At this time, the four giants of East Zhejiang Road and Magistrate Qian stood there, extremely embarrassed, their faces constantly changing from green to red.
I wanted to speak up and show favor to the prince candidate, but I didn't know that the favor didn't work out, and I was slapped in the face by the stupid king. If word spread, how can I still hang out in the officialdom in the future?
Li Shuaisi was finally unwilling to give in and spoke again, "Your Highness, I have to admit that your next sentence is indeed very clever. However, you have such a long and clever sentence and let a weak person like Mr. Wei do it." , it’s a bit unkind.”
Oh, what a two-pronged word. You talk to him about fairness, and he talks about reason with you. You talk about reason with him, and he talks about rules to you. You talk to him about rules, and he talks about favors with you!
"What do you mean?" Zhao Mengqi glanced at him sideways.
In front of everyone, going back on one's word is indeed a bit pricey, but an official is not thin-skinned. Li Shuaisi continued, "Your Highness, someone has a suggestion. Why don't Your Highness make another sentence, but you can't use such a long sentence, because If someone is right, if someone is not right, we will both accept a fine of wine. If someone is lucky enough to meet someone, please give up the previous agreement and let Mr. Wei go. What do you think?"
Haha, what a good calculation. Everyone can see that such a transaction is very unfair.
Now even the other people present couldn't stand it. It was so damn shameless, and they all hoped that King Zhong would reject it.
However, Zhao Mengqi once again unexpectedly said, "It's not impossible. Li Shuaisi's spirit of stepping forward and asking for help for the people is very commendable. If our Song Dynasty had a few more 'good officials' like you, there would be no need to worry about the injustice of the world. The sun and the moon are dim. I think, how about this? The people behind you seem to be of the same mind as you. Why don't we go together? I will each say something. As long as one of them matches, I will lose. You What do you think?"
"Your Highness, please don't joke!" Li Shuaisi could not hear the irony in King Zhong's words, but he selectively ignored it, and instead hurriedly finalized this seemingly joking bet.
Many people present were blinded by Li Shuaisi's shamelessness, and many were already covering their eyes with their hands.
King Rong couldn't hold back his anger, "Li Shuaisi, don't you think you are a little presumptuous!?"
"Uncle Wang, calm down, it's okay." Zhao Mengqi seemed to be stupid again, and actually tried to persuade Prince Rong who was fighting for him, and then said, "In this case, let's just settle it. The agreement is just like what I just said, As long as one person goes out, I will be considered a loser. No one, including Wei Guansun, will have to drink as a fine. But if I win, the five of you will not have to drink more. Each of you will have a hundred glasses of wine. If you dare to accept it, let's start. , if you don’t dare, please stop talking nonsense.”
One hundred cups per person! ?
This was really scary, but Li Shuaisi felt that King Zhong was deliberately trying to scare him away. When he thought about it carefully, four of the five of him were real Jinshis. In addition, although Magistrate Qian was a Yin official , has never passed the imperial examination, but the Qian family also has a long history of education, and they are actually very talented. It makes no sense to say that they can't deal with a fool.
As long as the loyal king doesn't come up with that kind of super long sentence, then it's not a sure thing to win against one out of five.
So Li Shuaisi and the five people had a brief exchange and all agreed, "Your Highness, let's make an agreement like this. We will agree."
"Let's agree on a time. How about we meet within two quarters of an hour?" Zhao Mengqi has already seen Li Shuaisi's shamelessness, so he should be more cautious. "In addition, the five of you must answer your own questions without any communication. In short, let's press Here are the rules for scientific examinations.”
The five people looked at each other for a while, and it was just a couplet. A quarter of an hour was more than enough, so they thought it was okay, "Okay, Your Highness, please say something."
"The first sentence is for Li Shuaisi to draw a lotus and monk painting."
It sounds very simple at first, but when I think about it carefully, I find that it is a palindrome couplet. It is the same when read forward and backward, so it doesn't seem difficult. However, don't forget the four principles of couplets.
