In the blink of an eye, it was August 16, the sky was light and the wind was light, the sun was beautiful, and the people of Longfu were also beaming, just waiting for the guests to come.

Just after breakfast, Su Chen, Xu Qian and his wife came over! After chatting for a few words, I saw Qin Tang and his wife, together with their eldest son Qin Kewen, second son Qin Kegang, eldest daughter Qin Kewei, youngest daughter Qin Keqing, and Beichen Academy Dean Du Zhixin and his wife Jiang Nan. Master Long and Mrs. Long hurriedly greeted each other and invited the guests into the hall of the front building. The dragon saluted one by one in front of the heavens, and the four families and one cadre were equally divided into guests and hosts and sat down in order. As soon as everyone sat down, the next person put out all kinds of cakes and snacks, and everyone drank tea and ate pastries.

After tea, everyone left the table and resumed the discussion. I saw Mrs. Du Jiang Nan take out a square red paper from her handbag and hand it to Mrs. Long, saying:

"Congratulations, madam, this is Miss Qin's Gengchen, please accept it."

Mrs. Long hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you!" Thank you very much! Li Xiangjun took the post, did not open it in a hurry, and put it on the tall mahogany coffee table upright.

"There are two things here for Keqing, it doesn't mean anything, even if it's a meeting gift, please smile." Mrs. Long, who took the post, handed a red paper bag to Mrs. Du as she spoke.

Mrs. Du Jiang Nan stretched out her hand to take the red paper bag, opened it and saw that it was a pair of gold earrings and a pair of jade bracelets; It was handed over to Mrs. Qin's Lin Xianglan.

"No, no, I'm waiting for the first time, how can I let you break the bank so much." Lin Xianglan felt that the etiquette was heavy, and it was not easy to accept it lightly.

"If you say anything about breaking the money or not, you are about to become in-laws, and you should collect it, but you won't be able to accept it." Xu Qian, who has sharp teeth and sharp teeth, is round on the side.

"Since that's the case, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, so I'll thank Keqing for it." Lin Xianglan had no choice but to accept it.

When the business stopped, it was still early to eat, so everyone got up and left their seats and took a leisurely look at the famous Dragon Mansion.

Everyone was watching, the Long family banquet had been arranged, and the housekeeper Feng Changwen came to invite all the guests to the table.

The banquet was held in the lobby of the East Building at the back.

Because it is a family talk, there are no other foreign guests, and the scale of the banquet is not large, that is, two large round tables are one move and one move; But the dishes are very delicate and hearty.

Li Xiangjun arranged Qin Tang and his wife, Du Zhixin and his wife, Su Chen and his wife, as well as Kewen, Ke Gang, Ke Wei, and Ke Qing happened to be ten people at the top seat, and his family sat on the bottom seat to accompany them.

The wedding feast was carried out in an orderly manner according to the rules and etiquette.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the previous restraint gradually decreased, but the words gradually increased.

Su Chen, the second young master who was full of money and is now studying medicine in Japan, wants to make fun of Young Master Long - he wants to test Long Zaitian's talent, and secondly, he wants Long Zaitian to behave in front of everyone.

"Young Master Long, yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and today is August 16. As the saying goes: 'The moon is bright from the mid-autumn equinox, and the sky is clear.' And the word was, 'Fifteen and sixteen moons.' It is said that the moon was exceptionally bright on the fifteenth and sixteenth days, and it shone from late to morning, especially in the crisp autumn of August. May I ask Brother Xian, does this moon have any other name besides the bright moon? Which celebrities are they from? Please give me advice.

