Guessing that the time was almost up, Zhao Mengqi said, "I've drunk a full bottle of wine. Are you guys going to come out?"
Li Shuaisi and the five others were stunned when they heard this. They exchanged glances with each other and finally smiled helplessly.
They did think of some couplets, but after careful consideration, they still couldn't stand the scrutiny. Even if they pricked their ears and tried to get some inspiration from the discussions of other guests, they finally found that it was in vain. There seemed to be hundreds of people in the hall who had not One can think of a suitable next sentence.
Even if they were given another day, they might not be able to figure it out. The fact was that they couldn't help but admit defeat.
Li Shuaisi straightened his back and said, "Your Highness, I forgive you for not being quick-witted. I'll just consider you a loser. Please give me the second couplet."
He is really a tough talker, and he is not willing to give in. He even expects a loyal king without a second line.
Zhao Mengqi shook his head and looked at the others, "What about you?"
"We also admit defeat and ask Your Highness to enlighten me on the following couplet." The four of them said in unison.
The entire hall fell silent again, everyone's ears pricked up, waiting for King Zhong's next sentence.
Zhao Mengqi stood up, holding a wine bottle in his hand, looking quite free and easy, "Since you have already taken it orally, I have to convince you. Second line, listen to me."
Everyone's eyes were chasing Zhao Mengqi.
"Actually, these pairs are not that difficult. Even a fool like me can come up with them casually. Well, maybe you can let me do it. For example, this 'painting of lotus and monk painting', then the pair of 'Shu Lin' Han Tie Hanlin Shu'."
As soon as he finished speaking, the noise in the palace gradually rose, "Wonderful, this couplet is perfect..."
"Yes, yes! Just now I tried my best to think of the sentence 'Book Gallery Poems and Grass Shilang Shu', and I already think it is very appropriate. However, this 'poem' is different from 'shi', and there are still some shortcomings. Your Highness, Prince Zhong, is The sentences look almost the same, but they are much more perfect. I admire you."
"Brother, you are also a very talented person. In such a short period of time, you have already surpassed me in many ways..."
Li Shuaisi silently read for a long time and found that he couldn't find any faults, so he had to bow his hands and bow in submission, "Your Highness is brilliant!"
Zhao Mengqi picked up the wine pot and put it to his mouth, took a sip and said, "As for this 'the world's mouth, the sky's mouth, aiming to swallow Wu', it is the most simple, 'the king among people, the king among people. Intention to serve'."
There were exclamations everywhere, "What Your Highness said seems to be really simple!"
"Simple? I actually thought of the sentence 'My heart is floating and my heart is sinking, I am really uneasy', but this artistic conception is a bit unbearable compared with the domineering power of the first couplet, and the two words "upper and lower" are also repeated with the first couplet, which is a couplet. Big taboo.”
"There is also a sentence below, 'Ear left chapter, ear right chapter, you will get Zhangzhan', but unfortunately the word "zhangzhang" is too far-fetched."
"It seems that His Royal Highness Prince Zhong is still superior!"
Faced with such a result, Magistrate Qian had to bow his head, "I admire you!"
Zhao Mengqi's gait was slightly swaying, and he seemed to be slightly drunk. Coupled with his thin body, he really had the taste of an immortal. "It's not difficult to say, 'Feng tame three horses, Feng tame princes with five horses.' Yin has no one, and Yi Yin has only one Yuan Zai."
Everyone nodded repeatedly. Feng Shun was a personal name, but no one had heard of it. It was probably made up by King Zhong, but Yi Yin in the second couplet was a well-known virtuous prime minister, so it immediately raised the level of this couplet a lot, and it had no meaning. Same.
On the contrary, Feng Caosi felt a little proud, and there was nothing unhappy in his heart. "Your Highness is very talented, and I am convinced."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Zhao Mengqi was drinking, pacing and waving his sleeves, "'Reading in spring, reading in autumn, reading in Spring and Autumn, reading in Spring and Autumn' means 'Nantongzhou, North Tongzhou, North and South Tongzhou lead to North and South'."
Everyone was more and more surprised. This sentence was not only neatly correct, but also very elegant. It combined the upper and lower parts and coincided with the meaning of traveling hundreds of miles and reading thousands of books!
"A wonderful couplet, inspired by His Highness, I just thought of a sentence, 'Buy in Wuxi, sell in Wuxi, buy and sell in Wuxi, no buying or selling.' Haha, I am short of talent and knowledge, so this sentence can only be regarded as reluctant. The meaning is much different, and it is a bit unclear."
After Wang Xiansi heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. It doesn't matter whether he understands or not, as long as he can fight against him, the key is why the hell did you go there earlier? Is there any use in saying it now?
Although he was angry, he could only lower his head and said, "I will submit."
"Gah..." Zhao Mengqi breathed out the smell of alcohol and looked more and more wanton and unrestrained, "The last sentence, then it's 'injury on the heel, all invaded the body, without medical treatment, myrrh, safe and healthy life, you must always take care of it'!" "
Everyone began to analyze the names inside.
The injured heel should be the king of the Shang Dynasty, Zu Geng, while Ji Bensheng is the Duke of Zheng Zhuang in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Yi is a general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, Mei Yao is said to be from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties during the revolution, and An Qisheng is a hermit from the Han Dynasty. Immortal.
Where is Junxu? By the way, Fang Fengchen of this dynasty, the number one scholar five years ago and a master of Neo-Confucianism, is named Junxi, and there is no problem if he puts it in the second line.
But what about the last one? Everyone thought about it, but they couldn't figure out where the name came from.
After the discussion was fruitless, someone asked, "Your Highness, who is Jane at this time?"
Zhao Mengqi smiled casually and said, "Chong Taiyi from Hanlin Hospital, whose name is Shizhen."
"Your Highness is talking about Imperial Physician Chongrong Chong? Oops, I didn't think of him at the moment. He is indeed a sage in the medical field. It is quite appropriate to put him here."
This first couplet is originally a joke. Even though the name Shizhen is unfamiliar to many people, he is also a famous doctor, but most people don't know his name, so there is nothing wrong with this second couplet.
Xu Cangsi did not struggle and simply accepted his fate, "Your Highness is smart, I will obey you."
Total victory!
Zhao Mengqi threw away the empty wine bottle and said energetically, "Follow the agreement and serve them wine!"
