Qi Ning did not take it and asked: "Are you also representing Qionglin Academy today?"
"Sir, you have been kind to me, so I will serve you during today's book meeting." Jiang Suiyun said solemnly.
Qi Ning smiled and said: "That's very good. Since you are here on behalf of Qionglin Academy, you can hold up this sign and lead everyone into the venue. I see that other academies do not ask the deans to hold up signs."
"You asked me to hold a nameplate?" Jiang Suiyun was stunned, shook his head and said, "I'm not here to hold a nameplate, and... you're not the dean either."
"You just said that Mr. Zhuo asked me to be responsible for today's arrangements. What I said represents Mr. Zhuo. Since you respect Mr. Zhuo so much, you naturally have to obey his orders." Qining glanced towards the other side of the venue. , the venue with only nearly a thousand people was still very quiet at this time, but many people looked aside and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is waiting, don't waste time."
Jiang Suiyun frowned, then shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, if you insist on doing this, I can only withdraw temporarily today and cannot replace Qionglin Academy."
As soon as these words came out, all the girls behind him changed their expressions slightly, and they were all a little panicked for a moment.
"What did you say?" Qining frowned and said, "You want to quit midway?"
"That's right." Jiang Suiyun handed the wooden sign in his hand to a girl behind him. "The sir asked me to bring the team here. I have fulfilled the request of the sir, but I was not asked to enter with the sign."
From Jiang Suiyun's point of view, it was extremely embarrassing for him to enter the venue holding a wooden sign with a group of prostitutes behind him.
He knew that the Dachu literary world had always been prejudiced against Qionglin Academy. He was proud that he was Zhuo Qingyang's disciple, but he didn't want to have much to do with the women's college founded by Zhuo Qingyang. If Zhuo Qingyang today Qingyang personally led the team. He followed Zhuo Qingyang, but he could barely accept it. But now that Zhuo Qingyang was not present, Qining even asked himself to lead the team into the venue holding a wooden sign. He thought about it, Still hard to accept.
"Mr. Jiang, you... aren't you with us?" Su Zixuan changed slightly when she heard Jiang Suiyun was about to withdraw from the crowd.
Jiang Suiyun said: "With Mr. Qi here, it is more than enough. There is no need for me." There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
He was pretending to make everyone think that he quit because of conflicts with Qining.
But Qining saw through his thoughts at a glance and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, are you sure you want to sever ties with Qionglin Academy?"
Jiang Suiyun just snorted and said nothing.
Su Zixuan gritted her teeth and suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang, I will hold up the sign. You...can you stay?"
Jiang Suiyun was startled, and then secretly scolded you for being such a nosy woman. However, Su Zixuan felt that she had solved Jiang Suiyun's problem. She reached out to get the wooden sign, but one hand grabbed it first. It was Qi Suiyun. Ning, Qining glanced at Su Zixuan and said lightly: "Do you think Mr. Jiang will be satisfied if you do this? Hey, let me not talk about how stupid you are, but do you think one person can lift this famous brand? Don't even think about it. Do you have the qualifications?"
When he saw people waiting at the venue, he knew that he wouldn't be delayed for too long. He smiled at Jiang Suiyun and said, "Master Jiang, it's fine. Qionglin Academy won't be able to work for you. That's right. Don't forget that we are here today." There is still a bet." He said no more, raised the wooden sign and said: "Girls, follow me!"
Everyone soon saw a man holding a high "Qionglin Academy" nameplate and leading dozens of girls into the venue.
It turns out that the female students of Qionglin Academy were a part of the venue. In previous years, when the female students of Qionglin Academy entered the venue, even the most polite people would take a few glances at them.
But this time, everyone was more interested in the man holding the sign.
Yuan Rong was chatting and laughing with the two people next to him in a low voice when he heard someone shouting "Here comes Qionglin Academy". He looked up and soon saw Qining holding a sign and leading people into the venue. His eyes almost popped out of his sockets. Come on, Huoran stood up, stunned.
The venue was originally quite quiet, but when Qi Ning entered with a sign, many people started talking. There were nearly a thousand people in the venue, and once they started whispering, it became a bit noisy.
Qi Ning, however, was calm and composed. He led the girls to the venue. He first put the sign on the table and then asked: "Have you selected the students to participate? Which eight people are participating in the competition?"
Eight people walked up from the crowd, Xiaoyao was among them, but what Qining didn't expect was that Su Zixuan was also among them.
He was a little surprised, thinking that since it was a competition, Zhuo Qingyang would of course select the eight most elite students from the academy. Xiaoyao was expected by Qi Ning, but Su Zixuan's selection did surprise Qi Ning, thinking to himself Is it possible that Zhuo Qingyang also cares about Su Zhen's face? However, with Zhuo Qingyang's temperament, he is obviously not a face-conscious person. It seems that he has always disliked Su Zixuan's character, but this woman may not have no literary talent.
