As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Qi Wanrong curled her lips: "Cut, wouldn't it be over if you said that earlier? As if someone cared about your poetry meeting!"

Gu Xinghuai gritted his teeth secretly: I don't care why you came here?Damn stuff!

He took a deep breath, and when he was about to apologize with a smile, he suddenly heard someone behind him say: "Qi Wanrong, you are making trouble again... two brothers, and brother Zhang? Are you here too?"

Huamanlou also ran downstairs after hearing the commotion outside.

Seeing him, Qi Wanrong waved and smiled and said, "I thought you were at the house, so I wasted no time."

At the same time, Zhang Jiahao smiled and cupped his hands at Huamanlou: "Brother Hua, are you here all right?"

Hua Manlou returned the gift in a daze, but he was a little confused: This master seems to have been less polite to him before, right?

To be honest, Zhang Jiahao didn't pay much attention to Huamanlou in the past, but it's not what it used to be. Isn't his grandfather Ning Guogong the one who benefited the most from the Purdue matter?So Duke Ningguo's family accepted Huamanlou's love. After hearing what happened today, why didn't the Zhang family come to have a look and support Huamanlou?

After Zhang Jiahao finished greeting, the two members of the Qi family handed over their hands at the same time, Qi Pengfei still cheerfully rushed to Huamanlou and said, "Your brother came early? Which leading girl are you in a hurry to see?"

Hua Manlou was even more confused: This guy didn't have much friendship with him before, right?How come it seems that the relationship is so good as soon as you open your mouth?

As everyone knows, when Hua Manlou said "wife and brother", the two members of the Qi family immediately smiled—even though they knew that Hua Manlou didn't mean that, didn't it sound pleasant?

After Hua Manlou returned the gift, he said, "Brother Qi was joking. It's not easy to talk outside, how about you go in and talk? Oh, Brother Gu, there are rules here, right? How about I answer the questions for you brothers first?"

Huamanlou actually wanted to let these noble sons and nephews enter the door first, so as not to block the road-the time was almost up, and some officials, eunuchs, nephews and the top names of the brothel had arrived one after another, but the people brought by these four people The streets are tightly blocked, and if this continues, I am afraid that the poetry meeting will not be able to be held.

Gu Xinghuai, who was wiping off his sweat at the side, couldn't help but want to spit on Hua Manlou when he heard this: I just wanted to confuse the matter, but you just mentioned who you are giving eye drops to?

Jia Yixiu hurriedly interjected: "President Hua Qian was joking, this couplet is just a joke... er, it's just for fun, it doesn't matter if it's right or not, couplets are small ways, just play for fun, don't treat it as real..."

His performance and Mu Wenbin's aggression before formed a world-famous painting, and when he was talking, Gu Xinghuai on the side had already tore down the pile of couplets, and by the way, he gave the person who came up with the idea a hard look. Scholar: Just this shit, Hua Manlou didn't stop him from talking, but he was turned against the general, and it was these living fathers who finally stopped him. What kind of bad idea is that?

The performance of these two people made a group of onlookers feel even more humiliated-the game was broken, a general was squeezed out, and in the end they had to swallow what they said, and they still had to spend a lot of money in front of people. The surface of the building is swallowed, it's just...

This is completely shameless!

Huamanlou has no grudges about this. After all, the few people in front of me are typical privileged classes, and they are all outside the law of the Great Zhao. You still want them to follow your rules?

He even chimed in: "That's right, everyone is not here today to match up. Two relatives, Brother Zhang, let's go in and talk?"

(Open more, but today may be slower~)

115. Basil is not perfect

After Hua ManLou brought a few nobles upstairs, the order outside the Yu Zhu Xuan was gradually restored. The literati, refined scholars and court ladies also entered the venue one after another, and the atmosphere became lively again.

Before the poetry meeting started, some people gathered together in twos and threes to gossip or flatter each other. My brothers and sisters shouted happily, and a sour smell suddenly emerged spontaneously.

