Xiao Jiading had already estimated that this beautiful woman should be the princess of Li Ke, the king of Shu, but after really hearing it, he was still taken aback, he swept Zhong Wenbo with the corner of his eye, and saw that he lowered his head and looked humble, and there was nothing unusual.

Lu Zhaolin bowed down and said: "Yes, then we will take mandarin ducks as the theme, with a pillar of incense as the limit, and whoever has the most poems will win." ”

"Good!" Li Ke said to the princess: "You come and order some incense!" ”

The princess personally lit incense for their game, and this honor really surprised and envied the onlookers.

At that moment, the maid took the incense burner and put it on a table, the princess lit it herself, glanced at the three of them with a smile, and said, "The three of them can start!" ”

The three of them sat down immediately, Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo began to ponder, and Xiao Jiading had already picked up the pen and began to write. During this period, Xiao Jiading almost never stopped writing, kept writing, did not look at the content, just looking at this speed, he could already judge Xiao Jiading's huge advantage.

Li Ke and the princess glanced at each other, their faces were very surprised, they didn't go over to read what Xiao Jiading wrote, for fear of disturbing. Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo on both sides have begun to sweat on their foreheads, although they didn't look at Xiao Jiading, but the corner of their eyes has already found that he has been writing uncertainly, so they secretly shouted that it is not good, because this time the game is not mainly based on the content as the criterion for the referee's victory or defeat, but as the quantity. At this rate, the two of them together really can't compare to Xiao Jiading!

Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo both secretly thought in their hearts, if they write too much, they may not write well, as long as Xiao Jiading writes poems, one of which is a stone tower that is so thin and thick, so that according to the rules, he can be sentenced to lose. So the two quickly calmed down and began to write.

The talents of these two people are indeed not comparable to Tang Rongxuan's half-people, this meditation. It quickly entered the state, anyway, as long as it is a poem, it can be handled, and there is no need to pay special attention to the dictionary. The two began to inscribe, although the speed was obviously slower than Xiao Jiading, but Li Ke and the princess seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Both of them are the first talents, and it would be too embarrassing if they didn't write a song or the number was significantly less than the other. Although Li Ke is the king of Shu, in the end, he is the royal family of the capital, this kind of competition. Lu Zhaolin, the number one talent in the capital, would not hurt if he lost, but it was ugly to lose, and he was also disgraced.

Li Ke's expression naturally fell into Xiao Jiading's eyes, and he understood the reason after a little groaning. Squinted at the poems of the two, he was already clearly ahead. So he slowed down. Pretending to be a deep groan, as long as you maintain the advantage of quantity, you can't lose face too much for the two. But make sure to exceed the total of two.

Seeing that Xiao Jiading was writing in front of him, and the speed dropped significantly in the back, Su Yunxia and Huang Shiyun were a little anxious. But seeing that he was much ahead of him, he was a little relieved, staring at the shorter and shorter incense, and couldn't wait to step forward and blow it to burn faster.

At the end of the day. Xiao Jiading took a while to write a poem, but Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo were getting faster and faster, and everyone was shocked to see it. Finally, when the wisp of green smoke dissipated after the most lull of incense, the princess said in a sweet voice: "When the time comes, please stop writing." ”

All three of them put down their brushes.

Li Ke said: "First count the number of poems of the three. ”

The princess nodded, walked up to Lu Zhaolin, counted it, and said, "Eight songs!" He walked up to Zhong Wenbo again, glanced at him, counted, and said, "Five!" The most reluctant walked towards Xiao Jiading.

Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo had been writing their poems quietly just now, and they didn't pay attention to Xiao Jiading, but at this moment, when they saw Xiao Jiading's silk paper densely packed, their hearts suddenly cooled. Then I heard the princess's sweet voice say: "Fifteen! ”

Everyone in the crowd let out a cry of amazement!

The number of Xiao Jiading's poems really exceeds the sum of Lu Zhaolin and Zhong Wenbo! Two more!

Lu Zhaolin's face turned pale suddenly, and he silently handed the folding fan in his hand in front of Xiao Jiading.

"Wait!" Zhong Wenbo said urgently: "You should check his poems!" It must be some kind of crooked poem like an upside-down stone tower! ”

Li Ke frowned and said, "Don't worry, naturally you want to read it, Concubine ,——, you are good at poetry, you come to recite and comment on the poems of the three of you!" ”

"Yes!" The princess first picked up Lu Zhaolin's poems. Lu Zhaolin really deserves to be one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, even if it is such a competition that compares speed and quality, his poems are still gorgeous and gorgeous, with a lot of allusions, and the content is also full of the unswerving love of mandarin ducks to death. Listening to the guests, they all nodded frequently and were amazed. Of course, his famous sentence "If you have to become a fool, why quit your death, I am willing to be a mandarin duck and not envy an immortal", he has cheated on Emei Mountain and given it to Zhishui Shitai, of course, it can no longer be used here. Naturally, the brilliance of the whole poem is slightly reduced.

Xiao Jiading listened to the princess's interpretation, and he was also very brilliant, and he judged every allusion in the poem, obviously everyone who is proficient in poetry, and couldn't help but admire it secretly.

Then the princess began to comment on Zhong Wenbo's poems, Zhong Wenbo is also the first talent in Yizhou, although the poems are slightly inferior to Lu Zhaolin's handsome master, but the poems are also exquisite and gorgeous, rich in feelings, but the princess commented that there is a song that praises love, but does not point to the mandarin duck. It's a bit off-topic. Zhong Wenbo was silent.

