Jingzhou City is crowded with people, and the streets and alleys are crowded with people. Wang Yu came to a small inn and was sitting down to drink tea. Suddenly he saw that most people were walking towards the lake. Even children of his own age ran over to watch the fun.
"Waiter! What happened over there? Why are there so many people?" Wang Yu asked the waiter who was pouring water in confusion.
"Little brother! You don't know something! This Jingzhou city used to be sparsely populated! But recently there are more and more people in this city. It turns out that there are many literati and poets in this city. Talented people come here to exchange poems across the river. There are countless martial arts competitions for those who want people to paint! The most popular one is the Poetry Across the River!" explained the waiter.
"Then where exactly do these people come from?"
"Most of these people are from the capital, and only a few are from outside the region and some Japanese. I don't know why? This capital is the territory under the emperor's feet! It is much better than here, why did they all come to Jingzhou at once? The city, and most of them are people with martial arts, I just can’t figure it out.” The waiter shook his head, also very puzzled by this.
After drinking, Wang Yu put the money on the table and walked towards the lake with curious eyes.
There are rows of willow trees beside the lake, and their swaying branches sway in the wind. In the vitality of spring, a large boat covered with red colors sailed towards the center of the lake. At the head of the boat is a young man wearing gray light clothes, with a jade pendant on his belt, and a fan in his hand shaking slightly. There were two people standing behind him. The young man looked at the people on both sides of the lake with a smile on his face. He seemed to have a scholarly air. He clasped his fists and said to the people on both sides: "Everyone! What I am presenting today is a couplet. I focused on the objects on the scene and said the first couplet. If Whoever can match the second couplet will own the book. If there is no match, it doesn't matter. After today, there will still be opportunities."
"I wonder who is willing to come face to face with me?" He said and looked at the people on both sides to see if anyone answered.
"Hey! Little brother! What kind of book are you holding in your hand? We need to let everyone see the use of this!" A fat man broke away from the crowd and shouted to the people on the boat.
"Brother, please rest assured! This book is a collection of poems. Don't underestimate this book. This book was specially crafted by my husband. It took nearly a year to compile the whole book. My husband said Well, this is not because it is a collection of poems, but because it contains the essence of life of many predecessors. If a wise person gets this book and turns the poems in it into his own skill, I believe he He is no longer who he was before, but a man with civil and military skills." The young man looked at the fat man and explained to the people on both sides of the river.
"Are you telling the truth?" The fat man opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe it.
"Everyone here today, if I lie, I will not recite poetry here from now on, leave Jingzhou City, and never set foot in the city." The young man promised the young man.
"Okay, in that case, I'll take this couplet. Tell me, what is the first couplet?" the fat man said with confidence.
"Listen up, my first couplet: "Up on the mountain, on the mountain, on the mountain, there is an endless stream. On the mountain' is quiet, but 'up the mountain' is moving. 'Mountain on the mountain' expresses one's attitude. 'On the mountain' is like a surging river, It keeps lingering. The meaning of the whole sentence only expresses one word - come out. Can you please tell me correctly?" The young man looked at the fat man and looked a little proud. It seems that this couplet has no second line.
"Little brother! What mountain were you talking about? I didn't hear you just now. Can you change it to another one?" After hearing this, the fat man looked at the young man stupidly, hoping to change the couplet.
"Oh! If you don't say it right, don't do it right. Why go up the mountain? It would be a blessing from God not to let you go up to the Mountain of Swords!"
"That's right! What should I do if I climb to the middle and can't go up or down? Hahaha...!" The people next to him laughed at him to see if he was right.
"I'll do it, how about it?" Suddenly a handsome and rich man squeezed out from the crowd.
"Okay, if the young master can match the second couplet, this book will belong to the young master." The young man said.
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"No entry in the forest?" The young man looked at the rich young man in front of him with a puzzled look, and couldn't help but guess in his heart: "Is he the person that the master has been looking for?"
"Young Master is really something that Xiaosheng admires. Since Young Master has written the second couplet, this book belongs to Young Master. Please take it." As he said this, he changed his eyes to the people around him, and Pu Ren, who was beside him, gently nodded from the boat. He climbed up and danced like a butterfly towards the rich man, and offered it to him with both hands. After the rich man took it, the man flew back to the young man's side.
"What! This is okay? What bullshit couplet? This is okay? Isn't this teasing people again!"
Although some people feel that this couplet is inappropriate, the fact is that it is so, and no one knows what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the young man who made the couplet.
"Don't you know your surname?" the young man asked, clasping his fists at the young master.
"Don't change your name when you're down, and don't change your surname when you're sitting down, Cai Ming." The young master replied.
