"Mad Duke, you just say yes, just say absolutely, and you let us watch and worship. We are very anxious." Because of Mad Duke's true nature, it doesn't matter if he says something irrelevant, so some students below can't wait to let them quickly publish Cao Yi's second couplet. Then everyone in the audience laughed out, and the atmosphere relaxed for a moment.

"After unanimous evaluation by the three of us, Cao Yi is also the candidate for the league leader. Is there anyone who wants to challenge next?"

The crazy man looked around and found that no one came out to participate in the competition. He said, "Since that's the case, our first round of couplets will be over. Now I will announce the second couplets of the two candidates, so everyone can take a look." Then he asked the servant to remove the cloth from the first display board.

"I believe that anyone who has participated in this page knows the first couplet 'Mo', but what I want to say is that among so many people here, only the lower couplets that Yan Shu and Cao Yi are the most neat, and their lower couplets are exactly the same." After saying that, the lower couplets of Cao Yi and Shen Yan were posted with the word "quan".

"Everyone looks at the first couplet. The word 'Ink' is black and the lower part is earth, which corresponds to the color and the five elements respectively. The word 'Fuan' is white and the lower part is water, which also corresponds to the color and the five elements respectively. Therefore, black and white, earth and water are the most neat couplets, so the "brush, paper, inkstone, and book" that most of the people here are not considered neat second couplets."

"The one-character couplet has such a profound meaning. We are taught, Brother Cao, Brother Yan is a talented person." A student who is older than Cao Yi and Yan Shu saluted the two, and they quickly returned the gift. As the saying goes, no learning is good, and those who are good at it are the first. Among the peers, it is not an exaggeration to respect people with higher talent.

The servant also asked the servant to remove the second couplet, revealing the first couplet "Bamboo Rain Pine Organ" inside. The mad duke continued: "This is both the first couplet and the scene of a painting, depicting the graceful bamboo rain, gusts of pine wind, setting up a few tables, supporting the Yaoqin, and the elegant scholar retreating to the mountains and forests. Look at the second couplet of the two candidates. Yan Shu is the 'Sound of the Moon and the Moon', while Cao Yi is the 'Sound of Tea and Smoke Wuyue', both are very good, but relatively speaking, Cao Yi's painting environment in the poem is more suitable for the first couplet, surrounded by pine waves and swaying bamboo forests. In such an environment, it is indeed a beautiful and elegant thing to make a piano and cook tea, reading and enjoying the moon!"

Everyone here is a well-educated scholar in Jiangning City. But after hearing the Kuang Gong talk about it, he realized that Cao Yi's second couplet can indeed combine the artistic conception of the overall couplet, forming a harmonious natural landscape painting with tea, the sound of piano and calligraphy. Even Yan Shu nodded with approval. Although the two lower couplets are both very good, in comparison, Cao Yi's is indeed better.

Everyone looked at Cao Yi with admiration. In such a short time, they also looked at the five upper couplets together and expressed the lower couplets. This kind of quick thinking and brilliant literary talent were definitely something they could not achieve. Only Shen Yan's face was gloomy and terrifying, as if it was about to drip water.

Everyone's eyes returned to the third couplet, and some people looked a little strange, just because the first couplet of the third couplet was a rare overlapping voice couplet.

Kuang Gong continued to explain: "The first couplet of the third couplet is 'green, red and red everywhere', which is a repetitive couplet. The whole text does not include a flower or a grass word, but through a few repetitions, the beautiful scenery of red flowers, green willows, and swallows dancing and singing everywhere. Let's take a look at the few second couplets here, which are very good. We will read them all and read them all after reading them all."

Then the servant posted all three second couplets. "Now let's take a look at the first one of Sikong Ye, 'green, red and red everywhere, cold and lonely, sad and miserable'. The second one is Yan Shu, 'green, red and red everywhere, black and white every day'. The last one is Cao Yi, 'green, red and red everywhere, flowers and plants every year and day'. The third one is, these three people are very good. We don't know whether it is good or bad. You can read it together and experience it carefully."

Although Kuang Gong said that the third couplet is the best, in most people's minds, they still think that Cao Yi's "flowers, plants, and plants are the most suitable and neat" is the most suitable and neat thing. The first couplet depicts the beautiful spring light, while the second couplet hopes that such beautiful scenery can last for a long time, every year, day and night, and the upper and lower couplets can blend in the scene. As for neatness, it is red flowers and green grass, morning orioles and evening swallows.

The mad man also paused and left enough time for the talented people here to observe and appreciate. After a while, the servant revealed the fourth couplet. The first couplet happened to describe today's Mid-Autumn Festival. "Let's look at the first couplet of the fourth couplet, "Mid-Autumn Festival and August". This first couplet is very suitable. What is even more commendable is that Mid-Autumn Festival is mid-August, and the beginning and end characters are the same, both of them are 'middle'. Similarly, there are three people who come out according to these conditions."