"Hmm...... There are many other names for this moon. The dragon pondered for a moment in the sky, and then said:

"Xin Qiji called the moon the 'Jade Rabbit' in "Manjianghong: Mid-Autumn Festival". The poem says:

'Interested in climbing the tower to see the jade rabbit, why open the curtain to cover the silver. ’

"Fang Gan called the moon 'Jade Toad' in 'Mid-Autumn Moon'. The poem says:

'Outside the cool sky and mist, three or five jade toads are in autumn. ’

"Li He called the moon the 'jade wheel' in 'Mengtian'. The poem says:

'The jade wheel rolls the dew wet and light, and Luan Pei meets Gui Xiangmo. ’

"Lu You called the moon an 'ice wheel' in 'Under the Moon'. The poem says:

'The jade hook determines who hangs, and the ice wheel is unruly. ’

"Qu Yuan called the moon 'luminous' in Chu Ci Tianwen. The poem says:

'Luminous Ho De, death is reborn. ’

"Su Shi called the moon 'Guilu' in "Nian Nujiao: Mid-Autumn Festival". The poem says:

'Gui Lu flew to the place where the light shined, and soaked in the cold for a day. ’

Su Shi also called the moon 'Chanjuan' in "When is the Bright Moon in the Water Tune Song Head". The poem says:

'I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ’

"Jia Dao called the moon a 'toad' in 'Remembering the Wu Priest on the River'. The poem says:

'Yang Fan of Fujian Kingdom goes, and the toad is round. ’

"Li Bai called the moon 'Gu Su' in "Shangle Yun". The poem says:

'Yang Wu has not come out of the valley, and Gu Su is half hiding. ’

Also, in "Young Son Qionglin", the moon is called 'Su'e'. ”

Young Master Long's mouth is like a river, super super-mysterious, and almost all the nicknames of the moon are out one by one; This aroused a great deal of interest among all of you.

"Good! Young Master Long is really erudite and impressive. Well! We usually hear that the emperor writes something called 'Yubi pro-book', and the brush is called the imperial pen; if it is Kuixing Dianyuan, it is also called Zhubi; it seems that there are a lot of other names for this one, how about you say a few to us to hear? Su Ershao made another move.

"Since Brother Su Chen has such a Yaxing today, I don't have to be disappointed. This one! In the hands of different people, in different places, the words are different. This:

The pen of a generation of craftsmen is called a giant pen.

The pen of the Danqing painter is called the color pen.

A writer's self-humble pen is called a clumsy pen.

The pre-abbreviated pen is called foreshadowing.

The pen of the editor-in-chief is called the chief writer.

The pen that conceives wonderfully is called a strange pen.

The pen of perfection is called a cooked pen.

The pen that praises the literary style is called the writing pen.

The pen of pouring out feelings is called Xin pen.

The pen that ridicules and is mean is called a sharp pen.

The vigorous and vigorous pen is called the vigorous pen.

Therefore, the pen of the mystery is called the curved pen.

The disgusting pen is called a bald pen.

The pen of exhaustion is called a dry pen.

A pen that makes a mistake in writing is called a failure.

The pen of the book is called the pen of hard work.

The pen of the glad inscription is called the life pen.

The pen that describes historical facts is called a historical pen.

The pen of carving and chiseling is called an iron pen.

The pen of the government's lawsuit is called a knife pen.

The pen of the dying message is amazing.

The pen of the book's message is called the attached pen.

Selling pens with books to make a living.

The writing of books for others is called ghostwriting. ”

Young Master Long was like a treasure, and he said a lot of interesting words at once, and everyone applauded when he heard it. Even Qin Keqing lowered his face when he heard this, and glanced at Young Master Long with a pair of apricot eyes and affection.

"High high! Young Master Long is really well-read and has a strong memory, which impresses me. Oh, in heaven...... "The second young master Su Chen was still unfinished, and he had to go deeper into the topic, but the second young grandmother Xu Qian said with a smile on the side:

"Su Chen, you star, your new relatives just came to the door for the first time today, and you don't pay attention to the occasion; Even with your little ink, it can't be difficult for Young Master Long, but it affects everyone's Yaxing, can you take a breath? ”

Xu Qian knew in her heart that what Mr. and Mrs. Long were concerned about at the moment was to get married as soon as possible, so she changed the topic:

"Young Master Long, when are you going to invite us to eat candy?"