"Mr. Cai, you and I will compete next time. I hope Mr. Cai won't miss our appointment next time? I won't disturb you anymore, please say goodbye!" After the young man saluted, he followed the colorful boat and sailed away into the distance. .
The boat was getting farther and farther away. At this time, he picked up the book and looked at it. There were four characters written on it: "One Hundred Collections of Poems". He turned a page at random, and he knew why the young man said that those who get this book will be different from ordinary people.
There are many things in the world that can make people forget themselves and settle in dreams, that is wind. The air is not bad, but it has a few drops of bitterness. It turned out that it was those fallen leaves that evoked the incomplete dream in my heart.
There were not too many people in the inn. They are in twos and threes, but they still have a lively atmosphere. Wang Yu sat alone at the table, looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance. He couldn't help but think in his heart: "It's been a few days since I ran away from home. Now the child is not with them, and I don't know if they are living well."
He slowly raised his head, looked at the sky, clasped his hands together, and made a wish in his heart: "May the sky bless you! In these days when the child is not with them. I hope that my parents can be safe and happy..."
"Whoa!" The person who came was a young man in white clothes. He opened the folding fan and fanned the wind slowly, while his eyes kept looking at the seats. After scanning for a week, his eyes finally landed on Wang Yu in front of him. It just so happened that Wang Yu, who was shocked by him just now, was also looking at him, and there seemed to be a feeling of familiarity in his eyes.
Wang Yu's eyes aroused some interest in him. Then he closed his folding fan, stepped forward to greet him, saluted in front of him, put on a smile, and said, "I wonder if I can sit here, little brother?"
"Brother, you're welcome! Just sit down and take a seat!"
"Then I'll thank you little brother!" He saluted again and sat down opposite Wang Yu.
After the waiter served tea, Cai Ming couldn't help but take a sip, only to find that Wang Yu opposite him was also looking at him. A kind of embarrassment made him couldn't help but smile, and asked Wang Yu across from him: "I wonder why little brother is staring at me like this? Could it be that there is something about me...?"
Cai Ming stretched out his arms and couldn't help but look at every part of his body.
"Brother, you have misunderstood! I have no other intentions." Looking at Cai Ming, he continued: "I was passing by just now and heard the young master's eloquent answers. I admire him very much!"
"So, the little brother just knows me, but he doesn't dare to confirm, so he stares at me back and forth and refuses to answer?"
After hearing this, Wang Yu nodded and said, "Exactly!"
Seeing Wang Yu dressed so simply and coming here alone, this had to make him feel more appreciative.
"Look, little brother, you are alone. Why are you going alone? You don't know where to go? Where is your father?"
"My parents are still at home. It was only because I was eager to become a disciple that I did not hesitate to say goodbye to my parents and go to Tingtai Mountain alone to become a disciple."
"Nowadays, the world is in turmoil, and all Confucian scholars like me have no use for it. If you learn martial arts, it will be a good thing to protect your family and country. I am still young, but if you practice martial arts carefully, I think one day, He will definitely be the pillar of the country! And I..." He clasped his folding fan, tapped his palms, pursed his lips and smiled to himself, and then said: "Then my fate is over!"
"My brother's talents, I can see with my own eyes today, are not comparable to those of the Confucian generation. With your talents, it is not difficult to get an official position in the government. How can you be so willing to lag behind others and become a mediocre person?" Where are you?"
"Official career is certainly boring! Besides, if I could get an official position in the government with my ability, why would I be like this today! Alas! It's too hard to look back on the past, so it's better not to mention it!" At this point! At this point, he seemed to have forgotten something and stood up, cupping his fists and saluting. Then he gently tapped the back of his head with a folding fan and said with a smile: "Look at my head! After talking for so long, I haven't told you where I am from. How rude! How rude!"
"I live in Caijiazhuang, not far from Jingzhou City. In terms of age, I am older than my little brother. My little brother just calls me Brother Cai! I just don't know what your surname is?"
"Ashamed! Ashamed! I only chatted with Brother Cai, but I forgot to introduce my surname." Wang Yu stood up and saluted, and said: "My surname is Wang, and the only name is 'Yu'!"
"Oh! It turns out to be Brother Wang Yu!"
"My dear brother, if you don't mind it, why don't you drink this cup with me and then follow me to my house to rest for the night? It won't be too late to go on the road tomorrow! My father and mother are naturally poor and hospitable people. If my dear brother goes, , the parents at home will definitely be very happy about this!" Cai Ming requested again.
"Brother Cai loves me so much. He trusts me more than my little brother. It's just that I have been taught by my father since I was a child. Don't enter other people's homes without any thanks. Besides! It's still early. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will definitely arrive at night!" As he spoke, a determined expression appeared in Wang Yu's face.
