Chapter 2408
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Everyone was shocked.
What did Ye Changsheng mean？
Was he going to challenge all of them？
Suddenly, everyone was furious.
”Ye Changsheng, you are too arrogant！」
”I admit that your poetic talent is unparalleled, but it’s too much to look down on us like this.」
”Everyone, come on together and defeat Ye Changsheng！」
「……」
There was a chorus of condemnation at the scene.
Fortunately, saliva can’t drown people, otherwise, Ye Qiu would probably have died thousands of times already.
Even the civil and military officials of Great Zhou felt that Ye Qiu was too arrogant. After all, all the people participating in the competition for the son-in-law had extraordinary backgrounds and unique skills.
Although Ye Qiu was awesome at writing poems, matching couplets tested quick-wittedness.
”Young Master Ye is too overconfident.」
”In case he loses, then the position of the son-in-law of Great Zhou will be out of his reach.」
”If he loses, the emperor will lose face, and we will also lose face. Who asked the emperor to issue an order for him to be the son-in-law of Great Zhou.」
「……」.
On the other side.
Wei Wuxin and Qin Jiang and the others were all overjoyed in their hearts.
Ye Changsheng, you are courting death！
Since Brother Ye is so confident and wants to challenge all of us then let’s have a contest with him. “Qin Jiang smiled and said,” Everyone, quickly think of a good first line of a couplet. Later, we’d say it out and let Brother Ye pair it.
Wei Wuxin looked at Ye Qiu and said, 「Brother Ye, what if you lose this round？」
Ye Qiu said, 「In my dictionary, there is no such word as lose.」
Arrogant！
Wei Wuxin said, 「Be prepared for the worst. What if you lose？」
Eunuch Wang said, 「Ye Changsheng, how about we make a bet？ If you lose, give up competing for the title of the Great Zhou’s consort.」
「Okay.」 Ye Qiu grinned and said, 「But if I win, you have to slap yourself three times in front of everyone here. How about it？」
「Fine！」 Eunuch Wang readily agreed.
「How about you guys？ Do you want to bet？」 Ye Qiu swept his gaze over Wei Wuxin and Qin Jiang and the others.
「Bet！ Just as you said.」 Wei Wuxin and Qin Jiang and the others replied in unison.
If they lost, at most they would just slap themselves three times. But if they won, Ye Changsheng would completely have no chance to be the consort of the Great Zhou.
The few poems and lyrics he wrote earlier would also be in vain.
So what if you have extraordinary poetic talent？
So what if it’s an earth-shattering masterpiece？
As long as you lose, we will have a chance to be the consort of the Great Zhou and embrace the beautiful woman.
Just thinking of Ning’an’s peerless appearance, the group of people was excited.
「Alright, let’s not waste any more time. Let’s start！」 Ye Qiu said with a smile. 「You’d better come up with something more difficult. If I win effortlessly, you’ll lose a lot of face.」
Just be arrogant. You’ll be crying later.
Everyone snorted coldly in their hearts.
「Who will go first？」 Qin Jiang asked.
「Since I proposed the competition, then I’ll go first！」 Eunuch Wang cleared his throat and said, 「Ye Changsheng, listen carefully. My upper couplet is: A single lonely boat, with two or three lascivious guests on board, using four oars and five sails, passing through six shoals and seven bays, experiencing eight bumps and nine jolts. Alas, it’s very late.」
Immediately, many people on the scene lowered their heads and contemplation.
The beauty of this couplet lies in the embedding of the numbers from one to ten, and the difficulty of answering is extremely high.
Who knew that just as everyone was racking their brains, the Long-browed True Man laughed.
「Hahaha, isn’t it just from one to ten? What’s so difficult about it?」
「Little brat, I’ll help you with the lower couplet.」
The Long-browed True Man said： 「A couple, two people work hard, support three children, and there are also four elderly people. Empty six wallets, no rest for seven days, spend eight hundred thousand, buy a ninety-square-meter unfinished building. Life is very difficult.」
After the words fell, someone said.
