Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 433 The Sapphire Case

Liu Linxuan naturally had good intentions, and also believed in Ye Chen's poetic talent.After his words fell, the hall was a little quiet, and the others were waiting for Ye Chen's reaction, full of anticipation and dissatisfaction.Many people only waited for Ye Chen to write poems before writing better poems, suppressing Ye Chen, and using Ye Chen's name to become famous.After all, although there are not many people who spread the word these days, there are indeed people who say that Chen Qing and Chen Zhongshu are the number one talented person in Jinling today.

Of course, Ye Chen has no interest in poetry, but his next step is to use Liu Linxuan to quietly handle his father Liu Jinyu without disturbing the church, but he has to give Liu Linxuan this face.

So, after thinking for a while, Ye Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Liu's kindness, I can't let you down."

Liu Linxuan was very satisfied with Ye Chen's attitude, and nodded slightly. On the other side, Wang Dongyang and other big figures from the Southern Tang Dynasty who came here tonight also stopped talking and looked over, also full of expectations.After all, the standard of the song "Recalling Homeland" is too high, and he also knows some news that ordinary people don't know. Chen Qing's Suzhou scholar, and he was also awarded the title of Hanlin Bachelor.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ye Chen walked directly to a short table next to him and picked up the brush.Dip the tip of the brush into the ink and pause for a moment.

Looking through the crowd, he looked downstairs. He could already smell some rouge and powder, and heard some light footsteps. He knew that the top eight in the oiran competition were boarding the boat led by Bai Shishi.

Liu Linxuan was very kind to Ye Chen, so he followed at this time, Ye Chen's brush was soaked in the ink for four or five breaths, and then he put it on the rice paper: "Alright, Oiran Contest, since you are so kind, my younger brother dare not hide your clumsiness and make a fool of yourself! "

Staring at the entrance from the downstairs to the second floor, the brush was brushing on the paper. Although the poems in Ye Chen's mind were very consistent with the scene last night, after all, some places still need to be revised.So the writing was not fast, Liu Linxuan watched from the side, and after a while, he helped to read the written words.

"Sapphire Case...Oiran Competition..."

His tone was so clear that the entire hall could hear it clearly. After a while, his expression and standing posture became more formal, and he repeated: "Dongfeng Yefang... Hua Qianshu...

The first sentence of this sapphire case is majestic and blatantly spread out!

Liu Linxuan has the title of one of the four great talents of Jinling's younger generation, but the level of poetry is not low. At this moment, his eyes lit up, and many people around him changed their faces.

Dongfeng night flowers and thousands of trees.

In the hall on the second floor of the building and boat by the Bailuzhou River, Liu Linxuan's clear voice came to everyone's ears. After a while, some focused on their faces and waited carefully for the next sentence.

Among the people present, many of them are more inclined to say that Ye Chen has only a talent. In the eyes of most of them, poems such as "Qinhuai Night Mooring" and "Recalling Home Country" are mostly written by Ye Chen in private. It took several months to carve it out, and it was taken out at a critical moment to show off the limelight.

As the saying goes, literati are inferior to each other, and Ye Chen has overshadowed everyone's limelight with just two poems. Naturally, some people are not convinced.

When the first sentence appeared, no one else had time to really figure it out. Of course, a single sentence can at most be impeccable, and it cannot be said to be good or bad. However, after a while, Liu Linxuan read out "Genger blowing, stars are like rain! ", the initial outline of the phrase has already appeared in front of everyone, and the grand and magnificent scene spread out as the phrase took shape.

Brush brush.

"BMW carved cars...the road is full of fragrance."

"The sound of the phoenix flute is moving..."

"The jade pot turns light..."

"One night... fish and dragon dance..."

It was done, and Liu Linxuan's voice had changed a little, even a little trembling.The gifted scholar who had been dissatisfied with Ye Chen before, sighed slightly, raised the wine glass in front of him and took a sip, and had to admit that his poetry was really not comparable to the other party.

On the other side, Wang Dongyang and several senior Lu-level officials Xungui opened their mouths slightly, their expressions were surprised, their eyes flickered, they blinked and were speechless.The entire hall was silent, someone was repeating the poem, and a series of light footsteps came from downstairs.

If we say that the whole word language of the song "Recalling Homeland" a few days ago is clear, concise, beautiful, and fresh, through the sad tones, twists and turns, and the artistic structure that flows freely, the author's melancholy thoughts Throughout the whole process, a refreshing aesthetic effect is formed, which is displayed in front of everyone.Then the song in front of me, from the very beginning, uses the most magnificent style to unfold the scene. "Dongfeng puts thousands of flowers and trees at night. It blows down, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night." Only this one que, the metaphor that is constantly mentioned is enough. The night scene of the entire oiran contest is vividly described, as if the excitement has been condensed dozens of times, and then replayed in front of everyone.

