Chapter 29: Insidious and cunning
Zhang Wenqi challenged in public, and it was indeed difficult for Qin Mo to refuse.
Qin Mo was able to ring the copper bell, which made many people with Xiucai and literary status envious, and they put away their previous contempt, and secretly praised him for living up to the name of Shuangjia Tongsheng.
But Zhang Wenqi doesn't think so, he thinks that this is a small way, and it can't be put on the stage, and firmly believes that actual combat is the best way to test ability.
What can you do if you break the word three times, in actual combat, will the opponent give you time to let you write this word stroke by stroke?
The answer is no, Zhang Wenqi looks down on the people in the children's class, all because of the exam-oriented education method of the Wendao College.
There is nothing wrong with the approach of the College of Literature and Taoism, because the next government examination and the college examination that the children will face next do not test the calligraphy, so until now they have mainly taught regular script.
There is nothing wrong with regular script as the basis of calligraphy, but its disadvantage is that it is slow to write, and it tends to fall behind when confronting people, and unless the opponent also uses regular script, there is no power to fight back.
He himself has practiced calligraphy since he was a child, and often fights against his brothers in the clan, and has accumulated rich experience, so he dares to challenge Shuangjia Tongsheng in public.
Another part of the reason came from the various situations he dug deeply, knowing that Qin Mo had never fought against anyone, and it was simply too simple to defeat an inexperienced person.
In the face of Zhang Wenqi's challenge, Qin Mo raised his eyebrows, and in addition to targeting himself, the other party also sarcastically ridiculed Gu Meng, the organizer of the Qushui River, and accused the event of being too monotonous.
Everyone's eyes fell on Qin Mo, waiting for his response.
Challenging each other at the Qushui Liuzhen event was nothing new, as it enhanced the atmosphere of the event, and was respected by scribes and literati alike.
If Qin Mo refused, it would inevitably damage his reputation as a double-armored child.
He stood up unhurriedly and looked directly at Zhang Wenqi.
In his opinion, Zhang Wenqi is a complete clown who jumps off the beam, and he thinks that this approach is very smart, but in fact, that little bit of caution has been completely exposed.
Seeing that he didn't respond in time, Zhang Wenqi said with a sneer: "What, Qin Shuangjia refuses to fight, does he look down on me, or doesn't he want to cheer everyone?"
It's another agitation method, which is extremely inferior.
Qin Mo looked at him with disdain, and said unhurriedly: "As you wish, it is said that the Zhang family of Nanjing Mansion is a wealthy family, and I, a disciple of a poor family, want to know how many catties and taels the disciples taught by the wealthy families are." ”
Zhang Wenqi's face changed greatly, he didn't expect that Qin Mo would raise a simple battle to the point of targeting the Zhang family, that is to say, he now represents not only himself, but the entire Zhang family.
Qin Mo smiled coldly, and said in his heart, who asked you to use the agitation method first, this is called one report and one report, see if you dare to be arrogant in the future.
Zhang Wenqi took a deep breath and calmed down the emotions in his heart, he thought that he would win and would never embarrass the Zhang family, since this is the case, what are you afraid of, Zhengse said: "Please." ”
The two left the river, walked to an open place next to them, stood six zhang apart, and the classmates brought over the two-zhang bookcase, and put it on the table along with the four treasures of the study.
Zhang Wenqi resumed his previous arrogance and arrogance, pointed his nostrils at Qin Mo, and said, "According to the rules of Wendou, only those who should fight can make a request first. ”
The so-called cultural fight, meaning the civilized competition, the two sides of the battle to the point, not to cause the other party to be disabled, let alone to hurt the other party's life, as long as one side even if only one move, that is, the victory, the end of the fight.
Before the start of the fight, both sides can put forward conditions to each other, either to restrain each other, or to enhance their own advantages.
In addition to literary fights, scribes could also engage in martial arts, gambling fights, and death fights among themselves.
Qin Mo said without thinking: "My request is very simple, I can't write duplicate content. ”
The so-called repetitive content refers to the fact that one party always repeats a certain word or sentence that he is good at, and one trick is eaten all over the world, which is tantamount to cheating.
Zhang Wenqi pretended to be indifferent and said with a smile: "No problem, my requirements are simple, I can't write what the other party has written." ”
These two requirements often appear in Wendou, and they are both gentlemen's agreements.
He Chang, as the leader of the county Wendao Academy, naturally acted as the referee of this Wendou, he stood not far from the two, and announced loudly: "Since you two are classmates, remember to stop at the point, and don't break the rules of Wendou." ”
"Students remember. Qin Mo responded.
Zhang Wenqi said proudly: "Understood!"
He Chang frowned slightly, he usually encouraged students to learn from each other, but it was obvious that this challenge was planned by Zhang Wenqi for a long time, and the purpose was not pure.
Tong Sheng does not have the ability to condense ink into words, and needs to use the power of the four treasures of the study.
