When Jiang Yan and Bi Jin arrived at Jia's mother's room, except for Jia Huan, who was far away and had not yet arrived, everyone else had already arrived.

The little eunuch took a four-cornered flat-headed white gauze lamp, which was specially made for lantern riddles, and there was already a riddle on it, and everyone gathered around to look at it.

Bi Jin couldn't see clearly outside the house, and was in a hurry, Baoyu had already read softly: "It can make the demons dare to destroy, and the body is like a bundle of silk and thunder." There was a shock, and the prime minister looked back and saw that it had turned to ashes. ”

This is a seven-word quatrain, there is nothing new, Jiang Yan knew that it was a firecracker after listening to it, but those talented people in the house couldn't stop praising it for the sake of Niangniang's face, only saying that it was difficult to guess, deliberately thinking, in fact, I guessed it at first sight.

The little eunuch passed on the mother's message, "Everyone guessed, don't say it, everyone only secretly wrote it on paper, and sealed it into the palace together, and the mother checked whether it was true." ”

Everyone had to write secretly for a long time before they wrote the mystery on paper and sealed it.

The little eunuch said, "Please also ask the ladies to make a mystery with one thing, and send it to the palace to let the mother and sisters have fun." ”

Everyone was much more serious this time, and after thinking carefully for a long time, they wrote the riddle, hung it on the lamp, and let the little eunuch send it to the palace.

Bichen was already thinking about it when she heard the riddle, and she didn't come up with a reason until the eunuch left. After going back, she complained to Jiang Yan unhappily, "Why did Baoyu read it once, I didn't hear it clearly, I will definitely be able to guess it again!" ”

Jiang Yan said with a smile: "There are also riddle books in Baoyu's study, if you are interested, I will find it for you." ”

Bi Jin pouted: "Can that be the same as Niangniang's?" ”

Qingwen leaned over at this time and said, "Danyu, did you guess it?" ”

She wanted to say that she didn't come up with such a simple riddle, and she felt sorry for the books she read, but for the sake of Bijin's face, she still covered it up slightly: "I just came up with it, and I don't know if it's right." ”

Bijin didn't feel embarrassed, Danyu had studied, and it was normal to guess it, so she hurriedly asked her, "What is the mystery?" ”

Jiang Yan said: "I guess it's firecrackers." ”

Qingwen became interested, "Firecrackers? What is the riddle? "How could you not have guessed such a simple thing?

Jiang Yan said: "Where do I remember this, Baoyu watched there for a long time, and you can ask him later." ”

Baoyu was returning from Jia's mother after answering the riddle, and when he heard someone inside mention his name, he hurriedly stepped in, "What do you ask me?" ”

Qingwen smiled: "It's the lantern riddle of Niangniang, do you remember the riddle?" ”

Baoyu said: "Remember." In order to pretend to think, he stared at it for a long time.

Bijin hurriedly asked, "Is it a firecracker?" ”

Baoyu said: "You listened outside? It's very smart, and you can know the mystery in one go. ”

Bijin smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't guess, this is Danyu's guess." ”

"I know that Danyu is powerful," Qingwen interrupted, "Let's talk about the riddle." ”

Baoyu read the riddle again, and said, "If you like, we can guess the riddle ourselves." ”

Qingwen frowned when she heard the riddle, and said to Bi Jin: "It's so literate, no wonder you don't know." She said to Baoyu, "We can't guess what you people like, let alone do it." ”

Jiang Yan also nodded, this kind of guess is okay, just forget about poetry, after so many years, she has been at the level of limerick poetry, don't be embarrassed.

Baoyu thought for a while and said: "It's not difficult, I remember that there are some riddle collections in the miscellaneous books in the study, I thought it was easy to put it in the outer study, and we went to find it." ”

The attacker was not very happy and said, "Why are there all such books?" How do the people in the study receive books! ”

Baoyu smiled weakly, "Maybe I accidentally brought it in." There are so many books on the market, and there are also some who don't notice it for a while. In fact, this book was found by Mingyan outside to relieve his boredom, but it was not his appetite, so it was put in the outer study and never touched again.

Qingwen said: "You take it and take a look, if it's really simple and interesting, a little obscure, we won't guess." ”

Baoyu assured: "Don't worry, it's going to be easy." ”

As soon as he left, Qingwen said, "Let's find some melons and fruits snacks, and it will be regarded as a prize." ”

Jiang Yan said: "I'll go and call other people over, and it's lively when there are many people answering questions." ”

Not long after, Baoyu came back from the outer study, and there were already more than a dozen people gathered in the room. He took a book in his hand and said to Qingwen, "I'll come up with one first, you see if it's not difficult." ”

He opened the book and found one at random, "A square field, dry while there is water, an oolong comes to play in the water, and black clouds cover the white clouds." ”

Jiang Yan felt familiar when she heard this, this is the right way to make a riddle, and it was too tiring to write a poem when she had to write a riddle before. The black square has a watery object, Jiang Yan has lined up the things she knows, and the one that meets is the inkstone. She saw that everyone else was still thinking, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing that everyone else was frowning, Baoyu reminded: "It's what I often use, in the study." ”

He was either reading or writing in the study, how could there be anything boxy and water, Qingwen suddenly had an idea and shouted loudly, "It's an inkstone!" ”

"That's right!" Baoyu clapped her hands and laughed, "Qingwen is so smart! ”

Qingwen glanced at him angrily, "Your prompt is so obvious, everyone can guess it if you think about it, you still say it's not difficult, I didn't expect it before I didn't prompt!" What about you? She asked.

Naturally, others can't say that they have already guessed it, and whether they guessed it or not, they all say they don't know.

Baoyu hurriedly said: "It's not good for me to find this, you wait for me to find another one to ensure that you can figure it out at once." ”

He flipped through the book and finally found a suitable one, and he reminded him in advance, "This is an object that you often use, and if you can't guess it, you can't say that my riddle is difficult." ”

Qingwen said: "Okay, if you can't guess it, we're stupid, okay?" ”

Baoyu smiled: "I didn't say that, don't rely on me." Listen, little white chicken, drag the long tail, take a step, and peck at it. ”

It's the easiest, and if he can't answer it, he can't help it.

Fortunately, the maids were not stupid, and as soon as he said the mystery, Bi Jin shouted: "Needle! She looked at Baoyu eagerly, "Isn't that right?" ”

Baoyu brought her a plate of kidney bean cakes, "That's right, it's yours." ”

Bichen happily took a piece and took a bite gently, urging, "Another one!" I'm sure I'll get it right. ”

Baoyu also cooperated with the flip book and began to ask questions, the topic was not difficult, he also deliberately selected riddles related to the maids, everyone's interest was aroused, and they played for an afternoon.