Chapter 20: I Laugh at Others Madly
Liu Xi and the three of them walked over, naturally attracting everyone's attention, King Zhenxi put down the jade cup and chuckled, "The sages have said, there are friends from afar, and they don't say it, today's meeting is an opportunity, why don't you sit down and drink together?" ā
Maybe he didn't see Li Ming, Ma Xiu had a look of loss in his eyes, seeing him like this, Liu Xi pulled off the corner of his clothes without a trace, Ma Xiu came back to his senses and leaned over, "Ma Xiu has seen the prince, dare not obey?" ā
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"Hey, Ma Gongzi, why doesn't the young man behind you sit down?"
On the side of Ma Xiu, there is a low case empty, it seems that the king of Zhenxi has heard of Liu Xi's existence, so he prepared a low case for him.
However, Liu Xi is Ma Xiu's domestic servant at the moment, respectful and orderly, how can he sit down without permission?
And Ma Xiu also understood, so he responded softly, "Back to the prince, this embroidered scholar, Liu Xi." ā
Hearing this, the king of Zhenxi smiled, "Since he is a scholar, he must be familiar with ten thousand scriptures, but today he is talking about virtue with literature, no need to be polite, and he should sit down to add some good works to this king." ā
Saying this, Ma Xiu was a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at Liu Xi, who hesitated for a moment, bent over and saluted, "The villain thanked the prince." ā
After that, he knelt down beside Ma Xiu, and his sitting made the rest of the dozen or so people angry, but he was just a small scholar, how could he sit on an equal footing with them on weekdays?
Naturally, this fire did not dare to be sprinkled on the king of Zhenxi, so invisibly, Ma Xiu and Liu Xi became the objects of these people's secret resentment.
"Father, the child is too late."
Several figures walked over, but at the front was Li Fengge, who was wearing a black military uniform, saluting the king of Zhenxi, and his face seemed to be a little cowardly.
And behind him, there were Li Ming and Li Mengxiao, who were dressed as men again, wearing subordinate costumes, both of them holding jade wine jugs, and Li Ze, the boy that day, was holding a small jade incense burner.
Li Ming was also like Li Fengge, with a frightened face, but Li Mengxiao turned her big eyes and looked around, and when she saw Ma Xiu and Liu Xi kneeling on the side, her eyes immediately flashed with a bright color, and she quietly tugged Li Ming's arm.
The latter turned his head to look, Qiu Shui was in love, glanced at the direction of Ma Xiu, and hurriedly turned his head and bowed his head without saying a word.
And as soon as this Li Ming appeared, Ma Xiu, who was a little depressed, immediately felt excited, and glanced at her again, and was even more overjoyed, the paper fan in his hand, if it wasn't for Liu Xi's cough lightly, I am afraid that I couldn't help but shake it away.
Over there, seeing Li Fengge coming with Li Mengxiao and others, King Zhenxi was obviously a little surprised, and when he saw the uneasy look of his brother and sister, how could he not understand the reason, and immediately smiled and beckoned, "Xuanhe, my father also sent someone to look for you, why did it take so long to arrive, and you didn't hurry up and take a seat." ā
While speaking, the steward who was well versed in the way of observing words and emotions moved the low case and futon, and Li Fengge secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knelt in front of the low case, stretched out his sleeves, and quietly wiped the sweat beads on the back of his neck.
After he took a seat, Li Ming and Li Mengxiao stood behind Li Fengge, while Li Ze glanced at the second daughter, and walked to the king of Zhenxi with the incense burner in his hand at a loss, put the incense burner on the low desk, and then stood aside and became an incense boy.
"Hehe, this time, everyone is together."
King Zhenxi picked up the jade cup and took another sip, sweeping it over everyone, his eyes were far and deep, and wherever he looked, those people all bowed their heads and bent down, not daring to look directly.
Only Ma Xiu and Liu Xi were unmoved.
Ma Xiu was straight, expressionless, but he squinted at Li Ming, while Liu Xi was kneeling there, looking at the flowers and plants moving in the wind in front of him.
Seeing this, the king of Zhenxi bowed slightly, and said again, "Tomorrow is the year when I opened the Tang Dynasty, and you are all talented people, and you must work hard." ā
"Students should live up to the expectations of the prince."
Everyone bowed their heads, and Liu Xi also echoed, after all, he is now playing the role of a scholar, so naturally he can't stand out and make that kind of alternative move.
When the words fell, the king of Zhenxi smiled and drank a few sips of wine, "Ten years of cold and bitter pain, to be able to know the world in one fell swoop, this must not be slack, today this king will find you, just to see if you have grown recently, whether there are good works and wonderful sentences, so that this king can be a vassal." ā
"The prince is going to torment the students, the prince is a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, everyone who knows everything, I am only shallow in learning, and I write a few sentences indiscriminately on weekdays, if I can get the guidance of the prince, it is a blessing for the students and others."
