Chapter 62: Another Outburst in Front of Taixue Gate

  Tian Feng left, leaving behind a lot of regret and melancholy. But the nearby Drunken Immortal Pavilion was bustling for three whole days, with many young scholars commenting on and appreciating that excellent poem given to Tian Feng by an anonymous author.

  There were good things that people entwined the old boss of the wine tower, asking tirelessly about who wrote the poem in Luoyang City. The old boss Hu said he really didn't know, but he also had his own thoughts. As long as you take a closer look at the four characters "articles are born" on the Drunken Immortal Building, it's clear that they're the same font as the words on the white silk that day, and the poet is about to be called out. Old Hu wasn't stupid, nor was he a big mouth, he was waiting.

  One wave has not yet subsided, another wave rises. Three days later, a white silk banner was again hung on the top of Zui Xian Lou near Taixue, with another mysterious poem left behind. This time's poem is even more wonderful and can be used to drink wine. A certain scoundrel had been busy for an entire morning a few days ago, but not only did he write a poem for Tian Feng, he also plagiarized and modified Li Bai's "Bring in the Ale".

  Have you not seen the waters of the Yellow River come from heaven, rushing to the sea and never returning?

  Don't you see that in high halls and bright mirrors, white hair is lamented? In the morning it was like black silk, by evening it had become snow.

  Life's joys should be savored to the fullest, don't let the golden cup be empty when facing the moon.

  Heavenly talents must be put to use, a thousand pieces of gold will come back after being scattered.

  Roast mutton and kill cattle, and make merry; for when we drink, we must drain three hundred cups.

  Old Master, green robe born, will enter wine, cup don't stop.

  Sing a song with you, please lean your ear and listen to me.

  The jade food is not worth the bell drum, but I wish to be drunk forever and never wake up again.

  Since ancient times, all saints and sages have been silent, only drinkers leave their names behind.

  Every day I ascend to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, ten thousand cups of wine are freely enjoyed in a joyful and carefree manner.

  The host said, "Why so few words? Just buy some wine and let's drink together."

  A horse with a coat of five colors, and a cloak worth a thousand pieces of gold.

  A humble abode is exchanged for fine wine, with you I'll drown my eternal sorrows!

  Kids, have you found the changes?

  There are three places in total!

  The first change is the two names, after all "Qian Fu Zi, Dan Qiu Sheng" are later people, now writing out can't help but make people puzzled. Changed to "Old Fu Zi, Qing Pao Sheng", meaning that regardless of age, everyone has to drink wine.

  The second place is to change "Chen Wang's banquet in the past" to "Day by day, I get drunk on the Xianlou", who is Chen Wang? Cao Zhi! Who is Cao Zhi? At present, Cao Cao has not been created yet! After being changed by Zhao Xing, it became a reckless advertisement for Xianlou.

  The third place is a bit too much! Originally it was "Huer will come out to exchange for good wine", Zhao Xing hasn't even given birth yet, but it's been changed to "Thin land broken hut exchanged for good wine", isn't this deceiving everyone into selling their sons and daughters, and drinking recklessly without regard for anything?

  Although this work has been tampered with by Zhao Xing, it is still a masterpiece. The negative and pessimistic emotions in it can resonate with some students in the Imperial Academy who worry about the world but are powerless to change it. Especially that sentence "With you, I share the eternal sorrow of the ages" has become the motto of the students who come and go from the Drunken Immortal Building every day.

  Tai Xue students have found a new excuse to drink for themselves, "Article Tian Cheng" Hu boss is making money with soft hands, but Tai Xue teachers are about to go crazy! As the Dongguan school book Lang, Guozi Jian Jiu Zhang Jiong (word Yuanjie), after reading this poem, he praised and then burst into a rage.

  Why do you say that? It's just that I think the person who wrote this poem is too negative and pessimistic, and what's even more hateful is that they've expressed the voices of those who drown their sorrows in wine, providing a perfect excuse for all the drunkards in the world to drink with impunity.

  Zhang was a polymath, well-versed in classics, history and music, excelling in poetry and calligraphy. He was a renowned scholar of his time. Seeing Zhao Xing's authentic Yan-style regular script calligraphy, he naturally felt curious and admiring, wishing he could dig three feet into the ground to find the poet and scold him thoroughly before having a good exchange with him.

  Things had come to this, and it would have been over in a while, but three days later, the boss of Article Tiancheng posted a notice saying that whoever could create a poem that surpassed "Will You Be Able to Go Home?" would be able to drink at Drunken Immortal Pavilion for free from now on!

  This is **naked provocation! Provocation at the gate of Tai Xue!

  Zhao Xing made a poetic outburst at the entrance of Taixue, but it ended up tormenting the teachers and students. Everyone was scratching their ears, thinking deeply, rummaging through boxes, jumping up and down, but no one could come up with a better poem. What a joke! The peak work of the Poetic Immortal Li Bai, it's impossible for anyone on earth to surpass it.

  What to do if you can't write it out? You can only dig up the guy who wrote "Will Progress, Wine"! Let him compete with the students of Tai Xue, so many people, and finally find a way back! How to dig up the guy who wrote "Will Progress, Wine"? The teachers of Tai Xue discussed with Zhang Jiong for half a day, and finally came up with a plan!

  Originally, Zhang Jue had a daughter who was stunningly beautiful and exceptionally intelligent, causing countless young men in Luoyang to be lovesick. The number of people coming to the Zhang household to propose marriage had almost worn out the doorstep. As the saying goes: "If you don't let go of your child, you can't catch the wolf; if you don't let go of your daughter, you can't catch the rogue!" This time, Zhang Jue was truly enraged and came up with a plan similar to a martial arts competition to choose a son-in-law.