Chapter 7 There is no sound of the flag
Zhao Minjiao hugged a man with a tiger's back and a beard on his face, and was wearing a luxurious robe, and a young man in a white robe stood next to him, comforting him softly.
Two elderly men were on deer-headed crutches, and the other was holding a huge crane-beak iron pen, thinking that they were the two elders of Xuan Ming.
There was also a middle-aged man with a long sword hanging from his waist, and the three of them looked at the father and daughter of the King of Ruyang with a dull expression, presumably not sobering up from the fact of crossing.
Seeing Zhou Yi open his eyes and get up, Chahan Temur gently patted Zhao Min's back and asked Wang Baobao to support his sister. Then he turned to Zhou Yi and said, "Presumably you are Zhou Yi, we came from Dayuan, and some people said that you asked us to come over when we came." I don't know why, but from the point of view that you take care of Minmin, there is no malice. Now that we're here, please tell us if there's anything you need us to do!"
is worthy of being a veteran of the perennial battlefield battle, and he has no fear in the face of Zhou Yi's unknown existence. He said generously, but Zhou Yi was not embarrassed.
"King Ruyang, forgive me, Zhou Yi really can't see Min Min and think hard about his father and brother! When it comes to service, the little nephew doesn't dare!" Zhou Yi said with a low attitude, after all, he wanted to soak other people's daughters, what was this grievance!
"Well, Chahan has thanked me here!" he said, but he didn't recognize Zhou Yi very much. While the two were talking, Wang Baobao and the others looked Zhou Yi up and down, full of curiosity about this young man dressed as a scholar.
After Chahan finished speaking, he pulled Zhao Min to sit down, spoke softly as if no one was around, and asked carefully about what happened to his daughter. Zhou Yi, who was not bored, turned around and looked at Wang Baobao and arched his hand, and said: "Zhou Yi has seen Brother Kuku, whether you want to continue to lead troops or do something else in the future, you can tell your little brother, and you have your own little brother to arrange it." "This Wang Baobao is a rare general, according to his own ideas, but he wants to arrange him to lead troops in the Eight Banners.
"It's easy to say!" Wang Baobao didn't say much, and he didn't know how to get along with this prospective brother-in-law who might be with his sister in the future.
"Second Elder Xuan Ming, Fang Dongbai, what are your plans?" Zhou Yi saw that Wang Baobao didn't want to say more, and asked the other three. The two elders of Xuan Ming have studied the same art since childhood, from strong to old, they have not been separated for a day for decades, and neither of them has a wife or children, so it can be said that they depend on each other. is just keen on fame and fortune, so as a generation of masters, he joined the Ruyang palace for drive. The Xuanming Divine Palm is extremely poisonous, the recipient has a green five-finger palm print, the cold poison enters the body, and the tentacles are cold, just like touching a piece of cold ice, the middle palm is like charcoal burning, but the surrounding area is cold to the bones, the cold poison enters the body, and the pain is unbearable when attacking, and nine deaths and a lifetime.
Fang Dongbai was originally the head of the four elders of the Beggar Gang, because he was extremely fast with his sword, as if he had seven or eight arms, so he got the nickname of the eight-armed divine sword. It is also greedy for glory and wealth that he devotes himself to the Ruyang Palace.
These three people were originally subordinates of King Ruyang and Zhao Min, and their strength was not bad, so Zhou Yi gave them to Zhao Min to continue to fight.
"Zhou ...... Lord Zhou, where is this? Are you an official of the imperial court?"
"It doesn't hurt to sue the three of you, this official is now the pacification envoy of the Eighth Division of the Half-Elf Clan, the commander of the Eight Banners Legion, the temporary acting commander of the Seventh and Ninth Legions of the Qinling Empire, and nearly 500,000 people with armor under his command. This time, because of his military exploits, he was ordered to go to Beijing to report on his work, and presumably the imperial court still had a reward. When you come under my command, you will be prosperous, rich, famous, and fortune.
