After watching the melon field for a while, the sun came up, and it was hot on people, and they couldn't stand in the sun, so Xu Ping turned around and went back with the two. As soon as the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info entered the door, they heard the sound of silk and bamboo inside.

"I drank in a hurry at night, and slept with a pillow and a lamp. The wine is all light, the drunk soul is easy to wake up, the wind lifts the curtains, and the dream is broken and the clothes are restarted. Sleeplessly.

Regret the beginning, embroidery pavilion words are not too easy. When the day is coming, it is still hindered. It's even worse. The hotel spent its last few years. I want to be coquettish. There is a lonely guard, and there is always a leak, and this should also be secretly agreed. ”

After walking a few steps, you can hear the low and melodious singing voice of a courtesan.

Yan Shu and Ding Du glanced at each other, quickened their pace, and walked forward.

I saw that more than a dozen people had gathered under the pavilion by the pond, and I didn't know when they came. Two middle-aged officials stood in front of them, instructing the courtesans in singing.

Standing in front of them were the two great lyricists at this time, Liu Sanbian and Zhang Xian, and on the side, Ouyang Xiu and other young officials from the pavilion were watching. Liu Sanbian and Zhang Xian, together with Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang, were Jinshi in the eighth year of the Heavenly Sage, and they had a friendship of the same year, so they were called to come to Xu Ping's Mansion as guests today.

After Liu San became a jinshi, he served as the magistrate of Yuhang, and returned to Beijing to defend the election this time. Zhang Xian was in Xijing Henan Mansion and arrived in the capital with Ouyang Xiu, but he waited for a few months and did not wait for a suitable vacancy.

In his previous life, Xu Ping always believed that they all wrote words, and if they met another person who wrote words well, then they would definitely look at each other differently, and they might be introduced as confidants. At this time, the two famous lyricists were there, and Ouyang Xiu also had a lot of good works handed down, so he couldn't help but peek at Yan Shu to see if he would bring these people along.

I didn't want to, but I saw Yan Shu's face sinking like water, and he didn't look happy at all. Still not giving up, he said to him: "Bachelor, the two people who taught the courtesan to sing in front of me are both Jinshi in the eighth year of the Heavenly Sage, one is Liu Sanchang, and the other is Zhang Xian, who had a relationship with me many years ago. - Oh, by the way, the bachelor was there that day. ”

Yan Shu nodded, "um", and said nothing else.

Xu Ping was at a loss for a while, he didn't know who Yan Shu was angry with, it seemed that he was very interested when he looked at the watermelon field just now, why was he suddenly unhappy? It took a while to figure it out.

Although later generations are called poems and songs, this era is not, poems and texts are called together, and words are juxtaposed with songs. This is not only a difference in name, but more importantly, it represents a different status. Saying that a person is a writer represents a kind of appreciation and reverence, while saying that a person sings a little song means a very different thing.

Yan Shu also makes words, but it is just the leisure of the literati, basically all small orders, no slow words, and the meaning of the words is also elegant and full of charm. Liu Sanbian and Zhang Xianze are different, they are known for their slow words, and they often interact with female prostitutes in Qinglou, and most of the words they write involve the love affair between men and women, which is more popular than enough, and lacks elegance, Yan Shu naturally looks down on it.

This represents a different identity, a different realm, and not all lyrics can fill this gap.

When those people saw the three men coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute them. Yan Shu's status lies not in his small orders, but in his articles. As Yang Yi, Qian Weiyan and others gradually faded out of the stage, Yan Shu now represents the highest achievement of Shiwen, which is the capital of his life in the literary world. And he has no view of the portal, Yin Zhu, Ouyang Xiu and others oppose Shiwen's advocacy of ancient texts, and he appreciates and supports them the same.

