"Wangjiang Tower, looking at the river flow, looking at the river flow from under the Wangjiang Tower, the river tower is eternal, the river flow is eternal"
"The zither and pipa, the eight kings fighting with their spears"
As the first three couplets were read out, everyone in the inn gasped, and some who didn't understand hurriedly asked the people around them.
Someone came out immediately to explain.
"Smoke locks the pond willows. Don't underestimate the five characters. These five characters encompass the five elements: fire, metal, water, earth, and wood. The second line requires not only a neat parallel, but also the inclusion of the five elements, myself. It's difficult, truly difficult."
"Look at the first line of the second couplet. 'Jianglou' refers to the building, 'Jiangliu' refers to the river flowing beneath the building, 'Jianglou for eternity' refers to the building's eternal fame thanks to the person who wrote the couplet, and 'Jiangliu for eternity' refers to the historical sentiment about the long passage of time."
"Finally, the first couplet of the third pair, qin, se, and pipa, with its eight characters for king, echoes the eight great kings that follow."
After hearing the explanation, everyone let out a sigh and breathed a sigh of relief.
If this couplet could match, it would be a perfect match for all time.
"Where did Zhao Chuchu copy this couplet from?"
“But I’ve never heard of it.”
"Could it be that Zhao Chuchu came up with this idea herself? If that's the case, then where on earth did she get this genius from?"
On this side, Zhao Chuchu took some effort and finally matched Zhang Tian's couplet. Zhang Tian's couplets were of a certain level. She was able to match them thanks to her participation in the literature club in college.
Zhang Tian's first couplet was: "The Big Dipper, fourteen points across the water and sky." Zhao Chuchu's second line was: "A lone goose flies in a pair above the south tower, its shadow in the moon."
The first line of the second couplet reads: The moon is full in the sky, half full on the ground, and every month it is full and half full. Zhao Chuchu's second line reads: Today is the end of the year, tomorrow is the beginning of the year, and every year the end of the year follows the beginning of the year.
As for the last couplet, it is the most difficult to match: The bow is drawn, the archer draws the bow and shoots the arrow, and every arrow hits the target.
Zhao Chuchu replied: Muzi is Li Li Mu, Li the carpenter carves bows, but the bows are hard to draw.
In the three couplets, Zhao Chuchu matched them all well and evenly, hitting all the difficult and odd points.
After Zhao Chuchu finished, she was very satisfied. She put down her pen, sat there calmly, and leisurely poured tea. She handed a cup to her husband and smiled at him.
Zhang Xiuyuan looked at her smug look, couldn't help laughing, and shook his head.
While drinking tea, she watched the dozen or so people opposite her scratching their heads.
Especially Zhang Tian, who held the pen in his hand for a long time but did not dare to write. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and his face became paler and paler.
Incense, burning little by little.
Some people tried to correct it, but no matter how hard they tried, let alone getting it right perfectly, it was even difficult to identify the difficulties and singularities.
Until the incense burned out, Zhang Tian's hand suddenly lost strength and the pen fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"I lost." She lowered her eyes, her eyes were gray, and the sounds around her entered her ears little by little.
"Zhang Tian and the other dozen or so people couldn't even come up with the answer."
"More than a dozen people against one person, and he actually lost. Zhao Chuchu is just a businessman."
"You can't underestimate business people. Look at the poems and couplets she wrote. Can they be made casually?"
There is no doubt that Zhao Chuchu won this competition.
"Oh, that's right, the prize." Someone suddenly exclaimed.
The dozen or so scholars who participated in it were suddenly startled and their faces turned pale.
How could they forget the prize of ten taels of silver?
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