Chapter 573

The old man opened the note and took a look. His eyes instantly lit up and he revealed a smile.

He nodded and then picked up a brocade box beside him. He followed the waiter down the stage and walked in Chen Ning's direction.

When everyone saw this scene, they all let out a "hua" sound. They knew that Chen Ning had guessed the riddle and they all looked at her with envious eyes.

This old man was a famous merchant in the capital city. Every year he would hold a grand riddle guessing contest and the person who guessed it would be given a very rich gift.

He had made this riddle from last year to this year and no one had ever guessed it. So the old man had said from the beginning that whoever guessed the riddle this year would receive a mysterious gift.

The waiter led the old man through the crowd. He came in front of Chen Ning and said, "This is the riddle that this young miss has guessed."

The old man said with a smile, "Young miss, you've guessed the riddle of this four screen lantern. This is the prize this old man prepared for this riddle, I ask young miss to accept it."

Chen Ning smiled as she took the brocade box from the old man's hand and said, "Many thanks."

Her hand suddenly sank down and she almost dropped the box on the ground. It was a good thing Chu Shao Bai was quick and caught it.

"Yi, this box is so heavy!" She didn't expect that the brocade box, which didn't look big, would be so heavy. She didn't know what was inside.

"Ning 'er, open it and see what kind of mysterious gift it is. Why is it so heavy?" Chu Shao Bai also felt this was strange.

This brocade box was only a foot wide. Even if the entire box was made of iron, it would not be this heavy.

Chen Ning nodded. She opened the box and saw that there was an irregular stone inside the box. It was around the size of a fist and looked dark.

The surrounding crowd had already stretched their necks out with curious faces. They were prepared to see what kind of priceless treasure this mysterious gift was, but who would have thought that it would be a normal looking stone. They all burst out in laughter.

Especially the old scholars that had been mocked by Chu Shao Bai, their laughter was the loudest.

"Ha, ha, I thought it was something good, but I never thought it would be a broken stone!"

"Interesting, truly interesting!"

"We really have to congratulate this young miss, congratulations to this young miss. We thought we would be able to pick up a treasure, but we never thought that it would be a broken stone. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

These people all revealed expressions of schadenfreude.

Chen Ning was wearing a mask and no one could see her expression, but her laughter rang out like a silver bell.

"Thank you, Uncle. This is really a good treasure. It's a pity that most people have eyes but can't see it. They actually think it's a piece of rotten stone. They really have eyes but can't see."

When the old man heard this, his eyes couldn't help lighting up, "Miss, do you know what kind of treasure this is? To tell you the truth, this old man obtained this stone by accident. I only know that it's value is extraordinary, but I don't know what's so special about it. If Young Lady knows what it is, I hope Young Lady can tell me. "

Chen Ning did not know what kind of treasure this stone was, but she knew that when things reached an extreme, they would move in the opposite direction. This stone looked normal, but it was ten times heavier than normal stones of the same size, so it was definitely not a normal item.

"Chen's Chen's heart. This Chen Chen's Chen Chen's. Chu Shao Bai was holding the stone and studying it, but he suddenly shouted out in excitement.