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According to the traditional rules, anyone who wants to participate in the wine competition must register first.After handing over twenty copper coins to the old shopkeeper, an envelope marked with a number can be taken out of the box, and a riddle can be seen inside when it is opened.When the registration is over, the shopkeeper will give a time for half a stick of incense, and then they will go to the shopkeeper to check the answer. If they guess correctly, they will be able to go on stage to accept the next test.

Yan You opened the envelope, took out the piece of paper, and saw on it that it said: People walk in the mirror, type one word.

"People walk in the mirror?" The person beside him repeated the words on the paper in a low voice, thoughtfully.His Highness Pluto turned his head to look at her, "Type a word, what do you think it will be?"

"Hmm..." Meng Wanyan thought for a while, then raised her lips suddenly: "A mirror is in the mirror. The herringbone reflected in the mirror is the word 'enter'."

Yan You raised the corners of her mouth when she heard this: "My concubine is really smart. Now, this king thinks so too." Then she came over with a smirk: "Not bad, it seems that we have a tacit understanding, doesn't it? Is it the legendary heart-to-heart bond, a heart-to-heart bond?"

"Irregularity." Yi Ren stretched out a jade finger to push someone's face away.At this time, I heard someone beside me muttering: "Like a star is not a star, like a lamp is not a lamp, like a fly is not a fly, like a bee is not a bee?"

Looking sideways, it was a young woman. She frowned slightly, and her almond eyes showed a bit of distress: "What the hell is this, a monster?!" The delicate voice is just like the owner of this voice. .The two men at the side also looked anxious: "This looks like a star and a bee fly, how can there be such an animal!"

Meng Wanyan was startled for a moment, because the voices of the two bearded men were soft and shrill.She took a closer look and found that the beards on their faces were glued on.

"The second princess of Shangqi is very interesting." Yan You confirmed her guess in her heart, and then said: "The answer to that riddle should be firefly. It's just that Shangqi rarely appears like this." Most of the folks don't know anything about it, let alone people in the deep palace."

It turned out to be the princess... She only brought two palace maids with her, so she must have sneaked out...

Meng Wanyan understood, seeing that the princess was frowning and thinking hard, she did not hide the disappointment on her face, but she did not vent her anger on the servants, so she felt that she was not deep in the city, and she was quite innocent and lovely, so she gave birth to She expressed some compassion: "It's a pity that someone specially ran out of the palace to attend the reception, but didn't even have the chance to be on stage." He said and cast a look at the people beside him: "Why don't you... help her?"

"In this way, doesn't this king have an extra competitor?" Someone raised his eyebrows.

"Why, Your Highness is only this capable, so I'm afraid he can't compare with others?"

"Heh, I don't use mana and spiritual sense to compete fairly with those mortals, and I can still win them." Yan You glanced at her, and turned to the master and servants with a note, pretending to accidentally see the mystery of others: "Ah, I happened to see the girl's riddle by chance, and happened to know the answer, but this riddle has been hard to figure out."

As she said that, she showed the paper in her hand to several people: "Hey, does the girl know the answer? If she knows, how about we exchange the answer? It seems that you... can't guess the puzzle in your hand."

Hearing this, the man with the fake beard was about to pinch the orchid to reprimand "bold", but was silenced by his own princess. "Okay, tell me first, what is my answer." Princess Xiao looked at Yan You with interest, seeing that Yan You had an ordinary appearance but elegant demeanor, so she felt a little fond of him.

Yan You didn't refuse, and said generously, "Your one is a firefly."

"Firefly?" The master and servant had obviously never heard of this kind of creature.

"The firefly is a small flying insect that can be found in the mountains and fields. It looks like a bee fly, but it can emit light at night, so it is said to be like a lamp, like a star, like a fly, like a bee."

"It will shine at night, like a star?" Attracted by her words, the princess couldn't help yelling excitedly. When she opened her mouth, Fang felt that she was a little disrespectful, and quickly raised her eyebrows, but in her heart she was opposite to the person in front of her. The strange woman was even more interested.

"This kind of flying insect is extremely rare in Shangqi, and it's normal for a girl not to know it." Yan You nodded slightly, "If you don't trust me, then we can directly exchange envelopes with enigmas."

"I believe you."

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After half a stick of incense, people came onto the stage with correct answers one after another, and there was a commotion below.There were many complaints from the shopkeeper, and many people lamented that the questions they drew were too tricky.

