Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 54: Shangyuan Lantern Festival
Fan Ning walked over and said with a smile: "There are still lantern riddles that you can't guess?"

Zhu Pei glared at him, "Of course I can guess, it's just that I need a servant by my side to call you over!"

Seeing the shed owner standing beside him, Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, he must have called the shed owner excitedly, but guessed wrong.

He looked up at the riddle, "the first day of junior high school in the first month, the word shoot." '

Fan Ning turned back to Liu Kang and asked, "Did you guess it?"

Liu Kang scratched his head, "I've always been an idiot for guessing riddles!"

The shed owner who was waiting next to him was a little impatient, and urged Zhu Pei: "Little official, you guessed wrong twice, if you can't guess again, I'll go somewhere else!"

Zhu Pei was exposed, and he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment: "Who said I can't guess, I guessed it a long time ago, just to test them."

After speaking, she glanced at Fanning.

Fan Ning understood it, and said with a smile, "I guess it's a word of yes."

As soon as Zhu Pei's eyes lit up, he snorted and said to the shed owner: "Did you hear that, the first day of the first month is less than the first day, it is the month of end, together it is the word Ken, I have guessed it a long time ago, here is the sign!"

The shed owner handed her a small bronze medal, which can be exchanged for ten Wen, and the shed owner tore off the lantern riddle and left.

Zhu Pei said triumphantly, "I got ten cents, you two should work harder!"

She turned around and went to another lantern riddle, Liu Kang whispered: "Such a savage little lady, how can you bear to be at the same table with her?"

"Who wants to be at the same table with her? She's not here during this time, I'm sitting alone, don't be too comfortable."

Liu Kang turned his head and snickered. Just now he asked when school would start, but now he pretended not to care.

At this time, Zhu Pei yelled again, "Dumb, I'll give you another lantern riddle!"

The sound of 'dumb' attracted the attention of the people around. Fan Ning's face became hot, and he stepped forward and gritted his teeth, "Don't call me dumb anymore!"

Zhu Pei said with a smile: "Dai is quite easy to say, why don't I call you dumb? I'm afraid you will be embarrassed!"

Fan Ning had nothing to do with her, so he could only ask, "Which lantern riddle stumped you again?"

"What are you talking about! This yamen will be stumped by lantern riddles? It's just to test you, this."

She pointed to the lantern riddle on the top of her head, and Fan Ning looked up carefully. This lantern riddle was interesting, and it was similar to the lantern riddle just now.

"Straight into the floating clouds, shoot a word."

Just as he was about to answer the riddle, someone behind said: "Xiao Qiniang, this is a word for going!"

The answer to the riddle was correct, but the person who revealed the answer made the faces of the three of them sink.

It turned out to be Xu Ji!
Liu Kang stared at him dissatisfied and said, "What are you doing here?"

Xu Ji glanced at him, and said coldly, "Is this your colorful shed? Can't I come?"

Liu Kang was at a loss for words, Xu Ji said to Zhu Pei again: "Xiao Qiniang, your grandfather asked me to come to you, it's getting late, come back with me!"

"I'm not going back with you!"

Zhu Pei took a step back and stood beside Fan Ning. She looked at Xu Ji with great dissatisfaction. She was having fun, but this man came to make trouble, which disappointed her very much.

"Fan Ning, Xiao Qiniang is young and ignorant, so you are not ignorant!" Xu Ji turned the contradiction to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Zhu Pei came out with us to look at the lights. It was her grandfather's consent. When it's time to go back, I will send her back. We can all understand how much senior brother cares about Zhu Pei. Senior brother still invites her." Come back!"

What Fan Ning said lightly, but to the point, who is lying?

Xu Ji really lost his face.

Rao Xu Jicheng is relatively deep, but he is only an 11-year-old boy after all, and he also has an impulsive side.

He suddenly remembered what his grandfather said, that the other party was just a fisherman's son.

And what kind of family background is he?
He couldn't help but point at Fan Ning and reprimanded him: "People must know themselves, what kind of family background is Xiao Qiniang, what kind of family background are you, you can climb high? Don't think that you are the first in the exam. You can stick your tail up to the sky and act recklessly? You are too self-righteous!"

