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Quick Transmigration: She's a Heartbreaker: Ch 111, The Imposter Noble Lady Shen Xi Tang was a little dissatisfied with the look in his eyes he had towards Jiang Xun and said coldly, "Exactly, why did you come back suddenly? How was your trip to the Western Regions?" "Naturally, I returned with a full load." Qin Xu Feng smiled. Shen Xi Tang looked at Yan Shen, "Why did Kang Wangye have the interest to participate in the Dou Bao Conference today?" Yan Shen had been dissatisfied with Shen Xi Tang ever since that day Shen Xi Tang snatched Jiang Xun from his hands. Later, when he learned that Shen Xi Tang had deceived him, a divide had come between them, so his attitude wasn’t kind. "To come and join in the fun." "Kang Wangye isn’t a person who likes to join in the fun." "Maybe not in the past, that doesn't mean it will always stay like that in the future." Yan Shen stared at Jiang Xun deeply. Shen Xi Tang turned sideways, blocking his sight. The langjuns from the other families also gathered on this side. "Xu Feng, you just came back from Country Dan Mei Liu to join the Dou Bao Conference. It seems today's treasures are extraordinary ah." "Dou Bao are held once every three years, at which times were the treasures not invaluable… …" Qin Xu Feng smoothened out his eyebrows and smiled gracefully. "There are only a handful of people in the entire Bian Jing City who have been to Country Dan Mei Liu. Among us, only you, Gentleman Yan, are the most unrestrained and comfortable." "I'm not as good as you guys. I was born with an overworked life and can't stay idle all day, so I just have to walk around and see." Qin Xu Feng arched his eyebrows and smiled, "Speaking of which, the land in this Dan Mei Liu country is barren without any corn and wheat. The common people there all eat fish and shrimps, boil the seawater for salt, use sugarcane for wine and weave bamboo for clothes." Seeing the langjuns surrounding Qin Xu Feng and talking, Su Xun was a little curious. Therefore, she asked the people around her in a low voice, "Whose family’s langjun is that, why haven't I seen him before?" Wei Ming Yu looked at her and replied first, "That is The Nine Family, Qin family’s eldest son. It’s not surprising you don't recognize him, he rarely attended events in the capital. In the past two years, he said he had traveled to the small kingdom of Fan Yi and only just came back a few days ago." The Qin family is the natal family of the Empress Dowager, and Old Sir Qin is the teacher of the late emperor and the grandfather of the current emperor. He has assisted two emperors, so his status is quite influential. Twenty years ago, the eldest son of the main Qin family married the only daughter of the richest man in Zhe Jiang. Five years later, the Qin family’s second eldest son handed over all the wealth to his only daughter to inherit. Since then, the Qin family’s business has grown bigger and bigger. In recent years, it is only inferior to the Shen family. Moreover, at Jiang Su, their reputation is no worse than the Shen family. Especially this Qin Xu Feng. Although he doesn't show up much, he is well-known. It is said he was able to create poetry at the age of seven. His thinking was sharp and different from ordinary people. Not only did he have outstanding literary skills, he was also an expert in business. He likes traveling and has visited many barbarous lands. "So that's the case, thank you Young Miss Wei for telling me." Su Xun thanked in a low voice. Wei Ming Yu smiled. She walked to her and intimately took her hand, complimenting her for her good-looking clothes today. This Wei Ming Yu has been locked up at home for several months after the previous incident and her position at home has changed. That arrogant and impulsive temperament of hers has also been worn down to be much more calm, but her hatred for Jiang Xun has grown deeper and deeper. She only learned to hide her thoughts and am not as flamboyant as she used to be. Now that the ban has been lifted from her, she tried her best to participate in this Dou Bao meeting, knowing that Shen Xi Tang will come this time. Because he was coming, it was likely Jiang Xun would also follow along. Plus, she also got news Princess Qing Jue was coming. She made up her mind to avenge all her previous revenge in this Dou Bao meeting. When she saw Su Xun, an excellent plan was born in her mind. ... "It's about time, shouldn’t Shopkeeper Yang begin?" It was Jiang family’s second langjun, who spoke up. His voice was full of excitement, but at this time no one thought he was too eager. Everyone else couldn’t wait either. "Alright! It's still the old rule, answer first, then battle. This answering ma, is whoever answers correctly first wins. There are fifteen questions in this round, and the winner will enter the next round. As for the battling, it’s one person asking a question while the others answer. If the answer is correct, a point is awarded. On the contrary, if the answer is wrong or if you can’t answer, points will be deducted. There is a time limit of one hour. The winner of the day with the most points is the winner. " Shopkeeper Yang explained in great detail. The people were all smart and understood after hearing him. The rules of this puzzle-battling were brilliant. The first