About two hours later, the car took Lu Yuan to the nearby city of Hangzhou.

Hangzhou has pleasant scenery and clear air, especially the gentle breeze along the banks of West Lake, which makes people feel peaceful and elegant. This place has been a favorite place for literati and poets to discuss poetry since ancient times.

Lu Yuan looked out the window. A moon was hanging high in the night sky. Under the night sky, lanterns were floating by the West Lake. Young boys and girls were surrounding the West Lake, looking romantic and happy.

He's craving for cigarettes.

He wants to smoke.

However, thinking that he would soon reach his destination, he shook his head and resisted the urge to smoke.

Be restrained.

At least I can't walk into the poetry reading with a cigarette in my mouth, right?

That would be so embarrassing.

quality!

I am a qualified person now.

At least now you have to pretend to be a well-educated person and not embarrass yourself.

Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're here. Just go around the corner. Here's your name tag for admission. Take it. I'll be waiting for you here."

"Aren't you going in with me?" Lu Yuan took the admission ticket handed to him by the driver and touched it.

He is quite exquisite.

"Not everyone is qualified to enter there..."

"Then what I am doing is..."

"Hahaha, stop looking. If the people the old man has repeatedly invited are not qualified, then who else is qualified?" Seeing Lu Yuan looking a little dazed, the driver couldn't help but laugh.

He found the young man very interesting.

This young man has none of the arrogance that those literati have. He is even very humble and approachable.

There are very few young people like this in today's society.

"Oh." Lu Yuan nodded. After hearing what the driver said, he nodded and didn't care.

A place for literati and poets, naturally not everyone can enter...

A layman like me...

Tsk tsk.

…

After getting off the car, Lu Yuan walked towards a building called "Cultural Building" on the bank of West Lake in front of him.

The poetry meeting was held in this building.

Lu Yuan originally thought that there wouldn't be many people at the poetry meeting, just a few dozen literati. But when he actually got closer to the "Cultural Building", Lu Yuan found that there were crowds of people next to the building, and many reporters were talking about this and that in front of the camera.

It seems that this poetry reading might even be shown on TV.

Of course, Lu Yuan just sighed.

He didn't think he could be the best at a poetry competition and be on TV.

He is self-aware.

"Brother, are you here to try your luck too?"

"ah?"

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Dongqiang. I am a student in the Chinese Department of Yan University, specializing in ancient Chinese poetry."

"Ohhhh, hello, hello."

"Brother, is this your first time here?"

"Yeah, it's my first time."

"You don't know the way."

“Yes, I have never participated in such an event before.”

"That's good. Well, don't look around. Do you see the long queue at that door over there?"

"I saw it, what's wrong?"

"There is a test question behind that door. The examiner is Professor Wang Mingyang from Yanda University. Professor Wang Mingyang is very strict. Basically, anyone who lines up will be eliminated. So, we shouldn't go there, not even the East Gate, because that's where the girls line up..."

"Oh, then where should we go?" Lu Yuan was stunned.

Is this even more particular?

"We should go to the west gate. The west gate is a couplet. Although there will be a lot of people, there is still a chance to get in. Oh, by the way, brother, what is your major?"

"I'm... a forestry major."

"Lin Mu, what? What the hell, what major did you say you were in?"

"forest."

"Dude, that's awesome. You, a forestry major, have the confidence to try your luck here? Are you a poetry lover?"

"Ah? Not really...but I am..."

"Stop talking, buddy, I understand you! Tsk tsk tsk, you're here to see the goddess Chen Xi too!"

"Oh, I'm not..."

"Dude, stop talking. We're all men. I understand you. By the way, what's your name?"

"Lu Yuan."

"Oh, that's great. Since you are so confident and courageous, I will take you to the couplet shop to try your luck... I will show you what a scholar is!"

The person who spoke to Lu Yuan was a tall young man wearing glasses.

The young man's eyes were wandering and he had a wicked smile on his face. When he saw Lu Yuan, he had an expression that said, "I understand you."

Lu Yuan looked at the main entrance of the building and saw a few security guards standing there, but it was deserted. In the end, he kept the question "Why can't we go in through the front entrance" in his heart.

Maybe this is the rule of the poetry club?

Since you are here, you should adapt to the local customs.

Lu Yuan had no aversion to this young man named Li Dongqiang.

After all, both of them are the same type of people, and they have a lot of similarities.

"Dude, do you want to smoke?"

"No." Li Dongqiang shook his head.

