Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

The ceremonial officials were busy all day with rest and meals, and the next day the emperor bestowed a "Qiong Lin Banquet".

The Qionglin Banquet was held for Qingxin Ke Jinshi, but not only the Jinshi were present, but several princes and important officials of the court would also participate.Peach blossoms bloom in March, and peach blossoms are planted all over the Qionglin Garden. It is just that the peaches are young and scorching. The Qionglin Banquet is here, and it is mostly because of the peach blossoms here!

The Qionglin Banquet was held, and the emperor was sitting first. All the ministers and Xinke Scholars ranked first and second on the left and right sides of the throne, with the number one seat, Yucun and the second place Ji Yu, and sitting opposite Yucun was Prince Yong Shui Zhan!As for the other top three Jinshi, they scattered around, with four people sitting in one seat, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

After everyone was seated, the Holy Majesty came to the Qionglin Banquet. After everyone shouted long live, everyone sat down. Yucun occasionally glanced behind the Holy Majesty. Inexplicably, he felt that the little eunuch behind the Holy Majesty was kind-hearted, so he didn't make much trouble. Yucun Staring at the stack of pipa prawns in front of him seemed very interested.

Expressing his ardent expectations for Jinshi in the new department, the Holy Majesty took another exam for the number one scholar in the school. Wang Yi was quick-witted, and even made witty remarks. The straight-talking old man nodded repeatedly. Just eighteen?"

When Yucun saw the sage's question, he got up quickly and replied, "Reporting to the sage, I was born in the year of Guihai, which is a pig. This year is exactly eighteen."

"Just eighteen, it's a good time!" The Holy One looked at the little eunuch next to him meaningfully, then pointed at Yucun, and smiled at the princes and ministers beside him: "Look at this kid who is mature and stable now, In fact, I'm used to being glib. Years ago when I was on a tour in the south of Jinan, I saw this kid once. I wanted to make things difficult for him and let him write a fu for a while, but I didn't expect this kid to actually do it. , What did you say again? "My husband Cuihua East, the police arrive, Tian Yanxi, Ci ministers, the book of flying phoenixes, written in the characters of tadpoles, like the flying swallow's Lingfeng, like the frightened bird's wings, the dome is facing the pool , Brilliant shadow forever', I was comfortable flattering him, so I let him go, I didn't expect this kid to be admitted to Tanhualang when he came to Beijing!"

Hearing what the emperor said, all the ministers loved Tan Hualang very much, and they all complimented the holy man with his eyes like torches, and the young talents in Yucun Village were so talented, and all the Jinshi were jealous.

The Qionglin Banquet had a pleasant atmosphere, and the Holy Majesty was also happy, so he thought about finding a way to have fun, so he turned to Yucun and said, "I know that you are very talented in literature! I won't test your literature. Both are indispensable, today you can’t run horses in this courtyard, so I will test your archery skills, will you dare to accept it?”

Yucun was extremely confident in himself when he heard the words, and said, "Your Majesty ordered, you dare not to obey, but I don't know what kind of examination method it is?"

The Holy Majesty thought for a while, took an apple from the case, and said, "Put this apple on top of one person's head, and shoot it with an arrow, how about it?"

Everyone in the audience was in a state of uproar when they heard the words. They thought it was enough for the Holy One to order Tanhualang to shoot at a target, but who would have thought that such a person would be the target?

"Quiet! Don't make any noise!" The servant next to the emperor saw the noise in the field and scolded.

The Holy One smiled and asked Yucun: "How is it? Do Tanhualang dare?"

When Yucun heard the words, there was no trace of timidity in his heart, and he bowed and said, "So what you want!"

As soon as Yucun finished speaking, a guard immediately came over and Zhang Gong came over.Yucun weighed his hand and pulled the bowstring, but it was the light bow used by the woman. He knew that he was underestimated, so he didn't feel annoyed. He just smiled softly. Yucun came out from behind the table and signaled that it was time to start. .

The servants in the palace have always been very mobile. When Yucun stood up, there was an open space next to the imperial case. A young eunuch came out from behind the emperor, ran to a place about 50 meters away from Yucun, and stood there with his hand. The apple was placed on top of his head and gently supported.

Yu Cun put the arrow on the string and was about to take aim, when he saw the little eunuch who was the target, he was immediately amused, Gudao just saw that the little eunuch looked familiar, it turned out to be that little naughty ghost Ningxiu.

Seeing that Yucun recognized him, Ningxiu made a face at Yucun, and stood there again to hold Apple upright.

Shaking her head secretly, is this girl so confident in him?I'm not afraid that he will shoot a big hole in her head if he is not good at learning!Raising the light bow, Yucun focused on aiming, and it happened that the birds were flying all the time!

"Whoosh-"

Everyone's eyes followed the arrow that flew out of Yucun's hand and flew out together, and for a while, Qionglin Garden could hear the fine needle falling to the ground.

Ningxiu felt a gust of wind blowing by, and the arrow shot by Tanhualang whizzed past the apple on her head. Looking back, she saw that the arrow was nailed to a peach blossom tree behind him. The feathers on the tail were still trembling, the tree was nailed by the arrow, startled the peach blossoms all over the tree, and the flowers fell instantly, and when I looked back at the smiling young man over there, I felt like a dream...

