The Grandmaster Strategist

Chapter 27: Appreciating the Snow and Writing Poems

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When I stood up, I faced the small lake, my poems flourished, and I chanted aloud: "Looking at the cold mountain from afar, it covers the eyes, and the boundless snow is like a lotus. I cherish the plum shadow reflecting the waning moon, and secretly sigh the bamboo soul to write the blue sky. Why do I need to invite Xiang Leng? Appreciated by all, Hua Hong is lingering alone. Qiongyao Luo Qiyu dances with her hands gently flicking the chord of tears."

After reciting a song, I couldn't help laughing and stretched out my hand. Snowflakes fell on my hand and melted instantly. At this time, someone laughed loudly in the distance: "Mr. Jiang is so elegant, why didn't you invite the master to come." I turned around and looked around, but I saw King Yong Li Zhi in a light fur, and several advisors were standing behind him. They were all smiling, and the two servants walking behind were carrying a large wine jar in one hand and a food container in the other.

I smiled slightly and said, "His Royal Highness is busy with official business, and you can't follow the clouds like idlers in the mountains and fields. How dare you disturb His Highness and a few others."

Li Zhi walked into Linbo Pavilion, brushed the snowflakes on his body, and said, "I am a worldly person who has come to disturb Mr. Yaxing. This jar of wine is a fine wine given by the imperial father. Don't miss it, sir."

I smiled lightly and said, "Everything has to come first and then come later. Since today is the first to come with the clouds, those people must listen to me today, Xiao Shunzi, you come to warm the wine, and you have three rounds of wine. You have to recite a poem, the title is "Yong Xue", if the poem is good, you have to drink one drink; if it is not good, you have to drink three drinks.

Seeing that I was not dissatisfied, Li Zhi said happily: "Since the master has set the rules, this king must not disobey them. Well, listen, if you can't write a good poem, you have to drink three cups of royal wine. This king can tell you. You guys, this imperial wine is mellow and sweet, if you drink a few more glasses, you won’t be able to hear Mr. Jiang’s good poems, but it will be a pity in your life.”

We sat down together, a servant put a few fruit snacks in the food box on the table, and another servant opened the mud seal of the royal wine, and the aroma of the wine came out, fragrant and mellow. Gou Lian smelled the aroma of the wine and said, "If I didn't want to listen to Suiyun's masterpiece, I would really like to get drunk and rest."

Li Zhi waved the servants back and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll bring you a jar of wine tomorrow so you can get drunk." Gou Lian quickly thanked him, "Your Highness can't regret it."

Shortly after speaking, Xiao Shunzi had already brought up the first warm pot of wine and filled it up for us one by one. I slowly drank this glass of wine, and my teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and my limbs and bones were warmed, and I couldn't help but say: "It's really good wine, although my wine in Nanchu is excellent, it is a bit weaker than the wine in the north. "

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Since Suiyun likes it, let's drink more."

Li Zhi smiled and toasted, and everyone felt airy after drinking a few glasses, and the atmosphere became warm. Li Zhi smiled and said: "We have heard Suiyun's masterpiece just now, so we should sing poetry first, Yongquan, you are the most agile in poetry, so you should come first."

Gou Lian stood up, looked at Feixue outside the pavilion, and said loudly: "Okay, I'll come first, half of the snow field is covered with evening photos, and a lake is warm and jade-painted. Xianxian."

Li Zhi first said: "Okay, although the artistic conception is ordinary, it is so close to the grand scene in front of you, you should have a drink."

I also smiled and said, "Half of the snowfield is covered in evening photos, and a lake is warm and jade smeared with clouds. Brother Yongquan is really agile in poetry. You and His Royal Highness Prince Yong entrust the righteousness of monarchs and ministers to the outside, and they are really close to each other like flesh and blood. In this winter, drinking and having fun is really not envious of Taoyuan or immortals."

Seeing there was a gap, Gou Lian said, "His Royal Highness treats me like flesh and blood, why not follow the clouds and wait for me, and serve Your Highness, and taste the state of mind that you don't envy Taoyuan or immortals?"

