Chapter 40: The Hidden Fence Hall 1

In the southern part of the Tiancheng Continent, there is such a building-

It was originally built in the last years of the Tiancheng Kingdom in the previous dynasty, and less than two years after its completion, it experienced the largest turmoil in the history of the Tiancheng Continent, the one more than two hundred years ago - the Nine Kings Rebellion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It survived the war, having lost a third of its buildings to the relentless fighting. However, after the war subsided, it was built according to its original shape. Today, it is located on the South Street of the East Ward of Kyoto Crepe Castle in the Great Liang Province.

It sits east and faces west, is large in scale, and covers an area of about 6,000 square meters. Along the central axis, there are buildings such as the main gate, the wall, the water pavilion, the instrument door, the front stage, the main hall, the back stage, the apse, the front and rear wings, the ear room and the ancillary rooms.

Its architectural decoration uses traditional techniques such as brick carving, stone carving, and vermilion wood carving. There are more than 1,000 pieces of Zhujin wood carving, more than 200 pieces of brick carving and stone carving artwork. After more than 200 years of cold and summer, it still does not lose its wonderful brilliance, which fully embodies the supreme level of "three carvings" craft technology, and the ornamental value is extremely high.

Among them, Zhu Jin wood carving, mainly used in various components of the building, mainly folk tales, opera characters, most of the use of high relief and hollow carving combined with the craft techniques. After painting, gilding, drawing and coloring, it looks magnificent, noble and elegant......

It's the Hidden Fence Pavilion. It is a guild hall on the Tiancheng continent that covers the largest area, has the most buildings, and has the most carved artworks.

Although the secluded pavilion is magnificent, noble and elegant, the rules of the secluded pavilion are not strict.

On ordinary days, both dignitaries and ordinary people can freely enter and exit the secluded pavilion. However, the profitable places in the Hidden Pavilion are not something that ordinary people can afford-

A mere cup of tea in the secluded pavilion costs a full 100 yuan, and 100 yuan is the cost of a family of three for half a month for ordinary people. Even a mere cup of tea is so expensive, you can imagine that the pastries and meals in the secluded restaurant are even more expensive!

Because of the consumption of hundreds of lines or even tens of taels or hundreds of taels in the secluded pavilion, although the secluded pavilion does not restrict the identity of the people who enter and exit, those who can generally enter the secluded pavilion are all high-ranking officials who can afford to spend silver with confidence. As for the poor ordinary people or something, most of them stood in front of the door of the secluded pavilion and sighed.

And because today is the ninth day of the ninth month of September, it is a good day of the year to enjoy chrysanthemums, and the current owner of the Hidden Pavilion has held a chrysanthemum appreciation conference in the hall, so the rules for entering the Hidden Pavilion today are different from usual-

The rules for entering the Secluded Pavilion today are: as long as you can match the three poems and songs that come out of the small house guarding outside the main gate of the Secluded Pavilion, or those who are willing to pay a silver ingot, you can enter the Secluded Pavilion to enjoy the chrysanthemums. In addition, there are also free refreshments in the secluded pavilion today, and everyone who can enter the secluded pavilion can enjoy those refreshments for free, and there is no limit.

The above news was all on the way to the Secluded Pavilion, Liang Shengxiao told Leng Qing.

At first, Liang Shengxiao kept walking in front of Leng Qing, but Leng Qing was unable to walk fast due to the injuries on her body, so Liang Shengxiao could only wait for Leng Qing to stop and go. Later, as he walked, he somehow became Liang Shengxiao and Leng Qing walking side by side. Maybe it was because the road was boring, so Liang Shengxiao roughly talked about the situation in the secluded pavilion and Leng Qing.

When Liang Shengxiao stopped talking with a smile on her lips, Liang Shengxiao and Leng Qing also happened to stop on the street opposite a magnificent, noble and elegant building, the Secluded Pavilion.

Looking across a wide and bright street and all kinds of pedestrians on the street, Leng Qing saw at a glance that on both sides of the main entrance of the secluded pavilion, a pair of stone lions with angry teeth were squatting. Above the lintel, there is a plaque carved from bricks in the form of a holy decree, and the relief of double dragons playing with pearls surrounds the three vermilion characters of "Youhuang Pavilion", and many exquisite brick carvings are inlaid around the plaque.

Under the plaque of the "Secluded Pavilion" is a large open door with two black lacquered doors that look extremely thick alone, and the auxiliary head of a gilded lion's head is embedded in the door. Behind the door, there are several steps downward, and past the stairs is a rectangular stone screen carved with reliefs of floating clouds and waves, which can block the scenery inside the door, so that people cannot peep out from the door.

