Chapter 1335: There Are Always People Beyond People

No one expected Ning Chen to match the couplet so quickly.

There was no possibility of seeing the questions in advance, after all, Lady Gongsun Ze had said so himself.

The crowd on the scene began to murmur, and the situation instantly reversed.

"My heavens, this, this, this, this is too amazing!"

"Isn't this a direct crushing? He actually matched it, and it fits the mood of the day perfectly."

"Didn't Mr. Lady Gongsun just say he thought of his upper couplet for three years?"

"There is nothing more to say; the victory and defeat have been decided."

Hearing the words of those around him, Lady Gongsun Ze's face looked very bad; he regretted saying that he had thought of that line for three years.

Lin Yi was extremely proud, looking as if he himself had matched the couplet; this kid had to provoke their Brother Ning, and now look, he got slapped in the face!

Ning Chen seemed not to hear the words of those around him or see Lady Gongsun Ze's iron-green face, and continued to speak: "I will give Brother Lady Gongsun another lower couplet: Eight eyes plus He, celebrating the year, the month, and the peace!"

As soon as this line was spoken, the scene erupted in enthusiastic applause; these were two lower couplets, found in such a short time.

Lady Gongsun Ze was now in a terrible state; he never expected to hit a steel plate with him.

He had never seen the other party here before and thought the other party was just an unknown nobody, but he never expected them to be so powerful.

Lady Gongsun Ze steadied his mind and forced a smile: "Brother Ren is indeed powerful; I wonder how Brother Ren is addressed?"

Ning Chen spoke calmly: "My surname is Ning, no need for courtesy."

Ning Chen did not tell the other party his name; the meaning was clear, he did not want to befriend the other party, which was another slap in the face for Lady Gongsun Ze.

"Brother Ning, since that is the case, let us proceed to the next one."

"This time it is a whole line of poetry; please listen."

"The lotus picker is at the green poplar ford, at the green poplar ford a new song; a new song sings like jade, the singing like jade is the lotus picker."

This used the ending as the beginning to form the poem; the difficulty was obviously increased by more than a little bit compared to the last one, let alone a whole line of poetry.

This time Ning Chen thought a bit longer than just now, but in fact only a minute had passed.

Everyone watched Ning Chen nervously; they were all very curious whether Ning Chen could match it.

Seeing that Ning Chen did not speak immediately, Lady Gongsun Ze breathed a slight sigh of relief; he now hoped this poem would stump Ning Chen, otherwise he would really get slapped in the face again.

Unfortunately, Ning Chen had already thought of how to compose the poem.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Lady Gongsun Ze.

Lady Gongsun Ze's right eyelid jumped, and he cried out in his heart that things were bad.

Only then did the voice of Ning Chen reach his ears.

"Returning from admiring flowers, the horse flies like wind; flying like wind, the horse's strength is weak; when the strength is weak and one wakes, it is already dusk; when one wakes and it is already dusk, returning from admiring flowers."

The crowd boiled again; during the previous sentence construction, many scholars had been attracted, and now their eyes shone as they looked at Ning Chen.

"Good poem, good poem! It has emotion and scenery, and a twist; it is too amazing!"

"This line of poetry is too wonderful; it is simply full of imagery!"

Ning Chen composed another poem, which made Lady Gongsun Ze completely lose face; he stood up and wanted to leave the stage.

At this moment, however, Ning Chen called out to him: "Brother Lady Gongsun, I have one more poem of the same style to give you."

"Guests ascend the Natural Abode, unexpectedly guests from heaven; people pass the Great Buddha Temple, the temple Buddha is greater than people."

That's right, Ning Chen composed two poems again; this time, it was truly a complete crushing.

Lady Gongsun Ze was in a terrible state, but he had already stopped; he could not lose further propriety, so he clasped his hands and bowed to Ning Chen.

"Brother Ning has fine literary talent; I am willing to admit defeat."

Ning Chen slowly walked to Lady Gongsun Ze's side and patted his shoulder.

"Brother Lady Gongsun's poems are indeed good poems, but there are always people beyond people and skies beyond skies; sometimes humility is a very important principle."

Having finished speaking, Ning Chen left the stage and came to Gu Yanqi's side.

Gu Yanqi looked at Ning Chen with total admiration; heaven knows how handsome Ning Chen was just now; Gu Yanqi felt her heart was about to jump out from being so handsome.

"Chen, you are too great, really great!"

Ning Chen smiled slightly and was about to say something when a commotion suddenly arose in the crowd; the woman who had last competed with Gu Yanqi over the lantern suddenly rushed toward Gu Yanqi.

She still held a small knife in her hand, and her target seemed to be Gu Yanqi's lantern.

The woman moved very fast; many people did not react in time, and even Gu Yanqi was in a daze when the woman had already arrived before her and raised her hand.

Gu Yanqi subconsciously raised her hand to block, but upon noticing the lantern in her hand, she immediately lowered it.

If that blade had come down, it would have surely disfigured her.

Many Misses were so frightened that they closed their eyes.

Only a loud boom was heard; when everyone opened their eyes, they saw Gu Yanqi was fine, the lantern in her hand was intact, while the mad woman who had just attacked lay five or six meters away, writhing in pain with her teeth bared.

Ning Chen had already withdrawn his leg and patted his clothes, looking slightly disgusted.

Lady Gongsun Ze, standing nearby, widened his eyes; to be honest, he had not even reacted just now, seeing only Ning Chen quickly raise his leg and kick the woman flying.

This reaction speed and strength were absolutely not ordinary.

Lady Gongsun Ze suddenly felt he should be grateful, grateful that Ning Chen had not kicked him out back then.

No one expected Ning Chen to kick a woman so hard, but thinking of the woman's actions just now, that kick from the white-clad man before them was probably light.

"Be good, it's okay now." Ning Chen held Gu Yanqi in his arms.

Just now, he saw Gu Yanqi raise her hand and then lower it because of the lantern, which made him both angry and happy.

He was happy that Gu Yanqi valued his feelings so much, and angry that she did not put herself first.

"Yanqi, you must remember, many things are external objects; if you want how many of these lanterns, I will make how many for you, but you are not allowed to joke with your own life again, understand? In my eyes, you are the most important one."

Just now it was truly Gu Yanqi's subconscious reaction, but she really wanted to protect well the things Ning Chen gave her.

"I know I was wrong, but this lantern is very important too; you made it for me bit by bit with your own hands." At this point, Gu Yanqi noticed Ning Chen's face had turned a bit dark, so she hurriedly continued, "But rest assured, I promise that next time I will protect my belongings only after ensuring my own safety first."

Hearing Gu Yanqi's promise, Ning Chen's expression improved slightly.

"Good girl. If you like it, I'll make you several more when we get back, and I'll make you a few in other styles too."