Chapter 35: Judgment from above
After three days of rain, the leaves of the trees appeared even greener.
On the ninth day of March, the weather cleared, and the red sun swept away the cold before.
In the new children's class, the atmosphere was different from usual, because today there was a place to decide the enlightenment of the Holy Tower, and everyone was eager to try.
Because it is a fair competition, everyone who participates has the opportunity to win the championship, and it is a great honor for every student to be able to participate in enlightenment as a new child.
Of course, there are conditions to participate in the competition, and those who have passed both monthly exams are eligible.
A total of 14 people passed the previous monthly examination, among which Xu Chengzhi was expelled from the academy and replaced him by transfer student Zhang Wenqi.
Zhang Wenqi was born in a wealthy family, and after coming here, he challenged several classmates one after another, except for the one with Qin Mo, the rest all returned with big victories.
Qin Mo's achievements are obvious to everyone, not only the first in the monthly exam, but also surpassing his classmates in the mastery of [single word for soldiers], and he defeated Zhang Wenqi with an overwhelming momentum at the Qushui Liuzhen Conference, and was talked about by his classmates.
Gu Meng formulated the rules of the game according to the actual situation in the class, and decided to let Qin Mo and Zhang Wenqi directly advance to the second round, and the remaining twelve children played against each other by drawing lots, and the winner advanced to the loser elimination.
The six children who advanced in the first round continued to draw lots, three formed Group A with Zhang Wenqi, and the other three formed Group B with Qin Mo, playing against each other to determine the winner of this group to participate in the finals.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the quota will be generated between Qin Mo and Zhang Wenqi, and it will be difficult for others to get the opportunity to pick up the leaks.
The reason why the competition system is so complicated is mainly to mobilize the enthusiasm of the children and allow them to gain more experience in the competition.
Not only the branch of calligraphy, but also the other three branches would adopt a similar method, which was also a common practice in the various literary and Taoist schools of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the imperial court supported the competition between scribes to improve their strength.
After suffering defeat in public, Zhang Wenqi became much more restrained, and after returning from Nanjing City, he honestly completed his schoolwork every day.
He was sitting in his seat, looking humble and gentlemanly Mo Yang, he would glance at Qin Mo from time to time, with obvious arrogance and contempt in his eyes.
After Gu Meng announced the rules, he directly ordered to go to the open space outside to start the game.
The first round of the competition began, the children were slightly nervous, there were no bright spots in the game, and the results were not much different from his previous conjecture, the winners were all strong sides, and there was no phenomenon of weak defeating strong.
The second round began, with Zhang Wenqi, the seeded player in Group A, facing off against Tong Sheng Chen Yu.
Chen Yu's strength is average, and the two results in the monthly exam are only qualified, Zhang Wenqi has not challenged him before, but he clearly knows his strength.
An important thing to do before the game is to put forward the terms and conditions for both parties, and under normal circumstances, everyone will choose not to write duplicate words, or not to use words written by the other party, etc.
Gu Meng asked the two if they were ready, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he gave the order aloud: "The game begins." ”
Zhang Wenqi used an ordinary Zizhu Spring and Autumn Pen, but it was still a grade higher than his opponent's brush, and he dipped the ink in the inkstone unhurriedly, and then put down the pen to write.
Although he started writing later than his opponent Chen Yu, because he used a calligraphy, he completed it first, and the word "chop" flashed brightly, turned into a bronze ancient Yue, and slashed towards the opponent with a high rise.
Chen Yu wrote the word "shield", and he knew that he was not Zhang Wenqi's opponent, so he chose to defend.
There were still two strokes left to finish writing this word, but when he saw the bronze axe in the air, he panicked directly, and there was a major loophole in the pen, and the word was already scrapped before it was finished.
The bronze axe flew closer and closer, and he had no chance to write another word, and at this point, he could only throw the pen aside, in order to take the initiative to admit defeat.
Zhang Wenqi waved the brush lightly, and the bronze axe became illusory, and the speed slowed down, but in the end it was still cut on Chen Yu's shoulder, and he took three steps back in pain, his face pale.
"Oh, how did you put away all your literary power, even if you admit defeat, you should be careful!" Zhang Wenqi pretended to be surprised.
Obviously, he did it on purpose, Chen Yu is an honest man, since he admits defeat, he will definitely withdraw his strength and give up defense.
Chen Yu looked ashamed, hugged his fists and said, "I was negligent." ”
Gu Meng frowned slightly, others may not be able to see Zhang Wenqi's little tricks, but he can see it clearly, but since Chen Yu is not pursuing it, he naturally has no reason to blame Zhang Wenqi.
In the second game, Group B Qin Mo played against Wang Junting.
The two of them each stood behind the bookcase, separated by a distance of six zhang in the middle, Qin Mo made a gesture of invitation with a modest expression, and said, "Please ask your classmates to make a request first." ”
Wang Chuan Ting also said politely: "Brother Ziyi is polite, my request is not to write repetitive words. ”
Qin Mo nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't ask for it." ”
Hearing this, Wang Chuan Ting and the other children all showed a kind color, and did not ask for it before the competition, which is the embodiment of the open-mindedness of the scribes, especially among the scribes of the same level, because everyone is almost equal in strength, there are not many people who can be so open-minded.
Gu Meng showed a pleased smile on his face, it was really not easy for Qin Mo to be Tai but not arrogant.
In contrast, Zhang Wenqi is much higher than Chen Yu in terms of strength, but he still put forward the requirement that he is not allowed to use the words written by the other party, who has a better character, and he can distinguish it at a glance.
"The game is on. Gu Meng ordered.
