Chapter 24: Visiting Cai's Mansion (5,000-word chapter asking for recommendation votes)
For two days, Xiang Han didn't wait for news from Huangfu Song, and now that Cao Cao had just taken a concubine, he didn't have time to pay attention to Xiang Han, and Xiang Han had nothing to do in Luoyang City alone.
"Forget it, it's better to close the door than not try." Xiang Han gritted his teeth, wrote a letter of worship, and then asked the road and went to Cai's mansion!
"Tuk Tuk ......"
Xiang Han knocked on the door of Cai's mansion.
"Are you ......?" The subordinate opened the door and saw Xiang Han's unfamiliar face, and asked curiously.
"Xiang Han, the last student of the post-school, ask to see Cai Yong, Mr. Cai, this is a post, please help hand it over." Xiang Han said very respectfully.
"Okay, you wait." The subordinate took the post, and then entered Cai's mansion and closed the door.
Xiang Han waited anxiously outside the mansion, like that, he was even more nervous than when he was in the previous family competition.
It's not that he can't see Cai Yong, but if he can meet Cai Yong and have a good relationship with Cai Yong, in this way, his future road will be easier!
"Squeak~"
To Xiang Han's surprise, soon, the door of Cai's Mansion was wide open, and this posture seemed to be welcoming some distinguished guest.
And the next moment, a man about half a hundred years old walked out of Cai's mansion, with a moderate figure and a handsome face, although there were some traces of time, but he did not hide his heroic spirit.
"Xiang Han, Xiang Zimo, the last student of the post-school, has seen Mr. Bo Jiao." Xiang Han knew that this man was Cai Yong, although he was a little curious about why Cai Yong would go out to greet him in person, he still saluted very respectfully.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" Cai Yong smiled and helped Xiang Han up, "Let's go into the mansion and talk about it!" ”
After entering the house, the guests and hosts are seated.
"Inner ......" Xiang Han still couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, "Mr. Bo, why are you ......?" ”
Before Xiang Han's words were finished, Cai Yong answered: "Why are you so courteous?" ”
"That's right." Xiang Han nodded, and couldn't help but reach out and scratch his head.
"Haha, how can a young talent who can write the three masterpieces of "Silent Night Thoughts", "Spring Dawn" and "Feelings" not be worthy of the courtesy of the old man?" Cai Yong laughed.
"This ......" Seeing Cai Yong mention this, Xiang Han's face turned red as soon as he "soared". After all, in his heart, a place like Qinglou is not a good place to go.
"Hehe, young man, it doesn't hurt to go once in a while!" Cai Yong seemed to see through Xiang Han's mind and smiled.
Mr. Bo laughed. Xiang Han waved his hand.
"Hehe, don't talk about this, don't talk about this." Cai Yong can see that Xiang Han still can't see this matter, but it's nothing, in his opinion, Xiang Han can make such a hand-me-down, and in calligraphy, Xiang Han can be said to be no less than him!
Especially the font written by Xiang Han, which is a font that few people write, is more upright and upright than Han Li, and it is simply a model in calligraphy!
"Zimo, the old man will be older and call you Zimo! I don't know who you learned this handwriting from? Cai Yong asked with a smile.
"Words?" Xiang Han was slightly stunned, and then realized that there seemed to be no regular script at this time, or rather, regular script is only a prototype now, and it is not as complete as in later generations.
"That's right, the old man sees that your handwriting is upright and straight, which is really good-looking, so I have this question." Cai Yong nodded.
"This ......" Xiang Han scratched his head, he wouldn't say that his grandfather forced him to practice at the beginning, right? And it was practiced according to Yan Zhenqing's real handwriting.
After a pause, Xiang Han had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "This is created by the student, and it is still much worse than Mr. Zhi's flying white body." ”
That's right, Cai Yong is a master of calligraphy, and his original flying white body is vigorous and simple, which adds a rich visual effect to his works.
"Hehe, Zimo is too modest, in the old man's opinion, Zimo's font is more neat and more durable!" Listening to Xiang Han's praise, Cai Yong was also happy.
"Father! I heard that there was a guest at home, and you still opened the door of the house? At this time, a little girl who looked as big as Zhang Ning ran out of the back hall in a hurry and came to Cai Yong.
