The second level tests the scriptures, randomly draws a lantern, there are some questions about the scriptures, some let people point out the source, some ask for explanations, and some only give the first half of the sentence or the second half of the sentence, as long as it is completed, but the second level has an interesting setting, which is to change the question.

If you can't win the lottery, you can spend 777 Wen to return and redraw a question, which is equivalent to buying a question, a total of three times, and the money to buy the question is not saved, but thrown down on the spot, which is considered to be fun with everyone.

Every year, a lot of money is thrown away, and there is a lot of excitement to watch and pick up money, and many people are willing to join in the fun.

Lu Ting was lucky, and he drew the famous sentences in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, and he was generous; Large-scale equipment is exempt; Loud voice; Elephants are invisible. If you write the first two sentences, you only need to write the last two sentences: "The sound of the sound; Elephants are invisible."

Some people are happy and some are worried, Lu Ting's luck is good, but unfortunately Cheng Chuliang's luck is very average, he can't answer after buying it three times, and in the end he can only go down with a smile.

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 level, there were still four people in Da Changjin, and the golden retriever was lucky, and after buying a few questions, all five people passed successfully.

The second time was obviously to add to the fun, the money to buy the question was thrown again and again, and there seemed to be a rain of copper coins in front of the lamp tower in the small square of Pingkangfang, which attracted the crowd of onlookers to continue to rob, and those children roared to pick up the money.

Some people picked up copper coins, some people quarreled over a few copper coins, some people pushed each other in order to grab copper coins, and some prodigal sons took advantage of the chaos to eat the "tofu" of those little ladies, and those little ladies who ate a secret loss did not dare to shout loudly.

Fortunately, Wu Hou, who was dressed in civilian clothes, found out two prodigal sons, and dragged them away after a violent beating on the spot, so that order was maintained.

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

I have to say that the organizers did a really good job, to put it bluntly, so many men grabbed the opportunity to prostitute for nothing, and they just let them play with flowers.

The first level, the second level is relatively lax, either there is a chance to cheat, or you can buy questions, there are dozens of people who have passed the second level by sight, and there is a long queue on the small stage below, not to mention that there are more than 100 people.

The lantern tower is more than ten zhang high, and the structure is made of bamboo and wood, which cannot withstand so many people, and for the sake of safety, there is a limit to how many people can go up at a time.

Before Lu Ting had reached the third floor, he smelled a strong aroma of wine from a distance.

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

On the third floor, a huge square table was erected, about one zhang wide and seven or eight zhang long, and bowls with different numbers were placed on the table, and the bowls were filled with wine.

The bowl is that 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, on the left is "Wen is the heart" and on the right is "Wine is the guts".

The rules are very simple, pick up a bowl and drink it at will, as long as you taste what kind of wine it is, you can find the gatekeeper for the answer, guess it can pass, if you don't guess, you need to drink all the wine in the bowl, and then start again.

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

Lu Ting muttered: "The light tower is so high, what should I do if I get drunk and fall down?" ”

"If you really drink too much, someone will send them away," Changsun Chong explained, "I really fell, and I blamed myself for my bad luck." ”

Du He smiled: "Boss, this is not an examination room, this is Pingkangfang, most of the people who come to Pingkangfang drink flower wine, there are flowers and wine, so it is interesting, you must know that the wine sold in Pingkangfang in a day is not a small amount." ”

"Yes, it's just for the sake of fun, two years ago, there was a young man who won the bull's head lamp, that is, the third level drank too much, and finally won the lamp, after choosing the Oiran of the Spring Breeze Courtyard, he slept rotten as soon as his head touched the pillow, and finally the Qing Qi people were not broken, and the Spring Breeze Courtyard made up an Oiran for him on the second day, and this matter became a joke."

Lu Ting nodded and didn't say anything more.

I almost forgot just now that this is not an examination room, but Pingkangfang, and the organizers confiscate a penny of participation fees, and the rules naturally have the final say.

Although the level of scientific and technological development in the Tang Dynasty was not high, there were really many types of wine, in addition to the common green ant wine, Apo Qing, there were also the rich water of Yingzhou, the Ruoxia of Wucheng, the soil cave spring of Rongyang, the stone frozen spring of Fuping, the burning spring of Jiannan, the dry harmony of Hedong, wine and so on.

"Boss" Hou Mingyuan patted Lu Ting's shoulder and said, "Good luck, Da Changjin has seen you." ”

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

Lu Ting nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's definitely no problem." ”

Seeing so much wine, Lu was not nervous, and recently he ate and drank with the eldest grandson when he was free, and Cheng Chuliang brought some good wine every time they had a meal, and after drinking so much wine, they also had a bottom in their hearts.

