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Because Secretary Lu had heard him say when chatting with Ye Ming: He had read "Dream of Red Mansions" six or seven times back and forth, and he could recite the poems and couplets and plaques in it backwards and forwards.Therefore, he decided to come up with a few tricky questions and test Ye Ming to see if he was bragging.

After thinking for a while, Secretary Lu said to the eager Ye Ming: "Xiaoye, I remember you once said: You can memorize the poems, songs, Fu and couplets and plaques in "A Dream of Red Mansions" fluently, so I will write a few now. About this topic, okay?"

Ye Ming nodded and said, "Okay."

"Listen well: when Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, she saw a couplet in the Rongxi Hall. Who wrote this couplet? What is the content?"

Ye Ming thought for a while, and then replied: "The couplet was written by Dong'an County Wang Mu Shi for Rong Guogong Jia Yuan.

Secretary Lu nodded, took a sip of wine, and asked again: "In the chapter "Ningguo Mansion's New Year's Eve Worship Ancestral Hall Rongguo Mansion Lantern Festival Banquet", Cao Xueqin described the ancestral halls of Rongning and Ningfu in detail from the perspective of Xue Baoqin. Among them, she has seen a total of three couplets, what are the contents of these three couplets? Who wrote them?"

This question is indeed a bit tricky and a bit difficult to answer.If you are not very familiar with "Dream of Red Mansions", it is difficult for ordinary people to answer.

Among them, Secretary Li, Xia Bicheng, and Xia Chuchu have all read "Dream of Red Mansions" more than twice, but they couldn't answer this question.

Xia Chuchu was afraid that Ye Ming would not be able to answer, so she looked at him with worried eyes, secretly worried for him.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Secretary Lu's question, Ye Ming answered without hesitation: "The first couplet is the couplet at the main entrance of Jia's ancestral hall. EMI Yangzhengchangzhisheng' was written by the Taifu Wang Xixian; the second couplet is 'the sun and the moon shine brightly in meritorious deeds; the success and fame reach the children and grandchildren.' The horizontal inscription is 'Xinghui Fubi', which is the imperial pen of the emperor; the third couplet It's "The descendants have inherited Fude; Li Shu still remembers Rongning." The horizontal comment is "Careful to the end and pursue the distance", which is also written by the emperor's imperial pen."

As soon as he finished answering, Xia Chuchu, who had been worrying about him, clapped happily.

Secretary Lu also showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said: "Xiaoye, it seems that you will not be able to drink a sip of wine tonight. By the way, except for "Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" In addition to these four classics, have you read other Ming and Qing novels, such as "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", "The Romance of the Gods", "The Scholars", "Lao Can's Travels", "Flowers in the Mirror", etc.? If I ask a few questions here, can you answer them?"

Ye Ming hesitated for a moment, and said, "I have read all these books, but I haven't delved into them. However, I can give it a try."

Secretary Lu thought for a while, with a solemn expression on his face, and said: "There is a poem in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". , thin grass and scattered flowers turned into mud. Thousands of miles of clouds and mountains can't fly, dream soul night and night to the west of the bamboo bridge.' My question is: which story in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" is this poem from? What is it? Can you describe it?"

When Ye Ming heard that Secretary Lu suddenly mentioned this poem, his heart suddenly felt sour, and his eyes gradually turned red.

After stabilizing his emotions, Ye Ming said in a sad tone: "Secretary Lu, if you ask about the poems in other stories in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", I may not remember them. But this poem , like you, I am also very impressed: this poem comes from the chapter "Tian Zicheng" in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", and it tells the story of a Jinshi who lost his father at a young age looking for his father's remains.

The gist of the story is this: Tian Zicheng, a native of Jiangning, drowned when his boat capsized while crossing Dongting Lake.His son Tian Liangsi, a Jinshi in the late Ming Dynasty, was still in his arms.Tian Zicheng's wife, Du Shi, heard the news of her husband's death. She was so sad that she drank poison and committed suicide.Tian Liangsi was brought up by his concubine's grandmother, and later passed the Jinshi examination and was sent to Hubei as an official.After more than a year, it was transferred to Hunan.Walking to Dongting Lake, he thought of his drowned father, and returned weeping bitterly. He reported to his superiors that he was short of money and asked to resign.The boss refused, and only demoted him to the county magistrate, which belonged to Hanyang Prefecture.Tian Liangxu refused to go, and the director of the academy urged him repeatedly before he reluctantly took up the post.After taking office, he was unrestrained, often wandering between the rivers and lakes, ignoring political affairs.

Then one day, he went out on a tour in a boat.At night, when the boat was moored by the river, I heard the melodious sound of the flute from the shore.When the interest came, he abandoned the boat and went ashore, riding the moonlight, and walked in the direction where the sound of the flute came from.After walking about half a mile, I saw a few thatched huts isolated in a wilderness, with faint lights shining through.Peeking in from the window, I saw three people sitting and drinking.The upper seat is a scholar in his 30s; the lower seat is an old man, and sitting horizontally is a young man playing the hole flute.The scholar in his 30s is the ghost of his late father.In the process of reciting poems with the old man and the young man, his father recited the poem you just mentioned to express his mournful feelings for his hometown and his wife and son..."

When he said this, he suddenly thought of his father, whom he had never met since he was a child, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart, tears streaming down his face, and his voice choked up.

Seeing him sad, Secretary Lu knew that he was thinking of his own father, which aroused his sadness. His heart was agitated, his eyes gradually turned red, and he looked at him who had never experienced fatherly love with extremely loving eyes. For a moment, his heart was surging, and he almost wanted to rush over and hug him in his arms, comfort him with gentle words, tell him that he was his father, and tell him that his father was by his side silently paying attention to him...

Xia Bicheng and Xu Lizhong didn't know that Ye Ming had no father since he was a child, and they were surprised to see him burst into tears while talking, and stared at him, not knowing what was going on with him.

And Xia Chuchu, who had heard that he had no father since he was a child, knew that it must be because of Secretary Lu's poem, thinking of his own father, his heart felt sore, and she shed tears with Ye Ming...

Ye Ming saw that Xia Bicheng and others were looking at him with puzzled eyes, so he wiped his tears with a tissue and said, "I'm sorry, leaders, I lost my composure. My experience is somewhat similar to that of Tian Liangpi's. I have never seen my father. When I was in high school, I wanted to drop out of school to find my biological father, but was dissuaded by my mother. Therefore, I am particularly impressed by this story in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio". Because of Tian I empathize with Liangpi’s misfortune, so I remember it very firmly.”