not demon

【26】

"Qingming guess one." Fang Yueheng took Gu Qingming's hand and whispered in his ear.

"I...do I guess?" A touch of red glow dyed Gu Qingbai's fair neck, even the brows were filled with affection, and he muttered, "I can't guess."

"It's so simple that I can't even guess it. Are you lying to me?" Fang Yueheng raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "It's Xuehua. Go tell that person, and you'll pass the test."

"No, you go ahead and talk about it." Gu Qingming is actually very timid and doesn't want to deal with people. First, he is afraid that he will make a joke because he doesn't know anything. Second, he is afraid that he will be deceived when he first arrived in the capital like last time. up.

"I want that prize, will Qingming give it to me?" Fang Yueheng squeezed his palm, "You go talk about it, and then you can get the prize if you pass all the time."

"Hmm... do you want it?" Gu Qingming raised his eyes to look at him, his clear eyes made Fang Yueheng feel a little unbalanced.

"Well, I want it. Can Qingming come for me?" Fang Yueheng pushed him on the waist, "Go, tell that person and you can pass."

Gu Qingming nodded slightly, took a step forward, whispered the answer into the ear of the young man in front of him, the young man immediately smiled and made a "please" gesture, "Master guessed right, wait here wait."

Gu Qingming looked nervously at Fang Yueheng, Fang Yueheng nodded at him, telling him not to be afraid, and he would go there in a while.

"Now five young masters have guessed correctly. Is there anyone else who wants to guess?" The young man shook the drumstick in his hand. The drumstick was wrapped in red silk and satin, and it looked very festive.

Gu Qingming followed the voice and looked over there, listened to him for a while, and then naturally looked for Fang Yueheng in the crowd.But the moment he looked away just now, the person standing there disappeared.

He was panicked, his hands and feet were in a mess, he hurriedly looked for Fang Yueheng, he almost thought he was back in that rainy day, he was still a swallow, fell from the warm nest, fell onto the wet soil, Although he didn't suffer too much injury, no one could understand the helplessness in his heart.

Now that Fang Yueheng is gone, the helplessness in Gu Qingming's heart surged up again. Just when he opened his lips to call Fang Yueheng's name, someone pulled his waist suddenly, and a hot breath came from his ear, "I'm here!" Watching you from behind."

"Yueheng?" Gu Qingming exclaimed in surprise, and was about to turn around when Fang Yueheng stopped him.

"Just answer the question, I'll watch you from behind." A steady voice came into his ears, and Gu Qingming gave a soft "hmm".

Seeing that there was no one to answer, the fair-skinned young man said to everyone, "The answer to the lantern riddle just now was 'Snowflake'. These five young masters have answered correctly, and the winner of the lantern riddle tonight will be chosen from among them." . "

Everyone started to applaud, and the scene was very lively. There were people beating gongs and drums on the street. Gu Qingming couldn't help but want to take a few steps back. Fang Yueheng supported him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Yue Heng, I'm not suitable for such a situation, you should do it." Gu Qingming twisted the sleeves of his clothes, bowed his head and said to Fang Yueheng.

Fang Yueheng smiled, "It's just a small game, you can just play it casually, you are kept in the mansion every day, and you come out after a long time, don't you want to see these novel gadgets?"

"That's what I said, but..."

"Come on, you helped me win the gift in the red box, and I will take you to put the lantern." Fang Yueheng whispered in his ear, "Just put the lantern you made for me."

"Uh..." Gu Qingming had no choice but to nod after hearing this, and said "OK."

"Go, don't be afraid." Fang Yueheng stood behind him, "I'll just watch you here, and I can remind you if there is anything wrong."

"Yeah." Gu Qingming doesn't like to tie his hair up. He has long black hair pouring down his back. His skin is fair and his eyes are clear. Anyone who looks at him will think it's some handsome young man. Fang Yueheng looks at him from behind, his eyes are gentle , just like looking at your sweetheart.

He really doesn't know what he thinks about Gu Qingming, he just thinks this person is very cute, he looks like he doesn't understand anything, but he seems to understand everything, he always pesters him to be with him, and he doesn't even find it annoying , On the contrary, I like this feeling.

Fang Yueheng asked himself in his heart, if he has been a little dazed lately, he even likes a young man like Gu Qingming, although he is very good-looking, but...

"My lords, please listen to the second lantern riddle." The young man said confidently, "This lantern riddle is a bit difficult, and there are two answers. As long as you guess one correctly, you will pass the level."

"Yueheng..." Gu Qingming subconsciously called Fang Yueheng again, and at the same time stretched his slender fingers backwards, Fang Yueheng quickly held them tightly in his hands.

"I am here……"

Gu Qingming immediately felt relieved, and took Fang Yueheng's fingers to listen to the young man continue to preach: "The white snake crosses the river, with a red sun on its head, an oolong on the wall, and its body is covered with thousands of golden lights. You can also guess it." .”

