The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 51 General Degree

The flowing water is gurgling, flowing in the rockery and water in Qinghe Garden.

Tang Sufan looked at the atrium and the attic. Countless literati gathered and chatted, and even saw Yingying and Yanyan's women walking around.

This may be the characteristic of the most open dynasty in Chinese history.

Looking from a distance, you can see that in the center of its Qinghe Garden, a red cloth arena has been built, and there are five main chairs placed under the arena.

And under the stage, there happened to be five old men talking with smiles on their faces, pointing out the scene of Qinghe Garden, their old faces were greatly relieved.

Tang Sufan was led by Kong Lingyue, passed through three pavilions, and passed a bridge. Just as he was about to pass through a place where a group of people gathered, Kong Lingyue stopped in his footsteps.

Kong Lingyue pointed to the place where countless scholars gathered in front of her, and said with a smile: "Young Master Tang, look, before entering the poetry meeting, there will be a crossword puzzle for talented scholars to discuss."

"lantern riddles?"

"No, lantern riddles only appear during the Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival), but they have the same effect."

Tang Sufan and Kong Lingyue's master and servant approached slowly, and they saw a puzzle with no numbers hanging on the wooden sign on the wooden frame, and corresponding paper and pens and ink were placed on the table under the wooden frame.

Some crossword puzzles were guessed and written out, and some crossword puzzles were still blank, making countless people in literary robes think hard...

Kong Lingyue suddenly asked: "I don't know what Mr. Tang thinks of these crossword puzzles?"

"Anagrams?"

Tang Sufan looked around slowly, then shook his head: "It's okay~"

good?

At this time, a gifted scholar next to him heard Tang Sufan's words, and quickly reminded him kindly: "Brother, don't lie, these crossword riddles often appear in many poetry gatherings, and how many literati spend countless days thinking about them~"

Tang Sufan was taken aback, and then replied: "That's it? Can't you think about it? Aren't there many great scholars? They can't think of it either?"

The literati shook his head, and explained in a low voice: "How can the great Confucianists have time to guess this, even if they guess it right, it would be shameful~ not to mention there are times when they can't guess it?"

Tang Sufan nodded, feeling reasonable, and casually agreed: "That's right~"

Kong Lingyue smiled mischievously, walked a few steps, pointed to another row of crossword puzzles on the wooden frame with the most people, and said, "Mr. Tang, why don't you try these crossword puzzles? This row of crossword puzzles appeared in many poetry fairs. And it was produced by one person, I heard that it has caused headaches for many talented people~"

Tang Sufan followed, glanced at the crossword puzzle on the wooden sign, and then laughed softly: "It was done by one person? It's not bad at this level. I didn't expect it to cause headaches for many talented people."

At this time, Tang Sufan's words were heard by a scribe who gathered beside the wooden frame.

Immediately, the man said angrily, "Young master, you know that this sentence is an insult to countless literati in Chang'an like me!"

All the people gathered here are talented scholars, big and small, in Chang'an City. They all shook their heads and sighed when they passed by this crossword puzzle stand.

Therefore, it must be humiliating if this is heard by others.

And it's a naked humiliation~

Tang Sufan was taken aback, is this humiliating countless literati in Chang'an?He was just complaining at will, is it such a big crime~

What he hadn't seen yet was that Kong Lingyue's small face froze behind her sideways.

Tang Sufan didn't want to conflict with others, so he replied: "Young Master, I'm just talking casually, don't take it seriously."

Afterwards, Yu Ling, the maidservant behind Kong Lingyue, stood up and said with a puffed face, "Why don't you try, Mr. Tang?"

The literati who just made a sound also said: "Brother, why don't you try it out, if you can't solve it, then you will humiliate me and other literati!"

Tang Sufan frowned, and said helplessly, "Okay, I'll try~"

Slowly swaying, staring at the first word riddle wooden sign, guessing lantern riddles, there are no more than two commonly used methods, the method of splitting characters and the method of separation~he also knows a few of the remaining methods.

In addition, Tang Sufan used to organize knowledge contests to promote traditional culture when he was in college, and for a while, he also organized a group with some scumbags in the dormitory to participate, and also studied anagrams for a while.

What's more, there are quite a few that I can see at a glance......

And Tang Sufan's actions also caught the eyes of several literati.

If this kid can't explain why, then don't blame them for being unable to hold back the keyboard~
Tang Sufan stared at the first wooden sign, which read '14 years apart, only meet at night'.

Then Tang Sufan said without hesitation: "This character is 'dance'~"

Then write the word 'dance' on the rice paper.

Everyone looked at it, thought about it a little bit, and figured it out all the time.

Then there was the second one, 'up and down'...

Tang Sufan didn't even make a sound, picked up the brush and wrote 'beg' directly, letting them go as they wished.

Just like that, Tang Sufan solved eight or nine of the ten crossword puzzles in no time.

Even if there are two or three characters that are not in simplified characters, Tang Sufan, who has been in Datang for so long, knows the characters of Datang like the back of his hand, and with his active thinking, he can solve them quickly.

Until the last wooden sign was reached, Tang Sufan stared at the last wooden sign and murmured: "Looking south to the lone star, the eyebrows are rising..."

He paused, frowned and thought for a while, then said: "It should be a word 'Zhuang'..."

Then he picked up the brush in his hand, dipped it in ink, and wrote the word "Zhuang" on the rice paper.

And the scribes beside him frowned and looked left and right, not knowing how to interpret this word?

Just when one of them was about to speak, Kong Lingyue said first: "Young Master Tang, how do you know that the last character is Zhuang?"

Tang Sufan picked up the brush, pointed to the wooden sign and said, "Look north and look south, left west and right east, 'South look' is the word 'Wang' under the word 'Wang'."

"'Lone Star' is for one point, and 'Crescent Moon' refers to the moon at the beginning of the month, like a stroke... This is the character for 'Zhuang'..."

Fortunately, he has seen this crossword puzzle before, and the pause just now just took a while to recall.

If it wasn't for this, the last one might have been stumped and almost overturned, so wouldn't this wave of pretense be unsmooth?
As soon as this remark came out, everyone understood, so it was so!
Seeing Tang Sufan's detailed explanation, the literati who spoke just now said, "My lord is a great talent, I'm really ashamed, I hope you will forgive me..."

Several other people also changed from previous disdain to admiration and astonishment.

Tang Sufan waved his hand: "It's easy to talk~"

Only then did Kong Lingyue look better, and said softly from the bottom of her heart: "I didn't expect you to be a great talent, this is indeed a word for 'Zhuang'~ I didn't expect the explanation to be accurate..."

After listening to Kong Lingyue's words, Tang Sufan asked, "Not bad at all? Ms. Kong knew the answer in advance?"

Kong Lingyue blushed slightly: "Young Master, I came up with these crossword puzzles~"

Tang Sufan's face froze after hearing this sentence, his face was extremely embarrassed~

I just... seem to... have said... the level of the people who wrote these crossword puzzles is average...

　Thank you for the monthly pass for being a troublemaker in the country's wealth ~ Today welcomes the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year ~ I wish you prosperity and prosperity!
　　
　
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