Chapter 36: "One Word"
After Sun Yihe and Huang Donglai passed two levels in a row, Xue Tui's attitude towards them was completely different from when they first came.
Xue Tui looked at these two people now, not only did he not think that they were dirt buns that broke in by mistake, but he also felt that they were a bit like martial arts rookies who came to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers.
In front of such a character, Xue Tuizi can't make the topic too "ordinary", otherwise it will seem that he is out of standard.
Yes, generally speaking, the content of the third level is that he Xue Tui personally asks the question and the other party "Wendou", and "Wendou" is usually a poem, a pair, and a word puzzle.
It is precisely because Xue Tui is very good at this piece that he got the ......nickname "Little Dezu"; is that he has a bit of Yang Xiu's demeanor and Yang Dezu's demeanor.
But in fact, it is not difficult to see from this point that Xue Tui has been failing to take the examination for many years, and it is not unjust.
The "cleverness" in him has never been really great wisdom and great talent...... It is the ability of a typical sour rot literati to show off their techniques.
To sum it up in one sentence, it is that it has the ability to break the algae, but there is no strategy to stabilize the country.
Therefore, being a guest in this non-return building is not considered to have wronged him...... Because it is indeed more suitable for him to do this than to be an official.
At this moment, after Xue Tui invited Sun and Huang to take a seat, he was pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back.
Just now, he wanted to use the second level to kill the other party by surprise, but he didn't expect Huang Donglai to report the correct answer in an instant, but he killed him by surprise.
In this case, Xue Tui could only rush to his wits and hurriedly think about what to test in the third level......
"What should I do?
"No...... It's definitely too difficult to come up with someone who can deal with the dead in such a short time, and ordinary pairs will definitely not be difficult for them.
"Or ...... Assign a theme and ask them to write a poem?
"No...... No, it's too easy to compose poems, and even if they write a limerick poem casually, as long as they can point to the question, and there is no big mistake in the rhyme and peace, I can't say much...... Because they passed the first two levels so easily, if I were to find fault with some idealistic things in this third level, it would seem like I was deliberately trying to make things difficult for them.
"Hmm...... How can we convince them of the loss?"
Xue Tui thought a lot there, but his brain turned fast, and it didn't take long.
After a while, I saw him suddenly raise his head, his eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......
Sun Yihui and Huang Donglai knew as soon as they saw the expression of this product-it's over, this surnamed Xue was afraid that he had thought of some bad ideas.
"Huh...... Two sons. In the next second, Xue Tui came over with a smile on his face, raised his hand to give a salute, and asked, "I don't know which of you will answer the 'one word' of this third level?"
Sun Huang and the two glanced at each other, and the results were ...... Naturally, it was Huang Donglai who spoke: "I'll come." ”
There is no way, one of the two evils must be chosen, and the lesser of them has to be taken; no matter how bad Huang Donglai is, he is better than Sun Yihong, who is illiterate in big characters.
"Good. Hearing this, Xue Tui nodded, sat down himself, shook his head and said, "I don't know if Huang Gongzi has ever heard such a story...... He paused and began to recite, "Zheng people have and put their shoes on their own, first take their own feet, and then sit on them." to the city, and forget to do it. He has already fulfilled it, but he said, 'I forgot to hold it!' and took it. and on the contrary, the city is boycotted, and it is not allowed to perform. People said, 'Why don't you try it?' and said, 'I'd rather have faith than self-confidence.' ’”
Xue Tui directly memorized the original text of the story of "Zheng Ren Buys Shoes" word for word.
Huang Donglai...... In fact, he didn't fully understand, but he roughly guessed which story the other party was telling from the few words he could understand, so he nodded a little vaguely and responded: "Ah...... I've heard of it. ”
Xue Tui smiled and said, "Then, how can this ......" Then, he recited the original texts of the two allusions of "mending the dead" and "carving a boat for a sword".
Huang Donglai also said that he knew.
