Chapter 13: Guess the lantern riddle
Ning Xihan looked at the crowded street, and suddenly found Jiang Qingcheng riding on his father's back.
"That middle-aged man should be the Jiang County Commander of the Jiang Mansion." Ning Xihan immediately thought smartly.
"If I guessed correctly, they should be father and daughter, and they also came to see the Lantern Festival." Ning Xihan suddenly thought that this was an excellent opportunity to get close to the Jiang family, and maybe he could enter the Jiang Mansion as a servant to spy on the immortal who was not sealed. Because the last time I saw that the fairy was still a baby, he was carried into the Jiang Mansion by a middle-aged woman.
"Tonight is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no, I must enter the Jiang Mansion through tonight's lantern festival." Ning Xihan had a plan, first hold the troops still, and then create an opportunity to meet Jiang Xianling and his daughter.
Ning Xihan didn't notice the immortal power that was firmly sealed in Jiang Chengcheng's body. In his eyes, she is still a child, how much of a threat can she be?
It's the immortal who hasn't been sealed, his identity is very mysterious, and Ning Xihan still doesn't know where he is sacred. But judging from his strong immortal aura alone, his strength should not be underestimated, and he must have a lot of status in the immortal world. can come down to earth with immortal power, he must have an unspeakably powerful background.
Ning Xihan saw Jiang Xianling walking to his neighborhood with the little girl on his back, and came to the crowd gathering place in the center of the square where the lantern riddle was guessed.
The little girl was obviously too young to guess any riddles. But she looked at the children and teenagers who were guessing the riddles with adoring eyes, and showed an expression of great interest.
"If I can get the first prize in the lantern riddle guessing game, can I let Jiang County Linggao take a look at me and enter the Jiang Mansion as a scholar smoothly." Ning Xihan thought about it, volunteered to go on stage, and began to participate in the lantern riddle guessing competition.
"The moon hung hazy, and the sun set in the west into the hills. Hit a surname, can you guess? ”
Ning Xihan said in a high voice: "I know, the answer is the surname Luo." ”
The youth continued to report the anagram: "Okay, next." He was covered in black hair, his hands were itchy, and his heart was soft. Hit a food, do you know? ”
"I will answer this question, and the answer to the puzzle is taro." Ning Xihan was the first to answer.
In the next fifteen anagrams, until the end of the competition, Ning Xihan guessed a total of seventeen anagrams. From the moment he first joined the game, he got the rest of the anagrams right.
"There are a total of twenty-five anagrams in this charade competition. The little brother single-handedly answered seventeen correctly, and deservedly won the game. ”
"As a bonus, little brother. You can take the biggest lantern on the stage and go home. ”
Ning Xihan suddenly showed a sad and melancholy look, he slowly walked to the big lantern, and said sadly: "I don't have a home, who can I show such a beautiful lantern?" After speaking, he lifted the lantern, looked around the stage, and finally looked at Jiang Tingcheng, and said with a smile: "This sister is so beautiful and delightful. Why don't I give you this lantern, sister? ”
Jiang Weiguo heard Ning Xihan's pitiful experience, felt compassion, and walked to the stage with Jiang Qingcheng on his back.
"This young man, why are you homeless?" Jiang Weiguo kindly asked.
Ning Xihan held back the tears rolling in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "Hello this gentleman. My name is Ning Xihan and I am an orphan from a nearby town. The family fell in the middle of the road, the father committed suicide due to overwhelm, and the mother died of illness. Now I'm alone. I had to go around begging for a living, making my home all over the world, just to fill my stomach. As for my age, I should have studied hard in the school, but because of this, I was delayed, and there was no hope of entering Beijing to take the exam in the future. ”
Jiang Weiguo listened, and after a short thought, he hurriedly replied, "Little Brother Ning, you don't have to be sad. I am Jiang Weiguo, the county commander of Qingshui Town. If you don't dislike it, you can come to my house as a scholar to assist my two daughters in reading, and there happens to be a private school gentleman in my house, and you can also go to school at my house by the way. In the future, there will be a chance to go to Beijing to take the exam and find a half-official position. Isn't that good? ”
Ning Xihan smiled and said, "That's great!" I'll go home with you now! ”
Jiang Qingcheng looked at Ning Xihan inexplicably, and then looked down at his father, not understanding why they were so happy.
Ning Xihan and Jiang Weiguo both stepped off the high platform, and Ning Xihan obediently helped Jiang Weiguo to the ground.
"It's getting late, let's just go home together." Jiang Weiguo stared at Ning Xihan and said enthusiastically, staring at Ning Xihan a little embarrassed.