Hearing the words of the middle-aged scribe, Qin Chong arched his hand slightly, did not answer, and turned his eyes to look at the small servant on the side. The little guy hurriedly raised his hand and said, "So that the son can know that this is the shopkeeper of Chen." With that, he took a step back and stood beside the scribe, and said no more.

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Chen, polite, polite." Qin Zhong clenched his fists and said.

"Dare to ask the little brother's name?" The scribe asked.

"Under Qin Chong." Qin Zhong said, but he felt that the scribe seemed familiar, and couldn't help asking, "Have we seen each other?" ”

"Don't hide it from Little Brother Qin, I did see it outside Fuping City a few days ago." The scribe said.

"Oh, by the way, when I was eating outside the city, a scribe at the next table seemed to be quite concerned about Qin." As soon as the scribe said that outside Fuping City, Qin Chongden also remembered it. Although he can't see six ways and listen to all directions, he can still do it if he sees three or four ways.

"Little Brother Qin, don't misunderstand." The scribe explained, "Your white horse is a very good horse, and it is rare to see one in a thousand miles. ”

"I see. I don't want the shopkeeper Chen to be a good horse. Qin Zhong said.

"A good horse is like a beauty, who doesn't love it?" The scribe laughed, snorted, and changed the subject.

"I don't know this first level, can Qin be considered to have passed?" Qin Zhong was concerned about where he lived tonight, and he didn't want to talk nonsense, so he asked directly.

"Even the eight couplets, the couplets are like pearls, how can they not be passed?" The scribe exaggeratedly praised.

"So, what's next?" Qin Zhong asked.

"Please." The scribe gave up his hand and asked Qin to go to the second floor.

Standing at the top of the stairs, Qin Chong didn't rush up, but asked, "Now that Qin has passed the first level, I don't know if my companion can come in?" ”

"Absolutely." The scribe agreed, turned around and instructed the servant, "Go and take Brother Qin's companions, please come upstairs and serve tea and sit down." ”

"Yes." The little servant turned around to ask for someone, and the scribe and Qin Zhong went up to the second floor one after the other.

The second floor is a circular structure, with a circle of cloisters hanging over the top of the first floor. Walking along the cloister, you can clearly see the scene on the first floor. On the other side, there are private rooms. The second floor is quiet, and the doors and windows of each private room are closed. Obviously, there are no guests here.

"Dare to ask Shopkeeper Chen, Qin is very curious, is the proud building usually closed?"

"Hehe, the landlord is so elegant, and he opened this proud building just to make friends with the world." The blue-robed scribe said.

"I don't know what kind of elegant character the proud landlord is?" Qin Zhong sighed with emotion, if you have money, you can be willful, the same in ancient and modern times.

"Brother Qin has passed the second level, and he will naturally be able to meet the landlord." The scribe didn't talk much about the landlord, opened a private room, and invited Qin to re-enter and sit down.

As soon as he sat down, two maids came in from outside the door to serve tea. Qin Chong was slightly surprised, he had just paid attention to it, and he didn't see anyone else on the second floor. The maids came in so soon, and I don't know where they were? My mind just turned around, and I had already put this matter aside.

"Dare to ask, what is the charter of the second level?" Qin Zhong took a sip of tea and asked.

"There's no hurry." The scribe smiled and said, "The old man once walked in the south of the Yangtze River, and he met a family affair at that time. The boudoir woman made a couplet and hung it on the side of the gate. said that as long as he made the next couplet, he was willing to marry a wife, and gave 100,000 yuan as a dowry. ”

Qin Zhong listened quietly, knowing that the scribe must have a follow-up, so he didn't answer, waiting for him to continue. When the scribe said this, he shook his head very abruptly, and he looked a little dazed. He took a sip of the teacup, raised his eyes to look at Qin Chong, and suddenly bowed.

"That couplet has stumped countless handsome people in Jiangnan, and no one has been able to match it so far."

"Oh?" Qin Zhong is very curious, no one has come out, won't that girl become an old girl?

"Time has passed, and it has been ten years." The scribe sighed, "Poor red face turns gray hair, and only the shadow is still in the boudoir." ”

"Huh?" Qin Chong sighed, only waiting for the words in the boudoir, indicating that he has not been married yet. Ten years have passed, which is really rare.

