"Since no one is playing, I'll take the lead." At this time, a scribe dressed in a blue shirt stepped forward, lifted the cloth on the first panel, looked at it, pondered for a while, then took up his pen and wrote, and then went to look at the second panel, this time he thought about it for a long time, and finally waved his hand at the old men on the side, said that he gave up, and retreated.

Everyone looked at him expectantly, hoping to see something in his face and eyes, but the green-shirted scribe just shook his head, sighed, and silently walked back to his place and sat down to drink.

Since then, there have been a few talented people who have gone up to expose the right, but at most they can only hold on to the third link, and all of them are defeated in the fourth link.

In fact, this second round of pairs competition is not only one person can participate in the same time period, but several people can be allowed to participate at the same time, but everyone only has a cup of tea time to pair the lower link, that is, a quarter of an hour, about fifteen minutes, everyone must have to match all five lower links within these fifteen minutes. However, it is useless to just come out, it must be done in the right way, so that the three elders of the literary world, Mad Gong, Lu Lao, and Yang Zhifu, are all recognized.

Of course, you can also go up and uncover all the five panels, memorize all the upper ones, and then go aside or go back to your seat to think, and write out the five lower ones in order, and it is strictly forbidden to communicate with others halfway. It's just that some people's memory is not very good, maybe they can't remember the five couplets, and they are afraid that they won't remember some text details after they go back, so they will not be able to do 100% neatness, which will also affect the subsequent evaluation.

If the two people's downlinks are excellent and not equal, at this time you can only grasp the details, who is not very good at the details, not 100% neat, these are often clear at a glance.

And there are specializations in the art industry, not all talented people are all-rounders, some people are good at writing poems, some people are good at writing words, and some people are good at couplets, everyone has their own best talents and fields. This is also the reason why the Jinling Poetry Club is divided into three competition projects every year to determine the three leaders, so that different talents in different fields can be fully explored.

However, since the beginning of the previous dynasty, no one in the Jinling Poetry Society has ever been able to win the honor of double champions, and it is even unthinkable to win three champions in a row.

In fact, in terms of difficulty alone, composing poems and writing lyrics is okay, everyone can prepare in advance, it is nothing more than the theme of "moon" and "Mid-Autumn Festival", whether you are playing with the moon or admiring the moon, or even thinking about the moon, as long as it is in line with the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is feasible. But the couplet is not so easy, first of all, it is impossible for everyone to know what the content of the couplet is in advance, and you have to go up and uncover it yourself, and secondly, everyone only has a cup of tea to write the couplet, which requires you to be quick-witted, quick-witted, and good at it. In previous years, there were quite a few times that the Jinling Poetry Club only decided two leaders of the poems, and there were few couplet leaders.

Therefore, Shen Yan was able to bet with Cao Yi so confidently and boldly before, you must know that since the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty, there has been no precedent for one person to be a double leader, and with his understanding of Cao Yi for so many years, the latter cannot have such a talent at all. But there are no absolutes in the world, what he never expected was that Cao Yi, who was with him at this moment, was no longer the original Cao Yi, but a modern traveler with countless poetry questions and historical databases in his head. It's like being the same gamer, one doesn't even have an auxiliary script, and the other is already a novice with the top plug-in, and the cognition between the two is not on the same level at all, let alone the same.

At this time, Cao Yi also looked interesting below, looking at many aspects of life, and he could be happy for a long time by himself. It's really because everyone who participates in the couplet competition has too many expressions, some are ecstatic about the next couplet, some scratch their ears and cheeks when they can't come out, some have a constipated expression after thinking for a long time, and some have a serious face and a solemn expression...... It's just a big offline meme party.

When Cao Yi was talking about others, he didn't know that he was also worried about Shen Yan. Shen Yan looked at Cao Yi's picture of sometimes bowing his head and sometimes holding back a smile, and he also sneered, and all kinds of fancy chatters in his heart: "Laugh, laugh, I wish you didn't participate" ...... "When the time comes, you will cry" ...... "It's best if you give up this round of competition directly"......

At this time, Cao Yi suddenly sat upright, because he saw that Sikong Ye, who had written the poem "Mid-Autumn Festival" before, also got up and was about to reveal it, and he also wanted to see how many talents of this level could complete in this round of competition.

