The so-called lantern riddle, that is, the riddle, also known as the lantern tiger, the literary tiger, or also known as the bullet wall lamp, commercial lamp, shooting, unraveling, dismantling, etc., etc., have a variety of names in the folk.

New Year's lantern riddles are written on a variety of delicate yarn lanterns, so that people guess the riddle to attract people's attention. Lantern riddles are generally the most popular at the time of the Lantern Festival, but after the end of the day, each household is full of lanterns, followed by a variety of lantern riddles, among which the lantern riddles of the wealthy families are the most eye-catching, and the things that are appreciated are also the most abundant, not only that, if you crack its lantern riddles, you can even be famous, so everyone is eager to do it.

Some of the lantern riddles are also accompanied by some wonderful pictures, pasted on the delicate lanterns, which look very wonderful and moving in the night.

Lantern riddles can guess words, guess things, guess people, guess things, etc., lantern riddles have mainstream and folk, elegant and popular, etc., all in all, the riddle is varied, all-encompassing.

This is where the charm or difficulty of the riddle lies.

After the curtain before Cai's color building is removed, rows of yarn lamps are revealed, everyone regardless of the old and young, is a rush up, one by one is racking their brains, want to crack the riddle on the yarn lantern, so as to climb the color building, and even step up to the top floor, a glimpse of the true face of Cai's talented women, and then use their own grace and grace to win the hearts of Cai's talented women, so as to ascend to the sky in one step, become Cai's family of the dragon fast son-in-law.

There are not many people who have the purpose of winning the hearts of beauties, cracking the riddle of Cai's talented women, so as to win the hearts of beauties, this is a rumor after all, the Cai family did not make such a promise, and how can the marriage of the daughter of a large family be so child's play?

Among the puzzle guessers, there are not a few people who realize the key here and are sober-minded, so the purpose of most of the people who guess the riddle is either fame or profit, and only a very few are just improvisational entertainment.

Li Sanjian is also a profit-seeking person, in order to alleviate the current predicament of the family, he racked his brains, and finally cracked ten lantern riddles, so as to be "shortlisted", and entered the lowest floor of the color building with others.

There are a total of 20 people who entered the bottom of the color building with Li Sanjian, all of whom are around 20 years old, Li Sanjian is the youngest, and the oldest is a man with a beard of more than 30 years.

At this time, Li Sanjian finally understood that the people who solved the riddle were not all young people, and there were many people in their forties and fifties, but they were all refused to enter the color building for various reasons, and at the same time, people with ugly appearances were also turned away.

Is it really a son-in-law? The people who entered the Cai Lou secretly guessed, including Li Sanjian.

On the top floor of the color building, there is a room with a bamboo curtain hanging outside

"Has anyone solved the mystery of the immortals?" A middle-aged man in his mid-fifties asked, sitting in a carved soft chair.

Although the middle-aged man has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he is very well maintained, lying silkworm eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, except for a few imperceptible white hairs on the sideburns, the beard and hair are all black, the eyes are blazing, and the skin is like an eighteen-year-old boy, white and red.

Wearing a cardigan black jacket and sitting in a soft chair, his chest is full, and he sits upright, looking mentally abnormal.

On the contrary, it was his eldest son, who was in his twenties, who was waiting on the side, who seemed to be relatively weak, and his whole body was wrapped in a blue mink fur fashion, and he still felt inadequate, and put down both ears of his fur hat and pasted them on both sides of his face that was frozen white.

"Father." The man in blue held a delicate kettle and replied, "They haven't guessed the mystery of the little sister yet." ”

"Hmm... The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Many of these people are students who went to Beijing to take the exam this time, right?" ”

"There should be some." The man in blue then replied, "The list will be sent to my father later." ”

"No need." The middle-aged man then nodded and ordered: "No matter whether you win or lose, you should treat each other with courtesy, and you should prepare a generous gift, and it is not in vain that they come to my Cai Garden." ”

"Father, rest assured, the child understands." The man in blue promised.

"Yu'er." After half a ring, the middle-aged man asked, "How is the New Year's gift prepared for the palace?" ”

"The child has already been prepared according to his father's instructions, and is preparing to be sent to the palace." The man in blue replied respectfully.

The middle-aged man glanced at the man in blue, and sighed secretly in his heart, his eldest son has been decent since he was a child, and even more so when he grows up, although he is respectful to himself and is called an adult, he always feels that there is something between the two, and he is not like his other sons, and his other children are called fathers on weekdays, which seems more affectionate.

"No," the middle-aged man said after thinking about it, "Don't send it directly to the palace." ”

"What do you mean, Father..." The man in blue asked.

"Don't they all have outhouses? It can be sent to the outer house to avoid causing criticism from others. The middle-aged man replied: "Tong Zhongguan, you need to prepare a special gift, and you will personally send it to his outer house, and in addition, You'er, select a few more beautiful Ji people from the mansion and send them into his mansion." ”

"The child understands, and the father can rest assured." The man in blue answered.

A eunuch, I really don't know what is the use of him raising so many beautiful women? Window dressing? The man in blue secretly disdained it in his heart.