"Kill you bastard!"

Xu Ji's humiliation enraged Liu Kang, he rushed forward roaring, but was hugged by Fan Ning, "Some people don't do good things, but insist on barking like a dog, you don't have to worry about such people."

"You bastard!"

Xu Ji was trembling with anger, turned his head and shouted at Zhu Pei: "You follow me back!"

"I do not!"

Zhu Pei was determined, she shouted, "Sister Jian!"

Before Xu Ji could react, a long hand behind him grabbed the back of his neck and threw him out of the booth.

There was a burst of laughter in the canopy.

Fan Ning smiled at Zhu Pei and Liu Kang again: "The prize money in this color booth is too low, let's play in another color booth."

"Let's go to the couplet shed!" Zhu Pei clapped his hands and laughed.

The three of them walked out of the lantern riddle shed, but Xu Ji didn't leave. He stepped forward and calmly said to Fan Ning, "I'll compete with you, do you dare?"

Fan Ning admired this man's thick skin, and refused to leave after being humiliated like that.

He tilted his head and smiled, "Why should I compare with you?"

"You—" Xu Ji was momentarily at a loss for words.

Liu Kang said loudly behind Fan Ning: "Daddy told me that since beating a dog means beating him to death, if beating the dog is completely frightened, he won't dare to mess with you."

Zhu Pei also deeply agrees, "Some people are very shameless. You obviously don't want to pay attention to him, but he thinks you are afraid and spreads it everywhere. Dumb, fight with him!"

Fan Ning nodded, and smiled at Xu Ji: "I'm afraid that you'll feel ashamed if you lose. Since you don't care, then make a mark!"

Xu Ji pretended not to hear their sarcasm, and pointed to the colorful shed in the distance, "Let's compare five classics!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Then please!"

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In the Daxiangguo Temple, the nine-star colored shed is the Five Classics crossword. It has an official official name called Tiejing, which is one of the contents of the provincial imperial examination.

Because it is more interesting, it has become a word game widely circulated among literati, and many literary competitions between schools also use this method.

A piece of text with no beginning and no end, with a few lines missing in the middle, let you complete it, both difficult and easy, just watch the dishes,
It's not like writing poems and lyrics. As long as ordinary scholars are familiar with three hundred Tang poems, they can piece together a poem no matter what.

As for the five classics crosswords, you must be familiar with and recite various scriptures, which is a real skill.

If two people play and compare their talents with each other, it is called Dou Jing.

A large group of scholars heard that the pair of teenagers wanted to fight scriptures, and they followed them to the Five Classics Shed. More and more people joined the spectator team, and many people came here.

Liu Kang was so hotheaded that he encouraged Fan Ning to fight the classics, but now he regretted it a bit, and said to Fan Ning, "If we can't, let's slip away!"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "If he wants to escape, he must escape first, it's not our turn!"

Xu Ji kept saying hello to people he knew, with a smile on his face, and his gestures were calm and unhurried, showing his extraordinary family background. It was only when he looked at Fan Ning that a trace of deep-seated hatred flashed in his eyes, and then he was caught by his clever smile. cover up.

But the hatred in his eyes was caught by the careful Zhu Pei. Zhu Pei remembered his grandfather's evaluation of Xu Ji, "He is kind-hearted and cruel, and there is no room for anyone." '

This made her worry a little bit about Fanning.

A large group of people surrounded Fan Ning and Xu Ji and came to the Five Classics crossword booth. The place was quite lively at first and was already full of scholars, but when they heard that two teenagers were coming to fight the scriptures, everyone gave up the stage one after another.

The host of the color shed was a middle-aged man with a square face and long beard. He knew Xu Ji, and he couldn't help feeling a little interested in it.

Xu Ji is a well-known child prodigy in Wu County. When he was selected for the boy's trial three years ago, he didn't participate because he was too young. He planned to participate in this year's boy's trial.

Not only the host, but many people on both sides know Xu Ji, the grandson of the chief professor of the government school, his father is a Jinshi, and his family background is prominent, so everyone can't help being interested in Fan Ning. Who is this young man who wants to fight with Xu Ji.

