Chapter Forty-One
In another Zhuangzi not far away, two crabapple plants were planted under the hall. At this time, the flowering period was just right, and they bloomed very gorgeously. They were dark red and light pink, like a woman's heavy makeup. It's the end of the day, the sun casts its shadow on the stone steps, the wind blows the leaves, and the shadows of the trees dance.
Several princes and young masters sat in the hall, lying down, sitting, eating tea with melon seeds, all out of shape, and some leaning on the grand teacher's chair with their legs crossed, while fighting crickets, they asked: " Brother Pei, you asked us to come all the way from Beijing, do you have a regulation?"
Those who knew the matter hurriedly said: "Yes, let's talk about it."
Those who didn't know: "What regulations? Brother Pei What are you going to do? Why don’t I know?”
“It’s really a child without a mother, it’s a long story,” someone else explained to him with a smile: “Brother Pei took a fancy to a little beauty and wanted to make friends with her. Played truant and squatted at the entrance of Mingyuan, and I don’t know how many times Madam Hou beat me, but I didn’t say a word to the beauty.”
The man was taken aback: “Hey, whose lady is it? Brother Pei is really too miserable Right?"
"The family of Li's family is that Li Xingzhi's cousin, what's her name? Zhizi? Or Zhizhi? In short, brother Pei has been coveting her for a long time. A few days ago, I saw Li Xingzhi asking someone about Bei I just found out that his cousin was going to play in this mountain because of the matter of Pingshan Zhuangzi, so I came here on purpose, just thinking of meeting a beautiful woman."
The man fighting crickets smiled and said, "Brother Pei, what's your name? Dog bites Bastard, there is no place to talk."
Everyone laughed and laughed: "Brother Pei can't do it."
"Shut up if you can." Seeing the topic getting more and more unseemly, Pei Yanchuan scolded angrily: "What kind of dog bites bastard , who is the dog? Who is the bastard? How many of you are there?"
"Okay, okay," someone smoothed things over: "Don't make brother Pei anxious, let the dog bite you tomorrow."
Everyone was joking around, and the hall was filled with a happy atmosphere, until the topic was finally brought back by the one fighting the cricket: "Brother Pei invited a few brothers to come today, just to let everyone give advice on how to meet that beautiful woman by chance. Hug a beautiful woman back, Young Master Zhang, I heard that you are always bragging, and your confidante can't count on your hands, so you must be very resourceful, what can you do for Brother Pei?"
That young master thought for a while, and said: "Give it to her." Money?"
Immediately there were boos, and one laughed and scolded: "That's a way to deal with prostitutes, she is a serious lady, unless you move the treasury here." Someone suggested: "Then find a matchmaker to come and propose
marriage Well, going straight, wouldn't it be easy?"
Everyone shook their heads: "It's not interesting, what if the beautiful woman refuses? Then Brother Pei won't have another chance in the future?"
A group of people discussed for a long time, and this idea, That one was refuted, and everyone insisted on their own opinions, and almost didn't quarrel on the spot. After hearing it, Pei Yanchuan felt extremely disappointed. He had never done this kind of thing. The masters in the middle school, but they are all ostentatious.
It is said that the three cobblers are the best Zhuge Liang, and suddenly one person said: "Then write poems, don't those delicate ladies like to recite poems and compose poems? Let Brother Pei compose a poem and give it to that beautiful lady. Dao Ming's intentions, could it be that she fell into the eyes of a beautiful woman?"
When everyone heard this, they all felt that it was reasonable, Pei Yanchuan listened here for a long time, and felt that this idea was the only one that was more reliable, but there was a problem, brother Dou Cricket asked "Brother Pei can compose poetry?"
As soon as these words came out, the air was silent for a moment, and someone slowly said, "Write a doggerel?
" |Grandfather was born as a general, and he didn't know a single word. He fought in the north and south, and made great contributions. He was named a prince. Later, his father was also a general, and now his brother is also the same. , even if his mother chased and scolded her with a feather duster, it was useless.
Letting him compose poems is better than beating him up.
At this moment, the bamboo curtain at the door was suddenly lifted from the outside, and a handsome young man with a face like a crown jade appeared at the door. He was wearing a dark blue uniform, sitting on a wheelbarrow, with phoenix eyes smiling, The red sandalwood Buddha beads on the wrist reflected the faint skylight, looked at the crowd and said: "It's really lively, it seems that I'm late.
" The smile gradually solidified, but no one dared to speak. The brother of Dou Cricket kept looking at Pei Yanchuan with his eyes, as if he wanted to grab his neck and shake him to question him.
Didn't it mean there were only a few of them? Why did the prince come here?
Pei Yanchuan was also a little confused, but when he saw Xu Tingfeng pushing Xiao Yan in, he hurried forward to salute: "I have seen His Royal Highness."
Xiao Yan waved his hand casually, and said, "I'm free today, so I stopped by to sit for a while. I just listened outside. You guys are chatting and laughing, it's very lively, what happened?"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, many of them had been with Pei Yanchuan all year round, and had had drinks with His Highness the Crown Prince a few times, so they boldly said: "Brother Pei has someone he likes, invite me Give him some advice."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Pei Yanchuan: "Which beauty?" At
this point, Pei Yanchuan had nothing to hide, so he simply said: "Your Highness probably saw it before, it was Li The young lady of the mansion, the one who has a good relationship with the seventh princess and His Highness the eldest princess."
