As soon as the topic came out, some people were happy while others were worried.
In fact, this question relies on wisdom and adaptability. Even if someone has a brilliant literary talent and understands the past and the present, it may not be necessary for this question alone.
When Xue Poye heard the question, he almost burst out laughing, a sense of superiority from time travel flooded his body immediately, perhaps for people of this era, this is an extremely difficult question, but for the era of intelligence tests flying all over the sky in later generations, This is really pediatrics.
Looking sideways, a low-level official was scratching his head, frowning, with a sad expression on his face, apparently desperately thinking about the answer, looking around, there are not a few people with such a gesture, and even many great Confucian scholars squinted their eyes , frowning and thinking hard.
Finally thinking of Liu Tuo, I looked at him, and saw that he was also scanning the crowd, with a smile on his face and a confident look, he naturally understood the answer, while He Ruhui next to Liu Tuo had a gloomy face, beating his head .
Going to look at Tan Ziqing, he saw that he was also looking at him, with a smile on his face, and he nodded with his beard.
Damn, the old guy's eyesight is really good, he can see himself, nodded, and grinned with a smile.
Seeing that someone had already started to answer the questions on paper, Xue Poye didn't delay, and wrote down the answers he had already had in his mind on the paper, and then wrote his name below.
"Well water, no fish, soil mountains, no stones, dead trees, no branches, immortals, wives, jade girls, husbands, imperial cities, and cities!"
In fact, this puzzle comes from "Sakyamuni Fanchen Record", which is "Sutra of Encouraging Practice". If it is explained according to the explanation, it can be explained by the twelve branches of heavenly stems.
Sighing and uneasy, the second young master said loudly: "It's time, close the paper!"
The maids and servants immediately stepped forward to collect the papers, and those who did not write the answer had to write a few words indiscriminately.
As soon as the papers were collected, there were those who sighed and grimaced, those who were uneasy and sweating on their foreheads, those who were full of confidence*, and those who were calm and contented.
All the papers were handed over to the three seats in Han Mo Zhuang, and the third master Han Xunmo immediately began to review the papers.
At this time, there are young servants and maids coming out in a file, bringing all kinds of delicacies, which are placed on the table, rare fruits, duck feet, green tea, good tea and wine, everything is high-quality.
Seeing it, Xue Poye could only sigh, the wealth of the Lu family is indeed extraordinary, even if the Lu family is like this, imagine that the Fang family, the largest family in the south of the Yangtze River, is even more wealthy. It is no wonder that Fang Zhenyuan is so close to the crown prince. Naturally, the crown prince would not leave such a convenient treasury behind.
When Tan Ziqing waved his hand, everyone became humble and began to eat and drink.
Xue Poye also tasted it, and the taste was really good. He was enjoying the leisurely drinking and eating, and the official sitting next to him suddenly called out in a low voice: "Brother, brother!" Xue Poye turned his head Looking around, I saw that he was grimacing, smiling reluctantly to say hello.
Xue Poye smiled and said, "What's the matter, Your Excellency?"
The official asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you sure?"
Xue Poye knew whether he was successful in the quiz, so he smiled lightly, and said leisurely: "This is a brain game, no one dares to say that you can pass it. Hey, my lord, how do you feel?"
The man smiled wryly and shook his head, "What the hell, we have to answer such a complicated question, and I really think these people are champions. Grandma, I don't have any hope to see the Buddha tonight." There was something in the words Unwilling.
A few old masters over there reviewed it quickly, and it didn't take long before the review was finally completed. Out of the hundreds of answer sheets, only less than 10% of the answer sheets were left on the shore, and the other sheets were handed to the young man at the side to take them down.
Everyone could see it clearly, and they all knew that the papers left were those who had advanced. Looking at those papers, many people already showed annoyed expressions.
The old masters handed the papers to the second young master, who looked at them and finally said: "Everyone, the papers have been reviewed!" Shaking the thin papers in his hands, he said loudly: "I have read the names. , will advance to the next round.”
Officials, scholars and scholars all looked at each other, waiting to read their names. The precious Ye Zhan Buddha stood quietly on the table. Everyone knew that if there was no name in the paper, the precious Ye Zhan Buddha would also leave him. Gone.
"Well... Liu Tuo, Sikong Xin, Duanmuqing...!" The second young master read it word by word, until the ninth and last name: "...Xue Poye!"
Liu Tuo also passed the test.
When he read "Xue Poye", the second young master seemed a little surprised, looked around, saw Xue Poye over here, and smiled courteously.
Liu Tuo was the first one there to hear his name, and he was somewhat proud. When he heard the last name "Xue Poye", he immediately frowned, looked around, and finally found Xue Poye. A sharp gaze flashed across his eyes, extremely cold, and his expression was extremely gloomy.
As soon as the name was read out, those who were promoted were naturally ecstatic, while those who were not promoted sighed, grimaced, and sighed, and what's more, they hit their heads against the case again and again, extremely annoyed.
