As the largest Lantern Festival feast in the Great Song Dynasty, the expenses are shocking, just the various foods paid tribute from the south and the north will cost 300,000 taels of silver, plus the lanterns, the venue and the most critical lantern riddle prizes, the total expenditure of this grand event is definitely above one million. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.infoqΒ5, //

With the elongated tone of the inner servant, Zhao Zhen, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, brought Queen Guo and the four concubines of the harem to the banquet, and also announced the beginning of the banquet.

Everything is as usual, before the banquet begins, it is the fart of the hundred officials and envoys from various countries, all of whom say that the Great Song Dynasty has no boundaries for ten thousand years, but who of them would have expected that the Northern Song Dynasty would be destroyed by the newly rising barbarian Jurchens in the north after supporting it for more than a hundred years!

"You know what! The most expensive prize of today's lantern riddle is the Wen Yubao fan made by the imperial court in our folding fan shop, which is inlaid with nine rare gems, and there are all the poems, calligraphy and paintings of all famous Bianjing artists, priced at 250,000 taels! Taking advantage of the opportunity of the hundred officials to celebrate, Bai Xinlan came to Zhao Lei's side and said proudly in a low voice.

"A folding fan worth 250,000 taels of silver, why don't I know about this business?" Zhao Lei said with a puzzled face.

"Official, you have been busy lately, and you haven't slept in my room for several days, so I don't have time to inform you!" Bai Xinlan said with jealousy in her voice.

With the jealous little daughter-in-law, Zhao Lei smiled and said with a low smile: "It's not for these things to be jealous!" I've been feeding you for the past few days before leaving, why didn't you say it at the time! ”

"Nasty! The concubine asked Sister Xiaocui. You haven't slept in her room these days, you've slept there these days! It won't be Ruoruo's sister! Or the widow you brought back! Bai Xinlan still asked with a look of jealousy.

The widow in Bai Xinlan's mouth refers to Guo Wei brought back by Zhao Lei, and the identity of the widow is an excuse for Zhao Lei to conceal Guo Wei's origin.

"Don't ask so much, I'll go sleep with you tonight, don't be jealous. There will be wrinkles. Zhao Lei said to Bai Xinlan with a smile.

Hearing Zhao Lei's words, the smart Bai Xinlan was coquettish, and she no longer pursued these things, at this time, the celebration of the hundred officials had ended, and the Lantern Festival had officially begun.

Listening to the familiar lyrics, Zhao Lei shook his head and said tiredly: "Why is it still Uncle Yong's "Shengchazi, Yuan Xi"!" In the past two years, the Lantern Festival has been this song and dance. is not idle and boring, hasn't there been a new word for the Lantern Festival in the past two years! ”

"There are a lot of new words for the Lantern Festival, but there are none of them that can compare to Lord Ouyang's "Shengchazi, Yuan Xi". Singing new words will make people involuntarily compare the words of Lord Ouyang, and no one is confident that they can compare to Lord Ouyang, so they have been using the old words! Although Bai Xinlan has left the circle, she is still very clear about the things in the circle. Hearing Zhao Lei's complaints, he explained with a light smile.

"The words made by others are not as good as those made by Lord Ouyang, but the officials will definitely be able to make better words than Lord Ouyang. Isn't it, official! Xiaocui looked at Zhao Lei expectantly and said.

"Lyrics! Sanshi, do you really want to make a new word and compete with Uncle Yong! Wang Su's voice suddenly came, and he suddenly appeared behind Zhao Lei like a ghost.

"Brother Zhongyi! Why did you suddenly run here again! Zhao Lei looked at the elusive Wang Su and said in horror.

"It's too boring over there, Sanshi, don't you have everyone guessing the riddle! Let's go see the riddles too! I heard that this year, the official family has invested a lot of money for lantern riddles, and the most difficult prize is worth as much as 250,000 taels of silver! "Wang Su is also very well-informed. I actually found out the value of the highest prize.

Singing and dancing really couldn't arouse Zhao Lei's interest, thinking for a while, Zhao Lei nodded and agreed, took Bai Xinlan and the other four daughters, and walked towards the nearby lanterns with Wang Su and the three daughters beside him.