"I am really pleased that my good brother can work hard to seek truth and not be moved by others."
"Brother Cai is serious. Little brother, I am just saying casually. There is nothing in this world that cannot be moved by it. If you want to say that you are not moved by it, Brother Cai is the best!"
"It's rare to get to know my dear brother today, and I don't know when we will meet in the future. Instead of that, why don't you have a drink with me today. I wonder if my dear brother is willing?" Cai Ming asked sincerely.
Seeing Cai Ming be so sincere is enough to prove that Cai Ming really wants to make him a friend. Faced with people's sincerity, how could he have the nerve to refuse. But what about drinking? It doesn't seem to be his strong suit. What's more, he has never even tasted the taste of wine, so how can he drink it?
Just when he was hesitating, Cai Ming pulled him back to his seat and said, "Dear brother, don't hesitate, just drink it!"
Then, he shouted to the waiter in the store: "Waiter! Serve the wine!"
When the waiter put the wine jar on the table, Wang Yu was dumbfounded and said in a tangled voice: "Brother Cai, this..., I really don't know how to drink?"
"Hey! Since ancient times, there has been a cup of fine wine. How can a man not drink? As a man, I don't know how to drink. How can this be possible!" After Cai Ming said this, he filled a bowl for him, and then said: "The man is away from home. You should know how to drink. Raise the glass and push the cup. Only after three rounds of wine will you know who is your best friend. With a bottle in your body, you can travel around the rivers and lakes. With a glass in your hand, your emotions will be difficult for you. After one swallow, you will abandon the immortals and the Buddhas and shout happily. "
"You have to drink and sing during the day, and you can keep your youth company when you return home. Come! Let's have a drink first!"
"Brother Cai! Little brother, I really..."
Seeing that the situation was like this, Cai Ming immediately put down his wine glass and sneered half-truthfully, "If my dear brother is like this, then he is looking down on me, Cai Ming!"
He should not be afraid of the heroic spirit of "laying down his life to accompany a gentleman". Having no choice but to give in, he had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and drink it in front of Cai Ming with the intention of making a quick decision.
It penetrated the intestines excessively, and a stream of heat spread across the entire chest. In order to avoid losing his elegance, he had to pretend to be nonchalant, but in his heart he was complaining repeatedly, secretly shouting: "It's so spicy!"
Seeing Wang Yu finish his drink, Cai Ming smiled happily and said sarcastically: "My dear brother, you have a good drinker!"
After drinking for the first time, Wang Yu humbly added to Cai Ming: "As for my little brother, compared with Brother Cai, don't you feel ashamed of yourself!"
After seeing Cai Ming drink a swig, Wang Yu asked, "I wonder what Brother Cai's plans will be in the future?"
"The world is so big that there is no place that is not my home. I should travel around the world and see the mountains and rivers. Although the Japanese pirates are rampant on the border, disturbing our Ming Dynasty and causing trouble to the people, what can I do with my own strength? It's not like my good brother, He will be a man of martial arts."
"That's the case! Why don't Brother Cai and I go to Tingtai Mountain together, defect to the Xuanzhen Sect, and become the leader of the Yuxu Sect?"
"What I don't know, my dear brother, is that people who practice martial arts are incomparable to other people. Only by having superior talent can one succeed in learning. But I... am not such a person."
After Cai Ming finished speaking, he took out a book from his arms and handed it to Wang Yu's hand, saying: "As the saying goes, swords are given to martyrs, and pink powder is given to beauties. Since a good brother is about to become a capable person, I will give this to him. This book is given to my virtuous brother, and I hope that my virtuous brother will be able to rise to the top as he wishes."
"This book was hard earned by Young Master Cai. How dare I appreciate it, little brother? As the saying goes, no reward will come without merit. Little brother, I have neither merit nor character. Brother Cai had better put it away, so as not to arouse criticism!" Wang Yu quickly declined.
"My dear brother, don't refuse! It is fate that you and I are here today. This gift should be thanked as a token of my affection. So no matter what, my dear brother must accept this book." Cai Ming Vertical Jue Road.
"In that case, I will thank Brother Cai!" Wang Yu took it and took a look. It was marked with the four characters "Hundred Collections of Poems". Curious, he asked, "Is this...?"
"Brother, if you open it and read it briefly, you will know what it means." Cai Ming smiled and said.
Wang Yu opened it and combed it through, and then he realized what was going on. But it looks much better than the few old books I have at home.
"I think it's getting late, dear brother! Let's just say goodbye! Farewell!"
Wang Yu stood up and bowed, and when he saw Cai Ming turning around and leaving, he breathed a sigh of relief.
