Chapter Forty-Eight: Nightmare Difficulty

Du Fu's "Out of the Stopper"!

This poem is so famous that even Fei Cai, a person who doesn't have much ink in his stomach, knows it, but why can Xiao Sheng chant this poem? He is not a time-traveler, let alone a plug-in like the protagonist.

Fei Cai was still in shock, the amazing talent had already risen to the sky, and his complexion was earthy, not as dazzling as Wen Ren's golden talent, but it revealed a simple sense of heaviness, as if it contained endless power.

"This ...... Zhenguo ...... No! It's a hand-me-down, it's a poem that has been handed down from generation to generation!" Some of the ministers couldn't help but blurt out exclamation when they saw that their talents were rising higher and higher, and they were almost touching the ceiling.

In this world, the higher level than the poems of the town is the so-called poems of the world, and this name is taken from the meaning of passing down through the ages.

The poem of the hand-me-down, since the founding of the Xuanguo has never appeared in one, and now everyone suddenly sees the legendary hand-me-down poem, no wonder they are surprised to lose the number of courtesies.

But the theme of this poem is obviously against Xuanguo's attack and killing in the past few years, and accuses Emperor Xuanguo of his fault!

The earthy yellow talent gradually condensed, forming a phantom of a soldier on the border, and behind this warrior was the boundless desert yellow sand.

This is the image of the foot soldier of the Northwest Frontier Army! When Fei Cai saw it, his mind flashed like lightning, and he suddenly understood the reason why Xiao Sheng was able to chant this poem.

As for why it is exactly the same as Du Fu's "Former Exit from the Plug", it is actually very easy to explain.

The first two lines of the poem: "Hold the bow as strong, and use the arrow as the long." Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. It is rumored to be a popular battle song among the Northwest Frontier Army, and it is not surprising that there is a song in this world.

And Xiao Sheng's ability to use his talent to condense such a vivid image of a veteran soldier on the border shows that he has personally gone to the northwest border to inspect the local military situation and people's livelihood.

It was probably there that he got these two ballads from the soldiers. Therefore, it makes sense to say that the masses of the people are the source of literary and artistic creation!

As for the last two lines of the poem: "There is a limit to killing, and the nations have their own borders." Gou can control Loulan, how can he kill more!", isn't this Xiao Sheng's view all along? It's just that the last sentence of Du Fu's poem is "If Gou can control the invasion of the tomb, how can he kill more", and Xiao Sheng was impressed by the war in Loulan, so the words in the poem became "Gou can control Loulan, how can he kill more."

As for the creative background of Du Fu's "Out of the Stopper...... Fei Cai hurriedly called up the library in his brain and checked, it turned out that "The Former Out of the Plug" was created in the period after Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne. At that time, in order to satisfy his desire for great success, Tang Xuanzong constantly launched unjust wars for the purpose of plundering wealth in the border areas.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, Tang Xuanzong ordered Dong Yanguang to attack the stone fort city of Tubo; in the eighth year of Tianbao, he ordered Ge Shuhan to lead 100,000 troops to attack the stone fort city again, and more than half of the soldiers died, and the blood flowed like a river; in the tenth year of Tianbao, Jiannan Jiedu made Xian Yu Zhongtong attack Nanzhao, and 60,000 people died; and Gao Xianzhi attacked Dashi, and An Lushan attacked Khitan, and the people of the two places suffered deeply.

After the previous generation of Emperor Wen pacified the Quartet, there was no great enemy in the vicinity of Xuanguo, but the current Emperor Emperor Wu was so happy that he hoped that his achievements would be higher than those of his father, so he constantly provoked border wars.

In the late Tang Dynasty, when the empire flourished and declined, Du Fu felt the unjust war of Tang Xuanzong and created "The Former Exit";

Thinking of this, Fei Cai couldn't help but sigh, he saw Du Fu of the Xuan Dynasty!

On the top of the main hall, the talented soldier hung a long sword from his waist, and a pair of murderous eyes slowly swept over everyone in the hall, the emperor's face was extremely ugly, although he barely maintained his composure, but his right hand had already tightly held the jade seal treasure seal, and there was a faint look of horror in his eyes.

