Chapter Ninety-Nine: Each Shows His Powers 2
readx;? It is noon, the sun hangs high, and the weather after mid-July adds a touch of comfort, the bustling crowd, or sitting in front of the stall with a meal, or getting up in twos and threes, circling around the square, it is very pleasant, the sun is not warm, hitting the body, making people warm all over. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Soon, after about an hour, the officials over there came back again, and the guards around the square also changed their guards for the second time, and people were whispering that the time should be about the same.
Sure enough, on the judges' platform, Yang Xiang took the lead in appearing, beckoning people with his hands, as if he was ordering something, and after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, those judges also entered the venue one after another, and began to sit there, or drink tea, or chat with each other to pass the time.
The people in the shed were still whispering that this morning's topic had been sent from the palace as soon as possible, so what about this afternoon?
Soon, the crisp voice of the morning sounded again, "Everyone, can you rest properly, then let's usher in this most intense painting competition!"
"Good!", "Good!" The square was full of people's excited voices, those contestants from other countries, there were a few who came to watch, some of them were to prepare for tomorrow's game, and some of them were eliminated in the morning and did not get the rankings, and they were looking nervously on the field at the moment, hoping that they would fail, but the teammates who entered could achieve good results, so they were also cheering below.
"Okay, now that you're all ready, let's get in with all of you who got good results this morning. Deng Qing listened to everyone's excited voices, and his words were also affected and a little excited.
So the last six people in the morning slowly walked out from both sides of the stage, and this time they didn't wait for Deng Qing to say anything, they went straight to the back of the table and stood up, waiting for the question.
"Okay, now that all the contestants are in place, everyone already knows that the topic of the morning is from the lord of our country, and it is escorted by the imperial guards, then you must not think of where the topic of this afternoon will come from!" Speaking of this, Deng Qing's tone rose, and he seemed to be a little proud.
"What could it be?" the people below began to communicate enthusiastically.
"I don't know, I can't guess. The other man spread his hands with a helpless look on his face.
In the end, everyone figured it out, but it was true that they could not necessarily guess the way the conference would be conducted, after all, many people were participating in it for the first time and did not know much about many of the regulations.
"The topic of this afternoon, of course, is decided by all the spectators at the scene, we will take the form of drumming and passing flowers, select one person, and he will say the picture that he wants to make the six people in this game, okay, without further ado, let's get ready to start now. Deng Qing laughed, explained, and watched the people below start to discuss with each other, then turned around and nodded to Yang Xiang, and let people start to carry up the utensils that had been prepared a long time ago.
This drum was one of the sides that was rumbling around at the opening yesterday, and then I found a big flower ball made of red silk, and found a person who volunteered to stop coming up, blindfolded, listening to the drum beat, and shouting to stop at will.
The red silk flower ball was waiting for him to not see, he chose a direction at random, as the starting point, Deng Qing gave an order, the drummer who beat the drum picked up the strong arm, and hit the drum surface hard, accompanied by the drum beat of "Dong Dong!", "Dong Dong!", the red flower ball was quickly passed in people's hands, and the hanging red silk flew with a moving figure.
"Stop!" the man who had volunteered to help call a halt spoke, and the drummer stopped moving, and all eyes were on where the ball had finally landed.
"Please come on stage with the flower balls. Deng Qing shouted.
A man who didn't look too old, dressed like a student of a certain academy, slowly walked up to the stage, and the people below either cast envious or impatient glances, waiting for him to say the subject.
"Okay, here's for you, and it's up to you to call out the title of this afternoon's painting. Deng Qing handed him the bulging cylinder in his hand, took a step back, waiting, and the people in the audience were also waiting quietly, staring intently at the scholar on the stage.
"Ahem. The scholar took the tube, coughed lightly with some unnatural half-hand fists, and stopped, as if thinking about something, and finally, he slowly said the subject word by word.
"The theme of the afternoon is: There is a beautiful person, and it is unforgettable. After finishing speaking, the scholar was a little embarrassed to hand over the tube to Deng Qing, and then under the guidance of the little eunuch on the side, he went back to the shed.
"I think all the contestants have heard the subject, so let's start drawing, just like in the morning, for two hours. Deng Qing added another rule, and then everyone waited with bated breath.
When two hours passed, the sky was naturally drooping late, and the sun had slowly slanted westward to the hillside, and in the temple on the hill behind the palace, there was a bell ringing, which was the evening bell of the temple.
However, this afternoon's evaluation was a little faster, after all, there were only six paintings, although it was to be appreciated in depth, but it couldn't stand the few people, so the results came out quite quickly.
In the end, it was the scholar of the Xuanchi Kingdom who won the first place, the second place in the Xihai Kingdom, and the woman from the Nanning Kingdom who won the third place, however, this conference also took into account some problems in the evaluation, so the last three people were the final results, and at the same time, in order to encourage the remaining three, they were arranged to be tied for the fourth place, which was also to not leave too many regrets.
