Eat delicious food, play fun, and look good, and the routine of visiting the light market is similar to that of later generations. However, there are also differences, for example, at the entrance of the lamp market, there are more than a dozen officials guarding eight or nine prisoners, wearing a cloak and wearing a wooden flail, and under the wooden flail hangs a notice from the county government, detailing the crimes committed by the criminals: there are thieves who take advantage of the crowd to steal chickens and dogs, there are rangers who deliberately rub girls and play hooligans, there are also reckless men who smash and break other people's lamps, and there is a teenager who is the most wonderful, secretly dating a little lover, and is caught by his parents when he is getting on and off the horse, carrying a gun and getting on the horse, and so on, and so on. Anyway, to show these prisoners on the street to sound the alarm for other guys who are ready to move, and to play a deterrent effect, it can be regarded as a lantern market custom with Chu characteristics.

"This group of soaps is very diligent, the light market has just opened, and so many prisoners have been arrested......"

Wu Shan said in a low voice: "Xiao Lang doesn't know, at most one or two of these prisoners have just been arrested, and the others are prisoners in prison, let them come out and kneel and hang a sign, and when they go back after the end of the light market, they can exchange for a delicious meal." ”

"I see."

Xu You couldn't help laughing, it's all a fucking routine, even the prisoners are trusted, and the creativity of the ancients can't help but be convinced. However, the effect is obvious, many swingers who want to fish in troubled waters obviously shrank their necks when they pass through the entrance, and they can't weigh the pros and cons of taking a small advantage but being punished for kneeling in front of everyone? With these "trusts" as an example, it is estimated that the crime rate will drop to a very low level tonight.

Entering the light market, all kinds of lighting are dazzling, making people dizzy, and there are all kinds of snacks, which are almost impossible to see on the market, and most of the private dishes are colorful, fragrant, and complete. And for men, in addition to these tongue desires, the most comfortable are those scholars who can rarely be seen, in groups of three or five, with light makeup and heavy makeup, exquisite to gorgeous clothes, walking in the streets and alleys one by one, or smiling, or cold as snow, as if they came to the country of fragrance, like a fairyland.

Xu You walked along, guessing a few lantern riddles with He Wei and them from time to time, and all the prizes won were worthless gadgets, but the workmanship was exquisite, revealing the joy of the New Year. If you meet a child who comes to ask for it, you will give it to them after teasing, and the important thing is the atmosphere, not the profit.

"Xiaolang, look, how to solve this lantern riddle?"

The light market has already traveled for most of the time, and the frost and the winter solstice and autumn equinox gathered in front of a bullet wall lamp, and guessed several times around the shopkeeper but did not guess correctly, so he had no choice but to turn around and ask Xu You for help.

Xu Youzheng and He Wei, Zuo Yan, Dian Yao and others are eating pastries at the food stall opposite, but wherever He Wei is there, he must first find a delicious meal, which is the professional ethics that a foodie should have, which is understandable. Xu You came over when he heard the sound and said, "It's just the autumn equinox, you two are so full of poetry and books, why can't you even shoot a lantern riddle?" ”

"I don't like to listen to Lang Jun's words, what about reading poetry and books? Who is brave enough to shoot thin words, who is not full of money? The stall was set up by a middle-aged businessman, sitting with his hands on the side, looking arrogant, and said: "These three little ladies may be literate, but they are still too far from the full belly of Jinglun." ”

Lantern riddle is also called thin words or hidden words, Xu You came to watch the lantern before listening to He Wei said, the word riddle appeared for a short time, this businessman only said thin words, it can be seen that there is some stubbornness.

Xu You arched his hand with a smile and said, "It's a gaffe, don't blame the shopkeeper." Spotlight riddles need to have the power to fight tigers, they are small and weak, and naturally can't shoot the tiger in charge. ”

The appearance of the lantern riddle is made by the literati in order to show their talents, all of them are delicate and thoughtful, and it is not easy to guess the riddle, so it is said that they want to fight the strength of the tiger and leopard to guess the lantern riddle, so the lantern riddle is also called the Wenhu.

"Enigmatics, reciprocating to each other makes people dizzy, if it is easy to shoot, Lang Jun also feels boring, doesn't he?" The middle-aged man was not surprised to see Xu You's humiliation, and his demeanor was generous, but he was not good at speaking coldly, and his words suddenly softened a little.

