ancient female doctor

Chapter 387
When Qingzhu went up to the second floor, a person in charge came over and asked Qingzhu to show the wooden sign for customs clearance, then led Qingzhu to the platform on the second floor, and asked Qingzhu to choose a lantern.

Because Qingzhu thought that Pei Zimo was still waiting for her downstairs, she hoped that it would be over soon, so she directly lit three lanterns and asked the steward to take down all the lanterns.

Although the person in charge had never encountered such a person who lit three lamps in one breath, he did not hesitate to take down the three lanterns with a bamboo pole and put them on the desk. Pass all the notes to Qing Zhu.

I just took one of them first and showed it to Qingzhu.

Qingzhu opened the note with the riddle written on it, this time, there was a line of poem on it, which read: Butterfly Nongzu comes back from stepping on flowers.

Compared with the same floor, the mystery of the second floor is indeed much more difficult.

Qingzhu held the note with the riddle written on it, and secretly thought about it.

Pollen may be stepped on the shoes of returning from stepping on flowers, which is dyed with the fragrance of flowers, so there will be butterflies flying around the feet, which means that this should be a word for fragrance.But there are many Chinese herbal medicines with fragrance, which one will it be?

However, this foot can also be called tarsal, tarsal and consonant, so the answer to this riddle should probably be Xiangfu.

Thinking of this, Qingzhu's eyes lit up, she looked at the steward and said, "The answer to this lantern riddle is Xiangfu."

"That's right, it's Xiangfu." Seeing that Qingzhu quickly thought of the answer, the steward secretly admired it, but he still felt that Qingzhu was a coincidence.

After all, Qingzhu is a woman. In the minds of most people in this era, women are inferior to men, and this idea of ​​being in charge is naturally no exception.

As he said that, the steward looked at Qingzhu and asked, "I don't know if the girl should continue to guess, or do you want this lantern and ten taels of silver?"

"Huh? Is there any difference?" Qingzhu was a little puzzled, looking at the steward and asked.

The person in charge saw that Qingzhu was a person who didn't fully understand the rules, so he said: "Yes, the girl may not have paid attention to the notice we posted on the first floor, please let me explain it to you."

"Let's not talk about the first floor. On our second floor, if you answer a lantern riddle correctly, you can get a lantern and ten taels of silver. But if you want to continue answering the questions, the lantern and silver won't be given to you first, but Use this as a note for the second lantern riddle."

"If you guess the second lantern riddle correctly, you can get two lanterns and 30 taels of silver in total. Of course, if you don't guess the second lantern riddle correctly, you will lose, and the first riddle will win." I can’t give you the colored lanterns and silver pattern.”

"The same is true for the third question. If you have guessed two lantern riddles in a row, you can also choose whether to continue or leave with the reward. Light, and at the same time get the right to go up to the third floor. If you don’t guess correctly, then the previous rewards will be gone.”

"What about the third floor?" Qing Zhu looked at the steward and asked.

The person in charge didn't expect that Qingzhu wanted to go up to the third floor, and he felt a little disdainful in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all, he just said respectfully: "For the third floor, you can only get our daughter if you answer three questions in a row. The final reward given by the hall. However, the reward you received on the second floor also belongs to you, and this will not be deducted additionally."

"Okay, I understand, I choose to continue." Qingzhu nodded, looked at the steward and said.

Hearing what Qing Zhu said, the steward took down another piece of paper, opened it and glanced at it, with a slight expression on his face, but he still didn't say anything, just handed the lantern riddle to Qing Zhu.

Qingzhu took the note, opened it, and saw that there was still a poem written on it, and this poem was: Lake light and water color meet autumn scenery.

After reading the note, Qingzhu began to think again.

This question is a bit more difficult than the previous one, Qingzhu's brows were always furrowed tightly.

Seeing Qingzhu like this, the steward smiled and said nothing, as if he felt that Qingzhu would be stumped by this level.

The performance of the steward made Qingzhu unable to bear it, and secretly struggled in his heart, thinking that he had to answer this lantern riddle no matter what, otherwise he would be underestimated.

Autumn colors are easy to understand, that is yellow, because the sky is dry and yellow in autumn, and even the reflection in the lake is a yellow-orange color.

The so-called Lianhuang, in reverse, is Huanglian.

Qingzhu was thinking, and was about to say that the answer was Coptis chinensis.

Before he opened his mouth, he faintly felt that something was wrong. If it was really Huanglian, why did the steward smile like that?
Then I began to think seriously again, whether the lake's light and water color have other meanings.

After thinking for a long time, Qingzhu suddenly realized when he saw a person who was obviously not Da Ruichao slowly passing under the colorful building.

It's not stupid.

Thinking of this, Qing Zhu looked at the steward, smiled confidently, and said, "The answer to this riddle is Hu Huanglian."

Originally, Qingzhu thought for a long time, and the steward planned to persuade Qingzhu to give up, but before she opened her mouth, Qingzhu said the correct answer, but the steward's face froze for a long time, and after a long while, she said: "Young lady is so smart, It seems that she is also very proficient in medicinal materials? I wonder if the girl is the lady of the Xinglin family?"

Huhuanglian, a medicine, is native to Tianzhu, and the Darui Dynasty has not yet started to introduce it. All the medicinal materials are transported by Tianzhu merchants, so there are very few.

Generally speaking, if the family is not in the medical industry, it is basically impossible to know about this medicine.

That's why the steward thought that Qingzhu would be troubled beforehand, but after Qingzhu figured it out later, the steward thought that Qingzhu came from the Xinglin family.

Because the manager looked down on him beforehand, Qingzhu deliberately ignored his question, and just asked: "I don't know if my answer is correct?"

"The answer given by the girl is naturally correct." The steward put away the contempt in his heart, and said to Qingzhu solemnly.

"Then continue." Qingzhu was satisfied, so she stopped making things difficult and said directly.

"Yes, please, girl." The steward said, and handed over the note with the last lantern riddle written on it.

Qingzhu took the note, opened it, and saw that it was still a poem, and this poem was: Zigui sings all the cuckoo red.

This riddle contains a legend, and the name of this legend is 'Cuckoo Crying Blood'.

And this legend, Qingzhu also knows.

Zigui, also known as Rhododendron, is said to have been transformed by Emperor Wang of the ancient Shu Kingdom.

At that time, Emperor Wang Chuan was located in the Xiangguo, and he went to practice in the Western Mountains. How could he know that the Xiangguo, who was originally regarded as a capable minister of the world, became arrogant and lustful after winning the throne, and managed the country in a mess, and even occupied Emperor Wang. wife and daughter.

After Emperor Wang learned about it, he returned to the capital from Xishan, trying to persuade the new emperor and save his wife and daughter at the same time.

How could he know that the new emperor had been on guard against him for a long time, and Wangdi couldn't even enter the city gate.In desperation, Emperor Wang had no choice but to go back to Xishan, sad and sad towards the capital every day. Soon after, Emperor Wang passed away sadly.

After the death of Emperor Wang, his soul turned into a cuckoo bird, standing on the roof, looking at the familiar capital, weeping deeply, and from time to time, pieces of bright red blood came out.

In the end, he died of exhaustion of blood, and the blood he cried turned into rhododendrons.

Thinking of this, Qing Zhu already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't say the answer directly, but looked at the steward, and said meaningfully: "Unexpectedly, the proprietor of Qianjin Hall is really courageous enough. It’s admirable that such lantern riddles dare to be played out.”

(End of this chapter)