Steel Dynasty - Chapter 34

[Chapter 34 Wine and Poetry]

: Drinking wine and writing poetry has been a common problem among literati since ancient times. Wang Shijie and others are third-rate scholars who are neither good nor bad, so they naturally belong to the list of literati.

Moreover, Wang Shijie and others claimed to be the Four Great Talents. In the past, Wang Shijie wanted to include Xiao Ming among these talents, to rank him as one of the Five Great Talents, and to make Xiao Ming the head of the group of talents. He was really shameless.

It’s just that in the past, Xiao Ming didn’t read poetry and books, he only specialized in bow and horse hunting, and he sneered at any talented person, so he didn’t have this false name.

Therefore, since they are talented people, it is customary for them to drink and compose poems. When he was away, the four of them often competed in poems at family banquets. Firstly, they wanted to show off their talents. Secondly, just like modern young people learning guitar, it was purely for the sake of spring. It’s heat season again.

“Your Highness, my foolish brother has shown his embarrassment. Today I will appreciate the snow and compose a poem. The wind god is holding the snow in his mouth, the mica is spitting cold, the ground is wet with frost, and the door god is looking at the bird’s fence.” Wang Shijie put his hands behind his back and read slowly like a literary giant.

At this time, Luluo also came upstairs. The wine distilled from the side hall was moved into the warehouse and the stills were put away. She was really bored, so she went upstairs and replaced Li San.

At this time, when she heard Wang Shijie’s limerick, she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and chuckle, “This is the door god and the land. Prince, is this a prayer to sacrifice to heaven?”

Wang Shijie turned around and saw Luluo, who was drunk because of the wine. Seeing that the green radish looked like a hibiscus in clear water, I immediately stared at the green radish with sadness.

“Ahem!” Xiao Ming coughed just in time, and Wang Shijie suddenly woke up and said, “Miss Luluo is just laughing, it’s just a poor poem.”

But in front of a beauty, any man has the desire to show off, and he is confident He is much more talented in literature than Xiao Ming. At this moment, he couldn’t help but want to pull Xiao Ming to support him, so he said: “Your Highness, Yu Di’s poem made Miss Luluo laugh. How about your Highness compose a poem for Yu Di to admire?”

Xiao Ming took a sip of wine. He knew clearly what Wang Shijie was thinking. After all, he had been in the office for five or six years in modern times and was well versed in office struggles.

But when it came to reciting a poem that was so good, he was naturally not as good as those who studied specifically for the imperial examination. He had long returned such things as parallelism and rhyming to the teacher.

But since he is standing on the shoulders of countless literary giants in the technology library, and the techniques he taught are the same, why should he scratch his head and heart to pull out poems? Isn’t this a waste of brain cells?

Now Wang Shijie sincerely wanted to see his jokes, so he couldn’t be blamed. He thought for a moment, and the poems and songs flashed through his mind like a carp crossing the river. He read: “Qingzhou’s fine wines and tulips are served in jade bowls.” Hu Po Guang.

But the host can make the guests drunk, and they don’t know where they are. “

This poem comes from Li Bai’s “A Guest’s Work”, but the first line of Li Bai’s original poem is located in Lanling. If Xiao Ming used it at this time, it would be a bit confusing. It was inappropriate, so he changed Lanling to Qingzhou, shamelessly becoming a tamperer.

After reading this poem, Xiao Ming still felt a little guilty for plagiarizing the ancient poems for his own use, but thinking that he was in a completely unrelated world, he no longer cared about it.

But when he raised his eyes, he found that Wang Shijie and Luo Luo were looking at him in surprise, as if a polar bear had seen a penguin.

Wang Shijie swallowed hard. Even though he was drunk, he could still tell the difference between his limericks and Xiao Ming’s beautiful verses. After being stunned for a while, he shouted: “Eternal quatrains, Your Highness is truly a literary star. “Brother Wang is

too

modest. It’s just a short poem. Come on, Brother Wang, keep drinking.” Xiao Ming poured Wang Shijie another glass of wine.

Luluo was in a place like Chang’an where literati gathered, so he knew a lot of poems. The poem Xiao Ming recited this time was indeed top-notch. He said: “Your Highness, you are being too modest. If this poem of yours had been written in Chang’an, those poems would have been written in Chang’an. Even the other literati may not be able to compare with it. “

“Miss Luluo is right. Your Highness’s poem is indeed extraordinary. I thought it was exactly His Highness’s mood at this time. His Highness was drinking fine wine from Qingzhou, and he was in Qingzhou. I have lived there for five years, and it is human nature to miss Changan a little at this time,” Wang Shijie said.

Li Bai’s poem expresses the sorrow of leaving a foreign country. Wang Shijie’s interpretation is correct, but Xiao Ming does not have the emotion in the poem, and he is happy that no one asks.

However, in order to follow the conversation, he still said: “Brother Wang is right, come on, don’t mention it, drink.”

The two drank again. After Wang Shijie drank two bowls, he finally couldn’t hold it anymore and lay on the ground. On the table, unconscious.

Xiao Ming only drank three bowls and was a little tipsy. When he saw Wang Shijie lying down, he said to Lu Luo: “Let Li San send Prince Wang back.”

Lu Luo responded and went downstairs. After a while, Li Luo San came up and helped Wang Shijie down.

At this time, Zi Yuan came up from downstairs and said, “Your Highness also drank a lot, do you need to take a rest?”

Xiao Ming waved his hand, “No, come, the scenery here is quite good, let’s take a look at the snow scene of Qingzhou City. “

Luluo said at this time: “Sister, His Highness composed a poem just now, which is really amazing.”

“What nonsense, His Highness can recite poetry?” Zi Wan pulled Luluo’s sleeve, thinking that she was talking to her. joke.

Green Luo pouted and read: “Qingzhou’s fine wine tulips, the jade bowl filled with amber light, but it makes the owner drunk, and they don’t know where they are.”

After hearing this, Ziyuan was stunned for a while before she came back to her senses and said to Xiao Ming said: “Your Highness, is this really your poem?”

Xiao Ming blushed for a while, but could only say: “This is still false, why? Don’t you believe in my literary talent?”

“That’s not true, it’s just that I didn’t think of Your Highness. And with this ability, when I was with the empress in the past, the empress always said that your highness was ignorant and incompetent, but now it seems that your highness must have been studying poetry and books hard in Qingzhou for several years,” Zi Wan said, and then she said: ” But I think this poem can be changed a little bit more.”

“Oh, tell me,” Xiao Ming said in surprise.

“I don’t know where I am from a foreign country. I think it can be changed to I don’t know where I am but my hometown. This will add to the longing for Chang’an in the poem.” Zi Wan mused.

Xiao Ming’s eyes lit up, “Well, that’s okay, but it’s not necessarily better than the original sentence.” While talking about Xiao Ming, he looked at Zi Wan. Generally speaking, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. Zi Wan did not dare to change Xiao Ming randomly. Poetry, this is disrespectful. Zi Wan brought it up at this time, so she naturally had her own thoughts.

Zi Wan explained: “It’s not that I rely on my literary talents, but that I think His Highness’s poem is very suitable for Zui Qingzhou. If His Highness’s poem is mentioned in Zui Qingzhou, and this reaches the ears of the Emperor, he may think of His Highness’s homesickness.” I have mercy on you, Your Highness, maybe…”

“Maybe the money will come, okay!” Xiao Ming clapped his hands and laughed.

Zi Yuan felt weak for a while, King Qi was now obsessed with money. She meant that the love between father and son made King Qi go back to visit relatives.

(End of chapter)