Chapter 11 Lantern Festival (1)
After a day of running around, Tang Bohu came to a lively inn in Changzhou City. When the three of them saw the table sitting down, the waiter politely came up, "What should you eat objectively?"
Putting down the fan, Tang Bohu said, "Come on a pot of wine, and put it on the most authentic Taihu Sanbai here!"
"Okay! Please wait!" The waiter went to the kitchen to serve food in a hurry.
Zhu Zhishan leaned closer and whispered: "I'll listen to them discussing the Taihu Lantern Festival tonight!"
"Lantern Festival?" Wen Zheng also became interested, "We must be the four talents in Jiangnan, and such a grand event cannot be missed."
"That's right!" Zhu Zhishan slapped the table and shouted: "If you don't suppress those ghosts and monsters, they don't know how much water there is in Taihu Lake, and how handsome the four talents in Jiangnan are!"
"Several people don't know." The child put down the drinks and dishes and said, "It is said that this year's Lantern Festival has held a big lottery!"
"Washington?"
The two of them looked at each other with Uncle Tang. Isn’t the prefect’s job this time just to deliver a letter to Washington?
"Eat vegetables and drink!" Tang Bohu said calmly: "Tonight we will open our eyes to those literary and sluts on Taihu Lake."
The three of them clinked glasses and drank, and the night enveloped the bustling city. The shy Jiangnan girl was shining on the edge of Taihu Lake, and the gentle Jiangnan boy was gentle. The laughter and joy made Taihu Lake turbulent. There was a loft on the bank of Taihu Lake.
"This scenery in the south of the Yangtze River will be unforgettable for life." Jinyiwei Baihu stood in the attic and looked at the bustling shore of Taihu Lake, with the boats with singing.
"I have to thank Master Hua for his arrangements, so that I can't miss this Taihu event." Yu Qingshan said seriously.
"Where is the Taishi?" Hua Cha, who had just entered middle age, said: "I have only learned a shallow scholar and I am already abusing myself. I can't bear to say Taishi."
"You Hua is also a prominent family in Jiangnan. You can afford it." Chen Guang poured wine for the Grand Master Hua.
Tang Bohu and the other two were strolling on the shore of Taihu Lake, their eyes full of red lights and bright clothes.
"Look at the one in yellow." Zhu Zhishan whispered: "He is slim and polite. He looks like IKEA and Yishi."
"This woman is too charming." Wen Zhengming pointed to another woman who was lighting up the lamp and said, "You see, this woman is wearing plain clothes, but her eyebrows are beautiful, which is a great choice."
Tang Bohu sighed and said, "Why do you just look at what clothes they wear?"
When the two saw that Tang Bohu didn't speak, they asked in unison: "What kind of clothes does Brother Tang like to wear."
After shaking the fan, Tang Bohu said loudly: "All kinds of beauty are not as good as a red apricot to exude spring. Of course, the less you wear, the better!"
"Hahahaha! It's reasonable!" Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming smiled together.
"Tang Bohu!"
With a familiar call, the three of them looked like a very familiar fat man, but they were a little fatter than before leaving Suzhou.
"Ha! It turns out it's you Fatty Xu!" Tang Bohu also replied.
Xu Pengju asked the boatman to dock and said to the three of them: "Brother Tang, Brother Zhu, Brother Wen, get on the boat quickly!"
After a few steps on board the boat, Tang Bohu looked at Xu Pengju who had not seen him for more than ten days and said, "Have you released your husband?"
"What a joke?" Xu Pengju said excitedly: "This Taihu Lantern Festival only once a year. If you miss it, you have to wait for another year! Besides, Huafu held a big lottery at the Taihu Lantern Festival this year."
"Everyone says there is a lottery, what kind of lottery is it?"
Wen Zhengming and Zhu Zhishan also boarded the boat.
"I don't know either, but since it's a Caitou, it's boring." Xu Pengju said, "I recently discovered something very interesting."
Looking at Xu Pengcun's cabin, Tang Bohu understood that it was a color painting and didn't have much interest, but Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming felt it was very strange.
Sitting at the bow of the boat, Tang Bohu enjoyed the evening breeze of spring and the singing of Taihu Lake! He took out a letter in his arms, and the envelope was signed by **. Looking at this letter, Tang Bohu was full of curiosity! To be honest, he didn't want to enter the officialdom so early, but since this ** noticed himself, he wanted to pull himself into this muddy water.
**'s reward is indeed very generous, and the joint recommendation of the entire Jiangnan officialdom! With this trump card, as long as you achieve ideal results in the imperial examination, it will not be difficult for you to rise to the top in the future with Jiangnan as the backing.
But Tang Bohu knew that his soul had lived for two lifetimes, and some things were much more experienced than his peers.
Even if I have some talent, is it worthy of his attention? Is there really no choice but to him? The officialdom is complicated, and I dare not think too simply. I can see through my own thoughts at a glance. Such a shrewd person gives me something very important to me, a person who has only met several times?
When Tang Bohu opened the letter, he mustered up the courage to open the contents of the letter, but was shocked to his cold sweat, blank! There was nothing in the letter!
Quickly put the letter back into the envelope and carefully glued it with sticky glutinous glue on the envelope to restore the whole letter to its original state. I remembered what ** said to me. As long as I send the letter to Washington, I will naturally understand it. In other words, what is not important is whether the letter can be delivered to the people in Washington.
Did you know that you would peek at this **? Tang Bohu smiled bitterly and was still pretended to be a little bit.
"Bohu! What are you thinking?" Xu Pengju came to Tang Bohu, "Did you see the tower on the other side? The highlight of this year's Lantern Festival is here, and the real beauties are there!"
The boat gradually landed, and there were many scholars in front of the tower. There were many people who wanted to go in and see if they were crowded with people. Xu Pengju took the lead in walking in front and took out an invitation and handed it to the doorman on the tower, and then walked into this gorgeous tower.
"Several young men!" The gatekeeper stopped Tang Bohu and his men who were about to follow in, saying, "You can't enter!"
"Didn't he go in?" Zhu Zhishan pointed at Xu Pengju.
"They have invitations." The concierge continued: "Of course, our Washington lantern festival is not to refuse people from thousands of miles away. People who do not have invitations are asked to go there! As long as you answer the eighteen lantern riddles correctly, you can enter."
"Eighteen Riddles?" Tang Bohu saw the team growing on the other side of the entrance. It seemed that the team had not been waiting for a few hours to enter the Washington Lantern Festival, but how many hours could it take in a night.
"Bohu! Look at Fatty Xu's show-off!" Zhu Zhishan said sourly.
Wen Zhengming was also worried: "Don't talk about the eighteen riddles, this team will probably spend the scenery in the middle of the night!"
"The mountain man has his own trick!" Tang Bohu stepped forward toward the other side of the entrance.
Chapter completed!