Chapter 508

"So my first first line is: Lotus flowers on the painting, the monk paints!"

Following Gao Yang's words, the officials frowned instantly.

They couldn't help but murmur, "Lotus flowers on the painting, the monk paints."

Lu Zhen, Qin Zhenguo, and even Gao Feng all frowned.

They had originally thought Gao Yang would provide a very difficult first line, but they hadn't expected Gao Yang to hold back for a long time, only for this first line to have seven big characters, and it was a scene he had seen when he was seven!

And it looked ordinary.

"What is difficult about this first line?"

Wang Zhong shook his head and said with disdain.

Cui Xinghe frowned at first, but the next second, his expression was shocked.

"No, this first line is absolute!"

"It can be called one of the top absolute lines in Great Qian, or even the seven kingdoms!"

He looked at Gao Yang, his eyes filled with thick horror.

Is this leaving anyone a way to live?

You, Gao Yang, are proficient in poisonous schemes, military strategy, Mohism, governance, medicine, poetry, and even couplets?

These words left Wang Zhong and the others confused, and they hurriedly asked.

"Top Scholar Cui, what do you mean by this?"

"Does this 'Lotus flowers on the painting, the monk paints' hide some mystery we don't know?"

Cui Xinghe suppressed the shock in his heart and said to the officials, "Everyone, read this first line backward once, and you will know the marvelousness of this first line."

Wang Zhong was the first to do so, murmuring, "Painting, the monk, flowers, lotus, on the painting!"

Then, he looked shocked, his loud voice resounding through the entire Jin Luandian.

"This first line is the same even when read backward!"

Wang Zhong looked at Gao Yang in disbelief, filled with fear.

This is respecting the old and loving the young?

Who can match this in half an hour?

Wu Zhao also reacted immediately; she looked at Gao Yang with a hint of a smile.

This Gao Yang is absolute!

Almost instantly, the pressure came upon Wei Laoyezi.

Wei Laoyezi was also suddenly bewildered.

He looked at Gao Yang as if he had seen a ghost; once this first line was out, he realized something was wrong.

This was not only the same read forward and backward, but it was a typical palindrome couplet, where the meaning had to be reasonable, and the second line had to be completely consistent in structure!

And the artistic conception and part of speech of the second line had to match.

This damn thing was a first line made when he was a child?

Cold sweat broke out on Wei Laoyezi's forehead; he had originally said that not being born on the same year, month, and day, but dying on the same year, month, and day was a very unlucky vow.

Was he really going to lie on the board with Zhou Laoyezi?

He couldn't match this first line at all for the moment!

The Great Chu delegation, along with Chu Ningyu, changed color, and everyone's faces turned green.

"Lord Gao, what is your second line?"

"Is it also made when you were seven? Is it also the same read forward and backward?"

Wei Laoyezi looked at Gao Yang nervously and asked.

If the second line were simpler, he might be able to barely make the second line for the first first line in half an hour, otherwise it would be dangerous.

Gao Yang saw this and shook his head.

"How could that be!"

"By comparison, the second first line is simpler."

"Because this couplet only has five characters; it was made when I was five, traveling in the countryside, seeing the quiet scenery of the countryside, and standing by a willow tree by the pond!"