Fletcher's Descent into the Abyss Chapter 15

The next day, Fletcher Shen was supposed to go to Jinyiwei to take up his post. Coincidentally, Xi Gu'an's brother Xi Hongxuan hosted a banquet and invited the talented newcomers in the capital to have an elegant conversation in the Chaodong Tower.

Xi Hongxuan was fat, and when he sat down, he needed someone to fan him. He held the bamboo fan and said, "I am lucky this year. Although I didn't invite Yanqing, I invited Yuanzhuo!"

Xue Xiuzhuo was not here today because he had an official post. The "Yuan Zhuo" Xi Hongxuan mentioned was Yao Wenyu, the beloved disciple of the current Haige Elder Hai Liangyi. The three of them were so close to each other, not only because they were from the same eight great families in Changdu, but also because they had been friends since childhood.

Just as he was talking, he saw the bead curtain lifted, and an elegant scholar as gentle as jade walked in. He was wearing a crow green robe with slanted collar and large sleeves, and a briefcase hanging from his waist. He only smiled when he heard the sound, and all the Confucian scholars present stood up to greet him, and for a while they began to exchange greetings.

Yao Wenyu paid his respects one by one and asked everyone to sit down. Then he sat down and said, "I see you every year. How can I be worthy of the word 'rare'?"