Chapter 50: Guess the lantern riddle
Suzaku Street, the main venue of the Lantern Festival, was originally a place where many people were busy and the general public played activities, but now it is even more crowded and lively!
Lanterns of different colors and various lanterns illuminate the entire night sky! The stalls of all kinds of snacks and toys, the business is extremely hot, playing acrobatics, breaking boulders on the chest, as well as the dragon and lion dances, and singing on stage, there is really everything.
The general trading house, which is in the limelight, sponsors more than half of the lanterns of the lantern festival, and the lantern tree in front of the palace is the original of the general trading house: the ten-zhang high wooden frame is built into a tree-shaped, and the colorful silk brocade is wrapped on it, and hundreds of various lanterns are hung: the exquisite and transparent palace lanterns, there are lifelike animal lanterns, and the lights shine on the colored satin, which is more dazzling and dazzling!
Zu Yuan also listened to Xiao Yao's suggestion, inserted advertisements on the lanterns, wrote various promotional advertorials about the general firm, and also pasted various lantern riddles on the small lanterns, guessing can be taken away, if you don't want the lanterns, you can exchange the coupon for other items, small fireworks, small cannons, all kinds of snacks, and even a few copper plates!
"Miaomiao, is it because I haven't been in Jinling for too long? I've only been in Bashan County with my dad for two years, so how do you feel that this year's lantern festival is very lively! Look at these lanterns are so beautiful! Xiao Wuhua's eyes were full of excitement.
"I also think this year's lantern festival is much more lively than in previous years! Wow, look, the light tree in front of the palace gate is so high and bright, we can see it from so far away! Xu Miao, who has always been quiet, became more and more excited.
On the bustling street, the tall big tiger opened the way in front, the second tiger followed behind, Xiao Yao and Xiao Shilian protected both sides, and the two little beauties looked left and right excitedly in the middle.
Xiao Yao also saw such a lively scene for the first time, and he was also excited to follow the two beauties to see here and there, touch there for a while, eat all kinds of snacks, comment on all kinds of lanterns, talk and laugh softly, and have a lot of fun.
"Look, there are lantern riddles in front of the Four Seasons Restaurant! Let's check it out! Xu Miao pointed to the front and said excitedly.
Four Seasons Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Chen Kingdom, three floors high, magnificent, is the most luxurious building in Suzaku Street, I saw that there is also a lamp tree in front of the restaurant, but I dare not be bigger than the one in front of the palace gate, but it is also small, full of three zhang high, the top is more than the second floor, and there are all kinds of lanterns hanging on it, all kinds of ribbons, the effect looks also colorful, beautiful.
There are hundreds of small lanterns of all kinds hanging on the wooden shelves that extend to both sides of the lantern tree, and many people gather around the bottom, looking at the riddles on the lanterns, some people bow their heads and ponder, and some people suddenly guess the riddle and win the lanterns.
Xiao Yao was a little hesitant, because the Four Seasons Restaurant is the property of Yinhai Commercial Bank, and the entire Vermilion Bird Street tonight is basically the lantern provided by General Firm, but this one, which is also the best location on Vermilion Bird Street, is still the territory of Yinhai Commercial Bank.
But Xu Miao and Xiao Wuhua didn't think about it so much, seeing that there was a lot of excitement over there, they immediately asked the big tiger to open the way, Xiao Yao could only shake his head helplessly and followed.
The tall big tiger used his thick shoulders to knock away the pedestrians, and the pedestrians who suddenly hit away saw that it was such a strong big man, and there was another one behind him, and he suddenly dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and consciously dodged away, so that Xiao Yao and they easily came to the riddle.
I saw Xu Miao take a closer look, smiled slightly, pointed to those little lanterns and said domineeringly: "This, this, this, I have guessed all these lantern riddles, big tiger, take them down for me!" ”
Guessed so quickly? And so many more guessed!
Xiao Yao was dumbfounded, don't say guess it, there is a traditional Chinese character on the title that he doesn't recognize, and he is going to ask Xu Miao!
Even Xiao Shilian, who has been keeping a straight face and not talking much, thinks that Xu Miao is too powerful, and he hasn't even seen the topic clearly!