Qin Mo unhurriedly picked up the brush, that is, the old pen he usually practiced calligraphy, and everyone knew about the reward he received during the monthly exam, but he did not use the three-milli Qiankun pen given by Master Xuezheng, in order not to bully his classmates, and this practice made his personality rise again.
Like Chen Yu, Wang Chuting adopted a defensive position, because he knew very well how strong Qin Mo's [single word for soldier] was, and fighting against it was the next strategy, so he also chose "shield" for his first word.
Qin Mo has already made concessions in terms of gentleman's agreement and the choice of brushes, since the game has begun, he will naturally not let it go again, respect for the opponent is also respect for himself, he wrote the word "pressure" with neat Ou Kai.
The traditional character "pressure" has more strokes than the character "shield", which is also the main reason why he chose the European style, and the speed of writing is much faster than that of Yan and Liu.
Wang Chuting glanced at Qin Mo with his spare eyes, and saw that he was still writing stroke by stroke, so he easily stabilized his mood and completed the last stroke of the word "shield" neatly.
The handwriting flashed, and the white aerosol turned into an ancient soldier holding a shield, which is the second realm of the word "shield", and the first realm can only turn into a shield, and the second realm will appear as a shield wrestler.
Although the wrestlers and shields are a bit illusory, they are definitely extraordinary for Wang Chuting, even when he usually practices, the chance of reaching the second realm is very small, let alone in the competition.
It was because Qin Mo gave him a sense of relaxation from the beginning, and he could only perform exceptionally without pressure.
At the same time, Qin Mo also completed the last stroke, the word "pressure" flashed brightly, instantly turned into a gray stone, flying towards the opponent while gradually getting bigger, there are two clearly visible seal characters on the stone - Mount Tai.
"Press the third realm!" shouted the classmates who were watching the battle next to him.
Someone immediately praised: "Shuangjia Tongsheng is really powerful, and it is a great honor to be a classmate with Brother Ziyi." ”
The other classmates also praised it, only Zhang Wenqi showed a disdainful gaze and snorted lightly.
In his opinion, no matter how powerful Qin Mo is, he can only be defeated by his own subordinates.
While!
The sound of collision sounded, and the boulder with a diameter of more than one zhang fell on the shield of the wrestler, and the face of the wrestler showed a hideous color, from raising the shield with one arm to raising the shield with both arms, but even so, the shield was still pressed down inch by inch, and it itself became more ethereal.
A moment later, Lux was bent over, and the shield was just over a foot away from Wang Chuting's forehead.
Wang Chuting's face was slightly red, his breathing rate increased, and he used the "shield" of the second realm to fight against the "pressure" of the third realm, and the result can be imagined.
He raised his hand and put the brush still on the table, and said convincingly: "I admit defeat." ”
Qin Mo smiled indifferently, then put away his literary power, and the boulder above his opponent's head disappeared instantly, and the wrestler who raised the shield was able to stand up straight again, and then disappeared.
"Brother Ziyi is proficient in [Words for Soldiers] and can easily retract and release them freely, which is admired by Chuan Ting. Wang Chuan Ting hugged his fists, and his words were very sincere.
"Brother Kusenting is polite and agrees. Qin Mo modestly returned the courtesy.
People have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away.
defeated the opponent with one word, Qin Mo's humility and elegance are admirable, on the other hand, Zhang Wenqi, he has simply become synonymous with arrogance, artificiality and hypocrisy, everyone is too lazy to look at him, even if he occasionally glances at him, it is also that kind of disdainful gaze.
Of course Zhang Wenqi is not convinced, everyone defeats the opponent with one word, why are you praised?
He secretly made up his mind that he would use drastic means to win the next game, so that these dirt buns could see the strength of the children of the Zhang family.
This will be followed by the second game of Group A and the second game of Group B, where the semi-finals will be decided and then the third round of the competition will begin.
In the first game of Group A, Zhang Wenqi played, and as before, his request was not to write repetitive words.
The opponent knew that he would be defeated, but he still strode towards the bookcase and demanded that he not write hieroglyphs.
Zhang Wenqi sneered, pictographs occupy the vast majority of [Single Words for Soldiers], but in addition to this, there are also types of words such as weapons and beasts, and not writing pictographs is fatal to other fellow students, because they have just been in contact with [Single Words for Soldiers] for more than a month.
But for him, this is not a problem at all, he has already mastered the writing of all words, most of which can be done in Xingshu.
At the beginning of the game, he wrote the word "ox" as fast as he could, and the handwriting turned into a six-foot-tall black bullock, staring at two eyes, bowing his head and rushing towards his opponent with his horns.
The opponent borrowed the strategy of Qin Mo against Zhang Wenqi last time, and wrote the word "stop".
It's a pity that his word only meets the requirements of the first realm, and he is not the opponent of the word "cow" in the second realm at all.
The bullock rushed through the white mist barrier with great ease, and continued towards the bookcase.
When the opponent saw that the situation was not good, he quickly threw away the brush and said, "I admit defeat!"
Crash...... Boom!
The bully knocked down the bookcase, and the opponent couldn't dodge, and was knocked out two or three feet away by the bull's head, and fell heavily to the ground, and the corners of his mouth were already bloody, and it seemed that the injury was not light.
The classmates immediately ran over and asked the injured about the situation.
Gu Meng frowned, he was angry at Zhang Wenqi's approach.
Zhang Wenqi didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt, and said in a flat tone: "I'm sorry, you admit defeat too late, and I can't control it in time, so it's no wonder that this result happened." ”
"It's too much!" Chen Yu said angrily.
Qin Mo raised his head and looked at Zhang Wenqi, and the two looked at each other.