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Chapter 138

Chapter 138. Senior Citizens Association

As soon as Tu Wenxiao finished speaking, he obviously suspected that there was an inner ghost among the people on his side.

All the scholars also felt very suspicious, and couldn't help but look at each other, but it may not be easy to find out the inner ghost at this time.

Jiang Rui at the other end also took advantage of the situation to make trouble:

"Teacher Tu is too worried. All the teachers are upright people. How could they be bribed by me? What happened today is just a coincidence."

"really?"

"Naturally, my ninety-five court was better prepared, so what if I happened to take advantage of the competition? Could this be considered cheating?"

Tu Wenxiao glanced at him, doubtful in his heart.

But even so, the scholars were already very dissatisfied that the competition had been turned into a mess.

"Mr. Ren, what do you think?"

"I agree with Mr. Jiang's words. Just based on what happened just now, it can't be said that there is a suspicion of cheating. Besides, isn't the competition not over yet?"

All the scholars looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that Ren Ping was magnanimous for a while, and feeling a little ashamed for a while.

From the perspective of both parties, it is a pity that Ren Ping should have won the first round just now, but lost due to the omissions in the rules they formulated.

"That's it, that's it. The first level is the Nine-Five Palace Victory."

After a while, Tu Wenxiao finally announced the result. Although he was unhappy, there was nothing he could do.

Jiang's father and son looked at each other with a smile, a look of pride in the success of the scheme, and at the end they did not forget to taunt:
"How much is the value of the items chosen by both parties? Why doesn't Teacher Tu talk about it?"

Tu Wenxiao glared at the two of them:
"A chopstick vase, a slag bucket, and a chopstick picked by Mr. Jiang, the total market price is around 80, which is not very precious, not to mention that Mr. Jiang doesn't know him well."

"So what if we don't know each other? We won after all, but what about the other side?"

"Mr. Ren picked four pairs of chopsticks. Although he didn't look at them carefully, they cost around [-] to [-] at best."

"Hahahaha! Ten thousand to twenty thousand, the difference in value is dozens of times, just like this, dare to boast that we are better than us in the culture of the Song Dynasty? My ninety-five court will reward you with more than this amount!"

Jiang Jinwen laughed triumphantly when he heard this.

Ren Ping just smiled and didn't speak.

"Grandpa, I don't understand. Even if they had made arrangements in advance and couldn't pick out what we wanted, with Ren Ping's eyesight, it wouldn't be difficult to pick out a few other valuable things, right?"

"Theoretically yes."

"Then why did he choose four pairs of chopsticks?"

"I guess it's related to the last two rounds. Don't forget, this competition is two out of three rounds. As you said, Ren Ping can indeed pick a few precious things to win, but what about the last two rounds?"

"That's better than losing a game. Could it be that he can beat others by picking those few pairs of chopsticks?"

Su Rui frowned, expressing his incomprehension.

In fact, Su Minghan didn't understand what Ren Ping was thinking, but the more he was like this, the less anxious he became, especially when he thought of the various rumors about Ren Ping before:
"Don't worry, this kid is not easy to get along with, he knows it well."

In the first stage, the Ninth Five-Year Palace took advantage of everything. It not only ruined Ren Ping's main dish, but also completely disrupted his arrangement, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Soon, Tu Wenxiao got up and announced the rules of the second session:
"This round is called Mirror Flower, Water Moon, and we chose the name at will. In fact, it is very simple, that is, both sides use their own prepared utensils to restore the banquet scene in the Song Dynasty,"

"This is also the most important part of this competition. It is required that the restoration scene be as detailed and realistic as possible. As for the judging of the outcome, the nine teachers who participated in the review will vote with a show of hands. The one with the most will win."

"So there is no clear standard? It all depends on the subjective judgment of the teachers?"

"good."

"Then it seems a bit unfair. What if some teachers are biased?"

Jiang Jinwen asked immediately.

Tu Wenxiao sneered, thinking that you bribed the inner ghost first, and now you start to suspect that others are unfair?Really guilty of being a thief, he said lightly at the moment:

"Although there are no clear criteria for judging, the teachers are already familiar with many details of the banquet in the Song Dynasty. No one can fool anyone. If Mr. Jiang can't believe it, why invite us to judge it that day?"

"Enough, Jinwen, we naturally trust the teachers."

Jiang Jinwen wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Jiang Rui. Thinking about it, he had to rely on these old guys to do the evaluation and publicity, but he couldn't offend them.

Stop talking nonsense now, call a few waiters to come in, add a few new tables, plus the ones from your own side before, a total of [-] tables, all of which are antique furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties with lacquered colors, arranged on three sides for the host and the guest.

Afterwards, he ordered people to place the full utensils on the three tables and send them to the thirteen tables respectively.

After the previous session, Tu Wenxiao and others originally looked down upon the Jiang family and his son, thinking that they had a false reputation.

But looking at it now, the layout of the banquet is quite particular, and the use of utensils is considered decent. Even if an inner ghost revealed the content of the competition in advance, it is not uncommon to be able to do this.

More importantly, judging from the layout in front of me, there are not too many and no too many tables for the guest of honor, exactly thirteen. Could it be...

"Luoyang Senior Citizens Association?"

Ren Ping on the side blurted out.

The scholars nodded slightly upon hearing the words, which obviously confirmed their inner thoughts.

