It goes without saying that the royal banquet has its own ritual procedures. After Li Wanjiang raised his glass to celebrate with the sky, the Lantern Festival officially began.
"Foreign Minister Xi Cun Zhicun wishes the Emperor Long Live the Great Zhou Dynasty!" Xi Cun Zhicun was the first to stand up and complain, "At this grand gathering, I felt something in my heart. I also saw the fireworks filling the sky, sounding like thunder, and I occasionally wrote a couplet saying, The Jade Emperor is marching with troops, with thunder, drums, and flags, and rain, arrows, wind, and knives in formation from the sky! But there is no link below, so I would like to ask you all for your blessing!"
There was nothing nice to say when he opened his mouth!
This is supposed to be the Ghost Festival. Fireworks and firecrackers are set off for celebration. How the hell can you think of marching troops and setting up formations? You also know that there is war everywhere in Da Zhou, but you insist on not opening which pot and picking up which pot. Isn't this deliberately causing trouble for everyone?
The most worrying thing is that his first couplet is pretty good and very impressive. If you want to fight tit for tat, it will not be easy.
Then the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Li Wanjiang felt angry when he saw all the Hanlin officials frowning and scratching their heads. Why don't you hurry up and wait for all these people to publish the first couplet?
Is it right for me to follow him? If I can get it right, why do I need you trash?
"Haha, why are all the talented people in the Great Zhou Dynasty so humble and polite? No one is willing to come out and teach me?" Nishimura Zhicun looked around at the table and sneered.
"Why don't I give it a try... uh! Give it a try?" But a lazy voice was heard. When the big guy heard the sound, he looked over and saw that it was Xiao Chen who stood up unsteadily and stared at Nishimura Shicun with drunken eyes.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This guy finally woke up. He didn't wake up too early or too late!
Li Wanjiang's mouth showed a subtle smile, and he was very happy in his heart.
Liu Ruyun watched with cold eyes, cursing secretly in his heart, this brat is pretending again!
If he doesn't show off for a day, he will die!
"Master Xiao, please give me some advice!" Nishimura said with all his heart that your kid is finally here, but seeing how you have become so virtuous after drinking, can you still treat me right?
Of course Xiao Chen can do it, who can if he can't?
There are hundreds of poems about drinking wine, but a pair is nothing.
"The king holds a banquet, with moon candles, star lanterns, delicacies from the sea, wine and land!" He casually responded to the second couplet.
It’s so neat!
"Master Xiao, I also have a couplet that I would like to ask for advice. Please understand Ang. My first couplet is: The number of heaven is nine, the number of earth is nine, ninety-nine will return to the true state, and we will live for thousands of years. Let's celebrate together for one day!" But it was Kinoshita Nagai! Just stood up and challenged.
This couplet is difficult, because not only does it contain a series of numbers, but there are also repetitions between the numbers. The meaning is progressive, and the final ending is very grand, and it also coincides with the meaning of celebrating today's festival.
But Xiao Chen didn't say a word, but staggered to Li Wanjiang and bowed deeply.
Li Wanjiang thought to himself, what are you going to do?
I'm talking to you, why do you want to worship me?
I beg you, please, don’t get drunk and crazy at this time...
"Spring fiftieth, autumn fiftieth, fifteen lanterns, all the countries in the four directions call for long life without borders!" Xiao Chen said loudly.
Oh, everyone was really surprised and happy after hearing this!
What was surprising was that Xiao Chen matched the second couplet almost without thinking. What I liked was that the second couplet was so good!
Li Wanjiang is exactly fifty years old this year, and today is the fifteenth lantern festival. There are several countries participating in the lantern festival, and the most clever thing is that the sentence "Wanshou Wujiang" also contains Li Wanjiang's name!
What should not be said is that this boy is really talented!
Li Wanjiang was so happy, just think about it.
The words to give my beloved a cup of royal wine almost blurted out.
You can reward him with anything, but you can't let him drink anymore...
"Master Xiao, I also have a first couplet to ask for advice. It only has the word 'color is difficult'. Please give me a second couplet as well." Xiachuan Shenmu also stood up and sneered at Xiao Chen.
"Uh!" Xiao Chen burped and said casually, "Easy!"
People think it is actually not easy, because everyone knows that the fewer the number of words in the couplet, the more difficult it is. The word "Xiachuan Shenmu" comes from the "Analects": Zixia asked about filial piety, and the Confucius said: "Color is difficult, but if there is something wrong, the disciple will obey." He worked hard, had wine and food, and sir, did he think he was filial? '
There are allusions.
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Chen didn't speak. Xiachuan Shenmu couldn't help but ask, "Master Xiao, didn't you say it was easy? Then please do it."
"Didn't I say it's easy?" Xiao Chen rolled his eyes at him, "Why can't your ears still work well?"
This sounds awkward to everyone. Just saying it is useless, but you are right!
He also said that people’s ears are not very good. So many of us have been listening for a long time and we didn’t even hear your second line!
"Master Xiao, are you talking nonsense like this in front of your emperor?" Xiachuan Shenmu was so insidious that he directly slapped Xiao Chen with a big label.
As expected, Li Wanjiang was not happy, "Xiao Chen, are you still drunk? It's difficult to show off the first couplet. You have to fight the second couplet. Is it easy to say that you can't stand it?"
"When I return to the emperor, the second couplet I am correcting is the word "easy"!" Xiao Chen said hurriedly, "It's hard to be honest, but it's easy. Isn't it neat?"
Oh... everyone suddenly realized it.
Neat and neat, so neat!
Everything is neat and tidy.
It's just that everyone didn't think of it for a moment...
"I came before the flowers bloomed in the past, but I came today only after the flowers have bloomed. This can be regarded as a close friendship. Could it be a fate of a previous life?" Kudo Nako stood up and walked to Xiao Chen, nodded and smiled at him, and also wrote a couplet.
"Alas..." Xiao Chen sighed leisurely and said in a deep voice, "If you scratch your head and ask questions, the sky will be silent. If you lower your head and ask who I am laughing at, if you don't have any good words to say, then you can become an idle person in the world!"
"Wow, Soto Isuna! (That's great)" Kudo Nako was amazed.
"Master Xiao, I happened to see a barber on Fengyang Street yesterday, and suddenly I thought of a first couplet: After sharpening my beard, how many heads are there in the world? Master Xiao, please give me a second couplet." Kinoshita Yonggang said. .
The first couplet is good, but I always feel that he is provoking, and the guy's eyes are always looking at Xiao Chen's neck maliciously, as if he is very interested in his head...
"Try it before it's too late and let's see what I can do!" Xiao Chen made a death gesture to him.
"Cry! (Damn it)" Kinoshita Nagago was surprised, admired, and angry at the same time. Unable to express such complicated emotions, he muttered a curse word.
"Emperor Zhou, Prince Tianzhu is here today, so we have a vegetarian meal, right?" Nishimura Zhicun suddenly asked Li Wanjiang a very strange question.
Li Wanjiang didn't know what he meant? He just nodded slightly and thought to himself, "Aren't you asking knowingly?"
"But it's very strange. Why are there such things as eggs in your country's banquets? Is this also vegetarian?" Nishimura Zhicun picked up a hard-boiled egg and raised it high. "I think this is a tribute to Tianzhu. The prince is extremely rude, I don’t know if it’s your mistake or if it’s intentional?”
Damn it, people say that there is nitpicking in the eggs, but this bastard is nitpicking in the banquet.
