When we arrived near Zuixuan Tower, it was much busier than on the street.

Among the crowd, men, women, old and young were almost shoulder to shoulder.

Zhao Ce carefully protected the little girl and followed the flow of people inside.

As he was walking, he heard Qiu Shubai's familiar voice: "Zhao Ce, why are you back?"

Zhao Ce followed the sound and saw Qiu Shubai not far away, bravely pushing through the crowd and walking toward him.

Zhao Ce nodded to him: "Brother Qiu is coming to participate in the lantern riddle competition?"

Qiu Shubai said a little embarrassedly: "Come on, let's try it."

After all, who wouldn’t be greedy for a hundred taels of silver?

With this money, you can cover all your expenses until you go to Beijing to take the exam.

Zhao Ce then introduced: "Cai'er, this is my classmate, Mr. Qiu Shubai."

"The embroidery at home was given by him."

When Qiu Shubai heard Zhao Ce's words, he realized that there was a skinny little girl standing next to Zhao Ce.

Thinking back to the fact that Zhao Ce left in a hurry just now, it turned out that he was going to find his little wife.

Qiu Shubai said hello to Su Cai'er seriously: "It turns out to be my sister-in-law."

Su Cai'er was a little nervous and wanted to return the gift.

Zhao Ce pulled her directly and said with a smile: "We are all familiar with each other, so there is no need for so many courtesy."

Qiu Shubai nodded and relaxed.

Several people looked at the people participating in the lantern festival on the stage.

This lantern riddle competition is based on a climbing model.

There are long steps one by one with guardrails.

Going up the steps, there are different types of lantern riddles hanging on them.

After the previous one is guessed, the name of the riddler will be announced, and then a new riddle will be added.

Groups of 20 people, using elimination style.

One person can only participate once.

All the way to the top, there is an exquisite large lantern with a picture of a flying fairy, which is the last lantern riddle.

Zhao Ce thought of the lantern riddle he wrote at that time, and wondered if it was on this one?

"here we go!"

Qiu Shubai next to him said happily: "I have to see the situation clearly before going."

After waiting for a while and seeing that many people had been eliminated, Qiu Shubai went up.

Unfortunately, he only guessed the third one, got a good-looking lantern, and came down.

Qiu Shubai returned to his original position with some frustration.

"Sure enough, it's still difficult..."

"The person who was guessing lantern riddles with me just now happened to get the lantern riddle that he came up with. This is really good luck."

A riddle made by yourself?

When Su Cai'er heard Qiu Shubai's words, she touched the small purse she was carrying.

Zhao Ce felt his sleeve being pulled by someone.

He turned sideways and looked at the little girl next to him.

Su Cai'er whispered: "Husband, one hundred taels of silver!"

Su Cai'er felt that her husband was so powerful that he might be able to get the big prize from the lantern festival!

But it doesn’t matter even if you can’t get it.

In her heart, her husband is always the most powerful.

Zhao Ce smiled and said: "Little money fan."

Su Cai'er said seriously: "Master Qiu said that someone can get the lantern riddles he created."

"My husband also had a lantern riddle before, maybe he will also have this luck?"

Getting the lantern riddles you created is equivalent to a round of interviews.

This is one step closer to one hundred taels.

Qiu Shubai heard the conversation between the young couple next to him and encouraged him: "Zhao Ce, have you played lantern riddles before?"

"Then you can really go up and give it a try."

"Even if I don't solve it to the end, I can still get a beautiful lantern for my sister-in-law."

Zhao Ce also felt a little moved after hearing what he said.

The little girl next to him also looked at him with bright eyes.

Zhao Ce thought, that’s all, there’s no harm in giving it a try.

Anyway, he knows some lantern riddles.

People have to play tricks on princes with beacon fire to win the beauty's smile, but he can win the admiration of his little wife by just guessing lantern riddles.

This is a good deal.

Zhao Ce said: "Okay, I'll try it too."

He took Su Cai'er and walked forward.

He found a good place for Su Cai'er and asked Su Cai'er to wait for him here.

Then, Zhao Ce went to the steward who was guessing the lantern riddles and signed up.

This manager is the same manager Chen that Zhao Ce met at Sanzheng Bookstore before.

When Manager Chen saw Zhao Ce, he said attentively: "Master Zhao is here, but do you want to guess lantern riddles?"

Zhao Ce nodded and said yes.

After he finished speaking, he saw a familiar face among the crowd guessing lantern riddles.

When Su Changxing saw Zhao Ce, he subconsciously took a step back.

He came up after assessing the situation in the audience. How come he happened to encounter this evil star?

But think about it, this is on the street, there are so many people.

He straightened his chest again and gave Zhao Ce a hard look.

So what if the county magistrate thinks highly of Zhao Ce?

When it comes to government examinations and Dao examinations, he will still have the opportunity to step on Zhao Ce!

A strong desire to win arose in Su Changxing's heart.

Just now in Zuixuan Tower, I watched Zhao Ce shine and be admired by everyone.

He could only sit in the corner and watch his poems being circulated by everyone.

Su Changxing wanted to go over and say some harsh words to Zhao Ce, but first he wanted to get some back.

He saw Zhao Ce glance at him indifferently, and then quickly moved his eyes away with some lack of interest.

Su Changxing's breath caught in his throat, and he almost choked himself.

Manager Chen saw that the next group of people had almost arrived. After registering their names, he briefly explained the rules to everyone.

After everyone in attendance had distributed pens and papers, he held the gong and struck the gong directly.

"I wish all students to climb higher step by step and eventually leap over the dragon's gate!"

Along with the crowd in the audience, there was a burst of cheers.

The students on the stage began this round of battle.

Su Cai'er stood under the stage, staring at her husband, and nervously clenched her fists.

The husband frowned slightly, and her little brows wrinkled unconsciously.

When the answer to the riddle was written, Zhao Ce's eyebrows relaxed, and Su Cai'er's little brows also relaxed.

"The first answer to the riddle is a crescent moon hanging on the west tower."

"Answer to the mystery: He."

The first lantern riddle was quite difficult, and more than half of the twenty people were wiped out in one go.

Manager Chen raised his voice and said: "Congratulations to the rest of you, climb to the second floor."

Zhao Ce moved to the second floor with the remaining seven or eight people.
To be continued...