At the end of 183 AD, Luoyang.
Ever since he recited the song "Ode to the Goose" in front of his grandfather Yuan Wei, little Yuan Xi knew that the days to come would no longer be peaceful.
Although Yuan Wei tried his best to suppress the spread, the news that the young master of Yuan Situ's family was a child prodigy still blew through the streets of Luoyang City like a hurricane.
Of course, the specific details are not very clear to the common people. They just know that the young master of the Situ family wrote a poem. The officials and the learned people agreed, so they agreed, too. Anyway, what I heard from those people was correct, and it also gave me another topic to talk about after dinner, so this matter spread more and more widely.
The ministers in Luoyang either really like her or want to get closer to the Yuan family. In short, the most talked about now is Yuan Xi, the second young master of the Yuan family, and little Yuan Xi also got his wish. Entering the sight of most people, even the aloof Emperor, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, asked Yuan Wei about little Yuan Xi, which made Yuan Wei feel even more proud.
On this day, little Yuan Xi was about to finish class as usual, and his father Yuan Shao, whom he had not seen for many days, walked in.
"The child has seen his father."
"Hello, sir." Little Yuan Xi and Hu Zhao saluted at the same time.
"Well, excuse me, Xi'er. My father came here today to tell you that you will attend your grandfather's banquet with me tomorrow. Many adults want to meet you." Yuan Shao said to little Yuan Xi.
"Yes, father." Xiao Yuan Xi, who suppressed his excitement, responded.
Then Yuan Shao said to Hu Zhao: "Kong Ming, this won't affect Xi'er's study, right?"
"No, sir, Xi'er has been working very hard and seriously recently. The students are also considering giving Xi'er a few days off to rest." Hu Zhao replied with a smile.
"That's good, I'll leave first." After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he walked out.
"Xier, since you have something to do tomorrow, you don't need to come tomorrow. Have a good night's rest and recuperate your energy. Okay, let's go."
"Yes, sir." After saying that, little Yuan Xi also turned around and walked outside.
But what Hu Zhao didn't see was that little Yuan Xi turned around and could no longer suppress his smile, but it was a silent smile. Because Xiao Yuan Xi felt that the plan he had painstakingly thought out was correct, and he was getting closer to the final goal.
After returning to the room, little Yuan Xi drove the servants away. After closing the door, little Yuan Xi, who could no longer bear it, covered his head with a quilt and laughed wildly.
In fact, Xiao Yuan Xi's plan is very simple. Build momentum for yourself and let others get used to your existence. Just like famous brands in modern society, when choosing similar products, people are always accustomed to choosing those with greater reputation and advertising. Many products.
This is a human psychology, this is the brand effect. What Xiao Yuan Xi is doing now has the same principle as this, which is to turn himself into a living famous brand.
Why Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will be so powerful in the future? Talent is the key, and where do the talents come from? Most of them are invited, but many of them are recruited by themselves. Guo Jia and Xun Yu in Cao Cao's camp both defected to Yuan Shao first. When they found that Yuan Shao was not enough to succeed, they left one after another and finally joined Cao Cao.
It can be seen from this incident that a person's family and reputation are very beneficial to attracting powerful advisers and generals in the future. As for the family, little Yuan Xi no longer has to worry about it. The only thing left is reputation. That's why there is the song "Ode to the Goose". I believe it will not be the last one.
Now that little Yuan Xi can go to his grandfather's house with his father, it must be everyone's request, and the words of his father Yuan Shao also confirm this. It can be seen from this that Xiao Yuan Xi's goal has been basically completed. The main thing now is to expand your influence.
The next day, little Yuan Xi got up early and went out with his father Yuan Shao. Little Yuan Xi, who was sitting in the car, couldn't calm down. Looking at his father opposite him who was concentrating on the seat with his eyes closed, little Yuan Xi didn't dare to disturb him. Feeling bored, he opened the curtains of the car. , looking outside.
I just felt a cold wind coming. The sky was still snowing in the morning, but now it is calm again. On the streets and alleys outside, there are children playing everywhere, listening to their cheerful laughter, watching They ran happily, making noises, crumpling the snow into snowballs and throwing them at their friends.
Little Yuan Xi suddenly felt that he really wanted to be like them. Since he came to this era, apart from being relatively relaxed before the age of six, he basically spent time in the classroom at home. It has been almost a year. I have never played before, but thinking of this and watching the children having fun on the street, little Yuan Xi became obsessed without knowing it.
God is fair. When he gives you something, he will inevitably take away something from you.
At this time, a pair of warm big hands suddenly stretched out to hug little Yuan Xi, and his father Yuan Shao's warm words came to his ears: "Xier, don't look away, be careful if you catch a cold. If you like, father will play with you next time." ,All right."
Little Yuan Xi only felt that there was a surge of heat in his eyes that wanted to burst out of his eyes. Although he knew that his father Yuan Shao was just comforting him, because Yuan Shao, who was busy with government affairs, could not waste a lot of time playing with him, but the moved little Yuan Xi , still said a heavy "yes", and carefully dried the water in the corners of his eyes with his hands, so as not to let his father see, he was a man.
