In front of the Lantern Riddle Conference, there are red lanterns placed, each with a puzzle on it. Participants only need to answer the puzzle on the lantern correctly.
On both sides of the conference, there are five rows of lantern stands, each with nine lanterns. The one who answers the most puzzles correctly is the winner of this conference.
Because of the previous Lantern Riddle Contest, the number of participants in this year’s Lantern Riddle Contest was several times greater than in the past.
The lantern riddle competition has not yet started, but many onlookers have already gathered before the conference, gathered around the lanterns and discussed.
"Who do you think will win the award from the conference this time? Is it still the last guessing champion Jiang Liu?"
"It's very possible that it's him. After all, he won the monkey hair from the battle with the Buddha last time. Maybe he can win the championship again this time."
"I don't know what the reward will be this time."
At this time, a man came out, patted his chest very confidently and said, "I heard from internal sources that the reward this time is likely to be a cassock from the Merit Buddha, which seems to be a brocade cassock."
"Brilliant cassock?! Wouldn't that make a lot of money?"
The brocade cassock is made of extraordinary materials and is inlaid with dozens of dazzling gems. It is not only bright and beautiful, but also impervious to water, fire and evil spirits.
Moreover, this brocade cassock was once a treasure given to Tang Monk by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and it is of extraordinary value.
Just a single gem on a cassock can be sold for tens of millions worth of merit.
If you can get this brocade cassock, it is no exaggeration to say that you will have enough food and clothing for several lifetimes.
As soon as the news spread, everyone at the scene was extremely excited.
At this time, a sloppy old man with a cane squeezed out of the crowd, walked towards the man who had the inside information, and asked curiously, "Sir, is the news you are telling me true?"
The man first looked at the other party up and down, and was stunned when he saw that the other party was in ragged clothes. Then he showed a puzzled look and asked, "Old man, you are not planning to participate in the lantern riddle contest, are you?"
The old man smiled and nodded, "I've always heard that Chang'an City is famous for its Buddha Festival. I came here today to see if it's like the legend says. If you win the championship in the Lantern Riddle Competition, you can soar to the sky."
"Hahaha……"
The man laughed loudly, not mocking the other person, but said with a proud face, "You are right. If you can win the lantern riddle competition, you can really skyrocket. Like Jiang San, he has won the lantern riddle competition five times in a row.
champion, and now he is the richest man in our Chang'an City."
"If you can win the championship in this conference, you will be richer than Jiang San."
The rewards in previous conferences were either panaceas or magic weapons. Indeed, there is no reward more valuable than this brocade cassock.
The old man was surprised and said, "Hey, are you sure that the reward this time is a brocade cassock?"
"Of course, some of the people holding the lantern riddle competition this time include my relatives. How can my news be false?" the man said with a proud look on his face.
At this time, a passerby smiled mischievously, approached the man and asked, "Since you can get the inside information, why don't your relatives tell you the truth? If you can get this brocade cassock, how can you?"
Didn’t it happen?”
The man looked horrified and waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't dare. Have you forgotten how the last cheater was punished?"
About a few years ago, there was a man at a lantern riddle convention who guessed all the lantern riddles correctly, which aroused the suspicion of the organizer of the convention. >
After checking, it was discovered that the person had obtained all the riddles of the lantern riddles in advance, so he could guess all the lantern riddles correctly.
According to the regulations of the conference, those who cheat will be dealt with by the person who sponsored the prize.
The prizes for that lantern riddle competition happened to be sponsored by Yang Jian.
Yang Jian always hated these opportunistic people, so he immediately used a spell to turn the other person into a pig. To this day, the cheating person still doesn't know which pig pen he is in.
After seeing the punishment for cheating, no one dared to cheat in the lantern riddle competition anymore.
Then, the man turned to look at the old man and continued, "Old man, it's okay for you to have dreams, but I advise you to stop dreaming. With Jiang San here, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to win the championship in this conference."
"Not to mention that Jiang San is the most powerful riddle king in Chang'an City, and I heard that the puzzles in this lantern riddle competition are several times more difficult than those in previous ones. I advise you to just join in the fun."
"Even if you can't win the championship, it would be nice to get a participation award."
The old man asked curiously, "What is the participation award?"
The man replied "A mask of a fighting saint."
