This is true for wine and tea. I am the commander-in-chief, so I have the final say...
Mr. Liu's words were like a sweet and cool breeze that passed through Yang Guoliang's heart!
"Mr. Liu is wise."
After listening to what Mr. Liu said, Yang Guoliang almost couldn't help but applaud for him. To Yang Guoliang, what Mr. Liu said was like a sweet rain in a drought and a beacon in the sea of fog. Yang Guoliang listened to it and felt happy in his heart.
It’s really like giving you a pillow just because you feel sleepy.
Yang Guoliang felt an irrepressible excitement and joy surge up in his heart. His heart was beating like a mad bull, and he couldn't control it no matter what.
Huh... ...
suck... ...
After taking a deep breath, Yang Guoliang calmed down his excitement a little, and turned his head leisurely to look at Zhu Pingan.
Seeing Zhu Ping'an's stunned expression, the mad bull in Yang Guoliang's heart began to jump uncontrollably again.
Hahaha.
What a turn of events, it's my turn today. You embarrassed me this morning, now it's your turn.
"Conquer two rivers, arrange eight formations, go out six times and capture seven times, light forty-nine lanterns on Wuzhangyuan, all for the sake of fulfilling three wishes."
I did not come up with this couplet casually. I was studying the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" last year. I was inspired by reading the fifteen volumes of "Book of Shu". I worked hard and racked my brains for ten days to come up with this couplet.
This is my original work, and it is unique and difficult to surpass.
After coming up with this couplet, I also tried to come up with the second line. However, a year has passed since I came up with the first line last year, and I still haven’t come up with a suitable second line.
Because the first line of my couplet is absolutely absolute.
I believe that although it is not an eternal truth, it is also a hundred-year truth that few people can match in the past few decades or hundreds of years.
After I came up with this idea, I kept it in my heart, hoping that it would make a splash at the critical moment.
Today is the critical moment!
I got wind of it when I received the imperial edict in the morning, and I got confirmation from Ma Huating in the morning. Today's lecture was in the open, but in fact, the emperor was selecting tutors for the two princes! The tutors for the princes were legitimate imperial tutors, not just one-day imperial tutors like today's lecture.
Once you are appointed by the emperor as a tutor to the prince, fame, wealth and honor will be easily within your reach!
Good steel should be used on the blade!
Therefore, Yang Guoliang took out the rare couplet that he had treasured for a year without hesitation today.
The effect is ideal.
When Yang Guoliang's perfect couplet came out, the whole audience was shocked. Everyone frowned and started thinking hard.
Ha ha
As for Zhu Ping'an, it was a complete surprise for Yang Guoliang.
Thank you, Mr. Liu!
Yang Guoliang once again suppressed his excitement and looked at Zhu Ping'an leisurely and with great interest.
"Hiccup..."
Just at this moment, Zhu Pingan burped.
Ha ha... ...
You deserve it! You choked to death! You just ate like a pig, like a rice bucket, and you choked! It's your own fault!
Want some tea
You’re dreaming!
It’s not easy to match my couplet. Not to mention today, even this year, I don’t think you have a chance.
Yang Guoliang looked at the burping Zhu Ping'an, as if he had seen the funniest scene in the world. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were filled with smiles.
"Haha, Zihou, take the order." Old Master Liu looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile and joked.
"Burp... Mr. Liu, can we make a deal? Let me drink some tea first, and then take the military order." After burping, Zhu Ping'an held the teacup and discussed with Mr. Li with an embarrassed smile.
"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain and cannot be delayed." Old Master Liu smiled and shook his head.
Everyone started laughing and looked at Zhu Ping'an with interest.
"Uh, well, take the order safely."
Zhu Ping'an held the teacup in one hand and clasped his hands with the other, cupping his hands and responding.
Seeing Zhu Ping'an accept the order, Yang Guoliang's mouth corners couldn't help but curl up, as if he had won the lottery, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
"Hiccup..."
Before Zhu Ping'an finished accepting the order, he burped again.
hehe.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and Yang Guoliang laughed the brightest among them.
"Lord Zhu may have been busy enjoying the food just now and didn't hear my first couplet clearly, so let me repeat it again. My first couplet is 'Conquer two rivers, arrange eight formations, go out six times and capture seven, forty-nine lanterns are lit on Wuzhangyuan, all for the sake of fulfilling three wishes.'" Yang Guoliang looked at Zhu Ping'an with kindness and repeated the first couplet with a smile.
"Busy enjoying delicious food? Haha, Dr. Yang's words are really humorous." Ma Huating laughed.
"Oh..." Zhu Pingan said and nodded.
Oh, oh, oh you, you act as if you can figure it out, Yang Guoliang pulled the corner of his mouth in disdain.
However, the next second, the corners of Yang Guoliang's mouth twitched.
"Oh, I'm really thirsty. Please forgive me and let me make a couplet first. Please give me a cup of tea." Zhu Ping'an said, then holding the teacup, he politely bowed to everyone and said softly.
What
This requires a second line first
No need to think?!
Everyone was stunned. Yang Guoliang's couplet was very difficult. They had just been thinking about it for a while and still had no clue. How could Zhu Ping'an come up with the second line? !
impossible?!
Yang Guoliang's eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth twitched in shock. After I came up with the first line, I spent a year thinking about it but couldn't come up with the second line. Now you can come up with the second line just after hearing the first line? Impossible!!! I don't believe it!!!
My couplet not only includes the numbers from one to ten, but also the life story of Zhuge Kongming, the Marquis of Wu.
hehe.
You must not have even understood the hidden trap of my couplet. You thought it was an ordinary couplet, so you self-righteously came up with a second line that is actually not antithetical at all!
Yes, that must be it.
Yang Guoliang nodded, believing in his guess.
"Hiccup... My second line is 'Conquer Western Shu, pacify the Southern Barbarians, make peace with the East and resist the North, the central army's tent changes the earth, wood, and gold, and the water surface can be attacked with fire.'"
Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, Zhu Ping'an burped, then slowly and calmly opened his mouth and came up with the second half of the couplet.
As soon as Zhu Ping'an sang the second line, everyone was struck by thunder. The banquet to thank teachers was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
Yang Guoliang was completely stunned, as if he had lost his soul. He stared at Zhu Ping'an in a daze, like a piece of wood.
"Good! Conquer two rivers, arrange eight formations, go out six times and capture seven, light forty-nine lanterns on Wuzhangyuan, all for the sake of fulfilling three wishes; pacify Western Shu, pacify the Southern Barbarians, make peace with the East and resist the North, change the hexagrams of earth, wood, and gold in the central army tent, and use fire attack on the water."
Prince Yu's cheers broke the tranquility of the teacher appreciation banquet. After hearing Zhu Ping'an's second line, Prince Yu couldn't help but praise him, then repeated the couplet softly and couldn't help but nodded again.
The first line of Yang Guoliang's couplet describes Zhuge Kongming's life's achievements, and the second line of Zhu Ping'an's couplet also describes Zhuge Kongming's life's achievements. Yang Guoliang's first line is brilliant, and Zhu Ping'an's second line is clever. It is really a rare and wonderful couplet.
There was a gleam in Gao Gong's eyes when he looked at Zhu Ping'an, as if at this moment he was really looking at Zhu Ping'an seriously.
"Yeah." Old Master Liu also smiled slightly and nodded at Zhu Ping'an.
"Sorry for the poor performance." Zhu Ping'an bowed to everyone, then held the teacup and put it to his mouth, but he didn't drink it yet.
"slow!"
At this moment, a hurried and excited voice sounded.