Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Dong Zhuo loved martial arts since he was young. He did not read much and could only barely recognize a few words.

When he was asked to set the questions, he was a little undecided.

He was proud of his status and didn't want to show weakness in front of the two men, so he could only pace back and forth in the hall, pretending to be thinking.

But this is not my forte. After pondering for a while, I still have no clue.

Just when he was at a loss, a man walked in from the door. He looked thin and had cold eyes. It was none other than Li Ru, his top strategist.

When Dong Zhuo saw this, he already had a plan in mind.

"Wenyou, you came just in time. We were just about to set up a test to test the talents of these two people, and you can just be a witness."

After Li Ru greeted Dong Zhuo, he also greeted Cai Yong. After a few brief inquiries, he found out that the young man in front of him was Liu Yu, who was known for his great talent.

He had been with Dong Zhuo for a long time, so he knew that literature was not Dong Zhuo's forte. He smiled and said, "Prime Minister, when Ru came here just now, he saw a very elegant scene in the courtyard. How about using this as a theme and letting the two of them write poems respectively, and the Prime Minister will judge them? Is that okay?"

Dong Zhuo pretended to hesitate for a moment and then said, "Let's follow Wenyou's advice."

When Liu Yu saw Li Ru coming and solving Dong Zhuo's embarrassing situation with just a few words, he couldn't help but praise him secretly in his heart.

He had some knowledge of the Three Kingdoms and naturally knew how powerful Li Ru was.

He was Dong Zhuo's most intelligent man, and could be said to have made every possible plan. Even Jia Wenhe, who could calculate people's hearts, was inferior to him.

He planned to depose and enthronize the Han emperor, move the capital to Chang'an, kill the young emperor, and subdue Lu Bu.

Cao Cao's assassination attempt failed, so he offered a knife instead. While Dong Zhuo was still hesitating, Li Ru pointed out the crux of the problem in just a few words.

"Cao has no wife or children in Beijing, and lives alone in his apartment. Now I have sent someone to summon him. If he comes without doubt, he is offering the knife; if he refuses to come, he must be plotting an assassination, and we can capture him and interrogate him."

Things turned out just as Li Ru had expected. After Cao Cao left the prime minister's residence, he fled for his life.

Later, when he moved to Chang'an, Li Ru set up an ambush in Xingyang to deal with the harassment of the Guandong Army. Later, Cao Cao's army went deep into the enemy's territory alone, but was defeated by Xu Rong who ambushed him. Cao Cao himself was almost killed, so other princes dared not to chase him.

Even when Wang Yun used the beauty trap later, he saw through it. He advised Dong Zhuo to send Diao Chan to Lu Bu to reassure him, but unfortunately Dong Zhuo did not listen. This led to Lu Bu and Wang Yun joining forces to kill Dong Zhuo.

It can be said that if Dong Zhuo had listened to Li Ru in everything, the outcome of the battle would be unknown.

You have to know that Dong Zhuo was in Chang'an at that time, holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, with sufficient money and food, the Hangu Fortress, and a brave general like Lu Bu leading the army. It can be said that he was very powerful.

Dong Zhuo led a few people and soon arrived at the scenery that Li Ru described.

Liu Yu looked up and saw rockeries and strange rocks in the distance, small bridges and flowing water nearby, green trees and red flowers, flowers, birds, insects and fish. Fish were swimming in the water, and mandarin ducks were playing in the water. It was a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water in spring.

Dong Zhuo was also very satisfied when he saw this scene. He smiled and looked at the two and said, "This is the best view. You two should write a poem based on this place and let's see who is better."

Liu Yu dared not say anything, he could only look at Cai Yong eagerly. Seeing Cai Yong smile slightly, he knew that he was also very satisfied with the scenery here.

Liu Yu smiled slightly and said, "Minister Cai, please."

Cai Yong did not refuse. He looked at the kingfisher and pondered for a moment. He already had the answer in his mind.

He smiled slightly and said:

"There is a pomegranate tree in the corner of the yard, with green leaves and red flowers.

Kingfishers gather from time to time, flapping their wings and shaping their appearance.