When the old man heard this, he curled his lips and muttered in a low voice, "I can see the Great Sage. Why do I need his mask?"
The man didn't hear clearly what the old man said and asked in confusion, "What did you say, old man?"
The old man waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile, "It's nothing. Thank you for your answer, little brother. I'll say goodbye."
"Farewell."
Then, the old man turned around and walked out of the crowd, walking up to a middle-aged man wearing white clothes with a refined temperament.
When the middle-aged man saw the old man coming out with a cane, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Tieguai Li, are you here?"
It turns out that this ragged old man was transformed from Tieguai Li.
The middle-aged man opposite is Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals.
Tieguai Li had long heard that Chang'an City was very famous for its Buddha Ceremony Festival, and after hearing that the prize last time was Sun Wukong's monkey hair, he became even more curious.
So Tieguai Li took advantage of the fact that there was nothing going on in heaven, so he took Lu Dongbin down to the lower world to visit Chang'an City.
In order not to be recognized by the people in Chang'an City, both of them transformed into mortals to participate in the lantern riddle contest.
Tieguai Li smiled at Lu Dongbin, nodded and said, "I asked, and they said that the reward this time is a brocade cassock."
Lu Dongbin showed a hint of surprise, "Are you talking about the brocade cassock that Guanyin Bodhisattva gave to Monk Tang? Is this news reliable?"
Obviously, Lu Dongbin did not expect that Monk Tang would be so generous and take the brocade cassock given by Guanyin Bodhisattva as the prize for this conference.
Tieguai Li said very decisively, "Of course it's reliable."
"By the way, Brother Lu." Tieguai Li changed the subject, smiled, and said with a slightly embarrassed look, "Brother Lu, as you know, I've been a little tight lately, how about you help me win this cassock?"
?”
Lu Dongbin first gave Tieguai Li an annoyed look, and then said, "Who told you to always like to buy useless things? You are in a hurry and it is entirely your own fault. I will not help you cheat."
Tieguai Li puts his hands together
10. He implored Lu Dongbin with a pitiful look, "Brother Lu, we have been immortal friends for so many years, why don't you do this little favor?"
"Brother Guai Li, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I've never participated in this lantern riddle competition before, and I'm not sure I can help you win. You also know that I never agree to anything I'm not sure about."
Listening to Lu Dongbin's words, Tieguai Li sighed helplessly, shook his head dejectedly and said, "Is this brocade cassock going to be missed by me?"
Just when Tieguai Li felt helpless, a figure suddenly came into view.
"Hey? Isn't this the debt collector? Why is he here?"
After muttering, Tieguai Li waved his hands in the direction of Qin Tian and shouted loudly, "Debt collector, debt collector?"
Qin Tian turned around and saw an old man in ragged clothes and holding a cane waving to him, so he walked over with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Who are you?"
"Oh, it's me, Tieguai Li." Tieguai Li shook the crutch in his hand to indicate his identity.
"Tieguai Li? How did you become like this?"
Qin Tian came here by searching for the name of 'Tieguai Li' through a debt. At first, he was wondering why he couldn't find Tieguai Li, but he never thought that the other party turned into an old man.
Tieguai Li chuckled and said, "Isn't this why I came to participate in the lantern riddle contest? I changed my appearance to prevent others from recognizing me."
"Oh, by the way, this is Brother Lu, he is also here with me."
Lu Dongbin bowed his hands to Qin Tian and saluted, "Lu Dongbin has seen debt collectors before."
"Mr. Lu is polite." Qin Tian smiled in return.
Lu Dongbin was frightened and waved his hands and said, "I cannot bear it, Immortal Lu. From now on, the debt collectors can just call me by my name."
"Okay." Qin Tian nodded, then turned to look at Tieguai Li, and said with a sinister smile, "By the way, Tieguai Li, aren't you going to teach my students? How come you still have time to participate in some lantern riddles?"
General Assembly?"
"This...I..."
Tieguai Li suddenly felt a chill running down his spine and felt extremely guilty. He quickly changed the subject with a smile, "By the way, why are you here, debt collector?"
Seeing Tieguai Li's appearance, Qin Tian could guess with his toes that he was skipping school to attend a lantern riddle contest.
But Qin Tian doesn't care about this at all now, after all, the most important thing is to keep the thunder gourd for Joey.
