Fortunate Young Gentleman

The world was finally quiet. The servants had already removed the empty plates from the first round and replaced them with new dishes. Tang Ning picked up the chopsticks and began to enjoy the food alone under the envious eyes of Fang Xiaopang.

Riding a strange horse, drawing a long bow, shooting a strong bow at a hard stone, the bow is strong, but the stone is harder. If it weren't for Li Guang, it would be difficult to have feathers. This was a couplet he had seen on Zhihu before.

This is a couplet that was split into two characters. Riding a strange horse means riding, and drawing a long bow means drawing. The bow is strong, but the stone is harder. But this couplet is not just a simple split of characters, it also contains the allusion of the flying general Li Guang shooting a tiger late at night.

Splitting characters is easy, but if you split the characters well and match them with a well-known allusion, it is not so easy.

This is not an eternal absolute, but it takes time to be clever and clever.

As the saying goes, one woman is equal to five hundred ducks. Tang Ning did not want to test this little Li, and he didn't care whether she was right or not. He just wanted to shut up these five hundred ducks.

Someone had already spread the first line of the couplet, and the atmosphere around Tang Ning began to become quiet. This silence gradually spread, and the noisy Luming Feast became silent in a very short time.

Fang Xiaopang looked at Tang Ning with envy. She could not eat anymore. Everyone at the table was thinking. Tang Ning felt embarrassed to eat alone for a long time, so she put down her chopsticks.

Fang Xiaopang tugged at his sleeve and said, "You eat."

Tang Ning shook her head and said, "I'm full."

Fang Xiaopang looked at him and said, "I'll watch you eat."

Tang Ning was a little worried. Although she looked cute when she was fat, it was not a good idea to keep getting fat like this. Overeating would cause problems sooner or later.

We should find a way to make her restrain herself. Whether she can get married in the future is another matter. Even if she can't lose weight, she should not continue to get fat.

Fang Hong and the local officials of Lingzhou looked at this side, and their mood was a little indescribable.

It was not good that the Luming Banquet was messed up like this. They might have the upper hand in the contest with the Chu envoys, and they would also be proud.

"I can't match this couplet in a short time." After thinking for a while, Master Li simply gave up.

He admitted defeat so simply that the Lingzhou students breathed a sigh of relief.

If they were really defeated by the Chu people at the Luming Banquet, they would bear an indelible shame.

Chu defeated hundreds of Lingzhou students with one person and won a great victory.

I don't know how they will publicize it. If you don't know, you really think that there is no one in Lingzhou.

After this incident, when everyone looked at Tang Ning again, they had less complaints about him in their hearts.

Especially Zeng Zilou, looking at Tang Ning, his eyes were full of gratitude.

Tang Ning was a little disappointed. Why didn't this person know how to persist? It seemed that another five hundred ducks appeared in front of him.

"I didn't expect that Tang Jieyuan is not only good at poetry, but also good at couplets." Lord Li looked at him and asked, "Not only that, I heard that Tang Jieyuan is also very proficient in policy essays. If there is a chance, I would like to ask Tang Jieyuan for advice."

When talking about policy essays, the eyes of the Lingzhou candidates in the field looked at Tang Ning with some resentment.

Tang Ning didn't know what hatred this Chu envoy had with him. He just made a couplet to embarrass him, and now he cleverly attracted a wave of hatred for him.

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Policy essays... I really don't understand it. Aunt... Lord Li may have found the wrong person."

He almost said the word "girl". Lord Li's face changed slightly. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he quickly regained his composure, looked at him, and said, "In this case, I am presumptuous..."

After she finished speaking, she walked back again.

Seeing that the atmosphere around him became a little strange, Xu Qingyang changed the subject and said, "Brother Tang ranked first in the double list. The two poems in the second round are naturally very well written. We have been curious about them for a long time. I wonder if Brother Tang can take out the two poems and let us take a look?"

There was no grudge between Tang Ning and Xu Qingyang, but he was actually talking about something that was not related to him and went against him.

He had to copy the poem "Bodhisattva Man". The examiner of the state examination could not disclose the content of the examination paper at will. If everyone knew that he wrote "I am too lazy to draw my eyebrows, and I am late to put on makeup and wash my hair" and "Newly embroidered silk blouse, with two golden partridges", where would his face as Tang Jieyuan be?

"It's just a humble work. I won't take it out to make everyone laugh." Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Eat, eat..."

Just then, he saw the examiner named Wang Bo waved to him. He stood up with some doubts and walked over.

"Tang Jieyuan, sit here." Wang Bo pointed to the empty seat next to him that was vacated by an official and said, "Mr. Zhang and Mr. Song still have some questions about your third policy essay, and they need to discuss it with you in detail."

Mr. Li lowered his head and looked slightly narrowed.

Tang Ning looked around and saw that the seating arrangement at this table had obviously been adjusted. He knew the two examiners, Fang Hong and Wang Bo. He naturally knew Song Qian and Ling Yihong. There was another person he didn't know, who should be Zhang Hao, the doctor of the Ministry of Water Resources. As for the other two, one was Mr. Li just now, and the other should also be an envoy of the State of Chu.

Although he and Mr. Li were not seated together, they were adjacent.

Wang Bo did not get into the topic, but looked at him and said, "Your poem and lyrics are rare masterpieces even if they are taken to the provincial examination. Scholars should be modest, but not too modest."

Tang Ning nodded to show that he was learning.

"If you come to Beijing in the future, if there is a chance, I can introduce you to Prime Minister Wang." Wang Bo looked at him and said, "Prime Minister Wang was good at Huajian Ci when he was young, so he should be able to give you some pointers."

"Tang Jieyuan is also good at Huajian Ci?" The Chu envoy looked at him in surprise and said with a smile: "If this is the case, Tang Jieyuan and Mr. Xiao Li can discuss it more."

"The Huajian Ci written by Jieyuan of the Tang Dynasty has a strong legacy of Shu. If there were no examination papers to prove it, we would even think that it was really written by a great poet of the Huajian School hundreds of years ago." Wang Bo naturally He did not hesitate to praise the talents of Chen State in front of the envoys of Chu State, smiled and said: "Master Xiao Li, please listen to this song "Bodhisattva Man", which was written by Tang Jieyuan in the state examination hall..."

Tangning was stunned and said hurriedly: "Master Wang..."

Mr. Wang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, you are very accurate in understanding a woman's relationship. Even if Wang Cheng is on a blind date, you can't find any flaws..."

Tang Ning looked at him blankly. What do you mean by the fact that he has an extremely accurate grasp of a woman's affection? When has he ever figured out a woman's affection? This, this is tainting someone's innocence for no reason!

Wang Bo had already smiled and recited "The hills overlap and the gold shines, and the clouds on the temples want to touch the fragrant snow on the cheeks." Mr. Li listened to a few words, and when he looked at him, his eyes were slightly strange.

Everyone deliberately kept quiet, and the people around them could hear clearly.

Xu Qingyang thought for a long time and then said: "If this poem is said to be written by Miss Zhong, I have no doubt at all..."

Zhang Yansheng was surprised and said: "I didn't expect that Brother Tang's thoughts are so delicate. I'm afraid even many women are far behind."

The surrounding students also expressed surprise. Although they didn't like Tang Jieyuan very much, they didn't deny that he had the courage to give direct advice regardless of his own future, and he was considered to be a man of iron bones...

But now, in their hearts, the iron-clad Tang Jieyuan pinched an orchid finger playfully, leaned on the bed, and drew his eyebrows lazily...