Talented, Ji Xiaolan scolded He Shen and a bunch of corrupt officials in a couplet

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ji Xiaolan and He Shen were a pair of stage performers, and they performed humorous content such as talk shows and sketches.

On the stage, Heshen is a greedy and corrupt official, Ji Xiaolan is a romantic talent, and Qianlong is a referee who is looking for opportunities to have fun, but is somewhat partial to Heshen.

It is recognized that Ji Xiaolan is talented and talented, and it is also true that He Shen is greedy for money and power. During the overt and covert struggles in the court, He Shen once roped Ji Xiaolan into "collaborating" with him. However, Ji Xiaolan, who had a good relationship with He Shen, was politically weak. Never attached to him.

Historically, Ji Xiaolan and He Shen had a good personal relationship, but they loved to quarrel. Ji Xiaolan's greed for He Shen often reminded He Shen not to go too far, but to no avail. Talented people are generally aloof, and Ji Xiaolan is no exception, so the aloof Ji Xiaolan looks a little stupid when he looks at the money-hungry He Shen.

However, Ji Xiaolan spoke very tactfully, and even reminded He Shen very implicitly. Once, Heshen spent a lot of money to build a new bamboo garden. It was magnificent and beautiful, and everyone applauded it. Although the garden was beautiful, it always seemed a bit dull and boring without good writing and ink to embellish it.

When it comes to literary and ink writing, Ji Xiaolan is the author of the Qianlong Dynasty. So Heshen invited his friend who had been in the garden for many years to help add a few words to the inscription, adding the finishing touch and adding some vitality to the garden. Ji Xiaolan visited the garden, waved her hand and wrote two big characters: "Bamboo Bud".

These two words have their origins. In "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Siqian", there is a sentence "like bamboo buds, like pine trees". People often use "bamboo buds and pine trees" to praise Huawu. It was completed and the family prospered. He Shen was very happy to receive the inscription written by Ji Yun, and ordered the two characters to be cast into a gold plaque and hung in the main hall.

Not long after, Qianlong had a free day and went to visit Heshen. Heshen took Qianlong on a tour of the Bamboo Garden, and facing the golden plaque hanging in the main hall, he smiled and said to Qianlong: "The words on the plaque are , written by Ji Xiaolan, a great scholar." He Shen originally thought that Qianlong would praise it, saying that the garden is good and that the calligraphy Ji Xiaolan gave you is better.

Unexpectedly, Qianlong laughed loudly after seeing it, and said to Heshen with a smile: This is Ji Xiaolan teasing you. The word "bamboo" can be broken down into the word "gege"; the word "bao" can be broken down into The word "bastard" means that your whole family is a idiot. He Shen was almost furious when he heard this, but he couldn't get angry in front of Qianlong, so he had to hold back his anger and force out a smile to accompany Qianlong.

After being teased by Ji Xiaolan, He Shen always wanted to find an opportunity to tease Ji Xiaolan and make him look embarrassed. The opportunity came in the blink of an eye. Emperor Qianlong loved going to the south of the Yangtze River. Once, Qianlong took Ji Xiaolan, He Shen and others to the south of the Yangtze River to visit the West Lake.

When the boat reached the middle of the lake, we saw red lotuses reflecting the sun and green leaves touching the sky. The whole lotus leaves and lotus flowers were so beautiful. At this moment, a frog jumped from the water onto a lotus leaf. He Shen rolled his eyes and smiled crookedly. He pulled Ji Xiaolan and pointed at the frog on the lotus leaf and said, Mr. Ji, please take a look: "The toad out of the water wears a green coat."

At that time, Ji Xiaolan was serving as a minister, and his official uniform was green. He Shen mocked and made fun of Ji Xiaolan by comparing him to a toad. As soon as He Shen said this, Qianlong and others stared at Ji Xiaolan to see how he would react. After hearing this, Ji Xiaolan looked at the proud Heshen and the curious Qianlong, thought for a moment, smiled and said to Heshen: "Master He, the drowned crab is covered in red robes."

He Shen was appointed as Shangshu at that time, with a higher position than Ji Xiaolan, and his official uniform was red. After Ji Xiaolan said the second couplet, Qianlong and other ministers couldn't help laughing. Ji Xiaolan's second couplet not only has neat dialogue, but also compares He Shen to a domineering crab and ridicules him in front of everyone. It is really a divine couplet.

After hearing this, He Shen looked at the laughing people, his face flushed with shame, but he could not find anything wrong with Ji Yun. He Shen wanted to make fun of Ji Xiaolan, but he didn't expect that he was not talented enough, so he shot himself in the foot.