Brother so proud

It is a nine-story lighthouse, the first five floors are anagrams, and the last three floors are pairs. It is said that one of them is a pair from the county magistrate. As for the last floor, shopkeeper Song deliberately bought a pass and did not say anything.But He Ze thinks it's about poems and songs.In order to be worthy of this lamp leader, such a topic can be considered painstaking.

You know, this is just a small town, and literacy is already rare.

"Brother, are you sure?"

"No." He Ze shook his head frankly.Even if he can recognize all the characters that Yuan Bo has learned, he is still only a semi-literate person now, and the only thing he can rely on is probably the distant memory, most of which are still vague.

Fortunately, the first three lantern riddles are not difficult, can they be regarded as basic questions?They all appeared at the Lantern Festival in previous years, and only one of the more than 30 people was registered.He Ze looked back at his original memory, and it was easy to answer.

The man held up a long pole and hit the red lantern on the fourth floor, and a piece of white paper folded in half fell down.Looking at the high-spirited people under the viewing platform, he opened the white paper, and shopkeeper Song smiled, "This fourth lantern riddle, please listen to it carefully, 'When you draw it, it's round, when you write it, it's square, it's warm, it's not It's cold' type a word. Similarly, when the half stick of incense in my hand is burned, the time will come."

Shopkeeper Song raised the already lit incense in his hand, saying it was half a stick, but it was actually only about one-third of a stick of incense.As the incense mist curled down, many contestants showed embarrassing expressions.

"Do you know?" He Ze turned his head and asked the two of them, He An and Lin Yu shook their heads one after another.

"Coincidentally, I don't know either. If we don't answer one question, we will be out. What should we do?"

How to do?Salad.

"'Drawing is round, writing is square, warm with it, cool without it'..." After reading the puzzle silently, He Ze concentrated for a while, then picked up the brush on the table and drew a circle on the paper , and drew another square, the tip of the pen poked the paper one after another, leaving black ink dots one after another.

When most of the paper was covered with ink dots, he wrote the word "warm" in the "circle" and the word "cool" in the "square". The round warm things are square when written. ...

"I see."

"What?" He An became excited.

"The sun," He Ze pointed to the sky, "that's the word '日'."

That's right, the "day" of this world is also square.He Ze turned the white paper over and wrote it squarely, "Look."

"Brother's writing is really good." Even if I can't read it, the charm of the words is too great.Lin Yu's eyes were full of admiration and awe.

He Ze frowned. Last time he bought two sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones and books on children's enlightenment, he just wanted to find a time to teach the two of them how to read, but it was never on the agenda. It seems that tonight Go back and plan well.

As for He An and Lin Yu's ability to learn how to read, let's see if he can still boast about his calligraphy... Ahem, maybe, probably, it's possible.

Just as he was thinking about it, the incense burned out.When Shopkeeper Song read out the correct answer, He An was so happy that he jumped.

Five people were eliminated in this round, and the atmosphere became tense.

"Now I have the last crossword puzzle in my hand. I don't know how difficult it is. Everyone pay attention to the question 'Look at the mountains from a distance, but listen to the sound of the water. It's a simple five-character quatrain, and it's also for everyone to guess a word, half a stick of incense, hurry up! Haha!"

Shopkeeper Song smiled kindly, but all the contestants frowned in unison.If the fourth round of the puzzle is difficult because of the "new" and knocked out a lot of people, the fifth crossword puzzle will add an "odd" word on the basis of "new", this one plus one is far greater than two.

As expected, Deng Kui is not so easy to win!

The three of He Ze knocked on the table, knocked on the table, bit their fingers, and wandered in the sky, and finally looked at each other, but they couldn't think of a Chou Yinmao.

"Brother, isn't it, this is the fifth round!" He An's tone was depressed, as if he had seen the three of them leave the field sadly.

"Don't worry, isn't it too late? The incense is only half burned!"