But the virtual image of the soldier only glanced at the emperor, and did not look at him again. After scanning the circle, the virtual image suddenly locked onto the target, pressed the hilt of the sword, glared at Wen Ren, and shouted: "You only know that the battle achievements are prominent, have you ever seen the White Bone Lonely Tomb?"

"You...... Ah!!h

He just "borrowed" Li Bai's poem "I am willing to put the sword down my waist and kill Loulan", and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Sheng chanted "If you can control Loulan, how can you kill more", and he confronted it-for-tat.

Du Fu's "Out of the Stopper" was originally higher than Li Bai's "Stopper", plus Xiao Sheng created it himself, and Wen Ren actually "borrowed" the verses of the ancients, and the two of them grasped the deep meaning of the poem at all!

In Wen Ren's body, there was a crisp cracking sound suddenly. Fei Cai has never eaten pork, never seen a pig run, never seen a literati pen war, and has read countless literati novels, when he heard this voice, he immediately knew that Wen Renwen's gall was broken, and the Wen Palace was cracked!

And the virtual image of the soldier, seeing that the Wen Renwen Palace was shattered, dissipated without a trace with a "poof", and from beginning to end, its long sword was never pulled out!

Fei Cai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that this was exactly the so-called "Gou can control Loulan, how can he kill more"! As long as he can achieve his goal, why should he use a big sword and soldiers? And Xiao Sheng could have killed Wen Ren on the spot, but he still spared his life, not only cherishing his talent, but hoping that he would become a generation of great Confucians who truly conformed to the path of benevolence and righteousness in the future.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xiao Sheng's remnant soul let out a long laugh and said, "Immortal, I'll leave it to you next!"

After saying that, his remnant soul took the initiative to merge into Fei Cai's soul, and suddenly, Fei Cai felt that there were many more things in his mind.

But Fei Cai couldn't take care of these things for the time being, at this moment, there was only one person in his eyes: Wen Ren!

Yes, it's the protagonist Wen Ren, now that his Wen Palace is shattered, his talent is scattered, if he can take this opportunity to pounce on him and kill him, wouldn't the task be completed?!

All right...... Fei Cai himself admitted that at this moment, he did throw his promise to Xiao Sheng out of the clouds.

But how can it be so simple?

Wen Ren's talent is indeed gone, but Fei Cai's own talent also disappeared immediately the moment Xiao Sheng's remnant soul disappeared!

Fei Cai was not a literati after all, and he didn't notice it immediately, but others did—like the emperor.

At the moment when Fei Cai's body was about to pounce, the emperor threw the jade seal into the air, and the treasure seal appeared on the top of Fei Cai's head, and the golden light was under the hood!

Fei Cai only felt that his body was stagnant, and he couldn't move a single bit, and at the same time, the emperor's angry shouts came from his ears.

"Bold Xiao Sheng! Dare to be presumptuous in front of me! Er bewitches the people, collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country, and hurts my Daxuan students! If you don't come quickly, take it down!"

With this angry shout, the light that imprisoned his body suddenly increased, and Fei Cai only felt as if he had pressed a boulder of ten thousand catties on his body, and suddenly, there was a crisp sound in his head, his chest was like a heavy blow, and blood actually flowed out of his nose, ears, and even eyes!

The Wen Palace that Xiao Sheng had just passed to him had not been kept for a minute before it was crushed by the jade seal!

Fei Cai's mind was spinning for a while, his consciousness was uncontrollably scattered, and in a trance, he felt a guard rush in, grab his body, and drag him out of the main hall......

In front of his eyes, a line of text slowly appeared: "Mission Phase 1: Failure." Due to the failure to stop Xiao Sheng's death, the worldline of the quest world has changed, and you have opened and entered the quest's highest difficulty: Nightmare difficulty. In Nightmare difficulty, the content of the mission will change significantly, and the mission description will be republished after you have made a key choice. Good luck!"

Fei Cai barely finished reading this passage and passed out completely.