Shi Yi hosted a banquet in honor of Yuan Chonghuan.
Everyone was sitting around eating and drinking. Li Tianmu said: "Yuan Juren, I would like to ask you why you want to sell the ancestral sword. Are you encountering difficulties?"
Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "Hey, I'm ashamed to say that next year is the year of the competition, so Xiaosheng came here early and wanted to prepare well, but unexpectedly he lost his silver coins and couldn't even pay the restaurant bill. This
I had no choice but to exchange my ancestral sword for money."
Li Tianmu said, "Oh, that's it." He paused and said, "Swallow, I'll lend you a hundred taels of silver and I'll pay it back to you later."
Shi Yi took out a banknote without even looking at it, placed it in front of Li Tianmu's desk, and said, "Senior Brother Li, just take it, you don't have to pay it back. If it's not enough, just say something."
Li Tianmu saw it was a two hundred taels of silver note and said, "This is two hundred taels."
Shi Yi said: "Two hundred is two hundred, take it."
Li Tianmu smiled and thought: "How can I pay back such a large sum of money?" He placed the banknote in front of Yuan Chonghuan's desk and said: "Yuan Juren, don't sell your sword, just keep this little money.
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Yuan Chonghuan was startled and said: "I can't help it, I can't help it. Xiaosheng and Li Daxia met by chance. Li Daxia acted righteously and saved me from danger. Xiaosheng is already grateful. How can I take Daxia's money again? This is absolutely impossible."
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Li Tianmu laughed and said, "I'll borrow it from you, just pay it back to me later."
Yuan Chonghuan said: "This..." I am embarrassed to accept it.
Li Tianmu picked up the banknote, put it into Yuan Chonghuan's arms, and said with a smile: "Just accept it."
Yuan Chonghuan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Li. I will return it in full after my birthday." He put the sword on the table and said, "I will leave this broken knife with Mr. Li for the time being. Wait for Xiaosheng to return the money."
retrieve."
Li Tianmu said: "There is no need to use a knife to pledge. If you do this, you will be looking down on a certain family."
Yuan Chonghuan felt sorry and said: "Master Li treated me like this, I really don't know how to repay him?"
Li Tianmu said: "Don't talk about this, come and drink."
The four of them had a bowl. Li Tianmu wanted to test Yuan Chonghuan's knowledge, so he said: "Yuan Juren, how about we play a pair?"
Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said: "Okay, Master Li, please come out."
When Li Tianmu was young, his uncle taught him books for several years, so he could read and write, but his knowledge was very limited. In terms of pairs, he was not able to create his own, but he had memorized some when he was a child, and he still remembers them to this day.
Still new.
Li Tianmu thought for a while and said: "The tree is half-way through the tree."
A fathom was the length measurement unit at that time, and one fathom was eight feet. This couplet means that the small tree is only four feet tall, so don't cut it down.
Yuan Chonghuan did not hesitate and said: "It really has nothing to do with it."
The fruit is opposite to the tree, but it is still opposite to itself, a point is opposite to the eight feet, there is no indulgence in each other, and the stem of the fight is opposite to the axe.
Shi Yi and Shan Sinan were not very educated. I wonder if Yuan Chonghuan was right and went to see Li Tianmu.
Li Tianmu smiled and said, "That's right, that's right, I'll come up with another one." After a pause, he said again, "When playing Go under the chessboard, the pine pieces fall with the chess pieces every time."
Yuan Chonghuan still said without thinking: "Fishing by willows, willow silk is often hung with the fishing line."
Li Tianmu nodded and said: "Light the lamp in the tower, and the holes in the tower will be illuminated by Zhuge Liang."
Zhuge Liang is a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms period. His name is Kongming. The first couplet means that when a lamp is lit in a pagoda, all the windows in the pagoda will be bright. Zhuge Liang means that every attic is bright. "Ge" and "Ge"
Homophone.
Yuan Chonghuan saw that Li Tianmu mentioned Kong Ming and Zhuge Liang in the first couplet, and he had to quote figures from the Three Kingdoms in the second couplet. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "The Dragon King raises fire, and Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong step by step."
Zhao Yun is also a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms, with the courtesy name Zilong. What the second couplet says is that the Dragon King's third son was skinned and cramped by Nezha, the naughty boy. The old Dragon King held a torch to the beach to check, with colorful auspicious clouds under his feet, and the torch was shining on his son.
