"When the time is genuine, outside the Cloud Pavilion, a young man in brocade, middle-aged in green shirts. ”

Long Shaoyang stood in front of the window, and looked at the sixteen characters on the letterhead in his hand, only to see that the font was straight and neat, written in official style, and some of the pen edges were weak between the horizontal bends and hooks, and the strength was insufficient, which seemed to come from the hands of a weak person.

Since in the evening, a child came to the second floor of the inn and handed him the letter with an empty cover, and pulled out the letterhead, Long Shaoyang didn't know how many times he had read it. This time he put the letterhead back in the envelope and looked out the window.

The gong of the first watch has sounded, the willows on the moon, the lights are on, the flow of people on the street has gradually increased, and the laughter and noise have gradually increased. Shangyuan Festival, the most lively night of the year in the capital of the Great Qi Kingdom, is slowly opening its curtain.

The corners of Long Shaoyang's mouth tightened inadvertently, pinched the letter, turned around and walked to the square table in the room, and hung the letter on the candle.

The yellow and red flames suddenly rushed up, and in the blink of an eye, the flames slowly became smaller until they burned out.

With a "plop", the candle on the table went out, and the young man strode out.

Luocheng, the emperor of the Great Qi, the king is steaming, in the hinterland of Kyushu, among the eight wildernesses, the rivers and mountains are arched, and the shape is better than the world. Since Emperor Taizu Gao Dingding, the old system of the previous dynasties has been followed, and the capital is here. The streets in the city are criss-crossed, the width and narrowness match, the layout is like a chessboard, and the streets are paved with bluestone, which is more smooth and magnificent. In addition, the founding of the country has not been stained with war for decades, the city is prosperous, Li Shu is rich, and it is better than before. ”

Ten years ago, the Son of Heaven issued a holy decree to abolish the curfew system of the four hours and eight festivals of the Mid-Autumn Festival on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the prosperous nights in Los Angeles were like cooking oil and flowers, especially the Shangyuan Festival.

Walking out of the store, I saw that the tents had already been set up next to each other in turn, and the market was continuous on both sides of the street, blowing candy people, appreciating lanterns, selling Lantern Festival, guessing lantern riddles, setting off fireworks, and playing trick----s.

"The fragrant and sweet Lantern Festival is delicious and not greasy!"

"Ancestral stunt, breathing fire in the mouth, come and see ......"

"Appreciate the lanterns and guess the riddles, guess correctly and get a reward!"

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From time to time, fireworks rush into the sky, releasing brilliant sparks, mixed with the sound of firecrackers, and they are constantly ringing in all directions.

The whole long street is as lively as hot porridge in a boiling pot.

Long Shaoyang walked westward, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: "The prosperity of Los Angeles is really not comparable to Wucheng." It is really a blessing for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. He stretched out his arms and gently pushed away the crowd, like a fish swimming up the stream, suddenly left, suddenly right, shuttling forward without slowing down, and in less than two quarters of an hour, he came to the heavenly street.

This is an east-west main road, and it is also the most lively and prosperous street in Los Angeles at night, and the flow of people gradually increases at this time.

I saw that about a stone's throw ahead, a restaurant stood on the street, and there was a "dead wind" lamp hanging under the eaves on the second floor, but the handwriting on the lamp was not clear. The front of the building was full of all kinds of lanterns, and there was a circle of people around the black pressure. Everyone craned their necks to look at the sound of laughter and noise, which came from time to time, and they couldn't really hear it.

After walking a few steps, he saw the words "Guiyun Pavilion" written on the "Qi Dead Wind" lamp, and Long Shaoyang walked straight to the front. Originally, there was a platform three feet from the ground in front of the building, and a wooden pillar of two zhang was planted on the east and west sides, and between the two pillars, one high and one low, two slippery lanterns were hung, the red gauze astragalus, very beautiful, along the edge of the lamp there were vertical strips of paper, or dense or sparsely written full of words.

