This voice sounds old, but the speech is clear, full of energy, and the words have a kind and warm but not flattering cool energy, which is not annoying, so the onlookers are very enthusiastic and ask him to explain.

The man seemed to make a gesture before continuing: "My master loves lantern riddles, and every year during the lantern festival, he will come to our store in person and sit on the third floor! Regardless of men, women, old and young, rich and poor, all the lantern riddles on the first floor are thirty pairs, and you can go to the second floor; on the second floor, you can go up to the third floor! At the staircase on the third floor, there are three lantern riddles made by my master himself, if they can also be solved, my master will sweep the couch to greet each other, and present a hundred taels of silver to reward!"

One hundred taels of silver is not worth mentioning to Sheng Weiqiao, but for ordinary people, it is a huge amount of money.

After all, the monthly money of the Sheng family's guards is only four taels of silver a month, which is already a good salary in Nanfeng County.

One hundred taels of silver, a Sheng family guard had to save for two years and one month without eating or drinking.

This will be obtained as long as you guess the forty-three riddles correctly, and there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers, and there were a few people with obvious foreign accents, who asked in half-baked official dialect: "Is this true?"

"It seems that a few guests have not been in Chang'an for a long time, and they still don't know about our 'Sleepless Pavilion'?" The person inside was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "Our Pavilion is a time-honored brand in Chang'an, and this rule has been followed for more than 20 years, and it has never been broken." If a few guests don't believe it, they can ask the regular customers around them, is the pavilion a child?"

Before his words fell, there were indeed echoes in the crowd, all saying that this "Nightless Pavilion" bounty riddle has not been a year or two, and the shopkeeper alone has changed several times, and now the shopkeeper who announced the rules has presided over for the longest time, and it has been more than ten years.

Speaking of this bounty, every year the lantern festival has someone who can take away the reward from here, not to mention, the proprietor behind the scenes of this nightless pavilion is said to have a lot of origins, if this stepped on the third floor, so that the person who swept the couch to greet him met his eyes, and even got a recommendation, in and out of the house of the nobles of the high gate, some people even became famous in Chang'an City overnight, and envied countless people.

After hearing these words, the people who questioned it before were moved, and after thanking them, they hurriedly stepped into the store, as if they were afraid that they would be robbed of their benefits if they were late.

It's just about to enter the store, but it seems to be stopped again, and the way is that everyone has to guess a riddle correctly to get in, so it's good that you can guess it on your behalf.

Some of those people questioned whether the rules of this generation were not very good?

The shopkeeper explained: "The Lantern Festival is probably a group trip, and it is impossible for a group of people to be all puzzle-solvers." If you have to answer a personal account, wouldn't your good playmates have to be dispersed? The owner of the Cabinet has set up these three levels of checkpoints, and has offered a reward of 100 taels of silver, and the picture is the word 'fun', how can it sweep away your interest in traveling?"

There were people who applauded this inside and out, and those who questioned it before were silent.

Sheng Weiwei, who was outside the crowd, was a little impatient when she heard the reward, and she shook Sheng Weiqiao's arm even harder: "Third sister, let's go in and guess quickly! Today is the last night of the Lantern Festival! What if you go in late and the owner is settled?"

"You said as if we could go up to the third floor at once!" Sheng Weiqiao smiled and pinched her cheek, although she didn't pay attention to a hundred taels of silver, but such a reward is already very high for ordinary people, especially the temptation to enter and exit the high gate and become famous in Chang'an, so many benefits, how many talented people and talented women should be attracted every year?

This shop has not closed at a loss, and has been open for more than 20 years, how difficult should it be to make riddles?

Sheng Weiqiao knows that she is lazy, she can't do her homework, her cousin Sheng Weiwei is still young, and she usually doesn't have to worry about studying, unless the silver reward in this store is the same as the deer tendon on the day of the Lantern Festival, which is given for free, otherwise the sisters don't expect to go up to the third floor at all, and it is estimated that it will be good to go up to the second floor.

Seeing Sheng Weiwei's confidence that "we will definitely be able to go up to the third floor", she was worried that she would not be able to guess a few lights and meet a crying nose, so she hurriedly reminded, "We are not good at this!"

Who knew that Sheng Weiyu was stunned when she heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Why should we guess?"

Without waiting for Sheng Weiqiao to speak, she had already pointed at Sheng Sleeping Crane with her backhand, and said confidently, "Big brother, isn't he Xie Yuan in our county, everyone says that he is very talented?

Sheng Weiqiao, who ignored the sleeping crane all the way: ".............................."

…… I always feel that today's ...... It seems that not only is the manager of the water, but even the cute little cousin is dragging her feet?

It was Sheng Sleeping Crane, the corners of his mouth hooked and hooked, but he felt that Sheng Weiwei had never been so pleasing to the eye.

In the noisy city, the circle formed by them was strangely silent.

Everyone's eyes looked at Sheng Weiqiao, waiting for her answer.

At the same time, on the third floor of this Nightless Pavilion, that is, the top floor, someone was softly "huh", although he immediately stopped it, but because there was someone standing next to him, he had already heard it, so he asked in surprise: "Brother Tired Fei?"

"I was a little surprised when I saw someone I knew. Meng Guiyu, who was tired of flying, heard this, turned his eyes away, smiled gently at a man standing against the railing on his side, and said, "It's a scholar who is about to take the exam, it is said that you should hurry up and study at this moment, and you shouldn't have time to come out to play." ”

"I think it's a lack of concentration, watching the spring season approaching day by day, my heart is anxious, and I can't sit still. Before the person who had asked the question before could answer, a clear and sneering voice came from behind him, and he said contemptuously, "No, I'd rather come out and spin around like a fly without a head, than continue to work hard?" This kind of person who can't even sharpen a gun in battle...... Eight achievements are coming to Chang'an to join in the fun!"

