Three hundred and ninety-three, guess the lantern riddle
Tonight happens to be the Spring Festival {New Year's Day], thousands of lights are shining, and the fire trees are silver. Celebrate the New Year with laughter, and the Hongyan Lady presents plum blossoms. Raise a glass to each other's Tusu wine, and taste victory tea at the table.
After the kiss, Lin Chaoge felt that he was about to suffocate to death before he was released, the lonely peach blossom eyes were full of charm at the moment, the tail of the eyes was dyed with the color of peach blossoms on the spring branches, a ruddy little mouth was red with a cherry that was good to be picked by others, and the plain white little hand tightly grasped the man's chest so as not to slip off.
The obscene privacy is constantly implicated, and the ambiguous atmosphere in the small space is rising, and even the breath is afraid of burning people.
"If Xiao Yanyan is not behaving next time, or if there is something to deceive me, this king will close Xiao Yanyan in the room and bring a small chain." I thought that the man after the nightmare would be easier to talk, but it turned out that it was not, and they just planned to settle accounts after the autumn.
"Remember." Stretched out his hand and pinched the little face of the cloud-dyed sunset, and kissed it again, tossing and turning, light or heavy.
It's so uncomfortable that I can't breathe.
"I remember." Lin Chaoge was immediately frightened and jumped three meters high, covering himself tightly, for fear that this dog man would not want to drive in the carriage and do that inappropriate thing with her.
Her poor waist is still sore, and you can't control it a little! Be careful/Kill !!
Cha Ge Cha Sheng, who had long been accustomed to them sprinkling dog food all the time, had already driven the carriage to a secluded place with few people when they heard the sound of rustling in the carriage, turned to the side of the carriage and guarded it, and waited for the people inside to call themselves before passing over, so as not to be such a person who spoiled the scenery.
Not far away, the dragon dance lantern has begun, the gong is getting tighter and tighter, the drum is beating more and more densely, the lively gongs and drums are ringing in bursts, a brocade dragon is tumbling and dancing on the empty street, the hand dance long dragon, the dragon goes to sea, shuttles forward, the dragon travels all over the world, soars into the sky, not a real dragon is better than a real dragon.
Most of the dragon lanterns are made of bamboo, wood, cloth and colored paper, and the dragon clothes are generally made of yellow, green, white, red and black, which represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. From the beginning to the end of the "dragon ball" swing left and right, the number of dragons in the singular number is auspicious, see more nine-section dragons, eleven dragons, thirteen-section dragons, more up to twenty-nine sections, like a giant dragon meandering forward, its momentum is huge, the scene is spectacular.
However, tonight's lanterns are also particularly eye-catching. Streets and alleys, red lights hang high, there are hexagonal glazed palace lamps, animal head lamps, horse lanterns, flower lights, bird and bird lights, etc., there are many varieties, exquisite production, thousands of lights and trees, seven branches of flower flames. The moon shadow is suspicious of flowing water, and the winter wind contains night plums.
Lin Chaoge, who was angry in front, got out of the carriage and left first, his face bulging like a dolphin, and he couldn't help but want people to poke it, whether it would leak. A porcelain white face is clear and charming with a well-dyed peach rouge, and the red lips are delicate and want to be picked by others.
Tonight, in the spring of Yuanchun, the people who finished eating went out early with their families to take a look at the fire trees and silver flowers, the stars and the full moon.
"Childe, do you have a favorite lamp?" The stall owner in brown clothes and high collar saw the young man standing in front of the stall for a long time, and then he spoke up.
Lin Chaoge's gaze fell on a five-beaded glass lantern, and as it shook, the portrait of the lady on it also moved ghostly, if the shadow appeared, it seemed to come to life, and the beauty was like a west, and the sight was like pinching on it, just because the edge of the lantern was written in regular block letters; 'The Buddha does not cross me, I cross myself, not for the other shore, but for the sea. ’
Before she was ready to buy it, At this time, someone on her side suddenly reached out to pick up the colorful glass lantern and chanted: "Spring is full of Hou's house, and the golden lotus spits flowers at night." The balm melts the liquid, and the embers fall into the golden sand. ”
The sound is too familiar! Even hateful.
Lin Chaoge looked sideways, and saw a tall man standing a few steps away from him, wearing a robe similar to the waist and wide sleeves of the Wei and Jin dynasties, with floating dark cyan silver threads on it, and the embroidery was exquisite.
Although this person was wearing a silver half-face mask, even if he was wearing a black robe, Lin Chaoge could still recognize who he was at a glance.
"I didn't think you would come this soon." Lin Chao was a singer carrying a man's newly bought lantern, and said things that were contrary to his will as always, but in fact, he was coke in his heart.
"I don't know how many times I've attended banquets in the palace since I was a child, where can I accompany my wife to enjoy the lanterns and make the moon beautiful." When Xiao Yuzi said this, she deliberately leaned over, lifted the silver mask on her face and kissed her white and tender cheek.
"The court is public, can you get face." A touch of crimson climbed up the cheeks stained with white porcelain frost, and there was some mist in the brown eyes, and the scattered eyes were peach pink, which made his heart move.
