Wang Yuan didn't know how to answer, but felt that it was a little inappropriate for Li Shizhi to say this kind of thing. Wang Yuan already knew that everyone present was invited by several staff members under Li Shizhi to participate in the Pear Blossom Poetry Meeting in Chang'an City. When inviting these people to come, Liang Sigui, Qin Changmu and other guests and gentlemen in the palace must also be respectful to them, such as Liu Xunzhi's promise to himself, which must have also been used by the scribes on the seat.

And now Li Shizhi belittles these people in front of him, which reminds Wang Yuan that Li Shizhi may not really be courteous to himself behind his back, and if he can say this to others in front of himself, he may say this about himself in front of others. Wang Yuan is not a three-year-old child, but he is a mature soul of nearly thirty years old in his body, and he will not be confused by Li Shizhi's special courtesy words, and he is faintly disgusted by this kind of inconsistency in his heart.

"Xie Zuoxiang raises love, and he will live up to Zuoxiang. But I know that I am not a thousand miles, and I am afraid that I will disappoint Zuo Xiang. Wang Yuan smiled.

Li Shizhi waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be too humble, the old man still has a vision for looking at people." Otherwise, why did the top of the West Market see you at a glance and remember you? This is when the pear blossom poetry meeting is coming, and the old man is the first to think of you, and let Xunzhi visit you, which is not a lie. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Thank you Zuo Xiang, Zuo Xiang trusts me so much, I will do my best." ”

Li Shizhi said in a low voice: "It's good that you know, I won't say the words I said to you just now, I won't say a joke to anyone here, if I say these things to these people, they will immediately kowtow to their knees in gratitude." And the old man told you that you would not do it, and that was the difference between you and them. The old man is not like others, he likes sycophants, and the old man likes people with proud bones. ”

Wang Yuan was speechless, and Li Shizhi said a lot of things upside down, as if he had lifted himself to the sky, and also seemed to tease himself for not understanding how important he was, in short, he didn't understand what he wanted to express. Wang Yuan would rather think about the good, and only regard these words as Li Shizhi's serious appreciation. But in fact, a voice in Wang Yuan's heart reminded him that this Li Shizhi may not be a humble gentleman and loyal elder as he imagined, and he may really have to be careful and not get dizzy.

After several rounds of drinking, everyone is a little drunk, and the banquet is also full of conditions, the reader does not drink and drinks are two different things, and the wine will inevitably expose some of the heart, and the poetry and etiquette that he has learned on weekdays can still be restrained, and he will forget everything when he is half drunk.

When the scholars saw Wang Yuan muttering and talking with Li Shizhi, they couldn't help but feel jealous in their hearts. As early as when Wang Yuan was led by Liu Xun to live alone in Liuyuan, there were people who were resentful, they didn't blame Li Shizhi for favoring one over the other, but they were very dissatisfied with Wang Yuan, why was they invited together, this person could live in Liuyuan, and their own group of people lived in two guest rooms on the side of the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I heard that there is a young talent on our table today, it seems to be a Fang Ding from Yong'an Fang, I don't know which one it is?" A middle-aged scribe got up and shouted.

"yes, who is it? Why haven't I heard that there is a talented man in Chang'an City. Several scribes followed.

Wang Yuan was stunned, he didn't expect that he would be jealous so soon, Li Shizhi put down his wine glass and frowned.

Liu Xun hurriedly got up and said: "Everyone, don't be rude, although Wang Yuan Wang Gongzi is from Fangding, he is a distinguished guest invited by Li Xiang like you. ”

One person was drunk and did not know the north, south, east and west, and shouted: "What distinguished guest? It's just a small square man, Li Zuoxiang, I have some guilt in my heart, I heard that Zuoxiang arranged him to live alone in Liuyuan, and we people can only live in groups in the guest house, why is this? I don't know what is so good about this talent, can I get up and see it, if I want to see his high talent, I will be convinced. ”

Everyone was startled, this drunk man pointed the finger at Li Shizhi, blaming him for being insincere in treating people with favoritism, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

Li Shizhi's face was still smiling, but he was very disdainful in his heart. In recent years, the literati have a bad tendency, since a Li Taibai drank wine and entered the palace to ask the emperor's personal chamberlain Gao Lishi to take off his boots, the scribes in the world have learned from Li Taibai's madness, and they always like to do some tricks when they drink. If anyone doesn't tolerate it, they will be said that there is no measure, and the emperor can tolerate it, and the people below are more than the emperor can not offend or something like that.

Li Shizhi was thinking about how to speak and explain, but when he saw Wang Yuan next to him slowly standing up, he immediately dispelled his thoughts and watched with interest how Wang Yuan responded to this person's provocation.

Wang Yuan got up and smiled and said: "This benevolent brother is invited, and here is the little fangding, but he is not the so-called talented person in your mouth, compared with you, my Wang Yuan is ashamed, but you don't have to compare me with you, otherwise you will be demoted to your status." ”

The drunken scribe obviously didn't hear the humility in Wang Yuan's words, and looked at Wang Yuan staggeringly: "Are you the fangding?" ”

Although he was drunk, he still didn't forget to deliberately bite the word Fang Ding very hard.

