Chapter 36 Announcement of Answers
"Not long after, people began to submit their answers one after another, but not many people submitted their answers, only less than one-third of the people present. Obviously many people were stumped.
Some people sighed with regret, others scratched their heads and thought, and some people had bright eyes, and Shen Linfeng was obviously one of them.
The first couplet written by Miss Xie was difficult, but Shen Linfeng still answered it perfectly. He glanced at Wang Kang and saw that Wang Kang had also written the answer and submitted it.
I was disdainful in my heart, how could the prodigal son answer the first couplet correctly when it is so rare? He must have written it randomly and would be humiliating himself by handing it in.
Because all answers will be announced later.
After a while, no one submitted any more, and all the answers were now in Miss Xie's hands.
"Since all the answers have been submitted, let's start the announcement now. Let's take a look at everyone's answers." Miss Xie said with a chuckle.
At her instruction, a dedicated waiter from Manxiang Pavilion began posting answers.
Everyone writes on the same paper, a long strip of white paper, so it can be easily hung on the guardrail on the second floor.
"Open it!" Miss Xie ordered softly.
Under her instructions, all the papers were rolled out at this moment, and all the answers appeared in front of everyone.
Wang Kang didn't look at it and just drank tea. He was truly confident and didn't care about anything else.
Shen Linfeng and Dong Hui glanced around, looking for Wang Kang's answer, but they couldn't find it after looking around.
This shouldn't be the case. We clearly saw that he handed it to the waiter just now. Could it be a piece of white paper among them?
There is a blank piece of paper with nothing written on it among the submitted answers, so it must be his.
The two looked at each other and then laughed.
This prodigal son is really humiliating himself. Since he didn't write the answer, he also handed in a blank piece of paper. Anyone who will submit it later can answer it, and they can find you even if you don't sign your name.
"Read it!" Miss Xie ordered again. It turned out that someone had arranged to read all the submitted answers aloud for everyone to judge. This method is also the most fair.
"The first one is that when I meet a jade fish, I want to fish for it,"
Deacon Wu of Manxiang Pavilion, who specialized in reading, read loudly: "This is the answer given by Mr. Zhang Lanfeng, Mr. Zhang."
"That's good. The lines are neat and tidy. Just like Miss Xie's first couplet, it also tells a story."
"Master Zhang is a great talent! Congratulations!"
Hearing what Deacon Wu was thinking, everyone present looked at a young master, he was Zhang Lanfeng.
Zhang Lanfeng responded with clasped fists, looking low-key, but the pride in his eyebrows could not be concealed at all.
"Master Zhang, this is the right alliance," Miss Xie decided at this time.
"Haha, thank you for your love!" Zhang Lan was overjoyed.
"The second rule is that a tree loses as many trees as a summer tree... This is what Li Wenlin and Mr. Li are dealing with." Deacon Wu continued to read without pausing.
"How come there are only five characters here, but the first couplet written by Miss Xie has seven characters!"
"Presumably Li Wenlin couldn't figure it out!"
"However, these five characters are neat, but not complete. What a pity, what a pity!"
But at this time, Miss Xie suddenly said: "Young Master Li is also a talented person. It is not easy for him to know these five characters. This couplet has a long artistic conception. It is a pity to cut it off. It is better to let the slave family supplement it. I also hope that Mr. Li will Don’t be surprised!”
"Although Miss Xie is a woman, she has amazing talents. It's an honor to be complemented by Miss Xie. Miss Xie, please do me." Li Wenlin stood up and said.
"Then it would be disrespectful for me to refuse, my supplementary couplet is, Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu" said Miss Xie in a sweet voice.
"Good couplet, good couplet, just adding two words, the artistic conception is completely different, and it matches the first couplet." Li Wenlin looked surprised, "Thanks to the talent of the girl, Li Mou is willing to be defeated."
"Thank you Mr. Li for your compliment, but this test cannot be considered as Mr. Li passing it." Miss Xie said with another smile.
Seeing this scene, Wang Kang also looked at the charming woman on the second floor with surprise. This girl was indeed talented.
Next, Deacon Wu read out the answers again. Some answered correctly, and some did not understand at all, but overall there were still few correct answers.
At this time, Deacon Wu had already read out the eighth answer, and people naturally followed it.
In an instant, there was a burst of laughter, because the writing was so ugly, crooked and twisted...
Damn it, I must practice calligraphy when I have time. Wang Kang was a little embarrassed, because that was exactly his answer.
"The answer on this paper is, fog... covering? Wu, house fog... nothing?" Deacon Wu read hesitantly. He wiped his sweat and the word was too difficult to recognize.
Hearing this, some people didn't hear clearly because Deacon Wu's words were not clear, and looked confused, but Shen Linfeng's expression changed.
How is this possible? How come this answer is the same as mine? Is it the same? Shen Linfeng thought in surprise.
But Miss Xie on the second floor's eyes lit up, and she said softly: "Read it again. Maybe you didn't hear it clearly just now."
"The fog covers the black house, the fog is nothing," Deacon Wu read it again smoothly, "This is the complete answer, he is..." Mr. Turtle stopped, with a look of surprise on his face.
The fog covered the black house, and many people murmured, then suddenly realized.
"Wonderful, this couplet is wonderful. Even if the couplets are of the same pair, there are naturally higher and lower levels. In addition to the seven characters of the first couplet written by Miss Xie having the same pronunciation, there is actually another hidden point."
"That is, the first smoke is used as a noun, and the second smoke is used as a verb. There was a couplet before. Although the couplets are neat, this point is not outstanding."
"This couplet is very good!" Miss Xie also commented.
Humph, you guys are quite knowledgeable. Wang Kang snorted coldly after hearing the comments around him.
"It's just that who definitely did it?"
"Yes, announce the signature quickly!"
Deacon Wu looked at everyone and said with some difficulty: "The author of this couplet is Wang Kang of the Earl of Fuyang!"
"Ah, why is it him?"
"You can't be mistaken!"
"Is there anyone with the same name? But there is only one Wang Kang here!"
Suddenly, the whole hall was like a fried pot, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Kang, full of disbelief.
At this time, Shen Linfeng stood up with an ugly face and asked loudly: "Are you sure the signature is Wang Kang? Please confirm it carefully."
"Of course I am sure." Deacon Wu said. He also knew why people had this question. How could such a neat couplet be written by Wang Kang?
"This is impossible. I suspect that you were bribed by Wang Kang and deliberately pronounced his name." Shen Linfeng blurted out in desperation.
This fool, Wang Kang looked at Shen Linfeng like an idiot.
Chapter completed!