It is the Dragon King, and its son is Zilong.
Among them, Zhao Yun's "Zhao" has the same pronunciation as "cover", which means covering the colorful auspicious clouds, while Zhao Zilong's "Zhao" has the same sound as "zhao", which means torch lighting.
After hearing this, Li Tianmu laughed and said, "That's right, come on, let's have a drink."
The four of them had a drink. When Shi Yi saw Li Tianmu praising Yuan Chonghuan for doing a good job, he thought to himself: "It seems that this person is not fake."
After Li Tianmu drank a glass of wine, he thought about the pairs he had memorized in the past, found a difficult couplet, and said: "Brother Yuan, listen carefully, the first couplet below is here again." After a pause, he again
Said: "Collect Erchuan, arrange eight formations, take out six and capture seven, light forty-nine lanterns in the five-foot plain, just to reward the three."
The allusion used in this couplet is Zhuge Liang's allusion. Among them, "acquisition of two rivers" means that he helped Liu Bei defeat Liu Zhang to capture Xichuan, and then defeated Cao Cao to capture Dongchuan. "Pai Ba formation" refers to the Eight Diagrams formation he set up. "Six
"Out" refers to Zhuge Liang's six expeditions out of Qishan and his northern expedition to Cao Wei. "Seven captures" refers to his seven captures of Meng Huo to pacify the Southern Barbarians.
"Lighting forty-nine lanterns in Wuzhangyuan" refers to Zhuge Liang's last northern expedition. When he arrived at Wuzhangyuan, he faced the Wei army. He was in poor health and felt that he was about to finish playing, but his great cause was not accomplished and he could not die yet, so he set up an altar to practice
, lit forty-nine lanterns, and begged God to let him live a few more years. Unexpectedly, the general Wei Yan broke into the tent and knocked down the most critical natal lantern. Zhuge Liang was so angry that not only did he not live for a few more years, but he died early.
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"He only wanted to repay his three visits" means that Zhuge Liang wanted to express his gratitude to Liu Bei for his kindness in helping Liu Bei by visiting his thatched cottage three times.
This first couplet not only quotes Zhuge Liang's allusions everywhere, but also contains numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety, which is very difficult to interpret.
Li Tianmu looked at Yuan Chonghuan with a smile and thought, "I wonder if you can face this one?"
Yuan Chonghuan rolled his eyes and said: "The first couplet of Hero Li is 'Collect two rivers, arrange eight formations, six out and seven captures, light forty-nine lanterns in five feet, only to reward three people. I will do it right,' take Xishu
, to determine the southern barbarians, to unite in the east and to reject the north, in the central military tent the gold, wood, earth, and Yao divine hexagrams were transformed, and the water surface could be attacked with fire. 'Isn't it still neat?"
This second line also quotes Zhuge Liang's allusions everywhere. "Taking Western Shu" refers to Zhuge Liang helping Liu Bei to capture Western Shu and Liu Zhang, "Ding Nanman" refers to surrendering the Southern King Meng Huo, and "East and North reject" refers to Donghe and Sun Quan.
, the north rejected Cao Cao.
"In the Chinese army's tent, the hexagrams of gold, wood, earth, and Yao were changed, and the water surface could be attacked with fire." It quoted an allusion from the Battle of Chibi, saying that Zhuge Liang was fortune-telling in the Chinese army's tent, and calculated that in order to defeat Cao's army, it would be better to attack with fire.
This second line contains east, west, south, north, middle, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which can be compared with numbers one to ten of the first line, which is very neat.
Li Tianmu laughed and said with a smile: "Wonderful, wonderful. Brother Yuan is indeed a great talent, I admire you."
After thinking about it, he added: "I'll do another one, um... ok, 'Because fire turns into smoke, if you don't put it aside, you will end up suffering."
This couplet is a word pair, which means that the word "yin" and the word "fire" form the word "smoke", and it also means that smoke will occur because of fire.
If the word "ruo" does not take out this salary, it will become the word "bitter", which contains the philosophy of persuading people to quit bad habits.
After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan praised: "This first couplet is really wonderful. I'm right, 'Save your official position for the palace, it's hard to be a human being after entering and forgetting to return.'"
