In the next few days, Wen Boyan wrote the three pairs in his book, holding the three books and meditating all day long, without thinking about the tea or the rice. The parents were first pleased to see their son working so hard, and then they were worried. Scholars themselves are weak, and if they don't eat on time, their bodies will easily collapse.
Wen Boyan was very surprised that Ye Xiaochai was obviously a servant but was more arrogant than anyone else. In the past, he only dealt with books. When did he meet such a girl? Women are always expected to be well-behaved and obedient. Who would care about a girl with a fierce temper?
But men just do this, especially young birds like Wen Geer who have never been in love!
Holding a breath in his chest, Wen Boyan quickly figured out the second line of the first pair. The thieves should not enter, and the wise should not come. He felt pretty good about this, but he felt powerless about the second couplet.
The second couplet was "Shi, Nong, Industrial and Commercial", Zheng Yu. This couplet had twists and turns and had different meanings. It represented all walks of life and also represented the five tones and eight rhythms. This pairing was so clever that it was really difficult to match it. He thought about it and his beard sprouted. Come, on the third day he finally figured out the second couplet. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep, but he couldn't figure out the third couplet.
The third couplet was wrapped in a piece of red silk at the Wanda Headquarters because no one could guess the first two pairs correctly, let alone remove the red cloth on the third couplet. When they arrived in Qingyuan, they stopped doing this gimmick and just hung the three pairs in the store. Xiaochai thought that no one would be able to match them anyway, so wouldn't it be better to advertise them widely and let people think about them.
When I met Wen Boyan, I wanted to put a stop to his majesty, so I naturally took it down.
The first couplet of the third couplet is Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang Liu, Wangjiang Tower Wangjiang Liu, Jianglou Eternal, Jiangliu Eternal. This is also an extremely difficult couplet. Liang Chuan is not showing off, he is stealing from others anyway. His works are just to build momentum for himself.
Wen Boyan thought that the second couplet had exhausted all his intelligence, and the third couplet felt like an insurmountable peak, daunting to him. As the girl said, those who can make these pairs must be very talented. It is said that even martial arts are extraordinary. They can kill enemies in battle. They think they have read poetry and books, but they are not even half as good as others. No wonder people say I look down on myself because my skills are inferior to others.
I don’t know when, these three couplets from Wanda store spread to Qingyuan Academy. The whole academy started to go crazy about these three pairs. Everyone was thinking about how to match these three pairs, but after several days, no one could match half of them.
Qingyuan College is like other places. Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and cliques are also popular here. The criteria for them to form gangs is based on their family's financial resources. Those who are rich form a group, and those who are not so rich form a group, each playing their own way. Then Tang Jie and Wen Boyan form their own group, and no one among the three groups can Don’t play with each other. There is also a chain of contempt, where the rich look down on the poor, the poor look down on the weird, and then the weird look down on everyone.
The leader of this wealthy group is named Sun, named Sun Houcai. His family is from Changkeng County, and his family is engaged in tea business. The tea business has been extremely popular in recent years, and their family has also taken this opportunity to accumulate huge wealth. Although I haven't made any achievements in my studies, but my family is rich. No matter how good I am in studies, why don't I come back and help their family?
But the one who has a lot of grievances with Sun Houcai and his gang is Fan Dongcheng. This man is also quite strange. His family runs the largest pawnshop in Qingyuan City. Among this group of people, he is second only to Sun Houcai in terms of financial resources, but he would rather be a chicken head than a chicken head. If you are willing to be a phoenix, you will have better fun with those common people. Both groups of people are unlearned second-generation ancestors who are good at causing trouble. Their families arranged for them to come to the academy, just to wait until they are at the age when they start a family and start a business, and then find a match for them. Otherwise, they will be thrown into the society, and there is no telling how many troubles will be made. Where's the basket?
Although both groups of people are not very good at reading, no one looks down on the other and cannot tolerate the other being better than themselves. The three pairs from Liang Chuan's shop were spread to the academy. These people are quite arty. Although they can't say it right, they talk about it every day, looking like they are thinking hard, as if they can figure out the second line at any time.
Later, the three couplets were written and hung in a prominent position in the college. Because no one could get them right, the students came to a consensus that anyone who could get them right would be the Wenkui in the college. .
The reason why people in the academy are so crazy about this matter is because of one person, Mr. Academy's precious daughter Yuan Ziling. Yuan Ziling is very handsome, and she is the daughter of her husband. She is loved by all. She often dresses up as a boy and goes to school with the students. Everyone is eager to have such a pistachio to play with. Men and women read together. It’s not tiring, not to mention that this is the apple of my husband’s eye. Although he also knows the maxim that a woman’s lack of talent is a virtue, but his woman likes to study, it’s not a bad thing, so he lets her go.
