Tang riddles

On the ninth floor of the nine-story pavilion, Qianhe carried Shen Jin on his back, and Shen Sui returned here with Wuya and Yixu on his shoulders.At that time, Sima Chengzhen and Zhang Ruohan had been waiting for a long time.And they obviously didn't waste time here, the lights that had been hanging on the ninth floor wall were lit up, the light was much brighter than when one of them first came up, and many things hidden in the darkness also appeared. I can see clearly.

As soon as they came up from the stairs, the fainted Mei Niang and Hu Tuo were supported against the handrail, Zhang Ruohan was squatting beside them with the child in his arms, holding a handkerchief in his hand, and was wiping the bottom of their noses , both of them are already showing signs of awakening.Seeing Shen Sui bringing Shen Jin and others up, Zhang Ruohan was obviously relieved.

"Qianhe?" Seeing that Qianhe had woken up unexpectedly, Zhang Ruohan was obviously also taken aback.

"Sanniang..." Qianhe settled Shen Jin, then knelt down in front of Zhang Ruohan, "Qianhe apologized to you."

"Get up quickly." Zhang Ruohan hurried to help her.But Qianhe didn't get up immediately, and kowtowed to Shen Sui again.Shen Sui sighed, helped her up and said:

"Get up, what is your fault?"

Chizuru then stood up.She still looked very weak. After climbing up to the ninth floor, her breath was a little unstable, and her hands and feet were a little weak.Zhang Ruohan felt her pulse, then asked Shen Sui:

"Why did Qianhe wake up?"

"Of course it's because of inhaling the antidote." Before Shen Sui could answer, Sima Chengzhen who was at the side took over the conversation.

"Inhale the antidote?" Shen Sui looked at Master with some doubts.Sima Chengzhen was standing under the glazed tile roof at that time, looking up carefully.Hearing Shen Sui's question, he beckoned and said:

"Akashi, come and see."

Shen Sui walked over and looked up following Sima Chengzhen's pointing.On the glazed tiles, there seemed to be something slowly burning, and there were bursts of smoke, floating upwards.

"That's..." Shen Sui suddenly realized, "Could it be the source of the mist in the stone forest? That mist is actually the antidote to heart poison?"

Sima Chengzhen smiled without saying a word.

Shen Sui seemed to be talking to himself: "So that's how it is. For people who are in good health, the mist is a magic drug. But for those who have been poisoned, the mist is the antidote. The poisonous Qianhe, the toxins in his body have been suppressed by the medicine, and the detoxification was quickly detoxified after inhaling the mist. On the other hand, they inhaled the mist first, and after the effect of the medicine wore off, they were transported to this place. In the pavilion, he was poisoned and hypnotized, so it made sense.

I feel that there seems to be some connection between heart poison and psychedelics.Now it seems that whether it is heart poison or ecstasy/magic medicine, there is an ingredient of red-tailed lizard poison in it.The effect of heart poison is to paralyze the nerves, reduce the level of cognition and consciousness of the person, so as to facilitate hypnotic control of the human body. It is more like an upgraded version of the poison of the red-tailed lizard. More complex anesthetic drugs may be added to it, so that even Even Tiaoniang failed to see that the main ingredient in the medicine was actually the poison of the red-tailed lizard.The psychedelic/illusory medicine is a tool used to select people who are qualified to make blood pills, and it should contain more unique ingredients related to Luanhuang blood marrow.Perhaps, it was because of this unique ingredient that the poison of the red-tailed lizard in the heart poison was dissolved. "

"Could it be the poisonous lizard?" Zhang Ruohan who was on the side suddenly asked after hearing Shen Sui's analysis.

"Yes! Monster lizard!" Shen Sui was awakened by Zhang Ruohan's words, "At the beginning, it was because I was poisoned by the red-tailed lizard and then took the poisonous poisonous lizard as an antidote that my blood veins appeared. It seems that this poisonous lizard plant is a medicine that stimulates the characteristics of Luanhuang's blood, and it is reasonable to make it into a psychedelic/illusory medicine to screen the blood source for making blood pills."

