Fortunate Young Gentleman

When Zeng Zilou stood up, the eyes of several tables around him were attracted to him.

The place, which was originally a little noisy with people talking to each other, also became a little quiet.

There was no movement here from farther away, but they also noticed something unusual and asked the table one after another.

Although Chen Guo officials were dissatisfied with Zeng Zilou's rash behavior, they couldn't say anything more now that the matter had come to this.

Mr. Li looked at him and asked, "I wonder what the first couplet is?"

“When I was reading the Book of Songs a few days ago, I came across this sentence, “The phoenix is ​​singing on that high hill.” The phoenix trees are growing and the sun is rising there. "" Zeng Zilou looked at him and said with a smile: "The phoenix does not live in the parasol tree. When I saw this, something suddenly clicked in my heart. Mr. Li, please listen carefully."

There was a thoughtful look on his face, he cleared his throat and said, "My first couplet is, "Feng Luo Wu Tong Luo Feng"."

As soon as Zeng Zilou said the first couplet, it was quickly passed from the adjacent tables to the back.

Lingzhou Juzi, who was present, began to think subconsciously after hearing the first couplet.

This is not a simple couplet, this is a palindrome pair.

The so-called palindrome pair means that whether the couplets are read forward or backward, they are the same couplet. In addition to expressing the common artistic conception, the second couplet must also be a palindrome pair.

If these points are added together, it is not so right.

At the table near the front, someone looked at Xu Qingyang and asked, "Qingyang, you are good at couplets, how about this couplet?"

"It's hard to say." Xu Qingyang shook his head and said, "Although it is difficult to reply to the Literary and Art Circles, it is not absolute. It also depends on Mr. Xiao Li."

The man asked again: "Have you come out yet?"

Xu Qingyang nodded and said, "Only one of them came out."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Master Xiao Li and suddenly became nervous.

This is not the usual competition of poems and essays, this is a competition between the scholars of Chu and Chen. If his couplets had not stumped each other, not only Zeng Zilou would have lost face, but also the Lingzhou Juzi present. Chen Guo officials, even Chen Guo's face.

Zeng Zilou looked at Mr. Li and saw that his expression was calm and showed no trace of embarrassment. His originally peaceful heart suddenly became tense.

Soon he calmed down again. The difficulty in writing the palindrome was the palindrome. He thought for a long time but could not come up with a suitable second link. He also did not believe that the other party could come up with a second link in such a short period of time.

When he thought of this, Master Xiao Li's voice could already be heard in his ears.

"The phoenix falls on the phoenix tree, and the phoenix falls on the phoenix tree, and the pearls and the jade are joined together." The handsome young man thought for a while, and then said: "The mountains are connected to the water, the moon and the water are connected to the mountains; the boat follows the waves; the wind sways the catkins and willows..."

"It's disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating." Mr. Xiao Li looked at him and said: "Not long ago, I occasionally wrote a couplet. I thought hard for many days and couldn't finish it. Those here today are all the best students from Lingzhou. Why don't you just listen to my couplet?"

Not only did the opponent play his first couplet, but he also played four of them at once. Zeng Zilou's voice was trembling a little as he said, "You, you said..."

"My first couplet is, "Three Lights, Sun, Moon and Stars."" Mr. Xiao Li looked at him, then looked back at the people behind him, and said with cupped hands, "I hope all the heroes of Lingzhou here will give me some advice."

"Three lights, sun, moon and stars." Zeng Zilou murmured, standing there in a daze, his face gradually turning pale.

The people around him were all dumbfounded and shocked.

While they were still thinking hard, the young envoy from Chu State had already made the second couplet, and there were four in a pair...

Although palindrome pairs are not absolute for eternity, it is still a bit unbelievable that there are four pairs in such a short period of time.

Their eyes looked at Zeng Zilou. Could this person named Zeng be an undercover agent sent by the Chu State?

Three lights, sun, moon and stars. Mr. Li's first couplet seems simple, but when you think about it carefully, it makes people feel chills on their backs.

The numerals in the couplet must be corrected with numerals. If the word "three" is used in the first line, it should not be repeated in the second line. There are only three words under "Three Lights", so no matter which number is used to match, the number of words following it is either more than three or less than three. In other words, the number of words in this couplet does not match at all!

