On the third day of March Shangsi Festival, when the sky was dark, the aroma was already filling the Manor. The local maid had prepared the rice and Pickled Vegetable and Meat Soup in advance on time as required. Everyone got up immediately and ate first. After having a full meal, and then going to the toilet as required, and then listening to the explanations from the stewards, the hundreds of people Qianxi Music Troupe set off on their way through the Orchid Pavilion on an ox cart pulling goods, and made preparations for the Mirror Lake.
After arriving, the place was temporarily handed over to Lu Song, and Liu Acheng personally took Liu Dage to run to Way of the Celestial Masters's place.
Sure enough, it was impossible for Way of the Celestial Masters people to pay attention to this matter. Liu Acheng people had arrived and hadn't eaten yet. They only saw the serious money giver coming. Then Master Xu yawned and asked people to go with others to eat and other things. At the same time, he drove to Shanyin City.
By the time they patiently led the 160 people from Way of the Celestial Masters out onto the road, the morning sun was already very bright. By the time they arrived at the shore of Mirror Lake, it was already a standard morning.
To be honest, Way of the Celestial Masters procrastination is not a problem at all here. The real key to the arrival of personnel on time is the more than 60 famous and distinguished people in the city.
Don't forget, the last time I came to inspect, they didn't arrive until noon.
But there is no need to rush, you cannot rush these people here, and there are already Xi Chao and Gao Rou over there, so it is useless for you to go there.
So, Liu Acheng first went to the nearby harbor to inspect the ships with carved wooden dragon heads and the local Boatmen. They were going to stage an exhibition match during the ceremony later. After confirming that it was correct, they returned to the preset venue and directly found Wang Xizhi's seat in the front row among the arranged chairs and sat down quietly.
Then I watched Mr. Liu and the Xi family's riding slaves scolding the Daoists for finding the preset positions in a mess, and then dispersed to rest; watching the people in the club after fixing the instruments, the female singers pretended to sing a few songs, attracting everyone to watch, and then went to talk to the Daoists who were neighbors. Everyone was chatting... but in the end, the conversation turned to the rice and pickle broth that the club had eaten today, which made the Daoists sigh. They could only emphasize that they were Daoists who were in jail, and they would be able to eat rice and pickle broth every day in the future.
In a blink of an eye, I saw Lu Song wearing the one designed by someone personally, with a huge Yin-Yang Fish painted on the back, and Crimson Daoist Robe with gold and silver silk hair hanging down. When he got on the stage, all Daoist Congregation were so frightened that they fell silent, but they walked down quickly, took off their clothes quickly, and then asked Liu Acheng when those people would arrive.
As everyone knows, Liu Acheng, who was so consoling to the other party, was thinking about forgetting to design a wooden crown. The current style of a single bun with most of the hair hanging down is still too fairy-like, and it is far less shocking than a vulgar one.
However, when the sun was three poles high, on Mirror Lake, several miles away, the field of vision was clear, and everyone could see clearly that there were actually more than a dozen large ships sailing out from Shanyin City.
That's right, those celebrities came here on time!
Liu Acheng couldn't help but feel happy, but he also admired Xi Chao and Gao Rou... Of course, what he didn't know was that the people who really forced these people to be on time were not Xi Chao and Gao Rou, but Xi Yin Xi Linhai. This person was afraid of delaying the auspicious time of Public Purification Ceremony, so he kept urging and gathering those people after dinner in the morning, and even left those people behind to come over first.
Xi Chao tried his best to persuade her, and then waited until the other celebrities set off together.
Now that the true master is here and the biggest threshold in the early stage has been passed, it is natural to start practicing.
It is nonsense to expect that the club and Daoist people can line up neatly to enter the venue. It can only ask them to quickly return to their original positions. Of course, it is inevitable that someone will forget their place, someone will block someone's way, someone will touch someone's instrument, and someone will have diarrhea and go to the remote toilet. They found it, then ignored them all, directly lowering the curtain that was originally rolled up on the bamboo frame, and let them toss around inside. Only Liu Dage was allowed to patrol inside according to the principle of preferring to throw out a small number of people without affecting the order.
However, the pavilion Orchid Pavilion is only ten miles away from Shanyin City. It was originally set up as a pavilion ten miles away from Mirror Lake. The Mirror Lake site where Court Ceremony is held is even closer to Shanyin City. It is only a few miles of waterway, so there is still chaos here. Over there, under the urging of Xi Linhai, the celebrities have already arrived.
But it doesn't matter, according to the final list of these celebrities, there are sixty-three of them, including Liu Acheng himself. All of them are masters who can play wildly. As soon as they get ashore, they point to the surroundings and talk about the scenery. Then, you wait for me while I look for you, and we go through another round of troubles.
After finally walking in, I saw that the seats were arranged neatly, with foot rests, high stools, and fruits on display. Naturally, they couldn't help but give in to each other, and there was a commotion just at the temporary ferry.
The sun was shining brightly, and when Liu Acheng saw this scene, not only did he not feel anxious, but he was as calm as water.
