Chapter 14 Literary and elegant

Cao Cao always had a grudge against Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, firstly because he had betrayed Lu Bu before, and secondly because he had a close personal relationship with Liu Bei.When Sun Ce wanted to go north, Cao Cao was eager to fight Yuan Shao and did not dare to make troubles, so he had the right to let him stay in Guangling, and named him General Fubo, and used him as a shield to stop Sun Ce.But once Sun Ce died, he was useless, and in Cao Cao's view, it might be a hidden danger, so he was ordered to leave Guangling and become the prefect of Dongcheng, and called his right-hand men Chen Jiao and Xu Xuan into the shogunate.

Cao Cao met with all the new subordinates and chatted with each of them, but Chen and Xu were left behind.Chen Jiao had been known by Cao Cao since the time when Lu Bu was defeated. During the Battle of Guandu, he even rushed to Cao Ying to call for reinforcements. Cao Cao appreciated him very much, and he was very happy to meet him today: "We haven't met for several years. Ji Bi is a bit nervous. Blessed?" Chen Jiao is very good at climbing vines: "I am fat because of Cao Gong's kindness and trust." Cao Cao didn't want to listen to his jokes: "I heard that when Chen Yuanlong was transferred to be the prefect of Dongcheng, the people of Guangling were reluctant to leave, and some people moved with him with their families. Is there such a thing?"

"It's true." Chen Jiao said truthfully, "General Chen Jun has served in Guangling for these years. He has enforced the law impartially, persuaded farmers and mulberry, wiped out pirates and foreign enemies. The folks are willing to accompany you, even if you leave your hometown to go to Dongcheng to reclaim wasteland, you still have to follow Chen Jun... In fact, it is Cao Gong who has good people, Chen Jun will be famous and loved by the people." Cao Cao couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and he was a little jealous of Chen Deng, but this man's reputation was so high that even if he left Guangling, he could not be underestimated: "In the turbulent years, the common people suffered from chaos, so it is natural for them to meet such a good official as Chen Deng. I am willing to live a good life with him. But..." He changed his tone, "Counties and counties in various places have their own citizenship, and random migration is not good for people's livelihood."

Chen Jiao blinked his eyes, as if he understood the meaning behind the words. Now that he has been put into the government by Cao Cao, he eats from Qin to Qin, eats from Chu to Chu, and then said: "The land of Guangling is stable because of Cao Cao's virtue. , the people's hearts are clear, Chen Junjiang has often told us his admiration for you these years. Besides..." "What's wrong?" Chen Jiao slightly raised his eyelids: "If it's not because of his morality, Junjun Chen seems to be dying soon." "Huh?" Cao Cao was taken aback, "How do you say that?"

"General Chen Jun has been suffering from shortness of breath for many years. At the time of the onset of the disease, his chest was full of depression and he could not drink. The disease recurred last spring. His chest was painful, his face was red and his ears were red. It was much worse than before. Seeing that his life was at stake, he invited the famous doctor Hua Tuo Come to treat it, after pouring a decoction, two liters of worms are spit out, the red head is red, the back and tail are scales, and they are still alive..." Cao Cao felt sick when he heard his description, and quickly waved his hands to stop him: "Stop talking about it, what kind of disease is this?"

"Mr. Hua Tuo said that this is a disease caused by eating raw fish (Chen Deng's disease is suspected to be the current "liver fluke disease", which is a parasitic disease. According to the autopsy of ancient people, this kind of disease has existed in China since the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the southeast coastal areas, it is mostly caused by eating raw fish and shrimp and other seafood), and Chen Jun will have this habit since childhood, and the illness has been too long to be eradicated. Although two liters of worms have been expelled this time, the internal organs have already died. If you suffer from it, you will definitely get sick again within three years, and even if Bian Que comes back to life, you will not be able to save him!"

Cao Cao was looking forward to Chen Deng's early death, but he said hypocritically: "Yuanlong is extremely talented but suffers from an incurable disease. God is so unfair! However, alchemists and witch doctors in the world love to alarmist. When they feel the pulse, they say it is a difficult disease. After that, he boasted about his ability. This Hua Tuo is actually from the same hometown as the old man, and although he has some modest talents, he may not be sure when he says there is no salvation." "Minggong didn't know that while he was traveling around, Hua Tuo was not a warlock. He was not only proficient in Qihuang art, but also familiar with the scriptures. It's not easy either. It's all because Chen Hanyu, the father of Chen Junjun, once regarded him as Xiaolian when he was the Prime Minister of Peiguo, so he was hired because of this personal relationship." Chen Jiao said with a serious face, "I have a suggestion, why don't Minggong conscript him?" Let this person stay in the mansion, on the one hand, give him a serious job, and on the other hand, if Duke Ming has a minor ailment, he can be relieved."