"Yeah, the night you woke up after taking poison lizard, I was very impressed. Your eyes shone with a golden red light." Zhang Ruohan recalled some strange words someone said that night, and these The words actually became true, and I couldn't help but want to laugh.She stroked the peaceful sleeping face of the baby in her arms, and suddenly felt that all this was really dreamlike and unbelievable.

Sima Chengzhen said, "It's a bit strange, why is the poisonous lizard plant related to the blood of Luanhuang?"

Shen Sui shook his head: "I don't know about that either. Perhaps, if you want to know this, you have to go back to ancient times, the first owner of the Luanhuang bloodline."

"Anyway, it should be true that the ecstasy/magic medicine contains poison lizard, which can relieve the heart poison." Shen Sui continued, "I have to try to open this glazed tile roof and get some burning fire from it. The mist descends."

"Don't worry, I see that there are still some things we haven't found on the ninth floor." Sima Chengzhen said, and then he walked to the right side of the stairs.It was originally covered in a black shadow, and it was impossible to see clearly.Now, under the illumination of the ever-burning lamp, it shows its original appearance.

There was a room separated by wooden boards. The door of the room was a sliding door, and the door was half open. There was a black thing stuck in the door. Looking carefully, it was the black-robed dummy manipulated by the Goddess of Thousand Faces.The rope on the dummy is connected with the sliding door, all the way to the inside of the room.A heavy object fell from the bottom, and the goddess of thousands of faces pulled the rope. As soon as she let go, the heavy object fell, and the black-robed dummy would be pulled to the door and stuck.In the darkness, it looked like the man in black robe flew into the darkness with his light work.

Shen Sui stepped forward, took off the black-robed dummy, touched it, and found that it was stuffed with soft cotton, no wonder the dummy didn't make any sound when it was stuck on the door.She put the dummy aside, pushed open the sliding door, and what came into view was a small world where one lived, although simple, it was tidy and warm.

Shen Sui's nose suddenly became sour, and tears welled up.

Is this the place where my mother has lived for so many years?She just felt extremely sad.

In the small cubicle, there is a bed, and the quilt is neatly folded in a corner close to the extension of the head of the bed. It can be seen that this is not convenient for legs and feet, and only those who can move their hands will choose to place the quilt.

There is a tall table next to the couch, Shen Sui knew at a glance that it was specially built to match the height of the wheelchair.On the stage was an extinguished oil lamp, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as several scriptures and commentaries related to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. In addition to the bound books, there were piles of paper bundles as high as a mountain.When I opened it, I saw that it was all written in elegant lowercase script, stroke by stroke, written with great seriousness.There are reading experience, and there are also copied chapters, some are written a little more casually, and some are written very seriously, and you can see the traces of calligraphy practice.

But the owner of these ink treasures never left a single word about herself.Even if it is a record of my thoughts, or a casual poem, I can't find it.

On the side next to the foot of the bed, there are two small board rooms, one large and one small, all drawn by curtains.In the small one there is a net bucket.It is very tidy and has no peculiar smell. I don't know if the people who live here clean it by themselves every day or if someone else cleans it.The big one has a bathtub in it. The strange thing is that a sharpened bamboo tube is attached to the edge of the tub. There is also a wooden valve on the bamboo tube. After unscrewing, hot water will flow down, which can be used Full tub.And there is a plug at the bottom of the tub, and a drain pipe is connected to the plug, and when the plug is opened, the water in the tub can flow down.

Smart, Shen Sui praised inwardly.

Next to the bathtub, a pool was built with bricks and stones, and bamboo pipes equipped with valves were also used to discharge water. A shelf was placed beside it, and some cleaning brushes and other tools were hung on the shelf.The water basin and the water basin stand are placed beside the pool, and the water can be collected at any time. The toothbrush and the jar of blue salt are placed on the middle partition of the water basin stand.

