor, and completely overwhelmed Shangguan Yi in terms of momentum.
Fang Chi secretly laughed at Shangguan Yi's stupidity, if he had met Shao Yin'er earlier, wouldn't this Dragon Riding Banquet be just the right time to finalize their marriage?There is no need to wait until the future to use the achievements in the officialdom to conquer the prime minister's heart little by little.
Fang Chi raised his head and took a look at Zhou Heng in the distance. This person is his competitor, so let's see who the title of "Best in the Field" belongs to today.
Zhou Heng claimed to be one of the four great talents in the capital, and Qiu Weizhen was called a brother. He seemed to notice Fang Chi's gaze, and he also glanced at him, and smiled provocatively, and the two knew each other.
After the banquet started, Fang Chi looked for Cheng Yu's seat. Because Luye Lake was held for Xinke Scholars, they were specially allowed to sit under the emperor's seat. There was a case for each two people. In the frontmost position, Fang Chi took a look. Looking around, Cheng Yu was in the third position on the left, next to Mrs. Shao.
When he saw Fang Chi, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and felt relieved, but he gave him a threatening look in his eyes again, as if to say: If you dare to make me wait, you will feel better.
Fang Chi felt that he had lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few months. It seemed that the days of being raised as a lady were absolutely uncomfortable.
The two of them just had normal eye contact, which was not the case in the eyes of others. Gradually, some people noticed that Fang Chi was interested in the prime minister's daughter. He must not be able to act, so it's better for him to unilaterally "love at first sight", which is more convincing, so what's wrong with looking at him often?
While listening to the emperor's words, Fang Chi glanced at Cheng Yu again. He was dressed in white, sullen and self-admired, and looked very noble. Fang Chi couldn't help but want to laugh. Are you following this style?Even the emperor couldn't help but teased in the words - "Xianshu from the prime minister's family and Biyu from the imperial historian's family are also present. In order to win an inch of love, you might as well show off your talents."
Cheng Yu's expression was terrible when he heard the emperor's words. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Fang Chi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Fang Chi was suppressing a smile, He Wei touched his hand and asked, "How are you going to prepare today?"
What are the preparations, Fang Chi glanced at him, and He Wei said, "There is still trouble?" Fang Chi spread his hands, thinking, if he wants to become a blockbuster, he must do what they can't do, this is nothing but trouble.
He was afraid that it would be troublesome to explain, and others would find out that they were talking in private, so he dipped his hand in the tea and carefully wrote the word "Zhou" on the case.
He told He Wei that Zhou Heng still wanted to compete with him, and he had to accompany him. He Wei understood, sighed, and said nothing more.
Fang Chi thought to himself, doesn't He Wei want to show off at the Chenglong Banquet, and asked softly, "What about you? How are you going?"
He Wei was silent at first, and then said: "Talking about flowers is enough."
Fang Chi knew that He Wei was going to hide his strength and bide his time, but the emperor's question is not that you can not answer it if you don't want to, so he bumped He Wei's arm and said, "We still have to be prepared."
Fang Chi has done his homework, and he knows what the emperor's problems were when he made things difficult for others at the Dragon Banquet, and one of them... is really hard to describe.
The thing is very interesting, the emperor has the "elegant interest" to play tricks on others, Fang Chi didn't dare to disturb his elegant interest, so he had to cooperate with him, pretending he didn't notice anything.
Not long after the banquet, Emperor Guang set a trap. He showed a painting to the people present.
The waiter carried out the scroll, and Emperor Guangda said: "I belong to the snake. I dreamed of a snake two days ago. I told the fortune teller that it was an auspicious omen. "Your Majesty is a snake. Snakes belong to dragons. Dream at night." A snake is a sign of a flying dragon in the sky', so I asked the artist to draw a picture to commemorate this event, everyone, come and see this picture, how is the painting?"
I saw a well-colored golden snake on the screen. The scales of the snake were lifelike, and the head was slightly modified. It lost the viciousness of the snake and became more powerful and friendly.
Everyone said "a good painting is a good painting", Emperor Guang laughed and ordered people to collect the painting, and then suggested: "Everyone, let me go for a walk by the lake."
