Rise From the Humble

As the sun set, the entire capital was resplendent. The streets were bustling with people, but no one paid attention to this magnificent scenery.

An inn with unusually prosperous decoration was completely silent at this time, and no one paid attention to the beautiful scenery.

In the inn, a young man in plain clothes looked innocently at the shocked store clerk opposite with his mouth twitching and looking disgusting. His dark eyes turned like beads, and he raised the corners of his lips and asked softly:

"Why, can't you say it's not possible? What about this, the mountains and springs on Jingquan Mountain are quiet, and the sky is connected to the water and the tail water is connected to the sky; or, the mountains and springs on Jingquan Mountain are quiet, and the fog is locked on the top of the mountain."

When the grumpy store clerk heard this, his eyes were red and he almost cried!

It's not like this. Others couldn't come up with a second couplet after thinking hard for a long time, and they were happy for a long time when they came up with one. The whole room only came up with three couplets just for this couplet! !

You'd better change one word to one, change two words to one, change three words to one, then change all two words, and now you throw out two more words! In the blink of an eye, you can make a couplet. In the time it takes a glass of water, you can make 7 couplets with just one couplet!

Even drinking water is not so fast!

The store clerk looked at the innocent-looking Zhu Ping'an again. The store clerk felt like he saw a monster!

After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, he turned his attention to the shop assistant again, with an innocent look on his face and his mouth slightly open.

Seeing that Zhu Ping'an seemed to want to talk again, the store clerk nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay," lest the young man would nod too slowly and casually throw out a few couplets. His little heart really couldn't withstand the blow.

The people in the store who were concentrating, meditating, and puzzling all looked at the poor country boy in simple clothes in front of them with shocked expressions, as if they had seen a ghost.

There was silence throughout the inn.

However, a voice soon broke the silence of the room.

"Well, if you show two couplets to each other, you'll get free board and lodging for the day, right?" Zhu Ping'an paused after the store clerk nodded, and then asked again.

The shop clerk's eyes were dull and he nodded numbly and mechanically.

Then, the store clerk was shocked again, his eyes widened, and he looked at Zhu Pingan with a shocked expression.

You, you. What are you doing?

The look in her eyes was as if a little girl walking alone on a remote road was suddenly cornered by a strong man with malicious intentions!

"Free board and lodging means you can eat whatever you want for free, right?"

The plainly dressed young man opposite saw his face beaming with joy, and his dark eyes instantly became as clear as the summer sky, with a fiery, honest and straightforward look.

The shop clerk nodded again, looking at Zhu Pingan in shock, his hands trembling a little.

Then, everyone's eyes in the entire lobby focused on Zhu Pingan again.

After Zhu Pingan received a positive answer from the store clerk, he slightly raised his lips and looked up at the couplets hanging on the railing on the third floor, moving from the first couplet to the second couplet.

Then, everyone was even more shocked, because when they compared the couplets in this inn, everyone chose the ones that they thought were easier from the six couplets. They did not do them in order. If they did it in order, it would be more difficult. For themselves In other words, maybe the latter one will be simpler than the previous one. Now, seeing Zhu Pingan looking at the second couplet in order, he was shocked.

This kid can't be pretending.

No matter what everyone thinks, Zhu Pingan's eyes have now fallen on the second couplet. This couplet is much longer than the first couplet. It is too long and the difficulty is also increased a lot. This couplet has a total of 28 characters, and the content is as follows:

On Baita Street, the yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits north and faces south to strike things.

If you just look at the content, this couplet should be a favorite couplet that the owner of this inn copied in front of the blacksmith shop in some corner. There are seven colors in this couplet: white, yellow, red, black, cyan, indigo, and purple. The colors are embedded in nouns and verbs respectively. After the couplet, there are four direction words: east, west, south, and north. The most important thing is What's interesting is that this couplet strings these elements together and has a theme of a blacksmith making iron. In this way, this couplet is very difficult.

"Has anyone else corrected this couplet?" After Zhu Pingan read the couplet, he pointed at it and asked the shop assistant next to him.

"There is a pair." The store clerk's voice was trembling.

"Oh, then read it out and save me from accidentally repeating it. Don't worry, I won't change the words this time." Zhu Pingan said with the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"On Baita Street, the yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits from the north and faces south to strike things; the ancients and the later generations read Zuo Zhuan, studied the right army, and paid homage to the minister. , sit in the middle hall, and ask his subordinates to go out and enter the prime minister to be crowned kings."

The shop clerk opened the thin book with trembling hands, turned to the second page, and read the couplet again. The voice no longer had the arrogance and contempt it had before, but only shock and uneasiness.

"Aspirational, so magnanimous." Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an slightly raised the corners of his lips and said in praise.

A well-dressed young man in the lobby pushed the young man named Vincent next to him with his hand and said with a smile, "That boy complimented you on your heroic spirit."

The young man named Wensheng next to him looked at Zhu Pingan and smiled casually, "I'm curious about what kind of second couplet he can come up with."

"Are you so sure that he can write the second line correctly?" The well-dressed young man looked at his friend Vincent and asked.

"Don't you believe it?" The young man named Vincent turned to his friend and asked.

"Hahaha, I believe it." The well-dressed young man raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

As soon as the conversation between the two teenagers ended, Zhu Ping'an in the audience had already begun to recite the couplet he had written softly:

"On Baita Street, the yellow blacksmith makes a red furnace, burns black charcoal, emits green smoke, flashes blue light, and tempers purple iron. He sits north and faces south to strike things;

Zhoukoudian, a Qin scholar, memorized Han Fu, recited Tang poems, filled in Song lyrics, sang Yuan operas, observed the history of the Ming Dynasty, and looked at the Spring and Autumn Period through winter and summer. "

good!

As soon as Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, there was a burst of applause in the lobby, and then many people slapped their heads in sudden realization, regretting that they had not thought of it earlier.

This young man creatively combined the seven dynasty names of Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming that we are all familiar with with Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, etc. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the names of the four seasons. , Look at the age corresponding to playing things. The most important thing is that if the artistic conception of the first couplet is like blacksmithing, then the artistic conception of this young man's second couplet has risen to the realm of "everything is inferior, only reading is good", which is simply amazing.

This young man is really not easy.

In the lobby, for the first time, everyone focused their eyes squarely on Zhu Ping'an.