A poem in seven steps?
This was an allusion from Cao Zhi of the Wei Dynasty.
Mu Wenfu had originally thought that with his nimble literary sense, he was already at the peak of this world to be able to write a poem in seven steps.
In the current world, other than him, no one else could achieve it.
Who would have thought that He Kun would actually propose a poem that was ten times harsher than this.
Moreover, he was writing poems continuously.
He really doubted if there was anyone in this world who could do it.
Only He Kun would be crazy to use such a condition for a competition.
"A poem in three steps? Or was it a continuous poem? Is He Kun crazy?"
"This is an impossible condition for poetry. No one in this world can achieve it.”
"Could it be because I know that I can't win against Young Master Mu, so He Kun proposed such a strict condition to deliberately make things difficult for Young Master Mu?”
The scholars and scholars sitting around felt that He Kun knew that he would lose, so he came up with such a strict condition to deliberately make things difficult for Mu Wenfu.
"He Kun actually proposed such a condition?”
Chen Hongyan, who was sitting behind the white curtain, looked at He Kun who was standing in the crowd through the curtain and said with some surprise.
She didn't think that He Kun had raised such a harsh condition because he thought that he couldn't beat Mu Wenfu, so he deliberately raised it to make things difficult for Mu Wenfu.
Since He Kun had brought it up, he must have been confident.
He Kun would not take risks for no reason. This could be seen from his previous two poems.
"Do you dare to agree?"
He Kun ignored Mu Wenfu's reaction and asked again.
Mu Wenfu's face darkened. Logically speaking, he could have rejected such an unreasonable request.
However, if he refused, it would seem like he was afraid of He Kun.
"Aren't you afraid? What am I afraid of?"
Mu Wenfu immediately made a prompt decision.
"In that case, please!"
He Kun made an inviting gesture.
"Humph!"
Mu Wenfu snorted and walked out of the crowd.
He Kun followed behind Mu Wenfu and came before everyone.
"You first or me?"
Mu Wenfu asked when he saw He Kun walking out.
He thought that He Kun would definitely let him go first, but unexpectedly, He Kun had a mocking smile on his face."I'll go first, lest everyone says that I'm deliberately making things difficult for you.”
After saying that, He Kun took a step forward.
One step…
Two steps…
Three steps…
Inch by inch mountains and rivers, inch by inch gold,
the melons are split apart, who can bear the strength?
The cuckoo bows again, tears of sorrow shed from heaven,
Jingwei's boundless heart fills the sea.
One step…
Two steps…
Three steps…
Mist shrouds the cold, the moon shrouds the sand,
I moored at night near a tavern on Qinhuai River.
The merchant girls don't know the sorrow of a subjugated country,
across the river I still sing of flowers in my backyard.
One step…
Two steps…
Three steps…
In Qin the moon was bright, in Han the pass,
the marchers of ten thousand li have not yet returned.
As long as Dragon City's flying general is here,
I don't teach Hu horses to cross Yin Mountain.
One step…
Two steps…
Three steps…
I swear to sweep away the Xiongnu, not caring for myself,
five thousand minks, brocade, and the dust of Hu's funeral.
I pity the bones by the River of No Fixed,
I'm still the man in my dream of spring boudoir.
He Kun took a total of twelve steps and recited four seven-character quatrains about protecting the country.
After He Kun finished three steps and recited the first quatrain, the entire Spring Breeze Courtyard fell silent as if no one was there. The hall on the first floor was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
They stared at the high-spirited figure in the middle of the hall with their mouths agape. Their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost.
This was because they had never expected He Kun to complete the impossible task that they had proposed to make things difficult for Mu Wenfu.
This made many of the scholars present feel as if they had fallen into a dream.
"This is impossible."
Yu Minzhong and Zhuang Yougong pinched their arms hard, hoping that if this was a dream, they would wake up quickly.
However, the clear pain coming from their skin told them that this was not a dream. This matter had really happened.
Most of the people present thought that they were hallucinating and kept rubbing their eyes, hoping that they would wake up from the hallucination.
However, the extremely realistic touch made them know that this was not an illusion.
"Poem in three steps! Consecutive poems! There was actually someone who had done it. Not only that, but there were also two excellent poems and two famous poems. This was a peerless talent like Young Master Kun.”
Chen Hongyan, who was sitting behind the curtain, saw this and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Because of her excitement, she almost couldn't help but stand up and announce that He Kun was tonight's winner.
However, he remembered that Mu Wenfu had yet to participate in the competition and the results had yet to be announced. He quickly suppressed his excitement and continued to pay attention to the situation.
"Your turn!"
Feeling that the four ancient poems were more or less enough to win the competition, He Kun stopped in his tracks and looked at Mu Wenfu.
As for Mu Wenfu, he felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head when he saw He Kun's performance.
Originally, he felt that he was already very impressive to be able to compose a poem in seven steps.
Who knew that there would be an even more powerful person who could compose poems in three steps and continuously compose poems?
As a genius from Jiangnan, this was hard for him to accept.
Hearing He Kun's reminder, the chill in Mu Wenfu's heart gradually turned into fear.
He knew that he couldn't compose a poem in three steps, much less compose a poem consecutively. However, at this point, he had to do it for the sake of his reputation.
He was proud and wouldn't admit defeat like Zhuang Yougong.
This was something his pride would not allow.
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