While the father and son were still experiencing this rare tenderness, the coachman reminded them that the destination was Sikong Yuan Mansion, which was the home of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
It will also be my little Yuan Xi’s first step towards success, little Yuan Xi standing next to his father Yuan Shao said silently in his heart.
Yuan Shao got off the carriage and was quickly seen by the servants of the Yuan Mansion. Soon, a large group of people walked out of the mansion. Little Yuan Xi saw that his second uncle Yuan Shu was following a middle-aged man. It was obvious that this man The man is the father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who is also today's protagonist, the grandfather of little Yuan Xi, Sikong Yuan Wei.
Yuan Wei walked up to them and said to them, "It turns out to be my Qilin'er. I haven't seen you for a few days and you are more energetic. Come to Grandpa, hahahaha."
"My grandson pays homage to his grandfather." Little Yuan Xi stepped forward and saluted Yuan Wei respectfully.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also saluted respectively.
"Haha, no gifts, no gifts, we are all family members, why are you being so polite? Come on, come on, let's go in with me and have a drink." With that, Yuan Wei pulled little Yuan Xi and asked everyone to go inside together. Little Yuan Xi had no choice but to step forward and follow closely.
Yuan Shao was also very happy to see that little Yuan Xi was loved by Yuan Wei, and followed Yuan Feng inside. Because little Yuan Xi is also a bargaining chip for Yuan Shao to compete for the Yuan family's head and resources. Don't you see that Emperor Yongzheng is indeed ruthless from the Tian family.
When you walk into Yuan Mansion, you feel that it is obviously different from your own home. There are carved beams and painted pillars everywhere, and they are resplendent. Different from the simple atmosphere of your own home, this place is full of an atmosphere called luxury.
After entering several courtyards, there were fewer and fewer people following behind. After arriving in the hall, there were only a few tables. It was obvious that the rest were high-ranking officials of the imperial court or higher-achieving and more popular disciples of the Yuan family. The power of the Yuan family can be seen in some of the people they attach great importance to.
After sitting down in order of priority, little Yuan Xi was placed next to Yuan Wei. It can be seen that Yuan Wei still loves little Yuan Xi very much. You see, even his father Yuan Shao and second uncle Yuan Shu are a little jealous. It is evident that Yuan Wei is fond of little Yuan Xi.
During the dinner, Yuan Wei chatted with little Yuan Xi from time to time. From study to life, he took care of everything, which made little Yuan Xi wonder whether Yuan Wei was his father. This was a generational marriage.
Just like Emperor Kangxi liked Qianlong Hongli, he thought that because of the gap between generations, there was no direct interest relationship, but he was closer to him.
Fortunately, people from other tables soon came to toast Yuan Wei, allowing little Yuan Xi to escape. Now the hall was full of people, and no one paid attention to it for a while.
After a long time, I had enough wine and food. Some people sang and danced with the music played by the musicians. This was the so-called celebrity style, not sticking to everything, and later evolved into the style of the Jin Dynasty.
At this time, someone was composing an impromptu poem to the snowy scene in front of them. Slowly, everyone's attention turned to poetry. One person said that so-and-so was good, and another person refuted that it was not good. In short, it was a mess.
At this time, someone shouted, "Let Mr. Yuan make a song." At this time, the scene became even more out of control. Originally, there was only a courtyard wall between these tables. At this time, people outside heard someone asking Young Master Yuan to write a poem. Those who knew it applauded, and those who didn't know quickly asked the people next to them who Young Master Yuan was. When I heard that it was the child prodigy who caused a lot of noise some time ago, I followed suit and didn't mention it.
Just looking at the people having fun in the yard stopped, it seemed that they also really wanted to see the prodigy compose poetry. After all, seeing is not believing.
Helpless, as the master, Yuan Wei could only turn his inquiring eyes to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao looked at little Yuan Xi. When he saw little Yuan Xi nodding, he signaled to Yuan Wei that it was okay.
After receiving Yuan Shao's signal, Yuan Wei walked to the middle of the yard and said loudly, "Since everyone is so interested, let my Xi'er compose a poem for everyone to cheer up."
With that said, he made a gesture to signal Xiao Yuan Xi to come to the middle. Although he was a time traveler, he was invincible without traveling through time.
Even though little Yuan Xi had a mental age of twenty-seven, being watched by dozens of people in the whole yard, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
However, he quickly calmed down, and imitated Yuan Wei and said loudly: "Since all the adults intend to make this kid show his embarrassment, then this kid will make a fool of himself once he has no choice but to make a fool of himself."
As he spoke, he shot around. Everyone in the yard laughed when they heard the childish voice imitating the tone of adults.
Little Yuan Xi then said: "Since the snow scene is so beautiful today, let's use this as the title."
Just as he was talking, patches of snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Little Yuan Xi looked at the snowflakes in front of him and started walking as if unconsciously. When he reached the fourth step, he chanted:
"One piece, two pieces, three or four pieces." There was silence everywhere, and people unconsciously became quiet. Only little Yuan Xi's childish voice echoed between heaven and earth.