Xu Xuan stood on the side since he saluted Cao Cao, and only interrupted when he heard this: "Ji Bi's words are wrong! The master said, 'A gentleman is not a tool', and witch doctors, hundreds of craftsmen, chefs, and advocating excellence are definitely not The scholar-bureaucrats belonged. Hua Tuo didn’t do righteous things, but instead delved into alchemy and tricks. Isn’t the cart before the horse? Ji Bi is now a shogunate official, and he doesn’t recommend great talents to the lord, so how can he mention this heretic and fortunate person?” Although he and Chen Jiao were both from Guangling and both worked under Chen Deng's tent, they had worked together for many years but they were not on good terms.During the Battle of Guandu, one borrowed troops from Cao Jun, and the other quelled the rebellion against Haixi, both made contributions to repelling Sun Ce, and their talents were comparable, but they didn't like each other.

Chen Jiao is a free-spirited and handsome man with a casual manner of speaking and manner; Xu Xuan is a rigid and dogmatic man, known for his upright morality, and their personalities are like the tip of a needle.Today, when Xu Xuan made a mistake in front of Cao Cao, Chen Jiao was not willing to agree. He retorted: "I recommend Hua Tuo for the sake of Duke Ming's health. How can there be such a big reason? Xu Baojian, Xu Baojian, you really live up to your name, you are so strong." So unreasonable!" Xu Xuan said solemnly: "A gentleman should not speak in vain, you have ridiculed my name too much."

"Didn't you spread the word about my family..." Cao Cao heard that the two were at odds for a long time, but he didn't expect to catch fire when they touched the fire. Seeing Xu Xuan standing upright with a serious face, and Chen Jiao looking sideways with a blushing face, he was really angry and funny, so he quickly smoothed things over: "Bao Although the strong words are reasonable, they are too harsh. In fact, liking the art of Qi and Huang is not necessarily a good thing, at least it can cure diseases and save people. Life is unpredictable, such as Chen Yuanlong, who is only in his thirties. He blocked it back. But just because he loves to eat a few mouthfuls of raw fish, he ruined his life!"

While talking, the king must come in to report: "My lord, all the adults have come to the banquet and have arrived at the gate." "Oh, please hurry up." Cao Cao hurriedly got up and brought Chen and Xu down the hall.Du Ji, Liu Ye, Cang Ci and other new relatives all stood in the yard, and when they saw him come out, they hurriedly saluted together.Cao Cao waved his hand and told them to flatten: "Don't avoid entertaining guests when you are young. I ordered someone to set up a table in the courtyard. You can chat casually, and you should understand each other when you work together in the future." "Thank you, my lord, for the banquet." Everyone spoke in unison. Just as Cao Cao was about to leave, he saw Cao Pi standing in the crowd: "Why are you here?" Cao Pi came out and said: "Returning to my father, Zhi'er went to find the brothers of the Ding family. Chong'er went back to sleep after playing for a day. Zhang'er yelled to go out to ride a horse. I was worried and asked Brother Zidan to accompany him. ..." "I didn't ask them." Cao Cao glared, "I said, why don't you study in the back, what are you doing here?" "My brothers were not here, so I was discussing poetry with Liu Zhen and Ruan Yu. I heard the noise outside, so I came over to have a look." Cao Pi said while stepping back. "Don't go! For the father's banquet, you stay and support." "Oh!" Cao Pi always wanted to show his face in front of people, and this time he finally got his wish. There was a lot of traffic in front of the shogunate, and the invited ministers had arranged their own order according to the court shift. From Situ Zhao Wen down, more than 30 people came, all dressed neatly and dignifiedly, and exchanged greetings like a spring breeze.Cao Cao led all his subordinates to come out to greet him, and everyone had to give way before stepping into the gate of the mansion—do they dare to be rude at Cao Cao's house? At this moment, servants and servants of the whole mansion are also busy, setting up tables and moving wine jars, and some musicians are setting up chimes, tiles, drums, strings and bamboo orchestras to prepare for the accompanying banquet.Cao Cao grabbed Situ Zhao Wen: "Come, come, Mr. Zhao will take the seat with me." Zhao Wen is a native of Chengdu, Shu County. He once said wildly when he first entered the official career: "A man should fly like a male, and a woman can be safe!" In the next few decades, he was promoted very quickly. He has been ranked among the three since the Xijing period. , Guo Si is in chaos, and now Cao Cao is in charge of the power. He can't fly anymore, so he can only lie down obediently.He is nearly seventy years old, and he has gained a lot of experience in being a cover these years. With a soft Sichuan accent, he speaks perfectly: "Mr. Cao is the master and we are guests. I dare not deceive the master with guests. !" After saying that, without waiting for Cao Cao to give way, he sat down on the first seat