On the stage, a man in a green coat and a small hat stood on the stage, carrying a gong in his left hand and a gong in his right hand.

"Please be quiet. The man in Tsing Yi said, "Thanks to your love for Guiyun Pavilion on weekdays, today's Shangyuan Festival, our host has specially set up this lantern riddle guessing game, whether it is a drinker on weekdays, or a passer-by tonight, you can participate." ”

The people surrounding the stage immediately responded: "Okay, good." ”

There are two rows of lanterns on the stage, a total of twenty, each lantern has a riddle, a riddle, the first to say the mystery wins, the one who answers the most correctly, the store has a big gift. The young man in Tsing Yi continued.

As soon as I heard that there was a "mysterious gift", there was another commotion in the crowd.

"Okay, guess the riddle!", followed by a gong sound. The crowd fell silent at once, and everyone listened intently.

The man in Tsing Yi walked to the first lantern on the left, looked at the vertical strip at the bottom of the lamp, and said, "Listen, everyone, 'The bottom is at the top, the top is at the bottom, and the ten is in the middle.'" Typing. ”

The crowd began to gossip, some bowed their heads in contemplation, some muttered to themselves, some scratched their ears and cheeks, and some opened their mouths to shout, and suddenly there was no sound again. The corners of Long Shaoyang's mouth raised slightly, and he immediately raised his hand, and replied loudly: "It should be a 'one' word!"

"Congratulations to this son. The man in Tsing Yi took off the vertical strip, turned it over to the back of the note, walked to the center of the stage, and saw a "one" written on the back. Some people nodded frequently, revealing a look that was the same, and some people cast their eyes on Long Shaoyang.

"Dang" is another gong.

"'Remove one layer of heavy soil, and leave half of the sun and moon'. Typing. The man in Tsing Yi read aloud.

The crowd began to squirm again.

Long Shaoyang thought for a moment, raised his hand and said, "When it's a 'green' word!"

"I don't know what the word Childe means?"

"Heavy earth is a 'Gui' character, and the 'Gui' character goes to a horizontal; the sun and the moon are left in half, which is a 'month' character, which together is the word 'green'. Seeing that his explanation was clear and his thinking was so quick, everyone couldn't help but shout, and some people were already applauding.

"Childe is really talented!" The guy in Tsing Yi took off the vertical strip and turned it over, and the book was indeed a "green" character.

Some in the crowd were not convinced, and shouted, "These are too simple", "I also know the answer to the mystery, but it's just not as fast as his mouth." It seems that this young man is unwilling to steal the limelight and deliberately stump him.

"Well, the next riddle is going to be harder. The young man in Tsing Yi smiled, "This boy has to make persistent efforts." ”

"When". The gong sounded again.

"'It can be dark and bright, small and large, short and long, the spring equinox ascends to the sky, and the autumn equinox dives into the abyss'. Hit a thing. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

The huge stage suddenly fell silent, as if countless hands instantly stuck the necks of everyone present.

After a little groaning, Long Shaoyang's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, but he heard another voice sound at the same time-

"It's a dragon word. ”

Long Shaoyang followed the sound, only to see that on the other side of the street outside the crowd, from the lamplight, one tall and one short, walked slowly and slowly, one tall and one short, and the eyes of the slightly shorter person were also sweeping over the sound, and when he came closer, Huo Di turned twice on his face, and in an instant, his eyes met.

I saw that the slightly shorter one was a young man, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a face like a crown of jade, eyebrows like a lying silkworm, a pair of black and blind eyes shining with fine light, a brocade dress, a rich son dressed up, and a noble gesture.

On the side of the young man was a middle-aged man in a green shirt, tall and thin, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, slightly hunchbacked, with a cane in his right hand, he was actually a lame, and the two eyes under the sword eyebrows seemed to be awake, faintly sickly.

