Five celebrities were invited, and this movement was not small. Under Mo Yi's deliberate planning, this news soon spread throughout the capital, and instantly became the focus of heated discussions among everyone in the city.

For this kind of grand event where the north and the south compete together to learn talents, everyone in the capital from top to bottom is looking forward to it. A few days ago, the matter of the imperial examination was in an uproar, and they all knew that the northern juzi had consciously encountered unfair treatment. If the northern juzi deputies can win this competition, it will undoubtedly increase the convincing power of the existence of fraudulent cases in the imperial examination.

And vice versa, if the northern juzi loses, it will undoubtedly confirm the results of the imperial examination from the side. Under the witness of so many people, they failed to win, which can only show that their skills are not as good as others.

Under the watchful eye, the two sides gathered together. Now that there are five celebrities to testify, they can finally sit down and discuss the specific rules of the competition. I have to say that these two parties really lack mutual trust, and even the determination of the rules must be witnessed by someone, which is embarrassing.

The initiator of this champion fight was the Southern Juzi, so the rules were naturally proposed by them first. If there is anything dissatisfied with the northern juzi, you can always put forward suggestions for revision.

Under the witness of the five celebrities, the representative of the Southern Juzi gave a detailed introduction to the rules designed by Su Wen. After listening to the introduction of the fighting rules, Beifang Juzi suddenly felt helpless in his heart. This time, they originally came with the intention of picking thorns, but unexpectedly failed to find obvious flaws in the rules.

It is obviously a rule proposed by the Southern Juzi, how can it be so unintentionally biased towards their side? So. How should the northern lifters bargain?

Unable to find an obvious flaw, the northern lifter had to reluctantly accept the rules of fighting. Each of them selected five people to participate in the duel, and in three rounds of the competition, they came out on top. For them, the first round of poems and the third round of mutual questions are relatively simple, and the most difficult is the second round of judging.

Although he was not convinced, the northern juzi had to admit the gap between the two sides. The judges are all celebrities, and the examiners are all the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Southern Juzi is obviously more capable than them in this regard.

Seeing that the rules had been determined, Nanfang Juzi put forward a proposal to invite foreign aid to participate. They also had nothing to hide, so they directly said the idea of inviting Su Wen to participate in the competition. Follow their train of thought. It's better to make this matter clear in advance. When the time comes, the northern Juzi side is entangled in this issue.

In the face of their suggestion, the northern lifter was severely shocked. No one expected that it was obviously a competition between lifters, and the southern lifters would invite a foreign aid to participate, and the most important thing was that the foreign aid was still a girl.

Seeing the shocked reaction of the northern lifter. Nanfang Juzi said with a smile: "Of course." We just let us know in advance. I'm not asking for your opinion. If you want, you can invite a talented woman to participate this time. If you don't want to, you can also invite a celebrity directly. ”

Listened to such a suggestion. Beifang Juzi immediately showed a speechless expression. Pick the words so clearly, even if they really have this heart, it is not easy to do this now.

For Su Wen, although the northern Juzi has not really been in contact with it, he has still heard of it. Four of his poems were widely circulated, and most of them had read them and admired them. It's a pity that after this battle, they and Su Wen are on opposite sides, and at least the foreseeable future relationship cannot be eased.

Since they have a certain understanding of Su Wen, they will naturally understand Su Wen's talent in poetry. If you really compete with Su Wen in poetry, there is really no one among them who is absolutely sure that they can win.

At this moment, the talented girl they once admired suddenly became less lovely than before. This fact is a bit cruel, but I have to accept it helplessly. In order to avoid competing with Su Wen for poetry, they decided to fight for it. Anyway, this matter has to be discussed, and they still have a chance to deny the idea of the Southern Juzi.

With a light cough, the representative of the northern Juzi said in embarrassment: "That's not good, Miss Hua is a woman after all, how can she participate in the fight between us?" ”

Faced with the questioning of the representative of the northern lifter, the representative of the southern lifter immediately said with a blank face: "What's wrong with the woman, isn't the woman a southerner?" This time the competition is talent, with Miss Hua's talent, it is more than enough to participate in such a competition. Miss Hua is invited to participate, this is a unanimous decision by us. ”

Hearing what the southern juzi said, the representative of the northern juzi immediately retorted with a dissatisfied face: "What are you kidding, this is the champion." Miss Hua can't participate in the imperial examination, how can she be invited to participate in the fight? ”

Faced with the reason for raising the son in the north, the representative of the southern lifter couldn't help laughing, and immediately said with an indifferent face: "The champion is just a good voice, can it still be taken seriously?" If we really care about it, then who is the real champion among us? In this way, isn't anyone qualified to fight on stage? ”

was choked by the words of the southern lifter, and the representative of the northern lifter really couldn't find a rebuttal for a while. The name is indeed for a good mouthful, but it is by no means simply this kind of meaning.