The man before smiled and agreed: "What Master Hou said is true." ”

Meng Guiyu only smiled, and changed the topic: "The riddle made by the Hou Ye is very difficult today, and it took a few of us to brainstorm and guess it with a lot of effort! I don't know how many people can go up to the third floor tonight and drink with me?"

"Gao Shaoyang, right?" his companion guessed, "He is known as the number one genius in the south of the Yangtze River, although Shiwen may not be as good as that Huang Ziyue, but the poems and songs, and the guessing of thin words are good tricks! Two days ago, in the hook column, wasn't it said that there were three riddles, which stumped our Chang'an's most famous capital?"

"The head of the line knew Gao Shaoyang's identity, pretended to be powerless, and just made a name for him! Someone objected, "Although the reputation of this humanistic style is indeed not as good as Gao Shaoyang, but it must also be considered that he is a calm person, does not like to be quiet, since he came to Chang'an, although he has close contacts with Gaomi Palace, he has been living in a simple place and rarely goes out." On the other hand, Gao Shaoyang was a well-known romantic and talented man when he was in Jiangnan, and after coming to Chang'an, he lingered in the land of fireworks all day long, acting flamboyantly and wildly, and Wu Anhou reprimanded him several times without repentance...... Such a high level of poetry and singing, thin words and riddles, although it is widely known, does not mean that Huang Ziyue is weaker in these places. After all, these kinds of skills are all the same, Huang Ziyue's past level of writing has been able to overpower Gao Shaoyang every time, and the overall literary talent may also be above Gao Shaoyang?"

At this time, one of them sighed sarcastically: "The two you are talking about, although they were both popular candidates for the top of the current department, are all in the past. I really want to meet the rumored Nanfeng genius today, what kind of outstanding talent is it, who actually compares these two in front of Zheng Guogong and King Gaomi?"

After these words, there was silence in the building.

After a while, it was the previous Hou Ye who said slowly: "No matter how famous it is, the article will have the final say when the time comes...... It's hard to say who this champion belongs to! Left and right, we are not a tribute court here, and we only compete with lantern riddles, what are you doing to mention the champion of this department?

Meng Guiyu hurriedly made amends, admitting that it was all his own fault, saying that he would punish himself three cups in public, and everyone coaxed him, and the previous little cold scene was revealed.

He walked to the railing again and watched, and there was no longer Sheng Sleeping Crane and his party in the crowd below, and he thought to himself: "Are they leaving, or are they entering the store?" If they are gone, they will be returned, and if they enter the store, they will really get the reward here, but I am afraid that tonight will be troublesome." ”

After all, although Gao Shaoyang and Huang Ziyue have not arrived at the moment, they have made an appointment with a few people upstairs to use the lantern riddles of this store to fight in the ring today.

Calculate the time, it's almost coming.

One of the two is the nephew of Wu Anhou, the second family of the Meng family, and the other is the beloved son of the old department of King Gaomi, who was originally the champion candidate recommended by both parties.

Unexpectedly, not long after this matter was settled, Sheng Sleeping Crane actually intervened sideways, using the matter of Bishui County as an introduction, and calculated all the way, not only obtained the same qualifications as the two of them, but even Meng and Gaomi Wang both checked Sheng Sleeping Crane's article when he took the Xie Yuan exam, and they both praised it greatly.

The gossip that came out of the temple intentionally or unintentionally was that it was Zheng Guogong and King Gaomi, the two court giants, who agreed that the literary talents of the sleeping crane were only afraid that they were even higher than Gao Shaoyang and Huang Ziyue......

The so-called Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second, these two people are still young and talented, how can they be convinced?

But I have long wanted to find trouble with Sheng Sleeping Crane, but Sheng Sleeping Crane has been living in a simple place, and it is rumored that this person brought several female relatives to Chang'an, and now the place where he lives is not spacious, with the identity of Gao Shaoyang and Huang Ziyue, he just found the door to smash the field, which is not only reserved, but also suspected of disturbing other people's female dependents, which is really undignified, so he is temporarily patient, and he is full of strength, and he plans to slap his face in the spring!

If you met here in advance...... The results can be imagined!

But......

Meng Guiyu's face was solemn at this moment, not because he was worried about what Sheng Sleeping Crane was going to happen next, he was worried: "This is a master who kills people without blinking, and he is not as simple as the Sven Shizi who looks on the outside...... But I was still caught by him and dragged into the water, if he wins a big victory today, it will be okay! In case he loses, he is angry and angry, and wants to be the same as the last time he dealt with Jiaoyu's mother and daughter, and asks me to help kill Huang Ziyue and Gao Shaoyang at night, what can I do?"

No wonder he thinks that Sheng Sleeping Crane is so narrow-minded, after all, Sheng Weiqiao was not even directly targeted before, that is, he was just affected, this person can sneak into the back house of Zheng Guogong Mansion and poison him, not to mention Huang Ziyue, Gao Shaoyang and other scholars, that is ten out of ten will directly hit Sheng Sleeping Crane?!

With a long sigh, Meng Guiyu covered his eyes with worry, but he also had some expectations: just now he could see clearly, not far from Sheng Sleeping Crane, pulling a little girl, was it Sheng Weiqiao, who he had been interested in for a long time?

"I wonder if I'll have a chance to talk to that Miss Sheng San later?" he muttered to himself, "There are so many people today, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to talk about it, and if that young lady is really as thoughtful as I thought, I won't have a chance to catch the clues...... Well, let's try to make a good impression first?"