Liu Fang stepped forward and leaned on the railing to look into the distance.
Under the gaze of everyone, he said the first couplet casually without thinking too much.
“Goats up the mountain.”
Next to Han Feng, Zhao Weinan, who looked even more nervous than him, couldn't help but speak.
"Uh...it's gone now?"
Liu Fang just smiled and nodded, indicating that there were only these four words.
Many literati present were also a little shocked. They didn't expect Liu Fang's first couplet to be so short.
But Han Feng sneered in his heart, knowing that this old guy Liu Fang had sinister intentions and did it on purpose.
This is just like a calculus question given to you in school in your previous life. If you can't do it, it won't be a shame.
But if you are given a question of "addition, subtraction, multiplication and division" and you still can't solve it, it will be a disgrace.
Everyone soon figured out Liu Fang's thoughts, and also discovered that the other party's simple four-character couplet actually contained a hidden secret.
"Goat Climbs Up the Mountain" has mountains on both ends. If you want to have a neat confrontation, you need both animals and overlapping positions. You have to figure it out immediately, but it takes some brains.
For a moment, everyone looked at Han Feng.
Even Qin Yujiao, who originally planned to watch Han Feng's joke, couldn't help but become nervous at this moment, and a pair of small hands subconsciously clasped together.
"How about it? Master Han's simple couplet shouldn't trouble you, right?"
Liu Fang's wrinkled old face showed a playful smile.
Han Feng responded with a contemptuous look and uttered four words casually.
"The buffalo goes into the water."
"Um……!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was stunned, and soon someone started to praise it.
"That's right!"
"Hmm...it's really neat."
…
Seeing this, Zhao Weinan and Qin Yujiao also breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Fang also showed a slightly surprised look, and then smiled calmly.
"It is indeed a good match, but my match... is not over yet. Master Han will listen to the first couplet again."
“The goat goes up the mountain, and the mountain touches the goat’s horns.”
As soon as the first couplet came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
I didn't expect Liu Fang's first couplet to have such a change. With the addition of this last line, the first couplet not only echoes the first line, but also uses the "thimble" technique, which can be said to be several times more difficult.
Many people present looked embarrassed, and for a while they couldn't think of a way to respond.
However, after Han Feng heard the first couplet, he said it without thinking at all.
“The buffalo goes into the water and the water covers the nose of the buffalo.”
As soon as Han Feng said this, the hall fell silent, and soon someone was heard praising him.
"wonderful!"
"What a clever second line!"
Hearing Han Feng's second line, Liu Fang's eyes flashed with surprise.
He didn't expect Han Feng to respond so quickly, as if he had already anticipated the changes in his first line and had prepared a response in advance.
Liu Fang narrowed his eyes slightly and cupped his hands.
"Master Han, you really hide your secrets."
Seeing that Han Feng answered the second couplet so quickly and won the whole house's applause, Zhao Weinan also had a proud expression on his face.
Even Qin Yujiao couldn't help but excitedly waved her pink fist and praised.
"Han Feng, I didn't expect you to be really capable, come on!"
Han Feng shook the folding fan worth ten gold coins and fanned it a few times.
With his black hair flying, a devilishly confident smile appeared on his handsome face, which actually made many girls in the hall blush, their hearts beat faster, and their eyes sparkled.
But Han Feng turned a blind eye to these glances, and blinked at Miss Qin in response to her encouragement.
Miss Qin Er's heart trembled at the sight, and her whole body felt as if there was an electric shock. She felt numb for a while, and her cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and she lowered her head.
Seeing Han Feng so proud, Wu Zhenghao's lungs almost exploded with anger, and Liu Fang also had a cold look in his eyes and sneered.
"Master Han, just now I was just trying my best, but now I have to take it seriously."
Han Feng raised his eyebrows and said arrogantly.
"This young master is not good at anything else, but for Duizi, he is known as the 'Dugu Qiubai' of Duizi world. If you have any couplets, just come out and do it!"
"Oh... Master Han has such a loud tone!"
Liu Fang sneered twice, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.
After thinking for a while, he thought of another wonderful couplet and said loudly.
"Northern geese fly south, with wings east and west, divided up and down."
As soon as this couplet came out, everyone thought it was quite unusual at first, but after a closer look, they realized how difficult it was.
Liu Fang's first couplet actually covers all the directions of "east, west, north, south", which can be said to leave the opponent with no way to go, and it can be said that he is not cunning.
The difficulty of this couplet is several levels higher than that of the previous couplet. Without decades of study, it would be difficult to come up with such a sharp first couplet in a short time.
Everyone present was not stupid, and they all secretly guessed that Liu Fang was by no means as simple as Wu Zhenghao's slave.
I am afraid that all the second couplets written by Wu Zhenghao were written by this person.
At this moment, Liu Fang looked at Han Feng with a confident expression.
"Master Han, please be right."