The Luoyang Senior Citizens' Meeting is a very famous banquet in Chinese history, and it happened to be during the Northern Song Dynasty.

All the famous ministers and ministers who participated in the banquet were 13 people in total, the most famous of which was Sima Guang. He also specially wrote a preface for this, which is called "Luoyang Senior Yinghui Preface".

This banquet had a profound influence on Chinese history, and later literati followed suit. The historical evaluation is similar to the Lanting Gathering held by Wang Xizhi and others in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which can be seen in general.

Today's competition was originally about the banquet culture of the Song Dynasty, and the Chiang father and son used the Senior Citizens' Association as a template to reproduce it, which can be said to be ingenious and full of ancient flavors.

No wonder even Ren Ping was a little surprised.

"Gentlemen, it is the famous Luoyang Senior Citizens' Association in the Northern Song Dynasty that I restored in the Ninth Five-Year Palace today!"

As everyone expected, after the utensils were arranged, Jiang Jinwen quickly told the origin of the banquet, with a proud look on his face:
"About this banquet, I think all the teachers are very familiar with it. It was a feast as famous as the Eastern Jin Dynasty Lanting Gathering, and its specifications were extremely high,"

"In order to reproduce the original scene in the Ninth Five-Year Palace, in addition to the previous collection of Ming and Qing furniture, I specially found a few similar table cases, and made up the number of thirteen,"

"All kinds of furnishings on the table, bowls, plates, etc., have also been restored as much as possible. They are all very precious things,"

"It's not that I boasted about Haikou. I searched all over the Nanling. Except for my Ninth Five-Year Palace, no one can reproduce this Luoyang Senior Citizens' Association in its original form, including those so-called big auction houses for fame!"

These words are so rampant, and it is clear that they are slapping Han Haixing in the face.

But at this moment, there was no trace of anger on Su Minghan's face, but his brows were tightly frowned, and despair and sadness gradually appeared in his eyes.

Yes, if he still had hope for Ren Ping just now, now, as soon as the meeting of senior elites in the Ninth Five-Year Palace came out, all hopes were instantly shattered.

All the passionate and persistent desires for revenge have become ridiculous.

Su Rui on the side didn't know what to say. In fact, Ren Ping has been inattentive these past few days, and the things he picked have passed the eyes of their grandfather and grandson, but they can overwhelm the imposing manner of Jiang's father and son. Will the majestic senior citizens meet?

No way, barring a miracle.

When I think of the deep hatred that my grandfather has been thinking about for nearly 20 years, I will not be able to repay it when I grow old, but will suffer another humiliation from the other party, and it feels like a needle in my heart.

"Luoyang Senior Elite Association, I didn't expect that the Ninth Five-Year Court would have such a trick to suppress the bottom of the box. Not to mention other things, there was no banquet that could overwhelm the limelight two Songs ago."

"Yeah, I thought that the Jiangs and his sons were just superficial, but now it seems that we have despised them. No matter from the historical background, cultural background, or the display of utensils, this banquet is considered decent at present. "

"It's no wonder they didn't prepare the main dishes before, and even dropped the other party's. It turns out that there are [-] table cases, and each person has a set of dishes. It is exquisite and elegant. This is now called the meal sharing system. In fact, it has already existed in the Northern Song Dynasty. , which is quite eye-catching.”

"Well, although the preparation is so thorough, the suspicion of cheating in advance is even greater, but it is really not easy to prepare so well within three days."

All the scholars who were quite critical of Jiang and his son just now are all amazed at this moment.

They are all academics who have studied ancient culture all their lives. Although they are extremely shameless about some conspiracy methods, the banquet in front of them is not fake, and the background hidden in it is always not fake.

In this second stage, Jiang and his son have achieved the ultimate, and they have a [-]% chance of winning.

And in this way, there is no need to compare the third level.

With a long sigh, everyone looked at Ren Ping on the other side and felt a little pity. This person's vision and knowledge were obviously very high, but in the end he still lost on his basic knowledge.

After that, they all looked at Tu Wenxiao again, asking him for an idea.

Seeing the regretful expressions on everyone's faces, Tu Wenxiao raised his brows lightly:

"What? You all thought the outcome was already decided?"

"Is not it?"

"of course."

Tu Wenxiao blurted out. As soon as he finished speaking, he found someone answering in unison with him. It turned out to be He Suyuan beside him who had never spoken.

The eyesight of the two is among the best among the scholars, and they both smiled and said nothing at this time, looking at Ren Ping, and vaguely looking at the wooden shelf in front of him, which took up half of the table and seemed a little abrupt at first glance.

"Teacher Tu, haven't you announced the results of the competition yet?"

At this time, the Jiang family and his son, who thought they had a chance to win, looked complacent.

Seeing that Tu Wenxiao shook his head without answering, Jiang Jinwen snorted and turned to Ren Ping:

"For the second level, which banquet does Mr. Ren want to restore?"

"banquet?"

Ren Ping was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that there was no rule before that the celebrity banquet must be restored, right?"

Jiang Jinwen was also stunned after hearing this:
"It's not a banquet. Could it be that what you restored was the earthen stove on the earthen kang of ordinary people's homes?"

Talking and laughing.

Ren Ping is not angry either:

"It's not necessarily an earthen kang and an earthen stove, but unlike Mr. Jiang, the banquet I hold is not a celebrity event as a gimmick."

(End of this chapter)