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Chapter 141 Thin Gold Body
Chapter 141 Slender Gold Style
With everyone having finished writing the Analects and the Book of Documents, the national competition temporarily came to a close.
This competition, along with the covert rivalry between Ye Ru and Xiao Wenqi, has come to a close, but it has also reached its final climax.
Due to the difficulty of this competition, only a few hundred people remained in the end, and apart from Ye Ru, almost all of the rest were from the various saintly families.
But the students on the stage did not relax in the slightest, because for them, winning first place in this competition was no longer so important; what was truly important was defending the glory of their Yanhuang Kingdom.
"This second round has officially ended. The one temporarily in the lead is Ye Ru from our Yanhuang Kingdom. As the saying goes, 'Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?' Since the young scholar from Jin wants to come to our country to learn from the past, we should show our great power. This person is named Xiao Wenqi, a young scholar from Jin. We should welcome him!"
As everyone prepared to participate in the third round of the competition, Kong Delin stood on the high platform, looked around, and then slowly spoke.
These words made Xiao Wenqi's face darken. The other party had exposed his identity in just a few words. If he lost this time, he might not even be able to return to the State of Jin.
After a moment, he came to his senses, then sneered, looked at the Chinese people present, and laughed:
"Apart from this poor scholar who has some skills, the rest are all useless. It's no wonder that the Yanhuang Kingdom is declining. It's even necessary to rely on poor scholars to uphold the face of your Yanhuang Kingdom."
"This time, I will not hold back in the slightest."
Upon hearing this, Kong Hexuan and the members of the various noble families present all turned ashen-faced. Finally, they clenched their fists. Being insulted in front of the Jin people, even they, with their high level of self-control, could not help but be angered.
"The State of Jin is not capable of hosting the visit of the State of Tongsheng to our State of Yanhuang. We should treat them with the hospitality of our country. We cannot repay kindness with enmity like the State of Jin, but should repay evil with good."
Ye Ru smiled, looking at Xiao Wenqi with a faint sarcasm, which gave many people a sense of relief.
"Humph."
Xiao Wenqi looked extremely ugly, and then turned around.
"Now I will tell you the rules for the third round. Music, chess, calligraphy and painting are the four arts of a scholar. This third round will be a competition of calligraphy. Each stone platform has a sensor device with a number of chips on it. The one who reaches the highest number of chips will be the champion of this year's National Children's Competition."
"In this competition, various literary treasures can be used to increase the score of the calligraphy contest. The topic is Tao Yuanming's 'Returning Home'."
"Therefore, this is the most crucial discussion, and the final winner will be the champion of this children's national competition!"
Go China!
As soon as the words were spoken, most of the scholars shouted excitedly, their deafening voices echoing through the sky.
"call."
Ye Ru clenched his fists, a burning passion surging through his heart.
"Alright, let the match begin!"
Kong Delin's words once again brought the national children's competition to a climax.
Everyone was thinking about how to increase the number of chips on the stone table. Since it was calligraphy, the artistic conception and the font were both essential.
After a moment of contemplation, Kong Hexuan turned his hand, and a calligraphy brush for writing small characters appeared in his hand. Immediately afterwards, the Four Treasures of the Study also appeared on the stone table.
This is a small brush made of pure wolf hair, suitable for writing small regular script. Moreover, judging from the faint sheen emanating from the brush, it seems to be a second-grade literary treasure.
The other three treasures of the study were rather unremarkable, but they also seemed to be first-class literary treasures.
Fan Ziling then took out three second-grade literary treasures and one third-grade literary treasure.
This massive undertaking caused a stir among many, their faces burning with excitement.
"It seems everyone has gone to great lengths."
Ye Ru sighed. A complete set of the Four Treasures of the Study is undoubtedly a great asset for calligraphy.
Ye Ru then took out his wolf-wind pen.
Everyone was somewhat disappointed to see that Ye Ru was still using this second-grade literary treasure, because the unexpected surprises and delights this poor scholar had given them were simply too many.
"You people of Yanhuang are indeed a barbarian country. Barbarians are all ignorant and unsophisticated. You don't even care about making a fool of yourselves by showing off some first- or second-grade literary treasures."
Xiao Wenqi laughed loudly, then said sarcastically, and with a wave of his hand, three third-grade literary treasures appeared in front of him. The light from these treasures made the light of Kong Hexuan and the others dim considerably in an instant.
This scene has angered many people, but it is a fact that they cannot refute.
"Not necessarily."
As Xiao Wenqi smiled, Ye Ru waved his hand, and three fourth-grade literary treasures floated in the air, emitting a green light, causing everyone's faces to be extremely shocked once again.
The light emanating from these three fourth-grade literary treasures caused the brilliance of all the literary treasures of the scholars present to vanish, just as subjects before their king could no longer muster any provocation.
Moreover, these literary treasures were all subtly moving slowly toward Ye Ru, causing many scholars to hastily grab them, creating a rather comical scene.
"waste!"
Xiao Wenqi's expression also changed, and he quickly grabbed his three third-grade literary treasures, refusing to let go.
"Look at that Jin man, he's like a clown, haha."
"Yes, those who are unaware of their own shortcomings are truly a disgrace to the people of Jin."
Countless people finally seized the opportunity to refute, mocking him mercilessly, causing Xiao Wenqi's face to turn pale and then red:
"Hmph, what use is Wen Baoqiang? If he can't be controlled, he will ultimately be defeated!"
Then he began grinding the ink, and everyone else did the same, pondering what font to use.
Ye Ru was also thinking about it. Cursive script has a simple structure and continuous strokes, but it also has a drawback: it is too artistic and not suitable for this competition.
Running script, situated between cursive and regular script, is also unsuitable.
As for seal script, it possesses the characteristics of ancient pictographic characters, making it quite laborious to write and not easily accepted by people.
Therefore, the only choices are regular script and clerical script. These two styles will definitely be chosen by most people, unless some famous calligraphers can take a different approach and choose one of the first three, but it is unlikely that anyone present could do that.
The poem "Returning Home" reflects Ye Ru's understanding of officialdom and his thoughts on life. It expresses his integrity and refusal to compromise his principles. After a moment of thought, Ye Ru decided to write it in small regular script.
If you use small regular script, it is not only easier to write, but also less likely to have cursive strokes and make mistakes. Moreover, with the help of the Wolf Wind Brush, it should increase your chances of success.
Having chosen the font, Ye Ru was about to pick up his pen and begin writing when a flash of inspiration struck him, causing him to pause abruptly, and a brighter light appeared before his eyes:
"If I were to write it in the slender gold script, it would surely resonate with this poem. How could I forget!"