This wordless lantern riddle, everyone couldn't even understand the riddle, let alone try to guess the answer. Seeing him pick up a pen, everyone knew that he must have the answer. Seeing that Miss Zhiqing's third riddle was about to be solved, everyone immediately became excited.
Lin Wanrong handed the note to the deacon and said, "Please read it again."
The deacon picked up the note and read aloud: "-Miss-Travel-Know-Return-"
Everyone listened to his four words, but they didn't understand what it meant. This time the deacon has also learned cleverness, and hastily said: "May I ask which word you guessed this time?"
Lin Wanrong laughed and said, "The first word is the answer to this wordless riddle."
The deacon didn't even think about it, and announced loudly: "The answer to the riddle is the lost word."
There was a lot of discussion among the people, but none of them could figure out why the word "mystery" was used.
Seeing Lin Sanchun's smug look, the eldest lady felt amused, so she walked over and gently grabbed his sleeve and said, "Don't be tricky, tell me how you guessed it."
Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "I told you, you kiss me too?"
The eldest lady's heart jumped violently, but her face was stern: "I just like to talk nonsense. Whether you like to talk or not, I don't bother to care about you."
This girl's skin is still a little tender, Lin Wanrong laughed loudly and said: "You must be wondering why the answer to this riddle is the word 'lose and return'. In fact, it is worthless to put it bluntly, as long as you can understand this If there is a riddle, then the answer has been guessed.”
A wit shouted: "This old man, you are not talking nonsense. Guessing lantern riddles, which one can only guess the answer after understanding the riddle?"
I like to talk nonsense, can you control it, Lin Wanrong laughed and said: "Brother, what you said is absolutely right. Miss Zhihe, most of the lantern riddles she puts out are difficult on the surface. Let's take this question as an example. A piece of blank paper with no words on it, no one can guess what she means. But what is this blank paper? It is a "mystery" posed by this lady. There is no word in the riddle, and the word "mystery" is removed. By the way, isn't it just a lost cause?"
Everyone suddenly realized that the riddle was guessed like this. Unraveling this mystery is extremely simple. It doesn't require much knowledge, and even everyone thinks they can guess right, but when they are in the middle of the game, it is hard to diverge from the confinement of thinking, so there is the fun of these subtle and subtle flowers. This servant of the Xiao family is really clever. No wonder he said that Tian Wenjing should be assessed first. Based on his performance in the past few rounds, he does have the capital.
"Brother, then please quickly guess the fourth lantern riddle of Miss Zhiqing. This year, we must solve Miss Zhiqing's riddle and win the honor of our men." A young man from Jinghua College shouted. The third of the four riddles has been solved, as long as there is a little more effort, Miss Zhiqing's myth of invincibility in lantern riddles will be completely broken, how can people not be excited
Lin Wanrong looked at it and smiled slightly, who is this Miss Zhiqing? It's strange that a group of sons with lofty hearts are willing to submit to her.
The deacon took down the last lantern with orange tassels and said, "I tell you, Miss Zhiqing's lantern riddles are always three riddles to guess characters, and one riddle to guess objects. This last lantern should be for guessing objects." See Seeing Lin Wanrong's extraordinary performance, he also obediently promoted his status. Call it "Young Master" and get up.
Lin Wanrong smiled helplessly: "Just guess the thing, even if I can't guess it, I believe you young masters and ladies will not blame me."
Everyone put their hopes on him, and nodded after hearing the words, even if they couldn't figure out the last riddle, it was because of his ability to break three rounds in a row. It is more than enough to be a teacher at Jinghua College.
The deacon took out the last note and read:
"Sitting is also sitting. Standing is also sitting, walking is also sitting, lying is also sitting.
Sitting is also standing, standing is also standing, walking is also standing, lying is also standing.
Sitting is also walking, standing is also walking, walking is also walking, lying down is also walking.
Sitting is also lying down, standing is also lying down, walking is also lying down, lying down is also lying down.
Oh, Miss Zhiqing made it clear that guessing one living creature in each sentence, there are four in total, and if you guess two of them, you will be considered to solve the riddle. "
Lin Wanrong snorted that this chick was playing tricks, she had to guess four things in a lantern riddle, it would be unkind to treat Lao Tzu as a fool.
