Chapter Seventy-Six: The Lantern Riddle (II)

"Three distinguished guests, please go upstairs." On the top of the color building in Cai Yuan, a beautiful little maid said to Li Sanjian, Ye Mengde, and Zhao Mingcheng with a smile.

After some competition, Li Sanjian, Ye Mengde, and Zhao Mingcheng can go up to the third floor of the Cailou for the final guess.

He Changyan, the son of Xiajiang among the four, can actually go up to the third floor, but He Changyan is already in his thirties, and he has a family, and even has children, so he doesn't want to compete with Li Sanjian and others, so he found an excuse to go down the Cai Lou by himself.

It's just a frolic between young people, and it is very likely that this Caiyuan Lantern Festival is a "blind date meeting", in this case, why should I compete with these young men? He Changyan thought as he went downstairs.

But having said that, He Changyan still has some faint expectations in his heart, hoping that his chic performance can attract the attention of the girl upstairs, saying that the matter of a pear flower pressing a begonia is very common in this world, and he is only in his early thirties, just in the prime of life, so how about including a teenage young lady in the room?

What if you have a wife? The matter of accepting a famous girl as a concubine is not absent in this world, so what's the matter?

Just as He Changyan was thinking about his thoughts, the last round of competition had already begun upstairs, and the ten lantern riddles had been hung high, and Li Sanjian and the others were secretly planning around the yarn lantern.

The mystery made by Cai Yuan, one must be elegant, the second must be complete, and the third must be exquisite, some vulgar riddles will not appear, so it will insult Cai's style.

And at this time, the riddles are getting more and more difficult, and the ones involved are getting wider and wider.

This is not Li Sanjian's strength, so Li Sanjian didn't guess this riddle, but Ye Mengde and Zhao Mingcheng guessed the riddle at the same time as Zhong Wuyan in the Spring and Autumn Period...

However, some of the riddles that Li Sanjian guessed, Ye Mengde and Zhao Mingcheng couldn't guess.

The three of them seemed to have made an agreement, and the three of the ten lantern riddles each guessed seven, and they were evenly matched, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner.

"Haha, the three of us are evenly matched, how about sharing this reward equally?" Li Sanjian couldn't help but smile and said to Ye Mengde.

Li Sanjian was already impatient, he just wanted to take these belongings and return home to accompany his mother, Xiaodou Sprouts, and Shankui for the New Year, and Li Sanjian had already wanted to make decent clothes for his mother and Xiao Dou Sprouts.

Even if the three of them are divided equally, Li Sanjian can get a lot.

"Hehe" Ye Mengde couldn't help laughing: "Brother Fool has no objection here. ”

Ye Mengde glanced at Zhao Mingcheng, Zhao Mingcheng snorted coldly, and did not say anything.

Several little maids glanced at Li Sanjian when they heard this, just because he was thinking about those things that were rewarding, and it was not up to him to win or lose.

A little maid then turned around, twisted the little man's waist, and ran in to report it. . .

After a long time, the little maid ran out again, panting and whispering a few words in the ear of an older maid.

The older maid then nodded, took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote a riddle on the rice paper, and then hung the riddle high above the yarn lamp.

The handmaiden's font is neat and beautiful, which makes Li Sanjian sigh, the handmaidens of big families are different, and the handmaidens of this handmaiden are better than Li Sanjian.

"My sister said it." The maid then said, "This is the last puzzle, and if anyone solves it, the reward will be doubled." ”

"If you can't crack it, what about the previous rewards?" Li Sanjian hurriedly asked when he heard this.

"It's already yours." The maid couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh, I've seen people who are greedy for money, but where have you ever seen someone who is so obsessed with some possessions?

It's despicable! The eyes of all the maids were once again focused on Li Sanjian.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! How do rich and noble people know the hardships of the poor? Li Sanjian ignored the gazes of the maids and turned his head to look at the yarn lamp.

Good guy, it is really a big family, and the reward has doubled as soon as he was born, Li Sanjian secretly said in his heart, you must know that ten taels of gold is enough for ordinary people to eat for a few years.

"Qinglian and clear water reflect each other" This is the riddle of this lantern riddle, next to a line of small letters, let Li Sanjian and others type a book of names, and there is also a slight hint, that is, the riddle is written next to the far in the sky, close in front of the eyes of eight words.

But even so, this lantern riddle is still extremely difficult...

It should be said that Cai Rongxue is really a talented girl, and the puzzle is so tricky.

There are so many people in this dynasty, even if the scope is narrowed down in the area of Kaifeng Mansion, there are millions of people, such people, where do Li Sanjian and others know their surnames? Especially Li Sanjian, it has been two days since he came to Kaifeng Mansion, and he doesn't want the ordinary people of Kaifeng Mansion, and there are not even a few ministers who are called by name...

Far away, close at hand! Li Sanjian and the other three had to start from this aspect, but even so, this puzzle is still extremely difficult, Zhao Mingcheng is better, he has lived in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, he is still familiar with Kaifeng Mansion and the people of the court, but Li Sanjian is difficult, who knows who is around the person who is out of the mystery? Li Sanjian didn't even figure out who came up with the puzzle.

