Chapter 28: Guess the lantern riddle

After dinner, the group began to wander the streets.

Not only can you enjoy the lanterns during the New Year, but there is also such a custom during the fifteenth year. A street full of colorful lanterns, think about this scene is also grand and spectacular. Especially in the ancient days, when there were no lights and only candles, people could see the spectacular scenery when every house was lit up at night. There are more and more roadside vendors, especially some of the small lanterns of all kinds, and there are many more children around to choose from, and the whole street has become bustling.

There are also many people who will go out shopping on the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, especially the ancient women, who are likely to be raised in the deep boudoir on weekdays, do not go out of the door, and do not step out of the second door, but in the Mid-Autumn Festival, they can also take the opportunity to go out to see the scenery, and may also encounter a love story. Therefore, there are many unmarried men and women who come out today.

"Sister Mu~ Look at this rabbit lantern, it's so cute~" Peng Ziran happily picked up a rabbit lantern sold on the side of the road and asked.

"Hmm~ It's pretty good, Ziran, do you like it?" Ye Xiaomu walked over and took a look.

Peng Ziran looked at it for a while, then raised his head and nodded. Ling Xiao hurriedly took out the money from his arms and handed it to the vendor.

"I want this."

"Thank you, Brother Xiao~"

Peng Ziran happily walked in front with a lantern.

"Senior Sister Guan, look, there is a river lantern in front, let's go and make a wish." Chen Yao said excitedly to Guan Shangyan.

Guan Shangyan looked at the many girls who put river lanterns over there, and looked at Su Rinye, hesitating whether to go over or not.

"Senior Sister Ye, let's go play too, I heard that it will be good to put the river lantern and make a wish~" Tang Qiu took Ye Xiaomu's hand and walked forward, Su Jingxuan and Ning Lan also followed, and Guan Shangyan saw that someone took the lead, so he and Chen Yao walked over slowly. The rest of the men took the lanterns from their hands playfully and followed.

When placing a river lantern, people will light a candle in the center of the finished lantern and place it by the river to watch it drift away with the current. At the same time, they will put their hands together and make a wish in their hearts. Until the lantern floats out of people's sight, this wish is finished. People will begin to live with anticipation.

Ye Xiaomu's girls each held a river lantern in their hands.

Ye Xiaomu: I hope we can see Mochen soon, and we will always be together.

Guan Shangyan: I hope Brother Ye likes me.

Su Jingxuan: I hope Senior Brother Long can successfully enter the top five in the competition next month.

Chen Yao: I hope to meet Ruyi Langjun this year.

Tang Qiu and Ning Lan: I hope I can win glory for my family.

The six women then threw their lanterns into the river.

In the group of people standing on the other side of them, there was a man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and said something in the ear of a man with a fat head and big ears, and the man glanced at Ye Xiaomu and the others, nodded and disappeared into the crowd.

"Senior Sister Xuan, what wish did you just make?" Ye Xiaomu asked Su Jingxuan curiously.

"It's nothing, I just hope that my family is healthy~" Su Jingxuan said while glancing at Long Shaopei.

"Senior Sister Xuan, my wish is the same every year! I don't know if I want to be a good man, I'm almost twenty this year. Long Shaopei said with a smile.

"Do you want to care? Hmph~" said quietly. Long Shaopei shook his head helplessly.

"Let's go~ There are still lantern fans in front of you, and there are prizes." Su Rin Ye said.

The group left the river and walked forward, and sure enough, they saw that the street in front of them had built a long bamboo hut with bamboo, on which were hung lanterns of the same style but different colors, and the whole street was illuminated as bright as daytime, and there were more pedestrians under the bamboo shed than before.

In the middle of the bamboo shed, there are a bunch of young men and women looking intently at some small notes hanging on wooden shelves by the bamboo shed, thinking that they should be guessing lantern riddles.

"Senior Sister Xuan~Let's go take a look~" Ye Xiaomu took Su Jingxuan's hand and came to the place where the note was hung.

"Hit me for you, beat you for me. Hit until your skin opens, and hit me so that I bleed (hit an animal name)? ”

Ye Xiaomu wanted to laugh a little when she looked at such a simple question, the ghost knew that she was responsible for the lantern fan conference held by the school every Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Enter the hole like a dragon, and go out of the hole like a phoenix. The phoenix gives birth to a hundred sons, and a hundred sons become dragons. (by the name of an animal)? What could it be? Su Jingxuan thought to himself.

"That's silkworm~" Ye Xiaomu replied to Su Jingxuan.

"Tsk~ Did you say yes?" Chen Yao said unconvinced.

"Why don't we make a bet?" Ye Xiaomu said.

"Bet on it, who is afraid of whom, choose twenty questions, whoever guesses more wins~ The loser, find a man among the people around you and say I like you, how about it? Do you dare? Chen Yao said proudly.

Ye Xiaomu spread his hands indifferently, that is, he looked like he was letting the horse come.

When Su Rin on the side heard this, he was surprised and nervous.

"Then ask the boss who asked the question to come out and testify~" Chen Yao thought that although his spiritual power was average, he would win the Mid-Autumn Festival riddle guessing in the family every year, so he became proud.

The boss of the lantern fan heard that someone was going to compete, and he happily came out to answer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the one who guesses the most correctly will get the lantern above." As he spoke, the boss pointed to a horse lantern hanging in the upper right corner, which was much more delicate than other lanterns. Many students, teenagers, came here because of this.

"Then the game begins!" The boss said. There are more and more people watching the excitement around.

"Question 1: Pointed and long mouth, thin calves. Drag the big tail, suspicious. (Hit an animal name)"

"Fox~" Chen Yao replied proudly.

"Yes~ get a point," the boss replied.