"Yes, you have to have confidence! Maybe you can figure out the answer after my elder brother and I say this sentence?"

"Brother!"

He An was annoyed, and He Ze shook his head with a smile.

"It's fine if you can't figure it out, but He Ze, how did Chunhua read the third sentence of the riddle just now?" Lin Yu asked suddenly.

"Ok?"

"Read it to me again, are quatrains poetry? I think I heard Uncle Xu mention it. The mountains, water, flowers, and birds are quite similar to those painted on the horse riding lantern!"

"'Look at the mountains from a distance, but listen to the sound of the water near, the spring is gone, the flowers are still there, and the birds are not surprised when people come.' Well, it does look like it, but there is a beauty missing..."

"Wait, wait!" He An raised his hand suddenly, his voice was full of excitement, "Brother, it doesn't look like it! It does!"

"What is it?"

"Painting! It's not like, that is, the answer to this crossword puzzle is 'painting', right!Only the dead objects in the painting can be colorful and silent, the spring is gone and the flowers are there, and the birds are not alarmed when people come, right? ! "

The word "painting" flashed through his mind, and He Ze patted He An on the shoulder, "You see what brother just said is right, you are much smarter than brother!"

"Guess right?" Lin Yu's brows also relaxed.

"Well, not far from ten."

Sure enough, time ran out and they made it through the fifth round.Sixteen people were defeated in this round, which was frantic.

When it was the turn of the pairing session on the next three floors, Shopkeeper Song personally invited two people to come on stage. They were two well-known scholars in the town. attended class.

When Shopkeeper Song read out the first couplet on the sixth floor, "Lights in the sky and the world are shining brightly", He Ze casually read out the second couplet "Beautiful night, people reunion", and it passed smoothly.

He An was overjoyed.

The difficulty of the seventh floor is increased again. The title is a palindrome "everywhere red flowers are red everywhere". Perhaps the red flowers and green trees are too easy to read. He Ze wrote "heavy green trees and green trees", which is quite correct , successfully entered the next round as expected.

The competition was in full swing. At the end of this question, there were less than ten contestants sitting around the stage, and a tense atmosphere fermented in the crowd.

"Seven rounds have passed, and what I hold in my hand is the final question on the eighth floor. This question was written by Mr. Zhou, our parent official in Qiongchuan County. His Excellency was born with Jinshi, and he is very talented. This time You have to do your best! Please also listen to the first couplet "The goat goes up the mountain, the mountain touches the goat's feet, baa bleat", everyone, please read the second couplet!"

After finishing speaking, the audience quieted down, and shopkeeper Song nodded slowly.

"Sheep..." He An bit his finger, "Brother, he wrote sheep, can we write pigs?"

"What's the name of the pig?"

"Hmph, hum..." He An studied hard with his tongue against his throat.

"Cough, that's a good cry." He Ze couldn't help laughing.

"Stupid! Your brother is bullying you again!" Lin Yu poked He An's head bitterly, then turned to "teach" He Ze, "It's really good for you, brother? !"

"Yes, yes, I made a mistake... Seriously, pigs should not work. The last three words 'baa baa' in the couplet are not only onomatopoeias, but the most important thing is that they can also pull out a 'sheep' Literally, if we want to be right, we have to cover everything.”

It is not only necessary to find an animal whose call is onomatopoeia, but also the onomatopoeia can be separated from the animal itself in the writing of this world. Only after thinking about these can we start to match the pair.

"Sheep is the upper line, pigs are not allowed, dogs, dogs are not allowed, chickens..." The word "chirp" in this world can extract the word "chicken", but only chickens can "chirp". It's "giggle" and it's not exactly safe for this one either.

All the way to this point, He Ze was eager to win and tried his best.

Time passed bit by bit, and the incense in the censer became less and less.

This is the penultimate hurdle. After passing this hurdle, Dengkui is only one step away, but this is only the second.For most contestants, this level is more important than winning the lamp.

