Chapter 22 A Bet by the Lake, An Amazing Poem(1/2)
When the girls heard this, they couldn't help but said: "Don't worry, let's see what they say first, whether they can bet, how much they bet, and whether it's worth it for us to collect the money for you!"
A group of men and women watching the fun didn't think it was a big deal. When they saw the two people by the lake, they were about to start fighting, and they didn't even think about reciting poems.
It's like watching a lively show first and then continuing the poetry meeting later.
After all, it’s not easy to watch the excitement of the magic stick, and the other protagonist is Xiao Hei’s brother.
Even the junior fellow students in the academy couldn't help but be bullied by a magician.
For a moment, all the students, gentlemen, and young ladies in the pavilions were all silent, twisting and silently watching the two people by the lake.
Some people were cheering in their hearts to start fighting.
Some people are thinking that if you bet a few copper coins, don't make a fool of yourself here.
Li Xiuyuan naturally saw Xiao Hei's thoughts, and an imperceptible smile flashed across his eyes. Lu Yuan really wanted to take out the anger he suffered from Zhang Liang on himself.
And he couldn't help but accept this bet. Fortunately, Lu Sheng didn't bet on any archery and boxing skills with him, otherwise he would definitely get up and leave, going up the mountain to meet his master for tea.
I secretly thought that if I didn't teach this guy a lesson today, I'm afraid he would have to cause trouble for me in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan took another sip from the wine bottle on the table, then looked at Lu Yuan and said with a smile: "How do you want to bet?"
Lu Yuan took a step forward and said, "I bet you can't write a poem that satisfies everyone!"
Li Xiuyuan sighed, looking at the corner of the lotus leaf emerging from the lake, and suddenly remembered the moment when he was a dog in Tianluo City, by the Misty Rain Lake.
Mu Mu held her hand, and the two of them were chased by a group of young men and women to make a bet.
Only so many years have passed. Unexpectedly, when I came to Da Qin, I would be tricked by the magic stick Lu Yuan again.
Putting down the wine bottle, Li Xiuyuan smiled: "You heard it too, if we bet a few copper coins, I'm afraid we would be scolded to death by the students in the academy."
Lu Yuan turned around and looked at the pavilion. The group of students, young men, and ladies in the garden could not help but frown slightly.
Because he also heard the discussion among the girls and thought to himself, how much money can you make as a wine seller? Do you think you have to give away the money yourself?
Since you have money to accept, you have no reason to refuse?
Then his heart was filled with excitement, and he stretched out three fingers and pointed: "I bet three gold coins. If you write a poem that makes all the students and teachers here applaud, the gold coins will be yours."
After thinking about it, he asked maliciously: "But, do you have the money to compensate me?"
Before Li Xiuyuan could reply, a girl's voice came from the garden: "Three gold coins are too few, at least five are needed."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he immediately became energetic, because the total in his brocade bag was less than ten gold coins, which was a lot of money?
So, he looked at Li Xiuyuan by the lake, hoping that his brother could give him a surprise today.
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he had a troubled look on his face. It wasn't that he had no money, but that he was afraid that if he revealed his wealth here, he would be noticed by Lu Yuan in the future.
When Lu Yuan saw it, his mind started to spin rapidly.
I thought to myself, it’s okay if you don’t have money, but I do?
So, seeing Li Xiuyuan's embarrassed look, Lu Yuan laughed and said, "I know you don't have that much money, so let's do this, I'll price your wine shop at ten gold coins."
"If you win, I will lose five gold coins to you. If you lose, how about giving me the shop and I will pay you five more gold coins?"
After saying this, Lu Yuan was also shocked by himself.
In the Imperial City of Heart Dao, apart from myself who could come up with this idea and force the shopkeeper of this wine shop to make a bet, I'm afraid I won't be able to find anyone else.
You know, when he approached Zhang Liang, he offered him twenty gold coins, but Zhang Liang ignored him.
If he wins the bet, he won't be so angry when Zhang Liang comes back.
Li Xiuyuan was also stunned. He didn't expect that this magician would use his No. 47 to force him into a trap. He thought to himself, I haven't figured out how to dig a hole to bury you yet, so you should dig it yourself.
The trap is gone.
If I don't do what you want, wouldn't it mean that all your hard work has been wasted?
Seeing the expression on Li Xiuyuan's face changing again and again, Lu Yuan was secretly happy.
He clapped his hands and said, "You can be considered a person who travels around the world. Be more generous and don't let the students in the academy underestimate you."
Before Li Xiuyuan could reply, Xiao Hei in the pavilion couldn't wait anymore and pulled a senior sister and ran towards the lake, holding pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand.
Looking at Li Yuan, he asked nervously: "Brother, do you want to write a bet contract?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed faintly, looked at Xiao Hei and a girl about eleven years old standing in front of him, and smiled lightly: "Do I need to write a contract for this bet?"
The girl nodded and said: "In order to prevent both parties from not admitting their accounts, it must be written."
Li Xiuyuan's brows furrowed even more tightly, and he pointed at Lu Yuan in front of him and said, "What if he doesn't admit the debt? Is it possible that the academy will come forward to collect the debt for me?"