When Tieguai Li asked, Qin Tian directly explained his purpose of coming, "I came specifically to find you."
Tieguai Li looked confused and asked, "What does the debt collector want from me?"
Qin Tian got straight to the point, "I want to ask you for one hundred and eighty thunder gourds to help my future wife survive the catastrophe."
Tieguai Li's eyes widened, "How...how much?"
"One hundred and eighty!"
"Debt collector, you don't think that my thunder gourds are blown by the strong wind from the sky, do you? You said that I would be fine with a dozen, but that's one hundred and eighty thunder gourds! Even if I become a gourd spirit
There won’t be so many Yun Lei gourds earlier!”
Qin Tian looked like a gangster, spread his hands and said, "Then I don't care. I won't hold you accountable if you skipped school to attend some lantern riddle competition. You must give me these one hundred and eighty Yun Lei gourds, otherwise something will happen to my future wife."
, I will blame it all on you."
Tieguai Li jumped anxiously, "The debt collection makes you... you are so unreasonable, I... I only have a total of eighty or so now." A gourd, you asked me to conjure more than a hundred for you."
If it were someone else who was so cruel and unreasonable, Tieguai Li would probably have greeted him with a cane.
But no matter what, Tieguai Li didn't dare to attack Qin Tian because he couldn't beat him.
"Then you can give me the eighty gourds you have now, otherwise I will take you back to Yunwu College to teach." Qin Tian curled his lips and said.
Looking at Qin Tian's appearance, it was as if he was the one who suffered.
"..."
Tieguai Li choked up at his words.
Originally, Tieguai Li was in the wrong, but he couldn't argue with him and couldn't beat him. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.
At this moment, Lu Dongbin on the side spoke to mediate.
"Debt collector, although Yun Lei Gourd is not very important to Brother Guai Li, it is still one of his few sources of income. In any case, you are also our savior. It is natural that Brother Guai Li would not be able to ask for help from you.
Want money."
"How about this? If you help Brother Guai Li win the championship of this lantern riddle competition, not only will all the thunder gourds used by Brother Guai Li be given to you, but I will also personally go over to protect your future wife."
After hearing this, Qin Tian felt that the conditions were good.
If Lu Dongbin can protect Joey, then there will be a greater hope that she can survive the catastrophe safely.
Coupled with Tieguai Li's more than 80 thunder gourds, everything can help Joey survive the disaster safely.
Qin Tian smacked his lips, nodded and said, "It's not impossible, but how do you win this lantern riddle competition? Just guessing riddles?"
Seeing Qin Tian's interest, Tieguai Li was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, as long as you guess the lantern riddles correctly, you can win prizes from this conference. The reason why I skipped class and came here is because this lantern riddle competition happens once a year.
Opportunities are rare if you don’t wait for them.”
Later, Tieguai Li smiled sarcastically and asked, "I wonder if the debt collector is good at guessing riddles?"
Qin Tian patted his chest and said very confidently, "It's a joke. You know, I am a man who has read dozens of brain teasers. How can I be defeated by a little guessing game?"
"What, what is a brain teaser?" Tieguai Li asked with a confused look on his face.
"Anyway, it's just a book about riddles in the secular world." Qin Tian waved his hand, "That's not important. What's important is that I can help you win the championship."
After hearing that Qin Tian had read more than a dozen books about guessing, Tieguai Li grinned and was so happy that he thanked Qin Tian repeatedly, "Then I will thank the debt collector now. This time the champion will be
It’s all up to you.”
"You are the only ones who want to win the championship in this lantern riddle competition? Don't make others laugh."
Looking around, he saw a noble man dressed in silk and satin walking towards him, followed by several burly men.
As soon as the man appeared, some women around him let out exaggerated shouts.
"It's Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang is here!"
"Mr. Jiang, you have to work hard for this lantern riddle competition!"
"Young Master Jiang is as handsome as ever. He is so handsome."
"It seems that Mr. Jiang is going to win the championship of this lantern riddle competition again this time."
"If he also wins the championship this time, Mr. Jiang will have won the lantern riddle competition for the sixth time in a row. He is worthy of being the number one talent in Chang'an City, with both talent and appearance."
Tieguai Li looked at the other party and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are you Jiang San?"