Beauty and the Bodyguard

After all, the needs of both sides for forming an alliance are the same, and even Sima Zhongxiao is more urgent. Several members of the Liu family can come to Hongshang County, and no matter what they do, he must entertain them.

Lin Yi heard on the side and couldn't help but touch his chin, wondering if he should go back and see if there were peach trees in Jinjiang Dam. If not... Is it too late to plant them on site?

It feels good to brag for a while, and it feels good to brag all the time... I went astray!

You should be bragging, and you have to come back to it no matter what.

Liu Ziyu looked at Lin Yi with admiration. Sure enough, cousin Zhongda was omnipotent and omniscient!

He has been in Hongshang County for so many years and has heard of Jinjiang, but he didn't know that Jinjiang has such a beautiful place. When spring comes next year, he must go and see it with his cousin!

The people watching were all talking about it, not only about the Jinjiang Dam, but also about Lin Yi's second line.

It can be said that as soon as this second line came out, it shocked everyone instantly!

This couplet is completely consistent in terms of meter, artistic conception and mechanism, and it can be said to be flawless!

The five radicals on the left are all identical, none of them are the same as the first couplet and in the same order. The upper couplet is fire, metal, water, earth and wood, and the second couplet is wood, fire, gold, water and earth, implying the mutual growth of the five elements!

The upper and lower couplets are neat and neat, with profound artistic conception. Everyone can see the smoke lock, pond and willow. It is a beautiful picture of morning and dusk.

Although there is no specific painting of the Peach Blossom Jinjiang Embankment, everyone can picture a vibrant scene of spring in their minds, vividly and without hindrance!

One is gentle and graceful, the other is passionate and unrestrained. The two pictures form a sharp contrast, which is a perfect match!

"Master Zhongda's second couplet is excellent. It is perfect in terms of confrontation, artistic conception, and mechanism! The only flaw is the place name Jinjiang!"

The palace maid in charge of commenting smiled a little more, but she was no less serious: "The pond in the first couplet is a general term, and any pond anywhere can be substituted into it."

"But Jinjiang in Mr. Zhongda's second line is a specific place name and cannot correspond to the general name of pond. It can be said to be a failure!"

Sima Zhongxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, thinking that it would be fine if he failed!

Otherwise, if it were so perfect, his face as the eldest brother of the Sima family would really be lost!

If Sima Zhongda's second line also scores seven points or even less than seven points, that would be perfect!

Sima Zhongxiao had some luck in his heart, and even began to think about how to comfort Lin Yi hypocritically.

This kind of thing needs to be drafted in advance!

Unfortunately, before he finished typing his draft, the palace maid who reviewed it had already announced with a smile: "Except for the small flaw of Jinjiang, Master Zhongda's second couplet is perfect in other aspects, so this couplet can score nine points! "

Sima Zhongxiao's face suddenly stiffened - No, what do you mean?

I didn't hear it clearly. I'll give you a chance to reorganize the language!

At this moment, Sima Zhongxiao really even wanted to kill someone!

I am writing my manuscript to comfort Sima Zhongda. You told me that he got nine points?

Isn't it a big failure? With such a huge failure, is it appropriate to only deduct one point?

He was roaring crazily in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He was afraid that if he did, people would give an appropriate understatement, which would be embarrassing.

What's more, this is the royal palace of the Long Kingdom. No matter how dissatisfied Sima Zhongxiao is, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous!

As soon as the high score of nine came out, the audience was shocked again.

I knew this second line was very good, but I didn’t expect it to be so good!

They all thought that Sima Zhongxiao's Gun Zhenhaicheng Tower was good before, but the seven-point rating was a bit high, but now it's a nine-point rating?

So can this eternal and absolute standard answer of Yansuo Pochiliu be considered to have come out?

Don't say it's not perfect. In the world of literati, sometimes if there is a little imperfection, that is also a kind of beauty!

"Is there any other young master who wants to try this first couplet?"

The palace maid in charge of commenting seemed to want to end Yansuo Pondliu's game, but wanted to give others a chance, so she asked one more question.

In fact, Sima Zhongxiao and Lin Yi were in front of them with continuous blows. Even if others had some ideas, they were too embarrassed to show them now.

Everyone is proud of their talent and learning. When comparing their second line with the two brothers from the Sima family, who is better and worse?

The palace maid waited for a while, and wherever her eyes glanced, there were people who shook their heads slightly to show that they were giving up. She was not surprised by this, and immediately smiled and nodded: "Since no one wants to challenge, I will announce that this time it is Zhongda. The young master won."

"Because the score has reached nine points, this time, on top of the ten points, an additional eight points will be awarded, for a total of eighteen points!"

Lin Yi himself was a little surprised. He didn't expect this couplet to be worth eighteen points!

You must know that the initial couplet only has one point, and the upper limit for each person is twenty couplets. If they all play the basic version of the couplet, they may not be able to get eighteen points when they reach the upper limit.

After all, people make mistakes and horses make mistakes, and it is normal to fail twice occasionally.

Lin Yi was surprised, and the friends around him were even more shocked, but there was nothing they could do!

Sima Zhongxiao was about to cry, but he said in his heart that he had known this was the case. He would rather give in and stop Sima Zhongda from participating in it, even if he spoke in person!

How careless!

Compared with losing face, now this kind of loss of benefits and loss of face is obviously a lot of disadvantages!

At this time, the old eunuch from before appeared again, lowering his eyes and facing everyone: "The time for the second round of couplets has come, gentlemen, please move to the Royal Academy for the third round of competition."

The Royal Academy is not the Imperial Study Room. The latter is a private place for the prince and is not accessible to ordinary people.

The former is an academy in the palace, a place dedicated to teaching princes and princesses.

After the old eunuch finished speaking, he led the way and walked in front of him in a leisurely manner. Lin Yi and the others could only follow behind with square steps and unsteady steps.

After walking for a while, the group arrived at the Royal Academy.

This place is actually similar to the Imperial Garden, full of exotic flowers and plants, pavilions, jade railings, and small bridges with nine twists and turns.

The only thing next to the academy is a classroom-like building with more than a dozen neat desks placed inside.

But the entire space is quite large, and there is no problem at all in accommodating hundreds of people.

This means using desks and desks of the same specifications as those in secular school classrooms, even if they are several times larger, there is no pressure.

"Young masters, please take a look. Here is a rubbing of a fragment of an ancient book. There are a total of one thousand one hundred and sixty-three ancient characters!"

The old eunuch did not let Lin Yi and others sit down, but directly opened a folded screen, revealing the ancient characters printed on it.