I smiled slightly and said, "Suiyun has nothing else to do, but is good at poetry and prose, so let's write a poem first, in order to repay your kindness. When will Feng Ran Yan Yan run out? Flicking the cold wings, the small banquet stove is filled with warm clouds. The three-footed qin opens with plums and jade, and the four sides sing and the fog is clear.

Dong Zhi clapped his hands and said, "It's a good one who claims to be broad and free from depression, and the sky is full of expanses. It can be seen that Suiyun's heart is like a clear moon and clear sky, and it's like this. It's like having a drink."

I took the wine glass that Xiao Shunzi handed over, and said with a smile, "Suiyun was in Southern Chu that day, even though he was a lowly position, You Zi was very diligent and did not dare to relax a little. Yes, brother Yongquan can't bear to trap me in disloyalty and bend me to a cage."

Gou Lian was speechless and had to smile bitterly. I smiled and said, "I used to talk about the military formation with Brother Dong, but today I have to learn about Brother Dong's poetry."

Dong Zhi cupped his hands and said: "It's ugly, it's ugly." After speaking, he stood up and chanted: "The handle of the bucket wants to point to the east, my brother is traveling to the north. There is no matchmaking to the lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the feudal lords are misguided. Chaoshuang condenses his fur. From a distance, he knows the guest house drinking, and he hears the spring dove in the drunk."

When I heard this, my hand trembled, and a glass of wine was almost poured on the table. Back then, when I became an official in Southern Chu, although I didn't have the ambition to serve the Ming Lord and rule the world at first, all kinds of things later made me regret my choice. If I had been brought to Chang'an by His Royal Highness King Yong, I probably wouldn't have suffered from the loss of my country and my family. Now I'm a guest in Chang'an, and I can't see the smoke and clouds of Nanchu. This kind of sadness of losing a group of geese, even if I abandon my homeland after half a push, it's full of bitterness. I raise a glass and drink a good wine.

A little drunk, I picked up a silver chopstick and tapped the jug while singing: "Bring the wine to Boting. Look at Yuanming and Fengliu, like Wolong Zhuge. Where did the magpies fly in the forest? Remnant snow. To break the hat, add more hair. The remaining water and the mountains have no attitude, being sparsely plumbed and cooked into a romantic mood. The two or three wild geese are also bleak. The beautiful woman is serious about the appointment, but the goodbye. The Qingjiang River, the cold weather does not cross, the water is deep and the ice is closed. The road is broken and the wheels have four corners, and the pedestrians here are bone-shattered. I ask who made you worry about it? It was cast and now lovesickness is wrong. I guess at the beginning, I swallowed the blood of the liver and intestines. The long night flute, blowing crack!"

After I sang it again, I sang it again: "It was cast and now lovesickness is wrong, but I thought I had swallowed all the blood in my liver and intestines. The long night flute, blowing it cracked!" I remembered that I planned for Prince De, and it was hard to sleep at night, but unfortunately I ended up keeping a distance. I remembered the above table. Direct remonstrance, but it is never used. Can not help but sorrow from the heart, tears fall like rain.

Dong Zhi hurriedly stood up and apologized: "It's my fault, I'm causing Suiyun's worries, please forgive me."

I waved my hand and said, "I have been depressed for many days, and I have swept away. I would like to thank Brother Dong for his good poems."

Dong Zhi didn't dare to persuade him any more, thinking to himself, it seems that he still has deep affection for Nan Chu, so what can I do about it. He looked at King Yong, and Li Zhi's face was full of admiration and sadness.

Seeing this, Guan Xiu hurriedly said: "I'm not very talented in literature, please don't laugh at me." After saying that, he got up and took a drink and said, "I have been through the winter and disabled, love him Feng Xue and endure the cold. Wine, there are mountains everywhere in the last basket. Tim boss, turned stubborn, Xie Tian taught me to be idle. The Taoist repaid the mandarin duck debt, and the plum blossom was drunk in the dream."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard it. Gou Lian was even more choked by the wine in the glass. He wiped his tears and said, "Old man, I never knew you were so funny. I've learned it today."

I couldn't help but chuckle, raised my glass and said, "Brother's good words, Suiyun is ashamed and ashamed." Everyone laughed for a while, and the atmosphere became lively.

