"Since Chu Mingxuan is in a hurry and wants to lose, then I will reluctantly agree to you, Miss Mingyue, you can come to the question." Cao Yi first mocked Chu Mingxuan, then nodded to Mingyue and asked her to ask the question.

Min Yue glanced at Duan Xinde and wanted to ask if he could start, but Duan Xinde nodded. Lianxing began to divide the pen, ink, paper and inkstone into two parts, and spread them on the table for the two of them to write.

In addition to Chu Mingxuan and Duan Xinde, who participated in the competition, the others were full of expectations for Cao Yi's next lyric performance, Min Yue and Lian Xing knew Cao Yi's identity, and they had already written poems to Yangzhou before, and they had not seen them in person, so they were naturally full of expectations for the first time that this first talent in Jiangning wrote lyrics in front of them.

And Shi Chengxuan and Gong Qizheng vaguely felt that "Cao An" was a powerful person, otherwise he would not have boasted about Haikou before and said that he would never do something that he was not sure of, although he had said before that the pair was written by his son Cao Yi, but since he dared to participate in the lyrics competition, and there was a question on the spot, it must also have the power to fight with Duan Xinde.

Duan Xinde's lyric writing ability is already known and familiar to them, so they can roughly estimate what kind of level they will be after writing it, unless it is a good sentence, otherwise it is slightly better than them. But Cao An is different, at least so far, it is still very mysterious, no matter how he talks and behaves and dares to fight against the four great talents of Yangzhou as a scholar before, he doesn't look like he is just a third-class companion reading little scholar, for this, they are just puzzled in their hearts, and they did not say that they will come out.

After Lianxing had prepared all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, everyone looked at Minyue and waited for her to come up with the question.

Min Yue raised her head at this time and pondered slightly, thinking about what topic to come up with, and reviewed the lyrics written by Cao Yi and Duan Xinde before in her mind, Cao Yi passed on a lot, it seems that no matter what the theme is, the Mid-Autumn Festival Yongyue, Chongyang Remembrance, and the woman's boudoir, after coming to Yangzhou yesterday, I also heard that he wrote three new songs, one of which is the "Eternal Happiness" heard on the boat, and the rest are "Jiangchengzi" and "Linjiang Immortal"......

In her opinion, Cao Yi has written "Eternal Happiness" and "Linjiang Immortal" two poems describing the Yangtze River, and she also heard him sing a song "Nanxiangzi" on the boat, from the quality point of view, these three capitals can be called eternal terms. No matter how powerful a person is, he shouldn't write a thing in a row that is a noun for the ages, so she made up her mind at this time that the next competition will be titled "Yangtze River", whether it is Yongjing or nostalgia, as long as it involves the Yangtze River.

Everything can be one or two, Cao Yi has already had three songs in a row, and the probability that the fourth poem with the theme of the Yangtze River is still a noun through the ages will be very low, in Minyue's heart, in fact, Cao Yi's lyric writing ability is higher than Duan Xinde. If you take other things as the theme, according to the normal point of view, the probability of Duan Xinde wanting to win is very low, but if you take the Yangtze River as the theme, his chances are even greater.

Min Yue glanced at Duan Xinde and Cao Yi, and thought to herself: "Duan Gongzi, I can only help you get here...... But Cao Gongzi, I'm just trying to make the competition evenly matched, don't blame me......"

Under the gaze of everyone, Min Yue smiled, and her cherry lips opened lightly: "I just came back from visiting relatives in my hometown Runzhou, Runzhou Xiongzhen Yangtze River, and I returned to Yangzhou through the Yangtze River water transportation, so this lyric competition is based on the Yangtze River, and it is okay to simply Yongjing or nostalgia Mingzhi." ”

"Yangtze River ......" Shi Chengxuan read softly, looking thoughtful.

Cao Yi and Duan Xinde both showed a smile on their faces, Duan Xinde looked at Min Yue with that kind of "everyone understands" look, his heart was the same as what Min Yue thought in his heart just now, he had already known the two poems about the Yangtze River passed by Cao Yi, the owner of "Cao An", no matter how it was, the third song could not be so good, otherwise it would have been passed over a long time ago. Therefore, Duan Xinde now feels even more foolproof about defeating "Cao An".

And the reason why Cao Yi showed a smile on his face was because he also had a song "Nian Nujiao Chibi Nostalgia" that he had never used before, as long as he smashed this song out, not to mention defeating a mere Duan Xinde, even the four great talents of Yangzhou would be ruthlessly crushed and annihilated. Just because even if this poem is compared in the thousand-year-old literary world, it is still the top ones, and its peerless elegance and majestic talent are enough to span the ages.

After Min Yue finished speaking, Duan Xinde and Cao Yi made two completely different moves. Duan Xinde walked to the desk, put the folding fan aside, held a brush, and closed his eyes and pondered, obviously thinking about how to compose words. But Cao Yi did the opposite and returned to the wine table...... Begin to eat and drink.

"What? Cao An, are you planning to give up? If you plan to give up, you should say it sooner rather than later, so you don't have to waste everyone's time. Chu Mingxuan himself has always hated Cao Yi, so when he saw Cao Yi behaving like this, he naturally opened his mouth to mock.

"Don't worry, the result will only be that you lose, not me, I just politely let Duan Xinde write first, I'm afraid that he will be too stressed after I write it now, and I don't dare to write." Cao Yi didn't even look at Chu Mingxuan, took a chopstick dish, and said vaguely while chewing, his attitude was extremely casual, and even a little disdainful.

