Cui Xian's words "You continue" put Huang Lun in a difficult position.
Because according to the rules of couplets, the two contestants take turns to come up with the first line.
After all, whoever comes up with the first couplet will definitely get the advantage.
Now Huang Lun came up with two couplets in a row, and Cui Xian came up with the second couplet for them.
In fact, it has already fallen behind.
If he had the audacity to come up with a third couplet, even if he won, it would still be despised.
therefore.
Huang Lun took a deep breath and tried to appear more generous: "You come up with the first line."
The onlookers looked at him with mockery.
One is truly open and honest, the other is falsely open and honest.
It is clear at a glance who is better.
Pei Jian even shouted in the crowd without any hesitation: "Hypocrisy! You have already made two first couplets in a row!"
Zhuang Jin and others followed suit.
Although the big brothers are not educated, they know how to "talk trash off the court" to disrupt the enemy's mentality.
really.
What they said made Huang Lun so embarrassed that his face turned red.
Cui Xian also didn't like people like Huang Lun who had evil intentions.
Therefore, when I heard the other party asking me to come up with the first line of the couplet.
He was no longer polite, staring at the other person and sneered: "Okay, then you come. My first couplet is: "Four mouths in the same picture, the inner mouths are all under the control of the outer mouths."
Huang Lun's face changed drastically.
The picture here needs to be changed into a picture.
Same meaning, same pronunciation, but when separated, it becomes 'four mouths in the same picture'.
After hearing the little prodigy's first couplet, many people around him widened their eyes.
Because this is a couplet with a double meaning!
Wow, I thought Huang Lun’s first couplet was difficult enough.
Now the first half of the couplet that the little prodigy came up with is even more tricky.
Many readers present fell silent, thinking hard.
Pei Jian was among them, pretending to think, not daring to say that he actually didn't even understand the meaning of the first couplet.
In total silence.
Mr. Donglai laughed out loud after hearing Cui Xian's first couplet.
Everyone looked confused.
After a moment.
Li Duan, Imperial Envoy Qi, the Prefect, County Magistrate Ye and others, after hearing Mr. Dong Lai's laughter, showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
So they all laughed too.
They were all successful candidates in the imperial examinations, so naturally they had extraordinary knowledge.
As the head of the family, the King of Nanyang actually wanted to ask them why they were laughing, but he didn't have the courage to ask.
But everyone is not stupid.
Seeing a group of big guys laughing, I realized that the reason must be hidden in the first couplet of the little prodigy.
But, how should we deal with it?
A group of scholars pondered for a long time, but still could not come up with an answer.
But they are not in a hurry, because the most anxious person now is Huang Lun!
Huang Lun had no idea how to answer such a tricky couplet.
He had just been upset by Pei Jian and others, and now he didn't know why Mr. Dong Lai and others were laughing. Standing in the middle of the crowd, his face flushed and sweat dripped down his face due to anxiety.
But no matter how anxious I was, I just couldn't answer it. I just couldn't answer it!
He passed the imperial examination at the age of 17 and boasted of his unparalleled talent. He has been very arrogant over the years.
I thought I could become famous at the literary meeting with the help of Cui Xian.
I never expected that I would be taught a lesson in public by an 18-year-old child!
After thinking hard for a long time, Huang Lun heard people shouting "Give up!" and his lips trembled several times as he prepared to speak.
at this time.
Mr. Donglai smiled and said, "Can someone help me? Give this young man Huang an umbrella. It's hot, don't let him get exposed to the sun."
Wow!
Everyone was shocked.
This is a competition, why would Mr. Donglai offer to help Huang Lun?
But the old gentleman was highly respected and no one dared to question him. A scholar with an umbrella stepped forward and handed the umbrella to Huang Lun.
Huang Lun took it dazed, his expression filled with joy, as if in a dream.
Mr. Dong Lai actually spoke up for me and even asked someone to hand me an umbrella!
He must have taken a liking to me!
Does he want to take me as his apprentice?
Huang Lun was overwhelmed by the huge surprise, and even diluted the reluctance and shame of wanting to admit defeat just now. Huang Lun excitedly held the umbrella -
Wait, an umbrella!
This word can be replaced by a homophone, umbrella!
Mr. Donglai is giving me a hint.
He really liked me, hahaha!
Huang Lun was shocked, and suddenly reacted. He blurted out excitedly without even thinking: "Five people share an umbrella, I rely on you to protect me!"
By the time he realized what he had said, he felt like he was struck by lightning and almost fainted from shame and anger.
The crowd was silent for a moment.
then.
I don't know who started laughing first, but all the scholars on the whole long street started laughing.
So fun!
This person must be stupid, comparing himself to a villain and calling Cui Xian "sir".
Using the second couplet to infer the first couplet, everyone finally understood why Mr. Dong Lai laughed and why he handed the umbrella to Huang Lun.
Because at the beginning of the couplet, Cui Xian said: Even if you lose today, I will agree to let you in.
That's why he came up with this couplet: Four mouths in the same picture, the inner mouths are all under the control of the outer mouths.
Whether you, Huang Lun, can enter the palace to attend the literary meeting today is under the control of me, Cui Xian, and I have the final say.
As soon as the first couplet came out, the little prodigy thought of the second couplet for Huang Lun.
This is also why Mr. Donglai laughed.
Unfortunately, Huang Lun was too stupid to get it right.
Mr. Dong Lai simply stepped forward and handed him an umbrella as a hint.
So Huang Lun blurted out and answered correctly.
But it is precisely because of the confrontation that it means he lost, which is even more embarrassing than not confronting each other.
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