Because Yuan Ziling has always been the focus of everyone, she has developed the temperament of a young lady over time. Not only that, she also likes to play tricks to make the men around her fascinated and jealous of her. Every time she sees this kind of scene, she feels in her heart There will be a transcendent feeling of enjoyment.
She moved between Sun Houcai and Fan Dongcheng, and first poured some ecstasy soup into Sun Houcai. When Sun Houcai was teased by a woman, he began to talk shamelessly about how he could figure out these pairs in two days if he thought about it.
Then, Yuan Ziling flirted with Fan Dongcheng again: "Brother Fan, if you really want to pursue me, you have to show some talent, otherwise my father will not agree."
Because of a woman, the two groups began to secretly compete with each other. They held couplet research meetings from time to time every day, just to decipher these three pairs. However, the level of these three pairs was too high, and it was difficult to say the first one. At a lower level, the second and third ones are simply confusing.
The two groups even asked people to go to Wen Boyan privately to see if they could match the three pairs. Wen Boyan felt a sense of arrogance in his chest, but he really couldn't admit it. There's no need to pretend, seek truth from facts. don't know.
This becomes even more interesting. Everyone in the academy wants to prove these three absolutes and become famous in one fell swoop. Except for Wen Boyan who wanted to use his own ability to counter these pairs, the other two groups of people coincidentally wanted to use some crooked tricks. To untie the bell, someone needs to tie the bell. Who can solve this problem? The only way is to go to the shop owner.
Fan Dongcheng, who was more intelligent and flexible, was obsessed with Yuan Ziling and wanted to please her. He was the first to go to Liang Chuan's shop when no one was around and look for Liang Chuan privately. If you have money, you believe in a truth. Nothing can be done in this world without money. If it doesn't work, then use double the price!
Liang Chuan happened to be in the store that day. As soon as Fan Dongcheng entered the store, he grabbed Liang Chuan and asked, "Is your store owner here?"
Liang Chuan didn't know what he was going to do, but he was wearing student-like clothes. A few days ago, he heard from Xiaochai and Yuzhen that several scholars had come to the store. Later, more and more students came to the store, and they were all looking at the hangings on the wall. The right pair came, so this student must also want to challenge.
"I'm the shop owner, do you have any advice?" Liang Chuan smiled at him and said.
Fan Dongcheng thought that he was at least an intellectual or something like an old scholar as a shop owner, so he would be worthy of these three couples. How could he be a man who looks like a tall and thick man? Even such a rough man can think of a couple. I'm afraid Didn’t he just get other people’s useful information from somewhere?
No matter what, rough people are better. Rough people have rough ways of doing things. Sometimes scholars stick to some bullshit Confucius and Mencius and are as stubborn as stones in a latrine, which is very annoying.
"The shop owner is like this. I am interested in a few couples in your store. If you offer a price and sell the second couplet to me, I will benefit from you!" Fan Dongcheng didn't mean to beat around the bush. , it’s just a sale.
Liang Chuan didn't expect this boy to be so direct, so he also smiled, "I wonder how much money you can give, young master, to buy my second couplet?"
Liang Chuan's business hasn't started yet, but someone wants to take the initiative to do business. It wouldn't hurt if this couplet could be sold, and it would be even better if knowledge could be transformed into economy.
Fan Dongcheng's eyes rolled around, and the word greed was written on his face: "Well, seeing as your store has been open for so long and you haven't done any decent business, it seems that life is not easy either. Master, I will give you a hundred coins, how about you give me three pairs."
Liang Chuan paused for a moment, thinking that he heard wrongly, and then said with a wry smile: "Young master, you are probably not looking for my happiness. To be honest, my three pairs have been hanging out in Xinghua for more than half a year. They should be kicked out." The price is that as long as someone can match it, I will give him a reward of five hundred guan. You only have a hundred guan... You just want to spend time as a beggar..."
Liang Chuan looked at Fan Dongcheng with half-smiling eyes. He said the word beggar halfway before his voice became quieter. Seeing this, Fan Dongcheng's little face suddenly turned the color of pig liver. He didn't expect that this 'rough man' was not an economical person either. He was even more arrogant than him when he spoke. .
"If the young master doesn't believe it, you can send someone to have a look at the Fengshan intersection in Xinghua. My store also has a Wanda sign. If the young master can figure it out, he will take away the five hundred dollars immediately, and he will not be deceived!" Liang Chuan added. said one sentence.
Fan Dongcheng's family's pawn shop business is booming, but he is stingy. He thought that buying three worthless pairs for one hundred guan was an unprecedentedly high price, but he didn't expect that someone else would buy him 500 guan without bringing any money. The blink of an eye and the glare gave him the illusion that he had made a mistake this time and that he was going to cut his flesh and bleed profusely.
