Downstairs, the bald waiter had already put away Jing Zhe's two thousand taels of silver notes and even secretly winked at Jing Zhe.
Jing Zhe naturally "understood" and returned the same look, as if to say, "Don't worry, once I guess them all right, you'll get your share!"
The bald waiter nodded, but inwardly he sneered: "You'll be crying your eyes out soon enough!" But how does this fool have so much money? He's only been here a day, and Juxianlou has already made over 2,200 taels of silver for nothing!
Ah, it would be great if more out-of-towners like this came!
At this moment, Jing Zhe, ignoring everyone's advice, looked at the two hundred lanterns and was still somewhat unsatisfied.
"Manager Hu, I only managed to guess two hundred riddles with my two thousand taels of silver. That's really a bit too little. Don't you have any other riddles in your Juxianlou restaurant? If you do, please bring them out so I can guess them all at once. Don't worry, I'm not short of money. I'll just pay the lantern fee!"
"..."
This guy is really stupid!
Two hundred isn't enough to cover the losses? Do you want to add more?
Manager Hu was taken aback for a moment, then immediately clapped his hands and laughed.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a straightforward and talented young master! Since you insist, I will certainly grant your request!"
So he said seriously, "Although this riddle-guessing event is jointly organized by our Juxianlou and Zhou Family Cloth Shop, and both the revenue and the money spent are the same, these two hundred-plus riddles were all created by Miss Zhou alone, which is unfair to our Juxianlou!"
"It just so happens that I've also prepared three hundred riddles, and only I know the answers. If you dare to guess, young master, don't worry about being accused of cheating! I thought I wouldn't need them this time, but since you want to guess, young master, how about I bring them out?"
"Great, that's wonderful!"
Jing Zhe clapped his hands excitedly.
"However, if we add another three hundred riddles, the lantern-lighting fee will not be three hundred taels, but five hundred taels!"
Manager Hu thought for a moment and then said.
He was secretly overjoyed: Since you want to lose money, then I'll make sure you lose everything and never recover!
"No, sir! If we pay another five hundred taels... we won't even have enough money to get back!"
"A woman with long hair but short wits!"
Jing Zhe shook off Zhang Xiaoyu's hand and said with dissatisfaction, "You guessed all five hundred riddles correctly, do you know how much silver we can earn? Enough to pay back the travel expenses? Enough to travel abroad every day from now on! I don't believe you have no sense!"
As he spoke, Jing Zhe pulled out a few more silver notes, scraping together five hundred taels of silver. Seeing this, everyone knew that he had indeed emptied his pockets, and couldn't help but sigh: How is this any different from those gamblers who have lost everything?
After paying 2,700 taels of silver for lighting the lanterns, the smug Jing Zhe was ready to start guessing the lantern riddles!
...
The people at Juxianlou had slightly different attitudes toward this matter.
First, there were the onlookers, who, adhering to the principle of "the more excitement, the better," remained relatively calm. If Jing Zhe guessed all the answers correctly, they would shout "Wow!" If he guessed one wrong, they would just tsk tsk. They were just watching the show!
The people in the private rooms upstairs and Manager Hu were quite excited.
Manager Hu saw money flowing into his pockets in a steady stream.
What Master Qu saw was that the Zhou family's cloth shop was about to collapse, and their Qu family's cloth shop would take its place!
What Prefect Liu saw was that after the foolish boy lost all his money, he was taken in as a son-in-law of the Liu family, which solved the lifelong problem for his daughter Piaopiao, and then he had no more worries!
What the crown prince of Yu saw was two stunningly beautiful women who were about to become his...
As for Zhou Ziqiong herself, although she felt that Jing Zhe had only himself to blame for things coming to this point, she was secretly worried. At this moment, she went to see Zhang Xiaoyu and the others.
I thought they should be more worried than I was, but to my surprise, they were calm and even seemed to have smiles on their lips.
Zhou Ziqiong's mind was even more confused.
At this moment, Liu Piaopiao, who weighs nearly 200 pounds, came downstairs and walked to the opposite side of Jing Zhe. She looked at him with delight, as if he were food on a plate, as if she could devour him whole if someone gave the order…
Jing Zhe was secretly delighted, but when she looked at him like that, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat!
Brave warrior, spare my life!
...
"Alright, let's begin!"
At this moment, Jing Zhe reached out and took a piece of paper from under a lantern. After glancing at it, he whispered a single word in the bald waiter's ear.
According to the rules of Juxianlou, when guessing lantern riddles, you must whisper to the bald waiter. If you guess wrong, the riddle will be put back. Only if you guess right can the riddle be revealed.
When the bald waiter finished speaking, his eyes widened in disbelief.
Those around them were closely watching the two's movements, and naturally noticed the change in the bald waiter's expression. Their eyes lit up: something seems to be going on!
"Young man, did you guess this one correctly?"
"Yes...right, young master is amazing!"
"Okay, let's read it!"
So, Jing Zhe gave the note to Chen Jiannan.
The riddle is "Three waters overwhelm a mountain," what Chinese character is it?
Chen Jiannan closed the slip of paper and smiled, "Our young master's answer is the character '当' (dāng). The top of the character '当' has three dots of water, corresponding to the 'three waters' in the riddle. And below the three waters is the character '山' (shān), which is horizontally turned, corresponding to the 'overwhelming mountain' in the riddle. That is the answer! Young master, you have solved this riddle very well!"
Chen Jiannan gave a small compliment.
Upon hearing this, everyone started talking at once.
"This riddle is ingenious, and the answer is brilliant!"
"Hmm, but this riddle is too easy!"
"Yeah, I was unlucky just now, why didn't I choose this one?"
"..."
Whether it's a riddle or any other difficult problem, when you look at the question while comparing it with the answer key, you'll always have the illusion that "this question is really easy," and you might even look at it once with the answer key. But once you're given a blank paper, you still won't be able to answer the questions you don't know.
So Jing Zhe completely ignored those guys showing off their superiority and started the second course.
The second question was also a Chinese character guessing game. The riddle was "biting off a cow's tail in one bite." Jing Zhe guessed the character "告" (gào), which was the correct answer.
If you compare the answer to the riddle, it is indeed simple enough. A group of people beat their chests and shouted, "This question is easy, I guessed it right too!" Little did they know that among those who shouted this were the very people who had just tried to guess the question but failed!
When Jing Zhe guessed the first question, Manager Hu was stunned for a moment. After hearing everyone's analysis, he also felt that the question was too simple and anyone could guess it correctly, so it didn't matter.
When Jing Zhe guessed another question correctly, he continued to comfort himself, saying that this question was also very simple, and there were only two, so he was still ahead...
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