"There is a kind of animal, you killed it but shed your own blood, so the answer is mosquitoes!" A scholar-like man sighed.

"My question is even more peculiar. Who never sees a doctor when they are sick? After thinking about it, I never thought they were blind."

"My young master's way is difficult: the fragrance of the sunset is lingering, and it washes away the heart; the fire is cold, and it adds to the mood. I ask you to guess two words, haha, you can't think of it, right? But this young master is very talented. , I figured it out, it’s a bald donkey, ah ha ha ha...uh.” The laughter of the rich man suddenly stopped because a bald monk with a scar on his face glared at him viciously.

After a lot of fuss, everyone was convinced, and felt that although the questions were a bit strange, they were also reasonable and interesting.And this reception originally had dozens of people registered, but in the end only a dozen people were able to take the stage.

"It seems that we are relatively lucky." The second princess standing on the stage winked playfully at the woman beside her.His Highness Pluto smiled back, but turned his gaze to Meng Wanyan in the front row, silently making a mouth: Wait.

The beauties in the audience understood and raised the corners of their mouths.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd.On the stage, a woman came out from behind the screen.The purple gauze skirt is swaying gracefully, her steps are graceful, her appearance is dignified, her eyes and brows have the charm of a mature woman, but she adds a bit of coquettishness when she smiles, just like a fox with high morals.That is the proprietress of Zuizilou - Mrs. Wang.

As soon as she came out, many people began to stare in their eyes, secretly sighing that she really deserved her reputation.Meng Wanyan quietly glanced at a certain highness on the stage, and saw that the person's face had no abnormality, so she stretched her eyebrows a little, and when the other person looked over, she cast a approving look with her bright eyes.However, the people on the stage obviously misunderstood something. After nodding their heads with burning expressions, they said in their hearts: "Well, like you, I also think that Mrs. Wang fits the rumors very well."

... It's really a lie to have a tacit understanding or something.

The beauty in the yellow shirt looked away angrily.His Highness Pluto was stunned, and before he had time to ask anything, the shop assistant knocked on the gong, and then Mrs. Wang raised her hands and patted it lightly, and a row of servants came out, neatly placing a few long-length photos on the stage. table.

On the table, there were twelve jugs of wine.

"As you can see, these identical jugs are filled with twelve different kinds of wine. The guest officials on the stage stand in front of the selected jugs at will, and the guys will offer a glass accordingly, and when they finish drinking, they will say If the name of the wine is wrong, you will be out." Mrs. Wang Shi Shiran walked in front of everyone and said loudly, her posture was generous, and she was especially capable.

On the stage, a man who looked like a nobleman waved a folding fan and grinned mischievously: "Is there no chance if I make a mistake with just one cup?"

"This will test everyone's recognition of wine, and luck." Mrs. Wang chuckled.His eyes swept over everyone, paused slightly on Yan You, and quickly moved away, "If no one gets the answer right in the end, just have another round."

"Hmph, this is not a problem for my young master." The young master closed his folding fan and walked to a jug of wine.The rest of the people also went to a place to stop.The guys skillfully poured out a glass and served it to those who wanted to guess the wine.

All around became quiet for an instant.People stretched their necks to look up, and some wine gluttons couldn't help swallowing when they smelled the fragrance of wine.After a while, someone opened his mouth first: "The color is tenderer than cold syrup, and the fragrance is as eternal as nectar. The cup I drank is the famous wine of Fenglin from the neighboring country—Sangluo."

Yan You raised the wine glass in his hand, with a smile on his lips.The proprietress's eyes lit up: "Guest officer is very knowledgeable, this wine is exactly Sangluo." As soon as the words fell, the audience applauded immediately.At this time, someone on the other side also answered the name of the wine: "Prajna wine."

The princess put down the cup: "Eternal mellowness, crystallized. This is a treasure that can only be drunk by princes and nobles in our Shangqi. Your Zuizilou is really generous."

"It's so strong, it tastes good." The tall man next to him wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said loudly, "This is your Zuizilou's signature, Hanxing Wine!" After speaking, he laughed heartily: "Haha, Lao Tzu But if you are a regular customer, how can you not taste it?" At this moment, the people watching the fun also laughed out loud.Mrs. Wang walked over and uncovered a few wooden signs on the table, and it was indeed the answer they said.