round of rushing answers efficiently selects up to fifteen winners at most, while the second round allows the contestants to fight themselves, which is even more difficult. Moreover, the first round saves time and the second round saves effort. These will save the Seven Treasures Association the trouble of creating questions. "In that case, Shopkeeper Yang, please ask the questions." Qin Xu Feng smiled. Shopkeeper Yang bowed his head and announced seriously, "Then This Yang will begin to ask the questions." Since it was the answering session, everyone focused their attention and waited wholeheartedly for Shopkeeper Yang to come up with a question. They only saw Shopkeeper Yang take out an inch-high statue of Xi Shi carved from a beautiful jade, "This is the question." Everyone stared at the statue for a long time, then someone whispered, "These three treasures are truly hard to obtain, the first question is already this difficult." However, Jiang Xun relaxed a little. In her opinion, the puzzle is not difficult at all. She used to like to read some cryptic puzzle solving books and has always been interested in solving puzzles and making puzzles. Not only was she good at guessing puzzles, but she also enjoyed constructing strange puzzles to stump others. This riddle was a small matter to her. Jiang Xun calmly answered, "The answer is one word, seize." "The answer is correct." Shopkeeper Yang was a little surprised. The first question was a deliberately chosen difficult problem. He initially thought it would take some time, but he didn't expect that someone would come up with the answer in less than a cup of tea. Moreover, it was even an amazingly beautiful woman at that. "Seize?" The others were puzzled. "It turns out to be so, this statue is one inch, Xi Shi is a beautiful woman, one inch beautiful. And isn't that just the seize character?" Several other langjuns also thought of the answer, but Jiang Xun was the first to say it, so they couldn't help paying some more attention to her. "I didn't expect Miss Jiang to be so good at riddles." Yan Cong laughed while playing with the folding fan in his hand. "Fourth Prince is overpraising me." Jiang Xun said lightly. Yan Cong's smile grew profound as he glanced at the calm Shen Xi Tang. "Heng, getting arrogant just because of a small trick." Princess Qing Jue snorted coldly, her expression ugly, "I want to see how skilled you truly are and can guess how many right. Since the first question has already been answered, quickly ask the next question." Shopkeeper Yang nodded, then he began to ask the second question, "Two shapes two bodies, four limbs eight heads, four where water flows. Name one word." As soon as the riddle came out, someone immediately responded in the blink of an eye. "The answer is the word, well." Shen Xi Tang replied languidly. This rhythm was simply too fast, it seems that they really had to rush to answer the next one, everyone thought. The most relaxed person present was Shopkeeper Yang, who gave the questions. While everyone was holding their breath, waiting, he chanted another riddle, "The first line is rebirth of the Hua Jia, adding an additional three seven years. The second line is celebrating two Gu Xi, adding another spring and autumn. Please guess the age of Old Weng." This riddle was different from the previous anagrams. It tests a person’s math skills, whoever could calculate the fastest will win. "The answer is one hundred and forty-one years old. The Hua Jia refers to sixty years old, so two sixties plus three seven years is one hundred and forty-one years old. The second line: Gu Xi is seventy years old, thus two Gu Xi plus one year is also one hundred and forty-one years old." This time it was Qin Xu Feng, who answered first. The competition went on for quite a time, yet many people still hadn’t even managed to snatch a single question. They were all taken by Jiang Xun, Shen Xi Tang, Qin Xu Feng and Yan Cong. Jiang Xun especially stood out among the many noble ladies as her talent wasn’t any more inferior than the talented langjuns present, making people praise her. In the second round of the puzzle, the rules had become a mixed battle. The answerer gets one point for the correct answer and one point deducted for the wrong answer. In addition, if no one can answer the question from the questioner, the questioner will get fifteen points. If someone answers the question incorrectly, the questioner will get one point and the correct answerer gets to deduct one point from the questioner. With one hour as the limit, the player with the most points wins. After Shopkeeper Yang explained the scoring rules, he then asked. "Who is willing to be the first person to start the question?" According to this rule, only unique questions can win. If the question was too simple, the person who asked the question will instead be deducted points. Princess Qing Jue declared, "Since you’re so skillful, why don't you be the questioner? I'll just wait and see if your riddle can stump us." Everyone glanced at Jiang Xun and waited for her answer. They thought she would shy away, who knew she would smile and appeared delighted, "Okay, I'll come up with a question, but… …" Princess Qing Jue sneered, thinking she was going to falsely agree and then place a condition, "But what?" "But ordinary riddle solving isn’t