Chapter 24: Du Chengfeng participates in the Chang'an Poetry Society

In the Phixiang Palace, Concubine Zheng Guifei waited anxiously in the palace for a few days, but did not wait for any news about the successful assassination of the dead man. The people he sent to the palace got the news that Du Chengfeng was normal in his house.

And on the third day after Du Chengfeng killed the dead soldiers of the Zheng family, Concubine Zheng finally got a relevant news.

The news was heard by her from Dali Temple: Three days ago, more than ten miles outside Chang'an City, two charred corpses were found in Yamen. The appearance of the corpse is basically unrecognizable, and the only thing that can prove the identity is the jade plaque hanging on the two of them. The jade plaque clearly reads the word Zheng.

Due to the short time of incineration, the deep scar on Scar's forehead is still very eye-catching. The people of Dali Temple also deliberately marked this on the appearance of the deceased.

When Zheng Guifei learned the news, her whole person collapsed. When she learned that one of the deceased had a deep scar on her forehead, Zheng Guifei knew that it was her two dead soldiers who were killed by Du Chengfeng.

The whereabouts and purpose of the two dead soldiers are known only to her, and now that the two are dead, the only possibility is that they were killed by Du Chengfeng.

Since the two were killed by Du Chengfeng, Zheng Guifei can already be sure that her eldest brother's family was definitely destroyed by this Du Chengfeng's person.

The problem is that it's all her own speculation, and she still doesn't have any useful evidence. Without evidence, she naturally couldn't go to Dali Temple to denounce Du Chengfeng.

She really wanted to go to the emperor and ask the emperor to come forward and issue a thorough investigation of Du Chengfeng. But she was very weak-hearted, because without any evidence, the emperor could not believe her at all.

In order to buy the dead and inquire about the news, Zheng Guifei almost spent all the silver taels she had rewarded over the years. However, his painstaking plan for revenge came to naught in just a few days.

A few days later, the eunuch informed Li Shimin of the news: Concubine Zheng Guifei of the Phixiang Palace was completely crazy.

After Li Shimin learned the news, for the sake of many years of husband and wife, he rewarded a sum of money and sent someone to send Zheng Guifei back to the Zheng family in Yingyang for retirement.

And these have nothing to do with Du Chengfeng, after bringing the eldest brother to Chang'an, Du Chengfeng has begun to gradually think about how to develop next.

He has exchanged steel smelting technology, cement production technology, and oil smelting technology, but he is not able to produce it yet.

Du Chengfeng reflected on it, and he was still relatively weak. The Clone Troopers, while powerful, are limited to the war aspect. I want to change Datang to dominate the world, but in the final analysis, there is still a lack of talents!

Alas! When Du Chengfeng was alone and distressed, the shopkeeper Lu sent someone to send a message that the newly appointed Lord Yin Wang would hold a huge poetry meeting in Luoyuan next to Qujiang Pond in two days, and invited aspiring young people from Chang'an City to participate. The top three in the poetry club can be rewarded with 50-100 yuan, and they can also be recommended by Lord Yin to serve in the counties under their jurisdiction.

Du Chengfeng was not interested in the copper coin reward and recommendation. He was interested in this as a good opportunity to increase his fame and earn reputation. Maybe I could also take this opportunity to discover some talent, so I agreed without even thinking about it.

When I thought of going to a poetry meeting, I couldn't dress too shabby. I could only ask Steward Sun to customize a few sets of pure white brocade robes.

In modern times, Du Chengfeng did not have a preference for a certain color, but when he came to this Tang Dynasty, he preferred pure white.

Two days passed quickly, and Du Chengfeng walked to Luoyuan wearing a white brocade robe. Dressed in white, he stood out in the crowd. The temperament is unique, gentle and elegant, like a polite and humble gentleman.

Luo Garden is built according to the water, the garden is full of green trees, flowers, quite a kind of Jiangnan water town taste. Perhaps because of the event held by Lord Yin, the literati, talented scholars and scholars in Chang'an City flocked to it.

The Tang Dynasty people were good at poetry and writing, and Du Chengfeng could be regarded as having seen it. In addition to these literati, talented scholars, there are actually a large number of ladies and young women. A person is dressed up in a flamboyant and jeweled manner, and his face is full of joy.

Du Chengfeng was dazzled, and couldn't help but complain: "Is this here to participate in the poetry meeting or to go on a blind date!" ”

A young man in brocade next to him heard Du Chengfeng's words, smiled contemptuously, and said teasingly: "This little brother is the first time to participate in the poetry meeting, don't you know that women can also participate in the poetry meeting?" ”

Being scolded coldly, Du Chengfeng's face twitched, a little angry.

I didn't think that I would be lonely and ridiculed. Looking at the disdainful gazes around him, Du Chengfeng had no choice but to walk quickly into Luo Garden.

Since the poetry meeting had not yet begun, everyone gathered together in twos and threes to talk and laugh and exchange experiences.

The women and young women looked at the talented scholars and pointed and commented. Du Chengfeng heard it clearly, it was all vulgar words. From the most basic clothing and temperament, they can judge whether their family status is noble, and whether they are worthy of their own or their daughters' trust for life.

Talented scholars are also happy to enjoy the vanity of being praised or secretly sent by women.

There are some people who are different. Next to a clump of phoenix tail bamboos not far from the rostrum, several elegant and personable sons have always stood quietly, which is so eye-catching.

Next to them were more than a dozen women and young women, with a spring heart rippling expression on their faces, looking at them stupidly, and muttering: "Look at the four great talents of Chang'an!" It's fascinating! My heart was beating so fast. ”

Du Chengfeng had to admit that the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were still very open, and women were free to show their love to their sweethearts, of course, this was only for unmarried women.

It turned out to be the so-called four talents of Chang'an, no wonder it was so eye-catching. Du Chengfeng didn't mean to despise them.

To be respected by everyone as the four great talents, it must be a person who is amazing and knowledgeable, and there must be something outstanding. If you have the opportunity, Du Chengfeng doesn't mind getting acquainted.

Around noon, the poetry meeting officially began. The host is a Confucian who looks highly respected.

There are ten judges in total, sitting behind the rostrum of the poetry club. Each of them had thin faces and looked like they were already in their prime, but their eyes were still shining.

There is a nameplate erected in front of each judge's seat, on which the judge's name and position are written, which saves the host from introducing it.

Du Chengfeng glanced at it, hiss, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Ouyang Xun, there are three people in the early Tang Dynasty, these are all Niu X characters in the early Tang Dynasty, and they are also calligraphy masters. Du Chengfeng gasped, it seems that he can't do it without showing some real skills.

It can be seen that Lord Fu Yin attaches great importance to this poetry meeting. The host looked at Lord Fu Yin, Lord Fu Yin nodded slightly when he saw it, and the host hummed twice and said, "Everyone, this Chang'an Poetry Conference has officially begun. Before we begin, let's talk about the rules of the poetry club. ”

Hearing the moderator's speech, everyone fell silent.

The host continued: "This year's poetry competition is divided into three rounds: long and short sentences, five-character poems, and seven-character poems. In the first round, the contestants selected their own topics, and prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstones on the rostrum, and handed them to the judges for scoring after writing. The top 50 players advance to the second round. In the second round, the questions were jointly presented by Lord Fu Yin and the judges, and the top ten entered the third round. In the third round, the judges will randomly select the top three questions. Finally, I wish all the references can give full play to their strengths and achieve good results. ”