"Since Xun Gongzi and General Gao are already here, let's start the competition." Cao Song smiled slightly and said.

General Gao? Xun Nian was slightly surprised in his heart, could it be that the young man next to him was the Gao Shun who had meritorious service in defending the city?

What Xun Nian was told before was: Cao Song intends to accept himself as a son-in-law, but Cao Cao's favorite sister-in-law candidate is someone else, so today the two of them will go to Cao's Mansion to have a literary talent competition, and the winner can marry Miss Cao's family.

However, Xun Nian didn't know what his competitor was, but he was the same as himself, a son from a famous family.

It seems that the general surnamed Gao in Dongjun City is only Gao Shun, but he only heard yesterday that he and Guo Jia's sister have made a family affair, how can he appear here today? And isn't the other party a general, how can he compete with himself for literary talent?

Although he felt strange, Xun Nian's face did not show any doubtful expression, but always showed a proper smile.

"My Han Dynasty governs the country with filial piety, and it can be said that 'filial piety' is the foundation of our dynasty. Today, why might you two chant a poem with the theme of 'Loving Mother' to reflect their filial piety? Cao Song gave the proposition of the game.

As soon as Cao Song finished speaking, Cao Cao couldn't help but curse the street in his heart, which was completely a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for Gao Shun. It is no secret that Gao Shun is a young orphan and has lost his mother since he was a child, as long as anyone who knows a little about his life experience knows it. And his father actually took the theme of loving mother at this time, don't say that Gao Shun has no poetic talent, even if he is brilliant, how can you make an orphan perfectly depict the image of a loving mother through a poem?

Let Gao Shun and Xun Nian compete for literary talents, it is already deliberately suppressing each other, Cao Cao was not optimistic about this competition in advance, and was even thinking about how to appease his little sister after Gao Shun was defeated. Now Cao Song's question is so aimed at Gao Shun, it seems that he doesn't want to give him a glimmer of hope at all.

"Which of the two will be the first?" Cao Song asked with a smile.

"If you don't have talent, you will be ugly first." It was Xun Nian who spoke. In Cao Song's heart, he probably didn't expect Gao Shun to write poems before Xun Nian, or he didn't think that Gao Shun would have the ability to write a poem with the theme of loving mother.

Although Cao Cao didn't want Xun Nian to become his sister-in-law, Cao Cao couldn't help but bow his head slightly. Although the other party is not very old, his literary talent is indeed outstanding. In just a few lines of poetry, the old mother's kind eyebrows, kind eyes, kind and peaceful demeanor have been vividly depicted.

"General Gao's work can be thought about?" Cao Song is very satisfied at the moment, Xun Nian is indeed worthy of his reputation, it seems that this Gao Shun has no chance at all. But the superficial work still has to be done, and the question must always be asked symbolically.

Worried? As early as the same time as Cao Song's question, a famous poem through the ages has been reflected in Gao Shun's mind, at this time since Cao Song asked, Gao Shun was not polite, after smiling slightly, he opened his mouth and said: "Mother's hand is on the line, and the wanderer's shirt is on top." Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late. Whoever says an inch is careless, and he will be rewarded with three springs. ”

After a poem was recited, a wanderer would travel far away, and the mother handed the clothes sewn overnight to the wanderer's hand, and the scene of thousands of instructions because he could not rest assured appeared in the minds of Cao Cao and the three of them.

Everyone was amazed!

Before Cao Song could say anything, Xun Nian had already bowed to Gao Shun first, and said humbly: "General Gao is talented, and the year is not as good as it." ”

Gao Shun also hurriedly returned the salute, and praised it in his mouth, but he said disapprovingly in his heart: "Of course, this is a poem that is famous for later generations, and it must be much better than what you wrote." ”

Cao Song's face was a little ugly, but it wasn't difficult to see where it went. Gao Shun's poetry can almost be described as amazing, if this is the case, then he is definitely both civil and military, and it is not too unacceptable to marry his daughter to him. The only disadvantage is that after marrying Gao Shun, her daughter is the same as other girls, and she is a flat wife, not the only wife.

Of course, the happiest person in the field is Cao Cao, I didn't expect Gao Shun's level of poetry to be so high? I haven't heard him sing much poetry before, is it deliberately hiding it?

"Hehe, it is too rash to decide the outcome with a poem, and presumably Xun Gongzi may not be convinced. Let's not do this, everyone sings three poems, and two of them are the winners. "Maybe it's really unwilling for Cao Ming to marry Gao Shun as a flat wife - although the status of the flat wife and the main wife are exactly the same, Cao Song still wants to see if Xun Nian still has a chance to get back, "The first song of General Gao's work is better than Xun Gongzi, but Xun Gongzi doesn't have to be discouraged, I won't propose the next two poems, just improvise." ”

"I don't have to do this, if it was Xun Nian who won just now, I'm afraid your old man would have announced that he would marry his little sister to him." Regarding Cao Song's decision, Cao Cao was naturally slandered.

But slander is slander, since Daddy has spoken, let's follow his wishes. Anyway, with Gao Shun's previous performance, Cao Cao now trusts his level. Let that Xun Nian lose more completely, so that his father can no longer find any excuse to push.

"Last time, it was Xun Gongzi who chanted first, and this time General Gao will be the first." Cao Song said to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun gestured, and after a little thought, he opened his mouth and chanted two poems in a row:

"Thousands of miles to the plane, Guan Shan is like flying. Shuoqi spreads the golden watch, and the cold light shines on the iron coat. The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. ”

"The battlefield of a hundred battles is shattered into iron clothes, and the south of the city has been surrounded by several times. The raid battalion shot and killed General Huyan, and led the remnants of the army to return with thousands of horses. ”

Gao Shun chanted, one of which is a fragment of Mulan's speech, and it is indispensable to pull it out as a poem alone at this time, and the second is Li Bai's "From the Army". At this time, although the seven-character poem had not yet been popularized, it had begun to spread.

After Cao Song, Cao Cao, and Xun Nian listened, they were speechless for a long time. Gao Shun's two poems, the first shows the determination to go to the battlefield, and the second shows the severity and tragedy of fighting to the death in a desperate situation. What's more, Gao Shun chanted these two poems as a general, which is much more heroic. "The general dies in a hundred battles, and the strong man returns in ten years", this sounds to Cao Cao that Gao Shun is showing himself his determination to die.

"The battalion shot and killed General Huyan, and led the remnants of the army to return with thousands of horses...... General Gao's talent is far better than mine, and Xun Nian is willing to bow down. Xun Nian knew that no matter what kind of poems he wrote, he would never be able to catch up with the other party's level. In this situation, he also seemed to be down-to-earth and generous, admitting defeat directly, without any hypocrisy.

"General Gao's poetic talent is indeed the best among people. However, the world's literary style is not only poetry, it is better for two people to write a fu apart, how about the higher and lower? When Cao Song said this, his old face couldn't help but blush slightly, and he also knew that his behavior at the moment was indeed a little ashamed.

Cao Cao: "......"

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PS: Huyan is one of the four surnames of the Huns, and the Huyan general mentioned in Li Bai's poem does not refer to a specific general, but to a fierce general.