Xu Anping didn't expect the Blood Hand Alliance to react so quickly, he had only been killing Uncle Lin for more than half a month before he realized that something was wrong, and he also sent other assassins to carry out the mission. It was only when he realized that the Blood Hand Alliance was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. On the one hand, he found that the assassin organization of the Blood Hand Alliance was extremely tight, and I am afraid that Uncle Lin's threats before his death were not all lies; On the other hand, this just shows that the mission he is carrying out may not be entirely to seize the business of the Deng family. So, in the past few days, Xu Anping no longer tracked the eldest young master of the Tian family, but recuperated in the room during the day, and paid attention to the movements of the Deng family's mansion at night. Because he knew very well that even if the people of the Blood Hand Alliance knew that there was an undercover agent lurking in the Deng family, without the middleman Uncle Lin, the new assassin would not be able to contact him. Therefore, the person who appeared in Baihualou would definitely sneak into Deng's house, steal the deed, and kill Deng Yongming.

For several days, there was no movement in the Deng family's compound, and Xu Anping did not relax in the slightest.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. The sky is not yet dark, and many lanterns have been hung in the courtyard of the Deng family, which are colorful and beautiful, and the backyard is as bright as day under the decoration of the lanterns carefully prepared by the maids. Deng Xiaoke was even more excited, today is one of the few days when she can go out to play openly. She hurriedly finished dinner and began to dress herself, and from time to time discussed with the maid Huan'er which hairpin she inserted was good-looking, Hua Tian was corrected, and it took more than an hour to dress up, considering that it was not safe to travel alone at night, she called Xu Anping to go out together.

Xu Anping was still worried that there would be assassins infiltrating tonight, but he was relieved when he saw the bright backyard, and he was also afraid that the assassins would kidnap and threaten Deng Yongming with Deng Xiaoke's life, so he agreed to go out to enjoy the lanterns with him.

Deng Xiaoke and his entourage walked out of the gate and walked into the street, and saw that there were bustling crowds everywhere, and there was no cheering in the distance. So, she instructed Xu Anping to walk in front of the road, and she and Huan'er took her brother's hand and followed behind.

Xu Anping was also helpless, although he had a strong physique and kung fu, he was still squeezed by the dense crowd. Deng Xiaoke followed behind, but he looked at the lanterns and snacks on both sides of the street. She saw a lantern stall, and she couldn't move. The lantern surface is either painted with ladies or painted with flowers and plants, all of which are lifelike and quite exquisite, so I am ready to buy one and pick it in my hand. Just wanted to ask the price, Huan'er suddenly said: "Miss, you see that there are lantern riddles over there, but it's lively." I just heard two scholars passing by say that if you guessed correctly, you can get the lantern for free. Let's go! "Looks like she's eager to give it a try.

When Deng Xiaoke heard it, he was quite moved, it seemed to be more interesting, and it was much more fun than spending money to buy it. She was afraid that Xu Anping wouldn't hear it, so she asked Huan'er to raise her voice and shout: "Deng Jiu, Deng Jiu!" Let's go that way and go there and guess the riddles. ”

After Xu Anping heard it, his head was bigger, and he was really not afraid of trouble when he saw the excitement! There are so many riddles guessing, if there are assassins mixed in, it will be troublesome. can see that Deng Xiaoke's bright eyes are full of expectation, and his heart softened, "That's it, it shouldn't be such a coincidence." He didn't speak, but walked straight to the place where the riddle was guessed. Squeeze into the crowd to see, several two-meter-high square wooden shelves are hung with lanterns, the lamp surface is painted with a variety of flowers, birds, fish and insects, ladies and scholars, and lantern riddles, many people below are looking up to guess the bottom of the riddle, and laughter and ridicule are still ringing around from time to time.

Deng Xiaoke handed over his younger brother to Xu Anping, and hurriedly took Huan'er to join the "riddle army". However, in order to attract customers, the lantern riddles of the restaurant are also a little difficult, and she can't guess any of them. Because he stayed under an anagram for a while, a man in a green shirt who looked like a scholar and held a folding fan in his hand said frivolously: "This girl, if you can tell me Fang's name, I will help you guess the answer to this riddle." This lantern is my gift to you. ”

The name of a girl who has not been released from the cabinet is generally known only to her parents, and she will not tell her husband until she gets married. The man in the green shirt asked like this, which was already quite explicit teasing. After hearing this, Deng Xiaoke's face suddenly turned angry, and his mouth was not convinced, "Who said that you can't guess, you don't need to cry here and fake mercy." Then, turning his head and continuing to look at the riddle, he frowned and thought hard.