Under the walls on both sides of the wide open main entrance of the secluded pavilion, there are long cases with vermilion lacquer, and behind the two long tables sit a little guy wearing a scarf, stepping on cyan flat-headed mille-feuille shoes, and wearing a cyan caftan brown suit.

The difference is that on the long desk in front of the young man in Tsing Yi on the left is a neat set of four treasures of the study, plus a thick stack of raft paper and an hourglass on the desk. Although there is also a neat set of four treasures of the study room on the long case in front of the young man in Tsing Yi on the right, there is only a thick booklet on the case, plus an extra half-meter-high basket at his feet.

"Leng girl, let's go. With such a smile towards Leng Qing, Liang Shengxiao took the lead in taking the lead, passing through the bustling pedestrians on the street and walking to the secluded pavilion across the street.

The matter has come to this, the secluded pavilion is close at hand, and Leng Qing seems to have no other way than to keep up with Liang Shengxiao's footsteps.

However, after Leng Qing caught up with Liang Shengxiao who was walking in front of her in a few steps, she hesitated slightly, and Leng Qing still asked, "Liang Gongzi, do you have any silver with you?"

"Nope. The answer to Leng Qing was Liang Shengxiao's concise and shallow smile and whisper.

However, as soon as she heard Liang Shengxiao's concise and casual tone, Leng Qing was anxious at that time.

Leng Qing remembered that Liang Shengxiao had just said that if you want to enter the Youhuan Pavilion today, you must either give three poems and songs to the little guy guarding outside the main gate of the Youhuan Pavilion, or pay a silver ingot to enter the Youhuan Pavilion to enjoy the chrysanthemums.

If Leng Qing is asked to recite poems and songs, with Leng Qing's memory beyond ordinary people, Leng Qing will definitely recite it properly. But let Leng Qing "right" poetry and songs...... Hehe, still no kidding!

In this way, Liang Shengxiao and Leng Qing want to enter this secluded pavilion today, and there is only one way left to pay the money.

But Leng Qing has been living a life under the fence since he came to this other world, when he was by Zhu Zimo's side, Leng Qing's food, drink and lodging were all inclusive of Zhu Zimo; when he came to Yan Ziming's side, Leng Qing's food, drink and housing were all inclusive of Yan Ziming; now when he came to Cheng Yiying's side, Leng Qing's eating, drinking, and living with Cheng Yiying were all inclusive...... Where did Leng Qing get the money?

Originally, Leng Qing was still counting on Liang Shengxiao to have silver on her, not to mention one hundred and eighty taels, it would be good to be able to have two taels of silver to pay for the ticket......!

Two people, no one has any money, do they want to climb over the wall and enter the secluded pavilion?!!

After thinking about it like this, when she walked to the stone steps in front of the main entrance of the Hidden Pavilion, Leng Qing finally lowered her voice and said to Liang Shengxiao: "Then what should I do?"

Liang Shengxiao, who was about to lift his feet and step on the stone steps, turned around when he heard this, smiled in a low voice at Leng Qing, and replied to Leng Qing in a warm voice: "Miss Leng forgot? ”

Facing Liang Shengxiao's smiling gaze, Leng Qing whispered with some embarrassment: "I won't ......"

The ancients often said that "piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and hop tea", the way: those who are good at the piano are able to be calm, those who are good at chess are wise in planning, those who are good at writing are affectionate to sexuality, those who are good at painting are good at being good and beautiful, those who are good at poetry rhyme are in the heart, those who are good at wine are in love with confidants, those who are good at flowers have a pleasant character, and those who are good at tea cultivate sentiment.

These eight things, Leng Qing loves the piano because of Ji Kang, learns calligraphy because of his father's love for calligraphy, understands wine and tea because of work needs, but chess, only because Leng Qing loves and is good. As for paintings, poems, flowers...... Leng Qing will not ...... at all

On that side, Xu is Leng Qing's sentence "I won't" surprised Liang Shengxiao, so after Liang Shengxiao heard this, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Leng Qing for a while, and the embarrassment on Leng Qing's face became more and more overflowing.

When Leng Qing was so embarrassed that she didn't know where to put her eyes, Liang Shengxiao suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

Then, before Leng Qing could react to what Liang Shengxiao meant by the two words he spit out, Liang Shengxiao had already turned around leisurely, stepped on the stone steps in front of the main entrance of the Secluded Pavilion without squinting, and walked to the long case of vermilion lacquer placed on the left side of the main entrance without squinting, and asked the young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case in such a gentle voice: "May I ask this little brother, can you answer on your behalf?"

The young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case first nodded at Liang Shengxiao, and then replied expressionlessly: "Yes." However, the substitute answer is doubled, that is, six poems and songs. ”

Liang Shengxiao asked softly: "May I ask if there are rules such as time limits for answers?"

