Tang Zhangren wanted to lose his temper, but the man's appearance and demeanor, as well as his dress, looked particularly dazzling among the guests, and it was more and more unbearable to look at those originally vulgar guys. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Do you know what today's feast is for?" he decided to ask.

The man stood up and shook his head elegantly: "Excuse me, in Xia Jin, Mingguang, I am not here to pray for Ling Yuan to get married, but to wait to please my friends Yan Yu and Ling Yuan for a glass of wine, and by the way, to watch all the poets." ”

Tang Zhangren was a little disappointed, but he fixed his eyes on Yan Yu, who was accompanied by this excellent friend, who was also a talented person, described as honest, not necessarily inferior to his friends too much, and couldn't help but regret rejecting him the day before yesterday.

Fortunately, his enthusiasm for insisting on matching his daughter to a talented man has not been extinguished, so he raised his wine and said: "When this party is a good party, when I meet this guest, may God extend my life and have a long time of joy." Please drink to your heart's content. ”

Everyone said yes again and again and drank it together.

As soon as the wine was drunk, the old man's rosacea became even redder, and he spoke first: "Today is a good day, the host treats us warmly, and we want to repay it with beautiful songs!"

He looked at everyone with a reserved gaze, as if he had a chance to win.

Uncle Tang said: "Okay, good!" He lifted his beard and looked out the window, it was a thick autumn scene, "Then it should be in season, please take autumn colors as the theme, let me have the honor to appreciate your talents." ”

As soon as the host's question came out, the guests immediately thought hard, some gritted their teeth, some scratched their ears and cheeks, and some couldn't get along with their clothes, and pulled at the placket.

"I have this chip!" Feng Meng snatched the bamboo chip held by the maid and chanted: "It is suitable for mid-autumn, and the deer is singing." Guests and hosts are happy together, worry-free. ”

After chanting, he threw the bamboo chip towards the copper kettle ten steps away, but unfortunately missed.

This is a popular game in the Western Zhou Dynasty, called "throwing pots", which is usually carried out in conjunction with the toast between the guests and the host in the banquet to add to the fun.

"It's not bad. Yu Lu shook his head and said sourly, "Young man, this poetry is really not good, it is really rude to marry Tang Lao's beloved daughter." ”

Feng Meng said angrily: "Old decay, it's much better than you vainly want Miss Meng Tang to be a concubine when you are about to enter the earth!

The corners of Yu Lu's mouth grinned, and his face became more and more wrinkled like walnuts: "Of course." ”

He also took the bamboo chips and sang with a clear eye: "I climbed the autumn plain, and the good horse is on the side." The foal meets its lord and gives me the reins. I entered the Chinese room and admired this begonia. Marry a good wife, and laugh and laugh merrily. ”

"Hahahaha......" As soon as he finished singing, Yan Yu's friend laughed out loud first, causing the audience to boil.

Feng Meng took the opportunity to sarcastically: "It's over? This is your masterpiece? You actually compare Meng Tang to a horse, and expect people to marry you and laugh happily?" It's a dream!"

Yu Lu's beard trembled: "You...... Ignorance!"

"As evidenced by the heavens, the poems of the two are the most ridiculous I have ever heard. The strange man said, "You better listen to my friend Yan Yu, so that you can wash your ears." ”

Yan Yu smelled it, sat up straight, asked the maid to get a cup of honey to moisten her throat, and slowly recited with a sad expression: "Although the autumn color is beautiful, there is no tangtang; Why don't you see it? Why don't you fly? Tang is not in spring, and Yan is not in pairs. ”

This poem is inlaid with Meng Tang and his name, telling his grievances and affectionate feelings, which immediately attracted everyone.

Yan Yu stood up and took a bamboo chip, and continued: "The Hanjiang River is wide, curved and long. Each side is separated by a suspense. There is no boat to cross, but sorrow can be constant. If autumn is like this, what does it hurt to sing?"

At the end of the poem, the bamboo chip flew to the copper kettle and was accurately thrown into the spout, winning the applause of the audience!

Tang Zhangren was very satisfied, high-fived and admired, but after a while, his eyes touched Yan Yu and stumbled: "You wrote this song?"

Yan Yu couldn't help but be anxious: "Uncle!"

"Make another song. Tang Zhangren stared at him suspiciously.

Fine sweat broke out on Yan Yu's forehead.

