Chapter 192 - Shangyuan Lantern Festival 03 (1/2)
Facing Xiao Lou’s smiling eyes, Yu Hanjiang had to step forward and take the lanterns from his hand, continuing to turn toward the stone bridge.
Yu Hanjiang acted like the wind. Although there were many tourists in the lantern market, he was able to cope with this crowded scene. He held the lanterns up high and ran through the lantern market while shouting, “Excuse me.”
On the road, many pedestrians recognized him and couldn’t help talking about him.
“What is Yu daren doing?”
”It seems he is helping his wife hang lanterns?”
”I just saw him hanging two lanterns on the tree. Perhaps his wife wants to pray!”
”Yu daren and his wife truly have a good relations.h.i.+p!”
Everyone sighed emotionally. Yu Hanjiang was the prime minister yet this job of ‘running errands’ wasn’t left to the servants. He was actually helping his wife hang lanterns. This was really a model husband and wife of Daqi and people were envious.
***
At the same time, Ye Qi also made progress.
The riddle he got wasn’t difficult. Drawing the circle of time, writing the square of time, a short winter and a long summer, it was the word ‘day’.
Ye Qi quickly thought of the answer but he couldn’t give the answer directly after reading the question like Xiao Lou. He thought about it for 10 seconds before guessing this riddle.
The second lantern puzzle was also a word riddle. The riddle was ‘water on the left, mountain on the right.’ Ye Qi thought about it for only three seconds before exclaiming excitedly, “It is the character ’Shan’!
The boss smiled. “This girl guessed correctly. I’ll give the lantern to you.”
Shao Qingge waved his hand and smiled. “Girl Ye is quite smart.”
Ye Qi ignored his teasing and handed the two lanterns to Shao Qingge. “Run quickly. Hurry up!”
Shao Qingge might love to joke around but he wouldn’t drop the ball in major events. He immediately put the fan away and took the lantern with both hands. He had the help of the teleportation card and wasn’t tired at all. In the blink of an eye, Shao Qingge brought two lanterns to the tree.
The people all saw him move quickly and exclaimed, “This young man has a good light footwork skill!”
Shao Qingge, “……”
Shao Qingge pretended to have a light footwork skill and teleported all the way to the tree near the stone bridge, only to see Yu Hanjiang.
Shao Qingge thought that Yu Hanjiang had just finished hanging the lanterns. Unexpectedly, Yu Hanjiang extended his long arms to hang up two lanterns. Shao Qingge couldn’t help crying out with surprise, “You’re on your second round?”
Yu Hanjiang nodded calmly. “Yes, Xiao Lou guessed four correctly.”
Shao Qingge felt helpless. “He is ridiculously hard. It seems that Yu daren will have to work hard today.”
Yu Hanjiang muttered, “…It isn’t hard.”
He was happy to run errands for Xiao Lou.
The acceleration shoes had reached the full level and could last for 30 minutes. During this time, Xiao Lou would guess while Yu Hanjiang would run back and forth to hang lanterns for him. Once the skill of the acceleration shoes ended, it wasn’t too late to find the teammates to help.
Yu Hanjiang made up his mind and didn’t talk much with Shao Qingge. He stated, “I’m going back. It isn’t good to make him wait for a long time.”
***
By the time Yu Hanjiang returned to the west street, Xiao Lou was standing in the crowd and holding two lanterns.
Yu Hanjiang had already guessed this result.
Xiao Lou was a bit embarra.s.sed when he saw Yu Hanjiang running quickly and asked softly, “Are you tired from running back and forth like this?”
Yu Hanjiang looked calm. “I’m not tired. I have the acceleration shoes.”
Xiao Lou put the lanterns in his hand. “You worked hard.”
Yu Hanjiang nodded. “It’s fine. You continue to guess while I’ll hang the lanterns.”
The people saw that Yu Hanjiang was running with lanterns again and voluntarily gave way. They wondered how many lanterns Yu daren would help his wife hang. In addition, this Madam Yu was too powerful at guessing riddles. Did she plan to win all the lanterns on this road?
***
At this time, a corner of the lantern market.
Liu Qiao thought for half a minute and realized that the mystery of a ‘group of wild goose chasing boats’ was actually a pictograph that meant the character ‘巡 (patrol)’. The shape of this character looked like a group of swallows chasing a boat.
Liu Qiao looked at the boss. “Is it patrol?”
The boss smiled and handed her the lantern. “You guessed it right.”
Old Mo couldn’t help lamenting, “If I was the one guessing, I would break my head and still couldn’t think of this word.”
Liu Qiao told him, “If Professor Xiao came to guess, he might’ve guessed it after reading the question. Let’s go to the next one.”
The street where she was located was full of similar word puzzles.
The second puzzle stumped Liu Qiao again. This time, the puzzle was ‘second young lady. Old Mo and Liu Qiao looked at each other. Old Mo scratched his head. “What would second young lady be?”
Liu Qiao thought about it. “The second young lady of the prince’s mansion seemed to be called Qi Yian? Princess Sukan? Is it the word ‘An’?”
Old Mo shook his head. “This is the capital, not Jiangzhou. The lantern riddle should have nothing to do with the second young lady.”
After a moment of thinking, Mo Xuemin made a decision. “Xiao Liu, you wait here for me. I’ll go and ask for help.”
It was the Diamonds room and there was no rule that he couldn’t ask for help from his teammates. Instead of being stuck here for a long time, it was faster to go directly to Xiao Lou!
The road where the two of them was located was on the northernmost side. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were guessing the riddle from far to near. Mo Xuemin walked around the corner and met Xiao Lou waiting in the crowd.
At this time, Yu Hanjiang wasn’t around and Xiao Lou was holding two lanterns in his hand. Just then, a prompt appeared in the floating boxes above their heads. [Number of lantern riddles that have been collected: 8.]
Old Mo quickly walked to Xiao Lou and quipped. “The speed of your guessing is much faster than Yu daren’s running. He is running quickly enough to break his legs but he is still too late to help you hang the lanterns!”
Xiao Lou smiled. “The riddles on this street are guessing idioms and characters through graphics. It is too simple. I can’t grab so many lanterns so I can only wait for him to come over and get it.”
Old Mo suggested, “It is like this. Xiao Liu is guessing slowly so I’ll also help you hang the lanterns.”