The official road of the farmer

Everything was ready, Yu Maolin took the lead in reading the questions written by Ye Junshu.

Ye Junshu was also reading Yu Maolin's topic.

The two had a tacit understanding and only asked three questions.

And it's still two puzzles and one pair.

Ye Junshu took a closer look, and found that Yu Maolin's work was indeed very good. Ye Junshu thought for a while before he figured it out.

There are two lantern riddles written by Yu Maolin:

One, Lianyun, guess an idiom.

Second, stop talking too much and use a literary term.

And Ye Junshu's two lantern riddles: the waning moon, the Big Dipper, and the sinking of the star, type one word.

The other is: Sitting is also lying down, standing is also lying down, walking is also lying down, lying down is also lying down.Hit an animal.

Relatively speaking, it was only a little bit in-depth, and Yu Maolin thought for a while before he figured out the answer.

In other words, before Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin waited for others to solve the puzzles, they each solved the other's two puzzles.

The two looked at each other, and tacitly took back the two puzzles, leaving only two couplets.

Then they stop solving each other's questions, and then they can come up with their own questions and play on their own.

March of this year is the examination. Students from all over the country, like Ye Junshu and others, traveled long distances to Shangjing and gathered here.

It is estimated that only students from the surrounding areas around Shangjing did not come, after all, the distance is not far.

There were people coming and going in the lantern market, and after a while, many young people dressed as students stopped, and some came to watch the fun.

I have to say that the few words written by Yu Maolin are a bit arrogant, even if it is the spirit of killing the other party, there will be many people who claim to be extremely talented to come to solve the problem.

And at their booth, only two questions were hung up.

But I don't know if it's because they don't want to be No.1, everyone just watched and couldn't move forward.

Dozens of unfamiliar faces surrounded their booth in a semicircle, but they just stood outside to watch the fun.

Ye Junshu thought about it, took a step forward, raised his voice and cupped his hands to the crowd: "My friends and I lament the prosperity and excitement of the Lantern Festival in Kyoto, which adds a bit of joy to this Lantern Festival.

There are two outstanding couplets, and anyone who can match one of the second couplets will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. "

One hundred taels of silver is not a small sum, and it can save a lot of expenses for scholars who have traveled all the way to Beijing to take the exam.

A crowd of onlookers asked, "Will you get 100 taels as long as you answer the answer?"

Ye Junshu nodded and said affirmatively: "Of course." They naturally kept their word, but whether they can get this reward depends on whether they have the ability.

After a while, a rich young man with pink hair and pink face stepped forward and read out one of the Shanghai couplets:

Paint the lotus monk painting.

In the crowd, the young masters and students who are full of economics and knowledge are silently reading the first couplet, and scratching their heads to think about the second couplet.

The rich young man seemed very satisfied with the effect he had created, and he raised his head and read another couplet:

The mountains and rivers of Cenxi are here today.

There was a sudden commotion among the people, whispering among acquaintances, scholars whispering to each other, shaking their heads from time to time, looking very distressed, and seemed to find it very difficult.

Ye Jun wrote with a smile on his face, there must be candidates in the same period here, just in time to get a feel for the other party's bottom.Ye Junshu didn't have any candidates he was familiar with in the capital, and compared with Yu Maolin alone, he encouraged each other, and he didn't know the level of other people.

Ye Junshu pondered further, should he post the answers to the riddles they each solved? Well, these are less difficult, and those who can answer them all have a certain wealth of literary knowledge.

Maybe just to compare.

You know, in the past, it was a competition from one state, but now it is a competition from outstanding students from all over the country. If you want to stand out, you have to be the best among the top students.

But after thinking about it, those puzzles can still come up with answers after a little more thought, at least they figured it out by themselves, well, don't waste Maolin's money.

I have to say that the questions they asked are quite good, and the others are new questions that have never been seen before for people who have participated in the Lantern Festival every year.

Some people who racked their brains but couldn't come up with an answer left, and more curious people came.

Since ancient times, people have been curious, and their stalls are surrounded by a large circle, but still no one can answer it.

There are more and more people thinking hard in front of the booth.

Ye Junshu glanced at the crowd and found that there were many young boys in the crowd. He just casually glanced over there, and when he met some boys, their faces turned red with embarrassment, but their eyes were fixed on him. Still holding a handkerchief, he waved at him.

Ye Junshu: "..." He silently took half a step back, letting Yu Maolin stand in front, blocking those direct gazes.

Yu Maolin was staring at the question he wrote and meditating.He didn't notice Ye Junshu's careful thoughts, but frowned and said, "I'm sorry for your couplet."

Ye Junshu just smiled and said nothing, that's for sure, this is a unique couplet that no one can get right for thousands of years, and Ye Junshu himself can't get it right either.

"Your pair is also very difficult, and I haven't come up with the second couplet yet." Ye Junshu said, reading Yu Maolin's couplet from front to back is the same as from back to front, and it will take him some time to figure it out. The second line.

Yu Maolin was still frowning, the questions he asked were not as deep as Ye Junshu's, at least he didn't have an idea yet.

Ye Junshu talked with Yu Maolin for a few words, and saw a well-maintained, dignified middle-aged man standing in front of the booth, looking at the two couplets that no one could match up to now.

Beside him was a white-faced, beardless entourage who looked like a butler.

The middle-aged man saw that the two stall owners stopped talking and looked over, and then asked with a smile: "Young man, is this your own question?"

Yu Maolin nodded, fixed his eyes on that sentence, and continued to ponder Ye Junshu's question with all his heart.