Everyone hurriedly got up and accompanied the emperor to swim in the lake.
Fang Chi squinted his eyes. Most people don't know that they have fallen into a trap, right?The good show is behind.
Fang Chi's face was still calm, and he followed the emperor around the lake, and then the emperor called for a cruise ship, saying that he wanted to go to the center of the lake to enjoy the moon, and everyone had to accompany him.
When they got to the middle of the lake, the emperor ordered everyone to compose a poem with the title "Moon in the Water". The flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water are all vague scenes, but the emperor called them poems. With everyone's skills, many people thought hard about what kind of poems are good. Of course, Fang Chi couldn't compose poems, so he finally brought out Shangguan Yi's poems and passed the assessment.
Zhou Heng's poems were better than Shangguan Yi's, so the emperor praised Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng was complacent.
After visiting the lake, everyone went to see the birds around Luye Lake. In the green woods, there were many birdcages, and many birds were kept in cages. They were obviously raised by humans, but they were made to look like they had been released into nature. This is an exaggerated thing that only the royal family can do.
Fang Chi felt bored in his heart, but he still composed poems according to the emperor's order, and he still used Shangguan Yi's poems.
After coming out of the bird forest, the banquet entered the second half. The emperor asked everyone to sit down and eat. After everyone was full, the emperor brought out a painting and asked everyone to write a poem. Everyone wrote the poem on the white paper first. The emperor picked out the best writer, and asked him to inscribe the poem on the original painting.
Shangguanyi's calligraphy was not as good as Zhou Heng's, but his poems were better than his. In the end, the emperor asked Zhou Heng to inscribe Shangguanyi's poems. He seemed to see the secret rivalry between the two, and wanted to remind them to live in harmony.
But this is no different from pouring sparks on dry wood. Fang Chi didn't see Zhou Heng's intention to give in at all. His fighting spirit was even higher, and he wanted to defeat Fang Chi in the next competition.
The brilliance of the two was too bright. Compared with them, He Wei was completely unknown, but Fang Chi felt that this was where He Wei was so powerful. It was rare for a person of his level to be able to be uncompetitive.
After inscribing the poem, the emperor sent people to take out dozens of scrolls and distributed them to the ministers and Jinshi, and said to them: "My dear friends, do you still remember the painting I ordered the painter to draw? Now please take the scrolls in the painting. The snake reappeared, this is the title I set for you."
Fang Chi thought to himself, are you coming?After going through a series of activities such as swimming in the lake, composing poems, watching birds, composing poems, appreciating paintings, and composing poems, many people have very little impression of the first painting. They only vaguely remember that it was a golden snake. I don't remember how my body is bent, whether my head is square or flat.
When they were racking their brains to recall the appearance of the snake, the eunuch beside the emperor suddenly said: "This snake was drawn by the painter according to the image of 'flying dragon in the sky'. Clouds and mist are sprayed between the sky and the earth, and the style is extraordinary, and I hope you don't make mistakes in drawing it."
Sweat dripped from the foreheads of ministers and Jinshi, Long?The one on the painting is obviously a snake, so what do you mean by drawing it according to the appearance of a flying dragon in the sky?Dragons have feet, snakes have no feet, the difference between the two is huge.
Fang Chi didn't hesitate at all, and Shua Shua drew a snake with feet on the scroll. This is like the old saying "pointing at a deer as a horse". Although it is clearly wrong, when the authority tells you to do this, you have to Follow his meaning.
Those who forgot to paint the details tended to draw snakes with feet, after hints from eunuchs.However, among the civil and military officials, there are probably more human beings, and there are definitely not a few people who remember that the painter's snake is not enough. They are hesitant...whether this foot should be added or not.If not, what would the emperor think?The emperor specifically asked the eunuchs to say that to them, did he hope that they would paint the snake with feet and make it more like a dragon?
Half an hour later, the emperor ordered people to put away everyone's paintings. Fang Chi was not very good at drawing. Draw well.