Chu Mingxuan was speechless for a while, and then said angrily: "Just you, a third-class little scholar, do you know what poetry and song are?" I see that you don't even understand the thousand-word text thoroughly, how about it...... Do you want me to ask someone to find a relationship to send you to a good private school and re-enlighten? Hahahahaha! At the end, he began to laugh wildly. Nine-zero look

Cao Yi turned his head and glanced at Chu Mingxuan, snorted coldly with an extremely contemptuous attitude, stretched out his hands to Chu Mingxuan, stretched out four fingers with one hand, clenched his fist with the other, and chuckled. The meaning is self-evident, four to zero, I Cao Yi has four lower links, and you Chu Mingxuan, there is no one, you are embarrassed to bark here.

Here, Chu Mingxuan's face turned red with anger, and he opened his mouth and roared angrily: "You are a third-class little scholar who cheats, what qualifications do you have to show off?" ”

Cao Yi still didn't speak, but still smiled and playfully made a four-to-zero gesture to him, and looked at him with his chin raised.

Chu Mingxuan originally stretched out his hand and shook it hard, but he wanted to rush forward, but was quickly grabbed by Shi Chengxuan, who was waiting on the side to prevent the conflict from escalating, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Chu, calm your anger, this is a full building of flowers, and it is forbidden to fight...... And even if you do it now, you can see Cao An breaking the chopsticks just now, if you really want to do it, Brother Chu, you can't beat him...... Careful! ”

If the first half of Shi Chengxuan's sentence suppressed Chu Mingxuan's anger and brought him back to his senses, then the second half of the sentence made Chu Mingxuan's heart become cold, this ...... It's really ...... He hit people.

Chu Mingxuan simply stopped looking at Cao Yi, turned his head to look at Duan Xinde, who was still meditating with his eyes closed, now all the hopes are placed on the latter, if Duan Xinde can play well and write a good song, then all the fields will be recovered, Chu Mingxuan will definitely humiliate "Cao An" well, let him parade naked in Yangzhou City, and put a banner on his back to write that he is Chu Mingxuan's defeated general!

Min Yue sat back on the banquet at this time, looked sideways at Cao Yi, and asked, "Cao Gongzi, do you really wait for Duan Gongzi to finish writing before writing?" ”

"Well, a gentleman is hard to chase after a horse, I'm not like some people who don't believe in their words, how can a husband go back on his word!" Cao Yi nodded and said lightly.

"......" Min Yue suddenly felt that she had done something unflattering.

Sure enough, Chu Mingxuan turned his head and glared at Cao Yi angrily, and Duan Xinde, who had been meditating with his eyes closed before, also opened his eyes and stared at Cao Yi a few times at this moment, Cao Yi's words were a naked slap in the face, but Duan Xinde was in the critical stage of contemplation at this time, so he didn't say anything, and after watching it for a while, he continued to close his eyes and think.

Min Yue looked at Cao Yi with a wry smile, the person in front of her, who was sometimes humble, sometimes elegant, sometimes domineering, and sometimes arrogant, was really unpredictable, but he always did shocking things, but I don't know if this side is the arrogance and true demeanor that Jiangning's first genius should have.

Cao Yi didn't care about Duan Xinde, he still ate and drank by himself, if he wasn't thinking about it at the moment, he was also thinking, but he didn't bother to think about how to write the words about the Yangtze River, what he was thinking about was what to let Duan Xinde and Chu Mingxuan do after winning, after all, the bet in the previous competition was this, and it was to make good use of it.

Cao Yi was still thinking about it here, and Duan Xinde over there had already opened his eyes with joy on his face, dipped the brush in ink on the inkstone, and began to write, and the others, including Min Yue, stretched their necks to pay attention to what Duan Xinde wrote. Chu Mingxuan walked straight to Duan Xinde's side at this moment, and whispered silently while reading, the expression on his face changed from anticipation at the beginning to joy, just by looking at his expression, he knew that he was also very satisfied with the poem written by Duan Xinde.

At this time, Hinde had already written, put the pen on the inkstone, studied the words he had written, read them from beginning to end, nodded unconsciously, and showed a satisfied look on his face. Whether he was forced by that "Cao An" this time, the result is that the time, place and people are suitable, so there is this state to write such a good poem, I feel that this is a good song that can be passed down for decades, if you take it to the teacher, there will be a compliment......

Shi Chengxuan, Gong Qizheng and Min Yue looked at the expression on Duan Xinde's face, and knew that he had written a poem that he was satisfied with, and it must have been at least a middle-class or even high-grade lyric work. Now in Yangzhou City, if you want to say that the most famous and powerful people in the younger generation, they are basically in this courtyard, whether it is Gong Qizheng, Chu Mingxuan, Shi Chengxuan or Duan Xinde, they are all lyricists who have already accumulated a great reputation.

But if you say that the most powerful, it is still Duan Xinde. has his own talent, coupled with the guidance of Zhao Gong, a Huaizuo fisherman, the level of lyrics is naturally getting higher and higher, and it also allows him to dominate the young generation in Yangzhou. If he plays very well this time, then it will definitely be a masterpiece.

Chu Mingxuan, who was on the side, picked up the words written by Duan Xinde, and first glanced at Cao Yi proudly, only to find that Cao Yi didn't look at him at all, and suddenly felt like a punch in the air, and said a few words in his heart, "Hmph, look at what you can be proud of, wait for you to cry." Immediately, he smoothed the stuffiness in his chest, looked at the words on the paper, and recited aloud.

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