Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 55
Yuan Wenshao saw the worry of the stall owner and said with a smile: "Don't worry, so many people are watching, we won't implicate you no matter who wins or loses."

The stall owner gave a bitter smile and could only take out paper, ink, pen and inkstone, draw up a contract for them, write down the bets of both parties on it, and added a clause at Yuan Wenshao's request.

The loser must give the money to the winner within three days.

With Wenqi, although he could report to the official, Han Wei was the nephew of Mr. Han after all, so the officials who reported to the official would definitely find ways to delay it.

It was clearly written in the deed that no one dared to renege on the debt, otherwise he would not be afraid of the lawsuit reaching the imperial court.

The two parties signed the contract under the witness of everyone.

"Now that the contract has been signed, you can start. In order to ensure fairness, use the existing questions on the shelf and do not change them." Han Wei said.

Yuan Wenshao smiled meaningfully at him, took off a purse from the bottom layer, and handed it to the stall owner.

After the stall owner opened it, he read aloud: "36 hours, shoot a character!"

Yuan Wenshao thought for a while and said, "It's the word Jing."

While the people below were still thinking, Yuan Wenshao gave the answer.

"Congratulations, Uncle Yuan, for getting the answer right." The stall owner said loudly.

Seeing Yuan Wenshao answer a question correctly so quickly, Han Wei suddenly had a bad feeling.

"He must have run into a dead mouse." Han Wei comforted himself.

Yuan Wenshao picked a purse from the second floor and handed it to the stall owner.

"The second question is: take a breath and take a breath, shoot one word."

"A beggar's beggar."

"Still be a neighbor to me."

"Walls have ears."

……

Every time Yuan Wenshao answered a question, Han Wei's face became uglier.

By the time Yuan Wenshao answered the ninth question, Han Wei's face was as dark as ink.

Han Wei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and comforted himself: "It's just his luck. The last question needs to be composed of poems, so he will definitely not be able to answer it."

"Congratulations to Uncle Yuan for answering nine questions correctly. The tenth question is about writing poems. Uncle Yuan needs to choose a topic and write a poem or poem that matches the title. The time limit is half a stick of incense." The stall owner said.

Yuan Wenshao nodded. The tenth question was to draw lots in a bamboo tube with the title engraved on it.

Yuan Wenshao randomly picked one, without looking at it, and handed it to the stall owner.

"The sign says: Ambition," the stall owner read.

"It's too difficult, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's too difficult to compose a poem or lyrics based on one's ambitions, and it has to be within half a stick of incense."

"The owner of the stall is not stupid. If it is too easy, he will not have to pay for it."

As soon as the topic came out, the crowd was in an uproar.

"broken."

Sun Hao and Liu Lei looked at each other with ugly expressions.

It is true that they are the children of the Lord, but they have also been educated since childhood.

Even they know how difficult this question is.

Generally speaking, the easiest way to write poetry is to describe scenes. As long as someone has read a little bit of books and knows rhyme, it doesn’t matter whether they are good or not, they can just write a few poems.

The second is to write the poems of the seasons.

As for the question of ambition, although it is not the most difficult, it is not far behind.

The most important thing is only half a stick of incense.

At the beginning, they were prepared to lose, but Yuan Wenshao answered nine questions in a row. They thought they would win, but they didn't expect to get such a question in the end.

The three brothers, Chen Wen, also fell silent. Only Yuan Wenying was very confident in her brother and cheered him on loudly.

Han Wei couldn't suppress the joy in his heart. He seemed to have seen victory waving to him.

Yuan Wenshao glanced at him indifferently, pondered for a while and said: "Xiaozhu rests for a while, and we have alliances when we are worried."

"Call the bottle to greet the guests, wave the stag to sit and talk about soldiers."

"Yunhu's toothpick is full, Xinghan's sword is horizontal."

After reading this, Yuan Wenshao paused for a moment, and then slowly said: "It is not my intention to be a prince, but I hope the sea will be peaceful."

This poem was written by Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general. Not many people know the title and content of the poem.

But the phrase "I don't want to be crowned a prince, but I hope the sea will be peaceful" has been passed down through the ages.

Yuan Wenshao liked this poem very much in his previous life, but he didn't expect to use it.

