The festival was held at the Aiwan Pavilion on the mountain behind Xinjiang Academy, and the participants were not limited to the students of the academy, but also the gentry and literati who were invited to the city, and of course, those who were not invited could also participate, as long as you were thick-skinned.

The two brothers, Xu Jin and Fei, arrived at the academy to rest first, and then walked through the academy to the back mountain.

As soon as the three of them walked to the bamboo forest behind the academy, they saw a large group of academy students blocking the way, two side-by-side tables blocking the way up the mountain, leaving only a gap for one person to pass, and behind the tables stood a scholar, one of whom was the senior brother Wei Yang.

Fei Maozhong said strangely: "Senior Brother Wei, why are you blocking the road? ”

Wei Yang smiled and said: "The rules of this year's Winter Elimination Cultural Conference have changed, if you want to go up the mountain, you must pass three levels, and this is the first level!" ”

As soon as the words ended, the scholar next to Wei Yang smiled: "Fellow disciples, I heard it, this level is to guess the lantern riddle, and the riddle is hung on the bamboo over there, and you can pass the test by guessing one question, which is very easy." ”

Everyone followed this finger and looked, and sure enough, they saw that the bamboo next to them was covered with white paper, and the cold wind blew and rattled, and the grave full of white paper was hung after going to the grave during the Qingming Dynasty, Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat for a while.

Fei Maoxian smiled: "This is interesting, what if you can't guess correctly?" ”

Wei Yang said with a smile: "If you don't guess, you can pass, but you need to pay ten yuan as the expenditure of this meeting." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, although ten cents was not much, but for the students from poor backgrounds, it was the money for several meals.

"Wei Yuanzheng, who set this rule, shouldn't it be your own self-enrichment?"

"That's it, it's really unreasonable, it's really insulting to use Wenhui as a tool to collect money!"

Wei Yang said calmly: "The rules of this meeting are set by the mountain chief, if you have any opinions, you can show them to the mountain chief." In addition, in recent years, the college has been short of funds, which has led to the lack of use of this conference, so please understand that this decision is made. ”

The scholar next to Wei Yang said coldly: "Okay, don't shout, who is ...... Luo Chao, I remember that you are a cold student, half of the bundle is waived every month, and the rest is made up by the academy funds, you are the beneficiary and still shouting fart, again, if you can't guess a lantern riddle, are you worthy of your parents to cut down on food and clothing for you to study? ”

The Luo classmate who shouted the most in the crowd suddenly lowered his head in shame, and he didn't know who moved first, and a group of students coaxed to run under the bamboo tree in the distance and began to guess the lantern riddles, so as not to be easily preempted by others, and a few even ran away with their boots.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, this is too exaggerated, it's insulting!

"Cut, it's really humiliating!" Guo Wencai, who was white and chubby, held the folding fan, walked over with a group of younger brothers, threw a piece of silver directly on the table, and said triumphantly: "Let it go, waste your time!" ”

Together with Wei Yang, the scholar picked up the broken silver, skillfully checked it, and said, "The silver is five coins, and there is no redemption!" ”

"No need to look for it!" Guo Wencai waved his hand arrogantly, and took Guo Jingui and four other followers through the passage between the two tables, and turned around and shouted proudly: "Poor ghosts, hurry up and guess the lantern riddle, Ben Shao is one step ahead!" ”

The other students present couldn't help but glare angrily, but the Fei brothers smiled disdainfully. In the eyes of some people, Guo Wencai may be a local tyrant, but in the eyes of the Fei brothers, Guo Wencai is just a turtle with a few small money at home.

Wei Yang reminded: "Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Fei, you haven't started yet, the lantern riddles that will be easy will be picked up." ”

Fei Maozhong said confidently: "It's okay, just let them pick all the easy ones, and guess the most difficult ones naturally!" ”

"Hey, Senior Brother Fei has to guess the hardest, the hardest ones are here!" The scholar next to him took out a stack of envelopes from the drawer of the table, raised it, and said, "Do you dare to challenge it?" ”

Fei Maozhong said proudly: "Why don't you dare! ”

"Haha, you have the courage, what about you, oh, this must be the junior brother of Xu Dingding, who is determined that Qingshan will not relax, let's challenge it together?" The scholar squeezed his eyes at Xu Jin, and the word "pit" was almost written on his forehead.

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a little painful, Wei Yang introduced with a smile: "His name is Han Chuang, he is the most shameless and unserious student in this academy, you don't have to pay attention to him!" ”

"Wei Yuanzheng, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, and slandering others is not a gentleman!" Han Chuang said angrily, but immediately put on a smile on his face, handed the envelope to Fei Maozhong and said, "Please choose one from Senior Brother Fei." ”

Fei Maozhong stretched out his hand and took the stack of envelopes, and said, "Don't be so troublesome, I guess everything!" ”

Wei Yang hurriedly reminded: "Senior Brother Fei, if you guess wrong, you have to pay one or two silver coins, you can think clearly!" ”

Fei Maozhong was taken aback, this pile of envelopes is estimated to be ten, and if all of them are wrong, he will have to pay ten taels of silver.

Don't look at the Fei family is a big family, but the family style is rigorous, like a young master like Fei Maozhong, the monthly pocket money must not exceed five taels of silver, so ten taels of silver is not a small amount for Fei Maozhong.

Of course, money is secondary, and if you guess wrong, it is also a shame to lose a few taels of silver.

It's just that Fei Maozhong has now taken the whole pile of puzzles, and if he retreats and hands them back, he will also lose face, so it is difficult to ride a tiger.