The last to step forward was Zhang Xian and Liu Sanchang, who met the courtesy, and Liu Sanbian said: "Xiaguan left Beijing in the eighth year of Tiansheng, and today the candidates returned to the capital, which coincided with the grand event of Xu Zhi's mansion. When I was an official abroad, I made this song "Dream Back to Beijing", wrote some sad thoughts, felt something, and unconsciously let the courtesans sing it. ”

Yan Shu said expressionlessly: "Today coincides with a break from the house, Xu waits for a warm reception and invites all colleagues to come to his house for a party." It just so happened that the watermelons in the north grown at his home were ripe, and it was his intention to invite people to taste them. Those who came were all nobles in the court, the choice of the moment, for the sake of the face of the master's family, these smelting words and songs should not be sung today! ”

Hearing this, Liu Sanbian's face turned red and said yes again and again. Even Zhang Xian, who was on the side, also felt that his face was a little uncontrollable. Zhang Xian also made slow words, but it was not like Liu Sanchang, who almost never left the prostitute in the Qinglou.

Speaking of which, Liu San came from a famous family, some of his parents were already prominent in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and some were officials in the Taizong Zhenzong Dynasty, which is considered an official family. The eldest brother Liu Sanfu Tianxi was a jinshi in the second year, and the second brother Liu Sanjie was also a jinshi this year.

Liu Sanbian himself rarely has a literary name, but the road to the imperial examination is bumpy, because he is considered to be light and ineffective, he has fallen many times, until the eighth year of Zhongtian Sheng, and he was awarded Yuhang Zhi County. But he likes to get along with the Qinglou woman, but he can't change it, even if his political performance is passable, the reputation of Taiwan is very bad. This time I am a candidate to return to Beijing, and it is not easy to be able to be transferred to a big county magistrate again.

This kind of character, Yan Shu naturally knew his deeds for a long time, but as soon as they met, they sang Qinglou Yan here again, and their mood was bad. No matter how much people in the market like Liu Ci, this is not the case in Yan Shu's eyes.

Liu Sanbian and Zhang Xian stepped aside in a curt, Ding Du saw that the scene was a little stiff, and said to Yan Shu: "Didn't the bachelor get a good sentence just now?" Why not make a lyric and let the courtesan sing it, which is also a matter of grace. ”

Yan Shu's face softened at this time, and he asked Xu Ping to bring a pen and paper, and waved it on the table next to him, and wrote it in an instant. Straightened up and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and said loudly: "A few days ago, I occasionally got a good sentence, and I was not good for a few months, and I was often troubled. Just talking to Mr. Ding and Xu Zhizhi, Xu Beizhi said in response, and it turned out to be absolute, and it solved the blockage in my chest for several months. Meet today, I have to wait for this golden sentence, which is enough to comfort this trip! ”

After saying that, have someone hand the written words to the courtesan on the side and let them sing it.

"A new song and a glass of wine, last year's weather old pavilion. When does the sun set?

Helplessly, the flowers fell, and the familiar swallow returned. The small garden incense path wanders alone. ”

The pipa sounded, the tune was tactful and bright, and the courtesan spread her singing voice and sang the famous "Huanxi Sha", which has been passed down for thousands of years. Although this small order is not as varied as the slow word, it has a different charm.

Words are the words of a song, and a song must have a tune. Liu Sanbian's "Dream Back to Beijing" just now is a big stone tune, which pays attention to the romance and flow, and naturally has a charming atmosphere, so Yan Shu called it a beautiful song. "Huanxi Sha" is Zhonglu Palace, tactful and relaxed and bright, this is the song that should be played at this kind of gathering.

After singing the song, Ouyang Xiu looked at Xu Ping and tried to ask: "What the bachelor said just now is right, isn't it the sentence 'helpless flowers fall, déjà vu Yan returns'?" It's a forever absolute! ”

(Note: Liu Yongsong has no history, the deeds are unknown, and the book uses the Jinshi theory in the eighth year of Tiansheng, and it is generally believed that he is a Jinshi in the first year of Jingyou, because he was an official in Muzhou in the first year of Jingyou.) But it is also recorded that he served as Yuhang Zhixian before that, so it should be the eighth year of Tiansheng. Just say it, the reader understands. As for the name, judging from the names of the two brothers, his real name is Liu Sanchang, and the name change should be after Renzong's reprimand. Yan Shu didn't like it, this is the case in history, although Yan Shu also called him a virtuous, in fact, even Zhang Xian made fun of him. Also, Liu Yong should be four years older than Yan Shu and three years older than Zhang Xian, Yan Shu is a prodigy, and his age at that time was not very old. (To be continued.) )