"Hey, kid, what's your name? Do you understand Chinese?"
Xia Shang looked at the child opposite him and thought he looked quite cute, so he asked in a low voice.
The other party just raised his head lightly and glanced at Xia Shang, his posture was a bit aloof.
Xia Shang made a fuss, so he didn't say anything more.
At this time, the prince of Japan came to the two of them and glanced at Xia Shang with a half-smile: "These two are the most skilled literati between our two countries. Let you two compete again and paint for us on the spot. Let's
I'm waiting to see your superb skills so that you can display the most wonderful paintings."
Xia Shang curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "Your Highness, come up with the question."
The prince of Japan thought for a moment and said: "Since this prince came up with this rule, for the sake of fairness, let Mr. Ouyang, your senior literary figure in Dahua, write this question."
Do you know how to be fair?
The thickness of this prince's face was unexpected.
Everyone present knew that this game was unfair. On the surface, it was Xia Shang, an adult, versus a young child. In fact, it was Xia Shang who forced Xia Shang to throw away his best charcoal pen and compete with a kid who didn't know the details at all.
People compete.
Although this man is only a child, he can become one of the representatives of the Japanese country, so his ability is not to be underestimated. The other party took the initiative, and he must be very confident in the strength of this child.
Now even the topic of the question has been handed over to Dahua, which shows that the confidence of the Japanese prince is not that great.
Mr. Ouyang has always squinted his eyes slightly and was in a bad mood. If he hadn't received pressure from the court, how could he have come to such a nonsense place?
The cultural meeting between the two countries was clearly a farce written and directed by the Japanese prince.
Now, Mr. Ouyang suddenly heard that he was asked to give a question, so he casually said: "An ancient temple hidden deep in the mountains."
Hidden ancient temple deep in the mountains.
This title doesn't seem to have anything special, but it has a little more flavor than the previous "Welcome to Spring" and "Beauty".
Time is only a stick of incense.
The child in front of him started thinking after listening to the question. He was not in a hurry to start writing. He looked at the rice paper in front of him and made gestures as if composing a picture.
Xia Shang was more calm, looking at the children in front of him with his hands gesticulating, less like a contestant and more like an audience.
Time passed by minute by minute, and neither of them started writing.
Everyone looked at it with some curiosity, not knowing what these two people were waiting for.
What.
After one-third of the incense was burned, the Japanese child picked up the pen and dropped it on the paper.
Despite his small stature, he writes very decisively, opens and closes in large strokes, and is free and easy at all times. Despite his immature appearance, he has a master's style.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Shang also picked up his pen. His movements were not large, but he felt that he was more cautious and would glance at the boy from time to time.
When I first started painting, I couldn't see anything interesting.
The so-called "ancient temple hidden deep in the mountains" must be a mountain view.
The mountain scenery pictures are mainly freehand brushwork. The two people's paintings are not completed, and it is difficult to see the overall artistic conception.
When half the time passed, the people watching around noticed the slightest problem.
"Why do these two people's paintings look similar?"
"They are all the same title, and the title of the ancient temple deep in the mountains is more specific and not as broad as the two questions just now, so it is understandable that the paintings are somewhat similar."
"No, no, their paintings are not roughly the same, but exactly the same. Looking at them now, the compositions are almost exactly the same. Although there are some differences in details and some differences in shades, they are generally the same."
After people say this, everyone is increasingly aware of the problem.
Indeed, the two people are very close to each other, so the paintings are very easy to compare. Although they are not finished yet, the large-scale structure of the two paintings has been fixed.
Obviously, there are too many similarities between the two paintings. Except for some minor differences, they look like they were carved from the same mold.
"Isn't this too similar?"
"Look at that person, he seems to be peeking..."
The Japanese prince didn't pay attention to the two painting, but suddenly heard people around him talking and stood up.
Looking at the two of them, he immediately discovered that Xia Shang was cheating.
"Wait a minute!" the prince shouted, "you...you actually plagiarized other people's works in front of everyone? Are you still shameless?"
"Your Highness, I am still painting. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to interrupt me like this?"
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" The prince stopped the child. "Look, he has been copying your paintings. Didn't you notice at all?"
The child was so focused on the painting that he didn't notice Xia Shang at all. When he saw Xia Shang's painting, his expression changed.
"This...this...His Royal Highness..."
The Japanese prince was also a little flustered. He didn't expect that this man was so courageous. Not only did he beat himself, but he also plagiarized in front of everyone.
Do you really think that everyone is blind?
"Don't worry, don't worry, as long as I am here, I will definitely provide you with justice."
"Xia, you are so arrogant as a scholar, how dare you plagiarize on such an important occasion?"
Xia Shang shrugged: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense. How can you prove that I am plagiarizing?"
"Your paintings are all exactly the same!"
"Prince, look at the stones here. Do I have one more stone than him? Is the water here lighter? Are they exactly the same? Is that an exaggeration?"
"That's pretty much the same."
"Everyone has the same topic, and the scope of this topic is relatively small. It is normal for the topics to be similar but slightly different."
"Then why do you keep looking at him secretly?"
"He's right in front of me. I always like to look this way and this way when I'm painting, isn't it okay?"
"you……"
"Prince, the painting has not been completed, and the final appearance is not yet known. Is it too early to judge plagiarism now? I can guarantee that my painting will never be the same as his painting."
Xia Shang's words left the prince speechless, and he could only go back angrily: "You said this yourself!"
After that, the prince returned to his seat.
Xia Shang looked at his opponent: "Why don't you write?"
The child asked: "Why don't you write?"
"If you don't write, how can I start writing? I'm just pointing and drawing lessons."
"You..." The child was very depressed, and suddenly thought, "Humph, you want to deliberately provoke me, there is no way."
After saying that, the child ignored Xia Shang and started drawing.
"Drink, people are quite clever."
The painting continued, and with Xia Shang's excuse, everyone could only watch Xia Shang keep glancing at the paintings of Japanese children.
Just acting like this, isn't it plagiarism or something?
By the end of the painting, it was almost like a copied painting.
"I'm done!" The Japanese child stopped writing first, and it took less than a minute for the incense to burn out.
Afterwards, Xia Shang also stopped writing: "I've finished the painting too."
The two unfolded the paintings at the same time, and at first glance, no one really saw any difference.
"That person named Xia didn't really plagiarize his opponent at the literary conference, right?" Ouyang Changhao frowned when he saw the following situation.
In front of Ouyang Changhao, Mr. Ouyang squinted at the painting, then smiled and said: "No need to compete, we won again this round."