This second couplet is also a text pair. It talks about the word "house" and the word "guan" forming the word "Guan". It also means that with a house and officials, it becomes a library.
If the left side of the word "ru" does not come out, it will be a "human" character. "It is difficult to be a human being after entering and forgetting to return" means: if the left half of the character "ru" does not come back, it will not become a human character. It implies Encouraging people to turn back is the meaning of shore.
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "It's so wonderful that you can't be a good person after entering and forgetting to return." After thinking about it, he added: "In recent years, storytellers have been telling a story called "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" "I wonder if Brother Yuan has ever heard of the storytelling?"
"Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" is a chivalrous public case commentary. It tells the story of Bao Zheng, who was in charge of Kaifeng Mansion during the reign of Renzong, the fourth emperor of Beizong. With the help of many chivalrous people, he rectified unjust cases and eliminated violence. Among them, the three heroes are Refers to Ouyang Chun, the "Purple Beard Uncle" of the Northern Hero, Zhan Zhao, the "Yu Mao" of the Southern Hero, and the Ding brothers of the Double Hero.
The Five Righteousness refers to the five rat brothers who are entrenched in Xingkong Island. They are the "Jumping Sky Rat" Lu Fang, the "Cheer Rat" Han Zhang, the "Crossing Mountain Rat" Xu Qing, the "River-Changing Rat" Jiang Ping, and "Golden Mouse" Bai Yutang.
Among the five rats, Bai Yutang is the most proficient in martial arts, and he is also the most proud. This person is arrogant and does not look down on anyone in the world except his own mentor. Although he is proud, he has a chivalrous heart and a moral character. not bad.
Zhan Zhao was originally a Nan Xiake in the Jianghu, and later became a Kaifeng Prefecture official, assisting Bao Qingtian in arresting and handling cases. However, because the Emperor of the Song Dynasty caused trouble, Zhan Zhao was given the title of "Royal Cat" when he saw Zhan Zhao's outstanding qinggong. Invisibly, Zhan Zhao was offended. He named Bai Wuye, the "Golden Mouse" Bai Yutang, and this nickname caused Zhan Zhao trouble.
After Bai Yutang learned about Yu Mao's title, he thought to himself: "What the hell, Yu Mao, a cat catches a mouse. Isn't Zhan Zhao deliberately trying to get in trouble with us Five Rats? Damn it, that's okay."
Bai Yutang was very angry, and the consequences were serious. Zhan Zhao was in big trouble. Bai Yutang always opposed Zhan Zhao, playing for Zhan Zhao, and almost had diarrhea. Zhan Zhao had a good temper, and he was regarded as a chivalrous person in Bai Yutang. The scholar, on the surface, kept giving in and asked a middleman to mediate, hoping to turn the hostility into friendship with Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang was very open-minded, not insisting on a life-and-death fight with Zhan Zhao, but saying that as long as Zhan Zhao gave up his imperial title, he would no longer cause trouble for him.
Zhan Zhao refused to agree to Bai Yutang's conditions on the grounds that the title was given by the Song Emperor. Later, the two had a quarrel. Bai Yutang did not have enough emotional intelligence. In order to compete with Zhan Zhao, he offended all the other four rats, causing everyone to betray their relatives. .
Zhan Zhao is a good man, appears to be modest and prudent, and makes friends with the other four rats. Later, with the help of the other four rats, Bai Yutang is captured and brought to justice.
When Bai Yutang saw that his four sworn brothers were all helping Zhan Zhao, he couldn't bear it anymore and sought death. The other four rats didn't want to harm him, and they all made an agreement with Bao Qingtian, as long as Bai Yutang was willing to find his way back and apologize to Zhan Zhao. , just apologize and this matter will be over.
What kind of character is Bai Yutang? He is proud and arrogant. Isn't it a joke to ask him to apologize to Zhan Zhao? Bai Yutang would rather die than give in. He said: "The head can be cut off and the blood can be shed. There is no way to ask him to apologize to Zhan Zhao."
When Bao Qingtian heard this, he slapped the gavel tree and summoned the dog-headed guillotine to serve him, trying to knock Bai Yutang down.
At this time Zhan Zhao jumped out and begged Bai Yutang, but Bai Yutang scolded: "Zhan Zhao, the fifth master doesn't need your cat crying and pretending to be compassionate. If you want to be beaten, the fifth master frowns and is not a hero."
