Chapter 254
The lights are like a rainbow, continuous, crowded, endless streams of people, and endless carnival in Chang'an City is still in full swing.
A group of people walked on the street, entering and stopping, as if they were watching the colorful lanterns of flowers.
But the only one who really enjoys the lanterns is a man and a woman. Although the man on the outside is casually dressed, he exudes a majestic atmosphere, which makes people dare not look directly at him.
His Majesty Li Er stopped at the riddle set in a shop, raised his head and stroked his beard, looked at the riddle, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Look at Ah Hui, this riddle is very interesting."
Xu Hui, wearing a hat, moved forward, looked up, and smiled and said, "It's really interesting. I wonder if Li Lang guessed it?"
The veil hat was originally a Hu suit. The original style was called a sliver. It was generally made of soap yarn (black yarn). It had a wide eaves around it, and there were drooping silk screens or thin silk under the eaves. It grew to the neck to cover the face.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the style of the curtain hat changed again, that is, the surrounding vertical nets were shortened, also known as "shallow reveal".
As the emperor's concubine, although he was given the kindness of his Majesty, he would be able to enjoy the lanterns in a slight manner. However, the cover he should have is still not missing. Xu Hui is not the kind of woman who is ignorant of the importance and indulges in favor.
His Majesty Li Er smiled, pointed to the plaque of the shop, and said, "This is the shop of the Xu family, selling fragrance and many clever objects. This is the only one in Chang'an City."
Xu Hui was very surprised. She really didn't know about this. But she quickly returned to calmness and said with a smile: "How did Li Lang understand so much, but I don't know at all."
His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "Looking at the couplets in the shop and the handwriting of the riddle, you should be able to tell who wrote it?"
After Xu Hui looked carefully, she couldn't help but smile and said, "I haven't looked carefully. Isn't this Xiao Lang's handwriting?"
"Gather treasures and treasures to condense auspicious spirit, and build a family and start a business to make a fortune." His Majesty Li Er recited the couplet, said with a slight smile: "The meaning is good, and the words are good, but this is a bit louder."
Xu Hui smiled and said, "It's really a swagger to gather treasures."
As she said that, she looked up at the riddle, changed the topic, and said, "Is this riddle also produced by Xiaolang? According to the format of this couplet, it looks very similar."
"When writing couplets, it is Qi Lin's specialty." His Majesty Li Er also focused his attention on the riddles, "The white snake crosses the river, with a red sun above his head; the mistress is on the wall, and he is covered with tens of thousands of Venus. He is very elegant in playing two daily objects, well, it is hundreds of times stronger than the "Lanterns of the Fifteenth Day of the First Month"."
Xu Hui couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed, knowing that His Majesty Li Er was still a little resentful. The beautiful poem like jade was like a treasure packed with rotten grass, which was really uncomfortable.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at his beloved concubine, smiled bitterly, and shook his head, and had no choice but to deal with Xu Qilin.
"Li Lang, I guess something." Xu Hui said with a smile: "Even the first couplet, it is available to the people at home, and it is also used at night."
His Majesty Li Er pondered slightly, nodded with a smile, and said, "I guessed it too, it's an oil lamp."
Xu Hui smiled twice and nodded repeatedly.
"Is there any guess right?" His Majesty Li Er reached out to call a friend and asked.
"The guest guessed it right." The guy is a smart guy. Seeing that these people occupy this stall and no one else can get in, he knew that it was not an ordinary person. He said with a smile on his face: "The prizes are displayed here, and the guest can take the same way."
"You can only get one!" His Majesty Li Er signaled Xu Hui to come forward to choose, but deliberately joked: "I heard that Xu's shop earns money every day, why is this prize so stingy?"
The guy smiled and explained: "The guest officer doesn't know that the reward for this riddle in my house is doubled. Guess one and give one prize, guess the second one and give two, guess the third one and give four, and use this kind of pile."
Oh, His Majesty Li Er immediately became interested and smiled and said, "This is new. No wonder there are only four riddles, but there are so many prizes. When someone comes to guess the riddle again, take away most of your prizes."
"Arang is mighty." Xu Hui praised with a funny look, reached out to take a small porcelain toy from the prize, looked carefully, and smiled, "Is this a monkey? Why do you look like this?"
You don’t know the elder brother, it’s different to wear clothes. If Xu Qilin is there, you will have to explain it again.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at it and felt that this thing was strange. He knew it was Xu Qilin who made it. He couldn't help but shake his head and continued to watch the riddles. He suddenly cheerfully said, "The mistress is on the wall, covered with tens of thousands of Venus. It must be a scale."
"The guest officer is really amazing." The guy complimented and asked Xu Hui to choose the prize again.
