The rumored Taoist beauty is actually the number one figure in the Adjudication Department of the Xiling Temple? Hearing these words, the originally noisy study room instantly became silent. Everyone looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. How charming she must be.
A woman can actually overpower Prince Longqing?
"Don't believe me, do you really think that women are inherently inferior to men?"
Situ Yilan looked at the expressions of her classmates, knowing that some of them didn't believe it, so she couldn't help but frown and said: "That Taoist beauty is very mysterious, and she doesn't show her face. It's natural that the world doesn't know her abilities, but I once heard
As I said, Prince Longqing never showed any dissatisfaction when he mentioned his superior."
"That Taoist idiot beauty must be still very young, right?" A student from the academy said with emotion: "The Xiling Kingdom is indeed the place where Haotian's glory shines. It has produced so many young geniuses, not to mention the Taoist idiot.
, just say that after Prince Longqing entered the academy, where in the Tang Dynasty could we find someone who could compete with him?"
Jin Wucai frowned slightly after hearing this. He wanted to say something, but in the end he did not speak. A female companion next to her looked at her expression, smiled and said for her: "We have Mr. Xie in our academy."
Is there any achievement for such a person that cannot be used to compete with Prince Longqing?"
"Third Young Master Xie only entered the realm of no confusion in the early autumn of last year. Prince Long Qing is only one step away from knowing the destiny. No matter what you think, he should be a strong man in the Dongxuan realm. There is at least five levels of difference between the two.
How do you compete?"
The student did not give any face to the female classmates, and said with a sneer: "Also, even if Third Young Master Xie can surpass Prince Longqing in terms of poetry, prose, etiquette, but don't forget, he is from the Southern Jin Dynasty, what does he have to do with us in the Tang Dynasty?"
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"Who said we have no talents in the Tang Dynasty?" Situ Yilan frowned and said: "Wang Jinglue is called the invincible by the world. He is at most a few years older than Prince Longqing. As long as Prince Longqing has not yet entered the stage of knowing his destiny,
, it may not be his opponent, let alone surpass me, the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty."
The student frowned and said: "I know that the invincible Wang Jinglue is indeed qualified to compare with that Prince Longqing, but this person seems to have not appeared for a long time, and I don't know where he went."
Chu Zhongtian glanced at Situ Yilan and saw that she had no objection. He smiled and said to the classmates: "I heard that Wang Jinglue was sent by your majesty to serve as the general of Zhenguo. Even if Prince Longqing comes to Chang'an City, he will not
He may have violated military discipline and come back to do something, so I’d better forget about this person.”
Ning Que had been quietly listening to the discussions of the students at the back of the study room. He found that no one mentioned the Prince Longqing again, but talked about the talent problem of the Tang Dynasty with emotion, so he stopped listening and simply cleaned himself up.
The things I had collected were ready to leave the library and go old.
"Even if we don't mention Wang Jinglue, we still have other talents in Datang."
Probably because Xie Chengyun was directly considered not to be comparable to Prince Longqing, Jin Wucai felt a little strange. She stood up, looked at her classmates with a smile and whispered: "Only those who are not cultivators can be called talents, military arithmetic
Anyone who is proficient in writing, poetry and calligraphy is a talented person. I heard from my grandfather that there was a lot of commotion in the palace recently over a calligraphy. Your Majesty fell in love with the calligraphy. My grandfather also said that the calligrapher was good at calligraphy.
There are great talents on the road, so people like this can’t be considered talents of our Tang Dynasty?”
"I've heard about this too." Chen Zixian, the bookstore master, glanced at Jin Wucai and murmured: "Several groups of people from the palace came to ask about my father, but I really don't know who wrote that calligraphy.
However, I heard from the father-in-law in the palace that Master Jijiu and several great calligraphers confirmed that the mysterious calligrapher must have been immersed in calligraphy for many years to have such a writing power structure. This...can't be considered a talent of the younger generation, right?
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Jin Wucai just wanted to avoid the previous topic, so naturally he would not answer this question. He smiled gently and turned to other aspects, asking: "My grandfather copied that calligraphy in the imperial study a few months ago. Where is your family?"
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"My family's bookstore is nowhere as good as Miss Wu Cai's." Chen Zixian replied with a smile: "It's just that the palace was pressing hard, so the family helped contact two great calligraphers and came to the palace to copy two volumes.
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There are always no fixed topics for chatting among the students in the academy. Professor Cao Zhifeng gave everyone a holiday today, so they had a lot of time to chat, and the topic naturally changed very quickly. Previously, they were still discussing Prince Longqing and that Taoist beauty.
At this time, everyone's attention was completely attracted by the legendary calligraphy.
After several discussions, the students were surprised to find that everyone knew about this matter, and that the letter had already become the focus of discussion among the upper echelons of Chang'an City in recent months.
A piece of calligraphy written by an unknown person and why it appeared in the imperial study, actually made His Majesty unable to put it down. He directly ordered all ministers and great calligraphers to copy it by hand. If you don’t know the ins and outs of this matter, and don’t know what is written on the calligraphy
If you don’t know what it is, then there is no way you can participate in the tea-drinking chats in those ministries and yamen.
