"A small magic spell is nothing compared to this benefactor." The monk saluted everyone, "Thank you all the benefactors for their kindness, and thank you for this benefactor's generosity, so that the young monk can show off his ugly face. The young monk is now in the Tianhai Temple in the city.
If you are interested, you can come to the Buddha and offer a few sticks of incense."
After speaking, he put his hands together and saluted everyone.
I also saluted the middle-aged man who originally performed.
As expected, he didn't take any of the money that fell on the ground. He walked back to his friends with a smile. Then he looked helpless, as if he wanted to accuse his friends, but couldn't.
The middle-aged magician who originally performed here dared to invite this monk to perform, and he was somewhat confident. Seeing that everyone was exclaiming at the monk's magic performance, he was unwilling to admit defeat and asked his disciples to pick up the magic on the ground.
He gave the money back to the monk, saying it was incense money, but the monk refused to take it anyway, so he took it back and said with a smile:
"This great master has great magic skills. He must be an expert. However, there are thousands of kinds of spells in the world. The master knows the spells and the villain can't. If the villain knows it, the master may not be able to do it either."
Then he asked his apprentice to bring him a knife.
A machete with a wide back, a thick blade and a thin blade. The blade was dark and pockmarked, and the blade was so bright that it reflected the light of the fire. It was probably a bit more imposing than the one at the vegetable market.
The onlookers exclaimed when they saw it.
"Come!"
I saw the middle-aged man lying down on the wide bench, revealing his head and neck.
Everyone's eyes were wide open, reflecting the light of the fire.
The apprentice walked over and raised the knife.
The knife was so heavy that it required both hands to lift it, and it took a lot of effort to lift it above the head. When I lifted it, my arms were shaking, and everyone was afraid that they would not be able to hold it steady.
"useless……"
"Ouch……"
Some of the onlookers stopped, some covered their eyes and did not dare to look, and some even screamed in surprise.
"Master..."
"cut!"
"this……"
"Can't understand?"
"good……"
The apprentice also pretended to be unbearable——
Gritting his teeth! He raised the knife and dropped it!
"brush!"
The blade of the knife reflected the light of fire and flashed on the wall.
A round thing fell down and rolled around on the ground several times.
"ah!"
There was even more astonishment among the onlookers.
This shout overshadowed all the excitement tonight, and people from far away could hear it and hurriedly ran towards it.
More and more people are crowding around.
The calico cat also opened its eyes as wide as possible, pressed its two front paws on Song You's arm holding her, stretched its neck and looked forward, as if to see how the head was doing. It twisted its head left and right, a wide range of
The frequency is very small but extremely high. Although he doesn't speak and has no human expression on his face, his curiosity and shock can be seen at a glance.
In the blink of an eye, more and more people gathered.
Originally, Song You and Sanhua Empress were at the outermost edge of the crowd, but now they are at the front. People keep coming from behind, and people keep trying to squeeze forward.
"Don't panic!"
A voice came from the front.
It was actually the middle-aged man's voice.
Many spectators who covered their eyes dared to look after hearing the sound, only to see that the middle-aged man's body had been separated, and some were frightened and screamed.
But take a closer look——
Although the middle-aged man's head was cut off from the neck, no blood was spilled. The fracture between the neck and the head was very smooth and smooth, and the bones, flesh and throat inside were clearly visible, but there was no blood.
The apprentice held up the middle-aged man's head, but the middle-aged man was still opening his mouth and talking.
One time he said that he poked his nostril, another time he said that he pulled his hair, and another time he scolded the apprentice angrily, saying that the apprentice's little finger was pressing his eyes.
The apprentice apologized, took a tray, put his head on the tray, walked around with it, and showed everyone one by one.
I saw that the head was as vivid as usual, not like it had been chopped off from the body. It was still smiling and saying hello to everyone, which made everyone surprised.
"Everyone is happy to see it, and the villain is going to ask for a reward!"
"Good job! Reward!"
Those who came out to hang out during the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival, even if they were not wealthy, still had some change with them to buy water, food and gadgets. It was a pleasure to see them. Even stingy people would follow suit if they saw others throwing away money.
Throw away a copper or two less.
Even Song You took out a few coins and threw them forward.
The calico cat turned back to stare at him.
"Sanhua Empress, don't be so stingy. If you like what you see, it's okay to support her a little bit." The Taoist said, looking down at her and lowering his voice, "I was the one who rewarded you with the few pennies just now. It happened to be in my arms.
He also carried a lot of money for Empress Sanhua, does Sanhua Empress want to reward him? If so, I will do it for Empress Sanhua and throw it over."
"..."
The calico cat immediately withdrew his gaze and stared ahead.
But her eyes flickered, and after hesitating for a long time, she turned back and meowed at him.
"Miss Sanhua is really generous!"
Song You took out a penny from his pocket and threw it out.