"There are Yan Bojian's 'one Qin and seven in one', Yan Shu's 'three kingdoms and one part three', and Cao Yi's 'two and half-time in the middle of the night', well... we won't decide the best in the fourth couplet."

Perhaps it was clear that the upper and lower couplets of the fourth couplet were taken a look, so Kuang Gong did not comment too much and started talking about the fifth couplet.

"I believe everyone knows the first couplet of the fifth couplet. It comes from the "Song of the Golden and Copper Immortals' "The Singing of Han" by Li He of the Tang Dynasty, "The Way of Descending Orchids to Save Guests at Xianyang Road, if there is a love, the sky will grow old." Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been famous for a long time. Many literati and scholars have used this as the first couplet to seek the second couplet, and there is no suitable one to this day. Originally, Lu Gong listed this poem as the first couplet of the fifth couplet, and we were still a little worried, afraid that no one would match it. However, in this competition, Yan Shu and Cao Yi both wrote the second couplet together, which made us very pleased. This is also a great blessing for this Jinling Poetry Conference."

After the servant put the two lower couplets on, the mad duke continued to preach: "Yan Shu's lower couplet is 'The flowers are hard to wither without heart', and Cao Yi's lower couplet is 'The moon is like no regrets, the moon is long and full'. Both the lower couplets are in contrast to the word rhythm of the first couplet. However, Cao Yi and Cao Zhaozheng's lower couplet have a deeper artistic conception. They are combined with the previous sentence, and naturally blend into one, and are more in line with today's Mid-Autumn Festival. Therefore, the fifth couplet is also slightly better."

Yan Shu looked at Cao Yi's various second couplets, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. He turned his head and bowed to Cao Yi very naturally and openly, feeling a little too late, saying: "A couplet, Brother Zhaozheng is far better than me, I am willing to pay a chance to be inferior to me. I hope Brother Zhaozheng will give me more advice in the future. If Brother Zhaozheng goes to Kaifeng Bianjing in the future, I will welcome Brother Zhaozheng and drink and have fun."

Cao Yi naturally agreed, and was afraid that he would have a little doubt before. After some competition, he knew that Yan Shu's talent and knowledge must be the famous prime minister of Taiping and prime minister Yan Shu, the famous Northern Song Dynasty's prime minister, was undoubtedly the first famous prodigy in the Song Dynasty. He claimed to be able to write a good article at the age of seven. His lyrics inherited the afterglow of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and opened the new voice of the Song Dynasty, which opened the precedent for the prosperity of Song Dynasty. But what puzzled Cao Yi was that if he really looked at the history of later generations, Yan Shu should have not been born yet, so why did he make a debut so many years in advance?

However, given the historical fact that Zhang Ruoxu and Yang Guifei disappeared inexplicably, Cao Yi did not pursue too much about what was going on. Moreover, the identity of his eight sons of the Cao family still does not exist in history. Since he appeared out of thin air, it is not surprising that Yan Shu was born decades ahead of schedule.

"Okay, I've seen the second round of the second round of the couplet competition. Everyone should have no objection to their talent and strength to become the leader, right?"

Everyone shook their heads or hands repeatedly, and expressed no objection. The madman continued, "For the two leader candidates, one side will first show the upper couplet, and the other side will face the lower couplet, and the second round will be the opposite. If Yan Shu will first show the upper couplet in the first round, then Cao Yi will face the lower couplet. In the second round, Cao Yi will come out the upper couplet, and Yan Shu will face the lower couplet. If Cao Yi will come out the lower couplet and Yan Shu will not match, then Cao Yi will be the leader of the couplet, and vice versa. Everyone, do you understand the rules?"

The crazy man looked around and everyone quickly expressed their understanding. Finally, Cao Yi and Yan Shu discussed privately, and Yan Shu would first issue the first couplet.

Cao Yi and everyone were waiting quietly for Yan Shu to come out of the couplet. At this time, the latter was walking in the garden and pondering for about half a cup of tea. Suddenly, a bell sound came from Taiping Xingguo Zen Temple on Zijin Mountain in the distance. Yan Shu shouted "I have it", then stopped and thought for a while.

Then he turned his head and said to Cao Yi: "Brother Cao, I suddenly heard the bells of the Buddhist temple just now. I accidentally got a couplet. Listen first, and I will copy it out, 'The sound of wind, water, insects, birds, and Buddhist chants, and it will be 360 ​​days long, silent and silent."

Just as Yan Shu picked up his pen and started writing, and everyone was still thinking about it, a gorgeous firework bloomed on the night sky, illuminating the smoke floating in the night sky like a ray of light.

