The light rain on the street is as moist as crisp, the color of grass looks far away but is not visible up close.
The most beautiful thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows that fill the imperial capital.
Many Chu officials who reacted were heartbroken after reading this last sentence. Can't they inspect and supervise carefully and change the imperial capital into an imperial capital or an imperial capital?!
Doesn’t this rhyme match?
How could the Anding county uncle be so careless?
What a pity, what a pity for this wonderful poem!
If it were not a competition in the main hall, it would not matter even if the rhyme and rhyme did not match. Even if it did not match, it would still not prevent it from being a good poem, but it happened to be in this main hall.
There are strict metrical requirements for poetry writing.
If the meter doesn't match, it can't be considered a quatrain.
No matter how good the poem is, if it violates the rules, it means losing.
Only Zhao Daru held the poem in his hand and looked at Xu Qing thoughtfully.
More than forty years ago, when he was still a young man, he accompanied the envoy to Zhao State and competed poetry with Zhao State in the court of Chu State.
It’s still a best of three games.
He lost completely in the first game. In the second game, the opponent deliberately changed the last sentence of a quatrain so that it did not match the rhyme.
At that time, he still remembered what the man said, a very contemptuous sentence: "Let you win a game."
That game, chess, classic meaning, poetry.
He won that game and became the only one in Chu that won a game.
However, this statement was regarded as a lifelong shame by him, and also as a shame by Chu State. Failure may not be considered a shame, but winning a game by relying on the mercy of the opponent is the shame of shame!
It was also from that time that the Chu State began to pay attention to education and opened county schools.
After Zhao Daru came back from the State of Zhao, he began to devote himself to writing, hoping that one day he could surpass the State of Zhao in literature.
Many Chu people could not remember this incident, but he always kept it in mind.
…
Zhao Daru looked at Xu Qing who was sitting at the seat, and sure enough he found that Xu Qing still looked calm and composed, and even looked at Kuang Zhou with a smile on his face.
At this moment, he understood that Xu Qing had returned the shame of forty years ago to Zhao Guo on his behalf!
Xu Qing looked at Kuang Zhou with a smile and a soft voice: "It's even."
Kuang Zhou's eyes suddenly widened when he looked at Xu Qing, staring at Xu Qing.
Evened out……
Is it between his Kuangzhou and the Anding county uncle?
Or between Zhao and Chu?
Forty years ago, my own teacher defeated Chu State in this way.
He still remembered what his teacher said to him:
He can win one game because I just want him to win one game.
Strength is always the capital of pride.
But forty years later, the Anding county uncle of Chu State came to terms with himself...
He really did it on purpose!
Facing the angry glare of Zhao Guokuangzhou, Xu Qing always smiled.
I just like the way you can't stand me but can't kill me.
Oh, by the way, you have to pay back everything you come out to fool around with.
Finally, Zhao Guokuangzhou spurted a mouthful of blood on the white paper in front of him and fell on the table.
Just now, many of the officials who were appreciating the poems of the two men stood up in shock when they saw this scene.
What happened?
Didn’t Kuang Zhou win?
Why did he fall down instead?
Only Long Bing'er, who was always watching Xu Qing, seemed to hear Xu Qing say something softly: It's even...
Then Kuang Zhou began to glare at Xu Qing, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood and fell down.
Xu Qing also didn't expect Kuang Zhou to be so excited that he spurted out a mouthful of blood. Why was this man so angry?
Unbearable?
If you are so angry, don't be smart enough to ask for a poem.
In the end, I was so angry that I spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Do you want to get involved?
So many people are watching!
He can't touch himself!
Many envoys from Zhao State gathered around them, and the envoy from Zhao State said urgently: "Send the imperial doctor to you quickly!"
The envoy of the State of Zhao did not suspect that Kuang Zhou was plotted by the State of Chu, nor did he seek an explanation from the Emperor of Chu.
Because Kuang Zhou was not in a good mental state when he arrived.
This kid used to be too proud, but now that he was suddenly hit by such a violent blow, he was a little helpless.
It’s tough but easy to break!
But didn't he win just now?
Why is this still happening?
Are you too excited to finally win a game?
In the end, the imperial doctor's diagnosis was that the shortness of breath attacked the heart, resulting in mental trauma.
This is something that many people didn’t expect. Are you so angry?
Are you still angry after winning?
However, it no longer matters why you are so angry and upset.
After something like this happened, the competition would definitely be incompetent.
No one expected that what they thought was the simplest and most time-saving poem would turn out to be the most difficult one.
After all the officials left the stage
Emperor Chu called Xu Qing to the imperial study alone.
Emperor Chu looked at Xu Qing and said, "Just now, I saw your lips move. What did you say to Kuang Zhou that made him so angry that he vomited blood and fainted?"
Xu Qing said truthfully: "I just told him that we were even."
Emperor Chu was slightly startled when he heard these words, then he seemed to remember something and said with a hearty smile: "Hahaha, okay, it's even! After more than forty years, we finally got even in today's poetry comparison.
Alright! Okay!”
Afterwards, Emperor Chu looked at Xu Qing and asked: "In the next game, if you use your full strength, are you sure of winning?"
Xu Qing thought for a moment and said, "I'd better hold back a little bit."
Emperor Chu asked in confusion: "Why?"
Xu Qing said: "With all my strength, I am really afraid that I will anger him to death."
Emperor Chu: "..."
Why do you say he's fat and he's still out of breath?
"By the way, Your Majesty." Xu Qing suddenly called out to Emperor Chu.
Emperor Chu looked at Xu Qing: "What else can you do?"
Xu Qing said: "That's the one thousand taels..."
Emperor Chu: "Let's talk about it after you win the last game. You still can't decide which one you will get, Qianliang or Miss Qiao."
Xu Qing said confidently: "It must be one thousand taels, it's a sure thing."
…
Xu Qing lost this round, and King Xian and Emperor Chu were very happy.
Boxes of silver were moved to the treasury.
On the city wall, several men in black behind a man in black clothes looked up at those who wanted to jump but did not dare. The man in black clothes held a simple copper loudspeaker and looked at the words written on the paper in his hand.
He shouted: "Brothers in the city, please don't think too hard. Gambling is harmful to people! Nine out of ten gambles are cheating! Stay away from gambling houses! Pies in the sky won't fall! You will gain wisdom after taking a cut, and there will be a better life waiting for you in the future.
you."
The man in the city said: "I lost everything because of this! What's the point of living!"
The man in black clothes continued: "You are not afraid of death, are you still afraid of living?!"
As soon as these words came out, the man in the city was stunned. Yes, he was not afraid of death, how could he still be afraid of living?
But the man said again: "Damn it, I don't have a penny on me now. If I don't die, will I become a beggar?"
The man in Xuanyi said: "The Guo Shang Yuan has opened several new workshops and is in urgent need of workers. The remuneration is generous and the more you work, the more you will get. Who said you have to be beggars?"
The man was stunned: "Seriously?"
Obviously, he would not dare to jump if there was a way to survive.
The man in black clothes said: "Of course I take it seriously! But there is a rule that must be followed. Anyone who violates it will be expelled from the International Business Academy immediately."
The man asked: "What are the rules?"
The man in black clothes said: "Gambling is strictly prohibited!"