"Yes, the old man has a reluctant request."

"Shopkeeper Chen, please speak."

"The Qin Brothers' Union is handy, and the writing is brilliant, I don't know if I can try it absolutely?"

"This?" Qin Zhong hesitated a little, not knowing whether to respond or not. No one has been able to match it for ten years, and the words and phrases are necessarily outstanding. If you are right, you will be the best, if you can't do it, wouldn't you tear down the signboard and smash your own image?

"This union has nothing to do with breaking through, it's just a knot in the old man's heart, and I ask the little brother to fulfill it." The scribe spoke sincerely, looking at Qin Zhong earnestly.

"Okay." Qin Chong couldn't refuse, and reluctantly responded, "It's just that it may not be right to come out, and please don't be surprised by the shopkeeper." ”

"Where, where." When the scribe heard this, he stood up and gave a salute, and then slowly chanted, "Sishui River is the first, Sishi Xia is second, and the Thrush Boudoir is in Jiangxia, who is the first, who is the second." With a sigh, he stared at Qin Zhong with burning eyes.

Qin Chong heard the secret joy in his heart, this couplet was famous in later generations, so he was deeply impressed. Playing with the teacup in his hand, pretending to be contemplative. After a few breaths, Qin Chong raised his eyebrows and stood up awkwardly. Seeing this, the scribe became even more anxious, and stepped in front of Qin Chong's body.

"The three Confucians are in the front, the three talented people are in the back, and the dancing is like a young Confucian, how dare you be in the front, how dare you be in the back."

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful." The scribe was ecstatic for a moment, and he shouted in a loud voice, and he could not help himself with excitement. Looking at Qin Chong's gaze, there was more admiration in eagerness. "How dare you be in front, how dare you be behind? Hahaha, how dare a good one be in front, how dare he be in the back. ”

"The words are crude, please correct the shopkeeper Chen." Qin Zhong said humbly.

"How dare you, how dare you, Brother Qin is talented, and Chen admires him." The scribe said, giving a deep sigh of gratitude. Then the scribe instructed the maids to prepare the feast. At this moment, he really paid attention to Qin Chong, and raised the intention of entertaining and wooing.

It didn't take long, and a table of wine and food was ready. The scribe invited Qin Zhong to take a seat, only to hear the sound of strings, and the entire wall of the elegant room was pulled apart. The lights were shining, and a group of gorgeously dressed women danced, all with white veils on their faces, but their postures were graceful and agile like foxes.

Just listen to the singing:

Leaning on the dangerous building, the wind is fine, looking at the extreme spring sorrow, and the sky is gloomy.

In the afterglow of the grass-colored smoke, there is no one who will rely on his will.

I plan to get drunk with the madness, and I sing about the wine, and the strong music is tasteless.

The belt gradually widened and did not regret it, and it made people haggard for Yi.

..........

At the end of the song, the aftermath is endless. Wherever there is a well, they all sing willow words, and this sentence is not wrong at all.

At this time, the scribe picked up the wine glass, raised it to Qin Zhong across the table, and then drank it all. Qin Chong's wine was slightly touched to his lips, and he didn't put down the wine glass. He looked left and right at a table where there were only two seats, him and the scribe, and he couldn't help frowning.

"May I ask Shopkeeper Chen, can Qin's companions come up with you?"

"Huh, this?" The scribe was about to speak, but was gagged by Qin Chong's words. After a little hesitation, he said, "There are rules in the proud building, as long as you pass the three levels, everything in the building can be enjoyed for free." But those who do not pass the test will not be able to enter. ”

"This?" Qin Chong was a little displeased, and said in his heart that this proud building is too good, and even his companions can't enter?

"However, Brother Qin helped the old man, and the old man should repay the favor and return Brother Qin's favor." As he was talking, the door of the elegant room opened, and the maid led Lang Zongyu in. Seeing this, Qin Chong arched his hand to the scribe with great interest to express his gratitude.

