A flower lantern is actually more difficult than the meaning of the scriptures.

Ning Yunzhao really didn't know what to do, so he decided to go home quickly and give the lamp to his mother.

Children's affairs have never been something he cared about, so let's leave it to the elders.

Ning Yunzhao was surrounded by his companions and walked forward. He soon saw the bustle ahead and also saw the lantern that was obviously unlightable.

There were many people around, and they immediately understood the cause and effect of this lantern.

"This is gambling." A young man sighed, "This is the first time I've seen someone play gambling so confidently."

When he heard that they were going to play chess, Ning Yunzhao temporarily put aside the discomfort caused by the lanterns.

"No lanterns have been lit so far?" he asked. "No one has won once?"

"No, the glass cups over there are almost full of silver." The companion gestured with an exaggerated look.

"I heard that if you win, you can take away the silver that others invested earlier." Another companion said, "Now the silver invested alone is already 400 to 500 taels. It's really tempting to exchange 10 taels of silver for so much."

Ning Yunzhao smiled.

"I think it's more tempting to exchange five thousand taels of silver for four or five hundred taels," he said, looking at the crowded lantern chessboard. "The more people participate, the greater the temptation will be. And the more people participate, the more money the person who set up the chessboard will earn."

"That's right. Everyone thinks that ten taels of silver can be exchanged for five thousand taels, which is really a bargain. But five thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, which is actually a good deal." A companion laughed, "This is just a trick commonly used in casinos. It becomes an elegant thing when it is disguised as a chess game."

"This can't be considered a gamble. If you put it that way, throwing the circle is also a gamble." Another companion said. He clicked his tongue twice again, "But this person is so confident that his chess game will not be broken?"

"So the person who set up the game is a very smart person." Ning Yunzhao said, "His chess skills are great, his mentality is great, he has confidence and courage."

As he said this, an idea flashed through his mind.

I wonder how my chess skills compare to that girl?

Since she is such a good chess player, did she come after hearing about this endgame situation?

The thought flashed through his mind and he couldn't help but raise his head. When he raised his head, he was stunned.

The bustling crowd a few feet ahead suddenly disappeared. The cloud-like lanterns also faded away, leaving only a girl in sight.

She held up her hood with one hand, revealing half of her face, and was listening to a little girl talking beside her with her head slightly tilted.

I don't know what the little girl said, but a smile appeared on her face, and the pearl on her earlobe also shone brightly.

…

"Miss, Miss, we already have several hundred taels of silver." Liu'er's face lit up with excitement, and she tried her best to lower her voice as she spoke to Miss Jun.

When she saw the young lady actually took out five thousand taels of silver as a prize, she was shocked.

Didn't the young lady say she wanted to come to the Lantern Festival to win a prize? Why did she throw out five thousand taels of silver as a prize? Did she want to compete with the Fang family? Did she want to show the people of Yangcheng that the young lady was more powerful and generous than the Fang family?

"Why should I compete with the Fang family? Do I have that much free time?" Miss Jun said with a smile.

Now she understood. It turned out that the lady really had come for good fortune. No wonder the lady said that the lanterns should be placed here, where there are many people watching. With many people watching, there will naturally be more people throwing money.

Thinking that after the night celebration of the Lantern Festival, five thousand taels of silver could become six thousand taels, or even more, this prize was much easier to come by than competing for the title of Lantern Champion.

"Miss, you are amazing." Liu'er said with admiration.

"It's not that I'm awesome, this is a chess game that someone else came up with." Miss Jun said. The master is the most awesome.

Liu'er didn't have the same confidence in others as she did in the young lady, and she suddenly felt a little worried.

"Is it true that no one can solve this chess game?" she asked.

This unfinished chess game was obtained by the master from an ancient book. It was originally an unfinished game. In addition, the ancient chess moves were different from the current ones. The master changed it into the current 19-route game, which made it even more difficult. Besides, the master did not know about this chess game, so it was naturally more difficult to solve it.

Of course, there are many talented people in the world, and there is no shortage of them.

"Not necessarily." Miss Jun said, "I just took advantage of the situation. First of all, I saw that it was a chess game, which attracted people who knew how to play chess, which eliminated some of them. Secondly, Yangcheng is too small, there are not that many capable people, and there is too little time."

