Chapter 38 The Poetry of the Middle and Upper, Wuzhou Disaster Victims
Chapter 38: Poems from Zhongshang, Wuzhou Disaster Victims
"Mr. Shen, your poems are not as good as Yun'er's!" Girl Yun on the side said with a smile.
Shen Tang was still smiling and silent after hearing this, but he didn't give any explanation. When Wei Xun and Shao Muyu saw this, they were even more sure that there might be some mystery in this poem.
After a full cup of tea, Wei Xun suddenly slapped the table, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Shao Muyu also raised his eyebrows, obviously understanding the mystery. But Xiao Yun'er still looked suspicious. , "Miss, is this poem also considered wonderful?"
When Wei Xun summoned Yun Chen and asked him to send the poem to Lord Zhizhou, Shao Muyu said slowly: "Read it from back to front."
Xiao Yun'er cast her eyes suspiciously on the table again, fidgeting with the corner of her skirt with one hand, while murmuring and reading: "Qiu Jiang Chu Yan lives on the sand bank..."
"Ah?" Xiao Yun'er exclaimed, "Miss, reading this poem backwards and forwards are actually the same..."
Xiao Yuner's surprise was not mentioned, but she said that in Master Zhizhou's boat, apart from Zhizhou and a few other people, there were only servants taking care of him, but there were no other people around.
One of the men with a black beard frowned and pondered, writing a few strokes on the rice paper in front of him, and then shaking his head, "That guy is really difficult. How can I find a suitable match in this short period of time?"
An old man with gray eyebrows and a Taoist robe on the side chuckled and said: "What? An Guo, it's just a couplet, is it possible that you can still be the top scholar? I think it's not this little friend who is difficult, but it's you who are so difficult. The number one scholar is the one who has exhausted his talents and ideas."
The black-bearded man rolled his eyelids and said, "With Lu Fangweng here, what does my talent as the number one scholar mean to me?"
Another man in gray robe looked at the two of them and shook his head, "I do have a couplet..."
"Say it quickly, say it quickly!" everyone shouted.
"My little friend, the first couplet is: water with insects is turbid, water with fish is fishing, water, water, water, rivers and lakes are misty. My second couplet is: under the tree is the foundation, above the tree is the end, the wood is wood, the pines, cypresses and camphors are dense. !”
When the other people heard this, they were slightly stunned at first, and then they all drank.
"good!"
"wonderful!"
Only the black-bearded man glared at this person, "Huh, you Lu Wuguan, you have a good relationship, but you don't tell us about it, don't you think we are having fun!"
The magistrate in purple who was sitting in the first place did not stop these people from arguing. He just smiled and sipped the tea without paying attention. Each of these people's identities was not simple. If it were not a coincidence, even he would not be able to invite them all. Now, it would be great to take this opportunity to get together.
"Tap, step, step..."
With a series of hurried footsteps, a servant entered, causing everyone to sit down again.
"Sir, there is a poem coming!"
The boy said respectfully to Zhizhou, "This is Shen Tang, Shanyin County!"
As soon as the name came out, the eyes of several people present suddenly lit up. Before that, everyone naturally didn't know who Shen Tang was. However, the couplets written by Shen Tang in the literary battle between the two counties just now made people's eyes bright. Now listen to it again Of course I was somewhat interested when I heard Shen Tang's name.
The black-bearded man stood up and took the rice paper from the boy's hand, "Hey, let me see how this little guy's poems are? If they are not good, they will be rated as inferior."
The four lines of poetry passed by at once, but he frowned, "Does this Shanyin County really only come up with poetry like this?" Those vile words were naturally meant as a joke. However, the poem in front of him He really didn't feel the slightest bit of literary talent.
The poem was placed on the table, and several other people also looked at it.
However, after a moment, Lu Fangweng smiled and said: "Anguo, you have been fooled by this little guy. This poem may seem like that, but it is cleverly constructed. Can you read it back again?"
The man named An Guo opened his eyes wide, and after a moment he couldn't help but glared at Lu Fangweng bitterly, "This little guy is opportunistic!"
"Whether it's opportunistic or really talented, from a sophisticated perspective, this poem can be rated as above average." The old Taoist priest said with a smile.
Lu Fangweng also nodded, obviously very much in agreement.
Only the man with the black beard glared in displeasure, but he did not offer any rebuttal. This poem may seem straightforward, but it is cleverly constructed and can be regarded as an above-average talent.
"Old Taoist, I see why you always talk to this little guy. Could it be that Shanyin County bribed you?" the black-bearded man said, glaring at the old Taoist.
The old Taoist shook his head, "Although the old Taoist is somewhat familiar with Shanyin Wei Zizhen, he doesn't have a close relationship with him. However, if you think about it, the old Taoist does owe this little guy a favor."
"ah?"
The black-bearded man just said it casually, but he didn't expect that the old man would say such words, "Tell me, why do you owe that little guy a favor?"
The old Taoist did not refuse, and even said: "This matter needs to start from my Xingkong Mountain..."...
When the news about the Zhizhou Painted Boat spread again, everyone couldn't help but arouse an uproar. Shanyin County, which was originally only in the middle, actually surpassed Kuaiji and ranked second. It is said that there was a poem that was rated as middle or upper.
wait.
In the eyes of everyone, most of the previous poems were considered inferior. It is not easy to find a middle-class poem occasionally. So far, only Shangyu County has published a poem that is average or above. Most of the others are inferior or inferior.
Middle and lower.
"Shen Tang is really good! A poem actually made me, Shanyin, surpass that of Kuaiji. Now, I don't know how many people outside are curious about you." Wei Xun praised with a smile in the Shanyin painting boat.
However, Shen Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "My lord, it's just a coincidence. If it happens again, there's nothing I can do about it."
Naturally, neither Wei Xun nor Shao Muyu believed what Shen Tang said. Once was a coincidence, twice could be a coincidence, but the third time, if they still believed it was a coincidence, it would be because of their IQ
There's a problem.
Gradually, the sun was setting in the west. Suddenly, a fast horse came running from nowhere. After the knight in the costume dismounted, he said a few words to a young boy who was coming towards him. Then, this young boy was
He hurried towards Lord Zhizhou's painting boat.
"Tap, step, step..."
Footsteps sounded, and Yuan Chen's figure appeared in the sight of several people.
"Sir! It has been raining for months in Wuzhou, and the summer grain is almost exhausted, and the people are in dire straits. Now, Wuzhou disaster victims have poured into Shaoxing Prefecture in large numbers, and nearly a hundred thousand people have come to our Shanyin. The governor of the state has ordered all counties to close the city.
We opened the gate and sent soldiers to drive away the victims so that they could not disturb the counties of Shaoxing."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically!
Especially Wei Xun, whose face was even more pale. Of course he knew that the victims were not terrible. However, if the victims were packed into a civil riot, it would be a huge mess. By then, whether he could continue to serve as the county magistrate was still a question.