Therefore, he only had time to take a look at what He Wei painted at the last moment, and he was startled by just one glance, He Wei painted a snake without feet!
"You... what do you think?" Fang Chi couldn't help questioning He Wei.
"The artist's snake has no feet. I wonder why Brother Fang's snake has feet. Could it be that he forgot what the artist drew?" He Wei glanced at him calmly, and put down the brush.
Fang Chi swallowed, seeing that He Wei's expression didn't change, he realized that he had committed a stubborn temper. It's impossible that he didn't know how to obey the emperor's wishes, but he just refused to obey.
Just like what was done in the imperial examination.
"You..." Fang Chi said a word, but couldn't continue.
"never mind."
He Wei saw that Fang Chi's expression was not very good, and he was a little sad, and asked, "Brother Shangguan, do you think I did something wrong?"
"No...no." He said no, but Fang Chi murmured in his heart, thinking that it's always not good to be like this.
"Brother Shangguan once said, 'It's not good for you to be your gentleman and I'll be my hypocrite', Brother Shangguan thinks I'm wrong now?" Wiped it with the towel, and said slowly.
"Uh..." Fang Chi was a little dumbfounded, since he said "very good", why would he still want to see the sleek He Wei.
He Wei has He Wei's arrogance and his own persistence, Fang Chi suddenly feels that he must respect him like this.As a friend, what he should do is not to urge him to change, but to respect him.
After figuring it out, Fang Chi felt a little sorry, and just lowered his head to apologize to him, He Wei took his sleeve, Fang Chi saw some ink stains on his sleeve, and He Wei took the handkerchief , Wiping it carefully for him.
Fang Chi was a little shy, feeling like a child being taken care of by an adult, he tilted his head and said, "I can't wipe it clean, go back and wash it."
"En." He Wei said softly, and slowly withdrew his hand.
Not long after the scroll was handed in, Emperor Guangda spoke from the jade chair: "My dear friends, let's take a look at what the snake painted by the painter looks like."
The painting of the golden snake was carried out, of course it was not enough, and everyone whispered to each other, saying it was a pity.
They all drew feet.
The emperor laughed loudly: "dragons and snakes are of the same species, so it is hard to tell them apart. It is inevitable that everyone thinks of snakes as dragons. I don't blame you, but it is not good to 'add a snake to a snake'. Now I will talk about who drew the right picture. .”
He paused and said: "I believe that these people are all people who can discern the details. I hope they can understand the situation and become loyal ministers who share the state affairs for me by my side and dare to speak out..."
Among them is He Wei.
He Wei frowned, as if he didn't expect the emperor to praise these people.
Fang Chi whispered in his ear: "Of course the emperor used this to test the attitudes of the two groups of people, and he didn't mean to treat you indifferently. After all, people who can only speak pleasant words are easy to become treacherous."
"Yeah." He Wei nodded.
Fang Chi secretly scolded Emperor Guang for being a ruthless character. After the dragon banquet, Shangguan Yi became an important member of the household department, but He Wei only made a small review in Dali Temple. It was clear at a glance who he was close to. It is said to let them be aware of the details and dare to advise, but in fact they still feel that they are not pleasing.
Although He Wei later became a high-ranking official, in Fang Chi's view, he still inevitably took a long detour because of the things here.
After the extravagance was over, for Fang Chi, the Dragon Banquet finally reached its climax.
The emperor ordered the maids to sing and dance. The scene was beautiful and it was the most pleasing scene in the dragon banquet. Afterwards, the emperor asked everyone to write a poem on the theme of the dance.
Speaking of dance, it is natural to talk about women. The focus of this poem is to describe the beauty of women's appearance when they dance.
Everyone started to write poems with heart.
Fang Chi had already made up his mind that he wanted to use this poem to become a blockbuster, to express his love for Shao Yin'er, and to attract the emperor's attention.
He had already begged the system to write this poem for him, after all, he was not a genius.He disassembled the three characters of Shao Yin'er into "Zhaoyang Cao Yin'er", and used the five characters as the beginning of the poem, and wrote a Tibetan acrostic poem. This poem is a collection of various high-tech systems and a large amount of data What was written later was brilliant and sincere, and Fang Chi didn't get much out of it after reading it, but the system guaranteed that it would be respected by these ancients.
