The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 58 Mind Art
Late at night, the autumn wind is bleak.

Shi Nai was the day after the third match between Liu Wei and Shen Tan.

pan mansion.

Pan Weiji sat in the room looking gloomy, his eyes seemed to exude a wildness, Li Shengnan sat aside, sighed lightly, and said: "Master, this is the end, please rest assured, there will be opportunities in the future, and besides, use Shen Tan to If you can't deal with Liu Wei, there is Murong Bo."

Hearing this, Pan Weiji frowned slightly, and then said: "I'm just not reconciled. I didn't expect that Liu Wei would hide it so deeply. I thought he had no expertise in autopsy. He must be able to win him, unexpectedly he not only has a good autopsy, but also produced a book of "Winning Injustice Collected Records" for officials all over the country to learn, and now even Shen Tan has become his person, hateful, really hateful."

Li Shengnan's heart sank slightly. She had also read "The Records of Washing Injustices". It contained a wealth of information on autopsy methods and trial methods. Once this book was published, any official in the future would have a book to rely on when adjudicating cases. This is a good thing for the Song court and the people of the Song Dynasty, but this good thing made her master very unhappy.

"This Liu Wei is really abominable. It's only because we underestimated his abilities. But the master doesn't have to worry about it. As long as the master has Shenwufang in his hands, there will be opportunities to teach Liu Wei a lesson in the future, and even overthrow the Song Dynasty. It is possible."

Hearing the words "overthrow the Song Dynasty", Pan Weiji frowned slightly, and then said with a sneer, "Now that the Song Dynasty is becoming more prosperous and powerful, it is becoming more and more difficult to overthrow the Song Dynasty. But fortunately, there are many enemies around the Song Dynasty, so there are opportunities."

When Li Shengnan saw that Pan Weiji had temporarily forgotten Liu Weizhi's hatefulness, he felt relieved, and then said: "Murong Bo has been preparing for the competition with Liu Wei for the past few days. It must be very exciting when it comes, they don't care who it is Whoever wins is a good thing for the master, so why don't the master go to join in the fun?"

"Go, of course, I want to see how the two of them make trouble."

Academy Academy.

Murong Bo lowered his brows slightly, looked at Dong Yu opposite him and said, "What's going on with Liu Wei recently?"

Dong Yu shook his head: "In the past few days, Liu Wei hasn't made any moves. As usual, he either goes to the Liu Family Winery to make wine, or goes to Kaifeng Mansion on duty, and then stays in the Princess Mansion. He...he doesn't seem to be planning to Keep the competition with Mister in mind."

"Arrogance, it's really arrogance." Murong Bo snorted coldly, and then smiled: "It's not bad for him to be like this, the more he is like this, the greater our chances of winning, but Dong Yu, you have to keep an eye on him Now, judging from the situation in the past few months, Liu Wei is definitely not an ordinary person."

Dong Yu nodded: "Sir, don't worry, Dong Yu understands."
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In late autumn, the wind in the capital is getting colder.

The day agreed with Murong Bo finally arrived. This morning, not long after Liu Wei got up, Wu Kui from Xuefu Academy came to spread the word, saying that Mingsi was having a competition in Chuitai in the southeast outside the capital.

Liu Wei saw that Murong Bo sent the letter of challenge, knowing that he couldn't avoid it, so he gladly accepted it, and told Wu Kui that the time must arrive.

After Wu Kui left the princess's mansion, the news of the contest between the great Confucian Murong Bo and the talented Liu Wei in Chuitai spread, and after the news spread, the people in the capital rushed to Chuitai, fearing that they would not be able to find a seat if they went too late. .

Among the people who rushed to Chutai, three were the most eye-catching. All three of them spoke and behaved elegantly, and one of them was even more handsome to the point of admiration.

"Brother Lu, Brother Liu wants to compete with that Murong Bo, who do you prefer?" Li Hang asked with a soft smile.

Lu Mengzheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "We made friends with Prince Concubine Liu through words, it's quite speculative, naturally we want Prince Concubine Liu to win, but that Mr. Murong is very knowledgeable, it's him who made this competition, I think Mr. Murong will win The chances are greater."

Just as Lu Meng finished speaking, Chai Feng who was beside him suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Lu's words are not unreasonable, but I have full confidence in Brother Liu, what about Brother Li?"

Li Hang shrugged: "I'm afraid it will have to wait for Mr. Murong to propose a comparison. If it is a poetry competition, Brother Liu has a great chance of winning. The three of us all know that Brother Liu's poems are probably only comparable to Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Comparing, but Mr. Murong must also know this, and he will not compare poetry."

As the three of them said this, they arrived at Chuitai in the southeast of the city. Chuitai is an earthen platform with a height of four meters. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Shi Kuang, a blind musician in Jin State, got his name from playing ancient music here.In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Gao Shi once met on this stage, drinking wine and presenting poems, which is a great story in the literary world. It is also a good story that Murong Bo chose this place for the competition.

When Chai Feng and the others came to Chuitai, the place was already crowded with people, and the original four-meter-high earthen platform was surrounded by water, but looking away, they could still see the four treasures of the study, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones on the earthen platform. .

