Xu Miaojin quietly watched Zhu Zhi deal with the official documents. From time to time, she would pull out a book to read.
Some were decisive in killing, while others were especially merciful. The way each volume was handled was different, which could make Xu Miaojin distressed for a long time. However, in the end, there was only praise. The official documents approved by Zhu Zhi all had the same characteristic.
That was efficiency, to achieve the best results in the shortest amount of time.
Liaodong was a military town. A military town could not be delayed by other prefectures. It had to be decisive. This was a matter that tested one's ability. However, Zhu Zhi was able to handle every official business just right. His methods were shrewd and admirable.
Just like that, Zhu Zhi continued to grade from dawn to dusk. Zhu Zhi was like a machine that didn't know fatigue as he finished grading every document.
Xu Miaojin didn't disturb him anymore. She just quietly grinded the ink and flipped through the official documents. She moved the official documents that couldn't fit on the table to the bookshelf to organize them.
She had already realized the gap between her and Zhu Zhi. What she needed to do now was to slowly learn and chase after Zhu Zhi through little by little effort.
At night, Consort Liao gently pushed open the door and entered, carrying a mahogany lunch box.
Her movements were very gentle. She carefully took out a stack of cold shredded bamboo shoots, fried peanuts, and a pot of warm Liaodong iron from the lunch box. She placed them on the small table beside Zhu Zhi and then left quietly.
She knew that Zhu Zhi did not like to be disturbed when he was handling official business.
"You're a prince, how can dinner be so simple?”Xu Miaojin frowned slightly.
"His highness is also a human. Who told you that his highness has to eat a lot of fish and meat every meal?”Zhu Zhi poured a glass of liquor and drank it in one gulp."Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. As a vassal king, you should start anew with the people and give grace to the vassal states.”
"I didn't expect you to have some literary talent." Xu Miaojin chuckled.”
"Do you think this king is a wild donkey with a brain on a knife? When I was six years old, I was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. I studied under Mr. Liu Bowen of Qingtian. I read all seven lines.”Zhu Zhi's lips curled into a smile." I've heard that you're exceptionally intelligent and knowledgeable. You're the most talented woman in the capital. Let's have a duel. Do you dare?"”
"Fight what?" Xu Miaojin was also interested.
"You come up with the questions. If this king can't answer them, then this king loses.”Zhu Zhi said.
"Wangye, aren't you asking for defeat?”Xu Miaojin smiled, as if victory was already in her grasp.
In terms of military and experience, she was far inferior to Zhu Zhi.
But if she was a thesis author, how could Zhu Zhi compare to her?
"Come on, you set the questions."
Zhu Zhi continued to bury his head in the official documents, looking as if he did not care about this bet at all.
"Let's use the military as the topic. Can you write the lyrics?”Xu Miaojin chose to let Zhu Zhi win in the first round.
Liaodong was all about the military, this was the theme that Zhu Zhi was best at.
"The military song should sing the big sword ring, swearing to destroy the Hu slaves from the Jade Pass.”
Zhu Zhi only thought for a short while before he decisively said,"I only want to die for the country on the battlefield.”
Xu Miaojin was stunned. She seemed to see Zhu Zhi wielding a broadsword in the midst of a bloody storm, facing death with an indomitable will. He was filled with boundless boldness and the iron-blooded spirit of a soldier.
At the beginning of the first sentence, he brought Xu Miaojin to the frontier fortress with a heroic momentum and experienced the spirit of the majestic army.
During the Six Dynasties, there was an ancient poem describing a wife missing her husband who was out on an expedition. The first line was " Why should I be a big knife head?" The ring on the knife head had the same pronunciation as the word " return ", so the word " big knife head " was used as a metaphor for the word " return ".
" Should sing " was a confident and confident singing. Before going out to battle, one had the confidence to win. One must defeat the enemy and return home triumphantly. There was no sorrow or sorrow in the poem. There was only passion and heroism.
In the poem, since sacrificing oneself for the country and dying on the battlefield was the greatest honor in one's life, then there was no need to consider the issue of the corpse being buried. He used the word "why" and decided that he would not care about anything else as long as he sacrificed for the country. As for the burial of the corpse, it was not important.
Why would he need to return wrapped in a horse's leather?
What a domineering phrase!
Strong and powerful, sonorous and sonorous!
Xu Miaojin was already stunned. Her lips moved slightly, but she couldn't say what she wanted to say.
She lost. She lost to Zhu Zhi in just the first round.
"Then…use the word 'love' as the title and write a poem!”
Xu Miaojin felt immense pressure and no longer held back. She picked the topic that she thought was Zhu Zhi's weakness.
Zhu Zhi had been on the battlefield for a long time and had a deep understanding of the military.
However, how could Zhu Zhi decipher a poem with the theme of "love"?
In Xu Miaojin's heart, Zhu Zhi was a person who did not understand the feelings between men and women. This poem with the theme of "love" should be an unsolvable situation.
Indeed, Zhu Zhi frowned slightly, seemingly somewhat confused.
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, already feeling that Zhu Zhi was at his wit's end.
However, she did not know that Zhu Zhi was thinking about which song to copy.
There were too many poems related to " love ", and every one of them was a masterpiece. This really put Zhu Zhi in a difficult position.
However, Zhu Zhi quickly came to a conclusion.
Nalan.
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