"Well...... "This dragon is the first to talk about the word, and when it comes to these things, he is still so imbecile, and he is ashamed to speak.

"Immediately, immediately, 'Be early, please be old!' I'll leave it all to you. Seeing that her son was speechless for a while, Mrs. Long hurriedly opened her mouth to relieve the siege.

"Yes, yes, it's better to wait early, let's drink early, and Mrs. Long hugs her grandson early." Mrs. Du understood and pushed the boat down the river.

There was laughter and laughter in the hall, and Mrs. Long Li Xiangjun was overjoyed; She pulled Master Long up, stood up together, raised her wine glass and said with a smile:

"Thank you very much! For the sake of the two children to become dependents as soon as possible, here, we toast a glass of thin wine to Boss Qin and his wife and the four moon elders, and hope that you will work together to become a jade, come, cheers! ”

"Okay, I wish Master Long and Mrs. Long all their wishes come true, cheers!" The crowd echoed in unison.

Wine and delicacies, frequently transmitted, everyone drank happily, until the golden black fell and the jade rabbit rose eastward, and then the banquet was dispersed.

The guest dispersed the host, and Master Long and Mrs. Long sent the guests away, and they suddenly felt much more relaxed; After a short rest, Li Xiangjun took the post folded by the Qin family from the mahogany coffee table, opened it and saw that it was written:

Simin Qintang Lin Xiangyu has a daughter

Qin Keqing Guangxu was born in the ninth month of June in the tenth year.

Li Xiangjun looked at it, handed the post to Long Qingyun and said:

"Sir! Judging from the birthday on the post, Keqing should be twenty years old this year, probably a monkey; My birthday is the ninth day of June, which is the height of summer. According to numerology, the monkeys eat a lot of things this summer, and the monkeys born at night are just the right time to go back to the cave to rest. From this point of view, this girl is a blessed life. Moreover, Tian'er is a rat, and rats and monkeys happen to live together. But what is going on will not be known until tomorrow after the fortune-telling marriage. ”

"Madame is reasonable, you will go to the south of the city tomorrow to find that fortune teller Mr. Zhang to calculate, this person is very level." Master Long has always thought that his wife is shrewd and skillful, so he does not stop him.

This Long Qingyun was born in an official family, and Li Xiangjun was also born in a feudal family; Therefore, the superstitious thoughts of the two are relatively strong, and of course, they attach more importance to fortune-telling marriage. In addition, when he married Zhao Shuxian, he did not have a fortune-telling marriage, which made the relationship between the two tense and childless; So of course, this marriage can't be ambiguous, and it is not safe to get married without telling fortune.

Nothing was said all night. The next morning, Mrs. Long Li Xiangjun got up early, finished freshening up, lit candles and incense, hurriedly ate breakfast, carried Qin Keqing's birthday post, and took her personal maid Yang Lizhu to the fortune teller Zhang Banxian's house in the south of the city to tell fortunes and get married.

"Oh, Madame Long is here, it's really brilliant. Have a seat! Have a seat! Zhang Banxian saw Mrs. Long come to the door in person, as if he had seen the God of Wealth Bodhisattva, and hurriedly bowed down to greet him. He brought out a chair, made fragrant tea, and served it with both hands. He said attentively: "If there is anything in the house, just call someone to shout, how dare you come in person!" ”

"If you have something to worry about, how can I work you." Although Mrs. Long spoke politely, her demeanor was dignified and dignified.

"But I wonder what Madame commands?" Zhang Banxian is still very deferential and flattering.

Li Xiangjun brushed the chair with a handkerchief, then turned around and sat down, slowly expressing his intentions.

Zhang Banxian hurriedly took out the four treasures of the study, took the mirror to study the ink, spread the paper and held the pen, and entered the original role.

"May I ask how much Linglang Guigeng is geometric?"

"Twenty-eight years old."

"What month, day, and time were you born?"

"Born on the eighth day of the seventh month."