The autumn scenery around the earth platform is withered, and there are fallen leaves from time to time, but the people don't care.

Sishi ago, Murong Bo brought many scholars from academies to Chuitai. Besides, there were also several contemporary literati who were invited, such as Tao Gu, Li Fang, and Liang Zhouhan.

Tao Gu, Li Fang, and Liang Zhouhan are all well-known contemporary scholars. Tao Gu's poems are good, which is well-known, while Li Fang and Liang Zhouhan are excellent in writing, and they were Hanlin scholars at that time.

Seeing that Murong Bo invited all these people here, everyone felt that today's visit was worthwhile, and they will surely be worth seeing later.

While everyone was discussing, Su Another Kan and Ouyang Jiong also came to Chuitai in a carriage, and sat with Tao Gu, Li Fang, Liang Zhouhan and the others. Come to understand, even though Wu Wu Er Wen Wu is the first, but today they are going to have a competition, since the competition has to decide the winner, if the winner is to be decided, there must be judges, and these five people are The judges invited by Murong Bo.

And these five people are all people of status and reputation, and it is impossible for them to show favoritism to anyone.

Five people, no matter how they rely on, there will be no tie, so it is just right.

While everyone in the audience was discussing, time had passed slowly, but Liu Wei hadn't shown up yet, Murong Bo was sitting on the blowing stage, letting the autumn wind blow, he couldn't help frowning slightly, he didn't think Liu Wei would miss the appointment In the future, Liu Wei clearly wants him to suffer here longer.

So at this time, Murong Bo gave Wu Kui a slight wink. After Wu Kui understood, he stood up immediately: "Mr. Murong, the dean of the Academy Academy, will have a competition with Liu Wei today. We have an appointment for time. Now it's almost time. Then Liu The taste is not yet…”

Before Wu Kui finished speaking, someone in the audience yelled loudly: "Isn't that coming!"

The sound fell, and all kinds of voices from the audience suddenly rose up one after another.

"Come, come, Liu Wei is here!"

"Liu Wei, we support you..."

Liu Wei's carriage stopped at the periphery. After Liu Wei got off the carriage, he walked straight to Chuitai. Behind him was a thin man who was rescued by Liu Wei that day. Zhang Qixian thought he was well educated. Well, he will naturally come to such a grand event, and he is Liu Wei's friend. Liu Wei competes with others, so he also wants to come to cheer him up.

Liu Wei got on the stage, smiled at everyone, then turned to Murong Bo, cupped his hands slightly and said: "What does Mr. Murong want to compete with today?"

Murong Bo saw that Liu Wei came here in light clothes without any preparations, and he was so calm and calm, he was immediately angry at Liu Wei's arrogance, so he stopped being polite, got up and said: "This time we are comparing essays and calligraphy. , within a stick of incense, you and I will each write an article related to the use of soldiers, after a stick of incense, let’s see whose article is better and whose calligraphy is better, how about it?"

After Murong Bo finished speaking, everyone in the room immediately shouted, Liu Wei is a scholar who knows how to use soldiers, Murong Bo is clearly making things difficult for him, besides, calligraphy needs time to settle, Liu Wei is young, how can he Possibly its opponent?

Everyone present felt that this competition was unfair. Even Li Fang, Liang Zhouhan and other judges wanted to stand up and ask Murong Bo to choose another one, but at this time Liu Wei smiled lightly and agreed.

"Okay, since Mr. Murong is better than calligraphy than writing, then I will accompany you."

After Liu Wei said a word, everyone in the room fell silent, now Liu Wei didn't say anything, what else did they have to say, they just stood here and waited for the two of them to write their respective articles.

After Liu Wei agreed, Tao Gu stood up and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Liu agreed, let's start, but please understand that the article has to be related to the use of troops, if it has nothing to do with it, it will be regarded as a loss. Besides, the time is one Burning incense, if you fail to complete after one stick of incense, you will be considered a loser, please go ahead."

After Tao Gu finished speaking, Murong Bo and Liu Wei picked up the brushes and began to write vigorously on the long table, while the people in the audience muttered in low voices, becoming more and more dissatisfied with Murong Bo, the time for burning incense is too short , where can an article be written?Murong Bo knew what to compare in advance, maybe he has already written an article, and he will write it down silently today.

It's not fair, it's not fair.

When the people in the audience said this, they told each other that if Liu Wei lost, they would all refuse, which is unfair. The people quickly reached a consensus in the audience, and Pan Weiji in the crowd heard these words. , brows frowned slightly, but after condensing slightly, there was a tinge of joy, because judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that Liu Wei will win, and if Liu Wei loses, Murong Bo's win will be disgraceful, it really kills two birds with one stone things.

The autumn wind was bleak, and the time for one stick of incense was soon over, and after one stick of incense, Murong Bo and Liu Wei stopped writing one after another. Seeing that Liu Wei finished on time, everyone felt a little relaxed.

After the two of them wrote their articles, they were picked up and spread out. The white paper was splashed with ink, and the word "one mind" was particularly eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)