Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

”Chen Jiusi, don’t bite off more than you can chew with your couplets. If they’re not perfect, you’re not getting through that door!”

Wang Baobao was also surprised and looked at Chen Jie as he spoke.

Chen Jie laughed and said, ”Such trivial games, is there even a need to ponder?”

”Trivial? Hmph, such arrogance, I, The Piercing Strike, have never met someone as conceited as you in my life!”

Upon hearing The Piercing Strike’s words, Chen Jie laughed heartily, ”It’s just couplets, a minor skill, neither governing the nation nor pacifying the people, just a little game for scholars’ amusement.”

The Piercing Strike frowned and glared menacingly at Chen Jie; this was the greatest insult he had ever received!

Thinking of this, The Piercing Strike said, ”Alright, since you look down on our art of couplets, try matching mine.”

”Spring reading, Autumn reading, Spring and Autumn reading the Spring and Autumn Annals.”

”Listen carefully; my couplet uses ’Spring and Autumn’ repeatedly, embedding the classic into it. You need to do the same.”

The Piercing Strike said this, and Chen Jie laughed, ”What’s difficult? It’s just an ordinary couplet match; I knew how to match it when I was ten.”

This was no exaggeration by Chen Jiusi; he truly knew how to match this couplet when he was ten because he watched a popular TV series called ”The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan,” which had a scene matching couplets, including this very ”Spring reading, Autumn reading...” He was quite fond of the show back then.

So he remembered this couplet vividly.

He never imagined that something so well-known in later generations would be unheard of in this era, giving Chen Jie an absolute advantage.

”Ten years old? Hmph, how shameless! Are you saying that this Couplet King’s masterpiece could be solved by a ten-year-old child?”

The Piercing Strike felt indignant, but Chen Jie said, ”My dear master of couplets, under normal circumstances, I’d let you have your way. But today is my wedding. I honestly don’t have time to spar with you. My bride is waiting.”

The Piercing Strike heard this and said, ”If you can’t give me a satisfactory couplet, you’re not getting in here.”

When Jie Wenyan heard this, he looked at The Piercing Strike, thinking he was quite a tricky opponent, yet this couplet aligned perfectly with his knowledge.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie decided not to waste words and directly said, ”Spring reading, Autumn reading, Spring and Autumn reading the Spring and Autumn Annals, I match: Morning reciting scriptures, Evening reciting scriptures, Morning and Evening reciting the scriptures of Morning and Evening.”

”How about it?”

Chen Jie looked at The Piercing Strike and asked, leaving him completely stunned; indeed, he matched it.

The people around were also astonished; they hadn’t expected Chen Jiusi would truly succeed. Chen Jie looked at them and said, ”What do you think? Satisfied with my match?”

”If not, I can match another: Summer studying history, Winter studying history, Summer and Winter studying history from Summer to Winter!”

Hmm!

Hearing that Chen Jie had matched another couplet, everyone exchanged shocked glances, stunned at how quickly he pulled off another match!

The Piercing Strike, hearing this, broke into a cold sweat, stammering: ”This, this...”

Chen Jie said, ”Is that enough? If not, I’ll give you two more!”

”South painting, North painting, South and North painting the paintings of South and North!”

”Morning writing, Evening writing, Morning and Evening writing the writings of Morning and Evening!”

”Is that enough?”

Chen Jie looked at The Piercing Strike as he widened his eyes, uttering: ”This, this is impossible!”

Chen Jie said, ”Still not enough? Then I’ll give you a few more.”

”Mountain discussing Tao, Water discussing Tao, Mountain and Water discussing the Tao of Mountain and Water.”

”Morning reciting poetry, Evening reciting poetry, Morning and Evening reciting the poetry of Morning and Evening.”

”East pawn, West pawn, East and West pawn the pawned items of East and West.”

”South Tongzhou, North Tongzhou, South and North pass through the thoroughfares of South and North.”

”Tea quenches thirst, Wine quenches thirst, Tea and Wine quench the thirst for Tea and Wine.”

...

Chen Jie came up with over a dozen couplets in one breath, leaving The Piercing Strike dumbfounded as Chen Jie turned to Wang Baobao and said, ”Dear brother-in-law, such an auspicious day, you set such simple questions; are you truly worried I might not make it through the door?”

”Haha, The Piercing Strike, haha...”

Chen Jie continued, eyes filled with competitiveness. He looked down on those who took trivial games so seriously, who knew a bellyful of knowledge but never applied it to govern the country or pacify the populace.

Therefore, Chen Jie didn’t give him any face, as such a person dared to hinder him from marrying the Commandery Princess.

Chen Jie walked up the steps and looked at Wang Baobao, saying, ”Brother-in-law, does this count as passing?”

Wang Baobao, emerging from his shock, looked deeply at Chen Jie and said, ”Proceed!”

As he spoke, the doors opened, welcoming the groom inside.

Seeing the doors open, everyone reacted, with Li Shanchang, astonished, saying, ”Impressive, matching over ten couplets at once, truly extraordinary.”

Hu Weiyong, also quite shocked, said, ”Our Lord is really no ordinary person; this time, the Couplet King has truly embarrassed himself.”

As they spoke, suddenly, The Couplet King, The Piercing Strike, spat out a mouthful of blood.

Everyone quickly backed away in shock, with Chen Jie glancing back, saying, ”Someone, take the Couplet King for treatment, lest he die in my Huangzhou Prefecture, which would be inauspicious.”

”Dear brother-in-law, don’t bring someone so unwell to the wedding; if he dies at the door, it wouldn’t be auspicious.”

Hearing Chen Jie’s words, Wang Baobao frowned and looked at The Couplet King impatiently, saying, ”Disgraceful, take him away.”

The Couplet King was thus carried away while shouting impossibilities, prompting Chen Xiaohu to shake his head and say, ”Too brutal, celebrating a marriage drove one mad!”