The best eunuch

At the beginning of the Chinese lanterns, the full moon is like a disk.The imperial garden of the imperial palace was full of lights and festoons, and the entire imperial garden was illuminated by lights like daytime.Liang Xin looked handsome, straight and mighty in the Xichang python robe designed by himself.Yang Jian stood aside and praised again and again, saying that Liang Xin looked so chic in this dress.

There are several long tables in the imperial garden, the seat in the middle of the table covered with a yellow cloth and a gold and jade chair carved with dragons is naturally the emperor's seat, and on the left are Prince Zhao Huan, King of Yun Zhao Kai, Grand Master Cai Jing and others. Shaozai Wang Fu.

Talent feast, the status of those who can attend is naturally not low.The young prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty was the right prime minister, and his status was not low.But Wang Fu was despised by others in the officialdom. He openly accepted bribes to buy and sell official positions. He worshiped Liang Shicheng and called him Mr. Enfu.It can be said that they are shameless for the sake of power, which is very similar to many officials today.

There are three positions on the right side, respectively, according to the order of distance from the emperor's position, the number one scholar, the second place, and Tanhua are sitting.As for Liang Xin, Yang Jian, and Liang Shicheng, although the three of them have high status in the palace, they are still slaves after all. It is already a great honor to be able to attend this feast of talents. Naturally, there will be no guest of honor seats for them.So they all sat behind the top three in the gold list, and the table was slightly smaller.

Before the emperor came, the top three in the gold list toasted Cai Jing and Wang Fu one after another, and then Cai Jing and Wang Fu paid back one by one.As for Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai, they drank a glass of wine each and stopped drinking. They are members of the royal family, and the top three in the gold list, no matter how talented they are, can only be their servants in the future, so they must keep reserved to show the dignity of the royal family .Of course, they also have a rule that members of the royal family cannot get too close to foreign ministers.

"The emperor is here!" the little eunuch called out in a shrill voice.Then Zhao Ji appeared wearing a dragon robe and a pearl crown, accompanied by a large number of court ladies and eunuchs.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Everyone present stood up and saluted Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji walked to his place and stood still, then pressed his hands and said with a smile, "Let's be free from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up, then returned to their seats and sat down.Zhao Ji looked around, his eyes passing by everyone.Anyone who was caught by Zhao Ji's gaze immediately sat upright, as the saying goes, what if the emperor cuts off his head because of his bad sitting posture?

Zhao Ji nodded slightly and said: "Today is the day when the Jinke releases the list, and the country will add a new batch of talents. I hope these people will not let down the sages they learned during those ten years of hard study, and do their best to benefit the village... ..."

In the opening remarks, Zhao Ji said a lot about his expectations for the new scholars and some factors that should be paid attention to as an official. After Zhao Ji finished speaking, everyone had to stand up and bow and salute, saying: "The emperor is benevolent and virtuous, with the world in mind, and the ministers wait ( Students) must bear in mind the teachings of my emperor, be loyal to the emperor and protect the people..." and so on a series of compliments.These are the meanings in the question, and they are also a pattern.Before entering the palace, there were special officials from the Ministry of Rites who had taught the top three in the gold list and Liang Xin and others.

After the opening, there was singing and dancing. The singing and dancing time was not long. After the end, the court musicians played soft music slowly.Immediately afterwards, a musician began to sing, "Ask what love is in the world, and teach life and death..."

There was a faint smile on the corner of Liang Xin's mouth, and he secretly said in his heart, "Here we come."

Sure enough, after hearing this poem, the top three in the gold list are like a super Saiyan transformed in an instant. But I don’t know how talented you are in poetry, I happen to have a young eunuch here who is very talented in poetry. He once wrote such wonderful poems as "Moyuer. Yanqiu Ci" and is widely praised. How about you all come to compete today How about some entertainment?"

Zhao Ji's "how?" is not a question, but an epilogue. After saying this, someone must immediately respond with a sentence like "follow the holy order!"

Sure enough, the candidate for the imperial examination was the first to stand up and bow to the emperor and said: "Return to the emperor, student Tao Xueming, willing to come and have a try. Please ask the emperor to write a question."

Zhao Ji looked at Tanhua Tao Xueming with admiration, which was regarded as an encouragement.Then Zhao Ji said: "Liang Xin, you should stand up too."

Liang Xin immediately got up and went to the arena to kowtow to the emperor and said: "The servant is here."

His status is different from Tanhua's. Tanhua is a scholar who can make a bow and salute, but Liang Xin must kneel and salute. This is the rule.Well, what an evil rule, Liang Xin thought to himself.

