Chapter 72: Battle Again (One More Update, Please Collect)

  Li Yunqing was known as the "Absolute Unparalleled"... He had defeated Shi Yigui, who was once known as the "King of Beijing", and since then Li Yunqing had never lost a battle despite being challenged many times.

  But this time was different, as Li Yunqing looked at Jiang Xia's mouth corner revealing a faint smile, he had already begun to feel a subtle unease in his heart.

  A lone mountain, a solitary temple, a general with his sword and horse. Such an absolute perfect couplet, yet the opponent responded lightly and effortlessly, this kind of skill in responding to couplets is by no means ordinary. If Li Yunqing had always been full of confidence when facing anyone before, now his confidence has begun to waver.

  Li Yunqing took a deep breath and stretched out his right hand in a "please" gesture towards Jiang Xia, saying, "Please go ahead with the first line."

  Jiang Xia thought for a moment before simply saying five words: "Smoke Locks Pond Willow".

  A five-character couplet, this seems easy at first glance.

  Standing beside Jiang Xia, Liang Wenhuan was also worried and hastily said: "Brother Jiang, what's going on? Why are the number of words in this couplet getting fewer and fewer as we speak? Just now, Li Yunqing at least said over ten words, but Brother Jiang directly gave out five words. Isn't it too simple to be intentional?"

  "Smack!" Wang Wenbo finally couldn't help but slap Liang Wenhuan's head, saying irritably: "Do you think couplets are harder just because they have more words?"

  "Isn't it?" Liang Wennan asked weakly.

  Wang Wenbo lowered his voice and said, "Think carefully about Jiang's upper verse, 'Smoke locks the pond willow'. My god, I've never encountered such a wonderful upper verse. If Li Yunqing can come up with a matching verse, I, Wang Wenbo, will cut off my head and use it as a stool for him to sit on."

  "Is it that mysterious? Quickly tell me, what's the mystery behind those five words in the upper phrase?" Liang Wenhuan hastily asked.

  Wang Wenbo smiled and analyzed it for Liang Wenhuan: "Think about it, 'Yan Suo Chi Tang Liu', although only five words, each word's radical is different, but when combined, they just happen to make up the 'Metal Wood Water Fire Earth' Five Elements. If Li Yunqing wants to come up with a matching couplet that is also neat and tidy, he would have to find five words with radicals that are also 'Metal Wood Water Fire Earth', and at the same time, the literal meaning should be passable, this is probably more difficult than ascending to heaven."

  After listening to Wang Wenbo's analysis, Liang Wenhuan also bowed his head and calculated for a moment. He muttered to himself: "The radical of 'smoke' is 'fire', the radical of 'lock' is 'gold', 'pool' is 'water', 'pond' is 'earth', and 'willow' is 'wood'. Hmph...". Liang Wenhuan took a slight breath, and exclaimed in surprise: "I didn't expect it to be true - metal, wood, water, fire, earth. Brother Jiang is really impressive, no wonder he's Master Li's disciple."

  Look at Li Yunqing again, he was indeed as worried and frowning as Wang Wenbo had expected. He kept thinking with his finger in his mouth, while Jiang Xia stood aside smiling without urging him. In the end, it was the onlookers who were attracted by their Xunwen Literary Society and surrounded them, making a noise of dissatisfaction.

  "Alas, can you do it or not? If not, then admit defeat. Look at others, they only used a moment's effort for their couplet, and look at you, I'm afraid even the time it takes to drink a cup of tea has passed."

  "It's just like this, at this speed, it's probably a loss anyway."

  "Right, how about considering having reunion dinner at the end of the year and then talking about the next couplet?"

  Listening to the villagers' discussions, Li Yunqing finally gave up struggling. His face turned red and white, and he could only let out a long sigh and say to Jiang Xia: "I couldn't think of a matching couplet... you won."

  "Oh." Jiang Xia nodded slightly.

  Seeing Li Yunqing's lack of reaction, Jiang Xia asked: "What? Is that it?"

  Li Yunqing's face turned red, and he naturally understood what Jiang Xia meant. According to the agreement, Li Yunqing lost but had to kneel on the ground and knock three loud heads, shouting "I admit defeat" three times. This condition was naturally difficult for Li Yunqing to accept, and if he really did it, he might not be able to lift his head again in the capital for the rest of his life.

  Li Yunqing said awkwardly: "Can... can't we change the condition? This is really... really a bit humiliating."

  "Shame on you! I'll admit defeat if I lose. But will you let me off if I win?" Jiang Xia pointed to the ground and said, "Are you going to kneel or not?"

  As he spoke, the steel knife in Jiang Xia's right hand was slightly raised, and Li Yunqing only then remembered that this guy was not only a bookworm, but also a roughneck who would draw his sword at the slightest provocation. Don't you see, the guy next to him who had been kowtowing and apologizing has already fainted from kowtowing?

  Li Yunqing gritted his teeth, just as he was about to kneel down when suddenly a man in white clothes beside him supported him. The man elegantly opened up a folding fan with the words "Sun Mo Wen" written on it.

  Li Yunqing turned his head and looked at Sun Mowen, calling out: "Brother Sun."

