After the banquet was over, it was approaching dusk.

Under the introduction of Zeng Xie, Chen Le and his party knew that there was a lantern festival in Handzhou City tonight.

Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is the day before the Wenhua Meeting, and the talents of the two countries gather, so the lantern festival will definitely be very lively.

Originally, Chen Le didn't want to visit any lantern festivals, but he couldn't bear the begging of several juniors of the Zeng family, and Zeng Xihua sneered at him, and Zeng Bu seemed to have the intention of going, so he nodded helplessly.

A group of six people, plus ten private guards led by Wu 13, a total of seventeen people walked out of the gate of Zengfu and walked towards the center of Handzhou City.

There is a wide street in the center of Handzhou City, called Lotus Street, and the Handzhou Lantern Festival is located on this Lotus Street.

Before Chen Le and the others reached Lotus Street, they saw a dense flow of people from a distance, which was full of people.

Lotus Street is forbidden to cars and horses tonight, but it is still crowded, shoulders and arms intersect, teenagers laugh and scold, and girls scream from time to time, avoiding whether it is intentional or unintentional touch.

There is also the thief's eyebrows, the man in the green coat and the small hat is walking low, and the third hand is groping everywhere.

There is also the merchant who sells groceries, the vendor who sells sugar gourds, and the small merchant who sells candy, who is squeezed and grinning, and protects the goods with both hands to prevent them from being squeezed down, but even if he is so careful, when he is not careful, he loses three or five items, and he is so angry that he bares his teeth and scolds.

Chen Le and his entourage, guarded by Wu 13 and ten guards, squeezed out a passage and entered Lotus Street.

Both sides of the lotus street are all stalls that guess the lantern riddles, all kinds of lanterns are available, what round lanterns, square lanterns, octagonal palace lamps are the most ordinary, and what peony lanterns, peony lanterns, begonia lanterns, lotus lanterns, tiger head lamps, sheep's head lamps, monkey lamps, all kinds of unique lanterns are dazzling.

There will be lantern riddles on each lamp, some are anagrams, some are drawing riddles, guess the least you can get this lantern, and some can even get silver coins.

But this lantern riddle is not a random guess, if you guess at will, then the stall owner who puts up the lantern stall is afraid that he will lose his life.

You need to pay for guessing the lantern riddle, but the money is not much, a copper plate guesses once, and if you can't guess once, you want to guess next time, you need to pay another copper plate.

This little money is not as good as drizzle for the sons and daughters of the families from the two countries, and even the ordinary scholars in Handzhou City don't pay attention to it, so the business of these lantern stalls is very hot, especially the love of some girls.

Chen Le originally just wanted to see the excitement, and he didn't plan to guess the riddle at all, but he couldn't bear to scratch the corner of his clothes and act like a little daughter: "Uncle Xiao, let's go over and take a look!" ”

Chen Le couldn't help but feel cold, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, he calmed his spirit, and just wanted to veto, but he was dragged to the front of the stall by Zeng Xihua.

"Wow, this lamp is so big and beautiful!" Zeng Xihua said with small stars in his eyes, staring at a big lantern.

This is a peony lamp, made of flowers, and there are green leaves underneath, which looks very beautiful.

"Boss, how do you guess this lamp, boss?" Zeng Xihua shouted.

The bloated boss in a leather robe behind the stall smiled: "This young lady, guess this lamp once for a penny, and you can get this lamp if you guess it, or you can exchange it for two other lanterns!" ”

Zeng Xihua nodded when she heard this, the lantern in front of her was larger, so she had this kind of reward, she raised her snow-white chin and looked at the riddle on the lamp.

The lamp is drawn on an anagram, with only four big characters, which is "judging people by their appearance", and typing the same four-character colloquial sentence.

Lantern riddles are such things, there are many kinds of patterns, but they are generally split words, and the pictographic riddles are the majority, and the one in front of me is obviously not, but the most difficult way to understand the riddles!

There is no fixed framework for the answer to the riddle of this method, and everything is based on imagination, which can be said to be extremely difficult.

"Judging ......people by their appearance" Zeng Xihua blinked her good-looking eyes, and her little face was a little embarrassed, but she immediately snorted coldly and looked at the other three children of the Zeng family, these three are also young people, and they are naturally very interested in this light market, but when they see this mystery, they can't help but look bitter.

This is the mystery of Huiyige, this is too difficult, three people, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't say a word.

Seeing this, Zeng Xihua snorted coldly angrily: "A bunch of fools! Her eyes rolled and fell on Chen Le: "Xiao Yan, you really think of yourself as an uncle, don't hurry up and solve this puzzle, otherwise I will expose your old bottom!" ”

Chen Le stroked his forehead with one hand, with a wry smile on his face, only Wu Shisan and Zeng Xihua knew their real names in the group, this girl actually threatened with this, but it was really nonsense, why hurry up and solve the mystery, the uncle wants to break you directly!

Zeng Bu on the side looked at them curiously, and the old gentleman found out that his granddaughter was quite unkind to Chen Le along the way, and he didn't know Chen Le's true origin, so there were some guesses under the curiosity, and an ambiguous smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Chen Le couldn't help but shake his head secretly when he saw Zeng Bu's expression, and at this time, Zeng Xihua walked up to him and grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Xiao Shuda, quickly solve the riddle, aren't you a genius on the Wenhua list, I am really convinced when I guess this question!" ”

Chen Le suddenly felt faceless, but Zeng Xi painted with great strength, and was pulled to the front of the stall without paying attention, looking at the expectant eyes of the other three Zeng family disciples, he sighed and said: "Brother Zixuan......"

Zeng Bu hurriedly waved his hand beside him: "Qingzhi, I can't guess, so I won't be ugly!" ”

Zeng Bu really didn't guess it, but this doesn't mean that he can't learn, but guessing the lantern riddle is a quick thinking or broad knowledge, not a deep background.

Chen Le saw Zeng Bu's resignation, Zeng Xihua and the three Zeng family children were looking forward to it, even Wu Shisan also stretched out his head to look at the lively appearance in the back, and couldn't help but change his complexion, and said to Zeng Xihua: "Cherish the painting granddaughter, you are not good at studying at a young age, and you only know how to ask people when you encounter problems, how can you get this attitude, if you continue like this, you will become more and more lazy, not only ashamed of your Zeng family's Yashenggong, but also ......"

Speaking of this, he coughed: "Even if you marry in the future, you will be disliked by your in-laws!" ”

As soon as he said this, the few people who were waiting for him to guess the riddle around couldn't help but be stunned, and then their faces twitched, they couldn't help laughing, and they covered their mouths and laughed.

"You...... Xiao Shuda, I, I and you are incompatible! Zeng Xihua has a thin skin, although he can sarcastically ridicule Chen Le, but when it really comes to himself, he can't stand this kind of words, and suddenly his little face suddenly turned white, then turned red, and then it turned blue, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Seeing that she looked interesting, Chen Le couldn't bear to continue teasing, flicked his sleeves, and said to the other three Zeng family students: "The three of you are also like this, you can't guess this kind of simple puzzle, don't you feel ashamed to go out and claim to be the children of the Zeng family of Daliang!" ”