So Fang Chi recited the poem with peace of mind, and everyone was dumbfounded after listening to it.
Fang Chi knew that few people noticed the hidden head when reading it, but more people noticed it when writing it down, so these people probably simply thought that the poem was well done. The Emperor's reaction when he heard this poem was like Fang Chi It was the same as when he was impressed by Tang poetry for the first time in the Chinese class. His expression was deep and sighing, and he said: "Shangguan Jinshi is really a talented person. I have nothing to do when I have nothing to do. I also like to read some poems. There are many magical strokes in them." , It is admirable, the poem of Shangguan Jinshi is worthy of the predecessors, and even has the style of Wei and Jin, it is really good, what do you love?"
The emperor threw the topic to the ministers, and the civil servants agreed one after another. All the ministers whispered to each other, and all of them agreed.
Fang Chi had the illusion that the great poet Li Bai read a poem to Tang Xuanzong just now.
He said to the system: "You are still very powerful. Although I am very confused, it is not bad to be able to pretend like this."
There was another person on the field who, like Fang Chi, was not very good at understanding the artistic conception of poetry. This was Cheng Yu. The two "illiterate" looked at each other, as if they had found a comrade-in-arms, and their eyes collided with enthusiastic sparks.
He Wei's eyes dimmed, he touched Fang Chi's hand, and asked, "Brother Shangguan, you...are you writing an acrostic poem?"
Fang Chi thought that He Wei might be the first one to wake up. After He Wei, the emperor also reacted immediately. His eyes were fixed on Fang Chi, and he was even a little angry. He was just praising Fang Chi's poetic talent. When he realized that he hadn't consciously praised Fang Chi's poem expressing his love for Shao Nu in public, his expression suddenly became ugly.
Seeing that the time had come, Fang Chi didn't have time to reply to He Wei, and wanted to pass the emperor's test first.
He stood up from the table, came out, knelt on the ground and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, the grass people dare not deceive the king. What the grass people say is the truth. There are singing and dancing beauties on the court, but in the eyes of the grass people, the singing and dancing beauties It’s just clouds and mist that cover their eyes, but the grass people look at the flowers through the fog, and the famous flowers behind the fog are what the grass people care about.”
After Fang Chi finished speaking, almost everyone on the field came to their senses, "The famous flower behind the fog"?After reading the poem secretly, and picking out the five words "Zhaoyangcao Yin'er" from the beginning of the eight sentences, everyone suddenly realized, and looked at Shao Yin'er one after another.
Cheng Yu was very confused when he saw that everyone was looking at him, but he was not a fool. Although he didn't understand the poem, he understood Fang Chi's words and knew that Fang Chi was proposing marriage at this time. He silently lowered his head and pinched He pinched his arm to make his expression less rigid, and put his head down to make a shy look.
Everyone was in an uproar, and seeing the appearance of the prime minister's daughter, it didn't seem that she had no intention of being the champion.
Prime Minister Shao stood up suddenly, stepped out and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this matter is a matter between the two families. I really don't know how to praise you for disturbing Your Majesty. Please calm down, Your Majesty, and let this matter go like this."
"In the past?" After hearing Fang Chi's remarks of "seeing flowers in the fog", Emperor Guang found it interesting, and suppressed his anger. Tell me, what do you think of this kid?"
Prime Minister Shao didn't know that the emperor was happy and angry, so he didn't dare to speak nonsense. He was sweating profusely when he heard the emperor asked him to answer. He glanced at Fang Chi and said, "I think this son is too reckless, but he still has poetic talent."
After listening to the prime minister's words, Emperor Guang put a face on his face and was silent for a moment. When everyone was confused about his emotions, he suddenly laughed loudly and said, "I think he has something interesting!"
Fang Chi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words. He knew that since the emperor had read his poems in public and praised him, he could not regret it. If Fang Chi were punished instead, it would be tantamount to a slap in the face. The emperor tended to help him along the way. very good.
