Miss Wei smiled when she heard this and said: "Teacher, why don't you live in Xinjing? I will prepare delicious food for you every day. Dad recommended it to the emperor before you came to Xinjing and wanted you to be the Wenshan of our Zheng Kingdom." Academy Master, the emperor also agreed. Dad knew that you were in Xinjing today. He was originally going to come to receive you in person. However, he has not returned home since he was sent away by the emperor last night. This morning he I specially sent someone from the palace to send me a message asking me to receive you well."
"Sister Wei, did something happen in the palace? My father was called away by someone from the palace last night and he hasn't come home yet!" The girl named Qianru asked in shock.
"Hey, don't you know, I heard that Mr. Chen Fu Ma...!" Guan Weigang wanted to show off, but Miss Wei's face darkened and she gave him a fierce look. Guan Wei was so frightened that he quickly turned around What he wanted to say was swallowed hard.
Miss Wei's expression quickly returned to normal, and she served the dishes from the tray as if nothing had happened. However, the speed of serving the dishes was much faster, but her mouth was not idle, "Teacher, this is Deweilou's signature dish, goose soup, this The restaurant chef's specialty is fried cloves, and this golden roe deer leg, braised Linghe carp...!" As Miss Wei speeded up her skills, Chen Xiaomu and others were dazzled. In the blink of an eye, ten hot dishes and six cold dishes were served. , just listening to the names of the dishes reported by Miss Wei, Chen Xiaomu felt that the dishes on the table were expensive.
Finally, Miss Wei took a black wine jar from the waiter and introduced it to Mr. Duan, "Teacher, this jar of wine is tribute wine from the palace of Chu State. The name of the wine is Chu Liuxiang. This wine is the same as the original Chen Fu Ma Ye" The imperial wine given by the Emperor of Chu to Marshal Han Fei of the Chu army, which was seized when the Chu army's camp was flooded in Tianquan County, was clear in quality and left a fragrant aroma in the mouth. The emperor was grateful for his father's meritorious service in escorting him, so he specially gave two jars of it to his father. , when dad heard that you were coming a few days ago, he wanted to get drunk with you with this wine. This morning, he also told the messenger to tell me, let me bring this wine over for you to taste! "
"Haha, I haven't seen my old friend in nearly ten years. I didn't expect him to still remember my habit of eating and drinking without food!" Mr. Duan said, stroking his beard and laughing.
Miss Wei wiped off the mud seal on the wine jar and filled a bowl for Mr. Duan with her own hands. The wine was clear and full but not overflowing. The whole room was suddenly filled with a faint aroma of wine. Mr. Duan closed his eyes and used his nose first. He took a gentle sniff on the wine bowl, and a look of enjoyment immediately appeared on his face. He then took a small sip along the edge of the bowl, letting the wine swirl around in his mouth before slowly swallowing it. He nodded and sighed: "It's really a good wine. Chu Liuxiang is a well-deserved wine. It seems that the rumor that the Chu country produces good wine is true!"
"Teacher, I would like to offer you a bowl first." Miss Wei handed the wine jar to Jian Wei and picked up the wine bowl in front of Mr. Duan and said.
"Haha, okay, okay!" Mr. Duan took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, laughing and saying: "Have a good time, you can't keep good wine to yourself, let's drink together, right?"
Several people at the table were already salivating due to the aroma of wine. After hearing Mr. Duan's greeting, they all picked up the wine bowl in front of them, drank it all in one gulp or sipped it in small sips. Chen Xiaomu scolded his father-in-law in his heart. Unfairly, when I got good wine in the Chu army camp, I didn’t know how many jars to give to myself, a great hero. I picked up the wine bowl and took a sip first. However, the wine smelled like it was not very strong, but the taste was not good when I drank it. It was light. At first, based on his taste, he thought the wine would be at least thirty or forty degrees, but now he felt that it was about the same degree as the red wine of later generations, at most fifteen or sixteen degrees.
Seeing everyone applauding after putting down the wine bowl, only Chen Xiaomu looked at the remaining wine in the wine bowl in confusion after taking another sip of wine. Mr. Duan asked curiously, "Is this wine not to Mr. Chen's taste?" "
Chen Xiaomu just nodded subconsciously, looked up and saw everyone looking at him busy and shook his head. Mr. Duan looked at the crowd and smiled and said: "Wine and poetry are my favorites in my life. Today I will come up with a topic. Let's pair poetry with wine. How about a wine poetry party?"
