Love the concubine

Chapter 123
The facade of this pinzhai looks like a place suitable for dignitaries to enter and exit, and it is completely different from Zuixianglou, a restaurant where all kinds of messy people can enter.

At this time, Yun Xi saw many lanterns hanging outside Yipinzhai, but unlike other places, these lanterns outside Yipinzhai were divided into several areas, and the flower shapes and colors were also different. There is also a tall tower built with wooden piles in the middle.

There is a Kongming lantern tied to the top of the tower. If you look carefully, you can see that something is tied to the Kongming lantern.

Just when Yun Xi was wondering what was on the Kongming lantern, the shopkeeper of Yipinzhai said to everyone: "Everyone knows that Yipinzhai holds a lantern riddle guessing contest every Mid-Autumn Festival, and if you can guess the last one, Then you can get a treasure selected by our Yipinzhai as a prize!"

Hearing this, Yun Xi probably only knew what the lantern riddles were about, and when everyone heard the shopkeeper talking about prizes, they all looked eager to try.

At this time, the shopkeeper talked about the change in the way of guessing lantern riddles.

"Everyone knows that in the past, Yipinzhai used to write riddles on paper and put them in the lanterns, and then let everyone guess. Whoever guesses the most will win. But thinking that the game is the same every year, it's a little bit It's too boring, so this year's game has some changes."

In the end, the shopkeeper went through the bamboo racks covered with lanterns, came under the high tower built with wooden piles, and continued: "I believe that you have seen this high platform when you first came here, and it is strange that it is so tall." What it is used for, let me explain it to you.”

"Everyone should be able to see that there is a Kongming Lantern tied to the top of the high platform, and the red box tied to the Kongming Lantern contains the final prize of our lantern riddle contest!"

As soon as the shopkeeper said this, everyone looked at the Kongming lantern one after another, and saw that there was indeed a red box on it, so they asked the shopkeeper curiously what was in the box, because With such a high distance, no one can tell what is inside.

When someone asked, the shopkeeper smiled and replied to everyone: "The box contains a black pearl from the bottom of the North Sea!"

"What? It's a black pearl?"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed, and seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, the shopkeeper also showed a satisfied smile, and then continued: "That's right, it's the Black Pearl! I think everyone should be surprised." You know, the bottom of the North Sea is so deep that ordinary people can't get down there, and this black pearl is extremely rare, so this black pearl can also be said to be a priceless treasure!"

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, I can see from everyone's eyes that they all want to get that black pearl, and the shopkeeper seems to have explained it almost now, so he started to talk to everyone about it. The rules of this lantern riddle competition.

Standing in the crowd, Yun Xi heard the lantern riddle competition, and immediately felt that the game seemed quite fun, so she put her arms around her arms and listened carefully to the rules that the shopkeeper said.

When he came here before, Yun Xi saw the lanterns on the bamboo frames surrounding the tower. At a glance, he could see more than ten rows of lanterns hanging around the tower. A circle of lanterns, no matter the color, shape or color are different.

Later, after listening to the shopkeeper, Yun Xi realized that there was a riddle in every lantern hanging there, and the closer to the lantern on the high tower, the more difficult the mystery inside the lantern was. Only after solving the puzzles in those lanterns can we get the Kongming Lantern.

After the rules were finished, the shopkeeper asked someone to bring out an incense burner and put it on the table at the entrance of Yipinzhai. Then he went to pick up an incense on the table and said: "I will light this incense burner later. Stick to the incense, the moment the incense is lit, it means the guessing of the lantern riddles begins! And if anyone can solve all the puzzles and win the prize in the Kongming lantern on the high platform before the incense is burned out, then He/she is the leader of our lantern riddle competition this year!"

After hearing so much from the shopkeeper, everyone couldn't help but want to start right away, because they all want to get that incomparably precious Beihai black pearl!
Seeing that everyone was ready to start, the shopkeeper of Yipinzhai took out a fire folder, lit the incense and inserted it into the incense burner.

After the stick of incense was lit, many people went over to get the riddle in the first circle of lanterns with the mentality of being determined to win, but Yun Xi looked at it for a while before turning back to Ling Wu with great interest. Ying said: "I'll try it too! Maybe with luck, I can get that black pearl too!"

I came out today to play, even if I didn't get the prize in the end, it's good to have fun!Yun Xi thought so in his heart, after finishing talking to Ling Wuying, he ran under one of the lanterns without waiting for him.

The shopkeeper also saw Yun Xi passing by, but he just glanced at her and didn't pay much attention to her. Maybe the shopkeeper saw that Yun Xi was just a child and thought she was just playing around out of curiosity, so he just took a look at her. Didn't care that much.

