Although Taishi Cheng Fan Zicheng is a native of Longdu, everyone doesn't think there is anything wrong with him being a referee. Second, there have been many great talents and even champions in the history of the Fan family, but the people of the Fan family seem to have a curse, even if they win the championship, they can't be officials, and they can only concentrate on learning. With Fan Zicheng as the referee, everyone was naturally convinced, so they said: "We are naturally convinced." ”

"I heard that Master Fan is revising the "Confucian Classics" of this dynasty, and if it is completed, it will be possible to start a sect."

In fact, the "Confucian Classic" is a Confucian classic edited by Zhang Biao and Fan Zicheng together, but Zhang Biao participated in the rebellion, and the continued editing of the "Confucian Classic" was handed over to Fan Zicheng. Three months ago, Fan Zicheng handed over the first edition of the "Confucian Classics" to Zhang Xiaowu, and Zhang Xiaowu couldn't understand the book, so he asked the Tai Academy, the Taishi Academy and the Hanlin Academy to refer to it together. This first edition of the "Confucian Classics" somehow spread to the people, so the students suddenly went crazy, and mistakenly thought that the person who compiled the "Confucian Classics" was Fan Zicheng alone, which brought him a very high reputation. However, because there were many loopholes and errors in the first edition of the "Confucian Classics", Fan Zicheng recalled the first edition of the "Confucian Classics", and the second edition of the "Confucian Classics" was being edited at this time.

Zhang Xiaowu looked at Su Yu with a smile, and said in his heart that you are so miserable, you are disgusted by the students, and your culture is low, so that your youth does not work hard, and the boss is sad, right?

At this time, another student asked, "My lord, what kind of method will the competition take?" ”

Su Yu thought about it, turned around and whispered to Zhang Xiaowu, and the students immediately discussed, guessing who the beautiful bearded man in patrol clothes was, after the two discussed, Su Yu turned to everyone and said: "Since it is a fighting poem, the comparison is to write a poem." In this way, tomorrow at noon, five students from the north and south will be sent to be representatives, and after writing the poems, they will seal their names and hand them over to a referee. If there are more students in the south in the poems of the five people, the south wins, and if there are more poems by the students in the north, the students in the north win, how about it? ”

Naturally, everyone had no objections, and they all agreed, and then they left satisfied. After everyone left, Hu Li immediately stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "General Yaxing today?" How? Interested in the North-South Rivalry. ”

"It's still Lao Hu, you know me." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "I want to see how the students fight, doesn't it mean that the gentleman doesn't do anything?" ”

"The fights between students are also divided into north and south." Hu Li said with a smile, "Southern students generally don't fight, they like to quarrel, of course, they are really beaten and provoked, once they fight, they will directly slam their fists." The characteristic of fighting in northern students is that they generally do not quarrel, and once they quarrel, they will start without ten sentences, first throwing things, and then wheelchairs. Therefore, southerners love to fight with their fists, and northerners love to fight with weapons, regardless of what weapons are on the ground. ”

"So this time it's the northern students who make the first move?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Did the southern students get into trouble first?"

"Yes."

Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "This southern character and northern character are vividly reflected in the fight. ”

Su Yu hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Southern students, that is, most of the southerners want to leave room for each other, such as this fight, fighting with fists generally does not kill people, so it is to leave room for the other party, and the purpose is to subdue the other party and run away, witty and cunning without losing grace." The northern students directly want to eliminate the other party physically, fight with weapons and tools, and kill people if they are not careful, so the northerners do not leave room for others or for themselves, and they are bold and free and straight. ”

Hu Li said: "Do you want to guard against them from fighting again tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "No need, but tonight the students from the north and south must be connected in private, tomorrow will recommend the selection of the five most talented people to fight poetry, there must be a lot of people who go together, so this number of people will be very large, and the people have the habit of watching the lively, you go to the silver guard, let them also send people over to maintain the scene, don't have a stampede, but cause a big incident." ”

"Whoa."

Su Yu begged for help: "My lord, I'm not familiar with Master Fan, I can't please him, I can only ask you to move, you can invite him." ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll invite him." Although Fan Zicheng was unwilling to participate in the dispute between students about who is better in the north and south, Zhang Xiaowu personally invited him to go to this excitement, so he agreed.

The two discussed the question of how to compete tomorrow, Fan Zicheng smiled and said that this writing poetry is not a good ability, but this kind of Yadou is also worth advocating, so as not to really move the fist and everyone is not good, he said: "Tomorrow I will be the referee alone, and others will not accept it even if they win, so let's ask Zhang Hanlin, a scholar from Taiyuan University, and Rong Yanzhang, a scholar from Hanlin Academy, to be referees with me." So the three of us decided on five of the ten poems, and there is no one to say. ”

"Great goodness."

Zhang Xiaowu said goodbye to Fan Zicheng and returned home, and saw that Chenghua was actually in his own home, playing mahjong with Yunyan, Mangzhong and Shang Wan'er, and was speechless for a while, and said in his heart that you are going to take the prince off track. Mang Chong saw Zhang Xiaowu at a glance, immediately jumped out of the chair and ran over, and said, "Master, you are finally back, you can play cards for me, it's too annoying." ”

"What's wrong?"

Mang Chong pointed at the prince and complained: "He, every time he gives your sister a good card, he is angry with me, he is really angry with me." ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed, didn't see Wanqiu, so he asked, and learned that it was the second lady's book that had recently become popular, and earned two hundred taels of silver for the pen, and the bookseller also asked her for books, and actually made an appointment for three books, each of which was priced at two hundred and twenty taels, and gave her a deposit of two hundred taels of silver in advance.

Yuan Wanqiu was just writing a book to pass the time, but she didn't expect to be welcomed for writing a book, and she got so much silver, of course, silver is a trivial matter, but this must be the respect she has never received in her previous half of her life. The love of readers and the booksellers gave Wanqiu a sense of independent personality, and she suddenly found that she could be recognized without anyone.

At this time, Wanqiu was in retreat to write a book, and she said that she needed a quiet place to write a book, so she started writing in the quietest attic in the courtyard, and no outsiders were allowed to disturb her.

"The second lady said that unless there is something big, even if you come back, you don't need to report to her." Mang Chong said, "Madam, the writing is so good, if I don't have a little literacy, I must read it every day." ”