Chapter 385: A Song [Difficult Road to Shu], Everyone is Silent When They See It

Xia Tingyu was surprised when she heard Su Changan's words.

The road to Shu is difficult?

And it wasn't just Xia Tingyu, Xia Fengxiang and Mu Xu were also confused.

However, Su Changan had already picked up the pen and was about to start writing.

But before he started writing, Su Changan tried hard to recall this famous work of Li Bai in his mind. After all, this poem is not short.

When other people at the poetry gathering saw Su Changan's actions, they were naturally stunned, wondering what kind of poem the Queen was going to write again?

Thinking of this, everyone wanted to come forward to take a look, but after all, the emperor was beside them and they did not have the courage.

So I could only watch from below.

After Su Changan thought about it for a while, he began to write.

The Difficult Road to Shu

'Alas, it is so high and dangerous!

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

Write the opening sentence.

Mu Xu was stunned immediately.

What a bold opening!

Another good article?

Thinking of this, Mu Xu couldn't help but move forward.

While Xia Tingyu was reading the words on the paper, he also took a few steps forward, then raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Su Changan who was writing with his head down, his eyelashes, his eyes, and his cheeks.

Xia Tingyu smiled faintly and looked at Su Changan's pen and the paper.

The brush in Su Changan's hand was as fast as a dragon, and he wrote most of it in one breath.

'Cancong and Yufu, how confused they were when they founded the country!

Since then, for forty-eight thousand years, there has been no human traffic with the Qin border.

There is a bird path to the west of Taibai Mountain, which can cross the peak of Emei Mountain.

The earth collapsed, the mountains were crushed, and brave men died. Then the stone steps and ladders to heaven were connected.

Above there is a high peak with six dragons circling the sun; below there is a winding river with waves crashing against it.

…

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and it makes people’s face turn pale when they hear it!

The peaks are only a few feet away from the sky, and dead pines hang upside down on the cliffs.

Rapids and waterfalls compete with each other in noise, and rocks rolling down cliffs make the ravines thunder.

It is so dangerous, why do you come here from afar?

Having written this, Su Changan paused, mainly because the words were a little blurry, so he reached out to rub it.

Seeing this, Mu Xu hurriedly helped to fix the inkstone. Then the chief priest stared at the paper intently. This magnificent poem, which is more like a short text than a text, depicts the winding, majestic, high and rugged appearance of the entire Shu Road, and depicts a colorful landscape painting.

And saw Mu Xu grinding ink himself.

Not only did he see that the Lord Chief Priest had a look of shock on his face, but even the Emperor and the Princess on the side looked as if they were thinking about something.

Many people below were curious and wanted to come up to take a look, but they didn't dare and could only worry anxiously.

but.

The Lord Chief Priest grinds it himself!

Even though she was the Queen, it was enough for the Master of the Imperial Court to grind it personally, but...

They could see clearly that the Lord Chief Academician had obviously volunteered to help, and his eyes were flickering with shock and disbelief. When he looked at the Queen Mother, there was admiration in his eyes.

This makes everyone even more curious!

What kind of poem did the Queen Mother write to make the Lord Chief Priest be like this?

Xia Tingyu didn't really care what Su Changan wrote.

She likes everything written for her.

but.

I didn't expect that Su Changan actually wrote "a painting" for me, and it was so realistic, it was exactly like the entire Shuchuan landscape.

He smiled lightly and then looked at Su Changan who had a serious expression on his face.

It turns out that no one can compare to you!

Just when Xia Tingyu was thinking this.

Su Changan continued writing.

'Jiang Ge is rugged and steep. One man can guard the pass against ten thousand men.

Those you guard may not be your relatives, and they may turn into wolves and jackals.'

When these two sentences were written, Mu Xu was stunned, Xia Tingyu was stunned, and Xia Fengxiang was also stunned.

And Su Changan continued to write.

'In the morning he avoids fierce tigers, in the evening he avoids long snakes, he grinds his teeth and sucks blood, he kills people like hemp.

Although the beautiful city is said to be fun, it is better to return home early.

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky. I look westward and sigh.

Su Changan finished writing.

but

The three people who were watching saw this.

Um?

Um!??

Mu Xu immediately started coughing: "Cough cough... cough cough cough!!"

