After Du Weizheng bowed, he said,
Li Shi Min didn't ask him to stay any longer. He waved his hand and said,"You may leave."
Du Wei Zheng turned sideways and left. With his status, he was not qualified to discuss with everyone here.
Xiao Rui walked straight in and sized up Li Shimin, feeling somewhat incredulous. This was the Tang Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin, who had created the Tang Empire's golden age?
Sima Guang had once commented that Li Shimin was a genius in both civil and martial arts. Probably since the three generations, the prosperity of the celestial dynasty has never been seen.
Looking at it now, Xiao Rui really had the talent of a heavenly being.
Li Shi Min stood there with an air of authority and dignity. He looked at him with a kind smile.
Xiao Rui looked at Li Shiming, his thoughts running. Under normal circumstances, he probably wouldn't be able to be a historian. It seemed that if he wanted to use a scheme, and an overt one at that, his age would be the biggest cover.
"Xiao Rui greets Your Majesty." He bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly.”
Li Shiming raised his hand and said,"No need to be polite. Do you know why I called you here today?"”
Xiao Rui looked around and then looked at Cui Wen who was lying on the ground with a resentful face. He said expressionlessly,"Your Majesty, isn't it because I took the lead position?”
"Are you going to reward me?"
Xiao Rui's voice appeared very tender, but it felt very comfortable in everyone's ears.
They had seen too many schemes in the court, and this kind of pure heart was what they liked.
Chui Wen lay there limply and said in a shrill voice,""Xiao Rui, do you know that you have committed the crime of deceiving the sovereign and deceiving His Majesty and the ministers?”
"You're not good at literature. Do you still want to play dumb?”
Xiao Rui remained silent and only looked at Cui Wen with a mocking expression.
Li Shi Min frowned and said unhappily,""Chase them out and investigate them properly.”
Cui Wen's eyes widened. Why didn't he follow the plot?
Shouldn't Li Shiming be questioning Xiao Rui now?
Why did he just throw him out!
Who were these people sitting here? Even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui would not be fooled by a few words, let alone Zhangsun Wuji, that old fox.
Not to mention that Xiao Rui was already standing here now, right and wrong naturally had them to distinguish clearly.
Of course, the most important point was that Cui Wen was, after all, a member of the Cui family of the Qing River.
Eunuch Liu didn't care who Cui Wen was. He only listened to Li Shiming's orders and immediately ordered the two Golden Guards to carry him out.
Xiao Rui watched Cui Wen leave, but he didn't relax at all.
He knew that his test was coming!
Indeed.
Li Shiming sat there and gave Zhangsun Wuji a look.
Zhangsun Wuji said directly,"Xiao Rui, we've seen your test paper, there's nothing strange about it. However, you wrote a poem on the draft paper, do you still remember?”
Hearing Zhangsun Wuji's words, Xiao Rui was somewhat stunned.
Then, he thought of the poem he had casually written. It was written by the famous poet Meng Jiao after he had passed the Jinshi examination. He felt that the wind and clouds would meet, and the fish would leap over the dragon gate. It had been passed down through the ages.
However, Meng Jiao hadn't been born yet.
Xiao Rui took it without any psychological pressure and used it directly. He said,"Of course I remember."
"The filth of the past is not worth praising, but the debauchery of the present is boundless.”
"The spring breeze is full of galloping horses, and I can see all the flowers in Chang 'an in one day.”
After Xiao Rui finished speaking, Zhangsun Wuji stroked his beard and smiled,"I know that you are the head of the boy examination. If I didn't know, I would have thought that you were the top scholar. But did you really write this poem yourself?”
"Or did you copy it from somewhere? His Majesty is also here. If you don't tell the truth, this is really the crime of deceiving the emperor.”
Xiao Rui was well aware that Zhangsun Wuji was probably scaring him. He said without any pressure,"How can it be fake? After the students finished their papers, they wrote it on a whim in the examination hall.”
"It's not considered a masterpiece."
Xiao Rui's tone was a bit arrogant.
Zhangsun Wuji glanced at Li Shiming, who nodded slightly.
Zhangsun Wuji received the hint and immediately clapped his hands. The people behind him set up a table not far from Xiao Rui.
There was a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table.
Zhangsun Wuji looked at Xiao Rui and said,""Xiao Rui, this table is seven steps away from you. If you can compose a poem within seven steps, it will prove your innocence.”
"His Majesty will agree to one of your requests, and I will give you a surprise.”
"If you can't prove it, even your father can't protect you today!”
Zhangsun Wuji spoke with anticipation in his eyes, but his tone was very strict. In his opinion, the pressure on such a child was already great enough.
Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Rui and said,"Rui 'er, just write it down. Don't worry."”
Xiao Rui stood there, looking at Zhangsun Wuji and then at Li Shiming, a smile on his face.
Li Shi Min agreed to his request?
If he had a request, then it would be easy.
Under everyone's gaze, Xiao Rui confidently walked forward and directly said,"Why seven steps? One breath is enough!"
Xiao Rui walked directly to the table.
His confidence made everyone unable to accept it for a moment.
The one who felt the greatest impact was Zhangsun Wuji. In Zhangsun Wuji's opinion, even if Xiao Rui had some poetic talent, he was still young. It was already not bad if he could write an ordinary long poem in seven steps.
On one hand, he could see the handwriting, and on the other hand, he could know the level of the person.
They were all old men who had been in the officialdom for many years. How could they be misled by Cui Wen's words? Moreover, Cui Wen was from the Cui family of Qing River.
The ones who were most opposed were the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. Therefore, when they targeted Xiao Rui, no one present made any moves to kick him when he was down.
Even Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling thought that Xiao Rui only needed to write a poem that could be read smoothly.
But now, Xiao Rui was speaking wildly in front of everyone.
Why seven steps?
One breath is enough.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other. They had always been like this when they were young. The two of them stood up and said,"What a good young man. I also came to see how your poetry is.”
Xiao Rui looked at the two of them and naturally knew of the illustrious reputation of the house schemer. For a moment, he was also somewhat pleased in his heart.
His right hand was holding a brush, which was covered with ink, and he wrote the poem on the Xuan paper.
Limestone Song
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