All the people in the hall were discussing and competing to guess what these four things were.
Lin Wanrong felt disdainful and didn't bother to guess. He yawned, walked back to the Xiao sisters slowly, and said softly, "Miss, are you full?"
Yushuang laughed and said, "How much can we eat? It's true that you're hungry and full."
Lin Wanrong smiled: "I'm already full. There's no point in staying here, let's go downstairs quickly."
The eldest lady thought that he couldn't guess the last answer, so she nodded and said: "That's fine, you have already guessed three, so you have an explanation."
The second lady smiled sweetly: "Bad guy, you are really capable. Why don't I go to Jinghua College and let you teach me at home, which is sure to be much better than what those gentlemen teach."
Lin Wanrong had a big smile on his face, hehe nodded and said, "That's very good. I have some Baopuzi Longevity Technique, Jin Ping Mei, and Monk Dengcao in my hand, which are enough to teach you for three to five years. Let's take some time to study it. "
Although the two young ladies don't know what kind of knowledge he said about Baopuzi Longevity Technique, Jin Ping Mei, and Dengcao Monk, but they have been with him for so long, and they already know what he is talking about just by seeing the smile on his face. Suddenly, the cheeks of the two blushed together, and they spat lightly at the same time.
Yushuang grabbed the tender flesh of his waist with her small hands, and said shamefully: "If you talk nonsense in the future, be careful that I will ignore you, and even ask my sister to ignore you."
Wahahahaha, Lin Wanrong shrugged and laughed, and the second daughter was even more shy. The atmosphere was charming and warm for a while, and the people around her were left alone. The eldest lady wanted to ask him what he was doing in this "Cloud Lai Wonderland", but saw that he was smiling happily at this moment. There was not much decadence, so he relaxed, got up and said goodbye to Tian Wenjing and others.
Everyone was having a blast guessing riddles, seeing that Miss Xiao was leaving with that smart and witty servant, they were all taken aback for a moment. Tian Wenjing hurriedly asked to stay: "Miss Xiao, there are two important people from our Jinghua College who were not present. They have extensive knowledge and extraordinary knowledge, and they are one of the best talents and beauties in Dahua. When they arrive, I will introduce them to you. It's not too late to send you away."
The eldest lady shook her head and smiled and said: "It's wrong to bother you, and I'm really sorry for bothering you for so long. My sister and I have just arrived in the capital, and there are still many things that have not been dealt with. It is not early now, so we should go early It's better to settle it at home. My family doesn't know etiquette, so please don't blame me if I offend you young masters and ladies."
Tian Wenjing saw that the eldest lady had made up her mind to go, and knew that she could not stay by force. He performed very well at the beginning of the night, but then he got carried away and broke his etiquette, and lost to another servant in the riddle, he was really a little frustrated, so he had to laugh a few times.
The people in the hall originally had great hopes for Lin Wanrong, but seeing that he was leaving at this time, they all thought that he would not be able to guess the last mystery, and they were all a little disappointed.
The young master who had encouraged Lin Wanrong several times and applauded him came over and said, "This brother, you are like a river below, so you are very polite here. Just now, brother has guessed three riddles in a row. He is very knowledgeable, but why is the last answer?" Stop guessing? Could it be that you really can’t guess it? It’s a pity. If you can win four yuan in a row and break Miss Zhiqing’s lantern couplet, then you will become famous overnight.”
Can breaking this lady's lantern riddles make her famous? Lin Wanrong couldn't help shaking his head slightly, seeing Fang Ruchuan's kind demeanor. Not as arrogant as before, so he just smiled. Didn't say yes, didn't say no.
Seeing Lin Wanrong's smiling face, Tian Wenjing felt angrily in his heart, and couldn't help snorting: "It's fine if you can't guess it, but if Miss Zhiqing knew that her lantern riddle was guessed by a servant, I'm afraid she wouldn't be happy either. "
Second Miss heard him belittle Lin San, she was very angry, she opened her mouth and said: "You are not even as good as a servant! Lin San, let's go and ignore him."
