Half fairy

Chapter 257

The venue of the literary conference is not far from Biqiao, and there are already crowds of people outside the venue.

There were not many people who could squeeze into the venue, most of them came because of the excitement, vendors from all walks of life outside the venue also took the opportunity to gather all kinds of hawkers, and there were many scholars, so many women who wanted to hide their shame were attracted .

The four sides of the venue lack one side, like a barrel, with three floors on both sides and the bottom. In fact, it is the entrance of a square, and the venue is large enough.

A platform was set up in the open space inside, and the upper floors around the platform are terraces, all of which are equipped with seats, which are the seats of the participating families.

A background wall was also made on the table, and many wooden signs were hung on the wall, all of which were the names of the children of various families who participated in the literary meeting.

In front of the background wall, there is also a row of seats, which are for famous people in Ningzhou's literary world, and they are also the examiners of the literary competition.

There were people standing in front of the stage all the way to the exit outside the square, and there was a buzz of discussion. People kept pointing to the name on the sign on the background wall and talking, and the name "Yin Jizhen" was constantly mentioned.

At the scene, the government also sent a lot of people to maintain order.

dong dong dong dong...

The drummer in the corner of the stage suddenly beat the drums in a hurry.

The main personnel of each family appeared one after another on the balconies upstairs on both sides.

On the best viewing terrace in the center on the left, Wen Mao, the patriarch of the Wen clan, appeared, together with several elders of the Wen clan branch, and the steward Wen Kui guided them to their seats.

Directly opposite, on the best viewing terrace in the center on the right, an old man with gray beard and beard, wearing a robe with black background and gold painting, appeared a little menacing. .

As soon as he was seated, he stared at Wen Miao opposite him and let out a cold snort, his disdain and dissatisfaction were obvious.

The clansmen who followed him also took seats around him one after another.

On both sides of the stage below, five famous Ningzhou literary celebrities appeared on the stage amidst the reverence and greetings, and after taking the stage, they sat in the examination seats one after another.

Someone inserted a stick of incense into the incense burner in the center of the stage, and then shouted to the people on the left and right balconies: "It's time for a stick of incense, please each family finally determine the contestants!" Looking back, he pointed to the sign hanging on the background wall .

Wen Mao glanced at the names of the five children of the Wen family, and then at the name "Yin Jizhen" that the Wan family really put up. Without the certainty of winning, they can only hope that the children in the clan can perform exceptionally.

There was no joy on the faces of the other clan elders, they all knew that the Wen family had no hope of winning this time, and they were purely here as a foil.

Basically, no one from each family said anything, and the names on the wall had already been confirmed by members of each family.

Everyone should drink tea, drink tea, wait for everything to start.

The twittering and chattering in the audience is still there.

When one third of the incense in the incense burner was burned, Wen Xin and his party finally arrived.

The carriage stopped for a while on the side of the road outside the venue. After a few people got off the bus, the Wen family who had been waiting here brought them into a shop on the side, walked directly from the house to the stage of the venue, and came out from the side .

Wen's family, who had already occupied a seat in the audience, gave up their seat to them, and the one who made the seat quickly withdrew.

Yu Qing, who was hiding behind Wen Xin and the others, looked around the scene from time to time, already thinking about how to get out, after all, Wen Xin's guards couldn't follow here.

But he could feel that Song Pingping was always staring at him vaguely, or guarding him, standing between him and Wen Xin all the time.

"There are so many families participating, let's guess which one will win this year and become the chief priest of the grand ceremony."

"Brother, did you come back with your head?"

"Exactly, uh, how do you know?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of "hehe" snickering.

Someone whispered: "Do you still need to guess? Either Wen's or Wan's."

"With so many families participating, why are you so sure it's the two of them?"

"The reason is simple. Except for those two families, the other families are all pretending foils. Many families rely on those two families to survive."

"Damn, even if there are outstanding children in the family who are able to overwhelm the Wen family and the Wan family, they don't dare, just play with them."

"What is the officiant? It represents the status, the status of the leaders in the various chambers of commerce in Ningzhou. The Wen family and the Wan family ran to be the officiant, and let the patriarchs of the two families stand by as a foil. Someone has to dare, unless you don’t want to hang out in Ningzhou in the future?”

"In that case, what's the point of having this essay meeting?"

"Of course it's interesting. It can calm things down. In the early years, neither of the two big families would obey the other. It was done with real swords and guns. Even the power of the practice world was used. I don't know how many people died, and even affected the entire Ningzhou. The normal business contacts in Ningzhou made people in Ningzhou panic. Later, the Mu family came forward to suppress it forcefully, mediate in the middle, and changed the fighting into a literary fight."

"It's actually quite interesting. After all, they are all outstanding literary talents of each family. Poetry and Fu are not useless. It's okay to watch and learn a little bit. You see, even Yin Jizhen, who was the second place in the new ranking last year, came to participate, which is really true. A talented man of real material, if he can watch a thing or two, he will be able to be taught."