Tang Zhangren snorted: "Sure enough, it's not." How many days can it take to be able to compose such exquisite poems? How can you suddenly become good at this way? If you want to blame me for wronging you, make another one!"

Yan Yu opened his mouth and desperately asked his friend for help.

"Indeed, he did not do it. His friend betrayed him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Tang Zhangren let out a sigh of relief, looking at the strange man who claimed to be Yan Yu's friend triumphantly.

The man looked at him, "So what? ”

Tang Zhangren was in awe and curious and invited him to tell.

"It's actually a small thing. The strange man said, "When I passed by the river, I saw a man sitting on the reef crying. After saying that her husband had tears and a lot of money, she went to ask him if something unfortunate had happened to him, and only learned that he was a haggard man, and when he asked the neighbor's fisherman to marry his daughter, the fisherman's dowry stumped him......"

Yu Lu interjected impatiently: "I think I want him to have a lot of treasures, but he is poor and can't do it." ”

The strange man shook his head: "No, it's not a treasure, it's a ......"

The people's appetites were hung to their heart's content, and they listened with bated breath.

"It's two hand-caught fish. The strange man slyly paused for a long time before announcing the unexpected answer.

The crowd was in an uproar, and Feng Meng commented disdainfully: "How easy is this, and you still need to worry? It can be seen that he is a fool." ”

"That's right. The strange man agreed, "At first, I thought so. But he replied to me that fishing is a simple thing for a fisherman, and that a woodcutter is a woodcutter who makes a living by chopping wood, and is familiar with the skill of chopping wood, so it is difficult to ask for what seems easy. On the other hand, if the fisherman is asked to chop wood, he must also be worried, right? It is really difficult to measure the shortcomings of others by his own strengths. What does the proprietor think?"

Tang Zhangren pondered for a moment, covered his face with his sleeves and said, "Ashamed, ashamed." ”

The strange man showed his face and saluted respectfully: "Please also ask the proprietor to fulfill it." ”

Everyone in the hall was confused by their hidden words, but they saw Tang Zhangren give a thumbs up: "Distinguished guest, you not only have good poetry, but also good strategy, my nephew has you as a friend, it is his luck." ”

The strange man had a completely different attitude from the arrogant one just now, and said gently: "The proprietor is wrong, the poem is written by his wife, and the plan is also planned by her." ”

After speaking, the screen on the side of the hall was opened, and his daughter Meng Tang stepped forward with a beautiful woman: "Father, this is Mrs. Feng, she wrote a poem and handed it to the maid, and took the opportunity to send honey to Yan Yu secretly." ”

The woman smiled and saluted: "I am presumptuous, proprietor." Although I don't know what kind of son-in-law Dongzhu chooses, as a woman, she always hopes to have a husband who treats her well all her life. Why did the proprietor break up a pair of heavenly couples?"

Tang's father-in-law looked at Yan Yu and Meng Tang, who were facing each other: "That's it...... Youxian and his wife are matchmakers, so I should be able to entrust my daughter to him......"

Yan Yu jumped up excitedly and grabbed her uncle's arm: "Thank you! Thank you! This saved my life!"

Seeing that the general trend had been achieved, the guests lost their little personal wishes, or sincerely or falsely congratulated the uncle and nephew and son-in-law.

Coaxed over, Tang Zhangren slapped his thigh: "What about the couple just now?"

No one knows.

It was like a dream character, and they didn't even leave a shadow.

Outside the hall, only sparrows chirped in the trees.

"You've been there for a long time!" As soon as he returned to the boat, he rushed to the light and the wind and complained, "My brother and I are hungry! Look at it, the stars in the sky are out!"

Linfeng took out a bag of dim sum: "I'm sorry, Xiao Wuyu, come, let's eat some first!"

Push it away: "Don't!"

Carefree grabbed her from behind and reproached, "You're so rude!"

"She robbed me of my glare!" Wu Yu argued, "I don't like her!"

She wriggled around, slipped out of Sansso's hands, and ran to the back compartment to hide.

Carefree and loving, he watched his sister's back go away, turned his head to the wind and smiled: "Let's eat?" I made my own fish, if you don't dislike it, please taste it." ”

After dinner, the cold air of the autumn night came up, and Shangguang ordered a small brazier to be sent to the cabin, and gossiped with the wind and worry-free, talking about the experience of the day, and laughing carefree from time to time.

"I've got a good plan, isn't it?" asked Kamitsu with a playful laugh.

