Xu Zhiqing is a very intelligent woman, after hearing these few words, she realized something in her heart, and hurriedly said to Lin San: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and thank you."
"Thank you, thank you for your kindness." Lin Wanrong wondered, he had no idea about these things, this kind of thing of giving a garden with one sentence, it was the plot of the TV, it had nothing to do with him, Lin, he had no such thing at all consciousness.
Xu Zhiqing was angry and funny at the same time. When this person was smart, people wanted to bite him, and when he was stupid, he wanted to go up and kick him. In a word, if he didn't hit him, he wouldn't have a long memory.
Of course, Su Mubai would not make it clear that the person in Tingzhong's appreciation of Lin San was justified, and this was not something he could interfere with.
The old man seemed to like people like Lin Wanrong who pretended to be smart when they were foolish, so he laughed a few times and changed the subject: "Xu girl, Su Mubai, and Lin San who is sitting, today I said that I want to study you carefully, so naturally I can’t count my words. It’s still the same sentence, only a good answer can give you a seat.”
Su Mubai was the number one scholar in the dynasty, and the emperor wrote the points himself, so he was naturally not afraid of his examination, so he bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Please ask the emperor to give you the questions."
The old man in the pavilion pondered for a while, then said with a smile, "Since you are admiring flowers in this peony garden today, why don't you tell me, among the flowers and plants in this garden, which flower is the best flower?"
Oiran? ! Lin Wanrong suddenly remembered the past with Xian'er by the Qinhuai River in the past, and couldn't help but a smile appeared on his face. That Hu Hu didn't know where to hide Xian'er, and he hadn't seen her face in the past few days in the capital.
After hearing this topic, Su Mubai thought about it for a while, and then said: "From Mubai's point of view, the king of flowers is none other than the top quality peony 'Zuiyanhong'. This drunken face is red, and the flowers are delicate. Open wide and close wide , is the style of a national scholar, its color is pure, and its meaning is far-reaching. It symbolizes that my great China is booming, and the country is thousands of years old. , Condensing the essence of Shan Dai, gathering the soft intestines of beautiful water. Arrogantly coming from ancient times, gorgeous and changing makeup from time to time. Leaping out with thousands of flowers, beautiful and beautiful. , bowing down the extra branches and being suave."
Lin Wanrong heard the black lines on his forehead popping up, and said to Xiao Yuruo: "Miss, why can't I understand what this number one scholar is saying?! Oh, it seems that I'm behind again, can you translate it?"
The eldest lady is knowledgeable and talented, and said with a smile: "This Su Zhuangyuan really deserves his reputation. He quoted the "Ode to the Peony Flower God" and said that this 'Zuiyanhong' has noble morals and extraordinary origins. In such a short period of time, he It can be quoted from the classics. According to the details, this champion fell on his head, and the name deserves it."
It turned out that he was writing an argumentative essay, and Lin Wanrong was very angry. Damn, what the hell, if you read a few words that I don't understand, you can be the number one scholar? I'll go up and write a few calculus equations, I'm sure none of you will know each other, so can I be the number one scholar's father
After hearing Su Mubai's words, everyone nodded secretly. Su Zhuangyuan's knowledge really deserved his reputation—with the exception of Lin San. If he knew that this garden already belonged to him, and heard Su Mubai's words of ancient classics, he might have kicked him out with a broom.
The old man in the pavilion smiled and said: "Very good, Su Mubai. Your talent is indeed extraordinary. It is not wrong to choose you as the number one scholar. Come here and give me a seat."
Su Mubai hurriedly clasped his fists in thanks, with a humble expression on his face, when the attendant moved the brocade stool, he carefully put the small half of his buttocks on it, and he sat down, far less secure than Lin San sitting on the floor. Lin Wanrong watched it secretly amused, the number one scholar was trembling, it was really meaningless, not as happy as I, Lin San.
"Xu girl, it's your turn." The old man glanced at Xu Zhiqing, nodded slightly and said.
Xu Zhiqing saluted lightly, walked slowly in the forest for a few steps, inspected for a long time, and finally said softly: "This flower is the best of all flowers—it's absolutely nothing."
Everyone in the garden was stunned for a moment. In Miss Xu's eyes, the beautiful peonies in the garden are completely indistinguishable? Her vision is probably too high.
Su Mubai frowned and said: "In Miss's opinion, the peonies in this garden can't be the king of all flowers, so what kind of flower can be so capable?"