The eldest lady smiled, but said nothing, Yushuang snorted, and pulled Lin Wanrong to go downstairs.
"Second Miss, why are you so angry? Your mouth grows on other people. Let them talk about it. A few taels of meat will be missing." Lin Wanrong said with a nonchalant smile.
"Hmph, you are much more knowledgeable than them. I will not spare anyone who dares to bully you. Besides, after two years when we get married, you will be mine, you will be mine—" Second Miss blushed a few times and said Not going down, Lin Wanrong asked strangely: "What is yours?"
"It's my husband-in-law!" Yushuang said softly with her face flushed, but her chest was pushed up hard, shy but firm.
The eldest lady heard the two of them talking, her face was also a little hot, she couldn't help gently tugging at her sister's little hand, and said with a smile: "Ghost girl, you don't have to be ashamed to speak."
Haha, Lin Wanrong was elated, as if he had taken a few catties of Viagra, he regained his energy. Halfway down the stairs, he suddenly turned around and shouted: "That so-and-so, Brother Fang Ruchuan, come here."
Fang Ruchuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Brother, are you calling me?"
Lin Wanrong nodded slightly, found a pen and paper and wrote four words, said with a smile, "Here is the answer to the last mystery. If you want to read it, come and get it."
Fang Ruchuan was overjoyed, and hurried over. Lin Wanrong handed the note to him, laughed loudly, and dragged the two ladies downstairs.
Fang Ruchuan looked at those words, and was in a daze for a while, before jumping up suddenly and saying: "Brother, you guessed right, you guessed right, you solved Miss Zhiqing's four lantern riddles."
Everyone hurriedly gathered around, only to see that there were four characters written on the paper - "Frog, Horse, Fish, Snake", and they were indeed four living creatures.
"Miss Zhiqing and Mr. Ye are here—" an unknown exclamation came out, everyone hurriedly looked up, and sure enough they saw a man and a woman coming upstairs in a graceful manner.
Tian Wenjing sighed, and rushed forward to meet him and said, "Both of you, you are late."
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There are still crowds of people watching the lights, but they are not as crowded as when it was busy. Lin Wanrong and the two ladies were walking downstairs. Hearing a noise from upstairs, he couldn't help shaking his head, guessing a few lantern riddles made you all so happy, it seems that the night life of these young masters and ladies is still too barren.
The eldest lady said strangely: "What words did you write just now? Did you really guess it?"
Lin Wanrong read these words again, and said with a smile: "I don't know if I guessed it right. Anyway, I just made it up."
After hearing these four words, the eldest lady already knew that he had really solved the four riddles in a row, but she still pretended to be indifferent, and said in a funny and angry way: "If you guess it, you will guess it, as long as you like it." Playing tricks. Do you want that smart Miss Zhiqing to miss you?"
Lin Wanrong was taken aback and said: "Miss, you have seen all of this, so you can remember it."
"Nonsense, I hate it to death." The eldest lady glanced at Yushuang and snorted secretly.
Second Miss was extremely happy, hugged his arm and said: "I knew it. Bad guy, you are the strongest!"
Rubbing lightly on her tall breasts a few times, Lin Wanrong laughed, winked and said: "Strong, the ground is really strong, and you will know it later."
The second young lady's jade cheeks were slightly red, but she bravely raised her head to look at him and smiled charmingly. In that moment of expression, there was a faint shadow of Mrs. Xiao.
The Xiao family's branch in the capital was an property purchased by Mrs. Xiao when he was alive. Two sets of extra-large courtyard houses are located at the entrance of Dongsi Hutong, which is also a prosperous place in central Beijing. In the prosperity of Gyeonggi, it was really extraordinary. Although it was already night, the streets were still full of people coming and going.
When the eldest lady's carriage stopped at the door of the shop, the steward who had already received the news led the waiters to meet her. Seeing Xiao Yuruo getting off the carriage, everyone rushed up to bow to the eldest lady.