Sometimes it may take several days to solve a chess game.

To be honest, she has too little time, otherwise she shouldn't do such a thing. After all, such opportunistic things are not good.

"Look, look, someone else has come to solve the problem." Liu'er said, "I'll go take a look."

…

"Let civilization go first, and then we will go." A young man said, watching his companions squeeze in and put silver into the glass bowl.

"Maybe we don't even need to go, civilization will light up the lights." Another young man said, his hands in his pockets.

“Anyway, we can’t let Yunzhao go first, otherwise we will have no chance at all.” The young man said with a smile and turned to look at Ning Yunzhao who was standing at the back.

Ning Yunzhao smiled and did not say anything to refute or be humble.

"Look at how arrogant you are. You are not humble at all." His companions mocked him, "That's five thousand taels of silver. You should think carefully whether you want to take it or not."

Everyone found it interesting again when talking about this. Miss Jun from the Fang family scolded the Tenth Young Master Ning, saying that his worth was comparable to the top prostitute in a brothel, worth five thousand taels. Now the prize for lighting this lantern is also five thousand taels.

Is it such a coincidence? Maybe this lantern belongs to the Fang family.

Ning Yunzhao was a man of outstanding talent and his chess skills were naturally great. The Fang family probably knew that he could solve the game, so they deliberately used the prize of five thousand taels to humiliate him.

"If someone says I'm worth five thousand taels, does that mean I'm worth five thousand taels?" Ning Yunzhao said with a smile, "And you guys miscalculated."

Wrong calculation? What?

His companions were puzzled.

"If I light the lantern, my worth will become 10,000 taels." Ning Yunzhao said seriously.

His companions were stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.

The sudden laughter of the young people here attracted the attention of people around. Although most of them wore hoods to cover their faces, their dashing looks could not be concealed.

Ning Yunzhao was very familiar with such surprised and envious looks from the public. He had been used to it since he was hailed as a child prodigy at the age of six.

But at this moment he couldn't help but look in one direction.

That girl would probably look over here like everyone else.

I don’t know if I will recognize myself when I look over here.

Is the hood covering too much? Should it be pushed back a little?

But since she was determined, she could still be recognized even if she was wrapped from head to toe.

Ning Yunzhao's gaze passed over the crowd and fell on the girl.

She didn't look over here, and turned a deaf ear to the laughter of the young people here. Not only that, she reached out and pulled her hat to cover her half-exposed face, as if she wanted to hide in the crowd.

There was a booing from the crowd in front.

This means that the lantern lighting attempt has failed again.

"So many people have tried it, so we don't believe it. Let's try one by one and write down the ones that failed. The chessboard is so small, is it possible that we can't find the right one?" someone said loudly.

The young people who squeezed out of the crowd and walked out with regret also heard it and waved their hands to their companions.

"It's not that easy, the chessboard is so big," he said.

These two sentences obviously have different meanings.

The chessboard has 19 lines vertically and horizontally, a total of 361 lines, imitating the degrees of the celestial sphere. It looks this big, but in fact it is not only as big as it appears in the field of vision.

"Besides, we don't have that much time." Ning Yunzhao said, and he stepped forward, "Let me try it too."

Naturally, his companions made fun of him and accused him of stealing the limelight and trying to steal their money.

The young people's laughter naturally attracted the attention of the people around them, but this time Ning Yunzhao felt a little uncomfortable.

Would that girl think that I was trying to get her attention on purpose?

Just like the peacocks that were seen as tribute from the Nanzhao Kingdom in the Western Garden of the capital, the servants in the Western Garden said that male peacocks would spread their feathers when courting, using their gorgeous tails to attract the attention of female peacocks.

This sudden thought made Ning Yunzhao stunned for a moment, then he sneered. He was not ashamed of it, but his mind calmed down.

He hadn't meant to draw her attention, so there was no need to worry about it.

He just came to play chess, and she happened to be very good at it.

I wonder if she has tried it?

Maybe I should ask her.

Although Ning Yunzhao felt that it was not good to take the initiative to talk to her, but since it involved the chess game and they just happened to have played against each other, it was normal and reasonable to exchange words at this time.

Forget it.

He wouldn't think too much about it, what if the girl thought too much?