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But when Xun Kuang looked over like this, the woman was also looking directly at him. However, Xun Kuang looked at the woman wearing a white Nuo mask for a long time, and he really couldn't think of where he had seen her before.
But think about it and forget about it. I have seen too many women, so I should be familiar with them.
And at this time.
However, there was a man who came to Xun Kuang and Xu Zuiyin, and bowed: "I'm late, I'm really sorry."
The person who came was about the same age as Xun Kuang. He was very elegant and fair-skinned. It looked like he had applied rouge, and if you look carefully, you could see that he still had some makeup like Jia Baoyu's on his crimson lips. Although it did not match his age, the makeup was related. The man also looked handsome.
But under the rouge on the man's face, some burn marks could still be seen.
The visitor noticed Xu Zuiyin's angry look and couldn't help but ask: "But Xun Kuang annoyed senior brother?"
Xun Kuang immediately scolded: "Well, you Wu Qiuyi, you are late because you are late. When you first came here, you tried to sow discord between me and my senior brother, didn't you?"
In the past, one of the seven sons of Luo'an was Wu Qiuyi.
He was also a student of Mo Xu, but he did not undergo the apprenticeship ceremony, so it was reasonable to call Xu Zuiyin his senior brother.
Now he works in Honglu Temple.
Wu Qiuyi was too lazy to pay attention to the scoundrel Xun Kuang, and just looked at Xu Zuiyin.
Xu Zuiyin shook his head and didn't say anything. He just looked at Wu Qiuyi and said, "Why are you so busy? It's just an invitation after I haven't seen you for many years. It's not an urgent matter."
While talking, Xu Zuiyin helped Wu Qiuyi pour the drink and motioned to sit down.
Wu Qiuyi said with a smile: "Some things at home were delayed. I was afraid that my senior brother would be waiting for a long time, so I rushed over here in a hurry. But I didn't expect that there would be so many people surrounding Zuiyaju. It was hard to squeeze in."
Hearing this, Xun Kuang looked outside.
Seeing this, Xun Kuang started to laugh, because the number of people was much larger than before.
But he wasn't surprised at all. He just looked at Wu Qiu and said, "Senior brother used his poems as prize money. I guess people outside knew about calling friends, so they all came."
When Wu Qiu heard this, he looked at Xu Zuiyin doubtfully. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Senior brother, has this Wenzhai been taken down?"
Xu Zuiyin nodded: "Well, my boy knew that I planned to stay in the capital. With the help of Su Liheng, he immediately settled down within two days. He took out some of my previous poems and copybooks and hung them in the hall. , and even found someone else, and he was the one who caused today's matter, saying that he got Su Liheng's guidance."
Wu Qiuyi was a little happy, because he didn't expect that his senior brother would settle in Luo'an City!
But after thinking about it carefully, Wu Qiu smiled and asked, "No wonder Senior Brother made an appointment here. Our restaurant doesn't cost anything, right?"
Xu Zuiyin smiled and shook his head: "It's the same kid. I heard that I was going to invite you to have dinner with Xun Kuang, so I asked us to come here to play couplets and other fun things. If someone recognizes me, it can be considered a favor. I'm trying to attract popularity in front of the shop. Although I don't pay attention to this, I can't refuse when the child asks, and settling down requires some money, so Qiu Yi can't be surprised."
Wu Qiuyi smiled and shook his head: "Making money is something that even scholars cannot do without. There is nothing strange about it. That's it."
Wu Qiuyi looked at Xun Kuang: "In addition to Su Zifeng's elegance, Xun Kuang will have another place where he can eat and drink. Senior brother must make it clear to his nephew."
When Xun Kuang heard this, he became anxious: "You rouge guy! Who says you don't pay for a meal? I owe you! I will pay you back when you have the money. Believe it or not, I will ask Su Zifeng to come and confront you!"
Wu Qiuyi looked at Xu Zuiyin with a smile: "I just met Zifeng yesterday, and he was still nagging me. Xun Kuang ran away after eating at Qingya again."
Xun Kuang was a little embarrassed and quickly explained: "I'm waiting for my salary!"
But
Just when Xun Kuang finished speaking, there was suddenly an uproar below, and even more cheers!
Several people were curious and looked outside.
"What are Yan Shu and Li Wei doing here!" Xun Kuang was immediately surprised when he saw the two people standing in front of the most elegant table in the crowd.
Yan Shu was still dressed in green clothes and was very humble. Even though the person in front of him was no more than a waiter, Yan Shu was still very humble.
Levi on the other side looked at the waiter expectantly, obviously waiting for what the first couplet below would be.
The most elegant rule today is that if you want to get lucky, you have to match three appropriate couplets to get a gift. But if you want to get something better, you must continue to match.
But it looks simple.
But it is more difficult to produce three lower couplets in succession, especially the most elegant upper couplet, so now there are only two at most.
At the moment, it was Yan Shu who performed the third set, especially neatly, so he was applauded by the people around him.
Especially when someone recognized Yan Shu, they even applauded, letting the people around know that he was the No. Scholar, which made everyone even more sad and expectant, waiting for the No. Scholar to come out on top.
And listening to the words of some people below, Xun Kuang also knew everything about it, and couldn't help but frown: "This brat wants what my uncle Wen Mo has, so he wants it directly, and he even comes here to make trouble!"
When Xu Zuiyin and Wu Qiuyi heard this, they felt a little helpless. Among them, Wu Qiuyi said directly and rudely: "Do you think Yan Shu is as shameless as you?"
Xun Kuang frowned: "How can you be polite if you ask for something from your own family! Just as my junior brother Su Zhaoxin said, he told me that he was never polite when taking things belonging to our queen. Why, if you ask for something from your own family, you are polite What, you have to be polite and stay out of sight."
