said that Lu Junyi invited Liang Wenzhen and his entourage to dinner, and the boss presented a side dish. Xu Fan complained that the portion of side dishes was too small. It turned out that the shopkeeper was busy making lamps, the service was not good, there was a Mid-Autumn Festival lantern festival tonight, each family had riddles, everyone wanted to know the lantern riddles out of the inn, guess to have fun.

I saw the lantern held by the shopkeeper, which was an octagonal lantern, with exquisite carving, classical shape, and quite exquisite. The flowers, birds, plum bamboos and character stories painted on the eight sides of the lantern paper are gentle and generous, full of charm, and can be called a fine product. Liang Wenzhen saw that this lantern was so luxurious and beautiful, and guessed that the riddle on it must not be idle, because he said: "What about the riddle, quickly turn it around and show it to me." ”

The crowd patronized and looked at the lanterns, but they forgot to guess the riddles. Hearing Liang Wenzhen say this, he came back to his senses and replied: "Exactly, exactly, what about riddles?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. As he spoke, he turned the lantern in his hand, turned the riddle to his right, pointed with his right hand, and said, "Well, this is the lantern riddle prepared by my inn, 'The one-horned crow is difficult to feed.'" 'It was an ancient man who guessed. ”

As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, everyone sighed. The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said smugly: "Hahaha, I know that the lantern riddles that my inn has prepared so carefully and painstakingly are not so easy to guess." ”

Liang Wenzhen smiled and said nothing, but Xu Fan couldn't help but stand up and said, "Shopkeeper, don't say that I poured cold water on you, I dare to guarantee that everyone at our table knows the answer to the mystery, do you dare to bet?" ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help blushing, but he didn't admit defeat, and said: "Okay, you just have to say, as long as you guess in place, this meal will be mine, and two more dishes of snacks will be given." "The shopkeeper should not be like his child," Liang Wenzhen said with a smile, "Let's take it back." "Once the word is spoken, the horse is hard to chase." The shopkeeper's face was resolute, "It's just that if you can't guess it, what should you do?" ”

"If you can't guess everything we have here, double it." Xu Fan said on his own. Liang Wenzhen complained that he was reckless and stared at him fiercely, Xu Fan was seen as weak, and couldn't help but lower his head.

"It's not necessary to double all of them, but it's just to double this meal today, otherwise it will seem unfair to me." As the shopkeeper spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "The answer is in my hands, and you people at the table can guess it." The shopkeeper glanced around the table, although he saw that several of them were beautifully dressed, their temperament and bearing were extraordinary, and they should be people who were familiar with poetry and books, but they had spent a lot of thought and painstakingly meditated to make the lantern riddles, how could they be easily guessed.

"Slowly, count us in." Du Yu at the other table also shouted, and Xu Jin Cai Yan, who was at the same table as him, also turned his head to Liang Wenzhen and the other table, all eager to try, and they all wanted to guess. "Okay, I'll count one, two, three, and the two tables will tell the answer to the riddle at the same time, and if someone at both tables guesses it, it will be the same as the previous bet." The shopkeeper was quite confident, and said.

"One, two, three." As soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell, "Zhao Feiyan", "Jiang Taigong", "Cao Cao", "Zhao Feiyan", "Daji", the people at the two tables said a lot of answers, but when the shopkeeper heard it, he was still shocked, almost unstable, frowned, and said: "Who guessed Zhao Feiyan, how did you guess it?" Spread out the paper in his hand and looked at it with everyone, and sure enough, it was "Zhao Feiyan". "My master, Brother Cai Yan, and Sister Hua all guessed correctly." Zhao Min shouted. "I guessed it too." Cai Yan at the next table stood up and said. Everyone looked at it, Cai Yan was naturally proud, if their table was exhausted, they would still have to count double the cost of the meal.

