Chapter 42: Peerless Calligraphy
The people on the second floor of the entire Chunyan Building were concentrated in one hall, and the rest of the rooms were quiet, and there was not even a maid to entertain.
"What's going on?" Song Kai also walked over slowly.
I saw more than 20 men gathered in the hall on the second floor, and three maids stood guard at the staircase leading from the second floor to the third floor, staring at everyone.
More than 20 people were noisy, most of them were dressed as scholars, and a few were obviously rich young masters.
Song Kai looked around, and then squeezed towards the staircase, he wanted to see Xia He.
"Hey, brother, it's useless, you can't go up to the third floor if you squeeze through," a thin and tall rich boy patted Song Kai's shoulder sympathetically and said, his eyebrows were black and thick, they were straight eyebrows, and the eyebrows were teased together, like Xiao Li in the Hokage.
"I'm looking for someone," Song Kai replied honestly.
"Looking for someone? Who to look for? The tall and lanky rich boy asked.
"Xia He,"
"Hahaha, this brother, it's a coincidence, I'm also looking for Miss Xia He," the thin and tall boy stopped Song Kai.
Then several other scholars around also came up and looked at Song Kai mockingly, "Yo, you are still looking for Miss Xia He, does Miss Xia He know who you are?" ”
"Why don't you say you're looking for Miss Qiuyue?"
"Haha, I must have thought it was impossible to see Miss Qiuyue."
A bunch of people chattered, and on the issue of mocking Song Kai, several people formed a temporary united front.
Song Kai spread out his hands, "I'm really here to find Miss Xia He." ”
"Whether you are looking for Miss Xia He or Miss Qiuyue, you have to line up!" Several people spoke in unison, at the same time.
Song Kai was completely speechless.
The slender and tall boy patted Song Kai's shoulder and said in a low voice: "I said brother, you still have to line up, no matter how much money you have, you still have to follow the rules here." ”
Song Kai looked at everyone strangely, "Rules? ”
"Brother, you must be here for the first time," the rich boy looked at Song Kai proudly, "As soon as I looked at it, I knew that my brother was illiterate like me, and he must have never participated in such an elegant event." ”
Wen ...... Illiterate? I? Song Kai stared at the big eyebrows in front of him depressedly, very unhappy, how can he say that he also graduated with a master's degree, where is he like illiterate.
The surrounding people dressed as scholars all looked at Song Kai and the tall and thin boy with disdain.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps at the top of the stairs.
"It's coming, it's coming,"
"Don't crowd it, everyone."
"Amitabha, Amitayus, must pass the ......"
"Who stepped on my feet!"
In the midst of the noise, two maids walked down the staircase, and the maids were still holding a few pieces of rice paper in their hands.
"I'm sorry for the sons, our young lady said that the calligraphy of the sons just now still lacks some heat, and the skills are in place but there is a little less emotion, so I'm sorry."
The maid whispered, then walked to the middle of the stairs and threw down the rice paper.
"What is this doing? Competition calligraphy? Song Kai finally understood some clues.
"That's right, this is the tradition of Chunyan Building, there are seven days every month, four girls in spring, summer, autumn and winter, free to drink and talk with talents, but you have to pass the test of four girls. No, today's competition is calligraphy, a few stupid people just now, you see, I was despised by the girl Qiuyue," the tall and thin boy obviously regarded Song Kai as the same kind, so he pulled Song Kai to gloat, "How can the girl Qiuyue be so easy to see, I see it once on weekdays, and I have to spend at least ten taels of gold." ”
Several scholars around looked angrily at Song Kai and the tall and thin boy.
"Is there anything else to try, Miss Qiuyue is also here today, if you pass the assessment, you will not only be able to meet Miss Xia He and Miss Dongmei, but also be able to talk about life with Miss Qiuyue," the maid shouted at the top of the stairs with a crisp voice.
The scholars at the bottom whispered, some were unwilling, and some were eager to try.
Song Kai shouted to the maid on the stairs at the top of his throat: "Hey, this sister, can you tell me about it, just say that Song Kai was invited to visit." ”
The people below all looked at Song Kai.
Several maids on the stairs glanced at each other, and one of them raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "This Lang Jun, it is definitely not possible to report, if Lang Jun wants to find a slave, you don't need to report, the slave is willing to drink with Lang Jun." ”
The people around laughed.
Song Kai blushed.
"Lang Jun don't be shy, if you really want to see my young lady, you can write a few words, maybe you can be appreciated by our young lady," the maid saw Song Kai's face blushing, and quickly said.
"Huh? Do you have to write? Is it a poem? Song Kai was depressed.
"If Lang Jun thinks that poetry is the first, he can come back tomorrow, tomorrow's competition is poetry, today, there is only calligraphy," the maid giggled.
Song Kai sighed.
The people around were gloating, looking at Song Development and smiling.
The thin and tall boy brother teased his eyebrows in the middle, like a clown, and patted Song Kai's shoulder, "Illiterate brother, ah, no, Brother Song Kai, don't struggle, this is the rule, to be honest, I also used your lie at the beginning, I said that it was the cousin of the Qiuyue girl, but people didn't report it." ”
Song Kai pursed his lips and looked at the desk, only to see that a person was already writing there.
