Chapter 44: The Great Fu of Yunting
The results of the other three groups were also revealed. Xu Mengchu, Wang Chulan and Sima Wuque all successfully won and entered the semi-finals. With the addition of Liu Shian and Yuan Ling'er, the five people will compete for the finals.
This round, the draw will be used to decide the opponents of the game, and one person will still be bye. The other four people rushed to draw lots, hoping to have a good draw, but Liu Shian was careless. Anyway, he had the confidence to defeat these people in the game or bye. After all, he came through time and had the essence of poetry from up to five thousand years in his mind. He had to have the self-cultivation and confidence of time travelers.
The draw results are still so unexpected.
The host of ceremonies said: "Yuan Ling'er vs. Wang Chulan."
"Sima Wuque vs. Liu Shian."
"Xu Mengchu's bye and went directly to the finals."
After Xu Mengchu's bye, she also looked at Liu Shian fiercely, without any concealment of the provocative intention in her eyes: "You'd better enter the finals, I'll humiliate you."
Liu Shinan realized Xu Mengchu's gaze. Liu Shinan did not forget about the fact that he had been informed by this person and was beaten up. He said in his heart: "Xu Mengchu, I can't kill you. I dare to insult me. I'm afraid you don't know how to write the word "death".
Sima Wuque vs. Liu Shian. After Liu Shian came on stage, he said, "Xiao Wuque, how are your brother Lang recently?"
Sima Wuque gritted his teeth, and his fear of this person was at its peak. He recalled the fear of being dominated by Liu Shinan that day. The boy who was beaten to the point of being unable to move finally knocked down him and Meng Lang with a brick. In the end, the pain of the wooden stick falling on his body was still vivid in his mind.
Sima Wuque didn't want to have any disputes with this person anymore. He stammered and finally said, "I abstain from the right."
The whole house was in an uproar. After the emcee repeatedly asked, Sima Wuque decided to abstain and left angrily.
Liu Shi secretly listened to Sima Wuque's figure and said, "Xiao Wuque, you can't do this. Let's try it out. I will show mercy. How embarrassed you will abstain from power like this? Do you think you will say hello to Brother Lang for me? I miss him very much. Why don't you announce that emcee?"
The emcee was stunned for a moment and said, "Sima Wuqi abstained from power, and Liu Shi secretly entered the finals of the poetry meeting."
Everyone began to be dissatisfied.
"Is this Liu Shinan lucky to step on the shit?"
"If I were like this, I would have reached the final."
"One bye, one opponent abstains, no level at all."
"You are the illegitimate son of the sponsor of the Poetry Society."
"Dog son, dog sir."
Liu Shi listened secretly and spoke: "I had no intention, but I couldn't show my talent, and I was also very upset."
"shameless."
Amid the discussion, the semi-finals continued, with the number one talented woman in Huizhou, Yuan Ling'er, against the number one talented man in Huizhou, Wang Chulan.
As soon as Wang Chulan came on stage, he caused cheers. Most of the cheers were girls. Liu Shi muttered: "Isn't he handsome and taller, and he actually stole my limelight, and he is unforgivable."
The semi-final title: Examining the Great Fu, refer to the "Luoyang Fu" of the Han Dynasty poet Sima Xiangru, and write a poem "Yunting Fu" according to the given Yuntingcheng scroll.
A scroll appeared and hung in the latest conspicuous part of the stage. Liu Shinan did not go to see it because he remembered everything about the city clearly.
The huge city gate, the tall city wall, and the patrolling golden armored guards are as solid as golden soup, as prosperous as dreams, as they are as high as the clouds, as high as the sky. The high house is surrounded by a large line, with pedestrians one after another, and thousands of households are the same lights, and the road is not closed at night. The palace is gorgeous, the cinnabar gate is like bloody sun, the moat is clear and fishless, the mountains are green, the sky is like jade, the jade bricks are paving the road, the officials in front of the Jiangshan Hall kneel down, the three pillars of the country are overturned and raised, and the emperor looks down on the mountains and rivers, and ruled with a arch.
