Yipin Tang

Chapter 272
"Red Lady? What is this? Is it poetry?" Xiaobei blinked curiously.

Qing'er rolled her eyes and said, "Have you ever seen a poem written in three words?"

After Qing'er said something, Xiaobei stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, and lowered his head to fiddle with the rabbit lantern in his hand.

Ning Xiang looked at the small piece of paper in her hand again and said, "Is this the lantern riddle that Mr. Wang said?"

After listening to Ningxiang's words, several people realized that Wang Xiang nodded and smiled: "Yes, it's a lantern riddle. Among the 1000 lanterns in the lantern market, there are [-] or [-] lanterns with such a small lantern on it. Each kit contains a different lantern riddle, whoever can find and guess the most lantern riddles at the start of the Lantern Festival tomorrow will be rewarded by the Prince's Mansion."

1000 or 1000 lanterns with kits hanging on them are 11 or [-] different lantern riddles. This number is really amazing. Lantern riddles only began to rise in the Tang Dynasty, and it is only [-] years since Zhenguan, so there are not many lantern riddles. Almost all of them are riddles mentioned in some ancient books. Playing lantern riddles is actually a way for literati to show their knowledge. If you read a lot of books, you can guess them naturally, but like Wang Xiang, there are very few lantern riddles that you can figure out by yourself. , No matter how many books you read, you may not be able to guess it.

Hearing that it was a lantern riddle, Xiaobei suddenly became excited, looked up at Ningxiang and asked, "Sister Ningxiang, is that a lantern riddle in your hand? Hong Niangzi, going up to a tall building, my heart hurts and tears flow... Can my sister guess it?" ?”

Everyone was very interested in guessing the lantern riddles, Qing'er and Xiaoyun also frowned and thought.

After about half a stick of incense, Ning Xiang said softly: "Is the answer to this lantern riddle a candle?"

Wang Xiang was taken aback when he heard the words, guessed it so quickly?Although this lantern riddle is not very difficult, it is not easy to guess the answer so quickly with only twelve words in one sentence. There are many kinds of lantern riddles, guessing words, guessing people, guessing things... If there is no hint, if you want to It is really not easy to guess quickly. At least many lantern riddles Wang Xiang would not be able to guess without reading the hints. Even some lantern riddles are still confused after reading the hints.

Seeing that Wang Xiang didn't speak, Xiaobei said anxiously, "Young Master Wang, is sister Ningxiang's guess right?"

Wang Xiang nodded in praise and said: "Miss Ningxiang really has an exquisite mind, she guessed it so quickly."

"It's really a candle, sister Ningxiang guessed it right!" Xiao Bei was surprised and excited: "But why is it a candle?"

Ning Xiang blushed slightly, and explained: "Actually, I just happened to see the candles in the lantern and guessed it by accident. The lantern riddle Wang Gongzi solved is really ingenious."

After listening to Ningxiang's words, Xiaobei looked curiously at the candles inside the lantern. The red candle was placed in the center of the lantern. The flame danced just like a beautiful woman in red. The wick lit the fire, and the melted wax dripped slowly. Falling, isn't it just right for the phrase "My heart hurts, tears flow".

"Hehehe, it's really interesting." Xiaobei clapped his hands excitedly when he understood the meaning of the lantern riddle.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding people. When they saw that it was the four masters of Yipin Theater, Huadan and Jiayuanhou, they all exclaimed. They heard Wang Xiang talk about the little kits and lantern riddles. Things, the onlookers immediately excitedly chose among the lanterns.

Xiaobei was a little worried and said, "Young Master Wang, they won't take away all the lanterns with riddles."

Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the [-] lanterns will not be finished until tomorrow. Besides, this lantern riddle is originally prepared for everyone. It doesn't count if you pick it out, you have to guess it."

After a while, some people found the lantern with the little kit hanging on it, and exclaimed, which attracted many people's attention, so everyone gathered around and frowned at the newly discovered lantern riddle.

Later, more and more people discovered lantern riddles. The newly discovered lantern riddles had not yet been guessed, and new lantern riddles had appeared. The atmosphere in the lantern market became more and more lively. A row of riddles.

After wandering alone in the lantern market for a while, I finally found Little Lolita and Ju Yiya among a pile of lanterns. The two held the lantern in one hand and the food sold by the vendors in the lantern market in the other. They had a great time playing Almost, when she saw Wang Xiang, the little loli immediately ran over with a smile and said excitedly: "Brother-in-law, the lantern fair we organized is really lively. Look, it's not even the Lantern Festival yet, and there are so many people there!"

"Yes." Ju Yiya also said happily: "There are still a lot of delicious food, do you want to eat it, my husband!"

Wang Xiang stretched out his mouth and took a bite of the skewers in Ju Yiya's hand. It was spicy and spicy, and I don't know what it was. Ever since Dengxianlou launched Chuanchuanxiang hot pot food, this way of eating quickly became popular in Chang'an.The method is simple and the taste is strong. The savvy hawker learns the method of Dengxianlou to string the ingredients into a string and stew them in the fragrant seasoning. If someone wants to eat, he can take it away after paying, which is convenient and fast. , when there is a rally, the income of a day’s income from setting up a stall selling skewers can be equal to the income of more than ten days in normal times, so there have been vendors selling skewers a few days ago when the lantern market was set up. There's a stall here.

In addition to hawkers selling skewers, there are all kinds of noodles, wontons, cooking cakes, etc. There are also people looking for crowded places in the Lantern Market to perform juggling, and folk shadow puppetry has gradually increased.

Seeing that every few steps in the Lantern Market there is a hawker selling food or a juggler, Wang Xiang couldn't help feeling that the Tang Dynasty was stronger than the later generations in that there was no city management to drive away the people.Although there are also soldiers patrolling the city in the Lantern Market, they are only responsible for the safety of Chang'an, and they will not drive away the hawkers who set up stalls and the common people who perform juggling.

I walked around with Little Lolita and Ju Yiya for a long time, and almost went all over the lamp market. Ju Yiya's belly was so round, I don't know how her slender body can accommodate so much food. As for the food, the little loli was not much better, she ate a mouthful of scum and greasy food, but she didn't notice it at all, and she didn't care about her ladylike image at all.Just looking at their appearance, others will never believe that these two crazy girls have the status of princesses.

"Brother-in-law, I can't walk anymore." Little Loli pouted and dragged Wang Xiang's hand slowly, throwing the lantern in her hand to nowhere.

"I know I'm tired." Not to mention her, Wang Xiang felt his legs a little numb.Ju Yiya, on the other hand, didn't seem to be tired at all after walking around for so long, still holding a lantern in one hand and a skewer in the other.

"Let's go back when we're tired."

"Yes." Little Lolita nodded obediently: "Brother-in-law will carry me back."

(End of this chapter)