Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 543: The City of Lights (2)
Qin Zheng took Xie Fanghua and walked casually on the street.Although both of them changed their clothes with disguise, the extravagance in their natural bones could not be concealed by clothes and disguise.What's more, the two didn't deliberately cover up.Therefore, pedestrians passing by the two of them couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Walking to a booth of jadeite lanterns, Xie Fanghua took a second look at a lantern.

"Like?" Qin Zheng followed her gaze and asked with raised eyebrows.

Xie Fanghua smiled, "It's just a novelty! There are even jadeite lanterns."

"This is just entering the street, and there are all kinds of lanterns. There are many ahead!" Qin Zheng said.

Xie Fanghua nodded, and the two continued to move forward.

Not far away, there are various kinds of red hairpins and hairpins in front of a stall, among which a pair of red hairpins and hairpins of Bingdilian are the most eye-catching among all the hairpins.

Xie Fanghua glanced at it, ignored it, and walked forward.

Qin Zheng reached out to hold her, stopped, and said to her, "Did you see that pair of hairpins?"

"I see!" Xie Fanghua nodded. The jade quality of this pair of red hairpins and hairpins is not the best, but the carving is exquisite.However, such things are nothing to the two people who are used to seeing better things in Prince Ying's Mansion and Zhongyonghou Mansion.

"My lord, have you taken a fancy to this pair of hairpins?" An old man handed the pair of hairpins and hairpins to Qin Zheng with great eyesight.

Qin Zheng held it in his hand, looked at it for a moment, and asked casually, "How much silver?"

The old man said, "2000 taels!"

"So expensive?" Qin Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"Young master, look at the quality of this jade, and then look at the workmanship. This is not comparable to ordinary hairpins! You have good eyesight, and you can fall in love with it at a glance. You are a person who knows the goods, how about it! Little old man here The profit of ten taels cannot be less." The old man said.

Qin Zheng smiled, "The quality of the jade hairpins is not high-quality, but the workmanship is excellent if placed between ordinary hairpins, because they are made by Mu Huai, the most skilled craftsman in the world. Compared with Mu Huai's previous work This pair of hairpins is just a defective product made by his subordinates. It is said that they were thrown away casually and sold by his servants for 500 taels of silver."

The old man listened and looked at Qin Zheng with wide eyes.

Qin Zheng smiled gently at him, "I'll give you 1000 taels, which can already double your income. Will you give it? If you don't, I don't think there will be any more people who know the goods. Otherwise, your hairpin will also lose money." Someone bought it long ago." After a pause, he casually glanced at the hairpin on his booth, "An ordinary pair of hairpins is only ten taels of silver. Yours is already a sky-high price."

The old man opened his mouth wide and remained silent for a while.

Qin Zheng waited for his reply.

Only then did Xie Fanghua pay close attention to the pair of hairpins, and she also looked at Qin Zheng with admiration, never thinking that he would understand this.

After a while, the old man gritted his teeth, "Here you are!"

Qin Zheng glanced back at Qingge who was following behind him and Xie Fanghua, and told him, "Pay the bill!"

Qingge rolled her eyes, took out a few bank notes from her bosom and handed them to the old man, and put the hairpin in her bag.

Qin Zheng pulled Xie Fanghua and continued to walk forward.

After walking far away, Xie Fanghua asked Qin Zheng in a low voice, not quite understanding, "Why did you insist on buying that pair of hairpins? Prince Ying's palace has never been short of good things. Since it is a defective product, you want it too?"

"Secret! Go back and tell you." Qin Zheng said to her mysteriously.

Xie Fanghua curled her lips when she saw that he was showing off, and didn't ask any more questions.

After walking for a while, there were two lanterns of contrasting birds, which were very exquisite and unique. Xie Fanghua was so curious that he couldn't help but stop.

Qin Zheng also stopped in his tracks, and asked an old woman who was setting up a stall, "How much is this pair of lanterns?"

"Young man, I don't sell lanterns at home." An old lady shook her head kindly at him.

"Not for sale?" Qin Zheng looked at her.

The old woman glanced at the two of them, nodded, and said with a smile, "My lantern is a marriage lantern, and it comes in pairs. Only by guessing the puzzle can I take it away. No money will be taken!"

Qin Zheng was surprised, and suddenly smiled, "Don't old women make a living by selling lamps?"

The old woman shook her head, "I make a living by selling lanterns, but I have a rule. You have to guess the riddles. If you guess correctly, you won't get any money. If you guess wrong, not only will you not be able to take away the lanterns, but you will also be given a hundred taels of silver."

"What a strange rule!" Qin Zheng laughed.

"Without rules, there is no way to get around. Although the old woman makes a living by weaving lamps, she is also a good businessman." The old woman said.

"That's good! I'll guess the old lady's lantern riddles!" Qin Zheng smiled.

"No one can guess! The old woman said, this is a marriage lamp. It needs two people to guess. Young man, is the girl next to you your favorite? If so, I can guess with you. If not, you can't guess. "The old lady looked at Xie Fanghua.

"Of course!" Qin Zheng said without hesitation.

The old woman nodded with a smile, turned over the pair of winged bird lanterns that Qin Zheng was looking at, and handed one to Qin Zheng and the other to Xie Fanghua, and asked them to look at the puzzle on the ground of the lights.At the same time, he said, "Take the same thing. Don't look at each other. You have the same mind, and if you answer the correct answer together, you will pass the test."

On Qin Zheng's side was written the words "heaven and earth", and on Xie Fanghua's side was written the words "flying together".

When the two saw the riddle, their faces were contemplative.

Qingge took a step forward, approached the two of them, and also saw the puzzle below.This question does not look like a riddle, at first glance, it is very simple, but after careful consideration, I feel that it is all-encompassing, and the answer is really hard to guess.He said to the old woman, "Are you deliberately creating lantern riddles to make it difficult for others to earn money? This is obviously not a riddle."

"Young man! The answer to this pair of lanterns is free. Even if the lantern riddles I make are not called puzzles, they are still my rules. The old woman has placed lanterns in Pingyang City for decades. Everyone in Pingyang City knows my rules. The topic is the topic." The old woman said.

Qingge stopped talking.

Qin Zheng suddenly smiled, turned his head and asked Xie Fanghua, "Did you guess it?"

Xie Fanghua also smiled and nodded, "I just don't know, right?"

"Then let's write it together and see if we don't know." Qin Zheng said to the old woman, "Grandma, bring us a pen."

The old lady nodded and handed the pen and paper to the two of them.

The two turned their backs and wrote very politely.Then, handed it to the old woman at the same time.

The old woman opened it and saw two identical words written on two pages.The name is: Qingluan.After reading it, she smiled kindly at the two of them, "The old lady has been working on this puzzle for ten years, and you two solved it today." After saying that, she waved her hands, "You two take this pair of lanterns!"

(End of this chapter)