Saying this, Xun Kuang murmured: "That brat told me last time that he wanted to give me some of my concubine's writings, but he hasn't fulfilled his promise yet."
When Xu Zuiyin and Wu Qiu heard this, they both smiled helplessly. As for the youngest son of the Su family, Wu Qiuyi naturally didn't need to say more. He had seen the tiger's energy, while Xu Zuiyin had learned something about it in the past few days. Heard it!
And at this time.
The most elegant waiter looked at Yan Shu and said respectfully: "Master Yan, the first couplet prepared by our chief shopkeeper this time is 'Look at the mountain, the mountain is already steep.' Please ask Master Yan to correct the second couplet."
Chapter 344 Xun Kuang’s mouth
Hearing this, the students present naturally fell into thinking.
Li Wei naturally lowered his head and thought, but the next moment, Li Wei already understood.
But it was only when Li Weicai looked at Yan Shu that
Yan Shu looked at the waiter and said, "Look at the water. The water is clear."
As soon as these words came out, Li Wei was slightly startled, and then looked at Yan Shu with even more admiration.
After the students around them read the two sentences together, someone said loudly: "As expected of the number one scholar, I didn't need to think for a moment to write the second couplet!"
This is true, after all, Yan Shu can make the second couplet in an instant, and he does so neatly, with mountains facing water, and mountains facing clear water.
When the waiter heard this, he turned back to look at the steward in the store. The steward nodded, and then wrote down this couplet.
The waiter didn't care about anything else. He lowered his head and looked at the second couplet and said respectfully: "Master Yan, the first couplet of the second couplet is 'Idle people are not allowed to enter, but virtuous people are allowed to enter.'"
When everyone heard this couplet, everyone knew that the difficulty was getting higher.
Couplets pay attention to neat contrasts, smoothness and coordination.
The difficulty lies in neatness and coordination.
The mountain facing the water just now, the steep mountain facing the clear water, was both neat and tidy, and everything was neat in terms of affection.
but now
This is a couplet with the same sound as the "Idle Man", or "The Sage", which is much more difficult than the previous one, or the previous one.
Therefore, suddenly, it became much quieter, and the students frowned and started thinking.
When the common people around looked at the movement around them, they naturally felt that this was going to be bad, so they all looked at Yan Shu eagerly.
I was also surprised when I noticed that the Number One Scholar also lowered his head and began to think, instead of speaking directly like he did just now.
But I’m not in a hurry, after all, everyone knows that this kind of thing needs to be thought about, and since the number one scholar has faced so many opponents so quickly, one has to think about those previous couplets, not to mention now. Even the simple ones before took me a long time to think about!
The number one scholar is so talented and learned that he has surpassed many people!
On the second floor, Xun Kuang frowned and began to think. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of the second line. He couldn't help but taste it carefully. It almost tasted. He couldn't help but look up at his senior brother, but he saw Xu Zuiyin with a calm smile on his face. , couldn't help but ask: "Senior brother wrote it?"
Xu Zuiyin didn't hide anything and nodded: "Some interesting things happened, so I wrote this couplet. But there are quite a few second couplets, so it's not difficult."
Wu Qiuyi said at this moment: "Officials should not come here, only spectators should come?"
But after saying that, Wu Qiuyi shook his head: "No, no, even though it's right, it's just a slight improvement in words. The difference in artistic conception is too far."
Xu Zuiyin looked at Wu Qiuyi: "We can face each other in such a short time. Qiu Yi has not failed in his homework."
Wu Qiuyi smiled ashamedly. Honglu Temple was busy, but he did not forget to read, but he read much less than before.
Xun Kuang was speechless: "Is this your future? After all, you are also the former Seventh Son of Luo'an, the second best in our class. Let's see your future!"
Wu Qiu looked at Xun Kuang and said immediately: "Yes, yes, how can he compare with Xun Kuang, a great talent? He suppressed the rest of us and breathed a sigh of relief. The students he taught were still number one scholars."
When Xun Kuang heard this, although he knew that Wu Qiu liked to say this when trying to bully people, every time he heard this, he, a scholar, wanted to hit people with his fists!
Xu Zuiyin looked at the two of them as before, smiled and shook his head, then lowered his head and looked at Yan Shu.
This was not the first time Xu Zuiyin had met Yan Shu. After meeting him a few days ago, he knew that Yan Shu would be the leader in the literary world from now on.
Of course, the empress does not count, after all, she has that status.
Xun Kuang was too lazy to say a few words to Wu Qiuyi. Not only could he quarrel with him, but he would be so angry at the tone of his quarrel with Wu Qiuyi that he would be angry even if he won!
So don't argue with this rouge guy.
At this time, Yan Shu spoke softly downstairs: "Officials should not come to trouble."
When everyone downstairs heard this, they frowned and tasted it carefully. Idle people should not come in, virtuous people should not come in, and officials should not come.
It’s pretty neat!
It just feels like it tastes bad!
but.
Thinking of this time, and the fact that Yan Shu was the only one standing here, everyone was still full of praise, sighing and lamenting that he was worthy of being the number one scholar!
Even Wu Qiuyi and others upstairs nodded in approval. Compared with Wu Qiuyi just blurting out that officials should not come to watch, Yan Shu's sentence was actually more neat.
but
Xun Kuang was a little dissatisfied, because it was also a neat second couplet, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Zuiyin: "Since senior brother has thought of this couplet, what is the second couplet?"
Xu Zuiyin smiled and was about to speak.
But that's about it.
"Thieves don't come, Taoists come."
Such a sentence came from them.
The three of them were startled and turned to look at the source of the sound, where the girls wearing masks were.
but
In fact, it was Su Changan and the others.