Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 70 Tricky Topic

The snow reflects the plum blossoms, and the plum blossoms reflect the snow.

This is a palindrome couplet published by Yingtian Academy, and it is considered the simplest question.

Jia Qiong was from Yingtian Mansion and had nostalgia, so Yingtian Academy gave him some face.

The crow flies into the flock of egrets, sending charcoal in the snow.

This is a couplet produced by Yueyang Academy, and it is difficult to match it due to the idioms.

Living in the pagoda, looking at Kongming, I complained that it was difficult to travel around the river.

This is the first couplet from Yuelu Academy. It contains three figures from the Three Kingdoms: Kong Ming, Jiang Wei, and Lu Bu. They are very tricky.

Wangjiang Building, Wangjiang Flow, Wangjiang Upstairs, Wangjiang Flow, Jianglou is eternal, and the river is eternal.

This is from Bailudong Academy. It is an ingenious couplet. It is not only difficult, but also quite in line with the scenery of Yueyang Tower.

Lost in the distance and returned to Dadao to travel freely, this is a masterpiece of Wuyi Academy.

The eleven characters all have the same radical. Needless to say, it is very difficult. Most people feel their brains hurt after reading it.

The couplets are written on the screen and can be seen by the audience up and down the city platform.

Many scholars from Wansong Academy were dumbfounded after reading the questions.

"These pairs are too difficult. Who can answer them?"

"This is a competition, there must be difficult questions."

"Wansong Academy won't be able to cope with all of them, right?"

"If you can't match him, it's because you don't have enough knowledge. How talented the little poet is, a little couplet will definitely not be able to stump him."

"That's not necessarily the case. Li Bai and Du Fu also have opponents they can't match up with."

The onlookers were talking a lot, and the students were also discussing.

Zhao Lingfeng said angrily: "Who came up with the first couplet of Wuyi Academy? They are simply not the sons of men."

Chen Menglong also shook his head and said, the last three are very tricky, and it was really difficult to figure them out for a while. "

"Hey, someone from Bailudong Academy came on stage, and Yuelu Academy also went." Zhang Zhaoyang.

"Those two steps are not difficult, and it's not surprising that they come up quickly." Song Mian.

Zhou Xi had already thought of a question at this time. He said: "The snow reflects the plum blossoms and the plum reflects the snow. How does this couplet pair the orioles and the catkins and the willows and the orioles?"

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "That's right, Zhongfang is really talented. Go ahead and fill in this question."

Zhou Xi is the youngest student from Wansong Academy except Jia Qiong.

But he has a quick mind and a superb memory, and he can be called a child prodigy.

He made rapid progress after entering the academy, and got into the top [-] in this major exam.

It is one of the key training targets of the academy, and the chances of becoming a Jinshi in this subject are also very high.

After Zhou Xi came to the stage, he wrote the second couplet, which immediately aroused discussion among everyone in the audience.

"That's a great question."

"My pair was revealed so quickly. What's the name of that person?"

"Zhou Xi, he seems to be just sixteen. I talked to him the day before yesterday. He is very talented."

……

"I have the second couplet. The phoenix stands beside the mandarin ducks, which is the icing on the cake. Do you have a better one?" Xu Fengnian asked.

"As long as you can match it, go ahead and write it down, and everyone should think of other things quickly." Chen Menglong.

As soon as Zhou Xixi stepped down, Xu Fengnian came up again, causing another discussion. People from other academies also began to come on stage to answer questions.

The last three questions in Wansong Academy were very difficult, and everyone thought hard for a long time.

Song Mian suddenly clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I thought of the fourth couplet, Yingyue Well, Yingyue Ying, Yingyue Well Yingyue Yingyue, Yuejing Yingyuan, Yueying Yingyuan ten thousand years."

"Okay, that's right! That's right! Shuheng, hurry up and fill it in." Gongsun Yue said.

"Linchuan, your first couplet was opposed by people from Yuelu Academy." Zhao Lingfeng.

"I saw it. It was Han Wei who was right. He is really talented. I have been thinking about this couplet for a long time but I still can't get it right." Guan Shanyue.Zhao Lingfeng said a little depressed: "All five questions from Yuelu Academy and Bailudong Academy have been answered, and all the questions we asked have been answered correctly.

Moreover, our remaining two courses are too difficult. It seems that we will fall behind in the first one. "

Yan Bin raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Don't you see that the leader is as stable as a mountain? Don't worry, we can't lose."

Jia Qiong rolled her eyes at him and said: "You are so smart, I didn't think of it. You should hurry up and think about it."

Yan Bin said: "I thought of one for the third time, but it seems almost meaningless. Please listen to it.

The bird is trapped in the cage, its thoughts are lost, and it hates Guan Yu for not being able to fly. "

"Mi Zhu is a bit far-fetched. I think it would be better to switch to a trough nest." Chen Menglong said.

Gongsun Yue nodded and said: "Yes, the trough nest can be used as Cao Cao's. It's much neater this way."

Xu Fengnian said: "There is only one couplet left, but there is not much time left. Anyone who has an idea can tell me."

"I thought about it. Lotus, hibiscus, peony and jasmine are fragrant, but the meaning is a bit different." Zhao Lingfeng.

"It's a bit off. You only wrote about things and didn't express feelings." Song Mian.

Gongsun Yue said: "Yu Jing, if you have a second line, write it quickly. The incense will be burned out soon."

Seeing that the time was indeed coming, Jia Qiong did not wait any longer, got up and went on stage to write the last couplet.

Staying in the Hakka, staying in the cold and lonely outside the window.

"Look, Jia Qiong is on stage."

"The little Shixian is really extraordinary, this couple is a match."

……

Soon the incense burned out, and the host came back on stage to judge the answers of each academy and tally the scores of each academy.

"The first test is over.

Yueyang Academy and Yuelu Academy are currently in the lead with six chips, and the second game will proceed. "

The host asked people to carry a huge embroidery and hang it on the flagpole of the city platform.

"This is a Xuanji picture. Everyone here must know its origin.

This picture is said to have been created by Su Hui, a talented woman from the former Qin Dynasty. The whole picture has a total of 840 words.

Later generations added a heart character in the center, totaling 840 characters, 29 vertically and horizontally.

It is said that there are thousands of poems hidden in this picture, but only a few people in the world can understand hundreds of poems.

The second session of today’s literary meeting will focus on the interpretation of the Xuanji Picture.

All students are asked to show their creativity. Each academy can have five students, and each person must say the previous poem in turn.

Cannot be repeated, time limit is ten breaths, and will be eliminated after timeout.

No.1得10筹，No.2得5筹，No.3得3筹，四到十名各得1筹。

Do you all understand? "

All the students responded in unison: "We understand."

"Okay, this time I will give everyone a cup of tea (about 10 minutes) to prepare. The competition will start as soon as the time is up."

As soon as the host finished speaking, the students immediately started discussing.

The students of Wuyi College were very excited and looked full of confidence.

"Haha, this time it's exactly what you wanted. We will win this game!"

"Yes, we often compete with Xuanji Tu. We all have our own experiences. It will be difficult to lose this time."

"Senior Brother Huang, Senior Brother Lin, you can all solve more than [-] poems. This time it is your turn to show off your skills. You must take the top two!"

"Look at the martial artists from Wansong Academy. You can tell from their expressions that they are definitely doomed, haha."

"Don't worry, we will make the warriors of Wansong Academy completely admit defeat this time!"

(End of this chapter)