Looking back, the green color appears, and the shaky blue color appears.

Fortunately, I escaped from Yu's scheme and had the chance to visit the gentleman's court.

"Tame your heart and trust your parents, and both sexes will live a hundred years."

After finishing reading, he looked at Liu Yu, stroked his beard with one hand, and smiled calmly.

What a literary demeanor, full of elegance and freedom.

Liu Yu secretly pondered the meaning of this.

The pomegranate trees, kingfishers, green trees and red flowers in the scenery are all described, and the kingfisher is used as a metaphor for people, which elevates the entire theme and integrates the idea of ​​wanting peace and comfort in a chaotic world into this poem.

Good poem, it is indeed a good poem!

As soon as Cai Yong finished reading, Dong Zhuo asked, "What do you think of this poem?"

Li Ru pondered for a moment and said, "This poem by Minister Cai uses birds to describe people. It is truly a rare masterpiece."

Dong Zhuo laughed and said:

"We all know Bo Ji's talent. Since this is a masterpiece, it will surely be passed down to future generations."

Cai Yong said modestly: "Prime Minister, you are too kind."

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said, "I am not exaggerating. I really think so. Bo Ji, don't be too modest. Good, it is good."

After saying that, he looked at Liu Yu and said, "You also tell me, what do you think of Bo Ji's poem?"

After Liu Yu bowed, he smiled and said, "This poem by Minister Cai has beautiful words and profound ideas. It is indeed a good poem, just as the Prime Minister said. With this poem alone, Lord Cai can make a metaphor for thousands of years."

You educated people are really good at praising others. This little mouth is as if it has touched honey.

From what he says, he is not an uneducated person, but you should never, ever, boast about your talent.

Li Ru looked at the young man in front of him coldly, his eyes full of teasing.

The lofty ideas in Cai Yong's poem about kingfishers are beyond the reach of ordinary poetry.

Li Ru couldn't believe that a young man could produce a poem in such a short time that would surpass Cai Yong's.

As Li Ru expected, before the Prime Minister asked him to compose a poem, Liu Yu surrendered.

"I, Prime Minister, have great admiration for Lord Cai."

"Forget about this competition."

"Forget it." Dong Zhuo was still immersed in the praise of Cai Yong. When he heard Liu Yu's words, he suddenly realized, "You haven't written a poem yet, how can you just forget about it? This boy is too cunning and almost tricked me. You scholars are just too cunning."

Liu Yu felt a headache when thinking about the proposition poem. Others who traveled through time just recited a few poems and killed people indiscriminately, but when it was his turn, he had nothing but proposition poems to recite.

Alas, life is bitter!

The more anxious I got, the emptier my mind became. There was nothing I could do but continue begging for mercy.

"Yu is willing to admit defeat, Minister Cai is the one with the highest talent."

Dong Zhuo sneered: "Now that things have come to this, you want to admit defeat, that won't work."

"I'm telling you, if you can't do it today, I'll punish you for speaking nonsense."

The crime of making false statements must never be tolerated!

Cai Yong saw that Liu Yu was trying to shirk his responsibility. He knew that writing poetry required careful consideration of every word and sentence, and that he could not always come up with a fluent poem.

He always liked young talents. Whenever he saw a young man with talent, he would get along with him and help him become famous. The last person he loved so much was Cao Cao.

He had read the poem "Almost Drinking" and was very impressed by Liu Yu's talent and naturally did not want to embarrass him.

"Prime Minister, poetry and prose are minor arts, and cannot be considered serious."

"Besides, Yunqi is young, and the saying that he is extremely talented did not come from him."

"Look, let's just leave it at that."

"No, no, absolutely not." Dong Zhuo dragged his fat body and paced back and forth outside the hall. "It is precisely because it did not come from his mouth that such a matter cannot be dealt with so hastily."

"Bo Ji, can't you see? Someone is clearly using this young man to deliberately suppress your reputation."

Liu Yu secretly complained in his heart. After talking for a long time, in Dong Zhuo's mind, he was just a spear being used by others, no wonder he was holding on to him tightly.