According to Dahua's traditional customs, it is never too late to pay New Year's greetings in the first month. The eldest lady gave Lin San a wink, and Lin Wanrong distributed the red envelopes and benefits that had been prepared to the guys, wishing you a happy new year and a good fortune.
The steward of the capital branch is a quick-witted elder sister, whose husband's family name is Song, and everyone calls her Mrs. Song. According to the eldest lady, when she was young, Mrs. Song was Mrs. Xiao's concubine ordering the little girl, so she was also her own.
Sister-in-law Song held the young lady to ask questions, and she could not wipe away the tears when talking about Mrs. Xiao. After the conversation, Mrs. Song personally brought the cooked glutinous rice balls to the hands of the two young ladies and said, "Eldest Miss, Second Miss, you have traveled a long distance, and you are celebrating festivals outside, and the servants did not take good care of them. I don't know about the glutinous rice balls. Is it suitable for your two appetites?"
The eldest lady took a sip from the bowl and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Song, these are eight-treasure glutinous rice balls with lotus seed paste. It's hard for you to remember that mother likes this, it tastes very good."
Mrs. Song was delighted to hear the eldest lady's praise, and the second lady heard that it was the eight treasures of lotus paste that her mother liked, so she couldn't help but taste a few mouthfuls.
The eldest lady smiled and handed a bowl to Lin Wanrong and said, "Didn't you ask if you can have Yuanxiao tonight? Try it quickly, this is our authentic Jinling glutinous rice balls."
Lin Wanrong scooped up a glutinous rice ball and put it in his mouth. The lotus seed paste wrapped in the glutinous rice flour was boiling hot. He coughed a few times and spit it back into the bowl, his face flushed.
The eldest lady giggled and said, "Whoever fights with you still grabs it, making you so greedy."
According to the rules, the eldest lady and the second lady have never used it, and Lin San, who is a modern person, must not eat it first. Seeing that the eldest lady treats Lin San intimately, Mrs. Song was surprised, but she also held back her laugh and did not say anything.
After spending the Lantern Festival, it symbolizes the completeness of the new year. The faces of the eldest lady and the second lady were exhausted. They worked day and night for more than ten days. Even though they were as strong as their mother, they were also exhausted. He naturally wants to rest earlier.
Mrs. Song respectfully said: "Miss, this inner courtyard is specially prepared for the two of you. The maids and mother-in-law are all ready, you and the second lady should rest earlier."
The eldest lady hummed, pulled Yushuang up and walked in. After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned her head and said, "Sister-in-law Song, have you arranged Lin San's place?"
Mrs. Song hurriedly said: "The arrangements are made, it's in the outer house adjacent to the inner courtyard."
The eldest lady pondered for a while, then said softly: "He is the most important person in my Xiao family. I still have a lot of things to discuss with him. Let him also live in our inner courtyard. It will be more convenient. Besides, there is a man here, I Take it easy in your heart. Hey, you still eat, what about you—”
Lin Wanrong swallowed the last dumpling in the bowl. On the hot ground, he took a few breaths and slapped his hand a few times before panting: "Yes, if you know, tell me, miss. I'm listening."
Xiao Yuruo looked at him amusedly, this man's belly was somehow long, he was knowledgeable, and he ate a lot: "I asked you to live in this inner courtyard, would you like it?"
"Protect the two ladies? This is what I'm best at." Lin Wanrong laughed.
The eldest lady blushed. Glaring at him, he turned around and left. The Second Miss secretly waved at him, and Lin Wanrong followed him swiftly.
Siheyuan in the capital is the most distinctive, square and square, facing each other in pairs, with two flower beds planted in the middle, simple and elegant, and the ground is paved with blue bricks. Very simple and elegant.
For quite a long time, this place has been his home, Lin Wanrong looked around, feeling a little touched. The eldest lady also had the same thought and couldn't help but glance at him. Xiao Yushuang will live in Jinghua College after the fifteenth day, so the feeling at home is naturally not as strong as the two of them.
The eldest lady chose a wing room to the south to live in, which is called sitting south and looking north. When it came time for Lin Wanrong to choose the site, he chose the room on the north without hesitation, facing south.
