Scheme of the Official Descendant

Chapter 423 Competition

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As soon as Mrs. Xu finished speaking, Xu Wanli was dissatisfied and said: "Since then, how can there be any fairness in this game? In my opinion, Mr. Xiao is only suitable to be a spectator in this game."

Everyone thinks about it and thinks it is right. Although there was a change in the imperial court this year, it was much easier for Xiao Jingxi to guess the ranking of the competition than others.

Xiao Jingxi couldn't help smiling: "Then I'll be a spectator. The boat is parked next to it, how about moving first?"

None of them had any objections, and went out of the cabin together with Xiao Jingxi.

Sure enough, the painting boat of Yanbei Prince's Mansion was parked next to this boat, and you can go directly to the boat if you get closer to it. Xiao Jingxi asked a few people to get on the boat first, and he followed behind. After Pei Zhiyan and Xu's couple went up, Xiao Jingxi called Le Shan and Le Shui who were beside Ren Yaoqi over, and told them to help Ren Yao carefully Qi Qi, and whispered to Ren Yaoqi: "Be careful."

Ren Yaoqi smiled at him, got on the boat steadily, then paused for a while and turned around to wait for him to come up together.

Xiao Jingxi got on the boat, looked at Ren Yaoqi, the corners of his mouth curled up in joy.

Xu Wanli was actually Xiao Jingxi's teacher, so he didn't see him when he got on the student's boat, and he and his wife pulled Pei Zhiyan around to look around the boat.

After the few people had looked at it enough, Xiao Jingxi took everyone to the flower hall with the best view among the boats. It seemed that Xiao Jingxi had ordered early in the morning that the guests would arrive, and tea, snacks, melons and fruits were already prepared in the flower hall, but as he said before, he went to Xu's boat to treat guests.

After several people were seated as the guest of honor, Xu Wanli glanced at the regattas on the river and said, "Then let's start placing bets."

Xiao Jingxi summoned a servant girl to give some instructions in a low voice, the servant girl backed away, and after a while came in with a tea tray, on which was a stack of cut rice paper, followed by several A maid with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"It's better for everyone to write down your own notes on paper first, and then take them apart after the results come out. This is also more fair." Xiao Jingxi said.

"That's not bad." Mrs. Xu nodded and smiled.

The maids put pens, inks, papers and inkstones and cut rice paper in front of everyone one by one. Xiao Jingxi said that he would not participate as expected, and just watched everyone place bets with pens and paper.

Ren Yaoqi glanced at everyone. Xu Wanli and Mrs. Xu talked in a low voice while writing, as if they were discussing what to bet on. Their gambling method is Fengya, so naturally they will not bet with money.

Pei Zhiyan was sipping tea with his head down, with a leisurely smile on his brows and eyes, he didn't seem to be in a hurry to place a bet, and while drinking tea, he tilted his head and chatted with Xiao Jingxi who was sitting next to him about the tea ceremony.

Ren Yaoqi was not in a hurry to write, she glanced at the river outside the window, but several dragon boats had already spread out and parked in the river. It seemed to cover the entire surface of the river. It was obviously just a fun event in previous years, but this year, for some reason, there was a kind of fighting spirit.

The imperial court's dragon boat was parked in the center, and the Qinglong of Yanbei Palace was parked on his left. On the left side of the Yanbei Palace is the red dragon of the Lei family, and the white dragon of the Yun family is on the other side of the golden dragon of the imperial court. Like shooting out.

Pei Zhiyan said: "Young Master Xiao doesn't seem to care about winning or losing this game?" What Pei Zhiyan said was the winning or losing of the dragon boat race, not their guessing bets.

Xiao Jingxi smiled when he heard the words: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Besides, this is just a dragon boat race. There is fun in winning, and there is fun in losing."

Pei Zhiyan raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, as if thoughtful.

Ren Yaoqi also heard their conversation, she glanced at Xiao Jingxi, but her heart moved. She took another look at the lineup on the river. After pondering for a while, he picked up a pen and began to write on the rice paper. Fold the paper when you are done writing.

Xiao Jingxi looked at her and asked softly, "What's the bet?"

Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote a few words on another piece of paper.

Xiao Jingxi glanced at it, and saw that it said "West Mountain Tour in Spring", he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and asked curiously: "I haven't heard of this painting, I don't know who made it?"

Ren Yaoqi pursed her lips and smiled, and wrote the author's name on the paper again. Xiao Jingxi glanced at it and saw that "Ren Shimin" was written on it, so Second Young Master Xiao was very smart and kept silent, so as not to confuse his father-in-law. If things that are unknown to other masterpieces are spread, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this time, Xu Wanli, his wife and Pei Zhiyan had also finished writing. Xu Wanli's bet was a Huangshi seal in his collection, and Mrs. Xu's bet was a famous inkstone. Pei Zhiyan's bet was somewhat similar to Ren Yaoqi's, it was himself. Copy of "Sunny Hot Tie".