Sitting in the Accord, Hua Manlou really wanted to go out and say hello to these talents, after all, they were all from their own family, and they all played in the same circle, didn't they?However, Qi Pengfei and Qi Pengwu were very enthusiastic today for some reason, and together with Zhang Jiahao, they blocked him in the private room for a big chat: "My dear brother, I heard from my little sister that your firecracker has been improved again?"

Hua Manlou: "Uh... this..."

Qi Pengwu patted Hua Manlou's back vigorously, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, you can talk to my little sister, but not us?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly and said: "There's nothing wrong with that, if the three of you want to see the firecracker, you can come to Xishan another day..."

"Then it's settled!" Zhang Jiahao didn't wait for Hua Manlou to finish speaking, and directly brought the topic over: "My grandfather wrote a letter a few days ago saying that if Brother Hua has been tinkering with other firearms recently, then it doesn't matter. He has to send someone to take a look at everything, and I happen to be very interested in it, if Brother Hua doesn't mind, then I'm going to bother him."

Qi Pengfei said with a smile: "Grandfather used to be dismissive of firearms, what's the matter, now he has tasted the sweetness and changed his mind?"

"The great victory of beheading tens of thousands was caused by firearms. If you were you, would you turn a blind eye? My grandfather is definitely not a stubborn person..."

Today is obviously a poetry meeting, but the three of them insisted on chatting about the military affairs. Zhang Jiahao took out a topographic map of Datong and restored the entire battle of Datong, and bragged that if he fought this battle What will happen, Qi Pengfei and the two of them can't help arguing with him, and even Qi Wanrong participates in it from time to time, which makes Hua Manlou feel very fucked.

Poetry Club, do you want to spoil the scenery like this?Even though they were very satisfied with Huamanlou's firearms and had the intention of being close to each other in their words, Huamanlou felt more and more that this was purely a trick of fate—if it wasn't for a series of accidents, how could he To tinker with firearms?Isn't copying poems and pretending to be cultural people popular?

Just when Hua Manlou was feeling very bored, a half-word suddenly came from the outside: "Are the eyes of a fish a pearl? The basil is not a tree. Today's poetry meeting, but there are some people with mere eyes..."

The sarcasm couldn't be stopped even through the door of the private room, and he scolded all five people in the room with one sentence, and Qi Pengfei, who was arguing with Zhang Jiahao, suddenly dropped his face: "Which sour guy is talking nonsense again? "

Zhang Jiahao was also a little upset, but he had a better temper, and said: "Since you know he is sour, why should you bother with him?"

Qi Pengfei nodded and said nothing more.

But Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows, and secretly thanked this 'sour ding': the topic of military affairs can finally come to an end here!

Qi Wanrong wrinkled her nose, and suddenly looked at Hua Manlou: "Hey, can you compose poetry?"

Before Huamanlou could answer, Qi Pengfei said, "Would it be a problem if you write poems? Don't you always look down on those sour literati?"

It has to be said that the Qi family, from Ying Guogong to all the nephews, basically felt that it was too difficult for Qi Wanrong to marry, and it was easy to have a Huamanlou who had a good family background and talent and seemed to be able to get along with Qi Wanrong, I am very happy, if it is not for Uncle Huai'an's face, I am afraid that they would all want to tie Huamanlou to pay homage to Qi Wanrong...

So seeing that his younger sister seemed to be dissatisfied with Huamanlou, Qi Pengfei wanted to help Huamanlou excuse him - he knew the origin of the song "Send Father in the Mountain" earlier, so he didn't think Huamanlou could compose poems...

Qi Wanrong said angrily: "If you look down on them, you can look down on them, but you can't see their yin and yang eccentricities, so you have the guts to go out and fight one-on-one?"

Hearing this, Qi Pengfei was relieved: Is the co-authoring sister complaining for Huamanlou?

Very good, very good!

Hua Manlou was about to say a few words of comfort to prevent her from going out and beating someone, when suddenly a gong sounded from outside, and then Jia Yixiu's voice came: "Everyone, please take a seat, this winter solstice poetry meeting is about to begin!"