At this point, Xue Tui felt that the foreshadowing was almost done, so he opened his mouth and said in a strange tone of yin and yang: "Hehe...... Huang Gongzi is really well-read and knowledgeable, so I want to ...... With Huang Gongzi's knowledge, he must be able to tell a fable allusion that even Xue has never heard, right?"
"Huh?" Huang Donglai was a little confused when he asked this, and instinctively made a look of embarrassment, and read, "This ......"
Xue Tui saw the expression on the other party's face, and immediately turned pale, and said tightly: "If Huang Gongzi can say such a thing, this third level will be passed, but if you can't say it......"
He is very bad at this question.
From his point of view, from the common sense of a scholar in the Shu Dynasty, he writes poems and writes articles on pairs...... It's not difficult.,It's a formulaic thing for them.,It's the same as those cartoonists who draw "books" in modern times.,As long as you learn those routines.,And the drawing skills are passed.,The creation is easy.,Anyway, readers don't care much about the plot or what the spiritual connotation is.,People mainly just look at the paintings.。
However, it is not difficult for you to ask a person who has been studying Baguwen all day long to be an official to write a story, and he must have meowed a fable that implies some kind of profound thought and can illustrate philosophy...... is simply impossible.
This is one of them.
There is also a second: Xue Tui is confident, with his talent and learning, there can be no fables and allusions in this world that he has not read......; You look for it, look for it, you name it, and he will pick it up immediately and memorize it all for you.
Therefore, what he came up with is, at least in his own opinion...... No solution.
Unexpectedly, Huang Donglai only hesitated for a moment, and then continued in a very calm tone: "Okay, then I'll tell you about a 'tortoise and rabbit race'." ”
"Huh?" Xue Tui was stunned, he never thought that the other party would really answer.
However, after the initial surprise, he still steadied himself and secretly told himself: "It's okay...... This kid wants to make up a ...... Hmph, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who has not dried up his milk, made it up temporarily, what can he say?"
Then Huang Donglai told him the story of the tortoise and rabbit race in the vernacular.
Xue Tui was shocked when he heard it.
After Huang Dong finished speaking, Xue Tui sat there and tasted it for a long time, like a child who had never even heard of "Tortoise and Rabbit Race".
"Mr. Xue?" Huang Donglai saw that he was stunned for a long time and didn't speak, and asked tentatively, "How is it?" ”
"Uh......" Xue Tui came back to his senses, and said with some stumbling thoughts, "Dare to ask...... Where did Huang Gongzi's allusion come from?"
Huang Donglai couldn't answer that this was a joke from "Aesop's Fables", so he pouted and said, "I made it up now." He also put on a very relaxed look, adding, "That's the kind of story...... I can make up two tricks with my, and if I don't believe I'll tell you 'three little pigs' in a moment?"
Xue Tui was stupid at this time, he quickly got up and bowed his head: "Huang Gongzi is only eight buckets high, and he is outside the middle of the world, Xue Mou...... Oh no...... Student Xue Tui sat in the well and watched the sky, and he was really ashamed! I had offended many people before, and I hope to forgive me. ”
"Oh jiri......! As for it?" Sun Yihu was also a little surprised when he saw the other party's reaction, and he immediately complained, "Then if I give you a long stand-up comedy "One Piece", ......"
"Eh, eh, Brother Sun!" Huang Donglai hurriedly raised his voice, and gently pushed Sun Yihuo, reminding, "Today, I haven't even commented on the story, don't make trouble!"
Sun Yixiang smiled: "Hey~ Just kidding, don't panic." ”
Xue Tui didn't understand what they said anyway, he just thought it was some kind of black joke between the two, and he didn't care.
Huang Donglai also hurriedly opened the topic and said to Xue: "Mr. Xue, if this is the case, then the three levels of 'one product', 'one eye', and 'one word', we can be regarded as passing, right?"
"Oh! yes, yes!" Xue Tui was respectful at this time, as if he had met a master in the world, "Xue Mou will arrange it, please come with me...... Please sit here. ”
............
To make a long story short, after about a cup of tea, Sun and Huang finally ate the first batch of cold dishes served on the table in a private room.