"Deyi is very right, the prince is full of wealth, and he is our teacher."
It was another flattery, Liu Xi really didn't understand why the king of Zhenxi favored these people, but when he heard the word 'Deyi', he still stared at the person who spoke.
This person has a round face and is slightly chubby, wearing a Zhang Qingyun Luo shirt, wearing a golden hosta on his head, sitting there, but he also has a bit of a gentleman's attitude.
It's just that his face is a little pale, his eyes are red and swollen, it seems that his body and bones have become weak due to his hard work all day long, or he is addicted to wine, and listening to the conversation in the courtyard wall before, Liu Xi thinks that the latter is very likely.
Such a person, if it is placed in normal times, Liu Xi naturally ignores it, but now that he is under the pretext of Li Ming's idea, he is involved in Ma Xiu, how can he sit idly by?
The words of praise and harmony in his ears have been ignored by Liu Xi, and at this moment, he is thinking about how to build momentum for Ma Xiu, so as to win the favor of the king of Zhenxi, so as to win Li Ming's heart in one fell swoop.
Just thinking about it, but I heard a cheering sound in my ears, but it was Hang Deyi who chanted a poem, and the king of Zhenxi stopped the jade cup sent to his mouth while brushing the black whisker under his chin, and waved his hand behind him with a smile, "Quick, the above inkstone, how can you miss such a good sentence, and Deyi's calligraphy is also very good, and you don't write it quickly for this king." ā
Behind him, the steward, who had been prepared long ago, hurriedly brought the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to the servants, and placed a copy on each of them.
Receiving the praise of the king of Zhenxi, Hang Deyi was extremely happy, his chubby face was full of smiles, and he said humble words in his mouth, but his hand quickly picked up the pen and wrote on the rice paper.
After a while, he saw him put down the pen, and seeing the joy in his eyes, Liu Xi knew that Hang Deyi was quite satisfied with what he had written, and he could vaguely see the shape of the handwriting from the back of the rice paper that was picked up.
Although it is not a force through the back of the paper, but it is also a dragon walking snake, it is indeed a good word, but I was distracted just now, I don't know what kind of verses this person chanted, and won this full house.
When Liu Xi secretly guessed in his heart, the servant waiting by Hang Deyi's side carefully took the rice paper and sent it to the king of Zhenxi, who hurriedly put down the jade cup and took it, "The autumn wind rolls the green boundless wood, and the frost and dew condense the ice and are empty. Thousands of miles to find Fangfei, a hundred flowers compete with each other. ā
is a little talented, this poem is somewhat similar to a quatrain praising plum blossoms in Liu Xi's memory, but it is far from the artistic conception.
Hundred flowers, is the hundred gardens referred to, what Hang Deyi wrote is just to flatter the king of Zhenxi, there is no arrogance in his heart, how can he write the arrogance of the cold alone?
However, this is enough to attract him to be sought after, even Li Ming secretly glanced at him a few times, but the latter did not think that this little guy who poured wine was the golden branch and jade leaf that he thought about day and night, because he did not look at Li Ming, and blindly said humble words there.
"Good words, good poems, Deyi's recent progress can be described as rapid, so that the king is very happy, Moruo, do you also have a surprise to send to this king?"
The king of Zhenxi put the rice paper on the table, and turned his head to another white-shirted tall and thin person.
"The prince made the students panic, Mo Ruo happened to have a poem recently, and asked the prince not to think that the students were only learning low."
Hearing this, Hang Deyi's chubby face was still full of smiles, but his hand was on the futon under him, this scene was seen by Liu Xi, and he couldn't help but sneer, this person is so good that there is no city.
On the other side, the person called Mo Ruo had already begun to chant, "The Milky Way has nine twists and turns on the ground, and thousands of piles of snow have separated the world." The flying boat pierced the sun and the moon like an arrow, breaking the waves and hitting Chang'an. ā
The words are impassioned, the majestic atmosphere is coming to the wind, shaking people's hearts and blood, this is a young man with blood and backbone, because of these four poems, Liu Xi looked at the thin scholar again, he is not good-looking, but because of this pride and become brilliant.
"Good, good, good!"
Under the silence, the king of Zhenxi clapped his hands and said three times in a row, "Xu Moruo, you really make this king overjoyed, with such ambitions, why worry that my Tang Dynasty can't be ashamed!" ā
After saying this, he picked up the jade wine jug on the table, and drank it to the mouth of the pot like that, completely ignoring the many people around him.
The scholar really didn't expect the king of Zhenxi to make such a move, and after being stunned for a moment, he bent over and saluted with a happy face, "Xu Fan is just talking nonsense, and please don't blame the prince." ā
"Blame you?"
