Oriole Line

Hua, actually stopped the king from going in. "Zhou Ya seldom sees Zhou Yu once, because Zhou Yu's biological mother has a low status and never intervenes in Jiankang's power struggle, so Zhou Ya is very relieved of him.

"Gu...Gu brought the invitation. Since the two...both younger brothers...are here, then...then let's go in together." Yan also came.Because it was the first time Pu Chen saw the princes, he couldn't help but take a second look, and he understood in his heart that it's no wonder that in Jiankang City, the voice of abolishing the prince and establishing the king of Chu is so loud.The king of Chu and the prince stood together, and the contrast was too obvious.The King of Chu was eight feet long, with a majestic appearance, covered in fine clothes, and the attendants around him were all dragons and phoenixes among men.The crown prince Zhou Yan was half a head shorter than the king of Chu, with a dull expression and a gloomy complexion. The wide-sleeved cannon on his body seemed particularly unsuitable, and he felt indescribably trivial. He stuttered, and he could not see the nobility of the royal family at all. Even the attendants around him seemed to be infected with the prince's bad luck, and they were all downcast.

Duke Yuanhua's disciples saw that the princes had come with invitations, so they stopped blocking, and several princes filed in, and the meeting suddenly became lively.

"Tsk tsk, what did the owner think before?" Tang Yu was blunt, thinking that his father had never agreed to abolish the prince when he was alive. Now that he saw the prince and the king of Chu himself, he couldn't understand why Pu Yang insisted on supporting the prince. I heard that the crown prince's biological mother is from the Xie family of Chenjun, how could she be so stupid..."

"Hush." ​​Pu Chen made a silent gesture, Tang Yu quickly shut up, and stood behind Pu Chen respectfully.If the selection of the prince is based on appearance and bearing, then why have there been so many battles for imperial power throughout the ages?Pu Chen's eyes moved with the three princes. Zhou Yu used to sit next to Pu Chen, but now that the crown prince and the king of Chu had arrived, he and Pu Chen nodded, and then sat on the top seat with the crown prince and the king of Chu.

At this time, all the guests had arrived, and everyone's eyes were more or less lingering at the three princes.The crown prince Zhou Yan sat in the middle, but he was like a clay sculpture, dull and reticent; the king of Chu was sitting on the left hand seat, sharing cups with all the guests, like a fish in water; the Dai Wang on the right hand side was indifferent, looking at Pu Chen from time to time Raise your glass from a distance.

After waiting for half an hour, Duke Yuanhua still didn't show up.The King of Chu was dissatisfied with Duke Yuanhua's disciples: "Since Duke Yuanhua personally commented on the Yuedan review this time, why hasn't the gentleman shown up yet?"

The disciple looked calm and said: "The teacher has his own arrangements, please be at ease and don't be impatient, my lord."

After a stick of incense, I saw an older disciple walking slowly from the depths of the bamboo forest, holding a tray with three kits in his hand.He bowed to the crowd and said: "The teacher has learned that the three princes are here today. The three princes are from noble backgrounds. The teacher is a grassroots person, so he dare not make rash comments. Therefore, he took a divination for each of the three princes. , and the hexagrams are placed in the kit." After speaking, he handed over the kit to the three princes.

It is said that I dare not make any comments, but it is just a comment in another way.Everyone was curious, but it was inconvenient to pry into the contents of the kits in the hands of the princes, so they had to watch the expressions of several people.I saw Dai Wang's expression was as usual, and he put the kit in his sleeve after just one glance.The prince's complexion was gloomy, and when he glanced at the kit, his dull eyes seemed to be even more confused, his lips were pale, and he was murmuring something.Only the king of Chu made the most noise, he threw the bag on the ground viciously and said, "It's unreasonable, huh!"

The guest on one side hurriedly picked up the kit of the king of Chu, and saw that the hexagram inside said: "The hexagram of the big Guo, the upper lake and the lower tree, the image of the flood, and the great ominous." The guest was familiar with the Book of Changes, and explained: " The Big Guo hexagram means that the yang energy is too strong, things are upside down, and there is a danger of catastrophe, which is not a good omen!"

7, 7.

The guests present were whispering.King Chu's ambitions are well known in Jiankang, especially since the beginning of the year, all government orders have come from the King of Chu, it seems that it is reasonable for the King of Chu to replace the crown prince.At this moment, he suddenly got such an ominous hexagram, no wonder the king of Chu walked away in a huff.Qi Yan raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Where is Duke Yuanhua?"

After all, Qi Yan was the commander of the Northern Army of the Forbidden Army. As soon as he said this, all the servants of the Forbidden Army around him drew their swords.Duke Yuanhua's disciple was shocked and said, "What is the fault of the teacher?"

"Bewitching words to confuse the crowd, cursing the prince, he should be bound." Qi Yan's eyes were cold.

"No!" "Yuanhua Gong can't be hurt!" All the guests talked a lot.Qi Yan was unmoved, the king of Chu was inconvenient to stay due to his identity, but Qi Yan had to justify the name of the king of Chu at the meeting, otherwise, the matter of Duke Yuan Hua occupying the hexagram for the king of Chu would be very unfavorable to Chu. Wang's remarks.

With Qi Yan's gesture, the imperial army began to scatter and search, and the swords they swung hissed in the air, the autumn wind was rustling, and the swords were cold.