At this time, more than half an hour had passed since the moment they stepped into the gate of the Building of No Return.
In fact, it's not too late, it's just too late...... By the time of day, it was less than half past ten in the evening, but the two of them were already hungry.
The plate of fish that Sun Yixiang played with before, because the amount was not much, was also given to Xue Tui and Yuan Fangzhi and other four people, causing them to not eat a few bites......; Not only did it not play the role of "cushioning the stomach", but also further boosted the appetite of the two.
Fortunately, the second and third levels passed quickly, and the total was only more than ten minutes, so before eleven o'clock, the two of them ate the dishes served in the kitchen of the Zhixian Pavilion.
The "God of Southern Cooking" is also in a good mood today - frying, cooking, frying, simmering, simmering, sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy in the east, spicy in the west, and sour in the west, Old Man Yuan almost showed up all his best skills; anyway, Sun Yiharmonic and Huang Donglai made it clear that they were not bad for money when they entered the table, let them play as they please, and serve the food quickly.
Of course, the dish "spring tide brings rain and comes in a hurry late" is not on the menu tonight, because it is a seasonal dish in spring, and now it is autumn, even if you barely make it, it will not taste right.
If "the spring tide brings rain and the evening is urgent" is a Mahayana work when he was 25 years old, then this "gold buys the wall" is the proof that Yuan Fangzhi's cooking skills have reached the realm after he was 55 years old.
Just such a piece of tofu, put in your mouth, can let you taste the wandering and desolation of a generation of wild births, the talent and poignancy of a beautiful woman...... It's as if you are Gao Shi and Du Fu, standing there, watching that episode happen, but at the same time you can faintly perceive the slightly sad ending at the end of the story......
This night, Sun Yihe and Huang Donglai both drank high, because the dishes on the table were really good...... The kind of good they haven't tasted in their lives.
The service of this non-return building to the guests of the private room is also very good, and before the two of them were stupid, Xue Tui had already come in and asked where the inn where they were staying, so that he could send someone to send them back after they were unconscious.
As for the money for this night's meal, Xue Tui didn't confiscate it, but just left a note in the room of the inn for the two, telling them that the money for this meal had been booked, and when it was convenient for the two of them, they could find someone to send it, or settle it when they came back.
This is to pay attention to ......
The guest does not pay the money afterwards, which is the guest's problem, but the person who does not return to the building...... Never take advantage of the guest's unknowings to rummage through the guest's belongings, such as "from the delirious guest to search out the food money and take away", it is impossible for the guy who does not return to the building to do it; if someone really does this, the boss will not let him go, because this is not the guest's problem, but the problem of not returning to the building.
............
The next day, when the sun was on the third pole, Huang Donglai woke up first - he had a good internal foundation.
When he woke up, he found that he was lying in Sun Yihuan's room at the moment, and there was still Brother Sun's trident next to the bed.
Huang Donglai endured a slight headache, recalled how he went back to the inn last night, and then said in his heart: "Oh...... It should be that when the guy who didn't return to the building carried us up, he made the wrong room and threw Brother Sun in my room and threw me here. ”
As he thought, he took out the night pot from under the bed for a moment. Then, he yawned and stretched, preparing to go next door to wake up Sun Yihuan.
Because he was carried back and thrown directly on the bed, he neither took off his clothes nor covered the quilt that night; of course, this season, he is also a martial arts practitioner, and he will not catch a cold if he sleeps like this.
Huang Donglai walked to the door in crumpled and alcohol-smelling clothes, and opened the door casually.
Unexpectedly...... At this moment, there was already someone waiting for him outside the door.
I saw that the man, who was also dressed in black in broad daylight, was born tall and large, with dark skin, flying eyebrows and sideburns, and a straight nose and mouth, and the greatest feature of his face was a pair of blazing bull's eyes, as if he were staring at you all the time.
When Huang Donglai opened the door, this person stood three feet away, staring at the door.
As soon as he saw Huang Donglai appear, the black-faced man hugged his fist and threw his hand at him, pulled his voice sharply, and said: "Sun Yihuan, I want to compete with you!"