Peerless Pirates

Chapter 664: Wen Dou Temple (Part 2)

"A pair of two forms a three-pointed cauldron, a six-out, seven-vertical and eight-formation pattern. The latest chapter of the online game The Different World." Lang Ruoming opened his mouth and said a couplet.

"Okay!" Tang Zhengsu and Guo Jingzhai shouted in unison.

"How fast?" Lang Bochuan thought to himself. He thought that Lang Ruoming would definitely think about it. After all, this was not an ordinary competition. Unexpectedly, Lang Ruoming opened his mouth and chanted it out, and it was quite good.

Lang Bochuan's mind changed and he suddenly realized. He had just casually asked the question, thinking it was fair, but he didn't expect that the Wuhou Temple was in Chengdu. Lang Ruoming must be very familiar with this place, and he often recited poems and essays on this topic every day. Zhuge Liang Although he can be said to be a national idol, he is certainly not as familiar to the Shu literati.

Lang Bochuan looked at Song Zheng apologetically, and saw Song Zheng slowly sipping tea, his face as calm as water.

Yuan Haowen quickly finished writing the couplet and showed it to Lang Ruoming, who nodded. Due to the difference in accent, Lang Ruoming was really afraid that Yuan Haowen had written it wrong.

"Brother Yu, please remember, my match is here." Song Zheng said calmly.

"Okay, Xiaolang, tell me quickly." Yuan Haowen straightened up quickly and picked up his pen.

Song Zheng turned to Lang Ruoming and suddenly said, "Brother Ruoming summarized the achievements of Marquis Wu in a couplet, which is indeed exquisite."

Lang Ruoming snorted softly and raised his head proudly.

Unexpectedly, Song Zheng changed his subject, "However, the style of this couplet is mediocre, and it is difficult to express the heart of Wuhou. This Wuhou Temple can become the only temple in history where monarchs and ministers jointly worship. How can it be summarized by a simple list of achievements? It has to be said, Although Brother Ruoming lives in the land of Wuhou, he does not have the essence of Wuhou. Alas, I am still quite disappointed."

"Shu Zi is arrogant!" Lang Ruoming was furious. Song Xiaolang came to criticize him before he had even made his own answer. He was really desperate.

"It's better for Qi to make a counterargument." Tang Zhengsu also said coldly.

Song Zheng glanced around and opened his mouth to laugh, "It's just a couplet, so what's the problem? Just listen carefully. The first couplet is: close the two rivers, line up eight formations, six out and seven captures, light forty-nine lamps in front of the five feet. Be a bright light and only care about raising money."

Having said this, Song Zheng paused deliberately. Guo Jingzhai and Tang Zhengsu both looked serious, while Lang Ruoming looked shocked.

"How about the second line?" Lang Bochuan couldn't hold himself back and asked eagerly.

Song Zheng took another sip of tea and said, "Take Western Shu, conquer the southern barbarians, reject the east and the north. In the central army's tent, transform the golden, wood, earth, and divine hexagrams. The water surface can be attacked with fire."

Use the five directions and the five elements to match the numbers from one to ten in the first couplet. This couplet is the most widely circulated in later generations and is a classic work that summarizes Zhuge Liang's life.

Yuan Haowen finished writing the couplet quickly and passed it out quickly. Lang Ruoming opened his mouth to speak, but stopped abruptly. Needless to say, it was obvious at a glance which of the two couplets was better.

Song Zheng didn't give the other party much time to regret, "Brother Ruoming, I got a couplet by chance, please do it against me."

Lang Ruoming was still a little confused, so he just responded mechanically, "Brother Song, please speak."

Song Zheng raised the corner of his mouth and pointed to the window, where a beam of sunlight was shining into the ancestral hall, making shadowy shadows, "The sun shines on the screen window, and the bamboo lattice is bright."

This couplet was once one of the absolutes in history. The original sentence was "the moon shines on the screen window". Song Zheng slightly changed one word based on the current conditions.

