Chapter 190 Strange People at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival
Chapter 190 Strange people at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival
However, after the Imperial Master left, Song You frowned.
With the evolution of heaven, the difficulty of human death and turning into ghosts has been slightly reduced, and the probability has been slightly increased. Countless people have died in the north and the border. And because the border troops have many people who are highly skilled in martial arts and unwilling to die, and there are many people on the border who want to die in vain and resentful, so in the north and the border should be
Many ghosts would appear. The Taoist monks and old ghosts under the Imperial Master were escorted to Fengzhou to avoid causing chaos, so some people saw the terrifying scene of a hundred ghosts walking at night.
Fengzhou Yeshan imprisoned a large number of ghosts, so there was ghost-faced grass.
Everything seems to make sense.
Even General Chen’s dream has an explanation——
The moral character of soldiers in the army these days is uneven. Even the best generals have to make choices. Sometimes they will selectively ignore them for the sake of combat effectiveness and to protect their homeland.
Some of the soldiers in the border army were self-reliant on force and had bad conduct. After being taken to Yeshan in Fengzhou, they inevitably got into fights with Taoist monks and old ghosts under the imperial preceptor. They were suppressed, punished, and even killed.
Yeshan is the originally designated junction between the underworld and the yang world, and is where the ghost city of the underworld is located.
Song You had neither been to the north nor to Fengzhou, and he didn't know much about the imperial master's plan, so it was difficult to find fault with it.
It's just that I feel a little awkward in my heart.
"..."
The Taoist shook his head, hoping that when the scholar ghost came back, he could bring back some useful information.
If I can't think of it, I won't think about it for the time being.
Turn around and call Lady Sanhua to light a fire and cook.
…
More than half a month later, General Chen came again.
The talisman given by Song You did not work. He still had dreams from time to time. He dreamed that the soldiers he had fought side by side were burned by fire and cried out to him for help. And even though he was invincible on the battlefield, he was powerless against the illusions in his dreams.
He had no choice but to send a secret order to the north and order his subordinates to investigate the matter strictly.
Song You had no choice but to persuade him to be at ease, and chatted with him casually, inadvertently asking about those soldiers.
The answer is hard to say.
General Chen is famous for his strict military management, but not all of his subordinates are good people. There are mountain bandits and bandits who have been recruited, as well as martial arts warriors who have come to seek refuge. He can only guarantee that these people will be safe after they defect to him.
Being strictly restrained, as for how many bad things he had done before defecting to him, if he had worried about these, he would not have this invincible elite soldier.
In addition, these people are really brave and fierce, so it is probably not a good thing to become ghosts.
Afterwards, they talked about some matters in the north before General Chen left.
Song You is very patient and not in a hurry.
In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The scholar ghost did not come back.
The neighbor woman didn't come back either.
On the other hand, Changjing quickly became lively.
There is a lantern show on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.
Changjing is a lively city that never sleeps, and it has become even more lively today - starting from half a month ago, some shops began to set up shelves at the door. Today, it seems that everyone has been there since the morning they woke up.
I'm looking forward to tonight's sunset, especially those literati and ladies who are used to hearing the stories at the lantern festival, and may start practicing at home after noon.
The Taoist had some free time in the afternoon and slept all afternoon. When he woke up and had dinner, it was already dusk.
The sky is slowly getting dark, and through the moonlight, you can see the willow branches waving in front of the house, the ancient buildings connected together, and the bright moon hanging above the eaves, a yellow circle that has not changed in thousands of years.
There was a soft sound of reading from behind:
"Look up at the bright moon...
"Bow your head and miss your hometown..."
The voice of Sanhua Empress is really beautiful.
Song You couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this.
Slowly, it seems that I can no longer tell which one is my hometown, the brightly lit city or the pure Taoist temple on the mountain. Unfortunately, time never shows mercy. After leaving for a long time, not only the brightly lit city, but also the pure Taoist temple on the mountain.
