A news spread in Chang'an City today, saying that the Prince of Qi was going to hold a poetry meeting on Qujiangchi, and the emperor would be there to have fun with the people.

"I heard that, too, and said that someone was going to challenge the Prince of Qi, and it seemed like a doctor." A passerby shouted.

Some people who were unaware of it said disdain: "Just talk nonsense, why would a doctor compare it to a poem to others? The Prince of Qi is a person known as the number one talent in Chang'an. Who dares to challenge others without having any eyes?"

"You don't know this. I heard that it was Du He, the elder brother who poisoned his mother a while ago, and the eldest son of the late Duke Lai, Du Ruhui."

"Bah, what is Du He? He just tainted his ears. The brothers of this person must be not a good person, and they dare to show their eyes. They also threaten to challenge the Prince of Qi? Brothers, let's go and see how Prince of Qi took the other party at that time." Many people began to curse.

Du Shaoqing didn't expect that he had been taken out and rubbed before he could fight.

No need to think about it, all of them were rumoring his notoriety, so no one mentioned that he had healed the queen, which means that someone was secretly adding fuel to the fire.

In the Duke of Lai, Du Gou's wife Liu found Wu Zhao who was temporarily living at home with some concern. This man who had been married to Du Shaoqing. Although he was younger, he was nominally Liu's sister-in-law and Du Shaoqing's wife.

"Sister-in-law, now there are ill-blooded words about my elder brother are spreading wildly outside. What should I do? Do you think my elder brother knows, should we go to the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion to inform me?"

Wu Zhao seemed to have become accustomed to this title and said calmly: "This is someone deliberately spreading rumors and causing trouble. I have sent someone to spread another news, so I don't need to pay attention to it, just rumors.

Du Shaoqing must have known about this, but even if he knew, he would ignore it. The rumors could not kill anyone."

Liu thought to himself, why can't I be killed? Didn't the third son Du He, who was at home, almost beaten to death by rumors last time?

"What about the big brother challenging Changsun Chong? Although the big brother has excellent medical skills, he is not good at poetry and prose. What my mother once said, how could he fail three times? "When Liu said this, he hurriedly covered his mouth. Although the one in front of him called his sister-in-law, the two of them had not yet received a ceremony. Will Du Shaoqing's shortcomings make the other party dissatisfied?

Wu Zhao smiled and said, "I know a little about him. Didn't anyone tell me that the great scholar Yu Shinan had already gone to the Duke of Yiguo's mansion? I think I'm going to help."

"I, a woman, don't know any poetry, but I also know whose student has not been studied hard for ten years. Could it be that a great scholar can teach a genius in a few days?" Liu retorted.

After pondering for a while, Wu Zhao nodded, "It's useless for us to be anxious now. I'll think of an idea to help him."

I don’t know what good ideas the other party would have, so Liu didn’t ask too much, because after getting along these days, she felt that although this little girl was young, her mind and wisdom were far beyond ordinary people, so Liu invisibly developed a sense of trust in Wu Zhao.

In the Duke of Yiguo's mansion, Du Shaoqing recited a poem and thought about it at night. After hearing this, Yu Shinan was happy first, and then sad again.

"You can't recite poems?"

Du Shaoqing said in surprise: "Reciting a poem? Am I not this? Isn't this a poem in addition to the level and tone, there is another tune?"

Yu Shinan shook his head, "Although this five-character quatrain you just now is good, it is not appropriate, but it is completely unintentional, and it is simply memorizing poetry. You are not plagiarizing it, right? I can tell you that a gentleman must first establish virtue, and taking it without telling is to steal.

For literati, stealing other people's works is a serious crime. At the least, it is despised, and at the worst, it is ruined and then it has no future."

After being educated by this old man with righteous words, Du Shaoqing was sweating coldly. Fortunately, he didn't just go to the competition and compete now, otherwise he would have to reveal his feelings. He only knew how to memorize poetry, but how could he know that memorizing poetry and reciting poetry were all different things?

He only knows Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan lyrics, and novels from Ming and Qing dynasties. If he goes deeper, he will not understand them. These are the cultural characteristics of an era, including pre-Qin pop Yuefu poetry collections, popular long and short songs in the Han Dynasty, and poetry is also called poetry. It is not as simple as memorization, otherwise it is called chanting poetry? At least it has its own rhythm.

However, after the impact of the cultural impact of Song Ci, Yuan Song, Ming and Qing novels, coupled with the changes in the historical environment, especially the new cultural movement introduced the torrent of Western learning culture in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the method of chanting in poetry passed down from the local Chinese state has gradually been lost. Later generations can only feel the beauty of the parallelism of poetry from the rhythm and tone of poetry, but few people can hear poetry reciting in an immersive way.

Therefore, it is normal for Du Shaoqing to not recite poetry. He could not hide it in front of great scholars like Yu Shinan. People could tell whether it was his poem at a glance.

But at this time, I have to use it even if I have to bite the bullet and use it to the descendants. Isn’t it safe to not be recognized by the predecessors? Du Shaoqing had no choice but to lie, “To be honest, Teacher Yu, everything students are self-study, and have never learned to recite poems and artistic conception, etc.

So Mr. Yu asked Master Yu to teach you how to recite poems and the difficulties in writing poems."

Du Shaoqing is also shameless. It is true that he has never learned to write poetry. He says that he is just talking nonsense by opening his eyes. He is obviously a plagiarizing celebrity.

"Oh, this is rare. If you can write the short five-character poem just now, it means you are still a little talented. Well, I will tell you about chanting and writing poems." Yu Shinan didn't know whether he really didn't know, or was pretending to be confused, and did not worry about whether Du Shaoqing was plagiarizing others. Instead, he started giving lectures like this, and even intended to mention Du Shaoqing and interspersed the title of the Qujiangchi Poetry Conference that he could guess.

Of course Du Shaoqing knew it, and thought to himself that this old man was good and a good person.

On the other hand, Changsun Chong felt even more proud when he heard that Du Shaoqing had invited Yu Shinan as a guide. Doesn’t this just mean that he is guilty?

"When someone came, I went to spread the news, I said that the boy was afraid. He hurriedly asked the great scholar Yu Shinan to give a lecture. If he could win this way, then the three-year-old child would probably be a literary master."

There was no response from the book boy at the door, but a figure appeared in Changsun Chong's study. Looking at the slightly fat body, Changsun Chong said in surprise: "Father, why are you here?"

"Hmph, since you want to compare with the other party, then come with integrity and openness. Don't do these things that are not up to the top. If you are sure to win, why should you give someone a handle to destroy the Great Wall?

I just heard you say you want to make rumors about Yu Shinan? Do you dare? Yu Shinan said that he was your husband, a student rumor-casting teacher, don’t you understand etiquette?"

Changsun Wuji scolded his son in a scattered manner, and Changsun stood up and bowed his head to admit his mistake.

"I know you are targeting Du Shaoqing because of Changle's affairs, but today I will remind you that your marriage with Changle is still being discussed. You must be mentally prepared. Even without Du Shaoqing, you may not be able to succeed."
Chapter completed!