King Zhenxi put down the jade wine jug in his hand, laughed loudly, and said after a while, "Bring a pen!" ā
The steward behind him hurriedly put on the paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and the king of Zhenxi mentioned the snow wolf, splashed ink, and wrote the poem in the blink of an eye.
Later, Zhu Bi looked at Xu Fan and said, "You love this poem very much, why don't you have this name by this king?" ā
"I can't ask for it."
"Good!"
The king of Zhenxi recited this poem in a low voice a few times, and then wrote with a pen, "Since we want to break Chang'an and destroy its Weiyang Palace, since my son broke the battle and returned with a great victory, so, I will call it 'returning to the waves'!" ā
This lively scene, Liu Xi looked at it coldly, it is the so-called to do what he likes, it is better to find another way, this Hang Deyi will lose in this, even if the king of Zhenxi loves flowers and plants, he is keen on elegance, and he still thinks in his heart that one day he can whip westward and step on Chang'an.
This is the hero.
Liu Xi said secretly in his heart.
As soon as this poem came out, the scene naturally changed, and Xu Fan suddenly became the object of everyone's attention, even Li Ming looked at him, this was a hurry Ma Xiu, and he couldn't help turning his head, frowning and squeezing his eyes with Liu Xi.
"Hehe, today is a surprise to this king, do you still have a masterpiece?"
The wide sleeves brushed on the smoke of the incense, and the king of Zhenxi looked at everyone with a smile on his face, obviously very happy at the moment.
But Xu Fan's 'return from the waves' before has obviously won the first place today, and if he speaks out again, wouldn't he be embarrassed in public?
Therefore, for a while, everyone looked at each other, but no one responded.
"Lord Wang, this Ma Gongzi is *** suave, talented, and there must be a wonderful work hidden in his heart, but the students and others are very eager to see and understand."
Hang Deyi's words drew everyone's attention to Ma Xiu's body, even if they fought secretly to win the joy of the king of Zhenxi, but for Ma Xiu, who suddenly appeared and put the scholar on an equal footing with him, the group was surprisingly angry with the same enemy.
Hearing this, King Zhenxi nodded happily and said, "Don't say Deyi, this king almost forgot, Ma Gongzi doesn't need to hide the front and the inside, what good sentences have to be shared with everyone here." ā
Ma Xiu's knowledge is not bad, but at this moment his mind is already restless, how can he make poems, seeing everyone looking at him, although his face is calm, his heart is very anxious.
Liu Xi on the side saw that the hand he put under him was holding the paper fan tightly, and immediately knew that Ma Xiu's mind was in turmoil, and he couldn't help but raise his head to look at Hang Deyi, who had the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
It's just that Liu Xi is here today, how can such a little trick succeed?
Coughing lightly, Liu Xi whispered appropriately, "Childe, Liu Xi remembers that you once made a 'Peach Blossom Fu', although it is autumn now, but there is spring in this garden, you might as well tell it out, how about asking the prince for advice?" ā
As he spoke, Liu Xi shook his head and recited aloud, "Peach Blossom Nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, Peach Blossom Fairy under Peach Blossom Nunnery." The peach blossom fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms for wine money. When you wake up, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep with the flowers. Half-drunk and half-awake day after day, the flowers fall and bloom year after year. I hope that the old man will die in the wine room, and he will not bow in front of the carriage and horse.
The dust of the car and the horse are full of obvious things, and the wine cup flower branch hermit fate. If the manifest is compared to a hermit, one on the plain earth and one in the heavens. If the flowers and wine are compared to the carriages and horses, why should they be idle and I will be idle. Others laugh at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it. I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields. ā
Sprinkled with joy, Liu Xi recited this shocking work, and Ma Xiu picked up the pen and wrote quickly, fortunately, his calligraphy attainments are quite profound, and the handwriting is extraordinary, which is not a work for everyone.
At Liu Xi's suggestion, although Ma Xiu was reluctant, he still got up and made a salute to the king of Zhenxi, "Thank you for the prince's kindness, embroidery suddenly felt uncomfortable, and left first, and I hope the prince will not blame." ā
After saying this, he departed.
After a long time, the king of Zhenxi came back to his senses, took the rice paper handed by the steward, looked at the handwriting on the paper, and couldn't help but praise softly, "Good words." ā
Later, I read it in a low voice, and when I got to the last sentence, I praised it again, "Good words, good sentences, and two interesting little Langjun." ā
"Others laugh at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it."
This sentence was silently recited in the hearts of everyone in the audience.
Li Ming is no exception, but for some reason he thought about the young man who was waving the ink in his mind, but Li Mengxiao blinked his eyes wide, staring at the figure in the black robe that was gradually disappearing, and as for Hang Deyi and the others, their eyes were full of hatred.
The autumn wind is blowing, the fragrance is fragrant, everyone has their own thoughts, and only Li Ze, who is a child who is doing incense, does not know why, his dark eyes are staring at the strange flowers and plants, and he is very happy to see it.