Chapter 299: The seven-step poem is sent, and I will never break my promise)
... Dear students, today is the Baihua Poetry Meeting, the first literary event in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Kong Kanglian, who was standing on the stage, covered his mouth with his fist, coughed, then glanced at the students in the audience, and said loudly: "As we all know, the top names in the Hundred Flowers Poetry Association will be selected by the imperial court every year without going through the imperial examination.
You can directly enter the Sixth Department to work!"
After hearing this, the students in the audience had fanatical looks in their eyes. Some of them could no longer restrain their excitement. They clenched their fists and stared at Kong Kanglian on the stage with extremely excited expressions.
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"Brother Li, this is a great opportunity for you!" "Haha, calm down, calm down! This kind of poetry gathering must be full of masters. Although there are many people who are just famous, there are inevitably one or two outstanding people!"
"Haha. Brother Li is so humble! After Ma Qingyuan's rebellion, it's a great opportunity for you, Brother Li, to take the lead! Brother Li, don't be humble! You know, Miss Ruolan is waiting for you!"
"Ha ha!"
In the audience, the two talented men laughed and complimented, causing everyone around them to look at them sideways.
Some people became indignant when they heard the inexplicable Li Er talking about a person with no real name. His tone was as if he didn't take the students in his eyes seriously.
For a moment, the students in the audience were extremely noisy and talking.
Seeing the commotion in the audience, many students gathered in small groups, pointing at Li Er and Li Er, whose faces remained unchanged, with eyes full of contempt.
Even with your triangular eyes and frustrated figure, you still want to win Miss Ruolan's favor. You don't stop soaking in urine to take a look at yourself to see your own virtue. It's like a toad wanting to eat swan meat.
Pooh!
On the stage, Kong Kanglian seemed to have been used to such scenes for a long time. She looked at the students in the audience with a slight smile, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Hey, these guys who usually think of themselves as talented people, but their minds are full of male thieves and female prostitutes. They really pretend to be disciples of saints!
With a slight sigh, Kong Kanglian waited until the talented people had made enough noise, then stretched out her hand to suppress it.
Seeing the red-faced students quarreling in the audience, they glared angrily at each other, and then calmed down. Kong Kanglian then stroked his beard and said leisurely: "This year's top leader in the Baihua Poetry Competition will be awarded directly to Tai Tai.
The position of Fu is the first rank of official obedience, everyone, can you hear me clearly?"
As soon as he said this, the audience fell silent.
The students' eyes were full of disbelief. Looking at Dr. Kong who was smiling leisurely on the stage, he was shocked by the words "Taifu" in his heart and felt dizzy.
The hall, which had been extremely noisy just a moment ago, was now deathly silent.
In the empty space, the only sound was the heavy breathing of the students.
"Sir, are you telling the truth?" After a long time, an old student with gray hair swallowed his saliva, raised his head, and looked at Kong Kanglian with excitement and excitement in his eyes.
asked with difficulty.
Kong Kanglian smiled, nodded, and then pointed to a place under the stage and said: "The official seals and official robes are placed there. If you don't believe it, students, you will know after just one look!" After hearing this, many people
The students turned their heads one after another and looked in the direction pointed by Kong Kanglian.
Sure enough, on one side of the stage, amid the misty white gauze, on a stage, a gold and bronze official seal shone with a heart-warming light under the bright lights.
"It's true!" The student looked at the official seal in shock, his eyes dazed. He couldn't speak clearly and murmured: "It's true?" "Brother, are you okay?"
Next to him, a classmate saw this man looking stupid and felt puzzled. He pushed him with concern and asked.
"Hahaha!" The stupid scholar suddenly burst out laughing wildly. The scholar next to him was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away, looking horrified.
The stupid scholar's eyes turned gray for a moment, he raised his head and laughed crazily: "It's true, haha, I'm going to become a tutor, haha!"
While laughing maniacally, snot and tears flowed down. His mouth was tilted, and crystal saliva fell down. It was as if for a moment, his mind was disturbed by the inexplicable surprise, and he actually went crazy.
Why!
The student next to him saw that this old scholar, who was not past his age, lost his mind and became a lunatic after just one glance at the official seal.
The students who were watching all sighed and sighed.
Those who sympathized may have thought of the difficulties they had endured over the years. However, they only sympathized, shook their heads and sighed, and no one stepped forward to help.
And more people, uh, take pleasure in others' misfortunes.
They were happy to have one less competitor. They looked at the old man and suddenly became crazy, and a sneer appeared on the faces of those people, sinister and vicious.
Why……,
At this moment, under the different gazes of everyone, a slightly thin scholar wearing a light green gown cut through the crowd and walked up to the old man.
