Datang New Giants

Chapter 141 Passing five levels in a row (please ask for tickets, please subscribe)

In the second test, a lantern is drawn at random, and there are some questions about the meaning of the scriptures. Some ask people to point out the source, some ask for explanations, and some only give the first half or the second half of the sentence, as long as they are completed. That's fine, but there is an interesting setting in the second level, which is to change the title.

If you can’t get it, you can spend 770 yuan to return it and draw another question, which is equivalent to buying a question. You can change it three times in total.

Every year, a lot of money is thrown away, and there is fun to watch and money to be made. Many people are willing to join in the fun.

Lu Ting was lucky, and picked out a famous sentence from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, which is generous without corners;After writing the first two sentences, you only need to write the last two sentences "the big sound has no sound; the elephant has no shape".

Some people are happy and some are sad, Lu Ting's luck is good, but Cheng Chuliang's luck is not so good, he can't answer the question after buying it three times, and finally he can only go down with a smile on his face.

Well, he didn't have confidence in the first place, and he had the mentality of running with him from the beginning.

When passing the second test, there were four other people in Dachangjin. The Golden Retriever was lucky. After buying a few questions, all five of them passed smoothly.

The second time was obviously to add to the fun, and the money for buying the questions was thrown away again and again. It seemed that there was a rain of copper coins in front of the lighthouse in the small square of Pingkangfang, which attracted the crowds of onlookers to loot them continuously, and the children even roared to pick them up. money.

Some people took pleasure in picking up copper coins, some argued over several copper coins, some pushed each other to grab copper coins, and some prodigal sons took advantage of the chaos to eat the "tofu" of those little ladies. Dare to shout.

Fortunately, Marquis Wu in plain clothes picked out the two prodigal sons, beat them up on the spot and then dragged them away, so order was maintained.

Looking at the excited faces below, Lu Ting couldn't help but secretly nodded.

I have to say that the organizers did a really good job. To put it bluntly, so many men snatched a chance to go whoring for nothing, and they just let them have a good time.

The first level and the second level are relatively slack. Either there is a chance to cheat, or you can buy questions. According to my own visual inspection, there are dozens of people who have passed the second level. There is still a long queue on the small stage below. There are more than a hundred people.

The lamp building is more than ten feet high, and its structure is made of bamboo and wood. It cannot bear so many people. For safety reasons, there is a limit on how many people can go up at a time.

Before Lu Ting reached the third floor, he could smell a strong aroma of wine from afar.

When I went to the third floor, I was dumbfounded. The wine was all wine.

A huge square table was set up on the third floor, about one foot wide and seven or eight feet long. On the table were bowls marked with different numbers, and the bowls were filled with wine.

The bowl is the kind of porcelain bowl, and a bowl of wine will not be less than three taels.

On both sides of the table, there are two banners hanging. On the left is "Writing is the heart", and on the right is "Wine is gall".

The rules are very simple, pick up a bowl to drink at random, as long as you taste the wine, you can ask the gatekeeper to check the answer, if you guess correctly, you can pass the level, if you don’t guess correctly, you need to drink all the wine in the bowl, and then try again. start.

As long as you can drink it, it doesn't matter how many times you make mistakes.

Lu Ting murmured, "The lantern tower is so high, what if you fall down when you're drunk?"

"If they're really drunk, someone will send them away." Chang Sun Chong explained, "I really fell, and I blame myself for being unlucky."

Du He chuckled: "Boss, this is not an examination room, but Pingkangfang. Most people who come to Pingkangfang drink flower wine. There are flowers and wine. That's interesting. You have to know that Pingkangfang sells a lot of wine in a day." Not a small amount."

"Yes, it's just for fun. Two years ago, there was a young man who won the bull's head lamp. He drank too much in the third round. In the end, he won the lamp. After choosing the oiran of Chunfengyuan, he fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. It's so bad, the last gentleman was not broken, and the Spring Breeze Court replaced him with an oiran the next day, and it became a joke."

Lu Ting nodded and said nothing.

Just now I almost forgot that this is not an examination room, but Pingkangfang. The organizers confiscated one piece of participation fee, and the rules are of course up to them.

Although the level of technological development in the Tang Dynasty was not high, there were quite a few types of wine. In addition to the common Green Ant Wine and Apoqing, there were Fushui from Yingzhou, Ruoxia from Wucheng, Tukuchun from Rongyang, and Fuping from Fuping. Shi Dongchun, Jiannan's Shaochun, Hedong's Qianhe, wine and so on.

"Boss" Hou Mingyuan patted Lu Ting on the shoulder and said, "I wish you good luck, Da Changjin is looking after you."