Lingzhou Juzi racked his brains, and the dissatisfaction among the local officials in Lingzhou, including Dong Governor, had reached the extreme.

Wouldn't it be better to eat in peace? Zeng Zilou has to jump out and embarrass these Chu envoys. Now it's okay. If he can't do it, he will be defeated by an army. This time, they Lingzhou officials and students will be embarrassed. Big!

The person next to Xu Qingyang looked at him and asked, "Qingyang, how are you? Have you figured it out?"

Xu Qingyang shook his head and said helplessly: "This pairing is really too weird, I can't deal with it."

The man looked at Zhang Yansheng again and asked, "Yansheng, where are you?"

"Three Lights, Sun, Moon and Stars..." Zhang Yansheng rubbed his eyebrows and said angrily: "It's impossible for the number of words to match. How can anyone be right? The person who came up with this pairing must be sick!"

This couplet has been circulated to all the people. Everyone was thinking hard and racking their brains. The atmosphere in the hall was strangely quiet. When the servants and entourage who came in to serve the food saw this, their hearts skipped a beat and their movements immediately became cautious.

"No, no, no..." Someone shook his head and said, "It's impossible for this pair to fight against each other!"

"Not necessarily." The other person looked forward and said depressedly: "Where is Tang Jieyuan? Where has he gone? He may have something to do!"

Someone shook his head and said: "Tang Jieyuan is Jieyuan, not a god. Even if a god comes to this couplet, he will not be able to deal with it!"

Even so, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the empty space in front of them. Even Xu Qingyang, who was good at couplets, couldn't figure it out. If anyone could figure out this couplet at the Lu Ming Banquet today, it would be Tang Jieyuan. .

Although many people still dislike him, they cannot deny this fact.

One person raised his head and asked anxiously: "Where did Tang Jieyuan go?"

Countless eyes looked forward, with anxious expressions on their faces.

In the kitchen, Tang Ning looked down at Fang Xiaopang and asked, "Are you full?"

Fang Xiaopang threw another piece of venison into his mouth, wiped his mouth and said, "Not yet."

"Let's eat after we go back." Tangning shook her head and led her out of the kitchen. Although he didn't want to go back to a place where not many people wanted to see him, today was the Deer Ming Banquet. I'm sorry to be with Fang Xiaopang. We hid in the kitchen and ate together.

The food had been served for a while, and they were probably enjoying the meal now. Tangning and Fang Xiaopang walked to the side door, preparing to sneak in during the chaos.

When he walked in through the side door, he noticed something was wrong.

The originally noisy hall fell silent instantly after they walked in.

Then, Tangning noticed that everyone was looking at her.

How does it feel to be looked at by more than two hundred people at the same time?

Fang Xiaopang trembled in fright, and took out an apple, two pears, and a chicken leg wrapped in paper from his sleeve.

She clutched Tangning's sleeve tightly, her face turning pale.

Tangning hesitated at this moment, not knowing whether to walk in or exit.

After only a moment's hesitation, he led Fang Xiaopang in and sat back down in his seat.

He didn't steal or rob, and he wasn't going out to do anything shameful. There was nothing to hide from.

When Mr. Li looked over, he was slightly startled and whispered: "It turns out it's him..."

When Xu Qingyang saw Tang Ning, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, "Is Brother Tang good at couplets?"

"Couplet?" Tangning was stunned and said casually, "I understand a little bit..."

"Brother Tang, please listen to this couplet." Xu Qingyang looked at him and said, "Three lights, sun, moon and stars, how should we respond to this couplet?"

"Three lights, sun, moon and stars?" Tangning looked at him in surprise and said, "A gust of wind and thunderstorm, two dynasties of brothers, four elegant poems, five dynasties of Qin, Jin and Han... How about it, is it enough?"

Snap.

Xu Qingyang stood stunned on the spot. At several tables around him, chopsticks fell to the ground.

Tang Ning felt a little strange. This couplet was written by the Liao envoy to test Su Shi. It was very famous. Xu Qingyang didn't know about it, right?

After thinking about it for a while, the curiosity in my heart was relieved.

The Liao Kingdom in this world is not the Liao Kingdom in another world. The Liao Kingdom in this world was destroyed before it could become powerful or send envoys to embarrass Su Shi...