Tao Yi put forward this suggestion, and asked one of the members of the accompanying envoy to stand up and compose a Qixi poem, the meaning is obvious, that is, to compare with the words of Zhou Yifan to see whose Qixi words are better.

As soon as his words came out, the Southern Tang people present were also interested.

After all, the Song State has been suppressing the Tang State militarily, eyeing the tiger, taking away the land of Jiangbei a few years ago, and swallowing half of the Tang State, which is a national enemy and family hatred for the people of the Tang State!

In Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places, the Song army once burned, killed and looted, many squires and wealthy families were looted, some officials and nobles' families were killed, and tens of thousands of people died, all of which were real.

Some Jianghuai people who fled to the Southern Tang Dynasty naturally hated the Song people very much, and many Jinling people did the same, hating the Northern Song people, but the Tang army was indeed not the opponent of the Northern Song Army.

"It's better than that, who would be afraid of the Song people!"

"That is, let them take a look at the poetry and talent of our southern readers, how can the Song people compare?"

Some of the spectators on the periphery began to discuss.

They still recognize Zhou Yifan's poem "Butterfly Loves Flowers", and they think it is very good, at least it is the best one in the current Xiyuan Poetry Club. According to the judging criteria of previous years, this song will definitely win the top three fame tonight, and even become the best.

Although the Song Dynasty is the orthodox culture of the Central Plains, there are many wars in the north, and the literature is somewhat deserted, so everyone feels that the Song geniuses in the north are inevitably not as cultured as those in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tao Yi disagreed, smiled lightly and said, "Xiao Ze, you can recite a new Qixi poem." ”

A man in a blue shirt stood out from the table of the banquet, looked about twenty-five or sixteen years old, walked in the open space of the banquet, bowed his hand, and made an introduction: "In Xia Xiao Ze, currently in the Song Kingdom as a Hanlin attendant, this afternoon in the post house has nothing to do, a poem called "Partridge Heaven". ”

"Back then, the oath was passed down from magpie to magpie, gathering less and leaving more broken intestines.

The long bridge lies on the waves, and the stars are in front of the long song and phoenix dance under the moon.

Empty sigh night, don't go through the years,

Joys and sorrows are clutched.

There is no long-term plan for this love in the world,

Close to the end of the world. ”

This poem was recited by this Xiao Ze, catchy, extraordinary artistic conception, the famous masters present, and the scholars are also knowledgeable people, I think that the "Partridge Heaven" read by Song Guohanlin is indeed a superior work, and it is a bit on par with Zhou Fan's "Butterfly Love Flower".

Zhou Fan's face changed slightly, and he could hear that this song was not bad, but he would not grow the ambition of others, and he was not majestic, so he hummed lightly: "Although it is good, it may not surpass my one." ”

He naturally refuses to admit defeat, after all, there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts, a poem, unless the literary style, artistic conception and so on are too different, otherwise, the level is close, and the preferences are different, and they may not be able to directly divide the superior.

"It's just, so-so!"

"I also think that this partridge day is not as good as Zhou Gongzi's butterfly love flower!"

"It's not that it's not comparable, it's just far behind."

Some people who don't know much about poetry naturally only help their own people, and refuse to admit that the words of the Song people are good.

Tao Yi sneered, turned his head to look at Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and the others and asked, "Several adults are all literary heroes of the Tang Kingdom and leaders of Shilin, what are their opinions on the two poems, can they be rated high?" ”

Xu Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Empty sigh night, don't go through the years, joys and sorrows are gone." There is no long-term plan for this love in the world, and the end of the world is close at hand. This half-rhyme words write the joys and sorrows of the world, the love barrier of the end of the world, or have a certain artistic conception and literary style, and Zhou Gongzi's words, it can be said that each has its own merits, and it is difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior. ”

"It's fair." Tao Yi smiled slightly, but he didn't sneer, after all, the scholar Xu of the Tang Kingdom gave a pertinent evaluation.

"Even so, it can be regarded as a draw, and this Xiao Hanlin has not suppressed the demeanor of Zhou Gongzi, a student student." Someone suggested that if the level of the words is comparable, then Zhou Yifan is a few years younger than Xiao Hanlin of Song Guo, then there will be a small advantage to show off.

"That's right, a Hanlin attendant, only a tie with the students of our Tai Academy, that's it!"

Someone started laughing.

Zhou Zhou Fan was also secretly proud, showing a smile, as long as he drew with the other party, he would be famous.

At this moment, Xiao Ze chuckled and said: "This kind of word, I wrote two poems this afternoon, please listen to the next song "Queqiao Immortal" in the next one."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, it turned out that he did not write one, but two poems, both of which were a little unnatural.

It is already rare to write a poem of this level, and it can be expected to suppress other talents, and ordinary people may not be able to write it with all their best efforts and inspiration and talent, but he wrote two poems in one afternoon, which is unbelievable.

I only heard Xiao Ze's voice sound, and chanted the song "Queqiao Immortal":

"The moon is light and the stars are thick, and the clouds and magpies are misty. Yingying looks at the broken intestines across the water, and the sky is desolate and unrelenting!

Meet overnight, the bright moon Chanjuan, after years of time, since it is a year in the world, why not invite Guanghan to invite you! ”

After this word was chanted, all the present were moved by the artistic conception of the new word, beauty, melancholy, etc., fell into silence, and after chewing, they were all secretly surprised, it was really a song no less than the above two words, and it was also a superior work.

Everyone looked at Xiao Hanlin of the Song State envoy group, and had some admiration, even if this one was written by him before, and he took it to fill it up at this time, but the level was not lower than the last two, that was also a real talent, and he suppressed Zhou Yifan's words, unless Zhou Yifan still has a song of this level, otherwise, with two to one, Xiao Hanlin is naturally better.

Zhou Zhou Fan also seemed to realize this, his face was blue and white for a while, this word, the sentence didn't know how many times he polished, how many times he wrote it, and finally carved it repeatedly, and came up with such a good word "Butterfly Love Flower", but there is no second song, because a good word consumes all his talents, and it is difficult to come out with a second song.

He looked at Xiao Hanlin's expression in Song Kingdom, and this time he felt a little irresistible.

Princess Yongning in the crowd saw this scene and sighed in a low voice to Zhou Jiamin beside her: "It's over, this Zhou Gongzi has no other words to do, this is going to lose." ”

"Hey, in terms of poetry, you can't lose to the Song people, why hasn't Brother Su Chen come yet, huh!" Zhou Jiamin couldn't help but get anxious.

All the Jinling people present felt a little embarrassed at this time.

Xiao Ze chuckled, disappreciating, it seemed that he had defeated this unknown Jinling genius, it was not something to be happy about, but he looked around and asked: "When I was in the Song Kingdom, I heard about the fame of Jiangzuo Sulang, I don't know if I was there, and I would like to make a Qixi poem and compare it with the words below!" ”