The world finally became quiet. The servants had already removed the empty plates from the first round and replaced them with new dishes. Tangning picked up the chopsticks and began to enjoy the food to herself with Fang Xiaopang's envious eyes.
He rides a strange horse, draws a long bow, and shoots hard rocks with a strong bow. Although the bow is strong, the rocks are even harder. If it weren't for Li Guang, it would be difficult for him to have no feathers. This is a pairing he saw on Zhihu before.
This is a split-character couplet, with a strange horse as a rider and a long bow as a stretcher. Although the bow is strong, the stone is harder. But this couplet is not just a simple split-character couplet, it also contains an allusion to the flying general Li Guang shooting a tiger late at night.
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It is easy to separate the characters, but it is not so easy to separate the characters well and to match the allusions that everyone knows.
This is not an eternal absolute, but it definitely takes time to get it right skillfully.
As the saying goes, one woman is equal to five hundred ducks. Tangning didn't want to test Mr. Li, and he didn't care whether she was right or not. He just wanted to shut up these five hundred ducks.
Someone had already circulated this couplet, and the atmosphere around Tangning began to become silent. This silence gradually spread, and the noisy deer croaking banquet became silent in a very short period of time.
Fang Xiaopang looked at Tang Ning with envious eyes. She couldn't eat anymore. Everyone at the table was thinking about it. Tang Ning was eating alone. After a long time, she felt embarrassed and put down her chopsticks.
Fang Xiaopang tugged on his sleeve and said, "You can eat it."
Tangning shook her head and said, "I'm full."
Fang Xiaopang looked at him and said, "I'll watch you eat."
Tang Ning was a little worried. Although she looked cute and cute when she gained weight, there was no way to keep getting fat like this. Overeating and overeating would cause her body to have problems sooner or later.
She should find a way to make her restrain herself. Whether she will marry or not is another matter. Even if she cannot lose weight, she should not continue to gain weight.
Fang Hong and the local officials in Lingzhou glanced here, feeling a little indescribable.
Naturally, it was a bit bad for the good Lu Ming Banquet to be turned into this. It might have given them the upper hand in the competition with the envoys of the Chu State, and they would also have a good face.
"I can't handle this couplet in a short time." Master Xiao Li thought for a while and then simply gave up.
He admitted defeat so simply, Lingzhou Juzi breathed a sigh of relief.
If they are really defeated by the Chu people at the Luming Banquet, their Lingzhou students will bear an indelible shame.
The state of Chu defeated hundreds of students from Lingzhou with one man and won a great victory.
I still don’t know how they will publicize it. If I don’t know, I really think they have no one in Lingzhou.
After this incident, when everyone looked at Tangning again, they felt less resentful towards him.
Zeng Zilou, in particular, looked at Tangning with eyes full of gratitude.
Tang Ning was a little disappointed. Why didn't this man know how to persevere? Five hundred ducks seemed to appear in front of him.
"I didn't expect that Tang Jieyuan was not only good at poetry, but also good at couplets." Mr. Xiao Li looked at him and asked: "Not only that, I heard that Tang Jieyuan is also very proficient in policy theory. If there is a chance, I would like to ask Tang Jieyuan for advice."
When the discussion came up, Lingzhou Juzi looked at Tangning with a slightly resentful expression.
Tang Ning didn't know what kind of grudge the Chu envoy had against him. He had just created a rivalry to embarrass him, and now he had cleverly created a wave of hatred for him.
Tangning shook her head and said, "Policy theory..., I really don't understand it, aunt... I'm afraid Mr. Li has found the wrong person."
He almost said the word "girl". Master Xiao Li's face changed slightly. Seeing that he did not continue, he quickly regained his composure. He glanced at him and said, "In this case, I am taking the liberty..."
After she finished speaking, she walked back again.
