"This is the highlight of the Lantern Festival every year."
Jiang Zhou introduced Jiang Li in her ear, "Every year, the merchants and wealthy families in the capital pool some money to host these literary and martial arts competitions. This can be considered taking from the people and using it for the people."
"The literary guessing game involves guessing lantern riddles. If you guess correctly, you'll get the corresponding prize. As for the martial arts game, you'll shoot arrows at the gong on top of the log. Different heights will give you different prizes. In general, if you want to win a prize, you have to rely entirely on your strength."
Jiang Li understood. It was similar to a merchant family giving some money to the Chamber of Commerce in the capital, and the Chamber of Commerce would send people to do this gratitude and return activity.
Compared to that world, it is much more thoughtful.
At least, there is no routine.
As soon as Jiang Zhou finished his introduction, Jiang Li saw several people appear on the stage, carrying up three rows of lanterns. Each row had ten columns, and each column had ten strings of lanterns hanging on it.
The prizes for the guessing game are mostly writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, but the quality varies. For example, the best prize is a Duan stone inkstone worth tens of thousands of taels.
Jiang Li had no interest in these things, but when she saw Jiang Zhou looking at her expectantly, waiting for him to show off, Jiang Li pointed to a jade ruyi next to Duan Shiyan and said, "Second brother, can you help me win that back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Li heard a "bang".
It was the sound of Jiang Zhou flipping over, flying onto the stage and landing on the drum surface.
"May I ask, sir, which row do you want to challenge?"
Jiang Zhou looked back at Jiang Li. Facing the bright light, the girls below could see Jiang Zhou's appearance clearly, and screams broke out immediately.
Jiang Zhou didn't care at all. He just smiled at Jiang Li, then turned around and pointed directly at the row of lanterns in the middle, which was also the most difficult puzzle.
"thump--"
The girl standing not far from Jiang Li suddenly fell to the ground. Before she fainted, she was still shouting, "Did you see that? That young man was smiling at me..."
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