Wu Xiaomeng did not notice the expressions on the faces of the people in the Lanting.
But she did notice the conversation between Gong Ju'ren and Su Yu.
It was then she realized that it wasn't this young pageboy who had been exchanging couplets with her, but Su Yu beside him.
"Su Yu, so it was you exchanging couplets. As expected of someone who wrote 'Qing Hua Ci' and 'Qian Bai Du Ting Yu', you're truly amazing. But this time, you lost."
After speaking, she smiled triumphantly. "Hehe, I'm sorry, but my upper couplet has many ways to be read. The one just now was only one of them. Besides being an alternating repetition couplet, it's also a reversed couplet. Xiuxiu is everywhere, mountains and waters everywhere."
All in all, she was a fan of the Su Yu and Lin Yanyu pairing.
She was actually competing with her idol.
Everyone present was stunned at first, then filled with surprise.
It was him who had been exchanging couplets with Wu Xiaomeng just now?
After the brief shock, they also came to understand.
Some people whispered, discussing Su Yu's identity.
Upon learning that this young man in white was actually the now hugely popular producer, Ting Yu.
There was another wave of exclamations from the scene.
However, it seemed Ting Yu had been tricked by Wu Xiaomeng, with a hidden trick in the upper couplet.
Thinking of this, the expressions on everyone's faces gradually became interesting.
This was a competition between the cultural circle and the entertainment circle, and of course, they supported Wu Xiaomeng.
"Brother Yu, what should we do?" Gong Ju'ren showed no embarrassment on his face after being exposed.
He was already very pleased; he had enjoyed his moment of glory.
"Your mission is complete. The rest is up to me," Su Yu smiled.
He wasn't deliberately hiding it; he just wanted to help Xiao Gong vent his frustration.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it with a live broadcast.
After speaking, Su Yu stood up politely, looked at Wu Xiaomeng, and said with a faint smile, "I'm sorry, my lower couplet is also a reversed couplet. Qiqi is good, always rain, always sunny."
When he finished speaking.
The crowd on the scene let out a gasp.
Wu Xiaomeng clearly hadn't expected that his lower couplet would also have a hidden trick.
Immediately, she said anxiously, "My upper couplet has a different meaning when paused. Shui Shui Shan Shan Chu Chu Ming, Ming Xiu Xiu."
Su Yu calmly replied, "Coincidentally, mine is the same. Qing Qing Yu Yu Shi Shi Hao, Hao Qi Qi."
Hearing this, Wu Xiaomeng almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. "My upper couplet can also be read separately! Water everywhere bright, mountains everywhere beautiful, mountains and waters beautiful!"
"Well, it seems mine can too. Sunny and good, rainy and strange, sunny and rainy are strange."
"..."
Wu Xiaomeng uttered more than ten different readings in a row.
All of them were matched by Su Yu.
She stood there like a sculpture, her face full of disbelief.
This upper couplet couldn't be matched so perfectly even by her father.
How did Su Yu manage it?
And the people present, their eyes wide open, were equally incredulous.
No wonder it was called a "timeless clever couplet," it actually had over ten readings!
The most outrageous thing was that Su Yu had actually matched this couplet!
Are you a god?!
Ridiculous!
Absolutely preposterous!
In the live broadcast.
The screen was filled with bullet comments.
"Amazing! So strong!"
"I crown Ting Yu the king of couplets!"
"Unbelievable, Ting Yu has such profound attainments in couplets!"
"Too outrageous, he actually matched it, and so perfectly!"
"What's more outrageous is that he only took a few dozen seconds to match it!"
"Why is he handsome, writes great songs, sings well, and can also match couplets?"
"Ting Yu is on fire!!"
While the live broadcast audience was shocked, the influential figures in Lanting were even more stunned.
They had studied this upper couplet for a long time, and many had offered lower couplets, but they were all slightly off. They didn't expect Su Yu to complete the lower couplet in such a short time, and this result made them feel somewhat ashamed.
