Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 278 I'm a coward

Good, good, good, good, good news from all directions, it is indeed good news from all directions. The calligraphy is good, and the artistic conception of the poem is even better. "Minister Wang clapped his hands and exclaimed in admiration. Not to mention the beautiful hairpin flower small regular script, which is pleasing to the eye at first glance, just this poem alone, if the emperor saw it, wouldn't he be very happy.

Although upon careful consideration, the parallelism of this poem may not be very neat, but just these four sentences, the first two sentences describe the joy of the people in the golden autumn season when the crops are abundant, the third sentence points out the good news of the recent victory in Mobei, and the fourth sentence, "A prosperous era is coming", is even more in line with the name of the Great Sheng Dynasty, "Sheng".

Not to mention His Majesty, even the few of us would be happy to see this. And the title "Good News from All Directions" is the finishing touch. It is really very good, very wonderful. Not to mention that I have seen no less than 70 or 80 works today, and none of them can surpass this one.

The poem written by Hua Lei went around the judging table and returned to Fu Siye's hands. Fu Siye looked at the rice paper in his hand, and saw a beautiful hairpin flower small regular script on the paper, which was much more refined than the first time he saw it.

The calligraphy and the poem are good, and the artistic conception is even better. This girl can write such a good work in just one stick of incense. She is really smart and beautiful. Fu Siye solemnly hung Hualei's poem in the middle of the back of the venue.

Although the works hung here are judged to be excellent, the position is also very mysterious, and the one in the middle is undoubtedly the best. At this time, Hualei's work was hung in the most eye-catching place in the middle.

"Girl Hua, come here, this is your prize, ten taels of silver." Fu Siye waved to Hua Lei as if he was greeting his grandchild. Hua Lei walked over with a smile and took a shiny silver ingot and a bag of snacks.

Hualei took it and saw that it was meat floss. No wonder the Imperial College ordered a large amount of meat floss from her last month. It turned out to be for this purpose. Was this a promotion for her? Hualei was secretly happy.

"Sister." Xiaoyuan came forward happily. Hualei put the meat floss in Xiaoyuan's hand and said, "Here you go."

Rong Jue, who was following Xiao Yuan, was also very happy, "Sister Hua, you are amazing. There are many activities coming up. If you participate in them all, you can earn dozens of taels of silver today."

Hualei laughed and said, "It's not that easy."

"Sister Hua, didn't you just say that before the results come out, everything is possible? Are you scared?" Rong Jue knew that he was using what Hua Lei had just said to pressure Hua Lei.

"Well, I'm a coward." Hua Lei just gave up.

"Sister Hua, you...?" Rong Jue looked incredulous.

“Hahahaha…” Bai Yunhe just laughed. His eyes, which were originally crooked, became even more crooked, like a fox. Everyone around him also laughed.

Hualei also smiled.

Zhao Yulan, who was standing next to her, looked at Hualei, then at Bai Yunhe, frowning slightly. Her calligraphy did not get an excellent grade, and only one of the five masters gave her a "pass", while the other four masters gave her a "fail". Zhao Yulan's face looked a little ugly.

Everyone continued to walk forward slowly, and Hualei was still at the back. Zhenzhu took Hualei's arm and whispered, "Sister Hua, you have good handwriting, but you are not good at chess. Sometimes I can beat you, so forget about playing chess. Let's just go and watch later."

Hualei smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Zhao Yulan, who was walking in front of Hualei, turned her head and looked at Hualei, as if thinking about something.

There were more and more visitors in the Osmanthus Garden, and the activities were getting more and more lively. Soon, Rong Jue and Xiao Yuan went to play backgammon again.

This is a game similar to the flying chess in the previous life, except that the chess pieces are individuals. This game advances by rolling the numbers on the dice, relying entirely on luck. This time Rong Jue was lucky. Among the group, he reached the finish line the fastest and won a small wooden sword.

So, on the rest of the journey, Rong Jue waved the small wooden sword all the way and had a lot of fun.

Hualei and the others were also walking and playing, very excited.

Before they knew it, Hualei and his group had arrived at the chess competition venue. Inside the venue, several groups of people were playing chess against each other.

I heard that the rules of this year's chess competition are slightly different from previous years. In previous years, there would be a chess master from the Imperial College setting up a competition, the master would be the defending side, and those who were willing to participate would go up and find a master to challenge as the attacking side.

Those who win against Master will directly enter the finals on the third day, and can choose their own opponents in the finals. Those who tie with Master can enter the finals, but do not have the initiative to choose their own opponents. Those who lose to Master within five points can enter the finals on the third day, but they will only be selected. Those who lose to Master beyond five points will be eliminated directly.

However, in the past few years, there seemed to be several incidents where the master secretly let the opponent win because of his acquaintances, so the rules of the chess competition were changed starting last year.

There is just a chessboard, and the teacher from the Imperial College is the referee. You can choose to attack or defend. But if you choose to defend, you have to sit there and wait for your opponent to appear automatically.

If you choose the attacker, you can actively choose your opponent, even if the opponent is not on the chessboard. You can choose anyone from the crowd. If you win, you continue to choose your opponent. If you can win three people in a row, you will directly enter the finals on the third day. If you lose to the first person, you will be eliminated directly. Apart from working for one day for free, you are not allowed to participate in this chess activity again. In other words, neither the attacker nor the defender can participate.

One round determines the winner. If the two sides are tied, an extra round will be played to determine the winner. In addition, there are new rules for the time of making a move this year. You must make a move within the specified time after the other party makes a move, otherwise it will be considered as giving up. Because last year, there was a situation where one of the opponents always held a chess piece and sat there thinking for a long time without making a move or admitting defeat. Isn't this endless and a waste of everyone's time?

Of course, if someone in the crowd is suddenly called out, you also have two options: refuse or fight.

If you refuse to accept the challenge, you will have to work as a free laborer for a day in the venue, helping the event organizer complete various trivial tasks. One of them is that after the two sides finish playing, you have to separate the Go pieces by color as quickly as possible and put them into the chess basket.

If you accept the challenge, there are two possibilities. If you lose, you can take two taels of silver home directly. If you win, you can get five taels of silver.

I heard that many people, even if they are not good at chess, are willing to wait in the crowd, hoping to be called, and then accept the challenge, so that they can get at least two taels of silver. If they win, they can get five taels, which is simply a blessing from heaven. Of course, there are also people with poor family conditions but good chess skills who like to stay in the crowd and are eager to be called.