The first set of lantern riddles is a riddle composed of five flower lantern riddles. Only the one who guesses all five lantern riddles correctly will win a large reward.
It's a pity that there were so many participants crowding around, and there was no one who won all five.
"I know this. The word 'blade' means summon. It means the edge of a knife. What do you think? Dad, I guessed it right?" A handsome young man squeezed into the crowd and said happily to the father-in-law who was in charge of the lantern riddles.
"Yes, this young man is very talented. But it's a pity that you will get a prize only if you guess five correctly." The old man nodded with a smile.
"Oh, father-in-law, didn't I make a wedding dress for someone else?" The young master's face was full of sorrow.
"Hahaha, this is the shopkeeper's rule, I can't make the decision." The old man is still smiling. If it can be guessed so easily, the shopkeeper will be at a huge loss. The reason for setting up lantern riddles at the entrance of the teahouse is the original intention
It’s just to attract more tourists to stop and drink tea.
"Huh? What word can you guess from just the word 'rain'?"
"What is the word 'upper and lower as one'?"
"Yeah, I know this! Dad, Dad, does the word 'there's someone inside' be the word "flesh"?" Another scholar looked like he was overjoyed and shouted happily.
"That's right, congratulations to this young man, but you will only win the prize if you guess all the riddles on the five lanterns correctly."
"Hey, old man, can't you guess one and get two taels of silver?" The scholar shook his head, but it was a pity that he couldn't guess the other three riddles.
"Haha, I'm sorry, this is our store's rule. Otherwise, the reward wouldn't be so high." The old man explained with a smile.
"This last riddle... type the word 'thinking'... Oh my god, no wonder the reward is so high, how can you guess it?"
"Look at the other group, my father-in-law, what is the other group of lantern riddles?" After being puzzled, many people turned to look at the other group of riddles that the father-in-law was holding in his hand.
"This group is about guessing medicinal materials. Well, I'll hang it here and let everyone take a look. There is no time limit. You can guess slowly. If you are tired, you can go to the teahouse to rest. Tonight's Lantern Festival is half price at the teahouse." The old man agreed.
Following the instructions of the shopkeeper, I hung the second set of lanterns on the branches and did some publicity for the teahouse.
"Guess the medicinal ingredient?"
"'I don't know'? Huh? Is this considered a mystery?"
"'Examine myself three times'... Well, I can't guess. Alas, it seems that people who don't understand medicinal materials have no chance to earn those twenty taels of silver."
"That's right. If I had known earlier, I would have dragged the drugstore clerk along to join in the fun. If I guessed correctly, I could get some wine money..."
"You are stupid. How can a riddle maker choose simple medicinal materials to make the riddle face? They must be unpopular."
"That's right... Well, it seems that we don't have a share in this high silver reward. Let's go and have a drink. The weather is rare today, wouldn't it be wonderful to drink and admire the moon?"
"Yes, it is said that the 'Drunkard Man' is holding a wine tasting competition tonight. Let's go and try it?"
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The crowd in front of the high-stakes lantern riddle shop gradually dispersed, but no one could solve the two sets of difficult lantern riddles.
"Old man, let me give it a try." Jinxi jumped to the shop with a smile, circled around the lanterns hanging on the two osmanthus branches at the entrance of the teahouse, and finally locked on the group of medicinal materials that were worth twenty taels of silver.
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"Just this group!" Jinxi pointed to the five lanterns with mysterious medicinal materials. She majored in medicinal dietetics in college and was exposed to many types of medicinal materials. Besides, she didn't want to pay a bonus of twenty taels.
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"Little girl, I am not bullying you because you are young. Our eldest son came up with this riddle himself. It is no more difficult than taking a public examination." The old man said with a smile.
"That's good. You won't feel embarrassed if you don't guess correctly. If you guess correctly, you'll still get twenty taels of silver!" Jinxi laughed, walked to the lantern, and pondered over the riddle in a dignified manner.
"Well, this 'I don't know' is the 'place of birth', right?" Jin Xi raised her little face and winked at her father-in-law happily.
"That's right! Little girl, you are really capable. No one can guess even one of these riddles so far. Well, even if you can't guess all of them, I will give you a coupon for Song's Noodle House. It's mine.
How about a personal reward for you?" My father-in-law turned from surprise to admiration and said with a smile.
It’s not that he looks down on Jin Xi, it’s actually the eldest son’s riddle that no one can match. At the annual Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, no one can take away the lantern riddle prize money from the Xiao family estate.
"Okay! If I guess all of them correctly, I'll treat you to noodles instead." Jinxi agreed immediately. While resting upstairs, she heard that the noodles at Song's Noodle House are one of the best in the capital. After eating them once, she wanted to eat them.
The second time. Now that I have this good reputation, I will naturally not push it out.
"Hahaha, what an ambitious little girl." Before the father-in-law had time to respond, a middle-aged man with a big belly walked forward with a smile, followed by a young man about twelve or thirteen years old with a pensive look on his face.
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The middle-aged man smiled happily and praised: "If the little girl can guess this set of lantern riddles, not only will the reward be cashed immediately, but Luoshan Teahouse will be open to girls for free from now on."
Hearing this, Jin Xi could not help but twitch the corner of her mouth. He really looked down upon her!
"Are your words valid?" she asked casually, but her eyes had already glanced at the second lantern.
"Haha, little girl, do you know who I am?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile, stroking his beard.