I heard Cao Yi slowly speak: "The mountains, moon, clouds, fog, smoke, clouds, and clouds, and the 48,000-foot peaks and ridges, all colors are empty!"

In an instant, Cao Yi's gentle voice was like a sudden thunder roaring in silence, which deeply shocked everyone, including Yan Shu who was writing and the three literary elders sitting in the head.

You can have quick wisdom, you can be quick-witted, but that can't be so fast, right? They sat on the head and saw that Yan Shu had just written the four words "The sound of wind and water". He just dictated it and before he even finished writing the first couplet, you had already matched the second couplet. Moreover, with the literary skills of the three Su Laos, you will naturally know that the second couplet matched by Cao Yi was extremely fair, from the rhythm to the part of the word, and then to the artistic conception, they could be matched one by one, which was extremely neat.

This was a bit too shocking for Yan Shu. Even the hand holding the brush at this time was a little trembling, but he was also a determined person. He quickly took a deep breath and calmed down his mind. Under Mr. Lu's instructions, he still wrote the first couplet in full. Then he stepped aside and gave the position to Cao Yi, and asked him to write the second couplet. After all, he posted the upper and lower couplets on the display board for everyone to watch.

The first couplet: The sound of wind, water, insects, birds, and Buddhist chants, totaling 360 days of bell sound, silent and silent!

The second couplet: Mountains, moons, clouds, fog, smoke, clouds, and clouds, and 48,000 feet of peaks, all colors are empty!

Everyone looked at the couplets and then at Cao Yi. They were still full of shock in their hearts until now. How can a person be so evil? This has completely exceeded their cognition. With Cao Yi's performance tonight, it is enough to be comparable to Cao Zhi's seven-step poem and Wen Tingyun's eight-fold rhyme, and it is even worse than that.

Yan Shu occasionally heard the sound of the bell of the Zen Temple and came out. The first couplet was extremely exquisite. Cao Yi suddenly saw fireworks and responded to the second couplet. The characters, words, rhymes, and meanings were neat and parallel. The upper and lower couplets were full of Zen meaning, which was even more rare. Such elegant legends would surely become famous all over the world. Today, the Jinling Poetry Festival will also spread throughout the Dayan Dynasty, which is a grand event.

The madman also commented, of course he praised Yan Shu and Cao Yi, and then asked Cao Yi to come out the first couplet and Yan Shu talked about the second couplet.

Everyone was very interested in what kind of top couplet Cao Yi would come up with, and everyone present commented on him. Cao Yi looked at everyone's eyes and didn't feel nervous. In fact, he didn't plan to use any of the top couplets to use forever. However, thinking that the Great Yan Dynasty is the fire attribute, and there are many fireworks and fireworks today during the Mid-Autumn Festival, or just write this first couplet. I made a decision in my mind. Cao Yi quickly walked to the desk, picked up a pen and dipped it ink, and wrote the five words "Smoke locked in the pond willow".

Everyone was looking forward to watching...

"Mr. Cao's first couplet is suitable for the situation, but it seems that it is not very difficult?"

"I don't seem to find anything extraordinary, do you know?"

The people in the field were talking, but Yan Shu's brows became tighter and tighter. It shouldn't be that simple. By the way, it's the Five Elements!

"I understand. The radicals of these five characters correspond to the five elements, fire, gold, water, earth and wood!" Some people also discovered the mystery among them.

"We are the Great Yan Dynasty belong to fire, so we are at the forefront, and the overall meaning of the upper couplet should be that fire suppresses gold, wood, water and soil?"

"Yes! Yes! Think about it, the west is Jin, there was Hou Shu before, but now it is Xixia."

"If you divide this way, the Li family in the southeast and the south Tang Dynasty are wood." Some people followed suit and analyzed...

"The north is water, the Northern Han Dynasty before, and the current Khitan of the Liao Kingdom"

"There is also Dali, Dali is the southwest, and the southwest happens to be earth."

"This first couplet has both the beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival scenery and the five elements radicals instead of the surrounding five territories. It has a metaphor for the strong national strength of the Great Yan Dynasty. The immortal achievements of this pilgrimage are indeed absolute forever!" As a chief official of the border, Yang Gongfu naturally had a very high political awareness. He suddenly thought of the meaning behind it and felt that if he reported this first couplet to the emperor, he would be very happy.

Mr. Lu also nodded while stroking his beards. Indeed, the text of the first couplet is gentle and elegant, with beautiful scenery and boundless wind and moon, but the idea is grand and majestic, with the rhyme and kingly way. It is a very rare couplet. The second couplet not only corresponds to the radicals of the five elements, but also regards fire as the most respected. Therefore, it is not easy to express poems that conform to the five elements and are in line with the artistic conception.
Chapter completed!