fun. If we were going to play, then let’s use riddles against riddles. If someone can solve my puzzle, I will deduct three points. If no one can answer my puzzle, I will still get fifteen points. What does everyone think? "Jiang Xun's eyebrows were picturesque and her expression was particularly moving. Everyone looked surprised, she was that confident? "You hold yourself too high. Are you so sure no one can solve your riddle? When the time comes and you lose, you better not regret it." Princess Qing Jue felt Jiang Xun was just trying to show off and attract attention, so her tone was full of mockery. "Although it is difficult to use a riddle to solve a riddle, however, if we can't answer it, you must also reveal the answer to the riddle or it will still count as your loss." Yan Cong laughed. Yet, Jiang Xun wasn’t bothered about it, "Does anyone oppose to this?" Though Jiang Xun’s request has increased the difficulty a lot, but if someone answers the mystery, they will get three points and Jiang Xun will be deducted three points. Otherwise, if no one is able to answer, Jiang Xun will only gain fifteen points. So why not? Moreover, everyone also wanted to see what kind of question she could come up with so that no one guessed the corresponding riddle. "Then ask the question." Qin Xu Feng said with interest. "Yes, since you’re confident, just tell us the question." Everyone supported. Jiang Xun spoke softly, "Ancient Yellow Crane Tower Lu Ban fixes, the Ling Zhi spirit grass is stolen. Riding the dragon across and letting the crane freely go, the Eight Immortals each cross the sea to rest. Name a word." As soon as she finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent as everyone fell into contemplation. A full quarter of an hour passed, except for Shen Xi Tang's faint smile, everyone else was still bitterly thinking about it. "With half an hour as the limit, if no one can answer, it’ll count as Miss Jiang’s win." Shopkeeper Yang announced. Time continued to pass by and there was still no one that spoke up. Shopkeeper Yang finally said to Jiang Xun, "This Miss is indeed amazing. Since no one can solve this riddle, will This Miss please reveal the answer?" "The corresponding riddle is: not at the top, but below, at both ends, stuck in the middle." "The answer is the word, 'one'?" Qin Xu Feng asked. "En, exactly." Jiang Xun didn’t act haughty, but nodded calmly. "Please ask the next question." Qin Xu Feng also retracted his amusing smile and became serious. In her heart, Jiang Xun smiled secretly as she asked a few more difficult questions in succession that stumped everyone. Jiang Xun thought these were the trickiest riddles she'd seen in a miscellaneous book in modern times, using it here couldn't be more suitable. Jiang Xun scored many points in a row. Seeing she was about to reach her match point, Princess Qing Jue suddenly disregarded her pride, "That’s enough, that’s enough, let’s take a break. After talking for so long, there still are no glasses of water. Is the Seven Treasure Association this stingy?" Everyone can see that she was deliberately making trouble. However, she was the princess, no one could say anything. Even the princes and wangyes could only talk about her like that privately, it wasn’t proper for them to pull down her face in front of this many people. Since she said she wanted to drink tea, Shopkeeper Yang led everyone to the adjacent Flower Hall for tea and snacks. After a break of about two quarters of an hour, Shopkeeper Yang came to inform everyone to begin the riddle-battling again. Who knew Princess Qing Jue would suddenly burst into laughter, and make strange shouts as well as other indecent gestures as soon as she stood up? Everyone was shocked and looked at her, dumbfounded8. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes: Xi Shi (西施): one of the top four beauties in Ancient China seize character (一个夺字): this riddle is a play with words. The word for inch in Chinese is 寸 and the phrase for beautiful woman is 佳人, thus creating the word seize well (井): this riddle basically describes how the well character, 井, looks like Hua Jia (花甲): In Ancient China, times were recorded by Gan Zhi, which refers to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches that were arranged to form sixty units which were called Hua Jia. Therefore, Hua Jia represents sixty-years-old Gu Xi (古稀): This term also comes from Ancient China. In those times, living til seventy was rare, so Du Fu (杜甫), a famous poet, wrote a line using the term Gu Xi (basically means rare since ancient times), which the later generations followed. Thus, Gu Xi became synonymous with seventy-years-old Ancient Yellow Crane Tower Lu Ban fixes, the Ling Zhi spirit grass is stolen. Riding the dragon across and letting the crane freely go, the Eight Immortals each cross the sea to rest (黄鹤古楼鲁班修,灵芝仙草被人偷。骑龙乘鹤由他去,八仙过海各自休): this riddle has to do with the yellow character in Chinese, 黄, and with each halves of a line a part is subtracted. So the spirit grass is stolen, which means the grass radical is taken away from 黄. The freely (由) go is also taken away. Finally, the Eight (八) Immortal crosses the sea, so also taken away. With all those gone from yellow (黄), it only leaves the word, one (一), which is the answer
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