When Xiao Shunzi saw me sad just now, she couldn't help but secretly glared at Dong Zhi. Seeing Guanxiu's poem, it made me happy, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed. However, Shi Yu, who had been smiling all the time, looked at him and said, "This is a sincere and loyal servant."

Everyone was relieved to see me happy, they didn't come to be angry with me, and there is an article later, so I can't let me get angry early.

Shi Yu got up and said, "Mr. Jiang, it's too late for Shi and Mr. Jiang to meet. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to ask for advice from Mr. Jiang. This glass of wine is my tribute to Mr., and I wish Mr. good health and well-being."

I also stood up and said: "Mr. Shi is like this, Suiyun is ashamed to be worthy of it, Suiyun has long heard that Mr. Shi is Xiao He of His Royal Highness King Yong, and His Highness is out on an expedition, and His Highness takes care of the rear for His Highness. , You are so talented, Suiyun has always admired him greatly."

Shi Yu said with a smile: "Suiyun is so respected, it makes me feel ashamed."

King Yong stood up and said, "It's not a matter of respect. If this king were not a gentleman, I wouldn't be here today." Remembering that in the past, when he went on expeditions, the crown prince always restrained him. Li Zhi raised his glass and said, "Today, Mr. Wang Jing has a glass to express his gratitude."

Shi Yu hurriedly raised his glasses to thank each other, tears welling up in his eyes, and after a while, Shi Yu said, "Shi is not very talented in poetry, so I try my best to do it, please don't make fun of your Highness and everyone." After speaking, he chant: "Chang'an Snow Queen Like the return of spring, the accumulation of elements is condensed with the dawn of dawn. The color borrows Yuke to fan Xiaoqi, and the light adds silver candles to shake the robes. The west mountain falls and the moon is in the sky, and the North Que Qingyun holds the ban. I heard the song of Xianlang and Baixue, the origin of this song And few people."

I smiled and clasped my palms and said, "Mr.'s poems are like a prime minister at first sight, but it's a pity that I can't bear to live in Beijing for a long time, otherwise I will definitely see the demeanor of Mr.'s leaders."

Shi Yu smiled bitterly and said, "If Suiyun is willing to surrender, Shi Yu is willing to wait in vain."

I smiled slightly and said: "Jiang Xianyun Yehe is overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility. If Mr. said this, it would be a loss of life. Suiyun has a small poem in return, thank you for your kindness."

After I finished speaking, I calmly sang: "The frozen clouds are deep, the gentleness is shallow, and the cold bullies the green fields. The light snow is accompanied by the early plum blossom. This scene, a sudden increase of high prices. Selling alleys and streets of flowers, permanent lampstands. Good seasons, how to live in light homes. Lai Hefeng, swaying in the haze, clearing the good night. "

After the song, I smiled and said: "Nowadays, the beautiful scenery is beautiful, and it's just a tour, why do you need to talk about military and state affairs, to add to the troubles, in the past, the high-level people Fu Caiwei, Jiang was not talented, and he had to eat the grain of Dayong, but he didn't love the money of Dayong either. ."

When everyone heard this, they were disappointed for a while. Li Zhi stood up and said, "Mr. has a noble ambition, and this king admires it."

I smiled and said, "His Royal Highness is the master here, and he should write a poem to show his will."

Li Zhi said: "Then you've laughed." After that, Li Zhi chanted loudly: "The sky is dark and the fog is in the morning, and the clouds are full of clouds. Doubtful sand. Willows flying and fluttering, makeup plums and flowers. The full moon on the Bitai, floating beads and foils are exposed. Yaojie has short and long steps, and the jade bushes are high under the trees. The anger will sink, wandering around the clouds and dusk. I am ashamed of the hidden virtues, and I am proud of the prosperous years. It is flying in the forbidden garden between the cores, and the cranes dance in the Yichuan. I sing the song of the orchid, and I am happy with the yellow bamboo."

I savored it for a long time, and said admiringly: "His Royal Highness's poems are calm and steady, their words are strong and bold, and they have the air of an emperor. This is heaven. Although my poems are beautiful, they are made with an axe, and I admire them with the clouds."

Li Zhi said with a smile: "I am a prince, and I dare not call myself a king. Don't harm me, sir, and finally I am not embarrassed. This king is already satisfied. Please follow the clouds to write a poem, so that you can start good and end well."