They are all scholars, and the only thing they want in their lives is fame and official positions.Shopkeeper Song said just now that the county magistrate personally asked this question. If he can answer a good sentence and show his face in front of Lord Zhou, he can give him some advice during the county examination. That is not comparable to a single lamp.

Therefore, not only He Ze, but also the few remaining contestants in the audience racked their brains and thought hard.

Seeing that the incense was about to burn out, He Ze still didn't write.He An glanced at him, "Brother?"

He Ze was stunned for a long time, then turned his head to look at him.

"Brother Lin, brother, he..."

"Hush... Let's wait for him to think about it." Lin Yu put his hand to his lips and made a silent movement.

"Xiao An, what does the cat call?" After a while, He Ze suddenly laughed.

"Meow?"

He Ze laughed even more heartily, "Before you asked me if I was sure, but now my brother told you that there are already five points. As for the other five points, it depends on whether God will give you face in the last round."

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for He An's answer, and slowly picked up the pen.The moment I just put down the pen, the ashes of the last burnt incense stick in the incense burner suddenly collapsed, leaving only a few extinguished sparks.

Time is up.

Unsurprisingly, this round was the Shura field. The two "judges" either frowned intently, or stroked their beards and smiled. It took less than half an hour for the result of the competition to be announced by shopkeeper Song.

Only three people got through.

He Ze, a middle-aged uncle, and Qian Sun sitting opposite him.He Ze was not surprised that Qian Sun was able to stay. After all, Guan Du, as the student with the highest expectations of his master in the academy, naturally has real talents and practical learning.

He Ze was right about cats: "Flower cats play flowers, flowers are fans of flowery cat eyes, meow meow", and the middle-aged uncle was right about the chicken he had thought of before. As for Qian Sun, the second couplet he handed in was the most neat, " The buffalo goes into the water, the buffalo's horns are flooded with water, "moo moo", the upper and lower lines of a sheep and a cow, one "up" and one "down", can be called absolute.

Seeing that Deng Kui's affiliation was about to appear on top of the three people sitting in the audience, the crowd was uproarious, and some people even set up a bet on the sidelines.

"Brother, why don't we go for a gamble too? Buy us and win!" He An's tone was so excited that he almost took money out of He Ze's pocket.

"You're quite courageous, aren't you afraid that I'll tell Mom and Dad when I go back later?"

"Brother!" He An stomped his feet hard.

"Here, here you are! But this is only for this one time, not for another time!" He Ze threw out a small amount of silver, "Remember, buy number nine to win."

"Yeah, thank you brother!" He An caught Yinzi, ran two steps away beamingly and then stopped suddenly, "Brother, we are not number nine? Did you remember wrongly?"

"Just buy No. [-], the one opposite us."

"Ah..." He An was obviously unhappy, "Why?"

"In the last match, the average chance for each of the three players to win is one-third. If we win, you can go home with the horse-riding lamp later. Even if you don't win, there will still be half Is there a chance to make money?"

He An was stupefied by He Ze, and it took him a while to recover, "Then why don't we buy the other two, so that if brother doesn't win, we have a [-]% chance to make money! "

His eyes lit up at the thought.

"...You are a ghost, what do you ask so many, I believe you brother, go!" He bought Qian Sun Ying based on his knowledge of Guan Du, as for the other one, he didn't know anything about it.

He An curled his lips and carefully squeezed through the crowd.

At this moment, the last test question finally floated down from the wonderful horse-riding lantern on the top of the tower. The words of shopkeeper Song verified He Ze's previous guess.

The last test question is a poem. Write a poem with the theme of Lantern Festival.

"Oops, what if God doesn't save face for the remaining five points?" He Ze sighed when he heard the title.

The author has something to say: Chapters 78,79,80, 77, and [-] have been moved to Chapter [-], and these three chapters are replaced with new content.