"Everyone is welcome to guess the lantern riddles! If you answer ten correctly, you'll receive a bunny lantern. If you answer sixty-six correctly in a row, you'll win the grand prize, a koi lantern!"
In the middle of the lanterns hanging high, the boss was holding a white rabbit-head lantern in his hand and shouting loudly.
Chen Meiqing and Mu Qinghe took Wanyue over and the boss greeted them enthusiastically.
"Would you like to guess lantern riddles?"
Shen Meiqing pointed to a row of lanterns hanging in front of her, "Hasn't anyone answered these questions?"
In front of the three people, there was a row of lanterns hanging neatly. Under these lanterns was a piece of paper hanging with a line of characters written on it. The words on these pieces of paper were riddles.
The boss nodded. "Yes, these are all lantern riddles that no one has ever answered. Do you want to answer them?"
Chen Meiqing and Mu Qingli glanced at each other and walked to the front of the lantern riddle. Chen Meiqing was the first to take down a piece of paper. It read: Looking south, I see a lonely star and a crescent moon rising. (guess a word)
Shen Meiqing handed the note to the boss and then said, "Boss, the answer is 'Zhuang'."
The top is north and the bottom is south. "Nanwang" refers to the lower part of the character "wang", "guxing" refers to a dot, and "meiyue" refers to the moon at the beginning of the month, which looks like a stroke. The "stroke" is added to the left of the character "wang", and the "dot" is placed on the top of the character "wang". The three parts are combined to form the character "zhuang".
The boss took the note and exclaimed in admiration, "What a brilliant little girl! She guessed the answer right after just one look!"
Mu Qingli looked at it, hummed softly, and reached out to pick up a piece of paper. On the note was written: Go and come back in the wind, geese fly in a slanting formation in front of the peak (guess the name of a flower).
After taking a look, Mu Qingli handed the note to the boss and said, "The answer is Impatiens."
Remove the character "几" from the character "风" (wind), and add the character "又" to the character to form "凤" (phoenix). "峰前" (peak in front of a mountain) is a mountain, and "雁行" (wild goose steps) is the shape of the Chinese character "人" (person). A slant on the character "人" (person) creates a single-person radical, and "峰前雁行斜" (peak in front of a mountain) forms the character "仙" (immortal). Therefore, the answer is "冯仙" (phoenix and xian).
The boss took the note with a look of admiration on his face. "This girl is also very good. You two are really on par with each other."
On par?
The boss's unintentional words completely aroused the competitive spirit of Shen Meiqing and Mu Qingli.
For a while afterwards, Wanyue watched the two of them guessing riddles.
Mu Qingli and Chen Meiqing were almost equally fast at guessing riddles. In the end, they both finished answering all the riddles prepared by the boss, but there was still no winner.
The boss was holding a red and golden koi-shaped lantern and looked at Mu Qingli and Shen Meiqing, who were in a dilemma. "I only have one koi lantern, but both of you have answered more than 66 riddles correctly. What should I do?"
Mu Qingli and Shen Meiqing's answers were surprisingly consistent. They both raised their hands and pointed at Wanyue, who was enjoying a pastry beside them. "Give it to her."
"That's great, that's great. There's only one koi lantern."
In this way, Wanyue was forced to accept the koi lantern that her boss stuffed into her.
"Sister Lu, you must take good care of this koi lantern. It is said that this lantern can bring good luck to its owner."
good luck?
Wanyue raised the lantern high and stared at the golden and red lantern for a while. Finally, she came to the conclusion that it was just an ordinary lantern and would not bring good luck to people at all.
Its only function... maybe it's lighting?
In a dim alley, Wanyue raised her hand holding a lantern, turned around to see what was around her, and almost bumped into a pillar.
Patting her chest lightly, Wanyue turned back the way she came.
Here, Chen Meiqing and Mu Qingli were complaining to each other.
Shen Meiqing crossed her arms over her chest, frowned, and said, "It's all your fault. You had to complain about the noise in a busy place. Now you don't even know where you are!"
Mu Qingli glanced over calmly and asked, "Aren't you looking for a place to rest?"
"you!"
Chen Meiqing stamped her feet angrily and turned her head away to show that she didn't want to pay attention to Mu Qingli.
Mu Qingli had a very happy expression on his face.
Wanyue approached with a lantern, and the two of them gathered around her.
"How is it, Sister Lu, is there a road ahead?"
"No."
There is a big wooden stake.
Shen Meiqing looked frustrated, "What should we do? Can't we go out tonight?"
Mu Qingli's face was expressionless, and he looked very calm. "Let's go back along the same route. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to get out."
As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them turned to look at the way they came, but they could see nothing but darkness.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
Shen Meiqing exclaimed, "What's that sound?"
Mu Qingli replied calmly, "Judging from the sound, it must be a mouse."
Shen Meiqing leaned over and held Wanyue's hand tightly, her eyes full of panic.
A sound similar to that of a mouse was heard for a moment, then disappeared.
Shen Meiqing breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
In the dark and silent alley, the three of them huddled together. Wanyue walked in the middle holding a lantern. Relying on the faint light of the lantern, the three of them slowly groped their way back.
“Swish, swish, swish—”
A slight sound of breaking wind reached her ears. Wanyue quickly reached out and pushed the people on both sides aside, while she herself took several steps back.
Through the dim light of the lantern, the three of them vaguely saw three arrows neatly stuck on the ground, with only the white feathers exposed outside, and the rest of the arrows were stuck in the ground.
If these three arrows were to hit a person... the consequences would be unimaginable.
Mu Qingli walked over quickly with a cold look in his eyes.
"Are you hurt?"
Wanyue patted her pounding chest and shook her head, "No."
On the other side, Shen Meiqing got up from the ground and ran over hurriedly.
"Sister Lu! Are you okay?"
Wanyue touched the little girl's head, then pushed her behind a pillar and handed the lantern in her hand to her.
Facing Shen Meiqing's puzzled gaze, Wanyue said, "You won't be able to handle the situation later. Wait for us here."
Shen Meiqing refused without even thinking about it. She wanted to stay with Sister Lu!
Mu Qingli glanced over coldly, "Do you know martial arts?"
Shen Meiqing shook her head blankly.
"If you don't know how to do it, just stay put and don't make trouble!"
Shen Meiqing's eyes suddenly turned red, not because Mu Qingli's words were too harsh, but because she felt she was useless.
After settling Shen Meiqing down, Wanyue and Mu Qingli turned and looked towards the other end of the alley.
A dozen men in black slowly walked out of the darkness, some of them holding bows and arrows. It can be imagined that the black arrows just now were shot by these men in black.
Facing this group of black-clad men, their eyes hidden, Wan Yue raised her hand and waved, "Brothers, where are you from? It's not fair of you to shoot arrows from the dark."
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