Chang Sun Chong and Du He also gave Lu Ting encouraging looks.

Lu Ting nodded and said, "Don't worry, there must be no problem."

Seeing so much wine, Lu was not nervous. Recently, he ate and drank with his eldest grandson when he was free. Every time Cheng Chuliang and the others had a meal, they would bring some good wine. After drinking so much wine, they knew it well.

It's just that I can't guess it for a while, but with my drinking capacity, even drinking ten or eight bowls is like playing.

Chang Sun Chong tasted the wine first.

Chang Sun Chong approached the table, randomly picked up a bowl, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, his eyes lit up, and he said casually: "Fortunate luck, it's fine wine, this is the top-quality Fuping Shi Dongchun."

The eyes of a waiter standing next to him lit up, and he quickly complimented him: "My grandson is really knowledgeable and talented. That's right, Jia Qiqi is Fuping Shi Dongchun. My son, this is your pass token. Please keep it."

Chang Sun Chong is a well-known noble son of a wealthy family in Chang'an, and a frequent visitor to the brothel. When the waiters saw Chang Sun Chong trying the wine, they took the initiative to lean over without calling.

The token for passing the third level is a small and exquisite jug. Chang Sun Chong waved to Lu Ting, and then walked towards the fourth floor in a chic manner.

"Alcoholic wine? In other words, is there any wine that is not alcoholic?" Lu Ting said in surprise.

Du He said in a low voice: "Those people, there are many kinds of wine. There are three kinds of wine. One is full-bodied wine, that is, wine that has not penetrated anything. This kind of wine is the best to identify; the other is water wine, that is, wine that has been mixed with wine. Seepage, some bowls have one part wine and nine parts water, the taste of the wine is very light, and the difficulty will naturally increase; the last one is mixed wine, which means mixing two or at most three kinds of wine together, and when talking about one of them, you can’t No, mixing wine is also the most difficult."

It turned out to be like this, it was just a small wine tasting session, which allowed them to play new tricks.

When it was Lu Ting's turn, Lu Ting's luck was not very good. What he got was mixed wine. It seemed to be two kinds of wine, but there seemed to be three kinds of wine. After a guess, he didn't agree, so he had to drink the wine in the bowl in front of the waiter. drink up.

The luck of the second time can only be considered moderate, he picked a bowl of water wine, Lu Ting drank a sip, tasted his favorite Jiannan Shaochun wine, and successfully passed the third level.

The first two levels are not difficult, and you can still buy questions. The pass rate is very high, at least [-]%.

Da Changjin was lucky, and the remaining four passed smoothly. To Lu Ting's surprise, the five golden rats all passed the customs smoothly. Yin Shiju even laughed at Lu Ting, saying that even a drink is not good. It is a farmer who has never seen the world.

Obviously playing with the state of mind.

Lu Ting II is a human being, how could he be so easily irritated by him, he just smiled when he heard this, and didn't even bother to reply.

After the third test, Lu Ting felt sad and had to admit a cruel fact: what Yin Shiju said was ugly, but it was reasonable.

Judging from the degree of visual inspection, the pass rate of the third level is about [-]%, which is not bad, but most of the eliminated are poor children in ordinary clothes, and there are a few talented young men among them. Wine is not very familiar, and some have not even drunk many times.

There was a young man in his twenties who drank eight bowls, his childish face was as red as Guan Gong, and in the end he failed to pass when he was drunk. down.

It is still the early days of the Tang Dynasty, the economy has not yet taken off, the world has not yet settled down, and many ordinary people are living in dire straits.

Many children from poor families who wanted to make a name for themselves in the Queqiao Lantern Festival, poured out their hatred under the wine.

The event organizers will not sympathize with these people, and are even a little happy in their hearts. Those poor children have no influence, and they are also shy in their pockets. They may not be able to spend the money for the tea circle. also good.

Although everyone was on the same starting line, many of them were abandoned halfway through the race.

If he hadn't known Changsun Chong and the others, and drank so many different wines recently, Lu Ting estimated that his chance of passing was less than [-]%.

The fourth level is the calligraphy test. Each person writes a calligraphy work at random. Three of the five judges agree to pass the level. These five judges are composed of two brothel guild directors, one from Shizhong, and two Guozixue professors.

Lu Ting's handwriting is not good, I made Xiaoqiao's servant laugh, knowing that Tang calligraphy is very important, I made up my mind to practice it, I read a lot of copybooks before, after working hard, the handwriting was passable, when I handed it in, my eldest grandson Accompanied by Chong, the two brothel guilds saw the elder Sun Chong and passed quickly, while the one named Cui just took one look at the matter and rejected it.

