In the eyes of these scholars, Cui Geng has a total of two identities: one is "Zhigongju", who controls their future and destiny.

The other is "Zhang Changzong's lackey" and "the villain who won the favor of the saint by relying on two crooked poems", which is despised by others.

In this case, what he has received is naturally two completely different treatments. Some people are desperate to stammer, and the words are flooding. Some people look on coldly and don't want to "break their eyebrows and bend their waists to the powerful".

Cui Geng is 100% convinced that if it is a one-man meeting, the number of people who dare to look at him coldly will never exceed a single digit.

But now, in the atmosphere of "the law does not blame the public", "he doesn't know me anyway", and "I can't be looked down upon", the people who look at Cui Geng coldly account for about sixty percent.

Therefore, despite the flood of words from the people around him, Cui Geng still feels quite tasteless.

Suddenly, he turned his head to one of the loudest young men beside him and said, "What's your name?" ”

The one happily grinned to the back of his head and said, "Qi Qi Cui Kaogong, the little one is called Li Linfu." ”

Burst~~

Cui Geng originally just asked casually, but when he heard the name, he squirted out the tea soup in his mouth, and said, "What? ”

Li Linfu!

Li Linfu with a honey-bellied sword!

Li Linfu, who suppressed An Lushan!

The key figure of the Tang Dynasty from victory to decline, Li Linfu!

Is it really him? Or is it just the same name?

Li Linfu also wondered, and said, "What? Is there anything wrong with this name below? ”

"Uh, nothing." Cui Geng asked, "Your uncle, but is Shangyi Fengyu Jiang Rouyuan?" ”

"Exactly, Cui Kaogong doesn't recognize his uncle?"

Hearing this, Cui Geng secretly thought, then he can't be wrong, the person in front of him is the famous traitor Li Linfu in history!

He said: "This official doesn't know Jiang Fengyu, but I have heard for a long time that Jiang Fengyu has a nephew, Li Linfu, who is outstanding in literature and is a pillar of the country. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name! ”

Depend on!

As soon as Cui Geng's words fell, all of a sudden, almost all the tributes secretly cursed this word in their hearts.

Without it, everyone has been together for so long, and they all understand that Li Linfu's literary talent is neither above two hundred and five, nor below two hundred and five, but one or two hundred and five!

Who said that Li Linfu is outstanding? There's no one at all?!

There is no doubt that the Cui Sigong in front of him didn't know where to learn Li Linfu's identity, and when he saw that he was doing a good job, he opened his eyes and said nonsense.

Grandma's, as soon as the eight words "outstanding literary talent, pillar of the country" come out, even if Li Linfu's exam paper is written as a piece of, he can be a jinshi! Otherwise, wouldn't Cui Ying want to slap herself in the face?

Suddenly, countless pairs of envious, jealous and hateful eyes fell on Li Linfu's face.

Li Linfu had no consciousness of becoming the target of the public, and slapped his ass wildly: "Small...... Ah, no, even if a student is a little talented, how can he compare to you, a teacher? Compared with you, I am undoubtedly fluorescent than Haoyue, grass chicken than phoenix, not enough to worry about teeth, not enough to worry about teeth! ”

The titles of "teacher" and "student" are undoubtedly Li Linfu's bricks and nails, and he wants to recognize Cui Geng as a "teacher".

In fact, the reason why Cui Geng said that just now was just to hide the embarrassment of squirting tea soup, but he didn't expect so much. It was only now that he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

The water was difficult to recover, so Cui Geng had to change the topic and said, "Before the official came, I don't know what you were talking about?" ”

Li Linfu replied: "Everyone is embarrassed by one person. ”

"Who?"

"No, it's just down there."

Someone said yes and came out of the crowd. This person is about twenty-three or fourteen years old, gentle and elegant, and a gentleman like jade, which makes people feel good at first sight.

Cui Geng especially noticed that some of the tributes just now were full of words for themselves, and some people looked at them coldly, but this person was neither humble nor arrogant.

He asked, "Who is your surname and where is your origin?" ”

"In Xia, it is Shaozhou Gongshi Zhang Jiuling."

"Zhang Jiuling?" This time, Cui Geng finally calmed down and didn't show anything unusual, but there were already storms in his heart.

He thought to himself, grandma, I really came today, and I actually met two future prime ministers in a row.