"What kind of lottery does Xiaoguan Xu want?" the host asked with a smile.

Xu Ji said without hesitation: "Take the top grade lottery!"

Scholars around were in an uproar. The Five Classics crosswords were also divided into high-grade, middle-grade and low-grade. The content of the low-grade was mainly "Mencius" and "The Analects of Confucius".

The contents of Zhongpin include "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", and "Spring and Autumn", which are the real five classics, and most scholars choose them.

There is no limit to the content of the top grade, there is everything, most of them are very remote, and even "Shan Hai Jing" will appear.

Generally, very few people would choose Top Grade, and it’s okay to play in private, but in public, no one dares to take this risk lightly.

Because of the difficulty, the prize money is also high. If you answer a question correctly, you will be awarded [-] essays. Of course, there are more difficult ones, so it is not a word game played by ordinary people.

But today Xu Ji chose the top grade when he came up, how could everyone not be amazed.

Xu Ji turned his head and said coldly to Fan Ning, "It's still too late for you to admit defeat!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "This sentence is also what I want to say to my brother, there is still time for you to admit defeat."

"Humph! I don't know whether to live or die."

Xu Ji turned to the host and said, "I'll draw the first lottery!"

The host took out a stick made of bamboo and took off the top cover. The stick was densely filled with inscriptions.

Xu Ji stretched out his hand to draw a lottery and handed it to the host.

The topic was rolled on a bamboo stick, and the host slowly opened the topic and read: "Wei Wenhou called Li Ke and said: Mr. tried to teach the widow [...], if the current one is not successful, it will be Huang, what about the second son?"

The host asked Xu Ji, "There are two sentences missing in the middle, what are they?"

Xu Ji said without hesitation: "When a family is poor, one thinks of a good wife; when the country is in chaos, one thinks of a good prime minister."

There were exclamations all around, and many people applauded. Obviously, some people also knew this question.

The host smiled and said, "Mr. Xu Xiaoguan answered correctly. This question is from "Historical Records. Wei Shijia""

A smugness flashed in Xu Ji's eyes, and he glanced at Fan Ning.

Fan Ning also reached out to take a signature and handed it to the host.

The host opened the question and said with a smile: "It's a poem question!"

He read aloud: "Mo Yan roasted tea is dark, please say the next sentence."

There was silence in the crowd. This question was very remote. It was not recorded in the Three Hundred Poems, and everyone didn't know about it. Even Xu Ji frowned.

Fanning glanced at Jupe, and Jupe murmured softly, "Don't ask me, I don't know either."

Fan Ning secretly laughed, the little girl finally admitted that she didn't know.

He calmly said, "But 'Quexi Sunny Gu Tianqing'?"

The host praised: "The answer is correct. This poem comes from "Shanjia" by Gu Kuang in the Tang Dynasty. You can look for it."

All around applauded enthusiastically, this young man is too powerful, he deserves to be Xu Ji's opponent, and he even knows this kind of uncommon poetry.

Xu Ji knew in his heart that if he got the lottery, he would lose.

But he was young after all, at this moment his eyes were already red-eyed, and he wished to step on Fan Ning immediately, a surge of spirit rushed to his head, he slapped the table and shouted: "I will draw five consecutive lottery!"

Wuguanju is just a common name, the real name is Shangjueju, it is the most difficult questions in the top grade, if you can answer it, you can win the bonus of Wuguanqian.

There was exclamation all around, the crowd surged forward, the people behind stretched their necks desperately, and someone wanted to draw five consecutive lots, it was so arrogant.

Fan Ning was very happy, and there was such a good thing. He quietly asked Zhu Pei, "Does the five-round lottery mean that the bonus is five times?"

"It's good to have a little future!"

Zhu Pei gave him an annoyed look, "The most difficult five-pass lottery is also called the heartbroken lottery. One lottery can break your intestines."

The host brought another small lottery tube, which contained ten golden lottery sticks.

He smiled slightly and said, "The two petty officials are invited to draw lots!"

(End of this chapter)