There is a small door in the hall of Li Chuyun's house covered with a curtain, and the maid takes tea and water and retreats, and does not go to the main entrance of the hall, or lifts the curtain from the small door inside.

Unexpectedly, when she entered the back room and saw a beautiful young lady wearing a collared skirt, she was very good at saying: "A few people who just came, one of them is surnamed Luo, and he is an old friend of Ah Lang (the male owner Li Chuyun), and he brought another general named Guo Shao. I heard that the person named Guo Shao was a general from Tokyo, but if I didn't listen to them, I really didn't expect him to be a general, so young......"

Xiao Niang frowned slightly: "A military general is also going to come to fight poetry?" ”

The maid smiled: "Who knows, isn't it that the reputation of the lady (miss) has spread to Tokyo?" ”

"What's so funny?" The little lady scolded lightly.

The maid hurriedly suppressed her smile and said flatteringly: "I forgot for a while, that young man brought so many people to fight poetry today, and he had bad intentions." ”

"It's good to know." Xiaoniang said, "Father didn't say that he wanted to recruit relatives than Wen, he was good, and Tian was shameless in taking care of other people's affairs." spread rumors everywhere, saying that our Li family values scholars and that Li Gong is looking for a son-in-law who is literary and elegant; and coerced a group of people to come to the door to dance and make ink, don't I know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd surnamed Zhe? My father didn't promise that whoever writes well in poetry today will fall in love with whoever is in love. ”

The maid approached and whispered: "Last night, the slave family was in the lady's room, but I heard Ah Lang say that if you can see someone who is still passable today, you will simply plan it, and let the lady promise someone, so as not to make the old man always worry about it." ”

"Huh?" The little lady of the Li family was suddenly shocked, "Why did you say it now?" ”

"You slept last night, but I forgot this morning...... Ah Lang was right. The maid said apologetically, "It's better to marry someone than to marry that son." How I see how annoying he is! Just now he was talking about General Guo outside, and the lady also heard it. ”

Li Shi said coldly: "I'm obedient, it seems that I have taken a fancy to a military general surnamed Guo who just came from Tokyo, or you will marry him yourself!" Go and ask him if he would like to marry you. ”

The maid shrank her little head and said stupidly: "I'm a slave, can I marry a general?" If there is such a good thing, then I am willing to be a cow and a horse in the next life......" She didn't care about Li's displeasure at all, gave her a cold face, and said briskly, "Why don't the lady go to the front and take a look, hide behind the curtain, and pick a corner to take a sneak peek, I won't fool you, General Guo is really okay...... Lady, we can't be too picky, do you think literati or martial artists are better, there are all in the front hall! ”

Li Shi said coldly: "These scholars know that they are writing poems and dancing texts, and I am annoyed when I look at them!" The warriors are not good people, they have been fighting back and forth for many years, but they are just fighting for power and profit, and they don't care about the lives of the people! Li Shi became a little depressed as he spoke, "I just complain that the world is not good...... Maybe my father is right, as long as he is not a big traitor or a shameless villain, I will not contradict my father. ”

At that moment, there was another loud voice outside. The voice of the young man said: "As for the topic, it is not limited, and it is also stuck in the form, as long as it is based on what you have seen and heard." ”

Another man's voice said, "That's very good...... Let me think about it. ”

The person who spoke just now should be the general Guo, because he had said before, "I am indeed a martial artist, I don't know poetry", and Li Shi and the maid's account can probably be guessed.

After a while, General Guo's voice said again: "Mr. Zuo, on our way to Guanzhong, we passed through Tongguan, so you don't have any feelings?" ”

"The journey is tired, I really don't have any thoughts, what does the lord feel about Tongguan?"

General Guo's voice said: "On this trip to Guanzhong, I have some sighs in my heart, or I will take Tong Caring for the Ancient as the theme...... Folded boy, let's not limit the genre today? ”

Zhen Gongzi said: "Poems, fu, long and short sentences are all fine, there is no limit." ”

"That's good. I happen to have a sentence or two. General Guo pondered for a moment, and then chanted loudly, "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road......

There was a noisy atmosphere outside just now, but it immediately quieted down, so quiet that people couldn't feel that there were dozens of people sitting together.

The little lady in the back room, Li Shixiu, raised her eyebrows slightly, and praised without noticing: "Good sentences, majestic and concise, but there is no trace of carving, let alone pretentious, it is much better than hearing those soft and frivolous disease-free ** and glamorous words before......"

The maid next to her didn't quite understand the good and bad in the poem, but she could understand the lady's undisguised beautiful words, and immediately looked at her with a smile. After a while, Li noticed the maid's smile, and immediately pulled down his face and stopped talking.

At this moment, there was a loud chant like a sigh outside: "Looking at the western capital, the meaning is hesitant." Sad Qin and Han Dynasty Economic Office, the palace has made a ......"

Li couldn't help but be moved, he is a general, a young general? She couldn't help but get up, didn't care about scolding the maid just now, ran straight to the door, opened the curtain and wanted to see. At this time, there was a burst of cheers outside, and people applauded one after another.

