On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the most popular thing in Beijing is to watch lanterns. The best place to see the lanterns is around Baiye Street and Xingye Street, which is prosperous and full of people.

After the festival in the evening, Tang Tong and Mao Zongxie went to the Baiye Street in the inner city to see the lanterns, the two walked all the way and kept talking, crossed the Chongwu Gate and turned left to Baiye Street, the two came to it was already two o'clock, it was the peak of the flow of people.

Mao Zongxie has a literati Yaxing, who is the best at guessing lantern riddles, and he can pick up the difficult ones to guess in order to show his means. At this time, many people gathered in front of a lantern, Mao Zongxie first gathered around to see, and Tang Tong followed leisurely.

Shanglian: Black is not, white is not, red and yellow are not, and foxes, wolves, cats and dogs seem to be neither domestic animals nor beasts. Downlink: Poetry is also, words are also, there are Analects, the east and west north and south are blurred, although it is a short product, but it is a wonderful text. (One word each in the upper and lower links)

Mao Zongxie thought for a long time, stepped forward to take off the riddle, came to the boss, handed the riddle to him and replied: "The upper link is a guess word, the lower link is a riddle, and together it is a guessing riddle!"

After hearing this, the boss congratulated repeatedly, "This gentleman is amazing, this is my finale puzzle, or was it guessed!", said and took out the best prize from behind, handed it to Mao Zongxie and said, "This is the last and best prize, I should end it after giving it to you, please go elsewhere!".

Mao Zongxie took the prize and smiled, and then went to other stalls to guess a few difficult to guess the lamp fans, and saw that the boss also took the stall, Mao Zongxie was very happy, and when he wanted to show his skills elsewhere, Tang Tong grabbed Mao Zongxie, "Brother Mao!" Whether or not to let the whole capital know your talent, it's time to stop! It's better to keep a low profile!".

Mao Zongxie thought about it, "Yes! Let's go around Xingye Street, and I won't show my skills again!", Tang Tong nodded, "Okay!" Let's go over.", and the two of them began to go to Xingye Street.

Xingye Street is dominated by shops, and the lantern merchants here are very stylish and close late. Mao Zongxie is no longer showing the dew now, mainly to watch the lanterns. Just as the two of them walked around slowly, they saw a lot of people gathered in front of a thriving shop, so they went up to take a look. I don't look at the others, just go to the top question.

The two stood in a puzzle for a long time, when the two just discussed the result, at this time someone next to them was arguing, Tang Tong and Mao Zongxie surrounded the past, only to see a weak scholar and a young man arguing, it turned out that for a riddle, they all said that they took it off first.

An old adult boy next to him helped the weak scholar testify, "It was this son who went to the lantern first, just because he was short and slow, he was preempted by this benevolent brother, I can testify!".

The young man pointed at the weak man, "You two are in a gang, of course you will help him say, now the mystery is in my hands, of course it is mine!".

The weak scholar was very angry, and still argued with reason, "You obviously saw me picking up riddles and pushed me away, you are a scoundrel!"

The young man ignored him, "Who saw it?" Even if what you say is true, this is a quick thing, and it doesn't hurt you if you fall, it's useless to say that the sky is broken!", he walked towards the puzzle table.

The weak scholar did not give up, stepped forward and grabbed his clothes, and said with a tendon; "This is my mystery!", and turned his head and begged the old man, "Brother! Come and help me!".

"Isn't it just a mystery! Let's give it to him, don't worry about him in general!", seeing that the other party is unreasonable, persuade him to give up.

"No! This puzzle is very well-behaved, I thought about it for a long time to come up with it, he is too unreasonable!", the weak scholar still said stubbornly, the two began to have physical contact, and the young man was afraid of tearing his clothes, so he did not use all his strength.

Lao Cheng Gongzi didn't step forward to help, "But the mystery is in his hands, we can't grab it, right?" Besides, you and I don't have much advantage.", the middle-aged man heard this, and shouted loudly: "Everyone give me a testimony, they have to do it first!".

Lao Cheng Gongzi immediately defended, "We didn't mean that, weren't I trying to persuade him?".

When the weak scholar heard him say this, he shed tears of grievance, but still did not let go of the young man's clothes. Tang Tong couldn't help but come up and salute the young man, "This benevolent brother! You see that everyone is about to cry, can you just give the puzzle to this scholar?".

The young man glared at Tang Tong, "You are in a gang with him?".

Tang Tong shook his head and said kindly; "I'm just here to persuade and persuade peace, and I have no other meaning!".

"Then why didn't you persuade him?".

Faced with such a question, Tang Tong had no choice but to persuade the weak scholar: "Little brother, let go first!" We have something to say!".

The weak scholar seemed to be a little loose, and Tang Tong comforted the young man again, "Brother Ren! You also give me a thin noodle, don't rush to answer the question first.".

