Chapter 16 The Genius is Merry
The twilight gradually closes together, and at this moment, the whole imperial capital is full of lights, especially the three-story tall flower building is full of several red lanterns, like a grand festival. The Xiunu River is even more blurry under the plucking of countless candles on the bank, and it contrasts with the flowers and buildings, adding countless styles.
The flowers are full of noise and people. Mixed with the shallow singing and chanting of the Xiunu River's wavy waves, the building of Huamanlou seems a little lonely and poignant.
Due to the particularity of the imperial examination system in the Great Wilderness, many old candidates who have taken several exams have long been familiar with each other, and want to take advantage of this short gap to have a pleasant greeting. Of course, there are also many young people who are watching from the wall who are very calm, and there are also young aristocrats who are already thinking hard about meditating on poetry.
Qin Fan and Fu Ling looked down on the second floor, which was connected to the third floor and the first floor, and most of the lifting behaviors could be taken into view, which was really interesting.
And on the gorgeous dance floor of the white jade lotus platform on the first floor, a beautiful woman in purple clothes slowly ascended, she was the person in charge of this flowery building, but the dance floor at this moment was dead and dark, only the outermost circle of lights and candles were lit, which was very different from before, like the life that was still jumping just now, and the fire of life had been extinguished at this moment.
After a polite opening remark, the beautiful woman began to talk about the rules of the competition, in fact, the rules of each degree are the same, and some old candidates have long been familiar with them.
It is said that the rules are actually very loose, but everyone present is given a gilded peach blossom envelope, attached with paper and ink, and each person makes a hand-held poem, and then the beautiful woman reads them one by one, and let the countless nobles present appreciate and analyze, and finally the person who receives the most praise should take the lead.
A quarter of an hour later, almost everyone's envelopes had been sealed with fire paint, and many of them had to be hurriedly written, put into the bronzed peach blossom envelope, and the sealed envelope was handed over to the young man who came to collect it, and in a short time thousands of red bronzing envelopes had been piled up in the hands of the beautiful woman.
There are no less than tens of thousands of nobles who come to raise their heads, but not every one of them has the strength to compete for power, and many of them who are self-aware and self-aware do not write, but just quietly watch others present write poems and secretly plan countermeasures.
After all, after this incident of spending a lot of buildings, the next thing is the Kyushu Literary Association and the martial arts test, and almost all the top Kyushu students who can compete with each other are here, which is a rare good time to observe each other.
"Everyone knows that Kyushu is the nine states of Yan, Han, Ning, Zhong, Lan, Wan, Yue, Yun and Lei. The beautiful woman said as she opened one of the envelopes in the pile furthest from her.
"Heh, it's really an honor for the slave family today, the first thing to open is the envelope of Shi Yun, the genius of the Shi family in Yanzhou, I care about your cousin and I and the flower girls who are full of flowers!"
After that, without waiting for the reaction of everyone present, he continued with a smile: "It's a poem, called "Qinglou Surprise", which is in response to the situation, don't you have any insights today?"
"The down-and-out rivers and lakes carry wine, and the king of Chu is slender and light in his palm. Ten years of Kyushu dream, lingering in the Qinglou Bo Xingming. ”
After reading this poem, there were sighs of emotion, where is this "Qinglou Shock", it is clearly "Persuading Cousin to Be Good".
Many people smiled and said in a low voice: "I have long heard that Shi Yun's cousin Shi Zhixuan is a strange person, Ping Suli likes to be a prodigy with both literature and martial arts, but he has never participated in a Kyushu exam, but he is quite interested in that strange things and strange beasts, although it is not easy to win the first place with his literary talent, but if it is said that it is definitely more than the top three!"
"Haha, yes! I have also heard of Chen, Shi Zhixuan, a great talent in Yinzhou, not only likes to hunt for curiosities, but also loves to linger in the green building, and he can be regarded as an interesting person in Kyushu without any mathematics, and he can definitely be called a talented man!"
"Please judge!" said the beautiful woman, shaking her head and smiling.
Countless voices sounded in affirmation, and for a while, the drums sounded like a tide, straight to the top of the building.
"Congratulations to Brother Shi!" Many people stepped forward to congratulate, such an achievement can be regarded as a middle and upper poetry.