Then he lowered his head to read the whole article, secretly glancing at Su Changan, then at Xia Fengxiang and Xia Tingyu.

Why did your Majesty write this? It was fine at the beginning, why did you suddenly add these few sentences at the end?

Thinking of this, Mu Xu lowered his head and read the article carefully.

Don't think about anything else.

Mu Xu couldn't help but sigh

Great poem!!

This is the only poem about Shu!

Moreover, although that sentence was very pointed, it appeared at the right time. It was not a fantasy but a reality.

She is truly worthy of being called the Queen.

In terms of talent alone, let alone his peers, even many of us old guys are far behind him!

Mu Xu was completely impressed by the wonderful sentences. But when he read to the end, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why did he come to see it?

Xia Tingyu on the side looked at these last few sentences with a pair of fox eyes, then looked at Su Changan and couldn't help but smile.

It's quite bold to write like this.

Xia Fengxiang didn't expect Su Changan to suddenly say these words, and looked at Su Changan with a strange expression.

But I don't think too much, just thinking

Well done!

The others were already curious about what the Queen had written, and when they saw the expressions of His Majesty, the Lord Priest, and the Princess, they were all even more surprised, wondering what on earth had been written!

Therefore, many people tried hard to see what was going on!

Su Changan noticed the expressions of Mu Xu and the others, but he didn't think much about it. He just thought that the Road to Shu was too difficult, so they were like this. So he just looked at Maomao and said, "Seal."

Upon hearing this, Maomao immediately took out a seal with Su Changan's name on it from her small bag and handed it over.

Su Changan stamped his own seal, which was actually a small seal with the three words "Su Changan" written on it. Xia Fengxiang asked someone to make it, saying that it would be useful in the future.

After stamping the seal, Su Changan looked at Xia Tingyu and said, "It's not very well written, please don't despise it, sister."

After saying that, Su Changan breathed a sigh of relief and stole a glance at Xia Fengxiang.

As a result, he saw Xia Fengxiang looking at him and smiling.

This smile is not that smile, but the kind of smile that feels very satisfied.

Su Changan smiled lightly and didn't say much. He admired himself. If he had written something else just now, something might have gone wrong. Fortunately, he thought of "The Road to Shu is Difficult".

Xia Tingyu smiled and looked at Su Changan: "You are joking, Madam. No one here today can write this article. How can it be considered bad?"

After paying respect, Xia Tingyu looked at Su Changan with surprise in his eyes: "I thought it must be not as good as the Qingyu Case, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty would go to such great pains to write such a poem for me that will be passed down through the ages. Your Majesty is so good to me."

Su Changan was about to say something humble when he suddenly looked at Xia Tingyu. He saw Xia Tingyu's fox eyes blinking and a look of delight appeared on his face.

I immediately knew that this person was setting a trap for himself again!

But before he could speak, Xia Fengxiang spoke up, "After all, it was written by the Queen. It's nothing to write such an article casually. Besides, you are the sister of the Queen and me, so the gift I give you cannot be bad. Sister, don't think too much. The Queen has always treated people like this."

Xia Tingyu said "Oh", then bowed again and said, "In that case, may I ask the Queen for one more thing?"

As he spoke, Xia Tingyu looked at Su Changan, blinking his fox eyes with a pleading look on his face.

Xia Fengxiang clenched his hands into fists inside his sleeves.

Mu Xu was very smart, and he knew that Xia Tingyu and the emperor had been at odds since childhood, and now...

Mu Xu guessed that maybe because of the words of advice to the King of Shu written by the Empress in her poems, the Princess was a little angry and did that on purpose.

but.

Mu Xu was thinking more than that. He was now wondering if the Emperor and the Queen did this on purpose!

After all, it was the luck of that unlucky guy Xia Yaomo to win this special prize, while someone as lucky as me didn’t even win it!

Moreover, such an important and precious thing fell into the hands of Xia Tingyu, a little fox.

Xia Yaomo is stupid, so it is understandable that he was cheated, but Prince Yue is not stupid either, so how could he just give it to him?

besides

Although the poem has that sentence added, it is not redundant and will surely be passed down through the ages, but it was given to the Princess of Shu.