Seeing the Xiao family sisters looking troubled. Lin Wanrong said: "After such a long journey, it is full of dust and dust, the two ladies should take a comfortable bath and rest earlier."
The eldest lady nodded, hummed lightly, and was about to go back to her room. But he felt something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Then what are you doing?"
Lin Wanrong said with a righteous face: "The two young ladies take a bath and change their clothes. Of course I am guarding the outside to prevent thieves from peeping. Please rest assured, as long as I am Lin San, no one will be able to enter."
No one else can come in, I'm afraid only you can come in, the eldest lady blushed, feeling like luring a wolf into the house, she glanced at him and dared not speak. Yushuang's brows and eyes were shy, and she hummed softly: "Bad man, I take a bath with my sister, you are not allowed to come in. Otherwise, I will let my mother punish you."
Lin Wanrong's bones are weak, and the second young lady is young, but when it comes to seducing me, she is top-notch. If I really broke in, it's not my fault, it's you who sparked the fire.
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The two ladies took off their clothes and soaked in the wooden barrel. The transparent water vapor moistened their cheeks, and their bodies felt soft and comfortable.
The eldest lady has snow-skinned jade breasts, crystal clear, like a naked jade beauty in the mist.
Yushuang's eyes lingered on her sister's chest for a while, a trace of envy flashed in her eyes, she suddenly mustered up her courage, leaned into the ear of the eldest lady, and said a few words shyly. Xiao Yuruo blushed when she heard this, and said angrily, "He's a scoundrel, if he dares to humiliate you like this again, I'll go find him and fight for my life."
The second lady blushed and said softly: "That's not true. He said that the massage is to promote my development, and that in the future my one will grow bigger than my sister's."
The eldest lady couldn't listen anymore, her face was blood red, she slapped the bucket with her slender hand, splashing water everywhere, she said fiercely: "I'm so mad, this bad thing, dead thing, heartless thing."
The second lady hummed and said, "He's just that bad. Sis, just now he said he was guarding us outside, but why didn't there be any movement? Could he be hiding somewhere and peeping?"
The eldest lady let out a scream, and hurriedly covered her chest with her hands, remembering that person's "evil deeds", guarding and stealing is definitely his strong point. The eldest lady looked around nervously, the windows, the cracks in the door, the roof of the skylight, everything was in good condition, and she didn't see that nasty figure.
Lin Wanrong put her ear to the window and listened. She frowned and shook her head helplessly. Miss, you underestimate me. How can I, Lin San, do such a tasteless thing like peeping? Stealing is king.
He yawned, and was about to go back to the house to have a good sleep, when he suddenly saw the broken red thread lantern in the corner, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, and went into the house with the lamp.
The two sisters were chattering after taking a bath, and when they opened the door to come out, they saw that the room in Lin Sanfang was brightly lit, and that guy didn't know what he was doing.
The eldest lady said softly: "Yushuang, go and see, what is that bad thing doing, it's so late and you don't want to go to bed, you want to wear yourself out, don't you?"
The second lady hummed, walked over cats and dogs, looked in through the window, and saw Lin San holding a lantern, busy constantly. She couldn't see why, and didn't dare to disturb him, so she tiptoed back to her sister and whispered a few words in her ear.
The eldest lady frowned, and snorted, "Let that scoundrel go on messing around, we're going to rest."
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, the eldest lady was restless and couldn't close her eyes, so she put on her shirt and pushed the door out.
The moon is in the middle of the sky, the night is like water, and in half an hour, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month will pass. The lights in the opposite room were all turned off, and no movement could be heard, presumably that guy fell asleep too.
Going to bed so early, pig! The young miss was extremely annoyed, she kicked her little foot, and was about to go back to her room, when she glanced around, she saw a wooden ladder standing in the corner.
Looking up along the wooden ladder, the eldest lady covered her mouth, tears streaming down amid surprise and joy.
On the roof, a sturdy lantern slowly floated up into the air. The red thread tied around the ankles of the two little figures shines brightly in the orange light.
Lin San was lying on the roof with his eyes lightly closed, breathing evenly, the moonlight shone on his face, the saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth was clearly visible, he actually fell into a deep sleep