No matter how beautiful all the scene is, it cannot match the person I miss, and it is the source of sin. Now he is here, all because of that city. He loves that city, because his beloved Mu Chengping is there, and he hates that city, because the Liu family is now exiled by the city.
Because the square was too noisy, Qi Yuanxue was on a tree next to the square, leaning against the trunk, holding the Shijiu Jian and watching. She saw the scroll, and then she saw Liu Shi lowering her head. She didn't say anything, closed her eyes again, and said in her heart: "The more beautiful it is, the more thorn it is in your heart."
After a long time, Liu Shian raised his head and looked at the scroll. "It was just one month after parting, and I wanted to go back."
At the beginning of the competition, after a stick of incense, Yuan Ling'er and Wang Chulan both made "Yunting Fu". The two great fu poems are both praises, but the two people have different perspectives.
From the perspective of the people in the city, Yuan Ling'er looked at the general idea of building an equal cloud courtyard, and carefully described various buildings, galleries, poetry workshops, residences of officials, long street scenes, and people's livelihood. In the end, "all things are listed and the emperor is hunched", explaining the meaning of praise for the cloud courtyard, hoping that the rulers will continue to maintain this attitude.
From the perspective of a scholar, Wang Chulan explained the importance of talent selection behind the prosperous city, and started a praise and explanation from the opportunity of talent gathering in Yunting. Finally, he explained that he was willing to "do it for the emperor" and expressed his noble integrity of making achievements and becoming an official in Yunting.
Both poems are excellent works, but they cannot tell the winner for a while. Some people count the original poems with good rhetoric and gorgeous rhetoric, which makes Yunting Imperial City very easy to build; some people say that the king's poems are better, the writing is clear, and there is great ambition inside.
After the two of them were discussing, they could only hand over the decision to the ten judges and vote anonymously.
In the end, five votes were cast for Yuan Ling'er, four votes were cast for Wang Chulan, and one vote was cast for Quan. Everyone guessed who it was, and they inevitably felt more respect for Yuan Hongdao, the great scholar.
Yuan Hongdao stood up and said, "The two great poems are both excellent works. I will present to Yunting together, but Your Majesty will see the masterpieces of you. Although Wang Chulan lost, if you have this ambition, you will become a great achievement after you make up."
These words also affirmed two great poems. They also inspired Wang Chulan not to lose to a woman, and she was discouraged. The vast sky still needed to work harder.
Yuan Hongdao continued: "The final three, Liu Shian, Yuan Ling'er, and Xu Mengchu, because it is a three-person competition, the rules of the competition need to be changed. Now that afternoon is over, I and you are also hungry, why should you go and have lunch again? In the afternoon, the final will start on time, and the competition questions will be determined, so that's it."
After Yuan Hongdao's words, everyone went to have lunch as they heard this.
At this time, the people in the governor's mansion had already returned from the governor, panting, and seemed to have run over.
"Sir, this is an announcement in the mansion. Because the yamen in charge of the announcement has been ill for more than ten days, and this announcement has not been posted." said the man in the mansion.
The ancient governor left the seat and was under a tree. He took the notice, looked carefully at the words on it, and then fell into deep thought.
After a long time, I spoke: "I just said why the three words Liu Shian are so familiar. It turns out that they are exiled to sinners. This notice will be posted tomorrow."
The man in the palace said, "Sir, this does not comply with the law. According to the laws of the state and the provisions of the Criminal Prison Division, it is not allowed to participate in ceremonies, competitions, and exams in various states and cities."
The Guardian returned the notice to the people in the mansion and said, "My father and I are both governors and are colleagues. I will give him a chance and post the notice tomorrow without any publicity."
Gubicheng looked at Liu Shian and Qi Yuanxue in the distance, and shook his head, his face full of regret.
Chapter completed!