Xu Zhiqing smiled slightly and did not speak, only Lin San gave a big thumbs up with a smile and said: "Good advice, good advice, I knew Miss Xu liked this."
The old man in the pavilion was also puzzled, but he understood Xu girl's ability, Xu Zhiqing was a formidable woman who had fought against barbarians in the battlefield, it could be said that women do not give in to men, her words would never be that simple.
"Lin San, from what you mean, you seem to understand Xu girl's words?" the old man asked with great interest.
Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "I guessed it, and I don't know if it's right or not. Anyway, I'm a ignorant person, so it's okay to guess wildly."
Xu Zhiqing smiled slightly, glanced at him and said, "I don't care if you guess wrong."
The old man laughed loudly, and he seemed very happy to hear the voice: "You children always like to play riddles. If I were twenty years younger, I could play with you. Lin San, tell me , Xu girl, what is the meaning of the four words "one hundred and one?"
Lin Wanrong grinned and said, "Miss, I'm going to make a crossword riddle for you to guess. You can only guess one word. If you guess correctly, Miss Xu's riddle will be solved."
Xiao Yuruo thought for a while, then smiled suddenly: "I understand, nothing is true, but it is the word 'white'. It turns out that sister Xu likes this white peony. The whitest and most beautiful in this garden is the one from Luoyang. "Zhanfengjiao" is now, my sister means that "Zhanfengjiao" is the king of flowers, isn't it?"
Xu Zhiqing nodded and smiled, "Sister Xiao is really smart." Xiao Yuruo smiled embarrassedly, and Lin Wanrong answered for her in her heart: "Where, where, our family Lin San is smart."
Xu Zhiqing glanced at Lin San, and a glint of expectation flashed in her eyes. Although this man was joking and not serious, he always surprised people at key points. Just now he used a small crossword puzzle to complete a trick, but this person can readily comprehend it. He is indeed clever and witty, not simple! On the contrary, it was Su Mubai, the number one scholar, who didn't understand the meaning and was eager to show it, so he found it boring.
The old man nodded and said: "Ms. Xu really has some skills. Why did you choose this white peony as the king of flowers?"
Xu Zhiqing pondered for a while and said: "The beauty of the country is drunk in the morning, and the clothes are dyed in the night with the fragrance of the sky. The four characters of the country's beauty and heavenly fragrance fully express the beauty and beauty of peonies in the world. Su Zhuangyuan loves 'Zuiyanhong' because it has the meaning of great joy. The color is the auspicious sign of the country. This "shuddering wind and beauty" is pure and clean, and it is the noble posture of a true leader. The way of flowers is like this, and the national road is like this. Those who are superior should learn from this "shuddering" Fengjiao', clear and innocent, true fire burning, don't stain your heart with selfish desires, only then can you deal with things fairly, govern the country and prosper the country, and only in this way can you be drunk everywhere, make the sky auspicious, and benevolent to my Dahuazi civil."
Xu Zhiqing's words are based on flowers, and they are related to people and the country. The implication is profound, and it is a level higher than Su Zhuangyuan's pure flower theory. Lin Wanrong took a look at Xu Zhiqing, this girl is really a great talent, her words are quoted from the scriptures but easy to understand, much better than Su Zhuangyuan, at least I can understand it, I have ideals, ambitions, not easy !
The old man in the pavilion sighed and said: "Xu girl, if you are not a daughter, you will definitely inherit the position of your father. It is a pity that although Xu Wei has a son and a daughter, but the other is more than brave and not resourceful. The other Zhitian is in the world, but she is a daughter again, what a pity, what a pity."
The old man used two regrets in a row, and his emotion was beyond words. In this age of patriarchy, Xu Zhiqing's knowledge, let alone women, is rare even among men.
Lin Wanrong secretly said: "Miss, is this the so-called national policy question? Are these questions the only ones to be asked in the selection of champions in the Golden Palace?"
Xiao Yuruo smiled and said, "I haven't passed the examination of the number one scholar, how do I know? But the policy questions on the Golden Palace are all directly asked by the emperor. Like Sister Xu, who cares about flowers and people and then politics, not to say there is no, but It is rare, and with Sister Xu's knowledge, it is more than enough to be admitted to ten champions."
Lin Wanrong smiled slightly. Although he didn't like this peony flower, Xu Zhiqing's remarks were also very subjective and fantasy, but it was not easy for her to think of this, and she should pay tribute to her.