Han Feng smiled slightly, closed the folding fan in his hand, and said without thinking.
“The car in front is in the same rut, two wheels are left and right, go high and low.”
"hiss……!"
As soon as Han Feng said this, there were constant gasps of cold air in the hall.
Even Liu Fang's pupils shrank and his expression changed instantly.
Han Feng's combination of "front, back, left, right" versus his "east, west, north, south" was wonderful. What was even more astonishing was that the other party's answer was so fast that he just blurted it out.
If Liu Fang hadn't come up with this first couplet on the spur of the moment, he would have really wondered if someone had written the question to Han Feng.
Immediately, there was another burst of praise and applause in the hall.
Many people looked at Han Feng, and their previous doubts and contempt gradually turned into wonder and surprise.
But Han Feng was unfazed, glanced at Liu Fang and said.
"Mr. Liu, didn't you just say you want to be serious? Is this level of first couplet your limit?"
The disdain on Han Feng's face made Liu Fang feel extremely insulted.
His eyes turned cold, and he frowned and thought for a moment. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he smiled sinisterly.
"Master Han, please listen to my first couplet."
"In the mountain forest where two apes broke down trees, even the little hozen dared to saw them."
As soon as this couplet came out, all the guests present were shocked!
While marveling at the difficulty of this first couplet, they all noticed Liu Fang's evil intentions. He was clearly calling Han Feng a "hozen couplet" in the couplet, and the last "saw" can be connected with the word "sentence".
It can be seen that Han Feng's two second couplets made the Wu government counselor a little annoyed and deliberately insulted him.
Wu Zhenghao on the side also heard the ambiguity and couldn't help but sneered and looked at Han Feng with a mocking look.
Zhao Weinan suddenly became unhappy and shouted angrily.
"Hmph, what a blind old guy, how dare you speak rudely to Brother Han!"
Qin Yujiao couldn't help but scold at this moment.
"That's right. Are all the people in the Wu Mansion such ungraceful people?"
Seeing Qin Yujiao scolding her, Liu Fang's expression changed, but he forced out a smile.
"Hehe... Don't misunderstand me, this couplet actually comes from an anecdote from the north.
It is said that in the northern part of the empire, in the deep mountains of the Northern Xinjiang Province, sawmen often work together to pull saws. After the hozens in the mountains saw them, they waited for the people to leave, and then they imitated the humans and started sawing wood together.
The old man also drew the first couplet from this, and he had absolutely no intention of slandering Mr. Han. "
Hearing this, some people present couldn't help laughing, but they had really heard of this anecdote.
However, everyone still knew that Liu Fang was still criticizing Sang and Huai, but his move was quite clever. He was obviously scolding, but he was still justified and did not reveal any traces.
Zhao Weinan and Qin Yujiao were dissatisfied and wanted to stand up for Han Feng, but Han Feng raised his hand to indicate that they should not be angry and sneered secretly in their hearts.
The "many eternal absolutes" in the previous life were not for nothing. How could he be stumped by the other party's tricks?
Han Feng immediately smiled calmly and cupped his hands.
"Sure enough, Mr. Liu is very knowledgeable, but he also came up with the second couplet."
Liu Fang's expression changed and he was doubtful.
"Oh... please give me some advice from Master Han."
Han Feng looked Liu Fang carefully up and down, then spoke.
"If a horse gets stuck in the mud, how can the old beast get out of its hooves?"
As soon as these words came out, all the guests were silent.
After a long time, someone suddenly burst out laughing.
Immediately, laughter erupted in the hall.
Han Feng's second line of the couplet was really neat and neat, but he scolded Liu Fang more harshly than Liu Fang, implying that Liu Fang was an "old beast who came up with the question" and could understand the word "title".
Zhao Weinan and Qin Yujiao were stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help laughing.
Only Liu Fang was so angry that his face turned red after hearing Han Feng's second line, and he couldn't help but angrily pointed at Han Feng.
"Master Han, you...you are simply insulting gentlemen. What's the difference between you and a shrew?"
When Han Feng heard this, he showed an innocent expression.
"Mr. Liu, please don't misunderstand me. This couplet is by no means an insult to Mr. Liu. It is actually my personal experience.
Just a few days ago, I was riding an old horse for an outing in the countryside, and accidentally fell into the mud.
At that time, I sighed in my heart, how could this old horse be able to run hooves?
Tell me, why have I ever scolded you? Is it possible that Mr. Liu thinks he is a beast? "
"you……!"
Liu Fang suddenly opened his mouth, his old face turned red, but he was speechless.
But everyone in the hall was laughing even more happily at this moment.
Qin Yujiao laughed so hard that her lower abdomen hurt, and she bent down. She thought to herself that this guy was so wicked. He was really laughing to death for his life.
At the same time, a sweet laugh came from the side room behind the screen opposite. Apparently, Miss Mu was also amused by Han Feng's second line...