"Freedom from courtesy." Zhao Ji said with a smile, and the way he looked at Liang Xin was also a kind of appreciation.But this kind of appreciation is different from the way he admired Tao Xueming before. The kind of appreciation that Zhao Ji looked at Liang Xin carried a sense of joy for his own family, which was very different in nature.

"Do you dare to fight?" Zhao Ji asked Liang Xin.

Liang Xin clasped his fists and said, "The servant is willing to give it a try."

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "Okay. You have been to Shangtianju before, but the relationship between heavenly guest is absolutely absolute. And I also heard that he is good at confrontation, and he is known as the king of rivals in Bianjing, so the first In the game, the two of you will match up."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Liang Xin and Tao Xueming clasped their hands and saluted at the same time.Then the two began to look at each other.

A cold aura permeated the audience, and the air seemed to be about to freeze and frost.The endless fighting spirit raged wildly, and the mud, sand and rocks on the ground began to turn slowly, and the speed became faster and faster...Three thousand words are omitted below, uh... These have nothing to do with the pairing of the two.

There is no change in the aura, and there is no coercion of the momentum.After Tao Xueming and Liang Xin bowed their hands to each other, Tao Xueming stretched out his hand and said, "Please, father-in-law first?"

Liang Xin shook his head and said: "I am the emperor's servant, and I am a man in the palace. Tao Tanhua is a foreigner, so Tao Tanhua should be the first."

Tao Xueming arched his hands and said politely, "Brother Liang, pay attention." Tao Xueming looked around, his eyes fell on a rockery in the imperial garden, and he suddenly had an inspiration: "The ancient trees are dead under the rocks, and this wood is firewood."

"Okay!" After everyone was stunned for three seconds, Zhao Ji clapped first, and then the rest followed suit.Tao Xueming is not bad at this point. The addition of the word "mountain" and the word "stone" is the word "rock", the addition of the word "ancient" and the word "wood" is "ku", and finally the addition of the word "this" and the word "wood" is "chai". "Character.It is very difficult to dismantle three characters in a pair of upper couplets.

Liang Xin frowned slightly, thinking that Tao Xueming really had two skills in pairing, but how did ancient people compare with modern people in terms of agility of thinking? Liang Xin also looked around, and finally locked his eyes on a standing On the palace maid next to the artificial lake, she smiled and said: "Women by the Baishuiquan are good, girls are wonderful."

"Okay! Good, good..." Zhao Ji applauded excitedly, and said hello four times.

Tao Xueming's face was a little heavy, and Liang Xin's second couplet made him understand that he really didn't get his name in vain.In Liang Xin's second couplet, the combination of white characters and water characters is a spring character, the combination of female characters and sub characters is a good character, and the combination of shao characters and female characters is a wonderful character.The smooth meaning of the sentence is also split into three characters at the same time, and it is absolute to match the couplet.

Tao Xueming thought about it, and decided to use his best couplets against Liang Xin.Quick couplets means that Tao Xueming keeps playing the upper couplets, forcing Liang Xin to play the lower couplets in a very short period of time, which puts pressure on Liang Xin and prevents him from concentrating to win the victory.

Having made up his mind, Tao Xueming immediately cupped his hands and said, "Brother Liang, please pay attention, my Shanglian is here again."

"Hong is a riverside bird."

"Silkworms are the worms of the world."

"Everywhere is red and red everywhere."

"There are many green trees and many green trees."

"The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow-rooted."

"Bamboo shoots in the mountains, with a sharp mouth, thick skin, and a hollow belly."

"You!" Tao Xueming pointed at Liang Xin angrily and said, "You are so presumptuous?"

Among the three couplets he published just now, the first one, "Hong is a bird by the river", is also a word couplet. It is really talented to break down "Hong" into two characters of river and bird to make it a bird by the river.And Liang Xin was also quite quick-witted, and immediately split the word "silkworm" into two characters for sky and insect, and called it "worm under heaven".

As for the second couplet, it is more difficult than a confrontation, and it is considered excellent.But the third couplet is a bit out of line.Tao Xueming said that "the reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow-rooted" is actually insinuating that Liang Xin, a young eunuch, has no foundation and insists on being strong.

But Liang Xin was not polite and immediately sneered at Tao Xueming as "a bamboo shoot in the mountains, with a sharp mouth, thick skin and hollow belly." It means that Tao Xueming is like a bamboo shoot in the mountains, with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, but he has no talent in his belly. , not even a eunuch.

Liang Xin smiled lightly and said: "How dare a young eunuch, a slave, dare to be presumptuous, but Mr. Tao heard it clearly. The slave is the emperor's slave, and the emperor has the final say on whether to be presumptuous or not. If you say it, it seems a bit presumptuous?"

ps: collection, collection.Give everyone a little more effort, and I will make everyone feel as good as you are in the collection!