For all fortune tellers, they must first list a person's birth year, month, day, and hour, a total of four items, which are called "four pillars" by people in the industry. Each of the "four pillars" has a heavenly stem and earth branch to match it, two for each item, adding up to eight characters, so it is called "eight characters", which is what people usually call "eight characters of time".

After the "eight characters" are discharged, according to the ever-changing relationship between the "eight characters", such as the five elements of yin and yang, life and restraint, etc., so as to deduce the good fortune and misfortune of a person's life, that is, what is the fate.

The "life" and "luck" are two different concepts: "life" refers to the sum of a person's life's fortune and misfortune, poverty and longevity. "Luck" refers to the different opportunities and numbers of qi at various stages of a person's life. Therefore, fortune telling should be the whole process of arranging eight characters, pushing big luck, counting small luck, looking at the passing year, and finding a fortune officer.

For more than 2,000 years, fortune-telling has been prevalent among the people. Tang Dynasty master Li Xuzhong, five generations of famous scholar Xu Ziping, Southern Song Dynasty Confucian Zhu Xi, Ming Dynasty scholar Liu Ji, Qing Dynasty scholar Chen Su'an, modern scholar Yuan Shushan and so on have studied fortune-telling.

Because numerology is based on the philosophical theory of China's heavenly and human induction and the five elements of yin and yang, this seemingly scientific theory, coupled with the intervention of many famous Confucians all over the world, makes the upper and lower people in society more convinced of fortune-telling. As far as the whole system of fortune-telling itself is concerned, there is indeed an academic idea in it, which has the soil for its existence and the value of research.

Since the birth of fortune telling, there has been a great deal of interest in this mystical prediction technique. Throughout the ages, whether it is a high-ranking official or a common person, they have often resorted to fortune-telling to predict good fortune and evil, and then how to avoid evil or decide to abandon the trade-off. It can be seen how profound the influence of fortune-telling on the concept, culture, and psychological structure of the Chinese nation is. As for the tricks used by the warlocks and blind fortune tellers under the pretense of fortune-telling, such as "knocking", "beating", "judging", "thousand", "selling", "pulling in and pulling out", "inducing clichés", and "clever arguments", encouraging a tongue that is not rotten in three inches, fishing in troubled waters, and making up nonsense, and not even a single "eight characters" can be discharged.

In this regard, Tao Xingzhi, a famous educator in the forties of the twentieth century, once wrote a poem to expose and ridicule, which can be described as three points:

The true words of the fortune teller

The world is ridiculous,

Say I'm a reliable fortune teller;

Give me a lot of money,

Listen to my nonsense.

There is little gossip, and it is said that according to the situation reported by Mrs. Long, the half-immortal discharged the "eight characters" of the dragon in the sky, and mainly used the "sun pillar" to calculate the "five elements" with the "eight characters" of the "four pillars"; Then, according to the intricate relationship between the celestial stem of the "Sun Pillar" and other surrounding stem branches, the specific analysis and inference are made. In the end, I think that the fate of the dragon in the sky is indeed good, and this year is a happy year.

Li Xiangjun was overjoyed when he heard Zhang Banxian's words, so he reported Qin Keqing's birthday.

Mr. Zhang used the same method to calculate Qin Keqing's fate, and finally said:

"Mrs. Long, Miss Qin's life is a little better than your family's Linglang's life, this woman's life is unusual, piled up with gold and jade, wealth is destined by heaven, and she enjoys the glory and freedom of the king', and this year's passing year is even more auspicious."

Mrs. Long was overjoyed when she heard this, and urged Mr. Zhang to hurry up and marry the two, so that she could be completely relieved.

The so-called marriage is to see whether the "eight characters" of men and women are compatible, and the two lives are not compatible. In feudal society, it is mainly the man who looks at the woman's "eight characters" to see whether the husband is the son of the husband or the son of the wounded husband.

Mr. Zhang made some calculations, wrote and painted, and couldn't help frowning, so frightened that Li Xiangjun, who was staring at him attentively, asked why urgently; Mr. Zhang didn't say anything and continued to calculate. After a while, the brow gradually relaxed; Lady Long's heart slowly recovered from her throat and eyes; But he was still very anxious to ask Mr. Zhang what the situation was.

