Everyone does not doubt that Li Fan can produce a good first couplet, but if Li Fan can produce an absolute forever, no one would believe it.

And it is a real "absolute", which is even more impossible.

Even the most extreme couplet can be matched, unless it is a random upper couplet.

Lin Liangquan laughed and said, "You guy is quite a tone. Come on, write it out, I want to see what kind of 'absolute' it is."

Li Fan nodded and said, "Of course, but I want to say the words first. If you don't know what to do, don't come to me to ask for answers. Because I really don't have an answer."

Lin Liangquan waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't ask your answer, you kid, hurry up and write it, why is a big man so pretentious?"

"No," Xu Yicai also said, "We will never ask the guy for answers. Because it is impossible to be wrong. As long as the guy writes a normal pair, we can definitely match it. At most, it's just to spend more time."

Li Fan laughed and said, "Finish!"

After saying that, he stopped hesitating, and came to the desk, took a brush casually and started writing.

Lin Liangquan and Xu Yicai walked to Li Fan and looked at the paper that Li Fan was writing.

The first word of Li Fan has been written, which is the word "smoke".

Lin Liangquan and Xu Yicai's eyes lit up at the same time, and they couldn't help but praise in their hearts: "Good words! Good words! Let's not only the last couplet, this word is absolutely good words. Without any hard work, it will definitely not reach this level."

The two of them were amazed in their hearts, but they didn't know that Li Fan did not show his true calligraphy skills.

The people around him stretched their necks and looked at the paper written by Li Fan. They were also very curious about what kind of "absoluteness of eternity" was Li Fan's "absoluteness of eternity"?

Soon, Li Fan picked up the pen and finished work.

"Is that over?" Lin Liangquan asked. He thought Li Fan's first couplet was a long couplet, but he never thought that there were only five words.

How difficult can the first couplet of five characters be?

When everyone around saw Li Fan finishing his pen, they were a little surprised. Although they didn't know what the first couplet Li Fan wrote was, they knew it would not be long.

Although couplets are not as difficult as they grow longer, generally speaking, long couplets are indeed more difficult.

No matter what everyone thought, Li Fan had finished writing the first couplet anyway. He made a gesture to the first couplet he had just written and said, "That's right, I've finished writing it, these five words."

Lin Liangquan nodded and read out Li Fan's first couplet, "Smoke locks the willows in the pond!"

Xu Yicai picked up the first couplet written by Li Fan and hung it on the shelf so that everyone on the scene could see it.

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond!" After seeing this, everyone at the scene read it in unison.

The first feeling they feel is that the artistic conception is good. The second feeling is that this couplet is not difficult.

Lin Liangquan also laughed and said, "You brag so hard that you brag. Just the first couplet says what it is forever. Look at me, I will give you the second couplet soon."

After saying that, he thought quickly in his mind, hoping to write out the second line in the shortest time.

Xu Yicai also smiled and shook his head. He also thought that this couplet was not difficult and that the second couplet should be able to be matched soon. He also thought that Li Fan was bragging just now.

However, the couplet is a good couplet. It is surrounded by green willows and covered with smoke, which is very artistic.

Next, Lin Liangquan was thinking, Xu Yicai was thinking, and everyone on the scene was thinking. They all thought that this couplet was not difficult and wanted to come up with the answer as soon as possible.

However, the more I think about it, the more confused I am. Even though I feel that I am about to grasp something, I can't grasp it.

"The willows locked in the pond are just used to use 'gold', 'wood', 'water', 'fire', 'earth', and the five elements as radicals. What's the difficulty? It should be very simple. Well, let me think about it, um, no, no, think about it..." Many people are thinking like this in their hearts... thinking...

Li Fan looked at the people around him who were in thought, smiled, walked to Su Qing's side, and whispered: "Let's go."

Su Qing was also thinking about the lower couplet. When she heard Li Fan's words, she nodded, held Li Fan's arm, and asked while walking: "Is this upper couplet really that difficult?"

Li Fan smiled and said, "Aren't you thinking about the second couplet just now? Do you think it's right?"

Su Qing shook her head and said, "I don't know either. I just feel that it seems to be right, but I just can't think of the second couplet."

Li Fan said: "If you can't think of it, don't think about it for the time being, so as not to be hurt."

"Yes." Su Qing nodded obediently.

So, is this first couplet really as difficult as Li Fan said?

The answer is yes.

"Smoke Locking Willows in the Pond" is one of the most famous couplets in his previous life. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that it has been through the ages.

Because, in the hundreds of years since the birth of this first couplet, countless talented men, beautiful women, literati and poets, or high-ranking officials and nobles all wanted to express this couplet.

However, to this day, there has been no satisfactory second couplet.

The first difficulty in this upper line is naturally to use the five elements as radicals.

This point seems easy and difficult. It seems that it is easy to find five words and the five elements are used as radicals to form a sentence. It seems simple, but it is even more difficult to find.

This is also the reason why Lin Liangquan and others seem to be trying to catch something, but they can't catch it.

And this is not the most difficult part of this couplet.

The most difficult part is artistic conception, a quiet pond surrounded by green willows, and layers of smoke deeply cover it.

This is a wonderful and fascinating artistic conception.

It is precisely because of this artistic conception that countless literati and poets have been deeply fascinated by it for hundreds of years.

In the past few hundred years, many second couplets have been born.

For example: "Lights hanging on the brocade and the waves of the sills", "Candle and Haitian coconut", "Brand and Han Dynasty hook", "Candle and Canghe River Basin Pine", "Yantao Root", "Yantao Root", "Autumn inlaid with maple walls" and so on.

There are many second couplets that are paired with, among which the four most famous are "Bao Zhenhai City Tower", "Dengshen Village Temple Bell", "Beautiful beacons are sold out", and "Peach blossoms are ignited by Jinjiang River"

But even the most famous second couplets of these four sentences still have many shortcomings.

Although the "Pao Zhenhai City Tower" is exactly the same as the five elements in the first couplet, the rhythm is not complete, and the artistic conception is too far apart, and it is not at the same level at all.

"Dengshencun Temple Bell" and "Beacon is extremely blocked" are of great artistic conception, and can barely be called "wonderful". However, the five elements are uneven, the radicals of "earth" are too barely forced, and the tones are also different, so it is difficult to call them a good match.

Of course, people's wisdom is infinite, and over hundreds of years, a relatively perfect second couplet has been born.

That is, "The Peach Burning of Jinjiang Dike".

On the Jinjiang River dike, peach blossoms are clustered and spring is full of spring.

If "smoke locks the willows in the pond" is a beautiful morning and evening painting, then "peach ignites in the Jinjiang River" reflects the vitality of spring.

One is gentle and graceful, the other is passionate and unrestrained, the two pictures complement each other.

Especially the word "Ran" is not inferior to the word "lock".

It’s just a pity that the overall artistic conception is still quite inferior.

In addition, the "Taotang Jinjiang Dike" also has other shortcomings.

"Jinjiang Dike" is not a common noun, "Jinjiang" refers to "Jinjiang". The "pond" in the upper couplet is a general term, which can be a pond anywhere.

Compared with the two, "Jinjiang Dike" is undoubtedly much inferior.

In addition, from the perspective of level and tone, there are also shortcomings. The most regrettable thing is that the "Jiang" in "Jinjiang" is a flat tone, and it is impossible to use a flat tone of the upper couplet "Tang".

In summary, "Smoke Locking the Willow in the Pond" is a veritable absolute.

Of course, it is unknown whether someone can find a perfect second couplet in the future.
Chapter completed!