The passers-by had been sent away by Li Hong, and now Yang Wu was the only one left. When the two of them walked to the bridge, they were blocked by two guarding men standing at the bridge with fierce faces: "Are you going in to participate in the poetry meeting? ? Do you have the famous tattoos of the top girls in the flower shops? Do you have the invitations to the poetry party?"
Li Hong and Yang Wu looked blankly at the ferocious man and shook their heads, indicating that they didn't.
A guard looked at Li Hong and sneered: "You look like a scholar, and you are also wearing a light ink shirt. What's wrong? Didn't you join the poetry club? Or are you just here to see the beauty of the top girl?"
Li Hong couldn't help but turn his head and look at Yang Wu. Why did he get an invitation and a famous assassin to attend a poetry festival
Yang Wu also looked at a loss. He didn't know much about this. He only knew that he had found out which day the scholars were gathering. As for asking for invitations, he didn't think it was a big deal at all. Besides, wasn't everyone allowed to attend the poetry gathering?
"Then let's find someone." Li Hong glared at Yang Wu with slight dissatisfaction and said to the guard.
"Looking for someone? Have you seen that line over there? They are all looking for someone, but at the end of the day, they are all waiting for their classmates, friends or others to find invitations for them to let them in. Then, sir, just queue up "Okay." The guard looked like he knew you were looking for someone, and pointed to the group of dozens of people on the side of the bridge.
Li Hong glanced at the long queue, queue? Are you kidding me? These are all mine, I’ve never heard of queuing!
"Who gave you the right to set up a card here? This is the royal garden of the Tang Dynasty. The royal family allows people to come and go freely. Why did you block it?" Li Hong looked at the scholars filing in. , everyone is holding a beautifully made invitation or a name card.
But what he didn't know was that this was a new rule this year. Compared with previous poetry gatherings, there were not only many students, but also many people. Sometimes a good poetry gathering, or a student reciting a poem, would The atmosphere would be extremely weird and awkward due to the roar of laughter from the people.
Most of the time, the common people have been staring at the famous prostitutes on the makeshift stage in the flower shop. In the eyes of ordinary people like them, these people have only heard of their names but do not know their identity. Now they have a rare opportunity and are lucky enough to see them. The beauty of the famous lady naturally applauded the famous prostitute after seeing her performance, but she did not give any reward, so the literati lacked interest and could not even compose a poem with excellent artistic conception for a long time.
Therefore, this year, the rule was set that only those with invitations or the tattoos of famous prostitutes in the flower shop can enter, completely eliminating the phenomenon of some people wearing literati clothes and pretending to be literati to enter and watch performances for free.
The two guards obviously did not expect that anyone would question them, because from the beginning to now, every person who did not have a name and an invitation either ran away with a guilty conscience after being stopped, or waited for someone to take them in. I have never seen anyone ask why they set up a card.
The guard glared at Li Hong, "That's a good question for you." When I was speechless, a man wearing a scholar's coat walked over with a smile. His expression was quite disdainful, but his etiquette was exactly the same. Showing his scholarly demeanor, he raised his hands and said: "This brother has invited me. I am Lu Ao, who is one of the organizers of this poetry meeting. Your question is a good one, but I can answer it for them. This time For the Poetry Society, we have received the full support of Mr. Lu, the magistrate of Chang'an County, so we dare to set up a card here, and it is also to provide a good poetry environment for scholars all over the world. "
Lu Ao stood with a smile on his face, a jade tree facing the wind. He was dressed in white and looked majestic in the world after the snow. However, there was an overwhelming arrogance and disdain between his eyebrows, and he looked at Li Hong and Yang Wu with a arrogant attitude.
He had every reason to treat these scholars without invitations with arrogance. After all, as a member of the Lu family of Fan Yang, today's poetry meeting can have such an excellent environment thanks to his uncle Lu Zhi, who is the magistrate of Chang'an County. support.
And because he used his connections with the imperial court, other scholars and others who came to participate in the poetry meeting looked at him with a little more respect and envy than usual.
Therefore, when he explained to Li Hong, he naturally did not hide anything. He named his identity using his own name and his uncle Lu Zhi's surname, letting Li Hong know that he was able to do this because of his strength.
In Lu Ao's eyes, Li Hong, who was wearing a light-black green shirt just like other scholars, was completely unworthy of knowing his name, let alone explaining to him why he had set up a card.
"Doesn't it mean that some scholars in the world who don't know the regulations this year can't enter?" Li Hong looked at Lu Ao and already understood in his heart that they were probably a family.
"If brother can compose a poem on the spot, or recite a scripture designated by me, you can enter." Lu Ao continued to say with a smile, but his eyes were looking behind Li Hong, obviously waiting for someone. .
Li Hong was speechless for a moment and recited the post. When had he memorized it since he was a child? Compose poetry? Having been squeezed by his mother, he now gets a headache when he writes poetry.
