Chapter 330 Encounter with Huo Yuan (3)

Mu Zhongqing squeezed in with his family and wandered in front of numerous lanterns. Start guessing lantern riddles.

Most of the lantern riddles at the lantern riddle competition were created by the aides of the prefect, and some were created by students from Tianfeng Academy in Lin'an Prefecture. They were quite literary and artistic, and they were all poems with beautiful words and profound meanings. Of course, , there are also some easy-to-understand, down-to-earth lantern riddles produced by merchants who sponsor lantern riddle conventions, but those lantern riddles were ridiculed as 'vulgar' by literati.

Therefore, no one came to the lanterns of the merchants. The literati who were preparing to participate in the lantern riddle party gathered in front of the lantern riddles played by the prefect, thinking hard, and planned to guess the lantern riddles played by the most important figure in Lin'an Prefecture. A blockbuster!

Caiwei felt that since it was a lantern riddle competition, the winner would not be determined by who guessed a riddle, but would have to rely on both quantity and quality to win.

Therefore, she took a different approach and guessed in front of the colorful lanterns of the merchants that no one visited.

The first lantern riddle she guessed was written on a rabbit lantern. The riddle was: when drawn, it is round, but when written, it is square. It is warm with it, but cold without it (type one word)

Caiwei smiled. This was simply a free question. It seemed that she was right to guess the merchants' lantern riddles first. She asked for a pen and paper and easily wrote down the answer to the riddle. The boy who was ordered to stay under the lamp passed the answer to the riddle. Go in.

Not long after, the boy came out with a smile, holding a brocade box in his hand, and handed the brocade box to Caiwei. He also took off the rabbit lantern and handed it over together. He said with a smile: "Congratulations, girl, you guessed it right." As for the lantern riddles of our 'Zhiyanzhai', according to the rules, this rabbit lantern is yours, and this box of rouge powder for wiping your face is a gift from the shop, please accept it, girl."

Caiwei took the rabbit lantern and handed it to Wu'er. Then she gave the box of exquisite rouge powder to Fei'er and said with a smile, "Next time, I'll win some prizes for Mom and Wen'er!"

Wen'er looked at the lanterns, pointed to a lantern with Erlang Shen painted on it and said to Caiwei, "Sister, I want that!"

When Caiwei looked at the lamp, she saw it read: Born in a wealthy family since childhood, she often went in and out to enjoy the glory. Long live also once passed down the imperial edict, and visited the flowers from generation to generation.

After reading it, Caiwei couldn't help but smile. Who said the ancients were pedantic and old-fashioned? Look at this lantern riddle, how witty and humorous it is!

She took a pen and paper and wrote out the answer to the riddle. After sealing it, she asked the boy who gave the riddle to take the answer in and show it to his master. The boy took the answer and trotted away.

Wen'er blinked and asked, "Sister, can you really guess this lantern riddle?"

Caiwei raised her chin and said proudly: "It's easy for your sister and me to guess these lantern riddles. Sister and I can guess all the lantern riddles here in just a minute!"

Wen'er said excitedly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true, more real than pearls!"

Caiwei was in a good mood and rarely joked. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a teasing voice sounded from behind: "Haha, whose girl has such a loud tone!"

After hearing this, Caiwei turned around and looked around, only to see Cao Jin walking over slowly, followed by the boy Caiwei sent in to deliver the answer.

"Uncle Cao, it's you?" Caiwei said in surprise.

Cao Jin said with a smile: "I just heard from the boy that a girl guessed the lantern riddle created by Cao. I was still muttering in my heart, which girl is so smart? Cao figured it out after thinking about it for several days. I guessed the lantern riddle correctly, and it turned out to be my niece. No wonder the riddle was guessed right away!"

Caiwei laughed and said, "Since I guessed it right, I wonder if Uncle Cao will reward me for guessing the 'Zhiyanzhai' lantern riddle just now, and he is lucky!"

Cao Jin chuckled and said, "You are indispensable for the lottery. If you can guess the Huo family's lantern riddles in one fell swoop, Huo Yuan will definitely reward you with a bigger lottery!"

Caiwei asked in surprise: "Is Brother Huo also in Lin'an Mansion?"

She remembered that when she was in Yushu County, Huo Yuan once said that he would go back to Kyoto after the Lantern Festival in Bianzhou. Why did he suddenly change his schedule and go to Lin'an Fu Lai?

Cao Jin said: "The Huo family has businesses all over the country, including Lin'an Prefecture. I heard that Lin'an Prefecture was going to hold a lantern riddle competition, so I dragged me to join in the fun."

After saying that, Cao Jin looked at Du Shi who was holding Wu'er, politely clasped her fists and said, "Hello, Mrs. Mu!"

Mrs. Du was so busy that she lowered herself to return the gift.

Wen'er and Cai Fei behind them also saluted Cao Jin, and Cao Jin ordered the boy to go in and bring out a few gold coins, preparing to reward Cai Wei and his sister.

Not long after the boy entered, he came out, holding several golden thorns in his hand. Behind him, there was also a familiar old friend!