Cui Jing glanced at Liu Yuan, his eyes rolled, and he quickly had an idea in his heart.

"Yangzhou is the land of fireworks, and there are a lot of things to do on the spot, so let's take the thin lover as the theme, give a poem, and limit you to half a pillar of incense to make, do it well, and have a reward; If not, the penalty will be severe. Cui Jing smiled and began to say his conditions.

As soon as the theme came out, a house slave took out a fine incense, broke off half of it very neatly, lit the other half, and inserted it on the ground to show that the timer would start immediately.

Thin lover?

Cui Tingshi on the side felt a pang in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Yuan, with envy in his eyes.

Obviously, Cui Jing is borrowing poetry to police people, to see what Liu Yuan's reaction is, "thin affection" is not "negative heart", this is much lighter than negative heart, now it is to give Liu Yuan a step down, in fact, since Cui Jing personally rushed here from Qinghe, the tone of "peace" was set early in the morning.

This is the consequence of raw rice being cooked into mature rice.

ruthlessly, he directly forced his daughter to death to preserve chastity and the glory of the family; When you meet someone like Cui Jing who exerts thousands of favors on her daughter, all you can do is how to cover up this matter.

Especially Cui Jing, although he is proud of his career and his official fortune is smooth, but the incense is not prosperous, except for giving birth to Cui Mengyao's daughter in Xiangwei Yimo Zhengfang, those concubines have nothing to do.

Afraid that his daughter would be wronged, Cui Jing didn't even scold her, she took the true character of a loving father to the extreme, hid it from her daughter, and directly dealt with the aftermath for her.

In Cui Jing's mind, the best result is that his daughter happily marries out and marries her own Ruyi Langjun, and the face of the Cui family can also be saved, as for the insignificant Liu Yuan, it is easy to do, with the energy of the Qinghe Cui family. It is simply easy to arrange a good background for him and seek a fame.

Liu Yuan didn't know these twists and turns, and after hearing the title of "Thin Lover", he secretly thought that this Lord Cui was still very interesting, and what others wanted to write was nothing more than these elegant themes, this Lord Cui was interested, ingenious, and took "Thin Lover" as the theme.

It won't be because I'm afraid I'll prepare early. Deliberately come up with these more obscure themes, right?

However, at this time, it is impossible to talk about Liu Yuan's belly, a big man who has entered and exited the court after being a famous family, and a small businessman in the market. The lowest industry in the whole society, although this is Liu Yuan's place. But the guest is bigger than the host. Now Liu Yuan is the host and guest.

Thin lover?

Liu Yuan's first thought was the famous Chen Shimei, in fact, later generations thought so, but Liu Yuan remembered that story, and he could sing two sentences of the lyrics made into an opera, but he couldn't remember it. There are poems that describe him, and I remember a lot of poems in my stomach, but I found a suitable one, for a while. I really can't think of it.

If you can't plagiarize, your own level, that is the level of a child who has just learned to compose poetry, where can you see people?

Thinking that the fame he had worked so hard to build was about to collapse, he finally found an opportunity to get acquainted with the court officials, so he missed it, watching the fine incense burn shorter and shorter, Liu Yuan was so anxious that he sweated profusely.

Cui Jing was eating snacks leisurely on the surface, in fact, he had been observing Liu Yuan's every move, calculating that the time he gave was almost up, Liu Yuan still didn't make the poem, especially the anxious look, and he was even more disappointed: I heard that he was talented and very anxious, but the legend is a legend after all, at the old lady's birthday banquet, although his poetry skills were amazing, but when he tasted it carefully, it was really not elegant.

Is the subject matter he came up with too remote, or is the small businessman in front of him simply a person who deceives the world and steals his name?

The more Cui Jing thought about it, the more disappointed he became, the Liu Yuan in front of him was far from what he imagined, I heard that he was beating Xu Hongji, the first talent in the north, and thought how powerful he was, now that I think about it, Yeluzi is Yeluzi after all, it is not orthodox, and it will not enter the hall of elegance after all, thinking of the disappointment, Cui Jing couldn't help but shake his head lightly.

"It seems that today's shopkeeper Liu is not as good as in the past, could it be that there is something annoying about that will affect the performance?" Cui Tingshi on the side completely captured Cui Jing's shaking of his head, and in a hurry, he thought of a reason to excuse Liu Yuan.

Since Gongsun Shengwen, Cui Tingshi has been secretly giving Liu Yuan convenience, treating him as a "strange goods" that can be centered in his own strange goods, and he tied most of his wealth to Liu Yuan, if Liu Yuan failed to climb the big tree of Cui Sanye of the Qing clan, then his previous overtures and investments would be all wasted.

Seeing that the time for that half-pillar of incense was approaching, he was more anxious than Liu Yuan, and after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, he immediately came up with a solution for Liu Yuan. Many literati giants are like this, sometimes their thoughts are like springs, and sometimes they don't have a good sentence to search for dry intestines, and this reason is also suitable for Liu Yuan.

After all, Cui Tingshi is still very confident in Liu Yuan.

Today? Past?

Liu Yuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately came up with a poem that was very appropriate to this situation.

"Cough~~Cough" Liu Yuan suddenly coughed dryly.