"Before Zhao Feiyan gained power, he was poor and good at singing and dancing, so he made a living, and You Shan danced on one foot in his palm," Liang Wenzhen explained, "The 'one-horned crow is difficult to forage', isn't it Zhao Feiyan?" The crowd responded, "That's right, that's exactly what happened." ”

The shopkeeper was convinced and said, "You are really wise, don't miss tonight's lantern festival." The shopkeeper threw himself into the ground, and he was convinced, please please, this meal is free of charge. He then instructed the shopkeeper to add two dishes of side dishes.

Liang Wenzhen and Xu Fan looked at each other, slightly apologetic because of the blame just now. Who knew that Xu Fan suddenly kicked his nose on his face, and said triumphantly: "Look, if it weren't for me, how could I get this free meal, Brother Liang still looked blaming." "As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world, this meal is exchanged for our wisdom and our talents, and it is not free. Hahahaha," Liang Wenzhen also laughed.

"What if we don't guess?" Three, three, two, two voices one after another, a burst of "yes, yes" followed, Xu Fan was also speechless, buried his head in eating, Liang Wenzhen was angry, funny, and said: "This Brother Fan, I'm really not afraid of losing, anyway, he doesn't have to pay for it if he loses." Everyone looked at Xu Fan, and even a few people at the adjacent table turned their heads to look over, Xu Fan's face couldn't help but feel anxious, and he had to eat and drink to hide his embarrassment.

A feast, I don't know how long I ate, everyone was full of wine and food, and they were sleepy, covering their mouths and yawning one by one, stretching their waists. Liang Wenzhen said listlessly: "Let's go and rest, there will be a Mid-Autumn Festival at night, and you can recuperate your spirits." Everyone nodded perfunctorily, dispersed, and went back to their rooms to rest.

Before he knew it, it was already dusk, Liang Wenzhen slept deeply, and heard a knock on the door, so he hurriedly walked out, but it was Xu Fan who came to invite him and said, "Brother Liang, everyone is ready, only you are left, hurry up." ”

Liang Wenzhen nodded perfunctorily, said "oh" a few times, tidied up, washed and went out, and walked to the riverside square with everyone.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the prosperous era can be described as an empty alley of 10,000 people, the autumn harvest of the people has been completed, and the horses are released in Nanshan, all of them have come out to celebrate and be lively. Lined up along the street, a string of red lanterns slipped, red and yellow, particularly eye-catching. The carved railings and painted buildings, reflecting the lanterns, are like a fairyland, and they are beautiful. Pedestrians are in a hurry, the bright moon is in the sky, and the cool breeze is cool.

From afar, you can see the place where the lantern will be, the red light is in the sky, and the bright moonlight reflects each other. Road adapter, you can see the lanterns hanging in each middle, and the crowds are shoulder to shoulder. There was a burst of laughter and laughter, and the noisy voices gradually became unreal.

All kinds of lanterns are hung all over the street and the riverside, the colors are dazzling, the shapes are different, or exquisite or simple, or elegant or unrestrained, there is a unique hole. Especially the riverside, sparkling waves, full of colorful colors, against the backdrop of this series of lanterns, is breathtaking.

A group of people walked together for a while, this one wanted to see this lamp, the one who felt that the person in the painting was good-looking, some of them chattered, pondered the riddles on the lamp, and gradually dispersed. The female dependents naturally followed Liang Wenzhen, and Xu Fan did not leave because of Chen Qiuyue; Zhao Min is Liang Wenzhen's apprentice, and he is Hua Sumei's cousin, so he naturally follows the two. Because of Pan Jinlian, Ding's mother can't shake off her tail, which makes Liang Wenzhen sometimes upset.

Liang Wenzhen took a group of people, playing and shuttling, guessing riddles and laughing, very happy, for a while I didn't know what to worry about, I just felt that I was in a fairyland, worry-free.

