The Shangyuan Festival is the most solemn festival of the Ming Dynasty. As the fifteenth day of the first lunar month approaches, the festival atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger. Some vendors who have taken the lead in selling festival items on the streets. Stalls selling lanterns, colorful flags, ornaments can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of the capital. At that time, this capital with a population of millions will usher in a sleepless carnival night.

However, the most concerned two other things in the circle of literati are now. The first thing is that when Zi is stranded in Jinling today, he will not return. Students from the Imperial College have already taken the lead in protesting at Chengtianmen, and many candidates who went to Beijing to take the exam responded. After all, March after the imperial examination will be the palace examination. If the emperor is not in the capital, will the palace examination still be held? You can't spend it all the time, right?

The second thing is the upcoming Spring Festival Cultural Fair for the Spring Festival. As of now, the Spring Festival Cultural Fair for the Duke of Wei has become the highest-level literary fair in the capital. Only the top ten with the most famous candidates are eligible to participate. For all participants, the probability of high school is more than 70%, so they have received widespread attention from all walks of life.

The list of the ten candidates invited this year has been released. The controversial Jiangxi Jie Yuan Xu Jin was in a hurry. The entire circle of literati was suddenly uproared, and there were many people who were dissatisfied.

Before the provincial examination, Xu Jin even won the Sanyuan, and his poems were all masterpieces of the past. Moreover, his talent and knowledge were naturally unquestionable. However, as the saying goes, literati were inferior to each other, and the Jie Yuan he appointed was naturally difficult to convince everyone, especially those who had never personally contacted Xu Jin. In addition, some time ago, the rumor that Xu Jin followed the eunuch Zhang Zhong's path, so the self-righteous scholars naturally became even more angry and unable to calm down.

Of course, the controversy is controversy, but Xu Jin is undoubtedly the most famous of the imperial examination students today. It is understandable that Duke of Wei listed him first on the invitation list.

In addition, the second place on the invitation list is Yang Weicong, the voting scholar of Gu'an, Hebei. This person is very talented and is the favorite of the top scorer of this year. The second place is Lu Yu, the voting scholar of Yin County, Zhejiang. This person performed quite well in various previous literary meetings and was listed as the third place on the invitation list by the Duke of Wei.

There were seven other people invited to participate in the Spring Festival Ceremony: Fei Maozhong, Liao Daonan, Wei Yang, Jiang Rubi, Wang Ji, Zhan Pan and Zhu Wan. In this list, Xu Jin, Fei Maozhong and Wei Yang are all from Jiangxi, accounting for 30% of the quota, which also made the candidates of other provinces very dissatisfied.

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On the 15th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the genius Mengmengliang Xu Jin got up, washed and dressed under the service of his beautiful wife and maid. After breakfast, he prepared to go out to attend the Spring Festival Ceremony of Duke Wei Xu Pengju.

The weather is still cold today. Xie Xiaowan tied a cloak for Xu Jin and told her husband not to drink too much wine. The road is wet and slippery, so be careful.

Xu Jin hugged Xiaowan's slender waist and hugged her arms, then kissed her beautiful red lips and petals, and said softly: "Before dark, my husband rushed back to accompany my wife to the street to watch the lights."

Xie Xiaowan's face was red, she was thinking about her toes, and sweetly replied to her husband's sweet kiss. Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a swaying in his heart, and with one hand, he skillfully climbed up to the heights of the girl's chest. This girl became more and more informative.

Xie Xiaowan was rubbed and her whole body was hot, her eyes were watery, and she red face and pressed the bad claws of her boyfriend, and said coquettishly: "My husband will be late if he doesn't set out!"

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When Xu Jinxing was out of the hospital, the carriage sent by the Duke of Wei to pick up people had been waiting outside for a long time, and the person in charge of chasing the car was a groom in his thirties.

"This guy has given birth to a good-looking man!" The groom slapped the handsome young man in front of him with red lips and white teeth, and smiled and said, "Prince Xu, please get on the carriage."

Xu Jin waved his hand to Xiaowan and Yue'er who were sent to the door and went in, then got on the carriage, while Dabao sat smartly in the passenger seat with a bag on his back.

The venue for this Spring Festival Ceremony was not in the city, but in Xiangshan, the western suburbs of the capital. Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, had a villa at the foot of Xiangshan, called Xiangshan Villa, where the Spring Festival Ceremony was held.

Since Xiangshan is a bit far from the city, about thirty or forty miles, Duke of Wei thoughtfully prepared a carriage for all the ten attendees, and the service was quite thoughtful.

Seeing the carriage driving away, the beautiful maid Yue'er suddenly said a little embarrassedly: "Madam, yesterday my maid went to the market to buy vegetables. On the way, I met several scholars discussing it. I heard that the Duke of Wei, Xu Pengju, likes to earn money to the scholars who participated in the literary club. The master went to the Spring Festival today. Will he also bring a woman back?"

Xie Xiaowan said juicyly: "This... won't be true!"

Yue'er said seriously: "What can't you do? I heard that Shu Fen, the top scholar in the last session, won the top scorer at the literary meeting, and Duke Wei also gave him a pair of twin sisters. If the master also won the top scorer this time, he might have brought a pair back!"