"Hey, I heard that Yu Wenyuan, Wen's future son-in-law, is also coming to participate. I watched for a long time, why is there no name on this wall?"

"Are you kidding? It's an unfair competition. What kind of person is Mr. Yuwen? How could he let his grandson interfere?"

A group of people behind were chattering in low voices, Yu Qing looked back from time to time, and most of the time he pricked up his ears to listen.

Wen Xin also heard it, secretly bit her lips and kept silent, feeling ashamed, and didn't know how Ah Qing would feel when she heard it.

On the balcony on the right, Wan Qingtao, the patriarch of the Wan clan, was chatting with the people on the left and right. Behind him, his grandson Wan Shengqun suddenly walked out, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Grandpa, please move over here."

Wan Qingtao turned back and said: "Let's put aside the unimportant things first, and deal with this literary meeting first. Today, I just want to see how embarrassing old man Wen is."

Wan Shengqun was helpless, and said in a low voice: "There have been some changes in Yin Jizhen's side. He wants to withdraw from this competition. No matter how I persuade him, it will be useless. If Grandpa steps forward, maybe it can be saved."

The muscles on Wan Qingtao's face twitched, and he quickly got up and left.

The members of the Wan Clan on the left and right looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all heard something, but they didn't expect such an accident to happen when it was about to happen.

On the Wen's Terrace opposite them, Wen Miao seemed to have noticed something, and turned around and said, "The people on Wan Laoer's side seem to be a little abnormal."

"Okay." Wen Kui left knowingly, walked into the room behind him, called people over, and arranged for people to go to Wan's to inquire.

Boom!
A door was kicked open by Wan Qingtao.

Yin Ji, who was looking at the street scene from the window, was really startled. When he turned around, he saw Wan Qingtao approaching angrily, and immediately saluted, "Grandpa."

Wan Qingtao raised his hand to stop, with a loud voice, "Don't! You are the second place in the gold list. You are my uncle, and I can't afford your big gift. Tell me, I heard that you suddenly don't want to participate in the literary conference. What do you mean? ?”

Yin Jizhen was speechless, and then said helplessly: "Grandpa, after thinking about it, my current status is really not suitable to participate in this kind of literary meeting, and I really can't participate."

Wan Qingtao's bearded face turned violently, "What's your identity? You're just a seventh-rank sesame official, you kind of thing, whoever I can grab out of Ningzhou city is not better than you? Shaking your hands, casually The ones that fall out are also of the fifth and sixth grades. I offer you, respect you, give you face, and make you lose your temper, right?"

Yin Ji really couldn't laugh or cry, he knew this guy's temper.

Wan Shengqun on the side sweated a little, and hurried forward to persuade him, "Grandpa, let's talk about something."

Wan Qingtao stared wide-eyed, "Speak well? Didn't I tell him well? How did I beg him before? I begged him for a long time before he agreed, and now he's back on his word. What do you mean? Is it okay to read Wan's jokes intentionally? It's really not possible, don't agree at the beginning, and if you promise, you must do it, this is also the principle of Wan's conduct, just four words - keep your word!"

Turning back and glaring at Yin Jizhen, "You're leaving me alone now, where can I find compensation for a while? What is inappropriate? Your little feelings are nothing! Let me tell you, I don't accept your reason. Grandson, old man This person is very talkative, he has always been a reasonable person, and he never pushes others against him. As long as you can show a reason to convince me, you will quit. If you can’t say a reason, it’s useless for you to say that you’re going to quit, and you’ll bet on the stage when the time is up. Go, let's lose face together! Otherwise..."

He suddenly raised his foot and pulled out a dagger from his boot, du!It was inserted directly on the table next to it, "Unless you insert me, step on my dead body and leave!"

"..."

Yin Jizhen stared dumbfounded at the gleaming dagger on the table. Although he knew that Mr. Wan was a tiger, today he really saw what it means to have a dagger hidden in the shoe barrel at such an advanced age.
Seeing that the other party was staring at him, he lost his temper. After hesitating again and again, he finally smiled bitterly: "Grandpa, let me tell the truth, it's not that I don't want to help Wan Shi, but that I really can't help this time, so I'll just play It's also self-inflicted humiliation, Wen's side invited experts to come."

Wan Qingtao raised his eyebrows: "What master, did he grow wings or claws?"

Yin Jizhen said clearly word by word: "A Shiheng!"

Up to now, he has no choice but to shake Yu Qing out to deal with it, otherwise there is no way to end it.

"What the hell, shit, what kind of rotten person came out, you...huh? Ashheng..." The irritable Wan Qingtao suddenly choked up and was speechless for a while, and then carefully asked: "Who? The one ranked behind you Tanhualang?"

Yin Jizhen sighed, "That's right, it's him."

Wan Shengqun on the side was quite surprised, "You mean, it's the number one in the world who can get perfect scores in four subjects, which is rare in a century, and who can make the world flock to him with just three words in restaurant questions, and win the capital's crown?" The talented Ashheng?"

Yin Jizhen nodded, "That's him."

　Thank you "Siyan" big red flower for joining us!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)