After saying this first couplet, Song Zheng lowered his eyebrows and tasted the tea without even looking at Lang Ruoming. This was not because he looked down on the talented people of Shu, but because this couplet was closely related to the painting of a monk with lotus tea. The level of difficulty is almost the same, and there are no very good couplets. It is said that Tang Bohu once composed the following sentence, which is called "Snow falls on Meiling Mountains, whitening the fragrant mountains and whitening the sky." In modern times, some people use the pairing of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, "The wind blows." Fragrance, plum blossoms and plum blossoms."

No matter which one, these people in front of me can't match it. Even if Lang Ruoming can match it, I'm afraid he will have to think about it for three or two days. Don't think about it in a short time. Besides, Lang Ruoming has been shocked by the pair that just "accepted Erchuan". Got confused.

The tea time passed quickly. Lang Ruoming was sweating profusely and his face was red. He still had no good countermeasures. Tang Zhengsu and Guo Jingzhai also frowned. As soon as Song Zheng commented on Zhuge Liang's achievements, they secretly said something bad. Unexpectedly, Song Zheng immediately came up with an extremely difficult sentence, and it seemed to come out of nowhere——Is this Song Xiaolang still a human?

Lang Bochuan thought for a long time, feeling that he didn't have a good response, and couldn't help but sigh. Looking at Lang Ruoming again, more and more sweat was flowing down his face like a waterfall, and his whole body was actually shaking. His eyes were red, He clenched his fists tightly, sometimes biting his lips, sometimes mumbling something.

Yuan Haowen was not kind at all. He shook the brush in his hand and muttered impatiently, "Can you come to terms with me? If you don't come to terms with me, the ink will dry out."

There were only a few people in the ancestral hall, and everyone could hear Yuan Haowen's words, especially Lang Ruoming, who had good hearing. He trembled suddenly, then froze, and fell straight back. Next to him Tang Zhengsu couldn't reach it, and with a bang, Lang Ruowu hit the ground.

"Ruoming!" Lang Bochuan was startled and quickly asked the temple minister to greet the doctor. Tang Zhengsu called Lang Ruoming's name and helped him up. Guo Jingzhai also stood up, but he was helpless.

Song Zheng glanced at Yuan Haowen, and Yuan Haowen blinked twice at Song Zheng, with a look of astonishment on his face - this guy's acting skills were actually pretty good, Song Zheng secretly thought, Yuan Yuzhi didn't know When did it become so bad?

"I know a little bit about the art of orpiment, so let me live together and read it all!" After all, it was not a good idea to kill someone in this situation, so Song Zheng stepped forward.

"You are not needed!" Guo Jingzhai had a bad temper and said coldly to Song Zheng.

Song Zheng spread his hands and looked at Lang Bochuan helplessly. Yuan Haowen sneered and said, "You really care about this brother Lang, and you would rather let something happen to him than save him."

Guo Jingzhai's face turned red and he was speechless. Tang Zhengsu pursed his lips and said, "Please... please help Brother Song."

Song Zheng looked at Lang Bochuan, who had been watching coldly, and when he saw the other party nodded, he stepped forward. First he tested Lang Ruoming's breath, and then opened his eyelids and took a look. Song Zheng had an idea in his mind. Lang Ruoming was afraid that he had fallen just now. I woke up the moment I fell down, but I felt ashamed and angry and didn't want to open my eyes.

However, Song Zheng did not expose it in public, but pretended to feel the other party's pulse, and then said, "Brother Lang is fine. He just fainted temporarily due to overthinking. I will recover for two days after I go back and he will be fine." "

Guo Jingzhai and others breathed a sigh of relief. No one saw it. Song Zheng quickly wrote two words on Lang Ruoming's hand: Why bother!

Lang Ruoming trembled, knowing that Song Zheng had let him go. He was extremely ashamed and didn't want to open his eyes.

Miao Zhu invited the doctor, and after seeing it, the doctor agreed as Song Zheng said. Lang Bochuan immediately ordered the guards to take Lang Ruoming back to his house in his own carriage, which was also a kind of comfort.

After this busy work was completed, everyone sat down again. Lang Bochuan sighed, "I never expected that this battle of poetry and prose would be as brave and ruthless as a martial artist, and almost killed someone. Why bother? I didn't even see it. It’s necessary to compete.”

Tang Zhengsu moved his lips but did not speak, but Guo Jingzhai said, "People cannot stand without faith. It is like fighting three times. How can it be calculated like this?"

