Fu Shuyun saw that Du Ning had no intention of participating in the creation of the continuation of the poem, so he said: "Du Jun has always been very talented in poetry. Why not continue with a poem today?"
Du Ning smiled and said: "Today I came to the Kong Mansion with only my mouth."
The scholars at the same table suddenly burst into laughter.
"I understand, you look down on the Confucian scholar-level treasures, don't you?" Fu Shuyun teased with a smile.
If it were anyone else, he would undoubtedly be sowing discord with ulterior motives.
But Du Ning and Fu Shuyun have a good relationship, so everyone present took it as a joke.
"Please Mr. Fu, please be merciful and don't tell the truth." Du Ning said seriously.
"Haha..."
Everyone was immediately amused by Du Ning. No one knew whether Du Ning was speaking from the bottom of his heart or on purpose. Anyway, no one would bother with such a joke.
Du Ning continued to watch others continue their poems.
At this time, another scholar came to draw lots in front of Kongde. He was a Jinshi from the Wenzong family of Yun State.
"I would like to ask you, Mr. Kong, if I am not very talented and can't write poems, can you please ask a friend to write poems for you?"
"Well..."
Comte's expression changed slightly, and he felt that as long as someone could continue the poem, it would not hurt, so he said: "If you can't continue the poem, and someone happens to be willing to pick up your poem, it doesn't matter."
"Thank you Mr. Kong."
Ji Yanxiao cupped his hand, then put his hand into the box to draw lots.
After a while, Ji Yanxiao carefully opened the paper, glanced at it, and then said helplessly, "Mr. Kong, I'm really sorry. I really can't write this poem. It seems that I can only ask other people to write it."
Someone helped me continue my poem."
After that, look at someone.
Everyone also followed their gazes, and their expressions changed.
It seems to be Du Ning!
Du Ning was surprised and puzzled.
Before he could react, Ji Yanxiao said loudly: "Mr. Du, I want to continue my poetry today, but my talent is limited and my knowledge is limited. For the sake of being a Yun countryman, can you help me?"
Du Ning's eyes narrowed, looking at Ji Yanxiao's smiling face, he felt that things might not be as simple as they seemed.
A person from the Yun Kingdom echoed: "As both students from the Yun Kingdom, Du Jun should help Mr. Ji with this favor. It's okay for Mr. Ji to be embarrassed, but Du Jun will definitely lose his face."
"I agree, Du Jun is now a celebrity in the literary world, and today I have the honor to attend Mrs. Kong's birthday banquet. If I don't add some words, it really can't be justified."
"Du Jun, please help Mr. Ji. You can't let Mr. Ji stand there and embarrass us Yun people, right?"
Many echoes came one after another. If it were anyone alone, I'm afraid there would be no reason to refuse.
Scholars from the same country ask you for help. If you don’t help, the people of Yun will be embarrassed and they will definitely gossip about you behind your back.
If you don’t have that ability, I won’t ask for your help.
But everyone present knew very well that with Du Ning's literary talent, it would not be difficult to continue a poem.
Du Ning's expression changed slightly. He glanced at the many scholars present and found that many of them had a little expectation in their eyes.
After all, Du Ning's poetry is of extremely high standard and is deeply loved by most people.
If Du Ning refuses, many people will be disappointed.
But what Du Ning noticed was that Ji Yanxiao did not open his paper completely, and even turned his back to everyone. No one knew the content, but others' words turned their attention to him.
"There must be fraud in it."
Du Ning quickly concluded that there was something wrong with the poem. It seemed that the Wenzong family of Yun State was still unwilling to do so and planned to take action on this occasion to destroy their own literary name.
Now in public, it is really difficult for Du Ning to refuse Ji Yanxiao's request.
At this time, Mrs. Kong looked at Du Ning and said with a smile: "I have heard the name of Mr. Yunqi for a long time. Can you let me have a glimpse of your style today to help this continued poetry meeting?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Du Ning expectantly.
"Since Mrs. Kong has spoken respectfully, I would rather be respectful than obey."
Du Ning reluctantly agreed to continue the poem. He could not give face to Ji Yanxiao, but he had to give face to Mrs. Kong, right? That would definitely cause a fierce backlash from many scholars.
Ji Yanxiao remained calm on the surface, but he was already overjoyed in his heart. His eyes looked at Du Ning with deep contempt and disdain, and the corners of his mouth curved.
At the same time, some scholars outside the venue quickly whispered to each other, wondering what kind of information they were conveying to each other.
Du Ning bowed his hands to Sifang, and then slowly walked to the venue of the cultural gathering.
"Du Jun, here you go."
Ji Yanxiao handed the note in his hand to Du Ning and said at the same time: "I'm not good at writing situational poems, so I can only ask you to do it."
After finishing speaking, he stepped aside.
At this moment, Ke Changzhi, a great scholar of the Ke family in the crowd, suddenly said: "Everyone, let us sit quietly for a moment and enjoy the poem continued by Du Jun."