"Question 2: No feet and no hands, wearing goosebumps. Whoever touches it will be frightened and hurry away. (Hit an animal name)"

"Fish~" Chen Yao replied again.

"Wrong~ deduct one point. Is there a supplementary answer? ”

"Snake~" Ye Xiaomu replied.

"Yes ~ get a point"

"Question 3: Hours are like commas, playing in the water. Grow up and jump high, is the champion of catching insects. (Hit an animal name)"

"Frog~" Chen Yao replied.

"Yes~ get a point, now it's a tie."

"Question 4: One person has one mouth, and one hand is under his mouth, (type)

"Take it~" Ye Xiaomu replied. And Chen Yao was still thinking.

"Yes~ get one point, two to one." The boss said.

"Question 5: Night after night, (type)"

"Many~" Before Chen Yao could react, Ye Xiaomu replied again.

"Yes ~ get a point, now three to one"

Several people on the side praised Ye Xiaomu for being smart, except for the official Yan sister and brother. Guan Shangyan stared at Chen Yao reproachfully.

"Question 6: One plus one (guess one word)"

"King~"

"Question 7: Forget (play an idiom)."

"Dead heart~"

"Question 8: Two horns on the top of the head and a wok. I am only afraid of the sun, not afraid of heavy rain. (Hit an animal name)"

"Snail~"

Ye Xiaomu guessed several times correctly, but Chen Yao couldn't answer. Guan Shangyan was anxious, looking at her with a dark face, she could only continue with a hard face.

"Question 9: If you sit on me, I won't sit, and I can't do it. You sleep flat, and I sleep until dawn. (Hit an animal name)"

"It's a horse~" Chen Yao finally answered.

"Yes ~ get a point, now six to two"

"Question 10: Play together during the day, sleep together at night, not scattered until old age, good marriage in the world (fight an animal)"

"Mandarin duck~" Chen Yao shouted.

"Yes ~ get a point, now it's six to three"

Guan Shangyan looked at Chen Yao's face a little better. Chen Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the boss continued to ask ten questions, but Chen Yao only got three questions right. Ye Xiaomu got seven questions right and won the game with 13 to 6.

"Congratulations to this little girl, you are the one who guessed the most, this is the prize, please continue." The boss instructed his subordinates to take the hanging marquee to Ye Xiaomu.

Ye Xiaomu happily looked at the prize he had won, and he was very happy in his heart. Turning his head to Chen Yao, he said.

"Don't forget our bet, the loser has to find a man around and say I like you."

"Just say it~" Chen Yao looked at the men who came with him, and several of them turned their heads to the other side in tacit agreement, obviously unwilling to listen.

Guan Shangyan was even more annoyed when she saw Chen Yao's actions, daring to love this girl and daring to hit her brother and brother Ye with her idea, and she didn't want to think about her identity.

Chen Yao came into contact with Guan Shangyan's murderous gaze, and felt a burst of fear in his heart~ Hurriedly looked away and walked towards a man in black with his back to him.

"Hello~I like you~" Chen Yao looked at the man's back, which was also quite handsome, and said.

The man's back stiffened, and he turned his head in confusion as if he didn't quite believe it, and Chen Yao was looking at him nervously. As a result, she screamed and ran back in fright when she saw her face.

Several people who saw the man's appearance were deeply sympathetic to Chen Yao, because the man's face was covered with blisters, and his eyes were crooked, which was scary, no wonder Chen Yao screamed in fright~

Ye Xiaomu, Yang Xuan, Ling Xiao, and Liang Yi laughed wildly, especially Ye Xiaomu laughed a little out of breath. Su Rin intimately helped her smooth her back.

"Okay~ Don't laugh anymore, be careful of laughing at your body~ Since you've already played. Let's go back early. I've arranged for someone to pick us up on the stone stairs down the mountain. Su Rin Ye said.

"Hahaha~ Okay!" Ye Xiaomu and the others returned on the way back and forth.

It's just that there are more mysterious people in the dark night to follow~ Waiting for the group to talk and laugh, they took the lantern in their hands and walked out of the archway of Yangzhen and came to the grove that must be passed on the mountain. Suddenly, from the top of the tree and behind the tree, a group of black-clothed people with weapons in their hands poured out, and by the moonlight, they were dressed up, they did not look like demons, and they also had spiritual breath on them.

"Who are you? Why are you blocking our way? Su Rin took out his long sword vigilantly and walked in front of everyone, while Yang Xuan and Long Shaopei stood on their side. Guan Shangyan and Su Jingxuan, the two older ones, were guarding the rear. Each took out the long sword he was carrying. Ye Xiaomu was a little smaller, and those with low spiritual power hid in the middle.

"We are the Proud Dragon Gang, a well-known bandit in the Five Elements Continent. If you're interested, hand over the little girls behind you. The fat-headed, big-eared man from before walked out.

"Senior Brother Liangyi, quickly release the signal flare to notify people to come." Su Rinye said to Ling Xiao behind him.

"Yes~signal flare~" Ryoyi hurriedly took out a small bamboo tube from his arms and released it into the sky. But as soon as the flare flew out, it was blocked by the barrier.

"Oh no, Senior Brother Su~ There is an enchantment around here, and the signal flare can't be used." Ryoichi said in horror.

Su Rin Ye also sensed that most of the spiritual power of the black-clothed man on the other side was above the Xuan level, and he and Long Shaopei, and Yang Xuan had only reached the Xuan level, and the others behind him were still around the Huang level. It's going to be a tough battle.

"You people from the Proud Dragon Gang are openly robbing people at the foot of the Five Elements Palace, aren't you afraid that our Five Elements Hall will come to you to settle accounts?" Ling Xiao said angrily.