Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 421 Articles
The eunuch brought the pen and ink, and Li Musen drew up a contract with the brush a few times, and asked the eunuch to hand it to Zhao Kang. The smile on his face could not be suppressed.

"Master, please!"

Zhao Kang remained calm, signed his name and threw the pen on the tray casually: "Tell me, how do you want to play?"

Looking at his expression, Li Musen groaned inwardly, let's see if you can still be so calm and composed next time.

Emperor Li Chengkun glanced playfully at Lin Yong, the Minister of Civil Affairs who was presiding over the cultural gathering below, and said calmly: "Lin Aiqing, since the Imperial Master and the Second Prince have agreed on everything, let's get started."

Lin Yong smiled slightly: "I obey."

All the scholars cheered up after hearing this, and the eunuch brought Zhao Kang pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Ye Hongxue sighed, she couldn't say anything at this point.

Lin Yong: "Gentlemen, I declare that the literary competition has officially begun. This time the Four Nations Literary Competition will compete in four categories, articles, poems and couplets."

"The first competition determines eight people, and then the second competition determines four people, and so on, until the final single couplet wins."

Ye Hongxue frowned and cursed secretly.

Zhao Kang had previously used couplet pairs to beat Zhang Sheng. The Zhou people put the couplets at the end, obviously not wanting Zhao Kang to take the lead in the couplets early.

She was certain that the Zhou people must know the eternal truth that made Zhao Kang better than Zhang Sheng.

Li Musen sneered: "National Master, please be careful, don't get kicked off in the first competition, otherwise your country, Tongzhou, will belong to me, Dazhou."

Zhao Kang folded his sleeves and mocked back unceremoniously: "It's not that our master is arrogant. Even if you tie these four things together in the field, it's not enough for our master to fight with one hand. You'd better prepare your banknotes!"

"What an arrogant and arrogant Imperial Master of the State of Qian. Today I will let you know what it means to be someone who is outside the world and who is outside the world!"

Academy Qi Jie, who had been tit-for-tat with Zhao Kang before, snorted angrily, and Zhao Kang sneered: "The light of fireflies also wants to compete with the bright moon?"

Qi Jie was furious on the spot. Just as he was about to speak, someone next to him grabbed him and said, "Brother Qi, don't be upset."

Qi Jie suppressed his anger and adjusted his mentality.

Seeing that the two of them were no longer bickering.

Lin Yongdao: "This time the judges of the literary competition are composed of three people: Gongsun Jia, the dean of the academy, Zhang Kai, the imperial eunuch, and Zhou Lizhou, the minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Zhao Kang raised his eyebrows and looked at Gongsun Yunxiu across from him. Unexpectedly, this woman who stood out like a fairy in the sky was actually the dean of Zhou Academy. She really can't be judged by her appearance!

The Zhou Dynasty has a strong literary style, but most literati look down on women. It is impossible for women from ordinary families to study. However, Gongsun Yunxiu was able to become the dean of the Zhou Academy as a woman. This shows how extraordinary he is. .

But since the other party did not participate in the literary meeting to compete with him, it makes people a little confused.

While he was thinking about it, Lin Yong had already begun to announce: "Now the first competition in the Literary Society is an essay, and the time limit is quarter of an hour. Please put your pen to paper!"

After hearing this, the people who participated in the literary meeting began to write. They had all been preparing for this literary meeting for a long time.

Naturally, he had already prepared the manuscript in his mind, and he wrote each one with great energy. However, Zhao Kang looked calm and relaxed. After drinking a glass of wine, he even peeled an orange for Ye Hongxue beside him.

"Why don't you hurry up and start writing!"

Seeing his appearance, Ye Hongxue said slightly anxiously.

Zhao Kang: "What's the rush? Just these guys, you can beat them with your eyes closed."

This arrogant Zhou Guoren almost flipped the table and rushed over to fight him one on one with a real man.After drinking a glass of wine, Zhao Kang finally felt like writing. His actions immediately touched the hearts of countless people.

Even Li Musen, who had been motivating him to participate in the cultural gathering with words, subconsciously became nervous.

After all, this guy is better than Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng could be called the world's first scholar and the first scholar.As a native of Zhou, Li Musen naturally knew how profound this old gentleman's knowledge was.

Zhao Kang didn't feel uncomfortable being watched by everyone. For others, writing an article requires careful consideration.

To him, it’s just dictation!

"Article?"

Zhao Kang smiled in his heart. He had also read many lofty articles praised by literati in this world.

It can't be said that it's bad, but it's almost too far compared to the articles in his mind.

Anyway, today I will let you know what is the best parallel prose of all time, and what is a beautiful article that can truly be handed down from generation to generation!
Immediately, Zhao Kanti wrote a line of writing on the paper.

"The old county of Jiangling..."

There is no Pavilion of Prince Teng in this world, so Zhao Kang naturally cannot copy out the preface of Pavilion of Prince Teng exactly.

But these are minor problems, just replace the place names.

As soon as he started writing, the prince next to him, Wu Guanhai, craned his neck to look over. As Zhao Kang's biggest fan, he really wanted to know what kind of article Zhao Kang would write.

After reading the first sentence, I didn’t have much thoughts, that’s all.

"You really need to practice the word "Guo Shi" carefully.

Zhao Kang rolled his eyes when he heard this. Since he could pass the Jinshi examination and serve as an official, Zhao Kang's handwriting must be good.

It's a pity that he traveled through time and allowed a person who is used to writing with fountain pens and carbon pens to write well with calligraphy.

Isn't this deliberately trying to make things difficult for people?
But as Zhao Kang started writing like the wind, Wu Guanhai's eyes suddenly changed!
It felt like a man who had been fed a love potion and saw a stunning beauty posing in front of him, slowly taking off her clothes.

I wish I could rush up and tear her clothes off!
This was how His Highness the Crown Prince felt at this moment. He even clenched his fists and kept muttering in a low voice.

"Write faster! What's next! Write faster!"

This abnormal scene attracted Gongsun Yunxiu's attention. Looking at Zhao Kang who was writing with his head down, the dean of the academy secretly thought: "It seems that it is a rare article that can make Prince Jingguo lose his mind like this. Maybe I can do it today." It might be a feast for the eyes.”

However, Li Musen didn't pay much attention. The people from Zhou State and the Academy who participated in the cultural conference this time can be said to be the top group of people in Zhou State who wrote poems and lyrics.

He didn't believe that Zhao Kang really had the ability to defeat so many people. Even Zhang Shengna lost to the academy, didn't he?
The only pity is that Gongsun Yunxiu refuses to participate in the cultural meeting, otherwise it would be even greater with her in charge!

A quarter of an hour passed in a blink of an eye.

As Lin Yong spoke, everyone stopped writing at the same time, and many people touched the sweat on their foreheads.

It is not that simple to write a good article in 15 minutes. Fortunately, we have an idea in mind.

The eunuch began to collect the article. When he came to Zhao Kang's book, he paused and said to Wu Guanhai: "Well, Your Highness, the article must be collected."

(End of this chapter)