I smiled and said, "If I keep doing it, I'll have to kill Jiang Lang." I was already seven points drunk, and felt even more feverish, so I unbuttoned my light fur coat, walked to the pavilion, and said in the wind, "Don't commit any crimes if you have one. Flying dragon scales, with hands not braiding the beards of fierce tigers. Look at the old Chang'an City, where the white-headed immortals concealed the jade pot. Ziyou heard the wind and moved the window and bamboo, and invited each other to get drunk together. I don’t care if I have wine at home, and the guests are more happy to walk around with candles. Xie Shang can dance like a robin and scorpion, as if he is free from Sushuang Qiu. Xing quits the drum and crosses the river, and misses the Mingyue Tower for thousands of miles.”

After chanting the long poem, I went back to the table, picked up the wine glass and drank it. I was drunk and said with a big laugh: "Today, I will leave with joy. Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Zhi looked at Jiang Suiyun, enjoying the snow today, but he was just looking for an opportunity for the prince to come to apprentice, and get close to Jiang Suiyun by the way. He didn't expect Jiang Suiyun to be prosperous in poetry, and he secretly responded to everyone's persuasion. Poetry overwhelms the audience, so elegant and romantic, even if you don't know that this person has the talent of the world, you can't let it go. Thinking of this, his heart is more keen.

At this time, Xiao Shunzi took the opportunity to come to my side and whispered in my ear: "Someone is coming, you must be careful not to be rude." Then she arranged my clothes for me and smiled, "Young master is not well, so I have to drink more today. A few cups, but you can't catch a cold."

I was conscious, and there were low footsteps in my ears, but it was like four or five people. One of them was staggering and his body was light, like a child.

When I woke up, I took the hot square handkerchief Xiao Shunzi handed me over, wiped my face, and said, "Mr. Jiang lost his temper after drinking, please forgive me, Your Highness and several gentlemen."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Crazy singing and drinking, celebrity demeanor, how to say gaffe, but the noble servant is right, sir, his health is just getting better, don't catch a cold, let's drink a few more glasses."

I sat back in my seat, took the warm wine, and tasted it slowly. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Li Zhi and the others winking at each other, and couldn't help laughing inwardly.

Then I heard a childish voice calling out, "Father, father." Looking up, I saw a little boy waving at us happily. The boy was only four or five years old, with a beautiful appearance. Wearing a yellow prince costume, followed by two nanny maids and two eunuchs, at this moment, most of the little boy was covered with snow marks, presumably because he fell several times.

When Li Zhi saw the boy, his face was full of joy, and he said, "Jun'er, why are you covered in snow, come over and let your father take a look."

The boy jumped into the pavilion, snuggled under Li Zhi's knees, and his black and white eyes only swirled around me. I smiled and said, "Caomin has seen the prince."

The boy approached, grabbed my shirt and asked, "Who is Mr. Jun'er, who has never seen you before?"

I said indifferently: "Caomin Jiang Zhe, with the word Suiyun, is a native of Southern Chu. Naturally, the prince has never seen Caomin."

After listening to my name, Li Jun repeated it for a long time before saying, "I remember, Mr.'s poems are very well written." Looking at the flying snow outside, he smiled: "Thousands of mountains and birds are gone, and all traces of people are gone. Lonely boat nymph, fishing for cold river snow alone. This song "Jiang Xue" by Mr. is really good, but it's too lonely. Is it really so lonely on the river in Nanchu?"

I smiled and said: "Although Nanchu is famous, there are still many uninhabited places. There are many rivers there, so there are really such places. Looking around, there are only cold rivers and ice and snow. That year I traveled with my father. , The New Year is approaching, so there are almost no boats on the river, everyone is reunited at home, my late father drove the boat himself, and took me to fish on the river, although the river is not frozen, but everywhere is white."

Li Jun's eyes lit up and said, "Sir's father is really kind, every time I ask my father to take me out to play, my father has no time. Sir, if you have time, would you accompany Jun'er to go fishing on the Wei River? it is good."

I smiled and said, "How can the noble man be like us grass folk? If the noble man likes fishing, why don't he fish in this pavilion. I think there are many golden scales in the lake, so it must be very interesting to fish."

