Chapter 281: Deceiving the World and Stealing Fame (Third update, please vote)

"In reply to your Highness, I recently obtained a collection of poems, which also included the two poems written by Master Fan. However, the author of those two poems is not Master Fan."

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, the crowd around him exploded.

After all, in the literary circle, plagiarizing other people's poems and articles to enhance one's own reputation is one of the most despicable things.

"Wenhe, you can't talk nonsense about this matter. Do you have any evidence?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu quickly took out a book from his arms and handed it to Xiao Feng: "Your Majesty, this is the collection of poems that I got."

Everyone subconsciously looked at the book in Jia Xu's hand, and saw a line of large characters written on it: "Three Hundred Selected Tang and Song Poems".

"Your Highness, please read this poem that Master Fan wrote when he was ten years old. Its original name was "Looking at Dongting Lake and Presenting it to Prime Minister Zhang". The author's name was Meng Haoran. The phrase "waves shaking Yueyang City" was changed to "waves shaking Danzhou City."

Jia Xu was halfway through his words when he quickly flipped through a few pages of the book and said, "And the poem that Master Fan just wrote was originally called "Climbing the High Mountain" and the author's name was Du Fu, and the content has not been changed at all."

"I know that those two poems were definitely not written by that guy."

Seeing this, Guo Baokun couldn't help but get excited and said, "How could such a vulgar person come up with such a poem?"

"A bastard is a bastard. He is not worthy of being on the stage!"

"I didn't expect this person to be such a hypocritical person. He is so shameless!"

"As scholars, I am ashamed to associate with this person..."

Just as those people admired Fan Xian just now, they now hated him just as much.

The name really suits the person, so annoying!

"Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask of you!"

Guo Baokun suddenly bowed to Xiao Feng, pointed at the collection of poems in Jia Xu's hand and said, "The poems in this book are so well written. Please allow me to copy them and spread them around the world, so that no one will do this again in the future."

"So good."

After getting Xiao Feng's permission, Jia Xu also handed the book in his hand to Guo Baokun.

Soon, the conversation between Xiao Feng and his friends was also spread to the women on the other side of the lake.

Upon learning that the two poems written by Fan Xian were copied from others, the female relatives began to despise Fan Xian and even accidentally hurt Fan Ruoruo.

You have to know that Fan Ruoruo is a famous talented woman in Kyoto, a typical "other people's child". Many of the ladies present have been compared with her by their families.

Therefore, many ladies from wealthy families were somewhat jealous of Fan Ruoruo. Now that they finally saw her being humiliated, they naturally did not mind adding insult to injury.

Although Fan Ruoruo didn't believe that Fan Xian would plagiarize other people's poems, she didn't know how to defend herself.
If the poem that Fan Xian wrote when he was ten years old could have been obtained by someone through other means and then copied into the collection of poems, then the poem "Climbing the High Tower" that he just wrote could not have been copied down in advance by someone else with foresight, right?

As the poetry gathering at Prince Jing's mansion came to an end, Fan Xian's name became famous throughout Kyoto, but it was a notorious reputation for deceiving the world and stealing fame!
"Brother, those two poems you wrote before, were they really copied?"

After Fan Ruoruo returned to the Fan Mansion, she couldn't help but pull Fan Xian's sleeve and ask him about it. She said with a look of disbelief on her face, "I don't believe what they say. You can obviously write a masterpiece like The Story of the Stone. How could you possibly plagiarize someone else's poem?"

Looking at Fan Ruoruo's stubborn expression, a touch of emotion flashed in Fan Xian's eyes, and then he sighed helplessly and said, "Ruoruo, didn't I tell you a long time ago? The Story of the Stone was not written by me, but by Mr. Cao, and I did copy those two poems." Originally, Fan Xian did not want to admit that he had copied poems, but when he heard the names Meng Haoran and Du Fu, he knew that he could no longer hide the fact that he had copied poems.

Since Jia Xu could even produce a collection of Tang and Song poetry, he must be a time traveler in all probability.

In fact, Fan Xian should have thought of it long ago. Since both his mother Ye Qingmei and himself are time travelers, it is normal for other time travelers to appear in this world.

"boom!"

Hearing Fan Xian personally admit that he had copied the poems, Fan Ruoruo couldn't help but reveal a painful expression, feeling that the image of the perfect brother in her mind was shattered.

Although Fan Ruoruo still listens to Fan Xian, she no longer worships him mindlessly like before.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, this is also a good thing!"

Fan Xian smiled and waved his hands, saying, "My reputation is so bad now, the Princess and Prime Minister Lin will definitely not be willing to marry their daughter to me again. This is a good opportunity for His Majesty to withdraw this marriage. Anyway, I don't want to marry a woman I have never met."

"..."

Seeing Fan Xian's nonchalant look, Fan Ruoruo couldn't help but be speechless.

It’s a pity that Fan Ruoruo was worried just now that Fan Xian would not be able to bear such a blow and would do something stupid.

After comforting Fan Ruoruo, Fan Xian left the Fan Mansion directly and headed towards Liujing River.

Because the disappearance of Fujiko Kyo's wife and children was closely related to Guo Baokun, Fan Xian was planning to find an opportunity to torture him severely and force him to tell him the whereabouts of Fujiko Kyo's wife and children.

Moreover, the scandal of Fan Xian copying poems was able to spread throughout Kyoto in half a day, which was inseparable from the instigation of Guo Baokun and others. It was just right for them to settle new and old grudges together tonight.

Since Si Lili had become King Xiaoyao's concubine, Fan Xian did not dare to provoke her, but chose to let Yuan Meng act as his witness.

Although Yuan Meng was not as beautiful as Si Lili, the courtesan, she was also a very popular prostitute on Liujing River and was more than qualified to be a witness for Fan Xian.

……

"Dong dong dong..."

It was just dawn outside when a burst of rapid drum beats suddenly rang out, forcibly waking up the Kyoto governor Mei Zhili who was still sleeping.

Mei Zhili cursed in his heart, "Who did this troublemaker come from? How dare he disturb my rest?"

However, due to the court rules, Mei Zhili still resisted the urge to sleep, got up, washed, and went to court.

!!!

When Mei Zhili took the petition handed over by his lawyer and saw the names of the plaintiff and the defendant on it, he was suddenly frightened and came to his senses.

The prefect of Kyoto can be said to be the most difficult official to be in Qing Kingdom. There are simply too many powerful people in Kyoto, and many of them are not people he can afford to offend.

For example, the plaintiff of this petition, Guo Baokun, was not only a compiler in the palace, but also the only son of the Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi. The defendant was Fan Xian, from the family of the Vice Minister of Revenue Fan Jian.

(End of this chapter)