When Mr. Duan mentioned his idea, almost everyone agreed, because everyone knew it well. As long as they have read books, they can shake their heads after Mr. Duan. Who can't make up a few lines of poetry, no matter how good it is. No matter what, it’s just poetry. Maybe I can use this opportunity to get some advice from Mr. Duan, a famous teacher in the world, with some snacks! "
Chen Xiaomu and Guan Wei were the only two people at the table who remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. Chen Xiaomu was thinking, you old cunning guy, my poems are for sale, at least the starting price for each poem is fifty. Two pieces of silver, and now you want to use a glass of light wine to cheat me out of this poem. I will not suffer this loss! But Guan Wei's idea is much simpler. I don't even know a few words, and he still writes nonsense poems. If I were really capable, that little bitch Li Jia would still be able to escape from my grasp! "
Seeing Chen Xiaomu and Guan Wei, one staring at the wine bowl in a daze, and the other lowering his head and playing with his fingers, Miss Wei became so angry that she kicked Guan Wei hard under the table with her toes.
"Ouch!" Guan Wei couldn't help but cry out when he felt the pain. Mr. Duan quickly waved his hand to Miss Wei and said, "If Mr. Guan doesn't want to participate in our wine and poetry party, just let him do it! Then he glanced at Chen Xiaomu and said with a smile: “Since it’s a poetry and wine party, let’s set some rules, okay? "
This time, everyone except Chen Xiaomu agreed.
''Well, let's listen to this poem first! Mr. Duan pondered for a moment, then read slowly: "The luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink, play the pipa immediately. Jun Moxiao is lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times."
This time, everyone, including Chen Xiaomu, was stunned. Even Guan Wei, a playboy who didn't know a few Chinese characters, started to breathe quickly. After a while, Miss Wei asked tremblingly, with a little starlight in her eyes, " Teacher, is this your latest masterpiece? This poem can really be called an eternal quatrain and has been passed down through the ages!"
To Miss Wei's surprise, Mr. Duan shook his head and said, "This poem was given to me by Qin Prime Minister Gao Jianli along with the two couplets just now when I was a guest at the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago!"
"That must have been done by Prime Minister Gao recently!" Miss Wei said with a pious look.
"Not yet," Mr. Duan said with a smile, "At that time I thought it was written by Prime Minister Gao, but later I heard that Prime Minister Gao said that they got this poem and the four absolutes from a scholar in distress on their way to Chen Guo to propose marriage. The first couplet!"
"Ah!" Mr. Duan's words shocked Miss Wei and others. It was really unbelievable that a scholar in trouble could have such an amazing talent. After a while, Miss Wei calmed down her excitement and said, He couldn't wait to ask, "Teacher, what is this scholar's surname? What is his name? Where does he live? If we send someone out to search now, can we find this person?"
"This poem and the couplet were not written by this scholar, so why are you looking for him?" Mr. Duan said humorously.
Miss Wei's face turned red when she heard this, and she asked doubtfully, "Teacher, whose hand was this poem and the couplet written by?"
Mr. Duan let out a long sigh, "This is the reason why I came to Zheng in a hurry. This poem and the couplet were both written by this scholar's teacher, Chen Xiaomu, the sixth prince of Chen and currently the consort of Zheng!"
Miss Wei and others were surprised, "Teacher, no wonder you asked me to contact Princess Qingfeng's Mansion when we met today to visit Mr. Chen Fu. At that time, I thought you were old acquaintances?"
However, Miss Wei changed her voice and added: "Teacher, as far as I know, this Chen Fu Ma Ye is a military general. In terms of arranging troops, it is estimated that except for Gao Jianli of the Qin State, there is no opponent in the world's military generals. To say this There is no doubt that the poem and the couplet were not written by him, maybe he got it by chance!"
"That's true." Mr. Duan nodded lightly, "Just ask him when I visit him at the princess's residence later. I believe he will not take advantage of others' beauty, and will definitely tell the origin of this poem and the couplet. .”
"Teacher," Miss Wei said with an embarrassed look on her face, "I'm afraid there will be inconvenience at Princess Qingfeng's Mansion these two days. Do you want to go visit us again after some time?"
"Oh," Mr. Duan put down the chopsticks in his hand when he heard this, looked at Miss Wei and asked, "Isn't Prince Consort Chen not in Xinjing?"
Miss Wei hesitated and said: "That's not true."
"Is it because he doesn't want to see me?" Mr. Duan asked again.
Miss Wei gritted her teeth, sighed, and said, "Teacher, to tell you the truth, Prince Consort Chen was kidnapped by some people in the world last night!"
"Ah!" Mr. Duan was shocked and couldn't help shouting: "Where are the guards around Consort Chen?"
