Chapter 30: The Peach Garden
The moon stars are scarce, the evening breeze blows, and the peach blossoms are flying.
Just now, the pitcher on the woman's side, Zhong Lixuan hit two shots, which made Situ Xi feel a little faceless.
The little episode did not have much impact on everyone's interest, and a banquet had been set up in the peach orchard at this moment, with talented and beautiful women sitting on the left and right sides, and a long table was placed in front of everyone, and the wine and delicacies were all on it.
Mi Wang Shizi, Zuo Yu, and Bai Lan sat at the head of the row on the left, and Situ Xi happened to sit at the end of this column, thinking in his heart for a while about which master's masterpiece to carry.
Seeing that everyone had already taken their seats, Zuo Shenyan picked up his wine glass and got up to look around at all the guests in the field.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the moon is on the top, and today is about to pass away. We are gathered here, and it is necessary to have fun. The Peach Blossom Poetry Society is not the first time to meet, there is no intention to say more, all the gentlemen have a drink together, and the poetry meeting will begin. ”
All the guests stood up and raised their glasses, with the men drinking shochu and the women drinking fruit tea.
"Just now we are throwing pots and archery, a guest has lost his hand, disturbing you, in order to apologize to you, he will write a preface for tonight's poetry meeting, do you have any objections?"
Speaking of this, Zuo Shenyan filled another cup and bowed to Situ Xi, who was sitting at the bottom.
Seeing that everyone's eyes converged on him in the direction Zuo Shenyan was looking at, Situ Xi smiled bitterly and took a drink with him.
These talented and beautiful people were also silently looking at Situ Xi, they were searching for memories about this person in their memories, but they all felt that this person was a little faceless, maybe a new magnate in the city.
Seeing that the rest of the guests were silent, Zuo Shenyan smiled and said to Situ Xi: "In this way, it will be handed over to Brother Situ." ”
When Zuo Shenyan sat down, Zuo Yu hurriedly reminded him in a whisper: "Brother, my father specially told me a few days ago not to contact this person as much as possible......
"His Royal Highness, I think this move is very good, and when Situ Xi's preface loses to the people of Qingfeng Ji, we will write his identity on the preface, and outsiders will only be attracted by the name of his proton at that time, and will not talk about my Peach Blossom Poetry Society." Bai Lan has his own opinion on this.
"Don't be noisy, take a look." Zuo Shenyan poured himself a glass of wine and looked at the field.
There is a special high-legged desk in the middle of the seats on both sides, on which there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Situ Xi strode to the desk under the gaze of everyone, he was about to study ink and pick up the pen, but was stopped by a person who looked like a maid beside him.
"Childe, you just need to chant, and the recorded things will be written by the slave."
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"Su'er, is that your husband?"
Where the women gathered on the right, Zhong Lixuan was surrounded by two women of her age, and the two of them did not look like sisters, but they were both wearing pink dresses at the moment, which should have been arranged in advance, and the color of the peach blossoms on the peach trees at night was the same.
They should be Zhong Lixuan's old acquaintances.
"Your eyes have not been off him since the beginning...... It turned out that he looked like this, but I don't know what is the difference between the poetry of Zhaoguo and the poetry style of my Chu country? ”
"Since he is a prince, he should be able to read poetry, but I don't know if he is good at prose."
"Su'er, I heard that your husband ...... before"
These two girls whispered to me in Zhong Li's ear, and the topic changed from poetry to some gossip, and finally to the private conversation between the women.
Some of the words they said gradually made Zhong Li's face red, but she didn't answer, just looked at Situ Xi, who was in charge of the field, and was a little worried in her heart, she had never seen Xianggong write a pun, so naturally she didn't know if he was good at it.
……
The maid was very familiar, and soon studied the pen and ink, and then lit incense in the incense burner on the desk, and for a while there was little smoke, and the so-called red sleeves added incense should be like this.
The maid held the pen, and there was silence in the field, and everyone was waiting for Situ Xi to kick off today's poetry meeting.
Spring night, Taoyuan, there is nothing more suitable for the occasion than that preface. Situ Xi sorted out his thoughts, no longer hesitated, took two steps forward, and spoke loudly.
"Those who are husband of heaven and earth are also the rebels of all things; Those who have passed through time are also passers-by for hundreds of generations. ”
is worthy of two sentences, but it is magnificent.
Many talented and beautiful people are a little moved, this opening includes time and space, hundreds of generations of everything, this person must have a broad mind, and there are real materials, obviously not the fame and reputation of the person.
Zuo Shenyan and a few people were also secretly surprised, this Nine Emperor Princes of Zhaoguo was not a general person as rumored.
"And floating like a dream, for joy? The ancients traveled at night with candles, and there was a good thing. The situation of Yangchun summoned me to smoke the scene, and the large piece of fake me to the article. ”
At this point, Zhong Li's heart was relieved, and she was no longer worried, and there were some so-called talented women beside her who were also shining with stars in their eyes at the moment.
Picking up the folding fan on the table, Situ Xi walked around the table, looked up at the peach trees blooming on both sides, and continued to chant:
"The peach blossom garden, the joy of elegance. Full of guests and friends, we are singing. The reward is not over, and the talk is clear. Open a feast to sit on the flowers, fly the feathers and get drunk with the moon. If there is no good song, how can he Shen Yahuai? If the poem is not successful, it will be punished with three buckets of wine. ”
This is the end of this adaptation of the poem Immortal Li Bai's "Preface to the Spring Night Banquet from the Peach Garden", because it involves some allusions that may not exist in this world, so Situ Xi has made some deletions and modifications, but this does not affect his use to deal with the current situation.
The maid on the side kept embellishing her hands, putting down her pen, and occasionally raised her head to Situ Xi's side and quietly glanced at her twice, with respect in her eyes.
"What a text!"
The first to break the quiet atmosphere was actually the fat dun Zuo Yu, who had just been frightened by Situ Xi, he looked at Zuo Shenyan on his side with an excited face, and said to him:
"Brother, this essay is really wonderful! If it is used as a preface to the poetry collection produced by this poetry club, it is more than enough! Maybe the poems we are waiting for will also be stained with the light of this pun and spread. ”
Zuo Yu seems to really love literature, his admiration for this work is unabashed, his voice is not small, and his evaluation made everyone in the audience listen.
Zuo Shenyan was reviewing this article, and when he heard his cousin's words, he couldn't help but glare at him, it was okay to say these words in private, and it would inevitably hurt their hearts if some talents in the field heard it.
The voices of discussion gradually spread around, and the voices of admiration of the talented and beautiful women on both sides were endless, although there must be some people who were sour and unconvinced, but they actually did not have the confidence to compete with this preface.
"If the poem is not successful, three buckets of wine will be punished! Ok, good, good! Brother Situ is really talented, there is a tendency to swallow mountains and rivers in the article, gentlemen, why don't we drink a cup for this order together! ”
When the discussion faded away, Zuo Shenyan immediately raised his glass and invited everyone to toast to Situ Xi.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has praised it." Seeing that everyone really raised a glass to him together, Situ Xi couldn't shirk it, so he drank another glass.
At this moment, Bai Lan hurriedly pulled Zuo Shenyan's robe and reminded in a low voice:
"Your Highness, at this moment, you should copy a copy and send it to the Fenghua List as soon as possible......"
"Yes, yes, brother, quickly ask someone to copy a copy and send it, this is the right thing!" Zuo Yu also smiled very happily.