Everyone in the garden was silent for a while, and finally the old man said: "Come on, give Miss Xu a seat on the left of Su Zhuangyuan."
Lin Wanrong didn't understand the sentence added later, and said to Xiao Yuruo, "Miss, why do you let Miss Xu sit on Su Mubai's left?"
For this curious baby's idiot question, the eldest lady really couldn't laugh or cry, she couldn't bear to beat her, and she couldn't bear to scold her, and for some reason, she became obsessed and was deceived by this stupid person.
"This is like a row of seats, but the left is the most important and the left is the most respected—Lin San, I ask you a very serious question, have you ever read a book?"
Lin Wanrong's old face also blushed, he was actually despised by the eldest lady, he was really sweating, these ancient rules had long been out of fashion in his previous life, how could he remember them.
Seeing his rare blush, the eldest lady smiled and said: "From tomorrow onwards, I will supervise your reading, read Confucius and Mencius during the day, and the Book of Songs at night, and try to let you come back in three years."
Reading Confucius and Mencius during the day and the Book of Songs at night? Damn, it's better to have big dreams during the day and play tricks at night. Lin Wanrong smiled: "Okay, okay, the young lady will rape and supervise me day and night, you must rape me well, and you can't do it even once." The dream was strangled to death in his belly.
Xu Zhiqing did not refuse, and sat on the left side of Su Zhuangyuan as she said. Su Mubai was already well-known for Xu Zhiqing's talent and learning, so it was not too embarrassing to see her gain the upper hand. Anyway, Ms. Xu's reputation is known all over the world, so losing to her once makes sense. On the contrary, the master in the pavilion glanced at Su Zhuangyuan, sighed slightly, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The blind old man standing behind him said in a soft voice: "Master, Young Master Su is inexperienced. Even if he fails for a while, it will be fine. After further training, he can be entrusted with great use."
A strange light flashed in the master's eyes, and he said, "Xiao Weizi, Lin San was recommended by you, why did you speak good things for Su Mubai instead?"
Xiao Weizi's face remained unchanged and he said: "Master, it doesn't matter who you recommend, as long as it is for the benefit of my Dahua, even if you want the head of the slave, the slave will have no problem."
The master's face flickered, and he said after a long time: "Xiao Weizi, I know your loyalty, your eyes were lost for me, if you hadn't saved your life to save me in the past, I am afraid I would have passed away in this world long ago .Even Xu Wei, Li Tai and others don't understand that old incident. Only you know, you have worked hard all these years."
Xiao Weizi hurriedly knelt down and said in shock: "The slave is terrified. The slave's life is given by the master. For the master, the slave will be smashed to pieces and have no complaints."
"Get up." The old man said lightly, looking into the distance, with a hint of insidiousness flashing across his face, he said sharply: "That man is insidious and cunning, cut off my bloodline, cut off my descendants, if it wasn't for the fact that I was in the father's house in the past... Before the bed, I swore a bloody and poisonous oath, and I will definitely let him taste the feeling of cutting off children and grandchildren."
The blind old man Xiao Weizi stood up, not daring to make a sound. The master said again: "Father made me swear that I will never touch him in my lifetime, but how does he know that I have been harmed so miserably by this beast that I can't even leave a single heir. In the past twenty years, he has been doing anything wrong in the court. .I hold back, now it's finally time to settle the matter. My father forbids me to do it, so can I not do it like a fake?"
He slapped the table hard, exuding a murderous aura all over his body, and said angrily: "I want to let him taste that taste too, I will never let him go!"
The old man coughed violently excitedly, and Xiao Weizi hurried forward to hand him the pills. After the old man swallowed it with warm water, his coughing eased a lot, but a strange white color appeared on his face. He closed his eyes and meditated for a while and sighed: In this position, for the past twenty years, I have only talked to you, and even Xu Wei and Li Tai, who have been with me for thirty or forty years, gradually don't understand what I am thinking."
He was silent for a while, glanced at several people in the garden, and suddenly smiled and said: "The Lin San you recommended is very good, very good, not deep in talent, but has a wide range of knowledge, and is practical enough. He is a useful talent. It is not worse than the one I have painstakingly cultivated. He protected the stall in Jinling, and wiped out Bailian in Shandong. , but it’s of little use, it’s a peach on paper, it won’t be envied by others, and it won’t be accused by the censors in the court of distributing titles indiscriminately.”
