"Shuang'er, go get some pastries and think about it with Master."
Su Yi's words made Chu Feng feel depressed for a moment.
Finally, he caught the opportunity, got rid of Yue'er and the others, and had a chance to capture Shuang'er. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come to see the old maid tonight...
Although Chu Feng was very depressed, Su Yi also felt uncomfortable. Shuang'er had already finished a plate of pastries. She was still thinking hard and had no clue.
"Let's go find Madam."
In order to have a good sleep at night, Su Yi took Shuang'er and went straight to the madam's bedroom.
As a result, Mrs. Chu, the once talented woman, was also stumped.
"This first couplet is not simple! The word "ice" alone has three different meanings. The most difficult one is the word "ice and water". Ice and water are actually the same thing, but because of their different states, they have two different meanings. A name. So what thing can compete with it? First of all, fire can’t do it, and neither can metal. Although tree and wood have some flavor, they are just one kind of thing, but they cannot be transformed into each other..."
Mrs. Chu analyzed it for a long time, but in the end she had no clue.
Shuang'er suddenly said: "Madam, master, will the young master bring out the pair created by the gods?"
Su Yi's eyes lit up and she said to herself: "No wonder that brat is so confident. It turns out he used a pair created by the gods! Huh, wait, he actually dares to tease the slave family. I must find an opportunity to beat him back!"
"It's very possible. This ice is really harder than ice water. Even a great scholar would have a hard time figuring it out at once. It seems that that brat wants to use couplets to raise donations. It's really possible. Why don't we just let Let him go and mess around, it’s not like he’s doing anything bad anyway, at worst it’s just a thousand pieces of gold cake.”
Mrs. Chu also started to give Chu Feng and spoke to Su Yi.
"Okay, miss, now you are suddenly so generous that you don't even care about a thousand pieces of gold cake."
Su Yi said softly, with the corners of her mouth raised as if she was smiling.
"Hmph, Xiao Suyi, you dare to make fun of your sister. You really deserve a beating."
Mrs. Chu said, regardless of Shuang'er still there, she reached out and touched Su Yi's neck. Su Yi laughed like a child, shrinking her neck to avoid it.
Shuang'er was stunned for a while. Is this still his cold and stern master?
The next day, a long piece of white silk was hung at the Chu Family Restaurant in the West Market of the capital city. It clearly says: "The best couple in the world!"
Then there was a wooden sign erected below, with it written clearly in small letters:
Couplet Challenge Fundraising!
The rules are as follows:
The restaurant has three floors and is divided into three levels!
Anyone who wants to enter the restaurant needs to pay a donation of five copper coins to help the people of Shanglin County.
In the first level, there are three couplets. If you can match one of them neatly within a stick of incense, you will be considered successful and can go to the second floor.
If unsuccessful, you can exit. You can also donate another silver cake and continue to the second floor.
Second level:
On the second floor, if you can complete one of the first couplets within one stick of incense, you will be considered successful and can go to the third floor.
If you are unsuccessful, you can quit, or you can donate another gold cake and continue the challenge on the third floor.
The third level.
On the third floor, if you can complete one of the first couplets within one stick of incense, you will be considered successful. Received 1,000 gold cakes and a golden plaque titled "The First Pair in the World"!
Event organizer: Chu Feng.
All interpretation rights belong to the organizer.
As soon as this sign was posted, the front of the restaurant was crowded with people even in the early morning!
Chu Feng also specially found a few people to promote it at various major intersections in the West City.
He even shouted: Even if I can’t tell you the truth, I still want to see what those thousand gold cakes look like!
And he also said sarcastically: Mr. Chu Xiaohou, this is not a fundraiser, but a slap in the face of all the literati in Daliang! What's so difficult about this couplet coming from a playboy? I must challenge him and slap him hard in the face!
Sure enough, a large number of literati showed up angrily.
Although the restaurant is spacious, the living room on the first floor can accommodate at least a hundred guests. But Chu Feng still decided to only enter twenty places at a time.
However, there were so many people who wanted to challenge and pass the level that we finally managed to settle it down to 30 people!
"Wow!"
The sound of copper plates being thrown into the huge wooden box was particularly pleasant.
Su Yi stood at the window upstairs next to her, her beautiful eyes quietly looking at the arrogant queue of literary talents, the corners of her mouth raised, and she said softly: "Shuang'er, your young master is really good at lying. He wants to deceive everyone from Daliang." Scholars! This will harm your virtue."
"The young master said that by breaking through the barrier, he is doing a good deed for them. There will be no evil retribution. However, there are so many scholars in the world. If someone succeeds in breaking through the barrier, wouldn't the young master have to throw away a thousand gold cakes?"
Shuang'er said with some worry.
"Hmph, that brat will give up and lose? Master knows without looking at it that the three pairs on the third floor are definitely more difficult than last night's ice, ice, water and ice! How can mortals match the gods' pairs? .”
Su Yi said.
I couldn't help but think of Chu Feng who looked like he was in need of a beating! The thought came to my mind that I must find an opportunity to beat this kid again, which was getting more and more irritating. He organized couplets to raise funds, but now he has disappeared, and instead he is being watched by an elder!
However, Chu Feng was not idle at this time. He was meeting Wu Dong's family. It was better to say goodbye than to get married.
With disheveled hair and messy clothes, Wu Xiuting, the daughter-in-law of the servant's family, was nestling in Chu Feng's arms, her face flushed, and her voice extremely soft: "My enemy, you are just like a cow. It has only been a few days since I was happy with you. He was so rough just now, but he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Otherwise, he would definitely be tortured by you, a bad cow."
"Haha, I wonder who was so anxious just now? By the way, why did you come to me this time? You're not just in a hurry to do this, are you?"
Chu Feng became more and more satisfied with his body. Unexpectedly, the old maid turned on the eight switches of his body. Not only did he practice Changchun Gong, he made rapid progress, but his body became visibly stronger! Now it’s easy to handle this beautiful Wu who is both civil and military!
"You shameless scoundrel, you were obviously impatient when you came in, and now you are still humiliating me like this. Listen, His Majesty wants you to go to Shanglin County to be the magistrate. My father wants me to tell you that when you take office In the end, you can complain to the superiors about your poverty, but he at the Ministry of Household Affairs can help you figure it out."
Wu Xiuting clearly explained to Chu Feng what her father had told her.
He said in his heart: "The slave family is indeed right. He is indeed the proud son of heaven. Your majesty's position is likely to belong to Princess Zhaoyang, but he is Princess Zhaoyang's consort! Then it will be difficult for the slave family not to have a successful career. Just now , I tried my best to make this bad guy tremble, hehe."
At this time, the restaurant's fundraising campaign and the first wave of challengers are over!
As the stick of incense was extinguished, twenty-nine people came out. The remaining one donated another piece of silver cake and went up to the second floor!
At this time, many opportunistic people began to approach the person who had just failed in the challenge. I want to know the content of the couplets inside.
But those losers who came out all kept silent about any couplets in it.
Because they were in the building, they had already sworn in front of the incense: if anyone leaked the charity couplet, the whole family would be killed!
