The full moon rises and the autumn breeze brings coolness.
Fu Xiaoguan took Su Mo and Chunxiu and set off for Banshan Academy.
Banshan Academy is located on the east side of Linjiang. It is not in Linjiang City, but on Qingyuan Mountain, five miles outside the city.
On one side of Qingyuan Mountain, you can overlook Linjiang City in the distance, and on the other side, you can overlook the rolling Yangtze River. Banshan Academy is located on the hillside on the other side of the mountain. It is shaded by green trees, with beautiful scenery and a quiet and pleasant environment.
Many people were leaving the city at this moment, and the road to Qingyuan Mountain was filled with horse-drawn carriages. Some were students, some were talented women, and some were the families of wealthy merchants.
Even if it weren't for the Mid-Mountain Poetry Gathering, climbing Qingyuan Mountain to admire the moon on Mid-Autumn Night is an elegant activity enjoyed by Linjiang literati and poets.
Yu Yunqi stood at the cliffside fence outside the Banshan Academy, silently looking at the river water blurred by the night, feeling quite uneasy.
He was a student of Banshan Academy, which was backed by the grain merchant Zhang Ji. Zhang Pei'er had come to him a few days ago to ask him to write a poem for the Mid-Autumn Festival. This was nothing, as one had to write a poem for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Zhang Pei'er had given it a title, and had to insert the words "Guxi" and "Ninglu" into the poem. Of course, this was not a problem for Yu Yunqi, one of the four great talents of Linjiang, but what happened during the day today made him quite hesitant.
Qi's wine shop is closed!
In other words, the two kinds of wine that Qi promoted so vigorously were never released!
So, is this poem still necessary? Does it need to be written during the poetry gathering? As the young lady of the Zhang family and the host of this place, Zhang Pei'er must attend this poetry gathering, and she should have arrived long ago.
But Zhang Pei'er hasn't come yet. Not only Zhang Pei'er, but no one from the Zhang family has come yet.
Zhang Mansion, did something happen?
This was not what Yu Yunqi cared about. He was just a student and had no other relationship with the Zhang family. However, the poetry competition would officially begin in an hour or two - it seemed that he had to prepare another poem. Time was quite tight, and he had no hope of winning the title of the top poet this year.
I feel a little melancholy. I will graduate and take the imperial examination next year. I think it will be difficult for me to write a single stroke on the wind-moving stone in this academy halfway up the mountain.
Liu Jingxing and Tang Shuyu came over carrying a wine bottle and three cups. The three of them held the wine glasses and drank while looking at the Yangtze River.
"What do you think, will Fu Xiaoguan come this time?" Liu Jingxing asked.
Tang Shuyu smiled and said, "I don't want him to come now."
"Why?"
Tang Shuyu sighed helplessly, "You two must have read A Dream of Red Mansions. That guy, what a monster! I have asked myself many times, I can't write such a book."
Yu Yunqi now shook off the annoyance Zhang Pei'er had caused him. With a wry smile, he said, "Just considering the poetry and songs in that book, how many people in this world can even come close? This boy is truly talented. Fortunately, he's not interested in studying. Otherwise, if I had run into him in next year's imperial examination, I'd have been in real trouble."
The three of them laughed loudly. No matter how much they resisted in their hearts, since the story of A Dream of Red Mansions reached Linjiang, all the students in Linjiang kept their mouths shut.
This thing can't be copied!
Even if a great scholar of the time had written this book, he would have treated it as a treasure and would have promoted it to the world to make a name for himself. How could he have given that fame to a young man?
So from then on, the three of them avoided mentioning that name whenever they met again, intentionally or unintentionally.
"I heard that he has been in the village recently... Tell me, since he is so talented, why doesn't he take the imperial examination?" This is something that Liu Jingxing couldn't figure out no matter how he analyzed it.
Isn't it just for the purpose of passing the imperial examination and bringing honor to the family after studying for more than ten years?
But this guy is strange. I heard that he is messing with mud and sand in the West Mountain, buying slag, and even asking people to build a few huge water wheels. What is he going to do?
"This person's actions are beyond our comprehension. If I must give a reason, it's that everyone has their own aspirations. He's doing well this way. He already has a reputation, and it's big enough. The Fu family is the richest in Linjiang, and he has plenty of money to spend, so he pursues his own interests. This is what they call realizing an ideal."
"That's the only explanation."
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Fu Xiaoguan and the other two arrived at the academy halfway up the mountain. Looking around, they found that the mountainside was very large, because the lights in the woods spread far away.
The lights in the middle are the most densely packed and brightest, which I think is the main building complex of Banshan Academy.
Recalling the previous impressions in his mind, Fu Xiaoguan led the two of them towards the academy square.
"Is that Fu Xiaoguan?" A woman's voice came from a distance.
"I can't see clearly. Didn't he say he was in the West Mountain Villa?"
"Hehe, you don't know, he came back yesterday."
"Looking at your expression, I'm afraid you've fallen in love."
"He's not engaged yet, don't try to steal his fortune from me!"
The person who said this was Yao Xiaoman, the daughter of Yaoji family. Yaoji was originally a grain merchant in Linjiang and had close dealings with the Fu family. Yao Xiaoman naturally asked her father to express her intentions, but the head of the Fu family said that he could not make the decision on this matter and everything had to wait for his son to decide.
She also knew clearly that Fu Xiaoguan really didn't have anyone he liked yet - this was what Fu Daguan said to her father himself, so it couldn't be false.
"Xiao Man, you are being overbearing. Men can compete for supremacy in the Central Plains, but women like us can't pursue our husbands under the moonlight? This matter cannot be compromised. Although I, your sister, may not be able to catch Mr. Fu's eye, I must try no matter what. If I lose, I wish you a long and happy life. If I win...you must not do anything bad behind my back."
Qu Linglong looked at Yao Xiaoman with a smile, thinking that she had offended her.
They are all unmarried women. When they meet such a good man, how can they give him up?
Yao Xiaoman glanced at Qu Linglong and pouted, "Sister Linglong is always bullying me. Isn't Liu Jingxing being very attentive to you? Why does he have to get involved?"
Qu Linglong was about to speak when a woman next to her suddenly pointed and said, "Oh, look, it really is Fu Xiaoguan."
All the women looked over, and Yao Xiaoman's eyes were wide open.
Fu Xiaoguan came in the moonlight, carrying the autumn breeze and covered with thousands of moonlight. In the eyes of these girls, he was like an immortal from the world, as bright as a star.
"Fu Xiaoguan, I love you!"
A young girl in the crowd screamed at the top of her lungs, and the place suddenly became quiet. Then, there was a loud bang, and a crowd rushed towards Fu Xiaoguan, accompanied by screams and roars, and they were many crazy women.
Modesty does not exist.
There is no gentleness.
Women's training has long been forgotten.
In their eyes, Fu Xiaoguan, who has almost never shown his face, is his idol, his object, and the ideal husband they think about day and night.
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned. What the hell was going on?
"Run!" Su Mo yelled, Fu Xiaoguan grabbed Chunxiu's hand and turned around to run.
The huge square of Banshan College was now half empty and became extremely quiet.
The rest were almost all men. They looked at each other, smiled awkwardly, and drank the wine in silence.
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