Chapter 38 The Amazing Brother Meng

Tang Wenya did speak.

Just as a group of people led by Du Ping loudly counted down ten seconds, Tang Wenya opened the first of several folded pieces of paper in her hand, took a look and her face was filled with surprise.

But she quickly recited an ancient poem into the microphone, "Abandoning his wife and entering the palace of a real person!"

Not only does it perfectly connect to the word "qi", but the word "fu" is also a word that is rarely used in ancient poetry.

Hu Lizhen was stuck.

Zhi Chuchu quickly added, "The prefecture and the county are all about what happened yesterday."

The students watching the game below, after a brief silence, began to whisper to each other and admire the performance again.

"What poem did Tang Wenya's line 'abandoning his wife and entering the Immortal's Palace' come from? It sounds so unfamiliar!"

"It's very obscure. I don't know what poem it is. I've never heard of it before. I didn't expect Tang Wenya to be so extraordinary!"

"Zhi Chuchu is not bad either. This line, 'The prefecture and the county are following the same path as yesterday', is also very uncommon!"

"Zhi Chuchu is good, but the problem is that Zhi Chuchu is a top student in the Faculty of Arts and often plays this kind of poetry chain game, while Tang Wenya is the one who makes a splash!"

"Tang Wenya seems to be holding a few slips of paper in her hand. Did she bring cheat sheets?"

"Go to hell, there's no point in bringing cheat sheets. Can you be sure which line of poetry you'll get stuck on?"

"That's right , if I could bring cheat sheets with me, even hens would crow!"

"It seems that we have all misjudged her. Tang Wenya does have some real skills!"

...

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

Hu Lizhen and Zhi Chuchu on the stage also did not expect that when Meng Xin was finally stuck, Tang Wenya would actually come up with such a crucial line of poetry.

Zhi Chuchu started to panic , and after Meng Xin said, "The moon is bright and the buckwheat flowers are like snow," she added, "I know the arrival of spring in the snow."

Just as Meng Xin was about to say something, someone in the audience lazily shouted, "The person surnamed Zhi is eliminated. Meng Xin had already used the line 'In the snow I know the sign of spring has arrived' after Hu Lizhen's first line 'The sand in front of Huiluo Peak is like snow'!"

It is not allowed to use the same line of poetry repeatedly in the ancient poetry chain game.

However, in a challenge like this that is organized temporarily and without computer monitoring, even if the audience members are all listening attentively to catch mistakes, it is unlikely that they will be able to spot a repeated line of poetry in time after hundreds or thousands of lines of ancient poetry have been recited in succession.

So Zhi Chuchu could have gotten away with it, but no one could have expected that someone would be so sharp-eyed and smart, not only catching Zhi Chuchu's weakness, but even explaining the last time the phrase "In the snow I know the sign of spring has arrived" appeared clearly .

Everyone turned their eyes to the person who made the call and saw clearly that it was Meng Xin's brother Meng Hao.

Many people also immediately realized the mistake.

"After hearing what Brother Meng said, it seems that this poem has really been used by Meng Xin before!"

"It's not like, it's certain! This Brother Meng is so amazing that he could tell that this line has been used repeatedly among so many poems!"

"It's really awesome . The key is that he is also very good at boxing and calligraphy!"

"Yeah, yeah, where on earth did this guy come from? Is there anything he can't do?"

...

Everyone in the audience looked at Meng Hao with admiration.

Zhi Chuchu on the stage was dejected, but she also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because at least she didn't have to continue to offend Tang Wenya to death.

Under Hu Lizhen's murderous gaze, Zhi Chuchu jumped down from the podium.

Only Hu Lizhen, Meng Xin and Tang Wenya were left to continue the game.

Half an hour had passed at this time, and both sides had already recited hundreds of ancient poems. The more time went on, the more it tested their reserves of ancient poems, while also trying to avoid repeating verses that had already been used.

Even the cheers from the audience stopped, and everyone listened quietly as the two talented women continued to compete with each other.

There are two talented women, not three.

Because after Tang Wenya said the crucial sentence "abandoned his wife and entered the Zhenren Palace", he fell silent again, and it was still Meng Xin who fought against Hu Lizhen alone.

Until Hu Lizhen threw out the sentence "March 3rd at Jiuqu Pool", the word "three" at the end had appeared several times, and Meng Xin was stuck again. She opened her mouth again and again, but couldn't come up with the next sentence.

Hu Lizhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Du Ping and Zhi Chuchu in the audience , under the instruction of Hu Lizhen's eyes, quickly began to count down to ten seconds.

Everyone thought that Meng Xin was really hopeless this time. After all, they had been fighting for such a long time. Even though she had a huge reserve of ancient poems in her mind, she couldn't say that she could remember which lines she had used and which ones she had not used.

Then I heard Du Ping and Zhi Chuchu counting loudly, "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

Many people followed suit and counted.

"Seven, six, five, four..."

But, just when the number "four" was reported, Tang Wenya opened the second folded note and read out a sentence "Three mountains and half of them are outside the blue sky."

