Seeing this scene, the crowd sighed in succession, marvelling that such deep affection could exist among wild geese.
Jia Yu, witnessing this tragic and heroic spectacle, felt a surge of complex emotions. He picked up his brush once more and, after a moment of reflection, wrote on the paper: "I ask of the world, what is love, that it teaches one to pledge life and death?"
No sooner had he finished writing these lines than someone began to recite them aloud. Jia Yu’s poem was like a blockbuster, instantly becoming the focal point of the poetry gathering once again.
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