ebookland Chapter 292: 5 years of brilliant civilization, 1 history of couplets!
Chapter 292: 5 years of brilliant civilization, 1 history of couplets!
There was a sneer in Mi Heng's eyes. He boasted that if it took three to five years, no one would be able to come up with a couplet like this one.
Thinking about yesterday, he was the new top scholar of the Great Xia Dynasty, and when he returned, he would be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy and a third-rank official, but he was ignored by Ye Feng in front of everyone, and he was burning with anger.
He couldn't help but look at Ye Feng who was sitting not far away, smiled slightly, and said: "I have heard that the King of the Song Dynasty is talented. A couplet of Qinghe County is widely circulated. The scholars in the whole Nanjun regard you as a role model. I wonder if you can teach me something?"
After hearing Mi Heng's words, many scholars of the Song Dynasty also looked at Ye Feng.
"Don't try to provoke Lord Zhen Guojun. I heard that someone just polished the second couplet for him in Qinghe County." Ran Maoshan, who was sitting next to them, added fuel to the fire and said in a sarcastic tone.
"Sir, please don't just speak without thinking and slander Zhenguojun. The first line of the couplet in Qinghe County was my idea, and I saw with my own eyes that Zhenguojun came up with the second line on the spot. How come it becomes someone else's polishing when it comes to you?" Wang Huanzhi was immediately displeased when he heard Ran Maoshan's words.
He didn't expect that he had become a person of the Great Xia Dynasty because of his sudden impulse in Qinghe County, and was immediately angry when he heard the words used to slander Ye Feng.
"You are also from the Song Dynasty. Who knows if you have already thought of the second line and deliberately informed your ruler in advance?" Ran Maoshan didn't care about his old face at all and continued to mock, "I heard that after the couplet was finished, your ruler of the Song Dynasty directly appointed you as the governor of Huainan County. If there is no shady deal, the governor of a county is a third-rank Yuan Dynasty. How can you be the governor just like that?"
"Old dog, if you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you!" Wang Huanzhi never expected that Ran Maoshan not only slandered Ye Feng for forging the couplet, but also directly brought up the fact that Ye Feng appointed him as the county magistrate and made a big fuss about it. He immediately flew into a rage, with a whistling wind on his body and his spiritual power surging.
"Hey, I'm here in Nanjun to participate in the literary event on behalf of the Great Xia Dynasty. If you dare to kill me, believe it or not, our Great Xia iron hoofs will set out today?" Ran Maoshan sat there, fearless, and was not frightened by Wang Huanzhi's momentum at all. Instead, he spoke in a threatening tone.
The current Great Xia Dynasty is powerful and has strong cavalry. It is one of the great dynasties second only to the Great Qin Dynasty far in the east. As a literary master of the Great Xia Dynasty, he naturally knows that the Great Song Dynasty dare not provoke Great Xia.
"Huanzhi, don't be angry. The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. Since they think that you and I have a shameful deal, and now he has said it openly, it can be considered a fair deal, right? Why bother!" Ye Feng held up the teacup, his face calm, and was not provoked at all by Ran Maoshan and Mi Heng.
"As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he dares not accept a couplet. It will be a joke if it gets out." Mi Heng never expected that Ye Feng could still sit still even at this point.
"I am ruling the Song Dynasty on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. It is normal that I cannot compose couplets. As long as I can fight wars and govern the country, others will not laugh at me. I never boast about my literary talent in front of others." Ye Feng said calmly. The calmer he was, the angrier Mi Heng became.
It's like a very powerful boxer who is clearly coming in with great momentum and is ready to fight, but finds that his punches are hitting cotton and are completely useless. Isn't that depressing?
"you you……"
Mi Heng was so angry that his face was shaking and his eyes were almost on fire.
"What do you mean? Don't you claim to be very good at writing couplets? I'll give you the first line and you come up with the second line?" Ye Feng looked at Mi Heng and spoke directly.
"Okay! That's what I've been waiting for you to say. As long as you can say the first line, I can definitely come up with the second line." Mi Heng was furious. What he wanted was for Ye Feng to humiliate himself and make him famous.
"A tree without bark will surely die!"
Ye Feng looked at Mi Heng and spoke directly.
