When they learned that Qin Yi was just a student from Ce Academy, everyone curled their lips slightly with some contempt.

The people present this time are either people from extraordinary family backgrounds or talented people with outstanding literary talent. Qin Yi is a young man from a poor family with no literary talent. What is he doing here?

Forget it if you come, just sit at the end of the hall and watch the grace of many scribes. Why do you dare to provoke Xuan Lingyao?

With this idea in mind, everyone looked at Qin Yi and became somewhat hostile.

Qin Yi didn't care at all. While sipping the wine, he communicated softly with Xuan Lingyao, which was very enjoyable.

The people attending the banquet were almost here, and Shi Xinji and Meng Wenlun took the title of honor together.

After looking around, Shi Xinji said with a smile, "This banquet is a welcoming banquet to welcome Brother Meng. I would like to thank Brother Meng for condescending to come to my humble residence, and thank you all for your honor and participation. Come, let's toast this current literary star!"

After saying that, he looked at Meng Wenlun and raised his glass with a smile.

Meng Wenlun smiled slightly and raised his glass.

Many young men in brocade clothes also raised their glasses and drank together.

Putting down the wine glass, Shi Xinji said with a smile that the banquet was open, and more than a dozen maids and servants filed in, carrying plates of wine and food, and took turns placing them on everyone's tables.

The order was from the top of the hall to the end of the hall, so it took a while before a waiter brought food to Qin Yi and Xuan Lingyao.

Qin Yi lowered his head and saw a plate of steamed mutton, a plate of grilled fish, a plate of deer meat cakes, and several plates of seasonal side dishes.

He was not surprised by this.

In this dynasty, it was illegal to eat beef. Therefore, mutton and fish meat were more popular. In addition to mutton and fish, some wealthy families also had some game meat, such as deer, venison, etc.

Amid the laughter and laughter, everyone began to eat, while Shi Xinji slowly patrolled to see if there was any lack of hospitality.

Suddenly, he saw that the seat next to him was vacant, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

That position was specially reserved for Xuan Lingyao. It was very close to him, but now the beauty is not here. Where has she gone?

In order to invite Xuan Lingyao, he spent a lot of effort and found a lot of help, and then he invited this woman who was so beautiful that he was fascinated by it to the hall to build a relationship.

They had just chatted a few words, and he was planning to continue the conversation during the banquet, but he didn't know that this was the case.

He was about to call the boy to ask, when he suddenly saw Tang Wei, his eyes suddenly shrank!

The person he longed for was sitting there, and there was a man next to him!

Who is this person?

He had some impressions, but he couldn't remember them at the moment. He was obviously a common man and not worth remembering, so he was secretly unhappy.

Xuan Lingyao actually abandoned herself and sat with this person. Could it be that she was no match for this guy?

Squinting his eyes slightly and holding back his displeasure, Shi Xinji had an idea.

He clapped his hands, and a group of women in costumes walked in, carrying pipa, erhu and other various musical instruments.

Immediately afterwards, a group of women in cool clothes filed in and began to dance amidst the slowly playing music.

The atmosphere in the hall, driven by the musicians and dancers, became more and more lively.

Many young men in brocade attire were eating, watching the performance, and interacting with each other. The hall was filled with laughter and laughter.

Qin Yi took one look at the performance and lost interest.

Regardless of appearance or dancing skills, these women are much inferior to Nian Xinya.

Qin Yi had admired the oiran's charming dance moves, so he naturally looked down upon them.

When everyone had finished eating, Shi Xinji clapped his hands again, the music stopped, the dancing stopped, and the musicians and dancers got up one after another and left the hall.

"Everyone must be aware of Brother Meng's deeds. A famous poem moved the capital and made rice paper expensive. Such a great talent is a role model for scholars. Let's toast again!" Shi Xinji said loudly.

Everyone praised in unison and toasted Meng Wenlun respectfully.

Putting down his wine glass, Shi Xinji smiled and said, "It's rare to invite Brother Meng. How can this banquet be complete without reciting poems and pairings. How about we play Feihua Ling to see who is more knowledgeable and talented, and how about inviting Brother Meng to serve as the banquet guide?"

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Everyone cheered and agreed again and again.

It would be a great opportunity to be mentored by a literary star of the time.

Meng Wenlun smiled and nodded, and had no objection.

Shi Xinji chuckled, his eyes swept across the crowd, and suddenly stopped on Qin Yi, "This brother looks unfamiliar. For the sake of fun later, can you introduce him to everyone?"

Qin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this.

He has not forgotten that Shao Guangyuan introduced himself just now.

In addition, it was impossible for Shi Xinji to know everyone in the room, but he singled out himself, which obviously had ulterior motives.

Before Qin Yi could answer, Shao Guangyuan, who was sitting not far from Shi Xinji, raised his voice and said, "This is my good friend, his name is Qin Yi, and he is a student of Ce Academy."

Some people who didn't know Qin Yi started whispering to each other after hearing the word Ce Yuan.

The literati looked down upon each other, not to mention externally. They always looked down on the strategists and soldiers, and were even somewhat hostile.

Therefore, there was a hint of contempt in his words, "A mere strategist has the nerve to attend this banquet."

"Opening your mouth and keeping silent is all a matter of power. Being so utilitarian, being in the same room with this person is really a loss of status!"

Seeing everyone's ridicule, Shi Xinji felt relieved and turned to say, "Although Feihua Order is simple, it will be difficult to handle if you have shallow talent and knowledge. Anyone who doesn't want to participate can put the wine glass on the left side of the table."

After hearing this, several people placed their wine glasses on the left side to indicate that they would not participate.

Of course, almost all of the people present were scribes. If he quit, wouldn't he be admitting that he was lacking in talent and knowledge?

So not many people quit.

Qin Yi's peripheral vision flashed and he saw Xuan Lingyao placing the wine glass on the left side.

He wasn't surprised.

Xuan Lingyao has always kept a low profile, and as a strategist, she is not good at this kind of game.

He didn't have much interest in this Feihua Order, so he reached out to hold the wine glass and was about to move it to the left when he heard a soft female voice next to his ear, "Aren't you going to dampen the arrogance of these people?"

Turning to look at Xuan Lingyao, Qin Yi smiled and said, "Why, you don't like them either?"

Xuan Lingyao didn't quite understand what Qin Yi said, but she roughly understood what it meant. She pursed her red lips and nodded her head lightly.

The insults and disdain towards the strategist naturally made her unhappy.

In this case, let's save some face for the strategist... Qin Yi smiled and let go of his hand.

Looking up, he saw that Qin Yi had not moved the wine glass to the left. Shi Xinji snorted and said, "Brother Qin, do you want to participate in this Feihua Order?"

Just now he was just suspicious, but now Qin Yi can be sure that this guy is targeting him.

He responded calmly, "I'm somewhat interested."

Everyone sneered, and there was amusement in their eyes, waiting to see the joke later.

They believed that when the game started later, Qin Yi, who had no self-awareness, would be the first to be eliminated.
Chapter completed!