Chapter 5 Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival (Part II)
On the evening of the fifteenth, he told his mother early that he was going to participate in the poetry meeting in Taixue, and as soon as it was dark, Qiantai went to the temple fair with Princess Yuyao and the emperor's younger brother towards the temple fair on West Street in the city.
West Street is the most lively place in Shangjing, with dense vendors, most of the people who live here are rich merchants, and the shops on the street are open, and all kinds of things can be bought here, which is very popular with the people of Shangjing.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is even more lively, the tall stage on the street is crowded, and the incense is full of incense in the Confucian Temple.
The three of them held hands and followed the crowd through the alley, and the later it was getting dark, the more lively the flow of people became.
The excited Princess Yuyao and the twenty emperor brother Qianming are even more crowded, where to squeeze, shouting endlessly.
"Nineteenth brother, what is this. As soon as she stopped at a food stall, Yu Yao pointed to a large string of sugar gourds and asked loudly, smelling the tempting sweetness, and her excited eyes flickered.
"What nineteenth brother, how old are you, little girl, call my name. ”
"Cut, you're already younger than me, what's wrong with calling you nineteenth brother, nineteenth brother, you haven't told me what this is. ”
"Rock sugar gourd. Qiantai pouted and said, anyway, let him call a little girl sister, he Yama King can't shout.
"Ah, is this the folk rock sugar gourd, why is it so like the jade hawthorn in the imperial dining room. Isn't that how it should be. ”
Qiantai constantly observed the pedestrians around him, and felt that the people of the Great Jin Dynasty were no different from the previous life.
The civilians of the imperial capital were still relatively wealthy, and Qiantai saw all the pedestrians he saw along the way, and most of them had a white gas on the top of their heads, which was very rich and stable, which showed that most of the poor people in the capital were lucky. Occasionally, Qiantai also saw many pedestrians with other colors of luck on their heads, thinking that they were from the rich and noble families of the official eunuchs.
The way of luck, the high and low lies in the color of luck on the top of the head, and the strength and weakness are in the form of luck. The color is distinguished by white gas, red gas, green gas, yellow gas, and purple gas, among which purple gas is the most expensive, and most of them are saints and emperors. and with white gas is the cheapest, untouchables are white, and their luck is pale.
"yes, you haven't paid anyone yet. Qiantai replied without a match, calmly watching the red dust around him in his eyes, disturbing but not knowing that it was just a temporary scene.
"Got it. Yu Yao tasted it herself while holding the sugar gourd, "Woo, but it's delicious." ”
Thinking of his belongings, Qiantai remembered that the two people around him were children who had never been out of the palace, and he didn't know if he had coins and silver tickets on him. Zhengyan asked, "Did you two come out tonight and bring money, it's not okay to buy things without paying." ”
"Nineteenth brother, I brought three hundred gold, you will see it in a while, and my brother will pay for you. ”
"Okay, next time there is a good thing, my brother will definitely take you. ”
"What is three hundred gold, you two look at this, this is the wishful ring that my father gave me, hehe. "On the side, the girl's wrist is like a thin lotus, and there is a white jade bracelet on it, which is introverted and inscribed, which is a treasure of Fang Xiandao.
Qiantai's eyes rolled, and he couldn't help but feel helpless for his cheap father's eccentricity, the little girl really has a treasure, and even the space magic weapon in this immortal path is there.
This thing, I haven't seen it with Qianming in the past.
"Brother Nineteen, what is this. In a dried fruit shop, Qian Ming asked.
"I guess it's a kind of crisp. ”
"That's, that's. "It's a lively street, and there's so much stuff that you can't see.
"Qiantai!" "Look here, there's a lantern riddle." ”
"Wow, wow, what a lot of lanterns" The two children were full of surprises.
Turning around the neighborhood, in the corner of the temple fair, I saw a place to 'guess the lantern riddle'. The hood was full of ribbons and lanterns.
"Qiantai, look, there are people here to guess lantern riddles, no matter, I want that big cat. ”
"A few small guests, if they want these gifts, but need to guess the lantern riddle, they can take off the lantern and exchange it for the desired gift, a few can try it. A happy young scholar standing in front of the lantern shed, holding a book in his hand, greeted everyone.
"Do you want to collect money here, how much, I'll give it to you, you let us guess ten. ”
"A gentleman is not reluctant to make profits, don't misunderstand a few little guests, we don't accept money here. "And said" These lantern riddles are all held by the Meng family in Shangjing and more than a dozen scripture families for thousands of people in Shangjing, for the tens of millions of students of our Great Jin Dynasty, every year at this time of the year, the big and small lantern festivals in the city are anyone. ”
Hearing this, Qianming on the side immediately agreed with admiration: "In the academy, I heard that the Shangjing Meng family is the most respected Confucianism among the clans of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Confucian holy land of the Confucian family in the south, the 'Xue Palace' that is not visible in seclusion is called the three masters of Confucianism in the world. ”
"This is a good deed, small and benevolent to everyone, the Meng family is not simple. Looking at the happy guessers in the lantern shed, Qiantai also nodded in goodness.
"That means we can all guess. Na Qiantai, you quickly guess this crossword lantern for me, I want this big tiger. Saying that, Yu Yao read: "'The two of them under the moon stepped on the ice'." ”
The red paper on the lantern hanging high is vertically pasted, and a line is written in small characters, waiting for the guests to fill in the answers. Yu Yao tilted her head and meditated, unable to guess the answer at all.
