As the sun sets, the entire capital is resplendent. The streets are bustling with people, but no one pays attention to this magnificent scenery.
An inn with unusually prosperous decoration was completely silent at this time, and no one paid attention to the beautiful scenery.
In the inn, a young man dressed in simple clothes looked at the opposite shopkeeper with an innocent face and his mouth twitched in shock. His dark eyes turned like beads, and he asked softly with the corners of his lips raised:
"Why, can't you say it's not possible? What about this, the mountains and springs on Jingquan Mountain are quiet, and the sky is connected to the water and the tail water reaches the sky; or, the mountains and springs on Jingquan Mountain are quiet, and the fog is locked on the top of the mountain."
When the grumpy shop assistant heard this, his eyes turned red and he almost cried!
It’s not like this. Others couldn’t think of a second couplet after thinking hard for a long time, and they were happy for a long time when they came up with one. The whole room only came up with three couplets just for this couplet!!
It would be better for you to change one word for one word, change two words for one word, change three words for one word, then change all three words for two words, and now you throw out two more words! In the blink of an eye, you can make one word,
In the time it takes to write a glass of water and just one couplet, you have made 7 couplets!
Even drinking water is not that fast!
The store clerk looked at the innocent-looking Zhu Ping'an again. The store clerk felt like he had seen a monster!
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, he turned his attention to the shop assistant again, with an innocent look on his face and his mouth slightly open.
Seeing that Zhu Ping'an seemed to want to talk again, the store clerk nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay," lest he nodded too slowly and if the young man casually threw out a few couplets, his little heart really couldn't withstand the blow.
The people in the store who were concentrating, meditating, and puzzling all looked at the poor country boy in simple clothes in front of them with shocked expressions, as if they had seen a ghost.
There was silence in the entire inn.
However, a voice soon broke the silence of the room.
"Well, if you show two couplets to each other, you'll get free board and lodging for the day, right?" After the waiter nodded, Zhu Ping'an paused and asked again.
The shop clerk's eyes were dull and he nodded numbly and mechanically.
Then, the store clerk was shocked again, his eyes wide open, and he looked at Zhu Ping'an with a look of shock.
You, you, what are you going to do?
The look in her eyes was as if a little girl walking alone on a remote road was suddenly cornered by a strong man with ill intentions!
"Free board and lodging means you can eat whatever you want for free, right?"
When the young man in plain clothes opposite saw this, his face lit up with joy, and his dark eyes instantly became as clear as the summer sky. They were also filled with fire, honesty and straightforwardness.
The shop clerk nodded again, looking at Zhu Ping'an in shock, his hands trembling a little.
Then, everyone's eyes in the entire lobby focused on Zhu Pingan again.
After Zhu Pingan received a positive answer from the store clerk, he slightly raised his lips and looked up at the couplets hanging on the railing on the third floor, moving from the first couplet to the second couplet.
Then, everyone was even more shocked, because when they compared the couplets in this inn, everyone chose the ones that they thought were easier from the six couplets. They did not do them in order. If they did it in order, it would be more difficult. It would be more difficult for them.
In other words, maybe the later ones will be simpler than the previous ones. Now, I saw Zhu Pingan looking at the second couplet in order. That's why I was shocked.
This guy can't be faking it.
No matter what everyone thinks, Zhu Pingan's eyes have now fallen on the second couplet. This couplet is much longer than the first couplet. It is too long and the difficulty has increased a lot. There are 28 couplets in this pair.
Word. The content is as follows:
On Baita Street, the yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits north and faces south to strike things.
If you just look at the content, this couplet should be a favorite couplet that the owner of this inn copied in front of the blacksmith shop in some corner. There are white, yellow, red, black, cyan, blue, and purple in this couplet.
Seven colors, the colors are embedded in nouns and verbs respectively, and then the couplet is followed by the four direction words of east, west, south and north. The most important thing is that this couplet strings these elements together. There is a blacksmith
The theme of blacksmithing makes this couplet very difficult.
"Has anyone else corrected this couplet?" After Zhu Pingan read the couplet, he pointed at it and asked the shop assistant next to him.
"I have one." The shop clerk's voice was trembling.
"Oh, then read it out and save me from accidentally repeating it. Don't worry, I won't change the words this time." Zhu Pingan said with the corners of his lips slightly raised.
"On Baita Street, a yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits from the north and faces south to strike things; the ancients and the later generations read Zuo Zhuan, studied the right army, and paid homage to the minister.
, sit in the middle hall, and ask subordinates to go out, generals and prime ministers to be granted the title of king."
The shop clerk opened the booklet with trembling hands, turned to the second page, and read the couplet again. His voice no longer had the arrogance and contempt it had at the beginning, but only shock and uneasiness.
"High ambitions and good spirit." Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an slightly raised the corners of his lips and said in praise.
A well-dressed young man in the lobby pushed the young man named Vincent next to him with his hand and said with a smile, "That boy praised you for your high ambition and magnanimity."
The young man named Wen Sheng next to him looked at Zhu Pingan and smiled casually, "I'm curious about what kind of second couplet he can come up with."
"Are you so sure that he can write the second line correctly?" The well-dressed young man looked at his friend Vincent and asked.
"Don't you believe it?" The young man named Vincent turned to his friend and asked.
"Hehehe, I believe it." The well-dressed young man raised his lips and smiled.
As soon as the conversation between the two teenagers ended, Zhu Ping'an in the audience had already begun to recite his own couplet softly:
"On Baita Street, the yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits north and faces south to strike things;
Zhoukoudian, a scholar from Qin, recited Han Fu, recited Tang poetry, wrote Song lyrics, sang Yuan songs, observed the history of the Ming Dynasty, and looked at the Spring and Autumn Period through winter and summer."
good!
As soon as Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, there was a burst of applause in the lobby, and then many people slapped their heads in sudden realization, regretting that they had not thought of it earlier.
This young man creatively combined the names of the seven dynasties of Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming that we are all familiar with with Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan music, etc. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the names of the four seasons.
, look at the Spring and Autumn period corresponding to hitting things. The most important thing is that if the artistic conception of the first couplet is that of blacksmithing, then the artistic conception of this young man's second couplet has risen to the realm of "everything is inferior, only reading is good", which is simply amazing.
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This young man is really not simple.
In the lobby, for the first time, everyone focused their eyes squarely on Zhu Pingan. (To be continued)