The atmosphere in the hall became a bit solemn. Ye Chen paused and looked back. On the surface, he seemed to be looking at everyone's reactions, but in fact, he was still paying attention to the stairs. Mingjiaren is ready to go upstairs.If it was an oiran banquet in previous years, everyone would be looking at the stairs, waiting for the beautiful woman to enter, but at this time, in the entire hall, except for Ye Chen, probably no one would pay attention to them.

Ye Chen looked back, turned the brush in the inkstone, and murmured: "Moth snow willow golden strands." Liu Linxuan didn't hear clearly: "Huh?" Seeing Ye Chen's brush fall, he finally understood.

"Moth Willow Golden Thread"

The words were still being written, but the footsteps in Ye Chen's ears were getting closer and closer, and the eight beauties had already climbed the stairs.

Ye Chen raised his pen and wrote the next sentence, "Laughing and fragrant!"

At the top of the stairs, the woman dressed as Bai Shishi who was about to go upstairs was puzzled, but also a little wary. She paused instinctively, wondering how the upstairs could be so quiet.

"People look for him thousands of Baidu"

In Liu Linxuan's voice, Ye Chen glanced at Wang Dongyang seemingly unintentionally, and then the sentence "Suddenly look back" just rang out.The beautiful head of Bai Shishi, No.1 in the oiran contest, appeared at the entrance of the stairs.But few people looked at her.

After Ye Chen finished his last stroke, Liu Linxuan beside him also sighed, glanced around, found Bai Shishi and other eight beauties who were walking up, and said in his mouth: "Suddenly looking back...the beauties are in a dimly lit place. "

After saying this, everyone followed Liu Linxuan's gaze to look at the stairs, at the eight beauties.

The woman dressed as Bai Shishi felt her heart skip a beat when she saw everyone looking at her with weird expressions, but she didn't show anything on her face.Yingying brought the other seven beauties to bow down and bow to everyone.

This poem Ye Chen plagiarized is "Sapphire Case Yuan Xi", which was written by Xin Qiji, a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty more than 100 years later in history. However, Ye Chen changed "Yuan Xi" to "Oiran Competition" and changed the last The phrase 'the man is in a dimly lit place' was changed to 'the beautiful woman is in a dimly lit place'.Just in line with the situation at hand.Can be called wonderful.

A Confucian who is a Hanlin scholar beside Wang Dongyang sighed in silence, "Okay..."

More people were still chewing on the artistic conception of the next tie, Ye Chen put down his pen, but he was the only one in the field who didn't dare to look directly at the eight beauties.Liu Linxuan carefully picked up the rice paper, shook it, looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Wang Dongyang.

At this moment, although the eight beauties have already entered the stage, after everyone saw the eight beauties, some people told them how to sit down, but most of them focused their attention on Ye Chen again, with the same expressions and attitudes as before. different.Even a few talents who were dissatisfied with Ye Chen just now, looked at Ye Chen, sighed unspeakably, came to Ye Chen, and bowed to Ye Chen.

This phrase is extremely prosperous, depicting the grand occasion of Shangyuan with an admirable style of writing, even if it is only half of it, it is already an amazingly good phrase.However, when it comes to Xiayu, it actually extracts an artistic conception from this most prosperous depiction. The former Que enters the world, and the latter Que is refined. Under the correspondence between the two, the huge impact is indescribable.Among the people present, some people are still thinking about it, and some people understand it, and they just sigh faintly, with complicated eyes.Especially when this artistic conception was placed just now, eight beauties were drawn into it. With such talent, no one doubted that Chen Qing and Chen Zhongshu's superb poems were all carved out in private for a long time.

The praise from the crowd didn't last long. After all, he wasn't the central figure tonight, and his identity was just an insignificant scholar. What's more, eight beauties appeared on the stage at this time, and the oiran banquet was about to officially begin.

The oiran Bai Shishi was naturally arranged next to Wang Dongyang, who had the highest status tonight, and the arrangement of the other seven beauties was also distributed according to the status of the male animals present.

However, because the "Sapphire Case" just now was too amazing, and because the literati in the Southern Tang Dynasty had a deep-rooted thinking about "gifted scholars and beautiful ladies", it was suggested by Liu Linxuan that Wang Dongyang made the decision to give Chen Qing, a low-status scholar, a She has the special qualification to choose one of the seven beauties to accompany her.

Under the envious and jealous eyes of many people, Ye Chen didn't dare to look up for a long time. Taking the opportunity of serving wine to thank Liu Linxuan and Wang Dongyang for their kindness, he pointed to Bi Qiaoer and said, "Miss Qiaoer is fresh and lovely. I chose her."

Immediately, someone made fun of him with the last line in his "Sapphire Case" just now, "The beauty is in a dimly lit place".

Biqiaoer had already heard the song "Sapphire Case" from other people just now, and she had a good impression of Chen Qing before, when she thought of the phrase "the beautiful woman is in a dimly lit place", her eyes were full of brilliance ripple.

(End of this chapter)