A group of people walked and stopped along the way, on the fifteenth day of the first month, there were still more than 300 miles away from the capital, and it was the Lantern Festival, everyone was not in the mood to hurry, so they rested in an inn in a county town.

Because it is the Lantern Festival, the inn has prepared a Lantern Festival for travelers who are resting. Tong Shuyan didn't like glutinous food since he was a child, so he gave his share to Yalan, and went for a walk in the courtyard by himself, never thinking that he would meet Li Xuan, who also went out for a walk.

Li Xuan saw Tong Shuyan, nodded and smiled faintly. Tong Shuyan looked at him and liked it in his heart, so he took the initiative to ask, "Li Xianggong doesn't eat Lantern Festival?" ”

"I've used it, come out and eat it." Li Xuan smiled lightly.

Tong Shuyan nodded, "Today's Lantern Festival, there is a lantern festival outside, and the husband can go out for a walk to relieve his homesickness." ”

"Gui Sheng is still eating Lantern Festival, let's go later."

Tong Shuyan sighed, blessed and blessed to say goodbye.

Li Xuan bowed and returned the salute and didn't say anything.

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To say that this Lantern Festival, it can be said that it is more lively than New Year's Day, after all, on this day, the boudoir women and women who can not easily go out can go out to enjoy the lanterns, and it is a pleasure to enjoy the lanterns on the street or three or five friends or husbands and wives together.

Yalan ate the Lantern Festival, and found out the opinion from the salute that the white silk jacket was put on Tong Shuyan, saying that wearing the white silk jacket to go away with all kinds of diseases can eliminate all kinds of diseases. Both the master and servant wore white silk jackets and went out into the street, and the housekeeper sent two house slaves to follow behind.

The street is full of light, the tourists are weaving, and a big lamp tower is set up in the middle of the street for the visitors to visit and enjoy.

Tong Shuyan bought a lotus lantern and held it in her hand, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the stall guessing the lantern riddle, she pulled Yalan forward, paid the five questions and went forward to choose the lantern riddle.

The boss picked a riddle for her, "A house on the mountain, dedicated to cultivation without distractions." ”

"It's a secret word." She smiled at her boss.

"The girl is very knowledgeable." The boss praised and took off the gift and handed it to Yalan to hold.

Yalan looked up, saw the red lantern hanging in the center, and said to Tong Shuyan with a smile: "Guess this, girl, I see that the prize is a glazed palace lantern." ”

Tong Shuyan looked in the direction of Yalan's finger, and saw a grapefruit-sized glazed palace lamp, with plum blossom branches embedded in the cover, and even the tassels were extremely exquisite. Tong Shuyan also liked it very much when he saw it, and he was busy asking the boss to get the riddle.

"Girl, it will cost two taels of silver to guess this riddle." The boss laughed.

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan's eyes couldn't help but widen, "Two two? ”

"Yes, two-two. This is a small thing in the town tonight, and you see, this is a glass palace lamp, and it is more than two taels of silver just to buy it. ”

Tong Shuyan was a little entangled, two taels of silver, almost a month's expenses for her.

"The other prizes are also good, if the girl thinks it's expensive, let's look at the others."

She looked at the palace lamp, and her heart was entangled in every way, if she won this lamp and went back, her father would definitely say that she would be a loser, not to mention that she might not be able to guess the riddle. As soon as I weighed it in my heart, I felt that it was not cost-effective, and I was about to say to the boss that I didn't guess, but a gust of wind blew, the palace lamp swayed in the wind, and the silver bell on the tassel tinkled, and she was reluctant to hear it.

"Arran, give money." She gritted her teeth and said ruthlessly.

"Girl, do you want to stop thinking about it?" Yalan looked at his master and hesitated.

"Give money!" She urged again, why can't she, a young lady from a household scholar's family, take out two taels of silver? Can't guess that if she doesn't go out for a month, her father can still starve her to death? Thinking like this, he became more and more sure in his heart, took the money bag from Yalan's hand, and put two taels of silver on the boss's desk.

The boss looked at her and smiled, "Chong girl's decisiveness, if you guess right, this lamp will be given to you." ”

"Really?" She looked at her boss in surprise.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase."

As he spoke, he turned around and took down the riddle and put it on the table, and all the onlookers crowded up to see what the riddle was, and it was worth two taels of silver. I saw the riddle written in black and red letters: "Wear beads." ”

Everyone present couldn't help but gasp, threading the needle and the lead, what does this bead lead mean? And the moment he saw the riddle, Tong Shuyan felt that it was over, and the two taels of silver were just gone, and he didn't even hear a sound.

She took a deep breath, pretended to be calm and asked her boss for a pen and paper, and made a posture that she must guess the riddle.

The boss smiled and asked her to write first, then to greet the other guests.

Wearing beads and threads, she tried her best to think, write and draw on paper, disassemble and combine words, she thought about it all, but she didn't have a clue. After pondering about the time of about a cup of tea, she finally couldn't think of it, so she put down her pen and said to the boss: "These two taels of silver can make you not have to go out of the stall for a few months." ”

"Thank you, girl, for taking care of the business." The boss smiled and said to her, "If you guess the answer to the mystery tonight, you can come again." ”

"If you don't come, you will lose the dowry if you come again." She smiled helplessly.

Hearing this, everyone present laughed.

After guessing the anagram, she was not interested in other things, and after shopping for a while, she was ready to go back to the inn, just as Li Xuan also came back from outside.

The two smiled lightly and nodded as a salute, Yalan politely asked Gui Sheng if he had a good time, and Gui Sheng smiled and said that the persimmons were delicious.