of Dongshou.He made a show for others, and Kong Rong, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Xi Ji, Geng Ji, Xun Yue, Zhou Jin, etc. all sat down in turn, but Xun Yu, who sat in the middle stage, did not come; the west side was not so restrained, Ding Chong and Dong Zhao were both Cao Cao's confidantes, and people from Kansai, such as the servants of the Huangmen, Zhang Chang, and Yilang Jinxuan, accompanied Duan Yan and Wei Dan to the table, and the Handan merchant who was about to take office also inserted in the middle.As for the members of the shogunate, they were just happy and sat in the courtyard for them.Only Cao Pi is a rarity, he can't lean on the left and right, and he set up a single seat under the verandah, so he can see clearly from inside and outside. Cao Cao did his part to take the main seat, ordered Dongle to hold the banquet, and saw Jia Xu sitting at the same table with Xu You in the hall, and quickly greeted Liu Dai: "Invite Jia Wenhe to the hall. People from Jinwu are from Liangzhou, so they should be listed with General Duan and the others." When I was young, the food was worshiped on every table like flowing clouds and flowing water-five-flavored preserved (five-flavored preserved, eight-in-one 齑, a famous dish in the Han and Wei Dynasties. Five-flavored preserved meat is made of beef, sheep, deer, wild boar, and domestic pig meat. The main course: Bahe 齑, is a table sauce made by mashing garlic, ginger, tangerine, plum, chestnut yellow, japonica rice, salt, and vinegar. The cooking method of "stir-frying" did not appear in China in the late Han Dynasty. Most of the dishes are steamed, boiled, grilled, and pickled, and they are usually served with sauces that go with the meal, which is quite similar to Western food), eight-in-one rice, green vegetables and fruits, and grapes tributed by envoys from the Western Regions, Qingzhou generals The fresh fish presented here is served with aged wine from the credit shop, with a strong fragrance and old mash; the silk and bamboo musicians perform their own skills, and perform the song of Yangchun alone. "Book of Rites" has a saying: "At the beginning of husband's rites, there are all kinds of food and drink." The shogunate's daily food is normal, but today it has taken a lot of thought.The food, wine and dishes are really top-notch, but there are few feasts and little drinks and no one to talk and laugh.To the west are mostly people on errands, muttering and discussing the situation in Guanzhong in low voices; to the east are all ostentatious officials, sitting upright and having nothing to talk about, only Kong Rong is casual; up.Cao Cao liked to eat fish all his life, but now he couldn't arouse his interest. As long as he stretched out his chopsticks, he would think of the two liters of worms in Chen Deng's stomach. come?" When everyone heard him mentioning Fu Wan and Yang Biao, they thought he was trying to criticize him, Zhao Wen said with a dry smile: "Fu Guozhang has been suffering from phlegm these days, and he can't come when he is lying on the sick bed; Mr. Yang still has a foot problem, and it is inconvenient to go out. .They hope Duke Cao will forgive me in the future.” Fu Wan's illness is true, but Yang Biao's foot disease has existed since the day the Taiwei was dismissed, and it is an excuse for not caring about worldly affairs.Cao Cao didn't bother to care about so much, he just said: "The weather is not good recently, Liu Miao, the servant, is sick in bed, and my brother-in-law Ren Boda is also sick." It's a bit awkward, but Cao Cao still misses the old man. Now that he is more than seventy years old, he is also a person who is about to die.As for Ren Jun's illness was not serious, he even had to let go of his errands in farming recently. Cao Cao asked the imperial doctor to treat him, and transferred him to the captain of Changshui, allowing him to stay in Xudu to recuperate with peace of mind. After only saying these two sentences, Cao Cao simply asked Cao Pi to come up and toast all the adults.How dare everyone bother this young master Cao, there were indeed a few court officials who ignored their status and avoided the table to return the courtesy, which made the young Cao Pi embarrassed.Cao Cao saw that these people were really bored, so he poured a cup of wine and said: "Today, the old man hosted a banquet. One is to reward the princes and assist the court for his hard work, and the other is to bid farewell to everyone because of the southern expedition to Jingzhou. How can it be so deserted? A poem to help the drink?" All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay at what he said, but no one dared to stand up.Cao Cao simply waved his hand: "In this case, first let the subordinates of my mansion throw bricks and attract jade. Uncle Fanxiu and Lu Wenwei, how about you taking the lead?" Fanqin sat at the entrance of the hall, heard the call and looked at Lu Cui, and hurriedly attended and knelt down: "My lord, I have been waiting to write and record things for many years, and I don't have any special talents at this age, let's ask young people to come out." Show off your skills." The young people he was talking about