There was dead silence in the audience.

No one would have thought that Tang Wenya would always speak up at the critical moment.

Hu Lizhen was going crazy. She couldn't help but point her finger at Tang Wenya and screamed, "You cheated! You brought cheat sheets!"

"Try bringing a cheat sheet with you and see if you can write down the verses that you will get stuck on!"

Tang Wenya sneered and deliberately raised the note in her hand.

Everyone in the room saw with their own eyes that she actually turned the note over and read it before helping Meng Xin to finish the poem. For a moment, everyone was confused and talked about it.

"What's going on? She really brought cheat sheets with her?"

"It seems so! But the question is how does she know which sentence Meng Xin will get stuck on? Isn't this too magical?"

"It's not magical, I just think it's horrible!"

"It's quite scary. If she really has this ability, wouldn't we all have no secrets in front of her?"

"So this is impossible. She deliberately waved the note around just to piss off Hu Lizhen!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I agree with this analysis!"

...

Amid the discussions of everyone in the room, Hu Lizhen also realized that the cheat sheet was useless. What's more, Tang Wenya was much more powerful in talking than she was. If she continued to argue, she would only get herself angry to death.

So Hu Lizhen could only resist the urge to vomit blood and continue the game.

It’s a pity that in her impatient state, she continued with the line “Water plays with Xiang E’s pendant, bamboo cries, mountain dew and moon shine.”

Meng Xin followed with the next line, "The moon is high and the cold sand is clean, the wind is strong on the river in the autumn night."

Hu Lizhen was stunned for a moment, then she exclaimed in delight, "You've used this line of poetry before!"

Meng Xin was stunned and her face was instantly filled with frustration.

"Yes, I used this poem before, and I lost!"

Hu Lizhen couldn't help laughing.

The people in the audience were in an uproar.

"Meng Xin actually lost, what a pity!"

"Yeah, what a pity! I thought she would be able to show off her power this time!"

"Hu Lizhen's title as the Queen of Solitaire is well deserved!"

...

Everyone looked at Hu Lizhen with admiration, and Hu Lizhen's face was full of pride and arrogance.

"Meng, you are competing with me, ugh! And Tang Wenya, are you willing to admit defeat?"

Tang Wenya frowned and wanted to speak, but couldn't find a suitable rebuttal.

Hu Lizhen laughed wildly, "Chuchu, Pingping , we don't have to do laundry, cooking, and cleaning anymore. We have two cheap servants named Meng and Tang Wenya, so we can just enjoy our lives!"

Her laughter echoed throughout the hall.

Du Ping and Zhi Chuchu also wanted to laugh, but when they saw Tang Wenya's gloomy face, they didn't dare to laugh.

Just when Hu Lizhen was laughing so hard that her body was shaking and her mood was totally lost, another lazy voice sounded from the audience.

"Excuse me, when Meng Xin received the 362nd line of poetry, she said 'Peach blossoms follow the flowing water all day long'. What line did Zhi Chuchu follow up with?"

Hu Lizhen suddenly closed her laughing mouth.

Everyone else also turned their eyes to the person who spoke, and suddenly realized that it was still Meng Xin's brother Meng Hao.

"How can I remember?" Hu Lizhen stared and frowned, "What's the matter, Mr. Meng? You don't want to acknowledge your sister after she lost?"

"Of course you have to admit defeat, but first of all you have to be fair and just!"

Meng Hao said lightly and turned to look at Zhi Chuchu who was standing not far from him.

"Excuse me, Miss Zhi Chuchu, what line of poetry did you follow after the 362nd line of Meng Xin's poem, 'Peach blossoms follow the flowing water all day long'?"

"I..." Zhi Chuchu opened her mouth and closed it again, raised her eyes to look at Hu Lizhen on the stage, and replied with a stiff upper lip, "I don't remember either!"

"You don't remember, but I do. How about I help you recall it?"

Meng Hao sneered.

"At that time, Meng Xin said 'Peach blossoms follow the flowing water all day long', and the sentence you followed was the one Hu Lizhen just used again, 'Water plays with Xiang'e's pendant, bamboo cries in the mountain dew and moon'. It was also at that time that Meng Xin followed with 'The moon is far away, the cold sand is clear, and the wind is strong in the autumn river at night'."

"Then Hu Lizhen added the line 'The autumn moon is on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and the sound of the river flows around the painted bridge'. Meng Xin followed with the line 'The bridge is low and bent, and the pavilion is near and idle'."

"Hu Lizhen continued with the line 'Still the spring breeze has not abandoned me', and Meng Xin got stuck on the word 'abandoned' for the first time. Tang Wenya continued with the line for Meng Xin, 'abandoned my wife and walked into the Zhenren Mansion'."

"Well, do you remember it now? Do you want me to tell you the whole process?"

The whole place was dead silent.

No one could have imagined that there would be such a big twist, and no one could have imagined that someone would actually remember the entire process of the relay game .

Everyone stared at Meng Hao in disbelief for a long time , and then the sound of whispers rang out again.