Chapter 58: The Oiran Contest
Su Wen has not left Lin Huaju in the past few days, and it can really be said that he has no ears to what is going on outside the window, and only reads the books of sages.
So he didn't know that the triennial event in the entire Huizhou Mansion was slowly fermenting, not only the state examination in half a month, but also the Oiran Competition.
The state exam is held every three years, and the Oiran Contest is also held every three years, and the time between the two is only more than half a month, so it's hard not to connect them.
In fact, the Oiran Contest is indeed related to the state exam.
Since four years ago, Hongming Academy set a precedent and invited Liu Yange to encourage students to do their best, and the whole country has been emulated.
As the birthplace of Huizhou, the government has naturally not abandoned this tradition, so whenever the literati have a grand event, such as the state examination, such as entering the holy land, such as the national examination, the four buildings of Huizhou Mansion will hold some activities.
And before the state exams, there was the Oiran Contest.
As the name suggests, the Oiran Contest is to rank and compare the leading Oiran of the four famous buildings, and finally select an Oiran who looks like an artist.
The exam is divided into three rounds, with different emphases, and only the one with the strongest overall strength can win the championship of the Oiran Tournament.
But Su Wen never thought that this Oiran Contest would be related to him?
It would be forgivable if Mrs. Lin invited herself to watch the azalea jade plaque, but as the head of Liu Yan Pavilion and one of the participants in this competition, Miss Autumn Leaves actually asked Su Wen to help her win the championship of the competition in a private capacity?
What else do you say, if it is done, you can make a promise?
What is the situation!
Su Wen was stunned there, with a crying and laughing look on his face, although he had to be a scholar, after more than ten days of hard work, he had also reached the level of a scholar, but the Oiran Contest was not a poetry painting, what could he do to help?
Seeing that Su Wen was silent, Autumn Leaf immediately misunderstood, and said inaudibly: "If yes, if the son dislikes Akiba's body, in fact, Akiba is still a perfect body!"
Biting his lip, the flush on Akiba's face seemed to be about to ooze blood, and he said in a low voice: "And I have raised enough silver, and when the time comes, I don't need to pay a penny for my son to redeem myself, and Akiba will be able to ...... You can leave as a free body, and once you follow your son, you will have no complaints about being a slave and a maid!"
If Tang Ji was here, I am afraid that he would have been impatient to nod and agree, but after Su Wen heard this, the doubts in his heart were even stronger.
"This Oiran title is so important to you?" Su Wen was a little incomprehensible, but it was just a false name, and the Oiran Contest was held every three years, and a new champion was produced every time, which was not a rare title.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Akiba is really a greedy and vain woman, hoping to increase her fame and worth by winning the Oiran Contest, she should never leave Liu Yan Pavilion for this reason!
The first Oiran who left the green building, is it still an Oiran?
So no matter how you look at it, it's extremely weird!
A look of embarrassment appeared on Akiba's face, and after a while, she shook her head persistently and said, "Childe will naturally know when the time comes." ”
After speaking, Qiu Ye suddenly got up and left his seat, made a grand kneeling salute to Su Wen, and begged: "I hope that the son will be fulfilled!"
Su Wen was startled, and quickly helped Qiu Ye up, nodded and said: "I promise you, but you have to tell me what I need me to do, to be honest, I don't pay much attention to this Oiran Competition, and I don't even know how to choose it when the time comes." ”
After receiving Su Wen's promise, Qiu Ye's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thanked him repeatedly: "Su Gongzi's grace, Qiu Ye is toothless and unforgettable!"
Su Wen smiled and said, "Okay, tell me what this Oiran Contest is all about." ”
Autumn leaves quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, a bright smile bloomed on her face again, and carefully explained to Su Wen: "The Oiran Contest is held every three years, and it is jointly organized by our Liu Yan Pavilion and the other three buildings of the state capital, and the purpose is to select the most talented Oiran among them. ”
"The Oiran Contest is divided into three rounds, the first round of the school poetry, the second round in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting four to draw one as the test question, the third round is by each Oiran to show their talents, the sum of the three rounds, the highest score is the first place. ”
Su Wen nodded, and then asked an extremely crucial question: "Then who will judge this?"
"Generally speaking, it is judged by the adults of the major ministries in the state capital, such as the last Oiran Competition, which invited Lord Ling of the Cloth Division, Lord Wang of the Master of Ceremonies, and Lord Fei of the Salary Bureau to take the main exam. "Autumn leaves are very well organized, and they tell everything in detail, obviously doing their homework.
Su Wenfu asked again: "Is the judge invited for each competition different?"
Akiba nodded in affirmation.
Su Wen pondered for a moment, combed through the information he had gotten again, and then spoke: "I think I probably understand, but I don't know, how do you need me to help you?"
