Lin Yanchao followed Chen Xinggui and Huang Biyou walked between the South Garden.⊙.

With the two of them, Lin Yanchao was not very interested in the poetry meeting, and he wanted to attend the poetry meeting with them. On the one hand, it was not a hindrance to invite friends, and on the other hand, he wanted to meet the girls' school books.

Thinking of the Liu Rushi who "I saw the green mountains so charming, and I thought the green mountains would see me," decades later, Lin Yanchao was still curious about the age of the times and wanted to see it at first sight.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao slowed down, walked slowly, and looked carefully.

Looking at the scenery in the garden, Lin Yanchao also relaxed. Since it was a garden poetry party, why not enjoy the scenery and temporarily put the scriptures and test papers aside, just like to appreciate the scenery of this era.

Walking through the pavilions and gardens, looking at the scenery, and then indulging in the sounds and colors between the green waves and red pavilions is the extravagant life of the literati and petty bourgeoisie in the Ming Dynasty.

In front of you is a water Yaxuan, with a bridge in front of you, and a white staircase paved with blue bricks. There are crimson yarn hanging from all sides. Looking into the distance, there is a green lake.

Huang Biyou praised: "Great scenery!"

Lin Yanchao nodded, and liked it too.

At that moment, the three of them all stepped forward together and arrived in the Xuan.

Lin Yanchao met many familiar people, such as the top few people in Houguan County Examination, and they all arrived.

They were in the same case as Lin Yanchao and Huang Biyou, and they were both treated to each other.

In addition, several disciples from the Lianjiang Academy, including Ye Xianggao, also came forward to greet several old friends.

Ye Xianggao also greeted Lin Yanchao. This time he took the head of the Fuqing County Examination and came with the power. It is said that during the county examination, the examiner looked at his paper. Before he could see his name, he said that this must be the son of Mr. Guishan. When he turned on the paper, he found that it was indeed true.

By the way, after Ye Xianggao's father Ye Chaorong failed the second time in the imperial examination last year, he was awarded the title of Jiangzhou Prefecture as a student of the Imperial College. Now Ye Xianggao is also a child of the official family.

Ye Xianggao greeted Lin Yanchao and said a few words. That's all their friendship.

At this time, someone said, "Brother Yanchao, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Lin Yanchao turned his head and then said in surprise: "Isn't this Brother Weng? Why are you here too?"

This person is Weng Zhengchun, a fellow villager in Lin Yanchao. He held Lin Yanchao's hand and said, "I will also go to this house trial. So I'm here."

Lin Yanchao met Weng Zhengchun and joked: "Brother Weng moved to the isolated island of Jinshan Temple alone to study. Why did he abandon poetry and books and come to the garden today? Could it be for beauty?" In Lin Yanchao's impression, Weng Zhengchun is a good student who is determined to study. It is strange that he came here.

Weng Zhengchun smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Lin, don't make fun of it. The master Chen Yiyu here is my old friend, and I was invited by him to come here."

Lin Yanchao was slightly surprised when he heard this, but looked at Ye Xianggao on the side. He thought of Weng Zhengchun, Ye Xianggao and Chen Yiyu. These three were all popular candidates for the head of the mansion, and they happened to be here. Could it be that it was not accidental?

While he was talking to Weng Zhengchun, a servant stepped forward and said, "Two young masters, these are poems and essays from the master here. Please read them."

Lin Yanchao took it after thanking him, but saw a thin book with three words "Nanyuan Collection", which included more than a dozen poems about landscapes, scenery, gifts, farewells, and nostalgia. More than 30 scholars here all read a book.

Lin Yanchao read the Nanyuan Collection. He felt that Chen Yiyu's poems were indeed amazing, and he finally understood the purpose of the poetry meeting.

At that time, Chen Zi'ang went to Chang'an for the imperial examination, but failed twice.

Chen Zi'ang was worried that no one would appreciate him. So he was very depressed. At that time, a Hu man happened to sell the piano and asked for a price of one million, but no one dared to pay attention to it. Chen Zi'ang bought it with a thousand silks and then told everyone that the next day, he would have a banquet at Xuanyangli, Chang'an, and played the piano in public.

On the second day, guests gathered, and Chen Zi'ang held the piano. Chen Zi'ang, a native of Shu, had a lot of literary works, but was unknown. The piano was a joy of a lowly craftsman, so why should we pay attention to it? After Chen Zi'ang finished speaking, he smashed the piano in public, and everyone was sorry for the precious piano. But Chen Zi'ang didn't care at all, and sent his poems to everyone, and from then on he became famous all over the world, and then he won the Jinshi in one go.

Chen Yiyu gave a collection of poems and used famous prostitutes and poetry meetings to increase his reputation. He is similar to Chen Zi'ang's piano music.

Poetry Club is a place where scholars gather. If one or two people are brought out in the poetry club, his reputation will soon be spread to the ears of scholars in the palace, and even the examiners of the palace will hear it. Just like Chen Zi'ang, no one knows before he smashes the piano, but after smashing the piano, his reputation spread throughout Chang'an, and he beats Chinese style.

No wonder Chen Yiyu invited him to participate in the poetry meeting. They were all candidates who participated in the palace examination this time. Even the noble Ye Xianggao and the hard-study Weng Zhengchun also came. They all wanted to use this poetry meeting to spread their reputation.

It seems that scholars also need to learn to hype themselves, and the best way to travel poetry is to have a poem.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao stroked the collection of poems in Nanyuan, thinking that there is a better way to establish a reputation than a poetry meeting, that is, to write books.