This dry cough was very effective, at least the attention of the people present, including Cui Tingshi and Cui Jing, was attracted.

"Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red.

The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. ”

Peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze? Cui Jing muttered this poem, and his heart was full of emotion.

Cui Jing seems to see that Mrs. Yuanpei, who is in love with herself, because she has not come out for two years after marriage, sees that she is included in room after room and room after room, and often keeps the empty room alone, but every time she sees herself, she is still smiling at herself, without the slightest complaint, but when she gave birth to Meng Yao, when she wanted to relive the old love, she left herself forever.

Think about her voice and smile back then, how appropriate it is to use this sentence "peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze" to describe it.

With the theme of "thin lover", he satirized Liu Yuan's lack of affection, and now looking back, why is he not greedy for the new and forgetting the old, even when he was running for his daughter's happiness, he was busy and did not forget to "add a pillow".

But Cui Jing hadn't finished sighing, and Liu Yuan continued to read:

"In the first year of last year, the flower market was lit up like daylight.

The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk.

In the first year of this year, the flowers and lamps are still the same.

I didn't see last year's people, and my tears wet the sleeves of my spring shirt. ”

As soon as the word "sleeve" fell, a little soot fell after the lit incense, and the half-column incense was just right.

The faces of the people present changed suddenly, just now they thought that Liu Yuan was deceiving the world and stealing his name, and his talent was exhausted, and he couldn't write a designated poem in half a pillar of incense, although the subject matter was a bit obscure, but the person who was able to suppress the first talent in the north couldn't even write a poem, which was too embarrassing.

But no one expected that Liu Yuan would turn the tide at the last moment, and he didn't write one, he made two poems in one work, the two capitals are extremely appropriate, the two capitals are the best in the poem, one is better than the other.

Cui Jing's literary style is also very outstanding, in the Cui family, where the literary style is at its peak, he is also an outstanding figure, as soon as Liu Yuan's two poems came out, his eyes were straight, and his hands wanted to clap and applaud, but he had a heart for Liu Yuan, so that his hands trembled a little.

What is a ghost talent, this is a ghost talent, as soon as Liu Guo's two poems came out, he immediately knew that the second brother's future son-in-law, Xu Hongji, known as the "Nine Bucket Talent", lost unjustly.

In the half-pillar incense, many people can make a good work, but in the half-pillar incense, two poems were made in a row, and the two are the best poems, which is definitely talented, and at that moment, the more Cui Jing looked at Liu Yuan, the more satisfied he felt.

Shaking his head to see his nephew, Cui Xiong, who was a thorn in Yangzhou, saw that his eyes were dull, his mouth opened into an "O-shape", and he didn't close for a long time, obviously still in the fugue.

A good piece of work can easily resonate with people.

Liu Yuan's first poem resonated with Cui Jing, obviously, the second poem caused a strong resonance with Cui Tingshi, thinking that back then, Cui Xiong was still a very low status of the side of the family, studying in Chang'an, when he admired the lanterns on the street on the first night, he slacked off the current wife, when the two fell in love at first sight, in front of the flower and the moon, I and I, made a covenant with each other, in retrospect, how deep the love was back then, but when I got famous, I rose to the top in the officialdom, until now I am in the third grade, As the prosperous Yangzhou Thorn History in Shangzhou, the official has been promoted, the power has increased, and the beauties around him have increased.

The woman who once made her dream fascinated, will she wet the sleeves of her spring shirt with tears?

Cui Tingshi was a little stunned.

Seeing the two of them standing like chickens, Liu Yuan knew that his two poems had passed the test.

Although he passed the test, Liu Yuan still secretly wiped a handful of sweat, there is no real talent and real learning, it is better to make a little less mystery, if it weren't for the inspiration from Cui Tingshi's words, he suddenly recalled two poems with "thin lovers", and it is estimated that he would not know how to step down today.

Well, it seems that you have to find an opportunity to learn from others to wash your hands with gold plates or something, people can be lucky for a while, but it is impossible to be lucky for a lifetime, there is no real talent to learn, play with knowledge or something, that is dancing on the tip of a knife, dangerous.

"Good, good, good, once again see Liu's shopkeeper's literary talents, to be able to make a good work within half a pillar of incense, it is a bit difficult for a strong person, but you can write two excellent works in a half pillar of incense, it is definitely talented, wonderful, wonderful." Cui quickly came back to his senses and began to praise loudly.

"Where, where, I almost couldn't finish it, but I suddenly had an inspiration, otherwise, it would really make the two adults laugh." Liu Yuan hurriedly said modestly.

The literary talent is superior, but the character is inferior, Cui Tingshi glanced at Liu Yuan, and secretly thought in his heart.

"It is indeed completed in half a pillar of incense, one work or two songs, it should be rewarded, it should be rewarded." Cui Jing said suddenly.

Another reward? Liu Yuan looked happy, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, this Lord Cui even said two "should be rewarded", this time it is not as simple as only rewarding two taels like running errands, like a character like Qinghe Cui's family, the emaciated camel is thicker than an adult, and the hair is thicker than his waist.

Liu Yuan's gaze began to heat a little. (To be continued.) )