Zhao Lei greeted the nearby acquaintances and walked to the nearest light tree, and at this moment, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in him.

The eldest princess of Shengguo was dressed in an apricot yellow robe, standing under a lamp tree, and looked at Zhao Lei in the crowd with a light smile.

Zhao Lei looked at Shengguo who showed his original appearance, and now the red sores on Shengguo's face have completely subsided, and his delicate face and tall and graceful figure are like a lonely plum in the snow, beautiful and arrogant.

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, and the stars are like rain. The BMW carved car is full of incense, the sound of Feng Xiao moves, the pot light turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.

The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly returned, but the man was there, in the place of Yan Shan. Zhao Lei couldn't take his eyes off the beauty of the princess of Shengguo, and couldn't help but read out Xin Qiji's "Qingyu Case, Yuan Xi" that he had just remembered.

"The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly returned, but the man was there, in the place of Yan Shan! Lord Zhao, good literary talent, not only good literary talent, but also better vision! Zhao Lei's words quickly attracted everyone's onlookers and tastes, and the suave Wen Yanbo happened to pass by here, and when he heard Zhao Lei's words, he immediately came out and shouted loudly.

Hearing Zhao Lei's words, Princess Shengguo's pretty face turned red, glanced at Zhao Lei sweetly, and turned to leave, leaving Zhao Lei with a lost face.

"It turned out to be Lord Wen, Lord Wen is not over there to enjoy singing and dancing, and when he comes here, he must be a fan of love!" Zhao Lei was lost for a moment, immediately lifted his spirits, and said with a smile to Wen Yanbo.

"There, the lower officials only know a little bit about it, and Lord Zhao also likes to guess lantern riddles!" Wen Yanbo replied with a bow.

"It's just a hobby, puzzle games, just playing." Zhao Lei looked at Wen Yanbo, couldn't figure out the reason why he came forward, and replied cautiously.

"Lantern riddles are originally a game to test intelligence, everyone likes to play, I don't know if Lord Zhao is interested in playing with Xia Guan!" Wen Yanbo said to Zhao Lei with a smile.

When Zhao Lei heard this, he still didn't understand the source of Wen Yanbo, so he came to challenge him at this time. borrowed lantern riddles to compete for intelligence, but Zhao Lei was really unfamiliar with such things as lantern riddles, and just wanted to shirk it, but Bai Xinlan beside him spoke.

"Lord Wen is polite, the official is here to guess the lantern riddle today. It's better to be alone than to be happy, of course, you have to play together to have fun! Bai Xinlan looked at Wen Yanbo and a young woman beside him, and said unconvinced.

Zhao Lei was slightly stunned, only then did he appear, Wen Yanbo was standing next to him, wasn't he Bai Xinlan's sworn enemy back then, and Lu Shuangshuang, a famous prostitute in Bianjing who later married Wen Yanbo! No wonder Bai Xinlan took the initiative to come forward to face the battle, it turned out that she saw a mortal enemy!

But Zhao Lei is really not good at lantern riddles, he is trying to propose that it is better than poems or couplets. He is a little better at these interactions, after all, he has seen a lot, and he can definitely stump Wen Yanbo, but he really can't do anything about the single game of guessing lantern riddles.

"Huh! So be it! I heard that the official family and the two prime ministers had a mystery. So far, no one has been able to guess that this lantern riddle is the finale of tonight, and the prize is worth a huge amount of money, so why don't you Zhao and Wen take this lantern riddle as a bet? Wang Su suddenly smiled at this time and interjected.

Hear Wang Su's words. Zhao Lei immediately understood that it was difficult to guess the riddle, since he was as smart as Wang Su couldn't guess it. Then Wen Yanbo probably can't guess it, so even if Zhao Lei can't guess it, it's just a tie, and it won't make Zhao Lei lose too much face, thinking of this, Zhao Lei smiled slightly and agreed.