Dong Solstice quietly touched the frost, pouted and whispered: "Look, this old man just disdains us, but this will be very different to Xiaolang." ”

Frost glared at her reproachfully, and said in a very low voice: "This is not in Jingyuan, and you can't talk nonsense." When people heard it, they thought that Xiaolang was not strict in governing the family, neglected discipline, and allowed us to be presumptuous. The winter solstice stuck out her tongue, hugged the small waist of the autumn equinox, put her head on her shoulder, and said: "Sister taught me again, hurry up and coax me to be happy on the autumn equinox!" ”

The autumn equinox was afraid of itching, twisted his body, and said with a smile: "Okay, you can coax you, but let me go first, okay?" ”

"No, I'll be happy when I hold you, so you should coax me like this!"

"Don't let go? I'm going to tickle you......"

The three of them playfully frolicked, Xu You smiled slightly, looking at the riddles on the wall lamp. A very simple picture of a sheep lying on the ground, with no grass growing on the ground, its head raised high, its mouth open, as if speaking to the scorching sun in the sky.

A few simple lines are outlined, the shape and demeanor of the lamb leap onto the paper, delicate and even the texture of the eyes and hair are clearly recognizable, and the expression of lying and talking is also extremely vivid to show the beauty between movement and static, which seems lively and smart, full of childlike fun.

At the bottom of the painting is a line of small letters: Shoot a hexagram in "Yi".

"Who painted it?" Xu You praised: "Danqing's wonderful hand, rare!" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Lang Jun is an expert!" This painting hung for most of the night, and more than 100 people saw it, but everyone thought about how to shoot Chinese tiger, but no one asked who the painter was......"

As they spoke, there were many lantern watchers around them. Some of them have just come here, some of them have been pulled over to help by friends who failed to guess the riddle before, and some are looking at the beauty of the frost, stopping to look secretly, and some are purely here to join in the fun, where there are more people to go, although they do not have the ability to shoot tigers, but they are not left behind.

"I feel quite attached to this painting, can the shopkeeper introduce the artist?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Lang Jun." The painter is a young girl, and this thin speech is also made by her, hanging here with me, just for the Shangyuan Festival to have fun with friends from all over the world, and I don't want to be known. ”

Hearing that it was a girl's masterpiece, Xu You immediately dispelled the idea of making friends and said, "It's me who is presumptuous!" ”

"It's a mystery made by a girl, no wonder it's so hard to guess."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The thoughts of my daughter's family, how can you and I guess it? For example, the one in my family, who loves chrysanthemums today and plums tomorrow, suddenly hoes all the flowers and plants in the garden the day after tomorrow, and the weather is uncertain, which is really sad. ”

Everyone was talking, and the middle-aged man saw that there were more and more people gathered in front of the lamp, and he was also a little impatient, and said, "Does Lang Jun shoot or not?" If you have the heart to shoot the tiger, please tell the mystery now, if you shoot, I have a generous gift! ”

"Lao'er, what kind of gift, borrow yes to take a look!"

"That's right, other people's lamps put gifts in plain sight, only you hide them here, didn't you bring the family from Youhuzi?"

A few swingers laughed, and the tiger was the night pot, and one of them said without opening his eyes and squinting at the frost color: "If this little lady uses the tiger seed, it's not impossible......"

Before the words fell, his mouth hurt violently, the corners of his lips were bleeding, and even two front teeth were lost, and the two people standing next to him immediately became angry and said, "Who, whoever moves his hand, stand up!" ”

Smack!

Two more sounds, the same blood flowed all over their faces, teeth fell out, and the three of them had bursts of tinnitus, covering their faces and looking east and west like ghosts, but they didn't know who waved their hands. The other two prodigals standing behind were also frightened, they could see clearly, no one approached, but somehow their companion was injured, could it be haunted?

"Let's go, let's go!"

Several people supported each other and left in fear, and someone in the crowd laughed loudly: "Remember to go home and clean your mother's Youhuzi with your face." ”

The onlookers laughed together, these prodigals wandered around the lamp market, although they were afraid of the officials at the entrance of the city, and did not dare to cause a big disaster, but from time to time they made remarks to tease the women, and played the gifts of the lantern riddles, which were the most annoying, and they were punished, which was really happy.

Lu Shuang knew that it was Zuo Yan who taught them a lesson, and smiled at him gratefully, his heart was as warm as spring, but he was also secretly introspecting: I shouldn't dress up tonight, I knew that there were many prodigals in the light market, so I would not cause trouble for Xiaolang by keeping a low profile.

Xu You ignored the disturbance behind him, and contemplated the riddle in front of him: "Shoot a hexagram in "Yi", ...... a hexagram in "Yi", ......"

Among the four books and five classics, the "Yi" Jing is the most difficult to understand, no wonder this lantern riddle has been hung out for so long, and no one can shoot it. When Xu You was groaning, there were many scholars who believed that they were talented and rushed to tell the mystery first, but without exception, all of them fell into the sand and retreated in shame.

