Chapter Ninety-Seven: Fueling the Flames
Ye Chen didn't want to write lyrics on the spot, because the other party's two words were in front of him, like two mountains, he could only look up, and he couldn't cross it.
But he didn't want to admit it on the occasion of the first meeting, so he planned to change fields and learn from each other.
After Fang Chenbo and Zhao Yu heard this, their eyes lit up, when they were in Jinling, but they had listened to the book, this Ye Tanhua's talent for couplets was extremely high, specializing in some obscure couplets, absolutely, in some banquets, they had stumped a lot of Jinshi talents, and even the champion of the same year admitted that in terms of couplets, he was not as good as Ye Tanhua.
At this time, Ye Chen wanted to discuss the couplet with Su Chen, and the two of them understood, revealing a look of 'you understand and I understand', and followed suit.
"Wonderful, the words are finished, for a pair of couplets, everyone relax, and you can also start to be anxious!"
"One is a tanhua who passed the imperial examination, and the other is a talented man who is proficient in words, this exchange will inevitably be unique and open my eyes."
These two people added fuel to the fire, and immediately aroused the curiosity of everyone present, as the so-called watching the excitement is not a big deal, the couplet duel between the two great talents, this is an unavoidable thing, how can they miss this excitement?
"Of course, I'll see!"
"The couplet can not only see a scholar's talent, but also test a person's wit, which is not just a dead study!"
"Two talents, I don't know which one will win?"
"Bibi knows."
The gossip and warm atmosphere of the people around pushed this poetry meeting to another small climax.
Xu Qingwan was a little worried about Su Yixuan, after all, Ye Chen was a flower prospect in the imperial examination, and his literary talent and knowledge must be outstanding. Although Su Yixuan is very good at writing words, she is not sure whether she is proficient in couplets, and she doesn't want Su Yixuan to make a fool of herself on the spot, so she asked: "Master Su, are you good at couplets, do you have any ideas for communicating with Ye Gongzi?" β
Su Chen chuckled and shook his head: "I'm not very good at it, I just take a look once in a while, just try it." β
Everyone was a little stunned when they saw that he had taken the initiative to admit it, was he afraid?
Ding Yin saw that Su Yixuan, who had red lips and white teeth and a face like a crown of jade, took the initiative to retreat, and did not dare to confront his cousin in the couplet, and immediately laughed and said: "What kind of talent should I be, it turned out to be a coward, what is it if I can only write a few sour words, if you want to compare and try the couplet, make a pair on the spot, do you dare to take it?" β
"It's not a question of daring or not, it's that I'm not interested!" Su Chen picked up a longan and put it in his mouth and chewed it, not feeling at all that retreating at this time was a matter of losing the dignity of the literati, and he went his own way.
Ding Yin sneered: "Hmph, what's not interested, I don't dare to see you, Su Yixuan, you are just in vain, you are not worthy of pursuing Bai Susu!" β
Su Chen was not excited at all, and said with a faint smile: "Is it in vain, the two words just now have been proven, but it is Ding Gongzi himself who seems to have learned it." β
Ding Yin snorted lightly: "This son has never boasted of being a talent, and he can't learn as much as Jinshi and Gongsheng, so I admit it." It's you, and your fame has been rumored in the city recently, so you have retreated like this, I'm afraid you will also discredit the white girl. β
Not far away, when Peng Jingqing saw this scene, he stomped his feet angrily and snorted coldly: "Ding Erlang is making trouble again, look at me and don't beat him." β
Bai Susu grabbed her arm and said softly: "This is the Xu Mansion, there are many talented Confucian students and ladies, and Master Xu, the school secretary of the secretary province, is also there, you can't be reckless." β
"However, that Ding Er Shao is aggressive, and I will be angry when I see it."
"Let's see how Su Gongzi responds!" Bai Susu was still calm and calm, and she also wanted to see how Su Chen would deal with the trouble and if she could give her more surprises.