Zhang Banxian put down the brush and said slowly:

"The 'Rigan' of your family's Linglang is wood, and the armor in the 'Eight Characters' is heavier than the robbery. This Miss Qin's 'eight characters' itself is Wu has soil. Ling Lang's wood is too heavy, because of the wood, so it is inevitable to defeat his wife halfway. Fortunately, the girl's food injury Gengxin gold is heavier, and because gold can make wood, it can still be parried. This is called 'making up for the deviation and remedying the disadvantages, turning the inferior into the good', according to this, your family Linglang and Miss Qin are still suitable for marriage. Here, I wish them a thousand years of Zhilan Mao and a hundred years of Qin Sele."

Mrs. Long thanked Zhang Banxian, and then took out a red envelope from her arms and put it on the table: "Mr. Zhang! I've been annoying you for a long time, please laugh at this little meaning. ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, it should be, how can you let you spend so much, it's too unpleasant." Seeing the bulging red envelope, Mr. Zhang estimated that the content was expensive, so he politely accepted it.

Mrs. Long asked Zhang Banxian how Qin Keqing's son was, and Zhang Banxian said that Qin Keqing's life should be Wangfu Wangzi, and Mrs. Long got up and said goodbye with complete confidence.

Li Xiangjun took the fortune book (fortune telling and marriage list), took the maid Yang Lizhu, returned home happily, and reported the situation to Master Long. The details of the "middle-aged wife" were not said - she was afraid that her husband would be worried and displeased; second, I am afraid that it will affect the relationship between my son and Qin Keqing; This is also Li Xiangjun's hard work.

When Master Long heard what his wife said, he was very happy -- in his opinion, marrying a daughter-in-law only requires knowledge and reason, harmony between husband and wife, and ability to have children. The couple told the situation again, and the young master Long Zaitian just laughed, and everything was decided by his parents.

This kind of thing in the Dragon Mansion is usually Li Xiangjun's own ideas and decisions, and for the sake of prudence, Mrs. Long decided to conduct another "divine test".

The so-called "divine test" (also known as "divine revelation") is to press the "eight characters" of a married man and woman under the incense burner on the kitchen stove, and the "divine power" to "give instructions" -- if the family is safe and sound within three days, the marriage can be discussed. If there is a "disaster" such as a broken pot and a broken bowl, illness and stumbling, it is a bad omen, and the marriage must be terminated immediately.

Mrs. Long Li Xiangjun put the birthdays of Long Zaitian and Qin Keqing under the incense burner on the stove and put it aside for three days. In the past three days, everything in the Dragon Mansion went smoothly, and there were no disasters and no difficulties - this shows that Qin Keqing is a good person and has a good life; Long Qingyun and his wife were even more happy.

After fortune telling, marriage, and divine test, Master Long and Mrs. Long fully affirmed the marriage between Long Zaitian and Qin Keqing.

In today's view, young people fall in love and get married, as long as both parties are in love. However, in the old society, where feudal etiquette, secular views, and superstitious concepts played a great role, even the decisive role, people had to act in accordance with these bad customs. Although these statements and practices are absurd in themselves, they must be followed. If one of them can't pass the level, then even the mandarin duck is like glue, and it has to fly in two places. It can be seen how powerful the feudal superstition of the old society is, and it is enough to make a couple who refuse to break up under the sword obediently separate.

Not only that, but in the old days, marriages were also very particular about family background. A certain family background is linked to a certain social status and privileges, which governs and determines the criteria for choosing a mate -- the noble marry the noble, and the lowly and the lowly marry each other. This so-called secular concept and customary power of the right person makes it impossible not to be subject to strong constraints; Otherwise, it is a transgression and will be attacked and punished. Li Jia in "Du Shi Niang's Angry Sinking Treasure Chest" ruthlessly abandoned Du Shi Niang, because he was afraid of his father's punishment and afraid of taking on the crime of violating the law of marriage, which was completely the problem of family lineage.

