Meng Lingxi wanted to apologize, but was interrupted by Lu Zhongbo.
"It's common for the Youth Humanities Association to compete with each other and learn from each other. I'm sure the Seventh Young Master won't mind. Let's start now?"
This exit was biased towards Meng Lingxi, causing Su Yiliang's complexion to change slightly.
Su Yijue and Su Yizhao snorted in their hearts, but their expressions remained normal and they didn't say much.
"I wonder what we are going to test this time?" Su Yizhao still looked as normal under everyone's comments and speculations.
When she asked this, she really didn't know what to compare, and it also implied that the rules were set by Meng Lingxi, which was naturally beneficial to Meng Lingxi.
"This competition is divided into three rounds, and it is a best-of-three round. This first round is about poetry. In this way, we randomly point out one person among the many students and ask him to give a question, and then the two of them share a stick of incense.
Within the hour, compose a poem."
The speaker was Lu Zhongbo. He glanced at Su Yizhao and then said: "After all, Mr. Meng proposed this essay. It would be unfair for him or us to propose the topic, and it would inevitably lead to misunderstandings."
He is a master of calligraphy. Even if he appreciates Meng Lingxi's talent, he will not risk his reputation on it.
"That's fair. Neither of them knew the question, and it was random. It shows that Mr. Meng and Mr. Lu are very open-minded people!" The onlookers nodded repeatedly.
"That's natural. These three people are doing the evaluation and impartiality for the sake of Mr. Meng. It is true that they cannot set the questions. This is only fair."
Everyone present agreed and expressed that this was the right thing to do.
Su Yizhao will naturally not be dissatisfied. This is relatively fair.
"I have no objection!" Su Yizhao nodded.
Then she took out the small rattan box she carried with her, and then took out the Four Treasures of the Study that she usually used.
When everyone saw it, they immediately sneered at the aristocratic family's behavior.
It’s not like there was no pen, ink, paper, and inkstone at this literary conference. Who is this posturing for?
Su Yizhao ignored everyone's thoughts. What happened to her habit of bringing her four treasures of the study?
Lu Zhongbo saw this and changed his view of Su Yizhao. It can be seen that Su Yizhao is quite particular about reading and practicing calligraphy.
He is a master of calligraphy and usually brings his own four treasures with him when he goes out. Others are really not used to using them.
"Seventh Young Master! You can choose a student at random to come up with the question!" Lu Zhongbo's tone was much gentler than before.
Su Yizhao looked around and saw that everyone was eager to try, so he randomly pointed to someone in the middle.
"I wonder if this brother is willing to give a question?" Su Yizhao saluted and asked.
The man was about a young man, and when he saw Su Yizhao pointing at him, he did not hesitate and stood up generously.
"Seventh Young Master, you're welcome! In that case, Bai will ask a question."
As he spoke, he looked at the environment of the courtyard. When he looked around, he hesitated a little.
After a moment, his eyes lit up, "Let's take an object in this courtyard as our theme. As for which object, you two can choose it yourself."
This is to increase the difficulty and make it more exciting. It depends on what the two people will choose to do the questions. He feels excited just thinking about it.
"Is this? This is a bit difficult! But if you write what you are good at, you may have done it before, and you can use it to polish it this time!" Some scholars couldn't help but question.
"I think this is very interesting. There are flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard, and there are many utensils in the pavilion. There must be something that both of them are good at. This competition will be exciting."
Some people couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the scholar who came up with the question. This person is talented.
Su Yizhao also took a look at the surrounding environment. The most outstanding thing in this courtyard was the white plum trees.
There is a bush of winter jasmine planted in the corner of the yard, with spring orchids in the middle.
If the theme is flowers, Su Yizhao can write two or three poems on any of the several flowers in the yard.
But if she can write, so can the other person.
Furthermore, poems about chanting flowers have been produced by many literati since ancient times, and many of them are outstanding.
If these flowers were used as the theme this time, it would be very impressive and there would be nothing new.
Since the other party wants to make a name for themselves through you, you should come up with a surprising move to achieve a shocking effect.
With a glance, Su Yizhao saw the uneven stones laid outside the pavilion, and suddenly thought of something.
Su Yijue was concentrating on polishing Su Yizhao's ink. Seeing that Su Yizhao was thoughtful, he did not dare to disturb her.
Even Su Yiliang personally prepared tea for Su Yizhao and looked at her eagerly.
When everyone saw that Su Yizhao's two brothers were still taking care of him carefully, but Meng Lingxi was alone and had no one to polish his ink, they all shook their heads.
The young master of this aristocratic family is used to enjoying things.
Look, it's just a poem, and two people have to wait on it.
"This Su family is really aristocratic! Look at Su Yizhao. If there is no one to take care of him, he can't even grind ink, right?"
Some people had sour water in their stomachs and curled their lips.
This person's words were a bit exaggerated, but many people present agreed with him.
Look at this outfit, how luxurious it is?
"However, only a wealthy family can educate such a talented and beautiful person, right?"
However, some people were impressed by Su Yizhao's charm and couldn't help but defend him.
When others heard this, they also felt that it made sense. How could such a young man from an aristocratic family be cultivated without rich clothes, fine food, or family inheritance?
In this case, it seems that such behavior is natural?
Although everyone despised the style of the children of the aristocratic family, their eyes followed Su Yizhao closely. They felt that every move of this young man was of everyone's style, exquisite and free and easy, which made them lose their minds.
Su Yizhao glanced at the opposite side, and Meng Lingxi also happened to look over. Their eyes collided, and Su Yizhao felt sparks flying.
She couldn't help but smile at the other party, her smiling eyes contained some deep meaning, and then she lowered her head and picked up the brush.
However, this was just what Su Yizhao thought, but Meng Lingxi felt that Su Yizhao's smile was like a short-lived smile, which was really rare.
It has to be said that Su Yizhao's appearance is pleasing to the eye, which makes him feel happy as well.
Seeing Su Yizhao preparing to write, he glanced at the incense burner at the top. At this time, half of the incense had burned.
Glancing across the courtyard, he decided to write about what he was good at. He had read Su Yizhao's articles before, and he should not be underestimated.
Thinking of the poems he had written before, Meng Lingxi felt that he was still not satisfied and needed to polish them up a bit.
After making up his mind, he looked across again.
But I saw the person opposite was writing leisurely. At this moment, he was lowering his eyes and looking at the paper. His aura was much softer than before, and he seemed to have a sense of peace and quiet over the years.
Seeing that Meng Lingxi was a little dazed, Lu Chengtao, who was sitting on the upper left side, couldn't help but cough slightly.
He had seen Meng Lingxi's articles before and was very optimistic about the boy. But now he saw the boy wandering around and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
Lu Chengtao glanced at the incense burner and couldn't help but remind him.