[Four famous arrests] Dao Wushu

Chapter 26

Lantern

When the lights come on, the city of Bianjing on the night of the Lantern Festival is extremely lively. The streets are full of pedestrians. Even the ladies from various families who usually hide in the boudoir and rarely come out finally have the opportunity to "show their faces" with all kinds of things in their hands. All kinds of lanterns, full of laughter.

The most indispensable thing in the Lantern Festival is naturally all kinds of lanterns-there are large and small lantern stalls all over the streets and alleys overnight.Ordinary lanterns can be bought with money, but the most beautiful and unique lanterns, no matter how much money is spent, will have no effect. Only by guessing the riddles on the lanterns can you get the lanterns in your pocket——Guess Lantern riddles are originally a major event of the Lantern Festival.

Xiyin raised her head slightly, and her eyes fell on a lantern not far away — that lantern was a bit special, it was not festive red like most lanterns, but blue and white, making it look like a Taiji diagram , with a simple shape and cool tones, but it immediately attracted all of Xiyin's attention.

Zhui Ming soon noticed Xiyin's expression, followed her gaze, and saw the unique lantern at a glance, and a note was pasted on it, which must be the lantern riddle of this lantern. My heart immediately became clear, and I looked down at the little Taoist girl beside me: "Little girl likes that lamp?"

Xi Yin blinked and nodded slightly.

Zhuiming took a sip of wine, and vowed, "I'll solve the lantern riddles for you!"

Xi Yin's eyes lit up slightly, and then he saw that Zhui Ming suddenly remembered something, coughed softly, and added:

"I don't have much knowledge. It doesn't matter if I don't guess correctly. Anyway, the big brother is here! Just let him guess!"

——When he spoke, his face was full of righteousness, without any shame or embarrassment.

Tie Shou couldn't help laughing warmly, Leng Xue was pushing the ruthless wheelchair, he paused slightly after hearing this, and couldn't help but have an imperceptible smile on his face.Wuqing glanced at Zhuiming sideways, but he didn't refuse to refute—Zuiming was immediately encouraged, and while holding a gourd and drinking wine, he dragged the little Taoist nun forward to watch the lantern riddle.

The lanterns were hung a little high, but both Zhui Ming and Xi Yin had excellent eyesight, and they could see the writing on the paper clearly just by raising their heads.

Xiyin frowned slightly, as if trying to think of an answer.Zhuiming frowned and pondered for a long time, even drank most of the wine in the gourd, but still had no idea, so he could only give up completely, scratched his hair, and turned his head to look at Wuqing with a big and open face:

"Eldest brother, I can't guess it, you must be able to catch it!"

Looking at him mercilessly, he shook his head in a funny and helpless manner, and looked up at the lantern riddles as he said:

"Three paths are lazily hoeed and filthy, and a few branches of pomegranate stamens are fresh. When the dew nourishes, the milk drips from the rock, and the rain travels long and stays at the bottom of the stream. The leisurely cursive words are made into small sheets, and the scriptures are quietly passed on to meet famous sages. Thirst boy Cooking new tea, the window is worn out because of laziness and half-cheap. If you want to heal the disease, you will rarely ask for it, but you will not get a sentence for the broken poem. For the sake of love, you will repeatedly scratch your head and ask the distant sky."

The riddle is "Twelve medicinal materials" - no wonder this riddle is not too difficult, but Zhui Ming can't answer it, this is not only a riddle, but also a very familiar with the medicinal materials.

Wuqing thought for a while, and soon he had a plan in his chest. He asked the stall owner for a pen and paper, and quickly wrote down all the answers.

"Uncle, look at this answer, is it right?"

Almost at the same time when he ruthlessly reached out to hand the paper to the stall owner, a clear and gentle voice sounded from the side, and the other hand also handed a piece of paper to the stall owner—it was a beautiful hand, Fair and slender, with black sleeves, it looks more and more lustrous like jade.The handwriting on that piece of paper is also very good-looking, with a plump, graceful face, but clearly more casual and uninhibited than the upright face. Most importantly, the piece of paper he handed over On it, it wrote exactly the same content as Ruqing——

"Habitat, safflower, gypsum, Alisma, Ligusticum, Shijunzi, catechu, broken paper, myrrh, Dipsacus, skygreen, forsythia"

Apparently it was the answer to the riddle on the lantern that Xiyin was looking for.

Ruthlessly turned his face to the side, and what he saw was a black robe; when he raised his head slightly, he immediately saw the face of the man - handsome eyebrows, smiling phoenix eyes, and long hair hanging over his shoulders.Just one glance, inexplicably reminds people of the celebrities and romantics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

This man was undoubtedly a very good-looking man.

Ruthlessly glanced at him, slightly surprised, but not displeased because he "robbed" the lantern with himself, on the contrary, there was a smile on his face, and said lightly: "Although the game of chess a year ago was a draw, but The future is long and there will always be a chance to decide the winner, why should Brother Liu be so concerned?"

The implication is that he is obsessed with winning and losing, and deliberately competes with himself to guess the riddle, which is inevitably a little narrow-minded.