On the left side of the high-leg table, there are some shelves for storing pots, pots and firewood. Two suitcases are stacked at the foot of the shelf. The clothes in the suitcases are still there, and they are basically plain women's clothes. Skirts are made of exquisite materials.Long-term storage here will inevitably produce some musty smell.But they are all clean, and it can be seen that the owner of the clothes cherishes these clothes very much.

On the edge of the shelf, near the door, a simple stove was built, a pot was placed, some basic seasonings were packed in small jars, as well as three bowls and three pairs of wooden chopsticks.

There is no vanity mirror, dowry, or even a jewelry box in the room.As for why not, Shen Sui didn't want to think about it.

After seeing this small residence, Shen Sui burst into tears unknowingly.There are traces of life everywhere here. The people who live here treat their own lives so seriously and meticulously, and they almost try their best to live.Although the scope of her activities is only this small compartment; although she almost never sees the outside world, has not seen the sun for more than ten years, cannot breathe the outside air, cannot touch the land, cannot see Mountains and rivers.But she is still living hard in this dark underground world.

She didn't leave a single word, but the trace of her life is the message she left.She was clearly saying that she wanted to live well, no matter how much the illness tormented her, she would still live.One day, she hopes to get out of here and see her daughter again, even if she just watches from a distance.If this is the case, she will be able to leave peacefully after all, ending her life of incomparable suffering.

Shen Sui covered his lips, choking with tears.

"Chishi?" Zhang Ruohan noticed that Shen Sui's mood was not right, but she obviously still didn't understand why Shen Sui suddenly lost control of his emotions and burst into tears.

"It's okay..." Shen Sui waved his hands, raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears, sniffed and said, "I'll talk to you later."

Zhang Ruohan nodded, without further questioning, he raised his hand to caress her shoulder.

"Chishi, come and take a look." At this moment, Sima Chengzhen spoke out in a timely manner.I saw that he took three jars from the shelf, opened the seal of one of them, and blew on the torch to look inside.

Shen Sui came over to take a look, and immediately frowned.The jar is full of dangerous and terrifying creatures, such as sand scorpions, sand snakes, poisonous rats, and red-tailed lizard larvae. They are soaked in a colorless, odorless, unknown liquid, killing each other and devouring the corpses. In the end, only one remains. Gu worms are among them.

Zhang Ruohan didn't go over to look, she was naturally afraid of these things, not to mention she was holding a child in her arms.Even Shen Sui frowned in disgust, and heard Sima Chengzhen say:

"I didn't expect to see such Gu worm techniques when I left the Southern Barbarian Miaojiang."

Shen Sui suddenly figured out something, and hurriedly said: "Master, could the poison of this Gu worm be the poison of the fourth floor Huyan Zhuoma, Xuan Weizi and Senior Brother Chen? When I passed the fourth floor, , cut Xuanweizi’s pulse hastily, at that time I could only judge that he had been poisoned by paralytic toxin. The patterns of these four poisons were engraved on the back of their seats.”

"It is indeed a paralytic toxin, and the toxins of these four creatures are all paralytic toxins." Sima Chengzhen said, "If it is indeed the voodoo poison formed by these four poisons, then... the antidote should be the poisonous lizard, If realgar, garlic, and calamus can be added, the medicinal effect will be even better."

"These herbal medicines are all ground into medicinal powders, and they are in the package that Yingniang carries with her." Shen Sui said, "It seems that only the poisonous lizard weed on the glazed tiles is left."

Shen Sui walked out of the cubicle again, stood under the glazed tiles to observe, and found that the glazed tiles seemed to be openable.She looked around, and finally found a long bamboo pole hanging under the hook in the corner, and a metal hook was installed on the bamboo pole.She took the bamboo pole and fastened it to a metal ear on the edge of the glazed tile. With a light force, the glazed tile was pushed away.It can be seen that on the edge of the glazed tiles, there is a big fire cauldron, and some kind of smoke is constantly burning in it.Shen Sui had already asked everyone to avoid it in advance. She covered her mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, temporarily used the Taoist internal circulation breathing method to hold her breath, and then jumped onto the glazed tile with a kick.