But I saw a tall young man in a robe and a hat standing on the edge of the table, looking thoughtful. At first glance, the young man was a martial artist, and his body and face were brave, but at this moment, he seemed to be immersed in the artistic conception and feelings of the sentence, and his resolute eyebrows showed a hint of melancholy, just like a poet who was worried about the country and the people. Lee's eyes gradually changed.

The people were still applauding, and suddenly he flicked the sleeves of his robe and recited a sentence like an initiation: "Xing, the people are suffering; Death, the people suffer! ”

Everyone fell silent for a long time, and the folded boy looked embarrassed, and he was speechless for a while, unable to say anything. It seemed that a needle could be heard all around, no one spoke, no one was embarrassed to move, only a gentle cough with patience and depression.

At this time, Li accidentally touched a fragrant ash basin by the door, and made a "clang" sound, which was immediately very clear. When the people outside heard the movement, they all looked sideways, only to see that the curtain was swaying slightly without wind, and there was no one in sight.

Li fled, her face crimson, she only felt that this house was not safe, as if she was afraid of being seen, and went out through another door and hurried into the courtyard. The maid quickly trotted to catch up, panting and couldn't wait to ask, "Lady, is General Guo's poem the best?" ”

"It's a long and short sentence, and there are a few weird sounds in one or two places...... If you compose a song and choose a name, you can also sing it. Li said softly.

The maid relented: "I asked him if he made the best long and short sentences, if it was the best, Ah Lang Ke would be the main ......"

"Boom!" Li Shijiao shouted, "I don't know if it's embarrassing, can this kind of thing be taken outside and shouted?" ”

The maid turned her head and pretended to be sad: "Listen to what the lady said, the poems written by General Guo should be the best, but if the son of Zhe does not say that his words are not good, how can he be good?" Today's incident was mentioned by Zhi Gongzi, and he presided over the poetry meeting, so naturally he should comment on the good or bad. ”

Li sneered: "The son can be shameless, but he can't be shameless to that extent!" If he dares to say that General Guo's long and short sentences are not good, he has to find a comparison among that group of people. As for those celebrities who are usually idle and praise each other, I don't believe that anyone can have such a mind and write something comparable to one of the ten thousand people who care for the ancients! ”

As Li expected, no one in the front hall dared to challenge Tong Care's "long and short sentences". Many people had a lot of praise, and the young man was very embarrassed, neither saying who was the best, nor mentioning the selection of the stubble, and soon left the table angrily.

Guo Shao hasn't understood what today's poetry meeting is about, where did he think that there would be a "Biwen Recruiting Relatives"? He thought it was just a crowd of people who were in a panic and gathered together to be elegant.

After all, no one told him about it. If Guo Shao knew the details, he would probably be able to understand why the young man would be so rude to a stranger today...... If there is no injustice or hatred, even if it is a bad person, he is not willing to speak out and grudge with others for no reason; But Zhe Gongzi's resentment is not for no reason, it is indeed a Chen bite gold halfway, and he was worried that Guo Shao would ruin his good deeds at the beginning, and sure enough, it really ruined his good deeds!

Guo Shao stayed in the Li Mansion, and under the mediation of Luo Yanhuan, he had a heart-to-heart conversation with Li Chuyun...... This is the business he came to Pizhou, to attract talents. Li Chuyun seems to be better than Luo Yanhuan, but he doesn't seem to be willing. This kind of unwilling, but potentially talented person, is very cost-effective!

Because of the talented people who have already achieved ambition or have shown extraordinary talents, with Guo Shao's strength, it is not his turn to envelop.

In the afternoon, Guo Shao and other talents said goodbye to Li Chuyun "reluctantly". Of course, they are embarrassed to live in the Li Mansion, and Guo Shao has a place to stay, which is the post house outside the city of Pizhou...... Of course, they will not fold in half when they go to Pizhou, and Ruan Ming said: I will dig your corner; Guo Shao's rhetoric is to visit relatives and friends, passing by, so he lives in a post house.

Luo Yanhuan and "Guan Gong" Li Chuyun have been friends for many years, and they did not return to the post house until the evening.

When Luo Yanhuan saw Guo Shao, he was shocked and swore endlessly: "Gong Li asked me to explore Guo Du's family affairs, did he marry a wife and have children?" ”

Speaking of this, Jing Niang, who was sitting far away, suddenly looked sideways.

Guo Shao glared and said, "What does he mean?" ”

"Nothing...... I also just found out that the ......," Luo Yanhuan said, "Today's poetry meeting is intended to be a competition for the Li family to recruit relatives, which talented poet is good, and the Li family's lady will be allowed to whom...... Obviously, Guo Du's long and short sentences are unsurpassed by people on the spot. ”

Guo Shao was stunned, turned his head to look at Zuo You, and seemed to say: You did a good thing.

Zuo You had a joking look: "Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination has to compose poems first, I usually think that the lord has read a lot of books, and I expect that the lord can at least make a decent poem, at least it will not be too embarrassing." Unexpectedly, as soon as you made a move, you were shocked, and now even the little lady will not let you go. ”

Guo Shao said: "When did I say that I wrote those words? ”

Luo Mengzi said with a smile: "Brother Luo didn't say it, the little lady of the Li family is famous far and wide, and now the eldest brother has a good fortune!" ”