"Uncle Wu ripped up Sister-in-law Wu and grabbed her by the waist. She tasted all kinds of flavors, including what the emperor enjoyed."

When Shen Rong saw the first half, her face turned red. When she saw the second half, she began to ponder it carefully.

Suddenly, Shen Rong's eyes lit up, and she handed the riddle to the stall owner, saying with a smile: "Old man, the answer to this riddle is chopsticks."

The stall owner took the riddle and saw that it was really chopsticks. He took down the lantern and said, "Yes, take this lantern and it will belong to the young lady."

When Shen Rong heard the old man approve of her answer, the anxiety in her heart disappeared immediately, "Thank you, old man."

She took the lantern and handed it to Changsheng, "Changsheng, this is for you."

Changsheng's eyes widened with joy, "For me?"

"Yeah." Shen Rong pushed the lantern towards him again.

Changsheng looked at the lanterns, then at the men and women passing by, and said, "It's for my wife."

Shen Rong felt warm in her heart. He obviously liked her very much, but when he saw that the girl next to him was given a lantern, he wanted to give her a lantern, "Then Changsheng, can you hold it for me first?"

"Oh." Changsheng happily took the lantern.

The Shen Chunsheng brothers were also very jealous.

This is free, who wouldn’t want it?

They were illiterate and didn't know how to guess the riddles, so they could only look at the lanterns and had never thought of spending money to buy them. Now that they saw Shen Rong guess the riddles correctly and got to take the lanterns, their faces were filled with excitement.

"Sanniang, help me guess one so I can take it back to your sister-in-law." This is the eldest brother.

"Sanniang, and your second sister-in-law, nephews and nieces." This is the second brother.

Shen Rong was a little embarrassed. "Brother, I just guessed it by luck. I tried my best. Don't hold too high hopes on me..."

"It's okay. I believe you. You can guess it right the first time. You can do it for sure."

The four of them started guessing about the lanterns on the street. As they walked along, Shen Rong guessed correctly several times, and everyone had a lantern in their hands.

Just as Shen Rong was pondering the riddle, suddenly, a burst of cheers came from the front.

Shen Rong looked up and saw that there was a lantern guessing competition over there.

There were many people watching the fun below the stage. When someone guessed the riddle correctly, the people below cheered.

Shen Rong looked carefully and found that Gu Zhaoming was also on the stage. Under the stage, Shen Yuan was standing closest to him. After Gu Zhaoming solved a riddle, he clapped his hands vigorously.

Shen Rong only took a look and didn't plan to go over to watch the fun. "Changsheng, big brother, second brother, let's go back and rest early. Tonight..."

Although she didn't say the rest of the words, the Shen brothers all knew what she was referring to.

The two brothers also saw Gu Zhaoming on the stage, and naturally didn't want to see him in such a glorious state.

That’s right, Gu Zhaoming was indeed in his prime at this time.

Qingliu Town is a small town with very few educated people, and even fewer well-educated ones. Gu Zhaoming now has some knowledge, so doesn't he stand out among this group of people?

It is no exaggeration to say that he was very successful as he guessed more than ten riddles in a row.

The two brothers didn't want to see how glorious Gu Zhaoming was.

Changsheng would go wherever his wife went. When Shen Rong said to go back to sleep, he would obediently follow his wife and go back to sleep.

The group returned to the inn, it was not too late.

Shen Rong and her friends first found Manager Zhang to learn about the arrangements for the evening, and then went back to the room to rest.

Shen Rong and Changsheng still stayed in the guest room they had booked before, and the Shen brothers only used one of the guest rooms arranged by Manager Zhang.

Normally, everyone would have gone to bed by this time.

But even though everyone had been busy all day and was exhausted, some of them lay in bed unable to fall asleep because of what happened in the evening, except Changsheng, of course.

The eldest son of the Shen family sat in the room keeping watch, while the second son lay on the bed with his eyes wide open.

Next door, Shen Rong was lying on the bed, looking at Changsheng who was sleeping soundly, and she was also not asleep.

On the street, the sound of the night watchman came in along with the bustling sounds outside.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"The hour of Xu is safe. The weather is dry. Be careful with fire and candles. Close doors and windows to prevent theft..."

The sound came from far away, then from near to far away, until it disappeared.

After the hour of Xu, the noise outside could still be heard.

Until the second night watchman sounded, "Dong! Dong! Dong!"

Shen Rong, who was a little dazed, was suddenly awakened by the sound of night watchmen. The knocking sound, one by one, seemed to be knocking on her heart, again and again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" That was the sound of her heartbeat.

At this time, Shen Rong found that the noise outside had become much quieter.

"It is the hour of Hai. The weather is dry. Be careful with fire and candles. Close doors and windows. Be careful with theft..."

It was already 11am, and after 11am it was 12am. Shen Rong didn't plan to sleep.

Shen Rong only felt that her heart was beating faster.

She thought for a moment, got up, put on her clothes, and woke Changsheng up.

If anything unexpected happens later, they will be prepared.

"Sanniang?"

Changsheng rubbed his eyes and woke up from his sleep.

"Changsheng, get up and put on your clothes. The bad guys are coming."

"Oh." Changsheng got up and put on his clothes without saying a word.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, "Little sister, are you awake?"

It's the eldest brother's voice.

Shen Rong immediately got up and opened the door.

None of them could sleep, so they just waited in a room.

In the lower-class room of the inn diagonally opposite, Shen Yuan and Gu Zhaoming heard the night watchman outside announcing the time, and lay in bed waiting for more than half an hour, then they got up and put on their clothes tacitly.

"Yuanyuan, are you sure you heard it right?"

Before going out, Gu Zhaoming was worried and couldn't help but confirm it.

Shen Yuan nodded with a look of conviction, "I think I heard it right. I saw that man took the money and promised repeatedly that he would definitely light the fire."

Of course Shen Yuan didn't see it, let alone hear it. She said this just to make Gu Zhaoming believe her.

Gu Zhaoming thought more carefully, "If someone asks us why we are here, what should we say?"

Shen Yuan said proudly: "This is easy. We can just say that we were hungry and couldn't sleep, so we went out to buy snacks at night, and we just happened to see someone setting a fire."

Gu Zhaoming nodded. He also felt that there was nothing wrong with this statement.

The two people came out of the guest room one after the other. When they passed the counter, the waiter who was guarding the store glanced at them.

"We're hungry after shopping, so we're going out to buy something to eat," Shen Yuan explained.

The waiter nodded and buried his head in the quilt under the counter again.

Today is the Lantern Festival and there is a lantern festival on the street. Their inn has to wait until the second half of the night at the earliest and closes after midnight.

It was normal for these two people to go out to look for food, and the waiter didn't think much about it.

Shen Yuan and Gu Zhaoming ate a bowl of glutinous rice balls nearby and walked around for a while to help digest the food. Time passed quickly and it was almost midnight.

The two of them quietly went around to the backyard of Tongfu Inn opposite.

Shen Yuan and Gu Zhaoming walked around the area and guessed that if someone wanted to set fire to someone, the backyard would be an easier place to start.

As soon as they appeared near the backyard of Tongfu Inn, the people guarding the backyard of Tongfu Inn discovered the two men.

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