Half a life drifting and half a life of worry

Idle Wenbao several autumns

Now I wake up from a dream and don't know the old

Fall into the current of the Bianzhou River

Upstairs in Wenbao, Li Ke just finished chanting this poem and drank it all, looking at the boat flowing in the river outside the building, as if he was also floating away.

The diners on the side heard Li Ke's poem and exclaimed.

"Li Gongzi, this poem is not bad, but it feels desolate."

"Li Gongzi, it's really a good literary style."

"Li Gongzi, why should you be so lost, you should know that there is wine today and you are drunk today, and you will wake up drunk and seek joy in the world."

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Li Ke waved his hand to the diners who were talking and said, "Everyone, don't listen to me picking up randomly, everyone should continue to drink the bar." ”

Xiu Ming, a friend on the side, looked at Li Ke, picked up his wine glass and said, "Brother Li doesn't have to care, there will always be a day when the clouds sail into the sea, let's have wine today and get drunk today." ”

Seeing this, Li Ke didn't say anything, and picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Xiu Ming and drank directly.

"This Li Ke is like this today, I think it is this year's scientific examination list, but this guy must not have been admitted, so he came here to borrow wine to drown his sorrows." Zhao Dongliu, who was sitting not far away, was laughing and laughing with his fox friends who were sitting with him.

"But isn't it, this Li Ke has been taking the exam for so many years, and he is almost at the door, if it weren't for his Li family's thick background, let him take the test, otherwise this kid is something, and the Tian family will definitely not marry her little daughter Tian Fengxiaoxu."

"That's it, but I heard that Li Ke is obsessed with his career and ignores the Li family's family business, his father Li Tian is extremely dissatisfied with him, and it is rumored that Li Ke's sister Li Qingyuan has been cultivated as an heir, if it weren't for Li Ke's grandfather to protect him, this Li Ke would have been kicked out of the Li family long ago."

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A group of people said one by one, and from time to time they turned their disdainful eyes on Li Ke, laughing loudly while complimenting Zhao Dongliu and drinking.

Li Ke listened to these heart-piercing remarks, and his body was like 10,000 ants crawling, but he could only pour all of them into a cup and drink them one by one.

Xiu Ming saw Li Ke's discomfort and said: "Brother Li doesn't want to listen to other people's words, with Brother Li's literary talent, he just lacks a chance, and besides, this Zhao Dongliu is just a famous gentleman in Jinyang City, he loves to talk about things on weekdays, so he doesn't have to take him seriously." ”

How could Li Ke not know that Zhao Dongliu's personality is no different from a ruffian, but what they said is not false, in the past six years, if it weren't for the fact that his grandfather has been insisting in front of his father, he might have been kicked out of the Li family long ago.

"That's it, what do you want him to do, Brother Xiuming, come and drink, let's go to the lantern set after drinking, I heard that tonight is very lively, and guess the lantern riddles, how about we compare them later? Whoever loses will be invited to drink next time. Li Ke's eyebrows relaxed and Xiu Ming said.

"Very good, very good, one word is certain." Xiu Ming didn't ink, picked up the wine glass and toasted again.

When they were young, the two walked out of Wenbao Building and headed in the direction of the lantern set.

"Brother Li, I heard that there is a new Oiran in the Jade Building of the Lantern Festival today, named Si Yao, is a strange woman, born of a sinking fish and a wild goose, although committed to the Qinglou but clean and self-conscious, has always been sought after by literati and ink writers, tonight's lantern riddle guessing was also initiated by her."

"Brother Xiuming, there really is such a woman in the world, you should see it. If you can know it, tonight will be more interesting. ”

Along the way, I saw pedestrians hurrying, all running towards Ciyulou, everyone wanted to see Si Yao's face, but they didn't know that the scenery on the road was also excellent. On both sides, every household hangs red lanterns, the lights are bright, the small shops doing business are full of people, so lively, some of the craftsmen who sell sugar gourds, pinching candy people, and kneading dough puppets on the street are shouting, and some are burying their heads in careful pinching, attracting many young children to watch and shout for adults to buy. Young beauties also stroll through the streets, looking at the rouge stalls and the jewelry stalls for a while, and they can always find some of them; The young talents enjoyed and played together on the street, chanting poems for a while, studying calligraphy and painting stalls for a while, and rarely bought.