I just can't guess for a while, with the amount of alcohol I drink, even if I drink ten bowls and eight bowls, it's like playing.

The eldest grandson Chong tasted the wine first.

I saw the eldest grandson chong approaching the table, picked up a bowl at random, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, his eyes lit up, and he said casually: "Good luck, it's alcohol, this is the first-class Fuping Stone Frozen Spring." ”

A waiter's eyes lit up next to him, and he hurriedly complimented: "The eldest grandson is really knowledgeable, that's right, Jia Seventeen is Fuping Shi Frozen Spring, Gongzi This is your token of passing, please take it." ”

Changsun Chong is a famous wealthy son in Chang'an, and he is also a frequent visitor to the Qinglou, as soon as those waiters saw Changsun Chong tasting wine, they didn't need to call and took the initiative to come over.

The token of the third level was a small and delicate wine jug, and the eldest grandson Chong waved his hand at Lu Ting, and then walked to the fourth floor in a very chic manner.

"Alcohol? That is, there is a non-alcoholic liquor? Lu Ting said with some surprise.

Du He whispered: "Those people, there are many kinds of wine, there are three kinds of wine, one is mellow wine, and it is the wine that has not seeped into anything, this kind of wine is the best to identify; One is water wine, that is, water seeps into the wine, and some bowls have one point of wine and nine points of water, and the taste of the wine is very light, and the difficulty naturally increases; The last is blending, which is to mix two or at most three kinds of sake together, and no one can be missed when speaking, and blending sake is also the most difficult. ”

It turned out that it was a small wine tasting session, and they played new tricks.

When it was Lu Ting's turn, Lu Ting's luck was not very good, he took the mixed wine, and it felt like there were two kinds of wine, as if there were three more, and he guessed it, but he didn't say anything, so he had to drink all the wine in the bowl in front of the waiter.

The second time his luck could only be regarded as medium, he picked a bowl of water and wine, Lu Ting took a small sip, tasted his favorite Jiannan Shochu Spring Wine, and successfully passed the third level.

The first two levels are not very difficult, you can still buy questions, the pass rate is very high, at least ninety percent, the third level is slightly more difficult, because the fourth level has not started yet, Lu Ting is watching the excitement on the side.

Da Changjin was lucky, the remaining four people all passed smoothly, to Lu Ting's surprise, the five golden retrievers all cleared the customs smoothly, Yin Shiju also laughed at Lu Ting, saying that he couldn't drink a wine, and at first glance he was a Tian Shenu who had never seen the world.

It's obviously engaging in mentality.

Lu Ting II is a human being, how can he be provoked by him so easily, he just smiled when he heard the words, and he didn't even bother to refute it.

When the third test was completed, Lu Ting felt gloomy and had to admit a cruel truth: 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 seventy percent, which is good, but most of the people who were eliminated were ordinary poor children, among whom there were a few talented young men who were obviously not very familiar with wine, and some had not even drunk it many times.

There was a young man of about twenty years, who drank eight bowls, and his childish face was as red as Guan Gong, and finally he was drunk and could not pass, and was carried down by a sturdy waiter in the laughter of the crowd.

It is still the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the economy has not yet taken off, the four seas have not yet been calmed, and there are still many ordinary people living in dire straits, and some even have food and clothing as a problem, how can they have spare money to buy wine and drink.

Many children from poor families who wanted to make a name for themselves in the Queqiao lantern grabbing activity poured down under the wine with hatred.

Brushing these people, the event organizers will not sympathize, and even have some happiness in their hearts, those poor children, no influence, and shy in their pockets, may not be able to get the money for tea circles, it is difficult to develop into regular customers, and it is good to eliminate them.

Although everyone is on the same starting line, many people are abandoned in the middle of the run.

If he hadn't known Changsun Chong and them, who had drunk so many different wines recently, Lu Ting estimated that his chance of passing was less than fifty percent.

The fourth level of calligraphy, each person randomly writes a calligraphy work, five judges have three agree to clear the customs, these five judges by two Qinglou guild directors, one to the matter, two professors of Guozixue.

Lu Ting's words are not good, let the little girl laugh, know that the Tang characters are very important, I have made up my mind to practice, I have seen a lot of words before, after a lot of hard work, the words are passable, when handed over, the eldest grandson Chong accompanied by the side, the two famous Qinglou guilds will see the eldest grandson Chong, and they will pass very quickly, and the person surnamed Cui will veto it after just a glance.