"What a white snake, what an oolong..." Gu Qingming's face changed slightly. He disliked snakes the most. When he was a swallow, he had a bad fight with a snake spirit, and that snake spirit almost killed him. As a result, he is now afraid when he sees a snake or hears the word snake.

"Young masters, do you know the answer?" The old man next to the boy asked with a smile.

"I guess, it's the imperial decree." A burly old man spoke first, and when he said the word "imperial decree", he even made a bow.

"No." The young man smiled. "Guess again, I said there are two answers, and naturally "White Snake" is one answer. "Oolong" is another answer. "

When the crowd was talking about it, Yueheng behind Gu Qingming took a step forward, and whispered to Gu Qingming who was still struggling: "Qingming, did you guess it?"

"No, I actually... didn't understand." Gu Qingming patted his head embarrassedly, Fang Yueheng smiled and said, "You, why don't you have any common sense at all."

"Yue Heng, do you know the answer?" Gu Qingming saw Fang Yueheng laughing at him, as if he knew the answer, immediately grabbed his sleeve and said, "If you know, tell me quickly."

"Are I going to win the prize for you, or are you going to win the prize for me?" Fang Yueheng showed a wry smile, raised his hand and gently scratched the tip of his nose, and said against his ear, "The first answer is soybean oil." Lamp, the second answer is the beam. The wick is like a snake, the oil is like a river and sea, the pole is like an oolong, and the stars are like fire."

"Yue Heng, you are so smart." Gu Qingming showed a surprised expression, and even forgot that he was afraid of snakes just now.

"You are too stupid." Fang Yueheng patted his head. "Go, tell that person and you'll pass."

Gu Qingming stuck out his tongue, and hurriedly ran over to tell the answer to the lantern riddle to the young boy with a red string tied on his head. Sure enough, the young man gave the answer to the riddle with approval, and then announced to everyone: "There is already a young master who has guessed the riddle." When it arrives, others will continue to guess.”

"What the hell is it... Someone actually guessed it."

"Could it be a woman's hairpin..."

"Quick guess, quick guess..."

Everyone was discussing, the young man stuffed a small note to Gu Qingming, and said with a mysterious smile: "My lord, this puzzle is written on the paper with ink and pen. If you can guess it, come and tell me immediately. This is the last lantern riddle, and if you guess correctly, the prize will be yours."

"Thank you." Gu Qingming put the note away carefully, and quickly walked back to Fang Yueheng, with a smug smile on his face.

Seeing him coming back, Fang Yueheng asked, "What's the matter, did you get the next lantern riddle?"

"It's troublesome, but I haven't read it yet..." Gu Qingming opened the note as he spoke, and saw that it was written in handsome lowercase letters—without a word of riddle.

"Hmm... there is no word in the riddle, what does it mean?" Gu Qingming frowned, and showed the note to Fang Yueheng.

Fang Yueheng saw it, rolled his deep eyes, didn't answer, just looked at Gu Qingming with a smile, and said, "Think about it for yourself."

"There is no word in the riddle...that is to say, there are no lantern riddles, so there is no answer at all." Gu Qingming propped his chin and said in distress.

"Little idiot, I really admire you." Fang Yueheng shook his head helplessly, "I've already told you the answer to the mystery, but you still can't figure it out."

"What what?" Gu Qingming was taken aback, and quickly turned the note over and over again, but there was nothing on it except for a sentence, "No, Yue Heng, there is nothing written on it at all, You lied to me……"

Seeing that he still didn't notice, Fang Yueheng could only rub his eyebrows, and asked eagerly, "What did you get?"

"Paper." Gu Qingming swallowed and said hesitantly.

"What else can it be called?" Fang Yueheng looked worried. He suddenly felt that it was a wrong decision to ask Gu Qingming to help him win the prize. This was simply guessing lantern riddles.

"What else can it be called...notes, white paper, rice paper." Gu Qingming shook his head and begged, "Yue Heng, I really can't guess. Just tell me."

"I won't tell you, you guess it yourself." Fang Yueheng continued to remind, "The answer is the name of a Chinese herbal medicine. Guess it."

"Chinese herbal medicine... I haven't eaten that kind of thing before." Gu Qingming complained in his heart. He is obviously a swallow, why should he take Chinese herbal medicine?

"You see, lantern riddles are "without a word on the surface of the riddle"—that is, there is no such lantern riddle on the paper. Fang Yueheng took the note and pointed it out one by one: "If there is no lantern riddle on the paper, then what is it?" "

"Yes, it's blank paper." Gu Qingming replied cautiously.

"That's right, it's just blank paper." Fang Yueheng patted his cold cheek helplessly, "Okay, you go and tell..."

"Wait, Yue Heng, I don't understand why the answer is blank." Gu Qingming said hastily.