Mu Xu had no choice but to think that these were deliberately prepared by His Majesty and the Queen for Xia Tingyu a long time ago.

Of course, this is just Mu Xu's guess, or it could be all coincidence. Didn't the Queen think about it for a while when she wrote that just now?

But, now that it has happened, it doesn’t matter whether it is a coincidence or not!

Thinking of this, Mu Xu was too lazy to think about it anymore. Now, he needed to speak, otherwise, with His Majesty and Xia Tingyu being like this, who knows what will happen!

So he immediately took a step back, bowed, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty's article "The Road to Shu is Difficult" pioneered the seven-character long-length writing style, which is unprecedented and unparalleled, with magical changes, fairy-like but not ghostly, and the strokes are like flying dragons and moving snakes, thunder and lightning in the blink of an eye, rising and falling suddenly, suddenly real and unreal, really like mist and water, a peerless and wonderful article! I admire you very much!"

Xia Tingyu glanced at Mu Xu and knew that the old man had interrupted her on purpose, so she didn't care. Anyway, she had the things Su Changan had sent.

As for the content of the poems and the hints and reminders they contain, what does it have to do with me? They are just things for my father to see.

Therefore, he stopped talking and just carefully put away the paper in his hand.

But seeing Mu Xu jumping out to ruin her good deeds, she smiled and said, "My queen, the chief priest must be here to ask for your calligraphy. I can't bear to give this copy to him. How about you write another copy of "The Difficult Road to Shu" for the chief priest and his family?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Xu immediately looked at Xia Tingyu and said, “This smiling girl is plotting against me!”

But before Mu Xu could speak, Xia Fengxiang said, "Then I'll have to trouble the Queen to write another one for Mu Xu."

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, looked at Xia Fengxiang, and then looked at Mu Xu.

Mu Xu looked at Xia Fengxiang in surprise. He didn't understand what the emperor meant. After all, the connotation of "The Road to Shu is Difficult" was not suitable to be made public.

Or rather, the Son of Heaven.

Did he want to tell the world that he had given the King of Shu a chance, and if the King of Shu rebelled in the future, don't blame her?

Thinking of this, Mu Xu immediately bowed to Su Changan and said, "Your Majesty, I want to ask for a copy of your calligraphy to bring back to the Imperial Academy for the calligraphy masters to study your handwriting."

Su Changan didn't understand what Xia Fengxiang meant, but looking at Mu Xu, Su Changan felt a little embarrassed, especially when he heard Mu Xu say that he wanted to study his font.

What's the point of studying my crappy handwriting? Even dog-crawling handwriting is better looking than mine.

So, looking at Mu Xu, he said, "Master Jijiu, you are joking. I can write another article for you to appreciate, but there is no need to study my calligraphy. After all, it is not something that can be put on the table."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xu immediately said, "If the queen's writing is not up to par, then whose writing can be used?"

After saying this, Mu Xu bowed again and said, "Please grant me your blessing, Madam."

Mu Xu really came to ask for Su Changan's calligraphy and painting. He didn't want to sell it for money or anything. But after listening to the conversation between his student and Lin Ruoyun, Mu Xu had been thinking about this matter.

If the Empress is really creating a new font, then the current writing, which is only in its infancy, should be included in the Imperial Academy. This is his duty as the chief academic officer.

That's why he came here specially.

But I didn't expect that something like this would happen just after I got here.

When Su Changan heard this, he thought about refusing.

But at this time, Master Yao stood up and said, "Please help me, Madam."

Seeing that Master Yao had stood up, Su Changan was helpless for a moment, and at this time, Xu Zuiyin also stood up.

Seeing the three people in front of him like this, Su Changan sighed helplessly and said: "Okay, since you insist on my calligraphy, then I will let you study it."

Having said that, he had no choice but to lower his head, pick up the pen again, and write "The Road to Shu is Difficult" again on the paper.

Before writing, he sighed and said in a voice that only Xia Fengxiang could hear, "I am so good that even my broken words are begging for me."

After hearing this, Xia Fengxiang was too lazy to pay attention to Su Changan.

Just watching Su Changan write "The Road to Shu is Difficult", and seeing the sentence "Those who are guarded may not be relatives, and they will turn into wolves and jackals.", he couldn't help but smile, and then looked at Xia Tingyu thoughtfully.