His Majesty Li Er was proud of himself, showing off his character in front of women is a commonality of men. He looked at the third riddle again, but frowned.
"It looks like a lantern from a distance, but it looks like it is full of holes. I'm going to make something." His Majesty Li Er began to stroke his beard. What is this? It's so weird!
After thinking for a while, His Majesty Li Er shook his head and looked at the fourth one. It was a painting, a few bamboos, with soil and weeds underneath and clouds above, but it was a couplet. The first couplet was: There was a synonym before it was unearthed.
Xu Hui also walked to His Majesty Li Er and looked at this painting with great difficulty. The key is that he had no pairs in the Tang Dynasty and did not understand the tricks. Without special training, it was naturally not easy to think of.
"It's both bamboo and human, it's very difficult." His Majesty Li Er shook his head.
Xu Hui smiled bitterly and said, "I can't think of it." After pausing, she said, "Another day, I'll ask Xiaolang how to clean up this strange puzzle."
It’s not embarrassing to guess riddles, but it’s not embarrassing. Who can guarantee that he is a master of riddle guessing? Xu Hui said this, which is also for His Excellency to be beautiful in His Holiness Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er nodded and was about to leave when he heard a loud shouting not far away. The sound seemed to be very familiar.
"The riddles of a certain family are the most powerful. It is not uncommon to guess one or two, but it is impossible to guess three, but if you have to guess all four, you must be a genius in the world." Xu Qilin boasted while walking.
"Really?" Yizi held his uncle's hand, shook the beautiful lantern on his other hand, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you can't guess it, just take whatever you see!"
Scarlett held his hand in the new city and giggled, saying, "I want to take more, go back to the palace and play slowly."
Xiao Zhao disagreed. She had some of those things, but not everything was sent to the palace. But she thought it was very ordinary, but others might find it novel and fun.
Yuchi Huan and others also held lanterns in their hands, either winning by guessing riddles or snatching them from Li Sipang's house. They gained a lot and were even more arrogant.
But soon, they hit the iron plate and saw that it was the royal guards blocking the road, and they immediately became depressed. The fool also knew that these royal guards were not on duty in the palace and were protecting whom they were wearing casual clothes.
The guards made some gaps slightly, not to let these people pass, but to let His Majesty see who it is.
Huh?! Yizi widened her eyes and the lights were on. That wasn’t her father’s emperor, and she knew her in casual clothes!
Xu Qilin also saw it, and after a little stunned, he hurriedly reminded Yizi, "Your Majesty is visiting in a private manner. He doesn't want to reveal his identity, so he can't scream."
Xincheng blinked his eyes and asked in confusion: "What is that?"
"You call me Master Father, and we call me Master Li." Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Well, you go first. If Your Majesty sees the summons, I will go again."
Yizi and Xincheng agreed, pulled up their hands and walked inside.
Everyone has to stop him, and these two young men are exceptions. The guards retreated and gave up a path.
"Sir, Father." Wei Zi shouted, but couldn't help laughing.
Xincheng didn't see his sister laughing, and he ran over seriously and said with a crisp voice: "Sir, Father."
When His Majesty Li Er saw his beloved daughter, he couldn't help but smile. When he heard this title, he smiled happily. He bent down and opened his arms, picked up the two little girls, and asked, "I'm having fun? Why don't I take the bus?"
"I can't see clearly in the car." Wei Zi grabbed his father's beard and smiled: "Walking and playing outside, it's not cold at all."
Xincheng lit his little head and grinned and said, "We just went to my fourth brother's house and got a lot of lanterns!"
His Majesty Li Er laughed and said, "Tai'er is in the mansion, didn't you invite you to come in and sit down?"
"The fourth brother is not at home." Yizi replied, "The servant said he was going to watch the lanterns."
His Majesty Li Er nodded with a smile, raised his chin, and said to the guards: "Let Qi Lin come here."
When Xu Qilin heard the call, he hurriedly trotted in and saluted His Majesty Li Er, "I have met Master Li." After that, he turned around and bowed to his sister, "I have met Mrs. Li."
Xu Hui covered her mouth and smiled, and said angrily: "Freaky."
His Majesty Li Er didn't feel harsh. Since he had not revealed his identity, he was what he wanted. He smiled and said, "Your riddle is so weird, it stumps someone."
Xu Qilin smiled, stood up under the light, waved at the friend, "You don't need you here for the time being, let's retreat."
The guy recognized Xu Qilin, hurriedly bowed and retreated far away.
Xu Qilin then turned around and smiled at His Majesty Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, don't be surprised. This riddle was made by someone. It's just for fun, but it makes no sense."
Xu Hui pointed to the first two riddles and said, "These two are very elegant, and it is not difficult to guess. The third and fourth ones are hard to think of."
