I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Mu Jinghua had long felt that Xu Shu's conversation with the shopkeeper just now was a bit strange. Now, when he heard Xu Shu asking Qiao Jianhong's name, he was a little surprised.

Qiao Jianhong was born into a family of generals. He put on armor and went into battle at the age of sixteen. Since then, he has never been defeated. He was personally named the God of War of Jing Dynasty by the emperor. Everyone in Jing Dynasty knew him.

Especially now that the Jing Dynasty is at war, Qiao Jianhong has become the hope of every Jing Dynasty citizen. Almost every Jing Dynasty citizen feels that as long as General Qiao is there, the Jing Dynasty will be there.

Moreover, this gifted child of destiny is only twenty-three years old this year.

What a coincidence, this man is about the same age as Xu Shu.

No, Mu Jinghua was shocked. Could it be that Xu Shu was Qiao Jianhong, just using a pseudonym?

No, no, what is he thinking? General Qiao must be fighting at the border now, how could he appear in Shiqiao Village?

I also dragged him to buy popcorn.

Mu Jinghua thought a lot, but it only took a blink of an eye. He nodded to Xu Shu, holding popcorn in one hand and a candy man in the other, and gestured with some difficulty: "General Qiao, you are awesome."

Xu Shu said "oh". He had heard people talking about this general's name at Xiao Ran's banquet. To be so famous in such an ancient place with inconvenient transportation and poor information, this Qiao Jianhong must have real abilities.

Originally, Xu Shu was a little suspicious of the shop owner's former identity when he saw the calluses on his hands, but when he heard the last name "Qiao", he started to think too much.

He had heard Xiao Ran mention it before, that the Qiao family was a military family, enjoying the emperor's favor, holding military power, and being able to raise private soldiers, and all the soldiers in the Qiao family had the surname Qiao.

Could it be that Qiao Jianhong had brought the Qiao family army to Qingshui Town? But Yuzhou was relatively safe, and its terrain was unique, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. No one would attack Yuzhou unless they had no other choice. So why did Qiao Jianhong and his men come?

Xu Shu thought about it for a while and then gave up. No matter what they came here for, it definitely had nothing to do with him. Instead of worrying about those things, he might as well take Xiao Mujin to see the lanterns.

However, there are too few entertainment activities in Qingshui Town. After Xu Shu took Mu Jinghua to visit the night market, they met Jiang Xiao and Wu Yong at the lantern viewing area.

Wu Yong came here with Le Ge'er.

Since the engagement, Le Ge'er has been in much better spirits and when he saw Mu Jinghua he took the initiative to greet him as an apology for his previous jealousy.

Mu Jinghua felt embarrassed when he saw Li Zile. He misunderstood that Le Ge'er and Xu Shu were in a relationship. Although he did not spread the news, he was jealous in his heart.

But now that everything has been made clear, neither of them is the type to quibble, and Mu Jinghua even gave Li Zile and Jiang Xiangwan a string of the candied haws that Xu Shuduo bought.

In fact, he was a little worried about Xu Shu's attitude when doing this, afraid that Xu Shu would think he was wasting money and be unhappy.

In fact, he knew in his heart that Xu Shu was not such a person, but he had never met someone like Xu Shu, and he was really afraid that he would do something wrong and make Xu Shu angry.

Fortunately, Xu Shu didn't say anything, but just asked him: "Do you want a lantern?"

Xu Shu took a fancy to a rabbit lantern and hung it at the highest point of the wooden cart, which was an eye-catching sight.

But when I went forward to read the notice, I found out that the lantern could not be bought with money, but instead by guessing riddles. There were ten questions in total, and I had to answer all of them correctly in order to win the lantern.

Since its founding, the Jing Dynasty has always valued culture over military affairs, and the price of books is not expensive.

Although there are still many illiterate people, there is also a large proportion of educated people. This kind of word guessing game is not as good as the "Flying Flowers" played by serious literati, but it is still close to the people.

Jiang Xiao and Wu Yong could both read, and when they heard Xu Shuwen asking, they came over to join in the fun.

As they approached, they heard a round of applause, followed by a familiar voice: "Everyone, thank you for letting me."