Su Chen said indifferently: "I'm not interested in couplets, what does this have to do with the white girl?" β
Ding Yin really wanted to see Su Yixuan's embarrassment on the spot, but the other party refused to disagree, the more he felt itchy, and it was more like making him ugly.
"It seems that you are a boiled duck with a hard beak to the end, Su Yixuan, if you dare to fight, face my cousin's Shanglian, and give you a thousand taels of silver, how about it?"
"Got a lottery?" Su Chen casually drank a cup of fruit brew, and listened to the other party say the silver, and suddenly became more interested.
"Yes, as long as you and my cousin win the couplet, I will give you a thousand taels of silver." Ding Yin is going to use silver as bait, he is a businessman, and every critical moment, he likes to use money to solve problems.
For many readers, throwing money out is a copper-smelling behavior, which is shameful and insulting to real readers.
But Su Chen felt that with this kind of color, he didn't make money in vain, even if he couldn't match Ye Chen, but he also knew many eternal absolutes, and he could also jam the other party. So, even if you can't win, you won't really lose!
"I said that there is a lottery, this is interested, say it in advance, your cousin can ask the question casually, no matter how difficult it is, I will have a good song, it is a thousand taels of silver."
"It's a thousand taels of silver for the last question!" Ding Yin was taken aback, although his Ding family is a giant and is not short of money, but a couplet of 1,000 taels is still a bit much.
Ding Yin asked rhetorically: "Then what if you can't do it?" β
"When I don't get right, I will also come up with a couplet to make you Ye Tanhua right, but he can't answer, even if it's flat. If it's right, I'll throw in the towel. Su Chen smiled slightly, anyway, he didn't have any silver, just admit defeat, and he would definitely not lose silver again.
Ding Yin thought about it for a while, he didn't care about the silver, he really wanted Su Yixuan to admit defeat in public, lose his reputation, and get out of Runzhou, so that his pursuit of Bai Susu would be much smoother.
"Well, that's it, please testify, and see how this person lost his reputation for the sake of silver!" Ding Yin laughed and took the lead in mocking.
Some Runzhou talents did frown, and at first Su Gongzi said that he was not interested, but with Caitou, fighting with others for silver is indeed a loss of gentlemanly demeanor. However, for the last link, it was a thousand taels of silver, and even their hearts trembled and they were envious.
Xu Qingwan didn't interfere, her eyes looked at the uninhibited Su Yixuan, and she couldn't see through this scholar anymore, as if his behavior was different from that of a real genius who read poetry and books!
After reading it, Peng Jingqing, who was in the distance, muttered in a low voice: "I'm still so money-addicted!" β
Bai Susu smiled, but felt that this kind of Su Chen was closer to her, rather than the kind of sour scholar who was full of benevolence, righteousness and morality and talked about Confucianism.
He is not rigid, nor stubborn, has a lively personality, and is a little skinny, more like a living half-hung scholar, and getting along with him without restraint and awkwardness at all.
At this time, Ye Chen walked out, looked at Su Chen carefully, and said: "Master Su, then let's start, please listen to my first link: 10,000 tiles and 1,000 bricks, 100 days to create a cross temple!" β
This is a pair of numbers, from thousands of hundreds of thousands of backwards down, and the literal meaning is also very fit, it can be said that this number is very ingenious, if not proficient in the couplet, in a short period of time, there is no way to start.
The people around him were lost in thought, their brows furrowed, and they were secretly thinking about the couplet.
Ding Yin saw that everyone was embarrassed, smiled proudly, picked up the fruit brew on the table and poured it into his mouth.
Su Chen took two steps forward and said with a faint smile: "What's so difficult about this, one boat and two oars, three people cross the Sitong Bridge!" Haha, a thousand taels in handβ"
"Poof!" Ding Yin heard Su Chen's sudden answer, and couldn't help but spray.