Before Li Changan heard what the students from the county school were saying, the night suddenly turned bright.
Everyone involuntarily looked up at the sky.
I saw a curtain of light falling from the top of the Star Watching Tower, as if a huge rice paper was spread out between heaven and earth.
Then one after another, big black characters fell into the light curtain like an ax and a chisel, splashing light rain all over the sky.
The theme of this Wangxing Tower Poetry Meeting is listed above - Climb high.
Climb a seven-story building and compose a poem!
The entire audience burst into uncontrollable exclamations.
Liu Zhiyin couldn't help but widen her eyes, "What... what is this?"
This was the first time she had seen such a transcendent sight.
One word is like a huge boulder smashed into a deep pool, as if even the person's mind will be broken.
"Grammar - black and white words on paper, and... every word counts!"
There seemed to be an earthquake in Li Changan's pupils, trembling continuously.
The fragments deep in the memory of the previous life are surged by this scene.
This is the world of literature and art, a world that is extraordinary above the mundane world.
The crowd at the entrance of Wangxing Tower gradually dispersed.
Those who enter with an invitation will be the first to enter and climb the stairs.
Today's poetry meeting is jointly organized by the county school and major poetry societies.
The original intention was to celebrate Liu Chaosheng, a student from the county school, who was admitted to Bailu Academy.
So the momentum is huge.
After all, there are only a few people who have invitations.
Even if there is no invitation, I still want to try the East Gate. If I can climb the Wangxing Tower, even if I can't write a poem, I can still make a lot of connections.
"Erlang, let's go see what's on the other side of the east gate. You can also go to Wangxing Tower by breaking through the east gate." Liu Zhiyin said softly, having full confidence in Li Changan.
The two came to the east gate of Wangxing Tower, where there was already a long queue.
"I didn't expect that the county schoolmaster Gu Jiaoyu is stationed at the east gate. How are we going to get in?"
"It seems to be a couplet, it should be fine."
The two scholars at the front stuck their heads out,
"That's not right. Ten people have already passed by, and none of them can get through the east gate."
"We have to give it a try anyway. Let's break through the east gate and climb to the Wangxing Tower. Even if no poems are published, it will still be a blessing."
Soon it was Li Changan's turn.
After passing through the east gate and the lining, everything behind you is blocked, and in front of you is a long table.
Li Changan finally met the county school Gu Jiaoyu that everyone was talking about.
Wearing a square scarf, he has a thin body, but his eyes are bright and clear, and one look can penetrate people's hearts.
Four county school students stood behind Gu Jiaoyu. When Li Changan came in with Liu Zhiyin, they were looking at Li Changan.
Li Changan cupped his fists and saluted, Gu Jiaoyu nodded, and then took out five wooden tokens from the bag.
"Within twenty breaths, you can make a pair of second couplets and you can climb the stairs."
Oh my god, five first couplets only gave me twenty breaths. No wonder so many people failed.
Couplets require the same number of words, relative parts of speech, oblique and oblique expressions, and the same syntax.
In addition to testing one's knowledge, it also tests one's quick wit.
But the problem is, I want to make five couplets within twenty breaths.
It's simply a deliberate attempt to prevent people from passing through.
Aren't you forcing me to cheat?
"Five carts of poetry..." Li Changan scanned the first couplet, as if the pages of a book were turning in his mind, and then said in a deep voice, "Eight Dou Talents."
Gu Jiaoyu looked up at Li Changan in surprise, then nodded, "Not bad."
The thin scholar in front of me is somewhat quick-witted.
Surprisingly, I was able to figure it out so quickly.
Thinking about it, he was about to take out the bamboo stick for passage. Unexpectedly, Li Changan's voice sounded again,
"Green mountains are painted without ink for thousands of years... Flowing water has no strings for an eternal harp."
The students from the county school behind Gu Jiaoyu looked at Li Changan one after another, their eyes full of surprise.
These couplets were all selected by them, so they were tested and taught beforehand.
Although it is not absolute, the speed of coming out is a little too fast for the thin scholar in front of me.
The second couplet came out so quickly.
Have you seen these couplets before?
Moreover, if you only need to match one couplet, why do you need to match the second couplet?
Gu Jiaoyu raised his hand slightly to stop the person behind him from making any sound.
Li Changan set his sights on the third first couplet,
"Holding the water and the moon in your hand...let your clothes be filled with the fragrance of flowers."
"Ahem..." A violent cough sounded.
A scholar behind Gu Jiaoyu coughed unconsciously.
The other three people also looked at Li Changan as if they had seen a ghost.
Isn't this a bit much?
There are five first couplets, and you can match three of them at once.
If it’s not cheating, what is it?
I must have seen these couplets before.
Are you so lucky?
Li Changan looked at the coughing scholar in surprise, "This brother...?"
The scholar coughed even more violently and waved his hands quickly.