"Hehe, how old are you kid, it's still like this, you won't be able to marry in the future!" Cai Yong reached out to wipe the beads of sweat from his daughter's forehead very dotingly.
"Hehe, isn't my daughter curious!" This girl is Cai Yan.
"This is the Xiang Han you always wanted to see before, Xiang Zimo!" Cai Yong pointed at Xiang Han and introduced. "Zimo, this is my eldest daughter, named Cai Yan."
Cai Yan, this is the talented girl Cai Yan?
Xiang Han couldn't help but glance at Cai Yan a few more times.
At the same time, Cai Yan also looked at Xiang Hanlai curiously.
"Ahem......" Seeing the two staring at each other like this, Cai Yong couldn't help coughing.
"Ahem...... ahem" Xiang Han woke up suddenly, only then did he realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly spoke, "Xiang Han, Xiang Zimo, I've seen Miss Cai." ”
""Spring Dawn", "Silent Night Thoughts" and "Feelings" were all written by you?" Cai Yan still looked at Xiang Han curiously.
"Yes, right down!" Xiang Han nodded.
"You're so good, how do you write such good poems? Yan'er can't even think of such exquisite verses when she thinks about it! Cai Yan pouted, it was very cute.
"This ......" Xiang Han was a little embarrassed, and he didn't tell Cai Yan that he copied it, right? Even if you say that, then Li Bai, Meng Haoran, Cai Yan don't know it!
"Yan'er, did you ask that? How embarrassed is it to see how embarrassed Zimo is? Cai Yong opened his mouth to break the siege.
"Oh!" Cai Yan stuck out his tongue a little embarrassed.
"Hehe, in fact, there is nothing mysterious, it's nothing more than seeing more, listening to more, accumulating more, accumulating thick and thin, poetry or something, it will naturally come naturally!" Xiang Han smiled slightly and made up two sentences at random.
"Accumulation...... It comes naturally......" Cai Yong listened to Xiang Han's words, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Zimo is talented, Cai Yong has been taught!" ”
"Mr. Bo Ji laughed, in fact, Mr. Bo Ji also understands these truths, but Han summed them up." Xiang Han shook his head, if he didn't understand this truth, how could Cai Yong become a great Confucian in the world?
"Brother Zimo, do you have any new works? Can you tell Yan'er about it? Cai Yan asked a little eagerly.
"This ......" Xiang Han set his eyes on Cai Yong and found that Cai Yong was the same as Cai Yan, looking at Xiang Han with expectant eyes.
I'll take it, what kind of dad is it, what kind of baby, the eyes of the two are exactly the same.
Xiang Han was helpless, and quickly thought in his mind, this time, whose poem are you going to plagiarize?
"Well, I'll say a few words, and you'll string them together into a poem!" Cai Yong saw that Xiang Han had not spoken, so his mind changed and he wanted to make it more difficult for Xiang Han.
"Uh...... Alright then, please ask Mr. Bo to do the question. "What else can Xiang Han do? can only take it hard, fortunately, there are so many Tang poems and Song lyrics, he can't believe that he can't find a song that meets the requirements!
"Well, the key words I give are: spring, flowers, night!" Cai Yong smiled and spoke.
This......
Xiang Han's mind raced to think about it.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Cai Yan opened his mouth here, "I also have to add the river water, the moon!" ”
Five keywords at once?
Xiang Han couldn't help but feel a little helpless, this Cai Yan, what are you doing to join in the fun?
Cai Yong is also a little embarrassed, will such a topic be too difficult? After all, it is really difficult to describe all five scenes in a single poem.
"Zimo, if you find it difficult, let's change to a simple one." Cai Yong opened his mouth and said tentatively.
"No, Mr. Bo has pen and ink?" Xiang Han shook his head, he had already thought of this poem.
"Yes, yes, quick, pen, ink, paper, ink, ink, paper, ink Cai Yong commanded.
Soon, the next person prepared the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Xiang Han was surprised to find that there was really paper, but this paper was still a little rough, which was much worse than the rice paper of later generations.
However, after all, the current papermaking technology is not mature, so the cost of papermaking is very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it.
"Brother Zimo, Yan'er will give you ink!" Cai Yan took the initiative to come to the edge of the table and took on the work of researching ink.
Xiang Han smiled slightly, then picked up the pen and slowly wrote the title: Spring River Flower Moonlit Night!
