In the year of the government examination, the Ming court sent a surname Dou to Jiangnan to preside over the examination.
One day, Xu Wei went to Hangzhou West Lake Yiyuan to play, where a Lantern Festival was being held. He saw a poem riddle hanging high at the gate of the garden:
"Two people blow their heads and can't see the sky, and one woman has half a field; The Eight Kings asked me how many fields I had, and there were a thousand fields on the ground. "
At that time, many people were around there, thinking hard, and no one could guess the answer. Xu Wei smiled after reading it: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult." Said a sentence: "I hope every family in the world is like this." He left with a smile.
A poet savored Xu Wei's words carefully and suddenly realized the mystery: "The word' two people can't see the sun' is a word' husband'; A woman with half a mouth is a' wife'; Eight kings asked me how much land I had' is a word' righteousness'; "A thousand acres on the ground" is a "heavy" word, which together means "marital justice". Isn't this what every family wants! "
When the poet heard this, he clapped his hands and said, "Xu Wei is really a genius in the world!" "
The news reached the arrogant Mr. Dou, who bristled with anger and said angrily, "Xu Wei is just a civilian, and the villain has more' world' than me!" So he sent someone to invite Xu Wei to drink and write poems on a cruise ship in the West Lake.
During the dinner, Master Dou said with a smile: "This official has a riddle, and the riddle is,' Touch without knotting, but hope with knotting; Cold at both ends and hot in the middle. Guess one thing. "
Xu Wei smiled faintly: "The answer is the almanac, even three-foot children in Hangzhou know it."
A surname Dou boasted Xu Wei on the surface, but was more jealous in his heart.
The exam will begin in a few days.
Inspector Mr. Dou Taishi visited Gongyuan. When he saw that Xu Wei was among the candidates, he smiled coldly, picked up a pair of scissors, inserted them straight into the wooden post and said, "Students, let's write!" Say that finish twist a head and went away.
No problem, just a pair of scissors. What a strange exam. At that time, all candidates were puzzled. You look at me, I look at you, everyone is in a daze.
Seeing that everyone was in a daze, Xu Wei reminded: "A surname picked up scissors and poked wood. Isn't this' chopping wood'? His' test questions' are about four generals in the Warring States-Bai Qi, Wang Jian (homophonic with the sword), Lian Po and Li Mu! There is nothing wrong, do it quickly! "
With a little help from Wei Xu, the candidates are all at ease at once.
After a while, Mr. Dou came in again, saw the examinee sitting with his hands down, and thought that he was really stumped this time, so he slowly read out the test questions and read "On the Pasture in the Cape".
Hearing this, the candidates were sure as Xu Wei said. Soon, everyone will hand in their papers with Wei Xu.
Dou a surname took the paper and suddenly froze. He thought to himself: I just read the topic, how can I finish it at once? Draw a piece of paper to read. He took out Wei Xu's paper, which was even more brilliant, and he could not help secretly marveling. But at the end of the volume, I suddenly saw a sacrificial table with a spirit tablet painted on it. Master Dou was very angry and scolded in his heart, "What a conceited boy! I want to be an official. I have to worship my ancestors before I take the exam! Therefore, he criticized: "Although the article is good, it is too early to worship the ancestors. Don't take it away. "
Later, someone told him about this paper. Xu Wei laughed and said, "What a fool! I didn't want to be an official to worship my ancestors. Because my mother was ill, I kept thinking about her during the exam. I wrote an article to see how much time I have before painting this thing. I am praying for my ancestors to bless her old man's body! "