"It's just that the general idea and theme of the poem are intended to advise, and there is a discord with the theme of this wind and snow, otherwise Brother Shi's literary style must be more than that!"
Shi Yun smiled slightly, not proud, but responded: "If my poem can really make my cousin lose his way, it will be worth it, and his own literary style is difficult for me to beat!" Shi Yun smiled bitterly, how could the idle merry cousin be persuaded by his poem.
The beautiful woman smiled and talked about Shi Zhixuan's once famous romantic past, which caused a burst of laughter in the audience. The atmosphere was harmonious, and countless poems and songs were recited, among which there were countless excellent ones and many inferior ones.
The song "Qinglou Surprise" won the honor of the second song, just because of the good meaning, the words and sentences are more effective in the ancient Dynasty Chu King love thin waist, starving to death of the people of the country allusion, and the palm of the hand is the thin waist of the third beauty of the Great Wilderness, that is, the Gu Yao fairy who has just danced, it is rumored that the body is light and can dance in the palm of the hand, an ancient and a modern comparison between the two and two, more beautiful Qinglou women, the dance of the Gu Yao fairy is high and beautiful. It's just about exhorting his cousin to be virtuous, which is quite inconsistent with this scenery of wind and snow, so he has to take the second place. The first prize is a nobleman from the imperial capital of Zhongzhou, and the drum has been ringing for a quarter of an hour, which is amazing.
"Sure enough, Zhongzhou Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the nobles are not all gentlemen. ”
"It's just that why does that handsome nobleman look a little familiar?" someone was dumbfounded.
"Isn't that the most favored brother of His Majesty King Anle ?!!?" even more people shouted in surprise, and countless people exclaimed in surprise, and they all asked for An Shili in the secret pavilion on the third floor, and there was an uproar in the venue, and it took a long time to calm down.
The beautiful woman Shi Shiran bent down to salute, smiled, without a trace of impatience on her face, and waited until she was completely calmed down, and then continued to recite the poem, until it was close to midnight, and the recitation was almost finished.
Sure enough, the white jade lotus platform was suddenly bright, the surroundings were dim, the candle flame was extinguished at the same time, the beautiful woman quietly retreated, the lotus stamen changed, the beautiful woman actually appeared again, as the lotus stamen slowly rose, she eyebrows and eyes were affectionate, and said with a smile: "I have seen King Anle, the slave family is in a hurry, and I hope to go downstairs to see you." This voice is like a quiet sound in the hollow valley, crisp and pleasant, sweet but not greasy, without a trace of enchanting taste, but revealing a bit of girlish feelings that are not familiar with the world.
Many guests are envious, looking at the third floor of the dark pavilion, although it is called the dark pavilion but does not affect the line of sight, just because this dark room is made of expensive agarwood casting, so it is called the dark pavilion.
The young prince with eyebrows and sword eyes smiled slightly, even more friendly, without a trace of luxurious temperament on his body, only wearing a green cloth and white shirt, but like a handsome and chic merry talent, which made people feel good.
Qin Fan was quietly listening to the poems of Kyushu geniuses by the window on the second floor, but Fu Ling suddenly patted him on the shoulder and asked softly, "Little brother Qin Fan, do you think that woman is beautiful?"
Qin Fan was stunned for a moment, his face was hot for a while, Fu Ling's face was close to Chi Chi, although he wanted to answer, but somehow, looking at the beautiful person in front of him, his mind was full of bits and pieces with Fu Ling, flickering like a movie, his mind was blank, his hands and feet were at a loss, and he didn't know what to do. Just vaguely agreed: "Well, it's okay!"
"Hehe, then when you win the champion, Sister Fu Ling will be a red matchmaker for you, I believe that you, a guy who is familiar with ancient books and Taoist treasures, will definitely not disappoint Sister Fu Ling, right!" After speaking, he looked at Qin Fan expectantly.
Qin Fan felt even more nervous, even though there were tens of millions of words in his mouth, he was just speechless at the moment, seeing that Qin Fan's face was flushed, and he couldn't speak, Fu Ling's face turned cold, and he suddenly changed his color and said: "You're stupid!" It's just that he can't hide the hint of ridicule in his words.
Qin Fan felt guilty when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to apologize, but he suddenly heard Fu Ling slap the table, and said angrily: "What kind of Laoshzi thing, this kind of broken poem can also win the first prize? Isn't it a child's house? How can I get the quality of a student in Kyushu Haohao is not as good as a year?"