Xie Xiaowan was stunned and felt extremely conflicted. She hoped that her husband would become famous at the literary meeting, but she was worried that her husband would really bring back a woman.

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Xiangshan is more than 500 meters above sea level. There is a huge stone on the top of the main peak, shaped like an incense burner. At morning and evening, clouds and mist are shrouded in the clouds and mist. From a distance, it looks like the rising smoke in the furnace, so it is called Xianglu Mountain, which is abbreviated as Xiangshan.

The carriage left the city from Xizhimen, drove along the official road for nearly two hours, and finally arrived at the Xiangshan Villa at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain by Duke of Wei.

The north is cold, and the mountains are still lonely in early spring. However, outside the fragrant mountain courtyard of Duke of Wei, the Duke of Wei, is full of plum trees and apricot trees. At this moment, the apricot blossoms have not yet bloomed, and the branches are bare, but the plum blossoms are blooming very brilliantly, including red plums, white plums, wintersweets... They are competing for beauty, and are full of fragrance.

Xu Jin got off the carriage and walked along the fine sandy Songjian Ya to the gate of the other courtyard. After presenting for advice, he took his servants in.

The servant led Xu Jin to an outside of a living room and said politely: "Before the people arrived, Mr. Luxu has sat in the hall for a while."

"It's okay!" Xu Jin smiled and nodded, stepped into the living room, and instantly felt a look of seven or eight gazes.

"Ziqian!"

"Junior Brother Xu!"

When the two in the hall saw Xu Jin, they immediately stood up happily and said hello. It was Fei Maozhong and his senior brother Wei Yang.

Xu Jin's eyes warmed and he smiled and said, "It turns out that Brother Minshouhe has to arrive early."

After saying hello to Wei Yang with Fei Maozhong, Xu Jin sat down. A pretty maid Yingying stepped forward to serve fragrant tea. Xu Jin subconsciously tapped the coffee table and said, "Thank you!"

The maid glanced at Xu Jin quickly. When she saw the handsome young man in front of her, her face turned red and she lowered her head and stepped back.

At this time, a stranger from a middle school in the hall stood up and bowed: "This person must be Xu Jin and Xu Ziqian who won four consecutive years. In the lower Gu'an Yang Weicong, his name is Dafu!"

Xu Jin's heart moved. He naturally heard about Yang Weicong, who was the favorite of the top scorer of this year. He stood up and bowed and returned the gift: "I have long admired Daqie, I'm lucky to meet you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sarcastic voice sounded in the hall: "Haha, I won four yuan in a row, but unfortunately this Jie Yuan was appointed by him. I don't know if the boy tried the little three yuan or not."

Xu Jin raised his sword eyebrows and looked in the voice. He saw a young scholar about 24 or 25 years old sitting in the upper right corner of the living room. He looked plain and had a wide mouth like a crucian carp. He looked familiar and seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Fei Maozhong introduced: "Ziqian, this person is Lu Yu, Yin County, Zhejiang Province. His name is Juzhi, and he is known as the Kuangsheng of Yin County!"

Xu Jin said calmly: "Yin County Madman? It's really crazy, and his mouth is stinky. I guess I've eaten too much manure."

Huo...

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was silent!

Lu Qi looked proud when Fei Maozhong introduced him, but at this moment he changed color and stood up suddenly, angrily saying, "Who do you scold me for being stinky?"

"I'm talking about you, are there any problems?" Xu Jin said calmly. Xu Jin was naturally too lazy to be polite to him for such a self-proclaimed pretentious act, let alone the other party's provocation first.

"You..." Lu Qi's face turned red with anger, and he was speechless for a moment.

Yang Weicong, who was standing, sat down calmly, obviously not wanting to get involved. Others in the living room quietly turned on the show mode. Lu Yan was arrogant and offended many people in the usual way and called them few people. Hey, today he finally encountered a tough guy.

Lu Yu opened his mouth for a few seconds before he brushed his sleeves and said, "I'm too lazy to argue with a flattering villain like you who specializes in evil ways. He's so insulted in his identity."

Xu Jin said lightly: "I don't bother talking to a frog in the well who is indifferent and has no talent in his belly."

Lu Qi laughed furiously: "Xu Ziqian, at the Spring Festival Ceremony, Lu will let you know what talent is."

Xu Jin said tit-for-tat: "Then wait and see!"

Xu Jin didn't really want to attend this Spring Festival Ceremony, but at this time he was aroused a strong fighting spirit. He attended the Lu Ming Banquet to justify his reputation and make those who were unwilling to be shut up. Today, he wants to shut up all the students in the capital.

The ten people who came to participate in the Spring Festival Ceremony today are all the best among the students. If they can get the leader of the literary club, the beeping products like Lu Yu will naturally calm down. Of course, the best way to shut up the students is to win the Huiyuan in the All-China Test, but this is quite difficult and Xu Jin is not sure.

Lu Jing sneered and sat down. Xu Jin was too lazy to miss him anymore. He calmly sat down to have tea and chatted with Fei Maozhong and his senior brother, as if nothing had happened just now.
Chapter completed!