After Jiang Suiyun withdrew, Su Zixuan felt quite depressed. After the eight girls took their seats, everyone else went to sit in the square formation at the rear.
After all, this is not the first time that the Jinghua Book Club has been held. Most people are quite familiar with the routines. After all the nine major academies, including Qionglin Academy, arrived, they heard a "dang-dang-dang" sound, and the venue suddenly became tense. After quieting down, Qi Ning had already taken a seat at the front table. He had thought it would be awkward to sit among a group of female students, but now he was sitting in the dean's seat and didn't feel anything. Awkward.
Suddenly, I saw an old man standing near the table on the right side of the long table. The sign erected next to it read "Longchi Academy", which was where this book meeting was held.
The old man was obviously the dean of Longchi Academy. To be sure, Qi Ning turned around and asked in a low voice, and learned that the old man was indeed Xue Danqing from Longchi Academy.
Xue Danqing walked to the center of the venue, bowed to everyone around him, and then said loudly: "Everyone, this is the annual Jinghua Book Fair, and it is also a grand gathering of our literary world. Literati from all over the world gather together to discuss poetry and calligraphy. . Everyone knows that the content of the book club is the joint participation of all the major academies in the capital. In order to allow everyone to perform at their best, the competition method has been determined. "
There was silence all around.
Xue Danqing is the dean of Longchi Academy. Longchi Academy is also the second most famous academy after Yunshan Academy. In recent years, Longchi Academy has begun to compete with Yunshan Academy, and its momentum is no longer in Yunshan. Under the academy.
For the eight major academies in the capital, they represent more than just an academy, they even involve the court.
The eight major academies all have more or less disciples who serve as officials in the court, so as the dean of Longchi Academy, Xue Danqing even holds the title of Doctor of the Ministry of Rites in the court.
As soon as he spoke, no one dared to disturb him.
Although the old man's voice was not very loud, and the venue was very spacious, not everyone could hear it clearly, but most people could still understand it.
"Over the years, the poetry competition has only added interest, not a competition, nor will it hurt the harmony." Xue Danqing continued: "The content of the competition is divided into five stages. Comparing piano skills, then chess skills, then poetry, and finally paintings. After the paintings are decided, the fifth stage is a competition for the literati who are watching. Each of the eight academies prepares three test questions. Whoever can answer the question first can enter the academy immediately, and all the food and drink expenses for three years in the academy will be provided by the academy."
As soon as this statement came out, there was a burst of cheers in the venue, and everyone applauded.
Xue Danqing raised his hands high to signal everyone to calm down, and then reported the names of the nine major colleges participating in the book meeting. After each name was given, the dean of the college would lead the eight selected students behind him to bow to the surroundings.
The name of Qionglin Academy was announced last. Qining followed the gourd pattern and stood up. The eight girls behind him also stood up. Qining looked around and bowed, but the eight girls all bowed slightly and bowed as women, then listened. Someone immediately laughed out loud, and someone even shouted from the crowd: "This gentleman is indeed different, but he should put some makeup on his face so that he won't be too conspicuous."
As soon as this statement came out, there was even more laughter everywhere.
Many of the women in Qionglin Academy had participated in the book club. Although they had felt strange looks on such occasions in the past, with Zhuo Qingyang present, no one dared to say anything arrogant.
But today someone openly insulted her, and she was extremely angry. Among the female students, there was also someone like Su Zixuan who came from a family of officials and gentry, and had a bad temper. Someone stood up and looked over, loudly saying: "Whose dog mouth is this?" Don’t spit out ivory? If you have the guts, just stand up and speak.”
Someone in the crowd whistled again, but no one stood up. There were people everywhere, and for a while it was impossible to tell who was making the rude remarks.
Xue Danqing, however, had already said in a deep voice: "This is a polite place, how can we tolerate nonsense?" Then he looked at Qionglin Academy and said in a deep voice: "As a girl, you have to be more reserved and careful. How can you let someone say something nonsense?" What's the decency of shouting and screaming here?"
Qi Ning raised his hand and signaled to the girls behind him that there was no need to argue, but he sneered in his heart, thinking that these literary veterans were indeed prejudiced against Qionglin Academy. Someone was clearly provoking and insulting Qionglin Academy. Qionglin Academy also blamed Shang, which is really unreasonable.
He paused, stood up, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. In other words, I am a thick-skinned person, I laugh and don’t care about you, but if someone makes a remark that seriously hurts a student of Qionglin Academy, I will definitely pick him out in public and make him lose face."
"There are as many romances as there are women. A man leading a group of big girls, hey, that's terrible...!" As soon as Qi Ning finished speaking, there was a voice from the crowd.
These words could be said to be extremely rude, and they were followed by Qi Ning's words, which were obviously provoking Qi Ning.
Qin Ning chuckled, reached out and grabbed a teacup on the table, and suddenly waved sideways, and the teacup in his hand flew out like a shooting star.