Chapter Forty-Seven: The Duck That Was Driven to the Shelf
Niu Yexue looked at Yue Kang reproachfully, not wanting the two of them to drink again, the Cowherd's tongue was hard to drink, and he was afraid that he would get drunk if he drank again, but Yue Kang directly ignored Niu Yexue's eyes, and still drank with the Cowherd.
The old lady smiled and said that he was happy, let them drink! Du Shaocang was beside the old lady, looking like a good child and picking up vegetables for the old lady.
Bai Miaodan saw Yue Kang drinking wine like drinking Ganquan Yulu, she couldn't help but be curious, took a small sip, and almost didn't choke to death, the old lady gave her a blank look, and the little girl shrank her neck and stuck out her little tongue.
"Shao Cang! You have the reputation of a talented man in Hangzhou, everyone knows that you are extraordinary in writing and talented, I don't know if I can take this old birthday banquet to write a poem for everyone, so that I can enjoy it. When the old lady was young, she used to be a well-known talented girl, and now that time has passed, in the face of these young and talented talents, it is inevitable that she will have some memories of the past in her heart, so she said.
Du Shaocang smiled "modestly", "The old lady praised it, but she didn't dare to be talented and talented, as for writing a poem or catching it by hand, could it be that the old lady has this Yaxing, then Shaocang will be ugly." β
"Wait, the old man has a proposal." Zhen Guyue finally seized this opportunity, how could she let it go, and slowly stood up from her seat.
Guo Fuzao shook his head helplessly, this old friend still can't change his old problem!
Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhen Guyue, I don't know who this person is, what is he going to propose?
Zhen Guyue said slowly: "The old man is a person from Jingzhou, surnamed Zhen, named Guyue, yesterday I came to visit my friend Guo Fuzao, and I heard that Mrs. Bai had a big birthday, so I came to congratulate her. β
Yes... It is Zhen Guyue, but the Zhen Guyue, whose reputation has caused a sensation in Jingzhou, heard that the prefect of Jingzhou is still his protΓ©gΓ©, and this person is outstanding and has been quite famous as early as thirty years ago.
The old lady nodded and said, "I don't know what Mr. Zhen proposes?" β
"Today is the birthday of Mrs. Bai, and it is also the time for all of us to rejoice, but such a blind drinking, easy to get drunk and boring, it is better to do a competition, how about the next wine order, today said that Hangzhou Eight Talents are present, I think it will be very interesting. Du Gongzi wanted to compose poetry just now, so how about we fight poetry? Zhen Guyue stroked her goatee, said with a little arrogance, and looked at Du Shaocang provocatively after speaking, as if asking if she dared to fight.
Du Shaocang smiled back, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and replied: "Since Mr. Zhen has this Yaxing, then Shaocang will accompany him." "I'm more afraid that you won't succeed, and besides, this kind of naked challenge he Du Shaocang has no point of retreating.
"What does Qi Gongzi mean?" Seeing that Du Shaocang agreed, Zhen Guyue looked at Qi Gaoqu, who pulled out a smile, "Accompany." β
When everyone heard that they were going to compete, and the three of them were all celebrities, they all waited with interest for the competition.
Yue Kang also stopped drinking, but he also wanted to see how the drinking order was carried out in this ancient period.
"Okay, does anyone else think that their writing is good, do they come out to compete?" Zhen Guyue looked around at everyone, but no one stood up, nonsense There are two great talents in Hangzhou, even if they have a little talent, they don't dare to stand up, isn't that self-inflicted.
"Since no one is participating, then I will announce the rules of this, this time the rules are ......" Zhen Guyue was interrupted before she could finish speaking.
"Wait a minute, someone still has to participate." A Ming Cui voice, everyone turned their heads to look, and the person who spoke was Bai Miaodan, the third lady of the Bai family.
Everyone doesn't know why, does Bai Miaodan want to participate? I haven't heard of her outstanding talent!
The old lady blamed Bai Miaodan for messing around, she still knew her granddaughter's bottom, it was usually difficult to write a sentence, why did she have to fight poetry with others.
"Don't look at me like this, although I have some little talent, but I also know that I am not the opponent of Hangzhou talents, so I won't be ugly, but my second brother-in-law whispered to me that he wanted to participate, but he didn't have the courage to stand up, so I had to do it for me." Bai Miaodan looked at Yue Kang with a smile, his eyes were bigger than eggs, and he looked like he was driving ducks into the water.
Qi Qi looked at Yue Kang with a brushing gaze, could it be that this Bai family is not only a literati in addition to being able to make porcelain and perform?
No way! Yue Kang couldn't smile bitterly, and before the dish in his hand could be put into his mouth, it fell to the ground, girl, you fix me, when will I tell you that I want to participate.
I just despised you when you were choking on drinking, as for taking revenge on me like this.
Bai Miaoyun and Bai Miaoxi both blamed Bai Miaodan with their eyes, and they guessed what kind of poems Zhongyue Kang would compose! He can't even write well, doesn't that make him ugly. But the two of them were not easy to stop at the moment, they both looked at Yue Kang and waited for his reaction.
"Yes, why did I forget Brother Yue, don't you know that Brother Yue guessed the anagram last time, what is the poetry Brother Yue is not a matter of being caught, Brother Yue should participate!" The cowherd was also coaxed on the side.
He coaxed him together, and many of the guests shouted, "Yes, yes, let's have a good time." "They are full of admiration for Yue Kang in their hearts, and those who can perform such a show can't write poems?
Yue Kang gritted his teeth angrily and glared at Bai Miaodan with hatred, the latter didn't look at him at all, and still ate vegetables naturally, as if nothing happened to her.
Now I have to bite the bullet, damn I don t know how to read 800 Tang poems and Song poems, and I can't compare to you, Yue Kang comforted himself in his heart.
"Well then! I'll just attend one, and everyone won't laugh at me later. Yue Kang had no choice but to stand up, it was really a duck that was caught up on the shelf, and his wings were short and he couldn't fly down!
Zhen Guyue was very proud when she saw Yue Kang agree, Yue Kang's performance just now really shocked him, and made him feel a sense of frustration...... I'm so old that I let you know how good I am.
His face still pretended to be flat, "Okay, we welcome Gongzi Yue to join, now I will say some rules for the competition, the rules are very simple, in order to prevent someone from borrowing other people's poems, that is, to write a word, the four of us all make a poem according to the words written, no matter five words or seven words, three rhymes and six sentences, as long as it becomes a poem." β
"If anyone can't do it, he should only admit defeat, in fact, everyone who makes it will win or lose according to the time of composing the poem and the quality of the poem, and the loser will also be punished with three cups."
"Of course, for the sake of fairness, let our old birthday star write a word at will, we write poems according to the word, we draw lots to decide who comes first, as for the quality of the poem, there is my old friend, Guo Fuzao commented, I believe he will not take sides, everyone here also has the right to participate in the comments. How about the following. β
Du Shaocang and Qi Gaoqu nodded one after another.
Yue Kang also said he had no opinion.