When Sikong Ye stepped forward, he turned his head to look at Cao Yi, nodded to each other, and then, under the gaze of most people, walked up.

The first one, I glanced at it, and then I picked up the pen and began to write, but at the moment of writing, I paused for a while, as if I was thinking about something? Finally, I shook my head and wrote it down.

The second one, who pondered for a while, put down the pen very decisively, went straight to the third panel, opened the cover and carefully studied it a few times, and then went back and closed his eyes and thought for a while in front of the desk, brushing and writing on the paper.

Fourth, the time to think about it became longer and longer, and just when Cao Yi thought he was going to give up, he finally picked up a pen and wrote something on the paper. However, looking at his expression, he seems to be not very satisfied with what he wrote. Raising his head and looking at the last panel, he seemed to be hesitating whether to step forward, and finally made up his mind to go up and uncover the covering, and after taking a look, his brows furrowed deeply, as if this link was very difficult. In the end, I gave up trying, said goodbye to the three elders, and then retreated.

As for the four lower links written by Sikong Ye before, he took them out and handed them to the three judges for review. The mad man looked at the lower link written by Sikong Ye, and said to Lu Lao next to him: "Lu Gong, it seems that it is too difficult for you to come up with this fifth upper link, and I haven't come up with a good lower link until now, can you tell me, do you have a good pair in your heart?" ”

Lu Lao shook his head: "The famous sentences in Li Changji's "Golden and Bronze Immortal Songs", since the Tang Dynasty, no one has been able to match them perfectly for hundreds of years, and I just want to try to see if anyone can match them at the Jinling Poetry Conference."

Governor Yang next to him nodded after hearing this, indeed, the sentence "If the sky is loved, the sky will be old" is enough to be recited through the ages, and how can it be so easy to come out.

"Hey, this Sikong Ye's third couplet has merit, but it's a pity that it doesn't fit the situation" The madman handed over the note.

"Deserted, miserable, miserable...... It's really a good pair, but it's a little cold! Lu Gong glanced at it, nodded and commented.

As the competition progressed, the time was approaching, and few of the so many students who had been on the field were able to match the triple, and Sikong Ye's results were already the best, until ......

"He's already written a quadruple! Now I'm going to see the fifth couplet."

"Who is he? Who is it, and why have you never seen it before? ”

"It seems to be a guest of Governor Yang's mansion, I don't know very well, I only know that it is called Yan Shu"

"Do you think he can write the second couplet of the fifth couplet?"

"I think it's okay, you see that the first four couplets are all written quickly, and it shouldn't be a big problem to write the fifth couplet!"

"That maybe, even Sikong Ye didn't answer the fifth couplet, I think it's difficult for him to get it right."

The talented people below, as well as the ladies and famous prostitutes behind the curtains, were all whispering and talking, but everyone was confused about the name, very few people had heard of it, and even if they knew, they were only names, and they didn't know anything else. This student looks very young, he should not be more than twenty years old, but he is very fresh, and he does not look like a person from Jiangning, at least many of the students from Jiangning Mansion School here have not recognized him.

"I really have to write the next couplet! It's amazing! ”

"It's written, but it's not necessarily written correctly."

Even Cao Yi stood up at this time, wanting to see this person thoroughly, he was even more powerful than Sikong Ye, but why didn't he see it when he tried to compose poems before?

I saw that the little girl put away the next couplet written by this student and handed it to the madman and others.

At this time, everyone was attentively observing the faces of the elders, trying to discern from the expressions on their faces whether the young student's lower links were all correct, so as to get their unanimous approval.

"This kid's name is Yan Shu, he is only 15 years old this year, he is a disciple of my former colleague and friend Zhang Zhibai, he has participated in the palace examination last year, and was given the same Jinshi background, the secretary of the province is Zhengzi, and he is a famous young talent in the capital," Yang Zhifu said in a low voice and said to the madman and Lu Lao.

"This time he came to visit me on the order of his teacher, but who didn't know that Zhang Zhibai was just showing off his disciple in front of me......" Yang Zhifu pursed his lips and said, Lu Lao and the madman laughed when they heard it, and didn't say anything. Instead, I looked carefully at the written couplet, and while reading, I nodded frequently, and seemed to be more satisfied.

"The first couplet, at present, he is the most neat answer...... Lu Lao commented.