"Eighteen sister, I know this word, it should be the word 'vine'. At this time, Qian Ming, who was beside him, opened his mouth and shouted, full of excitement. The two happy children shouted and forgot the etiquette of the academy in the past, but guessing the lantern riddle here is indeed much more interesting than answering the master's questions in the academy in the past.
The excited two looked for the next crossword lantern, 'The waning moon descends to the west building', and the two of them couldn't answer immediately.
Looking at Qiantai for help again, Qiantai shook his head helplessly and smiled, and he was also a little interested in his heart, and said: "It's the word 'repeatedly'." ”
"It's the word 'repeatedly', it's the word 'repeatedly', or Qiantai is powerful. ”
When I looked for the next one, I saw the scholar next to the three of them and said with a smile: "It's easy for the three little guests to guess the words, you can try to guess the words here, and leave some opportunities for others." Qiantai looked at the lantern on the other side according to the scholar's meaning, but Yu Yao and Qian Ming were not very happy.
'The moon rises and the sun sets. When they saw the lantern, it was much more difficult, and the two children immediately became sad.
At this time, he saw Qiantai moving slightly, so he smiled and said: "Jin Wuchen rises in the east, and you fall from time to time, this sentence should be 'one after another', scholar, you can see it." ”
"Not bad, yes, the time rises and falls, look at this one again. The scholar was slightly surprised, he thought of the answer so quickly, such a smart child can be regarded as precocious, but wise.
"Wow" Yu Yao and Qian Ming on the side immediately shouted excitedly.
At this time, some scholars and tourists around had already noticed the two small cheers, and when they saw that Qiantai had guessed the answer so quickly, they immediately applauded.
Guess the lantern riddle during the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone is also a lively picture, and when they see that Qiantai is extraordinary, they naturally begin to coax onlookers. Qiantai looked at the next lantern, and someone immediately shouted: "Xiao Tong may answer, let everyone open their eyes again." Laughter all around.
I saw that Na Qiantai shook his head, pointed to the lantern with a smile and said: "'Business is prosperous in the middle of the night', naturally it is the word 'prosperous', the scholar is not kind, this is not an auspicious word." ”
"Hehe, the little boy atoned for his sins, but this is the sin of a scholar. The scholar smiled wryly, and wanted to be embarrassed and mock Qiantai, but he didn't expect to be exposed by Qiantai.
Hearing this, everyone laughed, but fortunately, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone was also play-oriented, and the cunning of the scholars was all taken as a joke.
And Qiantai smiled and said, since it is said that it is very prosperous, then you can only answer one more to break this proverb, the scholar will help me pick another one, and today I will be counted as breaking your lantern festival.
Hearing that the scholar's face was straight, the literati exchanged poems, when one party said that he wanted to fight the text, it would represent the battle of their talents, and after seeing the intelligence of the child Qiantai, the scholar naturally had to be serious.
The scholar pondered for a moment, led the people to the innermost part of the lantern shed, and pointed to a big red lantern hidden in the depths for Qiantai to guess, this is the relatively difficult one in his lantern shed.
This is a lantern riddle filled in with people's names. The lamp reads: 'Zhou Room East Crossing'.
Everyone in the lantern shed also gathered around to see if the child could guess, and even some secretly guessed.
This is a story riddle about the history books. This kind of riddle generally requires the riddler to have a certain amount of knowledge, and is more familiar with some of the history books of the previous dynasty.
"Oh no, this one is a riddle about the scriptures of the historians, this kind of scripture was not the main thing we learned in the academy in the past, can the nineteenth brother guess it. ”
"What are you afraid of, don't forget that Qiantai used to like to read historians' scriptures the most. Hehe, when I go back this time, I must tell my father about our experience this time, and my father will definitely like it. ”
In the waiting of everyone, Qiantai slightly recalled his memories of the Great Zhou Dynasty of the previous dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was the imperial court of the previous dynasty, and the royal family of that year was the Sima clan in the Yangzhou family. 'Zhou Dynasty Eastward Crossing', said to be the end of the Zhou Dynasty, three successive generations of emperors were incompetent, resulting in three successive relocation of the capital, one from the then capital of Haojing all the way to today's Runan Yangzhou.
"When it was Sima Qian, the first history book I read was the work of this historian. Scholar, I'm right. Jiang Huayun was clear, and his heart was full of interest, he hadn't been so relaxed and happy for a long time.
Hearing this, the scholar immediately opened his mouth and was sluggish, and he really saw such a smart child in this world.
"The future is terrifying, Sima Qian, I see, I didn't expect to see such an interesting lantern riddle in the Mid-Autumn Festival today. An old Xiucai voice immediately got along with him, but he was very happy in his words.
"Brother Tai, how can you say that it is Sima Qian. ”
"Zhou room" don't interpret as the Jin Dynasty Sima clan, the history records that before the fall of the Zhou and Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui moved the capital to Nanjing, known as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Zhou room perished, and fled to Yangzhou. ”
"Admire, admire, the little boy is erudite and strong, and he will definitely be a champion and the first talent in the future. ”
Not to mention the excitement and happiness of the people around, the two children around him were already impatient with joy, and only listened to Yu Yao in the middle: "Hehe, I know that the nineteenth brother can answer, and the scholar will not hurry up to exchange gifts for us." When the two of them saw Qiantai finally answer the last question, they laughed and jumped up to grab the gift, and they were already very crazy happy.