After the second young master finished reading out the names, Han Mozhuang got up and clasped his fists and said, "Nine talented people with extraordinary intelligence have been selected. I congratulate you all for having the opportunity to obtain the rare treasure of Ye Zhan Buddha."
A scribe in white asked: "But I don't know what the next question is?"
Han Mozhuang coughed twice, and said slowly: "This second and last hurdle, please nine talented people to show their literary talents, write two poems with propositions, and then the three of us will taste them together, choose one of the best talents, and give it to me." Ye Zhan Buddha!" After speaking, he clasped his fists to the left and right, and Master Xun and Master Mo on both sides also nodded.
The scribe in white laughed loudly, and said leisurely: "Write lyrics? Very good." He seemed extremely confident.
In fact, the nine people screened out in the first test, except for Liu Tuo and Xue Poye, all of them are scholars and scholars who are quite proficient in poetry and literary talent. Hearing Han Mozhuang's mention of poetry, he was naturally very excited. There is a saying that "Wen Wu is the first, and Wu Wu is the second", which is also a saying on the table. Once the literati really study the literary way and achieve a little success, they will be extremely arrogant and self-righteous. It is the best masterpiece in the world, and they are all confident, which is also a common problem of the noble spirit of scholars.
The two masters, Han Mozhuang and Xun Mo, are elders with extremely high status in the literary world. If it is said that one person reviewing it is not convincing, but the result of the three reviewing and deliberating together, of course, everyone has no opinion.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Xue Poye's mouth, he sighed, picked up the wine glass on the case and drank it down, thinking: "In order to practice it for Lao Tan, the Lu family really put a lot of thought into it, this flattery is loud."
However, I felt something was wrong in my heart. If I really wanted to flatter Lao Tan, I would just present these two treasures to Lao Tan directly. Why bother to spend such a big effort, but in the end the treasures would not fall into Lao Tan's hands. Is there any other hidden secret in the middle
I heard Liu Tuo ask politely: "Ask Master Han, but I don't know what kind of proposition it is?"
Xue Poye looked at him, and saw that he had a refined smile on his face, looking peaceful, elegant, and extremely handsome, and Liu Tuo's eyes also seemed to look towards this side, Xue Poye immediately felt his smile It was unspeakably strange, that charming smile seemed to contain a murderous aura hidden in the depths.
Before Han Mozhuang answered, the second young master had already said loudly: "For the sake of fairness, you can't write your first and last name on the answer sheet this time. I will have someone send a piece of paper to each of the nine, with numbers written on it, from one to Nine, write the numbers on the answer sheets according to the numbers on the pieces of paper, and after the three masters select the final masterpiece, whoever has the number in their hands that matches the answer sheets will be the champion." After a pause, he said with a smile: "Everyone, watch out for the best work on the pieces of paper. After the number, remember it in your heart, and hand over the piece of paper to the servant girl behind you for safekeeping."
This last sentence is naturally afraid that someone will cheat and counterfeit a piece of paper.
"Good idea, great idea!" The crowd immediately laughed.
Seeing that many guests were still sighing and dejected at losing this opportunity to win the treasure, the second young master hastily said: "For those who have not advanced, don't be discouraged. There is still a treasure here, which will be given away in the next program. Naturally, it won't happen." Let everyone down, everyone has another chance."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes focused on the exquisite brocade box on the nanmu gold silk table. Many people were still downcast, but after the second young master said this, their spirits immediately rose again.
The Ye Zhan Buddha was already extremely rare, and the treasures in this brocade box would not be bad, the atmosphere suddenly became high.
Han Mozhuang waited for everyone to calm down, and then slowly said: "This proposition is naturally suitable for the scene." After a moment of silence, he looked up at the sky, then looked around, and said with a smile: "Yes, please nine talented people Use the bright moon and the chrysanthemum to write a poem respectively."
The few scribes were overjoyed at first, but their expressions dimmed immediately.
The bright moon and chrysanthemum are naturally good subjects for poetry, and it is very easy to write lyrics. Throughout the ages, there are many poems written about the bright moon and chrysanthemum, and there are even good lines that have been recited throughout the ages.
The few literati were naturally pleasantly surprised when they heard such an easy topic, but after thinking about it carefully, anyone with a little literary talent on such a subject can write poems, and there are even more gems from the predecessors in front of them. It's even harder to come up with a great sentence.
Although Han Mozhuang's topic is simple, it is really not easy to come up with a wonderful sentence to win the treasure.
Xue Poye frowned, and was naturally aware of such a problem. Naturally, Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu, and others wrote bright moon and chrysanthemum sentences in his stomach. But it always feels unnatural. The poems of Li Bai, Du Fu and others in the Tang Dynasty were also widely circulated in the Chu Dynasty. The poems of Su Shi, Ouyang and others are wonderful, but they are not necessarily shocking.
Since you want to do it, make a fucking immortal sentence.
Turn on your memory and quickly screen in your mind. Others need to think hard to write their own lyrics. We men only need to choose words. If we want to choose, we must naturally choose extraordinary words and sentences.
In a daze, I suddenly thought of the sentence in that peerless classic.