Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 98 Talent Showdown

When Ding Yin heard that this Young Master Su had immediately met his cousin's first couplet, he was a little pale, and the fruit pulp in his mouth was sprayed out.

"Cough, cough, really... right?" Ding Yin was still in disbelief. His cousin was the third best in the imperial examination, the third in the first class, and when it comes to the strength of the couplet, he was even more disgusted on the list in the same year. How could the book couplet he produced be matched so easily?

"100 taels!" Su Chen smiled slightly, and winked at Ding Yin, as if to remind him.

"Hmph, isn't it just 100 taels, what are you talking about!" Ding Yin couldn't help but hum softly.

The currency system of the Southern Tang Dynasty was stable. One tael of silver was equivalent to one coin. Ordinary men worked as boatmen in river dams, and their daily income was only forty or fifty wen. After deducting idle labor and idle days, their monthly income was about the same amount. .

This 100 taels of silver is a huge amount for the hardworking people in ordinary households.But for the Ding family, one of the nine wealthy business families, it was just the expenses of Ding Yin going to a big restaurant and eating and drinking a meal.

He was stunned at this time, not because he was distressed for money, but because he felt that 'Su Yixuan' could match his cousin's pair, it really surprised him, he couldn't believe it!

"Cousin, you're in trouble!" Ding Yin lowered his voice beside him, reminding Ye Chen that even if the people around couldn't hear it, they could understand what it meant.

Ye Chen thought that this first league was enough to beat the second-class jinshi, and even the second place in the year might not be able to match so quickly, and it was so neat, it seemed that this person should not be underestimated.

Xu Qingwan took a few steps back at this time, and no longer stepped forward to disturb the couplet duel between the two talents. She had already realized that this young master Su was not simple, and she knew about couplets just through the pair of couplets just now!

Bai Susu and Peng Qingqing were no longer so worried at this time, and Su Chen's performance made the two daughters very satisfied.

"I didn't find it, this Su Yixuan is usually too lazy, but when it comes to money, he is active in everything." Although Peng Qingqing was complaining, there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Bai Susu felt the same way. When he came to the Xu Mansion Poetry Club this time, he begged for an invitation at the beginning, but he said he was afraid of trouble, but when he offered to help him repair the courtyard and buy all the furniture, Su Chen immediately said that he was not afraid of trouble. what!

At this time, not only the two of them were interested in Su Chen, but even Xu Kai, Shen Jiaru, Murong Yan'er, the talented woman from the Yan family and others were all paying close attention to Su Chen's performance.

Ye Chen pondered for a while and said, "Listen to my couplet: Liu Xian Ying Shuo, weaving the Jiangnan March Scene!"

This piece is both realistic and poetic, showing Ye Tanhua's literary talent.

When Xu Cainu, Xu Kai, Fang Chenbo and others heard the words, they all nodded secretly. This third flower still has genuine talent, it just depends on how Su Chen is right.

"Then I'm right: The word Yunjian Yan, came from Saibei Jiuqiu Shu!" Su Chen said with a faint smile.

It is all about the former and the latter, the unreal and the real, and the artistic conception is extraordinary, which is unforgettable.

Ye Chen glanced at the peach blossoms not far away, red and white, very enchanting, and a book couplet came to his mind at random: "The peach blossom forest in Miss Xu is really beautiful, and it gave Ye a certain inspiration. The couplet is: red and white are both, how can you divide the north and the south when you are drunk!"

"Brilliant!" Many talented people admired them. Ye Tanhua glanced at the peach blossoms, and then made such a couplet that blends in with the scene. It has both color and north-south direction. It is very smart and talented.

"This alliance is right." The talented and beautiful people around all shook their heads, and for a while, they had no clue.

Ding Yin continued arrogantly at this time: "Su, can you match this pair of first couplets?"

Su Chen thought for a moment, he had heard a similar couplet before, and said without hesitation: "I was originally dressed in commoner clothes, I traveled around to dissipate my family's wealth, and fell down to the point of being unrestrained. This couplet, I am right: green and yellow do not connect, poor Come and sell everything!"

"Red and white are combined, how can you divide the north and the south when you are drunk; if the green and yellow are not connected, the poor will sell everything!" Can be opposed to North and South.

"You..." Ding Yin was a little stunned when he saw that the other party was right.

"Another 100 taels, already 300 taels!" Su Chen smiled slightly at Young Master Ding.

Hearing this, Ding Yin was angry, so he could only look at his cousin, let him fight again, and suppress the surnamed Su, so that he could relieve his anger.

Ye Chen seemed to sense that the opponent's strength was not easy, so he increased the difficulty and said, "Puye, peach and grape leaves, herbs and trees!"

This couplet is very difficult. Pu and grapes are homophonic, peach and grapes are homophonic, Pu tree is a herbaceous plant, and peach tree is a woody plant, so the homophony is more difficult for different families.

In this first couplet, even Xu Wanqing and secretary Xu Kai frowned, sweating on behalf of Su Chen, this couplet is difficult!

Su Chen hesitated for a moment, and laughed in his heart, it was a coincidence that he had heard this song before.

He raised his head, put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes and pretended to sniff the fragrance of flowers and plants. He looked very coquettish, then opened his eyes and said confidently: "I'm right, plum blossoms, sweet-scented osmanthus roses, spring fragrance and autumn fragrance."

Everyone was puzzled for a while, and then chewed on his next couplet. Mei and Mei have the same pronunciation, Gui and Gui have the same pronunciation, plum blossoms bloom in early spring, and sweet-scented osmanthus blooms in autumn. It is indeed exquisite!

Ye Chen already had fine sweat on his forehead. He felt that he had met his opponent this time. While thinking about it, he saw a reed on the wall of the courtyard. He had an idea and said, "I'll send you a couplet: reeds on the wall, top-heavy and light-hearted!"

This pair of upper couplets uses imitation, deliberately sarcastic, describing people who have no position, swaying from side to side, going against their original intention for money, just like the reeds on the wall, they look tall and straight, but their foundations are shallow and can't stand the test, and soon will be exposed.

Some people have opinions on Young Master Su, but at this moment they stand on Ye Chen's side, laughing at Su Chen for embarrassing him.

Su Chen was unmoved, looking at the long bamboo forest not far away, he laughed and said, "Then I will send you the next couplet: bamboo shoots in the forest, with a pointed mouth and a thick skin and a hollow belly!"

He replied to the other party, like a bamboo shoot, with a sharp mouth and thick skin, and able to talk rhetorically, but in fact he had no real ability.

"That's right!" Many talents and beauties admired Su Chen's wit.

Ye Chen's face sank, he was dignified, and he was reprimanded in public. He felt a little embarrassed, and snorted coldly: "The oil is dipped in the candle, the candle is full of heart, and there is fire in the heart!"

He used a thimble couplet, and the last word of the previous clause was used as the head word of the next clause, so that the two clauses were connected end to end, which was quite clever, showing that he had anger.

Su Chen thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Paper lanterns, there are many eyes around the cage, but there are no pearls in the eyes!"

At this time, Ye Chen's face was furious. He mocked the other party twice, but was scolded back, making his face pale, and he no longer had the calm expression he had before.After hesitating, I suddenly remembered that at the royal banquet in the Jinling Royal Qionglin Garden, I saw a painting collected by the official family, and there was an unsolved absolute on it!

(End of this chapter)