In this way, the first day of the painting skills competition slowly came to an end, and many talented people of the academy were also glad to be able to come to the scene this time and feel this different style, the sun really set, leaving only the fiery red clouds, still exuding residual heat.
At this time, the guards were busy sending those family members, the people and the scholars of the academy away from the square one after another, and the people in the Jianzhang Palace began to prepare meals with their teammates, everyone didn't know that at this moment, in a secluded courtyard, someone took advantage of the moonlight, sprinkled a bag of things into a large jar, and quietly left.
The second day was the piano skills competition, and this time, in addition to a few piano lovers in the academy, there were also many ladies who came to watch the competition.
The procedure is similar to yesterday's, except that this morning's competition is carried out in turn, and the group competition is free to choose the repertoire that you are good at, and play, first by the women's group, then by the men's group.
This is the beginning of an audio-visual feast, only to feel that the continuous music in the center of the scene, or melodious and clear, like the green mountains frolicking in the mountain spring, or clear and unrestrained, like the breeze blowing through the willow branches, or soft and beautiful, like the colorful butterflies dancing in the flowers, or noble and cold, like the plum blossoms proudly blooming in the cold winter wax moon......
The sound of the piano is sometimes towering like a cloud whispering in the ear, sometimes ethereal like a fluttering in the wind can not be captured, sometimes calm like a pine cliff, sometimes agitated like a galloping horse, just like this played and sang, and so the two groups of people finished playing, everyone still felt that they could not come back to their senses for a long time, just like the aftermath of the beam, three days endlessly.
In the end, the judging of this technique is much simpler, because one song after another is played, and the high and low of it can really be quickly distinguished.
Then, under the auspices of Deng Qing, the judges selected three people in each of the two groups, and as the results of the first round, everyone accepted them happily and continued to retreat, preparing for a lunch break, to meet the final competition in the afternoon.
Before noon, a sudden scream broke through the sky above the Jianzhang Palace, and the guards and the eunuchs in charge of the palace rushed over, and when they arrived at the courtyard, they saw that it was the small courtyard of a contestant from their own country, so they hurried over to the inside, and at the same time beckoned a few little eunuchs to rush to inform Yang Xiang and Concubine De.
Entered the yard, but there was no imaginary more terrible scene, and there was no blood, and then looked over, it turned out that the screaming little palace maid came to fetch the fish, but in this jar, the fish that the steward had told thousands of times to ask for it rolled their eyes, and the little palace maid had not encountered this kind of thing, and in a hurry, she screamed.
A few people in charge knew that there was just a problem with the fish, and the people were fine, and while breathing a sigh of relief, they also taught the palace maid that it was really a fuss, and when Yang Xiang came, I don't know how to count everyone.
However, one of them, the housekeeper, who thought to be the one who had instructed the little palace maid to look at these fish carefully, stood up and said, "Oh, these fish have been specially caught by the Holy Order, and they are for a young lady to eat. ”
That nervous look, so that a dry of people and others are also a little difficult, I thought it was just an ordinary fish, but listen to the meaning of this person, this fish is actually caught by the emperor's order, so now this problem can not afford it.
Soon, Shen Yuan rushed over first, these days, she has to stay in this Jianzhang Palace until the end of the Four Nations Conference, so the place where she lives is relatively close to the contestants of Xuanchi Kingdom, and she will come a little faster than Yang Xiang.
"What's going on. Shen Yuan rushed over with great momentum and stood there asking.
"Back to Concubine De's words, the golden hook fish in the jar all rolled their eyes...... "The responsible grandmother stood up and returned with some chatter.
"What? Golden Hook Fish!" Shen Yuan's figure shook a little inadvertently, and there was an uproar in his heart, there was something wrong with this Golden Hook Fish, then that so-called chess weird! Shen Yuan didn't dare to think about it.
At this time, Yang Xiang also hurried over, and after listening to what happened, he was much calmer than Shen Yuan, and after being silent for a while, he ordered in an orderly manner.
"You go down first and check what is going on with the fish. He said to a few guards, and then said to Shen Yuan, "Since that person was invited by Concubine De Niangniang, the minister felt that for the sake of convenience, he also asked Niangniang to stabilize her first." ”
Shen Yuan nodded and agreed to Yang Xiang's arrangement, after all, in this situation, it will be a lot of trouble to find the golden hook fish, and it will take a lot of time to get from here to the place where there is a golden hook fish, and it is too late to catch up, so the only way to stabilize the woman is to find a way to stabilize the woman first, but she was surprised just now, and she didn't react.
"Okay, I'll go here. ”
"Oh, and, if possible, don't spread the word and cause unnecessary panic. Yang Xiang continued to command, and then took his people and continued to be busy, after all, there was still a competition in the afternoon, no matter which side it was, there could be no delay.