binnovel Chapter 317 Victory
Chapter 317 Victory
Yuan Qing looked at her and nodded, "Why not?"
After saying that, he looked at the five people opposite him, and Lin Wencai nodded, "Tell me what you want to hear."
Song Ying smiled slightly, "My riddle is a couplet. Guess an object in each couplet. Listen carefully, the upper couplet is a white snake crossing the river with a red sun above its head; the lower couplet is an owl climbing up the wall with thousands of golden stars on its body."
As soon as she finished reading the first couplet, Lin Wencai picked up his pen and started writing on paper. This made the people of Qingshui County on and off the stage nervous. They secretly regretted letting such a girl come up with the riddle. It was too simple. It would be better to give the Luqiqin directly to him. Yuan Qing could also gain a reputation for not caring about material things.
Unexpectedly, Lin Wen stopped after writing a few strokes, frowned, and couldn't write any more!
The tense hearts of the people of Qingshui County on and off the stage finally relaxed a little. Yuan Qing was stunned for a moment, looked at Song Ying on the tree and smiled slightly, then picked up the pen and quickly wrote down the answer.
Seeing this, the waiter who was waiting nearby immediately stepped forward and asked, "Master Yuan, have you finished writing?"
Yuan Qing nodded, "Please, little brother, give me..."
Having said this, he paused. The person who asked the riddle was Song Ying, so logically the riddle should be given to Song Ying. However, firstly, Song Ying was on the tree, and secondly, the person who presided over the competition was Jin Manlou's boss, and the prize was also offered by Jin Manlou. According to this, the answer should be given to Jin Manlou's young master.
As a businessman, Young Master Jin Man Lou saw through his hesitation at a glance and said with a smile, "Mr. Yuan, give me the answer. I'll show it here so everyone can see the answer. As for whether it's correct or not, Doctor Song can make the judgment."
Upon hearing this, the waiter took the answer and sent it to the young master Jin Manlou.
The five scholars from Mindi on the right became anxious. Wu Mingzhi approached Lin Wencai and asked in a low voice, "Brother Lin, how did you guess?"
Lin Wencai frowned, "I only guessed the first line."
Wu Mingzhi looked at the answer written on his paper and frowned: "I can only guess the first line."
Lin Wencai turned his head to look at the others. The other three shook their heads, indicating that they had only guessed the first couplet. Lin Wencai frowned even more and continued to think hard.
Time passed, and Lin Wencai still hadn't guessed the second line. Students from Qingshui County on the stage began to mock him, "No way, you can't even guess such a simple riddle?"
"Oh, this is really strange. It is said that Min is a land of great literary talent, and you are all talented scholars. This shouldn't be the case! I have guessed such a simple riddle!"
Wu Mingzhi couldn't stand this anger, so he said, "Humph, if that's the case, write it down! I want to see if you really guessed it."
He thought that the other party was relying on the fact that Yuan Qing had already guessed it, and was making up stories and deliberately attacking them.
Unexpectedly, the scholar who had spoken immediately walked to the desk, picked up a pen and started writing, and then asked the clerk to deliver it to the young master Jin Manlou.
The young master of Jin Man Lou looked at his answer and said to the scholars of Mindi, "This young master's answer is the same as that of Young Master Yuan."
The five scholars from Min were stunned and a little bit unbelievable, especially Lin Wencai. They recognized Yuan Qing's talent, but the scholar who shouted did not perform well in the previous lantern riddle guessing and did not leave any impression on them. How could such a person guess the riddle that Lin Wencai could not?
Many people in the audience were very dissatisfied with the five scholars from Min. Seeing this, they would not miss the opportunity to give them a beating. Some people laughed loudly: "Tsk, tsk, you are a scholar, but you can't even guess such a simple riddle!"
"Yes, I have seen this riddle before, and many people guessed it at that time..."
Lin Wencai and the others felt insulted by the people's words. He grabbed the paper with the answer written on it and crumpled it up, then said loudly, "I have guessed the answer to the first line of the couplet. It should be an oil lamp. Since you said so, then what is the answer to the second line of the couplet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young woman in a half-new coarse cloth shirt in front of the stage said, "I can't guess the first line, but I have some ideas about the second line, but I can't read a single word, so I don't know if it's correct."