It is said that Mrs. Long Li Xiangjun, after a series of assessments, confirmed that Qin Keqing is a good girl with both talent and good appearance, and a good daughter-in-law; So he decided to get engaged to Long Zaitian as soon as possible.

Vulgar cloud: The matchmaker is running and breaking his legs and wearing out his mouth. After Xu Qian and Mrs. Du walked around many times and worked hard; Long Zaitian and Qin Keqing are scheduled to hold an engagement ceremony on August 28, the 29th year of Guangxu.

A red sun rises to the sky, driving away the stars and the waning moon. On August 28, the Dragon Mansion and the Qin Mansion opened their doors early, draped in red and green, and put up lights.

In the morning, after the Long family prepared a rich engagement bride price and eighteen gifts and sent them to the Qin family, they had an engagement banquet at the woman's house, the Qin family, the relatives and friends of the Long family who came one after another, and people from all walks of life in Jiangzhou. This engagement wedding wine is generally not noisy in the woman, everyone just works hard and gets a full meal.

In the evening, relatives and friends of the Qin and Long families, as well as leading figures from all walks of life in Jiangzhou, gathered in Longfu to congratulate and drink happy wine.

The introducer, Su Chen, is proud of his talents and likes to sensationalize in public; At noon, he was a little itchy in Qin's house, and because of his scruples, he never acted rashly; At this time, in the Long family, he couldn't stand it anymore.

I saw Su Ershao stand up and shout Long Zaitian across the table:

"Young Master Long, I have a topic I want you to do: please say two sentences or write two poems, but you must include the eight characters of east, west, north and south, up and down, left and right, and I hope you can complete it within three minutes." After Su Chen finished speaking, he raised his wrist and looked at his shiny Japanese-made gold watch.

Young Master Long frowned, rolled his eyes, and in less than a minute, he opened his mouth and said:

"Sit north and face south to eat watermelon, put the skin to the east, read "Left Biography" from top to bottom, and turn the book to the right"

"Good, good! High high! Terrific! It's really remarkable! Well! Brother Tianxian, you must have read "Twenty-four History", so can you tell everyone the author of "Twenty-four History" in a simple way? Su Chen made this move deep again.

"Hmm...... The author of this "Twenty-Four History" is:

"Sima Banfan Chen Fangnong,

1 Xiao 2 Yao Wei Li Fen,

Zhengshou Liu Xi Ouyang Song,

Xue Xiu took off the court Yuchen.

The Sima in this first sentence is Sima Qian, who compiled the "Historical Records". Ban is the Ban Gu who wrote the Book of Han. Fan is Fan Ye who wrote the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Chen is Chen Shou, who compiled the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Fang is the 21 people including Fang Xuanling, who wrote the Book of Jin. Nong is the Shen Yue who wrote the "Book of Song" (Nong Tong Shen, in order to rhyme, ancient books often write 'Shen' as 'Nong').

This second sentence Xiao is Xiao Zixian, who wrote the "Book of Nanqi". Yao is Yao Silian who compiled the "Book of Liang" and "Book of Chen" (so there is a saying of 'one Xiao and two Yao'). Wei is the Wei Shu who wrote the Book of Wei. Li is Li Baiyao, who compiled the Book of Northern Qi. Fen is the Linghu Fen who wrote the "Book of Zhou" and others.

This third sign is Wei Zheng and others who wrote the Book of Sui. Shou is Li Yanshou, who wrote the "Southern History" and "Northern History". Liu Xi is the author of the Old Tang Book. Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi and others were the authors of the "New Tang Dynasty Book".

The fourth sentence Xue is Xue Juzheng, who compiled the "History of the Old Five Dynasties". Xiu is Ouyang Xiu, who wrote the "History of the New Five Dynasties". Tuo is the author of the "History of the Song Dynasty", "History of Liao", "History of Jin" and others. Lian is Song Lian who wrote the "History of the Yuan". Tingyu is Zhang Tingyu, who compiled the History of the Ming Dynasty. The minister follows the traditional tone of the feudal era, and at the same time for the sake of rhyme.

