Invincible son

Before the winding path, a group of young people were all dressed as scribes, and they looked at Pei Yue rather unkindly.

The leader is Xie Chengyun, who is now Wailang, a member of the ancestral hall under the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.He greeted Xu Churong first, with a very respectful demeanor, even if he didn't mention that the other party's father was the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu Ziping, who was the official servant of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't tolerate any disrespect from him.

However, when he turned his head to look at Pei Yue, Xie Chengyun's expression turned serious, and he asked indifferently, "Your Excellency is the Zhongshanhou of the Liang Kingdom?"

Pei Yue said calmly: "Yes."

Xie Chengyun snorted softly: "Your Excellency has great martial arts skills, and you are the official envoy of this mission. Logically speaking, we should treat him with courtesy. But this is the Donglin Cultural Association, which seems to have nothing to do with you. I don't know why you are here?"

Pei Yue didn't feel strange about these people's attitudes. In fact, high-level figures were only polite to him out of etiquette. It was difficult for most people in the Southern Zhou Dynasty to have a good impression of Liang people, especially young officials like Xie Chengyun. He Shizi.The two countries are now trying to repair their relationship and build peace for at least a period of time, but in the past few decades, dozens of wars, large and small, broke out between Liang and Zhou. This kind of hatred can only be eliminated by time.

Pei Yue is very familiar with those histories, but he will not deliberately keep his low profile because of this. Facing Xie Chengyun's aggressive aura, he smiled lightly and said, "Are you scared?"

Xu Churong stood quietly by the side, and couldn't help curling her lips when she heard this sentence, she finally knew what she cared about.The conflict in Qinyuan would not have made her obsessed with it, what she really cared about might be Pei Yue's seemingly gentle but indifferent attitude.In particular, the aloofness and aloofness he showed from time to time made it even more difficult for her to adapt, as if she was just a child who didn't understand anything in his eyes, such a sense was disgusting.

Xie Chengyun was stunned, anger flooded his face, and he scolded in a cold voice: "Absurd! Why should I be afraid?"

Pei Yue said unhurriedly: "The Donglin Literary Society has always advocated the four characters of inclusiveness, which means that the sea is tolerant to all rivers and rivers, and it has never deliberately set the threshold for participation. No matter whether you are a literati or a trafficker, as long as you are willing to observe this event All major events in the literary world can be entered. Since you are an official of the Ministry of Rites, don’t you even understand this? The so-called one leaf can tell the autumn, this literary society seems to be nothing more than a tool for literati to flatter each other."

Xie Chengyun's face turned red. The other party's words were impeccable, so he couldn't catch the loopholes at all, and in the end he turned against the general.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to severely humiliate Liang Ren. If Pei Yue spread his words, wouldn't the Donglin Wenhui become a joke in the eyes of the world?

Although the Wenhui is indeed a gathering of literati in essence, since the imperial court took over, it has been admiring that everyone can participate, not limited to fame or literary talent, and because of this, some leftover pearls scattered among the people have been discovered.

Pei Yue's peaceful eyes became sharp.

At this moment, Xu Churong, who was standing by the side, said, "Master Xie, Marquis Pei is a distinguished guest I invited, and it has nothing to do with his status as a martial artist. You should have heard those two Lingzhou poems. I believe you can write them." There are not many people who come up with such a poem, if he is not qualified to participate in the literary society, who is it?"...

These words seem to be flattering Pei Yue, but they actually gave Xie Chengyun and others a step. The latter said gratefully and ashamedly: "Miss Xu's lesson is that if you forget those two words in the next moment, you will almost cause a misunderstanding. Mr. Peihou There are a lot of them, so please don’t blame them.”

Pei Yue responded noncommittally.

Xie Chengyun turned sideways and said, "You two, please."

He watched the young man and woman walk up the winding path surrounded by a group of personal guards, and said in a low voice, "This man really has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth."

A young subordinate next to him frowned and said, "My lord, why did the daughter of the Xu family speak for the Liang people?"

Xie Chengyun suddenly turned his head and stared at him, and said in a cold voice: "You are talking nonsense! Miss Xu is clearly helping me out, lest the Beiman make use of it. You can't even see the details. How will you gain a foothold in the court in the future!"

The man immediately hesitated to speak.

At the same time, Xu Churong and Pei Yue walked side by side in the shade of the trees. She glanced at Pei Yue from the corner of her eyes from time to time, hoping to see some negative emotions of disappointment or anger on his face.However, Pei Yue just admired the scenery in the forest calmly, as if he had forgotten the episode just now.Seeing that he was so calm, Xu Churong couldn't help laughing a few times on purpose.

Pei Yue walked forward without looking sideways, and said lightly, "Your throat is uncomfortable?"

Xu Churong said with deep meaning: "I'm fine, but someone must be feeling uncomfortable."

Pei Yue laughed and said, "The so-and-so person you're talking about doesn't mean me, does it?"

Xu Churong raised his head slightly and said, "Of course it's you."

Pei Yue turned his head to look at her, and because of the height difference, he could clearly see her fair and slender neck, then retracted his eyes and said calmly, "Not only am I not feeling sick, but I feel very happy."

Xu Churong asked in a daze, "Why?"

Pei Yue smiled, and said slowly: "Actually, that Xie Chengyun is right, since he is going to participate in the Donglin Literary Society, he must have a few good poems and articles, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, and at most he can only watch from a distance .I came here this time to see the literary splendor of your Zhou Dynasty. Wouldn’t it be a pity that I couldn’t witness it with my own eyes?”

Xu Churong asked puzzledly: "Even if I don't say it, can't you read those two poems again?"

Pei Yue shrugged and said: "Everyone knows that those two poems were written by my maid, Tao Hua, and have nothing to do with me."

Xu Churong said persistently: "But you told me earlier that you can copy other poems and articles."

Pei Yue was silent for a moment, and said leisurely: "I decided to take back what I praised you before. Do you think those poems that astound the world are the rutabaga in the market? I only remember a few of them in total, and I must take them out at the most critical time Hitting someone in the face, how can you use it at will? Xie Chengyun is just a small role as a gatekeeper, and it is not worth me copying poems to hit people."

"You are really shameless!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xu Churong has never felt this kind of powerlessness in the past 16 years, because she found that she could not understand this man's logic at all.People in this era attach great importance to Qing names, and the four characters of the name before and after life are enough to explain everything.But Pei Yue showed a casual and willful attitude from beginning to end, as if he didn't care about the so-called reputation at all.

The two fell into an atmosphere of silence again.

Donglin was originally just a beautiful native forest, but with the continuous footsteps of the world, especially the continuous construction and renovation of the Southern Zhou court in the past hundred years, it has become a super large garden with a complete system.The most commendable thing is that this place is not limited in size like the gardens in the city, no matter how elegant it is, there will be a sense of poverty.

Walking through this long road in the forest, a large area of ​​red walls and white tiles located among the verdant greenery appeared in front of everyone.

The official of the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Zhou Dynasty who was in charge of welcoming them came to the two of them, and after seeing the ceremony, he said: "You two distinguished guests, please come with the officials."

After a while, the two came to the door of a magnificent building. Pei Yue looked up and saw two large characters painted with iron and silver hooks on the plaque.

bright hall.

This is the place where the banquet of the literary society is held, and it is also the sacred place in the hearts of countless literati and students in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.