Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 8

Fan Ning first found a color shed with the fewest people, which is a guessing shed.

Dozens of small wooden signs were hung on the stage, and each sign was a riddle, and no one greeted them, so they had to go up to the stage to guess the riddles.

There are a few scholars above who are bowing their heads and thinking hard.

Fan Ning was refreshed. Guessing riddles was his best skill, and he hit every guess.

He walked up to the stage with great interest, and saw a scholar staring at a wooden sign in a daze, so he leaned forward to take a look.

'Sixty days, shoot a word'

It was a very common and simple riddle. Fan Ning laughed. The scholar couldn't even guess this. Isn't this the word for "friend" for a friend?
"What should I do if I guess correctly?" He asked the scholar next to him.

"Take it off and take it to receive the prize. If you guess correctly, you will be awarded five cents."

The scholar suddenly asked Fan Ning, "Did the little official guess it?"

Fan Ning took off the sign with a smile, and said to him, "It's a friend!"

The scholar slapped his forehead heavily, "That's right! Isn't sixty days two months?"

Fanning turned to another sign, 'Let's say goodbye and let it go (shoot one word)'

He took off the sign casually, it was a word for 'modest'.

Look at the sign on the left again, 'Guan Yunchang walks to Maicheng (shoot one word)'

Fan Ning took off the sign after thinking for a while. It is the word 'Cui'
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Fan Ning was like a fish in water, and took off all fifty wooden plaques in one go, and the few scholars next to him were dumbfounded.

Fan Ning was a little embarrassed, and hung up another wooden sign and went back, smiling, and said: "This one is left to you, take your time to guess!" '

He turned around and ran to the back, and saw an old man sitting in the shed, dozing off with his chin resting on his hands.

'Wow! ’ A bunch of signs were thrown in front of him, "Old man, the prize has been redeemed!"

The old man was startled, looked at the pile of signs in front of him, and then at Fan Ning, "Did you guess everything?"

"That is!"

Fan Ning said triumphantly: "I'll tell you one by one, but you don't see them coming after waving, but the word 'super'?"

"That's right! My little brother guessed it right."

"It's almost dusk, shoot a place name, but Luoyang?"

"That's right! It's Luoyang."

At this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from behind, "You are too much!"

When Fan Ning turned around, he saw the little girl standing behind him, holding a wooden sign in his hand, looking at him angrily.

"Little sister, what's the matter?" Fanning asked, blinking.

"Greedy and selfish bastard!"

Little Loli slammed the wooden sign in her hand in front of him, stomped her feet, and rushed away angrily.

Fan Ning was so happy in his heart that he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The old man understood, shook his head and said to Fan Ning: "You take away all the signs, the little lady is angry."

"That's because she was too impatient."

Fanning blinked and said with a smile: "Could it be that after I guess it, you won't hang up?"

"That too!"

Fan Ning picked up the sign on the ground, raised his eyes, and said, "The face of an executioner, shoot an official name." '

"Ha! The answer to this riddle is the prime minister, right?"

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Fan Ning had never been so happy before. He earned 250 coins by guessing riddles and let out a sigh of relief. It was really cool.

He came out from behind the color shed humming a little song, went to the bookstall and bought a shoulder cloth bag for ten cents.

After patting the rattling copper coins in the bag, Fan Ning only felt satisfied, and turned and walked to another color shed.

Fanning didn't discover the mystery of several colorful sheds until this time. There are golden flowers hanging on the top of each color shed. The smaller the number, the lower the bonus.

No wonder there was no one in the lantern riddle shed, only a golden flower hung on it.

Nine golden flowers were hung on the easternmost shed, and the bonus was the highest. There were so many people below that Fan Ning probably couldn't squeeze in.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the Great Swordswoman, standing in front of the shed of the five golden flowers, she stood out from the crowd like a chicken, and the scholars felt ashamed to stay away from her, and the little loli should be inside.

Five golden flowers, I don't know what the subject is?
Fan Ning squeezed forward, only to see two big characters in the middle of the color shed: "Couple!" '

Only then did Fan Ning know that this was a couplet shed, so he didn't know how much the lottery would be?
Standing on the stage was a middle-aged scribe, dressed in a white gown, with a long beard under his chin, smiling all over his face, he seemed to be a host or something.

The middle-aged scholar said with a chuckle: "Just now, Li Yanei got along well. The willow catkins were blown by the wind, and he complained about the frost on the sycamore tree. It's a perfect match. This little lady's plantains are falling under the rain, so it's a little bit of a wait. This game was won by Li Yanei."

It was only then that Fan Ning saw the little Lolita just now, she was standing in front of the big sword girl, her face was full of displeasure, it turned out that she was competing with someone.

On the other side is a scholar about 20 years old, dressed gorgeously, holding a folding fan, he gently beat his palm with the folding fan, his face is quite proud.

Fan Ning immediately despised her. She is a six or seven-year-old girl. You, an old man, are more proud than winning. Are you ashamed of losing?