Wu Xiaomeng came back to her senses, like a deflated ball, and slumped onto the ground.
"I... I lost." Although she was reluctant to admit it, she had indeed lost.
And she had lost thoroughly.
She was utterly crushed.
Then Su Yu suddenly asked, "Aren't you continuing?"
"Huh? No, I don't think so..." Wu Xiaomeng said with a dejected expression.
How could she continue?
You've gotten addicted to matching couplets?
The strongest couplet I had, you matched it. What else do I have left?
There's nothing left.
And, I'm your fan, couldn't you spare me some face?
"I have an upper couplet here, and I'd like to ask for your advice, or Brother Shen Chun can also try. Everyone present can give it a try." Su Yu clearly had no intention of letting her off easily.
How could he let off those who dared to gang up and bully Xiao Gong so easily?
"Brother Yu, thank you." Gong Ju'ren was deeply moved, knowing Su Yu was standing up for him.
And after Su Yu spoke, everyone's expression turned a bit displeased.
Arrogant.
Too arrogant!
He was challenging everyone present!
"Alright, I'd like to see what brilliant upper couplet you have!" Seeing how arrogant he was, Wu Xiaomeng no longer cared about being a fan or an idol.
The crowd also began to flex their muscles, ready to teach this presumptuous kid a lesson.
Are you really rebelling against heaven, one person daring to challenge our entire cultural circle!
"Listen carefully, my upper couplet is, Yan Suo Chi Tang Liu."
After speaking, Su Yu looked at everyone with a faint smile.
When they heard this, the first reaction was, only five characters, so simple?
However, after careful consideration, they realized something was wrong.
At this moment.
Wu Tian, the president of the Poetry Association in Lanting, his face changed drastically. "Hiss... what a marvelous upper couplet!"
"Indeed, Yan Suo Chi Tang Liu, a tranquil pond, surrounded by green willows, shrouded in mist, a beautiful artistic conception," Shen Lingyun nodded.
But Wu Tian shook his head, picked up the pen and paper.
With a stroke of his brush, the five large characters "Yan Suo Chi Tang Liu" appeared on the paper.
"Savor it again," Wu Tian looked up at Shen Lingyun.
The latter, after approaching, frowned. After a while, he instantly gasped, "This... who can match this??"
Shen Lingyun admitted he had misjudged.
He had initially thought this was just an upper couplet with beautiful artistic conception.
After studying it, he discovered it was a perversion!
That's right, so perverse that he wanted to curse.
The radicals on the left side of this upper couplet were respectively embedded with the five elements of "fire, metal, water, earth, and wood." Achieving such a beautiful artistic conception, these two points alone were enough to describe it as perverse.
Moreover, Shen Lingyun also perceived different artistic conceptions from this upper couplet.
In other words, if one could settle down and study it, different meanings could be derived.
However, now was not the time for research.
Besides them.
The literati by the water channel also discovered the mystery.
All looked astonished.
They scratched their heads and pondered hard.
For a moment, the quiet scene was filled with sighs.
Too difficult!
This question is too difficult!
After a long while.
Wu Tian sighed and said to Su Yu in the distance with a complex expression, "Young friend, could you tell us the lower couplet?"
"I only have the upper couplet," Su Yu spread his hands.
On Earth, someone had indeed matched the lower couplet.
However, they were all slightly off.
It was like someone matched "Tao Ran Jin Jiang Di." Although the parallelism was very precise, and it also contained the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, it was not perfect. "Jiang" is a level tone, failing to match the upper couplet's "Tang" (level tone) with an oblique tone. The character "Di" was also too common, with too little meaning, not worthy of the word "Liu" which ancient people placed countless meanings upon.
Others like "Deng Shen Cun Si Zhong," "Pao Zhen Hai Cheng Lou," etc., were all slightly off, failing to achieve a perfect lower couplet.
Therefore, this upper couplet can be considered a true "timeless absolute."