As soon as she came up, she found that this place turned out to be a place similar to a patio, but the top was airtight.There is another layer of glazed tiles on top of the glazed tiles. The top layer of glazed tiles is four or five feet high, and the two sides are made of smooth stone bricks. It is impossible to climb up without a long ladder.And above that layer of glazed tiles is the real sky.A bamboo pole was erected horizontally slightly above the glazed tiles on the next floor, which seems to be a place for drying clothes.And at a distance from the edge of the glazed tiles, a huge tripod was placed, completely occupying half of the space.This tripod has a unique shape, three openings are opened in the round belly, and three thick copper pipes are connected. The other ends of the pipes are buried in the wall, and it is unknown where they lead.But guess it should also be within the stone forest.

Shen Sui made a quick decision, opened the belly of the tripod, and saw some kind of white powder in it was emitting smoke under the charcoal fire at the bottom.Shen Sui quickly took some with the tip of the knife and put it in his pouch, then jumped back to the ninth floor.

Sima Chengzhen had already taken out the medicine from Yingniang's waist and distributed it. At that time, Yingniang and Hutuo had already woken up, and they were still a little confused.Zhang Ruohan was squatting beside them, explaining the situation to them.Qianhe and Shen Jin also added what happened on the fifth floor.

Shen Sui quickly took the water and prepared the antidote, and returned to the seventh, sixth, and fourth floors with Sima Chengzhen. Sima Chengzhen re-signed the pulse of the partners on these three floors to confirm the toxicity, and then fed them the antidote .After waiting for a while, several people also began to wake up.Only then did Shen Sui finally breathe a sigh of relief.

There is another episode here, that is, Shen Sui dug out another small tripod from the bottom of the strange Populus euphratica planted in the pottery pot on the third floor. Connected to the tube, there is some kind of weird device inside, which seems to be able to evaporate the blood and penetrate into the "soil". The "soil" is not real soil, but a large amount of medicinal powder that has been ground into sand, and there are many blood-colored roots on the roots of the Populus euphratica tree.Shen Sui cut off the root, guessing that this might be the material of the so-called "Blood Pill".She intends to wait for Tiao Niang to get better, and ask her to check the composition of this root.

After everyone woke up, Shen Sui led everyone (including the eighteen dead brothers) to the ninth floor to explain the situation to everyone.After she finished speaking, everyone fell into silence.

"I think it's time for our trip to come to an end, but the matter is not over yet. The saint is at large, and the Grand Pope's power still remains. Many things are still unclear and need to be investigated. It's just that my Thousand Feather Sect is also considered injured this time." In a short period of time, the cult should not have any new moves. This trip is over, everyone should go back to their posts and wait for orders." Shen Sui turned around, looked at the door on the ninth floor, and said, " There is still this last exit that has not yet been found out. Maybe you will meet the Pope when you go out. Be careful. Although the target of the Pope is the saint, it is not ruled out that they will still attack us. The way back , and it’s not easy to go.”

As she spoke, she had already pushed open the door on the ninth floor.Everyone looked at her back, and heard her use the word "saint" to refer to her mother, and the pain and sorrow echoed in their chests.

The author has something to say: the bug has been caught.

In response, a friend said that the nine-story castle I wrote in these chapters seems to be just to highlight the wit and reasoning ability of the protagonist.Of course, I have such a purpose.But each floor of the nine-story pavilion has its practical necessity and symbolic meaning.The first floor is actually the puzzle-solving level of the maze. From the second floor to the fourth floor, it is actually the explanation of the roots of drugs such as drugs, poisons/drugs, and hallucinogens that the cult runs throughout the text.These are also directly related to Luanhuang blood marrow.From the fifth floor to the seventh floor, there are a series of traps set by Grandma Qianmian to lure Shen Sui into the bait, one ring after another.The eighth and ninth floors are directly related to Shen Sui's mother.