Watching Liu Jianli leave, the three of them were naturally not willing to lag behind and stepped forward to follow.
Only a group of students from Taiping Academy were left in place.
Someone was at a loss and asked: "Then what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Didn't Master Qin just say, let's be more casual? I've been wanting to eat the food in Zhaixinglou for a long time."
"Yes, Master Qin brought us here to relax before the imperial examination. How can we live up to his good intentions?"
After some exchanges, their restraint faded a lot, and they happily set foot on the Feitingkongyuan.
The rest of the intellectuals and talented people from the powerful families were still showing off their knowledge and boasting about being romantic in front of beautiful women.
But they didn't care about that, they just wanted to eat the delicious food and wine on the table that they never dared to think about before.
"Could this refreshing aroma of wine be the rumored drunkenness? I heard someone say that this pot alone is worth ten thousand taels of silver." A student swallowed a sip of saliva and stretched out his hand halfway, but nothing happened.
Don't dare to fall.
Such fine wine was really out of reach for them in the past, and they instinctively feared it.
Someone on the side even whispered: "Look at these wine cups and plates, they seem to be precious jade treasures. Can we really touch them at will? What if they are broken?"
"And the table wood is also an expensive huanghuali wood. If it gets dirty..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone showed worried looks.
Most of the students at Taiping Academy were born into the common people and could not even afford decent books. How had they ever seen such a luxurious scene?
Their palms were sweating nervously, and they felt that the clean clothes on their bodies seemed out of place.
After a long time, a more courageous student took a few deep breaths and said: "What are you afraid of? With the promulgation of the imperial examination system, we may not be able to frequent such places in the future, so it's better to adapt in advance.
What's more, the worst thing we can do is be careful when eating."
Obviously the latter sentence was the focus of what he said.
In order to take the lead, the man reached out to the dinner plate first, but just as he was about to pick up a piece of meat, a folding fan suddenly fell down.
Snapped!
The sound was crisp, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and bright red marks appeared on the back of the hand.
The man felt pain and hurriedly took back his right hand.
All the students from Taiping Academy were also stunned on the spot, and then they all looked in the direction of the falling fan, and saw a young man wearing Yuxiufang clothes looking at them with disgust on his face.
"I was wondering why this year's cultural gathering smelled sour and poor. It turned out that a group of rats had gotten into it.
I don’t know what the boss behind Zhaixinglou thinks, that he would let people like this in, and the level of the cultural society will be lowered."
Beside the young master who was hurling evil words, a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes also sneered: "Take the dog's paws away and don't let them fall on the dining table.
If any of the items above get dirty or damaged, I'm afraid even if you sell them, you won't be able to get them back."
"You!" When all the disciples from humble families heard this, a nameless fire surged in their hearts. As the saying goes, a scholar can be killed but not humiliated!
Someone said angrily: "We are students from Taiping Academy and came here with Master Qin.
And when we came, someone clearly told us that we can eat whatever we want here, so why are you stopping us?"
"Taiping Academy, Master Qin." The man murmured and repeated, then gritted his teeth.
He is a student of the Imperial College, so he hates hearing these two words the most.
"Just because I come from the Imperial College, and just because my father is a fourth-grade official.
Not to mention stopping you from eating this food, even if I drive you out from here, the Zhaixing Tower will not say a word for you!" The man arrogantly pointed his finger somewhere else and said something.
"roll!"
The daring student was angry and wanted to step forward to argue, but was stopped by someone on the side.
The latter whispered: "Forget it, let's go somewhere else."
"But this person..."
The man wanted to say something, but the student who blocked him spoke again: "Don't forget, we are here thanks to Master Qin.
It's okay for us to suffer some grievances. Anyway, you and I have long been accustomed to the cold looks from those dignitaries.
But we must not lose Master Qin’s reputation outside, can you understand?"
Hearing this, the man gritted his teeth and clenched his right fist. He glanced at his colleagues around him, and everyone shook their heads slightly.
Obviously their thoughts are the same as those of the students who blocked it.
After struggling with his expression, the man finally swallowed his breath and planned to leave and go elsewhere.
For them, their own grievances are nothing compared to Master Qin's reputation.
After all, without the latter, they would not even have the means to study, so how would they have the opportunity to come to this famous cultural gathering in Fengtian City?
However, although everyone in Taiping Academy did not intend to continue to entangle, the prince of the Imperial Academy did not want to let them leave like this.
I saw Mr. Jinyi's face turned ferocious because he was filled with jealousy, and malice arose in his heart.
"Master Qin, Master Qin, Master Qin again! He is just a small person who got into Fengtian City with better luck. How can he be appreciated by Emperor Ming and praised by everyone?
Well, since these people would rather be humiliated themselves than humiliate your reputation.
Then I will trample on the Taiping Academy that you worked so hard to build under my feet!"
Click!
Everyone in Taiping Academy was just about to leave when they heard the crisp sound of broken objects coming from behind.
Before they understood what was happening, they heard the arrogant and domineering young master in Jinyi shout loudly: "Hey, you guys broke the dishes, do you want to run away like this?!
Come on, stop them quickly!"
...
On the other side, the prince took Qin Feng and wandered around the Feitingkong courtyard. When he walked to the place where the white scrolls were fluttering, he suddenly said with pride: "Every year at the literary meeting, many famous sayings are produced here, which serve as the basis for the people in Fengtian City."
Talented people talk about it with great relish.
I remember when I held my first literary conference, I wrote a couplet to express my ambition.
Even though the Imperial Master Tianjian said "good" after reading it, it is a pity that no one has been able to match it with the second couplet after so many years, which is really a great pity."
Qin Feng raised his eyebrows slightly and then said: "I have some experience with the couplets. Brother Jinwen might as well tell you the first couplet. Maybe I can give you a satisfactory second couplet."
The prince was surprised when he heard this and said: "I thought that Brother Qin's poetic talent was unparalleled in the world, which is not easy, but I didn't expect that he was also accomplished in couplets?
In this case, Brother Qin, please listen carefully, my first couplet is - the stars on the chessboard are made in heaven, who dares to play them?"
As soon as these words came out, Qin Feng's face froze immediately, and he thought in his mind: "Isn't this the first couplet given by the cheap master Ting Yuxuanwai? It turns out you wrote it.
I'm also curious, who is so pretentious..."
Seeing his expression, the prince smiled and said, "How about it, Brother Qin, have you been stumped?"
Let's give him some face here and pretend not to know... Qin Feng laughed dryly: "This first couplet is majestic and majestic. It is indeed something that ordinary people can't deal with. You should learn from it."
The two were still chatting, when suddenly there was a commotion in the cultural gathering.
Qin Feng looked for the reputation and saw a place crowded with people.
At this time, a man hurried over and whispered a few words in the prince's ear.
"What?!" After the prince heard this, his expression changed, and then he looked at Qin Feng.
"What's wrong?" Qin Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"There is a conflict between the students of Taiping Academy and the Imperial College. It is indeed my fault for not thinking about this matter well. Brother Qin, please go with me."