were Ruan Yu and Liu Zhen who had just entered the government.They are only in their twenties and thirties, but they are all good at poetry.Cao Cao loves to be arty, so he promoted them from Shu Zuo (Shu Zuo, general clerical officials in the government, whose status is below the genus and Ling Shi) to Ji Shi (Ji Shi, the full name is Ji Shi Ling Shi, is the official of San Gong, Da Shi, etc. The general who is full-time drafting the official seals is higher than the secretary), and holds a first-class salary of Lingshi, but rarely drafts the official seals, mostly accompanying Cao Pi and other princes to write poems and compose fu. "Alright..." Cao Cao smiled, looked at Liu Zhen and said, "Business! You kid, make a song to cheer up Lie Gong. Do you want me to go down and get you?" Liu Zhen is humorous and very showy, full of desire to brew a masterpiece, but he refused to come out when he heard the greeting, he smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Please forgive me, my lord, if it doesn't work in the next moment, I have to think about it... But brother Yuan Yu is Let him take the lead, the one who is full of thoughts and thoughts!" He stuck the plaster on Ruan Yu's body again. Cao Cao laughed and said, "I don't want to be the first one to come out and don't say it directly. You have a lot of heart. Then Yuan Yu will come and compose a song. If he is not as good as you when he was young, the old man will order someone to drink him." Ruan Yu had no choice but to leave the table and go to the hall, bowing to the people present: "Dare to ask my lord, what kind of theme do you want?" "It's not about prose today, but serving wine for Lie Gong. How can there be so much attention? You can just make up a poem." Ruan Yu thought to himself: With such a battle today, I don't know how many poems and essays I have to write.I was the first one to be selected. If I come up, I will work hard. No matter how wonderful Liu Zhen's poems are, I can't taste them.It's better to write the last poem in a proper manner, but it's easy to be a man if you want to be mediocre... Thinking about this, I twirled my beard and slowly chanted: 〖Yangchun is harmonious and dynamic, and the sage advocates benevolence.The characters of Bu Huisui are often loved by their loved ones. Going to the court for entertainment, and offering treasures at home and abroad.The five flavors of wind and rain gather, and the cup is like floating clouds. 〗 "Not bad..." Hua Xin was a nice guy, and he was the first to praise him.As soon as he spoke, others responded with applause, and the atmosphere immediately became lively, and Cao Cao nodded and smiled. Amidst the din of the crowd, Kong Rong raised his voice and shouted: "Not good! How can such a bland thing be called a masterpiece?" The old man shouldn't justify his criticism, but Ruan Yu just thought it was just a joke to make Cao Cao laugh, so he boldly walked up to Kong Rong: "Dare to ask Mr. Kong, what is not satisfactory in the next article?" "It's unsatisfactory from the beginning to the end." Kong Rong ate the wine and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the first sentence of 'Yang Chun He Qi Dong'. Dare I ask Yuan Yu, what month is it now?" "My lord's accusation is that, but what we poets are trying to achieve is the artistic conception. Today, everyone gathered together to attend the grand event. Isn't it human kindness that warms the spring?" Ruan Yu eloquently said. "Forget it, old man, let me forgive your mistake." Kong Rong laughed and said, "What is the second sentence, 'the virtuous lord respects benevolence'? This statement is absurd! The so-called virtuous lord should be..." Hua Xin's head was pounding when he heard this, Kong Rong wanted to tell whether the "good lord" was Cao Cao or the emperor!He quickly raised the wine, and without waiting for him to say "today's sage", he got up and toasted: "Please drink, Mr. Lie..." He was an old trickster, and he was the first to toast Ding Chong.Ding Youyang, the drunk cat, would drink even the wine toasted by the traffickers and pawns, and then shouted: "Come, everyone, drink together!" After a short rest, I only listened to the second half of the sentence: "What is this 'five flavors gathering' saying he did? Could it be that you want to write all the delicacies? If you allow you to write it down, I'm afraid that 'the sea is wide and the fish is leaping, and the grapes are full. Fei' is about to come out!" These words made everyone laugh. "The ancients said that 'the five elements match the five flavors'. Therefore, cooks are familiar with the five flavors. There is a deep meaning in this, how can the old man not know?" Ruan Yu answered every question with his hands behind his back. "Far-fetched, far-fetched..." The two of them were still arguing endlessly, when someone behind him praised: "Good handwriting! What a wonderful pen!" It turns out that Wei Dan can write good handwriting, and is quite popular in Xizhou He liked it, and he was young and easy to show off. When Ruan Yu was reciting poems, he asked Liu Dai for a large sheet of Caihou paper (Caihou paper, that is, paper made by Cai Lun papermaking technique