Chapter 105: Gambling Fight

Gambling on colorful things was originally a common thing when scholars would write, and today's poetry club also prepared a pen holder and other colorful heads early, but no one expected Zhang Ke to suddenly make such a suggestion. Several daughters who were familiar with Zhang Ke glanced at each other, all of them wondering in their hearts. It must be known that although Zhang Ke's twelve-year-old brother is ordinary, she is called a talented girl at a young age, and this name is still passed from the palace concubine. Now she suddenly attacked her cousin, which is strange no matter how you look at it.

Zhang Qing's face sank at this time. She is the master of this room, and she is the eldest daughter of the Xiangfu Zhang family, and she also knows a lot about some of the grievances of the Zhang family in Beijing. Zhang Ke suddenly put forward the request for this gambling fight, she could sense the ill intentions in it, and she was very annoyed. Seeing a group of sisters and brothers whispering, she immediately stood up and spoke.

At this moment, she only felt that her right hand was gently pressed, and then she saw Zhang Yue Shi Ran standing up. Stunned for a moment, she immediately thought that Zhang Yue was not such a gentleman, since he was admitted in the imperial examination, he must have real talent and real learning, and she had confidence in her heart, so she took a sip of the teacup with a smile, and looked like a beautiful and wandering person.

Zhang Yue asked as usual at this time: "Since Sister Ke said so, of course I agreed." It's just that these two things are given by the palace, is it disrespectful to take them out for gambling? Besides, I didn't bring that big one. Since it is such a valuable thing as a gambling fight, what should you say if you decide afterwards which side is not convinced? I'm afraid this judgment is extremely difficult to deserve. ”

"That's our aunt, what's disrespectful! If Brother Yue loses, will you still rely on my things? Zhang Ke seemed to be prepared, and smiled confidently, "As for whether you are convinced...... There are so many sisters here, who can't compose poems and can chant, and this good or bad can always be determined. It's good for the fourth sister of the Meng family to make a general judgment. If there are still people who are not convinced, you might as well write this poem on a note and copy it out, and let the people in the capital judge together, there is always justice now, right? ”

Hearing Zhang Ke say this, everyone present was in an uproar, and they were a little excited in addition to shock. After all, they are all young people, and getting together in the past was just a pastime for fun, and there is a lot of excitement to see here. Who wouldn't be happy? The brothers Meng Fan and Meng Tao first came to Nanjing, and they didn't know much about Zhang Ke, but after two days of getting along, they were quite convinced by Zhang Yue, so they also coaxed on the side, until Zhang Yue nodded happily, they slapped happily, and they didn't think about the quality of the poems, and the two of them couldn't taste it at all.

Du Juan was invited to come today, one is that Zhang Qing's post is not easy to shirk. The second is that there is nothing to do at home, and her mother laughed and said that she would let her make a few more friends, and the third is that Xiao Wu was pinching vigorously beside her, saying that she wanted her to make her famous by beating the group, and she insisted on following. But she has never been much interested in things that come out. So I had been teasing a few cute koi fish in the water just now, and now I saw that there was a gambling fight before I really raised my heart, and there was still a little bit of expectation in the faint way.

"Miss, who do you think will win?" Xiao Wu stood beside Du Juan. A little face was flushed with excitement, seeing that Meng Min had already lit a incense stick over there, Zhang Yue was pacing there, but Zhang Ke was sitting there contentedly, and couldn't help but clench his little fist and muttered in a low voice, "Looking at that guy's appearance, most of them didn't come up with it, people are so confident, he must be losing!" I'm still a student of the old man. Is...... Oops, I'm going to die! ”

Listening to Xiao Wu's chatter, Du Juan couldn't help but laugh, but then there was a trace of uneasiness in his heart, but after the uneasiness, she was just a spectator of today's poetry meeting, who loses and who wins, what does it have to do with her?

"Little Wu, who wins or loses, what does it matter to you, it depends on how nervous you are!"

"But isn't he a student of the master? Wouldn't this lose face even for the master? ”

Xiao Wu didn't see Du Xuan's stunned moment. Looking at the decreasing incense sticks, I saw that Zhang Ke had already picked up the pen and began to write on the paper. Zhang Yue was still groaning, and his heart was gradually becoming a little nervous, so he had to look left and right. She was a self-acquainted person, and she had always been unruly, and soon she saw the amber and autumn marks over there. remembered that the two of them were the maidservants brought by Zhang Yue, so she quietly approached her.

"Two sisters!"

Qiu Zhen was looking at Zhang Yue who was groaning, his heart was beating fast, and he was startled when he heard this sound. Seeing a girl standing next to her who was much younger than herself, she smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong with my sister?" ”

"It's been so long since this hour, why hasn't Zhang Gongzi made it yet?"