And Ling Wuying ran over when she saw Yun Xi finished speaking, and after a pause, she also followed her.

Originally, Yun Xi wanted to get the riddle in the lantern, but because she was not tall enough, she couldn't get the riddle in the lantern at all.

Next to each lantern in each circle, there is a person who keeps the question. If someone guesses the answer, he must give it to the person who keeps the question. After he confirms it, he will let him go. In front of a circle of lanterns.

At this moment, seeing Yun Xi standing on tiptoe, as if she wanted to get the note in the lantern, the keeper just glanced at her, and didn't intend to help her get it, because in his eyes, such a Little children can't guess riddles, they are just fooling around.

Feeling the keeper's ignorance of her, Yun Xi puffed her cheeks in displeasure, then she turned around and cast a begging look at Ling Wuying who was following her.

Seeing Yun Xi's eyes, Ling Wuying paused for a moment, then reached out to take out the paper rolled up in the lantern, opened it to look at it, and handed it to Yun Xi directly.

"Thank you!"

After thanking Ling Wuying with a smile, Yun Xi took the piece of paper from his hand, and when he opened it, there was written on it: Cutting the mess with a sharp knife—type an idiom.

"What idiom does this quick sword cut the mess refer to?" Xiao Xiao also came to Yun Xi's side at this time, and after seeing the riddle in Yun Xi's hand, he asked incomprehensibly, then looked at Sumei, but only Seeing that Sumei was also confused, she shook her head to herself.

Xiao Xiao and Su Mei didn't know what the answer was, and then asked Yun Xi, but Yun Xi didn't say anything, and directly raised his head and said to the questioner, "I guessed it!"

When the questioner heard it, he was stunned for a moment in disbelief, then he hesitated to hand over the pen and paper and said, "Miss, please write down the answer."

Hearing what the person keeping the question said, Yun Xi picked up the brush and quickly wrote down the answer, and then handed it back to him. After seeing the answer written by Yun Xi, the person keeping the question was surprised again, and then he immediately wrote down the answer. Get out of the way, and made a 'please' gesture to Yun Xi, indicating that she can pass.

Xiao Xiao saw that her young lady guessed the answer so quickly, she couldn't help saying to her admiringly: "Miss, you are so amazing! You guessed it so quickly! But what is the answer to this riddle?"

Hearing Xiao Xiao's question, Yun Xi turned to look at her, and said triumphantly, "Cut the mess quickly, the answer is to solve it easily!"

"It's easy to solve! Why didn't I think of it!" Hearing Yun Xi's answer, Xiao Xiao immediately slapped himself on the forehead, with an expression of "I can't figure it out so simple".

After Sumei heard and saw Xiao Xiao's appearance, she teased at this moment: "If you can guess it, wouldn't it be possible for pigs to guess riddles and win treasures?"

Hearing that Sumei compared herself to a pig, Xiaoxiao immediately pretended to be angry and looked at her with her hands on her hips: "Okay, you actually called me a pig, see if I don't scratch you to death!" May's armpit scratched.

Maybe it's because I haven't been out for a stroll for a long time, and it's a festival, so Xiao Xiao and Su Mei didn't seem so reserved, and they started fighting in front of Yun Xi.

Seeing the two of them making such a fuss, Ling Wuying didn't say anything at this moment, his eyes were always on Yun Xi.

Finally seeing Sumei begging for mercy again and again, Yun Xi also showed a hearty smile, and Ling Wuying saw her smile, and then the corners of his mouth curled up.

Smiling and watching Xiaoxiao and Sumei quarrel for a while, Yunxi remembered that there is a time limit for this quiz, if you don't hurry up, you will run out of time in a while!

Thinking of this, Yun Xi then looked at the second lantern in front of him, then bit his lip and looked at Ling Wuying.

After understanding what Yun Xi meant, Ling Wuying helped her take out the note from the lantern again.

Yun Xi didn't say thank you to him this time, and took the note directly to read it, only to see that it said: Sending Guanyin away is not necessary-type one word.

This time Yun Xi didn't guess the answer immediately, but looked at the note and thought about it. After thinking for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she asked the keeper next to the second lantern to come. He took out a pen and paper, and wrote the word 'return' on it.

After seeing the answer, the keeper looked at Yun Xi again, and finally cleared the way for her to go to the third lantern.

There are a total of eighteen circles of lanterns here. Whenever a person finishes guessing the answer, the person who keeps the question will put a new question into it.

(End of this chapter)