On the way to the poetry meeting, Yan Jingwen mentioned the origin of the poetry meeting to Li Hao. Originally, the polo ground was just a place where the children of the official family played polo and played ball. Later, students from several academies such as Qingtan Academy, Ganquan Academy, and Chongya Academy often came here. They always liked to win or lose on weekdays. Comparing literary works, this is the origin of why polo clubs now have poetry clubs.
Yan Jingwen said: "Nowadays, in order to make a profit, students from several academies often compete with each other in poetry competitions. If there are one or two great talents among them, it would be fine. Unfortunately, most of them are useless, which makes the atmosphere bad. It's really not good. I'm taking you there today just to show you, but you must not learn this style of behavior."
"Of course the poetry meeting is not without its successes. Now Mr. Yongshu is in charge of Yangzhou. I heard that a poetry meeting will be held at Pingshan Hall during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. With Mr. Yongshu's talent and reputation, great sages will surely gather there. It is estimated that all the talents in Yangzhou will gather together. , it must be a grand event, and then I may be able to go with the teacher to see the world, and then I will be satisfied."
Li Hao listened to Yan Jingwen's nagging and nodded in agreement. But I was thinking, this is where I can shine. After all, I have more than a thousand years of accumulation of literati from past dynasties, and I dare not say that I can compete with others. After all, even if I steal other people's poems, they won't be able to write other poems. After all, talent and learning are the foundation. However, there were no famous poets in Yangzhou during the Song Dynasty, so they were all just mediocre and unworthy of mentioning. In the future, I will find an opportunity to gradually spread my fame. Not to mention that like Liu Yong, he can sing Liu lyrics whenever he has a well water drinking place. But I cannot live up to the hard work and talent of many poets in later generations. I must make a name for them here. I can't help but feel a little more responsible.
Suddenly I didn't hear the important information I just missed. By this time, we were almost at the venue of the poetry meeting. Before we even entered the venue, we could hear the commotion inside. After entering, I saw that the crowd inside was clearly divided into three groups. Some of the people in one group looked familiar and they should have been seen in the academy. Sure enough, Yan Jingwen also led this group away after coming in.
When he reached the back of the team, Yan Jingwen asked one of them: "Brother Wu, what kind of situation is this? Even if you win or lose, it won't be so clear-cut."
When the friend saw that it was Yan Jingwen, he said: "Isn't this the Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair? It was fine at first, but when the Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair was mentioned later, Zhang Zijian from Ganquan Academy said that the people in our academy have no poetry talent. Don't be embarrassed by going to the poetry festival, so naturally we can't agree. So the chatters got into a bet, trying to compose a poem to suit the occasion. When it was our turn, the one we drew was titled Polo." Then we all got angry. Helpless.
After hearing this, Yan Jingwen understood instantly and said, "It's nothing. If you can't do it, you can't do it. In the past, everyone had times when they couldn't do it, so what does it matter?"
"Yes, this is the truth. Normally, gambling is nothing more than losing some four treasures of the study, but they insist that we take a copy of the Book of Filial Piety that Fan Wenzhenggong commented on in the academy. Let's not say whether we can take it. If you get it, you can take it but you can’t give it to him." Wu Wei said.
After hearing this, Yan Jingwen also frowned and said, "Why would you use this thing for gambling?"
"We didn't. It was just a normal fight at the beginning. The book was not mentioned. They only said that each of them would take a book from the academy as a bet. Who would have thought that they would want that book. In the end, we were forced into a dead end. , Now that I think about it, they may have planned it long ago and are just waiting for us to take the bait." Wu Wei spoke with anger.
At this time, Li Hao basically understood it and was immediately ready to come to the rescue. After all, memorizing poems with propositions was his strength. As a result, before he started talking, Yan Jingwen went up to argue with the other party. Unfortunately, since the other party had good intentions, he would not let go easily. On the contrary, his words made Yan Jingwen extremely angry.
Just then, Li Hao came out and said, "How about I give it a try."
Everyone heard the sound and looked around. When they saw the person behind them, there was a burst of laughter, and then one person said: "There is really no one in your academy. You have brought all these yellow-mouthed children here. Can you write poems and poems? Just Come out and say such big things.”
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "My talent and learning are not as profound as those of my senior brothers and college classmates, but I am still better than some ignorant people. Isn't it related to polo? I just figured it out. Just one song to give you some insights."