"Spring River Flower Moonlit Night?" When Cai Yan saw this topic, he pouted in disappointment, isn't this the five keywords, simply stacking them together, it's not interesting.
"The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, and the bright moon on the sea is born together."
After reading the first sentence, it seemed to be a little interesting, and Cai Yan was slightly looking forward to the next sentence.
"Thousands of miles with the waves, where is there no moon in the spring river?"
"Good poetry, good poetry!!" Cai Yan praised repeatedly.
"The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlight flowers and forests are like hail. The frost in the air does not fly, and the white sand on the Ting cannot be seen. Jiangtian is colorless and dustless, and the lonely moon wheel in the bright sky. Who first saw the moon on the riverside, and when did the river moon shine at the beginning of the year? Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue looks similar every year. Xiang Han wrote a sentence, and Cai Yan read a sentence.
The more I read it, the more pleasantly surprised Cai Yan became, this poem, compared to the previous three, is not bad at all!
"I don't know who Jiang Yue treats, but I see the Yangtze River sending water. The white clouds are gone, and the breeze is not worried. Who's going to be in the boat tonight? Where is Acacia Moon Tower? Poor upstairs wandering for the moon, should be taken away from the makeup mirror. The jade curtain can't be rolled up, and the clothes are smashed and the anvil is returned. At this time, we don't hear each other, and we are willing to shine on you month by month. The wild goose flies for a long time, and the fish and dragon dive into the water. Last night, the dream of the idle pool fell, and the poor spring did not return home. The river flows to the end of spring, and the moon falls in the river and the lake slopes westward. The oblique moon sinks into the sea fog, and the stone Xiaoxiang has an infinite road. I don't know how many people will return to the moon, and the falling moon will shake the river trees. ”
Cai Yan read it sentence by sentence, and in the end, the eyes she looked at Xiang Han had completely turned into worship.
"Good poetry, good poetry! Zimo is really talented! Cai Yong praised repeatedly, he couldn't think of any other words to praise Xiang Han's poem.
This song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" can be said to be a perfect blend of these five scenes and presented in one picture!
"Mr. Bo is wrong." Xiang Han said with a little shame, after all, this was just the result of his plagiarism, and there was nothing to show off.
"Hehe, Zimo is too modest!" Cai Yong shook his head, "There are too few young people nowadays who can be as modest as Zimo. ”
"I watched Zimo's "Writing Huai" before, Zimo should be a martial artist, right?" Cai Yong changed the subject.
"Yes, Han Zhi is expanding the territory for the Han Dynasty and making the Han people stand on top of the world!" Xiang Han nodded and said bluntly.
"Good! It's good that Zimo can have such a heart, but now the big man ...... Ay! Cai Yong sighed, also because he was compiling Han history, and he was really a little disappointed with the current Han Dynasty.
Xiang Han was also silent, he didn't want to comment on anything, after all, the current big man is really rotten to the roots.
"Father, Brother Zimo, what's wrong with you?" Cai Yan looked at the two people who suddenly fell silent with some curiosity.
"Dahan ......" Cai Yong said two words, but he couldn't say it anymore.
"Mr. Bo, in fact, there is no need to be so pessimistic, the change of dynasties is the inevitable result of the development of a nation, and if a nation wants to be strong, it needs to get rid of the dross in its bones, so as not to be disturbed by foreign races. Think about it before, the invasion of the Huns, Emperor Wu married the princess to the Huns, and only then did he stop the war, such a thing, in my opinion, is not wise, but the cowardice of a nation! Xiang Han said word by word.
"A truly powerful nation will not end the war with peace and kinship, if it wants to fight, it must beat them to be afraid, so afraid that they dare not cause trouble again, and they are afraid to surrender from the bones!" Xiang Han said.
"Hey, it's easy to say, but it's so hard to do!" Cai Yong shook his head.
"No, it's actually not difficult, the reason why those alien races are strong is because these alien races can make all the people soldiers, no matter who they are, they can fight when they get on the horse! With such a strong combat effectiveness, in this regard alone, our big man is still far behind! Xiang Han said, "If you want to be bullied by foreigners, then you must first keep up with foreigners and vigorously strengthen military construction." ”
"In that case, wouldn't we be like the foreigners, drinking blood?" Cai Yan interjected puzzled.