「Although it contains ten numbers, the artistic conception is far worse.」
「Moreover, Eunuch Wang’s upper couplet is from one to ten, and your lower couplet is also from one to ten. The order of the numbers has not changed, so it doesn’t match.」
「The number of characters also exceeds…」
True Man Longbrow said： 「Understood, it should be from ten to one, right？ Okay, I have another second line of the couplet.」
Ten years of hard study, nine years of compulsory education, couldn’t find an eight-hour job gave up the seven emotions and six desires, bowed to make a living, running around everywhere, saved a little bit not enough for a hospital bed.
Ye Qiu looked at True Man Longbrow in surprise.
What a talent！
Weren’t these two second lines of the couplet a true portrayal of the secular world？
「Old thing, your couplet is not bad, but it doesn’t match. Let me do it！」
Ye Qiu didn’t want to waste time and directly said the second line of the couplet.
「Ten years of studying hard, entered ninety-eight academies, threw away the seven emotions and six desires, studied the Five Classics and Four Books hard, took the exam three or two times, and must pass today.」
The people at the scene changed their expressions.
Ye Qiu’s second line of the couplet was flawless.
This kid has a quick reaction.
Duke Wang narrowed his eyes and said another first line of the couplet： 「The reed on the wall, with a heavy head, light feet and shallow roots.」
Damn, this old thing is mocking me.
Ye Qiu immediately countered： 「The bamboo shoot in the mountain, with a sharp mouth, thick skin and empty belly.」
Damn it, still mocking me!
Duke Wang’s eyes turned cold and he continued： 「Wangjiang Tower, looking at the river flow, looking at the river flow on Wangjiang Tower, the river tower has lasted for thousands of years, and the river flow has lasted for thousands of years.」
Ye Qiu said without thinking, “Poetry competition platform, poetry competition talent, on the poetry competition platform, the poetry platform is peerless, and the poetry talent is peerless.」
As soon as this second line of the couplet came out, countless people cursed Ye Qiu in their hearts.
Damn it, you actually took the opportunity to praise yourself, shameless.
Qin Jiang said, “The first line of the couplet of Father Wang is poetic and artistic, with a lofty style. Brother Ye, your second line of the couplet is a little bit worse.」
”I have another couplet.” Ye Qiu said, “The moon-printing well, the moon shadow is printed, in the moon-printing well, the moon shadow is printed, the moon well is ten thousand years old, and the moon shadow is ten thousand years old.」
Qin Jiang’s face turned green.
With such a good second line of the couplet, you have to wait for me to speak before you take it out and use it. Ye Changsheng, if you want to slap me in the face, just say it directly.
Father Wang had already noticed that Ye Qiu was not easy to deal with, so he said to the others, “You play with him first, and I will think about it again.」
Next, Wei Wuxin, Qin Jiang, Qin He, Zhuge Chaoyang, and those who still wanted to compete for the title of the emperor’s son-in-law launched a wheel battle to besiege Ye Qiu.
”This wood is firewood, and every mountain has it;」
”Because of the fire, there is smoke, and there is more every evening.」
”The silkworm is the insect in the world;」
”The wild goose is the bird by the river.」
”The green bamboo in the wind, the wind flips the green bamboo and the bamboo flips the wind;」
”The white plum in the snow, the snow reflects the white plum and the plum reflects the snow.」
”The pine leaves and bamboo leaves are all green;」
”The autumn sound and the wild goose sound are all cold.」
For a while, the main hall was a fierce battle.
Back and forth, tit for tat.
Soon, half an hour passed.
Ye Qiu fought alone against the crowd, looking calm and composed. in contrast, those competitors, each with a sweating forehead and scratching their ears and cheeks in a hurry.
Ye Qiu sneered in his heart. I have read the Complete Collection of Couplets since childhood. How could you possibly be my opponent？
He was sitting lazily on the chair and kept urging： “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. I’m so impatient waiting.」
”Geniuses, don’t be cowardly！」
”Come up with the upper couplet quickly！」
Wei Wuxin and the others had resentment all over their faces.
Writing poems is so powerful, and the couplets are also so fierce. Is this Ye Changsheng still human？
”Got it！」
Suddenly, Father Wang, who had been meditating for a long time, suddenly shouted, and then looked at Ye Qiu and said: “Listen well, my upper couplet is…”
”Smoke locks the pond willow！」
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