Xu Qilin grinned and laughed, "This third one is just a mess. The more talented and knowledgeable one is, the more unable to guess it."
"Tell me, this one looks like a lantern from a distance, but it looks like a close distance, what is it?" His Majesty Li Er thought Xu Qilin's statement was fresh. Can the vulgar peddlers guess it?
Xu Qilin was really embarrassed, but he couldn't help but say, and said stutteringly: "A lantern full of holes is just a broken lantern."
What rice?! His Majesty Li Er was stunned at that time. This was also a riddle. But if you want to say no, you can't find any words.
"Broken lantern? Hehehehe." Yizi laughed happily, thinking that the riddle was really interesting.
Xu Hui was also stunned. She was smiled by the little prince, and then woke up again, and scolded her, "No one, how could she make riddles like this?"
Xu Qilin scratched his head and said nothing. He just wanted to have fun. Who knew you would see it?
His Majesty Li Er was both angry and funny. He pointed to the last riddle with his face and said angrily: "What about this one, is it just a random thing?"
"That's not." Xu Qilin hurriedly defended and said, "This couplet requires you to understand the tricks and understand the tips in the painting before you can answer it."
"Then you talk carefully. Sister doesn't understand the rules of this couplet!" Xu Hui quickly answered, not letting His Majesty Li Er get angry.
Xu Qilin said: "In addition to neat parallelism and coordinated tone, this couplet also has some fixed rhythms, which are summarized by the master."
As he said that, he took out a small notebook from his arms, turned over two pages, and said in the light: "The sky is against the earth, the rain is against the wind, the continent is against the sky, the mountain flowers are against the sea, the red sun is against the sky. The thunder is faint, the fog is overturned, the sun is down to the sky."
"The wind is high and the moon is white, the sunset is red, the sunset is clear and the cow girl is red, and the two stars of the genus and Shang fight to the east and west. In October, the border is blocked by the cold frost, and the garrison is shocked; on the river in the third winter, the snow is cold and fisherman is everywhere."
"The river faces the Han Dynasty, green faces the red, rain faces the Thunder God, smoke house faces the snow cave, moon palace faces the sky palace, clouds are rolling, sun shining, wax clogs face fishing huts."
"The stars pass by the sky are like arrows, and the moon is like a bow. The post traveler meets plum rain, and the people in the pond pavilion can sing the lotus flowers. In front of the Maodian Village, the bright moon falls into the forest and sings the rhyme; on the road of Banqiao, the whereabouts of the horses are locked in the road."
"Mountains face the sea, flowers face Song, four mountains face three dukes, palace flowers face the forbidden willows, geese face the river dragon, Qingshu Palace, Guanghan Palace, picking green and writing red. Zhuang Zhou dreams of turning into butterflies, Lu Wangzhao fly bears."
"When the wind stops the summer fan in the north, the eaves of the south are exposed to the sun and the winter baking. The crane dances at the top of the building, and the jade flute makes the red moon in the red; on the phoenix platform, the purple flute blows the beauty wind."
That's right, Xu Qilin always carried a small notebook with him, and sometimes he was too lazy to memorize it, so he remembered it all.
For example, because the Tang Dynasty did not have this couplet, or it was not popular, he was ready to take advantage of it, specialize in this item, and get the first and second place.
As soon as he finished reading, Xu Qilin looked up and felt a lighter in his hand. His little notebook was taken away by His Majesty Li Er.
"Scrap things." His Majesty Li Er rolled his eyes and scolded: "If you don't remember what your master said, you still have to read the truth according to your script, you are unworthy."
As he said that, His Majesty Li Er looked at the small notebook, reached out and tore off the two pages of the rhymes, and the small notebook was still thrown back, "I will return it to you after I have read it."
Xu Hui comforted and reached out to pat the stunned little brother, saying, "I haven't told that riddle yet!"
Xu Qilin swallowed his saliva and had to speak, "The bamboo is buried deep in the soil and clouds above, so he thinks about it with this idea. In addition, the characteristics of bamboo are one is the joint and the other is the hollow. The first couplet is the joint before it is unearthed, and the second is the joint. The second couplet I made is 'Wait and humble in the place where the clouds are soaring'."
Xu Hui gently said with her head, "So that's it. After my brother's explanation, I felt a sudden sense of enlightenment. The parallelism is neat and bamboo is a perfect match."
As she said that, she turned to His Majesty Li Er and smiled and said, "Master, what do you think?"
His Majesty Li Er snatched the rhyme from others and was secretly happy. After hearing the explanation of the couplet, he couldn't help but respond mischievously, saying, "Madam, it's good." After speaking, he laughed out loud.
Chapter completed!