Ren Shimin's paintings are already quite famous now, and his paintings are not circulated in the market, and others can't get them if they want to, so if they are used as a bet, they can be easily obtained. And Pei Zhiyan has been famous for a long time, and his copybooks are even more difficult to find, so no one has any opinion on the bet.

Drums were already beating outside, and when King Yanbei's opening gong sounded, the shouts and commotion from outside swept across the sky, making the eardrums tremble with excitement.

It was lively outside, but the people on the boat became more relaxed.

Pei Zhiyan happened to chat about tea with Xiao Jingxi before, Xu Wanli picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, nodded and said: "It's good tea, and the water is also good water, but the skill of making tea is a bit poor."

Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "You have a tricky taste! But when it comes to tea making skills, there are quite a few masters present."

Xu Wanli laughed: "Madam's words are exactly what I want."

Mrs. Xu was a little puzzled: "What did I say?"

Xu Wanli glanced at Pei Zhiyan, and pretended to be surprised: "Madam, doesn't that mean you want to drink the tea made by Jinyan himself? After all, it has been many years since I have had it."

Mrs. Xu spat at him immediately, and then said: "Be careful that you are a guest, there is no reason to ask a guest to make tea!"

Xu Wanli shook his head regretfully.

Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "If you don't mind, sir, let the students make it."

She and Xiao Jingxi were the only ones present who were juniors, so they couldn't order Second Young Master Xiao to make tea, could they? Ren Yaoqi took the initiative to stand up.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "I was just about to say that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead, my student's skills are no worse than Jinyan and Jingxi's." Mrs. Xu said with a proud tone.

Pei Zhiyan glanced at Ren Yaoqi: "Oh? Are you serious?"

Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi, Xiao Jingxi nodded with a smile, Ren Yaoqi got up and went to the tea room, and said with a smile: "I am a student of Mr., Mr. naturally thinks that I am good in everything."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

Ren Yaoqi is proficient in the tea ceremony, but making tea requires a quiet environment and peace of mind. It is not suitable to sit down and cook tea slowly with the gongs and drums outside today, so Ren Yaoqi chose simple tea making.

She made tea for Ren Shimin a lot at home, so she moved quickly, and soon a few servant girls came out with tea bowls.

At this moment, the dragon boat race outside has finished one round. The green dragon of Yanbei Palace and the golden dragon of the imperial court arrived at the finish line almost at the same time, and then the boats of other families came back one after another.

This result made the outside even more lively. Many ordinary people in Yanbei stood on the embankment to watch the game, and some people opened a handicap in private. It's real money. Several people on the boat looked at the result and didn't take it too seriously. This was only the first round, and one-third of the boats were eliminated, which was still too early for the result of the competition.

Ren Yaoqi personally brought the tea to everyone's desks, and then went back to sit down.

Pei Zhiyan picked up the tea bowl, put aside the powder with the lid of the bowl, took a sip leisurely, but paused involuntarily, then bowed his head and took another sip.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "How is it? I didn't talk too much, did I?"

Pei Zhiyan glanced at Ren Yaoqi, then nodded to Mrs. Xu, and said with a smile, "Very good."

However, Ren Yaoqi noticed that Pei Zhiyan's look at her just now seemed casual, but it was probing, and she couldn't help but sighed.

She is Pei Zhiyan's student, and even the tea ceremony was taught by him. The two people make tea in exactly the same way. Presumably Pei Zhiyan can taste the tea she made when he just drank tea. From the amount of tea leaves to the water temperature, he is familiar with it. of.

It's not that she didn't expect to be spotted by Pei Zhiyan, and she still made tea like this for no other purpose, let alone to reminisce with old friends. It's just that he is her most respected and beloved husband, who used to be like a father and brother, but now they meet but don't recognize each other. She just wants to make him a bowl of tea to express her heart, that's all.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xu, Xu Wanli and Pei Zhiyan haven't seen each other for many years. Pei Zhiyan's habits in the tea ceremony must have changed a lot in these years, so Mrs. Xu and Xu Wanli didn't realize that Ren Yaoqi and the current Pei Zhiyan could brew tea. The tea water came with almost the same taste.

After the initial shock, Pei Zhiyan calmed down, still chatting with everyone occasionally with a leisurely attitude.

There have been three competitions outside, and only the golden dragon of the imperial court, the green dragon of the Yanbei Palace, the white dragon of the Yun family, the red dragon of the Lei family and the blue dragon of the Su family remained.

The fourth match was particularly fierce. The Golden Dragon and the Azure Dragon were still temporarily leading at the same speed, but the fight between the White Dragon, the Red Dragon and the Blue Dragon made people excited. Originally, they only focused on Yanbei Palace Those who won or lost with the court could not help but be attracted by the three dragon boats.

In the end, the Red Dragon of the Lei family defeated the White Dragon of the Yun family and the Red Dragon of the Su family by a narrow margin. The last match will be between Golden Dragon, Green Dragon and Red Dragon.

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An hour late...sorry...〒_〒

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