The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 41

In the afternoon, the spring is bright and beautiful, the grass grows and the warblers fly to the sky in February, everything recovers and strives to open up. Under the scorching peach blossoms, many "talkers" start arguing with each other, competing with each other.

Xie Yi and Yan Zhongzheng are on top of them. Xie Yi is the reviewer, who first submits a "topic", and many "talkers" below use their own knowledge to develop their own narratives around this "topic". , so as to stand out and gain attention.

Looking at the gathering of talented people from the north, Xie Yi felt that he had gathered together with Zhi Daolin, Xu Xun, Xie An and other celebrities at Wang Meng's house, and used "Zhuangzi-Yufu" as the title "Words" .At that time, Lin Xiantong of Zhidao wrote seven hundred words, narrated exquisitely, had extraordinary talents, and was praised by everyone as good.At the end of each of the four lectures, Xie An made a speech, recorded its essence, narrated his thoughts, and made more than ten thousand words.

The scenes of the past seem to be right in front of our eyes, but today, Wang Meng and Xu Xun have gone west, Zhi Daolin is getting old, even Xie Yi himself feels that he is not as good as before, so he goes back to the old things , with "Zhuangzi-Yufu" as the title "Yan Huai".

Chen Tanzhi broke his halberd in the morning, feeling depressed in his heart, and was about to fight again in the afternoon when he changed sides with Xiao Qinzhi, but when he looked at the scene, only Xiao Qinzhi was missing. The feeling of being in the water.

Therefore, Chen Tanzhi vented his anger on a group of innocent talents. Unexpectedly, he ran into Xu Zao, who had "both skills in Confucianism and Xuan". Attracted people praise.

Coincidentally, everyone regretted the absence of Xiao Qinzhi, always lacking a trace of charm, Xie Yi asked: "Yuqing, why didn't Qinzhi come?"

As soon as Xiao Qinzhi's butt poked out, the patriarch knew what he was farting, he must be sleeping, and said with a smile: "I'm telling the prefect, Qin Zhi usually only does two things, one is reading, and the other is sleeping."

Yan Zhongzheng said: "Since he didn't show up, he must be sleeping, haha"

The head of the patriarch explained for Xiao Qinzhi, and said modestly: "Qinzhi is the first time to travel far away, and he has been running around for several days, maybe he is not used to it. Besides, Qinzhi entered school late, and his 'Talking Xuan' is very advanced. Be a guest." As soon as Xiao Qinzhi entered the Diao family, he became famous with a poem "Bei Ya Ji Inscription", and later he played chess against Chen Erlang in Taohualin, saying that Xiao Qinzhi was not good at "talking about mystery", No one would believe you, only the patriarch's humble words.

"Haha." Xie Yi stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "If that's the case, let him sleep. In the evening, I'll take a test myself."

Chen Tanzhi secretly said: "You can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever. Let's wait until night."

What the patriarch said was right, at this moment Xiao Qinzhi was sleeping soundly, very uncomfortable, but Lin Xia was not interested in "Talking about Xuan".

Xiao Qinzhi has only memorized several classics such as "Laozi" and "Zhuangzi", as well as a few extracurricular tutoring books such as "Zheng Xuan's Notes" and "Wang Bi's Notes". It is different from "self-destructive future".

Better to sleep!

It's just, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop." Not surprisingly, Xiao Qinzhi was about to be woken up again. The person who came was still the fat old man, his fat face turned purple due to the rapid running, Before people arrive, the sound arrives first.

"Fourth brother! Fourth brother—there is a big problem!"

The fat old man knew from Yang Zijing that Xiao Qin was sleeping, shouted at the top of his voice, and rushed into the room, scared Xiao Qinzhi jumped up, his sleepiness disappeared instantly, and panicked:
"What happened?"

"Second brother was stopped." The fat old eight was out of breath and stammered.

"Calm down first, the sky won't fall, speak slowly, what's wrong with the second brother?" Xiao Qinzhi got out of the bed while dressing and binding his hair.

The fat old eight drank the tea, took a few breaths, and then finished speaking: "It turned out that sister Shu called the second brother and Yang Shangbao to the middle courtyard after dinner, saying that they had something important to ask. I didn't know until we got there." It is to meet Yang Yu face to face."

"Wait." Xiao Qinzhi stretched out his hand to interrupt, and said in doubt: "The middle courtyard is the place for women's families in the back house, how can men go in, is it possible that Sister Shu is confused?"

The fat old man shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, and continued, "We'll meet each other as soon as we meet, so what's the trouble to pass three tests."

Xiao Qinzhi frowned and asked, "Which three levels are they?"

The fat old man complained: "Second brother didn't even pass the first level of throwing pots. How can I know what the last two levels are?"