Then, Xiao Jiading recited and commented on Xiao Jiading's poems, Zhong Wenbo and others pricked up their ears, hoping to hear a crooked poem that could not be put on the table, but unfortunately, this time Xiao Jiading's are all famous poems that have been passed down through the ages by big-name poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, etc., and have been evaluated by countless literati over the ages.

When reciting these poems, all the people were amazed, especially the princess, who kept stopping to look at Xiao Jiading, and when she finished reciting Du Fu's famous poem "Beauty", she asked Xiao Jiading: "The story of the Gone with the Wind in this is what you imagined or heard?" ”

Xiao Jiading bowed down and said: "When I was a child, I listened to my ancestors talk about the story of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and I wrote it with some feelings. In fact, Du Fu wrote a tragic story that he heard in the Anshi Rebellion a hundred years later.

The princess looked gloomy and said to Li Ke, the king of Shu: "Lord, look at these sentences, they are very well written-'When the dusk is still known, the mandarin duck does not sleep alone.'" But when I saw the new man laughing, I heard the old man crying. The heart of the resentful woman is dripping with blood. ”

Li Ke nodded and exclaimed, "Yes! ”

Then, the princess read the classic two sentences in Bai Juyi's famous "Song of Long Hatred": "The mandarin duck tile is cold and frosty, and the jade is cold." Of course, Xiao Jiading wrote an excerpt of some of them, and the princess was amazed again. I read Du Mu's "Qi'an County Houchi Quatrain", "No one looks at the light rain all day long, and the mandarin ducks are relatively bathed in red." Then he smiled, glanced at Xiao Jiading, and said to Li Ke happily: "This little poem is fresh and refined, ethereal and subtle, if you leave, I like it!" ”

"It's well written!" Li Ke smiled and nodded, "This king also likes it very much." ”

When the princess recited Cui Jue's poem "Mandarin Ducks with Friends", the look on her face suddenly soared, and she praised it repeatedly, reciting one of the sentences repeatedly: "Temporarily divide the tobacco island and look back, only cross the cold pond and fly." He said to Li Ke, the king of Shu, with affection: "This couplet is neat and natural. The words are frustrating and expressive, soothing and soothing, and it is really a song and three sighs, and the love of the mandarin duck is written delicately and deeply touching. It's this sentence, it can be said that you should win the top! - Brother Xiao, how about you send this poem to me? ”

This poem by the poet Cui Jue has won him the reputation of "Cui Mandarin Duck", which is a fine poem describing Mandarin Duck, especially the two sentences repeatedly recited by the princess, and it is a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages to praise loyalty and love, which naturally makes the princess can't put it down.

Xiao Jiading hurriedly said: "It is really a blessing to be able to be Save by the princess. ”

"Thank you very much!" The princess turned her head to look at Li Ke, "I want to frame this poem and paste it in the main hall of our palace, so that everyone can watch it every day!" ”

Xiao Jiading is a little strange, the princess likes this poem, why should it be hung in the main hall and let everyone read it every day, what does this mean? Squinted and looked at Zhong Wenbo again, and saw that he had a gloomy face, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking.

When the princess finished reciting all of Xiao Jiading's poems, she was already full of admiration when she looked at Lu Zhaolin. Originally, I also expected Xiao Jiading's poems to be on the stage, but I didn't know that other people's poems were wonderful, making people drunk, he himself was a very conceited person, but in front of Xiao Jiading's fifteen poems, he was completely ashamed, walked in front of Xiao Jiading, bowed, and said: "Admire!" Brother Xiao can be described as the first talent in the world! Lu is willing to bow down! With that, he respectfully handed over the folding fan in his hand.

Xiao Jiading was also not polite, put away the folding fan, and sent his folding fan over, saying: "Brother Lu is high-quality, Xiao has always admired him very much, and it is really fortunate to be able to learn from Brother Lu today!" If Brother Lu doesn't dislike it, let's become brothers, and this fan will be used as a token, how about it? ”

When Lu Zhaolin heard it, Xiao Jiading turned the bet of the two into a token of friendship, and said it very sincerely, and couldn't help but be greatly moved, he is also a lover of the person, and he had a good impression of Xiao Jiading, and bowed down to take Xiao Jiading's folding fan: "So good!" The two talked about their age, but Xiao Jiading was a few months older, so Xiao Jiading was the eldest brother and Lu Zhaolin was the second brother.

Li Ke smiled and said, "You two, cherish each other and become brothers, and it is a good story of our poetry meeting!" ”

The princess glanced at Zhong Wenbo, who was standing dumbfounded, and snorted. Zhong Wenbo hurriedly came over with his golden folding fan and said to Xiao Jiading in a curtled manner: "The younger brother saw that the two brothers had made friends, and he also admired him very much, I don't know if he can be the last ......?" ”

Xiao Jiading grabbed the golden folding fan in his hand, but it was very light, it was not made of gold, at most it was coated with gold powder, and said coldly: "I'm sorry, I only have one folding fan, this is given by my second brother, it can't be exchanged, I, a vulgar person who is fine and coarse, don't dare to climb the first talent in Yizhou." ”

Zhong Wenbo heard that he flatly refused in public, and his face immediately turned red. (To be continued......)