I thought that the final champion would be decided tonight, but now it is a close match.

Therefore, when Governor Shi announced in public that another round of extra matches was needed, everyone present and the crowd outside the cloth pavilion were stunned at first after hearing the news, and then there was a heated discussion.

The crowd downstairs and outside the cloth hall argued for the first place in their hearts, some praised Gu Rong's poems, some praised Su Jiudong's calligraphy, and even the onlookers argued that they couldn't score high or low.

Governor Shi Zheng sat at the top, his expression was indifferent but serious:

"Today's poetry fighting meeting starts in the evening, and it is close to the middle of the day. Although melons and fruits were arranged at the poetry meeting, the participants were all concentrating on fighting poetry and had no intention of eating, presumably Miss Shanxiu and Gu Gongzi were also empty. ”

"Therefore, in the final play-off, the official wants to make a quick decision, so he intends to set the time of the game to two quarters of an hour, if we can divide the winner as soon as possible, we can start the championship celebration banquet as soon as possible, and have fun with everyone."

After the end of the poetry meeting, it was followed by a celebration banquet for the shorthand of the champion of the poetry competition.

The celebration banquet is set up in the main hall and front yard of the cloth pavilion, and the delicacies, fruits and vegetables have been prepared, waiting for the champion to appear to celebrate and enjoy with the people.

Governor Shi wrote the final title of the extra game on rice paper and showed it to Su Jiudong, Gu Rong and the others present: "Now that the moon is on the willow tops, the official has set the theme of this extra game as the bright moon, and the genre is not limited. ”

There are so many creations with the theme of "Bright Moon" in the poems, and it is very difficult to stand out from the many gorgeous verses. So don't look at Governor Yu's seemingly casual theme of the common lakeside moon, which has its own reason.

"Each person has a time limit of a quarter of an hour to compose a poem, and the time is divided into two quarters of an hour."

"When the time comes, the two of you will compose poems on the spot, and finally the official, the Qin shopkeeper and the crowd present and outside the venue will vote, by secret ballot, and the one with the highest vote will win, so as to divide the winner and loser."

Su Jiudong asked: "The criteria for the selection of the final champion of the Doushi Club need to see how the guests who participated in the Doushi Club will perform in the past nine days, and whether they will be judged by poetry and calligraphy?" ”

"The little girl asked this, all because the little girl only participated in the poetry fighting meeting yesterday, and she missed all the first eight games, so will the criteria for judging be different?"

"Whether or not you have ever participated in the poetry meeting every day is just a reference basis, not who participates in the poetry meeting more times, it all depends on the individual's creation." Governor Shi replied: "If the poems are good and the calligraphy is wonderful, the champion will naturally belong to such an excellent person." ”

Shopkeeper Qin took out a one-foot-square sandalwood box, and only opened a round hole above the box for drawing lots, and handed two palm-sized pieces of paper to Su Jiudong and Gu Rong respectively, and said:

"Please also leave a word on the paper, representing yourselves, for the lottery later, if you draw someone's word, who will start composing poems first."

Whoever starts writing poetry first, there are pros and cons.

There is no restriction on the subject matter of this play-off, and those who write poems first have more room to play and will not be affected by the former.

However, the memory points left by those who wrote the poem first are slightly weaker than those who wrote the poem later, because people always subconsciously recall the second poet who was closer to their own time.

Su Jiudong's participation in the poetry fighting meeting was all fun, and it didn't matter if she won or lost, so she had maintained a peaceful mind for a long time and wrote a simple "true" word on the paper.

"This heart is as true as the sea, Miss Shanxiu is really sincere." When the shopkeeper saw the words written by Su Jiudong, he praised them sincerely.

Gu Rong also followed by writing down the word "meaning", taken from the sentence "There is a true meaning in this", and handed it to the shopkeeper Qin.

The shopkeeper Qin threw the note of the two into the sandalwood box, shook it for a while, and finally invited Governor Shi to extract it.

Governor Shi, who was originally sitting on the first tea sip, subconsciously glanced at the seat below, looked at Wen Yiheng, who was sitting next to Su Jiudong just now, and finally got up and came to the desk to draw lots.

After putting his arm into the sandalwood box for a while, Governor Shi took out a piece of paper, slowly unfolded it, and read: "This word drawn by this official is the real word...... Miss Shanxiu, it's up to you to take the lead, please. ”

"Wait!" Gu Rong stood up and spoke, and proposed: "If there is a sequence in composing poems, I am afraid that there will inevitably be mutual influence on each other in the choice of words. ”

Although Gu Rong was proposing to Governor Shi, his eyes were in the direction where Su Jiudong was, but at this time, Su Jiudong was lowering his head and seemed to be a little absent-minded, so he didn't notice Gu Rong's eyes betting on her.

Governor Shi nodded and agreed to Gu Rong's suggestion: "Since Gu Gongzi has this request, then change to the two of them to compose poems at the same time...... Begin! ”

A sentence of "start, an order, Su Jiudong's thoughts of flying far away were pulled back to reality, as if he had just learned that the game was going to start again. Sands Chinese

"Please." Su Jiudong politely made a "gesture" to Wen Yiheng, but did not lean over the desk to put down the pen, but turned around and walked to the railing on the second floor.

Su Jiudong reflected the breeze on his face, slowly paced to the railing, looked out, and on the right hand side was the crowd watching from the periphery of the cloth pavilion downstairs, staring at Su Jiudong quietly at this time, waiting for good news.