Seeing that no one could hit, the middle-aged man was extremely proud, and said: "This is the first thin speech of Shangyuan, if anyone shoots, I am willing to give 30,000 yuan to congratulate!" ”

"Wow!"

"Thirty thousand dollars!"

"I ...... I'm coming, I'm coming! ”

"Lu Gou'er, do you know how to write stupid words? Let's shoot Wenhu and shoot your big-headed ghost! ”

"Ghost ...... The ghost shot missed, this, this mystery is not difficult......"

"Ouch, come on, come on, let everyone let go, please Lu Gou'er give everyone insight!"

A thin young man was pushed out of the crowd, and looking at the look in his eyes and the way he spoke, he should have been slightly intellectually impaired. Sure enough, someone smiled and asked, "Ah Gou, did your mother allow you to come out to watch the lanterns?" ”

"I ...... My mother had a terrible cough and was ...... on the bed It's all blood, no, I don't have the strength to take care of me. ”

Someone else reprimanded: "My mother is seriously ill, you are not at home to serve her, and you still have the heart to run out to play?" ”

Lu Gou'er was anxious and said, "I, I'm not playing...... I'm going to guess this riddle, give her 30,000 yuan, and her illness will be cured! ”

Everyone laughed again, and they were all ridiculing Lu Gou'er's whimsy, rather than looking forward to 30,000 yuan being smashed on his head, it was easier to go to the City God Temple to ask for a signature.

Xu You beckoned and said, "Come here!" ”

Lu Gou'er pointed to his nose and said, "Me? ”

"Yes, you are called, come to me!" Xu You smiled mildly and said, "Let's discuss the mystery, maybe we really shot!" ”

"Good!" Lu Gou'er hurriedly ran to Xu You's side and shouted, "I guess it's a ......."

"Shhhh Whispered! Xu You coaxed him and said, "Speak quietly, lest others listen!" ”

Lu Gou'er nodded hurriedly, his voice was almost inaudible, and said, "I guess it's a dog!" ”

He is illiterate, he only knows that his name is Lu Gou'er, so the world is related to words, except for Lu, which is a dog. He'd seen the thing in the painting, it was a sheep, but the mystery couldn't be so simple, and his mind turned a special way, maybe it was a dog pretending to be a sheep.

Xu You pondered for a moment and said, "Dog, it shouldn't be, because there is no dog hexagram in the Book of Changes." I guess it's 'to'......"

"Redeem?" Lu Gou'er scratched his head and said, "Is there such a word?" Don't fool me! ”

He looked at Xu You very suspiciously, and Xu You smiled: "Do you think I look like a bad person?" ”

Lu Gou'er hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not like it!" I'm not stupid, if you're a bad person, I won't talk to you! ”

"That's right, believe me, tell the shopkeeper that the riddle you guess is the 'exchange' hexagram!"

Lu Gou'er hesitated for a while, obviously thinking that Xu You was not much smarter than him, but it was not good to hurt his heart directly, so he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you!" ”

Xu You slapped his hands and deliberately said loudly: "Amazing, Brother Lu is talented, I can't do it, I'm willing to bow down!" ”

No one heard their conversation before, which would hear Xu You praise Lu Gou'er, and thought that a miracle had really happened, one by one, looking forward to it, competing to see the excitement, to see if this famous Lu fool in ten miles and eight towns could shoot a Chinese tiger.

Lu Gou'er walked up to the middle-aged man and said hesitantly: "The shopkeeper's ...... I, I guess so, is a 'duying' hexagram! ”

The middle-aged man was stunned, his face was full of surprise, and he didn't say anything for a long time. The others saw the clues, and they were also frightened, and the person who teased Lu Gou'er before still didn't believe it, and asked: "Shopkeeper, you speak, did Lu Gou'er shoot it?" ”

The middle-aged man stood up and stretched out his hand to peel off the painting on the lamp wall, and there was a word "Dui" written on it.

"Hit, really hit!"

"God, when did this dog have such talent?"

"Impossible, maybe blind!"

"You go and take a look at ......"

Everyone saw Xu You standing for a long time before and didn't guess the riddle, so they must not be sure to shoot the riddle, and no one would give away the 30,000 yuan, so it was all Lu Gou'er's own guess, but they didn't expect Xu You to help cheat.

"Shopkeeper, you played around all night, ridiculing others for not learning enough, but I didn't expect to be solved by a fool in the end, dare to ask what you feel in your heart? Hahahaha! ”

"Yes, no wonder we missed, it turned out to be a puzzle for fools."

The middle-aged man has an arrogant temperament, and his words are not good, and if others come to guess the riddle and miss, or the riddle is too far away from the topic, he will make mockery and mock it, which invisibly offends a large area, otherwise no one will bring in friends to help after failure, in order to let out a bad breath.