Moreover, the Qinling Empire is different from the Great Yuan Dynasty, the status of the warrior is not high, and the Holy Dao monk is the master. Since the three of you are not indigenous to this world, you can't practice the Holy Path at all, so don't think too highly of yourself. There are countless martial arts masters under this official's command who are stronger than you, and it is only because of your loyalty to the King of Ruyang and the Lord of Shaomin that I have detained you. If you don't come, the fate of the three of you after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty will not be very good.
Now, this official asks you again, are you willing to serve under this official and continue to obey the orders of the county lord Shaomin?"
The three of them glanced at each other, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "I am willing to die for adults!"
Of course, it is impossible to die, as long as their strength and status are getting higher and higher, these three people will not have different intentions. Although the three of them are not good in morality, they have one thing that they recognize, that is, once they are put into action, they are attentive.
"Well, in that case, you will continue to follow Lord Shaomin in the future!" Zhou Yi said indifferently, the majesty of the superior must be maintained in the hearts of such people.
King Ruyang has been in charge of the soldiers and horses of the Dayuan court for many years, and he naturally doesn't care about what Zhou Yi said, he was shocked that this Zhou Yi in front of him was holding heavy troops at such a young age. At this age, he still followed his elders to train at the bottom of the army! However, he was extremely satisfied with the arrangement of the two elders of Xuan Ming, Fang Dongbai, and it seemed that he really cared for Min Min very much. As a father, he is most concerned about the situation of his children, and Chahan is no exception.
Leaving the three of Ruyang Wang's father and daughter to reminisce in their own room, they arranged for the three of them to rest, and Zhou Yi went out. He also wants Xu Huai and others to prepare for tomorrow's ring, since he has decided to become famous, he must become an instant hit.
A long night has passed, and there are many sleepless people in Chuyang City this night, all of whom are concerned about today's ring.
There are many academies under the Holy Academy on the street of Chuyang City Academy, and there is a large open space on the academy street, which is a place for scholars and academicians to walk and exchange literature and Taoism on weekdays. Early this morning, a huge platform was erected here. There are two bookcases on the table, and the four treasures of the study are placed on the table.
A huge banner fluttered high on the stage, and the eight big characters on it, "Meet friends with words, compete with words!" were written on it, and the words were flying and domineering, which was deliberately done by Zhou Yi. If it is not publicized enough, how can the literati and wise men of Chuyang City take the stage to compare the texts!
There were three Taishi chairs on the banner, and after King Ruyang learned about today's events last night, he strongly requested to watch the Holy Dao battle in person, wanting to see the magical power of the Holy Dao in this world with his own eyes. Of course, it is not known whether there is a meaning of the school examination Zhou Yi.
King Ruyang, Wang Baobao and Zhao Min came to the stage early to sit under the escort of the three of Lu Zhuke, and the half-elf innate guards under Zhou Yi stood under the stage. Looking at these alien masters who are not weaker than their own martial arts cultivation, the hearts of the three of them are even more alarmed, and Zhou Yi's words yesterday seem to be true!
When Zhou Yi took Xu Huai to the stage, a large crowd had already gathered below. Among them were the scholars of each courtyard, and there were also the people who watched the excitement. Such a scene is rare in the Empire!
However, Chuyang City is the place where the literary style in the south of the empire is at its peak, and there are countless sages and scholars, if they come to the stage to communicate one by one, I am afraid that there will be no time! Therefore, Zhou Moute erected three uplink, and if he can match any of the three uplink, he can take the stage to compete. Zhou stood in front of the stage and said loudly, that kind of arrogant appearance made Zhao Min intoxicated, her favorite was a heroic man! Chahan and Wang Baobao were also quite satisfied in their hearts, the Mongols only respected the strong and the good men.
"Zhou Yi, if you are out of three absolutes, and you can't even match yourself, then aren't you teasing me Chuyang Shilin!" As soon as Zhou Yi's voice fell, someone shouted in the audience, thinking that he was cheating!
"Hehe, Zhou has always acted above board, since he is a person who wants to make it difficult to appear on stage, of course he must announce my next couplet first. If you have any questions, please say them and answer them one by one. Zhou Yi said with a smile, but a contemptuous smile. I already knew that someone would dismantle the stage, so I naturally had to prepare early.