Xu Qingyang saw that the atmosphere around him had become a little weird, so he changed the subject and said: "Brother Tang is number one in both lists. The two poems in the second scene are naturally also very well written. We have been curious for a long time. I wonder if Brother Tang can do it?"
Take out those two poems and let me take a look?"
There was no grudge between Tang Ning and Xu Qingyang, but he actually refused to open any pot and went against himself.
He had no choice but to copy the song "Bodhisattva Man", and the state examination examiner could not divulge the content of the examination paper at will. If everyone knew that what he wrote was "too lazy to draw eyebrows, too late to put on makeup and wash up, to embroider new clothes, both gold
"Partridge", where should he put Tang Jieyuan's face?
"It's just a humble work. I won't show it to make everyone laugh." Tangning waved her hand and said, "Eat the food, eat the food..."
At this moment, he saw the examiner named Wang Bo waving to him. He stood up with some confusion and walked over.
"Tang Jieyuan, sit here." Wang Bo pointed to the empty seat vacated by an official next to him and said: "Regarding your third policy discussion, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Song still have some questions and want to discuss it with you in detail.
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Master Xiao Li lowered his head and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Tang Ning looked around and saw that the seats at this table had obviously been adjusted. He knew the two examiners Fang Hong and Wang Bo, Song Qian and Ling Yihong naturally knew each other, and there was also a stranger, who should be the doctor of the Ministry of Water.
Zhang Hao, as for the other two people, one is Mr. Li just now, and the other one should also be an envoy of the Chu State.
Although he and Master Xiao Li are not in the same place, they are still adjacent to each other.
Wang Bo did not get into the topic, but looked at him first and said: "That poem of yours is a rare masterpiece even if it passed the provincial examination. Scholars should be humble, but they should not be too humble."
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Tangning nodded to show that she was taught.
"If you have a chance to come to Beijing in the future, I can introduce you to Prime Minister Wang." Wang Bo looked at him and said, "Prime Minister Wang was good at Huajian Ci when he was young, so he should be able to give you some pointers."
"Tang Jieyuan is also good at Huajian Ci?" The Chu envoy looked at him in surprise and said with a smile: "If that's the case, Tang Jieyuan and Master Xiao Li can discuss it more."
"The Huajian Ci written by Jieyuan of the Tang Dynasty has a strong legacy from the Later Shu Dynasty. If there were no examination papers to prove it, we would even think that it was really written by a great poet of the Huajian School hundreds of years ago." Wang Bo naturally said.
He did not hesitate to praise the talents of Chen State in front of the envoys of Chu State, smiled and said: "Master Xiao Li, please listen to this song "Bodhisattva Man", which was written by Tang Jieyuan in the state examination hall..."
Tangning was stunned and said hurriedly: "Master Wang..."
Mr. Wang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, you are very accurate in understanding a woman's relationship. Even if Wang Cheng is on a blind date, you can't find any flaws..."
Tang Ning looked at him blankly, what do you mean he knows a woman's relationship so accurately? When has he ever known a woman's relationship? This, this is tainting someone's innocence for no reason!
Wang Bo had already smiled and recited "The hills are overlapping and the gold is shining brightly, and the clouds on the temples are about to touch the fragrant snow on the cheeks." Mr. Li listened to a few words and looked at him with a slightly strange look.
Everyone deliberately kept quiet, and the actions around them could be heard very clearly.
Xu Qingyang pondered for a long time and then said: "If this poem is said to be written by Miss Zhong, I have no doubt at all..."
Zhang Yansheng was surprised and said: "I didn't expect that Brother Tang's thoughts are so delicate. I'm afraid even many women are far behind."
The students around him also expressed surprise. Although they didn't like Tang Jieyuan very much, they didn't deny that he had the courage to give direct advice regardless of his own future, and he was considered to be a man of steel...
But now, in their hearts, the iron-clad Tang Jieyuan pinched an orchid finger playfully, leaned on the bed, and drew his eyebrows lazily...