Young Master Long only thought about it for a while, and then he talked about the many authors of the "Twenty-Four History" like a hanging river.

"Admire, admire! It's not easy! I'm convinced. Well! Young Master Long, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the Hanlin scholar Xie Jin to compile the "Yongle Canon", which is the largest encyclopedia in China and even the world, and the book ......"

"Su Chen!" Before Su Ershao could finish his words, he was drunk by Xu Qian, "Don't be aggressive, okay!" ”

"Good, good! My lady won't say it, so I won't say it! Actually, I'm just talking to Young Master Long! How can Madame say that I am aggressive? Then I'll stop there! However, in the end, I would like to ask Young Master Long to tell me about the allusion to the idiom 'aggressive' that my wife just said, okay? Second Young Master Su dotes on his wife very much, no matter how Xu Qian "scolds" him, he is not angry; But when he was about to come, he still threw a move to trap Long Zaitian.

"Wow! In fact, Mrs. Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry too much, Brother Su is talented, and he is a doctor who stays abroad, and the foolish brother has admired him for a long time, and he has long wanted to go to the mansion to seek advice; How can he be abroad for a long time, and it is rare to talk about it; Today is also an opportunity, I have something to understand, just in time to ask Brother Su for advice! Don't blame him.

"Just now, Brother Su asked me to talk about this 'aggressive' allusion, and I will offer another ugly. As far as the younger brother knows, this idiom comes from "The World Speaks New Language: Arrangement Tune". Originally, it was said that Yin Zhongkan, the assassin of Jingzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, feasted the painters Gu Kaizhi and Huan Xuan. During the banquet, Gu Kaizhi proposed that each person use one sentence to say the most dangerous thing, and if the words are not amazing, they will be punished for drinking, and everyone agreed.

"Huan Xuan first said, 'The spearhead is a rice sword'. It means washing rice on the spearhead and cooking rice on the sword.

"Yin Zhongkan then said, 'The hundred-year-old man climbs the withered branches'. It means that a centenarian climbed a dry branch.

Gu Kaizhi then said, 'Inoue is a lying baby'. It means that a baby sleeps on a reel in a well.

"The three words and the three things that these three men said were dangerous enough to be shocking, so no one had to punish them for drinking. Who knew that Sun Jin, a soldier under Yin Zhongkan, suddenly interjected and said, 'A blind man rides a blind horse, and he is in the deep pool in the middle of the night'. It means that a blind man, riding a blind horse, walked to the edge of a deep pool in the dark of night.

"This matter is more dangerous than the previous three things, it just so happened that Yin Zhongkan was a blind person again, hearing this, he couldn't help but shudder, and blurted out: 'You kid, aggressive.' This means that the speech is too forceful and frightening.

"Later, people used the metaphor of 'blind man and blind horse' to bump into each other, and used 'aggressive' to describe the language as surprising and uncomfortable. There is also a compelling situation, which puts pressure on people and latecomers to surpass their predecessors, which is terrifying. I don't know if I'm right? Long Zaitian asked with a smile on his face.

"Brother Xian's words are very true, this is very true!" This is indeed the case with the allusion of 'aggressive'. So, where is there another idiom of 'aggressive and strange things' "Everyone thought that Su Ershao had withdrawn his troops, but they didn't expect him to throw out another topic in the end."

"This 'weird thing'! It is said that Yin Haoyin of the Jin Dynasty was innocent after Xin'an was abolished, and he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he repeatedly wrote four words in the air with his fingers all day long; When asked what he had written, he said nothing; After a long time, everyone realized that he was writing the words 'aggressive and strange things' in the air. ”

"Not bad! Not bad! Young Master Long is really knowledgeable and talented. Admire! Admire! Due to his wife's restrictions, Su Ershao stayed up and stopped making moves.