Long Shaoyang's heart moved: "The young man in brocade, middle-aged in green shirt, is finally here." ”

The young man stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said with a smile: "This brother, my brother and I have been watching here for a while, Brother Tai's thoughts are springing, and he is only eight buckets high, and the younger brother admires it!"

"Brother Tai has won the award. Long Shaoyang immediately returned the salute, and said without hurrying, "Seeking skin with the tiger, carving insect skills, brother Tai smiled!"

"Lantern riddle lantern tiger, and tiger skin, brother Tai's words, wonderful!" The young man smiled, "If brother Tai is fine, how about we continue to 'seek skin with the tiger' together?"

Long Shaoyang smiled and nodded.

While the two were talking, they only heard the man in Tsing Yi shouting loudly: "Two sons, the two of you were the first to answer the lantern riddle just now, and according to the rules, you should guess it right together, and each of you will remember it once." ”

Then there was another gong sounding "dang".

"You have to listen carefully, 'Hu Lu is pacified, and the beloved man goes on an expedition'. Hit a drug. The man in Tsing Yi shouted at the top of his voice.

The young man smiled and said, "What is the mystery? ”

Long Shaoyang glanced at it and saw that there seemed to be a cunning look in the corners of his eyes. The middle-aged man in the green shirt on the side raised the corners of his mouth slightly, not impatient. I thought to myself: "It seems that he intends to try me, if I don't give the answer to the mystery in an instant, I'm afraid that he will be underestimated." Immediately said lightly: "Angelica." ”

The boy asked, "How?"

Long Shaoyang said with a smile: "Brother Tai, you think, Hu Lu is established, the frontier will be fine, the swords and guns will be in storage, and the sergeant will return from the depot." is co-authoring the word "angelica". ”

"Not bad, not bad!" The young man high-fived and appreciated, and said with a smile, "Brother Tai, little brother has a mystery here, I wonder if Brother Tai is interested?" Hit a thing. After saying that, he stared at Long Shaoyang with a smile.

Long Shaoyang groaned slightly, and opened his mouth to answer. Unexpectedly, the young man raised his right hand when he saw the situation, and shouted: "Wait! On the opposite side of the bottom, with Brother Tai's literary talent, it can be described as a trivial matter, this time you might as well change the method, riddle to riddle, I don't know what Brother Tai thinks?"

The young man's words attracted the surrounding visitors, and they came over to watch in twos and threes to see how the two of them "fought riddles".

This question should not only be guessed correctly, but also face the riddle with the riddle, how to find it in a moment? For a while, some people lowered their heads and pondered, and some people smacked their lips, and even the middle-aged man in the green shirt couldn't help frowning, as if worried.

Long Shaoyang smiled slightly: "It's also novel to fight riddles with riddles." After a little hesitation, he said loudly: "I am from Haizhou, located in the east of Daqi, and the sea is connected to the east. There is, 'There is a fish in the East Sea, without a head and a tail.' Remove the backbone, and it's your mystery!'"

As soon as the words fell, there was no sound in all directions.

After a while, everyone solved the riddle one after another, and suddenly realized, and there was a bang, and there was a lot of praise - it turned out that the riddle of these two young people was a "day" word.

The young man was also shocked when he saw him answer so quickly, as if he couldn't believe his ears, he was stunned for a moment, his bony eyes rolled, and then he laughed and said: "Brother Tai is a good literary talent, it can really be described as Luhai Panjiang, and the younger brother admires it very much!"

The young man stepped forward as he spoke, gave a salute, waved his right hand, and said: "Brother Tai, you and I know each other by fate, like-minded, there are many noisy people here, can you take a step?" Seeing Long Shaoyang nodding, the young man smiled, turned his head to the middle-aged man in green shirt and said, "Brother Di, it's not too early, let's go with this son." ”

At this moment, in the dim light, no one noticed that the lines at the corners of Long Shaoyang's mouth were slightly picked up.