"Daddy, Daddy, Uncle is here... At this moment, the six-year-old son of the middle-aged man ran over and shouted as he ran.

"Hehe, got it." When the middle-aged man saw his favorite son, he immediately smiled, hugged him to his lap and smiled.

"You can handle the matter here, I'll go down first." The middle-aged man then hugged his fifth son, got up and left the Cai Lou.

"I don't know if anyone has solved the puzzle of the immortal this year?"

"The immortal has learned people, and he is the highest among my sisters, so this year should be the same as in previous years, right? No one can crack it. ”

"Sister Rong said with a smile, the little woman is shallow, where can she compare to Sister Qing?"

"Sister Qing, why don't you speak?"

In another room with beaded curtains, several women sat around, three of whom were the leader.

The three women were wearing light red, light blue, and light white large-sleeved shirts, covered with a short satin shirt with a tight high neckline, covering the chest and neck.

One of the three women was Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao at this time looked a little uneasy, looking at the twenty people who were "shortlisted", he seemed a little worried.

"Nothing." Li Qingzhao hurriedly replied when he heard this: "I was a little cold last night, and my body felt a little unwell. ”

What is he here for? Isn't he preparing for the Provincial Examination of the Ministry of Rites? If you don't review the righteousness of the scriptures, why do you come here to join in the fun? Li Qingzhao said secretly in his heart.

"Cold?" One of the women in white heard the words and said, "My sister has always been in good health, how can she get cold?" Could it be that I have seen so many talented people... So that's a little uncomfortable? ”

The woman in white has a beautiful face, looking beautiful and proud, with a slight chill between her eyebrows, her eyes are like thin ice like cicada wings and she loses her feminine charm, and there is a beauty mole on her lower lip, which looks a little mean.

The woman in white is Li Qingzhao's cousin Wang, who has had some disagreements with Li Qingzhao since she was a child, and the sisters are also inseparable.

Li Qingzhao suddenly felt a little unhappy when he heard this, but he didn't care about it, shook his head slightly, and said: "It's too early to say that it's a talent, and it's not too late to mention it after Sister Xue'er." ”

"Also, Sister Xue'er, if someone really passes your level, is it going to leave the cabinet? Hee-hee. Wang then asked with a smile at Cai.

"Sister Rong makes fun of her little sister." Cai Shi smiled when she heard this: "The little girl is still young, and if she wants to go out of the cabinet, the two sisters will go out of the cabinet first, where is the turn of the little sister?" Besides, how can marriage be such a child's play? ”

Cai's voice is not loud, but it is extremely pleasant and beautiful, like a hollow valley orchid.

Cai's surname is Cai Rongxue, known as the fairy, is the daughter of a middle-aged man, the eighth in the family, also known as the eighth sister, only 14 years old this year.

Cai Rongxue's face was covered with a layer of fine veil, and she couldn't see what she looked like, but her exposed eyebrows were like paintings, and her eyes were flowing, which was enough to make any man hold his breath and be willing to bow down under the pomegranate skirt.

The exposed skin is as white as snow as its name suggests.

"The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." Li Qingzhao smiled lightly when he heard this: "Could it be that Sister Xue is such a worldly person?" In that case, why is this problem so difficult to solve? ”

"I... I... I can ... Cai Rongxue said hesitantly: "I... The little sister is just playing on a festive day. ”

"Festive? Haha, but don't really festive. Wang laughed when he heard this.

The ladies were laughing on top of the Cai Lou, and there was no idle below, at this time, ten people had passed the second level and came to the second floor of the Cai Lou, including Li Sanjian.

"Brother Han Ren, go to the next level, wow, win glory for my Lingnan scholar."

"Brother Zhongru, Jiangnan West Road is all up to you, suppress their majesty."

"Brother Shaoyun, I can't afford to lose this face."

"Brother Defu, you are a person from Jingshi, if you are driven downstairs, wouldn't it be a shame for me to be a master of Beijing? Aren't you known for being a double master? If you don't perform now, when? ”

“。。。。。。。。。”

The ten people who passed the customs were basically divided into four factions, namely Kaifeng, Jiangxi, Pingjiang and Lingnan four factions, and the people under the color building were also divided into four factions, cheering for the four people.

The representatives of these four factions are Zhao Mingcheng, a Tai student, He Changyan, a son of Jiangxi Xiajiang, Ye Mengde, a son of Pingjiang Mansion, and the rest of them are Li Sanjian, a son of Lingnan.

Among them, except for He Changyan, who is in his thirties, the other four are all very young, and Li Sanjian is the youngest.

At this time, the lantern riddle is no longer a dispute of guessing riddles, it has gradually evolved into a dispute between scholars in various places, among which Lingnan lifters only account for a minority, but its momentum is no less than that of the other three factions, especially Zeng Gongming led the Lingnan scholars to jump to their feet and shout, cheering for Li Sanjian.

At this time, Zeng Gongming's body was as light as a swallow, leaping like a fly, and the fat on his body was like waves, surging.