Chapter 578: Riddles
"Girl, let's stay in this inn. I've asked around, and this inn is the best in the entire county."
"Well, okay, Daddy has the final say." Fubao seemed very easy to talk to, which made Wan Laoer laugh out loud. After leaving the capital, he felt that the air was sweet.
"Heituan, please run slower."
As soon as Fubao was carried off the carriage by Wan Laoer, Heituan jumped off the carriage and rushed into the crowd.
Today is the Lantern Festival. As soon as it gets dark the streets are already crowded with people.
It would be easy for Heituan to get lost if he ran into the crowd, but Heituan was just in a hurry to pee after staying in the carriage for a whole day.
It quickly solved the problem and ran back.
"Heituan, where have you been? You scared me to death." Fubao squatted down and hugged Heituan's furry head and rubbed it hard a few times. Heituan did not resist, but rubbed Fubao's palm affectionately, which made Fubao giggle.
"Girl, let's go in quickly. There are more and more people here."
"Well, okay, here I come."
Fubao jumped and followed Wan Laoer into the inn.
The black ball followed closely behind, always running in circles around Fubao.
This inn also displayed quite a few lanterns tonight, but obviously not as many as the restaurant diagonally opposite. I heard that the owner of the restaurant diagonally opposite invested a lot of money in tonight's Lantern Festival, which attracted quite a few people to come and watch.
"Please come in, sir. Happy Lantern Festival."
The waiter welcomed the father and daughter in with a smile.
Because today is the Lantern Festival, there are not many guests staying in the hotel.
"Happy Lantern Festival." Fubao held Wan Laoer's hand and replied happily.
Fubao was wearing a bright red dress today, with white fox fur embellishing the collar and cuffs. There were also auspicious cloud patterns embroidered on the dress with gold and silver threads, and she looked like a lady from a wealthy family.
Wan Laoer seemed a bit like a servant.
After all, Fubao is so pretty and Wan Laoer is so rough, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are definitely not father and daughter.
"How many rooms do you need, sir?"
The waiter led Wan Laoer to the counter.
"Boss, give me two upper rooms."
"Okay, sir, the restaurant across the street will have large lanterns tonight. I'll open a room for you opposite theirs so you can have a better view from your room."
"Oh, thank you very much, boss. You are very thoughtful."
There were three people in total, Wan Laoer and his daughter, and a driver who was asked by Zhao to deliver something for Wan Laoer.
Wan Laoer did not treat him differently along the way. They ate together and stayed in the same conditions. In Wan Laoer's mind, everyone had a hard time. It would be bad to let others make the trouble of coming all the way to send him things. Therefore, Wan Laoer had very good food and accommodation along the way.
Wan Laoer's carriage was driven to the backyard by the waiter. The coachman, Wan Laoer and the waiter moved the valuables from the carriage into Wan Laoer's room.
The carriage was filled with valuable items given by Zhao and Li Ruiyang. Wan Laoer was worried about leaving them in the carriage, so every time he stayed in a hotel, he would take the trouble to move these things into the house so that he would feel more at ease.
After putting his things in place, Fubao started to make a fuss about going out to see the lanterns.
Wan Laoer gave the driver one or two taels of silver and asked him to keep an eye on the store. The driver was a servant of the Duke's Mansion, and his indenture was still in Zhao's hands. He behaved very well along the way and did not dare to do anything rash. The Da Qi Dynasty was very strict with escaped servants. Once they were discovered, a wanted order would be issued and anyone caught would be executed.
Wan Laoer brought Fubao to the street, and Hei Tuan excitedly followed them. However, the street was crowded with people, and Hei Tuan was too short, so he had to squeeze around people's legs. From time to time, someone would be frightened by Hei Tuan and scream.
It would cause a commotion in the crowd from time to time, but the black ball never got tired of it. Sometimes it would deliberately rub against people's legs, scaring those timid women and girls into screaming.
"Heituan, be good, or I'll take you back." Fubao felt a little embarrassed. People always looked at them strangely. Who would bring a dog with them when visiting lantern festivals?
Wan Laoer's face turned red, and he even wanted to send Hei Tuan back to the inn to look after the family.
The black group finally calmed down, followed the path opened up by the father and daughter, and stopped making trouble.
"Dad, look, that lantern is so beautiful."
Fubao was squeezed by the crowd and he could only see other people's buttocks and thighs. Finally, Wan Laoer directly put Fubao on his neck and rode him like a big horse, which was Fubao's favorite.
Fubao's vision was very broad at this time and she could see far. She excitedly pointed at a lantern with an eagle in it.
Wan Laoer also saw the lantern and was indeed shocked. The craftsmanship of the person who made the lantern was truly extraordinary.
The eagle lantern was hung at the highest point at this time, and someone was staring at it.
“Pah—bang—bang—”
As a series of loud noises rang out, the sky suddenly exploded with colorful fireworks.
"Wow, Daddy, look, it's so beautiful, it's fireworks!" Fubao raised his little face. Colorful fireworks exploded in the sky, reflected in Fubao's bright eyes and also illuminated Fubao's little face with excitement and surprise.
At this time, everyone on the street looked up at the sky. The fireworks lasted for a quarter of an hour, and Wan Laoer's neck felt a little sore.
Finally, the fireworks ended, and lanterns began to light up one after another on the street. At first, only a few houses lit up the lanterns to attract the attention of tourists, and then the lanterns on the whole street were gradually lit up.
"Wow-wow-how beautiful!"
Fubao rode on Wan Laoer's neck and danced with excitement. Wan Laoer's hair was almost pulled out by his daughter.
But he was lost in his daughter's exclamations. As long as his daughter was happy, it didn't matter if he was bald.
Wan Laoer always had a doting smile on his face.
"Dad, there's an eagle lantern over there. I want it. Shall we go buy it?"
"Okay, Daddy has money, let's go buy it."
The two finally squeezed through, but were told by the shop owner that the lantern could only be obtained by guessing riddles.
Wan Lao Er was like a deflated ball, and said to Fu Bao with some regret: "My daughter, what should we do? You know that Daddy's knowledge is limited. We may not be able to get this lantern."
Fubao had already looked up and saw a riddle written on the lantern: When there is wind, nothing moves; when there is no wind, nothing moves; when there is no wind, there is wind.
Fubao looked at it and read it out softly.
Wan Lao Er also heard it.
"Girl, what did you just say?"
"Dad, the riddle on the eagle lantern is, there is wind but no wind moves, there is no wind but no wind moves, let's guess an object, not a riddle."
Wan Laoer immediately became interested. As long as it wasn't a riddle, he would still give it a try. Maybe he could win the lantern for his daughter.
"fan."
Before Wan Laoer and Fubao could guess what was going on, they heard a voice ringing out in the crowd.
The two looked at the man and saw that it was a young man. Even in the middle of winter, he was holding a fan in his hand and was dressed like a colorful peacock, even more fancy than the little maid next to him.
Fubao rolled her eyes unhappily. She thought that this person must be extremely unlucky, holding a fan in the middle of winter. And the answer to the riddle of the lantern just so happened to be a fan.
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