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No one expected that Zhan Zhao not only did not get angry, but knelt down to Bai Yutang, kowtowed to Bai Yutang and admitted his mistake. It must be said that Zhan Zhao's emotional intelligence is indeed high and amazing.
Bai Yutang is a soft-spoken person, and when he sees Zhan Zhao repaying evil with kindness, he reflects on himself and feels that he is incomparable to others. Inspired by Zhan Zhao's benevolent and righteous actions, the two resolve their differences and become close friends.
There are conspiracy theorists who say that one of Bao Qingtian and Zhan Zhao is a villain and the other is a celebrity, and they use tricks to recruit Bai Yutang, which is a bit unethical.
Yuan Chonghuan knew the story of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses". When Li Tianmu asked about this, he replied: "Xiaosheng knows this story."
Shi Yi liked listening to "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" very much. Seeing Li Tianmu bring up this topic, he became interested and interjected: "I have also heard of this book. It is very exciting. I like Bai Yutang and Bai Wutang the most. He
Not only is he highly skilled in martial arts, but he is also a good character and is a man."
Li Tianmu said: "I also agree with Mr. Bai Wu. I want to write a couplet based on the five heroes, Brother Wu Shu, and ask Brother Yuan to correct it." After thinking about it, he said: "This couplet is 'Respect for the long term.'
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Yuan Chonghuan said: "Xiaosheng is right about 'Fang Zhang Qing Ping Tang'."
"Fang" is the "Fang" of Lu Fang, the rat that jumps to the sky, "Zhang" is the "Zhang" of Han Zhang, the rat that has penetrated the earth, "Qing" is the "qing" of Xu Qing, the rat that climbs the mountain, and "Ping" is the "Qing" of the rat that climbs the river, Jiang
The "ping" of "ping" and "tang" are the "tang" of Chinchilla Baiyutang.
Shi Yi said: "If I do it right, I will do it to 'Heaven, Earth, Jinjiangshan'."
In fact, the first couplet of "Respect for the long term" was not created by Li Tianmu. According to the storyteller, it is a couplet hanging in the middle hall of Lujiazhuang on the Five Rats' lair, Xingkong Island. There are two ways of couplet in the second couplet. One is
One is "Fangzhang Qingpingtang" and the other is "Heaven and Earth Jinjiang Mountain".
If the storyteller praises Bai Yutang, when telling the couplet in the middle hall of Lujiazhuang, the second couplet is "Heaven, Earth, Jin, Jiangshan", "Jin" is the "Jin" of Jinmao Rat, and the four characters "Heaven, Earth, Jiangshan" come from the other four rats respectively.
The nickname, this antithesis, puts Bai Yutang in the center, which is to praise him.
If the storyteller does not praise Bai Yutang, he will tell the second couplet as "Fang Zhang Qingpingtang" and put Bai Yutang at the end. He is the fifth child, so there is nothing wrong with putting him at the end.
Shi Yi didn't have the ability to make pairs. He just heard that the calligrapher talked about this couplet and wrote it down. He admired Bai Yutang, so he wanted to compare "Heaven, Earth, Jinjiangshan".
Li Tianmu came up with this pairing not to test Yuan Chonghuan's knowledge. This pairing was taken from the Pingshu. Since Yuan Chonghuan has heard of this book, he must know this pairing.
He wanted to test Yuan Chonghuan's character. He first said that he praised Bai Yutang, and then published the first couplet to see how Yuan Chonghuan responded. If Yuan Chonghuan responded to "Heaven, Earth, Jinjiangshan", it means that either Yuan Chonghuan also likes Bai Yutang, or Yuan Chonghuan wants to flatter him.
Li Tianmu himself felt that Yuan Chonghuan was a scholar and would definitely stand out, and it was unlikely that he would like Bai Yutang. He thought that if Yuan Chonghuan wrote a second line praising Bai Yutang, he would be flattering himself against his will. If so, Yuan Chonghuan would be a follower of influence.
, even if you become an official in the future, you will not be a good person.
What made Li Tianmu happy was that Yuan Chonghuan responded by not praising Bai Yutang, and Li Tianmu affirmed Yuan Chonghuan's character.