Su Jiudong couldn't help but chuckle out loud at this serious and tense moment of the duel, not for anything else, just because Su Jiudong can now understand how King Dong'e felt when he was forced by Emperor Wei Wen to write a poem in seven steps.

At the moment, everyone is waiting with bated breath, waiting to see if she Su Jiudong can make a poem with the theme of Mingyue in another quarter of an hour, which is indeed a bit of a forced "poem in seven steps".

Su Jiudong looked away, ignored the crowd gathered on the right, and looked at the river view on the left.

At this time, it is the mid-autumn season, the autumn is high and cool, the lake under the moonlight is calm and waveless, the moon projection on the lake surface and the bright moon in the sky reflect each other, Su Jiudong took advantage of the situation and remembered the ten views of the West Lake that he had visited that year, and his inspiration was born.

So, Su Jiudong was in full view of everyone, and he was not in a hurry to enjoy the moonlight by the lake, and slowly conceived in his mind.

The shopkeeper of Qin saw that Su Jiudong did not have a word at present, the paper was empty, and Gu Rong next to him had already begun to put down his pen, and Governor Shi sang a poem for him alone: "The moonlight flowers and forests are like hail, and the words are like seeing a saint." The fragrance is full of clear rivers, and Mo is tired of frequent persuasion. ”

Gu Rong took the lead in writing poems within the specified time, or he wrote a hidden poem, and the first words of the four lines of the poem are connected to "Moon Character Liuzhen".

The Flying Flower Order is one of the poets' favorite drinking orders, named after the first sentence of the poet Han Hong's "Cold Food".

As early as after Governor Yu announced that the theme of the poem was the bright moon, Gu Rong chose the most familiar "Moon Character Liuyu Order" as the poetry genre, and even hid the "Moon Character Liuzhen" at the beginning of the sentence and made it a Tibetan poem.

After reading Gu Rong's poem, Governor Shi couldn't stop praising it: "This poem is very good!" Talent is high and the words are beautiful, borrowing the scenery to melt the feelings, taking the current situation and the intention is far away, it is really a rare sentence! ”

Governor Shi praised directly, which made the situation almost one-sided towards Gu Rong, but at present, Su Jiudong still hasn't started writing, and no one knows what kind of poems she will write, so he looks forward to her even more.

Now that half of the quarter of an hour has passed, the shopkeeper Qin saw that Su Jiudong still hadn't started writing, so he couldn't help but open his mouth and kindly reminded Su Jiudong.

"Miss Shanxiu, although the moonlight by the lake is beautiful and can add color to the poem, it is already half the time before the prescribed quarter of an hour, and if you want to write a lyric poem on the scene, you can start thinking about it now."

Su Jiudong's silent moon appreciation seems to be calm and unhurried in the eyes of those who are interested, but in the eyes of literati who don't like Su Jiudong's style, it is a coy gesture, so he showed disdain and even contempt for Su Jiudong.

Seeing that Su Jiudong didn't react, the shopkeeper Qin walked up to Wen Yiheng and asked with concern: "Zichu Gongzi, you see that Gongzi Gu has written all the poems, but Miss Shanxiu has not received a word, why don't you persuade her?" Time is really running out. ”

"Why be so her in the light of how others come to her? Even if others finish writing it first, it is Gu Gongzi's own business, and it does not affect Miss Shanxiu herself. ”

Wen Yiheng's demeanor and Su Jiudong looked at ease, and said with a faint smile: "There is a quarter of an hour to compose poetry, whether it is five or seven uniques, it is more than enough for her, and now that the time is not up, let her enjoy the moon by the lake first, there is still time." ”

Wen Yiheng could see that the reason why Su Jiudong didn't move a single stroke was because composing poems within a quarter of an hour was more than enough for her, so he wouldn't urge her because Gu Rong finished writing the poems to avoid disrupting her train of thought.

Anyway, it's time to take this opportunity to enjoy the rare moonlight, anyway, the rules don't say that you can't admire the moon, just write the poem at the last minute.

A quarter of an hour was about to pass, Su Jiudong wanted to clean up his thoughts, and began to compose poems after admiring the moonlight for a while, and when he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of Xue Hengtai, who was the first to be eliminated just now, with an arrogant look on his face, and Qian Xiuqi on the side also sneered.

Su Jiudong was not the master who let others bully, knock out his teeth and swallow blood, so he simply slashed a few of them with an eye knife before slowly pacing back to the desk and writing.

Su Jiudong's pen was fast, if there was divine help, the shopkeeper Qin saw that Su Jiudong's pen was extraordinary, so he came forward to watch.

When Su Jiudong returned to his desk to write, Gu Rong's poem had already been completed, and at this time, the official was going downstairs to display the calligraphy of the poem in front of everyone, so Gu Rong also ran to Su Jiudong's side to watch.

The first two lines of the poem were read aloud: "There is a round moon in the sky, and a round moon in the water." ”

Su Jiudong wrote the moonlight in the sky and the moon in the lake she saw just now, but some people didn't buy such a slightly mediocre first couplet and neck couplet: "If this can also be regarded as a poem, then the three-year-old child next door to me can also be called a poet!" ”

Xue Hengtai even carried private goods and took the lead in expressing his contempt for Su Jiudong:

"That's right! This woman's poetry is just a level that can be written by a drooping child, and she dares to compare it with Gu Gongzi and other literati here, which is really not ashamed! ”