There were two remaining professors of Guozixue, the younger professor quickly vetoed it, and the remaining old professor hesitated for a while, then looked at Chang Sun Chong again, said a few words of his own opinion, and finally said Shang Ke. Character.

Lu Ting crossed the border at risk.

Chang Sun Chong is the son of a wealthy family in Chang'an and a student of Guozixue. The old professor obviously knew Chang Sun Chong, and for Chang Sun Chong's sake, he opened a door for Lu Ting.

The judges present are all people who cherish feathers and will not make outrageous evaluations. In the eyes of the old professor, Lu Ting's handwriting is not proficient enough, but the strokes and structure of the pen are innovative, which is a passable situation.

Another time to look at the face and the background.

This test was obviously much more rigorous. Lu Ting, Changsun Chong and Du He passed it. Hou Mingyuan was unlucky and only got one approval and was dismissed.

The main reason is that his handwriting is too ugly, and it is difficult for others to put it.

For the sake of fairness, every calligraphic work that passes the test must be posted, and those judges also need to face, and no controversial works will be left behind.

After receiving three approvals, Lu Ting had an extra exquisite Langhao brush in his hand, which is the token for clearing the fourth level.

The temperament of the fifth test.

There are two ways to pass this test. The first one is to show your talent, choose a musical instrument on the spot, play it on the spot, and be judged by seven kabukis selected from the Jiaofang Division. You can pass the test with the approval of four of them .

The second type is word cards.

Pingkangfang and Jiaofangsi need a lot of new words every year. Using this as a pass condition, you can gain a lot of new words in each activity.

What made Lu Ting feel fresh was that those judges sat behind the screen, did not show their faces, did not look at the passers-by, and did not let the passers-by see them. They just listened to their answers and raised the red flag when they recognized them. Show a white flag if you don't agree, to show fairness and justice.

There is a feeling of "good voice of Tang Dynasty".

This test is not difficult for Lu Ting. In his previous life, the girl he had a crush on when he was in college was fascinated by the lead singer of the Black Panther Band. The lead singer Dou is good at playing the flute. After two years of hard work, although the girl didn't catch up with her, she still looks good at playing the flute.

Lu Ting impromptu blew, and five of the seven judges from Jiaofang Division agreed.

As a result, Lu Ting's customs clearance token added a miniature version of the jade flute carved from white jade.

Chang Sun Chong was even more powerful. He played a song "Mo Yuer" on the spot, which was approved by seven people. It can be said that it was unanimously approved.

It's a pity that Du He only got three approvals for playing the piano, and fell in the fifth pass.

The five members of Da Chang Jin participated in the lantern-seeking activity at the Magpie Bridge, and when they reached the sixth level, only Lu Ting and Chang Sun Chong were left.

There were originally five Golden Retrievers, but in the fifth level, three of them were wiped out at once, leaving only Yu Wenying and the new Fang Shiqiang.

Fortunately, neither the passer nor the judges knew who the opponent was. Otherwise, with Yin Shiju's notoriety, few would dare to veto him on the spot. Lu Ting had seen the calligraphy of Yin Shiju and Zhang Lang in the fourth pass, and to be honest, even his own Can't compare.

Changsun Chong can brush his face, so Yin Shiju and the others must be able to.

"Boss, for the sake of the two thousand guan and the reputation of Da Chang Jin, we still have to work hard." Chang Sun Chong whispered to Lu Ting when he was on the sixth pass.

Da Changjin and Golden Mouse are two people left. For the time being, it is two to two. According to the rules agreed by the second team in advance, each team member will have a different score after passing a level. Cheng Chuliang fell behind early, and Hou Mingyuan also Halfway elimination, that is to say, if both teams are eliminated in the sixth round, the victory will undoubtedly belong to the Golden Retriever.

Two thousand guan is a sum of money. Take Lu Ting as an example. The monthly payment of Wuyi hall master is 72 guan, which is a lot, and it is only 28 guan a year. If you don't drink, Lu Ting will have to save for almost [-] years.

It's not just about money, young people have a good face. In the words of Chang Sun Chong, if you lose to anyone, you can't lose to the golden retriever.

Lu Ting nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best."

Now I am also a member of Dachangjin, and I have been promoted as the boss. I must fight well in the "first battle" I join. If I don't have any results, the team is not easy to lead.

Besides, if you win, you can get half of the bet, which is a thousand.

When I was the richest, I didn't have a thousand strings.

Fang Shiqiang, who was walking in front, didn't know if he heard Lu Ting's words, turned his head, extended a thumb to Lu Ting, and then slowly pointed down.

Yo, I even provoked myself.

Before Lu Ting could respond, Chang Sun Chong extended a middle finger to him without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)