In addition, it is necessary to decipher the meaning of the phrase "Qinglian and clear water", which is also not easy.

Li Sanjian and the other three were thinking hard but couldn't get it, and the spectators downstairs were also guessing, and the answers given were varied, none of which was the right riddle.

An hourglass has been placed in front of Li Sanjian and others, and the mystery is given within half an hour, if the time comes, and no one has cracked it, then the lantern festival will be over, and no one will be able to get the exciting things given by the Cai family.

The hourglass, also known as the "sand clock", is a tool used by people in this world to keep time, the hourglass of the Cai family has two glass containers on it, the fine sand flows slowly from the upper container to the bottom, the glass container is also inlaid with two copper palace women, kneeling on the ground, left and right are divided into one side, holding a net bottle in both hands, the fine sand flows into the bottom of the glass container below, and then squeezes out the clear water contained in the hourglass, and the water overflows from the net bottle in the hands of the copper villain, Ticking and ticking, a clear stream formed at the feet of the two bronze women.

The workmanship of this hourglass is extremely exquisite, and it must be very valuable, Li Sanjian looked at the hourglass and sighed.

Isn't it just a little less possessions? Why should he rack his brains to think about this broken lantern riddle, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

Therefore, Li Sanjian had no intention of continuing to guess the riddle at this time, and just waited for the time to come, and left immediately with the reward.

When he was idle and bored, Li Sanjian carefully observed the delicate hourglass in front of him.

Li Sanjian secretly admired in his heart while watching, he didn't expect that Song's handmade would reach such a level, this kind of thing was also a rare thing in Li Sanjian's previous life.

The bronze palace woman is cast lifelike, the facial features on the face are extremely exquisite, clearly visible, and the gurgling water in the net bottle is the same, and it merges into a clear spring at its feet, just like being in a clear spring in the mountains and fields, the most amazing thing is that the clear spring is also cast around some lotus grass, just like the real thing.

Wait a minute? Li Sanjian looked at Qingquan and suddenly remembered this lantern riddle, and a spiritual light suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Qinglian and clear water reflect each other", reflection is illumination, illumination is reflection, isn't Qinglian and clear water? Together, it is a clear light ...

That's right, Li Sanjian was overjoyed in his heart, could it be that the mystery of this lantern riddle is Li Qingzhao? Muzi Li, Muzi Li, in which wood must be under the sun to survive, then wood can represent the sun, "green lotus and clear water reflect each other" means that under the irradiation of the sun, green lotus and blue water reflect each other, adding up to Li Qingzhao... Li Sanjian was even more firm in his judgment at this time.

It's just that Li Sanjian doesn't understand what Li Qingzhao has to do with this matter?

At this time, the time has come, no one can tell the correct riddle, a handmaiden shook her head slightly regretfully, and was about to announce the end of the matter, Li Sanjian suddenly blurted out: "Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao, the riddle is Li Qingzhao!" ”

As soon as Li Sanjian said this, hundreds of pairs of eyes upstairs and downstairs stared at Li Sanjian again, and no one made a sound in the middle of the sound, and it was silent.

"Yes!" After a while, Zeng Gongming downstairs shouted: "That's it, that's right." ”

"The mystery is exquisite, the mystery is wonderful, wonderful! Wonderful! ”

"Haha, Brother Han Ren is talented, we are all obedient!"

"Brother, do you believe it now? Brother Han Ren is my first talent in Lingnan! ”

All the spectators downstairs opened their mouths in agreement, there is no better answer than this, and while everyone admired, they all had to admire Li Sanjian's talent.

I didn't expect this person to be able to crack such a difficult riddle at a young age, it is really impossible for people to look good, and the sea water is not to fight, all the visitors thought so.

The key is that Li Sanjian overwhelms all the talented people with his talents, and he is the leader of this lantern festival. . .

The eyes of everyone downstairs were focused on Li Sanjian, but the eyes of the women above the colorful building were focused on Li Qingzhao, staring at Li Qingzhao uncomfortably, his cheeks were red, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to drill down...

"Immortals... You... Li Qingzhao then gave Cai Rongxue a fierce look and said, "You, you... Actually teasing my sister? ”

When Cai Rongxue came out of the riddle, Li Qingzhao himself did not guess the riddle, and not long ago he was still thinking hard about the riddle of this riddle, but Li Qingzhao never expected that the riddle was actually his name, and he thought that Cai Rongxue, who had a good relationship with him, was playing tricks on himself.

Li Qingzhao then glared at Li Sanjian fiercely, and the two eyes were like two sharp swords slashing at Li Sanjian's proud face.

Knowing the mystery, why do you want to say it directly? Are you afraid that no one will know your name? Aren't you good at poetry? Why not answer tactfully?

Li Qingzhao kept asking questions in his heart with hatred, and he couldn't wait to pull the hated person over and ask him face to face.

"Little sister didn't expect this lantern riddle to be cracked, please understand Sister Qing." Cai Rongxue couldn't help but say with a light smile.