"Eh? You must be the shopkeeper of this teahouse, right?" Hearing him ask this question, Jin Xi already had some idea in her heart.
"Little girl, this is the head of the Xiao family. Luoshan Teahouse is just one of the many businesses of the Xiao family." The old man explained to Jinxi with a smile.
"Ah! Disrespect, disrespect!" I only knew how it was played in the TV series, and Jin Xi followed the same example, but unexpectedly, she still had a childish voice, and she interpreted this familiar polite saying in an extremely funny way.
"Hahaha, what a smart girl. Yu'er, maybe your mystery this year will be broken by this little girl." Xiao Jingshan patted his eldest son Xiao Yu beside him and smiled very happily. He didn't mind the twenty
A bounty of two silver coins.
"Not necessarily." Xiao Yu glanced at Jin Xi coolly, the disdain in his eyes clearly revealed.
"I don't think so, we'll find out later." Jinxi glared at him and said back unceremoniously. What! Why do all these young men from the Qing Dynasty look like they are worth 25,000 to 80,000 yuan?
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"Well, 'check yourself three times', I guess it means 'defend yourself'."
"This, 'lowering one's head and thinking about one's hometown', must be 'reminiscent of a familiar place'."
"'The river in front of the window is full of spring color', well... it's 'empty blue'!"
"Hey, the last one, 'Butterflies around the knees after stepping on flowers', is 'Cyperus rotunda', right?" Hahaha! The little man in the belly raised his head and laughed wildly three times. Want to stump her? Go to Modern Times to get one.
Come back after four years of studying medicinal diet!
"The girl is indeed amazing! Xiao admires it. Old Wu, in addition to the bounty, I will also give this girl a Luoshan Pei." Xiao Jingshan's expression was very pleased, and he congratulated Jin Xi without hesitation, and immediately sent someone to his side.
The steward set out to fulfill the prizes and promises given to Jinxi. "Girl, as long as you bring this Luoshan Pei to the teahouse in the future, it will be free of charge."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Xiao." Jin Xi bowed down politely and thanked Xiao Jingshan for his kindness.
"Don't thank me so early. Do you dare to guess the first group?" Xiao Yu stretched out his hand holding a folding fan and stopped Jin Xi. There was an obvious provocation in his words.
Jin Xi narrowed her eyes, not knowing how to answer, but her train of thought was interrupted by a familiar clear voice behind her.
"How about I try this set of mysteries?" Yinzhen stepped on his dragon boots and quietly walked behind Jin Xi with an expressionless Qiying.
"This young master..." Although Xiao Jingshan is not an official of the imperial court, he is still an old man who has been in the shopping mall for more than 20 years. When he saw Yinzhen's momentum, he already knew that he was either a prince's elder brother or a disciple of a high family.
He immediately smiled and said, "Of course."
"You..." Jinxi stared blankly at Yinzhen for a long time before coming back to his senses. She was still puzzled in her heart. Didn't it mean that the palace was holding a grand Lantern Festival that was rare in six years? Why did he still have it?
Do you want to go shopping in your free time?
"What should I do?" Yinzhen raised his eyebrows in a funny way, "Are you only allowed to win the grand prize, but not me to share the pie?"
"..." Hearing this, Jin Xi couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, "Just don't be afraid of being embarrassed."
"If I win, treat me to Song family noodles." After Yinzhen said this, he passed her directly and stood in front of the first set of lanterns. After pondering for a moment, he came up with the answers to the riddles one by one. Each one was accurate.
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Oh my god! Jinxi sighed sincerely.
If she hadn't been familiar with medicinal materials for four years, she would never have dared to guess these extremely difficult lantern riddles. Let alone crossword puzzles, she might not be able to hit the brain teasers with perfect accuracy.
But this prince, who was only nine years old, was able to accurately solve five lantern riddles that were said to be as difficult as imperial examination questions in such a short period of time.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" The crowd around them immediately cheered and applauded. The Xiao family, which had not lost money at the Shangyuan Lantern Riddle Festival for five consecutive years, had made a fortune this time.
Xiao Jingshan did not have any such thoughts as the onlookers, and asked the steward to immediately present him with the deserved twelve taels of bounty, a jar of rice wine produced by a drunken man, and a Luoshan pendant.
"Although the two are young, in terms of courage, intelligence and intelligence, they are no less inferior to those scholars who have read poetry and books." This is true. Five years ago, when Xiao Yu just turned six years old, he spontaneously took over the Lantern Festival.
After the mission to reveal the riddle, the Xiao family's lantern riddle team has never been cracked.
"Master Xiao is very serious in his words. The so-called 'specialization in the arts'. The two of us just happened to pick up the content that we are familiar with." Yinzhen responded with a faint smile, glanced at the thoughtful Xiao Yu at the side, and looked at Xiao Jingshan
He nodded and said goodbye: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for the gift of Luoshan Pei."
Then, Chao Jinxi glanced at her and said, "Let's go. Let's go to Song's Noodle House." He took the lead to walk out of the encirclement that gradually formed three floors inside and three floors outside. He stood outside the dim crowd and looked at her quietly.
Although Jinxi was puzzled, the answer to the mystery had been solved and the bounty had been obtained. How long would it take if he didn't leave now? With this thought in mind, he put one of the noodle coupons in his hand into his father-in-law's hand and said, "Old man
, I agreed to treat you to some noodles." Then, with a smile, she left the crowded crowd with the maid and the boy who followed her.