There is no better way to gain fame than Li Yan. Of course, Li Yan is too high-end, and if you don’t write well, you will be criticized. Most scholars settle for the second best, and publish one or two collections of poems. For example, Tang Xianzu had not yet participated in the examination, but his collection of poems spread throughout the two capitals.

Unfortunately, I didn’t know that there was such a poetry show before, otherwise I would have printed it... Forget it, I can’t make any contribution to my poetry, so why didn’t I work hard before traveling through time and recite the poetry collections of Nalan Rongruo and Zheng Banqiao.

Not being able to plagiarize poetry is simply a shame for time travelers! I feel embarrassed to meet people when I say it out.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He thought that the poetry club was just for scholars to have fun, but now it seems that he also has to find a way to become famous in the poetry club and pave the way for his house. Otherwise, he would be sorry for Chen Xinggui's kindness to bring him here.

At this time, when the curtain was raised, Chen Yiyu came to Xuan, with two women following him.

Everyone bowed to Chen Yiyu, thanked him for his invitation, and then looked at the two women together.

Lin Yanchao looked carefully, but saw two women, one fresh and the other beautiful, without any lead powder, with natural charm, and their clothes were elegant and simple, which was obviously not ordinary people who charmed people with their own colors.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but nodded and thought, this looked like a handsome young woman. If two vulgar fans were mixed with a bunch of scholars, the style of this poetry meeting would have been much lower.

Chen Yiyu smiled and introduced the two people, saying, "Dong Xiaoshuang and Shi Changjun, two female school students, are all scholars from our province who travel to each other on weekdays. Today, I came to Nanyuan and let us wait for everyone's style for a while, which really adds a lot of color to the poetry meeting."

Chen Yiyu said this, everyone gave a gift together, and the two girls' school students also bowed their bodies to return the gift.

With two great beauties here, the atmosphere was different. Lin Yanchao looked at Huang Biyou who was ready to beat him and said, "Brother Huang, you don't need to be like this!"

Huang Biyou smiled and said, "Brother Yanchao, this is a female school student. Look at this Dong Xiaoshuang, a wealthy businessman from Ningbo, paid twenty taels of silver to accompany her, but she didn't even open the door. And Shi Changjun and Lin Shibi visited West Lake together, and Lin Shibi wrote three poems in a row."

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but say, "Is it true or false?"

Huang Biyou said: "Of course. As the scholars of Manchu are well-known, will I still lie to you?"

Lin Yanchao said: "I said, Lin Shibi can make a famous one by one by writing three poems, which is too fake!"

Huang Biyou said, "You don't know that Lin Shibi has been a child prodigy since he was a child. If he hadn't lingered in the flowers and indulged in poetry, he would have been a scholar and a Jinshi. How bad is the prostitute he can give to poetry? Such women are not even seen by a thousand gold coins. They only interact with talented men on weekdays."

Then Huang Biyou said with an intoxicated look on his face: "If they could call my poems in the poetry meeting, in a few days, scholars all over the city will know my Huang Biyou's name."

Brothels and poetry gatherings are always places where scholars can gain reputation.

After everyone took their seats, Chen Yiyu smiled and said, "I heard that the ancients wrote poems with banana leaves. Today we also wrote them in banana leaves with art. Everyone wrote a poem based on the title of Nanyuan here. Of course, I did not judge the level of the poem. I asked two girls' scholastic books to comment. The ancients had red sleeves and added fragrance, and we had red sleeves to comment on the poem."

Everyone smiled and said, "Brother Chen, it's so elegant."

The servant came forward and distributed all the banana leaves to the scholars present.

Lin Yanchao picked up the banana leaves, but found that there were a few corners missing on his leaves. After he said he wanted to change, the servant said that there was nothing left and he could only take it.

At that moment, a sound of grinding ink came from the pavilion. The breeze was blowing outside the window, and the window screen blew on the scholars' clothes.

The scholars raised their sleeves, then tinkered with all their talents and knowledge, and tried hard to think of the poems that suited the situation. The nervousness here was not inferior to the palace examination that was about to be taken.

After writing, some people handed in the paper one after another.

Lin Yanchao also wrote the poem, but he felt that his poems were the same. Even if he thought hard, he could not come up with a better one. It would be better to finish it as soon as possible.

So Lin Yanchao picked up the poem on the banana leaves and handed it over.

At this time, the two girls' school books also commented on the articles of several scholars. After Lin Yanchao finished commenting one, he handed his poem to Dong Xiaoshuang.

After a few glances, Dong Xiaoshuang smiled and said with a smile: "Young Master, the poems you wrote are like these broken banana leaves, all like mulberry leaves gnawed by silkworms."

Dong Xiaoshuang's playful words immediately caused laughter from the left and right.

Lin Yanchao also laughed at himself. Another female school secretary, the chief secretary, took Lin Yanchao's poem and said, "Sister, look at what you said. Although this poem is not very good, you can also read it."

After saying that, Shi Changjun smiled apologetically to Lin Yanchao and said, "My sister is mean, please forgive me."

Lin Yanchao said: "It's okay, just comment on poetry. You must tell me whether it's good or bad. A gentleman will not hide his mistakes!"

As he said that, Lin Yanchao gave a gift and left. When Shi Changjun saw him, he said to Dong Xiaoshuang: "This young man is so elegant!"
Chapter completed!