Chapter 596: Lantern Riddles

Compared with the Xuandu Temple, the Changsheng Temple is much more pyrotechnic.

Because the incense is strong all the year round, the front gate of the temple extends out of several streets, and the tea drinkers, the incense sellers, the fortune tellers who make snacks are crowded together, and it is very lively.

Every Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, Changsheng Temple will also hold a poetry meeting, and literati and artists will gather together.

After all, Xuanduguan eats imperial food, even if it is cold, there is royal favor, if the Changsheng Temple is not more flattering, how can it compete with it?

Mingwei and Yang Shu looked at the lanterns on the street, and followed the flow of people into the temple.

Someone was chatting loudly next to him.

"I heard that this year's lantern riddle meeting of Changsheng Temple has laid down 9981 passes, and those who have passed all of them can go to see Abbot Faming."

"Is it the abbot of Fa Ming, who is extremely accurate in his marriage hexagram?"

"Yes, yes, yes, they all say that the abbot is the reincarnation of the old moon, and if he gets his blessing, he can be destined for three lives and grow old together."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's hurry up!"

"Let's go!"

Yang Shu was moved to hear it: "We ......"

Mingwei had already laughed out loud: "Yue Lao is an immortal in the heavenly court, and it seems that he is not on the same path as Buddhism, but he doesn't know how to be reincarnated." ”

"......" She said so, and it seems a bit silly to bring it up again?

Ming Wei glanced at it, knowing what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile: "However, the ninety-nine eighty-one lantern riddles seem to be quite interesting, go and see?" ”

Yang Shu was full of joy and pretended to be reserved: "Okay! ”

The riddles of the Changsheng Temple are divided into nine courtyards, and you enter from the temple gate, one courtyard to the other, all the way to the main hall.

If you can solve it there, you will be able to enter the main hall to see Abbot Faming.

They entered the first courtyard.

Not far from the temple gate, there is a lamp tower.

A young lady in a red cloak stopped in front of the lamp and looked up.

The bright lanterns illuminated her delicate and slightly dull face.

Another young man in a short shirt walked up to her, seemed to be looking at the lamp, and opened his mouth to say, "They're in." ”

The young lady's eyes followed the flow of the lanterns, and she chuckled: "I know that they are inevitably vulgar." ”

"Xiuyi, this is the outskirts of Yunjing, and their occult martial arts are not low, isn't this too risky?"

This young lady is exactly what Wen Xiuyi looks like - perhaps, she is not surnamed Wen.

She said coldly: "After suffering such a big loss, do I not do anything and slip back?" What did you say when you asked me to come to my brother? ”

The young man said: "The second prince can understand, after all, even the Xuandu Guan Guan Master has taken action." ”

"So what? My witch door is not as good as the Xuandu Temple? ”

"That's not what I meant......"

"Don't delay time, as you said, this is the outskirts of Yunjing, we don't have much time, whether it works out or not, we must leave tonight."

"Yes."

……

Time passed little by little, and no one went to the appointment on the Mingyue Bridge.

Su Tu gradually stood numb, until a Hu Ren musician seemed to stop next to him unintentionally.

"Childe, forget it."

Sutu didn't move.

Hu Ren Musician lowered his voice: "The subordinates have already prepared the mount, you can't drag it any longer." ”

Su Tu said: "The Lantern Festival has not passed. ”

Hu Renle was a little anxious: "Childe! You promised to wait until the Lantern Festival at most. ”

"I said, the Lantern Festival has not passed."

Hu Ren's musician couldn't compete with him, so he could only take a step back: "Okay, my subordinates told them to wait a little longer." ”

Speaking of which, he should have left, but seeing King Khan like this, he couldn't help it.

"Childe, it's just a maid, you really want it, your subordinates can buy a lot of beauties back, it's not worth it."

Su Tu finally turned his gaze and looked at him coldly.

Under his gaze, the Hu Ren musician couldn't help but shrink.

"I know what you're thinking." Su Tu said softly, "My grandmother is a Central Plains woman, and my mother is also a Central Plains woman, if I marry another Central Plains woman, will the bloodline of the grassland still exist?" ”

His cold voice washed over, gradually carrying the coldness of iron and blood: "But let me tell you, no matter who my child's mother is, he himself must be the strongest in order to become the master of the grassland. ”

Hu Ren opened his mouth, intimidated by his momentum, and finally responded with only one word: "Yes." ”

Su Tu looked at the gradually scarce river lamp, closed his eyes, and was indescribably stunned.

At this time, she shouldn't come.

It's just that......

"The lantern riddle in the temple, someone has broken into the ninth courtyard!"

"Ah, wouldn't that be able to meet Abbot Fa Ming right away?"

"Yes! I am so envious, I heard that the abbot of Faming is an old man and can help people get married. ”

"Let's take a look."

Sutu looked up at the temple.

"Marriage line ......," he muttered and repeated these three words, and involuntarily raised his legs to walk that way.

……

Mingwei and Yang Shu rushed all the way.

Nine courtyards, each with nine riddles.

In the beginning, it was a normal anagram, and anyone who had read a few years of reading could answer it.

The further back you go, the deeper the puzzle becomes, and there are fewer and fewer people.

When I got to the fifth courtyard, the puzzles were incredible, and many talented people who had read poetry and books were also stumped.

"There are beasts in the East China Sea that can eat people, what kind of beast is it?" The scholar who drew this puzzle read it out loud and glared at the monk guarding the lamp in disbelief, "What kind of puzzle is this?" Aren't you really trying to embarrass people? ”

According to the rules, everyone can only guess the puzzle by themselves, not say it.

But because there were too many people brushing down this level, people couldn't help but wonder if there was an answer to the puzzle, and the lamp-keeping monk simply read it out by him.

"Donor, this riddle can indeed be answered." The monk who guards the lamp and returns to the road.

"Then you answer one and I'll take a look!" This scholar is aggressive.

"That's right! You answer one! The onlookers who were also brushed off shouted, "Who knows if you deliberately came up with a puzzle with no answer, or you just don't want us to see Abbot Faming." ”

The lamp-keeping monk just laughed at first, but then more and more people started to laugh, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Donor ......"

"It's cunning." A beautiful voice suddenly sounded.

The lamp-keeper looked at the source of the sound in surprise.

The crowd parted, and a handsome boy who was "superior" came out first, and he stretched out his hand to block it, making way for the girl behind him.

Under the light, the girl looked calm and said slowly: "There are clouds in the mountains and rivers, beasts in the East China Sea, human faces, dolphin bodies, scales, dog voices, and a cunning name." The Southern Water Classic also says that the cunning is fierce, and the red can eat people. Therefore, the man-eating beast of the East China Sea is called Red Cunning. ”

The audience was stunned when they heard this, and the questioning scholar searched in his mind and could not find these two books. He asked himself if he had heard of his knowledge, even if he hadn't read it, and he asked, "What kind of book is this?" Why has Xiaosheng never heard of it? ”

"Shanshui Lu is an ancient travelogue, and as for the Southern Water Classic, it is a book of public opinion." The other party replied lightly, "These two books are useless for the exam, and Mr. has never heard of them, which is normal." ”