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, like a stone in the water, and I don't know how big a wave it was.
Qin Fan also looked at Fu Ling who stood up high at a loss, I don't know why she reacted like this, and wanted to pull it up, but she didn't catch a glimpse of it, everyone stood up, some sneered, some laughed and didn't speak, and some people sneered loudly, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Where did you come from?
"It's insulting, it's shameless!"
"If you insult the royal family like this, aren't you afraid that Xiang Shang's head will not be guaranteed?"
Everyone shouted and cursed, and Fu Ling grabbed the embarrassed and uneasy Qin Fan as if he hadn't heard it, and walked down step by step. With his head down, he suddenly crashed into Fu Ling's back, and it turned out that it was not only why Fu Ling stopped. Only then did he slowly raise his head, only to see a big man in black with a cold face blocking in front of the two of them, unable to move forward.
Qin Fan only felt that he was at a loss, and secretly glanced at the approachable King Anle, but saw that he had returned to his seat at the moment, with no anger or joy on his face, just quietly watching the development of things, Qin Fan recognized that the big man in front of him was the escort of this prince, and the reaction of this prince who was also happy with literature and love music was too normal, after all, this matter would be uncomfortable on anyone's body, as a prince, he didn't do it immediately, the Zhujiu clan was already good, which was also rare.
However, in this era, the humiliation of the master is equivalent to insulting the entire family of servants. King An Le can treat it calmly, but he can't, which is why there is this scene now. turned his head and looked at the Guyao Fairy on the white jade lotus platform, but saw that she was observing herself with curiosity in her eyes, her eyes were full of curiosity and concern. His face turned redder and lowered his head lower.
"Hey! King Anle is merry and talented, who doesn't know, who doesn't know the students of Kyushu? Although the prince is approachable, he is not something that you and other nameless people who are grandiose can insult and laugh at, if you two can't say everything today, then it's no wonder that we are doing our duty as guards and pinching you two ignorant juniors who are grandiose to death!"
The guards spit out hard words in their mouths, and an awe-inspiring evil aura involuntarily emanated from a furious rage, Rao is Fu Ling couldn't help but take a few steps back, and was intimidated by this evil aura, it was definitely a veteran guard who had killed the barbarians of the demon clan, and almost in an instant, Fu Ling had a plan.
Although he regressed, his face did not change, he still looked like he was smiling, and said: "Oh! This is the best of the students in Kyushu? I think it is probably because I have been with Qin Fan's little brother for a long time every day, and I have heard a lot of good poems and good words, and then I have listened to the poems of King Anle, so I have such a reaction, I often hear that Qin Fan's little brother said that the land of Kyushu is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and there are countless supernatural people.
"You...... You...... You!" the guard seemed to be angry, and pointed at Fu Ling and could not say a complete word.
"Oh, I think the person you are so touting must have great talents, could it be him, the kid behind you?" King An Le's words came from the third floor, still with a steady attitude and a soft tone, but for some reason Qin Fan noticed something strange. The entire Huamanlou's gaze was on Qin Fan's body.
Qin Fan felt that his face was even more red and hot, and he wanted to leave, but he heard that Fu Ling was full of confidence and said: "Hmph, this little brother of mine Qin Fan is a genius who is familiar with countless ancient books and Taoist collections, and he will definitely not be worse than you, even if he casually says a poem, he will be a hundred times stronger than you, I don't believe you and wait and see!"
Qin Fan saw that tens of thousands of people were staring at him tightly, and the whole person was like sitting on pins and needles, embarrassed. wanted to retreat, but when he heard Fu Ling's words, he raised his eyes and saw that Fu Ling was looking at himself confidently with anticipation, and he instantly became smart.
It turns out that in her heart, I am so good?
For a while, I only felt that there was an inexplicable emotion in my chest that was getting stronger and stronger, and it was becoming more and more turbulent, as if I was about to break open my chest and come out, and I couldn't help but take a step forward and block Fu Ling behind me. Lang said: "I have just touched my feelings, and I hope you will appreciate a poem that is not a climate!"
When the words fell, everyone couldn't help but stare at Qin Fan, with mockery, ridicule, or admiration in their eyes.