Li Jun Buyi said: "What's the point of fishing here, if I can't catch it, those servants can't wait to give me the fish and hang it on the hook, and my father, the king, was fighting in the army when he was a teenager, so I want to be like my father. Just like the king, if you can’t even get out of the gate, how will you fight and kill the enemy in the future?”

Li Zhi's face showed admiration, but he said in his mouth: "Jun'er must not talk nonsense, you must handle government affairs properly in the future, and you will not go into battle to kill the enemy like your father and king. When the time comes, I will rule the world, where do you need you to kill the enemy? ."

Li Jun disagreed with the tunnel: "Father's statement is wrong, I heard from the gentlemen that you should be prepared for danger in times of peace. If there is an enemy in the future, if the child will not go into battle to kill the enemy, how can you defend Dayong? to learn."

After speaking, Li Jun said with an embarrassed expression: "So, Father, let the child go out and have a look, the child will not cause trouble."

Li Zhi smiled and said: "You little urchin, you still want to make a fool of yourself. If you want to fight the enemy, you have to learn from thousands of enemies, and first of all, you must be familiar with the history of the scriptures. How can the master that your father chose for you last time be rejected again? Did you run away?"

Li Jun glanced at his father and said, "That master is too incompetent. I just asked him a question, but he didn't answer."

When everyone was interested, Li Zhi asked with a smile, "What question did you ask, but the master didn't answer it."

Li Jun said proudly: "I heard my uncle and father talk about a case in Dali Temple that day, saying that a man's stepmother killed his father, so he killed his stepmother, and the county magistrate sentenced him to be a traitor. But he refused to accept the lawsuit. I asked the master, he said the sentence was good, and he didn’t understand the reasoning, so I drove him away.”

Li Zhi remembered the case and the judgment he told his wife and brother-in-law. This matter was unknown to outsiders, and it really was a good topic. Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Li Zhi smiled and said, "That's why you asked the wrong person. Except for the king, everyone here can tell you how to judge."

Sure enough, with Li Zhi's understanding of his son, Li Jun's eyes passed from several people one by one, and finally fell on Jiang Zhe. The others believed that the father was right, but what about this person? He pulled the corner of Jiang Zhe's shirt and said, "Can you tell Jun'er how to judge?"

I smiled lightly and said, "These things have their own laws and regulations. How can I be qualified to comment on the next Caomin?"

Li Jun said reluctantly: "If the teacher answers, Jun'er will be his teacher. If he can't answer, then the gentleman will be Jun'er's entourage."

I glanced at Li Zhi, but saw that he was also surprised. It seemed that he did not instruct the prince to say so, so I couldn't help laughing: "How can you be the gentleman of the prince. But if the prince asks me, I will It is said that although this person killed his stepmother, he was avenging his father, and that his stepmother killed her own husband and cut herself off from her husband’s family. Then this person killed her stepmother only to kill an outsider, and it can be regarded as murder, but it is not necessary to be accused of persecution ."

Li Jun happily said: "Sir is indeed a sensible person. I used it to ask people, but no one has said it so clearly." After that, Li Jun knelt in front of me and said, "Although Jun'er is young, he is also Knowing what a promise is, Jun'er is willing to be his teacher, and he wants to take me to the Wei River to go fishing."

I burst out laughing, this kid was going around like this, but he was just asking me to take him out to have fun.

At this time, Xiao Shunzi's voice sounded in my ear: "Young Master cannot agree."

I froze in my heart and said, "The prince is joking. The prince is a noble and noble person. I am just a man who has lost his country. Everyone here is more suitable for being a prince than the next gentleman. Jiang dare not accept it." Said: "Suiyun is incapable of drinking, so let's say goodbye first."

When I turned around, I heard Li Zhi's disappointed voice saying, "Mr. Jiang, are you really so cruel?" My body trembled slightly, and finally I didn't answer.

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Note: This chapter involves poetry, most of which are excerpted from the Internet, and some are created by netizens, so it is impossible to list them all. In addition, I used a lot of poems in this chapter. I hope everyone will not think that I am piling up the number of words. I chose the poems very carefully, because I want to express their thoughts through the poems.