Mi Heng's face turned pale when he heard this. He really had never learned this kind of couplet. There was no pattern at all. He had read all the books of sages and philosophers but could not find it.
"What? Can't you answer?" Ye Feng looked at Mi Heng with a smile on his face and said, "I will help you, right? If you are shameless, you will be invincible!"
Hahahaha...
Upon hearing Ye Feng's couplet, many scholars of the Song Dynasty could not help but claps their hands in joy. The couplet was neatly-balanced and the insults were cleverly crafted.
"Hmph! You are trying to be so clever. It's obvious that you are not good at writing couplets. If you have the ability, show me your real talent and knowledge." Mi Heng and Ran Maoshan's faces turned pale. Ye Feng was obviously scolding them in a roundabout way.
"Then you better listen carefully, my first couplet: Two apes cutting wood in the deep mountains, let's see how the little monkeys saw against each other?" Ye Feng was full of disdain. How could the cultural level of Kyushu compare with the 5,000-year-old splendid civilization of China? Any couplet he threw out would surely be a masterpiece for all ages.
You have to know that China has a 5,000-year history of civilization, and couplets are a history. These people before us are simply incomparable!
It was like when he first arrived in the Song Dynasty and saw warlords fighting for their own interests, he used a little trickery and casually issued the Enfeoffment Order, which made the four major princes in a state of panic.
Only a few months after Ye Wang Zhao Xiong issued the Enfeoffment Edict, his own son led an army into rebellion. In terms of political intrigue and military warfare, China's 5,000-year history of civilization was considered invincible.
"Are you going a little too far?"
Ran Maoshan's old face turned pale. The couplets that Ye Feng wrote one after another were obviously scolding him and Mi Heng, but they made them feel uncomfortable. His couplets were well-reasoned and indeed good!
"Didn't you just say that someone has polished the couplets for Qinghe County? How about you do it for me? Polish it and come up with the second line quickly. If you can't come up with it, just tell me and I'll do it for you."
Ye Feng immediately looked at Ran Maoshan, his eyes sharp and cold.
"Pfft!"
Many elders of the Su family couldn't help but burst out laughing when they heard Ye Feng's first couplet.
I didn't expect this Zhenguojun to be so mean. He clearly called Mi Heng and Ran Maoshan two monkeys in public. The so-called sawing duel was nothing but showing off one's skills in front of an expert and showing off one's ugliness.
Mi Heng's face turned pale and he was shaking with anger. He looked at Ye Feng and said, "Your first couplet is totally unmatched? I think there is no second couplet at all, right?"
"Ignorance is not scary, what is scary is arrogance." Hearing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but shook his head, looked at Mi Heng, and asked, "A horse is stuck in the mud, what do you think we should do?"
"Let me give you a hint. A horse is not an animal, but a beast. Its hooves are stuck in the mud. What do you think it should do? You can ask the teacher next to you."
Ye Feng patiently and gently gave Mi Heng a reminder.
"Okay, I get it now!"
Mi Heng seemed to have figured it out after being reminded by Ye Feng. He immediately looked very excited and said directly: "A horse is stuck in the mud, and asks the old beast how to get out?"
puff!
Ran Maoshan had just lifted up the teacup, and the tea in his mouth spurted out with a loud bang. His face immediately became ferocious, and he almost dropped the cup on the ground.
"How dare you scold me? You bastard who betrays your teacher and ancestors!"
Ran Maoshan's old face was grim, and he was shaking with anger. Anyone who was called an old beast by his own students would feel uncomfortable! It was a great shame!
"Hahaha……"
Everyone present burst into laughter, and each of them looked at Mi Heng as if he was an idiot.
Many old Confucian scholars in the Su family could not help but laugh out loud. Thinking of the aggressive looks of Mi Heng and Ran Maoshan just now, and looking at their current miserable state, they could not help but admire Ye Feng in their hearts!
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! It's really wonderful. How did the King of Zhen Guo come up with this couplet? I admire him!" Cen Shenzi was obviously immersed in Ye Feng's couplet. He didn't care about the gloomy faces of Ran Maoshan and Mi Heng at all. He slammed the table and stood up, unable to help but exclaim in praise loudly.