"In the second game, Du is going to be in charge, and Brother Wang has to work hard." When approaching the steps of the pavilion, Du Fu smiled at Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "That's natural, although we are already friends, but poetry still has to fight, after the poetry meeting, I will visit Brother Du, let's talk all night." ”

Du Fu nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided." ”

The procedure was well known to all, and this time it was in order, and before the incense burned out, everyone had put pen to paper, and the poems were hung with red silk ropes, and the judges began to perform their duties.

This time, some clever scribes left early without expectations, and looked sad when their own poetry paper was torn off. After the last round of Wang Yuan and Du Fu's poems came out, most people have lost their ambitions, and they have to finally understand that they are only a supporting role in this Pear Blossom Poetry Meeting, and they will not be able to write sentences like Wang Yuan's 'When we meet, it is difficult to say goodbye'.

Half an hour later, the judgment was over, and the faces of the masters were a little unkind after they sat down, and everyone looked at them with a blank eye for some reason, but when they saw Wang Wei's eyes wandering in the crowd, they fell on Wang Yuan, who was leaning on the pillar and looking elsewhere, and there was some anger between his eyebrows.

"What about Wang Yuan, what about your poems?" Wang Wei asked in a deep voice.

Everyone's eyes looked at Wang Yuan, Li Shizhi and the others were very strange, obviously seeing Wang Yuan's pen, how could Wang Wei have such a question.

Wang Yuan stepped forward and said, "I'm very sorry that I couldn't come up with a sentence for this poem, so I handed in a blank scroll." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, after the first round, the poem that everyone was most looking forward to seeing was Wang Yuan's, but he didn't expect this person to hand in a blank scroll, admitting that he didn't come up with a poem, so he gave up. There were more than 30 scribes, and all of them were able to hand in poems, but Wang Yuan didn't write them, which is a bit unreasonable.

Wang Wei frowned and said: "Chang Ling's poem is not difficult, is this the reason for you?" ”

Wang Yuan sighed: "The poem topic is not difficult, the difficult thing is to write good poems, if there are no good sentences, it is okay not to write, my idea is to rather lack than excess." ”

Wang Wei thought for a while and nodded: "It's okay, this reason is in the past, but this is a poetry club, and handing over the white scroll is disrespectful to everyone." If you are eligible to participate in the imperial examination, will you also hand in a blank paper when answering questions? It is unfair to others for you to give up alone, but you waste a place in the imperial examination. ”

Wang Yuan bowed and saluted: "I'm so sorry I didn't take this section into account, damn it." ”

Wang Wei snorted and said no more. All the scribes had a sense of schadenfreude in their hearts, such a simple poem title, Wang Yuan actually handed over a blank scroll, this is not a long-faced thing. was touted so high just now, and fell down in a blink of an eye, which is really comforting.

Li Shizhi's face was very ugly, at the critical time, Wang Yuan dropped the chain, and came to such a hand without warning, he wanted to win the second game of this poetry meeting in one go, two wins in three games, even if he lost the third game, he also won. This is a good thing, this one is bound to lose.

"There are several poems that are well written. After screening, we think there are two masterpieces. Wang Weilang said.

Li Shi's heart is full of hope, there are two shortlisted, according to the consistent idea, it should be his own poetry written well, then there is still hope of winning.

These two poems are written by the same person, and this person is Du Fu. That is to say, in the second game, Du Fu won the championship, and Li Xiangguo's side won. Wang Wei continued.

Li Shizhi was immediately dumbfounded, the flame of hope that had been ignited was extinguished by a basin of cold water on his head, and the expression on his face was extremely gloomy.

Du Fu's two poems are hung in the pavilion for everyone to appreciate, the two are five-character quatrains, one of which says: the late day is beautiful, the spring breeze flowers and plants are fragrant. The mud melts and flies the swallows, and the sand warms the mandarin ducks.

The second said: Jiang Bi Bird is more than white, and the mountain blue flowers are about to burn. This spring has passed and passed, and when is the year of return.

The two poems are fresh and lovely, describing the spring scenery vividly, with a hint of hatred in the brightness, if there is no aftertaste. The crowd was full of praise, and it was obvious that these two poems won the first place for granted.

Everyone congratulated Du Fu one after another, and Li Linfu also lightly praised a few words, but Du Fu's face was a little dignified, and he looked at Wang Yuan with puzzled eyes, as if he was suspicious of something.