The structure of Yuzhuxuan is actually quite simple. It is nothing more than a hall downstairs and an accord upstairs. Standing at the door of the accord, you can see the movement downstairs.

In order to hold this poetry meeting, Yuzhuxuan dismantled the counter early, added more tables and chairs, and built a high platform under the wall near the north as a place for reciting poems. The two sets of teahouses next door were opened up to form a large passage, and several people who wrote and copied were sitting in each passage, so that they could record the masterpieces of talented scholars and pass them on to the officials and ladies waiting next door.

After the sound of the gong, the noisy voices outside fell silent, and Qin'er, who was standing at the door, opened the door so that the voice of the opening speaker could come in: "Everyone, I am the host of this year's Winter Solstice Poetry Fair, but I'm stuck with it." The light of two classmates, Jia and Gu..."

Hearing this voice, Hua Manlou couldn't help raising his eyebrows: Isn't this the voice of the Suan Ding who spoke just now?

Zhang Jiahao sneered: "The proprietor, it should be the unlucky son of Nie Shangshu from the household department, right?"

Qi Pengfei snorted: "I said who dares to fart indiscriminately. It turned out to be that bastard Nie Yuantu."

Seeing that Hua Manlou was puzzled, Qi Pengwu explained: "Nie Yuantu claims to be the number one talented scholar in the capital, a former Jinshi, and now he has a qualification in the Imperial Academy... Hmph, three Jinshi in one school, isn't it amazing?"

After all, it’s really great to have three Jinshi in one discipline, and the imperial examination is difficult...

After a simple speech, Nie Yuantu said: "Not much to say, according to the convention of the poetry meeting, let's find a famous talented person to write a song first, let's start for everyone."

There was a sudden commotion downstairs, some were recommending someone, some were laughing, and some were shouting for a certain top card to play first, and so on.

Suddenly Jia Yixiu's voice was heard shouting: "Brother Nie is the number one talented scholar in the capital, why not play a song first?"

Nie Yuantu hastily gave in: "Everyone here is talented, how dare Nie be called the number one talented person? Brother Jia praised it, praised it..."

Qi Pengfei yawned: "You're so hypocritical, can't you start quickly?"

The sound was not too loud, just enough to float downstairs, and someone in the crowd immediately laughed.

But Nie Yuantu on the stage didn't know whether he didn't hear it or pretended not to hear it. He continued: "Recently, I heard that Xuanwu Wei Xishan Qianhu Huaqian's poem is famous in the capital. "Embassy to Tartar" is a masterpiece, I don't know if Mr. Hua Qian has come here today? If Mr. Hua is here, it will be a great start for everyone."

As soon as these words came out, the whole Yuzhuxuan was silent, and everyone was stunned: Even if they want to expose the fact that Hua Manlou is pretending to be a poet, they can't be so impatient, right?

116. Nie Yuantu's Talent

Is Nie Yuantu impatient?

It could be said yes, it could be said no.

According to the hypocrisy of his speech just now, in theory he should be a little more stable, laying the groundwork for the whole building, and invisibly revealing his identity as a 'poet'.

In this way, no one will say that he is aggressive, leading a large group of people to 'encircle' the military officer Huamanlou, and at the same time only limit this incident to the scope of scholars so as not to form a grudge—— As far as scholars are concerned, everyone is just asking each other for advice, and doesn't Mr. Hua already have a well-known poem?Who ever thought that he really couldn't compose poetry?

But why did Nie Yuantu abandon the original plan and instead attack from the beginning?

There are three reasons: First, Huamanlou deciphered the couplet as soon as he made a move, which surprised Nie Yuantu, and he was a little confused about Huamanlou's details.Second, what Qi Pengfei said just now was true made Nie Yuantu a little bit embarrassed, and he urgently needed to divert everyone's attention.

Of course, the above two points can only be said to be incentives, the most important point is: he suddenly saw Miss Wen's family who called herself Ye Gucheng in the crowd.

