I have a knife, out of the sheath can kill monsters

Chapter 183 Fighting Gambling, Huge Jackpot

With Xu Chengwei's departure, the atmosphere in the manor became much more harmonious, and someone even came over to say hello to Ji Chen.

Ji Chen also had a gentle smile, was modest and polite, and her front man's aura was all restrained.

At this moment, he seems to be a real scholar.

But it was this humble and polite scholar who almost wiped out his family just now with his words.

There are also people who are afraid of Ji Chen's sharpness and ruthlessness, and are unwilling to make friends.

After all, when scholars quarrel, whoever they see will kill the whole family at every turn.

At this time, a maid came out, carrying trays of fruit and delicacies, and placed them on the table.

The tables are divided into two rows, there is no order, and you can sit at will.

Everyone knew that the banquet was about to begin, so they all took their seats.

Not long after, Xia Liyun and Zhao Qingcheng walked out.

Zhao Qingcheng was dressed in a military uniform, with a heroic appearance, and there was a murderous aura in his movements.

Xia Liyun is dressed as a scholar, with brocade clothes and jade belts, and a crown of mutton fat.

Although the two men wore men's clothes, they still couldn't conceal their soul-stirring beauty.

"Subdue the temptation!" Ji Chen whispered.

"What is the temptation to subdue?" Xia Ziran asked curiously.

"It's better that you don't know about the damage to your kidneys." Ji Chen said casually.

After Xia Liyun and Zhao Qingcheng were seated, Zhao Qingcheng took the initiative to speak.

"I have kept you students waiting for a long time. You are all outstanding men from Beizhou, and you will be the pillars of the country in the future. Zhao always likes to make friends with students from all over the world and discuss poetry and prose together. I will prepare a little wine today. I hope you don't dislike it."

Everyone quickly said: "General, you are serious. It is my honor to be invited to the banquet today."

Zhao Qingcheng picked up the wine glass on the table, "Toast to everyone."

Everyone quickly toasted and drank it all.

The banquet officially started, the sound of the zither sounded, there was a qin master playing the qin, Confucian scholars and students also discussed literature with each other, recited poems, drank wine and tasted dishes, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Some talked about important national affairs, some talked about the recent situation in Beizhou, and some talked about the upcoming war in Beihuang.

Ji Chen also asked Xia Ranran's identity again, and Xia Ranran said that he was originally the son of King Qi of Qingzhou. Because he was a concubine and didn't like family fights, he came to Beizhou to visit Liangzhou Mansion. Leung Chau Academy.

Ji Chen is just a good guy, this is still a prince.

At this moment, someone said: "I heard that Liang Zhou has a hero with the talent of a literary sage, and his speech caused a shocking vision, and his poems are even more shocking. I don't know if this hero can compose on the spot." A poem, let me wait to open my eyes."

The courtyard suddenly fell silent.

The speaker was a young scholar, who was sitting with Fang Jingyu and others, obviously from Fang Jingyu's group.

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes fell on Ji Chen.

This person with the qualifications of a literary sage naturally refers to Ji Chen.

Xia Ziran whispered beside him: "That's the students of Luocheng Academy, and their Confucian robes have Luocheng Academy's embroidery on them."

Ji Chen nodded, expressing his understanding that Luocheng Academy is basically people from Fang Jingyu's group, and he started to fight back after losing face to them before.

"Yes, yes! Brother Beigui, just show it off and compose a poem on the spot, so that poor students like me can also see the talent and background of the sage."

The people around started booing and asked Ji Chen to compose poems on the spot. In fact, most of them wanted to see Ji Chen make a fool of himself.

Composing poetry is not so easy. Even if it is done, it still needs repeated scrutiny and revision, and it also needs to pay attention to level and rhyme.

A poem that has been handed down to the world is always presented after repeated scrutiny and revisions.

Once Ji Chen composes poems on the spot, there will definitely be many loopholes, and who are the people on the spot, either the elites of the major academies, or the direct descendants of powerful families.

They will seize these loopholes, criticize Ji Chen, pull him down from the altar, who has the talent of a literary saint, and step on him to become famous.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Zhao Qingcheng also became interested.

She looked at Ji Chen and said, "Since everyone is so interested, how about you just write a poem?"

She likes poetry, and as soon as she stepped into Beizhou, she kept hearing about Ji Beigui's legend. She especially liked the poem "Hang Dao Immediately", and the song "Drinking Alone Under the Moon", but for some reason, she always felt that these two poems Not complete.

At this moment, Fang Jingyu, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"Since it is an impromptu poem, why not write a topic on the spot, lest someone use the poems made in advance to make up the number, and this will not show the talent and background of the literary sage."

He looked at Ji Chen with a sweet smile, and with one sentence blocked all the escape routes.

No matter how much preparation you have done before, how many poems you have written, and how good the poems are, it will not work if you write questions on the spot.

Because the questions on the spot may not necessarily match your poems.

As soon as Fang Jingyu said this, most of the people on the scene agreed.

On-site questions are more interesting.

Xia Ziran glanced at Ji Chen, and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?"

Ji Chen picked up the wine glass, nodded with a chuckle, and drank it down in one gulp.

Lin Yunhai, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly served Ji Chen a drink, after all, they are now a group.

Seeing Ji Chen's nod, Xia naturally gained confidence, so he suggested: "Since it is an impromptu poem, why not make a poem by one person on the spot, and see who can do it faster and better, and then add a little bit of brilliance. Good luck, how?"

Although his tone was inquiring, his words were not polite. Once everyone disagreed, he could logically reject Ji Chen's proposal to compose a poem on the spot.

"Okay! I just don't know what brother Wen Zhong wants to add."

Fang Jingyu readily agreed that more than [-]% of the people present wanted to step on Ji Chen to become famous, eight against two, they would win no matter what.

After all, the comparison of impromptu poetry is not talent, but literary background.

In terms of literary background, no one at the scene was convinced by anyone, and no one had studied scriptures, biographies, and various famous books since childhood.

Xia Ziran said: "This lottery, if it's silver taels, it's too vulgar. As for treasures, it's too vulgar. If you're a scholar, let's use Lingshi. How about a catty of Lingshi per person?"

As soon as he said this, everyone on the scene gasped.

One catty of spirit stones per person, how do you say it, most people at the scene probably haven't even seen spirit stones!
Sure enough, even Fang Jingyu frowned. He did have the Lingshi, and he could take out a catty, but not everyone at the scene had it. This lottery alone could eliminate more than [-]% of the people, which was not good for him.

At this moment, Xia Liyun, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"One catty of spirit stones is indeed too much of a prize, so let's do it! If you have spirit stones, you can get one tael of spirit stones, and if you don't have spirit stones, how about 100 taels of silver?"

100 taels of silver compared to one tael of spirit stones is a drop in the bucket and extremely unfair, but this is the way this world is, absolute fairness does not exist at all.

"can!"

"Agree!"

"Your Highness, this method is even better!"

Xia Liyun's words were unanimously approved.

(End of this chapter)