After saying this, there was a sudden round of applause.
Others also clapped along, seemingly giving encouragement.
Du Ning gently opened the note and looked at it, his face instantly became extremely gloomy.
"Du Jun, what's wrong with you? Is there any problem?" Ji Yanxiao asked.
"Mr. Ji, you are so brave..."
Du Ning glanced at Ji Yanxiao coldly, and then opened the note in public, only to see two lines of poetry written on it.
"This woman is not a human being."
"Every descendant is a thief."
The moment Du Ning opened the note, the whole audience suddenly went into a panic.
Where is this poetry? It is clearly scolding Mr. Kong and the Kong family!
"Kuansheng! It's like eating the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard!"
"How dare you humiliate my Kong family like this, how outrageous!"
Kong's family members were immediately furious, all furious and murderous.
This is a slap in the face! A punch in the face!
Yan Shenggong's smiling face froze there, looking at these two lines of poetry, his eyes became extremely cold.
"You...you..."
Mrs. Kong looked at these two lines of poems, and her chest heaved violently with anger. She boasted that she had never offended anyone, but she actually suffered such a shame and humiliation at her birthday banquet!
Ji Yanxiao's face changed with shock, and he pointed at Du Ning and said: "Du Ning, I respect you as a gentleman, but I didn't expect you to be so despicable. You replaced the poems I handed you with the charlatanism of stealing a beam and exchanging pillars. I know you
You hate our Wenzong family to the core, but you cannot use such despicable methods to humiliate the Kong family!"
Fan Heshan at another banquet table immediately said: "What did you say! Ji, you fart! Du Jun can never be this kind of person!"
Many people looked at Fan Heshan. As a representative scholar of the Yun Kingdom, it was rare for him to say such vulgar words.
Not only Fan Heshan, but also many scholars from various countries present could not believe that Du Ning would do such a thing.
He obviously already has a good reputation, is studying in the Hanlin Class of the Holy Academy, and has a better future. How could he be so desperate to do something to slander Mrs. Kong and harm his own literary name?
Du Ning looked at Ji Yanxiao with disgust and said, "Do you, the Ji family, also want to imitate the Ke family in breaking jars and smashing them, and use this method to slander my reputation?"
"What are you talking about? The poem I drew just now was clearly a poem describing a scene, but why did it end up in your hands as these two cursed poems? At this time, Du Jun should give me a reasonable explanation!
"Ji Yanxiao sneered.
Du Ning's expression was even more indifferent. He didn't expect Ji Yanxiao to play such a big role. It was simply a "death-and-death" plan, because both of them insisted on their own opinions, and both were suspicious from a legal point of view.
But for Ji Yanxiao, as long as there is no conclusive evidence, there will be a stain on the white paper of Du Ning's life that cannot be washed away.
Even if this incident is in the unofficial history, later generations of scholars will suspect that it was Du Ning who framed Ji Yanxiao.
This alone can make Du Ning a controversial literary monarch in history, and he has been scrutinized and criticized by future generations.
As for the Ji family, after losing the support of the Xian Wang, they had long expected that one day they would be liquidated by other forces, so they had to drag Du Ning into the water.
This move is cruel!
This is really cruel!
"Bang!"
Ke Changzhi stood up and slapped the table, saying loudly: "Du Ning, we respect you as a Wenjun, but we didn't expect you to do such a thing. Not only did you humiliate Mrs. Kong, but you also blamed the Wenzong family. It's really a shame for a literary person!" Du Ning's expression changed again, and he suddenly realized that it seemed that the people who dug this hole for him to jump into were not just the Ji family.
Many people in Liao also stood up and were filled with indignation.
"It's too shameful to actually do such a thing. The Kong family did feel sorry for you before, but those people have been punished as they should be. I didn't expect you to be so narrow-minded and still hold a grudge against the Kong family!"<
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"How did Mrs. Kong offend you? You actually want to slander her like this? You are worse than a beast!"
"In front of such a large public, you still want to blame the Wenzong family? How ridiculous!"
Many Yun people were even more furious and could not bear the Liao people's slander against Du Ning.
"You Liao people, please keep your mouths clean. What evidence do you have to prove that these two lines of poetry were written by Du Ning?"
"Du Ning took the note from Ji Yanxiao's hand. It's clear that Ji Yanxiao is trying to shift the blame and put the blame on Du Ning. How can you say such things?"
"Huh! That's it! You people from the Liao people are colluding with Ji Yanxiao and want to blame Du Ning, right? What a good method, what a good method!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people from Liao State on the other side were immediately angry.
"That's nonsense! The relationship between us Liao people and you Yun people is just like that. How could we join forces with you Yun people?"
"There is nothing impossible. You Liao people and Ji people all have a grudge against Du Ning. The motives are very clear. Do we still need to explain it clearly?"
"Insolent! Mr. Ji is an aboveboard person and there is absolutely no way he would do such a thing!"