"Look, there's got to be something good over there." Zhao Min has sharp eyes and is humane to everyone. Everyone turned their gaze away, "Let's go over and have a look." Xu Fan wanted to join in the fun again. Everyone had this thought, Pan Jinlian looked at it, was uneasy, and said: "Don't go, there are so many officers and soldiers, it's not good to get into trouble." "Because she was wronged and became a slave, Pan Jinlian is like a frightened bird, and she is a little chasing after the wind.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, with Brother Liang here, he will definitely turn evil into good fortune, and nothing will go wrong in front of everyone." Xu Fan squeezed forward when he spoke, Liang Wenzhen didn't have time to stop it, so he had to follow, although Pan Jinlian was unwilling, she was helpless.

Someone in front of him rang a big gong and shouted, and more and more people surrounded him, three times inside and three times outside, and they didn't know what was going on. Everyone stepped forward and squeezed in, only to see a person in a Taishi chair, a person who looked like a parent official was sitting and drinking tea, with a calm demeanor. There was a notice next to it, saying: "Whoever guesses this lantern riddle will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver." Liang Wenzhen's eyes swept and saw that there was a lantern on the official's head, and a riddle was written on it. When you look closely, the riddle is: "Zimei sighs and leans in the autumn wind, and the peach blossoms in Lotte April are located." And noted, guess the two things, the mystery is the key to solving the case of the murder of Shiliting a month ago.

Liang Wen was really thinking about it, but unexpectedly, there was a hand behind him, and he patted his shoulder, and when he looked back, it was Xu Jin. Liang Wenzhen smiled: "Why is the second master here?" Why don't you also join in the fun? ”

"It's rare and lively, you have to see what," Xu Jin said, "I just heard about a lantern riddle that caused a sensation in the entire county, but no one guessed it." It is said that it is the key to solving an unsolved case, and the magistrate came in person and offered a reward of 100 taels, hoping that someone could guess it in order to solve the unsolved case. You don't know? ”

"I see," Liang Wenzhen nodded, and said, "I really don't know, I saw so many people around, and I came in." What is the answer to the riddle, and it will not be clear to the person who asked the question? Why bother. Maybe when you ask this person, the whole case will come to light. ”

Xu Jin nodded, a little unclear. An official next to him looked at the two of them with disdain, and said disdainfully: "Do you think you two are smart?" The magistrate had already sent someone to inspect it, and I don't know when and who hung this lantern here, so I had to make this decision. Since you can't guess, don't make a fool of yourself. You see, all the elites in this county are gathered here, and they are stepping up to solve the lantern riddle and solve the case. ”

Liang Wenzhen smiled faintly, turned his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a group of people who looked like scholars, protected by a group of officers and soldiers, one by one or scratching their heads and cheeks, or flipping books and holding pens, in different shapes, but their faces were full of anxiety, lest they be preempted.

"Hey," Liang Wenzhen sighed and joked, "Could it be that God deliberately arranged for me to solve this unsolved case?" When the official heard this, he was full of disdain, turned his face away, and ignored Liang Wenzhen.

"Brother Liang, have you already guessed it?" Xu Fan came over to ask Liang Wenzhen, and without waiting for Liang Wenzhen to answer, Xu Fan shouted: "My brother Liang has guessed the riddle, my brother Liang has guessed the riddle!" When Liang Wenzhen heard this, his heart suddenly tightened, and he swept around, and the escort team gathered here unconsciously.

I can't figure out if I want to make a fool of myself in public this time, Liang Wenzhen thought to himself, and couldn't help but glance at Xu Fan, hated and annoyed, at this time, the county order had already gotten up and came over, and all the people, including the group of readers, all looked in the direction of Liang Wenzhen and others.

Liang Wenzhen originally thought that the answer to the mystery was not difficult, it seemed to be on his lips, but he was concerned at this time, but his mind was empty for a while, and the mystery was like a thread in the water, just about to catch it, and then drifted away. When you are irritable, you are about to make a fool of yourself in public. Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.

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