Waiting until Liu Dage came out from under the curtain and told him that everything was ready, the actual planner of the Orchid Pavilion Collection meeting stepped forward, bowed his hands to the core people, and then smiled with his hands tied, "If you refuse like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to push it from this year to next year... To be honest with you,, according to the names listed by Mr. Jiang Province and Eastern Mountain, we have already arranged them, and engraved your names on the outside of the armrest of the high couch. This morning, Public Purification Ceremony, please follow the picture and sit down directly to watch the ceremony. There are also free seats outside for all your entourage."
Everyone was surprised. One of them, a stranger, ran over to take a look. Sure enough, he saw four Heavenly King chairs in front. Then he looked up and saw eight chairs with his name on them in the second row. In the position, although he was satisfied, he frowned and waved his hands on the spot. "This is a neat thing to do, maybe it will ruin our intention of being casual and romantic? It's like the imperial court ranking us and giving us a review and ranking, which can't help but make people irritated."
"Sun Xinggong." Before anyone could reply, Gao Rou stood out from the crowd, pointing at each other's noses and laughing and scolding. "Everyone here can be annoyed by such a ranking, but you alone can't say it. You can say it yourself. People here start from Master Shen (Zhu Faqian From, the eldest) to Jiabin, no matter how young or old, who has not been reviewed and ranked by you? Just the day before yesterday and yesterday, you reviewed more than a dozen people. If you ask me, it is obviously because you are annoyed that you came late, and you can't make a list, and you can't rank yourself!"
The first person to run over was Sun Chuo. Hearing this, he laughed first, then directly found his seat in the second row and sat down. He put his feet on the footrest first. Seeing this, everyone laughed together and moved forward one after another.
But they were each careful, not daring to sit down, only looking for their own place, and comparing themselves with others.
The first four people, from left to right, are Wang Xizhi, Wang Shu, Xi Yin, and Xie An. There is no dispute about these four people., it was Wang Shu. Seeing that there were four "Dust-Tail Fan" side by side under Public Purification Ceremony, I was surprised and had nothing to say, so I just put my feet on the pedals and sat down calmly.
As for Wang Xizhi, after sitting in the first place, he did not move, as if he was competing with Wang Shu next to him.
But Xi Yin and Xie An were different. Xi Yin directly sat down and stood up, only turning back and frowning to look at the messy scene behind him, fearing that these people would cause trouble again and delay Court Ceremony's good time. Xie An simply took off his clogs, turned around with bare feet and crossed Dust-Tail Fan on the back of the chair, lying there, looking with interest to see how the fifty or sixty seats behind him were arranged, and how these people argued, despised, and praised.
He really enjoyed observing these things.
The eight people in the second row are the eldest monk Zhu Faqian (brother of Wang Dun) at the head, Monk Zhi Daolin at the end, and in the middle are Wang Binzhi (Wang Xizhi) who was born in the Langya Wang Clan clan brother), the southern Way of the Celestial Masters leader Master Du Ming, Wenzong Xu Xun, Sun Chuo, monks Yu Fakai, Xie Wan six people.
These eight people are either top celebrities or prestigious monks, and then there is the younger brother of the Wang and Xie family who came to watch the fun this time. They are from good backgrounds and there is no controversy.
The third row still has eight seats.
They are eight people: Yu Yun, Yuan Qiaozhi, Sun Tong, Gao Rou, Yu Yue, Wei Pang, Kong Chi, and Cao Maozhi.
The first two have the highest family status, and the remaining six are all middle-aged celebrities who have lived in Kuaiji. However, the six people have different origins. Some are serious Southern Migration Qiaozu, some are later Northern Migrants celebrities, and some are local rich families for many years.
The only private item is Gao Rou, which is placed at the forefront of Northern Migrants and the local nobles.
There are twelve people in the fourth row and eleven people in the fifth row. They are all adults who have held positions. From here on, they are roughly arranged according to age, but try to avoid the grudge arrangement. This makes the first person in the fourth row turned out to be a person named Liu Mi. This time he is just following. The friend who came from Wang Binzhi, the only decent position he held before was Army Advisor who was the first and last rat of Wang Dun Rebellion back then, General Who Guards the South Gan Zhuo (the descendant of Gan Ning).
The second one Xu Fengzhi is similar.
So, as you can imagine, from here on, it was obvious that some celebrities could no longer suppress their tempers. They just felt that these two people were not worthy of sitting in front of them. Some people in the fifth row also disliked the lack of people in front of them, and then made sarcastic remarks, and some even wanted to roll up their sleeves.
In fact, even Wang Tanzhi, the first person in the sixth row, was dissatisfied.
He felt that it was okay for him to sit in the fourth row, or even the third row. Those people were just older, so why should they be in front of him? And he was not the only one who thought this way. The young and famous people around him were a little dissatisfied. But when he turned around and saw Xi Chao and Liu Acheng sitting at the end of the seventh row according to their age, he stopped thinking about causing trouble.
