[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

When the emperor was playing chicken blood on the stage before, Daiyu sat like a mascot, naturally lacking in interest.The assessment had begun, and it was rare for Daiyu to raise her interest.She has already dabbled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not to mention being proficient in everything, but she is definitely good at it.Thinking that after all, they will live together for the rest of their lives, Daiyu raised her spirits, and must find someone with similar interests, so that she can live comfortably, right?

Daiyu inspected each examination room one by one, and found a few familiar faces. These were the people she had spoken to or met with while dressing up in men's clothing.When they met again on this occasion, Daiyu still only thought of her as a friend, a nodding acquaintance, and didn't have any superfluous thoughts.

When he found out that Nangong Yan, the eldest son of Nanjiang, was among them, the scenes of the maids arguing a few days ago flashed in his mind.Even if they hold different opinions, their opinions are surprisingly consistent: the son of Nanjiang is interesting to him.

Originally, Daiyu didn't believe that she could become the person she liked just by meeting, but now seeing Nangongyan join the crowd to participate in the assessment, the balance in her heart could not help but tilt a little.Whether it was intentional or unintentional, she remembered the number plate set up in front of Nangong Yan's desk at a glance.

The number was imprinted in her mind as if it was branded, and she couldn't get rid of it. Daiyu despised herself a little, and felt a slight fever on her face.In order to avoid being caught staring at one person for too long, Daiyu quickly turned her eyes to see other people's performance.It's just that his eyes couldn't help lingering around Nangongyan back and forth.

At this time, Daiyu didn't know that the competition was largely held by the emperor to catch Nangong Yan, so naturally she didn't know that Nangong Yan had already proposed marriage before the competition.Lin Ruhai wanted to hide it as long as he could, and it would be better if Nan Gongyan was just like an ordinary man in the eyes of his daughter, with nothing special about him.The emperor felt that the time had not yet come, so he did not mention this matter for the time being.

However, Lin Ruhai's idea failed in the end. Ever since Nangongyan stepped into the examination room, he had successfully attracted Daiyu's attention.Although there is no love between men and women nowadays, everyone knows that love is often triggered by curiosity from the beginning. Only curiosity can lead to attention, and only attention can lead to development.Compared with others who have no interest at all, it is self-evident which one will be chosen in the end.

The examiners were very fast, and they had already tasted the two contents of calligraphy and painting in the evening of the first day, and sent the works to Daiyu's desk.Books and paintings are divided into two piles, one pile is the top [-] selected by the examiners, ranked from high to low according to the score, and the other pile is fifty years away.This sorting is not only convenient for Daiyu to taste, if you don’t want to look at them one by one, you only need to pay attention to the top fifty.After all, the judges selected everyone, and their ability to judge and appreciate is one of the best. At most, everyone has different opinions, so they won't be confused.

It is known from the original works that Daiyu's poems are very spiritual, often ingenious and unconventional.Now Daiyu still likes this kind of poems, maybe the rhetoric description is not gorgeous enough, and the use of diction is not perfect, but if you can describe it from an angle that ordinary people can't think of, the idea is novel, fresh and unique, it will definitely attract Daiyu's attention.

In this way, a few mediocre ones in the top fifty were picked out, and a few slightly flawed but unique poems in the top fifty were added.

In the process of tasting poems, although Daiyu deliberately did not look for the poem number 36, which is Nangongyan's number plate, but when she saw the number 36, she couldn't help but look forward to it. what a verse.Daiyu picks up the paper, the first impression is that it is vigorous and powerful, but when you look closely, it is changeable and flexible, and the scale is effective. The whole article seems to be arranged randomly, but it has both square and round, and a combination of hardness and softness; the hidden front is slightly exposed, and the exposed front is subtle It is also thick and thin, neither perverse nor harsh, both middle and side, neither dry nor moist.

When praise a good word.It is said that the writing is like a person, Daiyu saw this good calligraphy, and had a vague idea of ​​Nangongyan's character in her heart, at least she would not rely on it.With the foreshadowing of good words, Daiyu naturally looks forward to the poem so what. After reading the poem carefully, she didn't think there were too many bright spots at first, but Daiyu couldn't help but read it twice, but the more she read it, the more she felt. Feel the taste.Just like old wine, the more you taste it, the more you can appreciate its essence, which makes people feel a little bit unable to stop.

When Daiyu got away from the poems that Nangongyan had drawn, she couldn't help laughing a little, she knew why such a face-saving word was ranked tenth.It turned out that it was because of this poem. The masters didn’t have time to read more than a hundred poems. Looking at this man’s poems, there really wasn’t anything eye-catching. If it wasn’t for his good handwriting, he wouldn’t have been ranked thirty or forty. bit is also possible.

As if she couldn't bear this poem to be buried, Daiyu put it in the seventh position. As for what she thinks in her heart, only she knows.

The maid who was serving at the side laughed when she saw her young lady reading poems. They looked at each other with doubts in their eyes. What kind of poems can make young lady laugh?Although they were lucky enough to study along with them for a few years, they really don't understand the subtlety of poetry and poetry. Even if they can see that the poems are well written, they can't tell why they are so good.

Putting down the poems, Daiyu looked at the paintings again.Because there is no restriction on the subject matter, everyone has come up with their own housekeeping skills. It can be said that each has its own merits, and it looks quite beautiful.