in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although Chinese papermaking technology was invented early, it was used It is not widespread, the Eastern Han Dynasty still used bamboo slips, silk, sheepskin, etc. as the main carrier of letters, and the paper with fine workmanship is very precious), and it was written down along with the words and sentences, and now it is held up for everyone to watch, and everyone praises it. "Mr. Cao, please take a look..." Ruan Yu took the paper and quickly held it in front of Shuai's case. Cao Cao watched intently—this seal character was written like a silver hook painted on iron.Although it is not as good as Liang Hu, the famous master of seal characters, it is very extraordinary to have such a brushwork at a young age.Cao Cao nodded again and again, and praised: "Young people are awesome... If you work harder, your future achievements will be limitless." "Thank you, Mr. Ming, for your compliment!" Wei Dan did his part. "I accept this painting." Cao Cao beckoned to Liu Dai, "You go and get someone to fetch a jade belt and give it to Mr. Wei as an exchange gift... Oh, and give Yuan Yu some silk and silk pens and ink." Liu Dai also joined in the fun and said: "I have an idea for the lord, bring a box of silk and silk, and I don't know how many poems I will write later, so I might as well reward it together." "Okay, okay, let you do it!" Cao Cao was happy at the moment, and he could do whatever he wanted. Cao Pi watched it eagerly, and suddenly had an idea - if I also wrote a poem in front of people, wouldn't everyone praise me, and my father would also look up to me?Immediately he also said: "Please bring me a scroll of letters." He didn't dare to brag openly, and planned to brew it first, and then write it out. Liu Zhen had already prepared in the hall, and when Ruan Yu came out, he did not forget to be courteous: "Thank you brother for being merciful, and I have left room for my younger brother." He strode up to the hall and said, "My lords, I have a song, please. Give advice, everyone!" After speaking, he threw up his sleeves and sang and danced: 〖Ming kite plays with its wings, fluttering thin blue clouds. I became angry from the back, and I was so angry that I was like a god. The engine is like startled flames, three rounds and two kites in succession. Bleeding sprinkles stars on the wall, flying feathers whirl from the wind. The common people praised in unison, Jun shot He Yan! 〗 He was less than thirty years old, he was in the prime of life, and he was handsome, with long sleeves and dancing clothes, sometimes swinging and looking up, sometimes like shooting kites, it was really wonderful, and everyone in the hall clapped their hands and laughed.Cao Cao was taking a sip of his wine, when he heard "Three shots and two kites in succession" he couldn't help but spit it all out in one gulp, then looked up to the sky and laughed—how smart is this kid?Brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fought against the wall, what the old man wanted was two kites of arrows! "Okay!" Everyone in Xishou held up a piece of writing again, which was written by Zhang Chang, the servant of the Huangmen.Thinking about the wild grass of the two lifetimes of Zhang's father and son, such a family learns like a phoenix dancing and a dragon flying like a dragon.Cao Cao raised his thumbs with both hands: "Good poems are even better with good characters, so wonderful!" Zhang Chang was nearly 70 years old, he stood up and said modestly: "You are really over-reputed for being an old man. If my father and brother are alive, I don't know how much better than these two strokes of mine!" This is the truth, his father Zhang Huan Zhang Ranming , not only is he good at fighting, but his cursive script is also excellent; and his elder brother Zhang Zhi's writing is unparalleled in the world.Zhang Chang also has a few strokes, but he is far inferior to his father and brother, but Zhang Huan and Zhang Zhi are both dead, which shows his ability. That old soldier Duan Yan was sitting next to Zhang Chang, grabbed his hand and said, "Old brother, that's enough for them to see! Today the Kanto people recite poems and the Kanxi people write, they are literary, we come to Wu ... have a drink!" Everyone burst into laughter, Cao Cao was so happy that his scarves fell into the vegetables and got wet.Liu Dai knew how to be a human being, so he took a double copy of silk and handed it to Liu Zhen, and gave Zhang Chang not only a jade belt, but also a beautifully carved jade ruyi—anyway, it was obtained in the Battle of Guandu, and Cao Cao didn't use it, so he opened it up. To send is also to buy hearts for him. Cao Pi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't write a single word. He wrote it elegantly like Ruan Yu, and boldly like Liu Zhen. He picked up a voice that messed up his mind.It took me a long time to come up with a sentence, and Kong Rong stood up before he could write: "Duan Zhongming, you old soldier, are you joking that I don't have any heroic people in Kanto? Open your ears and listen carefully!" As soon as he let go, everyone present, even Cao Cao, became quiet, knowing that he was the leader.But Kong Rong picked up the chopsticks, tapped the cups and plates, and sang to the sky: 〖At the head of Yanyan Bell Mountain, the Hehe Yantian Road.Gaoming Yaoyunmen, the distant view is scorching cold. Prosperous and tireless, the roots are solid.Old man Lu Wang, Gou Wei is so sophisticated! Guan Zhong, a small prisoner, can only make meritorious deeds?What is so normal in life, but the disease is getting old. Fortunately, I have a shameless body, and I am like a tiger.An Neng suffered all his life and raised his house together with the world. The mediocre man laughed at me because of my carelessness.Lu Wang still doesn't want it, so why should Yi Qi admire it! 