The blind old man knew that this was not the time for him to speak, so he kept silent. Sure enough, a gleam of expectation flashed in the old man's eyes and said: "As long as he does a good job, I will give him a fair chance. Everyone's chance It is equal, no more points, no less points."
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Lin Wanrong saw that Su Zhuangyuan and Miss Xu had already taken their seats, but the master behind the curtain was silent. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. He was about to ask a question when he heard the master's voice laughingly saying: "Lin San, you Do you want to sit on the ground all the time, or do you also want to sit on a high stool? Now it's your turn, among all the flowers in the garden, which flower is the leader?"
Among the three, only Lin San did not speak. Among the many people in the garden, except for a few people, the others couldn't figure out why this master raised Lin San to such a high level? Among the three people in this debate, one is the daughter of Grand Master Xu, who is even better than Xu Wei when it comes to learning, and the other is the champion of Xinke, so there is no need to talk about learning. But what kind of green onion is Lin San, the family member of the Xiao family, worthy of being compared with the first two by the master
Lin Wanrong was also surprised, this boss thinks highly of me, and I don't know him well, so why does he insist on letting me speak.
Seeing his hesitation, the old man smiled again: "Why, you don't want to, or don't you dare?"
Lin Wanrong giggled and said, "It's not that I don't dare, it's just that I dare to speak, but some people dare not listen."
He had a smile on his face, but what he said was shocking. The old man smiled softly and said to Xiao Weizi behind him: "I'm afraid that no one will be able to cure the kid you selected in the future."
The blind old man gritted his teeth and said: "If someone can cure him, it is not worthy of my slave's recommendation to you—Master, in the whole world, who can restrain you?"
This very ingenious analogy, the old man understood clearly, smiled slightly, stopped talking to Xiao Weizi, and only said loudly: "Lin San, why don't you dare to listen, just say it."
Lin Wanrong chuckled and said, "Elder, you said you wanted to choose the leader of the flowers in the garden, didn't you?"
"Exactly." The old man replied.
"So, I can choose any of the flowers and plants in this garden?"
"Yes, as long as you can tell the reason, you can choose the flowers and plants in this garden." The old man looked at him with great interest and said.
Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "That's great." He shook the dog's tail grass in his hand and said, "I choose this."
Su Zhuangyuan almost fell off his stool when he saw the fluffy thing in Lin Wanrong's hand that said flowers were not flowers and grass was not grass. He was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Brother Lin, you didn't make a mistake, did you?"
Lin Wanrong nodded and said, "That's it, I wouldn't choose it."
The eldest lady originally thought that he would choose an orchid. After all, he is most familiar with orchids, but when he saw that he chose the most inconspicuous and even disgusting dog's tail flower, he immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "This bad guy. I have never been able to guess what he is thinking."
Xu Zhiqing glanced at Lin Wanrong, with a flash of interest in her eyes, she smiled and said to the eldest lady: "This person in your family, I'm afraid it will be terrible in the future. Little sister of the Xiao family, I'll congratulate you first."
"What's the matter?" The eldest lady was delighted when she heard it, but her face was full of shame: "I'm afraid it's something wrong, sister, this person is necrotic."
The old man in the pavilion was born in a noble family, and he usually sees top-notch flowers and plants, which one is not extremely gorgeous? Seeing this unremarkable grass in Lin San's hands today, he suddenly wondered: "Lin San, what is this?"
Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "This is called the dog's tail flower. The fluffy ones you see are the flowers it blooms. They are the most common and even the most hated by everyone. How about it? Isn't it ugly?"
Sure enough, it was ugly enough, and the people in the field felt a chill. The old man said with a smile: "Did you choose this dog's tail flower as the top flower? It is really unexpected." The people in the garden couldn't help laughing, this dog's tail flower can be as beautiful as the country and heavenly fragrance. Peony compared? All fools know it won't work.
Lin Wanrong's expression didn't change, Xu Zhiqing looked at him curiously, and kept saying nothing surprising, what the hell is this man doing
"The peonies are bewitching, and the country is so crazy that it does not spare money." Lin Wanrong read slowly, smiling, and took off a "Fengjiao", which was as white as jade, sniffed it on his nose, and said with a smile: "beautiful." , Fragrance, the four words of national beauty and heavenly fragrance are indeed well-deserved. Ah, I suddenly miss a poem, "A cluster of national beauty flowers, ten households are endowed, every family is customary, everyone is fascinated by enlightenment." Su Zhuangyuan , you are the number one scholar hand-picked by the emperor, can you explain to us all what this poem means?"
