When the sky is occupied by darkness, the ground is still bright, and villages, towns and cities are brightly lit. Looking down from a high altitude, the earth is like a huge mirror, reflecting the bright and prosperous starry sky.
According to custom, after dinner on New Year's Eve, everyone goes together to look at the lanterns in front of the houses of relatives, friends and neighbors, and eat some cakes or snacks if they want. When they are tired from walking, they will slowly gather in front of the wealthy houses, where there are not only beautiful
There will be colorful lanterns, delicious snacks, and some entertainers will be invited to perform.
Usually, in every house, someone will go out to watch the lights, and someone will keep watch at home. Those who watch the lights will go home and those who watch the lights will go out. There will be many people walking on the streets all night on New Year's Eve.
The carpenter and his wife were walking on the streets of Xiaxi Town with their three-year-old fat baby. His wife asked a little strangely: "The child's father has finished all the walking. Aren't we going to the Lord's Mansion to look at the lights?"
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"Don't worry, let's go to the Marquis's house and have a look." The carpenter's eyes looked expectant.
"Didn't you make all the lanterns in the Marquis's house? What else is there to see?" His wife was even more surprised.
"Why do you, a country woman, ask so many questions? If I ask you to see it, just go and see it." The carpenter was a little embarrassed.
In previous years, the lanterns at the Marquis's Mansion were indeed made by the carpenter, but this year the housekeeper did not come to ask him to make the lanterns. Everyone knows that many people came to the Marquis's Mansion, and this year's lanterns must be made by themselves. The carpenter wanted to go
Let’s see what the lanterns made by Mr. Hou look like.
Before I even got to the door of Ding's house, I saw many people gathered around the door of Ding's house, and there were flames coming out from among the crowd.
The carpenter picked up the child and stepped forward quickly. The family finally squeezed into the crowd and finally saw clearly the two-meter-high lantern in front of them.
The carpenter was amazed and said: "I can make such a big lantern, but how can it rotate inside? How can the wind blow upward from the mouth of the tripod?"
His wife was dissatisfied with being scolded just now, and teased: "No wonder you are so free this year. It seems that the Marquis doesn't like your craftsmanship. You should go to the Marquis's house to do odd jobs. Maybe you can learn some skills and save yourself."
Swearing at my own mother-in-law."
The carpenter didn't understand his wife either, so he looked carefully at the lanterns in front of him.
Sure enough, Lu Ying came to Ding's house early. She didn't come for the lanterns, but for the cakes Xiaoxiao made. If Xiaoxiao hadn't followed behind with a basket of snacks, Lu Ying wouldn't have followed Ding.
Kui went out to look at the lights.
Ding Kui dragged Lu Ying, followed by Ding Cai, Jiang Shunchuan, Xiaoxiao and a maid from the Lu family, and visited the entire Xiaxi Town.
In addition to looking at the lamps, they also specially selected the dark houses in front of the door and asked Ding Cai to carry an oil pot to fill up the lamp oil; in the houses with more children, they asked Xiaoxiao to put down some snacks.
Lu Ji knew that his daughter was looking for Ding Kui, so he didn't even bother to send any bodyguards. The personal guards around Ding Kui made him jealous, and he knew that even if the assassination masters from the dark world came, they would not be able to do anything.
He didn't know that even the number one killer in the dark world of Shaodian Kingdom would not dare to attack in front of Lao Qiantou, because he was Lao Qiantou's direct disciple.
Ding Zhong did not follow Ding Kui out to look at the lanterns. Instead, he could stay in front of his own lanterns and watch his neighbors come to eat his own pastries. Ding Zhong felt that it was much happier than watching other people's lanterns and eating other people's food.
In the past, Ding Zhong could only eat well and be full at this time of year.
Li Zili, the former sixth head of Funiu Mountain, originally wanted to go to Xiaxi Town, but a lot of people in the village were busy celebrating the New Year, and the old money man also sent news, asking him to arrange things in the village well, so Li Zili stayed in Fu
Niu Shan.
The people left in the village are all poor people. Some farmers have formed families with the abducted women. There are also families who have come to seek refuge with the Lord Protector and have been arranged to live in the village. It is like a paradise, just like a big mountain village.
There is no difference.
The village was also full of lanterns, and acquaintances gathered together to chat, drink and play games. Some lonely people also sat in front of their doors, quietly watching their own lanterns.
Li Zili walked to a wooden house carrying a basket of wine and food, and said to a woman in her thirties: "Sister-in-law, Xiaoliu is here to see you."
"Oh, Uncle Six, why are you here? You and your brothers are having a lot of fun during the Chinese New Year, so there is no need to come to my place." The woman welcomed Li Zili into the house.
Li Zili took out the food and wine in the basket one by one, put them on the table, and said, "Sister-in-law, you are alone right now, and I can't arrange for someone to take care of you. How can I not come over to see my brother on New Year's Eve?"
This woman turned out to be Mrs. Liu, the wife of the head of the family. She was snatched up the mountain more than ten years ago. She was favored by the head of the family and married Mrs. Dang Yazhai. The head of the house was in a hurry when he escaped and did not have time to take the wife with him.
Stayed in the cottage.
Because Li Zili never harmed the women who came to the mountain, Mrs. Liu took great care of the Sixth Master. Seeing that he was single, she always introduced women to him and arranged for maids to bring food and clothing to him, just like her elder sister.
