My wife has a secret

Chapter 122 Shocking the Heavenly Being
Unlike Mr. Nie, Minister Sui still had great doubts about the knowledge displayed by Xu Qing.

If even his own teacher has become a frog in the well, then how talented and brilliant must the man in front of him be to deserve the word genius?

"Mr. Xu, although my teacher only won the imperial examination in his middle age, he was able to write good poems when he was young. But your poems don't look like those written by a young man."

"Hahaha, then Minister Sui, what kind of poetry do you think is worthy of my age?"

Xu Qing did not get angry when he heard this, but laughed instead. He then stood up and started to talk loudly: "There is a White Jade Palace in the sky, with twelve towers and five cities. The immortal touched my head and I was given eternal life. I mistakenly pursued worldly pleasures and was confused about reason and emotions. The ninety-six saints are just empty names hanging in the clouds..."

When Minister Sui heard the first sentence, he thought that Xu Qing was just making up a random poem.

But as Xu Qing read out each word, his face gradually became dull.

This is because the poem by Li Bai, which Xu Qing copied verbatim, actually described an image of a god traveling in a fairyland and being enlightened by an immortal.

The whole poem seems to be telling the life experience of a romantic and wandering poet. The romantic and suave talent displayed by him is rare in the world and unrivaled in courage.

And what is most surprising is that he and Master Nie actually came to an unknown world and dynasty following the perspective of these poems, and witnessed the scene where the poet learned swordsmanship in Dongshan and his poems became famous all over the world.

This long poem brings together the magnificent history and the life trajectory of a poet. It describes not only the joyful life with melodious songs, but also the scenes of two armies fighting against each other and the people being displaced.

"…Even the chickens cannot move forward, and the horses are left to drink water in vain. I wish I could be as good as Yi in archery, so that he could knock down the flag with one arrow."

"This……"

By the time Xu Qing finished reading the whole poem, Minister Sui was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

Master Nie in front of him also turned pale, as if struck by lightning. He stared at Xu Qing with his fingers trembling slightly, as if he couldn't believe what had just happened.

Mr. Nie's hobby is playing chess, but as a great scholar in today's literary world, he is naturally familiar with pentasyllabic poems.

It was because of this that he was able to see the artistic conception and emotions of Xu Qing's previous poems and guess the poet's true thoughts.

But when Xu Qing recited this series of poems, it was like a slap in the face of Master Nie, telling him how big the world is and how classic the true masterpieces are.

"The immortal touches my top and bears longevity."

Master Nie recited this sentence silently, and in his heart he could no longer comprehend the height of Xu Qing's poetic talent.

If the previous poems still implicitly expressed homesickness and various emotions, this new poem is a complete summary of a person's life after experiencing ups and downs.

What is even more valuable is that the poet retains a hint of immortality throughout the poem. Even though he was demoted in the end and worried about the country and the people, he still looked at everything from the perspective of an immortal.

But looking back at ancient and modern history, is there any dynasty described in this poem?
Moreover, the specific place names mentioned in the poem were unheard of by him, who had traveled to beautiful mountains and rivers.

Not to mention a young man like Xu Qing, who has never left Suzhou City since he was a child.

"Minister Sui, does this poem fit my identity and experience?"

Sui Shilang's first reaction was that this kind of poem was not written by Xu Qing.

But when he calmed down, he found that this poem had never appeared in history. Even if it was written by other masters, why had not even a single word about it been passed down?

"It's okay, there's another one."

Xu Qing put his hands behind his back and recited aloud: "Have you not seen that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, rushes to the sea and never comes back. Have you not seen the white hair in the mirror in the hall, which was black in the morning and turned into snow in the evening..." When he finished reading Li Bai's "Almost Drunkenness", Master Nie and Minister Sui were already feeling numb.

Especially the latter, his eyes were filled with panic as if he was looking at a monster.

He seemed to lose all color in an instant, as if all his strength had been drained from his body, leaving only unbelievable shock.

Because every one of the first four lines of this song "Almost Drinking" can be sung by people all over the world as a memory.

"Is this song enough? It's okay. If it's not enough, I have another one... You want to see a young man showing off his heroic spirit and not being bound by conventions, right? Then let's say that the great roc rises with the wind one day and soars up to 90,000 miles..."

The series of shocking things that came out of Xu Qing's mouth had made Master Nie and his apprentice numb and stupid.

No one could have imagined that among the young men of noble families, who were previously looked down upon by the literati, there could emerge such a brilliant genius who would go down in history.

No, calling him a genius is an understatement.

Such a person is unique in the entire history of ancient and modern times.

"Such poetic talent is due to my old age and blurry eyes. It seems that Master Xu was able to write those poems without relying on others. It was entirely due to his own interest."

Master Nie was completely impressed by Xu Qing's poetry, but this is actually a very normal thing.

In a world where there have never been immortal poets, poets sages or poets ghosts, even if there are concepts and frameworks for poetry, true classics that can be passed down through the ages cannot be born.

Xu Qing took advantage of this and recited Li Bai's most ethereal poem, completely dispelling Mr. Nie's doubts.

"Listening to what you said, I feel that there is a world beyond this world, and there really is a different place out there. And you are a wandering immortal in the sky, who was guided by the immortal to come to the mortal world and left behind so many excellent poems and lyrics."

Master Nie fears gods, but he does not believe in immortals or gods.

But Xu Qing's behavior today could not be explained by any logic in the human world, so he could only classify these things as the actions of immortals.

Especially the poems that the other party just read out, each of them is magnificent, from the white jade capital in the sky to the rushing water, and then to the great roc riding the wind and galloping across thousands of miles...

Only those who have truly been to fairyland can write such poetry.

"Mr. Xu, I am sorry for offending you just now."

Minister Sui was also impressed by these poems, and thinking about his own questioning behavior just now, he felt ashamed.

He was once hailed as a child prodigy, and was famous for being able to recite the Book of Songs and documents at a young age. Because of this, he was rumored to have spiritual roots and was a good candidate to be the incarnation of the Star of Literature.

Master Nie, who was passing by, accepted him as his first disciple, and he also claimed to be the second most cultured person in the court.

But after Xu Qing finished reading these poems, he realized how wrong he was.

So what if he memorized the Book of Songs? The few lines of poetry that this young master of the Xu family casually wrote are classics handed down from generation to generation, and are masterpieces that will go down in history.

The good reputation that you have been working hard to gain all your life is, in the eyes of the other party, a fruit that can be easily picked.

How can he compare with Master Xu?

(End of this chapter)