A group of scholars gathered together, and from time to time, other passing scholars were attracted by the situation here and came to stop and take a look.
And the book here already knew that nothing special happened here, but that there were two scholars fighting over each other.
Literary fights between scholars are common. Even friends will compete with each other. This is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it is an elegant thing. The occasional exquisite articles are worthy of congratulations to each other.
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Just like among common people, they will become red-faced and red-faced when they are drinking, chatting and discussing things.
It's just that the fight between Li Xiuyuan and Zhu Erdan was not as simple as a literary fight, but was filled with strong personal grudges.
Although Li Xiuyuan was not interested in the fight between scholars, how could he give in if others bullied him?
The clay figurine still has three points of fire, let alone Zhu Erdan.
However, after the commotion here broke out, Fu Tianchou and Li Houye entered the forest garden one after another, and officials from various places in the city were also attracted.
"Hey, why are all the scholars gathering here? Did something happen?" an official asked curiously.
Fu Tianqiu looked up and saw the figure of Li Xiuyuan in the crowd. His expression moved slightly and he said with a smile: "I'm afraid there is some conflict between the scholars, and they are solving it through literary fighting.
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The fact that Li Xiuyuan was there meant that it was impossible for anyone to use force.
Since no one is using force, all we can do is use words.
"So that's it. It's really rare for this cultural gathering to have such a grand occasion before it even begins." Lord Li stroked his beard and smiled, with a somewhat complacent look on his face.
"If it is a literary fight, it must be a great literary fight. Sirs, please see, those scholars are lapping their hands and praising them. It can be seen that the literary talent of the two people in the literary fight has convinced others. The scholars invited this time are all
He is a scholar in the city. People with such literary talents must be unknown. Could it be that Ning Caichen is the number one among them?" said an official named Song Yuan next to him.
Fu Tianqiu, however, became somewhat interested and said: "Since it is an elegant event, why don't you gentlemen go and take a look? See what exquisite articles and excellent poems have emerged today."
"Since Mr. Fu is enjoying this, I will accompany Mr. Fu to have a look." Mr. Li said.
The two most important people nodded. How could the other officials refuse? Naturally, they accompanied him happily.
But behind this crowd, there were some female relatives.
They are all young ladies from official families, brought here to see the world.
But among the group of ladies, Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi were hiding among them.
"Sister, did you hear that? That voice is Li Xiuyuan's. He is really here. Sister, you have to thank me properly. If I hadn't come to threaten him, he wouldn't have planned to come to this cultural gathering this time.
Yes." Fu Yuechi hummed slightly and said proudly.
Fu Qingfeng's face was slightly red and he said: "I asked you to invite Young Master Li to attend a cultural gathering, but you threatened him and said that he molested you. Young Master Li was already generous if he didn't get angry. Next time, don't talk nonsense. If this matter happens
If it spreads, regardless of whether it is true or false, Mr. Li's reputation will be ruined, and your innocence will be lost." After saying this, he gave another angry look and started to blame.
If the scandal of molesting the second young lady of the Ministry of War is left among the scholars, even if he can win the first prize in the future, he will be ranked among the Jinshi ranks because of his poor conduct and will not be qualified to be ranked among the top three.
Let alone becoming an official in the court in the future.
"I know, I know, sister, what are you worried about? Anyway, only I know about this matter. He knows it. As long as he doesn't tell it, how can this matter get out?" Fu Yuechi said with a smile.
"Brother Li indeed has extraordinary ability, and I admire you very much. I just don't know how good Brother Li's poems are. With such a beautiful scenery and great literary event at such a beautiful time, why didn't Mr. Li leave a piece of poems that fit the occasion?"
So that we can spread the praises? If you can leave a pen and ink, then I will be lucky for the rest of my life." At this moment, in the pavilion, Zhu Erdan was still evil and wanted to make things difficult for Li Xiuyuan.
"Yes, Brother Li is very talented and sentimental. He must be even better in poetry and prose. I wonder if there are any good poems and prose written today? If so, wouldn't it be beautiful to leave one?" Some scholars agreed.
How could Li Xiuyuan still be entangled with Zhu Erdan? He postponed: "My poems and essays are not worth mentioning, let alone leaving poems and essays to be sung. I just treated the couple just for entertainment. Now that the matter is over, I should leave."
Go, how can you covet the good reputation of others' pairings?"
He seemed to be submissive, but in fact he was saying to Zhu Erdan, stop coveting fame, that's enough.