Qiu Ye looked at Su Wen seriously and said: "In the three rounds of competition, Qiu Ye thinks that he can get the first place in the final talent link, within the four ways of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, except for the white girl who is not as good as Jinfeng Lou in the painting path, the rest are all sure, but this poem is ......."
After brewing for a while, Akiba continued: "Akiba has long heard of Childe's talent, and knows that Childe is the best at poetry, so he ......"
Su Wen was stunned when she heard this, could it be that Miss Autumn Leaves wanted to teach her how to compose poems?
Not to mention that three days is not enough time at all, the key is that Su Wen himself will not be able to!
Although Su Wen has read a lot of books, and he also knows that poetry should pay attention to plain rhyme and neatness, but it is one thing to know, and it is not so simple to really give it to practice, and if a poem wants to be immortal, it needs more artistic conception and charm in it.
Su Wen was able to achieve the name of poetry because he directly took out the crystallization of the wisdom of his predecessors for hundreds of years and used it, without thinking or worrying, the only thing he needed to consider was that it was more appropriate to copy that poem.
When it comes to teaching people to compose poems, Su Wen is probably not as good as Tang Ji!
Thinking of this, Su Wen's old face flushed, but he immediately thought of the opportunistic tricks, and couldn't help asking: "This first round of poetry competition, is it an on-site test or is it up to you to choose the subject at will?"
Su Wen's idea is very good, if it is the former, he may still have a headache, but if it is the latter, it is a big deal that he will copy one less poem in the future and send it to Autumn Leaves to compete?
It's a pity that Akiba's answer disappointed Su Wen: "It's up to the examiners to make the questions on the spot." ”
Su Wen sighed, pondered for a moment, and finally could only say helplessly: "Autumn Leaf Girl, it's not that I don't want to help you, I really want to make good poems, it's not a day's work, now we only have three days, don't say that I'm just a scholar now, even if I'm a half-saint, I'm afraid I can't make your attainments in poetry improve by leaps and bounds for a while." ”
Saying this, Su Wen saw that the brilliance of Autumn Leaves' eyes quickly dimmed, and Su Wen saw it in his eyes and felt a little guilty in his heart.
Although he didn't know why Akiba was so obsessed with the top spot in this Oiran Contest, he didn't want to brutally reclaim it after giving the other party hope, so he could only say urgently: "But it's not impossible, you let me think about it again." ”
In the following time, Su Wen began to keep playing around in the small courtyard and began to think about the solution.
The problem before him was simple, but almost unsolvable.
Just imagine, a scumbag who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, if you want him to be the top student in high school in the college entrance examination three days later, how can you do it unless it is really a sage manifestation?
Unless......
Suddenly, Su Wen's figure stopped, he looked back at Qiu Ye, who was already looking desperate, hesitated for a moment, and said quietly: "I want to know, how much are you willing to sacrifice and give up for this title?"
......
"No! Absolutely not! Su Gongzi, Autumn Leaves can't let you ...... for me"
"But this is your only chance!"
......
After the time of half a pillar of incense, Qiu Ye left Lin Huaju a little dejectedly, the tears in the corners of her eyes were clearly visible, and she seemed to be crying, but no one knew what Su Wen said to her at the end.
Su Wen looked at the back of Autumn Leaves leaving, and also felt that his decision seemed to be too hasty.
"But no matter what, I can't really sit idly by......" Sighing, Su Wen knew that this was his second weak-hearted mistake, maybe this was this decision, which would bury his literary journey, but he would never regret it, because this was the holy path he was pursuing!
Do what you want, regardless of the consequences!
Su Wen stood at the door of Lin Huaju's shop, feeling emotional, and suddenly wanted to go out for a walk.
At this time, the Huizhou Mansion is much more lively than a few days ago, and the topics that everyone is talking about are inseparable from the upcoming Oiran Contest in three days, and there are even many places that have opened gambling markets to predict the final champion, among which the white phoenix of Jinfeng Tower has the highest voice, and the odds are also the lowest, and the autumn leaves of Liu Yan Pavilion are temporarily in second place.
Su Wen listened to the discussions of others all the way, and felt that his thoughts were a little chaotic, and unconsciously, he slowly came to the outside of a restaurant, and looked up to see that there seemed to be three familiar words engraved on the familiar plaque.
Chunshan Building.
"I heard that the osmanthus fish in Chunshan Tower is a must in the state capital, are you interested in tasting it?" I don't know why, a cold and arrogant voice suddenly appeared in Su Wen's mind, and those eyes that were as cold as stars and moons.
Su Wen patted his stomach, and he did feel a little hungry, so he walked in very simply.
However, before Xiao Er stepped forward to greet him, Su Wen really saw the figure circling in his mind, the man was sitting by the window, exuding a trace of coldness as always, holding a wine cup and drinking lightly.
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