Rebirth of Fengmou

Chapter 33.Pair
The boat docked, because only men could go ashore, so the maid stayed on the boat, and Du Lanyan followed Feng Yichen towards the high platform.

At this time, many people had gathered in front of the high platform, some in bright clothes and some in coarse linen. They all stretched their necks to look up on the high platform. Itchy.

And there were a few scholars who looked like scholars standing on the stage, scratching their heads and frowning. After a while, they all shook their heads and walked off the high stage.

That couplet is too difficult.

They didn't even think about the first one, let alone the last two, so they had to give up.

"Little old man, this couplet is so difficult, no one can match it, who will your daughter marry? If not, let us bid, and whoever gives the most money will give your daughter to whoever!"

Someone in the crowd suggested it, but the old man shook his head and waved his hands in disapproval.

"The little girl has admired scholars since she was a child, and vowed to marry a literati. The old man has only such a daughter, how can he not fulfill her wishes?"

Seeing that the old man disagreed, everyone stopped talking, and those with a bit of literary talent began to rack their brains for answers, while those with little knowledge stood aside and watched the fun.

"I'm right for the first couplet!" Suddenly someone uttered a voice, and then a man in a fine attire walked onto the stage. It was Wei Jiaming.

He glanced at the crowd proudly, then pointed to the first couplet on the first bamboo stick and said: "Your first couplet is 'The guest is in the natural residence, but you are actually a guest from the sky'. Then the second couplet of the king is 'Ren Guo The Great Buddha Temple, the Buddha in the temple is greater than human beings'!"

"Good couplet!" As soon as his words fell, there was applause from below, and Wei Jiaming was even more proud. Although Brother Huang came up with this couplet, he is the one who is in the limelight now, and he is the one who is praised by everyone. How could he not proud?
"Young master has a good literary talent." People in remote places don't know his identity, so they address him as young master.

The few of them are distinguished, and they must be respected wherever they go, but today is an exception every year. Wherever they are, everyone does not need to stick to etiquette and behave normally.

This is what Wei Jiarui would say wherever he went in the past few years, and now, everyone knows this rule and appreciates Wei Jiarui's act of being close to the people.

"Then for the second couplet, does your lord have a second couplet?" The old man continued.

The second couplet is: Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat mud, mud is dry and water is exhausted.

This couplet is very interesting, but it is also difficult to correct.

"This..." Wei Jiaming showed embarrassment, and unconsciously glanced at Wei Jiarui. Wei Jiarui frowned, as if he was thinking about the second line.

"Let me think about it again." Seeing that Wei Jiarui was thinking about the second line, Wei Jiaming replied to the old man.

"Okay." The old man nodded and agreed, and waited quietly on the stage, and everyone in the audience began to think hard about the next couplet.

Du Lanyan and Feng Yichen were standing under the eaves. The sun was just right at this time. Du Lanyan looked up to the stage and suddenly felt a flash of light. She looked over carefully and saw a handful of water under the water through the gap between the bamboos that built the platform. Showing a sharp knife.

Du Lanyan paused, then turned her head to look at the woman in bridal clothes. She lowered her head slightly, but Du Lanyan always felt that this woman looked familiar, and she had this feeling when she was on the boat, so she asked Feng Yichen to take her The boat came.

The woman kept her head down, and Du Lanyan couldn't see her face clearly. She was in a hurry, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the brocade cloth hanging on the high platform, and then lowered her head to look at her clothes. Then, with a flash of inspiration, she raised her hand and shouted: "I Come on!"

"The second couplet of this first couplet is: Seng Youyunyin Temple, Temple Yin Youyun Monk." After speaking loudly, he ran up to the stage.

"Am I right?" He smiled at the old man as soon as he took the stage.

"Neat, neat." The old man nodded repeatedly, his brows beaming with joy.

Wei Jiaming looks good, but when Du Lanyan came up, he was immediately compared. Du Lanyan has big eyes, fair skin, and is thin. At first glance, he looks like a typical thin and thin scholar. This image is quite popular with the old man.

"You are amazing, you have the ability to give the second couplet right!" Wei Jiaming was upset when he saw Du Lanyan coming up to steal his limelight. Looking at the second couplet, he just pushed her and asked her to answer. Can she still think of the question she came up with?
"This second couplet, let me think about it." Du Lanyan pretended to lower her head to think, and walked slowly on the stage, giving the impression that she was thinking while walking, but she took this opportunity to walk slowly. to that woman.

"Ouch." She tilted her body, pretending not to stand still and fell down, she turned her head to look at the woman's face, the woman lowered her head and narrowed her eyes, but did not come to help her.

"Oh, son, why are you so careless?" Seeing her fall, the old man hurried forward to help her up.

Du Lanyan laughed twice and stood up, forcing down the surprise on her face.

"Is it because you can't answer and you're afraid of losing face, so you can't even stand up?" Seeing her fall, Wei Jiaming sarcastically.

"Why, I'm looking at how to pronounce the third couplet?" Du Lanyan ignored him, pointing to the third couplet and said to him.

"You don't even know the words, yet you dare to come up with couplets. This king, look, you are fooled by the first couplet. Let me teach you how to read it." Wei Jiaming sarcastically pointed at the third couplet. As soon as the brocade cloth on the bamboo strips was about to speak, the voice got stuck in his throat and he stood stiffly.

The third couplet is: the sea is falling toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward toward.

There was a chuckle at the bottom, Wei Jiaming looked very embarrassed, and then said: "You kid, you haven't even got the second couplet right, and you still want to read the third couplet, when you get the second couplet right, I will teach you. "

In his haste and wit, he found a way out for himself.

"Okay, clean your ears and listen. The second line of the second couplet is: The imperial court scrapes the state capital, the state capital scrapes the county, the county scrapes the people, the people are poor and the country is in danger."

As soon as this couplet came out, there was silence, some people even looked at her with wide eyes in disbelief, while some shook their heads and looked at her with some sympathy.

This kid is too daring to say it!
The crown prince is here today, how dare he say that about the court!

"Stinky boy, what do you mean! How dare you criticize the court!" Wei Jiaming stood on the stage, pointing at Du Lanyan angrily, while Du Lanyan looked at him innocently, and said, "Young Master, why are you so excited? The following is just a couplet."

"Everyone testify, I'm just a couplet, and I don't have any other meanings. The current emperor is wise and powerful, and he governs the country well. Since his ascension to the throne, he has never settled an unjust case in vain, and has never taken any ill-gotten gains. , under his wise rule, the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful, how dare I criticize such a wise emperor and such a wise court?"

What Du Lanyan said left Wei Jiaming speechless.

She was indeed just matching, there was no emotion at all in what she said, and just now she said that the court was wise and dared not criticize, in other words, only people would criticize if the court was not wise, and now he insisted To say that people criticize the court is not to say that the court is not wise in disguise?
As a royal, how can he say that the court is not good?Once such words are spoken, it will bring disaster to the upper body, so he shut his mouth and looked at Du Lanyan angrily.

"Emperor brother, come down now." Wei Jiarui said suddenly, the boy didn't look big, but his mouth was very clever, the emperor's mouth is stupid, it is inevitable that he will suffer, so before it was too embarrassing, he asked him to come down .

(End of this chapter)