Looking down at the tea leaves in his hand, I came with a task today, and I must talk to Xia He, thinking of this, Song Kai walked straight to the desk.
On the desk, a scholar with thick eyebrows and big eyes just waved it, leaving four big characters on the white paper, and the sky was beautiful.
The handwriting is really beautiful.
Song Kai stiffened his head and picked up the brush.
When the people around saw Song Kai's face, they all gathered around, and they were surprised when they saw Song Kai holding a brush.
"Ah, this man...... The posture of holding the pen is so special. ”
"yes, yes, unheard of, like ......"
"It's like holding chopsticks."
Song Kai was cheeky, his heart collapsed, he didn't know how to take a brush at all, he could only use it as a fountain pen.
Holding a brush, he wrote four words on the white paper, "Song Kai, new song".
After writing, Song Kai handed the blank paper to the maid at the staircase.
The rest of the people were a little surprised at first, and after Song Kai finished writing, they all burst out laughing.
"Is that also a word?"
"Oh my God, I've never seen such an ugly font."
"My son wrote better than he did when he was three years old."
Song Kai ignored everyone and ran to the side to sit.
After a while, the tall and thin boy came over and patted Song Kai on the shoulder, "Brother, don't be sad, these literati think very highly of themselves, in fact, what is so great about being able to write, although Lao Tzu can't write, but Lao Tzu has been on more women than they have ever seen." ”
Song Kaibai glanced at the tall and thin son, his eyebrows were too ugly, "I'm not the same kind as you." ”
"Come on! Just now, my brother's calligraphy level, to be honest, is really worse than me! The tall and thin boy said, and he laughed, "Although I can't calligraphy, I can hold a pen anyway, but unlike you, brother, I can't even hold a brush." ”
Below was discussing, and there was a sound of footsteps at the top of the staircase.
"The results are in?"
"It's so fast this time."
"I don't know if Brother Wen Tian's calligraphy may have entered the eyes of Miss Qiuyue."
"Brother Wen Tian is one of the four great talents, so there must be no problem when you think about it."
The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes on the side was a little proud, and looked up at the staircase expectantly, it was obvious that he was Brother Wen Tian in everyone's mouth.
The two maids walked to the middle of the stairs, and one of them smiled: "Congratulations to you this time, there is finally a calligraphy that my young lady has taken a fancy to." ”
"Wow! Really passed. ”
"Congratulations to Brother Wen Tian."
"This can be a good story tonight, Brother Wen Tian has to seize the opportunity."
The people around congratulated Zhou Wentian, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Zhou Wentian also smiled and nodded.
"Our young lady said that Wen Tianlangjun's penmanship is skillful and the artistic conception is complete, but unfortunately, the calligraphy lacks a bit of style, and our young lady also said that I hope Wen Tianlangjun will be a man and do things in the future, relying on his own heart alone, and not having to stick to foreign objects."
The maid upstairs relayed word by word.
At first, Zhou Wentian was still smiling, but later, his smile froze, and in the end, he turned to nod and ponder, with a little shame on his face.
"Huh? So Brother Wen Tian's calligraphy didn't pass either? ”
"But didn't that maid just say it passed?"
"Is there someone else?"
Then, everyone looked at Song Kai suspiciously.
Song Kai stood up.
The two maids upstairs took Song Kai's rice paper and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Song Kailangjun, our young lady is very interested in Song Langjun's appearance...... Compare...... Cluck...... It's better than scratching chicken feet, but our young lady can see that Song Langjun's calligraphy is mellow and free, and his mood is free and easy, and more importantly, our young lady said that Song Langjun's thinking must be extraordinary, and you can think of things that no one has thought before, and no one in the Ming world knows the reason, so today, Song Langjun, you are the guest of our young lady! ”
"What!" The tall and thin boy stood up, his two straight eyebrows tangled together, incredible.
The rest of the scholars were even more incredible, and they all looked at Song Kai.
Song Kai flicked his sleeves, carried the tea leaves, strode towards the stairs, and went straight to the third floor along the stairs.
"It's not fair!"
"That's also called calligraphy?"
"But what should I say about the literary brilliance and fairness of the Autumn Moon girl? Do you doubt the level of Miss Qiuyue? ”
"Qiuyue girl is naturally the first calligrapher in Suzhou City, but it's just ......"
"Maybe what Song Kai wrote is an extremely clever calligraphy?"
"Miss Qiuyue also said that people have an intention!"
"It turned out to be a master!"
"I'm going to learn how he holds the pen, too!"
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There are many discussions and different opinions below.
Song Kai went straight to the third floor, followed behind a little maid, walked through two thresholds, and saw two women, one green and one yellow, standing at the table, waiting for him.
"Miss Xia He, this must be the girl of Qiuyue, the two girls have been waiting for a long time," Song Kai arched his hand and strode over, but he was not too excited.
Xia He pulled the woman in the dark yellow clothes and chuckled: "Sister Qiuyue, this is Song Kailangjun, the beginning of the watery tune song I sang yesterday was what he sang to me......"