Zhu Erdan's face moved slightly, but he couldn't force Li Xiuyuan, otherwise he would look aggressive.
It was indeed a pity not to defeat Li Xiuyuan head-on just now.
"Haha, Li Xiuyuan, are you too humble to say that your poems and essays are not worth mentioning? I think it is not the case. Your poems and essays have the capital to be passed down from generation to generation. If there are no poems, essays and chapters left behind in today's literary grand event, wouldn't it be unfair?
Are you stingy?" At this time, a laugh rang out, and a middle-aged man with a tall body and a stern face strode forward.
It was actually Fu Tianchou, the minister of the Ministry of War.
Also accompanying him were Mr. Li Hou from the Hou Mansion, several Beijing officials who were traveling with him, and local officials.
"Wan Sheng paid homage to Mr. Fu, met Mr. Li, and met all parents and officials."
The scholars were shocked when they saw this and hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted
Li Xiuyuan also gave a salute to show respect.
Fu Tianchou smiled and said: "There are no officials at today's literary meeting, just a group of scholars. There is no need to be so polite. Please excuse me."
"Li Xiuyuan, what's the matter? Could it be that I don't want to give you any face and refuse to leave even a single poem?"
Fu Tianchou asked Li Xiuyuan to compose a poem on the spot for some unknown reason, which made Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitch slightly.
Is this Fu Tianchou here to trick him?
I cheated on myself in the yamen that day, and I did it again this time.
How could he write random poems and essays at this literary conference? If he writes well, he will naturally become famous, but he will also be burdened by fame. He does not want to be visited by scholars in the city all day long.
If you write poorly, you will naturally make a fool of yourself and be laughed at.
Li Xiuyuan didn't want to be famous, nor did he want to be laughed at. After all, fame was still useful to him, both as an official and in the imperial examination.
But after Fu Tianchou said this, he was praised to the point where he felt like he was riding a tiger.
"Since Mr. Fu has said so, why should Wansheng not obey?" Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said.
Looks like I have to transform into a copycat again.
But who would have thought that Fu Tianchou pointed at the forest garden road again: "Let's take the beautiful scenery of this forest garden as the theme."
Li Xiuyuan's expression moved slightly. He felt that Fu Tianchou was deliberately making things difficult for him?
Did you offend him?
It seemed obvious that he wanted to compose poems on the spot, which was quite difficult. You must know that he was still a scholar. If he was a Jinshi, it wouldn't be difficult. No matter what the title of Jinshi was, he could always spit out a few poems when he opened his mouth.
Come on, I don’t know whether it’s good or bad.
While Li Xiuyuan agreed, he couldn't help but glance out of the corner of his eye,
I saw Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi among the crowd not far away.
At this time, Fu Yuechi looked at him a little apologetically, as if he already knew that he would be made things difficult for him today.
"So, it must be because of what happened that night." Immediately, Li Xiuyuan suddenly understood.
That day, Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi stayed overnight at his house, and they were discovered later. Today, Fu Tianchou took advantage of the situation and deliberately punished him.
Sure enough, he is worthy of being an official, and he is really good at handling people.
By the way, it was not me who asked Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi to come to the house that day, they were the ones who forced their way in.
Looking at Fu Tianchou's smiling face, Li Xiuyuan felt that when he went to the capital in the future, he would definitely trick him and make him lose his official position and go into seclusion as Li Linfu said.
"You can't be famous, you have to be able to meet the occasion, and you can't be too bad. It's not easy to be a copywriter." Li Xiuyuan sighed slightly in his heart.
Zhu Erdan, who was standing next to him, saw Li Xiuyuan frowning and thinking hard and couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "Writing poetry? Do you think you are Cao Zijian? You can write a poem in seven steps. With so many adults staring at you, I'm afraid you can't even write half a poem."
If you don't come out, your face will be greatly humiliated this time. God help me. I didn't expect that the Minister of War would also be displeased with you and deliberately make things difficult for you."
Seeing Li Xiuyuan's deflated appearance, he felt happy and relaxed in his heart.
"Why, can't you write it?"
Fu Tianchou looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a faint smile.
This Li Xiuyuan is so arrogant that his two daughters stayed in his house for a whole night without coming to apologize or apologize. They will definitely suppress him today.
Li Xiuyuan sighed. He had no choice but to face the difficulty. He immediately turned around and walked to the stone table, dipped his pen in ink, and started writing.
I didn't cause the trouble, I was forced to do so by you.