There were two professors of Guozixue left, and the young professor quickly vetoed it, and the remaining old professor hesitated for a while, glanced at Changsun Chong again, said a few words of his opinion, and finally said the word Shang Ke.

Lu Ting was involved in danger.

Changsun Chong is a noble son of a wealthy family in Chang'an, and he is also a student of Guozixue, the old professor obviously knows Changsun Chong, and then looks at Changsun Chong's face, opening a convenient door for Lu Ting.

The judges present are all people who cherish feathers, and will not make very outrageous evaluations, Lu Ting's words are not skilled enough in the eyes of the old professor, but the pen and pen structure are new, which is a passable situation.

It's another moment to look at the face and look at the background.

This level is obviously a lot more rigorous, Lu Ting, Changsun Chong and Du He passed, Hou Mingyuan was unlucky, only one was recognized, and he was brushed down.

The main reason is that his words are too ugly, and it is difficult for others to put them if they want to.

For the sake of fairness, every calligraphy work that passes the test must be posted, and those judgments should also be face-saving, and will not leave a highly controversial work.

After receiving three recognitions, Lu Ting had an extra delicate wolf pen in his hand, which was a customs clearance token for the fourth level.

The rhythm of the fifth level test.

There are two ways to pass this level, the first is to show off your talents, select an instrument on the spot, play it on the spot, and be judged by seven kaki selected from the Faculty Division, and you can pass the test if you get the approval of four of them.

The second type is the word board.

Pingkang Fang and the Teaching Workshop Division need a lot of new words every year, and use this as a condition to pass the test, and you can gain a lot of new words every time.

What makes Lu Ting feel fresh is that those judges sit behind the screen, don't show their faces, don't look at the people who break through the pass, and don't let the people who break through the pass see, just give their own answers by listening, and raise the red flag if they approve, and show the white flag if they don't recognize, to show fairness and justice.

There is a feeling of "the voice of Datang".

This level is not difficult for Lu Ting, the girl who had a crush on him when he was in college in his previous life was very obsessed with the lead singer of the Black Panther Band, the lead singer of Dou is good at, the girl said that he was super stylish when he played the flute, in order to pursue that girl, Lu Ting studied hard for two years, although the girl did not catch up, but the is good.

Lu Ting improvised a paragraph, and five of the seven judges from the Teaching Department agreed.

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

The eldest grandson Chong was even more powerful, and played a song on the spot, which was recognized by seven people, and it can be said that it was unanimously approved.

It's a pity that Duhe only got three approvals for playing the piano and fell to the fifth level.

The five of Da Changjin participated in the activity of searching for lights on Queqiao together, and when they reached the sixth level, only Lu Ting and Changsun Chong were left.

The original five-person golden retriever rat brushed down three at once in the fifth level, leaving only Yuwenying and the newly joined Fang Shiqiang.

Fortunately, the passer and the judge don't know who the other party is, otherwise with Yin Shiju's notoriety, it is estimated that few people dare to veto him on the spot, and the fourth level of calligraphy Lu Ting has seen the words of Yin Shiju and Zhang Lang, to be honest, even his own can't compare.

The eldest grandson Chong can brush his face, and Yin Shiju and they will definitely be able to brush their faces.

"Boss, for the sake of two thousand runs, for the reputation of Da Changjin, we have to work hard." When he went to the sixth level, the eldest grandson Chong whispered to Lu Ting.

Da Changjin and the Golden Retriever are the two people left, for the time being, two to two, according to the rules that the second team said in advance, each player has a different score through a level, Cheng Chuliang fell out early, and Hou Mingyuan was also eliminated halfway, that is to say, if both teams were eliminated in the sixth level, the victory undoubtedly belonged to the Golden Retriever.

Two thousand guan is a sum of money, taking Lu Ting as an example, the monthly money of the head of Wuyitang is six guan per month, which is a lot, and it is only seventy-two guan a year, if there is no additional income, it is not eating or drinking, Lu Ting has to save for almost twenty-eight years.

It's not just a matter of money, young people have a good face, and in the words of Changsun Chong, you can't lose to anyone and the golden retriever.

Lu Ting nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely go all out." ”

Now he is also a member of Da Changjin, and he has been promoted as the boss, and the "first battle" he joins must be fought well, and there are no achievements, and the team is not easy to bring.

Besides, if you win, you can take half of the bet, that's a thousand times.

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

Fang Shiqiang, who was walking in front, didn't know if he heard Lu Ting's words, turned around, stretched out a thumbs up to Lu Ting, and then slowly turned down.

Yo, and provoked himself.

Before Lu Ting could respond, Changsun Chong did not hesitate to stretch out a middle finger to him.