Xia Tingyu had a calm expression on his face, but when he noticed Xia Fengxiang was looking at him, he looked over at him with his foxy eyes.

The four looked into each other's eyes.

Xia Tingyu smiled faintly and looked away.

After giving the new [The Road to Shu is Difficult] to Mu Xu, Xia Tingyu also said goodbye and left, and no longer mentioned anything about wanting anything.

Seeing everyone leave, Su Changan breathed a sigh of relief.

but

Just when Su Changan wanted to drink some water, Xia Fengxiang said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xia Fengxiang in confusion: "Ah?"

Xia Fengxiang whispered, "Still pretending!?"

Su Changan was even more confused, but after thinking about it, he thought that Xia Fengxiang was saying that he had specially picked a descriptive poem for Xia Tingyu, so he nodded: "Yes, it was intentional."

Xia Fengxiang was delighted: "Not bad, I'll give you a reward when I get back."

After that, he whispered, "I thought it was a poem about scenery, but it suddenly turned into a line like 'The one you guard may not be your relative, and he turned into a wolf or a jackal.' You're so imaginative!"

Su Changan took a sip of water, but just after swallowing it, he was suddenly stunned.

Wait a minute!

Be good!

How could I have forgotten this!

Su Changan understood it instantly and didn't know what to say.

I was so engrossed in writing just now, and my memory was a little fuzzy when I got to this point, so I didn't think much about it.

When I wrote again, I didn’t think about these things anymore. I just thought about my handwriting.

But now after hearing Xia Fengxiang's words, Su Changan understood instantly!

What does it mean to "the one you guard may not be your relative, and turn into a wolf or a jackal."

The most straightforward translation is "If the officials stationed in Shuchuan are not close relatives of the royal family, they will inevitably become jackals and rebel."

If this sentence was said by someone else, it would actually mean nothing. At most, it would just be talking about the importance of Shu.

However, he wrote it down as a queen and gave it to the princess of the King of Shu. In other words, the King of Shu stationed you in Shu because he trusted you. If you rebel, you will be a jackal. Think clearly. Moreover, the road to Shu is difficult, and you may not be able to get out, so please be safe!

In an instant, Su Changan understood why Mu Xu and the others looked like that just now.

And at this time.

"Excellent! Excellent!"

Suddenly someone spoke in the hall.

Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang looked over.

At the poetry gathering, everyone was standing in front of a screen, and Mu Xu was standing in front of the screen, showing "The Road to Shu is Difficult" to everyone.

"The beauty lies in the ups and downs, and the non-rigid description of the mountains and rivers is truly a talent."

"To describe the height of the mountain, it is said that "there are six dragons on top of it, turning the sun back in its direction". To describe the danger of the road, it is said that "the ground collapses, the mountains are crushed, the warriors die, and then the ladders and stone steps are connected to each other". It is amazing, amazing!"

"The road to Shu is truly difficult, harder than climbing to heaven!"

"Jiangge is majestic and towering. One man can guard the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. The guards may not be relatives. What a change!"

"Um?!"

…

Originally watching "The Road to Shu is Difficult", everyone in the room was shocked!

Just by looking at the poems, the images of the steep mountains and rivers and the iron chains of the trestle bridge appear in their minds!

but.

Watch this to the end, everyone!

Except for a few people like Pei Nanzhi, Prince An, Chen Xin, and Xia Yaomo who couldn't understand, everyone else had a dull expression, which was even more surprising!

Many people even glanced over there secretly. They saw that he was in a good mood, and even hummed songs, looking at Xia Tingyu in front of them who had changed the seal of the poem "The Road to Shu is Difficult".

Then

Everyone looked towards Su Changan.

Quiet~~~

From the beginning to now, the huge Shangyuan Poetry Festival has suddenly become unusually quiet!

You can even hear the folk songs Xia Tingyu humming.

I originally thought it was a wonderful poem describing the scenery!

But suddenly this sentence came.

Let's look at the sentences throughout the article describing the difficulty of the mountain roads in Shu.

Although it is still undeniable that the scenery is stunning!!

But this has become a poem dedicated to the King of Shu.

A poem with a strong warning implication!

(End of this chapter)