Su Mubai's expression changed. Of course he could understand the meaning of the poem. It said that the people of the country were intoxicated with peonies, almost obsessed. It was an allegorical poem.
Lin Wanrong sighed and said: "This peony is really beautiful, so beautiful that people can't bear to touch it - but besides being beautiful, what else can it do? It is delicate and easy to break, it needs you to take care of it carefully, if you are not careful, It will be gone, you see—" He threw the beautiful peony on the ground, stepped on it lightly, and the petals were so broken that it was hard to see.
"Brother Lin, what are you doing?" Su Mubai frowned and said, "As a flower appreciator, we should cherish and love flowers. It is really a sin to waste flowers like this."
"What Su Zhuangyuan said is good." Lin Wanrong gave a thumbs up: "You are really a person who appreciates, cherishes and loves flowers. But—" he changed his tone and laughed loudly: "I want to ask Su Zhuangyuan, you What kind of flower do you admire, what kind of flower do you love—”
Su Mubai suddenly thought of something, his face changed, Lin Wanrong laughed loudly and said: "I will answer for Zhuangyuanlang. What you appreciate is beauty, and what you love is the beauty of the country. You will reward this dogtail grass, Do you love it? It is right to say that you appreciate beauty and love beauty, but it is wrong to say that you appreciate flowers and love flowers, Zhuangyuan Lang, am I right?"
What a sharp mouth. Su Mubai kept silent, but Xu Zhiqing watched with relish.
"There is nothing wrong with loving beauty, but I would like to ask, in this world, is there more peony or dogtail grass? You all go to take care of that noble peony, love it, and pamper it, but Who cares about the tens of thousands of foxtail grasses? Who cares? Who the hell cares?" Lin Wanrong stomped on the peony again, angrily scolded.
The eldest lady hastily tugged at him lightly, she glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, and said softly: "You, don't speak foul words."
"Oh, Sao Rui, Sao Rui." Lin Wanrong smiled helplessly, and glanced at Xu Zhiqing: "Miss Xu, the beautiful and proud white peony should be clean from the dust and lead the group, very good, this sentence makes sense, but I want to ask, who is your white peony leading? Is it peony, chrysanthemum or Clivia? Wrong, wrong, all wrong, they are also leaders, you are leading a group of dogtail grass like us, worthless It’s fine if you’re in a prosperous age, but if you’re in troubled times, should you abandon the peony first or the dog’s tail grass first, Miss Xu, can you give me an answer?”
Xu Zhiqing bit her red lips lightly, refusing to speak. The eyes of the person in the pavilion flickered, looking at Lin Wanrong with great interest, a faint smile floated on his mouth.
"Actually, I don't need your answer." Lin Wanrong spread his hands, shrugged and smiled, "This dog's tail grass is ugly and vulgar. When you walk on the road, you want to trample it to death when you see it. But you really stomp him to death. Is it?" Lin Wanrong smiled slightly, threw the grass on the ground, stepped on it fiercely, and when he picked it up, he saw that the grass was still connected by its roots, tall and slender: "We grass roots have the most tenacious vitality. Yes, it doesn’t need you to take care of it at all. In troubled times, the peony can wither overnight, but the grass roots can last for thousands of years. Big waves wash the sand, and what is inexhaustible is gold. Can you figure out who abandoned whom? Miss Xu? To put it bluntly, a fire burned the garden, who is left here? Who is the unburned phoenix? Who is the real king of flowers?—Miss Xu, you understand me What are you talking about?"
Xu Zhiqing gritted her teeth, her face flushed, she clenched her little hands tightly, she glanced at him, but didn't speak.
Lin Wanrong grinned, waved his hands and said, "Don't talk, don't talk, it's meaningless if you explain it too clearly, anyway, everyone understands it. The one in the pavilion, I'm tired of talking, you can get me a bench. "
The old man in the pavilion gave the blind old man a meaningful look, and said with a smile, "It's right to give him a seat, Xiao Weizi. In your opinion, should he sit on Su Mubai's left or right."
"Master is clear." Xiao Weizi said respectfully with his face unchanged.
"Come on, give Lin San a seat on the left of Miss Xu." The old man smiled loudly and ordered loudly. On the face of the blind old man Gu Jingbubo, there was a meaningful smile...
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