Chapter 187: Couplet Tournament
Since it was the method proposed by Lu Gaoxuan, he naturally stood up to take the lead.
He bowed to Gao Xianda and others and said, "Mr. Rui, everyone, Lu is not talented, come out and throw away the bricks and attract jade first."
Zhou Peigong was from the imperial examination and was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Seeing that Lu Gaoxuan was a scholar, he took the initiative to stand up and said, "Brother Lu, let me chat with you."
Lu Gaoxuan said: "Okay, since we are all scholars, let's play with scholars. How about we check out couplets?"
Zhou Peigong seemed not very good at this and was stunned for a moment. However, there were no other cultural people around him. Since he had already stood up and could not retreat, he could only agree: "Please ask Brother Lu to give the question."
Lu Gaoxuan said, "I'm sending the first couplet: Everything goes smoothly and good every year."
Zhou Peigong said to him: "Everything goes well."
Lu Gaoxuan said again: "The world returns to its vitality for a hundred years."
Zhou Peigong said to him: "Unify the peace between mountains and rivers."
These are ordinary couplets on couplets, and even private families often post them, so it is not difficult, so Zhou Peigong is naturally no problem. Lu Gaoxuan is going to start and say some auspicious words to make everyone happy.
But after laying the groundwork for two steps, he changed his style of play and asked a problem: "There are three towers, towers, towers, towers in front of the Three Towers Temple."
This made Zhou Peigong stumped.
He thought for a long time, then looked at Zeng Leyan next to him, and then he had an idea and said, "I will give you the five-story platform, platform, platform, platform, platform, platform, platform, platform," he said.
He barely met.dudu1();
Seeing that Zhou Peigong had met again, Lu Gaoxuan turned his eyes and said, "I'll give you a difficult time this time. If you meet, I will lose."
Zhou Peigong felt a little relieved after having a few pairs right and said, "Just say it."
Lu Gaoxuan said: "I came out with the first couplet: Nantongzhou, North Tongzhou, North Tongzhou, North and South Tongzhou."
Tongzhou is a place name. There is Tongzhou in the capital, and there is also a place called Tongzhou in Jiangsu. The two places are important cities connecting the canals. It is quite difficult to encounter such a coincidental place name.
This time, Zhou Peigong was stumped at once.
He thought about it but had no answer. He looked at Gao Xianda helplessly and wanted to admit defeat.
Gao Xianda knew nothing about Spring Festival couplets, and it was quite easy to see him answering a few couplets before. This time, the couplets that Lu Gaoxuan had made were messy, and he didn't know what he was saying, so he naturally knew it was very difficult.
So, Gao Xianda did not blame him. He laughed, picked up the wine glass and said, "Haha, the Wensi of the two gentlemen is indeed Gao Miao. I, a rough man, don't understand it very much. This time, even if we lose..."
He was just talking, but before he could say the words of losing, Zhou Peigong said, "Slowly, I understand!"
Lu Gaoxuan looked at Zhou Peigong, frowned and said, "Oh, I'd like to hear it carefully."
Zhou Peigong said: "The east pawn shop, the west pawn shop, the east pawn shop, the east pawn shop serves things."
This couplet is particularly neatly matched. It is very suitable for east and west to north and south.
Lu Gaoxuan was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have never expected that Zhou Peigong could actually match it.dudu2();
He just said that if Zhou Peigong could still match his couplet, even if he lost. Since he had broken it for a while, his face was naturally a little bad. He asked Zhou Peigong like a face: "Brother, since we say that it is two people who are executing orders, it may not be good if others are instructed."
Zhou Peigong did not speak, but Wang Yu behind him said, "Your couplet is very easy, and it is not just one way to match it. It is very simple for General Zhou to match it. Even I can match it with a few lower couplets."
Lu Gaoxuan has high martial arts skills and good ear skills. Just as Gao Xianda was speaking, he seemed to hear someone talking to Zhou Peigong. This kind of kung fu is called the secret of sound transmission, which means using internal power to tie up the sound and only let one person hear it. However, the person who transmits the sound is not deep enough, so Lu Gaoxuan heard it.
But at this time, Gao Xianda was talking, and Gao Xianda's voice was loud, so Lu Gaoxuan was not very sure, so he could only use words to hit Zhou Peigong.
Who knew that Zhou Peigong didn't speak, but Wang Yu spoke first.
It's him!
Lu Gaoxuan has always been very confident in his own words, but he didn't expect that he was rightly told by Zhou Peigong. He was just unhappy, and Wang Yu mocked him for the couplet again.
Lu Gaoxuan said, "Do you think there are other ways to deal with it? Why not say one of them and listen to it."
Wang Yu was not vague and said directly: "What's the difficulty? Listen! Male students, female students, male and female students give birth to male and female students!"
This is easy to understand, even a rude man like Gao Xianda understood it very well. Everyone in the audience, including Wu Yingxiong, immediately burst into laughter.
Although it was not convenient for women such as Sanjin, Fang Yi and others to laugh, they all covered their faces and smiled after they understood it. The scene suddenly became very pleasant.
There was only one person who didn't laugh, that was Lu Gaoxuan. He turned red and hadn't spoken for a long time.
Wu Yingxiong also laughed for a long time before he realized that it was his own mistake. He coughed and said, "It doesn't matter, we lost this game. Come on, brothers, keep your word, let's drink one!" dudu3();
After saying that, he took the initiative to pick up the big bowl in front of him, and looked up and drank the wine in.
When the others saw it, they couldn't refuse. Although Fatto Tuo and Wugen Taoist were monks, they didn't stop drinking and meat. Seeing that they had lost, they picked up the wine bowl and drank it.
Lu Gaoxuan drank a big bowl of wine and his face turned redder. He said angrily: "I still have many couplets and haven't said it, let's come again!"
Gao Xianda looked at Zhou Peigong inquiring. Zhou Peigong shook his head.
Gao Xianda said: "Everyone is the main thing to be kind and drinks, not to compete for winning or losing. What are you doing with these tangible things?"
What he meant was to change a game.
At this time, Wang Yu stood up and said, "It's okay. Since Mr. Lu likes couplets, I'll play with him for a while!"
Gao Xianda said: "If you can be right, be good. Don't always tell jokes like having a man or a woman!"
When he spoke, he couldn't hide his smile.
Lu Gaoxuan was angry with Wang Yu's ridicule just now and said, "Okay, I'll be against you! My first couplet is: The northern geese fly south and have two wings and divide them from east to west!"
This time he was fine, and he would not leave anything for Wang Yu to see the north and south. He said everything in the couplets, both of them.
He thought to himself, "Boy, what's wrong with you this time!"
Wang Yu blinked his eyes and said calmly: "I'll give you the right words: the south geese fly north and fly north and divide the wings east and west!"
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Chapter completed!