The city has long been blurred in my memory, and it is difficult to think of the details even if I think about it carefully. Even the vegetation on Yin Yang Mountain has begun to be a little blurry.
"..."
Song You shook his head, turned to look at the calico cat behind him, which was lying on the bed, staring at the tile roof, its tail wagging, reading a poem in its mouth, and shouted:
"Sanhua Empress."
"!"
The sound of reading stopped instantly, and the tail stopped moving.
The calico cat turned its head and stared at him, but said nothing.
"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is a lantern festival by the Dongcheng River. It is getting dark now." Song You continued, "Why don't we go out for a walk too?"
"Where to go?"
"Go to the lantern festival."
"Is it fun?"
“It’s lively and has a lot of lights.”
"I'll go if you go."
"Then shall Sanhua Empress turn into a human or a cat?" Song You asked this question again. He also said at the temple fair that year, "If you become a human, you can walk beside me.
, if you turn into a cat, you might get stepped on.”
"Just go like this."
"Then let's go."
Song You smiled at her, got up and went downstairs.
The Dou family's painting is still hanging on the wall, but it's been a while since Changjing's Jianghu people came to take a look at it.
It was okay when the neighbor heroine was there. She was well-informed. She often came over to talk about the news in Changjing's rivers and lakes at night, telling him how the outside world heard about him and what his thoughts were. Now Wu heroine has gone to Fengzhou,
Song You didn't know if they were brewing any other plans.
But he didn't really care.
After going out, there were indeed a lot of people on the road, all seeming to be heading in the same direction. Such a grand scene reminded him of the time when the curfew had just been lifted in the first half of the year.
In half a year, Changjing became much more stable.
"Miss Sanhua, be careful."
"Miss Sanhua is very powerful."
"Maybe……"
Song You stepped forward and followed the flow of people, with the calico cat following behind him.
The street was full of people who came out to admire the moon and the lanterns. The ground was full of swaying legs and feet. The calico cat was agile and carefully avoided the pedestrians on the road, and the pedestrians also avoided her. From time to time, there was an exclamation, or someone
I was wondering whose cat is running on the road, and sometimes encounters rude people, but she seems to have been used to it, and just pretends that she doesn't know or hear, and keeps walking forward.
Sanhua Empress is indeed very capable.
However, it is not easy to avoid so many legs and feet, and it is not easy to shuttle among them. It is also difficult and troublesome to identify which Taoist priest is from among so many legs, feet and robes.
Suddenly, the Taoist stopped.
The calico cat is still skillfully avoiding and weaving among the many legs and feet, taking small steps and taking countless steps in the blink of an eye. However, as he walks, he looks up out of habit, but he can't find those familiar legs and feet.
"?"
The cat was stunned and stopped.
Then he quickly raised his head and looked left and right, trying to find his own Taoist priest among the crowd.
Then there was a crowd of people, all of whom were strangers. Where was the figure of my own Taoist priest?
"Sanhua Empress."
The Taoist priest's voice came from behind.
The calico cat immediately turned around and looked.
I saw that the Taoist had run behind me at some point, and was standing still, with his head lowered, looking at her intently: "Sanhua Empress is very tired from walking like this, why don't you hold Sanhua Empress in your arms?"
"?"
The cat raised its head and stared at him, its little face expressionless, not knowing what to think.
After a while, she slowly walked back to the Taoist's feet, raised her upper body, stood upright, and pressed her two front paws on the Taoist's calf.
The Taoist bent down and picked her up.
One person and one cat continue to move forward.
The cat's body is warm and soft, but after being held firmly in the arms, it is not as light and boneless as imagined, as if it will slip out of the arms accidentally, but is real.
, can feel her weight and bones.
"Is this comfortable?"
"Meow?"
The calico cat turned around and stared at the Taoist.
"I used to learn how to hold a cat from others. If it makes Sanhua Empress uncomfortable, just adjust it," the Taoist said.
