Chapter 17: The Lantern Riddle
"Let's guess the lantern riddle! If you guess right, there is a prize! Don't miss it when you walk by! A man shouted.
When passers-by heard that there was a prize, they all rushed over, and Su Changnian and Jiang Chaoyang had already gathered in front of the stall at this time.
Someone asked, "Boss, what do you have for this prize?" Show it to us! ”
The boss said: "I have a lot of lantern riddles here, guess one correctly and get a paper cutout." ”
At this time, someone said: "Then you are too shabby, right, before you sent a paper cut?" ”
The boss explained unhurriedly: "Don't worry, wait for me to finish speaking, my prize is the next is a paper cut, if you can answer eight times in a row, you can take a sachet from me, nine correct answers can get a fan, as for ten, it is this oil paper umbrella." As he spoke, he took out a sixty-four-bone oil-paper umbrella, which was well-made, and he knew that it was not cheap at a glance, and the boss was also generous.
The women in the crowd suddenly had bright eyes, and the men in the crowd all secretly made up their minds to get this umbrella to win the hearts of beauties.
Su Changnian said: "Interesting, I'll guess too." With that, he squeezed into the crowd and went to guess the lantern riddle.
He took down a note, looked at the riddle on it, "Fly on the grass, type", he thought about it, and wrote the word "early" on it.
After writing, he immediately began to look at the next one, the second piece of paper said "three ten, type a word", he gestured with his hand, wrote down a "positive" word, and then he answered six riddles in succession, during which many people have gone to the boss to ask for prizes, but fortunately a person who answered ten times in a row has not.
"This is yours, the sachet is for you, the fan is for you, this is your paper-cutting......" The boss gave out one prize after another, but only the oil-paper umbrella was not sent.
Seeing this, everyone became even more anxious, and they all accelerated their thinking, but they were preempted, Su Changnian ignored them, looked at the riddle by himself, and the ninth piece of paper said "Trapped by love, people change, type", Su Changnian looked at the note, but he couldn't think of an answer, so he scratched his hair in a hurry.
Seeing this on the side, she also helped Su Changnian think, she thought about it, and then wrote a "accept" on the paper, and then added a "" to the "again", and then said to Su Changnian: "People are trapped in love, so people change, people become '' and people are trapped in it, so it becomes the word 'love'." ”
Su Changnian suddenly realized at this time and said: "I see, thank you Miss Chaoyang, Miss Chaoyang is really smart." ”
Jiang Chaoyang said: "Su Gongzi praised it, let's move on to the next question, this is the ninth." ”
Su Changnian didn't say much and looked at the last anagram, which read: "Long rain and early sunshine, type", Su Changnian thought while reading in his mouth: "Long rain and early sunshine, long rain and early sunshine, long rain and ......" Then he suddenly said: "Long rain and early sunshine, sunrise at first sight, yesterday!" Then he wrote the word "yesterday" on the paper.
At this time, the boss suddenly shouted loudly: "Congratulations to this son!" Answer ten anagrams correctly in a row and get the final prize! As he spoke, he took the oil-paper umbrella over. The boss had already noticed Su Changnian, and when Su Changnian answered the tenth anagram, he immediately shouted like this.
And the people who were thinking hard at the bottom all sighed, but then they were all relieved and applauded for Su Changnian.
At this moment, Su Changnian stood there in a daze, looking at the prize in his hand. He just kept solving the riddle, not paying attention to how many he had solved, and the boss handed him the prize while he wasn't paying attention.
After getting the prize, the two left there, at this time it was late at night, the lantern festival was about to end, and the crowd gradually dispersed, the two walked slowly, and suddenly Su Changnian said: "Chaoyang girl, it's useless for me to be a big man holding this umbrella, so it's better to give it to you as a thank you gift for hanging out with me today." ”
Somewhat surprised, he said, "You've already given me a mask earlier, isn't that appropriate?" ”
Su Changnian said: "What's wrong with this? It doesn't matter if you have one more gift or one less, just take it. ”
Jiang Chaoyang saw that he insisted on giving him an umbrella, so he had to accept it, and said, "Then thank you Master Su." She took the umbrella, opened it, looked at it, and said, "It's really a good umbrella, and it looks beautiful." ”
At this time, the two happened to walk under a lantern, the light happened to shine obliquely on Jiang Chaoyang who was holding an umbrella, and the dim light sprinkled on Jiang Chaoyang through the oil-paper umbrella, Su Changnian looked at this scene blankly, and this moment seemed to freeze in her eyes.
Jiang Chaoyang asked, "How?" Su Gongzi, is it good-looking? ”
Su Changnian just seemed to be talking to himself, and muttered: "It would be great if I could stay at this moment." ”
After Jiang Chaoyang heard this, he felt as if something was broken in his heart.
And Su Changnian quickly realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly said: "I mean, it's very beautiful, the Chaoyang girl is originally beautiful, and if it is paired with this umbrella, it will be the icing on the cake." ”
Jiang Chaoyang said: "Su Gongzi praised it falsely. ”
After saying that, both of them fell silent for a long time.
Just when the atmosphere was gloomy as if it was about to drip water, an anxious voice came into the ears of the two of them.
"Princess, Su Gongzi, where did you two run away, the second prince and the third prince are dying in a hurry." Yes, the person who came was Xiaohuan, and she had been looking for Jiang Chaoyang and Su Changnian, who had been lost with them, until the end of the lantern festival.
Jiang Chaoyang saw Xiaohuan so anxious and comforted her: "You don't have to worry, I have been staying with Su Gongzi just now, and there have been no accidents." ”
Jiang Chaoyang also said to Xiaohuan: "That is, I have been staying with Miss Chaoyang before, and there have been no accidents, so you don't have to worry so much." ”
Xiaohuan patted his chest when he heard this, took a few big breaths and said, "That's good, then good, let's go, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has been looking for you." Xiaohuan said as he led the way for the two.
Finally, several people converged before the lantern festival was completely over. Jiang Xuyang said to Jiang Chaoyang: "Sister Huang, where have you been, my second brother and I are about to die." ”
Jiang Hexiao on the side also said: "Yes, imperial sister, my third brother and I are about to die." ”
Jiang Chaoyang explained: "You can rest assured, I have been playing here with Su Gongzi before, accompanied by Su Gongzi, you can rest assured, there will be no accidents." ”
Jiang Xuyang relieved himself and said, "That's good, that's good, thank you Su Gongzi." ”
Su Changnian said: "You're welcome, this is what I should do, besides, Miss Chaoyang has been with me for so long, it should be me who thanks her." ”
Jiang Xuyang and Jiang Hexiao were a little confused, Jiang Chaoyang had to explain to them, and they figured out the situation.
Jiang Xuyang said after listening to it: "I see, but it's okay, and it's also very fun, but it's nothing." ”
Jiang Hexiao saw that it was not early, so he said: "Everyone, it's not too early, this lantern festival is about to end, let's go back and rest." ”
Everyone also felt tired for a while, and they all agreed, so they set off to leave.
At this moment, in several dark corners, there were people in black hiding, they were the previous people, they had been hiding here for a long time, waiting for now, they saw a few people relax their vigilance, one of them said: "Up! ”