Ye Junshu replied with a smile: "Yes, my friend and I each asked a question. If this master is interested, you might as well try to match it."

"Paint the painting of the lotus monk, and read it backwards and forwards, with the same sound. There is also Cenxi Shanshui here today, and the two characters of Cenxi are separated and embedded. Down everyone."

The middle-aged man laughed, and then asked curiously, "Which question did you ask?"

There is nothing wrong with that, Ye Junshu pointed to the inscription on the left and said, "That is from a friend, this is from me."

The middle-aged man clapped his hands, "My master would like to see, there are so many talents in Beijing, who can match these two couplets."

The entourage at the side immediately complimented: "I have a great style of writing in my dynasty, and there are as many famous scholars and students as there are stars. If there are such absolute students, there must also be excellent talents who can match the second line."

"That's not necessarily true." The middle-aged man was in a happy mood. He stood aside and chatted with Ye Junshu, "The two little brothers look at each other. They shouldn't be from the capital, right? I don't know how to call them?"

Ye Junshu said frankly: "My next Ye Junshu, this is Yu Maolin, we are from Yongzhou, we got the honor in the provincial examination last year, and we came to Beijing to participate in this year's general examination, hoping to have the opportunity to serve the imperial court."

Ye Junshu expressed his pride and ambition, and then asked: "I don't know what to call this master?"

"My surname is Huang." The middle-aged man stroked his beard.

Ye Junshu cupped his hands, "Master Huang."

He thought to himself, this Mr. Huang has an extraordinary bearing at first sight, so he can't be the one who visited privately in Weifu, right?

However, I heard that there is also a celebration in the palace, so it should be useless, maybe it is a relative of the emperor.

But since the other party wanted to conceal his identity, he pretended not to know, and Ye Junshu had a few words with the other party.

After a period of time, no one came out to the next couplet. It seemed that Mr. Huang had something to do, so he left first.

Ye Junshu felt that it was meaningless to stay in this stall.

The children couldn't sit still for a long time, and they left together to play without knowing where to go.With an adult watching, Ye Junshu should rest assured.

He also wanted to see the prosperity of Shangjing.

And he had a vague idea in his heart, the Lantern Festival was so grand and lively, maybe Ah Yu and his family would come out to play too!

Walking around is better than standing in one place all the time, and the chances of meeting them are higher.

So he said to Yu Maolin, "Look at the stall first, I'll come as soon as I go."

Yu Maolin nodded, before he came up with an answer, he stayed in front of the stall!

Ye Junshu then left in peace. Before he left, by a strange coincidence, he held the four-faced lantern in his hand, pushed through the crowd and walked out.

In the private room of the restaurant, the brothers of the Li family were drinking tea and watching the excitement.

Suddenly seeing the crowd rushing in one direction, Li Changchuan couldn't help but curiously asked the guard at the side, "What's going on down here?"

The guard stayed with the wing all the time, so he naturally didn't understand what was going on below, so he bowed and said, "Your subordinates will come as soon as they go."

Not long after, the guard came back, "Back to Lord Hou, back to Young Master, two scholars came up with two couplets, and so far no one can match them, so people gathered there to see who can answer them."

"Oh?" Li Changchuan was very interested, "So powerful?" If it wasn't for his inconvenient legs, he would still want to go and see the excitement himself, so he looked at his younger brother, his eyes conveying a message, "Brother Yu."

Li Yu: "..."

He stood up, compromised and said, "I'll go."

Li Changchuan said with a smile on his face, "Brother, tell me when you come back!"

Li Yu nodded helplessly.

He put on the cloak that was put aside, without anyone following him, he walked out of the wing room and out of the restaurant.

The crowds in the market were crowded with each other, and Li Yu, who was wearing a mask, seemed to become unobtrusive.

The orange halo of light shone on the silver mask, inexplicably adding a bit of softness.

Li Yu went straight to the stall with the most crowds, avoiding the flow of people all the way, and walked up to have a look.

The stall owner is a young man, not the two of them as the security officer said, maybe the other one has already left!

He silently memorized the two couplets that no one could understand.

Although he came from a family of military generals, he thought he was quite talented in terms of talent and knowledge, and for these two couplets, he couldn't think of the second couplet for a while, which is indeed a problem that baffles everyone.

He glanced at the crowd, and even the son of Fu Yin, who claimed to be one of the four great talents in the capital, looked troubled, showing the difficulty.

Li Yu looked at it for a while, then turned and left.

Going back too early, my brother will definitely have to talk about it again, so he simply walked around before going back.

However, he didn't go far, and saw a figure standing in front of a booth with his back turned to him, very familiar.

Li Yu paused, then walked over, and called out in doubt, "Zizhou?"

Ye Junshu was watching the stall owner making clay figurines when he suddenly heard a clear voice, which was very clear in the noisy environment.

He turned his head and saw the person standing in the dimly lit place with just one glance, and the people walking back and forth beside him seemed to be the background.

Ye Junshu smiled, "Ah Yu."

The two stared at each other.

At this time, the old man in front of the booth suddenly stopped, and said in a rough voice: "Customer, it's ready."

Ye Junshu turned around, took the two clay figurines, paid the money, and walked towards Li Yu.

He looked at the clay figurines in his hands, and if he took a closer look, one of the two clay figurines looked like Ye Junshu, and the other was pretty like Li Yu.

Ye Junshu thought for a while, then handed over the clay figurine that looked like him, showing a big smile, "Here, I'll give it to you." After a pause, he said, "Well, I want you...this."

Li Yu lowered his eyes to look at the clay figurine in front of him, for some reason, suddenly his ears felt hot.