When Xu Shu heard the voice, he looked over and saw Xiao Ran. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the county magistrate would actually put aside the matter of Yichun Tower and run out to accompany his wife to the night market.

Xiao Ran also saw Xu Shu and the others, greeted them with a smile, and ran with Qin Lianxi to pick lanterns.

He is really a wife slave, Xu Shu sighed.

He glanced at Mu Jinghua, but before he could ask, Wu Yong pushed him to the center of the crowd: "Brother Xu, stop being so modest, come on."

Xu Shu wanted to argue a little, but when he looked up, he met the shopkeeper's eyes, so he took out ten coins and handed them to him: "Please ask a question."

The shopkeeper took it with a smile, weighed it in his hand for a few times, and then slowly asked the first question: "Sir, please listen to the question. The tables and chairs are all ready. Guess a word."

Xu Shu answered without hesitation: "Wood."

"Big has a head, middle has no heart, small has the whole body, guess a word."

Xu Shu glanced at Mu Jinghua: "Jing"

"Seven people have grass growing on their heads. Guess a word."

Xu Shu looked at Mu Jinghua again and said without hesitation: "Flowers."

"Guess a word when people are least prepared."

Xu Shu couldn't help but smile and said, "Good boy."

Wu Yong took the lead in clapping and cheering, and Mu Jinghua's face also turned red.

The next few questions were quite standard. Xu Shu answered them very quickly and reached the last question in a short while.

"My wife, guess a word."

"My...my wife?" Xu Shu was confused for a moment.

The onlookers seemed to be nervous for him as well, and they all watched Xu Shu intently with bated breath. However, after Xiao Ran and her husband finished picking the lanterns, they discovered that it was Xu Shu who was answering the questions, so they came over again.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, he asked the shop owner again. When he heard the word "my wife", he subconsciously looked at Qin Lianxi, and then smiled: "This is indeed a bit..."

Before Xiao Ran could even utter the word "difficult", Xu Shu sensed something from the way he looked at Qin Lianxi, and suddenly said, "Meat."

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and looked at Xu Shu: "Brother Xu is really amazing. You are still unmarried, but you can figure out the meaning of 'wife' from the word 'my wife'. I admire you."

Xu Shuke didn't hear any admiration in his words, he just thought he was being weird. So what if he wasn't married? He had learned about this kind of ancient people's titles in Chinese class in elementary school. Who was implying that he didn't have a wife here?

He was too lazy to pay attention to Xiao Ran and just went to ask Mu Jinghua to pick the lanterns.

But the boy seemed still dizzy. Xu Shu asked him to pick the lanterns, but he kept staring at Xu Shu with a red face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Xu Shu waved his hand in front of his eyes twice, and the boy came back to his senses and pointed to the rabbit lantern at the top.

Xu Shu knew that he would like this, and as soon as he asked the waiter to take it down for him, Wu Yong was eager to try and pulled the shopkeeper to start the next round of guessing riddles.

Although Wu Yong could read, his brain was not as quick as that of a scholar. In the end, he only answered six questions correctly and earned a candy man.

Seeing Wu Yong had already joined, Jiang Xiao was also tempted, but before he could pay, Jiang Xiangwan pulled his sleeve and said, "Brother Jiang, no, no thanks. I don't want the lanterns. Don't waste money."

Jiang Xiao originally wanted to persuade him that it was not expensive, but when he saw Jiang Xiangwan biting her lip reluctantly, he gave up in the end.

While Wu Yong was answering questions, Xu Shuzao took Mu Jinghua away. He bought a lotus river lantern and took Mu Jinghua to the river to release the lantern.

At this time, the river was vast, with only the bright moon dotted with silver light. Xu Shu let the lotus float with the water. Wherever it passed, the river water glowed faintly and the candlelight swayed in the wind, as if it would go out at any time.

Xu Shu patted Mu Jinghua and urged him in a low voice: "Make a wish quickly."

Mu Jinghua quickly closed his eyes and recited hurriedly in his mind, fearing that if he was a step late, the candle would be blown out by the wind.

But when I opened my eyes again, all I saw were lotus river lanterns. The candlelight covered the entire river bank, as if lighting up the sky, shining brightly into my heart and flowing into the distance.

He heard Xu Shu laugh and say, "This year's first river lantern will make your dream come true."