While they were talking, an old gentleman came over. Xiao Hei took a look and quickly took the gentleman's hand: "Brother, this is Mr. Dongfang from the academy. He can be a witness."
The old man didn't say much, but looked at Lu Yuan and said, "If Mr. Li signs the contract, then you will also have to take out five gold coins as collateral."
Lu Yuan was stunned and blurted out: "What if this guy writes a messy poem to fool me?"
The old man laughed, pointed at the hundreds of students, masters, and ladies not far behind him and said, "Everyone here is a referee. If you are still not at ease, you can ask Master for final comment."
Ji Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked at Li Xiu Yuan and chuckled: "Look, Mr. Dongfang from the academy is the referee. I won't bully you."
"Sign the contract, Fatty, hurry up and get the money!"
"Hurry up, we can't wait!"
In the pavilion, the male and female students in the garden shouted one after another, as if they were cheering Lu Yuan on. He was immediately excited, thinking that there were many good people in the academy.
So he told the old man Dongfang what he was thinking, and then he inkstoned himself. Then he took out a white handkerchief and asked the old man to write down the contents of the contract on it.
After reading it carefully twice, Lu Yuan handed the handkerchief to Li Xiuyuan and said, "I won't bully you. Just sign and pledge it first."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and sighed, picked up the pen on the inkstone and signed the signature.
Lu Yuan was so happy that he immediately grabbed it, signed his name on it, took out the money bag from his arms, carefully counted five gold coins and handed it to the old man.
Thinking that it was wrong, he took out dozens of coins and stuffed them into the old man's hands: "This is the money to buy wine. Please, sir, bear witness for the two of me."
Xiaohei and his senior sister exclaimed, looked at Li Xiuyuan nervously and asked, "Brother, you won't lose our family, right?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed again, looked at the wooden house on Fushan Mountain, clasped his hands and asked the old man: "Excuse me, where is Master today?"
The old man laughed: "Of course the dean is practicing in the middle of the mountain."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, looked at the gradually drying inkstone, picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured some wine into it, then held a tube of pine ink and slowly started grinding it.
There are more than three hundred poems in his heart, but he cannot write them out.
He wanted to find a four-character poem to co-write with these students' Book of Songs, otherwise he would only be viewed as a monster by others.
Xiao Hei really frowned when he saw his brother, and he didn't say anything at the moment, and just stood aside and waited obediently.
The girl saw that Li Xiuyuan used wine to grind ink. This was the first time she had seen it... After thinking about it, she took out her silk scarf and spread it on the table, and said with a smile: "After I finish reviewing this poem, it will be mine.
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Lu Yuan just wanted to see Li Xiuyuan make a fool of himself and get it to Shop No. 47. Who cares about the final ownership of this poem?
Mr. Dongfang stroked his beard and smiled. He also wanted to see what amazing poems a wine shopkeeper could write.
Li Xiuyuan sighed, picked up the wolf hair next to the inkstone, stared blankly at the snowy silk on the table, but thought about writing a few words and leaving the place.
Perhaps the master halfway up the mountain also saw this scene and was waiting for him to carry the wine and go up the mountain.
With a sigh, he had no choice but to imitate Xiao Hei's posture of holding the pen like a mountain, and began to draw strokes on the silk.
After changing the font, Li Xiuyuan could no longer find the feeling of writing like a dragon or a snake. It took him almost half a quarter of an hour to finish writing a few sentences.
On the writing and inkstone table, Li Xiuyuan bowed to Mr. Dongfang and said with a smile: "I made Mr. Dongfang laugh today. You continue the poetry meeting while I go to the mountains to meet my master for a drink."
After saying that, without saying hello to Lu Yuan, he stood up, brushed his sleeves, and walked towards the upper stone bridge on the lake.
In the pavilion not far away, the boy and girl in the garden stood up and left when they saw Li Xiuyuan. They climbed onto the stone bridge and were clearly heading towards the mountain where the Master was.
So they all exclaimed: "Could it be that uncle threw in his pen and admitted defeat?"
Someone even exclaimed: "No, even if a ghost draws peach charms, I have to go and have a look."
With a roar, a large group of people came out of the pavilion and garden and rushed towards the lake.
Lu Yuan still didn't understand what was going on, and thought to himself, even if you admit defeat, you still have to give me the title deed to the house? What does this mean, just walk away?
Xiao Hei's eyes had narrowed into crescent moons, and he thought that his brother's ability to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger was getting better and better.
Today, I can make a small fortune again.
The girl stared blankly at Li Xiuyuan's back as he gradually walked away. After a while, she looked at her husband and asked, "Sir, this poem? Hey, I'd better ask your husband to comment."
The little girl's heart was pounding wildly. She just waited for her husband to finish reading the poem and comment on the victory or defeat of the two, and then she quickly put the silk away.
With a glance, the old man's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "Okay! I'll comment."
He reached out and picked up the silk from the table, smelled the faint fragrance of ink mixed with the fragrance of wine, and chanted loudly:
Drinking and singing, how is life?
Just like morning dew, it will be more painful every day when it goes away.
Generosity should be shown as generosity, and sorrow should be unforgettable.
To be continued...