Han Chuang said with a smile: "Senior Brother Fei, it's too late to regret it now, it's a big deal to be laughed at by everyone for a while!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, this guy is not only not serious, but also insidious, Fei Maozhong's frizzy temperament is miserable.

Fei Mao's middle-aged youth was so young that he couldn't be excited, and was about to agree, but Xu Jin said lightly: "Senior Brother Han, if you guess wrong, you have to pay one or two silver coins, so what if you guess correctly?" ”

Fei Maozhong suddenly came to his senses, and quickly nodded: "Exactly, what if I guess correctly?" You can't guess the wrong way to pay the money, and if you guess the right one but you don't get a reward, wouldn't it be very unfair! ”

Han Chuang blinked and said, "Guess right, you can pass the level, how can you say that there is no reward!" ”

Wei Yang next to him couldn't stand it, and scolded with a smile: "Han Shouzhong, don't pit your own people, a few junior disciples, in fact, this is the case, the ten lantern riddles here are made by the mountain chief himself, and they are specially let the gentry who go up the mountain guess." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly realize, that is to say, these lantern riddles are specially used to pit the gentry's money, tsk, it seems that the mountain chief of Xinjiang Academy is also a wonderful person, at least not a pedantic old pedant.

Han Chuang stretched his face and said, "Wei Yuanzheng, is it easy for me to fool me with some money, if you can't complete the task, you can make up for the rest." ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and said: "Senior Brother Wei, Senior Brother Han, since Minshou has already taken the puzzle, if you don't guess, you can't say it, but Senior Brother Han didn't inform the rules in advance, and there is something wrong, it's better to do this, these ten questions are three of us guess together, guess the wrong question and pay one or two silver, if you guess one question correctly, give us a hundred dollars." ”

Fei Maoxian wanted to speak, Fei Maozhong was silent, obviously accepted Xu Jin's proposal, and asked him to return the puzzle in his hand without guessing, he couldn't pull this face, but let him guess all ten questions by himself, and he was worried that he would miss a few wrong guesses, and it would be even more embarrassing if he couldn't get the money.

Han Chuang's eyes rolled slyly, and he nodded, "Okay!" ”

Han Chuang's family is in business, and this product has learned from Lao Tzu since he was a child, why didn't he agree to it if he had ten times the profit? The key is that he has seen the questions of the ten lantern riddles, which are very difficult, and the mountain chief is purely for the purpose of making money.

Senior Brother Wei Yang shook his head with a smile and did not say anything to stop him.

"Minshou, let's get started!" Xu Jin smiled.

Fei Maozhong nodded, opened the first letter, and pulled out a note from it. Xu Jin and Fei Maoxian came over to take a look, and saw that the riddle written on the note was: Ding Po Tian (guess a word)

Xu Jin counted it in his heart when he saw it, Fei Maozhong's brows instantly relaxed, and he was about to speak, when Han Chuang waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, write it here, and the others take five steps back!" ”

At this time, there were already many people around to watch the excitement, and they had to rely on these ten questions to fool the gentry's money later, so it was naturally necessary to keep it secret.

Fei Maozhong wrote the word "husband" on the manuscript paper on the pen desk, Xu Jin smiled slightly, this answer should be right, the word "day" was broken by the word "husband".

Sure enough, Senior Brother Wei Yang smiled and said, "Correct! ”

Fei Maozhong's confidence increased greatly, so he opened the second lantern riddle, and the riddle of this question has only one word: Wu (guess a word)

Fei Maozhong was dumbfounded, and Fei Maoxian also frowned deeply. Xu Jin smiled and wrote the word "Fei", the Fei brothers suddenly realized, and looked at each other in surprise, it turns out that they can still solve it like this, it is either literary or martial!

Han Chuang glanced at Xu Jin like a monster, he had obtained the mystery of these ten lantern riddles last night, and he couldn't guess this lantern riddle after thinking hard all night, until he got the answer from the mountain chief this morning.

In fact, this riddle is not difficult to say, it depends on whether you can think backwards, if you are only limited to the meaning of the glyphs, you can't get the right answer if you want to break your head.

After solving two questions in a row, Fei Maozhong couldn't wait to open the third riddle, and this time even Xu Jin was stunned, because there was only a blank piece of paper in it, and there was no riddle at all.

"Senior Brother Wei, is this third letter wrong?" Fei Maoxian asked with a frown.

Han Chuang said proudly: "That's right, haha, a tael of silver, bring it!" ”

"Wait!" Xu Jin waved his hand and said, "Senior Brother Han, don't worry, we haven't guessed yet!" ”

Han Chuang hugged his hands to his chest, and the old god was in the ground: "Then guess, ten breaths is the limit, and there are still many people lining up behind!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, how to guess without a riddle, isn't this nonsense?" Fei Maozhong said indignantly.

Xu Jin had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said with a smile: "Minshou, you can't say that, no riddle is a riddle!" ”

Brother Fei was stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Han Chuang's face changed slightly, Xu Jin was even more sure when he saw this, and he picked up the pen and wrote the word "mystery" on the paper.

The Fei brothers were suddenly empowered, riddles and riddles, and there is no word in the mystery, isn't that just a "mystery"? This question is too tricky.

Han Chuang couldn't help but ask, snatched back the remaining seven lantern riddles from Fei Maozhong's hand, and said in a lost voice: "Inhuman, this can be guessed, I can't let you continue to guess, take this money, hurry up the mountain, don't send it!" ”