〗 "Hahaha..." This poem was written in a wild and domineering manner, and many people burst out laughing when they heard it.Duan Yan was out of breath with a smile: "There is really an old madman like you. The older you get, the more mad you become. 'Old man Lu Wang' and 'Guan Zhong', I think you are so disobedient. Don't sit in the hall, just go down and rank with the young boys (Cao Pi will write "Dian Lun" in the future, in which Kong Rong, Liu Zhen, Ruan Yu, and Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ying Yu who later belonged to Cao Cao Juxtaposed, praise the poems and essays of the seven of them, and they will be called the "Seven Sons of Jian'an") by later generations!" Everyone laughed, but Cao Cao was not only displeased, but harbored hatred: How dare this daring Kong Lao ghost recite such poems in front of me! "Lu Wang still doesn't want it, so why does Yi Qi admire him?" Grand Duke Lu Wang looked down on him, and Uncle Boyi was completely worthless. Who were you talking about?Could it be that he slandered me and intends to usurp the throne?But it doesn't look like... Forget it, drinking and reciting poems is not a big mistake, besides, the old man still needs you now.But let me remember this matter, you said that Guan Zhong is just a little prisoner, don't blame me for making you a prisoner one day in the future! There are many careful people in this class, Xi Xi, Wang Lang, Xun Yue and others all heard the implication, and they all watched Cao Cao's face secretly from the corner of their eyes.Gradually everyone felt that the atmosphere was not right, and after a while the lobby became quiet, only Kong Rong was still laughing indifferently.Dong Zhao lightly pulled Jiaxu, covered his mouth and muttered: "Wenhe, Mr. Cao seems to be angry..." But Jiaxu seemed not to hear, and just kept eating and drinking with his head down. During the silence, Situ Zhao Wen, who was sitting in the upper position, suddenly said, "My lords, the stewed fish soup today is really delicious!" Hua Xin quickly answered, "Yes, the grapes from the Western Regions are also very sweet." The two old tricksters sang together and broke the embarrassing situation. Maybe Cao Cao also felt that he had lost his composure, and gradually squeezed out a smiling face, stood up and said loudly: "Today, all the talented people have excellent works, and the old man is also here to join in the fun. Bu Yuefu's ancient rhyme song "Good Deeds" Please be upright." As soon as the main character was about to sing, everyone in the hall applauded, and the silk and bamboo musicians on both sides were already prepared, and quickly turned to the palace merchants to do their best.Cao Cao went around the handsome case, looked around at the crowd, and sang loudly: 〖The ancient father and the father, who accumulate virtue and benevolent.Together with Sihong, the king of philosophers is Yu Bin. Taibo Zhongyong, Wang Dezhiren.Donate for hundreds of generations, cut off tattoos. Boyi Shuqi, the legacy of ancient sages.Let the country not use it, and starve to death. Zhizai Shanfu, Xiangbi Xuanwang.What's the use of Du Bo, tired of my sages. Qi Huan's hegemony depends on Zhongfu.The successor was Shu Diao, and the insects flowed out of the house. Yan Ziping Zhong, accumulated virtue and benevolence.Living with the world, Shen De, does not necessarily think about fate. In the world of Zhongni, the kingdom is the king.Drink with the system, Yang Bo envoys. 〗 His voice is wide and loud, and his poems have lofty ideas. , Zhongyong, the two are the sons of Gugong Danfu, who gave way to Jili, the father of King Wen of Zhou, and the brothers went far away to establish the State of Wu), Boyi Shuqi, Zhongshanfu (Zhongshanfu, a famous official in the period of King Xuan of Zhou, who took charge of the king's order Noble morals), Guan Zhong, Yan Ying (Yan Ying, courtesy name Ping Zhong, later honored as Yan Zi, a doctor of the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period, experienced the three dynasties of Linggong, Zhuanggong, and Jinggong, and was very talented and governed the country well), Confucius Qiu and several sages Rende sang one by one, the song of the true gentleman and the righteous way!Most of the ministers here are not Cao Cao's confidantes, but listening to this impassioned and elegant rhyme, who can doubt his sincerity in assisting the Han Dynasty?But careful people can hear that the former fan Kong Rong accused Sang and scolded Huai to belittle the ancients, but Cao Cao avoided the truth and