Chapter 68: On the Love of Lotus
Seeing that everyone had already regarded Mo Qingkuang as a loser, Wang Yu was very happy.
Then he said: "Does Mo Shao also need good wine to cheer him up? Come on, I will personally pour wine for Mo Shao, please don't keep it to yourself."
As he said, Wang Yu really poured a glass of wine and sent it to Mo Qingkuang.
Mo Qingkuang looked at the aggressive Wang Yu and felt helpless for a while.
There is no grudge, why do you have to be so extreme? We are sincere friends.
"You can use this poem, I wrote it, it shouldn't be too bad." At this time, a crisp voice came from Mo Qingkuang's ear.
Accompanying it, there is also a good quality and rhythmic lotus poem.
Mo Qingkuang turned around and saw that it was Han Yan'er who quietly came to her side without knowing when.
The poem she just read must have been written by her just now.
Although she had a lot of resentment towards Mo Qingkuang, she still didn't want Mo Qingkuang, a hero who saved the face of the empire, to be humiliated by someone like Wang Yu.
What's more, there was a trace of strange emotions at work.
Han Yan'er took advantage of Wang Yu's show-off period to secretly write a lotus poem for Mo Qingkuang to help him finish his work.
Although it was quite different from the "Lotus Picking" written by Wang Xiang and Hua Ge, it was also a good poem of high quality.
Mo Qingkuang felt warm in his heart. It was still the princess who cared about him!
But with the ancestor here, he would definitely not let himself embarrass him.
"Ancestor?" Mo Qingkuang called in his heart.
"Well, you read after me..."
Mo Qingkuang took the wine glass handed over by Wang Yu and put it aside: "I don't need this."
I don't know if it was said to Wang Yu or Han Yan'er.
When Wang Yu heard it, he was happy. At this time, should he still hold on?
"Mr. Mo, are you ready?" Wang Yu smiled and looked at Mo Qingkuang jokingly.
Mo Qingkuang nodded: "I really can't write poetry, but since Master Wang has the honor to teach me, I have to show my ugliness."
"All ears!"
"Let's start." Mo Fan said, "Flowers of plants and trees on land and water are very lovely."
"Flowers of plants and trees on land and water are very lovely." Mo Qingkuang just acted like a repeater, reciting without emotion.
"The Blue Flame Country only loves chrysanthemums, and since the time of Tianxuan, people in the world have loved peonies very much..."
Mo Fan recited a sentence, and Mo Qingkuang repeated it.
He didn't drink to cheer himself up, nor did he take a step to think, and even didn't open the window to watch.
Mo Qingkuang just recited it so plainly.
But from the moment he said the first sentence, everyone was shocked to find that something was wrong.
Just from what Mo Qingkuang was reciting now, it was really not something that ordinary scholars could do casually.
As Mo Qingkuang recited more and more, everyone's faces changed faster and faster, especially Wang Yu, who was originally confident, and the cat-and-mouse smile on his face gradually stiffened.
"Hmm? This kid can also write fu?" Hua Ge and Zheng Tao looked at each other in surprise.
They had investigated Mo Qingkuang's life experience thoroughly. Not to mention writing such a well-chosen and well-reasoned fu, even if he could write a goose outside the door, it would be considered that his studies were not in vain.
After the sentence "I only love the lotus that grows out of the mud but is not stained, and washes in the clear water but is not evil." came out.
Everyone's face became strange. Even those who are not well-versed in poetry and fu know that this sentence will become a famous sentence for all ages!
Then "You can watch it from a distance but not play with it."
Finally, "The love of peony is suitable for everyone."
The whole audience was silent, as if they were all frozen.
Mo Qingkuang could clearly observe everyone's expression.
That was their attitude towards him before.
Wang Yu's confidence, the jokes of the people in the literary test, and the sighs of the people in the martial arts test.
At this moment, everything was frozen here.
"On the Love of Lotus, please advise." Mo Qingkuang smiled humbly, bowed his hands to the surroundings, and pulled everyone back from shock.
They looked at Mo Qingkuang with shock. This "On the Love of Lotus" was the real lotus poem!
Compared with Wang Yu's "Picking Lotus", which was also very good, this "On the Love of Lotus" was more in line with the theme of praise.
"Picking Lotus" was more about expressing different feelings with lotus.
There is no doubt that under this situation, this scene, and this requirement, "On the Love of Lotus" is more than one step ahead.
Even the candidates in the literary examination could not say a word of disapproval at this moment! Although Mo Qingkuang seemed to belittle the national flower of Tianxuan, the peony, at the end of "On the Love of Lotus", it was "suitable for everyone".
But they could not hate it. As the national flower, the gorgeous peony loved by the people of Tianxuan is beautiful, but not unique enough.
These proud children of heaven, who is not an existence that considers himself extraordinary?
Mo Qingkuang's words "suitable for everyone" just hit the spot. We also want to be unique. We are talented geniuses. Why should we love things that ordinary people like?
At this moment, they were both happy and worried.
The worry was that after the sentence "coming out of the mud without being stained, washing in the clear water without being evil" came out, they knew that they had already lost!
They were the ones who brought shame upon themselves. They were the ones who aggressively demanded that Mo Qingkuang agree to such an unfair duel.
As a result, Mo Qingkuang actually took out a lotus poem that would be passed down through the ages.
The happy thing was that if it weren't for their coercion, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the chance to witness the birth of this masterpiece!
Mixed joy and sorrow, shame and pride, each half.
"Good! Brother Mo is a man of both civil and military talents!" Tang Yu was the first to lead the applause.
The students of the martial arts examination also clapped their hands for a long time.
Later, the candidates of the literary examination could not help but clapped their hands together.
Finally, even Dean Hua and Dean Zheng on the stage clapped their hands.
This shows that they recognized this "On the Love of Lotus".
"Grandfather, is it really so good?" Mo Qingkuang was a little surprised. He knew that the ancestors never did things without confidence, but he didn't expect that the ancestors' "On the Love of Lotus" would be so effective!
"Didn't you see it? What's their reaction?" Are you kidding? This is "On the Love of Lotus"! What is its status in the literary world of the previous life? Among the poems and lyrics praising lotus, it is undoubtedly the first!
"No! I don't believe it! You can't write such an article! You must have copied it, right? It must be plagiarism! Mo Qingkuang, you said, you plagiarized!" Wang Yu suddenly yelled, pointing at Mo Qingkuang in a crazy manner.
He was sure to win, but was suddenly crushed by a huge reversal. The masterpiece of the prime minister who had always been regarded as an idol was suppressed by Mo Qingkuang, an unlearned person. How could Wang Yu accept this?
"Better than yours means plagiarism? Where have you seen this "Love Lotus"?" Tang Yu sneered disdainfully.
Looking around at everyone, he found that everyone's eyes revealed that they had never heard of it.
Wang Yu was very anxious, as if grasping the last straw, and looked at Hua Ge with hope: "Dean Hua, Dean Hua, you are knowledgeable, you must have heard of this article, right! Mo Qingkuang copied it, he couldn't write it, right."