Jiaochu

Chapter 294
  "These two people don't understand each other, so it's better to compose poetry." Hu Yuhan wrote a five-character quatrain with a graceful pen. After writing, he picked it up and admired it for a while, and then passed it to several others to read. Zhao Ce was not to be outdone, and also I wrote a five-character quatrain and gave it to Ye Lingxi. After reading it, she was a little surprised. Although the whole poem was not a masterpiece, the two sentences in the middle were quite remarkable, and she still had some ink in her stomach~
  Seeing Ye Lingxi reading the poem written by Zhao Ce, Yan Fei felt a little sad. He reached for a piece of pastry and took a bite. The next moment, a hand was stretched out in front of him. He thought he was asking for food, so he didn't think much about it. He put half a piece of pastry on top and took it back immediately, with a slight blush on his face. Ye Lingxi couldn't help but smile, making those thin red threads a little brighter.

"What's wrong with you? How can you give it back to others after you've eaten it yourself? It's dirty or not." Zhao Ce said disgustedly.

Yan Fei said: "Don't worry, Prince, I won't give it to you." After saying that, he threw the half piece of pastry into his mouth, picked up another piece of pastry and handed it to Ye Lingxi, which made Zhao Ce so angry that his teeth itched.

"Brother Yan, have you written a poem? I want to read the poems written by Brother Yan." Ye Lingxi said with a big smile while eating pastry.

Yan Fei blushed slightly and handed over a poem he had written, but Zhao Ce reached out and snatched it away. He examined it word by word with extremely critical eyes, like picking apart an egg, and finally made an evaluation of the poem. Ye Lingxi asked him why he didn't write well. Zhao Cesheng made up a reason, saying that the poem was copied from a book, which was a bit far-fetched.

At this time, an unruly voice came over, full of provocation.

"You are the second son of the Su family. I heard that you have outstanding literary talent and unicorn talents. I think it is just because your father is the minister." The person who spoke was a young man in white, followed by two people, one in purple. Young Master, a young man in green.

"Who are you and where did you come from?" Yan Fei asked.

The young man in white straightened his clothes and said, "My name is Xu Zilin." He didn't look at the person seriously when he announced his name, which was quite arrogant.

The young man in green behind him said, "Brother Xu is a well-known talent in Qingzhou."

"This is the capital, not Qingzhou. I'm afraid this brother is still dreaming." Yan Fei's understatement left the young man in green speechless, with an ugly look on his face.

"What about the capital? If you have the ability, let's compete." Xu Zilin turned his eyes to Su Shi and asked in an arrogant tone, "It depends on whether Mr. Su dares or not."

"Okay." Su Shi agreed.

Ye Lingxi kept observing the three of them, wondering how this famous and talented man could target Su Shi. Besides, Qingzhou and the capital were thousands of miles apart, so why did he start trouble as soon as he came? Could it be that he came here to retaliate because he had a grudge against Su Shangshu before? The young man in green couldn't hold his breath, so there was nothing to be afraid of, but the young man in purple never said a word, so he could hold his breath.

After the competition was set, the purple-clothed young man said: "Then who should judge the superiority and inferiority?"

The young man in green said: "You and I are both people with real talents and knowledge. Naturally, we can distinguish between high and low. We don't know what others are like. Don't still admit defeat when the time comes."

"Then whoever loses will draw a puppy." Ye Lingxi said.

"What are you talking about, little girl?" As soon as the young man in green finished speaking, he felt like he was being stared at by several pairs of eyes, and there was a chill on his back. Little did he know that he had offended the group's pet.

"How about this, Mr. Xu has two people from his side, and we have two people from our side, and the four of us will judge together." Ye Lingjue said calmly.

The purple-clothed young master said: "Then I'll follow this brother's advice. I see that your brother is a fair man, so why don't you let me..." He glanced at Ye Qingran, stretched out his hand and asked, " Let’s judge with this brother.”

"No problem." Hu Yuhan readily agreed, "My eldest and second cousins ​​are the most fair, so don't worry."

Zhao Ce glanced back and forth between the three of them with an unexpected expression of "When did you become brothers?" Hu Yuhan winked at him and said, "I don't think this third pair is very good." , has the great talent Xu come out?"

"This is natural." Xu Zilin picked up the brush in front of Su Shi and wrote the second half of the sentence on the paper.

The young man in green first clapped his hands and praised: "Wonderful! It's really wonderful!" Then he showed the young man in purple and called him Brother Gu, and Master Gu called him Brother Guo. The two complimented each other very well. A compliment is so natural that it is absolutely true.

After reading it, Ye Qingran and Ye Lingjue nodded in affirmation. Su Shi's second half of the sentence has already been written on the paper, and there is no need to write it again.

But the second half of the sentence they wrote was exactly the same.

"How do you calculate this?" Mr. Guo was unconvinced and asked again, "When Brother Xu was writing the couplet just now, was it peeped by your people?"

Yan Fei said: "We haven't even decided the winner yet, but we started to deny it."

"That's right! A stingy one." Ye Lingxi made a face at Mr. Guo again, making him so angry that he clenched his fists and wanted to smash the wall.

Zhao Ce also helped: "If you can't afford to lose, leave as soon as possible. Don't embarrass yourself here."

Mr. Guo couldn't speak more than three words in one mouth, and his face turned red with anger.

"How about if this first test is a draw?" Mr. Gu said.

Ye Qingran and Ye Lingjue had no objection.

The second competition was poetry, and Mr. Gu suggested writing a poem based on the picture of the peach blossom lady in the middle.

Xu Zilin didn't think much about it, and just like when writing a couplet, he wrote a seven-character quatrain with flying colors, which also attracted Mr. Guo's "wonderful, wonderful, wonderful..." At first glance, he thought it was meow, meow, meow. ah.

"What are you meowing at? Are you deliberately disturbing Brother Su from writing poetry?" Ye Ling said sharply.

"You!" Mr. Guo was about to get angry, but he felt that he was being stared at by several pairs of eyes again. He changed the topic and said, "I don't care about you, a kid like you."

Su Shi wrote a five-character quatrain.

After reading it, Mr. Guo laughed and said, "Why are there only flowers but no people in this poem? Could it be that the girl in the painting was shy when she saw it and was too embarrassed to write it?"

An unnatural look flashed across Su Shi's face, as if he had been guessed.

Mr. Guo winked proudly at Mr. Gu next to him, as if to say, "Good choice."

Because there are only flowers but no people in Su Shi's poems, it is a fly in the ointment and is temporarily lagging behind.

"You guys have chosen, it's our turn." Ye Lingxi pointed at the ninth scroll and said, "Let's paint with this poem."

Painting will take some time, and the two of them haven't started painting yet.

Ye Lingjue suggested giving the two of them a quarter of an hour to conceive of the scene in the poem. In less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Zilin started painting with smooth flow, without having to dwell on the details. After a quarter of an hour was up, Su only picked up the pen.

(End of this chapter)