Seeing that although there was a lot of discussion in the audience, no one was making a statement, Zhou Yiyi arched his hand and said proudly: "Since no one has any objections, let's dismantle the joint flag!"
The three guards stepped forward and unfurled the three flags on the left side of the stage from top to bottom. Under the encouragement of the breeze, the flag was unfurled, and the handwriting on it was revealed.
"A lonely boat, sitting on two or three sorcerers, using four pulps and five sails, passing through six beaches and seven bays, after eight bumps and nine dusts, it is a pity that it is very late. ”
"Smoke lock pond willows. ”
"Lonely and cold, empty and widowed. ”
The three pairs were revealed one by one from bottom to top, and the entire audience was instantly quiet.
"Strange! Since Zhou Yi dares to embarrass us with these three pairs, there must be a secret hidden in them. This first link is a digital couplet, and the third couplet is all treasure heads, which is easy to understand, but what is strange about this second couplet?" a middle-aged gentleman asked a friend next to him with a frown.
"Gao! Gaoming! It's really Gaoming! Brother, please take a closer look, the five characters of this second couplet seem simple, but there is another mystery in it. The radical next to each word hides a killing machine! Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five elements are complete, and it is rare that this artistic conception is also clever!" The middle-aged scribe next to him took a closer look, his eyes lit up, and then he pointed to the upper link on the flag and shook his head and said.
All kinds of discussions slowly remembered that these three couplets seemed simple, but knowing that Zhou Yi could not make such a simple couplet to bring humiliation on himself, everyone did not dare to speak rashly. Then after a detailed discussion, I suddenly realized the hidden mystery, and everyone wiped a cold sweat in their hearts, fortunately they didn't go up, otherwise it would be really embarrassing!
"Zhou Yi, we have already seen your three upper links, and the mystery of them has been understood, but they are absolute! We have to look at your own lower ones!" A scholar below shouted loudly, but this time it was not deliberately demolished, but everyone was really stumped by these three upper links, and this feeling of choking in the throat was really uncomfortable.
"Yes, yes, yes......" Suddenly everyone began to clamor, who doesn't want to know how Zhou Yi got these three weird couplets right!
"Minmin, my father doesn't understand the knowledge of the Han people, you have liked Han things since you were a child, you can be worthy of these three up-on-pictures!"
Zhao Min is also bitter now, she has heard of the last sentence, but it is also from the Song Dynasty to Emperor Yuan Shun for hundreds of years, and she can't be right. She has some ideas in the first couplet, and there is still no good lower link in the second couplet, after all, the artistic conception of the smoke lock pond willow is wonderful, and the lower link cannot be too bad.
"Father, Min Min can't be right! Let's take a look at Brother Zhou's next link!"
"Hehe, since everyone's enthusiasm is difficult, then Zhou Yi will be ugly!
"Wow", the crowd below was excited, these three downlinks are really right!
"Ten years of cold windows, entered nine or eight academies, abandoned seven emotions and six desires, studied five texts and four books hard, assessed three times twice, and must be successful today. As soon as this couplet came out, the scholars immediately burst into laughter when they read it, and the image was so vivid! It wittily told the difficult and humorous story of everyone's holy path assessment, which resonated with people.
"Taoran Jinjiang embankment. "Isn't it just like a flame to burn the peach trees on the embankment with all kinds of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the peach trees on the river embankment are full of red peaches!
The last couplet that everyone is most concerned about was also chanted loudly: "The sycamore is rotten and the pillow is in vain." ”
"Loneliness to the sycamore, cold windows to rotten pillows, empty widows to live in vain!
"What's even better is that you want to think of your wife, this artistic conception is really wonderful!"
The three couplets came out, and the following crowds of admiration came one after another. Everyone was full of praise for Zhou Yi's three lower couplets, but after praising others' lower couplets, they were dumbfounded when it was their turn to be right.
No matter how good the three sentences are, they are also the ones who are going to fight, what should everyone do about them! This is definitely a proper slap in the face, and everyone is speechless, so they can only stretch out their faces to make people crackle.
The silent pin drop in the audience could be heard, and all the literati in Chuyang City were messy in the wind!
All that was left of the scene was the sound of six flags whirling in the wind......