Lang Zongyu's eyes were full of confusion, and his figure was a little restrained. He had never seen the magnificence in front of him, but he felt that each one was exquisite. looked at the singer dancing in front of her, her clothes were exposed, her skin was looming, and she couldn't help but blush, and she didn't dare to look at it anymore with her head down.

"Brother Lang, just eat and drink." Qin Zhong saw that Lang Zongyu was embarrassed, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said.

"Okay." Lang Zongyu was really hungry, and after listening to Qin Chong's words, he stopped looking at it and started eating and drinking.

At the moment, singing and dancing shake the silk and bamboo, and the wine and food are delighted, and the lights are bright and green, like a dream in the sky and on earth. The scribe talked with great interest, and through a glass of wine, he knocked on the side to inquire about Qin Chong's origin. Of course, I also talked about some interesting stories about the world, and it was fun.

After three rounds of drinking, the scribe ordered the pen and ink to be fetched and placed on the bookcase beside him. With a slam of his hand, he pushed the window open.

The cool wind instantly poured into the elegant room, slightly diluting the smell of wine in the room. Outside the window, the night is like water, and a quarter moon hangs in the sky, and it is about to fall alone. Seeing this half-quarter moon, Qin Chong was in a trance, and now it should be the beginning of June.

He came into this world on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month. At that time, the moon was in the sky, and it was like this night. In the blink of an eye, has it been a month?

"As the saying goes, wine helps poetry." The scribe was slightly drunk, and said in a loud voice, "Poetry is acceptable, and Brother Qin is also invited to answer the second level." ”

"What's the topic?" Qin Chong was not afraid of poetry and asked lightly.

"How about the moon in the sky?" The scribe waved his hand and pointed to the sky and said.

"Okay, let's take the moon in the sky as the theme." Qin drank the wine in his glass, slowly stood up, and walked to the window. Looking at the moon in the sky, inexplicably, I suddenly remembered Yunni. There is an indescribable emotion in my heart, sweetness? Sour? Worried or worried? Qin Chong was not clear.

My heart moved, and I couldn't help but groan:

When is the bright moon? Ask the sky for wine.

I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace.

I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable.

Dance to figure out how the shadow seems to be in the world.

Turn Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly.

There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye?

People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete.

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

.........

The singing and dancing had long since stopped, and the whole building became silent. The scribe opposite, holding a wine glass in his hand, looked at Qin Zhong sluggishly, forgetting to come back to his senses. And the dancers in front of them opened their mouths wide, looking at the back in front of the window stupidly, and the bright light in their eyes was moving.

Suddenly, there was a sound of smacking lips, which abruptly disturbed the silence in the room. The two little maids beside Qin Chong turned their heads sharply and glared at Lang Zongyu angrily, annoyed that he was chewing peonies, destroying this rare artistic conception. Lang Zongyu realized it and closed his mouth suddenly.

It's just that the mouth is stuffed with food, which is even more ridiculous. Looking around blankly, Lang Zongyu didn't know what was going on.

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete." The scribe groaned, his heart surging with emotion.

The little maid grabbed the brush and hurriedly memorized the words below. Without waiting for the ink to dry, he grabbed the rice paper, got up and ran out. At this time, the scribe finally calmed down, clasped his fist respectfully at Qin Chong, and said, "The old decay has spent forty springs in vain, and I have never heard such a heavenly sound. ”

"The shopkeeper praises it." Qin Chong bowed his hand reservedly, but he was really embarrassed in his heart, after all, he had stolen other people's lyrics.

"It's not a false compliment." The scribe said with emotion, "As soon as this word comes out, the words of the moon in the world will be wasted." ”

"In this way, can Qin be considered to have passed?" Qin Zhong asked.

"Pass, pass, of course." The scribe spoke repeatedly, then turned around and instructed the servant, "Go, set off fireworks outside the building." ”

"Yes." The little guy rushed downstairs.

The little maid left, and a little maid Deng Deng ran in. Xu was in a hurry, still panting, and his delicate little face was also dyed with a faint red glow. When he arrived in front of Qin Chong, he bowed and bowed, and said playfully, "Qin Gongzi is polite, my young lady invites you to go upstairs to see you." ”

"Miss?" Qin Chong was stunned suddenly, why did another young lady come out?