What made him a little panicked was that as soon as he turned around, Xi and Liu looked at each other, and immediately, Liu Acheng stood up and walked over with a smile.
"What do you think, little brother Acheng?" Wang Tanzhi couldn't help but feel flustered, but suppressed his uneasiness and sat still.
"I have something to entrust to brother Wendu." Liu Acheng leaned down and pressed the other person's shoulders regardless of etiquette, as if they were very close, and then pointed forward with a smile. "Those people were making a fuss, and some people actually wanted to move chairs and change positions... If you want to tell me, it would be bad to delay the auspicious event. My respected father is still sitting in the front seat. This is also disrespectful to my respected father. I was going to use the dignity of brother Wendu and Unmatched in Jiangdong to persuade them. I just told them that this is the order of the first few rows."
Wang Tanzhi had the intention to refuse, but then he thought, if he really restrained those people, wouldn't it be his own dignity? He nodded, vaguely agreed, then stood up and went forward to bow his hands in greeting.
Don't tell me, really don't tell me, what is Unmatched in Jiangdong and what is the first Deng Ren?
As soon as Deng Ren Wang Tanzhi stopped there and tried to persuade them, those second-rate celebrities immediately became honest, which also made Liu Mi and Xu Fengzhi so obviously grateful that they even took the initiative to stand up and salute to express their thanks regardless of their age.
Wang Tanzhi then returned the favor proudly and returned to the sixth row.
Seeing this, Liu Acheng, who was afraid that these people would do something wrong again, did not dare to waste time. Instead, he seized the opportunity and immediately ran to the side and said hello to Liu Dage. Liu Dage also ran over immediately.
Then something went wrong.
Logically speaking, at this time, the Mounted Slavess of the Xi Family should directly knock down the bamboo rafts hanging the curtains, shockingly revealing the densely packed Puppet Daoists and Qianxi Music Troupe inside and outside the big stage, and then The chorus began to play the opening song, which was finally named "Ode to the Immortals" (Only Mom Is Good in the World)... but something went wrong. No one tried to pull the bamboo curtains for a while, but an ensemble of hundreds of people immediately started singing inside.
However, as soon as the music and the chorus came out, just through the bamboo curtains, these celebrities who had just been pecking each other like chickens were stunned and were crushed to death in their seats.
Even Wang Xizhi, Wang Shu, and Xie An in the front row were stunned, let alone Xi Yin. Their ears were ringing and their minds were ringing. As for Master Du Ming, Monk Zhi Daolin, and monk Yu Fakai, there was even a sense of panic in their hearts.
As the saying goes:
"Daoxuan's energy is divine and wonderful,
Containing immortal essences such as Golden Elixir,
Belong to Taishang Township Shouyuan,
Goodness will never end.
Daoxuan's energy is magical,
Dark customs are like withered grass,
He left Taishang Township to stay in Yuan Dynasty,
Where to find good fortune?"
The song was sung twice, and as Liu Acheng waved his hands and gave orders with a dark face, the bamboo rafts hung with curtains were finally pulled down by the sweating Mounted Slavess, revealing a luxurious lineup of hundreds of people inside.
At this time, the celebrities were still silent, staring blankly at the more than 150 Crimson Futou Daoists in front of them, who were divided into four groups under the stage, standing densely and neatly on both sides, with their heads raised solemnly, and only Crimson Futou was fluttering in the breeze. Then they were naturally attracted to the front of the stage by the visual design. In the middle, there, Lu Song has her hair spread in a single bun, facing everyone with Yin-Yang Fish on her back. Further back, there are candles rising again, the sacrifices of sacrifices are lying horizontally, and the huge club further behind can be vaguely seen, matching the "Ode to the Immortals" just now... tsk tsk.
Under the so-called lingering sound, the person who broke the silence was indeed Xi Yin Xi Linhai. He burst into tears and then repeatedly beat the armrest of the seat. "I didn't expect to hear Immortal Music in this life!"
-----I am the dividing line that does not need to fight for seats-----
Xuancheng Mr. Liu, a scholar, loves to cling to others and prides himself on being elegant.
One day, I went to Wuxing to visit friends, passed through Yixing, and stayed at someone's house. He told me that he knew someone, attended a certain meeting, and wrote a certain poem. The host smiled to himself and said nothing. When he arrived at the general's place, he took his bag and showed it on the side of the seat, which states that Liu Mi, his ancestor, was a member of the Zhennan General's Mansion and joined the army. When one of them saw it, he was so devastated that he couldn't sleep at night. He actually stole a seat at night, crossed the wheel with a boy servant, and walked for more than ten miles in one night. At dawn, he was looking for a boat in Taihu Lake to return home. Others went to see him, and they were surprised and suspicious. They often said, "The ancestor of our family is the Sixty-three Sages of Lanting, and later changed his name to Jun Zhizhi."
People can't tell.
--"Miscellaneous Records of the Literati".Anonymous author of Qi Record
PS: Thank you to the new Prime Minister and Mr. Qu for your kindness.