praised the sages falsely. The two intentions are really tit for tat. Kong Rong heard that it was aimed at him, and laughed secretly in his heart—the detractors are not necessarily derogatory, and the praisers are not necessarily sincere, who can't praise the saints?You can't listen to what people say, the key depends on how you do it. The others couldn't care less, and hurriedly avoided their seats and knelt down: "Mr. Cao's literary talent is extraordinary, and he pursues the sages. I can't wait to catch up." "Hahaha..." Cao Cao was triumphant, and wanted to toast to everyone again, when he saw the master secretary Wang Bi hurried up to the hall, and no one paid any attention to him and went straight to him and whispered something in his ear. "Damn big-eared thief..." Cao Cao's smile disappeared without a trace, "I have some military affairs to do, and you adults can do whatever you want. Gongren, Wenhe, you two come with me!" "No!" Dong Zhao and Jia Xu got up quickly, walked a few steps quickly and followed him into the back hall. As soon as they left, the atmosphere in the lobby immediately fell silent.Who wants to drink and compose poems here, but it's just a play on the occasion.Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others bowed their heads and just ate their meals in silence. Duan Yan, Zhang Chang, and Handan merchants discussed their affairs in a low voice. Kong Rong talked and laughed freely. After this calm down, Cao Pi's thoughts and ideas flowed. He rested his cheek in one hand and wrote a pen in the other. He really wrote a poem that he was satisfied with. movement.After a while, Liu Dai suddenly came up to the hall from the outside, made a bow and said in a loud voice: "My lord has a sudden important business, and I can't accompany you to the banquet. Please forgive me. My lord, please forgive me." Eat and drink as you like, don't be restrained, if you want to leave when you are young, please feel free." If the master doesn't come out, why drink this wine?Situ Zhao Wen was the first to get up and leave.Cao Cao was the most important official when he was not there, and everyone who wanted to leave the hall would follow him, like Duan Yan, Zhang Chang and others took the opportunity to leave, Hua Xin, Kong Rong, Wang Lang and other famous people bowed and let them go hand in hand.The other officials dispersed after drinking, eating, and chatting, and the subordinates left in twos and threes. In the end, even Ding Chong, who was holding the jug and did not let go, left. somersault.Cao Pi was the last one left in the messy lobby. This opportunity to show his talent in public was missed again. Why can’t he get his wish?He sighed deeply, grabbed the poem he just wrote, and went down the lobby in a daze. "My lord!" Liu Zhen came back from seeing off the guest, and walked face to face with Cao Pi, "Just now I saw that you were contemplating, what good works do you have?" "What kind of good work is not good, it's just such a thing." Cao Pi showed him: 〖Dongyue River saves water, looking at the end of the sea. He Shanshan with the fishing rod and He Yu with the fishtail. For those who are good on the road, what do Fangbai want to do? 〗 "Hey!" Liu Zhen exclaimed, "It's a pity! I couldn't share the reward with everyone just now, and this leader is today's leader!" "Hmph!" Cao Pi only thought he was being courteous, "Don't make fun of me, are these few words worth making a fuss about?" Liu Zhen shook his head: "I'm not flattering my lord, this song of yours is indeed brilliant. There is a saying: 'Ruo (ruo) is used to catch Qi with a bamboo pole. It's not easy to think about it. It's far away from it.' This is the world. The state of lovesickness. This sentence "he Shanshan with the fishing rod, and the shai (shai) 簁 with the fish tail" can be regarded as the most beautiful. Excellent work... excellent work..." "Actually, I think it's not bad." Cao Pi looked at him shaking his head in a fascinated way, which didn't seem to be comforting words. Liu Zhen pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "Just now Yuan Yu's "Gong Ban Poem" is just a small test of the situation, and my "Shooting the Kite" song is about killing two birds with one stone, and it is for everyone's entertainment. Kong The old man Rong is arrogant, unruly and domineering, but it is also his ambition in life. Laughing and cursing are all articles, and others are really incomparable! As for the protagonist's song "Good Deeds", it shows the benevolence of the sages, and I dare not compare it. Overall. From the looks of it, only the young master’s song is the best, Niao Niao Gently suits his mood. Thinking about the young master’s age, he must be in love, and yearning for beauties is a normal thing for men in the world!" "Don't make fun of me." Cao Pi blushed slightly, and he didn't agree with him in his heart.This poem is not written about lovesickness, but the combined words are actually a mistake.But Liu Zhen is a master among them, if he sincerely agrees, it must be good, and if he finds a coincidence in the future and shows it to his father, he will definitely get some praise.Thinking of this, he thanked him again and again, chatted