Behind the pavilion and corridor where Shen Tang is located, about tens of meters away, there is a two-story attic named "Chun Yu Tower!"
Outside Chunyu Tower, there were soldiers guarding it, and no one could enter. However, the sound of women talking could be heard from the second floor.
"Princess, do you want me to find a way to tell Mr. Shen the question first? Otherwise, what will happen if Mr. Shen loses?"
This voice was Cui'er, the slave of Chunyueju, ordering a woman, of course, Wanyan Yue! Originally, she just came to pay respects to Wanyanyong, but she heard that Shen Tang and others were going to hold a poetry meeting, so she went to In Chunyu Pavilion, people were waiting to see what kind of poetry Shen Tang would write. When he heard that the two sides were going to compete in poetry, he became even more interested, so he took over the task of writing the questions and asked Wan Yanyong to do so. As expected, there was no rejection of her love.
Wanyan Yue glared at Cui'er, "You girl, how could Mr. Shen lose?"
"Hehe!" Cui'er is not afraid of her young lady, "Princess, Master Shen and his party only have about ten people, but they have to face the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty. Even if they lose, it's normal."
"Huh, Mr. Shen is the number one talent, so he will definitely not lose to those rough guys. Besides, I am the one who decides the winner and loser. How could Mr. Shen lose?"
Hmm... He cheated blatantly, and spoke so forcefully that he directly slapped the civil and military personnel of the Jin Kingdom on the ground. If outsiders heard it, I wonder if those people would be desperate! And Cui'er looked at it speechlessly. My young lady looked like she was protecting the calf, so she couldn't help but stroke her forehead.
"Princess, you keep saying that you and Mr. Shen are just a chance meeting, a gentleman's acquaintance. I really believe you!"
That night, after telling her story about her journey to the west in the middle of the night, Cui'er interrogated her princess. However, Wanyan Yue bit her to death and met Shen Tang by chance and traveled together for several days.
However, looking at the appearance of her princess at this moment, she didn't know, coincidentally or not, that Cui'er definitely didn't believe in the nonsense about friendship between gentlemen.
Cui'er rolled her eyes and whispered a few words in Wanyan Yue's ear. Wan Yanyue's pretty face turned red, "This...isn't good!"
"What's wrong? Miss is the one who proposes the question, so it's not Miss who decides what question?" Cui'er said, and then she snickered, "Besides, doesn't Miss Shen want to know how Mr. Shen would write?"
Of course, Shen Tang outside didn't know that he was sitting here, but he was already designated as the number one. Wen Wu, who was full of sneers, naturally didn't know that they had been directly treated as tools by a certain girl.
After waiting for a while, I saw an eunuch hurriedly came over and handed a few pieces of paper to Wan Yanyong. He also whispered a few words beside Wan Yanyong.
Wanyanyong's face was a little helpless, but he still nodded.
Then, the eunuch took two steps forward and said to everyone, "There are three pairs here, and the time limit is a quarter of an hour! However, since Mr. Shen, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, is the number one scholar, he must answer at least one of the questions alone. I don't know, sir. Do you have any objections?"
This was not considered to be difficult, Shen Tang nodded and agreed. Then, he first gave one of the questions to Jia Gumo, and then took the rest and walked towards Shen Tang and others.
"Master Shen, these are your test questions." After saying that, he handed one part directly to Li Duo, but the remaining one was given to Shen Tang alone.
Shen Tang took the topic and looked at it on the paper. He was not worried about Li Duo and others. Although these people were not the number one scholar, which one of them was not a scholar who had been in poverty for ten years? If we talk about these poems, Shen Tang didn't believe that such people could stump them.
When his eyes fell on the handwriting on the paper, Shen Tang couldn't help but be slightly startled. The handwriting was delicate and elegant, and it looked like it was written by a woman. However, what surprised Shen Tang was not the handwriting, but the couplet.
One big Qiao, two small Qiao, three-inch golden lotus and four-inch waist, five boxes and six boxes of colorful flowers, eight points and nine points ten Xinjiao.
It’s a combination of numbers and characters! It’s really difficult to get it right!
Shen Tang thought for a moment, then looked up and saw Wan Yanyong's gaze coming towards him. He immediately had an idea, picked up the paper and pen prepared nearby and started writing on the paper!
One emperor of the north, two emperors of the south, three feet of green front and four directions seal, five capitals, six books and seven ministers, eight rivers, nine lakes and ten rivers and mountains!
The Southern Emperor and the Northern Emperor naturally refer to Zhao Shen and Wanyan Yong. Not to mention the three-foot green front and the four-way seal, the Five Capitals, Six Books and Seven Ministers are the six ministers plus the Minister's Order, which happens to be seven. The eight rivers and nine lakes refer to the Song Dynasty. The most famous eight rivers and nine lakes in the two countries are the ten rivers and mountains.
There is no need to wait for others. After writing, when the ink is dry, it is directly handed over to the waiting eunuch.
The eunuch picked it up and handed it to Wanyanyong first. Wanyanyong looked at it and laughed loudly! Although the couple was suspected of flattering, as an emperor, he undoubtedly liked this kind of perfect martial arts. flatter.
Before two quarters of an hour was up, everyone had finished answering. After collecting the questions, Wanyanyong just looked at them, but did not comment. Instead, he asked the eunuch to take the questions and walk towards the back.
"Princess, look, they have finished answering!" Cui'er ran up to the second floor holding a stack of papers. "In addition, Mr. Shen answered this one alone."
The brows on Wanyan Yue's pretty face slightly widened as she compared the answers from the two parties. After a moment, Wanyan Yue said: "The other two couplets are equally matched, but in this numerical couplet, Song Shi is the winner! "
Li Duo and others are all masters in this field, and their couplets are naturally not too bad. As for the Jin Kingdom, although these horse generals' poems are not good, it does not mean that they do not understand the poems. The gradual integration of the cultures of the two countries, the Four Books and Five Classics, etc., are also widely circulated in the Jin Kingdom, and have been appreciated many times by the big shots in these courts. What's more, the Jin Kingdom's courts are not only Jin people and some Song people with literary talent and ability were also hired by Wanyan Yong. It was precisely for these reasons that soon after, Wanyan Yong changed the talent selection system of the Jin Kingdom and conducted imperial examinations based on those of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, it is normal for the two sides to face off in a neck-and-neck situation.
"Princess, can we just cheat like this..." Cuier asked with a raised face.
Wanyan Yue's face turned red, "What do you know, this slave? Does Young Master Shen need to cheat? Although those people's answers were acceptable, Young Master Shen's couplet was more impressive, and the Emperor's uncle would definitely like it more. , so it is normal to hope that the Song envoy will win."
"Okay, let's send this judgment back, along with the title of the poem!"
Cui'er made a face, picked up the stack of papers again, ran downstairs, and handed it to the waiting eunuch.