Su Chen was suppressed by Xu Qian, and no longer made any more moves to embarrass Long Zaitian. But the young and vigorous Long Zaitian "counterattacked" and nailed Su Chen, only to see him open his mouth and smile:

"Brother Su, you just came up with a lot of essay questions to test me, and now I also have an arithmetic question for you to calculate?"

"Yes! OK! As long as my wife doesn't object, it doesn't hurt to ask my brother to ask the question. "Dr. Yang Su Chen, who has a poetic and bookish temperament, is not afraid at all.

"The morning before yesterday, someone heard that I was going to get engaged, and a lot of friends came to my house at once. After everyone talked and laughed for a while, they dispersed half with half of them; After playing for a while, half of them left with half of them; After playing for a while, half of them left with half of them, and finally I was left with only one friend at home. May I ask Brother Su, how many friends did I have in my family at the beginning? ”

"At the beginning, you had fifteen friends in your house." Dr. Su answered almost without thinking.

The guests, including Provost Du Zhixin, were still calculating in their stomachs, and Su Chen had blurted out, which had to be convincing.

"Brother Su is Dr. Liuyang in the end, and he really deserves his name! Shall we do another arithmetic game? Seeing that Su Er Shao reacted so quickly, Young Master Long secretly admired Su Chen in his heart; But he wanted to show his "arithmetic research results", so he turned another trick.

"Brother Xian, what kind of high questions, just come to the Tao!" Su Chen said with a smile

"Brother Su! Although you and I are friendly and good neighbors, because you are away all the year round, I don't know how expensive you are this year, and I don't know how old your sister-in-law is this year. But if you multiply your age by two, add five, and multiply by fifty, and then add to it the age of your wife, and subtract two hundred and fifty; Finally you tell me the number, and I will know the age of you and your wife. ”

This is a more esoteric math problem, Su Chen didn't figure out the mystery for a while, so he had to multiply, add, and multiply his age one by one according to the dragon in the sky, and add Xu Qian's age to it, subtract two hundred and fifty, and finally get the number "3229" and report it to Young Master Long, Young Master Long concluded that Su Chen is two years old Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and Xu Qian is twenty-nine years old this year.

It's amazing! Su Chen admitted, the people who went to the banquet were amazed, and many people concocted the same method, using their own age to multiply, add, multiply, add, and subtract to report the number to Master Long, and Long Zaitian can accurately tell the age of each couple. Later, Dr. Su Chen discovered the mystery: this is a four-digit number reported according to each person's calculations, the first two digits are my age, and the last two digits are my wife's age. But as for how Young Master Long came up with this "cutting-edge question" of multiplying by two, adding five, multiplying by fifty, adding the age of his wife, and subtracting two hundred and fifty, it is unknown!

Master Long saw that the two young people had already made a big splash, and he was afraid that he would lose too many words; Besides, this engagement banquet is not a teahouse restaurant, nor is it a guessing order, it should be stopped in moderation. So he raised his glass and laughed loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen! Su Ershao learned to be rich and had five cars, which was impressive; The child is a newborn calf in the sky, and he does not know the height of the sky; Yaxing, which affects everyone's drinking, please don't mind. Come! Keep drinking; I hereby toast you all, cheers! ”

"Good! Cheers! Cheers! Today, we have not only drunk the joyful wine, but also learned the knowledge and gained knowledge, which is really very good. The two young talents can be described as today's Yuliang, which is really admirable! Everyone toasted and praised, and the banquet entered again.

This banquet was eaten until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, and then the banquet was dismissed, and the guests were all drunk and full, and even burped, confused their eyes, and left the Dragon Mansion with satisfaction in a farewell and thanks.

Because it was the end of the month, it was dark in the middle of the night, so many people brought lanterns or flashlights when they came, and some people brought lanterns at home to pick up people. At night, red lanterns, white lanterns, candle light, and flashlight reflect each other, like colorful flying dragons flying out of the Dragon Mansion and flying in all directions, reflecting the streets and alleys of Jiangzhou City.