"Hehe, what I'm talking about here is different from foreigners, strengthening military construction is not to let other aspects go unchecked, but to improve the treatment of soldiers, strengthen the intensity of training, so that everyone is not exclusive to being a soldier to fight, and sweat more under the battlefield, so that there can be less blood on the battlefield!" Xiang Han said.
"Strengthen my Han soldiers, so that the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Xiongnu foreign tribes know the power of my Han Dynasty, and everything that the sun can reach is the Han land!" Xiang Han stood up, looked at the sky outside the window, and muttered in his mouth, "The bow back Xia Ming sword shines on the frost, and the autumn wind goes out of Luoyang." I haven't received the legacy of the Son of Heaven, and I don't plan to look back at my hometown! ”
"Good! Good! Good! After listening to Xiang Han's poem, Cai Yong couldn't hold back anymore and shouted directly.
And Cai Yan's eyes, looking at Xiang Han, were also full of admiration.
"Hehe, Mr. Bo Ji smiled, the cold was just a momentary feeling." Xiang Han scratched his head a little embarrassed.
"Zimo is here in Luoyang, why is it coming?" Cai Yong asked.
"I made some contributions when I suppressed the rebellion against the Yellow Turbans before, and this time I went back to Luoyang with General Huangfu to receive the reward, but it has been many days, and there has been no movement on General Huangfu's side." Xiang Han counted his credits one by one.
"Humph! I think Huangfu Song was cheated by those eunuchs! Cai Yong said with some dissatisfaction, "Zimo, don't worry, I can still talk to Your Majesty, leave this matter to me, I will definitely give you justice!" ”
"Thank you, Mr. Bojo!" Xiang Han was happy in his heart, the current Cai Yong is the emperor, he speaks, on Liu Hong's side, more or less weighty!
"Thank you for nothing, the old man just heard what you said and understood your mind, so the old man decided to help you!" Speaking of this, the corners of Cai Yong's mouth rose slightly, and he smiled evilly, "I don't know who Zimo is from?" ”
"Huh?" Xiang Han was slightly stunned, what does this Cai Yong mean?
Xiang Han shook his head: "Han doesn't have a master, everything is self-taught by Han." ”
"Self-taught?" It's not just Cai Yong, even Cai Yan is not calm, can he learn like this by self-study? It's incredible to be able to make a famous story through the ages!
"That's right, Han has no father or mother since he was a child, and it was the neighbors who brought the cold up." Speaking of this, Xiang Han couldn't help but look a little depressed.
"Hehe, Zimo, the old man has a proposal, what do you think?" Cai Yong changed the subject.
"Mr. Bo, please speak!" Xiang Han didn't know what Cai Yong meant by this.
"That's the case, the old man is still a bit famous in this big man, so he might as well ...... Zimo" Cai Yong didn't say anything, Cai Yan took the lead in speaking, "Father, if you want to help Brother Zimo, just give Yan'er to Brother Zimo directly!" ”
What?!!
As soon as Cai Yan's words came out, not only Xiang Han, but even Cai Yong was not calm, his eyes widened, and he looked at Cai Yan.
"Yan'er, you ......" Cai Yong was a little incredulous.
"Father, Yan'er...... Earnest! Cai Yan's cheeks were slightly red, and then he glanced at Xiang Han, and the moment his gaze touched Xiang Han, he took his gaze back again. Then he shyly lowered his head.
"Well, in that case, the Father respects your will!" Immediately, Cai Yong set his eyes on Xiang Han, "I don't know what Zimo wants?" ”
"Huh? I ......, "What else can Xiang Han say?" Now he was a little confused, no, he was very confused, he didn't expect Cai Yan to say such a thing, after all, this was the first time he and Cai Yan met!
"Manly husband, what does mother-in-law and mother look like?!" Cai Yong scolded.
"I ...... Thank you Miss Cai for your love! Xiang Han took a deep breath and saluted Cai Yan.
"Hahaha, good! The old man was very happy to have such a result today, and he came to prepare a dinner party! Cai Yong laughed, originally, he just wanted to accept Xiang Han as an apprentice, as for his son-in-law, he hadn't thought about it yet, after all, with his doting on Cai Yan, marriage matters are basically to respect Cai Yan!