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan covered his lips and chuckled, and couldn't help but quip: "I thought your second master would take you to eat something delicious." ”

Hearing her mention herself, Li Xuan also answered: "He ate seven or eight persimmons in a row, what else can he eat." ”

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan smiled deeper and advised: "Don't eat sour persimmons after eating, otherwise you will have a stomachache." ”

Gui Sheng smiled and said thank you, and asked her what interesting things she had encountered tonight.

Speaking of this, Yalan looked distressed, "It's not fun at all." ”

This remark evoked the bad memories of Tong Shuyan, sighed, and sighed with emotion.

"What's wrong?" Li Xuan couldn't help but ask.

"Guess the lantern riddle, I didn't guess the riddle, and I spent two taels of silver in vain." She said with a look of regret.

"What mystery?" Hearing what she said, Li Xuan was interested.

"Wear beads and lead, type."

"Is there such a mystery?" Hearing this, Gui Sheng looked at Tong Shuyan in disbelief, "Isn't there only 'threading the needle'?" ”

"Yes, so I used several methods, but I didn't guess it, Li Xianggong, do you know?" She raised her eyes and asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan frowned and thought, "Piercing beads? ”

"Yes, bead leads."

Li Xuan glanced at her, his eyebrows were contemplative, and it happened that the innkeeper saw a few people coming back, and he was busy asking if he needed to eat supper.

"What do you have to eat?" Arlan asked.

"The kitchen has stewed ribs, if the girl wants it, the small one will be brought to the room for you."

"We also want one, Second Master, do you want it?" Gui Sheng raised his eyes and asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan glanced at him, and suddenly thought of something, and turned to a child's face and smiled: "It should be the word 'fate', the fate of fate." ”

"Fate? Why? ”

"Fate, Yi Junya. From 糸 (mì), 彖 (tuàn) sound. Ito, filaments also. 彑 (jì), the head of a pig. 豕 (shǐ), 彘也. In ancient times, if you want to marry two surnames, you must tie a silk thread to the pig's head to express the token of love and marriage. And the word "bead" in "piercing the bead lead" should be the homonym of "pig". Therefore, the "bead lead" should be the "edge" of marriage. ”

"It's too hard, isn't it?" Tong Shuyan looked at Li Xuan with a shocked expression, "No wonder that boss swore that he would return the money to me if he guessed the riddle." ”

"Business, naturally mercenary, he expects you to guess and coax you." Li Xuan smiled, "Just don't be deceived next time......

"Yalan, if we go back, we will definitely get that glass lamp back!"

Before Li Xuan finished speaking, Tong Shuyan pulled Yalan out of the door, but he couldn't stop him. He smiled helplessly and went upstairs to rest.

Let's talk about Tong Shuyan, when he took Yalan back, the boss was about to pack up his things and go home, Yalan slapped two taels of silver on the desk, and asked excitedly: "Boss, what you said before, guess the mystery and don't charge a penny, now this is still counting?" ”

When the boss saw the "God of Wealth" coming to the door, he smiled and said, "Naturally, it counts." ”

"We guessed the riddle, the riddle of the bead lead is a 'fate', right?" Yalan said with a smug face.

The boss's face was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground, "How did the girl guess?" ”

"If you guess, you'll guess," Arran said, putting the two taels of silver in his bag, "and get the lamp." ”

The boss sighed, and took down the lamp and handed it to Tong Shuyan with a distressed face, "This lamp is really more than two taels of silver, and it can be regarded as fate if it was given to the girl." ”

Tong Shuyan took the lamp with a smile, "What fate, this is what I bought with money." ”

The boss also laughed, "I consulted a lot of Xiucai to make up such a mystery, I never thought it was broken, it seems that the person who broke the bottom is even more powerful than Xiucai." ”

"Of course, lifting people is better than showing talents," Tong Shuyan said with a smile, "It doesn't have to be the champion." ”

"Then congratulations to the girl, you have to get married to the future champion." The boss smiled sincerely, "Dare to ask who this champion is, and in the future, I will tell the public that the champion has guessed the riddle." ”

Tong Shuyan was stunned for a moment, and said a little embarrassed: "The boss misunderstood, I just knew him." ”

"It's okay to just get acquainted, if it's because of this 'fate' Yucheng two marriages, it can be regarded as a good thing to do in the next."

Hearing this, her heart jumped, she bit her lip and didn't know what to say, thanked the boss and pulled Yalan away.

Yalan saw that his master's face was full of spring, and he sighed meaningfully, which made Tong Shuyan feel embarrassed, "What are you!" ”

"Oh what, the girl should know." Xiao Nizi looked at her master with a smile, "This glass lamp is a witness." ”

"What nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense." Yalan still smiled and took Tong Shuyan's hand, "I see that the girl and Li Xianggong are really a good match, if he is admitted to the Jinshi, the proposer must not break the threshold of his family?" Don't pretend to be reserved, girl. ”

Tong Shuyan listened, his face turned crimson, and he turned to look at Yalan, but he was a little worried, "I don't know if he is married." ”

"That's just as well." Speaking of this, Yalan was also a little discouraged, "I'll help you inquire?" ”

She looked at Yalan and wanted to say yes, but she didn't dare, what if he really got married? It's still a day to be able to drag it out. "Forget it, I'll ask again when he's tried, and now I always feel out of place. Besides, it would make us look like we're not ...... at all Reserved. ”

Yalan thought about it, "Let's talk about it when we go back to Beijing." ”

"Hmm."

That night, for the sake of whether Li Xuan was married, Tong Shuyan couldn't sleep at night.