"Question 1, word puzzle, puzzle: blade."
"Question 2, word puzzle, puzzle: up is not up, down is not down, cannot be up, and should be down."
Shouting loudly, Xia Jingyun and Zheng Tianyu raised their pens at the same time, and then put them down at the same time.
The old guard first looked at Zheng Tianyu's slight nod, not surprised.
Immediately, he glanced at Xia Jingyun again, raised his eyebrows slightly, and extended his hand to indicate that the two of them had answered correctly.
At this time, the loud voice had just finished reading the riddle.
Discussions rang out loudly, and everyone looked at the two people walking forward in surprise and surprise.
what's the situation?
Xia Jingyun actually answered it?
Isn't it just a random answer, but is it correct?
Does it mean that he actually tied with Zheng Tianyu in this level?
"It should be that he specializes in studying this crossword puzzle on weekdays, so he dared to take the initiative to add a question."
"That's right! But he doesn't know that even though he practiced hard day and night, he still can't compare to Young Master Zheng, even if he just studied it casually, he still can't beat Young Master Zheng!"
"Yes, after passing this level, he will definitely not be able to do such good things in the future!"
Xu Dapeng was speechless for a while while listening to what these people said, mumbling some obscure words like "Are you encouraging people outside the door or pushing back from behind?"
The second level is the couplets.
This time, Zheng Tianyu took the initiative and suggested: "This couplet is no better than a crossword puzzle. It has no answer and is difficult to judge. How about you and I each make a couplet and let the other party answer it? Is this considered to be mutually elegant?"
Xia Jingyun smiled slightly and said, "Okay, please show me."
Seeing that, he actually wanted to take Zheng Tianyu’s move first!
Zheng Tianyu closed his eyes slightly and tapped the palm of his hand, "The golden willow beside the Jinshui River, the golden willow penetrates the mouth of the goldfish."
The guarding Confucian scholar nodded slightly, twirled his beard and smiled. Zheng Tianyu was indeed very talented. This thimble couplet was quite difficult, and this young man might not be able to catch it.
The scholars also lamented the difficulty of this first couplet and secretly mourned for Xia Jingyun.
I just answered a crossword puzzle correctly, and now I'm finally going to reveal my true form under real skill.
These thoughts lasted only a moment. Before they had time to discuss anything, they heard a clear and calm voice chanting:
"There are jade hostas outside the jade railing, and the jade heads are inserted into the hostas."
The guarding Confucian scholar's hand stiffened and he pulled off two beards.
Right?
He recited it again, and it really got it right!
So fast?
On such an occasion, the creativity of this couplet alone can give this person a small reputation.
He couldn't help but turn his head, wanting to take a closer look at this person's face, when he saw Xia Jingyun smiling and saying, "Then it's my turn?"
Zheng Tianyu still looked calm and calm, "Please."
Xia Jingyun really wanted to bully the other party with [Smoke Locked Pond Willow], but considering an extreme situation, he gave it up and said: "The sky is close to the top of the mountain, and the sky is farther when you walk to the mountainside."
The guarding Confucian scholar narrowed his eyes slightly, and it turned out to be a couplet.
Zheng Tianyu was also startled, and then he began to ponder.
Xia Jingyun didn't rush and waited silently.
Everyone around them held their breath and concentrated, and for a moment, the entire place was silent.
As time passed, many people were surprised to realize a problem:
Even if Zheng Tianyu is facing each other now, he has already spent more time than Xia Jingyun. In other words, the number one son of Sishui Prefecture in this level has not been compared?
Moreover, this has to be a situation that Zheng Tianyu can deal with.
If it doesn't match...
Many people couldn't help but shudder and didn't dare to think about it.
Finally, after a moment of silence, Zheng Tianyu said: "The moon floats on the surface of the water and the moon still sinks when you reach the bottom of the water."
As soon as he said this, there was a burst of relief from all around.
Zheng Tianyu was not angry, but smiled and said: "I didn't expect that you are so talented. It seems that I am lucky today."
Xia Jingyun was not arrogant and was equally calm and gentle, "I feel the same way."
"Then shall we continue?"
"good."
In the third level, the old gatekeeper pointed to the remaining brands on the tray on the table and indicated to the two of them who would choose one.
Zheng Tianyu smiled and said: "This time, choose two?"
