Ancient joke pig liver

(A.D. 1369- 14 15) Born in Jishui County, Jiangxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, he was a scholar during the Hongwu period and was called Xie Xueshi. He could recite poems at the age of six and was a famous child prodigy at that time. There is a retired Cao Shangshu nearby who is very jealous of him. One day, Cao Shangshu invited Jie Jin Jr. to his house as a matchmaker. Cao Shangshu deliberately came up with a "pun pair" (also called ambiguous couplet), which is a sentence that sounds like a layer of meaning, but there are actually other meanings. Cao Shangshu read the first part:

Plant bamboo shoots in front of the courtyard.

Jie Jin immediately replied, "There are flowers and elderberry behind the temple." .

Cao Shangshu said with a smile: "This couplet means that the bamboo planted in front of the yard grows bamboo shoots first." Jie Jin also smiled and replied: "This couplet means that the flowers planted behind the temple have grown old branches, isn't it relative?"

After hearing this, Cao Shangshu pondered a little, and then said, "There is another explanation for this couplet, that is, the bamboo in front of the courtyard is not growing well, and Mr. Cao is damaged, so' the bamboo planted by Mr. Zhu in front of the courtyard is damaged'."

When Cao Shangshu said this, Jie Jin replied to him: "My second couplet also has another explanation, that is, the flowers behind the temple were blown down by the wind, and the elders in the temple supported the flowers with sticks, which is called' the elders planted flowers behind the temple'."

Hearing this, Cao Shangshu added, "This couplet has a third meaning, that is, the bamboo in front of the door doesn't grow well, and Mr. Cao complains that Mr. Zhu suffered from planting bamboo in front of the door."

Jie Jin is still not stumped. He replied unhurriedly: "The couplet at the bottom also noticed that flowers were planted behind the house. The young monk went to tell the elder that he already knew. This is' the elders know the flowers planted behind the temple'. "

Cao Shangshu saw that there was a change, but he couldn't beat Jie Jin and had to agree. From then on, he praised Jie Jin.

Ji Xiaolan cleverly reprimanded Xiao Shenyang.

When Ji Xiaolan was an assistant minister, Xiao Shenyang was a minister. Once they had a drink with the inspector. During the dinner, Xiao Shenyang pointed to a dog and asked Ji Xiaolan, "Is it a wolf (assistant minister) or a dog?" Ji Xiaolan is very alert. He heard that Xiao Shenyang was insulting himself with homophonic words, and immediately replied calmly: "The tail is a wolf, and the tree is a dog." Yu Shi, who wanted to please Xiao Shenyang, also heard cleverness, but deliberately replied: "It's a wolf or a dog, but I understand." Hearing this, Ji Xiaolan knew the intention of this proposal and said calmly, "There is still a difference. The habit of wolves is to eat meat, and the habit of dogs is to eat whatever they encounter, and to eat shit when they encounter shit (recommended). " Make small Shenyang an empire.

Ji Xiaolan made fun of Xiao Shenyang.

Legend has it that Little Shenyang built a pavilion and asked Ji Yun to write a banner. With a stroke of his pen, Ji Yun wrote the word "Bamboo Bud". Bamboo bracts and bamboo shoots, also from the Book of Songs, describe things that have mushroomed. Xiao Shenyang thought, this means that I can succeed in my official career, so I am very happy. Later, when Qianlong visited, he saw the big characters on the pavilion and asked with a smile who wrote them. Small Shenyang Lengleng, the answer is Ji Xiaolan. Gan Long said that "bamboo" is "individual" and "bud" is "straw bag". Ji Xiaolan called your family an "asshole"!

Wang Xizhi's judgment on extortion case

When Wang Xizhi was a magistrate, he received a petition from a village that a squire used a small piece of wasteland to let him bury his father, stating that he only needed a pot of wine, but later insisted on a lake of wine. Wang Xizhi went to visit the squire's home. The squire heard his name and wanted Mo Bao, so he treated him warmly. Wang Xizhi wrote a biography of Le Yi for him. The squire was overjoyed and asked him what gift he would give in return. Wang Xizhi said, "It's just a live goose". Taigong immediately picked up a live goose and sent it to the mansion, but Wang Xizhi's face fell and said, "It was said to be a river goose at that time. Why did you only send one? " It turns out that the local dialect "live" and "river" are homophonic. The squire quickly argued, "My Lord, geese are counted by four, never by rivers!" " With a sneer, Wang Xizhi took out a complaint from a villager and said, "Since only geese are counted, can the wine be counted by the lake?" The squire was wrong and had to admit his mistake.

Clever use of the word "win" to solve the mystery

Legend has it that a guest checked into the inn and one hundred and twenty pieces of silver disappeared. He lives in a single room, and according to various indications, it is certain that the shopkeeper stole it. So he went to the county government to complain, but the shopkeeper refused to admit it. The county magistrate of this county is very clever. He thought for a while, quietly asked the shopkeeper to reach out and write a word "win" on his palm with a pen, saying, "Go down the steps and bask in the sun. If the word is still there for a long time, you will win the lawsuit. " Then, the county magistrate asked someone to bring the proprietress here. The proprietress was puzzled when she saw her husband reaching out and sunbathing under the steps. The county magistrate said to the proprietress, "Your husband has admitted stealing money and wants you to hand it over honestly." Hearing this, the proprietress hesitated and dared not ask her husband. Just then, the county magistrate suddenly shouted to the boss under the steps: "Do you still have the word' win' in your hand?" The boss repeatedly replied: "Yes! Yes! " Because the word "win" is close to the word "silver", the guilty proprietress didn't hear it clearly. She thought that her husband really admitted that the "silver" was still there and had to hand over the guest's hundred taels of silver.