  Sun Mo Wen nodded slightly and bowed to Jiang Xia, saying: "This brother, just now Yun Qing indeed lost to you, and according to reason, he should fulfill the gambling agreement. However, I have an unreasonable request, and I hope you can agree."

  "You've already said it's an unreasonable request, which means you're making a demand that you know is impolite. Since you yourself think it's an impolite and unreasonable request, yet still hope I'll agree to it, your nerve is quite impressive."

  "You..." Sun Mo Wen's face turned red, he didn't think that Jiang Xia was like a mosquito, as long as there was a gap, she could take a bite, and his previous sentence "unwilling invitation" was just a polite phrase, but he didn't expect to be caught by Jiang Xia and ridiculed.

  The students of Guozijian behind Jiang Xia couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  At this moment, the crowd surrounding him suddenly burst out in cheers, "Mo Wen, go for it, we support you!" "Mo Wen, we love your poems so much, go for it!" "Mo Wen, you're so handsome..."

  Jiang Xia looked around and suddenly shouted in his heart, "What the...? This guy who looks like a baseball bat actually has fans? And not only that, but also... female fans?"

  Jiang Xia adjusted his hairstyle, put his hands behind him and slightly raised his chin, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle. He said in an affected tone: "What's this impolite invitation you're talking about? Spit it out."

  Sun Mo Wen first waved his hand at the fans, causing another round of screams. Then Sun Mo Wen said with a smile: "I'd like to make another bet with you, if I lose, I'll kneel down with Yun Qing and shout 'I admit defeat', but if you lose, I won't ask you to kneel down. I just hope you can cancel the bet with Yun Qing and shout 'I admit defeat' three times, how about it?"

  "You're good at taking advantage, I won just one more bet, but if I lost, not only would I have to pay out on a bet, but also throw in three 'I give up's. Is your family from a landlord background? Isn't your dad named Zhou Bapi? Oh no, Li Bapi."

  Sun Mo-Wen's face turned red, and according to Jiang Xia's words, this was indeed not very fair to Jiang Xia. He was about to open his mouth to change the bet, but Jiang Xia waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it. Our prestigious Imperial Academy is not comparable to your small private academies. How can we compare? Let's draw a few lines instead."

  Sun Mo-wen thought for a moment and said, "Alright, let's ask the seven young ladies present to come up with seven different topics. Then, either you or I can choose one of the topics, and we'll both compose a poem within seven steps according to the chosen topic. After that, let everyone judge whose poem is better."

  Jiang Xia didn't dwell on it either and nodded: "Alright, as you say."

  Sun Mo-wen smiled and turned around to face the direction with the most girls in the crowd, bowed and said: "I would like to invite seven young ladies."

  "I..." "Mo Wen, choose me..." "Mo Wen, can you write down the poem you just made and give it to me as a keepsake?"

  Looking at Sun Mo's grand entrance, Jiang Xia secretly said to herself: "For now, let you show off for a while, and wait till I see how I'll slap your face. Comparing poems with a transmigrator? Isn't that like Old Man Star hanging himself, isn't he tired of living?"

  Soon after, Sun Mo Wen picked out seven girls and each of them wrote down a topic and folded it up.

  Then Sun Mo Wen and Jiang Xia dodged for a while, and finally Sun Mo Wen went to choose a topic. When he opened it up, the topic was very simple: "Peach Blossom".

  Sun Mo-wen looked at Jiang Xia and smiled: "Brother, do you have any objections to this topic? If not, then let's begin."

  "Alright." Jiang Xia nodded.

  Sun Mo-wen nodded and walked a few steps ahead, fanning himself with his folding fan. He then turned to Jiang Xia and bowed: "Brother, I'll take the lead in this humble display."

  "Thousand-leaf peach blossoms surpass a hundred flowers, solitary glory in springtime stays youthful. If you want to avoid the worldly Qin people's sight, know that I'll boast of old companions by the river source."

  "Good!" As soon as Sun Mo Wen's poem was recited, the people around Xun Literary Society immediately applauded, and Sun Mo Wen's "fans" were even more enthusiastic in their applause.

  Even Jiang Xia had to admit that Sun Mo Wen was quite capable.

  It's already difficult enough for him to come up with a poem in such a short time, but what's even more impressive is that he can also pretend to be a B while doing so, which makes Jiang Xia sigh in admiration.

  The first two lines of Sun Mo's poem roughly mean that he is too excellent to be understood by outsiders, and the last two lines mean that he wants to retreat to the mountains and forests, no longer asking about the worldly troubles.

  It's obvious that this is a "hidden in plain sight" good B. How can Sun Mo Wen not be such a noble and elegant person?

  However, Sun Mo-wen's formidable strength has caused the people of Guozi Jian to worry. They are afraid that Jiang Xia will not be able to cope and at the same time hope that Jiang Xia can once again burst forth with a miracle and defeat Sun Mo-wen.

  After Sun Mo finished reciting the poem, he first waved his hand to stop the cheers of his "fans", and then said to Jiang Xia with great elegance: "How about it, brother? If you feel that you haven't thought it through yet, I can give you a little more time."

  Jiang Xia looked at Sun Mo Wen with a faint smile, shook his head and said: "Sorry, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.

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