Seeing that Lu Gou'er guessed the riddle correctly, why not return the original number of ridicule he received just now? The middle-aged man was holding back the fire in his stomach, and said coldly: "Although you were shot, let me ask you, how to solve this thin word?" ”

He definitely didn't believe that a fool could shoot such a difficult thin speech, and the problem should be the moment when Lu Gou'er talked to Xu You just now. But he couldn't figure out the reason, Xu You didn't like someone who knew the answer, and he didn't like a noble person who didn't care about 30,000 yuan, but no matter what, he had to try Lu Gou'er's details.

"What is the solution?" Lu Gou'er was dazed and said, "Didn't I shoot?" Just give me the money quickly, what a solution! ”

The middle-aged man snorted and said, "Untie it, let's talk about money!" ”

Immediately, someone couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Shopkeeper, you are a scoundrel!" Who says that if you hit a puzzle, you have to solve it? If you are willing to solve it, it is people who are good-hearted, and if you don't want to solve it, people are too lazy to take care of you, so hurry up and give the dog 30,000 yuan, otherwise I will pull you to see the official! ”

The surroundings were in chaos, some people supported Lu Gou'er, some people were angry, and they were clamoring to support the middle-aged people to get to the bottom of it. Xu You arched his hand and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, listen to me!" Tonight is a good time to celebrate, everyone watches the lanterns and guesses riddles, asking for comfort and happiness, not for disputes. Lu Langjun is certainly smart, but his tongue is stupid, everyone can see it, why don't I solve this puzzle for him, how about it? ”

"Do you understand? Will you? ”

"What's your business! If you could solve it, you would have shot the tiger a long time ago, and would it be someone else's turn? ”

Xu You smiled: "I really won't, but I just heard Lu Langjun explain...... If you can't draw under it, you can't learn it, and you can't shoot a tiger, but it's convenient to talk and learn to speak, and it's still successful! ”

He said it wittily, he was not impatient in the face of everyone's ridicule, neither ridiculed nor ashamed of himself, which made people feel good suddenly, and I don't know who shouted: "Don't make trouble, just listen to this Lang Jun solve the riddle!" ”

The scene finally quieted down gradually, and Xu You gave a salute and said, "Thank you!" The Book of Changes has ten wings, which are divided into Yi, Xiang, Wenyan, Dictionaries, Hexagrams, Preface Hexagrams, and Miscellaneous Hexagrams. The meaning in "彖": 'exchange, say also', that is, to redeem the hexagram, has the meaning of words. In "Saying Hexagrams", the gossip elephants correspond to eight kinds of beasts and birds, and the hexagram corresponds to the 'sheep'! ”

He pointed to the painting in the middle-aged man's hand and said, "If the sheep wants to speak, it's not a hexagram, what is it?" ”

"Brilliant solution!"

The crowd burst into warm applause, and Xu You's explanation was simple and clear, even those who didn't understand the I Ching could hear it clearly. The middle-aged man looked at Xu You with a complicated expression, and it was at this time that he was sure that Xu You was the initiator, and Lu Gou'er must have been guided by him to solve this riddle.

"This Lang Jun, although you understand it well, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. The girl who left the painting once said that just starting with the hexagram is not a real solution. ”

Now he didn't even do the people who supported him just now, and said nonsense: "You don't want to give money, and find some strange reasons to delay, it's too shameless!" ”

Xu You pressed his hands down slightly, and the noise in the crowd immediately returned to calm, and said, "What the shopkeeper said is true!" The girl who paints the painting is exquisite, the sheep is used for sacrifice, and the hexagram is also called the hexagram, which is the only hexagram that expresses joy in the sixty-four hexagrams. If you look at the painting, the sun is scorching on the head, there is no grass on the ground, and the sheep are looking up and talking to the sun. ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "Lang Jun is talented, tonight is a good night, there are hundreds of talented people who come to enjoy the lanterns, but no one can match Lang Jun's talent." Ask Lang Jun to tell him his name and surname, and send 30,000 yuan to the house tomorrow......"

Xu You said: "I said, Wen Hu shot by Lu Gou'er, your 30,000 yuan is for him." Remember, don't deceive him when he's young, if you can't send this money, I'm afraid that the neighbors won't be able to spare the shopkeeper. ”

After saying that, he hugged his fists as a salute, squeezed out of the crowd with Lu Shuang and others, and was about to meet He Wei and others who were standing opposite while eating and watching the excitement, but saw Su Tang standing in the middle of the street not far away, wearing a light cyan skirt, looking at him with beautiful and clear eyes, I don't know whether he was happy or melancholy.

However, Xu You's attention was attracted by the person beside her, the same robe with wide sleeves, and the same curtain to cover his face.

Life, where do we not meet!