Then, with everyone's puzzled eyes, they saw the scholar grabbing the old man's collar, then reaching out his hand and giving him a loud slap on the face.
The crisp slap sound immediately echoed through the hall.
Not only did it suppress the other students who were watching the excitement and did not mind the matter, the students' eyelids twitched, a look of horror appeared on their faces, and they retreated silently.
Wow, listening to this sound, you can feel how hard the scholar tried. Tsk, tsk, the old man’s face turned red, it must have hurt so much!
At the same time, this slap also made the crazy old man stunned.
He covered his face and looked in shock at the scholar he had never met before. Feeling the burning pain on his face, his eyes gradually became clear, changing from anger to emotion.
At the end, the old man suddenly squatted down, covered his face and started crying.
"Okay!" The scholar shook his hand, obviously he had used too much force and injured his hand. Then, he looked down at the old man squatting on the ground, holding his head and crying in front of him, and asked.
Hearing the faint questioning voice of the scholar in front of him, the old man also knew that it was the scholar who had saved him just now, so that he would not go crazy and be hopeless.
After lifting up his sleeves and wiping away the tears on his face, he looked at Lu Heng with sobs, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you brother for saving me! I'm so grateful for this old man Fan Jin!"
After glancing at the other people around him, I saw that most of them had disappointed and indifferent expressions.
The old man thought of how he had failed in the imperial examinations for so many years. He was used to seeing the world look down upon him. He thought of the indifferent crowd of people who were watching him when he was just crazy. He felt despair. He shook his head and sighed, holding on to the ground and stood up.
"That's all, that's all. I'm already a half-hearted person who buys loess, so I won't fight for the top spot!" After shaking his head and sighing, the old scholar clasped his fists, bent down and gave Lu Heng a deep salute: "Brother, take care!
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Lu Heng watched quietly as the old man cupped his fists and saluted, then left sadly. He sighed slightly in his heart, shook his head with a bitter smile, and said to himself: "Take care!" After this farce, Kong Kanglian on the stage was also deeply afraid.
If this happens again, I will no longer continue to interest the students.
After glancing at the many students in the audience, he saw the scholar in a green shirt and nodded to him with a slight smile. His expression was full of appreciation for the scholar's willingness to help others just now.
And when Kong Kanglian showed such an expression to Lu Heng, the students around him looked sideways at Lu Heng. They felt filled with regret for a moment. If he had known that saving the old man would earn Doctor Kong such high regard, he would have thought so at that time.
went.
Alas, the opportunity just slipped away in vain!
After looking at the talents who were shaking their heads and sighing, with expressions of regret and remorse, Kong Kanglian's eyes showed a hint of contempt and disdain. She snorted, then looked away. She nodded to the three referees on the side and asked.
After seeing the three current scholars nodding, Kang Konglian turned around and made a gesture.
Many students saw a eunuch walking up carrying a small box covered with red cloth.
"Everyone, the title of this poem is in this box!" Kong Kanglian smiled and saw that almost all the talented people in the audience were attracted by the box covered with red cloth. He smiled slightly and reached out to remove the covering.
Red cloth on the box.
"Now, I would like to invite Mr. Dongfang, a famous calligrapher and painter in the world, to draw the first question for you!" Kong Kanglian smiled, waved his hand, and let the eunuch carrying the wooden box walk over. Then he faced a man in coarse cloth on the referee's seat.
The old man in a long gown nodded, indicating that he could draw the questions.
Mr. Dongfang, who was regarded as a famous figure by Kong Kanglian, reached into the box and fumbled around for a while, then pulled out his hand and took out the white scroll.
After opening the scroll and taking a look, Mr. Dongfang smiled slightly and pulled the scroll away.
Show it in front of everyone.
"The first title of this poem is wine!"
After hearing this topic, the eyes of the students in the audience lit up one after another, and their expressions of whispering could not hide the excitement in their hearts.
For them, spending time in front of and under the moonlight, drinking fine wine and reciting poems are all things they use to recite poems. At this time, listening to Mr. Dongfang pull out the first question is their specialty.
How can the students not be excited?
Using wine to test yourself is a waste!
Seeing the surprised expressions of the students in the audience, Mr. Dongfang smiled, closed the scroll, and handed it into the hands of the eunuch. Then he chuckled and said, "Everyone, don't be too busy to be happy!" In one sentence, everyone's mood was changed.
After attracting his attention again, Mr. Dongfang sat down, bit his tea cup, and said with a smile: "This poetry meeting adopts the rule of seven steps to compose a poem. Anyone who completes a poem within seven steps can be directly promoted.
! If you go beyond one step, you will have to drink a drink as a penalty." Mr. Dongfang smiled, glanced at the stunned students, pointed to a small water tank under the stage, rubbed his chin, and said sinisterly: "Well, that's it.