The guests present held their breaths and stared, not daring to move rashly.Suddenly, the sound of a guqin came, clanging like a sudden wind and rain, and suddenly, as cold as a spring on a rock.For a moment, both the guests and the imperial guards stopped, as if being led into the sound of the piano by the piano player, as if they were lost.The sound of the piano flows through the bamboo forest, and finally merges with the sound of the wind and the sound of falling leaves.

At the end of the song, everyone followed the prestige and saw that the sound of the piano came from a carriage at the entrance of the bamboo forest.After a long time, the curtain was slightly opened, and a young man got out of the car, wearing a moon-white robe and a lake-green belt, with a face like a full moon and a smile on his face.He was very courteous, showed the invitation card, walked towards Qi Yan politely, and said with a smile: "Brother, the symposium is a place for scholars to discuss freely, so please don't hurt your kindness."

Pu Chen saw that this man had an extraordinary bearing, although he was young, he had a natural willfulness, and the toga and long sleeves complemented each other perfectly.

"Why is this man called Qi Yan'Big Brother'?" Tang Yu muttered aside.

Pu Chen was not familiar with Jiankang scholars, and he was wondering in his heart. He only heard a burst of laughter from the depths of the bamboo forest. An old man with white hair came forward with a bamboo stick and said loudly: "It's rare that Sijun came from Guangling. The Sijun qin art passed down from generation to generation is undoubtedly the number one in the world, and I am fortunate to hear it today, and it is indeed so."

"Sir." "Duke Yuanhua." The surrounding guests and disciples hurriedly stood up to greet him.Duke Yuanhua nodded slightly to the surroundings, and went straight to the young man who had just played the piano.

That young man was Qi Dai, a well-known scholar in Wu County, the second son of Prime Minister Qi Chen.Of course Puchen knew the name of Qi Dai from Guangling Academy. Qi Dai, whose style name was Sijun, dominated the literary world with his "Guangling Fu" just after his weaker years.Qi Dai's prose is based on qi, and Qi Dai's prose is secondarily gorgeous in diction, and the most important thing is his clear and stern writing style. He is a rare literati among Jiankang scholars that Pu Chen appreciates.

Qi Dai bowed deeply to Duke Yuan Hua, and said with a smile: "My brother disturbed the gentleman's talk meeting, I hope you will be calm."

Qi Yan cast a glance at Qi Dai. His younger brother has been the apple of his eye since he was a child. He wrote poems at the age of three and wrote essays at the age of five. He was already famous in the literary world when he was a teenager.Although the Qi clan is powerful in Jiankang, Qi Dai, a scholar in Nanjing, has always been convinced by his literary talent.Qi Chen also wholeheartedly hoped that he could become an official as soon as possible, relying on his reputation among scholars to consolidate the power of the Qi family.However, Qi Dai made it clear very early on that he had no intention of becoming an official. Qi Yan loved and hated his younger brother. He was amazed at his talent, but also resented his unwillingness to contribute to the family, and even Jiankang seldom set foot.Seeing him here suddenly at this moment, I was very surprised.

Qi Yan snorted coldly: "The king of Chu is a nobleman of the royal family. Duke Yuanhua is good at evaluating personnel. The king of Chu came here admiringly. If he doesn't want Duke Yuanhua, he curses. How can we tolerate it?"

Duke Yuanhua was noncommittal, with an unpredictable expression, and gently stroked his white beard with his hands.

Qi Dai smiled and said: "Brother doesn't know something, the 64 hexagrams were created by King Wen, exhausting all phenomena in the world. Judging from the hexagrams, although there are auspicious, moderate and evil, it is too superficial to use this as a conclusion. Everything in the world, It’s not that good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. It looks like a big disaster, but there may be a turning point behind it. It looks like a good fortune cooked by a raging fire, but disaster may not come. According to my humble opinion, the big demerit hexagram obtained by the king of Chu is too much. The hexagram image, but profit and loss are impermanent, this is a natural principle, as long as there is something to do, it will be beneficial."

Yuanhua Gong smiled when he heard the words.

Qi Yan didn't know what to do, so he asked: "What does it mean to have something to gain?"

Qi Dai replied: "It is inappropriate to come and not to go. Power and benefit are the same. If you benefit from others, you also need to benefit from others. If you gain power from others, you also need to give power to others. Only in this way can you communicate with others, The world is at peace."

"Hahaha, that's exactly the case. I don't dare to curse the king of Chu, and this hexagram is not a bad hexagram. Just remember that what you have done will benefit you, and everything can be solved." Yuan Hua said.

As a result, Qi Yan couldn't embarrass Duke Yuanhua any more. He glanced at Qi Dai with complicated eyes, thinking that his younger brother would use this to give birth to the desire to become an official?If he is willing to work hard for the King of Chu, why not worry about his success?Thinking of this, Qi Yan felt a little relieved, and took his farewell with the imperial army, and hurried back to the palace to return to his orders.

After listening to Qi Dai's interpretation of the hexagrams, Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the seat, thought to himself that this person is indeed a great talent, and he is by no means a person who has a reputation for nothing.The king of Chu is about to move now, but his reputation is not right, and it is not good to forcibly seize power.It's better to follow Qi Dai's words, delegate power to others, win the name of a virtuous king, and sooner or later he will be able to win the throne smoothly, but I don't know if he will listen to it or not.Thinking about it again, thinking that the king of Chu was pampered and domineering since he was a child, Zhou Yu couldn't help shaking his head, and took out his hexagram with great interest, which read: Zhongfu hexagram, soft inside but hard in the middle, auspicious.I don't know if this hexagram Qi Dai will meet again