The guests and hosts sat down, and the servants served tea, Yao Xun was really curious, and finally couldn't help asking: "I don't know when Brother Jian met me?" I just feel that it seems like I have met Brother Jian, but I forgot when I saw it." ”

"Seven years ago, you and I had a relationship on a boat in Jihe, and I also asked you for calligraphy, but there were many people who asked Yao Gongzi for advice at that time, and it was normal for Yao Gongzi not to remember. ”

mentioned the relationship in Jihe seven years ago, Yao Xun suddenly remembered.

Yes, although he does not like the career under the pretext of his career, it is really slow progress, but the youngest son in the family, the old father gave 300 acres in one breath, there are many facades in Beijing, and the annual income is also 300 taels of silver, so he lives according to his own heart, so after taking the examination, he did not put his mind on this imperial examination, more is to place his affection on the landscape, seven years ago he was in his twenties, and he did take a boat along the Ji River to tour, and indeed met some people, because he already had a reputation at that time, and was consulted.

The person in front of him, who was much older than himself, would not have been surprised if he had known him at that time.

But seven years ago, it has been a long time, and it will definitely not be for the sake of reminiscing about the past, Yao Xun said with a smile: "Brother Jian, when you say this, I do have some impressions." I don't know if Brother Jian is coming here this time, but you want to continue to learn calligraphy and painting with me?"

"Definitely. Jian Qu took out the invitation from his arms and handed it over: "I came this time to invite Yao Gongzi to participate in the literary meeting for my father-in-law." ”

"Wenhui, I don't know who your father-in-law is?"

Anyway, Jian Qu is also a person, how could he take refuge in the lord, Yao Xun looked at the invitation, hesitated, and took it in the end.

When asked, he was already unfolding and saw the contents.

"Five days later, Dai Hou's literary meeting?" Yao Xun was slightly surprised.

Jian Qu nodded: "Exactly, the lord of my family is the newly sealed prince, the lord likes words, and likes to meet elegant people from all families." ”

"Yao Gongzi, I heard that you not only have a very high attainment in calligraphy and painting, but also have outstanding achievements in piano and chess. ”

Although Yao Xun is not an official, he has officials and relatives and friends, and he has also heard some rumors about Daihou, knowing that Daihou is talented, although he is the son of the prince, and has some delicate relationships with the two kings of Qi and Shu, but Daihou Xinfeng, to shoot is to slap the emperor's face, with the current situation in the capital, the two kings may not make a move on Daihou.

Moreover, the banquet is a large gathering of guests, and it is impossible to have only one's own people, so there may not be any opinions on the people who participate in the Daihou Wenhui, and it is naturally not a big problem to participate in the Daihou Wenhui.

Yao Xun thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Jian is tired of inviting me, how can I refuse such hospitality? Please thank the Marquis for me, I will be there on time in five days." ”

Hearing Yao Xun agreed, Jian Qu's heart finally fell, the lord wanted to hold a literary meeting, and he had to do it beautifully, and got up immediately: "That is the case, then I will wait for Yao Gongzi, I have to go back to the lord, I will stay soon, Yao Gongzi also please stay, there is no need to send each other." ”

As he spoke, he said goodbye to Yao Gongzi and left.

Out of Yao's mansion, Jian Qu exhaled, got into the ox cart, and said to the coachman, "Go back." ”

Feeling the ox cart swaying and moving, he rubbed his hands that were a little red and frozen, and thought to himself: "Although some people refuse, but some people agree, three of the seven people I looked for today agreed, and the result is not bad." ”

"Many of them are based on the name of the lord, it seems that my lord is really a poem that shocks the world!"

When the ox cart returned home, Jian Qu immediately came to see Su Ziji.

"Lord, I personally went to invite seven people today, and four of them refused, but three have agreed, these three are all masters of calligraphy and painting, plus the move to Beijing, even if it is only this person, it can afford this literary meeting. Jian Qu said with some excitement.

After all, this is the first literary meeting held by Su Ziji after being named the Marquis, which has special significance, it can be said that it is the first official appearance after naturalization, as one of the staff, Jian Qu naturally attaches great importance to it.

At this time, the housekeeper Zhao Zhu also came, and reported to Su Ziji that he ordered the servants to send invitations, and there were more ordinary people who were invited, and about three-tenths of them were accepted, and there were more than a dozen people, counting the three people who Jian Qu invited and promised to come, about twenty people, and it was indeed possible to support a literary meeting.

Zhao Zhu and Jian Qu handed over the list separately, Su Ziji read it, and Wen said: "Mr. Jian has worked hard, the weather is cold, please go down and rest." ”

Let Jian Qu go down to rest, and let Zhao Zhu go to call the wild Taoist to come over.

As soon as the person left, the room was a little empty, Su Ziji frowned and paced to the window, seeing that the dark and dark clouds had not yet dispersed, and a gust of wind swept through, making people feel cold all over the body, and he didn't avoid it, but he looked up at the window, but there was no joy on his face, and muttered: "It seems that the prince's influence is not small, try his skills, there are so many people who have agreed to go to the banquet, but this is not to my liking, at least not now." ”

"Lord, are you looking for me?" At this time, the wild man came in.

Because it was getting late, as soon as the Yedao people returned home, they heard that Su Ziji was looking for him, and he came over immediately.

"You look at the lists. Su Ziji handed the list to the Yedao people.

The wild Taoist hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully: "What does the lord mean?"

"One thing, let me ask you, do you know what are the stewards of the Qi Palace?" Su Ziji didn't continue to talk about this matter, but asked about the Qi Palace.

The spirit of the wild Taoist was shocked: "This kind of news was collected by the minister when he was in Beijing, and he just came to report it to the lord." ”

"It's not just the King of Qi, it's Shu, Lu, and the basic information of the ministers and nobles, and the ministers have collected it. As he spoke, the wild Daoist took out a stack of lists and handed them to Su Ziji to read: "The top is the news of King Qi, which contains the list of stewards of King Qi's mansion, these are not secrets, just ask, you can ask." ”

Su Ziji glanced at the wild Daoren, although the Yedao people probably didn't know what they wanted to do now, but whenever they needed something, the Yedao people seemed to be able to take it out immediately, at this point, among all his subordinates, the Yedao people were really the first, and it was difficult to be replaced.

Thinking like this, Su Ziji had already looked at the list of the Qi Palace, skipped relatives and officials, and directly saw the level of steward.

These people not only have surnames, ages, physical characteristics, and even some preferences of these stewards, and the places they often go to are also listed, which shows that the Wild Dao people began to investigate before their identities were revealed, although this information is not confidential, but it is not easy to obtain.

"You're doing a great job. Su Ziji put away the list and said at the same time: "I have one thing for you to do now." ”