Chapter 8: Marriage by Fingertips (1)

The eighth finger is married

Huaiyang Town crosses the Luo River to the east, and then it is the Yellow River not far away, and crossing the Yellow River is Puzhou City in the east of the river. Pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info there is a family in this Puzhou City, the family head surname is Zhang Mingxiao, is the Jinshi of the 21st year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and then ranks in the supervision of the imperial history, Yang Guozhong was in power because of discord with it, was dismissed and returned to his hometown.

Zhang Xiao has three sons and one daughter, the eldest son, the second son and the eldest daughter are all married, and they have settled down, except for the youngest son, who has not yet married, but in his early years, he was married to a friend. It's just that this marriage has not been completed, and the reason for chasing it is that Zhang Xiao has loved this young son since he was a child, so that his little son has been more rebellious than others since he was a child, and every time Zhang Xiao urges him to get married early, he always says that this unmarried wife does not know her appearance, does not know her virtues, and does not want to get married.

Zhang Xiao's young son's name is Xuan, the word is Jun, and he is exactly twenty years old this year, seeing that this youngest son is now twenty years old, but he has never married, and the two elders of the family are anxious. However, this Zhang Xuan has read a lot of books since he was a child, and he was born with sharp teeth, every time his parents preached back, he counter-preached back, and the anxious two elders were ants on the hot pot, and they had no intention of tea and rice, and they were unsettled. You must know that the young lady who married him is also twenty years old this year, don't say that this big lady, even if it is a woman from an ordinary family, twenty years old has long passed the age of marriage, Zhang Xuan's delay and delay made the second elder ashamed of his friends.

On this day, Zhang Xuan wandered in Puzhou City, hungry at noon, he entered a restaurant, ordered three or two small dishes and a pot of wine, and after a while, seven people came outside, all of them were dressed as scholars, and gathered around Zhang Xuan's table, which turned out to be Zhang Xuan's friends, and several people often drank together to fight against each other, quite the style of the ancients.

At the right time, there was a world-famous poet in Chang'an City, who called the eight scholars who were addicted to alcohol at that time "the eight immortals in drinking", and composed a poem, which has been passed down through the ages. Zhang Xuan, Cheng Xuan, Ke Xiaolin, Zheng Heng, Ma Fang, Shang Xiuqun, Zhou Wenqing, Li Chong and other seven friends, also followed the example of celebrities and regarded themselves as the "Eight Little Immortals in Drinking", which was quite arrogant.

The eight of them sang and sang in the restaurant, ignoring the eyes of the people around them, and never realizing that they were disturbing the food of others with such a noise. Suddenly, on a table in the northeast corner of the restaurant, a person stood up, pointed to Zhang Xuan and the other eight people, and said:

"You are making a noise here, so that we can eat quietly. ”

That Zhang Xuan has been arrogant since he was a child, and when he saw that it was a oily and powdery boy who was talking, and there was a little scholar standing next to him, he ignored him, and only said lightly, "There is no grass by the river, no need to talk about donkeys", and then continued to eat and drink by himself.

The boy brother heard his words and thought that although this person was a scholar, but looking at his style, he was also a literati who had no action, so he said sarcastically:

Yelang is arrogant and has no mind,

The frog at the bottom of the well lacks talent.

Splashing skin and hard filling Li Taibai,

Dong Shi Xiaofeng can't praise.

This blurted out limerick poem completely satirized Zhang Xuan, saying that Zhang Xuan had no virtue and no mind, but he still learned from the poet Li Taibai, pretending to be the Eight Immortals in the drink, which is really Dongshi's imitation and generous.

When Zhang Xuan and the other seven people heard the sarcasm in this son's poem, they turned their faces and shouted one by one, saying that there was no one in his eyes. But the boy didn't care, and said:

"Am I wrong that you are all self-righteous, but you are all self-righteous?"