Wang Yuan was speechless, so he had to nod and say, "It's exactly below." ”

The scribe said: "Why did you get Li Zuoxiang's special attention?" I, who are well-educated, are I not as good as you in Zuo Xiang's heart? It's a really weird thing. ”

Liu Xunzhi frowned and wanted to get up to stop him, but Li Shizhi waved his hand to stop him.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "This benevolent brother, Li is the same as everyone else, and he doesn't take special care of me, but even Li Xiang has said it when you talk like this." ”

The scribe exclaimed, "How not?" Are we blind and deaf? I heard that even the left minister's willow garden let you live, yes or no? Do you dare to live in Liuyuan? Can you afford to live? ”

Wang Yuan said helplessly: "According to Brother Ren's intentions, what should I do?" It's just a place to live, if Brother Ren feels unhappy, he can move in, and we might as well change it. ”

The drunken scribe rolled his eyes and said, "I don't want to live in the willow garden, I just want to know what real skills you have to be met by Li Xiang." ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said, "That's it, I'll move out of the willow garden." ”

The scribe waved his hand and said, "It's not something that can be solved like this, you can move out if I say it, what is this?" Wouldn't others think that we are waiting for you to be favored by the left? ”

Wang Yuan was a little angry in his heart, this guy was drunk and talking nonsense here, and he said that he had moved out, but he still didn't give up. Wang Yuan frowned and looked at Li Shizhi who was sitting on the side, and saw that Li Shizhi's face was expressionless, as if he couldn't come out to speak, and he was even more annoyed in his heart. gave himself a specialization that he didn't need, but attracted the dissatisfaction of others, but he didn't come out to calm down, this Li Shizhi didn't know what the hell he was doing.

However, Liu Xun saw Wang Yuan's embarrassment, and said to the scribe: "Han Shilang, don't be like this, why didn't Zuo Xiangzao advance or retreat like this?" Liu Yuan was arranged by me at the request of Zuo Xiang, not Zuo Xiang. I read Wang Yuan's poem "Yongmei" and was greatly admired, so I told Zuo Xiang. Zuo Xiang loves talent, and it's not easy to refute me. That's it, it's because I didn't arrange it well, how about Brother Han's anger? ”

The drunken scribe called Han Shilang waved his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, that's not what I said, I'm not jealous, but really have doubts. It's not about Zuo Xiang, it's about this prince himself, I'm afraid that Zuo Xiang and you gentlemen will be deceived and deceived. ”

Liu Xun was stunned and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Han Shilang said: "Just now in the guest house, we also read the Yongmei poem, and we all feel that this poem is very good, and the person who wrote this poem should be courteous, because those who can make this poem must have amazing talents." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

The scribe waved his hand and said, "Wang Gongzi is not busy thanking us, because after reading this poem, we all have a question, a big question, and I hope that Wang Gongzi can explain our doubts." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Please speak." ”

Han Shilang said: "This question is, how can you, a night watchman, write such a poem?" I have also heard of many people in Chang'an City who can write poems and endowments. We also have friends who compose poems and harmony in your Yong'an Fang, but I have never heard of you as a person, can you give me a reasonable explanation. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "I don't know what you mean by this. ”

Han Shilang waved his arm and snorted wine: "What I mean is that recently, some people like to plagiarize the poems of famous artists as their own submissions, just to win the rank of advancement; This kind of thing is despised by our scholars. Concealment and deception can be temporary, but sooner or later it will be revealed. Li Xiang is a sincere person who loves and loves talents, and we don't want Li Xiang to be deceived by others. ”

Wang Yuan suddenly asked in a cold voice: "Brother Ren's meaning is that this Yongmei poem is plagiarized by me?" ”

The scribe sneered: "How dare you, you know what the truth is, I didn't say that you plagiarized." I heard that this Yongmei poem is a question from the willow steward, and you should occupy the work of the scene, so naturally there will be no fake. But we did talk about this poem in the guest house, and what we didn't understand was that when you were not yet a young man, and you were only a man in the workshop, how could you write such a masterpiece? Besides, it's still an instant mouthful, aren't you a Wenqu star? But before that, how could Chang'an City not hear of the name of the king? ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "So, I want to prove myself in front of Your Excellency?" ”

The scribe snorted wine and said, "It's not just me, I and the rest of us want to see it with our own eyes." ”

Several scribes nodded in agreement.

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "It seems that I have committed public anger today, I know that Liu Yuan can't live, I knew that this was the case, wouldn't I have it with you to squeeze the guest house." ”

The scribes said, "What is this called, you also despise us, you are insulting our character." ”

Wang Yuan sighed, turned around and looked at Li Shizhi: "Li Xiang, you have seen it, Master said: The people do not suffer from widowhood but from inequality." It is really the words of a saint, in one sentence. It's nice to have a good encounter, but it's also easy to put me in the middle of everyone's mouth. ”