The fireworks took off and everyone's eyes were drawn. Someone in the crowd shouted: "Hurry up, the lantern riddle conference in Ciyulou is about to start, and you won't be able to see Miss Si Yao when it's late." ”

"Brother Li, let's go quickly, there is only one lantern festival a year, and we have to join in the fun."

"Brother Xiuming, isn't he as eager to see Miss Si Yao as everyone else, hahaha..."

From a distance, I heard Zhao Dongliu and his party making noise in the crowd, shouting for the accompanying subordinates to behave well later, vowing to win the favor of Miss Si Yao, Zhao Dongliu also came out of his mouth from time to time with some frivolous words, without any scruples.

Li Ke shook his head when he saw this, and continued to walk towards Ciyu Tower with Xiuming.

Downstairs in Ciyu, everyone was looking forward to it, and the bustling crowd blocked the main entrance of Ciyulou. I only heard the old mother in the store go out and shout: "Officials, don't be impatient, our lantern riddle conference will start now, Miss Si Yao has ordered, the first two people of tonight's lantern riddle conference can drink at the same table with Miss Si Yao later, Miss Si Yao will personally play the flute and make songs, and there will be an ultimate test during the banquet, and if you pass, you can talk with Miss Si Yao all night, drink and poem." ”

Zhao Dongliu couldn't wait to shout with everyone on the side, "Old mother, don't ink, let's start quickly." ”

The old mother of Ciyulou is called Wu Sujuan, and most of the people who know her well call her Mrs. Wu, and she is also the number one person in this Jinyang City.

Seeing that it was Zhao Dongliu, Mrs. Wu didn't want to slack off, so she hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Master Zhao, after all, how can this Si Yao girl be compared with ordinary vulgar fans, let's start later, please be patient and wait." ”

On the terrace above the main entrance, a woman is dressed in a red shirt, with a plain veil on her face, her body is slender and shapely, her skin is like congealed fat, and a little red fat on her eyebrows is more dignified. At the moment, he was looking at everything downstairs, and then turned around and shook his head with the maid and said, "It seems that they are all philistines and laymen who join in the fun, and they will never meet people who are destined." ”

The maid hurriedly accosted: "Miss Si Yao, don't worry, although most of these people are womanizers, but if there are one or two sons among so many people who are really talented and learned, maybe they will fall into the eyes of Miss." ”

After hearing this, Si Yao glanced downstairs again, shook his head, and sighed lightly.

"Dangdangdang...."A gong sounded, Mrs. Wu announced the beginning of the lantern riddle conference in anticipation, and if you answered a question correctly, you can enter the lobby of Ciyulou and sit down, have your own wine and food to entertain, and enter the second round, if the second round passes, you can drink with Miss Si Yao; This ultimate test, there is Miss Si Yao who personally asks the question. The magistrates can understand.

Seeing this, Xiu Ming hurriedly said: "Brother Li, let's go forward quickly, I heard that there are only fifteen questions in this first round, and you can enter this jade building if you answer a riddle correctly, and there will be no questions to answer if it is late." ”

At this time, the girl in charge of the lantern riddle stood on the steps in front of the door, slowly took out a note, and read the first puzzle to the audience - there are holes but no insects, there are nests without bees, there are silkworms without silkworms, umbrellas without people, and one thing is hit.

The people in the audience looked at each other, confused, and said that there were all the answers, but no one answered correctly.

Zhao Dongliu said: "Miss Qingluo, this first puzzle is so difficult, I don't think Miss Si Yao wants to see me wait." Can you give us a hint? ”

The Qingluo girl on the stage said: "Zhao Gongzi laughed, this question is really the simplest of all the topics, let's think about it again." ”

When everyone was in trouble, a person standing in front of the crowd said, "It's lotus root." Everyone came back to their senses, and it was indeed a lotus root. The answer to the question is Sun Yifan in the east of the city, who is the son of one of the four major families in Jinyang City, with some ink, but not much.