"I don't know what happened." Miss Wei lowered her head and said softly.
"Hey..." Mr. Duan sighed heavily and fell silent. He had no intention of drinking anymore. The atmosphere on the table was eerily quiet for a while.
At this time, Chen Xiaomu stood up and smiled at Mr. Duan: "Mr. Duan, please tell me the rest of the first couplet. I will leave after finishing it! My friends should be here."
Mr. Duan raised his head and glanced at him silently, then said: "Feng Luo Wu Tong Wu Luo Feng."
As soon as Mr. Duan finished reading, everyone at the table looked up and stared at Chen Xiaomu. The most nervous one among them was Mr. Bai. He was even thinking in his heart, what if Chen Liu suddenly got mad. Not only can he get his own more than 10,000 taels of silver, but he can also regain his face.
As expected by Chen Xiaomu, this was one of the four first couplets he left to Lin Jin. From Mr. Duan's narration just now, he also roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter. It was just that Gao Jian left Chen Guo to propose marriage. I have to take the time to find Zhao Yiqiu and ask him what's going on! "
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu seemed to be in a daze, Mr. Bai began to relax little by little, and even made some sarcastic remarks, "Brother, who does this superior belong to? I have little knowledge and really can't understand."
"Oh" Chen Xiaomu came back to his senses and chuckled: "Actually, this is just an ordinary reply couplet."
"Haha, brother, that's not a small tone. It's absolute in the world. When it comes to your mouth, it will become an ordinary reply couplet!" Before Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, Mr. Bai pretended to be surprised and looked at Miss Wei. Bian shouted.
Miss Wei frowned slightly and stared at the wine bowl on the table, showing no sign of agreement. Mr. Bai felt bored and closed his mouth.
Chen Xiaomu glanced at Master Bai and said lightly: "Master Bai, try reading this first couplet backwards from end to end!" "
Mr. Bai couldn't help but move his lips when he heard this. He recited it silently and suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, why do the first couplet mean the same thing when read upright and backwards?"
Mr. Duan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, otherwise why would we call it a couplet? The difficulty this time is that the couplet can be read forward or backward, and the meaning of the couplet cannot be changed."
When Mr. Duan finished speaking, Chen Xiaomu added: "This first couplet is: Phoenix falls on the phoenix tree and the phoenix falls on the phoenix tree. Then my second line is right, the beads join the wall and the wall joins the beads."
"Okay!" As soon as Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, Mr. Duan patted the table and said hello. Without hesitation, he took out two banknotes and handed them to Chen Xiaomu. He said sincerely: "If Mr. Chen is willing to become an official, I would recommend it to you." He will not be lower than a third-rank official in our country of Dali."
Chen Xiaomu took the bank note and clasped his fists and smiled at Mr. Duan: "Thank you very much for the compliment, Mr. Duan. It's just that I'm used to being carefree and carefree, and I'm really annoyed by the red tape in the officialdom. Besides, I've adapted to the living habits of the north, and I'm not familiar with those in the south." Customs must be difficult to adapt to, so it is really difficult to obey.”
Mr. Duan sighed slightly, and said with a forced smile: "Everyone has his own ambitions, so don't do it by force. Now I have a request, I wonder if Mr. Chen can agree to it?"
"Let's talk about it. If possible, I would like to do my best." Chen Xiaomu said and sat down on the chair again.
"I wonder where Mr. Chen lives now. Can you leave his contact information so that I can visit him soon?"
"Is this it?" Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "Mr. Duan, I don't have a definite place to go yet. If you can settle down in the near future, how about I have someone go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to let you know?"
Mr. Duan was startled, with a look of disappointment in his eyes. How could he not recognize that this was a polite rejection? He was speechless for a moment.
"Brother Chen, did you just say you would write a poem for me?" Guan Wei warned Chen Xiaomu in a low voice, fearing that Chen Xiaomu would suddenly slap his butt and leave, and did not care about Miss Wei's presence.
Chen Xiaomu patted his forehead lightly when he heard this, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot about Xiongtai and Mr. Bai!" Then he asked, "Brother, what's the name of your sweetheart?"
Guan Wei blushed and took a peek at Miss Wei. She happened to see Miss Wei looking here with an angry face. He must have listened to Chen Xiaomu's words. Guan Wei hurriedly lowered his head and whispered: "She's called Li Jia."
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment and then read: "A beautiful woman came from afar, dancing in the wind. Her dark eyebrows were smiling, like a fairy in a painting.
"That's it, gone?" Guan Wei waited for a long time before asking in surprise, as if he still had something to say. He only thought the poem was very nice, but he couldn't tell what was good about it.