Xia Jingyun thought for a while, "Why don't we just choose one."
Everyone was disdainful, and sure enough, after those clever tricks had been used up, they began to give in.
But before the sarcastic smile appeared, I heard the second half of Xia Jingyun's sentence, "Let's try two solutions to a question. Of course, one can be considered a pass."
Zheng Tianyu smiled and said, "It's interesting, that's it."
After saying that, Zheng Tianyu didn't do anything and looked at the old man, "Then please help Mr. Qian to turn one over for us."
The old man glanced at Xia Jingyun, who also expressed no objection, so the old man raised his hand and turned over a card.
"The question is: One hundred steamed buns and one hundred monks. There is no dispute between three senior monks and three junior monks. How many buns are there for each of the big and small monks?"
The two immediately picked up their pens and started calculating.
Soon, both of them handed in their first answers.
The answers are all the same: if a senior monk and three junior monks are grouped together, each group will have four people and four buns. If there are one hundred monks, there will be twenty-five groups, so there will be twenty-five senior monks and seventy-five junior monks.
The ideas are the same, the answers are correct, and the times are similar.
But neither of them stopped writing, but began to think about the next solution.
Xia Jingyun subconsciously wanted to use equations to solve it, but thinking that there was no such thing these days, he thought about it for a while and used the chicken and rabbit in the same cage method.
So, it quickly became a solution.
After finishing, he stopped writing and looked at Zheng Tianyu.
When Zheng Tianyu saw that he had finished writing, he simply put down the pen in his hand and said, "Your Excellency is actually accomplished in the art of arithmetic. I am ashamed of myself."
"Don't worry, Master Zhongming." The old guard reached out and took Xia Jingyun's second answer, "This Master's answer may not be correct."
The old man looked at it carefully, put it down silently, and looked at Zheng Tianyu, "You can worry now."
Zheng Tianyu:......
All around, the onlookers swallowed silently.
Mr. Zheng has given up?
How can it be!
However, even if they no longer want to believe it, all of this is really happening before their eyes.
The young man who was wearing extremely ordinary clothes, was unknown, and looked good-looking easily wrote two solutions, but Zheng Tianyu did not write them down, and even stopped writing and gave up.
This is a fact witnessed by countless people.
Even so, some people still said harshly: "It's just some strange and obscene techniques. After all, we have to return to the road of poetry and prose."
"Yes! The great Confucians have said that the first three levels are just about elegance and taste. In the end, the Wenkui competition still has to fall on poetry."
"But this person is still really powerful! I didn't expect that he defeated Young Master Zheng in two levels in three levels."
"As I said, it's just heresy. He can't possibly be better than Mr. Zheng in poetry, right?"
"Too."
There was a lot of discussion around, and it inevitably reached the ears of the two of them.
The reason why Zheng Tianyu gave up so directly was because he had the same idea. Anyway, there was no need to calculate the first three levels. When he was already sure that he could not compete, there was no need to waste his brains anymore.
As for writing poetry, hehe, he is famous for his poetic talent, and he has enough confidence to regain the little bit of face he just lost.
He smiled and said: "I wonder if your poetry is as proficient as counting and couplets?"
Xia Jingyun frowned, "It shouldn't be a big problem if I win you."
Zheng Tianyu's smile faltered, "Your confidence is rare."
When he reached the fourth level, which was the poetry writing level, Xia Jingyun suddenly said: "Mr. Zheng, do you still not know my name?"
Zheng Tianyu was stunned for a moment, and then felt a little embarrassed.
Xia Jingyun spoke slowly and said loudly: "My surname is Xia, my given name is Jingyun, my courtesy name is Gaoyang, and I am from Wanfu County, Jianning County."
Zheng Tianyu had no choice but to bow his hand.
The Confucian guarding the gate smiled and asked: "Do you two translate it by yourself, or do I help you translate it?"
Xia Jingyun looked at Zheng Tianyu, still looking like he could do anything.
After several blows, Zheng Tianyu inevitably felt a little angry. After winning a little bit of heresy, he really thought he was great!
I will let you know in a moment what is the insurmountable peak of Sishui Prefecture for a generation!
He reached out directly and opened a piece.
【Yongqiu】
On the high platform, a great scholar said in a deep voice: "You two prepare yourselves!"