Lang Bochuan's face looked a little ugly. He turned to Tang Zhengsu and said, "Master Tang, what about you?"

Tang Zhengsu paused for a moment, then cupped his hands towards Song Zheng and said, "Sir Song has just given me a helping hand, and Tang is very grateful. Perhaps I have misunderstood Mr. Song before, and I hope you can forgive me."

"Easy to say, easy to say." Song Zheng returned the gesture.

Guo Jingzhai snorted coldly, "Qi Shi is a talented person, but I don't know what his knowledge is."

Facing such a stubborn old man, Song Zheng smiled lightly and said, "Please give me some advice, Mr. Guo."

Guo Jingzhai stroked his beard and said loudly, "Since Qi Shi is a talented scholar, he must have learned a lot and memorized it well. I wonder if Qi Shi can recite "Li Sao"?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked - this old guy is really poisonous.

Everyone knows that the imperial examinations in both Daqi and Shu are based on Confucian classics. Therefore, ordinary scholars recite the Four Books and Five Classics. Many people have memorized the Songs of Chu, but if they are completely , but it is very difficult to memorize them word for word. In particular, many of the names of plants and trees in Chu Ci are very difficult to pronounce, and not all of them are sentences like "The road is long and far away, I will search up and down."

It has to be said that Guo Jingzhai is very vicious and came up with such a method of testing people.

Song Zheng frowned slightly and said quickly, "Since the elder has a question, I dare not not answer it. However, I also have a question to ask Mr. Guo for advice."

"Speak!" Guo Jingzhai said carelessly.

Song Zheng smiled and said, "I just hope that Mr. Guo will explain the "Heavenly Questions" chapter in Chu Ci to me after I have recited it. I believe it will not be difficult for you."

Guo Jingzhai's face froze, but he did not dare to agree rashly.

It turns out that although the "Tianwen" chapter is said to be written by Qu Yuan, it is famous for being "illogical" and "confused". Some people even say that it cannot be called a poem.

Song Zheng didn't look at Guo Jingzhai's face and just started to recite it. What Guo Jingzhai was reminded of was that when Song Zheng was in middle school in his previous life, he had made a bet with his classmates, and at the cost of reciting "Li Sao", he got two Eat a chicken drumstick. In this life, I have naturally reread Lisao many times, and it is not difficult to memorize it.

Song Zheng was secretly glad that what Guo Jingzhai proposed was "Li Sao". If it were "Nine Songs", "Bu Ju" and the like, he really couldn't memorize it.

"The emperor Gaoyang is a descendant of Miao. My emperor is called Boyong..."

As Song Zheng recited, Guo Jingzhai's face became more and more ugly. Song Zheng's voice was very steady, but this put more pressure on Guo Jingzhai. Now, Guo Jingzhai's thoughts were not on Song Zheng, but on Song Zheng In that "Tianwen" article, how to explain the truth is what Guo Jingzhai is most worried about.

As soon as Song Zheng finished reciting Li Sao, the game was basically over. Although everyone here was very talented, few could recite Li Sao word for word.

"Master Guo, an article in "Tian Wen" is composed entirely of questions. The boy started to ask questions, 'Who preached the Taoism at the beginning of ancient times?'" Song Zheng did not give Guo Jingzhai a chance to breathe and asked directly.

"It has been said since ancient times that Pangu created the world..." Guo Jingzhai just explained, but was interrupted by Song Zheng, "Did Pangu preach?"

"It seems there is no record."

"Since Qu Zi wrote "Tianwen", he must have already known what 'Tao' is, but he just asked who the person who preached it is. Then Mr. Guo, please explain this 'Tao' to me."

Yuan Haowen almost laughed, and he quickly covered his mouth. He now knew Song Zheng's idea. Even if Guo Jingzhai could answer all the sentences in "Tianwen", he would probably be exhausted.

The key point is that Guo Jingzhai couldn't answer it. There has never been any final conclusion about what "Tao" is. There are many interpretations of principles, laws, rules, consciousness, etc. Just this word, even if we debate it for a year, nothing will happen. As a result - Guo Jingzhai will be exhausted to death even if he is tired.