"The second joint is also good, it's quite appropriate," the madman followed closely

"Crazy man, look, can this third joint be regarded as absolute?" This is what Governor Yang said, although he just complained

"This fourth couplet is also quite subtle"

"This fifth couplet...... "Crazy Gong paused, "This fifth couplet, Lu Gong will take a look, is it right?" ”

"Well, it should be so, but although it came out, I always felt a little unsatisfactory."

"Well, but the candidate for the leader is no problem, what do you think, Yang Gong?" Mad Gong asked.

"Both of you think it's okay, I naturally have no problem, I can't stop my virtuous nephew from winning Wenkui for no reason" After speaking, he stroked his beard and smiled.

Then the madman walked out, cleared his throat, and said: "So far in the second round of the competition, Yan Shuyan and Uncle Yan are the candidates for the leader, and there is still no one who wants to come up to compete, and there is still a stick of incense time The second round of the couplet competition is about to end, and those who have not participated in it have to hurry." After speaking, he looked at Cao Yi intentionally or unintentionally, and Cao Yi could only nod his head.

Everyone present knew about Cao Yi and Shen Yan's shocking gamble before, so Cao Yi wanted to participate in this round of competition anyway to try the chance to win the second leader, and no matter what, he would not choose to abstain directly.

Cao Yi stood up, and all the people who were talking about it quieted down, staring at this "Cao family fool" who was originally just talking about shame and laughter after dinner, who knew that it was rising strongly today, and his talent was incredibly shocking. I don't know if he can get the top spot in this round of couplet competition, this is everyone's thoughts, including Sangong, who is the judge of the Jinling Poetry Club, is also thinking in his heart, whether Cao Yi can still have an amazing performance?

Cao Yi walked forward slowly, and in the eyes of everyone, he slowly unveiled the first display board, and found that there was only one "ink" word, he was happy in his heart, but he looked expressionless: "So simple? In my previous life, I had seen too many small articles such as this kind of eternal team, China's top ten famous couplets, and I knew very much about these upper and lower couplets! ”

When everyone thought that Cao Yi could easily write the first couplet, he went straight to the second couplet, and after a few flicks of his fingers, he went to the third couplet, and so on until the fifth couplet, and after reading it all, he came directly to the desk where the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed.

"Scared me, I thought Cao Yi couldn't even get the first uplink right, but the other masters were different, so I directly read the five uplinks and answered the next link."

"That's, that's, but others are arrogant and arrogant, if I have his talent, I will definitely go to Jinfeng Building every day and become a guest of Yuxuanji!"

"Bang", it turned out that Cao Yi finished writing all the lower couplets, and put the pen heavily on the ink inkstone, which scared everyone.

"End...... Finish...... Is that the end ......? ”

"So fast? Answered all five couplets? ”

Seeing that Cao Yi had finished writing all the couplets in such a short period of time, it immediately caused an even greater sensation, and there was a lot of noise around him.

"Humph! So it's mysterious, if the right link is not neat, it depends on how long you are proud! This voice is naturally Shen Yan's, since it is already a gambling and has become an opposite, Shen Yan will not hide it, he said very loudly, the people around him heard it, Cao Yi was naturally not surprised, turned around with a mysterious smile, and waved his hand to Shen Yan: "Brother Lao Shen is concerned, I think it should not be a big problem to become the candidate for the leader!" The voice was full of confidence.

"You! ......" Shen Yan was so angry that he pointed at Cao Yi, but Cao Yi turned back at this time and ignored it, Shen Yan seemed to punch the air, and his heart was even more uncomfortable.

At this time, the little guy had already handed Cao Yi's next couplet to the madman. The mad man spread the paper on the desk, and watched it with Lu Lao and Yang Zhifu, and there were words in his mouth.

"The first couplet, the same as Yan Shu, is right"

"Well, the second joint is also exquisite, even more neat than Yan Shu's!"

"The third couplet, well, flowers and plants are twilight every year, it seems to be Yan Shu's good ...... No, this is ......" Lu Lao looked excited.

"Fourth Joint...... Fourth ...... This is the absolute"

"The fifth link, it's really amazing, it seems that this Cao Yi is a real genius"

Cao Yi looked at the excited appearance of the three elders, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was quite a pleasure of bullying the ancients.