Chapter 143: Guessing the Lantern Riddle (Adding a Supplement for "Autumn Huaihan Dream")
Lu Zhu smiled and said, "Childe is right, the thing guessed in this riddle is the wind." β
Seeing that Cui Wenqing had guessed correctly, Zhi Zhao couldn't laugh or cry, especially when he thought of what he said just now, he was even more angry and funny, and he glanced at him fiercely as a warning.
"Here's the last riddle, everyone." After finishing speaking, Luzhu cleared his throat and continued, "I see the mountains from afar, and the water is silent when I hear it closely. It's still a hit. β
The voice fell, and there was silence in the hall for a long time, and everyone was thinking about the answer.
The last riddle is the key to Cui Wenqing and Wen Hegui's fight, if Cui Wenqing answers correctly, he can fight to a draw with Wen Hegui 4 to 4, if Wen Hegui or someone else answers, then Cui Wenqing will lose to Wen Hegui, and he has no choice but to apologize.
When Wen Gongzi knew that this was the decision to win or lose, he frowned and pondered, but he wanted to break his head, and he didn't know why the riddle was, and when he asked Pang Hui and the others, they all shook their heads and said they didn't know.
"Husband, do you know the answer?" At this moment, Rao is calm and can't help but be a little nervous, for fear that he will lose the competition.
Cui Wenqing smiled and said, "What, does the lady want me to find a sense of accomplishment in you?" β
Hearing this, Zhi Zhao was secretly annoyed, stretched out his hand and pinched his arm suddenly, and said in a vicious voice: "If you can't answer and lose to that Wen Hegui, this commander will definitely send you to the army to become a dare to die, you can do it yourself." β
Cui Wenqing knew that the brave men in the army were all people who had no return in the battle against the enemy, so he smiled slightly and did not delay any longer, and said in a loud voice: "Miss Luzhu, I have thought of the answer." β
After saying this, Wen Hegui, who was contemplating hard, seemed to have missed half a beat, and he looked at Cui Wenqing with a confident face in surprise, and he was already secretly not good.
Lu Zhu raised his hand and said, "Childe, it's okay to say." β
Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "This poem sounds very difficult, but it is actually very simple, especially once the sentences of the upper and lower are compared, it is found that although the scenery in the poem is beautiful, it is all dead things, and the only thing that can keep the scenery for a long time in the world without changing is painting, so the mystery should be painting." β
Luzhu clapped his hands and smiled: "Yes, what this mystery says is the picture scroll, and Childe answered correctly again." β
Hearing this, Zhe Zhao's heart was relieved, and the heart that had been hanging finally landed, revealing a faint smile.
On the other hand, Wen Gongzi was so angry that his face suddenly turned white, and he couldn't believe that he was caught up by Cui Wenqing when he had such an advantage, making the two fight to a draw.
Cui Wenqing smiled at the surroundings, then looked at Wen Gongzi and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that we ended up in a draw, but it doesn't matter, didn't the owner of the Penglou finally come up with a very difficult riddle, as long as any of us answer correctly, even if we win the final victory." β
Wen Hegui snorted coldly and said, "The bounty of the last lantern riddle is eight hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver, do you think it is so easy to guess?" It's naΓ―ve. β
Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "There is nothing impossible in the world, the key is man-made, is it that Brother Wen is not willing to compare it now?" β
Wen Hegui sneered and said: "I am a dignified scholar on the two lists, and the protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven is outside Ying Tianmen, so can't you still fight your talent, okay, let's continue to compare." β
At this time, Luzhu was already smiling, and said with a righteous face: "Guests, the last lantern riddle is unintentionally obtained by our host, it is said that there are very few people in the whole world who can solve the answer, and our host has no choice but to hang out this riddle in all the friends of the country tonight for the guests to guess, as long as they can guess and solve the doubts of our host, there must be a lot of money to offer, and the right to be rewarded." β
With that, she clapped her hands slightly, and the two servants walked into the hall carrying a peacock lantern.
Cui Wenqing looked up, and it could be seen that the peacock lantern was about eight feet long, and the peacock was born with a beautiful and beautiful appearance, making a posture like opening the screen, which looked very realistic.
When the servant carried the peacock lantern to the hall, Lu Zhu stepped forward lightly, pointed to the text on it and said solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, the lantern riddle is here." β
Cui Wenqing and others gathered around and stared at it, and saw that a line of handwriting of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing was written on the back of the peacock lantern, and there were only four words, which were written: There is no wind and lotus leaves moving.
Such a brainless sentence suddenly made the onlookers frown.
Wen Hegui was self-contained, and he still didn't think of the answer to the riddle after thinking about it for a while, so he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the green bamboo girl, I don't know what hints there are in this riddle?" Or did you ever say that you hit something, something, or something? β
Luzhu shook his head and sighed lightly: "In fact, the owner was also confused when he got this riddle, and the fascinated person didn't leave a word left, so the slave didn't know either." β
Wen Hegui nodded suddenly, frowning and thinking for a while, still at a loss.
After thinking about tea time for a while, the surrounding guests gradually became a little impatient, and a buzzing sound followed.
"How can you guess such a difficult mystery?"
"yes, it's clueless."
"What kind of windless lotus leaf moves, this is clearly a strange mystery and embarrassing people!"
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The pretty woman who had guessed a lantern riddle correctly because of Cui Wenqing's humility sighed and said: "The fascinated person said that there are probably few people in the world who can solve it, so there must be enough confidence in the mystery, how can we think of it for a while?" β
Wen Hegui was already a little entangled because he couldn't guess the riddle, and immediately echoed when he heard the words: "The little lady is right, since the owner of Youpenglou dares to give eight hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver, then he has full confidence in the riddle, otherwise, if everyone can guess it, he will lose his fortune!" β
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a burst of echoes from the surrounding people, who felt that this riddle was too difficult.
Cui Wenqing was in the crowd, but he didn't care about the discussions of the people around him, he was immersed in serious thoughts, and when he saw his contemplative appearance, he didn't bother, just stood aside and waited quietly.
In Cui Wenqing's view, there will always be a general idea of guessing riddles, so that the guesser can solve the riddle according to the prompts.
However, this lantern riddle is not a hint at all, just such an unclear sentence, or guessing the word, or metaphor is not explained, it is really too hateful.
And Cui Wenqing feels that the riddle is definitely not as simple as it is literally understood, and it cannot be measured by the method of ordinary guessing puzzles, and it must be thought of with divergent thinking.
But how do you solve the problem?