Amber Yuan was also a little worried, and seeing that Qiu Zhen's face was a little ugly, she interjected and laughed: "This is a matter of effort to make poems, and Cao Zhi has seven steps for poetry in ancient times, and it is not a word that only exists until the seventh step?" At the moment, the incense stick has not burned out, so maybe my young master has it in his heart, so he deliberately does not transcribe it, and it is not necessary to write it down at the last moment. After all, the young master has studied with Mr. Du for many years, and my sister also asked to tell Miss Du that this is just a small scene, so you can rest assured. ”

Xiao Wu came over at this time to be curious, and secondly, to probe the tone, who knows that she hasn't asked anything yet, but her own identity has been recognized. glanced back at Du Juan with a weak heart, but she was unwilling to go back like that, so she craned her neck and said: "This is two different things to make poetry and make articles, Zhang Gongzi's articles are good, but no one has heard of him making poems." ”

was interrupted, and Qiu Zhen was not nervous at this time, because he smiled: "Most of the poems written by the young master on weekdays are thrown in the paper basket or burned, of course people outside don't know." I still remember two sentences at this time, falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers. Nowadays, this occasion is a quick and wise test, although it may not be able to make such a sentence, but it will not always be out of standard. ”

Although he only knew a little about the poems, he chanted those two sentences repeatedly, and Xiao Wu made up his mind. She was a talkative person, so she simply stood there and chatted with Autumn Amber, but she didn't feel depressed, and gradually forgot about the gambling fight over there.

At this time, the incense stick had almost burned out, Zhang Ke had changed it a few times, but she had already finished a song, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud when she saw that the white paper in front of Zhang Yue was still empty. Although she didn't know what her father's intention was for her to challenge today, she was even happier at the thought that if she won, she would get a precious sable fur and a set of purple sand teapots that she had promised in advance when she returned. I almost didn't hum a minor tune.

Seeing that Zhang Ke's poem had been completed in one go, the girls who had already done good things next to him surrounded him, and some people even chanted loudly: "The light branches spit out tender yellow, and I don't envy the prosperity and longevity." Three spring dawns, ten thousand red fragrant. ”

"Sure enough, it's chic!"

"Sister Ke is worthy of being a talented girl, and now she looks at Brother Yue!"

"Yes, yes, the incense sticks are about to burn out, and Brother Yue won't do it again. That's an automatic towel! ”

Facing the chattering and noisy voices around him, he glanced at the triumphant Zhang Ke again, and saw that there was only the last bit of incense left, Zhang Yue came to his small table, dipped his pen in thick ink and waved.

"The green calyx reflects the clouds, and the bones hide the golden soul. The light fragrance knows the elegance, and dyes the spring of the season. ”

"What a season of spring!"

As soon as this poem was completed, everyone applauded. Especially Meng Fan, who had just taken care of his thoughts, Meng Tao's applause was the loudest. Zhang Ke didn't expect Zhang Yue to rush out such a song at the last moment, and his pretty face suddenly looked like a frosted eggplant. She is different from those laymen, although this poem looks elegant and chic, steady and subtle, but the most important thing is the artistic conception. Even if she's doing something about judging today. Tomorrow this poem will circulate, and she will still have only one way to lose.

Although there are some talented women who are arrogant and arrogant, Zhang Ke is not a person who can't afford to lose, and he was provoked by this proposal today. At this time, seeing Meng Min standing up to judge, she simply stood up and said with a smile: "Fourth sister, don't judge, I lost this bet today." I am willing to gamble and lose, this mutton fat jade card is Brother Yue's. I'm making a fool of myself today, and I hope you brothers and sisters don't laugh at me. ”

Zhang Yue didn't care about things outside his body, he thought that Zhang Ke would fall in love with his sable fur when he was gambling, which was quite suspicious, and he was very annoyed in his heart. At this time, seeing Zhang Ke, he didn't wait for the judgment to admit defeat first. And he smiled and poured such a remark, it was difficult for him to determine whether this Zhang Ke was deep in mind or straightforward in personality.

Seeing that a girl came to him with the strip plate with the mutton fat jade plate, he picked it up, felt warm and delicate, and understood that this thing was very valuable. As long as he was the head of the gambling fight, he would not shirk it, and went straight into his arms, and returned to Zhang Qing to sit down. After this sitting. He saw Du Juan over there staring at him with blazing eyes. He smiled back.

Xiao Wu had been sweating all the time just now, and at this time he looked at Zhang Yue with a smile on his face. But he was angry in his heart, standing beside Du Juan, he muttered angrily: "What's the spirit, isn't it just a poem?!" ”

Du Juan was tasting the four lines of poetry at this moment, but in his heart he thought of his father's thick poetry book that he had turned out when he was packing up for his mother. My father seems to have not written poetry for many years, if he heard Zhang Yue's four poems, what would he say?

But the poetry trail can be pleasant, not ashamed?

For Zhang Yue's victory, the happiest place is naturally Zhang Qing. As soon as Zhang Yue sat down, she smiled and ordered Xia to make a new pot of tea, and poured it for Zhang Yue personally, and then praised: "The third brother is good, this time he gives me a long face!" Ke girl is also a well-known talented woman in Nanjing, this time she is willing to gamble and lose, and those who have daughters will not test you at this end in the future, and you will have to be much easier in this life. ”

Zhang Yueyuan listened well, but when he found out that Zhang Qing was going around and around, he actually turned the topic around the marriage again, and he suddenly sighed in his heart. Just as he was thinking about finding something to discourage the eldest sister's matchmaker, he didn't expect Zhang Qing to get closer and say something in a low voice.

"Just now, Miss Du's girl ran to muttered to Autumn Scar Amber for a long time, but I saw it. You are a student of Master Du, and this family business is also made. When I go to Du's house to see Mrs. Du, I will definitely help you find out. ”