While others are pinching wine glasses.With a bitter look on his face, he didn't say anything until he finished drinking the whole glass of wine.So after one round, only three people including Yan You remained.The former nobleman walked down the stage resentfully, and stood next to Meng Wanyan, still humming, turned his head to see her, and said ruffianically, "Girl, is that person on stage your husband?" Pointing at Yan You.

Meng Wanyan looked at him, not knowing what he meant.The nobleman opened the folding fan again, with an ambiguous expression on his face: "Just now I found that the two of you have been flirting with each other. This scene is so beautiful that I was distracted, so I couldn't guess the name of the wine. Hey, you really are a couple." Right? I don’t know why, but seeing two women together is very eye-catching.”

A curious man... The corners of Meng Wanyan's eyes twitched imperceptibly, she raised her eyes to look at a woman standing gracefully, and raised her lips: "Sorry, you guessed wrong again."

"Ah?!" Your young master looked downcast.

"She is not my husband, but my wife."

"Oh?!!"

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On the stage, the next round of wine guessing has already begun.The princess shook the remaining liquid in the glass, "The color is like amber, clear yellow and transparent, full-bodied and sweet, and the wine has a strong fragrance. This must be the old daughter's red color." After speaking, she took another sip, "Yeah ...it has been sealed for at least 30 years."

Mrs. Wang nodded with a smile, her eyes full of approval.The princess looked at Yan You with bright eyes, and then glanced at the cup in her hand, full of playful provocations.

His Royal Highness Pluto felt that he had really underestimated the princess before.But... that's more interesting, isn't it?Suddenly she felt full of interest, raised her hand to take a sip of the wine, and savored it carefully for a while, "The color of this wine is greenish-golden with green, pure and transparent. The taste is moderately sweet, slightly bitter and soft, not strong in the throat, but has a Sweet-scented osmanthus."

"It must be sweet-scented osmanthus wine!" A certain nobleman in the audience couldn't help shouting.

"No, it's not sweet-scented osmanthus wine." Yan You shook his head.Mrs. Wang looked at her with more amusement in her eyes.

"It's very similar to sweet-scented osmanthus wine, but it's very different after careful tasting. This wine has a herbal fragrance, and it's colder than sweet-scented osmanthus wine. This is... bamboo leaf green wine soaked in sweet-scented osmanthus." She finished drinking the wine Eyebrows are stretched: "Old bamboo leaves are green, and the fragrance of flowers is fresh. What is soaked is not dried flowers, but freshly picked osmanthus. In this season, the branches of osmanthus are sparse, and the remaining out-of-season flowers tend to have a more astringent taste, but mixed with bamboo leaves. It's an unexpected fit, and the flavors blend together, which is simply wonderful."

Yan You put down the cup and praised: "The proprietress is very hardworking and innovative."

"Guest officer, thank you." Mrs. Wang covered her lips and smiled, showing a bit of shyness.Turn over the sign to show everyone that what is written is exactly as answered.Everyone started talking, full of admiration.The princess also cast a glance and praised: "I never thought you would be so powerful."

"You're not bad either." Yan You raised his eyebrows.Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to the tall man at the other end.

The tall man held his wine glass and scratched his hair. He couldn't speak for a long time, but finally he blushed and grinned: "Hehe."

……

On the loft in the distance, the woman in plain shirt standing in front of the window narrowed her eyes.

"Sister Qi, why don't we go to the reception as well?" A lady from the official family came over and said happily when she saw the excitement in the distance.Qi Xiu withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked back to the table, spread out the rice paper with his hands, rolled up his sleeves to grind it, and said calmly: "Compared to that, I prefer to see you."But something slowly faded from his eyes, and he curled his lips silently.

Yan You, I hope you are right this time...

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Feng Wuya: Huh... I want to go to the night market and attend the reception too! !

Chi Han: The air outside is not good now, and the skin will become dull yellow, rough and dull without moisture and lose elasticity after going out too much.

Feng Wuya: (⊙_⊙) Huh?

Chi Han: And the public security is not good. It is easy to be robbed when going out, robbing money and sex.There are most gays in the night market, and they like to tease a little boy like you.

Feng Wuya: (⊙_⊙)...

Chi Han: And there are many lively places, and if you accidentally catch a hydrangea or something, an old man will jump out and force you to marry his flowery daughter. If you don't agree, you will attack him together.

Feng Wuya: I... I won't go out.

Chi Han: Good boy, bring the candle, let's continue playing the game.

The author has something to say: Well, there may be another chapter tomorrow~~O(∩_∩)O~