The man in the green shirt saw that Deng Xiaoke's face was flushed and even more cute, he was very itchy, and he was ready to show his talent to make her fascinated by himself, and then said: "This girl, don't be reluctant if you can't guess, after all, this is not what women are good at." ”

Deng Xiaoke's face was even more ugly, and she felt a kind of humiliation, she never thought that she was worse than men. But she had only read the basic enlightenment book and the "Female Commandment", but she really couldn't guess the anagram, and her face began to turn pale.

"Yo! This brother is really talented, and he is really suitable for bullying a little girl. At this time, Deng Xiaoke's ears suddenly sounded Xu Anping's voice, and his face couldn't help but be happy. She turned her face and saw Xu Anping walking over with her younger brother in tow, and Deng Wenzhao also seemed to be eager to try.

Hearing the laughter around him, the man in the green shirt was very annoyed. "Who are you? How dare you speak to me like that? I just want to help this girl out of good intentions, what do you have to do with it? ”

Xu Anping led the young master of the Deng family to the front, looked at the riddle, and said with a smile: "Oh? That's what happened. My little master also wants me to help this girl, but I don't need to ask her name. ”

The man in the green shirt looked a little ugly, and he knew that he had been deliberately slapped in the face. "Then this brother, I don't know what advice you have?"

"I don't dare to advise, I just accompanied the little master to read a few books, and this time I came to try it in order to get two taels of silver. The little young master said that this is a riddle, it was just a fun, but I didn't expect someone to shamelessly want to show off his literary talents. ”

"Look at your sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and you are also a good guts, but you don't know how much ink you have in your stomach. So what do you say about this lantern riddle? ”

Xu Anping first read the riddle: "The three mountains are from the three mountains, and the mountains are hanging upside down." Month after month, month after month. The left and right rows are double-feathered, and the two rivers are vertically and horizontally. There are six families in the family, and two of them are not reunited. The person who heard it next to him was also meditating, shaking his head. He pretended to think for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Little master, isn't this the word 'use' that Mr. taught you to write two days ago!" ”

Little Master Deng Wenzhao nodded again and again beside him, "Yes, yes, yes, I was about to say it too." ”

The man in the green shirt knocked on his palm with a folding fan and said, "I can't see it, you are a little anxious." Let's take a look at this, and if you can guess the answer, I'll give it up. ”

Xu Anping said with a smile: "I don't need you to worship, after all, it's not as good as the two taels of silver given by the little young master." All you have to do is confess to that girl and ask for mercy. ”

The man in the green shirt hesitated, but he didn't guess the riddle after thinking about it for a long time, so he had to humiliate this bastard to get his face back, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, and took the initiative to pick up the biggest lantern with the riddle written in front of Xu Anping.

Xu Anping said with a smile: "I can't see that Brother Tai still has a preference for being a junior, and I will reward you with a few copper plates when I get the reward later." He saw that the scholar's face was pale, and he stopped talking, and looked at the riddle, "The bright moon is half at the feet of the cloud, and the remnants of the flowers fall in front of the horse's hooves." Xu Anping smiled and shook his head without speaking, he didn't expect that he would see the anagram written by Daddy on the book, and thought to himself: "It seems that Daddy is also a person with a lot of interest in life!" ”

Seeing that Xu Anping didn't speak, the man in the green shirt was secretly proud in his heart. "What's the matter? If you can't guess, forget it. As long as you kowtow to me and admit your mistake, I won't bother with you. As he spoke, he opened the folding fan and shook it a few times, which was quite a bit of a merry and talented person.

Xu Anping didn't expect this scholar to be small-minded, and said with a smile: "I just want to laugh when I think of you confessing later." Little master, I'm a little unsure, do you think this lantern riddle is talking about the word 'bear'? Deng Wenzhao took the lantern, pretended to look at it carefully, and immediately jumped up, "It's extreme, it's extreme!" ”

The man in the green shirt was dumbfounded, he didn't expect the plot to reverse so quickly, and he sweated on his forehead and began to think of countermeasures. The disgusting voice sounded again, "This boy seems to have forgotten something, everyone help him think about it." There was a commotion around him immediately, and everyone was not used to seeing his coy appearance. So, he could only hurriedly arch towards Deng Xiaoke, squeezed through the crowd and fled quickly.

Xu Anping continued to open the road in front, Deng Xiaoke followed behind him and continued to browse the night market with the big lanterns sent by the merchants, and Huan'er led Deng Wenzhao, who couldn't stop eating various snacks.

Deng Xiaoke's mind was no longer on the night market at this time, but looked at the lanterns for a while, and looked at Xu Anping's back for a while, and his heart was sweet. She thought that she trusted Xu Anping only because he was more capable and made her feel safe, but she didn't realize that she had put too much emotion on Xu Anping.