"That's right, it's the lotus, please let Sun Gongzi in." Qingluo said, while leading Sun Yifan to the Ciyu Building.

Everyone was still discussing the answer just now, and Miss Qingluo began to read out the second question: "The rabbit invites the tiger as a guest and makes an idiom." ”

As soon as Zhao Dongliu heard the question, he said: "I know this question, my father also talked about it this morning, it is Yin who eats grain." ”

"This Zhao Dongliu is really lucky, and this also made him run into it." The crowd was talking.

As soon as Zhao Dongliu entered, the third question began, "The Red Mansion Gate, welcome the three sects and nine streams, and ask for the next link." ”

This gave everyone a headache, Xiu Ming also began to mumble, looking at Li Ke silent, Xiu Ming asked, "Brother Li doesn't speak, is there an answer?" ”

"Since Brother Xiu Ming asked, then I will sell a favor today, bring my ears over, and I will give you the next link, you go, right."

"Brother Li, why is this? Don't Brother Li want to go in? Xiu Ming asked directly.

"No, Brother Xiu Ming just go first, I'll come later, and besides, not everyone can solve these riddles, so you just have to rest assured." After Li Ke finished speaking, he whispered in Xiu Ming's ear.

Xiu Ming stepped forward: "Miss Qingluo, there is already a link below. ”

"Please son, please come out of the next link." After Qingluo finished speaking, she felt that this son was humble and polite at the moment, and smiled slightly.

"Bluestone Road, cross five elements and eight people. I wonder if the girl thinks I'm okay with this link? Xiu Ming looked at Qingluo.

Qingluo pondered for a moment and said: "The red mansion is against the bluestone, the door is against the road, the three religions and nine streams are against the five elements and eight works, and the guest is very wonderful to the people." I also asked the son's name. ”

"Under Xiuming."

"Please enter quickly." With that, Qingluo hurriedly led Xiu Ming into the Ciyu Building.

In a moment, the crowd dispersed quite a bit, after all, most people just came to join in the fun. The lantern riddle is almost guessed, the answer to each question has been passed through Li Ke's heart, and the answers of a few people who entered are still given by Li Ke, but Li Ke himself is not in a hurry, calm and calm. All this was clearly seen by Si Yao upstairs, but he was a little interested in Li Ke.

"Miss Si Yao, look at that person, he obviously knows the answer, but he never answers, and he tells the answer to others, what a strange person." Si Yao's maid said curiously.

Si Yao glanced at the distance and said, "Ling'er, go down and tell Miss Qingluo to change the last question, I will come up with the question myself, if he can still answer it, he still has a little talent." After speaking, he picked up the jade pen on the table and wrote the puzzle on the red note.

After a while, Ling'er took the red note to find Qingluo and explained everything to Qingluo.

Qingluo looked at the people in the audience, took a special look at Li Ke, and said: "Everyone, the finale is here, this last question is the most difficult one, please cherish the opportunity." ”

"'The sky is red and the warm waves are deep.'" This is an unfinished poem, and whoever present can write the last two lines will get the last spot. ”

Li Ke thought to himself, this is a lot of fun, this is not to come to all the people who can come, it seems that this Si Yao girl is indeed as rumored. Then he stepped forward and said:

The sky is red and the warm waves are deep.

Guan Shan has been going from here to become a foreigner.

As soon as Li Ke finished reciting, everyone in the audience applauded. When Si Yao upstairs heard the last two sentences, he couldn't help but think that he had been a foreigner for many years, and there was a hint of meaning between his eyebrows.

Qingluo also said: "This son is really quick-witted, please wait." ”

Immediately afterwards, Ling'er appeared next to Qingluo, signaling that the last person in Qingluo was this person.

Under the guidance of Miss Qingluo and Ling'er, Li Ke slowly walked into the Ciyu Building, and when he entered the door, he saw Xiu Ming, who went in first, beckoning to him, Li Ke did not hesitate, and walked straight over to sit with Xiu Ming.