Although he was not granted the title of marquis, the title of marquis in this poem does not refer to the title of marquis.

In fact, Qi Jiguang has never been granted the title of Marquis.

The greatest ambition of civil servants and military generals is to become a marquis and a prime minister. The marquis here refers to promotion and title.

As for the last wish for Haiboping, the meaning of the original poem is to hope that the Japanese pirates can be wiped out as soon as possible, and the coast will be peaceful.

But it can also be understood as wishing for peace in the world.

So it's okay for him to take it out.

"I don't want to be granted a title, but I hope the sea will be peaceful. Uncle Zhongyong's ambition is truly admirable."

This poem is not very subtle, but the last sentence makes this poem a lot more sublimated.

The crowd of onlookers was silent at first, and then burst into bursts of praise.

"Thank you for your compliments, I am ashamed."

Yuan Wenshao first thanked everyone, then looked at the ashen-faced Han Wei and said with a smile, "I don't know if I have passed the test."

Han Wei opened his mouth, but couldn't find any excuse.

"You won, and I'm willing to admit defeat. I need to raise 1 taels of silver in a day or two, and I will definitely deliver it within the agreed time limit. According to the bet, I have to stay away from you when I see you, so I will leave first!"

After Han Wei finished speaking, he came down from the stage and walked away dejectedly.

"Haha, Erlang, you are so awesome. I'll treat you to Fan Lou today. I won't come back until you're drunk." Sun Hao laughed.

"Next time, my aunt and uncle are here, how can I have time." Yuan Wenshao shook his head.

"Uncle Yuan, this is a 100-tael silver note, your bonus for passing the test." The stall owner took out a silver note and handed it over.

"I haven't paid the registration fee yet, you paid too much." Yuan Wenshao said.

The stall owner said with a smile: "Based on Uncle Yuan's words: I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope Haibo will be peaceful. I can't take your money."

"One code equals one code." Yuan Wenshao shook his head, asked Zhang An to take out ten taels of silver, forced it to the stall owner, and then asked Sun Hao and others to leave the academy.

After leaving the academy, Yuan Wenshao said: "When Han Wei delivers the money, I will have someone deliver your share to you."

"What are you talking about? You won this money. If we split it, what would happen?" Liu Lei said displeased.

"That's right. I have to thank you for helping me get revenge. It's a pity that I can't beat him." Sun Hao said with a look of pity.

Liu Lei said with a smile: "Balang, do you think his father will forgive him after he loses so much money?"

"Haha, that's true, I feel very happy just thinking about it." Sun Hao laughed.

"Thanks."

Yuan Wenshao knew that the two of them were determined not to give up the money. If they gave it to them forcefully, it would affect their relationship.

"Are we talking about this between us? Just invite me to Guangyuntai for a drink later." Sun Hao said with a smile.

"Okay, wait until I finish my work these days." Yuan Wenshao said.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, it was getting late, Sun Hao and Liu Lei didn't intend to go home, and planned to continue to stroll around the Daxiangguo Temple.

So Yuan Wenshao separated from them, took Chen Wen and the others out of Daxiangguo Temple, and took a carriage back to Yuan Mansion.

As soon as they got home, Chen Wen and others chattered about what happened at Daxiangguo Temple.

After hearing this, Yuan Weichang and the others were a little worried that this would offend Han Zhang too much.

After some persuasion from Yuan Wenshao, I felt relieved.

……

Royal Palace, Shudeok Hall
The official brought some vegetables to Concubine De and said with a smile: "My dear concubine, eat more."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Concubine De showed a smile, picked up the vegetables and started to eat.

She knew that the official's love for her was more because of the child in her belly.

But so what, given the official's age, the possibility of having other heirs is very low. As long as she can give birth to a boy, she will definitely inherit the throne.

Mother is more valuable than son. Although it is impossible to abolish the official family, the current queen is not young, but she is still young.

When the official queen dies, she can still be the queen mother.

Just then, an old eunuch walked in.

"I've seen the officials, I've seen the Concubine De," the old eunuch said with a salute.

The official waved his hand and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

The old eunuch's surname was Gao. He had served the officials since he was still a prince and was very loyal.

Officials also have great trust in him.

"Going back to the official house, an interesting thing happened in Daxiangguo Temple today..." Eunuch Gao told the story about the bet between Yuan Wenshao and Han Wei.