"Shangguan Jinshi, I allow you to call yourself a 'subject', not to mention grassroots, just tell me, you asked me to marry the daughter of the prime minister at the Dragon Banquet, I have never seen such a bold person, if I get angry , do you regret it or not?"
Fang Chi said: "I regret it, but I don't regret it either."
"Oh?" Emperor Guangda's eyes lit up, and he said, "Why do you regret it, and why don't you regret it?"
"As the prime minister said, I regret my recklessness, and even more regret that I offended Tian Yan, but I don't regret it. I love Shao Nu. The world can learn from this situation! However, although the world learns from it, the emperor doesn't learn from it. Isn't it a pity? I have the courage to speak out, and I beg Your Majesty to fulfill it."
"It's a pity that the world can learn from it, but the emperor doesn't learn from it, wouldn't it be a pity"!" Emperor Guang raised his head and laughed, clapped his hands, turned his head to look at the prime minister, and said: "Prime Minister, although I have learned from you, it is also true if you don’t learn from it." What a pity, what do you think?"
Seeing that the emperor wanted him to agree, the prime minister was very surprised and looked up at the emperor.
The emperor looked unpredictable and said: "The prime minister can speak bluntly."
Prime Minister Shao hesitated for a moment: "...Your Majesty has learned, how dare I not learn from you, His Majesty is in charge of everything."
"Alright, number one scholar, since ancient times the number one scholar has been a son-in-law. You are worthy of her status as the prime minister's daughter. I have issued an order recently. You can wait at home." The emperor stepped down from the jade chair, came to Fang Chi's side, and said to Fang Chi he said.
Seeing that the emperor compared the princess with his own daughter, the prime minister took Cheng Yu to salute the emperor and said: "How dare a little girl stand shoulder to shoulder with the princess, I am afraid of my humble position."
"My lord... thank the emperor for his kindness, my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Fang Chi knelt down and said loudly.
"Hahaha..." Emperor Guang laughed and helped Fang Chi up, and said, "Okay! I have never seen such a bold person like you, but it is interesting, it is interesting!"
Lifting Fangchi up, the emperor walked back to the jade chair and said, "The Dragon Banquet has come to a successful conclusion today. The Xinke Jinshi Shangguan Qingshu is the leader. I should share my worries, assist the state affairs, and take care of myself."
After speaking, the eunuch helped him onto the jade chariot, and led all the civil and military officials to leave Luye Lake.
After the emperor left for a long time, the crowd in Luye Lake still did not disperse.
All the students stayed to watch Fang Chi, even those who were hostile to him before had to be convinced with capital letters.
Is there anyone like him?Not to mention the marriage given by the emperor at the Chenglong Banquet, the one he married was the prime minister's daughter-in-law, and the emperor even said that "Shangguan Qingshu is the leader", which shows that this guy will have a smooth career in the future.
The prime minister's son-in-law who rides the dragon quickly, and the emperor's blue eyes, plus a delicate beauty... Even, even the title of romantic talent is his. Is there anyone more successful than him in this world?
Envious and jealous, everyone surrounded him, hugged him, and scrambled to ask him how he was feeling at the moment.
Fang Chi didn't show much excitement, the task was finally completed, hoo...it's like a person who stayed up all night working on the front line finally finished his last homework, feeling, probably...a feeling of relief and relief.
Fang Chi said polite words, pushed away the crowd, and wanted to go back to his seat to look for He Wei, but He Wei was no longer in his seat, Fang Chi was a little confused, left?
Leave without waiting for him?This, this, this...
Fang Chi knew that he was very popular, and asking to marry the prime minister's daughter at the Chenglong Banquet was something that ordinary people would not dare to think about, but he didn't think it would shock the idiot to this extent.
Just like what the emperor said, since ancient times, the number one scholar has been married to a princess, and if the princess can marry, why can't the prime minister's daughter marry?
Why is He Wei so angry that he walked away without even giving him a chance to explain?
Seeing the empty table case, Fang Chi felt empty in his heart, he hurried home, will He Weiren be at home?He needs to explain it to him.
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