Song Ying recognized the person who was speaking as Madam Jiang. Her family was in business, so it was normal for her to guess the second line. He immediately said, "Sister Jiang, the purpose of guessing lantern riddles is to have fun. If you have an idea, just say it. It doesn't matter if you guess wrong."
Other people echoed and encouraged Madam Jiang to tell the answer.
Madam Jiang was a straightforward person, so she didn't hesitate to ask, "Is the answer to the riddle a scale?"
On the stage, the scholar who jumped out and wrote the answer immediately said, "That's right, the answer to the second line is a scale!"
Mrs. Jiang was a little excited, "Did I really guess right?"
People looked at Song Ying. She was the one who came up with the riddle, so it was natural for her to tell the answer.
Song Ying nodded, "Sister Jiang, you guessed right, the answer to the second line is scale."
Mrs. Jiang was so happy, "I can actually guess riddles! Oh my, is this true?"
"It's true. Didn't Doctor Song say that you guessed right? Oh, this lady is really amazing!"
Madam Jiang was so happy that she felt elated by the people's praise.
Song Ying smiled and looked at Lin Wencai on the stage again. He ignored the paleness on his face and said with a smile, "Mr. Lin is right about the first couplet. The answer to the first couplet is the oil lamp."
The common people cheered, "Oh my, it's a scholar! Even the illiterate common people can guess the riddles, but the scholar can't guess them. I think it's better for him to take the exam again!"
The five Mindi scholars were angry and ashamed. Wu Mingzhi was so angry that he lost his mind and shouted, "The winner of Luqiqin depends on Brother Lin and Yuan Qing. It's not certain whether Yuan Qing's guess is right or not."
Shen Yonghui laughed loudly: "Are you stupid? Young Master Jin just said that Yuan Qing's answer is the same as this brother's. This brother just said that the answer to the second couplet is a scale. What is Brother Yuan's answer? Do I need to tell you?"
Wu Mingzhi finally realized what was going on and was annoyed that he had said the wrong thing, but he said stubbornly, "You guessed the second line, but what about the first line?"
"Humph, I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!" Shen Yonghui returned his previous words, "Brother Yuan has already guessed the second line, do I need to explain the first line? It's that simple!"
Just now, Shen Yonghui had only guessed the first line of the couplet. In his opinion, the second line was much more difficult than the first line. As for oil lamps, they were very common for scholars who stayed up late at night. Yuan Qing would not be unable to guess it.
Young Master Jin Manlou unfolded the two pieces of paper in his hand and showed them to the five scholars of Mindi, "Mr. Yuan's first couplet also mentioned oil lamps."
Wu Mingzhi had nothing to say. The passionate people in the audience were unwilling to let this go. One of them took out a scale and said, "Come on, everyone, make way. Let me take the scale to the front and show it to those scholars in Mindi who only read the books of sages. What does the scale look like? Does it match the description in the riddle? Don't come back and say that people from Qingshui County bully them!"
The people laughed and made way for him. The man walked directly to the five scholars and lifted the scale high above the platform. "Come and take a look. Does this black scale bar count as a black dragon? And take a look at the scale. Do they look like thousands of stars?"
The five scholars were so angry that they fell backwards. Even Lin Wencai, who had the best temper, was furious. If it weren't for what this man said before, he really wanted to say that according to this point of view, the answer should be a balance beam.
Seeing that the five people were about to explode with anger, the young master of Jin Man Lou hurriedly said loudly: "Everyone, the lantern riddle guessing competition is just for fun. Now that the winner has been decided, you can all go away.
Hey, wait, there is one more thing. Logically, you both guessed this riddle correctly, so you should take my lanterns. But both of you guessed the previous riddle correctly, so who should these lanterns belong to?"
Yuan Qing didn't want to embarrass the five people, so he continued, "Young Master is right. The purpose of guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival is to have fun. It's better to share the fun with others than to have it alone. I think it would be better for each of us to pick one that we like and share the rest with the onlookers, okay?"
When the people heard this, they were delighted, especially those who were illiterate and couldn't guess the riddles, they were so excited that they didn't want to walk.