a few more words, and planned to return to the back hall, but before he reached the second gate, he suddenly heard a strange voice calling from behind: "My lord, please stay." Cao Pi looked back - it was a newly recruited subordinate.This person is not as outstanding as Liu Ye, Du Ji, etc. Just now, he was sitting in the crowd without saying a word. Cao Pi didn't even know his name, so he prevaricated: "Sir, what's the matter?" ?” The man bowed respectfully and said: "Forgive me for taking the liberty, can I show you the poem in your hand?" Cao Pi didn't know what he wanted, so he looked him up and down carefully: this man was twenty-four or five years old, he spoke with a slight Yanzhou accent, he was not tall, had a fair face, and his facial features were not outstanding. Wearing the soap-colored dark clothes of an ordinary official, without a crown and wearing only a boxwood hairpin--just an ordinary little man. Seeing that Cao Pi didn't respond, the man hurriedly explained: "My lord, please don't misunderstand. I just heard that you are quite talented in writing and writing Hua Han. I just want to see your poems with my own eyes." Cao Pi expected him to be a flatterer, and he would pester him endlessly if he didn't show it, so he said angrily, "Just take a look, but I have important things to do in the back room, hurry up!" The man took the bamboo slips, bowed his head and bowed his waist with a cautious look, read it silently in a low voice, then handed the poem back, and praised: "good poems, good poems!" 'People in this world are chasing after fame and fortune, but they don't know that it's just a bait and a hook. A person's life is like a river going east and west, and what is the end result of the scramble!" "You..." Cao Pi was taken aback, secretly amazed, this is the original meaning of this poem!Just now Liu Zhen didn't taste it, he thought his skills were not enough, but now he asked this person to explain it clearly, he should be a real person and not cover his face.He hastened to put away his son-in-law, folded his arms and said: "May I ask where the surname Gao is in Xianxiang?" "Don't dare to do it." The man politely returned the courtesy, "I'm Xia Wuzhi, a native of Chen Liuding Tao County." "Long Admire, Long Admire!" In fact, Cao Pi had never heard of him, but after listening to his interpretation of the poem, he felt that he was a character. "Just now I talked with Liu Gongqian, and he said that this poem was just a lovesickness. I thought I was not strong enough to be self-defeating It’s gone! Mister has a clear mind.” Wu Zhi not only knows how to interpret poems, but also understands human feelings: "Liu Gonggan must not be able to understand its meaning deeply, but he has lost a little peace of mind by reading books and writing letters all day long. I'm sorry to say bluntly, the son's poems are not like you. I can do it easily with my identity, so I must have expressed my feelings, so is there something unsatisfactory, young master?" Cao Pi blushed, how could he confide this easily?He waved his hand and said, "It's just a little melancholy. It's nothing important. I just got this poem because of my love." "Oh." Wu Zhi did not refute, and recited it silently again, and said in a low voice, "There are two sentences that my aunt said in vain, and my son and aunt listened to them in vain. Please forgive me if they are wrong. I heard that Mr. Cao also likes poetry. Fu, proficient in rhythm, but you may not be able to write such a work at your age, you are already young, but..." He frowned suddenly and stopped in the middle of speaking. "But what?" "For my son's sake, please don't let your father read this poem." "Ah?" Cao Pi was taken aback, "Why?" Wu Zhi's voice became deeper and deeper: "Young master is already in the age of Wu Xiang (Wu Xiang, referring to a man between the ages of fifteen and twenty), and there is a saying in "Zhou Li" that 'Dancing Xiang is also dancing martial arts. Xiao Wu, at this age, the young master is still in the prime of his future, when he is fighting for strength. The safari cavalry shoots and controls the bow and walks the horse, longing for the heroes and high aspirations. How can they do this without complaint? Mr. Cao is naturally very energetic, and the young master has many brothers. All of you are outstanding talents, if Mr. Cao sees you writing such a poem, I'm afraid...hehe..." He didn't say anything about Xiao Qiang. A word to wake up the dreamer, Cao Pi couldn't help shivering - his father was in the heyday of Spring and Autumn, and the day before yesterday, his concubine Li Shi had added Ding Import and gave birth to a son named Cao Zheng. There are many.It goes without saying that Chong'er is favored, even Zhang'er, Zhi'er, and Biao'er are not inferior to me. After reading this poem, if my father mistakenly thinks that I don't want to make progress and complain all day long, how can I look up to me... …他猛然醒悟，真有相见恨晚之感，赶忙再次施礼：“多谢先生指点，承教承教！” 吴质始终保持笑容：“得见公子诗文，果真名不虚传，在下大饱眼福三生有幸。天色不早公子还有家务，在下就此别过。” “先生慢走。”曹丕想留下他再说几句，但是众仆僮来来往往有碍推心置腹，又见校事官赵达、卢洪溜溜达达走过，此等隐秘之言岂能叫这两个小人听去？ 吴质恭恭敬敬连退数步，这才转身而去，刚走了几步忽然又扭头道：“对啦！公子既然喜欢诗赋一道，何不多做些行军阵仗类的作品呢？若有一日父子相伴出征，三军将士高唱公子之凯歌，那该何等雄壮啊！哈哈哈……”