The paintings ranked above fifty are all more ingenious works. Although the brushwork, shading, layout and other techniques are relatively skillful, some of them can even be called perfect.People who know how to paint can tell the difference at a glance, so it is naturally not a good painting.

The top 50 people selected all have their own characteristics, such as various flowers in spring, summer, autumn and winter, landscapes, pictures of ladies, pictures of mandarin ducks playing in the water...there are so many, basically everything.Either the artistic conception wins, or the spirit is vivid, or the aura is compelling, worthy of being the son of everyone, this skill is indeed in place.

If Nangongyan's poems are ranked in the forefront, but this painting can only be regarded as wandering in the middle, and it is ranked 36th, which complements his number plate.

There are only a few strokes in the painting depicting a woman walking leisurely on the bamboo forest path, with butterflies flying and bees dancing under her feet, wild flowers dotted, the bamboo forests on both sides are deep, and the artistic conception is far away.To say how simple it is, the woman's face was not drawn, as if it was deliberately blurred, and the bamboo was only outlined with simple lines, just a few, without much description.However, the woman is paired with a bamboo forest, a path, three or two butterflies and bees, and scattered wild flowers, but people can directly feel the woman's leisurely and peaceful posture of admiring the scenery, and the quiet and profound artistic conception of the bamboo forest.

Although the artistic conception is there, the painting skills are also good, and the writing is smooth and natural, without a sense of stagnation, which is quite a bit of simplicity.It can be estimated that it is too simple. Compared with other masterpieces that are rich in color, splashed with ink, majestic or carefully crafted, it is indeed not enough.Therefore, it is ranked 36th because of the aura and artistic conception of Nangong Yan's paintings.

In fact, Nan Gongyan is best at landscape painting, and he is quite like everyone at a young age.The ones related to the characters are so-so. One of the few paintings he can count is the back view that has been carried in his arms for many years. This picture only has the back and no front. It is definitely a stroke of God, completely destroying the artistic conception.

Why did you choose the content you are least good at painting this time?He wanted to secretly remind Daiyu that they met for the first time in the bamboo forest of the Goddess Temple.It's just that the character is a shortcoming. He cleverly blurred his face, deliberately creating a sense of urgency that catches people's eyes but can't see clearly.In this kind of scene, it is not suitable to describe a woman too perfect, maybe she will be misunderstood as a womanizer, so she will lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds.This is just right, not only concealing the shortcomings, but also not being misunderstood, so this picture of a woman enjoying the scenery in a bamboo forest is finally produced.

In fact, Nangong Yan felt a little regretful after finishing the painting. What if the sweetheart doesn't look at these paintings, what if the examiner gives a low score and the sweetheart thinks that he is not good enough?Nan Gongyan, who was worried about gains and losses, finally gritted his teeth, betting that Daiyu would personally taste their works, hoping that Daiyu would understand what he meant.In fact, the meaning of "encounter in the bamboo forest" is also implied in the poem. I don't know if my sweetheart has noticed it. Thinking of this, Nan Gongyan is a little anxious.

Daiyu's brain is not covered, she felt that this man's eyes were very familiar when she saw Yuelao Temple before, as if she had seen it somewhere.Combined with this painting at this moment, something flashed through Daiyu's mind quickly, but the flash of inspiration was too fast, and it was difficult to grasp the key point for a while.

When she re-translated Nangongyan's poem, read it carefully twice again, and combined with the painting, she finally remembered the accidental encounter in the bamboo forest.But the difference between the front and the back is too big, and Daiyu is still a little unsure. Is there really a technology that can make a person look like another person?Before when she went out in men's clothing, she could only modify the key details, making people think that she was just a man, but her general appearance had not changed.

Daiyu had doubts in her heart, so she wanted to find a chance to verify it.But it reminds me that this person tried every means to get close to him, and he was so close to him in poetry and painting, he really had bad intentions! Anyway, he was definitely shortlisted for the second round, and Daiyu put Nangongyan's poem back to the tenth place again, and the evaluation masters His vision is indeed excellent, so there is no need to change, Daiyu thought cautiously.

In the blink of an eye, the third competition came, and the competition this time was more intense than the previous two days.Thirty jackpots are placed in the paddock, and those who get them will eventually advance to the next round.Scrambling is allowed on the way, but it is not allowed to hurt anyone. The arrow feathers are all without arrowheads, and are wrapped in red cloth, and the red cloth is wrapped in white ash. all.The other spears, knives, and swords are not sharpened, so as not to hurt people, these can be chosen by oneself.

Daiyu also dressed up in men's clothing early in the morning, this time the men's clothing is quite different from her previous ones, otherwise she would be lost.Holding the number plate in hand, he was mixed among the 50 people who advanced.In fact, Daiyu left a number plate at the beginning, just waiting for an emergency, and it turned out that her preparation was correct.Therefore, at the end of the first round, only 49 people were selected, and the remaining one was naturally filled by Daiyu.

Because the number plates were not written in order, there were four test centers at the beginning. For Daiyu, who jumped in line halfway, no one would pay attention to whether he participated in the first test.Even if someone wonders why this person has never seen him before, he will just think that he is in another test center, and he will pass. The whole replacement process is perfect.