The Shangyuan Festival in Panshi Town was not affected by the war at Lingnan Pass, and naturally the same was true in Dongling County.
That lantern festival was more lively than the one in town.
Tanshan Academy has not yet started school, but a student took the lead and organized a poetry and drinking party. In the elegant room of the restaurant next to the river, everyone admired the lanterns outside the window and the fireworks in the sky, while drinking and reciting poetry, which was arty and elegant.
Because there were so many people, we specially booked a large private room with two large round tables that could seat twenty people.
The leader of this poetry reception was a student from Tanshan Academy named Yang Kang, who came from a good family. His father was the chief envoy of Jingzhou Prefecture.
Although it is said that admission to Tanshan Academy does not depend on family background, only talent.
But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. With so many people in the academy, how could they not be divided into different ranks?
With a family like Yang Kang's, there are naturally countless people who want to be friends with him. Of course, those who play with him are like birds of a feather, and their family backgrounds are relatively good, and he does not bother to associate with people whose status is not worthy of him.
Almost all the people sitting in the elegant room were from the yamen of Jingzhou Prefecture.
But there are exceptions.
Zhang Song was admitted to Tanshan Academy with excellent results. Based on his grades, he entered Class B to study. In a few months, he also made many friends.
One of them who is still talkative is the son of the county magistrate of Dongling County.
He was originally good at sociability, and although his family background was not obvious, he was content to get along well in the academy.
Just like tonight's poetry and wine party, look at the room full of people, who is not a member of the official family?
But he is able to be among them, which is something that other students cannot envy.
So today he specially wore newly made clothes and asked his friends to bring him with him, just to make friends with Yang Kang.
Yang Kang is also a student in Class B, but he usually can't talk in the same dormitory in the academy.
Today, I can be in the same room with others, drink wine and recite poems together.
He was not familiar with Yang Kang, so naturally he did not have the honor to sit at the same table with him, but sat at another table.
While he was getting acquainted with the people at the same table with his friends and drinking wine, his mind was on the table over there, listening to Yang Kang and others talking, and he was just waiting for the poem recitation to start, so that he could stand out and get into Yang Kang's circle.
Eye.
He doesn't exaggerate about other things. Even if he writes and memorizes poems, he still gets a lot of income.
Everyone talked and laughed for a while. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost heightened, Yang Kang stood up, looked around, and said with a smile: "Let's start with poetry. Let's specify five words for this first round.
, it is required that the poems must contain flowery characters. You can compose poems on the spot, or recite poems by predecessors. If you can't catch up, you will be punished with three drinks, how about that?"
When he opened his mouth, there was no one who didn't support him, and they all clapped their hands and said yes.
Yang Kang continued: "Then I'll ask Da to come first."
He glanced at the fireworks in the sky outside the window, and chanted: "The trees and silver flowers are closing, and the iron locks of the star bridge are opening."
He finished chanting first, and the person on his left immediately picked him up, and then they picked him up one by one.
As soon as Zhang Song heard the request, he quickly thought about it in his mind, and then he composed a song very cleverly and waited for his turn.
Most of the poems that started were recited by predecessors, so the process went very quickly, and then it was Zhang Song's turn.
He couldn't wait for a long time, so he stood up deliberately, received everyone's attention and bowed his hands towards Yang Kang, then cleared his throat and read out the poem he composed confidently.
After reading it, I waited for Yang Kang to respond with a sentence or two.
Unfortunately, the other party didn't even look at him.
The man behind him also started to groan, without giving him much chance.
No one judged him for writing this poem.
Zhang Song was a little embarrassed and sat down, thinking that he had written such a good poem, but no one even responded.
I guess it’s not amazing enough?
Thinking like this, he thought quickly in his mind and composed another perfect song before it was his turn next time.
When it was his turn, this time he chanted with more confidence and in a clearer and louder voice.
After reading it, he gave Yang Kang a decent smile.
Yang Kang frowned tightly. Seeing this man smiling like this, he thought he was showing off, so he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, so he asked the person next to him, "Who is that man? Who brought him in?"
The friend next to him laughed: "He is also in the same class as ours. He seems to be named Zhang Song. He is a bit hard-working and his family background is not obvious. He is from an ordinary background. He passed the exam at the end of last year based on his knowledge. It should be Xu Tai next to him who brought him here."
Yes, you should be impressed by Xu Tai, the son of the county magistrate."
After Yang Kang heard this, he knew that he was just an unknown person, so how could he dare to show off to him?
You came in through knowledge? The exits this time were poems written by yourself. After reading them, you smiled smugly at him. What? You came here specifically to slap him in the face?
Yang Kang was immediately annoyed, so he changed to a seven-character poem for the next round.
People who knew him well understood his expression and pretended to be too busy to answer the question for a while, so they punished themselves with drinking.
Only Zhang Song, who didn't know the meaning and racked his brains a lot, was able to compose and recite a new poem.
Suddenly, the expressions on others' faces when they looked at him were wrong.
Everyone knows that Yang Kang has a good family background, but his knowledge is not very good and he is not good at writing articles. However, he likes poetry very much. He usually holds some poetry gatherings and so on, where everyone comes to recite poetry and so on.
But he was not good at writing poems, he could only recite the poems of his predecessors, and he could not tolerate others being better than him.
So they know that in every poetry meeting, even if they can compose poems, they will not compose poems. They will recite poems, and after three or two rounds, they will deliberately lose to Yang Kang and lose to him.
Zhang Song participated in their poetry meeting for the first time today. He didn't know the details. He was afraid that he heard through hearsay that Yang Kang liked poetry and came here specifically to cater to him. Who would have thought that his flattery would be slapped on the iron plate?
Now we have a good show. Yang Kang has a very left-handed temper.
Not to disappoint them, Yang Kang really didn't like anything about Zhang Song and was very angry.
He has a good background and never cares about other people's faces. He just does whatever he wants. Why does he need to look at the situation?
Immediately he said without hesitation: "Where did this dear fellow come from? He has a good mind and can write poems out of his mouth. I really admire him!"
Zhang Song didn't understand immediately, he just thought Yang Kang was praising him, so he raised his hand and said modestly, and then he went up the pole.
Unexpectedly, Yang Kang suddenly darkened his face and said, "All cats and dogs can come to my poetry party. Why don't you just urinate and see if you are worthy enough to drink and dine with me?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed in cooperation.
This is true. They are naturally gifted and they really look down on people like Zhang Song who have no family background. So what if they are good at learning?
Zhang Song was a fool if he couldn't tell that Yang Kang was contemptuous of him at this moment, and his face suddenly turned green and red.
Looking back at Xu Tai, who seemed to him to have a good relationship with him, he also burst out laughing. He was neither standing nor sitting.
This time there was an urgent need to get off the stairs, but the group of people led by Yang Kang had already started playing, and no one looked at him again, as if he didn't exist.
How can Zhang Song stay with such treatment?
He was so busy that he ran away and left this place.
When he got downstairs and the cold wind blew, he calmed down.
Hum, look down on me, one day I will make you all kneel down and beg me!
His grandfather was the savior of the then Marquis! His father had a token in his hand!
Zhang Song's eyes became firm and he strode towards home.