After Yang Guoliang pointed out the fatal flaw in Zhu Ping'an's couplet, he crossed his arms and looked at Zhu Ping'an with a sneer.
In his eyes, Zhu Ping'an was just a grasshopper in autumn, with nothing to jump about.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Ping'an, like spotlights.
"It's not absurd, nor is it ridiculous."
Zhu Ping'an, the focus of the teacher's farewell banquet, seemed as if nothing had happened, as if Yang Guoliang was not pointing out a problem but praising him. His pair of black eyes smiled as he glanced at everyone, and finally met Yang Guoliang's eyes. He smiled and shook his head, and replied seriously.
ha
When Zhu Ping'an said this, everyone was stunned.
"hehe... ... "
Yang Guoliang was so angry that he laughed at Zhu Ping'an's answer.
"You use five directional words and five five-element words to match my ten numerical words. Isn't it ridiculous?" Yang Guoliang laughed angrily.
"Haha, Master Zhu, you can't afford to lose, right? Your five directions and five elements are obviously not in antithesis with the ten numbers. Master Zhu is the top scholar, you can't be confused about such a simple rhythm of antithesis?" Ma Huating looked at Zhu Ping'an and laughed loudly, "Spring is matched with summer, autumn is matched with winter, evening drum is matched with morning bell... I have a book called 'Children's Antithesis Formula', I can give it to Master Zhu to read after the banquet today."
"hehe... .."
There was a burst of laughter at the teacher appreciation banquet.
"Dr. Yang is wrong."
Amidst a burst of laughter, Zhu Pingan said lightly.
Well?!
What?!
The teacher appreciation banquet was filled with laughter.
then
The laughter got louder.
I have never seen such a thing before.
It was obvious that his answer was wrong, but not only did he not admit his mistake, he also blamed the test setter for making mistakes.
What? Should I ask questions based on your answers?!
"Ahem, hehe, it can be like this. Um, um, hehe, Lord Zhu is right. It is Dr. Yang who is wrong. Dr. Yang, how can your first couplet be ten numbers? It should be five numbers and five other words. Only in this way can it match Lord Zhu's second couplet. Hahahaha... Dr. Yang, you still don't admit your mistake? Hahahaha..."
Ma Huating looked at Zhu Ping'an mischievously, almost laughing with tears in his eyes, and said to Zhu Ping'an in a mocking tone, "Cooperate."
"Hehe..." Yang Guoliang looked at Ma Huating with a smile on his face, "Master Ma, why are you also making trouble?"
“Hahahaha…” Ma Huating smiled and cupped his hands, and he couldn’t stop laughing.
"Master Zhu, stop joking."
Yang Guoliang looked at Zhu Ping'an with a sneer, like a benevolent teacher facing a naughty child.
"No."
Zhu Pingan shook his head, bowed to Yang Guoliang, and said seriously, "Master Yang is wrong. I did not use the second couplet with five directional words and five five-element couplets, but the second couplet with ten directional words."
ha
What the hell
What did Zhu Pingan say just now? He said that he did not use the second couplet of five directional words and five five-element word pairs, but used the second couplet of ten directional word pairs? !
Did I hear that right?!
Did I hear it wrong, or is Zhu Pingan just too arrogant? !
How dare you say such words?!
Zhu Ping'an, ah Zhu Ping'an, you actually dared to lie with your eyes open in broad daylight in front of everyone. I'm afraid your face must be thicker than a city wall!
Don’t be too safe in life!
After Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, the entire farewell banquet fell into silence!
Everyone looked at Zhu Ping'an in amazement, as if they were looking at an alien.
"Ahem..."
Yang Guoliang started coughing violently, his face turned red with anger, and veins popped up on his neck.
Brat!
You are so shameless!!
If you had any dignity at all, you wouldn't say such shameless words as you just said.
"You... do you think we are all deaf?"
After coughing, Yang Guoliang's face turned red and his neck became thick. He pointed at Zhu Ping'an, his fingers trembling with excitement.
"Tsk tsk, in ancient times, Zhao Gao in the Qin court called a deer a horse. I wish I could never see the scene at that time. But, haha, fortunately, Lord Zhu's actions today have allowed me to fulfill my wish."
Ma Huating looked at Zhu Ping'an with a mocking expression and said sarcastically, mocking Zhu Ping'an for lying with open eyes. He clearly said five directional words and five five-element words just now, but he insisted that there were ten directional words. The level of shamelessness of telling lies with open eyes is comparable to that of Zhao Gao in ancient times.
Just now you said that Dr. Yang was wrong. I thought you were the one who refused to admit your mistake and blamed Dr. Yang for making a mistake in the first couplet.
That's shameless enough.
I didn't expect you could be even more shameless and actually call a horse a zebra!
Ma Huating really felt that he had underestimated Zhu Ping'an's shamelessness.
"Master Zhu, we are all not deaf... Your second line is 'Pacify 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', right? I confirmed this with you at the beginning, and everyone can testify to this. 'East, West, South, North, and Center' are five directional words, and 'gold, wood, water, fire, and earth' are five five-element words, so how can there be ten directional words? Haha..."
Yang Guoliang shook his head and sneered.
"You can't stop learning." Zhu Ping'an looked at Yang Guoliang, shook his head slightly, and advised him seriously, "Although Dr. Yang is a doctor of the Five Classics, he can't stop learning."
ah
Are you lecturing me
How can you, who can't even make a couplet, be qualified to lecture me
Ma Dan
So angry!
After listening to Zhu Ping'an's consolation, Yang Guoliang was so angry that he was about to fume.
"When you have time in the future, Dr. Yang should read the Book of Changes more often." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.
ha
What are you talking about? Are you sick?!
Your change of topic is really too abrupt, isn't it?!
At this moment, Yang Guoliang was so angry that his hair stood on end! He really wanted to take off his shoes and throw them at Zhu Ping'an's face to test the thickness of Zhu Ping'an's face.
"Taiji gives birth to two opposites, two opposites give birth to four images, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements are mutually generated and restrained, and have their own order. There is also the theory of the five directions. 'Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth' correspond to 'east, west, south, north, and center', and the five elements are the five directions. The sun rises in the east, vivid and lifelike, similar to wood; the south is hot, with scorching sun, similar to fire; the Central Plains is fertile and suitable for growth, similar to earth; the sun sets in the west, shining with golden light, similar to gold; the north is cold, freezing cold, similar to water. Therefore, it is said that the east belongs to wood, the west belongs to gold, the south belongs to fire, the north belongs to water, and the earth belongs to the center. Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth represent the five directions of east, west, south, north, and center respectively."
"So, Dr. Yang, you are wrong. Ping An's second line just now corresponds to the ten directions, not the five directions plus the five elements."
Zhu Ping'an looked at Yang Guoliang with burning eyes, smiled slightly, raised his teacup and saluted Yang Guoliang from a distance.
Drink it all in one gulp.
At the end, he praised exaggeratedly, "Good tea..."
Yang Guoliang, who was originally furious, collapsed to the ground after listening to Zhu Ping'an's theory of the five elements and five directions.
He knew about the theory of the five elements and five directions...
Yang Guoliang, who was slumped there, looked like a young wife who had been ravaged a hundred times, like a puddle of mud.
The eyes that were originally like fighting cocks now looked hopeless, and they shifted their gaze awkwardly, looking for a crack in the ground...
"Well?!"
"So that's it, so that's it... It really is ten directional words..."
After a few seconds of silence, the teacher appreciation banquet suddenly became buzzing.