Faced with the pride of Li Linfu's side, Li Shizhi was very unhappy and dissatisfied; "This Wang Yuan, with his talent, I don't believe that he can't even compare with Du Fu's two poems, and Du Fu's poems can only be regarded as decent works, not good works. I don't know what he's doing. ”

Pei Kuan, who was sitting on the side with an expressionless face, snorted coldly in a low voice: "Suitable, this Wang Yuan you invited is very scheming." ”

Li Shizhi frowned and said, "What does Lao Pei mean by this? ”

Pei Kuan said: "The old man obviously saw him writing poems just now, why didn't he see his poetry paper?" I seem to have seen Wang Yuan and Na Du Fu talking happily by the small pool, and then this happened, don't you think it's suspicious? ”

Li Shizhi was puzzled: "Are you saying that Du Fu made an appointment with Wang Yuan and asked Wang Yuan to give up this scene?" ”

Pei Kuan sneered: "If this is the case, I am not afraid, if Du Fu was ordered by others to win over Wang Yuan, and began to rebel at the poetry meeting, then you, the left minister, would become a big joke." ”

Li Yong frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you two always look at people like this? Didn't Wang Yuan say it? If you can't write good poems, you'd rather have a shortage than an abundance, and the old man also knows this. I usually write poems and write unsatisfactory sentences, so I simply give up and don't write, where do I get so many fancy intestines? ”

Pei Kuan thought for a while and gently beckoned to an entourage standing aside, whispered a few words to him, and the entourage silently bowed down the pavilion on this side and walked towards the bottom of the middle pavilion. The servant stooped around on the ground beneath the pavilion, reached out and picked up something, and hurried back.

"Did you find it?" Pei Kuan asked.

The attendant stretched out his hand and handed over a paper ball and said, "There is such a paper ball in the grass, I don't know if it's not." ”

Pei Kuan stretched out his hand to take the paper ball and unfolded it, but when he saw a poem written on the crumpled paper, Pei Kuan looked at it, his eyes widened in surprise, and he was speechless for a while.

Li Shizhi frowned and said, "Lao Pei, what are you doing sneaky." ”

Pei Kuan smacked his lips and said: "Sure enough, I guessed it, Wang Yuan did it on purpose, he wrote a poem, and it is a wonderful poem, if this poem is presented, the second game will be won, Du Fu's two poems combined, may not have these four sentences good." ”

Li Shizhi and Li Yong took the crumpled poem paper in surprise, but saw that there were four lines of poetry written on it: Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate.

The three of them quietly did not speak and looked at each other, and each other could hear each other's heavy breathing, these four lines of poetry are natural and simple, but contain a positive and open-minded and optimistic philosophy in it, but people with a little vision know that this is the best in the poem, only this one, and it is difficult to find.

"Genius, genius, the old man admires it, the old man has never written such a good poem in his life, ashamed, ashamed." Li Yong sighed.

Li Shizhi gritted his teeth and said: "This Wang Yuan deliberately wants to lose this battle poem, if this poem is presented, how can there be a reason not to win the second championship." It seems that this person is a white-eyed wolf, which is to embarrass the old man. I will confront him on the spot, break his dog's legs, and let him know what will happen if he eats inside and out. ”

Pei Kuan hurriedly said: "Don't panic, the situation is unclear now, this person is a really talented person, which is rare." If you publish this poem now, people will say that you are narrow-minded. Besides, just after a while, what ability does Li Linfu have to make Wang Yuan turn against him? I think most of them are for other reasons. ”

Li Shizhi said angrily: "What can be the reason? The facts are clear, you can win but you don't win, isn't this eating inside and out? ”

Li Yong said: "Wouldn't it be better to just present this poem?" Wang Wei and the others are not blind, they will definitely change the judgment, just like the first game, which makes Li Linfu happy. ”

Pei Kuan shook his head and said: "It's late, it's not like you haven't heard the rules of the poetry club, and now it will be considered an overtime work, and it can't be counted." ”

Li Yong nodded and said, "That's right, Li Linfu won't agree, the rules still have to be followed." ”

Li Shizhi gritted his teeth and said: "This guy is angry with me, can't we do anything, so let him give up playing me in the third game?" ”

Pei Kuan thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's not that bad. Maybe he won't give up in the third game. ”

"How do you know?" Li Shizhi said angrily.

"Don't get angry, listen to my analysis to you, just now I remembered a detail, it is unlikely that Wang Yuan was bribed, because he obviously wrote this poem, and then discarded it, which shows that he did it temporarily. If he was bought by Li Linfu, he could not leave a word at all, and he could not write a poem if he couldn't do it, so why bother? ”

Li Shizhi and Li Yong nodded slowly: "This is a truth. ”

"But what if he gives up in the third game?" Li Shizhi asked.

"In this way, if you pretend not to know, let the others take this poem to Wang Yuan and beat him, let him know that what he has done is already known, and tell him that he must win the third game, otherwise he will inform Zuo Xiang of this matter, and Zuo Xiang will be severely punished." Pei Kuan said in a low voice.

"yes, scare him." Li Yong also said.

Li Shizhi sighed, nodded and said, "It's okay, let Xun Zhi go, Yan Zhi is familiar with him, so let Xun Zhi pretend to hide it for him and beat him." I hope he understands that I, Li Shizhi, am not a person who can be played casually, and I can invite him out of Yong'an Fang, and I can step him into the quagmire. ”

Pei Kuan was silent, and Li Yong's expression was a little playful, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.