"Okay!" I don't know who reacted first, and cheered loudly.

Ningxiu was awakened by the applause, and hurried to the peach blossom tree to get back the arrow branch that was shot out. The saint saw that the guard had pulled the arrow branch from the tree for her, and only then did Ningxiu discover the arrow branch. There is still a sparrow on the branch!

Eyes widened suddenly, Ningxiu smiled in surprise, took the arrow with a flying bird in it and trotted over to show the Holy Majesty.

The Holy Majesty took the apple with a big hole in Ningxiu's hand and the light bow and arrow pierced with a flying bird, and put them in his hands to observe for a while. Longyan was delighted, and said to Yucun who had returned to the imperial front: "What a 'kill two birds with one stone', my Tanhua Lang is indeed capable of both civil and martial arts! I will give you a hundred taels of silver and a pair of jade wishes!"

Yucun just knelt down and thanked the emperor for his kindness without mentioning it. After the Qionglin banquet, the name of Tanhualang who killed two birds with one stone was spread all over the world.

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Soon the day was over and the Qionglin banquet was half over, the Holy Majesty joked:

"With me sitting on top of this, all the gentlemen are nervous and cautious, so I will take the first step, and all the gentlemen will do whatever they want!"

After saying that, she got up early and drove back to Luan, Ningxiu wanted to stay at the banquet for a while, but accidentally caught sight of the slightly sullen eyes of the Holy One, and was so frightened that she trembled all over, so she obediently followed and left.

As soon as the Holy Majesty left, the scholars and adults really became much lighter, they all became willful, and left their seats one after another, drinking wine and composing poems in groups, no different from the gatherings among ordinary scholars.Everyone either congratulated each other on familiar classmates, or rushed to get to know Jinshi of the same discipline, or wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with those high-ranking officials in the court. In short, Qionglin Banquet is a good place to develop contacts.

As a Tanhualang, he was in the limelight just now, and Yucun was naturally surrounded by people, making a lot of noise, and Yucun's head was swollen just to deal with it, secretly thinking that the limelight was really not easy.

I don't know if those people really want to be friends with Yucun or if they are envious, Yucun is poured one cup after another under various names, even if he can drink enough, he gradually becomes dizzy.At this moment, a young man came over to spread the word that Prince Yong was invited.

Hearing the words, Yucun felt as if he had received an amnesty, and hurriedly bid farewell to the Jinshi who surrounded him, followed the young man to Prince Yong's side, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your rescue."

Seeing Yucun's behavior, Shui Zhan felt amused in his heart, knowing that he was not good at such hypocritical entertainment in officialdom, he deliberately made fun of him, saying: "Since that's the case, what will Yucun use to thank me?"

Yucun was taken aback when he heard the words, what would he like to thank, gold, silver and jewelry?Don't say that you are poor and white, but you have money, Prince Shui Zhan, if you haven't seen any good things, how can you be rare.Is it your skin?Shui Zhan has already got it.If there is anything else to ask him to repay, Yucun glanced around, and the princes and lords next to him seemed to be chatting not far away, but they kept their ears open to pay attention to the surrounding situation, knowing that Shui Zhan was taking today's opportunity Let all the factions in the court know that Jia Hua is from the lineage of Prince Yong, but at the Qionglin Banquet, all the new scholars are disciples of the emperor, if they show their loyalty to Prince Yong here, they will inevitably be rejected by the Holy One. Dilemma!

Yucun was in a dilemma when suddenly a young boy's voice said, "You are Xinke Tanhualang, why do you look like a girl!"

Yucun raised his eyes and saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy popping up from one side. His big eyes were full of aura, and he was staring at him with twinkling eyes. , but it cannot be changed by Yucun's power."

Shui Zhan only realized it was inappropriate after asking the question, and it was not easy to take it back. Seeing the thirteenth prince who appeared from nowhere, he said: "Thirteenth brother, don't talk nonsense. Just now, Jia Tanhua's double-edged sword skill, everyone has seen it." , you are not going to study in the study, why did you come here!"

"Master let us learn, nine brothers and ten brothers are here!" The thirteenth prince pointed to the brothers who had a good time and asked Yucun what happened to "kill two birds with one stone".

Yucun recounted the situation just now, and the thirteenth prince heard it and said, "It's amazing! It's a pity that I came late, so I didn't see it!"

He asked again: "Do you know martial arts? How about comparing with me?"

Shui Zhan listened to the emperor's younger brother provoking Yucun, his face darkened slightly, and he scolded: "Thirteenth younger brother, don't be presumptuous!"

Seeing his elder brother scolding him, the thirteenth prince deliberately retorted a few words, but Shui Zhan had accumulated power for a long time, and he was used to being a serious person, so he opened his mouth and still didn't speak.

Yucun saw that although the young man was a bit dissatisfied, his face was full of fighting intent, but he did not ignore him at all, his eyes were clear, he couldn't help being happy, and said: "I have learned a little bit, please give me some advice, Your Highness!"

The thirteenth prince heard that Yucun nodded, so he couldn't care less about his elder brother. He walked with Yucun to an open space in front of the table, and pinned the hem of his robe to his belt, sinking slightly.