In the middle of the summer months, the heat is unbearable, and everyone does not want to go outside.

The officials and nobles all stayed at home, put enough ice cubes to cool off, and usually lay in the shade to enjoy the cool.

The business of the restaurants and restaurants on the street is also a little less than in the past, and even the Wuxiang Building has a lot of empty tables and chairs.

Zhong Xiaoshu was not annoyed or angry, and with a smile, he asked people to vacate the tables and chairs, and everyone said that the proprietress was angry.

I didn't want to see Zhong Xiaoshu the next day, invited a carpenter, and directly fell into a pile around the circle, built a square platform, and used a low fence to enclose the platform, becoming a beautifully decorated and finely carved display table.

The platform was quickly completed, and after it was completed, Zhong Xiaoshu pushed a master. The large screen covered by the red cloth went up to the platform, and Nianwu stood aside, holding gongs and drums.

"Bang dang" a gong and drum noise, attracting the attention of everyone present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look at my Wuxiang Building, as the proprietress of Wuxiang Building, I announce an important thing today!"

Zhong Xiaoshu clapped his hands and smiled slightly.

"It's been a hot day lately, and I'm a little anxious after eating, so I think I'm looking for a new gadget for everyone to relieve their boredom. This year is the year of the imperial examination, the capital also gathered all day prayer literati, if you read hard alone will inevitably be boring, it just so happened that I accidentally got a wonderful book of poetry, the above poems are a must, thinking that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, I would like to take it out and share it with all the talents! ”

"Bang-" Nianwu knocked again.

Zhong Xiaoshu tore off the red silk on the screen, and everyone saw that the screen turned out to be a jade screen, with a magnificent picture of the country carved on it, which was very grandiose, and the momentum suddenly overwhelmed the audience.

It's just that there is a huge paper painting hanging on the top, Zhong Xiaoshu gently pulled it, and said, "Please take a look!" ”

The calligraphy and painting fell in response, and there were several vigorous and powerful five-character quatrains on the book.

The sun and the moon are bright and dark, the mountain wind rises from the blue, the stone skin is still strong, and the ancient trees are not dead.

The artistic conception of this little poem is straightforward and powerful, and the words and four things are all clear about the theme and the spirit of perseverance.

Although it is a little shallow, the best thing about it is that the first two words of each sentence are combined to form the third word of each sentence, and the meaning is not affected at all, and the main idea is clear and calm, which is really amazing.

But if you want to get right, it's really not an easy thing.

"Everyone, from today onwards, my Wuxianglou will carry out a poetry conference, taking the poems displayed on the screen every day as an example, which one is the most neat, as a prize, no matter how much he orders on the day, he can be free of charge according to the order, not a penny!"

As soon as Zhong Xiaoshu finished speaking, he walked to the gong and drum, picked up the small hammer and struck the last gong and drum.

"Bang dang - this sound is proof, effective from now on!"

"Good! ——" Everyone below cheered and applauded, some watched the excitement, and many of them really wanted to participate, shouting the entire hall of Wuxiang Building.

Zhong Xiaoshu looked around with a smile, and didn't stay on the stage longer, leaving Nianwu alone to stay by the gong and drum, and left, leaving the stage for those who wanted to compete.

After the initial excitement, the hall became extraordinarily quiet, and the guests at the table immediately began to frown and think, and began to want to combine the two words of today into a sentence of the third word.

But after all, it was still a poem that broke ingenuity, and no one went up to the square platform all morning.

The people who dined and watched the excitement or wanted to meet didn't have to watch it, and they didn't have it, so they had to shake their heads and leave with a smile when it was time for lunch break, and scattered to every corner of the capital with such a fun and interesting news.

When she was resting at noon, Nianwu came down from the stage, and saw Zhong Xiaoshu eating a cold watermelon comfortably after lunch, so she unconsciously leaned over and asked her, "Madam, aren't you worried?" No one came to the stage in the morning, and I saw that even a few of them were eager to try, but they seemed to be stumped, and finally had to give up and leave. ”

"Will the question be too difficult?" That's why no one can answer.

Zhong Xiaoshu spit out watermelon seeds, "No, no." If there is a very simple pediatric department at the beginning, then the level of our poetry conference will be trapped in the scope of fun from the beginning, the purpose of our trip is not to play, but to help Shen Xingjian's talent and reputation expand, then naturally we have to pick a difficult one to attract real talents, and the most exciting part of the poem is that it is the people who are on the same level, you come and I are the best to see! ”

"Don't worry, I just released the news this morning, so I'll have to wait for those talented people to react." Zhong Xiaoshu smiled and said, "Moreover, the longer the poems are hung, the more advantageous it is, so don't worry about letting her hang them, Nian Wu." ”

Zhong Xiaoshu threw down the watermelon skin, wiped his mouth, and stood up suddenly, "Now that you have time to worry about Shen Xingjian's poems, it is better to worry about your wife and my dishes and accounts, this is a reward, a reward, not only to turn over more tricks to attract them, but also to reduce the cost as much as possible, otherwise we will lose a lot of money after this while!" ”

This is naturally a joke, the two talked and laughed, took a short rest, and when they went to the hall again, sure enough, there were many more people than in the morning, but they didn't come to eat, they came to watch such a poetry conference!

"Miss Nianwu, is that really what your proprietress said?"

"Yes, no matter how much you order, you should get it all free."

"Then Miss Nianwu, Miss Nianwu, how can it be regarded as the most neat?"

"If the son has a good sentence, you can come to the stage to ring the gong beside me, you can answer in public, if everyone present is convinced, even if you win temporarily, and then someone will come to the stage to beat the gong to answer, then the two should be selected by the crowd to select the winner, until the duel between the two, and the final winner is the most neat person in this picture, and get the reward."

"Good! Xiaosheng is not talented, when you come to be this beginner, you will be the one who will come up with the question for a while! Suddenly, a young man in the hall waved a fan high, shook the folding fan and turned over and went to the square platform.

"Bang dang-" After a sound, the young man smiled slightly and replied, "This uplink, the sun and the moon are dusk, the mountain wind is rising, the stone skin is still strong, and the ancient trees are not dead." I am to the next link, but how should people come, thousands of miles of heavy meaning, forever singing the yellow crane, the first will of the scholar is not planned! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately burst into thunderous applause and cheers, "Good! Good! ”