Throwing pots is an entertainment activity, that is, throwing arrows into piercing pots from a certain distance. I used to play it every day at home. Xiao Shu is a good player in pitching pots, and most of them can win.

Xiao Qinzhi was even more puzzled, and wondered: "Touhu, didn't we use to play every day before, so what's the difficulty?"

Fat old Ba said, "It's not the piercing ear pot, it's changed to a gooseneck pot, and the distance has also become farther, not three steps, but ten steps. Eight out of six, it counts. Every time you throw an arrow, you have to drink." One bottle."

Xiao Qinzhi said again: "Isn't Yang Shangbao at the side, let him help."

"As I said, you must have Xiao's children to help, and help from other surnames doesn't count."

"Let's go, let's go and have a look first." Xiao Qinzhi had a feeling in the dark that he seemed to be targeting himself. What happened to Xiao Shu, Sister Shu knew everything about it, where did he come from?
But I can't control that much anymore, opening roads when encountering mountains, and building bridges when encountering waters, Xiao Qinzhi followed Fat Lao Ba to the place where the incident happened, first to have a look and then to talk.

There is a small and exquisite garden in the middle courtyard. There is a two-story wooden building on the north side. The wooden building is full of people, and you can have a panoramic view of the garden. The other three sides of the garden are surrounded by three-person-wide carved beam corridors.

Before Xiao Qinzhi stepped into the middle courtyard, he heard the cheers of the female relatives: "Drink! Drink!" Perhaps Xiao Shu hadn't entered yet, so he had to drink, and the female relatives, who were not too serious to watch the excitement, were booing.

When Xiao Qinzhi, led by the servant guarding the entrance of the middle courtyard, entered the corridor running from east to west, he was suddenly stared at by a burst of stares, feeling as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Among the female relatives on the second-floor wooden building, there was a burst of eagerness, and handkerchiefs of various fragrances were thrown at Xiao Qinzhi one after another. It is better to meet each other than to be famous. Before, on the third floor of the Spring Garden, you could only see the outline from a distance. But this time I saw it clearly.

"Look, he is Xiao Qinzhi."

"Jiangzuo Weijie, that's really the case."

"He looks really good-looking, and his talent is even more outstanding."

The towel floated down from the sky, swirled and fell slowly, and landed on the running water, green bamboo, eaves and hearts, flying around.

It was the first time for Xiao Qinzhi to encounter such a situation, he was a little at a loss, so he made up his mind, and across the green bamboo and flowing water, he bowed to the small building on the second floor, which caused another burst of laughter.

After the salute, Xiao Qinzhi looked forward and saw Xiao Shu, Yang Shangbao, and Yang Zijing being stopped in the middle of the corridor. The faces of the three were a little red, which was obviously caused by drinking.

Eight arrows were paired with eight jars of wine. The three of them had already drank three jars of wine, and there were still five jars of wine left. Although the alcohol was low in strength and could be drunk as a daily drink, it could not stand the change from quantity to quality.

Seeing Xiao Qinzhi approaching, the three of them looked forward to a savior, Xiao Shu's face was flushed, his mouth was full of alcohol, and he cupped his hands and said, "Fourth brother, please."

it is more than words.

At the corner of the corridor not far away, there was a curtain, which just blocked the view. The wind blew the curtain slightly, and a few delicate female figures could be vaguely seen, and Yang Yu was among them.

The curtain didn't move, but there was a soft voice, like an orchid in an empty valley, and a bird chirping softly: "Who is coming? Why are you here?"

Xiao Qinzhi replied respectfully: "Xiao Qinzhi from the Xiao family of Lanling, you are here for my second elder brother." Then he said seriously: "May I ask where my second sister Shu is?"

Behind the curtain, the orchid voice from Kong Gu reappeared: "Sister Shu must avoid suspicion today, and I will replace you."

Xiao Qinzhi pursed his lips and smiled, and asked again: "May I ask what the name of the young lady is?"

"Hey—how can someone ask someone's name?"

The curtain didn't move and there was no sound. Instead, the women on the second floor, who were watching the bustle, booed, and a voice teased:
"Young Lord Qin, why don't you lift the curtain so that you can see clearly."

"Your elder sister Xiao Shu can't help you two brothers today, you have to use your ability to break through."

"Although you can't go to Taoyuan, there is no shortage of people under the forest. Don't be careless, the young man of Qin."

There was a slight shake behind the curtain, and a thin shadow stood up and saluted through the curtain, Xiao Qin's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a corner of Tsing Yi, and it disappeared in a flash, like blue silk jade.

The woman in Tsing Yi said softly, "I really want to know?"

Xiao Qinzhi was disconcerted, he knew that he was impolite, he shouldn't ask someone's name, he quickly lowered his head, and replied: "Then should I know?"