The young man saw that the other party was relaxed, and that more was better than less, "Okay! I'll see what you say and.", at this moment the weak scholar's hand was released, and the young man stood still and did not move.

Tang Tong didn't actually want to stir up this troubled water, he saw that the weak scholar should be a woman, and wanted to get closer to confirm it. At a very close distance, Tang Tong saw that the weak scholar's chest was slightly raised, and there was no Adam's apple, earrings and piercings, and he was sure that this person was a woman.

"Little brother! Why do you have to fight for this puzzle?", Tang Tong was puzzled.

Seeing that someone was persuaded to make peace, the weak scholar said truthfully: "It's not that I have to fight with him, it's just that when he saw me picking up the puzzle, he pushed me away and almost fell to the ground, it's too bullying!".

"Some things don't have to be taken seriously, and besides, the two of you are not his opponents, why not take a step back?".

The weak scholar was not convinced, and his attitude was resolute, "No! I will respect people who respect them, and I will be responsible for people who deceive them!".

When Tang Tong heard that this was completely stubborn, he smiled helplessly, and turned to the young man, "Brother Ren!" At first glance, these two must be the sons of official eunuchs, and it is not good for Brother Ren to make trouble!".

The young man did not show weakness, "You are an official, am I not?" Who's afraid of whom!".

"The official level crushes people to death, otherwise I have a plan for two or two, brother Ren might as well listen to it?".

The young man didn't squeak, Tang Tong stepped forward and covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered a few words in the young man's ear, the young man looked carefully at the biggest lantern, "For the sake of this brother's sincere persuasion, this puzzle will be given to you!", as he spoke, he handed the riddle to Tang Tong, and walked towards the biggest lantern.

Tang Tong handed the riddle to the weak scholar, "Little brother, take it!".

The weak scholar took the riddle and was very grateful, "Brother, do you know the answer to the riddle?", and handed it to Tang Tong as he spoke.

Tang Tong took a look and wrote: The reflection of the two lines of mountains in the distant trees, the eyebrows and the moon bend horizontally. (Guess a word), this riddle is indeed very meaningful, Tang Tong thought about it for a while, it should be a wisdom word.

Tang Tong didn't want to be pleased, so he shook his head again and again, "I'm stupid, I can't guess for a while, the little brother already has the answer to the riddle, go solve the riddle!", and returned the riddle to him, the weak scholar smiled gratefully at Tang Tong, and walked towards the puzzle solving table.

When it came to the riddle-solving platform, the weak scholar was full of confidence, "This is the word Hui!".

The boss listened to the exaggeration, "Childe is really smart!" Here's the prize.".

The weak scholar happily took the prize, handed the prize to Lao Cheng Gongzi, and looked at him diligently, hoping to get his praise, but the old Cheng Gongzi stared ahead.

The weak scholar turned around and saw that the young man was walking towards the puzzle table with the biggest riddle, it was the first puzzle, the weak scholar and the old adult had seen the puzzle, and it was written: sergeant, general, draw a car, set up a left cannon, and lose the wood in chess. The two communicated with each other, but they didn't guess for a long time, and they gave up thinking about the question just now, but they didn't expect him to solve it.

I saw that the young man came to the puzzle table with a smile on his face, and said proudly and loudly, "This is the word 橐!"

When the boss saw that the two were arguing, he wanted to persuade peace, but he knew that the capital was full of dignitaries, and it would be difficult to get out if he got into trouble, and he was afraid of smashing things and getting involved in unnecessary trouble. immediately congratulated: "Childe guessed right, this is a prize, I should also close the stall!" Let's all disperse!", and hurriedly handed the prize to the young man, wanting him to leave the place as soon as possible, so as not to cause any more trouble.

Unexpectedly, the weak scholar stepped forward and asked, "Is this your answer?" Did someone tell you?".

When the young man heard this, he was angry, "Joke! Not me? Could it be that you can't?".

The weak scholar glanced back at Tang Tong, "Did he tell you?".

When the young man was about to get angry, Tang Tong rushed up and said loudly: "Obviously that brother guessed it, everyone heard it, little brother don't make something out of nothing!", said and took the weak scholar's right hand and left. The weak scholar wanted to resist, but his strength was too small, and he was dragged by Tang Tong and walked a long way, and Tang Tong didn't let go until he was on the street.

Tang Tong saw that the weak scholar's face was flushed, and Tang informed him of what he was worried about, so he pretended not to know and smiled: "Wasn't it justified just now?" Why are you weak now?".

"Who's weak-hearted? Why are you holding my hand?", the weak scholar began to struggle to get rid of the other party.

Tang Tong was no longer embarrassed for him, let go of his hand and explained, "I won't pull you again, and I'm going to quarrel with him again, how can a man be so fond of causing trouble!", it turned out that he regarded himself as a man, it turned out that he thought too much, and it was normal for the same sex to hold hands.

The weak scholar waved his hand, "Dare to ask Brother Ren's surname?".