Including the poem written by Yuan Wenshao.

After listening to the officials, they were silent for a while, and murmured: "I hope you can always keep your original intention."

He transferred Yuan Wenshao back to Bianjing and left him idle for his future son.

Now that the prince has not yet been born, Yuan Wenshao should not take too much credit, so the officials transferred him back to Bianjing. On the one hand, they also wanted to inspect Yuan Wenshao.

I have to say that Yuan Wenshao's poem gave him a lot of points in front of officials.

The officials asked Eunuch Gao to go down and continue eating.

"Your Majesty, this loyal and brave uncle is actually a loyal minister." Concubine De praised.

The official's hands stopped picking up the food, and the smile on his face disappeared, and he said calmly: "You don't have to worry about these, you just need to take good care of yourself and give birth to the prince smoothly, I will not treat you badly, do you understand? "

The smile on Concubine De's face froze, and she forced out a smile and said, "It's my concubine who talks too much."

The official put down his chopsticks and said, "I still have government affairs to deal with, so take your time."

"I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty." Concubine De quickly stood up and saluted.

The official waved his hand, left the Shude Hall, took the imperial carriage, and came to the study.

After sitting down and thinking for a while, he asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote "Early Zhongyong's Mansion" in his own handwriting and added a seal.

Then I wrote down the last sentence of Yuan Wenshao's poem.

After the ink dried, the official said: "Make this calligraphy into a plaque and send it to Uncle Zhongyong."

"Yes." Eunuch Gao carefully put away the words and retreated.

"I hope you won't live up to my expectations." The official murmured.

……

Yuan Wenshao waited for two days, but he didn't see Han Wei delivering the money, and his face was a little ugly.

Although he has a written contract in his hand, if he reports to the official, he will completely break up with Han Zhang.

Yuan Wenshao began to think about the pros and cons of this.

At this moment, Zhang An's urgent voice sounded outside the house.

"Second Young Master, an angel has come to the palace. I want you to change your clothes quickly and go to the door of the palace to greet him."

Yuan Wenshao was taken aback for a moment, wondering why an angel would come to the door, so he didn't have time to think, so he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and came to the gate of the mansion.

When he arrived, Yuan Weichang had already led his family and waited at the gate of the mansion.

"Dad, why did an angel suddenly come?" Yuan Wenshao asked in a low voice.

Yuan Weichang shook his head and said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs just sent someone to inform, but did not say the specific reason."

Yuan Wenshao didn't know when he saw his father, so he could only wait with peace of mind.

Not long after, two carriages came over, escorted by a group of forbidden troops.

The carriage at the back has no shed, it is covered with a red cloth, and I don't know what is placed there.

Not long after, the carriage stopped at the door of the mansion. Yuan Weichang and others came forward and bowed: "Welcome the angel."

The curtain opened and an acquaintance stepped out of the carriage.

It was Yuan Wenshao's acquaintance, Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li smiled and said: "Uncle Zhongqin doesn't need to be so polite. This time the official asked the old slave to give something to Uncle Zhongyong, not to announce the decree."

Yuan Wenshao was startled, cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask Eunuch Li, why Your Majesty suddenly rewarded you?"

"It's not sudden. The official family liked the poem written by Zhongyong Bo very much. The official wrote it down with his own pen, had it carved into a plaque, and gave it to Uncle Zhongyong. In addition, there was also a plaque for the gate of the mansion. "

Eunuch Li smiled and asked someone to remove the red cloth on the carriage, revealing three plaques, two long and one short.

The short piece is rectangular, with four large gilt characters engraved on it - Zhongyong Bofu.

The other two pieces are long arched, engraved with the engraving—I don't want to be a Marquis, I hope Haibo will be peaceful.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yuan Wenshao bowed in the direction of the palace.

"Hehe, the officials said that those who celebrate the Chinese New Year don't have to enter the palace to thank you." Eunuch Li laughed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion." Yuan Wenshao bowed to the palace again.

"Excuse me, Eunuch Li, for a trip. I've already ordered a banquet to be prepared for Eunuch Li to invite." Yuan Weichang said with a smile.

"No, we have to go back to recover, so we won't go in."

After Eunuch Li declined, he left.

(End of this chapter)