The woman in Tsing Yi puffed up her mouth, bent her willow-leaf eyebrows, raised her eyebrows lightly, but said with a light smile: "After passing three passes, you should know it, and vice versa."

Xiao Qinzhi simply said: "Okay."

The first hurdle before him was to block Xiao Shu's throwing pot, ten steps away, but seeing that the mouth of the goose-neck pot was only the size of a five baht coin, and a round of eight arrows had to hit six, it was extremely difficult unusual.

It is said that it is throwing the pot, which is clearly making things difficult, but in fact it is just a penalty of drinking. How can people throw it in?
There were still five jars of unsealed wine on the ground, Xiao Qinzhi calculated it, and the two Yang brothers happened to be five people, so he suddenly had an idea, since he couldn't get in, he couldn't get in, so he had to force his way in.

Xiao Qinzhi greeted several people and formed a circle, whispering and discussing.

Yang Yu, who was behind the curtain, couldn't bear curiosity, and asked in a low voice, "Ruoyu, what do you think he will do?"

Yan Ruoyu lifted her Tsing Yi, leaned forward, stared at Yang Yu with frowning eyes, and made fun of Yang Yu, who made a clumsy quarrel, with a dark face and a little blush, and said angrily: "Well, you Yan Ruoyu, you are really bad. See through."

Yan Ruoyu covered her mouth and smiled lightly, then looked at Xiao Shu where the old god was present, blinked her eyes, and said softly: "Sister Shu, you don't blame me for making things difficult for your younger brother, do you?"

Xiao Shu imitated Yan Ruoyu and said, "Where is it your fault?"

"Hmph—" Yan Ruoyu squinted her eyes and snorted coquettishly, "Sister Shu is playing tricks on me again, don't blame me for being your little lord."

Xiao Shu boasted: "My fourth uncle is a soldier who charged into the battle. He once led the army to kill the Hu army and returned. My fourth aunt is the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family. You know my eldest sister Xiao Yunzhi. Brother, he is not like an ordinary person, if you can make it difficult for him, I will be convinced."

Even though Xiao Shu said so firmly, she was actually sweating for Xiao Qinzhi, thinking: "Sister, I can only help so far, the victory or defeat depends on one action, and the rest is up to you."

Yan Ruoyu is a proud and talented woman, in her eyes, those talented people under the peach forest are just reckless people, year after year, she is not even interested in taking a look.

Thinking of Xiao Shu's words in her heart, Yan Ruoyu couldn't help raising her fighting spirit, and her thoughts flew outside the curtain, thinking: "Let's try the truth and see how he passes the test?"

And the group of female relatives on the wooden building also cast curious eyes one after another, wanting to see how Xiao Qinzhi passed the test, isn't this much more interesting than just watching the peach forest from a distance?
After the discussions were over, Xiao Qinzhi said to the curtain:

"This little lady, why don't you discuss it, rather than not throwing it into the pot and wasting time, why don't you find another way to replace it?"

Yan Ruoyu of the curtain made things difficult on purpose: "Since that's the case, let's drink the rest of the wine. You are only allowed to drink it alone. If others drink it, it doesn't count."

However, Xiao Qinzhi's actions surprised everyone, he leaned on the carved mahogany pillar, lifted a jar of wine, removed the mud seal, poured it down without saying a word.

The green wine soaked the face, along the edges of the lips, slowly dripped down to the neck, clothes, toes, and flowed into the fish pond along the wooden pillars.

For a jar of wine, Xiao Qinzhi drank half of it, and the fish in the pond drank half, and the bottom was reached in a blink of an eye.

The alcohol content is similar to that of Rui Ao, not intoxicating, but his stomach is really bloated, but for Xiao Shu, Xiao Qinzhi really fought hard, gritted his teeth, and shouted:

"Eighth brother, open the altar."

One altar, two altars, three altars, under the carved mahogany pillars, a trickle of wine fell into the pool, attracting a group of fish, competing to drink, the female relatives on the second floor laughed and said:

"Xiao Lang drank drunk pond fish."

Xiao Qinzhi immediately replied: "I'm drunk, let's go and keep half of it. He came to congratulate me, and I came to congratulate. Congratulations! Congratulations!"

The female relatives on the second floor jokingly said, "He's the one who can talk."

Behind the curtain Yang Yu begged in a low voice: "Ruoyu, forget it, don't drink."

"Huh!" Yan Ruoyu pouted her red lips, and spat, "Didn't you hear that, he lied to me that I couldn't see him through the curtain, and he was stealing alcohol."

Yang Yu asked in confusion, "Huh?"

Yan Ruoyu said: "The fish in the pond will be drunk, and the next test will not spare him."

Xiao Shu covered her mouth and snickered in silence.

(End of this chapter)