Chapter 100 The Importance of Keeping Promises
"Childe wants to guess the lantern riddle?" Zhao Chengping, the official in charge of the riddle business, asked with a smile, the scholar in front of him was dressed in green clothes, with a graceful demeanor, with a sword straddling his waist, indescribably chic, at a glance, he knew that he was either rich or expensive, so he naturally had to be careful.
The scholar in Tsing Yi is naturally Yan Tianyuan, he is indeed here to guess the riddle, and he is still guessing the Kui Deng, of course, with his literary level, it is pure nonsense to guess the Kui Lantern that no one can solve for five consecutive sessions, and it is obvious that he has Zhu Houwei to teach him face-to-face.
"Not bad." Yan Tianyuan straightened his chest, took off his saber and pointed at the high Kui lamp, and said proudly: "It's this lamp that you don't have to guess!"
These two goods are really too high-profile, and as soon as these words came out, they immediately caused an uproar, and the readers who were still racking their brains to guess the riddle looked sideways.
Zhao Chengping is not surprised, there are countless scholars who have guessed the lantern over the years, but unfortunately there is no one who can solve it.
In fact, there is no answer to this riddle at all, and even if there is an answer, it is estimated that only the scholar Liu himself knows the riddle, and the scholar Liu left this riddle, only saying that as long as it can be solved, it is right, so no one knows what the real answer is.
"Childe is talented, dare to ask what is this riddle?"
"Day!" Yan Tianyuan categorically spit out a word and said: "The red face is old yesterday, and the gray hair is more than last year's day!"
"What's the explanation?" Zhao Chengping continued to ask, what he wanted was not an answer but whether it could be solved.
Yan Tianyuan laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this? , Boundless falling wood Xiao Xiaoxia, the emperors of the Qi and Liang dynasties of the Southern Dynasty are surnamed Xiao, two Xiao, Xiao, then it can be interpreted as the dynasty after Qi and Liang, this dynasty is Chen.
陳字 'boundless' is '東'", 東字 'falling wood' is to remove the wooden word, except for the edge is '東', '東' character to go to 'wood' is 'day', so the mystery of 'boundless falling wood Xiao Xiaoxia' should be the word 'day'! ”
Zhao Chengping was dumbfounded, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt more and more reasonable and perfect! Transparent! Totally explainable!
In fact, there is a common point between anagrams and magic, they are separated by window paper, and if you don't pierce this layer of window paper, it is in the clouds, as if it is not a human means, but once it is pierced, it is not worth mentioning at all.
There are many scholars who guess the lantern riddle, and there are also many scholars who guess the lantern riddle and get the kuihua, but they all choose to ignore this kui lantern, because this question is too familiar, they have studied it not once or twice, but in the end they are all in vain.
Now someone has unraveled this lantern that many scholars are ashamed of at this Oiran Tournament, and after pondering it, it immediately caused a sensation!
"Who is this scholar, his eyes are tight."
"I don't know, but I don't sound like a local."
"It seems that the surname is Yan? The scholar surnamed Yan, such a talented person is unknown, strange, strange. ”
"Yes, the surname Yan is very rare, if it is a well-known talent, once you have heard of it, it is impossible to have no impression, since you have no impression, you are naturally nameless."
"That's right, but this person cracked the riddle created by Master Liu today, and he will definitely make a sensation in the world one day."
As soon as these words came out, the scholars present showed envious looks, as a scholar, who didn't think that he would be able to one day be named on the gold list, but the scientific examination is to cross the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, after all, there are few proud people and many disappointed people.
If you can't become a Jinshi, it doesn't mean that you can't become a celebrity, just like Liu Yong in the Great Song Dynasty.
Liu Sanchang fell several times, and in the end, he did not rely on poetry to become famous all over the world, and when he died, countless girls saw him off, which can be called a legendary story.
Feng Mingzhe's face couldn't be seen, after Zhu Houwei's arrogant words, he made sarcastic remarks, and finally the two made a bet that if anyone lost, he would learn to bark three times in front of all the scholars and dozens of officials in the VIP area.
Now it is obvious that he has lost, but let him learn to bark in front of everyone, then his life is probably over.
"Brother Feng, it's your turn." Zhao Chengping went to ask the prefect Xia Yi, and after receiving the reply, he announced that Yan Tianyuan had cracked the kui lamp and received a golden kuihua worth a thousand taels!
These Kuihua obtained by guessing the lantern riddle can be voted directly to the girl they like, or they can be directly exchanged for cash after the game for their own use, so this lantern riddle has also become a benefit for many poor scholars.
Yan Tianyuan received a hundred golden flowers, and naturally voted for Daiyu, but now that the last competition has not started, there is no way to vote.
But Yan Tianyuan's cracking of the Kui Lantern is equivalent to Zhu Houwei winning the gamble, Feng Mingzhe should naturally fulfill the gambling contract, of course, if he dares to cheat, Zhu Houwei will also let him lose his career in this life.
Feng Mingzhe's face turned red, and his intestines were even more remorseful, and he didn't know which nerve he had made the wrong bet to make such a ridiculous bet, so that it was difficult for him to ride a tiger now.
"Brother Zhu, the younger brother is ignorant and ignorant of good talents, and I am willing to compensate Brother Zhu for 300 taels ......of silver to offset the gambling contract."
"Brother Feng sees that Zhu is a person who lacks silver?" Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "Admitting gambling and losing, it is better for Brother Feng to fulfill his promise."
Feng Mingzhe's face turned red and said: "Brother Zhu, why persecut, let the younger brother learn to bark in front of the officials in Hangzhou, the younger brother is only afraid that his future in life will be ruined, how can Brother Zhu endure this."
Zhu Houwei sneered: "Then Zhu wants to ask Brother Feng, if Zhu loses just now, Brother Feng will let Zhu go."
"This ......" Feng Mingzhe was speechless.
"It seems that Brother Feng already has the answer in his heart." Zhu Houwei shook his head and said: "Don't do to others what you don't want, the battle of righteousness is unnecessary, but Brother Feng insists on gambling, and Zhu can only respond to it, and now Brother Feng loses but refuses to perform the contract, it is dishonesty, my generation of scholars read the words of the sages, and do the way of a gentleman, dishonesty is like a woman losing her temper, even if she succeeds in learning, it is difficult to become a minister after all."
Feng Mingzhe was stunned, and then bowed and said: "Brother Zhu's words are like an initiation, which makes the little brother feel guilty, or not, blame the little brother for being young and frivolous, and the right is a lesson, and the little brother will go on this stage to learn to bark three times." After that, he went to the art stage.
"Brother Feng stays." Zhu Houwei smiled approvingly and said: "Brother Feng can wake up, and it is not in vain to take this lesson, Zhu and Brother Feng have no enmity in the past, and there is no grudge in the near future, why should you ruin Brother Feng's future, this gambling contract is stopped, but if Brother Feng insists on breaking the contract just now, then Zhu ...... Hehe. ”
Feng Mingzhe suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and secretly said that he was lucky.
"Today's trip, benefited a lot, to meet Brother Zhu is the luck of the younger brother's life, Brother Zhu's words, the younger brother should remember, this will go back home, read the sage book hard, Ming Xiansheng true meaning, come to the spring to win the list, if you can go to high school, you will be Kuangfu Sheji, for the benefit of the people!"
"Go ahead." Zhu Houwei nodded and smiled.