"Li Zhizhi?" Xiao Yan was really surprised, and said, "Why do you like her?"
Pei Yanchuan blushed suddenly , touched his nose, and said vaguely: "At the spring outing banquet, the first time I saw it... I thought it looked good."
He remembered that day under the tassel tree, the flowers fell like snow, and the girl's eyebrows were exquisite and beautiful. The long eye feathers trembled like the wings of a butterfly, which was indescribably beautiful.
"So that's how it is," Xiao Yan nodded slightly, recalling Li Zhizhi, that face was indeed very beautiful, especially those eyes, which were clear and clear, with an innocence that could confuse people, young and Mu Shaoai, Pei Yanchuan It is indeed normal to be attracted to her, if not for...
When he recovered from his stupor, he heard that Pei Yanchuan's cronies were already discussing how to write a poem. Pei Yanchuan grabbed the pen and thought hard before he wrote a sentence. The people next to him pointed out: "This sentence is too straightforward. I'm afraid it will be an abrupt beauty."
Pei Yanchuan had no choice but to cross it out, rewrite a sentence, and then said humanely: "This is too subtle, the crabapple flowers are beautiful, what does it have to do with your liking for that beauty?" Brother Dou Cricket
retorted : "This is called using things to describe people. Praising that girl is more beautiful than Huajiao. What the hell do you know? You can
write poems even if you get C grades every time you write an article?" It’s like grade C.”
“I really don’t get as many grade C as you.”
“You——”
“Okay!” Pei Yanchuan was so annoyed that he crumpled the ball of paper, sighed, and said unhappily "You guys want to go out and fight, and His Royal Highness is still here, it's really insulting."
Xiao Yan just smiled and said nothing, Pei Yanchuan thought of something, and suddenly asked him: "Does Your Highness have any good ideas?
" Out, everyone shut their mouths, looked at Xiao Yan with burning eyes, pricked up their ears and waited quietly, Xiao Yan was really stunned for a moment, and did not answer immediately, Pei Yanchuan said discouragedly: "I haven't heard that His Highness has someone in mind, that's all, just think about it." You have nothing to do."
Fu picked up his pen again, and continued to think about his two crooked poems, and it was true as he said, Xiao Yan has never considered the affair of a man and a woman since he grew up, and no woman can do it. It especially attracted his attention and interest, except for Li Zhizhi before.
But people are competitive, even His Royal Highness is no exception. If you have never eaten pork, how can you see a pig running? How can a man of seven feet be underestimated in such a matter? Especially for a stunned young man like Pei Yanchuan.
Xiao Yan narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and said: "I just feel that the matter of showing love is nothing more than a game at its root."
Hearing this, Pei Yanchuan was stunned: "What is a game? I would like to hear the details. "
All the people in the hall pricked up their ears, held their breath, and waited to hear His Highness the Crown Prince's high opinion on matters of love, what if it is useful in the future?
Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Xiao Yan was still calm and composed, tapped his fingertips on the handrail of the wheelbarrow, and said slowly: "Just like when two armies are fighting, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, fighting with the soldiers is the bottom, and fighting with the heart is the top." "
Although Pei Yanchuan didn't like to read since he was a child, he read many military books, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and some others were puzzled, so he asked modestly: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is siege, what is attacking the heart? Xiao
Yan explained calmly: "For example, if you give a lot of money or power to force the other party to submit to you, this is a siege." Everyone suddenly realized,
Xiao Yan continued to point out Jiangshan: "Attacking the heart requires patience and caution, step by step, and slow down. Take it easy until the other party takes the initiative to let go of their defenses and reveal their sincerity, then it is considered a complete victory."
Everyone seemed to understand, but Pei Yanchuan scratched his nose and asked cautiously: "Then, Your Highness, what should I do now? Do you still want...to write poetry?"
Xiao Yan's phoenix eyes seemed to be smiling but not a smile, and he coaxed: "What is the fourth strategy of Sun Tzu's Art of War?"
Pei Yanchuan said without hesitation: "Let's wait for work."
Xiao Yan said: "Of course poetry still needs to be written. However, you can follow what Gu Zhi said."
Having said that, Pei Yanchuan folded up the letterheads he had prepared, and he couldn't help hesitating: "Is this really useful?"
Xiao Yan said confidently: "At least there is a 90% chance of winning "
Pei Yanchuan couldn't help showing a smile on his face, but the problem came again, he was a little embarrassed: "Who will deliver this letter?" He
looked around, and all his friends took a step back in unison, apparently unwilling to accept it. This errand, one explained: "Don't look at me, Brother Pei, I've never met that Miss Li of yours before."
The other also hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't either, Brother Pei, I stutter when I see a girl, I can’t even speak, so don’t embarrass you.”
The brother of Dou Cricket said with a hippie smile: "I was born so handsome, the jade tree is facing the wind, and Pan An is reborn. If Miss Li accidentally fell in love with me, wouldn't I be sorry, Brother Pei?
" : "Why don't you tie this letter to an arrow, and brother Pei shoots an arrow in front of that lady, wouldn't it be wonderful."
Finally, Pei Yanchuan's eyes fell on Xiao Yan, the meaning was obvious, Xiao Yan thought for a while, Stretching out his hand to him, he said, "Gu help you bring it to her."
Pei Yanchuan was overjoyed, and quickly presented the letter, saying, "Then thank you, Your
Highness
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" Help your brother chase his wife.
Who said that chasing after a brother is not a kind of chasing?
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