With a gesture from the host, a young servant came out, holding a red lacquered wooden tray in his hand, and inside the wooden tray was a pile of copper coins, about several hundred coins.

"This is the first five hundred articles in the second round. Congratulations to Li Yanei!"

A dozen or so scholars around cheered, "Brother Li is treating you this time!"

"Good talk! Good talk!"

That Li Yanei was all smiles, he waved his fan lightly, and a follower beside him quickly took the money.

At this time, the little loli said bitterly: "Sister Jian, don't compare with them, let's go!"

"Huh!" Fan Ning was surprised for a while, the little girl was speaking the local dialect of Wu County, and she was actually from her own village.

Little Lolita turned around and saw Fan Ning, her eyes widened, "Why is it you again?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "The place is so big, I can't do anything about it."

Little Lolita wanted to leave, but just happened to see Fan Ning, and she took a breath in her heart, and did not leave again.

Li Yanei turned sideways with a frivolous smile and said, "Isn't the young lady going to leave? Please!"

Little Loli snorted coldly, "There is no competition in the third round, and I don't know who will win!"

At this time, the host on the stage laughed again: "Little lady and Li Yanei each won one round, one to one, and the third round will be a decisive victory, are you two ready?"

At this time, everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Yanei and the little lady.

The host said slowly: "Next I will publish the first couplet, please watch it, both of you."

At this time, the boy came out, and he used a bamboo pole to pick up a piece of writing, which read the Shanglian of the third game, 'Songshan night to listen to the sound of the spring'.

As soon as the first couplet came out, Li Yanei immediately bowed his head and thought hard. Fan Ning saw that little Lolita was frowning and was also thinking hard, so he whispered to himself: "I remember there seems to be a poem in Hanshan Temple, what is it called?" with?"

Little Lolita's eyes lit up, and she immediately said loudly: "I heard the sound of the waves at the night mooring at Fengqiao!"

"Okay!" The host immediately applauded, "What a night at Fengqiao, the little lady is on the right foot in the third round."

Li Yanei thought for a long time, but couldn't find a better second line, his face suddenly became very ugly.

Little Lolita won the third game and received five hundred coins as a reward. With a smile on her face, she led the big sword girl and walked away. When she passed by Fan Ning, she also seemed to be talking to herself: "The end of the riddle!" It's okay, this girl will forget it."

After finishing speaking, she walked away, and Fan Ning couldn't help laughing. This little lolita is a big kid, which is quite interesting.

At this time, Li Yanei stepped forward, looked at Fan Ning's clothes, saw that he was wearing a fine linen gown, felt a little contemptuous in his heart, and cupped his hands to Fan Ning, "I don't know the name of the little official, where is the fairyland? "

"My surname is Fan, from Pingjiang Mansion."

"It turned out to be from Pingjiang Mansion. No wonder the petty officials know about Fengqiao Yebo."

Fan Ning became vigilant, "This guy has such long ears!"

Fan Ning also smiled, and bowed his hands in return, "What advice does Li Yanei have?"

A group of scholars rushed up and asked in a hurry: "Yamei, what's going on?"

Li Yanei chuckled: "This petty official hides his secrets, I would like to compare with him."

At this time, Fan Ning found that little Lolita was back again, with a smile on her lips and a hint of slyness in her eyes, she stood far away, as if watching the excitement in the clouds.

Fan Ning also smiled slightly and said, "I don't know where is this brother's fairyland, where is he a high school student?"

"I am a native of Tokyo!"

Li Yanei pointed to a group of scholars behind him with his fan, "We are all Tai students."

Fan Ning nodded, "It turns out that he is a Tai student, young and promising!"

An imperial student next to him was anxious to flatter Fan Ning, saying, "You boy from the countryside, Li Yanei's father is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Li Yanei himself ranked second in the Kaifeng Mansion Examination this year."

Li Yanei quickly opened the folding fan and fanned it lightly, his face was full of arrogance and complacency.

Fan Ning scratched his head, "Where does this servant rank in the capital?"

There was a burst of laughter all around. In the capital, a small servant is really nothing.

It's just that the minister of the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the imperial examinations, and of course the scholars will desperately flatter Li Yanei.

Li Yanei's face changed, and he gave a companion a wink, and the companion hurried up to the stage and whispered a few words to the host.

The host nodded and said: "Since Li Yanei wants to compete with this petty official, then follow the rules and win two out of three rounds."

Li Yanei raised his eyebrows, and his gaze became gloomy, "How about it, brother Fengqiao Yebo, do you dare to compete with me?"

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "Since Li Yanei's father is the Minister of Rites, I'd rather be respectful than obedient!"

This Li Ya Nei's full name is Li Zhan, and he is the son of Li Boyi, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Last month, he participated in the Kaifeng Mansion Examination and won No. 2. He is also very famous in Taixue.

Today, he and a group of Taixue classmates came to visit the Wan surname business, saw the little lady in front of the couplet shed, she was quite cute, so he deliberately teased her.