When Liang Shengxiao asked this question, Leng Qing, who was standing under the stone steps in front of the main entrance of the Youhuang Pavilion, also raised her feet, stepped on the stone steps, walked to Liang Shengxiao's side, and stood in front of the long vermilion lacquer case with Liang Shengxiao.

The young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case glanced at Leng Qing who came up, and continued to say to Liang Shengxiao expressionlessly: "Yes." Each poem and song, there is only one chance to answer, if you can't get it right within the specified time, even if you fail, please call home. According to the rules, those who fail to write poems are not allowed to enter the secluded pavilion even if they pay ten times the amount of silver. ”

In a blink of an eye, he saw the young man in Tsing Yi stretching out his hand and pointing to the hourglass on the long case in front of him, and said to Liang Shengxiao with such an expressionless face: "Each poem and song is answered before this hourglass is leaked, and those who overtime will be considered a failure." And each poem must be answered coherently, except for the transcription of the answer, there must be no pause during the period, otherwise it will be counted as a failure. ”

Before the words of the young man in Tsing Yi who were sitting behind the long case were finished, Leng Qing, who was standing beside Liang Shengxiao, couldn't help frowning and said, "So strict?"

This other world is a very backward world, and its level in all aspects is similar to that of the ancient Tang and Song dynasties in China. After staying in this other world for half a year, Leng Qing already knew that there was no such thing as glass in this other world, and naturally there was no such thing as a sealed hourglass made of glass.

Therefore, the hourglass pointed to by the young man in Tsing Yi is actually a metal funnel hanging on a shelf, and the color should be bronze. Underneath the funnel was a metal box containing half a box of sand, which was also supposed to be bronze. There was also an empty metal box next to the hourglass, which Leng Qing thought should be used to replace the sand.

The largest metal funnel of the hourglass was only the size of an adult's palm, and the hole at the bottom of the funnel was not large, but there was only a little sand in the metal box under the funnel. Leng Qing estimated that if the flow rate was normal, the box of sand would leak out in less than two minutes after pouring it into the funnel.

If you answer a poem and song in two minutes, you will not be able to answer it and you will fail; if you don't give time to stop except for the transcription of the answer, it will be considered a failure; if you fail to answer a poem and song, you will not be able to enter the secluded pavilion even if you pay ten times the amount of silver...... Isn't this a strict rule!! It's just perverted!!

However, the answer to Leng Qing's slightly dissatisfied question was the expressionless young man in Tsing Yi who was sitting behind the long case of vermilion lacquer: "If the girl feels that the rules are strict, she can go to the little brother next door and pay a silver ingot, and she can enter the secluded pavilion." ”

As soon as she heard the words of the little guy in Tsing Yi, Leng Qing immediately shut up: If she had that silver, would she still stand here?

When Leng Qing secretly rolled her eyes, Liang Shengxiao asked the young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case gently and politely: "May I ask if the title of this pair of poems is chosen by the little brother, or by the next one?"

But Wen Wen The young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case replied expressionlessly: "If this son answers by himself, he can choose three songs by himself." If it is a substitute answer, it is up to the contemptible people to choose the six songs. ”

On this side, Liang Shengxiao smiled gently at the young man in Tsing Yi who was sitting behind the long case, and said softly: "Then please ask the little brother to help you choose six songs in the next one, and choose three more songs in the next one." ”

On that side, the young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case nodded at Liang Shengxiao expressionlessly, and then selected six raft papers from the thick stack of raft papers resting on the long case in front of him, and pushed the rest in front of Liang Shengxiao.

"Liang Gongzi, are you okay?" When Liang Shengxiao was immersed in selecting the thick stack of raft paper, Leng Qing leaned over to Liang Shengxiao's ear and asked in a low voice.

On that side, Liang Shengxiao, who was immersed in choosing poems and songs, heard this, and made a movement in his hand, and then saw Liang Shengxiao smile at Leng Qing, and said softly: "If you don't give it a try, how can you know if it will work or not?"

When Leng Qing heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably: The prince and uncle actually have no feelings? !

When Leng Qing was speechless, Liang Shengxiao had already selected three raft papers from the thick stack of raft papers.

Handing the raft paper selected in his hand to the young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case, Liang Shengxiao said gently and politely: "I have already chosen, do you want to answer now?"

The young man in Tsing Yi sitting behind the long case did not answer Liang Shengxiao's words, but silently took the three raft papers in Liang Shengxiao's hand, and then moved the thick stack of raft paper in front of Liang Shengxiao back to its original position, and packed up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. In the end, the young man in Tsing Yi laid out the nine rafts of paper in his hand in two rows on the vacated long table......