system of princes and generals

Chapter 127 Let me wait for an eye-opener
Emperor Wu got up and walked slowly towards Huo Guang, wanting to see what article he wrote.

Others wanted to see it too, but no one dared to go to Huo Guang's place before the emperor. The ministers who were closer all poked their heads, hoping to have a sneak peek.

Liu Sheng followed carefully behind Emperor Wu. In fact, his heart had already flown to Huo Guang's desk, and he only hated himself for not taking a look at Huo Guang's test paper just now.

Emperor Wu's speed was not slow, but the other people in the hall still felt that he was walking slowly, and their eyes wished to skip him and directly see through the paper.

Originally, Huo Guang wanted to present the test paper to Emperor Wu, but he didn't expect that Emperor Wu would come down to read his article in person. Emperor Wu had already got up, so he couldn't move his position anymore, so he could only respectfully wait for the emperor to come over.

Emperor Wu walked up to Huo Guang, pursed his lips lightly, raised a gratified arc, and picked up the paper on the table.

The line of sight moved on Huo Guang's crooked handwriting, moving very slowly, for fear that any detail would be missed.

During this gap, the civil and military ministers couldn't hold back their curiosity anymore, and approached Huo Guang softly and slowly, but they didn't dare to get too close, they just stood behind Emperor Wu and kept a distance.

Originally, Huo Guang's handwriting was very difficult to read. People who were far away could only see insects crawling, and could not understand what it was. Only people standing closer to the front could see it.

Of course Zhang Xiangkun was the most impatient. Apart from being a participant in this competition, there was another important reason. He was also a literati, and he was very knowledgeable and in-depth in literature.

He couldn't help reading it at the first glance, "The long green water is nestled next to the forest, and the sunset looks at the mountains and looks around. The ancient temple in the secluded forest, the lonely moon, the cold well and the cold spring, and the Biyingtai. Immortals come to the pavilion. You walk up the path with flowers and smoke, and a canopy is opened far away from the stream."

Just after reading the last word, Zhang Xiangkun's eyes were stunned subconsciously, and his eyes fixed on the paper again. Zhang Xiangkun took a breath, looked surprised, opened his lips slightly, and sighed softly, "This..."

Li Qing came over first, squeezed to Zhang Xiangkun's side, and read Huo Guang's poem carefully, thinking that he hadn't read it carefully, so he read it again, but he still didn't see anything special about it. Let Huan Wuping voluntarily withdraw from the competition.

Li Qinggang stood still, and Xu Zhang, who was behind him, also took a step forward, also looking in the direction of the paper.

Li Qing said in a low voice, "Master Xu, can you see what's so great about this poem? It was applauded by the arrogant Japanese envoy."

Xu Zhang didn't say a word, not because he didn't want to share it with Li Qing, but he didn't see the mystery in this poem, the last one was acrostic, this time Xu Zhang read it according to the method of acrostic, It is not.After thinking about it, I can't figure out what's so great about it.

But he didn't want to admit defeat in front of Li Qing, so he pretended to be mysterious and didn't say a word, but he didn't know it in his heart.

Li Qing hit a minor snag, curled his lips, rolled his eyes, ignored Xu Zhang, and read the poem again.

Fujiwara also endured for a long time before he surrounded Emperor Wu with the people from the division.More than anyone else, he wanted to know what kind of article could make the second prince, whom he had always admired, willingly withdraw from the competition and automatically admit defeat.

Huo Guang's handwriting was so bad that he didn't understand it after reading it many times, and he was standing far away, so he quietly squeezed forward and just stood behind Zhang Xiangkun.

"Walk on the trail and walk up the flower smoke, and the stream is far away with a canopy open." Fujiwara silently recited it several times in his heart, but he didn't understand why this poem was so special, and he couldn't understand it.

Huan Wuping was still looking in that direction, but did not step forward, standing at the end of the crowd.

He originally thought that he would win today's competition. In his mind, Huo Guang was just showing off his cleverness. Until just now, he saw that poem.

It was a style of writing that he had only seen in books, but he had never tried it and could not master it.At that moment, he knew that he had lost, and instead of letting the Emperor Han declare that he had lost, he might as well admit defeat and quit the game.

Huan Wuping's eyes were a little lonely, his naturally drooping arms froze slightly, and his palms clenched unconsciously.

Fujiwara has read Huo Guang's poems five times, and he hasn't read anything worthy of praise. It's not bad, but he has also read the second prince's poems, which are definitely not worse than Huo Guang's, even though he is a Rough people, but the comparison between the particularly good and the particularly bad can still be clearly distinguished.

The second prince's willingness to admit defeat must be because he felt that the difference between himself and Huo Guang was not 01:30, but Fujiwara really couldn't figure out what the difference was, nor could he see it.

Both thirst for knowledge and curiosity were growing in his heart and swimming in every cell of his body. Fujiwara breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his voice and spoke to Zhang Xiangkun who was standing in front.

"Master Zhang, can you tell me what is so great about this poem?"

Fujiwara's voice was a bit loud, and Li Qing who was beside him also heard his question, so he quickly pricked up his ears to listen.

Not only Li Qing, but also Xu Zhang who stood not far away and pretended to understand, wished to stretch his ears to hear Zhang Xiangkun's explanation.

They all want to know the mystery of this poem, so they can pretend to understand it and show it off in front of others.

Zhang Xiangkun glanced at Fujiwara, and nodded politely, "This poem by Huo Guang is a palindrome."

"Palindromic poem?" Fujiwara repeated, but didn't understand, and still looked at Zhang Xiangkun blankly.

Zhang Xiangkun didn't explain much, but read the poem in another way, "Open the canopy and go far away from the stream, walk on the fireworks and walk on the trail. Visitors come to Xianting to accompany the cranes, and go boating on the Yupu full of flying gulls. Tai Yingbi The spring is cold and the well is cold, and the ancient forest of Yueminggu Temple is secluded. Looking back at the four mountains and watching the sunset, the forest is surrounded by greenery."

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the hall opened their mouths wide in amazement, that a poem can be written like this, and it is another poem when read from back to front, and the rhythm and meaning are completely elegant.

"Miao, it's wonderful." There was a sound of admiration from the Japanese diplomatic mission.

"This old man has been studying poetry for decades, but he has only known this style of poetry, but he has never seen anyone use it."

"Mr. Huo really opened my eyes."

The waves of admiration came one after another, completely in the rhythm of passers-by turning fans.

None of them was stingy with their volume, and they could hear every word of praise for Huo Guang. In fact, they were a little embarrassed in their hearts, after all, Emperor Wu was standing in front of him.

Emperor Wu handed the paper to Liu Sheng who was next to him. Just now he picked up the poem and read it, and then discovered the mystery in it. He didn't say anything, in fact, it was the first time Emperor Wu himself saw such a writing technique, and he only mentioned it in the book before.

He slightly hooked the corners of his mouth towards Huo Guang, and smiled slightly, a smile that could not be compared with Emperor Wu's approval.

(End of this chapter)