"Your Majesty rewarded my grandfather with a copy of the imperial manuscript, but it's a pity that my grandfather wouldn't let me read it." Jin Wucai said softly.
In fact, the whole city of Chang'an knew that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty loved calligraphy but his writing skills were poor. He suppressed his laughter and thought that Lord Jijiu couldn't bear to let others see and make fun of His Majesty's pen. Miss Gao, who never spoke much
, seeing Jin Wucai's gentle words at this time, he felt a little unhappy for some reason, and said with a bit of pride: "My family was also given a copy, but it's a pity that it's not an imperial pen, but it uses the double hook method. I heard it is very similar to the original work.
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The double hook is a method of copying, using thin lines to hook out the outer edges of both sides of the original ink, and then filling in the outline with ink. The finished product produced by this copying method is the closest to the original work, is quite precious, and is often used to copy famous works handed down from generation to generation.
Listening to what Miss Gao said, everyone was shocked again. They were praising that the unknown calligraphy was really loved by His Majesty, and they were also secretly discussing that there was someone in the palace, and that the house was really deeply blessed by the Holy Spirit, and could actually receive it.
Double hook copy book.
If the superiors are good, the subordinates must be very good, not to mention the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, in recent years, everyone in the Tang Empire has loved calligraphy, and the status of calligraphers is extremely respected. Nowadays, among the noble houses in Chang'an City
We all understand His Majesty's fondness for that calligraphy, and it is inevitable that we will make some comparisons between them.
Those who have been given a copy scroll by His Majesty will be complacent, while those who have not been given a copy scroll by His Majesty will be a little uneasy. Even those who have been given a copy scroll still have to compare the versions... This is really a scene.
The little calligraphy has wrinkled the ink in the inkstones of many mansions and disturbed the moods of many noble people.
The ordinary people who stayed overnight in the academy were curious and asked Miss Gao what words were written on the calligraphy and how charming those words were that could make His Majesty so happy and fond of him. Now that Miss Gao had spoken, she naturally continued.
He went down, smiled slightly, and boasted that the calligraphy was in heaven and on earth.
"Borrowed, borrowed."
Ning Que walked over from the back of the study room with a few books under his arm. When everyone saw that it was him, they immediately stopped talking indifferently according to their usual habits. It wasn't until he walked out of the study room door and walked into the rain-covered corridor that they started talking about that scene again.
Calligraphy.
Naturally, no one wants to criticize the calligraphy that His Majesty loves so much. What’s more, the calligraphy is indeed very impressive and exquisite. Therefore, those calligraphers who have seen the original work will follow His Majesty’s wishes.
Although Miss Gao's words were a bit exaggerated, none of her classmates expressed any doubts.
Jin Wucai knew why Miss Gao said those words before, so he smiled slightly and did not compete with her. He followed her words and sincerely praised the letter. The next topic of discussion among the people was
Moving on to the most mysterious and fascinating aspect of this matter - who actually wrote this signature?
"Who actually wrote it?"
"No one knows until now. I heard that he appeared in the imperial study room last spring, and the palace searched for him for more than half a year. Even the great calligraphers were asked, but no one admitted it."
"Do you think it's possible that it was written by those calligraphy-selling scholars in Xiangfang? Don't look at me like this. There are many heroes in the grass, and great talents are always in the mountains and forests. Who said that the scholars who set up stalls and sell calligraphy can't write masterpieces?
excellent work?"
"What you said is not wrong, but if it is the work of one of those poor calligrapher sellers, then how could he secretly send this set of calligraphy to the imperial study? If he had a way to the palace, why would he be so poor?
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"This is really a mystery. I don't know why the calligrapher never came forward to admit it. You know that His Majesty appreciates it so much and now causes such trouble in the court. As long as he is willing to show up, no one will pursue it.
His crime, on the contrary, there must be a lot of wealth waiting for him."
Jin Wucai frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I think it is really possible that the calligrapher is living in seclusion in a small calligraphy and painting shop among the streets of Chang'an. It is said that the palace has been searching for this calligrapher for so long.
Jia never showed up, it is most likely that these rumors were not heard in the place where he lived, and the palace must have been looking for places like the famous big bookstore and painting shop in Chang'an City, and they couldn't think of going there for a while."
"As for why the calligrapher's calligraphy was able to enter the imperial study room, it is unknown."
She smiled gently and mentioned a possibility: "Perhaps a certain minister in the court cherished the talent of the poor calligrapher, so he brought it into the palace privately and deliberately left it in the imperial study, just to let His Majesty find it? But what if that's the case?
, that minister should have made it clear now, right?"
Zhu Sheng felt that what she said made sense, and responded with a smile: "If it is really a small shop in a back alley, you and I can go and look for it after school. If we can really find that calligrapher, let's talk about it."
Maybe there will be some rewards in the palace."
Chen Zixian cowardly added: "I heard... Ning Que opened a small calligraphy and painting shop in Dongcheng."
The students were startled when they heard this, and then laughed out loud, feeling that this idea was really ridiculous. One of the students from Yangguan who was familiar with Zhong Dajun looked at Ning Que's disappearing figure at the end of the rain-covering corridor, and said with a smile
: "If the calligraphy in the royal study was written by this guy, then I would be willing to kiss his stinky feet!"