"you… ."
"Master Li?"
Li Hong turned around and saw Pei Wanying standing side by side with another woman. Lu Ao had already bypassed Li Hong and came to Pei Wanying and was about to talk, but Pei Wanying seemed to be... talking to the scholar who just talked to him
Li Hong suppressed the words that he was going to ask Yang Wu to go to Lu Zhi to ask for the invitation. He looked at Pei Wanying looking at him with a smile. The two distinct dimples on her cheeks made people feel excited. He said easily: "Oh, I didn’t expect to meet Miss Pei here.”
Lu Ao looked at Pei Wanying's delighted expression and couldn't help but look askance at Li Hong. Who is this guy? Why did Miss Pei Wanying look so happy when she saw him
While thinking, I heard Pei Wanying not even looking at him. She took two steps forward and came to Li Hong and said playfully: "Didn't you say it's cold, so you won't come?"
Li Hong didn't expect that the chance encounter he wanted to create didn't come true. Instead, he actually met by chance. Although he was blocked from the door and didn't go in, it was still a chance encounter, right
"I didn't expect you to still remember what I said. It was quite cold two days ago, but it's not that cold today. I have nothing to do, so I came here to take a look. After all, I can barely be considered a scholar, right? "Li Hong glanced at the invitation in Pei Wanying's hand, and without asking Pei Wanying, he took it over and took it in his hand to look through it.
Pei Wanying didn't mind either. She looked at Li Hong looking down at the invitation in his hand and guessed that he couldn't get in without the invitation. Moreover, from the way he spoke, it seemed that this man was forcing himself to be a scholar.
Lu Ao stood aside without interrupting, witnessing the two of them talking like good friends, and listening to the conversation, it seemed that Miss Pei invited him to attend a poetry party. The man refused because it was cold, but he came again. Could this be the case? Do you want to surprise Miss Pei
The woman who accompanied Pei Wanying greeted Lu Ao, and then looked at Li Hong and Pei Wanying talking and laughing there.
I saw Pei Wanying tilting her head again, her gentle and quiet eyes blinking playfully, and said, "I guess Mr. Li didn't prepare an invitation, so he's here, right?"
"Ah? Miss Pei guessed such a confidential matter. Miss Pei is really clever. How about you lend me this one? Can you ask someone else for one?" Li Hong waved Pei Wanying's hand casually. Pei Wanying, who looked at the invitation and seemed to be able to calm down the years, said with a smile.
"You just don't have a formal appearance. You can't say a few serious words before you start talking nonsense. You can give this invitation to the young master, as long as the young master doesn't mind."
"So generous? What about you? What should you do?" Li Hong looked calm and took it for himself as a matter of course.
Since Pei Wanying said she could give it to herself, it proves that she must have other ways to get in.
But Lu Ao, who was looking at Li Hong's shamelessness, was filled with anger and dumbfounded. Isn't this kind of person too shameless and shameless? How to treat a woman like this? You didn't say anything polite, just took it away as a matter of course? It is unbearable!
"Me? Mountain people have their own tricks." Pei Wanying smiled calmly at Li Hong, then turned to look at Lu Ao, and said after seeing the ceremony: "Mr. Lu, my daughter doesn't have an invitation now. I wonder if she can enter today's poetry meeting? "
The original surprise and a trace of dissatisfaction on Lu Ao's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he was replaced with a gentle smile and said: "Miss Pei is a talented woman in the world. She is well-known in Chang'an and Luoyang. Naturally, she is There is no need for those invitations to prevent young people from taking advantage of it, but..."
"But what?" Pei Wanying's smile froze. She didn't know what the difficulty was for Mr. Lu, so she hurriedly said: "If Wanying enters the poetry meeting without an invitation and puts Mr. Lu into trouble, then I will go and see if the other people are in trouble." besides… ."
"No, no, no, Miss Pei misunderstood. Since Lu said that Miss Pei could enter without an invitation, how could he go back on his word? It's just that Lu felt that this brother took your invitation, and what he just heard "He is not a scholar, so entering in such a grand manner will probably make those scholars without invitations feel unfair, and will also attract some criticism from other people in the Poetry Society," Lu Ao said with some embarrassment.
Seeing Pei Wanying's somewhat disappointed expression, Lu Ao was secretly happy in his heart. Although the person holding the invitation could enter, he was hit by me today, so he couldn't even think of entering. Besides, seeing that you are so familiar, how can you be embarrassed? Let him in!
"Then... is there no other way? Besides, the Poetry Club only stipulates that people with invitations can enter." Pei Wanying frowned and said, trying her best to exploit the loopholes of the Poetry Club and fight for her own rights.
Because if it was according to Lu Ao's wishes, then even if Li Bai had an invitation, it would be in vain and he still wouldn't be able to get in.
(End of chapter)