"Oh, I'll smoke then."

After all, Lu Yuan couldn't help but take out a cigarette and started smoking.

After taking a puff of smoke, Lu Yuan instantly felt relaxed all over his body. In such an environment with gentle breeze and moonlight, Lu Yuan felt like an immortal.

When the two arrived at the west gate, Lu Yuan saw that there was also a queue at the west gate, but for some reason there were fewer people in the queue.

Li Dongqiang found a seat and stood in line with a swagger, while Lu Yuan followed behind him.

Lu Yuandong looked around, and at this moment his mind was inexplicably thinking about his own decoration plan.

The filming of the movie is about to be completed, so a lot of things need to be put on the agenda, right?

Life needs to be planned early.

"I know how to get this second line right!"

"I think so..."

"What? No? I think it is. It's quite neat!"

“Give me a chance!”

"Next……"

"I'll do it!"

"Next……"

"I think this is the right way..."

"Next……"

The couplets are painted very quickly.

There were originally 20 or 30 people in line, but one person was passed every minute...

"What kind of couplet is this? Why is it so difficult?"

"I think I did it quite neatly, why not?"

"Can't I?"

"Hey... I thought the couplet's Ximen would be a little easier, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult..."

"What is the real second line? Could it be that no one can come up with the right answer this year?"

The people who were eliminated on both sides shook their heads, and everyone was in a bad mood.

Soon, it was Li Dongqiang's turn.

Li Dongqiang smiled slightly, straightened his clothes and walked forward...

"Loyalty and love for the court, even in the rain and smoke, the soul and dreams still rely on the Northern Palace, the second line..." Li Dongqiang stared at the first line and looked at the request with wide eyes.

The couplet requires the word "West Lake" to appear below it...

He stared ahead for a long time, then he found that he couldn't say anything...

"Next……"

An old man with white hair and beard at the west gate looked up at the people who were swept away and immediately shook his head.

"Wait, sir, give me a chance, I'll be out soon..."

"Next one..." The old man looked at Li Dongqiang, who looked like he couldn't hold it back but had to, and finally shook his head.

"..." Li Dongqiang finally shook his head and left.

The whole person was very gloomy.

It looked like he had no hope of getting inside again this year.

Just as Li Dongqiang left and it was Lu Yuan's turn, Lu Yuan's phone suddenly rang.

"Hello?"

"Grandpa? I'm here."

"Come in? I'm on my way now. Yes, I'm at the couplet place... I just finished queuing..."

"Ah? What couplet are you asking about? Don't you know? Let me see, the first line is "Loyal to the court, even in the rain and smoke, the soul and dream still rely on the North Palace", which is this place..."

"What? You said I went to the wrong place? I should go through the main entrance? Then is this west gate wrong?"

"You're asking me for the second line?"

"The second line is: My writings are traveling overseas, I want to compose poems and drink wine, and I stay at West Lake again!"

"Old man, what do you mean? Why are you silent?"

"ah?"

When Lu Yuan heard the old man's speechless voice on the other end of the phone, he was a little confused and subconsciously looked at the front door.

Then he looked at the shocked old man in front of the couplet...

He was a little embarrassed.

Just now he was so immersed in the plan of opening a restaurant that his mind was a little distracted...

I felt like I had somehow made a huge mistake and even went to the wrong place...

"Sorry, sorry, I went to the wrong place... I'll leave now... I'll leave now..." After hanging up the phone, he apologized quickly, turned around and wanted to walk towards the main entrance.

"Stop, you're not in the wrong place! It's right here! Little brother, come here, this is for you, what's your name!" The old man stood up and suddenly grabbed Lu Yuan's hand, he was so excited.

"Ah?" Lu Yuan was stunned and looked at the couplet again.

He blurted out the second line subconsciously.

It was a coincidence that the second line was the one his teacher had asked them to memorize when they were in high school before his rebirth, saying that it might be on the exam...

Naturally, Lu Yuan knew it by heart.

But I didn’t expect…

Met here?

This shit luck...

There really is no one left...

"..." Li Dongqiang, who was about to leave, widened his eyes after hearing the commotion and stared at Lu Yuan in disbelief.

What's going on?

Is that right?

I haven’t even graduated from the Chinese Department of Yenching University, and you, a forestry major, can do it?

Wait, I seemed to hear something about going through the front door?

What's the meaning?

Damn, is he one of the selected ones?

Grass!

Isn't this too abominable to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger?