Chapter 137 Guessing the Riddle (2)

Nangong Sheng chose a monkey mask, and Nangong Tsang a cat mask. After Nangong Yue chose a fox mask for herself, she chose a tiger mask and gave it to her brother when she returned.

Nangong Lin and Su Qingping chose the ghost mask and the fairy mask respectively. Nangongyan chose a rabbit mask.

Several people put on their masks and entered Shenghua Restaurant together.

The lobby on the first floor of the restaurant was full of people at this time, most of them came to watch the excitement, a small number of people came to participate in the competition, and some people came to cheer the contestants.

A high platform has been built in the middle of the hall on the first floor, and several rows of long tables have been placed on the platform.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a navy blue robe appeared on the second floor. I saw him walking downstairs slowly, and then walking up to the high platform in the hall, looking down at everyone condescendingly, with a thick smile on the corner of his mouth. .

"Uncle Fan, why haven't we started yet? We've been waiting for a long time." A young man in a light blue satin robe said impatiently. Listening to his tone, he is obviously a frequent visitor to the restaurant.

Someone next to him immediately echoed loudly: "Yes, yes, let's get started, we've been waiting for a long time."

The middle-aged man known as Uncle Fan smiled and cupped his hands at the first young man to speak: "It's Mr. Zhang, don't worry, the annual Mid-Autumn Festival guessing competition will begin soon. "

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of noise, applause, and shouting in the hall on the first floor...

"Everyone, please be quiet first." Uncle Fan raised his hand and said loudly, and the hall soon became quiet.

Uncle Fan added: "My friends, this guessing competition is tentatively set to be ten questions, and the one who answers ten questions correctly in a row will be the champion, and will win the painting of the talented girl Viola. If someone answers a wrong question in the competition, I will be embarrassed. Now, I can only ask you to quit the game."

As soon as this statement came out, someone immediately said: "What if two people answered the ten questions correctly?"

"Then whoever answers fast will be the final winner." Uncle Fan replied without hesitation.

After that, no one asked any more questions.

Uncle Fan stretched out his hand to make a petition and said, "Next, I will invite all the contestants to come on stage, and each of them will choose a long case. After a while, everyone will write the answer on the paper. Pay attention, the answer to each question is The time is 20 breaths, if you don’t answer within the specified time, you will be considered eliminated.”

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of complaints in the hall, complaining that the time was too short. But complaining is complaining, and no one dares to make trouble.

"Then, please ask the contestants to come to the stage as soon as possible. After a cup of tea, the competition will officially start."

In the cup of tea that followed, many people walked to the long case on stage one after another, including Nangong Sheng, Nangong Chen, Nangong Yue, Nangong Yan, Nangong Lin and Su Qingping, the accompanying maids and The guards were all waiting in the audience.

After the participants were all seated, there was a sudden sound of a gong on the right side of the hall, and someone shouted loudly: "The game officially begins!"

After the voice fell, the hall on the first floor was silent. Uncle Fan took out a note, but heard a clear voice from the audience: "Wait! And me!"

Everyone looked at the sound and saw a silver-shirted boy with white jade skin and bright star eyes striding up to the stage. If it was someone else, he might not be able to hold up wearing a silver shirt. This boy is not only handsome, but also has an extraordinary bearing. , a kind of arrogant and confident temperament unabashedly exudes in his steps.

Next to him was a slightly shorter youth in a yellow shirt, and four sturdy guards. Naturally, the guard did not take the stage, only the boy in white and the boy in yellow came on stage.

Nangong Yue was stunned for a moment, the two were still old acquaintances, and she couldn't help but glance at Nangong Tseng.

Nangong Chen nodded knowingly.

These two people are exactly the lady of Zhang family, Zhang Yusheng, whom Nangong Yue and Qu Jiayue, the master of Mingyue County, met at the Duke Enguo mansion before. Frankly speaking, this Mingyue County Lord still looks a bit like a man, but this Yusheng is stunned and looks like a sissy, and he can't hide it from the discerning person.

Nangong Tsang immediately whispered a few words in the ear of his elder brother Nangong Sheng, so that he knew what to do, lest he accidentally offend the nobles.

And Su Qingping also recognized Mingyue County Master. On the one hand, she wanted to have a relationship with the County Master, but on the other hand, she was afraid that the County Master would forget herself and lose face.

Looking at Qu Jiayue and Zhang Yusheng, Uncle Fan frowned slightly. According to the rules of previous years, after the gong sounded, he could no longer take the stage. But after spending so many years in Wangdu, he naturally saw that these two were not ordinary people, so he immediately began to write questions with a smile on his face: "Everyone, the question of this first question is very simple, but it will become more and more difficult in the future. All right. Listen now, everyone. Pearl and agate are all there, guess the word."

Nangong Yue thought for a while, and then she had the answer and wrote it down on the paper. This "pearl agate" has the radical "king", so the answer is - "king".

The question was really simple, and only three people went down the stage in dejection.

After the gong struck again, Uncle Fan began to ask the second question: "The second question, everyone should listen carefully, and only say each question once. The wind blows before and after farewell, and guess the word."

Nangong Yue quickly wrote on the paper again - "scratch".

Another five or six people walked down the stage in despair, including Zhang Yusheng, who saw her walking by Qu Jiayue, whispered something in her ear, and then stepped off the stage.

Qu Jiayue looked back in the direction of Nangong Sheng, and asked arrogantly, "Are you the son of the Nangong family?"

Nangong Sheng didn't want to make a high profile, but there was no reason to avoid it, so he nodded: "Exactly, at Nangong Sheng."

There were also several people nearby who heard their voices, and they immediately whispered to each other. It is true that the Nangong family is known to everyone among the literati.

Qu Jiayue's sharp eyes wandered around the masked girls near Nangong Sheng, and said, "Then these girls must be the girls of the Nangong family." After removing the girls who did not match the age, she focused on the girls. A few of them are on Nangong Tsang, Nangong Yue and Nangong Yan, with the meaning of exploration.

Nangong Sheng had also heard before that this Mingyue County Master seemed to have a lot of opinions on his sister Nangong Tsang, fearing that the other party would target her sister, but only vaguely said: "It's a rare Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, so I'm going to bring a few sisters out to play."

The game continues, as Uncle Fan said, each question is more difficult than the other, and more and more people step down after each question...