"I never have a face for Madame." Xiao Yuzi bought two more red-eyed rabbit lamps and handed them to the two who acted as door gods.
"You two don't have to follow, the solitude of this king and his wife doesn't like outsiders around."
"Whoa."
After a while, the two of them disappeared into the crowd, just like ordinary scholars, friends, except for the occasional physical contact that was too intimate.
The appearance of the two is too outstanding, and now the major bookstores still sell many of their portraits, the difference is that one is the lover of a noble girl in the city, and the other is a rat who can't wait to be thrown rotten eggs when he goes out.
He wears a black and white pretty scholar's face, and Lin Chaoge's is a mask of a big-flowered fox, and the two of them have similar peach blossom eyes and a similar smile under the mask, and their eyebrows and eyes are crooked.
Before the time to guess the lantern riddle, the two of them had nothing to eat at the banquet in the palace, so they found a shop to buy rice balls next to the long street.
On the day of Yuanchun, it is still cold and windy, at this time, if you drink a bowl of hot sesame peanuts and peanuts with a few layers of sesame seeds on the outside, it will be an excellent enjoyment to drink a bowl of hot sesame peanuts and fried sesame seeds.
Guessing the lantern riddle is a kind of elegant word game at the moment, this time of year can attract a large number of literati and scholars to participate enthusiastically, including many scholars and scholars who enter Beijing to study, and more people from the surrounding prefectures and counties rushed to join in the fun, the Chang'an people of the Great Zhou Dynasty like to celebrate the festival, from the Yuan Spring to the Lantern Festival, that can be a good lively and lively, the bright red lanterns are hung high, and the red silk fragrance is dazzling.
At that time, people often used "silk lanterns to cut poems, when they sneered, and painted characters, hidden words, and old Beijing proverbs, teasing pedestrians." to describe the lantern riddle.
Therefore, there are many types of lantern riddles, which test the depth and breadth of knowledge, and the gameplay varies from year to year, and even sometimes requires a test of reflexes and brain teasers.
In the Great Zhou, guessing lantern riddles is also known as "reverse cut", "bullet wall", "spring lantern riddle" and other nicknames, but its gameplay is basically the same as that of the Southern Song Dynasty, but it also adds a lot of other novel gameplay.
After Lin Chaoge and Xiao Yuzi came out of the small shop, the hands of the two hidden under the wide-sleeved robes were holding on tightly, and it was just the right time, so they hurried to guess the lantern riddle.
When the hour comes, a bell chime rings in the air, and visitors go to the ring full of lanterns, and look up to see the rootless flowers exploding the sky, the flowers are bright, and the fireworks are beautiful but fleeting.
After standing still, Lin Chaoge looked up at the fiery red scene in the ring, a variety of delicate lanterns, the light was red and confused, which made people yearn for it, and there were several women standing on the side as mystery children, building a circular high platform, and the women in red gauze were dancing on tiptoe, swaying.
I heard that this year's lamp head is two hundred taels of silver, and the cost of ordinary people a year is ten taels of silver, which naturally attracts many people to gear up and be eager to try.
"Xiao Yanyan is sure to win the two hundred taels of silver as a dowry." Xiao Yuzi leaned in, whispering in her ear at a volume that only the two of them could hear.
"I try." Lin Chaoge smiled, because there were too many people around, the coldness blowing on the street also dissipated, and her cheeks were slightly red as if she had drunk wine.
"What I need is a must."
"Okay." Lin Chaoge stubbornly agreed.
This year, the host of the 'Spring Lantern Riddle' game is still Lord Fu Cheng of Shuntian Mansion, Lin Chaoge recognized this person for the first time, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year this year, this person also came to the Regent's Mansion to give a gift, but the gift was given to himself.
Now in the whole of Chang'an, who doesn't know that if he wants to please the regent, he has to curry favor with Lin Chaoge first, so that Lin Chaoge received a soft gift this year.
Due to the large number of participants, the first system was eliminated, of course, the entry fee for each person to participate is ten big money, and at least five of the ten puzzles must be guessed, and then as the difficulty increases, at least ten to five people are left on the stage for the final competition.
"Aren't you playing?" The person behind her couldn't wait to sign her up, inspired to be the man behind the successful woman.
"I'll wait for you to win the two hundred taels for me as a dowry."
“......”
The number of people who signed up this year is not as good as in previous years, and there are more than 200 people participating in the competition now, Lin Chaoge took his number plate and honestly lined up to start the primary selection, which was even more complicated than the emperor's draft.
The breeze blows lightly, and the rain sounds a word.
Lin Chaoge looked at the mystery above, "Yu" can be split into the word "Xi Xi", "Xi Xi" is to describe the appearance of the wind blowing gently. The pronunciation of "feather" and "rain" is the same, and then the wrist and pen are raised to write "feather".
"Build the cross street first, then build the gossip platform, and the master sits in the middle hall and waits for the guests to come." The delicate scholar looked at the young boy with the fox mask in front of him and had guessed nine puzzles in a row, and now there was only the last one left.
"Spider." Pick up the pen and write it down, put it aside and wait for the next round.