Shangguang praised: "It's really not enough to compose songs for him for a while, so that Tang Zhangren can understand the differences between people, and Yan Yu will no longer have to suffer from composing songs in the future." ”

Lin Feng suddenly sighed: "It's very interesting to watch them like that." It's a pity that I couldn't set up such a song competition when I was married. ”

"If it's Saige, your husband won't be me. She lifted her chin and said, "Fisherman, you can't ask me, a woodcutter, for fish......"

"Then ......" Lin Feng stretched out his hand, thought of something, and turned to Wuwu, "Or, should you ask for fish from Wuwu who can make fish!"

"Me?" Carefree startled, "I...... I'm also a ...... Woodcutter ......"

The three of them were silent for a while, and they all laughed.

"Forget it, forget it. Shangguang pressed it on Linfeng's palm, and said to Wuwu, "We two woodcutters, we have to take firewood to fill up......"

He took the flute from Xiao Yi, and he didn't have to worry about it, and he also took a piano, and the two played it in the river breeze.

The boat sailed on the water, and the melodious tunes also rippled to both sides of the river......

After a long time, the three of them were in a good mood, called for strong wine, simmered on the fire and drank again, and by the time the moon came out in the middle of the night, they were already drunk.

Linfeng drank little because of illness, but he couldn't resist it, and fell asleep on his bare lap.

Glazing stroked her hair and chatted with carefree.

"I can't remember how long I've been so happy...... carefree joy mixed with a touch of desolation, "I've always been tired, tired, tired......"

Shangguang said understandingly: "I admire you very much for practicing medicine to help the world, and I admire you very much." ”

Worry-free raised his head: "...... Do you think that the practice of medicine can really help the world? What do you say, what do the people of the world really need? You have also seen that under natural disasters, many civilians are suffering, and if this continues, famine and plague will appear. If you don't come at that time and rely on the doctors to do their best to treat you, why not avoid the disaster in the first place? Just like you, you are constantly helping others as you go, but I think it can only benefit the people and places that you can see, and in other places, there may be more serious situations, more people need to be rescued. Therefore, only a righteous monarch can save all the people from fire and water......"

Shangguang stared at Linfeng, and his eyes shone softly: "What do you think of a benevolent monarch?"

"Hate war, because it will bleed many people to death, love the people more than your children, cherish talents, and provide for them well......"

"Then I'm sorry, I don't believe in a benevolent monarch anymore. ”

Carefree was surprised: "Huh?"

"A wise monarch is definitely not the kind of righteous person you call him. Kamitsu said, "A monarch who wants to rule the world with this kind of benevolence and righteousness is doomed to failure." ”

“…… I don't understand ......."

"You hate war, but the enemy does not, and in order to save people from shedding blood and dying, you have given the enemy a good opportunity to invade your territory on a large scale, and will cause your people to die more in vain; you love the people more than you love your children? If you don't even love your children the most, how can you extend it to the people who are separated by blood? The responsibility of the monarch is to stimulate their desires, but also to limit their desires, so that they can concentrate all their strength on what is beneficial, rather than letting them concentrate on only becoming a symbol of the monarch's courtesy and virtue, wasting food. ”

Carefree listened stunned: "...... You have a point. ”

"People learn things through experience. "Shangguang took a sip of wine, "It is impossible to change the world with the power of one person or even the power of a monarch, everything is like the sun and the moon, and it has its own trajectory of prosperity and decline, and what people have to do is to use their own strength to fulfill the responsibility on their shoulders." ”

Carefree thought for a while: "Your idea is very peculiar. Shouldn't all men have the ambition to help the world?"

"That's too big an ambition. "The king should look at the truth, as a son can honor his parents, as an elder brother can love his younger brother, as a husband can protect his wife, as a father can teach his children well, so that he is worthy of himself and the people." ”

“…… Is it? Why do you think differently from others? You envision such a king to be seen as cowardly and unproductive. Carefree muttered.

Kamitsu said firmly, "No." On the contrary, I believe that this determination can only be made after people are truly courageous. Honoring one's parents will lead to respecting the people's parents, loving one's younger brother will lead to cherishing the people's siblings, protecting one's wife will lead to protecting the people's wives, and being good at educating one's children will lead to attaching importance to the people's children. This is worthy of oneself and the people. …… Of course, everyone has a different heart, some pursue glory and dignitaries, some pursue tranquility and tranquility, I belong to the latter, so I also consider from the perspective of the latter, but no matter what, we must face our true self calmly, in order to face everything calmly. ”