"Five pieces, six pieces, seven or eight pieces." After reading this sentence, little Yuan Xi just took the fifth step, but what was different from before was that someone in the crowd was already blushing, and he didn't know if he had drank too much. Because of that.
Yuan Wei's face also changed a bit, but Yuan Shao remained as calm as ever, as if the person who was about to be embarrassed in the middle of the yard was not his son.
Although he noticed these, little Yuan Xi was not affected by them and still took his sixth step unhurriedly, while chanting in his mouth,
"Nine pieces, ten pieces, eleven pieces."
At this time, someone in the yard finally couldn't help but let out a "chi", and then someone also made a "poof" sound, but more people still suppressed their blushes and did not laugh out loud, but it seemed that they were holding back. , I can't hold it in for long.
At this time, Yuan Wei's face had completely changed color. He stood up. It seemed that he wanted little Yuan Xi to stop, but little Yuan Xi had already chanted the last sentence first:
"It flew into the grass and disappeared." At this time, little Yuan Xi took his seventh step.
"Xi'er." Yuan Wei stopped midway through his words. He seemed to be thinking about something, and he seemed to be still chanting something.
He was not the only one, other people in the yard were also mumbling something like him, and you could vaguely hear a few words such as "One piece, two pieces, three four pieces" and the like.
But more people are still reciting the sentence "Flying into the grass and disappearing". Everyone is intoxicated in Xiao Yuan Xi's poems. Even the people who just laughed at Xiao Yuan Xi are now thinking non-stop.
I don’t know how long it took, but it was actually only a moment. It was just that everyone was so quiet, so it felt like time passed very slowly.
After a while, Yuan Wei was the first to react and murmured, "It's a stroke of genius, it's a stroke of genius."
At this time, everyone just woke up from a dream, and expressed their opinions one by one, and the voices became louder and louder. Finally, the yard became like a vegetable market, and it tended to expand outside the yard.
At this time, Yuan Shu, who had also woken up, couldn't help but look at his brother Yuan Shao who had been calm all the time. It seemed that he knew his son very well, and his nephew was indeed excellent.
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but glance at my son. Seeing Yuan Yao's calm expression, I felt relieved that my son was not bad either. As everyone knows, Yuan Yao didn't understand at all.
But he didn't give him time to think too much. He walked to Xiao Yuan Xi and said loudly to the people inside and outside the yard, "My Xi'er also showed off her ugly face today. Everyone should have enjoyed themselves. It's not too early now. Today Let’s just break up.”
Next, there was naturally another period of war and chaos. Fortunately, the Yuan Mansion had enough servants to cope with so many guests.
But now, everyone looks at little Yuan Xi in a different way. Maybe the last poem had an element of luck, but today so many people saw little Yuan Xi composing a poem within seven steps. This was witnessed with their own eyes. See you.
Therefore, Xiao Yuan Xi's reputation as a child prodigy is now completely confirmed. I believe that with the publicity of those present today, Xiao Yuan Xi's reputation will be even higher.
After all the guests had left, little Yuan Xi and his son were about to leave, and Yuan Wei didn't say much. He just took a deep look at little Yuan Xi and said, "You are indeed my good grandson. I, Yuan What a lovely Qilin I have." Then he went in.
And little Yuan Xi also stepped on the carriage home with a lot of exhaustion. After all, he had just been drunk and had done a lot of mental work. After a while, he fell asleep in the car.
Little Yuan Xi and Yuan Shao, father and son, were sitting in the carriage. It didn't take long for little Yuan Xi to wake up. The wheels outside made a clicking sound on the bluestone.
But neither of the two people in the car spoke. The car was very quiet, and the silence made little Yuan Xi feel depressed.
But despite this, little Yuan Xi still didn't dare to speak, because little Yuan Xi always felt that he still couldn't see through this father, and always felt that he was not as mediocre as he usually behaved.
Although this is the impression he usually gives people, Xiao Yuan Xi believes in his feelings.
Listening quietly to the sound of wheels outside, little Yuan Xi felt so depressed that she was about to cry. Just when little Yuan Xi could no longer hold on, the carriage finally stopped and it turned out that they had arrived home.
Little Yuan Xi only felt that he breathed a sigh of relief in Xinli. He quickly jumped out of the carriage as if to run away. Because he was in a hurry, he didn't see his father behind him, looking at his young child with smiling eyes. figure.
Soon Yuan Shao stopped smiling and got out of the carriage. He looked at little Yuan Xi who had already gotten off the car and was standing beside the carriage. So he put his hands behind his back and said to him, "Xier, you are tired today, so go early." Go back and rest.”
Just when little Yuan Xi thought he had finished speaking, Yuan Shao said to him as if he suddenly remembered, "Xier did a good job today." Then he asked little Yuan Xi to go back to rest.
Although it was just a faint compliment, little Yuan Xi was still very happy. Although he tried his best to suppress it, a trace of joy could not be seen in the corner of his eyes. No matter how talented little Yuan Xi was, he still had feelings. He gave Yuan Shao a gift and left. Go to your own courtyard.