Li Changan looked confused for a while.
Gu Jiaoyu waved his hand, then pointed to the two remaining wooden plaques on the table, "Continue."
Li Changan quickly looked at the fourth couplet.
Time waits for no one.
There are only twenty breaths, and it’s all that guy’s fault. Why are you coughing?
The fourth couplet is, once the red rain falls.
Li Changan said quickly, "Thousands of forests scatter green shade."
Finally, Li Changan pointed to the fifth wooden sign,
"Cloud shadows are shining all over the sky... pines, waves and bamboos are in the middle of the water..."
"Pfft." The student who had just coughed sat down on the ground, his face turned red from holding it in.
Li Changan felt baffled in his heart.
Could it be that this county school student has epilepsy?
Why was it abnormal from the beginning?
Behind him, Liu Zhiyin nervously tugged at the corner of Li Changan's clothes.
She didn't know much, but she also knew that these people in front of her were all distinguished scholars.
Needless to say, Gu Jiaoyu said that the students in the county school were all children who had passed the county examination at least.
She has great confidence in Erlang, but she is also worried that Erlang will be dismissed if his performance is not good.
Erlang has been determined to obtain fame since he was a child. If he fails, it will definitely be a heavy blow.
The scene now was completely beyond her imagination.
I don’t know if Erlang’s performance is good or bad.
"Zizhao, if you're not feeling well, go upstairs first." Gu Jiaoyu said behind him.
The county school student who was coughing and collapsed on the ground quickly got up and said, "Student, I'm rude. Please forgive me."
Gu Jiaoyu looked at Li Chang'an with a smile on his face, "Young man, you don't have any sense of culture. You haven't passed the exams yet, right?"
"Gu Jiaoyu's eyes are as bright as a torch, and the late student is preparing for the county examination in March next year." Although Li Changan didn't know what happened, he still answered respectfully.
"That's right." Gu Jiaoyu nodded, "I also have a couplet here. You might as well look at it?"
"It is better to be respectful when you are young than to obey your orders."
"Open a pavilion near the water, and the clouds and mountains on all sides will be included in the painting." Gu Jiao said.
Li Changan pondered for a moment and said, "Leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, thousands of fireworks are always related to love."
"Okay." Gu Jiaoyu said with a smile, stroking his hands, and then pulled out two bamboo sticks, "Take them and go upstairs."
"Thank you Gu Jiaoyu." Li Changan took the bamboo stick and prepared to leave with Liu Zhiyin.
After thinking about it, Li Changan couldn't help but add another sentence, "I also ask Gu Jiaoyu to forgive me. I have a small suggestion for Wan Sheng."
"Oh? What's your suggestion?" Gu Jiaoyu asked with a half-smile.
"The time of the couplets is too short. Five first couplets only give twenty breaths. It's still a bit overwhelming."
"Pfft..." Zizhao, who had just stood up, couldn't help laughing again.
The other three students from the county school also felt uncomfortable holding back their emotions, and their faces turned red.
Li Changan touched his head and looked confused.
Let me tell you, is there something wrong with you guys?
What are you doing one by one?
Gu Jiaoyu's face turned red and white, and he took two deep breaths.
"Little friend, I just said that you only need to match one first couplet. I didn't say that you have to match all the first couplets. These five first couplets are just for people to choose from."
"Ah?" Li Changan's eyes widened, and then he apologized repeatedly in embarrassment, "Gu Jiaoyu forgives me, I thought that every first couplet must be paired with a second couplet."
Gu Jiaoyu couldn't help but chuckle and waved his hand, "Go ahead, I'm looking forward to your poem tonight."
Li Changan quickly clasped his fists in salute, quickened his pace, and trotted into Wangxing Tower with Liu Zhiyin as if he was running away.
"Hahaha..." The four county school students couldn't help laughing anymore.
Even Gu Jiaoyu smiled and shook his head.
"Jiaoyu, this kid is really funny." Zizhao couldn't stop laughing, holding his stomach.
"The students thought he was deliberately showing off his literary talents, but it turned out that he had misunderstood the meaning of the teaching."
"I also have a suggestion, it made me laugh..."
Gu Jiaoyu pointed at the four students behind him, "You guys are still laughing."
"Whether he understood it wrong or not, the five first couplets were matched within twenty breaths, which is absolutely extraordinary."
"Couplets are just a minor topic, but even if his poetry and classics are only one-tenth as good as those in couplets, he will still be sure to pass the county examination."
"You must know that there is heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world..."
"Students, please remember the teachings." The four students saluted one after another.
After laughing, I was also shocked.
Yes, including the first couplet by Gu Jiaoyu, there are six couplets in total, and they were actually completed in such a short period of time.
It’s impossible to see them all before, right?
It is already very difficult for ordinary people to figure out just one couplet. It is simply unimaginable for him to figure out six couplets at once.