Chapter 116 - Wooden Alley Lantern Riddle
Phew-
Boom β
A firework the size of several gates illuminates half of the gourd city as if it were daylight, and it is only the beginning.
Dense fireworks rush into the night sky, leaving the brightest and most dazzling light in the eyes of people's joyful eyes.
After annihilation, no one felt sorry for them, because there were fireworks behind them vying to present a feast for the eyes.
Everything subsided, but the crowd did not disperse.
The adults pulled their children tight and pointed to the sky.
"Look, the biggest fireworks are going up. β
"I don't know how big this year's main fireworks are and what color they are. β
"I wish every year was a riddle party. β
biuββ
A red pillar was swept higher and higher by the sparks, and soon overtook the area where the fireworks had bloomed before.
It has not stopped the trend and continues to fly higher and higher.
When people were about to lose sight of its appearance, in silence, the light of the starfall exploded, illuminating the entire gourd city.
A pair of excited eyes on the ground, reflecting the sparkle of light.
As the soot faded away, a deafening explosion swept through the city.
From the location of the City Lord's Mansion, a roar of tens of thousands of people at the same time sounded.
"In the thirty-fifth year of Jiuzhi, the Hulucheng lantern riddle party began. β
From the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion, a steady stream of young men dressed in red festive costumes ran to hang lantern riddles on the shops in the city.
There was also a team of women, who went to the direction of Fengqiu Huang Pavilion.
The crowd dispersed, each heading for a different place.
In the crowd, two teams of people wearing masks, one south and one north, walked around at the same time and walked towards the Fengqiu Huang Pavilion in the east of the city.
Beyond the plaque, the pedestrians were still clamoring, and no one looked at the people who spoke with strange expressions.
On the lake around the Phoenix Pavilion, there are nine wooden alleys with a width of about ten people.
The wooden alley is brightly lit, and there are merchants' shops on both sides, and there are about fifty of them.
Nine wooden alleys, that's four hundred and fifty.
South.
A low voice came from the man in the cow mask.
"Childe, don't leave me alone anymore. β
"Don't worry, no one threatens me to wait for her this time, I want to go in and see. β
South.
"Miss, don't leave me alone anymore. β
"Don't worry, I didn't threaten anyone to wait for me this time, maybe he will want to go in and have a look. β
Lu Caiwen immediately turned his face when he heard this.
"What do you say?"
"It's nothing, there are too many people, some are not used to it. β
"Hahaha, then Sister Xuemei needs to get used to it. On the day we get married, the people who come to congratulate will definitely not be less than the people here, and at least they are all rich and local wealthy families on the rich side. Those people are no better than these people, they-"
"Let's go, I haven't played lantern riddles for a long time, and I don't know if I can enter it. β
Ying Xuemei's gaze passed through the crowd and went straight to the Fengqiu Pavilion accessible from the wooden lane.
Once a year, you can only enter today, and the number of places is limited, the lower limit is not set, the upper limit is eighteen people, and two people in each passage.
And the conditions for entering are in the wooden alley.
Each shop has nine riddles, and you can solve them no matter which one you choose, but you only get one chance.
If you answer correctly, you will be given a small token and continue inside. Only those who have obtained fifty small tokens, that is, those who have answered all of them correctly and are the top two in each alley will be able to enter.
If you answer incorrectly, you need to buy any item in the store and stop there.
The further you go inside, the more difficult it becomes, and the more expensive the goods become.
However, if you have enough small tokens, you can also offset some, or even all of them, and get a valuable item for free.
This is to take care of most of the literati who are knowledgeable but have no money.
The original intention of the Castle Lord's Mansion is unknown, and the reaction of the people is surprising to the world.
In some places, when recruiting literati, the wealthy families will also ask if they have received free goods at the lantern riddle party.
As for the people who can enter the Phoenix Pavilion, they haven't seen anyone who has entered the local wealthy clan to eat together.
The lantern riddle guessing party in Hulu City is welcomed by the three religions and nine streams. This kind of situation is unique in Guangwu.
Yang Fengqing stepped into the wooden alley, I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the shop owners looked at him very kindly.
Walking to the shop on the right, there are nine lanterns hanging around the shop, all of which have a row of words written on them.
There are 'love words are half spit out and have never understood, type a word', 'you are a person with a heart, type a word', 'there is no trace of three points in spring, type a word'.
All typed a word, Yang Fengqing looked at the first lantern and sighed that maybe it was fate.
Pick up the pen and ink and write down the mystery and submit it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper glanced at it and handed Yang Fengqing a small black token.
Yang Zan also got a small token and followed behind Yang Fengqing.
Walking to the second shop, it was a little harder at first.
'The moon halo is moist, play an idiom', 'make a mistake, play an idiom', 'hang the beard and eyebrows together, play an idiom', etc.
For Yang Fengqing and Yang Zhan, there is still not much difficulty.
On the other side, Ying Xuemei, Lu Caiwen and others also moved forward quickly.
The further you go, the fewer people there are.
Yang Fengqing and Yang Zan passed all the way, and when they reached the thirtieth house, they found that there were less than thirty people left, and there were even fewer people in the shops in front.
But there are still a lot of people in the back, and there will be more people here.
The people who had exited the alley did not leave immediately, but stood around, watching the people at the front.
A shout came from the crowd.
"Look, is the person at the front of the first wooden alley a genius of the Feng family?"
"It's him, worthy of the title of talent, it didn't take long for this to start, and he reached the thirty-fifth shop. β
"You see the man in the third alley is walking faster, I used to think he was thirty-three, now it's thirty-seven. β
"There are a lot of people in every alley, around the thirtieth shop. β
There are old people with mixed feelings and sorrows, and they speak softly.
"There are a lot of talented people in my Guangwu this year, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. β
"Of course it's a good thing to have a talent, how can it be a bad thing?"
The old man just looked at the young man with a 'you're still young' look, and then turned his head to continue watching.
The young man is young and vigorous, how can he be convinced, squeeze through the crowd, and walk to the old man's side.
"You old man, halfway through talking, what's the matter?"
The crowd dispersed a little, and no one paid any attention to them.
The old man was not flustered by the young man's irascible appearance.
"No, old man, I just don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, so I'm just asking. β
"You old man, explain why I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. β
"Alasβin times of peace and prosperity, all talented people have the hope of achieving what they want to achieve with hard work. Even if some talented people are down, that's fine. But if all the talented people feel that with their hard work, they can't even get a place to live, what do you think they will do?"
The young man turned and plunged into the crowd without hesitation, only the sound of panic could be heard.
"I didn't hear anything, it's all that old man!"