The gurgling water flows in the rockery and water in Qinghe Garden.
Tang Sufan looked at the pavilion at the pavilion, where countless literati gathered and chatted, and he could even see beautiful women walking around.
This may be the characteristic of the most open dynasty in Chinese history.
Looking in the distance, one can see a red cloth arena set up in the center of Qinghe Park, with five top chairs placed under the arena.
Under the stage, there happened to be five old men talking with smiles on their faces, pointing out the scene of Qinghe Garden, and they were very pleased.
Tang Sufan was led by Kong Lingyue through three pavilions and a bridge. When he was about to cross a place where a group of people gathered, Kong Lingyue stopped.
Kong Lingyue pointed to the place in front where countless literati gathered, and said with a smile: "Master Tang, look, before entering the poetry meeting, there is a riddle for the talented scholars to discuss."
"lantern riddles?"
"No, lantern riddles only appear during the Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival), but they have the same purpose but the same purpose."
Tang Sufan and Kong Lingyue, the master and servant, slowly approached and saw countless numerical riddles hanging on the wooden signs on the wooden frame, while corresponding papers and pens were placed on the desks under the wooden frame.
Some word puzzles were written down after they were guessed, while some words were still blank, leaving countless people in military robes to ponder...
Kong Lingyue suddenly asked: "I wonder what Mr. Tang thinks of these word puzzles?"
"These charades?"
Tang Sufan looked around slowly and shook his head: "It's okay~"
good?
At this time, a talented man next to him heard what Tang Sufan said and quickly reminded him kindly: "Brother, don't lie. These word puzzles often appear in many poetry gatherings. How many literati have spent countless hours thinking about them~"
Tang Sufan was stunned for a moment, then replied: "That's it? Still can't think of it? Aren't there many great scholars? They can't think of it either?"
The scholar shook his head and explained in a low voice: "How can the great scholars have time to guess this? Even if you guess it right, your face will be tarnished. What's more, there are still times when you can't guess it?"
Tang Sufan nodded, feeling that it made sense, and casually agreed: "That's right~"
Kong Lingyue smiled faintly, walked a few steps, pointed to the word puzzles on another row of wooden shelves where most people gathered, and said: "Master Tang, why don't you try these word puzzles? This row of word puzzles has appeared in many poetry gatherings. And it was created by one person, which I heard gave many talented people a headache~"
Tang Sufan followed, took a look at the crossword puzzle on the wooden sign, and then chuckled softly: "It was created by one person? I can only say that this level is not bad. I didn't expect it to give many talented people a headache."
At this time, Tang Sufan's words were heard by a scribe gathered around the wooden frame.
Suddenly the man looked angry and said: "Young Master, do you know that this sentence is an insult to countless literati in Chang'an like us!"
Those gathered here were all talented scholars of all sizes in Chang'an City. They all shook their heads and sighed as they passed by this crossword puzzle rack.
Therefore, it must be humiliating for others to hear these words.
And it’s still a naked humiliation~
Tang Sufan was stunned. Is this humiliating countless literati in Chang'an? He was just making random comments. Is the crime so serious?
What he hadn't seen yet was that Kong Lingyue's face froze behind him.
Tang Sufan didn't want to conflict with others, so he replied: "This young master, I'm just talking casually, don't take it seriously."
Then, the maid Yu Ling behind Kong Lingyue stood up and said with a puffy face: "Mr. Tang, why don't you give it a try?"
The scholar who just spoke also said: "Brother, why don't you give it a try? If you can't figure it out, it will be an insult to us scholars!"
Tang Sufan raised his eyebrows and said helplessly: "Okay, I'll give it a try~"
He walked slowly and stared twice in front of the first word puzzle wooden sign. There were only two commonly used methods for guessing lantern riddles, the word splitting method and the separation method. He also knew a few of the remaining methods.
In addition, Tang Sufan used to organize knowledge competitions to promote traditional culture when he was in college. For a while, he formed a group with some scammers in the dormitory to participate, and he also studied crossword puzzles for a while.
What's more, there are several that you can spot at a glance...
Tang Sufan's actions also attracted the attention of several literati.
If this kid can't explain why, then don't blame them for being unable to hold back the keyboard in their hearts~
Tang Sufan glanced at the first wooden sign, which read, 'Fourteen years apart, we only meet at night'.
Then Tang Sufan said without hesitation: "This character is 'dance'~"
Then write the word "dance" on the rice paper.
Everyone took a look, thought about it a little, and figured it out immediately.
Then came the second one, 'out of breath'...
Tang Sufan didn't even make a sound. He picked up the brush and wrote 'begging' directly, leaving them to their own devices.
Just like that, Tang Sufan immediately solved eight or nine of the ten word puzzle tiles.
Even if there are two or three characters in the middle that are not simplified Chinese characters, Tang Sufan, who has been in Datang for so long, knows the characters of Datang very well, and with his active thinking, he can decipher them quickly.
Until he reached the last wooden sign, Tang Sufan stared at the last wooden sign and murmured: "Look south to the lone star and the rising moon..."
He paused, frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Take it as the word 'zhuang'..."
Then he picked up the brush in his hand, dipped it in ink, and wrote the word "zhuang" on the rice paper.
The scribes beside him frowned and looked left and right, not knowing how to interpret this word?
Just when someone was about to speak, Kong Lingyue said first, "Mr. Tang, how did you know that the last word is the word Zhuang?"
Tang Sufan picked up the brush, pointed at the wooden sign and said: "Look north and look south, left to west and right to east. 'Looking south' is the word '王' below the word 'Wang'."
"'Lone Star' refers to a point, and 'Mei Yue' refers to the moon at the beginning of the month, like a flicker... This is the word 'Zhuang'..."
Fortunately, he had seen this crossword puzzle before, and the pause just now was just to spend some time recalling it.
If it hadn't been for this, the last one might have been stumped and almost overturned. Then wouldn't this wave of pretense be unsound?
As soon as this statement came out, everyone understood that it was so!
Seeing Tang Sufan's detailed answer, the scholar who just spoke up immediately said: "Young Master is a great talent, but I am blind to my vision. I am really ashamed. I hope you will forgive me..."
Several others also changed from their previous disdain to admiration and surprise.
Tang Sufan waved his hand: "It's easy to talk~"
Only then did Kong Lingyue's face look better, and she said softly sincerely: "I didn't expect that the young master is such a talented person. This is indeed the word 'zhuang'~ I didn't expect that the explanation was accurate..."
After listening to Kong Lingyue's words, Tang Sufan asked, "Absolutely right? Doesn't Miss Kong know the answer in advance?"
Kong Lingyue's face turned slightly red: "To be fair to you, sir, I came up with these puzzles~"
After hearing these words, Tang Sufan's face was stunned and he looked extremely embarrassed~
I just... seemed... to have said... that the level of these crossword puzzle makers is average...