Qin Mo picked up the brush on the bookcase, and tried to play the pen with the action of dipping in ink, which is a pen with moderate softness and hardness, which can meet the requirements of a variety of book styles.
Zhang Wenqi showed a look of disgust on his face, took out a brush from his sleeve, and discarded the pen on the table.
It was an expensive long song spring and autumn pen, and the pale yellow barrel was engraved with the portrait of the sage.
This pen can improve the user's literary power, increase the success rate of [Single Word for Soldier], and even conjure up the characters in the engraving to help the user make offensive and defensive actions.
The bystanders frowned slightly, this kind of behavior was very unfair to Qin Mo.
Zhang Wenqi felt these unkind gazes, and snorted: "In the gentleman's agreement just now, there was no mention that you can't use your own pen, do you have anything to say?"
The popularity of the crowd is not light, the truth is true, but his attitude is really annoying.
Qin Mo was unmoved, a long song spring and autumn pen was not enough to make him feel frightened.
Zhang Wenqi's eyes had a sinister look, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose slightly, obviously secretly planning some kind of conspiracy.
He Chang glanced at him with disgust, although he pursues the truth that there is no class, it does not mean that he can't distinguish between good and evil, Zhang Wenqi is quite scheming, and he likes to be clever, which is really not liked.
But he still announced aloud: "The fight begins." ”
Zhang Wenqi ignored everyone's disdainful gaze and conveyed a literary force into the Spring and Autumn Pen of Changge.
Shout!
A ray of light lit up, followed by an illusory image of the ancients, who wore a robe, a scribe on his head, his hands hidden in wide sleeves, and his face had the unique temperament of a sage.
"One of the seventy-two sages of Confucius, Qin Shang. Xu Hao knew the past and the present, and recognized this sage at the first time.
It's just that he thinks it's strange that when Changge Chunqiu Pen chose the Confucian sages as the carvings, he mainly used the ten philosophers of Confucius, and even if he chose from the seventy-two sages, he would rarely choose the Qin Shang who were ranked lower.
Gu Meng next to him looked angry, twisted his eyebrows and glared: "Zhang Wenqi is so despicable, it's just crazy!"
Xu Hao and He Chang frowned at the same time, and the two of them asked together, "What does Dr. Gu mean?"
Gu Meng gritted his teeth and said, "The ancestor of the Qin family where Qin Mo is located is Qin Shang. ”
Hearing this, the two changed color at the same time.
This kind of behavior is indeed excessive, Zhang Wenqi used the sage Qin Shang as a helper, the purpose is very obvious, it is to disgust Qin Mo.
Although this sage is an illusion, it is the ancestor of the Qin family after all, in the Great Song Dynasty, which advocates benevolence and filial piety, attacking the ancestor will be scolded by tens of thousands of people, especially on this occasion today, literati and scribes gather, if it is not handled well, Qin Mo's literary name will be seriously affected.
Xu Hao, as a parent official, knew the powerful relationship, gritted his teeth and whispered: "I really didn't expect that the Zhang family, which is the double champion of father and son, would have such an insidious and cunning person, and he is smearing the ancestors' faces." ”
Zhang Wenqi had asked people to investigate in advance, and learned that Qin Mo was a descendant of the seventy-two sages of Confucius, Qin Shang, and specially paid a high price for people to make this long song Spring and Autumn pen.
Not only did he want to win the place of enlightenment in the Holy Tower, but he also stepped on the feet of Shuangjia Tongsheng and made a name for himself.
He really wanted to know Qin Mo's reaction, so after conjuring up the image of the sage, he did not rush to use the [single word for a soldier], but raised his eyes to look at the other side.
Qin Mo's face sank like water, he had already guessed the other party's conspiracy.
The scene became unusually quiet, some people looked at Zhang Wenqi with disdain, but more people had the attitude of watching the play, and they were guessing how Qin Mo would respond.
attack, will end up with an infamy of disrespecting the ancestors, and after being added to the vinegar by someone with a heart, Qin Mo's reputation will be over;
If you don't attack, you will obviously fall into the trap of the other party, and the result will definitely be a fiasco, and Qin Mo's reputation will also be affected, and everyone will say that his title of Shuangjia Tongsheng is flashy.
The situation became complicated, and Gu Meng asked He Chang in a reproachful tone: "How can He Xuezheng let such an insidious person enter this courtyard?"
He Chang smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "I only know that he is a disciple of the Zhang family, thinking that he was nurtured by the ancestors of the family and is a person with excellent character and learning, who would have thought that this son's heart is so dark." ”
Xu Hao let out a long sigh and said a little helplessly: "Ziyi has encountered a hurdle, I don't know how he will deal with it." ”
Zhang Wenqi didn't think there was anything wrong with this kind of behavior, the winner was the king and the loser was the thief, and he could use any means in order to win.
Qin Mo took a deep breath and said in a sonorous tone: "In front of the ancestors, the younger generations should do their best to accept the test, and they must not have any reservations, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the ancestors. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Wenqi's complexion changed drastically, and Xu Hao and the others showed excitement on their faces.