That's right, as the son of the Minister of the Household Department, Nie Yuantu once met the eldest lady of the Wen family when he followed his father to visit Wen Ge's old mansion. Since then, he has never looked down on the woman next to him.

According to common sense, he should ask his father to go to the Wen Mansion to propose marriage, and he did so last year, but Nie Shangshu did not agree at all, because, from a political point of view, Nie Shangshu and Wen Ge belonged to the Two camps...

So Nie Yuantu had no choice but to think of other ways, and he planned to start with Wen Liang himself - these days, there are also young ladies who elope with others because of love.

The hard work paid off, he spent a lot of time sending people to inquire, and finally got an important piece of news: Miss Wen's family often disguises herself as a man, and uses the alias Ye Gucheng to carry out activities in Beijing.

After getting the news, Nie Yuantu even arranged several occasional encounters, and also had contact with Wen Liang in men's clothing, but after all, he couldn't reveal his identity, and there was a big light bulb named Wen Yuchen next to him, so Nie Yuantu's contact was only superficial. , didn’t even have time to show off his talent in front of Wen Liang—after all, Mr. Ye doesn’t like participating in poetry meetings, does he?

So after seeing Wen Liang in today's poetry meeting, Nie Yuantu almost cried with joy, thinking that today is the time for him to flex his muscles and win the favor of beauties.

That is to say, warmth and coolness are the most important thing to him now, and Huamanlou is just a by-product, so since it is by-the-loop, why not get rid of him early?

As everyone knows, as soon as his words came out, he frowned without any trace, and whispered to Wen Yuchen who was beside him: "This person looked stable before, but today he can't see it, and he is not even willing to do superficial kung fu." ?”

On the contrary, Wen Yuchen had a good sense of Nie Yuantu. Hearing this, he said, "Not necessarily? After all, Huamanlou's performance just now was unexpected, so it's good to be surprised."

While the two were whispering, there was a long laugh from the private room upstairs, and then a guy in a flying fish suit appeared in the corridor.

Before the people arrived, the voice came first, and Hua Manlou's appearance directly forced Graman, drawing everyone's attention.

"Brother Nie was joking. Hua just wrote a random poem while sending his father on a long trip. How can it be called the word 'Famous in Kyoto'?" After standing still, Hua Manlou smiled and looked at the person below. The crowd played out the scholar's set to ten percent: "Everyone here today is a talented person who is famous and popular. In front of you, Hua is just a novice. If you talk nonsense, everyone will laugh at Hua. Well, if you want to write poetry honestly, Hua is not capable enough, brother Nie should come first."

These words can be said to be very suitable for the appetite of scholars. While constantly humbled, they also raised the social status of everyone present, and instantly resolved many people's resentment towards Huamanlou.

Scholars, don't you just like to give each other a hug?Even if you clearly look down on the other party, you must be very polite - from a practical point of view, after the other party is praised to the sky by you, you are better than the other party, so where are you?

From another perspective, this matter is also true. They are both enemies, so which one can be more arrogant when defeating an iron-blooded division or defeating a mob?

But the problem is...

Hua Manlou's words were not a problem at first, but Nie Yuantu, who had been paying attention to the warmth and coolness, couldn't help but feel jealous when he saw his sweetheart nodding and smiling, so he said: "Mr. Qian is polite, since Mr. Qian is not If you are willing to show your skills first, then Nie will throw a brick to attract others and give everyone a head start."

As soon as these words came out, not only the scholars present, but even Hua Manlou were a little surprised.

From the perspective of the context, it is appropriate for Huamanlou to be polite, and this matter has always been a means for scholars to raise their self-worth, so at this time, according to the routine and logic, Nie Yuantu should follow suit no matter what, and then Huamanlou is opening her mouth.

But who would have thought that this guy would come by himself, and put Huamanlou aside in an instant, this...

In this way, Huamanlou is just embarrassing, but Nie Yuantu has completely lost his morals-you know, another characteristic of scholars is that no matter how polite and self-effacing they are, in fact, no one accepts anyone. Yes, the more talented people are, the more this is the case, so many people are dissatisfied with Nie Yuantu in an instant.