After the cottage was breached, Li Zili was worried that Ding Kui and others would be harmful to the wife of the head of the family, so he hid it. Others in the cottage also didn't because Liu was a poor person and was usually kind to others.
informant.
Ms. Liu and the head of the family have been married for more than ten years. They couldn't see their parents when they returned home, so they simply stayed in the village.
"Thanks to Uncle Six's care these days, otherwise I, a widow, wouldn't know how to live my life in the future." Ms. Liu didn't know that the boss was still alive.
Everyone in Houzhai died that night, and the big boss escaped from Ding Kun's hands. Everyone was embarrassed to mention it again, and Li Zili also thought that the big boss was dead.
"Sister-in-law, don't say that. I was lucky that you always took care of me in the village. And no one in the village knows that you are a kind-hearted person. As long as Funiu Village exists for one day, you don't have to worry about how to live your life." Li Zili felt sincere in his heart.
Treat Liu as a sister.
"Humph, you should think more about how you will live your life in the future." A voice suddenly came from behind Li Zili.
Li Zili hurriedly turned around and took a look, and was stunned on the spot.
There was a man's figure standing at the corner of the door. Ms. Liu covered her mouth with her hands, her face was filled with surprise and joy, and there was a trace of melancholy deep in her eyes.
"Big, big, big boss, you, you, why are you here?" Li Zili stammered.
The head of Funiu Mountain walked to the table and sat down, picked up the meat from the table, stuffed a few pieces into his mouth with his hand, chewed it a few times, grabbed the wine bottle and poured it directly into his mouth.
Mrs. Liu quickly brought a pair of bowls and chopsticks, placed them in front of the head master, and snatched the wine bottle from the head master's hand, fearing that if he fell again, he would choke to death.
The boss seemed to have been hungry for a long time. He didn't care about Li Zili, who was looking at him dumbly, and started chewing nonsense.
Mrs. Liu saw that her husband was unshaven, with dried mud flakes on his head. The silk gown on his body was almost like an ordinary mop, and it also exuded a strange smell.
Mrs. Liu silently walked into the kitchen, lit a fire and boiled water, then walked into the room and took out a set of clothes that belonged to the headmaster.
The head master had finished eating and motioned for Li Zili to sit in front of him. At this time, Li Zili came back to his senses and sat in front of the head master, feeling a little nervous.
"You, the sixth master of Funiu Mountain, are quite happy now. Where have the other brothers gone?" The first master looked sideways at Li Zili, holding the wine glass in his hand, and after speaking, he put it to his lips and drank it all.
"Boss, this is not what you think. Please listen to me." Li Zili was so frightened that he stood up and explained to the boss.
Li Zili told in detail how Ding Cai persuaded him to surrender, how he begged Ding Kui to spare his life, how the Ding family used the cottage, etc.
After hearing this, the eldest master sighed: "What a second child! I should have thought a long time ago that with such a powerful figure in the Ding family, how could Jiang Jincai be allowed to run away? He is the only one who is afraid of death. If he is caught, he will not get anything."
All covered."
He paused and continued: "Well, I can't blame you entirely for this. I can only blame me for being blinded by the gold coins and causing this misfortune to the village. I am just a chess piece in their hands and can be discarded at any time.
That kind of thing.”
It turned out that when the big boss was escaping that night, he met two mysterious masters who escaped first. He was trying to discuss the next action with the two men, but unexpectedly the two masters made a surprise attack and injured the big boss.
By being familiar with the terrain, the big boss dove into the mountain and escaped pursuit again. Later, he hid in the mountains and barely recovered from his injuries. Then he ran outside the mountain to inquire, and found out who Deacon Wu was.
It was a spy sent by Cao Guo, and he was so angry that he almost fainted.
The eldest son's real name was Tao Mu, and he was originally a son of a nobleman. Like Baron Luki, he was not a hereditary nobleman.
When Tao Mu was in his twenties, his father was injured in a battle with Cao Guo and died after returning home. From then on, Tao Mu's family fell into decline. He had been infected with bad habits since he was a child, and his family fortune was quickly lost.
Tao Mu's knight talent is quite good. After his father died, he practiced diligently and soon broke through to the shield-breaking knight. Since the family's property could no longer support his training, Tao Mu ran to the border near the Hengduan Mountains and joined the
Adventure group.
After snatching a treasure tree in an accident, Tao Mu could no longer stay in the adventure group and slipped back to the hinterland of Shaodian Kingdom.
Once Tao Mu passed through Funiu Mountain and was robbed by a group of bandits. In a rage, he went to the village and found Funiu Village, a good place. He killed the bandits' original leader and became the master himself.
The people Tao Mu hated the most in his life were the people of the Cao Kingdom. This time, they were exploited by the spies of the Cao Kingdom, causing him to lose all the property he had managed for many years. In addition to being angry, he was so regretful that his intestines were blue.
Before Tao Mu could vent his anger, he was targeted by people from the Intelligence Department. In order to escape tracking, he had to flee into the mountains. If it weren't for the fact that all the experts from the Intelligence Department were sent to the border near Cao State, Tao Mu would
It is difficult to escape the pursuit of the spy agency.
In the second half of the year 4867, the spies of Shaodian State and Cao State launched large-scale infiltration and counter-infiltration at the border. The secret agents of the two countries fought fiercely at the border and were unable to take care of domestic affairs for a while.