After a moment of silence, the representative of the Northern Juzi turned his head and said to a few celebrities with a look of embarrassment: "Gentlemen, what do you think?" Is it appropriate for a situation like Miss Hua to participate in the competition between us? As the judges of this champion, please give a suggestion? ”

Seeing that the northern juzi raised objections, Chen Dequan immediately answered with a smile: "Su asked this child, he knows the old decay, and his talent is indeed not bad. If she was just a talent, she would have more than enough to deal with this kind of scene. ”

Everyone present knew that he had a good relationship with Su Wen, so Chen Dequan directly made this point clear as soon as he opened his mouth. Since there was such an opportunity, he naturally wouldn't mind giving Su Wen a convenience. Besides, what he said was true, and Su Wen's talent and learning were indeed enough to deal with this kind of literary struggle between the north and the south.

Seeing that he showed his attitude, the remaining celebrities naturally did not want to refute his face, and immediately expressed their approval one after another. They did this, on the one hand, for the sake of Chen Dequan's face, and on the other hand, they really had the intention of seeing Su Wen's talent.

Looking at the disappointed look on the face of the representative of the northern juzi, a northern celebrity kindly explained: "According to the following opinion, Miss Hua is a student of Mr. Hong's descendant, and there is nothing wrong with fighting for the teacher. As we all know, the stakes are very high, and the results of the competition are directly related to the determination of the authenticity of the results of the imperial examination. ”

After listening to the explanation of this northern celebrity, the representative of the northern Juzi felt a little better in his heart. Fighting for the honor of Hongqian is at least within the acceptable range of them.

Solve the problem of Su Wen's participation, and the preparation in advance is basically completely completed. Then it's time for the two sides to go head-to-head, and they have to go back and prepare. Due to the urgency of the situation, the contest between the two sides was scheduled for the next morning.

Although I had received the news in advance, the time to prepare was still a little tight. The fight was to be held the next morning, and they only had one night to prepare for the fight, so naturally they were very busy.

While the champion was preparing nervously, the emperor was busy dealing with the almost mountain of talks. There is no doubt that the person who can attract so many imperial historians to talk about it is naturally Hong Qian. He had just been taken away the day before, and the next day the imperial historians' chatters flew to the emperor's desk like snowflakes.

Faced with the mountains of talk on the table, the emperor frowned. He knew that these imperial histories were all folded under Han Bing's instructions, and he naturally felt a little unhappy in his heart.

For Han Bing, although the emperor did not respect him as much as Hong Qian, he never treated him badly. He is the elder brother of Concubine Xian, and he can be regarded as a royal prince, and he usually acts a little arrogant because of this relationship. Seeing that Han Bing did have some ability to do things, he silently adopted a laissez-faire attitude of turning a blind eye.

Unexpectedly, Han Bing has been doing things more and more recently, especially after Hong Qian returned. Although everything is normal on the surface, his hands and feet in the secret have not escaped his eyes.

After flipping through the two books at random, the emperor threw them aside. It's ridiculous to say, these imperial histories are all conclusive, as if they saw Hong Qian take the lead in cheating. If he had changed to a biased and believable character, perhaps he would have been persuaded by these excerpts of the imperial history, and now he would have directly surrendered to a serious crime.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but think of that defense. Fortunately, there is that argument, otherwise he would really not be able to explain the fact that the winner of the champion scholarship is on the list.

I have to say that the method of using numbers to speak in that defense statement was very novel and effective, and even he couldn't help but applaud the case. If this practice can be extended, it will certainly save a lot of trouble in the government in the future. As long as the relevant numbers are laid out, everything will become clear at a glance, and many plausible things can be clearly and intuitively hidden.

As soon as he thought of this practice of talking with numbers, the emperor immediately thought of the girl named Hua Suwen in his mind. It's really rare that such a girl who has not yet reached the end of her life can come up with such a simple and intuitive method.

Ever since he met Hua Suwen that day, he has become interested in inquiry. Can you have such insight, is it really just because you have been taught by Hong Qian for a period of time? If this is the case, as a student of Hong Qian, why did his prince and the Mo family kid fail to come up with such an idea? (To be continued......)