The man's face didn't change, but he hooked his lips and smiled, a rather peculiar "judge pen" was flying up and down flexibly in his hand, it was really pretty:

"Brother Sheng has wronged me—I just saw that this lantern riddle was quite to my liking, so I guessed the answer on a whim, but I didn't notice that Brother Sheng was there. If I saw Brother Sheng early in the morning, I wouldn't dare to play tricks on him." , laughing and generous."

——Wuqing's original name was Sheng Yayu, so this person called him "Brother Sheng".

He said modest words such as "playing tricks, making people laugh and be generous", but there was no hint of modesty on his face, and he said brazenly, "Lantern riddles suit my heart"--it was very arrogant, but his expression was magnanimous, which made him laugh. Life can't afford to be disgusted.

He smiled mercilessly and didn't argue with him, but looked up at the lantern and explained unhurriedly:

"Third Junior Brother asked me to guess the lantern riddle for him, so that I can give the lantern to a friend."

"Oh?" The man raised his phoenix eyes slightly, and a playful smile slowly appeared in his eyes, "Since that's the case, if a gentleman doesn't take what others like, I won't fight with Brother Cui."

"Thank you!" Zhui Ming laughed, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "I said you should stop fiddling with your potted flowers and look at a few girls, and come and visit when you have time. There is nothing else in the old building. , but enough alcohol!"

As soon as Zhui Ming's voice fell, the person suddenly rose from the ground, and in a blink of an eye, he took down the lantern hanging from a high place and handed it to Xi Yin.

Xiyin subconsciously reached out to take it, but did not look at the lantern. Her gaze was fixed on the man in black robe opposite, and she couldn't help but blinked slightly. The expression in her eyes was hesitant. Doubtful and puzzled, it's complicated - this person's clothes and the pen in his hand are clearly...

The man turned his head following the life-chasing movement, and it was the first time he noticed Xiyin who had been blocked by the life-chasing, and he couldn't help but froze, and froze in place for a while.

Zhui Ming looked back and forth between the two of them, and couldn't help coughing—the black-robed man surnamed Liu immediately came back to his senses, smiled slightly, looked at Xi Yin and said:

"This lantern and the girl complement each other and are pleasing to the eye."

——When he spoke, his expression was sincere but not frivolous, and his praise was just right.

Xiyin didn't speak, but pursed her lips, her expression becoming more and more puzzled.

The man had already walked up to Xiyin, his voice was as gentle as his smile:

"It's late today, I wonder if the girl is free tomorrow? Would you like to sit in the humble house for a while?" The man paused slightly as he spoke, and the pen in his hand became more and more colorful, dizzying, "Under Xialiu Shenshu , the house directly opposite Zhuge Shenhou's Mansion is a humble house."

"Cough cough," Zhuiming coughed, opened his mouth and was about to speak, but was preempted by the usually taciturn person.

"My dao name is Xiyin," Xiyin nodded earnestly, announced his name, and solemnly agreed on a time with him, "I'll come at Sishi tomorrow."

"Shen Shu will definitely sweep the couch and treat each other." Liu Chenshu smiled, and cupped his hands at the little Taoist nun—this action he did not only has the candor and boldness of the Jianghu people, but also the gentleness and elegance of the literati, which is very special.When he withdrew his hand and raised his head, he met Zhui Ming's gaze - he was staring at himself, obviously not very happy.Liu Chenshu didn't care about him, with a wider smile on his face, and he cupped his hands at the five of them together: "Then I won't bother you, I wish you all the best, and I have to go shopping elsewhere. I will bid farewell first."

After Liu Chenshu finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave - he had just taken two steps, then stopped as if he suddenly remembered something, turned around suddenly, and looked at Zhui Ming:

"In a few days, I will definitely not be polite. I will come to ask Brother Cui for a drink. If I don't get drunk, I won't return!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhui Ming's answer, he turned around and strode away without looking back - it seemed that he could vaguely hear his joyful laughter coming from afar.

……

It was nearly midnight when I returned to the old building that night. Xiyin carefully blew out the candles in the lantern, then put the lantern away carefully, and was about to wash up and go to bed, but she almost bumped into Zhui Ming at the door. .

Xi Yin was startled, and raised her face to look at him.

"The house without a plaque directly opposite the Shenhou Mansion is Shen Shu's house," Zhui Ming explained, "Are you going to find him tomorrow?"

Xiyin nodded.

Zhui Ming seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "Shall I go with you?"

"No need, it's so close, you won't get lost," Xiyin shook her head.After thinking about it, he bit his lips lightly. It seemed that he didn't like to explain to others, or he didn't know how to explain. After a while, he finally said softly, "I just... have something, I want to ask he."

The author has something to say: Yes!Sister Hua is so cool and domineering!Can't help but light a candle for the male god 233333

The third master said that the handsome guy hooked up with his sister as soon as he came up, and he was under a lot of pressure ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Thank you Yanran for naming it!Thank you also to all the sisters who gave ideas! ╭(╯3╰)╮

Tomorrow's update is still in the morning~

PS: This Chinese medicine riddle was made by a doctor in the Ming Dynasty~