Zhang Xuanqi is not angry, look at his tone is very disdainful, unconvinced, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, well-read, not throughout the ancient and modern, but he can also be called a talent of eight buckets, where has he been insulted like this by others, said:

"Listening to Your Excellency, it seems that you have learned and only then have you learned people?"

The boy put his hands on his back, took two steps to the right, and said:

"It's not hard to know people, but it's not difficult to beat you. At one point, Zhang Xuan and the others couldn't bear it, and they all shouted at each other to speak wildly, and there was no one in their eyes.

The boy brother said again:

"If this is the case, the eight of you will choose a person with the highest literary talent, I will fight with him for three rounds, if I win two of them, the eight of you will leave the restaurant immediately, as long as you see me in the future, you will have to retreat, how about it?"

Ma Fang asked:

"What if we win?"

That boy said:

"If you win, I will settle your wine money today. ”

Seeing that the other party was so happy, the "Eight Little Immortals" agreed to come down, and several people muttered again, thinking that they were discussing who would fight. In the end, Zhang Xuan thought about the boy brother and asked: "Our candidate has been decided, I don't know how to compare the law?" The boy brother said: "Since it is a poem to make a pair, then compare it to a poem, a pair and a word puzzle, how about it?" Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, since this is the case, then I will have a discussion with my son." I'm the master, you're the guest, you can ask the question first. ”

That boy said:

"In this first round, we will compose a poem with the theme of the eight immortals in this wine, how about it?" Zhang Xuan felt very wonderful after hearing it, and said:

"Very good, then your Excellency will come first. ”

The boy's brother, with his hands behind his back, lowered his head and pondered, paced back and forth in the restaurant for a few steps, and after a while raised his head and said, "Yes, you listen well:

The wine is lying in the south mountain green,

Chinese music is hearty and the night is in the middle.

Eight Wind Walking Hall Open Immortal List,

Xiangong flew to Hedong. ”

After listening to it, Zhang Xuan chanted from his mouth, tasted it carefully, and found that there was no sentence in this poem related to the eight immortals in the wine, and he read it twice before he found that this is a Tibetan poem, and the beginning of the four poems is added together, which is the four words "Eight Immortals in Wine", he only said that the eight immortals in the wine are the title, but he did not say that he must mention Li Taibai and other eight immortals, and he also took a trick, thinking that this son still has some talent to learn, so he said:

"Yes, Childe This is a hidden poem, and the first word of the four sentences adds up to the four words of 'Eight Immortals in Wine', but it is also in line with what you just said about the Eight Immortals in Wine as the title, you listen to me. Zhang Xuan stood up from his seat, closed his eyes lightly, walked a few steps, and said:

"The bow of the ship is offered to the gods and wine,

Wu Wangtai Xie in a spring dream.

There are still eight people, all twenty-eight,

Who taught the underworld to be a poet. ”

The boy also read it twice, and suddenly applauded twice, and said:

"Good poems, I write poems to hide the head, you hide the tail, how about this game is a tie?"

Zhang Xuandao:

"In that case, let's ask the second question. ”

The boy paused and said:

"Okay, I have a pair, I don't know if you're right, please listen: 'Eight immortals drink wine on the table'. When Zhang Xuan heard this, he thought that this uplink was in response to the current situation, and he used eight people as the title of Shanglian, so he used the two of him to make the next link, thought about it, and said: "The two of them walk together in the middle of the city." When the boy heard this, he smiled, thinking that this person was knowledgeable, but he really knew it, and it seemed that he had underestimated him, and said:

"Okay, yes, yes, that's neat, now you come. ”

Zhang Xuan raised his head and groaned: "There are different kinds of bribes." This is the word split, it seems simple, but it is very difficult to be right, the son read twice, frowned, this coupling is really tricky, but it is difficult to come out for a while, suddenly see a little boy outside the door, the child has a small bell hanging around his waist, the bell should ring when he walks, the heart is wonderful, proudly said: "The hammer is hidden gold." When Zhang Xuan heard this, he immediately applauded and said: "Wonderful, really wonderful, admire it." ”