"..."
The calico cat withdrew its gaze and turned to stick to his chest, looking around at the pedestrians on the street.
The closer you get to the river, the more lively it becomes.
There are snack sellers, jewelry sellers, lantern sellers, and acrobats and jugglers. The smoke and light are mixed with the pedestrians, and the cheers are mixed with talk and laughter, forming a grand ceremony of this era.
This scene is a bit like the original temple fair.
However, the original temple fair was held during the day, and was mainly focused on purchasing goods, and everything else was just to add to the excitement. Now the lantern festival is held at night, and its main purpose is entertainment. The other goods trading, acrobatic performances, opera, song and dance are all just for the better.
The entertainment was changed.
Suddenly I heard a cry in the distance.
A group of people gathered there.
Song You lowered his head and saw the Sanhua Empress in his arms stretching out her neck, turning her head and staring straight over there, her eyes full of curiosity, so she walked over and whispered at the same time:
"If you want to go somewhere or see something, Sanhua Empress, just tell me."
"Meow……"
One person and one cat walked outside the crowd.
Standing on tiptoes, he looked inside.
It's the magicians who are doing tricks.
A middle-aged man with a full beard, talking to the judges around him to make it easier to ask for money, drew a woman on the wall next to him with a pen, then picked up a bowl of wine and wanted to feed the woman on the wall to drink.
When a bowl full of wine was poured into the wall, it really disappeared. It neither flowed down nor penetrated into the wall.
After a while, the woman's face turned red.
The judges were amazed by what they saw, and they all clapped and cheered.
There were copper coins bouncing all over the floor.
Song You clearly felt something strange about the cat in his arms. He glanced at her again, only to find that the cat lowered its head and stared at the copper plate on the ground without blinking. So Song You had a feeling-if he hadn't been holding it,
She might not have followed her out, and the cat might have gotten in and picked it up.
After a while, the paintings on the wall faded.
After a while, it completely disappeared.
Immediately, there were some comments among the onlookers on the side.
Song You listened carefully and turned to look.
It was a few scholars who came out to enjoy the lanterns with two familiar monks. It sounded like the monk also knew some magic and liked to perform for everyone. I didn't know what he said just now, so his friend started to cheer him up.
He also went out to perform. How could the monk steal the limelight from others? He tried to shirk it over and over again, but he couldn't shirk it. It happened that the middle-aged man who had performed before also invited him with a generous smile, so he had no choice but to walk out.
He is a fat monk with a smiling face.
After walking out, he first saluted the middle-aged man who performed before and said a few polite words to avoid others being angry. Then he said that he also had some skills and wanted to use the precious land to perform for everyone to add some joy. All the money earned would go to the original performer.
Owned by middle-aged people, it eliminates the meaning of competition and only talks about communication.
Then the monk walked to the wall where the juggler had painted before, leaned his back against the wall, smiled at everyone, and then stepped back, leaning against the wall.
It is night at this time, and a torch is lit here to illuminate it, whether it is bright or dark.
You can see clearly, but you can't see clearly.
The monk's figure blurred for a while, and seemed to slowly disappear into the wall. When the onlookers reacted, there was only a painting of the monk left on the wall, which was lifelike and looked like a real person.
The monk has disappeared.
The onlookers exclaimed again.
The calico cat also opened its eyes wide in the Taoist's arms and kept turning its head left and right, trying to find the monk.
After a while, the painting gradually faded.
"Good job!"
"Reward!"
"Where are the people?"
There was a tinkling sound on the ground, and there was the sound of throwing money.
"Meow?"
"..."
Song You turned around with the calico cat in his arms.
Sure enough, the monk walked out of a shop selling cloth behind him, and by this time the portrait of the monk on the wall had faded and disappeared.
…
Golden Jasmine launches a plan to save expired monthly tickets——
There is only one day left until the monthly ticket expires. If you don’t have a place to vote, you can vote for Jasmine!