Tang Tong returned the salute, "In the lower Tang Tong, I don't know the name of the son?".

The weak scholar still didn't put down his hand, and waved his hand again, "Junior brother Li Zhi, and my brother Li Zheng came to see the lanterns, thank you Brother Tang for relieving me!".

At this time, Mao Zongxie and Li Zheng caught up, and Li Zheng immediately came to Li Zhi, took his hand and asked, "How is it!" It's okay!", Li Zhi slapped him and pointed at Tang Tong to introduce, "Brother! This is Tang Tong.".

Li Zheng glanced at Tang Tong, nodded and did not speak. Li Zhi then continued, "Brother Tang didn't want me to quarrel with that person anymore, so he dragged me away, and he didn't mean anything else, brother!" You can rest assured!".

Li Zheng saluted Tang Tong at this time, "Thank you Brother Tang for relieving my brother!".

"Brother Ling's temper is too strong, some things take a step back is a different realm, isn't it nice to have a pleasant conversation like now?", he couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

Li Zheng shook his head helplessly, "I can't help it!" If you don't listen to persuasion when you have a temper, just the two of us, we are still talking very impulsively, what if we provoke right and wrong?".

"It was that person who pushed me down, I just want to be fair!", Li Zhi felt aggrieved when he heard it, and shook his head again and again.

"I came out to see the lanterns, if I don't take you away, you will have to quarrel with people, and it will hurt the elegance!".

Li Zhi still didn't forget to get to the bottom of the matter, "Did Brother Tang tell him the mystery of the first kui?"

Tang Tong smiled indifferently, "Does this matter?" Isn't it worth it to save a dispute with a puzzle!".

Li Zhi also laughed, "Brother Tang is right! Now that I think about it, my little brother is a bit reckless!".

Tang Tong saw Mao Zongxie standing aside at this time, and hurriedly introduced, "This is Mao Zongxie, the riddle is that he guessed it, I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.".

Li Zhi hurriedly saluted, "Under Li Zhi, Brother Mao can guess this riddle, which is admirable!".

Mao Zongxie did not forget to return the gift, "It's just a fluke!" Brother Li is a talented person at first glance!".

"Brother Mao is polite!", pointing at Li Zheng and saying, "This is my brother Li Zheng!".

Li Zheng was also polite, "Brother Mao is good!".

"Hello Gongzi Li!", Mao Zongxie just nodded.

After a short time together, Li Zhi had a good impression of Tang Tong and Mao Zongxie, and happily proposed, "Since we have fallen in love with the two brothers, why don't we join forces and watch the lanterns all the way?"

Tang Tong also had this intention, and asked Mao Zongxie: "What does Brother Mao think?"

Mao Zongxie smiled and nodded, "It's better to be respectful than to obey!".

Li Zhi was very happy to hear it, Li Zhi and Li Zheng were in the middle, Tang Tong leaned on Li Zheng, and Mao Zongxie walked forward with Li Zhi closely.

Along the way, Li Zhi asked Mao Zongxie for advice, and won several leading riddles along the way, so that Li Zhi was taught a lot and rejoiced, Tang Tong talked to Li Zheng, Li Zheng was mostly absent-minded, staring at Li Zhi's every move from time to time, Li Zhi and Mao Zongxie talked and laughed, which made Li Zheng distracted and made Tang Tong feel embarrassed.

The happier the time, the faster it passes, there are not many people on the street at two o'clock, the four of them broke up on Chongyang Street, and got along, Li Zhi appreciated Mao Zongxie's talent very much, and Li Zhi, who was very interested, asked: "Brother Mao is talented and extraordinary, I don't know what kind of relationship with Brother Tang?"

"Although I am a staff member of Lord Tang, I am a brother!", Mao Zongxie's tone was casual.

Li Zhi looked at Tang Tong and asked heartily; "I don't know what position Brother Tang is now?".

"Little Qian, it all depends on Brother Mao's help!".

Li Zhi couldn't help but feel sorry for Mao Zongxie when he heard it, "It's a pity! Brother Mao should do more.".

Mao Zongxie kindly refused, "I have decided to follow Lord Tang in my life, and I will not be moved even if the Prime Minister invites me!".

Li Zhi was moved by Mao Zongxie's loyalty, and sighed, "With Brother Mao's talent, it may be difficult to make a big difference!"

Mao Zongxie laughed disdainfully, "How can I be a person who blindly chooses the master, bows to win the championship, and fights a hundred gambles, how can ordinary people do to solve the siege with the strength of their strength just now.", said with a faint smile, waving his hands to say goodbye..

After speaking, he walked to Tang Tong's side, "My lord! Let's go!".

Tang Tong saluted Li Zhi and Li Zheng, "Farewell!" and the two walked towards Xizhi Street. After listening to Mao Zongxie's words, Li Zhi felt that he had underestimated Tang Tong.