If Li Linfu is a famous traitor in history, then this Zhang Jiuling is a famous virtuous minister. So much so that after his death, when Tang Xuanzong was elected prime minister, he always had to ask: "Is your demeanor as Jiuling?" ”

Cui Geng asked, "Zhang Jiuling, how did the tributes make it difficult for you just now?" ”

"Where, it's Brother Li who is laughing." Zhang Jiuling bowed slightly, and said: "In the next year, when I was frivolous, I had a few pairs, and they spread, so that they had a false reputation of "good pairs". Now that there is a dragon and a crouching tiger in Luoyang City, there are many people who want to take the school exam next time to see if it is in vain. ”

"And what was the result?"

"Uh...... At the beginning, the few pairs could barely support it, but the last pair was considered for a long time and only now has some eyebrows. ”

"What the hell is the subject?"

"The upper link is: the three rays of the sun, the moon and the stars."

This couplet is really difficult to say. The three corresponds to necessarily "not three numbers". However, the three lights are followed by the sun, moon and stars. If the thing you want to follow after this number, if it corresponds to this number, the number of words will not be right.

I have to say that these tributes are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and it is really difficult for them to think of them.

Of course, although this uplink is wonderful now, it will become a rotten street thing in later generations.

Cui Geng deliberately suppressed these tributes, and said: "This upper link is really interesting, this official is itchy for a while, and he came up with a lower link." Why don't we write it together? ”

"Yes!"

On the occasion of literati gatherings, of course, there is no shortage of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. After a while, Zhang Jiuling's lower link was already written, and as for Cui Geng's lower link, it was also ghostwritten by Wei Shifang.

Then, the two lower links were announced together, and they turned out to be exactly the same as the four books of Yasong!

"Wonderful, that's right! It's a perfect match! ”

"Exactly, the four books are Feng, Daya, Xiaoya and Song, isn't it Fengya? It matches the sun, moon and stars! ”

"This can definitely be right, this Jiuling is really not simple!"

"It's even more simple, Cui Kaogong immediately came up with the next link, but this Zhang Jiuling thought about it for nearly a quarter of an hour. Who is high and who is low, do you still need to ask? ”

……

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. The people present were all experts in pairs, and they immediately talked about it, praising Zhang Jiuling's literary talent, and by the way, they also had a lot of high regard for Cui Geng.

There are even many people who secretly think in their hearts that the hereditary Cui Ying is fortunate to rely on a few crooked poems, I am afraid that it is actually His Majesty's discernment, and Cui Ying's literary talent is indeed far above us!

Cui Geng struck while the iron was hot and said: "Zhang Jiuling, your name of "good right" has also been heard by this official. However, it seems too arbitrary to conclude your literary talent with this one couplet alone, and the official still wants to test you. ”

Cui Geng, as a knowledgeable tribute, inspects the literary talent of the lifter, which is really a matter of course, Zhang Jiuling said: "Cui Gonggong, please ask the question." ”

"Okay, you listen well:" Plant bamboo shoots in front of the court! ”

Zhang Jiuling groaned for a while, and then said: "Plant flowers and elder branches behind the temple." ”

Cui Geng said with a smile: "What this official means by Shanglian is that the bamboo planted in front of the courtyard grew bamboo shoots first. ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "The meaning of this next link is that the flowers planted behind the temple have grown old branches. ”

Cui Geng said again: "My Shanglian has another explanation, which is that the bamboo planted in the courtyard does not grow well, and Mr. Teaching cut it, so it is: "Mr. Bamboo planted in front of the court is damaged."

Zhang Jiuling smiled slightly, and immediately continued: "There is also a layer of meaning in the next couplet, which is that the flowers planted behind the temple were slanted by the wind, and the elders in the temple used wooden sticks to prop it up, so they said: "The elders planted flowers behind the temple." ”

Cui Geng laughed: "The solution is very good, but, Zhang Jiuling, you don't know, I have a third meaning, I am talking about planting bamboo in front of the court, and Mr. Teaching asks others, what is the reason?" So it is: Mr. Zhuzhu asked before the trial. ”

Zhang Jiuling said unhurriedly: "Cui Kaogong, don't worry, there is another meaning in this next link, which is to say that flowers are planted behind the temple, and the little monk hurriedly went to tell the elder, and the elder said that I already know." So it is: the elders who plant flowers behind the temple know. ”

"That's right, that's good! Today's peony garden pair should be a good story for the ages! ”

"One pair can make so many tricks, serve! I'm convinced! ”

"Today, Zhang knows that there are people outside the world, and there are people outside the sky!"

……

Cui Geng and Zhang Jiuling skillfully used homophony, and the answers were fluent, and they both showed excellent literary talent. After the battle, all the tributes applauded.

But at this moment, a discordant voice suddenly sounded in the crowd, saying, "What's good? In my opinion, these two are quite ordinary! ”