Chapter Seventy-Five: The Literary Contest (5)

At this moment, the competition of the Wenhui has reached the middle link, according to the rules, this time it is fifty out of thirty, and the competition is still relatively fierce.

"Which of us comes first?" Ji Fang asked the four people beside him.

"Let's come in order, let's start with Kong Xiang, what do you think?" Zhao Chongde replied. The order in which questions are asked does not have much of an impact on the outcome.

"It's okay, then I'll ask the question first." Kong Xiang said calmly.

Then he stood up, amplified his voice and said, "My topic is very simple, now is spring, the season of revival of all things, you can use spring as the theme and compose a poem."

The literati in the audience who participated in the competition were relieved when they heard this topic, they usually write poems with the theme of spring, but this time they don't need to improvise poems, they can take out the poems that they thought they had done well in the past and use them to compete for the best.

"Old man Kong, your topic is too simple." Ji Fang said to Kong Xiang beside him.

"Hehe, it's simple, the simpler the question, the more you can see the level." Kong Xiang stroked his beard and replied with a smile.

As soon as Kong Xiang's question was finished, the servant lit a stick of incense on the small stove, and the smoke of the incense soon rose in a circle.

Although the literati in the audience had drafts in their stomachs, they were not the first to answer, and they all wanted to listen to other people's answers and make comparisons.

The time of a stick of incense burned out quickly in the silence, and there was only time left for a stick of incense. People outside the arena are talking about this situation and can't figure out what the situation is now, and some people are thinking about their own answers even though they didn't participate in the competition.

"Shishi, why haven't they answered the question yet, the time is almost up." Akika scratched her head in disunderstanding.

"At this time, unless you have an absolute grasp of your work, the one who answers the question later has an advantage over the one who answers the question first, because the object of reference is different, and the result will definitely be different." Li Shishi replied calmly.

"Zhao Su, go on, don't be cold, you see that your father is sitting there and it's embarrassing, you have to worry about your father." Jing Zetian encouraged Zhao Su beside him and said. He didn't plan to answer the first question, and the master was always the last.

"What Your Highness said is, then I'll go up." Zhao Su was originally going to stand up, but he also knew that it was not advantageous to be the first to stand up, but when he heard Jing Zetian's words, he still took the initiative to stand up.

Zhao Su bypassed the others, walked to the front, bowed to the judge, and said, "Student Zhao Su, come and answer the first set of questions from Dr. Kong." ”

"Zhao Su? His reputation in Taixue is not small, and at a young age, he listened to lectures in the first-class school room of Taixue. ”

"Yes, the future must be the pillar of the country."

"Zhao Su is a member of the Zhao family, his father is Lord Zhao on the stage, and it is no problem for him to pass the second round."

……

People outside the venue were talking and sharing what they knew.

"Lord Zhao, I still know Zhao Su's strength, and I guess I won't embarrass you." Ji Fang smiled and chatted with Zhao Chongde.

"Hehe, my son, has grown so big, there are not many opportunities to mention him, but he is also easy to learn and progress on weekdays, and he didn't let me worry about his studies, which is also thanks to the earnest teaching of your doctors." Zhao Chongde's words were also full of pride.

Zhao Su paced a few steps in the field casually, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "People are idle and osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty. The moonrise frightens the mountain birds, and the spring stream sings. ”

Zhao Su's voice was not very loud, but everyone in the audience stopped their voices very consciously when he was reciting, and listened carefully to the poems made by Zhao Su.

Literati who understood the meaning of his poems were immersed in the quiet and peaceful spring nights created in Zhao Su's poems, as if there was the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, the green mountains and green trees, and the night sky was empty and vast. The bright moon rises, startling the birds in the mountains and echoing in the mountain streams for a long time.

"Hmm~ Yes, as soon as Zhao Su's poem came out, the people behind him were under a lot of pressure." Ji Fang said after savoring the poem.

"yes." The other judges nodded in agreement.

Zhao Chongde's old face was also full of red, and he couldn't stop being happy.

"I'll go, this Zhao Su can do it, as soon as he comes up, he will come out of the king and bomb it, how can I let others pick it up." Jing Zetian silently felt sad for others in his heart.

"The juniors of the Zhao family are really powerful, I didn't expect that they would be so talented and able to make such good poems." The audience outside the stadium exclaimed.

"Yes, the accumulation and inheritance of knowledge is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

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The discussion from outsiders increased the pressure on the people who were competing, many of them clenched their fists tightly and wanted to give it a try, while others regained their relaxed demeanor and were ready to wait for the next question to answer.

Zhao Su looked at the people around him smugly, and his heart was very happy.

"Hmph, you look at Zhao Su's kid, I can't get used to him like this." Yang Zhanfei muttered with the roots of the leaves in his mouth on the roof.

When the atmosphere was silent, someone finally broke the silence, walked to the front, saluted and said: "Student Chang Qingfeng, come to compose a poem, please comment." ”

This man named Chang Qingfeng, in his early twenties, was also like Zhao Su, and after pacing a few steps, he said aloud: "There is little frost in the evening of the New Year, and the grass and trees in the world know when spring arrives." I felt that the business in front of me was full, and the east wind blew the water and the green was uneven. ”

After the scholar finished reciting, he stood quietly beside Zhao Su, straightened his body, and his momentum was not weaker than Zhao Su.

As soon as these two poems came out, everyone on the field was intoxicated, and the literary accomplishments of the people who participated in the literary meeting today were good, and they could all experience the artistic conception in the two poems.

As soon as the poems of the two came out, the people who participated in the competition did not go to the field anymore, and they all knew the level of the poems they had made, so they didn't go up to offer ugliness at this time.

The time for the two sticks of incense came quickly, but at this moment, there were only two people to answer the first question, which showed that Kong Xiang's question was still a little difficult.

At this time, Guo Chun walked to the front of the stage and said loudly: "The time for the first question is up, and now there are only two literati who are competing to answer, please choose the judges." ”

"Okay, I came up with this question, so I chose it first, I chose Zhao Su for two reasons, first, he is my student, and second, I think the poems he made are very good, and I finished speaking." Kong Xiang got up and said directly, his tone was very direct and decisive.

The judge next to him was a little embarrassed when he heard Kong Xiang's direct answer. "Old man Kong, can't you say some nice reasons, you are so straightforward, how do people think of us as a doctor." Ji Fang on the side whispered to Kong Xiang with an awkward face.

However, Kong Xiang continued to look ahead without squinting, ignoring him.