Unexpectedly, Fan Ning's reminder at a critical moment was reversed by the little lady and Li Zhan lost face in front of his classmates.

How could he swallow this tone, he must teach this brat a lesson today, of course, the lesson of literati is to publicly compete and humiliate each other.

At this time, more and more scholars gathered outside, and the host said loudly: "The first round begins, you two, please watch the Shanglian!"

The young man walked forward carrying the upper couplet with a bamboo pole, only to see that the first couplet read: "Grass on the roadside faintly in light frost." '

Fan Ning is a master at guessing riddles, and he is not good at couplets, but he still remembers thousands of couplets passed down from ancient to modern times in his mind, and he is not afraid of this solution No.2 at all.

Fan Ning thought for a while and smiled: "Li Ya Nei will say it first, or should I say it first?"

Li Zhan snorted and said, "I'm talking about the next couplet, the moon is in the sky in the dense fog!"

"Okay!" There was a burst of applause from around.

The host nodded, "This second couplet is not bad, I wonder if this little official has a second couplet?"

Fan Ning immediately said loudly: "My second couplet is: Mountains and peaks among paintings!"

It was quiet all around, and there was no applause. Although Fan Ning's second couplet was more atmospheric and artistic, but I heard that Li Yanei's father was the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and no scholar dared to offend him easily.

The host forced a smile and said: "The two second couplets are both good, the first game will be a tie!"

"nonsense!"

Little Loli jumped up immediately, and said angrily: "It's obvious that the last couplet is better, how can you open your eyes and talk nonsense!"

Seeing that they were all children, the host ignored Little Lolita's protest, and said loudly: "The second round is starting, please watch Shanglian!"

At this moment, Fan Ning looked back at Little Lolita.

Little Loli snorted, rolled her eyes upwards, and gave him a blank stare. If she doesn't fight for her own interests, she deserves it if she loses!

The upper line of the second game has been picked out, "Samsung ASE."

Fan Ning nodded. This couplet was recorded in Yue Ke's "History of the Tree" in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is considered a famous historical couplet. It is said that the best second couplet in history was paired by Su Dongpo.

Li Zhan spoke first, "I'm facing a gust of wind and thunderstorm."

There was no sound in the surrounding area, "a gust of wind and thunderstorm" had already happened, and it was recognized as absolute. This Li Zhan was obviously a bit of a rascal, and this was someone else's second line.

Little Lolita sneered and said, "What a gust of wind and thunderstorm, worthy of Jieyuan No.2!"

The host was really embarrassed, and explained after a long while: "I didn't say that I must speak up by myself, so Li Yanei's second couplet can be regarded as meeting the requirements."

Li Zhan looked at Fan Ning triumphantly, "Boy, what are you doing now?"

Fan Ning smiled lightly, raised his head and said, "I also have a second couplet, do you want to listen to the master of ceremonies?"

The host quickly laughed and said, "Of course! We are willing to listen!"

Fan Ning calmly said: "My second couplet is 'Ode to the Elegant Style of Four Poems', how about it?"

The surrounding area was silent at first, and then there was a burst of warm applause, "Good! What a ode to the four poems!"

The "poetry" in the couplet refers to the "Book of Songs", which is divided into three parts: "Feng", "Ya" and "Song", but "Ya" is divided into "Daya" and "Xiaoya". Exactly four parts.

All the scholars around were studying scriptures hard, how could they not understand the brilliance of them, at this time, even the Minister of Rites came to no avail, the applause was louder and louder, and everyone applauded this eternal absolute.

Even the little Lolita pouted and said, "For he is a little bit smart!"

At this time, Li Zhan's face was flushed with embarrassment. He didn't have the face to compare it. Everyone knew that he copied it, but he was the one who confronted it, and it was a truly exquisite couplet.

He pushed everyone away and walked away in despair. There was no need to continue this literary battle.

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Humming a ditty, Fan Ning walked back triumphantly, holding a silver ingot in his hand, which weighed five taels. This was the highest prize today, even higher than the five classics crossword of nine golden flowers.

The owner of the colorful shed gave him a special prize, five liang of silver worth [-] Wen, to thank him for his wonderful couplet.

Suddenly, he felt a pain in his ear, and was grabbed by someone, "Where did you go, sister is looking for you everywhere!"

It turned out that it was Ouyang Qian who came, and he quickly broke away from Ouyang Qian's hand, only to see that she was carrying a bag on the other side, with the smell of hot meat, making people salivate.

Fan Ning quickly smiled and held up the silver in front of her, "Sister Qian, help me take a look, what is this?"

"This is silver, you... where did you get so much silver?"

"It's a long story. There was a young lady from a rich family who lost her way and cried so sadly. I took her to find her parents. Her parents gave me five taels of silver to thank me."

"Are you willing to accept money for such a thing?"

"I don't want it either, but they forced it on me. Hey! I can't help it, Sister Qian. I'll buy you rouge."

"Really? That's great. Let's go to Zhang Gu's shop. Their rouge is the best."

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(End of this chapter)