Nie Yuantu didn't even realize that under the influence of jealousy, he hurt five hundred enemies and one thousand himself. He only felt that watching the astonished Huamanlou was extremely enjoyable...

So, being in love really affects people's IQ too much.

Fortunately, Hua Manlou reacted quickly. After a moment of surprise, he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Nie, please, I'll be all ears."

Nie Yuantu smiled complacently, and said: "Today's winter solstice, Nie wrote a poem with the theme of winter, and I invite Mr. Hua Qian to appreciate it."

After a pause, he raised his voice and chanted: "Don't tell me that winter is merciless. Plum blossoms and snow are better than vernal equinox. Sunset is full of poplar flowers and snow, and Nanshan maple is better than Bailu."

"it is good!"

As soon as Nie Yuantu finished speaking, a group of scholars who came with him cheered loudly.

To be fair, this poem is really not bad: First, it is pointed out that although winter is cold, there are plums and snow to enjoy. For example, the heavy snow falls like poplar flowers at dusk, which is more shocking than autumn maple leaves.The vernal equinox in the upper que, and the white dew in the lower que, prove that the poet does not like spring and autumn, but only loves winter, and also points out the theme of "there is no way that winter is not forgiving"...

Although the others were a little slow, they also applauded Nie Yuantu's poem, and the atmosphere finally became less awkward.

Hua Manlou was also nodding and smiling. After all, he was a writer, so it would be impossible for him to compose such a poem, right?

Nie Yuantu on the stage smiled complacently, and glanced at Wen Liang in the crowd, but the next moment his face turned dark: Wen Liang was shaking his head and sighing slowly!

117. "Emotional Intelligence"

To be honest, Wen Liang shook his head not because he thought Nie Yuantu's poem was not good, but because Wen Yuchen just asked, "Little sister, can you make such a poem?"

So Wen Liang shook his head slowly, and sighed: "Poetry is what you are born with, and it is useless to force it."

While speaking, Wen Liang turned his attention to Huamanlou upstairs: "Compared to a strong army, a strong country, and economic prosperity, what kind of great talent is poetry and entertainment?"

Wen Yuchen knew that his little sister had always been full of stomachs to govern the country, so he didn't ask any more questions, but Nie Yuantu's mentality collapsed on the stage: Does this mean that I am not as good as Huamanlou?

Huamanlou upstairs had no idea that she was cheated by a girl she didn't know, and what was even worse was that a voice came from the Accord after everyone quieted down: "It's just like that. Are you interested?"

Huamanlou immediately had a black line: Qi Wanrong, Qi Wanrong, what the hell did I owe you in my previous life?The co-author is with you. The quality of a poem depends on whether it is fun or not. Is it interesting?

In front of Hua Manlou and Nie Yuantu, the talented scholars downstairs still had some scruples and demeanor. Although they didn't laugh heartily, they all lowered their heads or pinched their thighs or covered their mouths to cover up their gaffes. Nie Yuantu's face has turned black...

Seeing that Talent Nie was about to erupt, Jia Yixiu quickly stepped onto the stage and interrupted, "Brother Nie is worthy of my demeanor as a genius. That Gao Xian should do another song?"

When he was talking, under the cover of his sleeves, he pulled Lanie Yuandu to imply him to calm down. After all, it was so hard to hold a poetry meeting today. Well, Jia Tuhao still wanted to take advantage of today's poetry meeting to hook up with some young ladies from official families, so he didn't want to ruin the situation.

Unexpectedly, Nie Yuantu is already furious at this time, how can there be any IQ after jealousy and resentment occupy the high ground?He looked at Huamanlou upstairs with a sneer and said, "Ms. Nie has already played a song, so it's Mr. Qian's turn, right?"

Such an aggressive tone made Hua Manlou frown, but he had no objection to Nie Yuantu, instead he secretly scolded Qi Wanrong in his heart: pig teammate!I sharpen my head and want to get into the circle of scholars, but you are good, knowing that military officers are not welcome, you still want to hate me!