"Second sentence, give money to the magistrate. I heard that he has never passed the Jinshi examination. Let's keep it simple. Listen carefully, the world is talking about it, the sky is talking about it, and he aims to swallow Wu."
Hey, this loyal king is so narrow-minded that he actually points out in public that someone is not from the imperial examination. It's simpler. Isn't this a blatant look down on people?
This should be a split-word couplet, huh... How could it be simpler?
Qian Guozhong's first reaction was that he was heartbroken. Was he aiming to devour Wu? Does this loyal king know about my Qian family's plan? Hiss, this sentence is not right either.
"The third sentence, just give it to Cao Si. I'm really sorry. I'm not thinking well. I forgot your name. It doesn't matter if you don't give it to me. Please listen, Feng tamed three horses and Feng tamed five horses to the princes."
Didn’t you clearly remember that the surname of Ren Cao Si was Feng? Do you have to use the excuse of not being smart enough to humiliate me? If you call this a bad brain, then don’t we all have no brains?
Feng Caosi's face was like the bottom of a pot. He didn't have time to be too embarrassed and angry. He already felt that the first couplet was tricky. How could this be right? ?
"The fourth sentence..."
"Your Highness, give it to me, my surname is Wang." In order to avoid the same humiliation, Wang Xiansi took the initiative.
"Hey, you've learned how to answer quickly, so I'll give it to you. Listen, Nantong Prefecture, Beitong Prefecture, North and South Tongzhou lead to North and South."
This sentence sounds simple, but in fact it contains a mystery. The brains of many onlookers are running a little faster. On this February day, there are many people in this hall with sweat on their foreheads.
Lao Wang repeated the previous sentence, "Nantong..." with a dumbfounded look on his face, completely clueless.
"The last sentence, who is that... oh, Xu Cangsi, the one in charge of money, right? I'll give you something a little more vulgar. Listen carefully. It's raining heavily. I'm afraid of getting muddy. Eggs, tofu, and leaving a son-in-law. Mo Yan replied. ."
Prince Zhong, just be a human being, do you call this vulgar? The names hidden in this are so vulgar! ?
Xia Dayu, Kong Zhongni, Ji Dan, Du Fu, Liu Yuxi, Zimo, Yan Hui, are these all vulgar? I'm afraid you want to go to heaven.
Xu Cangsi, who received the couplet, suddenly felt that he was hopeless and just wanted to find a piece of tofu to kill him.
Zhao Mengqi clapped his hands and stretched, "It's finally over. It's really tiring. You think about it slowly, or I might as well take a nap first."
"Thank you for your hard work, Alang. Can you help me, little one?" Huang Gou grinned widely. Seeing his master casually stumping five local officials, he felt honored.
Zhao Mengqi gave him a roll of his eyes and said disgustedly, "You are not a little lady, you are rough and rough..."
"Alang, this little lady is not useless, but she can't let strangers get close to her easily." Huang Gou explained hurriedly.
"Come on, I'll just say it casually." Zhao Mengqi felt relaxed.
After Li Shuaisi listened to the first five sentences, he was shocked to realize that his wishful thinking was wrong. None of the five couplets were right at all, and he began to panic.
Most of the people in the hall consider themselves elegant, but now they are basically trapped in the whirlpool of the five couplets. They are all scratching their heads and scratching their heads, hoping that they can come up with a sentence or a half of the sentence.
Although no one gave money to them when they came out, this sense of cultural achievement and spiritual satisfaction was what the officials present who had no worries about food and clothing were pursuing.
In the corner, Qian Long looked in the direction of Zhao Mengqi, with stars in his eyes, "It turns out that King Zhong is so talented. Wow, no one can match his couplets. It's really amazing!"
"Hmph! What's so great? It's not necessarily what he thinks." Qian Duo hated Zhao Mengqi deeply, and his face was still burning with pain. "This guy is not a good person at first glance, and he still wants to do it in public." If you want a woman, bah! Shameless! Treacherous! Rude! Vicious!..."