Then he recited aloud: The soft red color is as flat as the palm of a hand, and the horse's hooves make no sound when treading on the sand. Wearing a golden robe and a jade belt, Wu Ling'er rides on a flying horse to reward him with balls. The body is light, the horse is flying, the dragon is flying, the colorful battle is low and a little red. Suddenly flying stars fly into the clouds, and I turn my sleeves back on my saddle to catch the spring breeze. Sometimes the fragrant dust rolls everywhere, and poplar flowers scatter peach pollen. Returning from the nest with a smile, the crescent moon spins gently and the beads are steady. I have spent my whole life being delicate and tired of looking up to the sky, and I don’t believe that there is anything hanging upside down in the world. But the love between the flowers is good, and the playing field is played every year. "
After saying that, he put his hands behind his hands and looked up at the sky, pretending to be a master. It's a pity that a wisp of beard is missing. Otherwise, stroking the beard and looking at the sky with hands behind his back would have made him look even more elegant.
After everyone listened, the students from Qingtan Academy felt proud and proud. They glanced at Li Hao and then started to refute the other group of academy people again, saying that they were wishful thinking. However, after hearing this, Yan Jingwen looked at Li Hao with eyes full of surprise and felt quite pleasantly surprised.
Just when everyone thought the matter would be over, Yan Jingwen planned to take Li Hao and leave first. However, Zhang Zijian came out again: "Seven-character rhythm arrangement has never been orthodox, how can it be considered correct? And he is such a child, who knows if he heard it written by someone else, and today he is here to pretend to be an impostor. If you can't write another article, it's really hard to convince the public, and today we will still be considered a loser." Then their group of people began to agree, which made everyone in Qingtan Academy very angry, even a good-tempered person like Yan Jingwen They couldn't help but retort, "What's the point? Although the seven-character arrangement is small, everyone has done it since ancient times. If you deny it today, it's because you are the king of heaven and I can do whatever I say."
As a result, the frying on both sides became more intense. At this time, Li Hao then said: "Actually, it's not difficult for me to compose another song, but if you ask me to just do it, I'm afraid you won't have the face to just talk in vain. How about we make a bet." "
Zhang Zijian asked: "How to bet?"
Li Hao said: "I am writing an article on the topic of polo. If I can do it, what valuable thing can you lose to me? If I can't do it, you will win, how about it."
Zhang Zijian sneered and said: "What's the point? If I lose, I will give you the treasure. If you lose, you can forget it. It's a bit ridiculous."
Li Hao said with a smile: "Because we have already won. You can't ask me to admit it just because of your strong words. You don't have such a big face."
At this time, a person next to Zhang Zijian said: "I think you can't do it, so you come up with many excuses to shirk it."
"Whether we can do it or not, you will know if you bet. If you don't bet, we will leave now, otherwise it will be disgusting to be with people like you." With that, Li Hao turned around and took Yan Jingwen to leave.
"Okay, I'll make a bet with you. As long as you do it, I will lose." Zhang Zijian said.
"Okay, let's decide what the bet is first. I don't really believe in your character, so it's better to make an agreement first to avoid your defaulting on the debt, which will be bad for everyone."
This time, Zhang Zijian was really stimulated and said: "I have a good set of the four treasures of the study, Hu brush, Hui ink, Duan inkstone, and rice paper, so I use it to make bets."
After hearing this, Li Hao turned around and asked in a low voice: "Are these good things?"
Yan Jingwen felt really weird after hearing this. But he still said: "It's priceless."
Li Hao said: "Well, in that case I will make a bet with you." Then he began to pace and pretend to be deep in thought, and he made Yan Jingwen and the others look anxious. Zhang Zijian and the others thought that Li Hao was just pretending to fool them at first, and they were about to make a few taunts.
Then I heard Li Hao say: Yule has a thousand gold horse and seven engraved balls. Yao Fei was shocked by lightning, and Zhan Fen felt the stars. After three victories, Huan Chuan is the first. Qingyun follows Yizu and wraps around the east end of the hall. There is nothing wrong with this five-character poem. You should be willing to admit defeat this time.
After saying that, he turned to leave, but finally turned around and said, remember to pack up the Hu brush, Hui ink, Duan inkstone, and rice paper and send them to the academy. It doesn't matter if you lose your literary talent, but don't lose your personality. That would be embarrassing. People.
Then Yan Jingwen also followed Li Hao out, and said as he walked: "I really didn't expect that junior brother has such literary talent, but junior brother was too reckless in what he did today. If he loses, it will really not end well."
Li Hao said: "If I hadn't thought about it in advance, I would definitely win, so I wouldn't bet with them. In fact, it's nothing. He insisted on finding trouble and asking for trouble. And I left directly on purpose. , just to prevent him from finding reasons to find fault. In fact, I didn't expect them to be so shameless. Otherwise, if they really left, I don't believe he could force other students to nod and admit defeat. By then, everyone would have their own reasons and it would be over. .”
"I didn't expect that you are still very thoughtful at your young age." I heard Yan Fu's voice coming from the side.