Wen Yanbo, who is about the same age as Zhao Lei, was not convinced by Zhao Lei's reputation, and when he heard that he agreed to the competition, Wen Yanbo immediately agreed. With the hundreds of officials of the court who were watching the excitement around them, there were already many family members, and they walked towards the largest lantern on the north side of the square.

A huge lantern hangs alone in the most conspicuous place, above the lantern, except for the white sandpaper and the riddle on it, a piece of snow white, nothing, but it is such a strange lantern, which attracts the court officials even more, under the lantern, dozens of officials and a group of family members gathered, pointing at the lantern, thinking and meditating.

"The snow trail is gone, and half a seven-word Tang poem is played! There is a reason to guess half a sentence of poetry, and it is also a half-sentence seven-word poem, whether half a sentence refers to three words or four words? A court official under the lantern shouted loudly, his tone full of unwillingness and complaints.

"It's this lantern riddle, the official has seen it a long time ago, but after thinking about it, he didn't think of the riddle, hey! The official family has a good lantern riddle this time! Wang Su took Zhao Lei and Wen Yanbo and a group of people, walked to the front of the huge lantern, pointed to the riddle on the lantern, and sighed.

The snow trail is gone, and half a seven-word Tang poem is played! It seems that I have heard it there, I should have heard it, and I should know the answer, but what exactly have I heard there? Zhao Lei stood under the lantern with a confused face, looking at the lantern and thinking.

Zhao Lei, who was puzzled, suddenly saw Wen Tong, an official of the Painting and Calligraphy Institute in the crowd, and thought that Wen Tong was Su Xun's cousin, Zhao Lei suddenly thought, "The snow trail is gone, and half a seven-word Tang poem" This riddle seems to have been thought up by Su Shi, and the riddle is ......

Zhao Lei, who had a bottom in his heart, relaxed and looked at Wen Yanbo and the surrounding court officials with a light smile.

Time passed slowly, and no one guessed this riddle, Wen Yanbo's face became more and more nervous, and cold sweat actually flowed out in the cold winter.

"Xia Guan can't guess!" Wen Yanbo thought about it for a long time and didn't think of an answer, and said to Zhao Lei and Wang Su with a wry smile on his pale face.

"Since Lord Wen admits that he can't guess, I don't know if Lord Zhao has the answer!" Wang Su knew that with Wen Yanbo's intelligence, he couldn't find the answer to this riddle at all, and asked Zhao Lei with a smile.

Zhao Lei smiled slightly, picked up the pen and paper under the lantern, splashed ink, and quickly wrote out the mystery.

"The finch flies into the sky!" Wen Yanbo looked at Zhao Lei's riddle, confused, and said confusedly.

At the end of Zhao Lei's mystery, everyone was pondering and didn't understand what Zhao Lei meant.

At this moment, a young official in his twenties suddenly walked out, picked up Zhao Lei, put down the pen and paper, and wrote a Tang poem under Zhao Lei's riddle.

"A line of egrets in the sky!" After the young official finished writing, he crossed his waist in the middle of the word "heron" and said indifferently: "The riddle of the lantern riddle is a line of white roads, and what Lord Zhao just wrote is also a lantern riddle, the riddle of the lantern riddle is the bird on the blue sky, and the two riddles are put together, which is a complete seven-word Tang poem!" ”

The young official's words made everyone nearby suddenly realize, and praised Zhao Lei and the young official's astute talent.

"Who is this lord?" Zhao Lei saw that such a witty official appeared, but he had never heard of it, so he asked him suspiciously.

"Xiaguan Chengde Lang Liu Chang!" The young official said to Zhao Lei without being arrogant or humble.

Hearing the words of the young official Liu Chang, Zhao Lei was shocked in his heart, could the young official in front of him be the most talented and knowledgeable historian of the Great Song Dynasty who had intersected with Ouyang Xiu in history, and was called the most talented and knowledgeable historian of the Great Song Dynasty by many court bigwigs, helping Sima Guang to write "Zizhi Tongjian", and at the same time fighting against Liu Chang and Liu Yuan's father who were reformed by Wang Anshi and others with Su Shi and others.

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