You must know that there is also a cost to make these small lanterns, and the organizers will definitely not give them away, so the riddles above are all master-level riddles from the great writers, so not many people can guess the riddle and win the lanterns in one night.
Now this little beauty, who seems to be a little weak and elegant, actually ordered more than a dozen in one go, and the restaurant guys next to her were all taken aback.
"I said, little girl, don't make trouble, these are lantern riddles made by masters, you ordinary people can't guess it! This is a Four Seasons Restaurant! Beware of getting you out! A guy threatened.
"What ordinary people can't guess, dare to underestimate us, Miaomiao is not an ordinary person!" Xiao Wuhua said angrily.
"Four Seasons Restaurant dares to guess lantern riddles but dare not let people guess? The answer to the riddle has been written on the lantern, guess it or not, take it down and tear the paper to reveal the riddle! Why, I'm afraid we'll all guess and win your lanterns? "Dare to question Xu Miao, of course Xiao Yao has to stand up for her.
Xiao Yao shouted loudly, and everyone in the audience stood on Xiao Yao's side, accusing the guys of being wrong, after all, they didn't guess a few all night, of course they were not angry in their hearts!
The guy in the restaurant who was cautious by Xiao Yao could only quibble: "Of course you can take it away if you can guess it, I'm afraid that you won't be able to guess it if you don't have enough heat, and it will make people laugh at that time!" ”
Xu Miao smiled confidently, pointed to a lantern and said: "Ninety-nine, guess a word, simple, almost a hundred, so the riddle is a white word"
The guy had no choice but to take off the lantern and tear open the paper, and the riddle was really a white letter!
"A bend of the Xizi arm, seven holes than dry hearts, guess a thing, the riddle is a lotus root!"
"Chisel the wall to steal the light, guess the name of a person, the riddle is, of course, Zhuge Kongming!"
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After a while, Xu Miao had already guessed more than 20 riddles, Xiao Yao knew that Xu Miao was just enjoying the fun of guessing riddles, and it was better to be happy alone than to be happy, so he distributed the lanterns he won to everyone, which attracted bursts of applause from the onlookers.
So many lanterns disappeared all at once, and the guy was already sweating profusely, and he didn't mean to stop seeing this little girl, where did the fierce man smash the field!
At this time, in the most luxurious third floor pavilion of the restaurant, a gorgeously dressed person was coldly watching Xiao Yao and others downstairs happily guessing the lantern riddles, it was the prince Chen Shubao, and there were Shen Keqing, Gu Yewang, Zhang Dai, the owner of Yinhai Commercial Bank, and several other henchmen, but for some reason, there was one less old monk Baoliang.
"Humph! It's this Xiao Shilang again! Dare to come to the Four Seasons Restaurant to make trouble! How can you see him everywhere! Chen Shubao slammed the wine glass.
Shen Ke on the side persuaded lightly: "Your Highness is angry, today is the Lantern Festival, it is normal for these children of the family to come out and have fun with the people, and this lantern riddle guessing is Xu Shangshu's granddaughter, everyone knows that she is a famous talented woman in Jinling, a master of guessing lantern riddles." This is Boss Zhang's place, just let him deal with it. ”
Chen Shubao sneered: "This palace remembers her, she was a little granddaughter of a scholar's family, and her attitude towards this palace was still cold, but she couldn't imagine that she was so enthusiastic and active now!" This Xiao Shilang really has a bit of peach blossom luck, and there are two such stunning beauties around him! ”
"If His Highness is interested in them, his subordinates will immediately ask them to come up and talk to them!" Zhang Dai, the owner of Yinhai Commercial Bank, hurriedly flattered him and said that this was his territory, and he was suppressed by General Commercial Bank before, which had made the prince very dissatisfied with him.
"They are the sons and daughters of the family, not ordinary people can invite, I'm afraid that Boss Zhang will have to come forward in person to have a chance." Shen Ke reminded in a strange voice that there was also competition within the prince.
"Do you want me to go in person? Forehead... Well, the subordinates personally went to invite! Zhang Dai temporarily lost his position, so he could only put down his body to curry favor with Uncle Chen.