"Thank you so much..."
The head on the apprentice's tray said this.
Then something even more surprising happened. The person on the bench over there actually stood up, turned around, and bowed his hands to everyone. However, while turning around, he accidentally got caught on a chair leg and fell down.
"Ouch!"
His head screamed in pain.
"I've made you laugh. We're far away, so it's not convenient to wake you up." The body got up and continued to cup his hands, and the head said, "You guys are so generous, I should offer you a drink."
Then he asked his apprentice to get some wine.
The wine was not drunk from the head, but poured from the neck of the body. After a while, the head's face was red, a little drunk, his eyebrows were dancing, and he was so intoxicated that he even sang a song.
The officials all around were astonished.
After a while, the middle-aged man's face became redder and redder, and then he asked his apprentice to put his head back on. Suddenly it became the same as before, with no wounds visible.
"It's embarrassing."
The middle-aged man bowed his hands in front of everyone, and then made a weak look, saying that the spell just now was too draining and he was tired. He used this to ask for another round of rewards, and then asked his apprentice to perform for everyone.
The apprentice does not have the skills of the master, but he is not bad.
I saw him fetching various colors of paint, mixing them into a pile, and then told everyone that this place is not near the river yet. I guess you haven't seen it at the lantern festival yet, so I asked everyone to take a look first.
Then he drank the paint in one gulp, opened his mouth and spat it towards the wall, and there was a picture of a river bank lantern festival on the wall.
The picture shows Changjing, where the lantern festival is held tonight.
There were huge crowds and countless colorful lights.
Talented men and beautiful women walk among them.
Vivid and vivid.
Some people who have just returned from the lantern festival say that the riverside is like this, and some people even found themselves there.
Song You had already left the crowd with the cat in his arms.
The previous scholars and monks also walked out of the crowd and went to the river. When they saw Song You, the monk who had performed before put his hands together and bowed.
Song You also quickly returned the gift.
The two sides were not far away, and I faintly heard the monk's friend asking him. The monk told the truth, saying that when he walked out of the cloth shop, he happened to see the Taoist turning around and looking at him. He must have been a wise man.
Only an expert with good cultivation and knowledge can see where he is going at a glance and salute accordingly.
So the scholars quickly turned around, bowed to the Taoist, and then left.
"Taoist priest……"
"Um?"
"How much money can they make in a night?"
"There are many people tonight. Changjing people are rich and there are many dignitaries. Maybe..." Song You thought for a moment, "A few dozen taels of silver? Or maybe more if you meet a noble person."
“Can you make money from cats breathing fire?”
"Maybe."
"Maybe?"
"I've never tried it before."
Song You shook his head helplessly and walked to the river with her in his arms.
This cat seems to be obsessed with money and making money.
But if you think about it carefully, Sanhua Empress actually doesn't know the difference between poverty and wealth.
Even the size of the house she lives in doesn't matter to her.
When she used to live in the elegant courtyard in Yidu, she would run up and down and walk on the courtyard wall every day. Now that she has moved to this small building, she still runs up and down and walks on the roof. She even stayed in the barren mountain.
Although the temple was ruined, she still found the piles of firewood and debris in the temple and the vegetation on the mountain very interesting. When she quickly shuttled inside, it was like a parkour adventure in a strange terrain, which was very fun.
Sanhua Empress can live well without money, even Sanhua Empress didn't know what money was before.
The ones who really need money are Taoist priests.
So it may not be an obsession with money and making money.
It is the obsession with raising Taoist priests.
"..."
The Taoist shook his head and walked calmly.
Suddenly there was a bright light ahead.
It's not that bright if you want to say it's bright.
No matter how bright the candle is, where will it go?
It's just that there are countless colored lanterns there, and the red candlelight is connected together, both by the river and in the river. The light and dark are intertwined in the darkness, and it also has its own charm of lanterns and candlelight, which is not necessarily inferior to the neon lights.
There were crowds of people on both sides of the river and it was very lively.
The princes and nobles of Changjing, as well as talented and beautiful ladies, scholars, warriors and even ordinary people, crowded on both sides of the river. There were hawkers in green clothes selling lanterns along the street with burdens, and delicate women were carefully putting down river lanterns in groups on the river bank.
I lowered my head and closed my eyes, not knowing what I had made a wish for. There were also literati upstairs playing tricks on poems and poems, and I often heard exclamations.
Even on the roadside, there are countless people guessing lantern riddles.
There is a dazzling array of snacks, drinks and gadgets, making it look like a picture of a prosperous Lantern Festival.
There are countless wonderful and prosperous things in the world, but the first thing that attracts Taoists is the various lanterns.
The common lantern styles in the past were not outstanding, just ordinary lanterns, at most thinner, fatter, and more decorated. Even if Taoist priests have been to the palace, the lanterns in the palace are extremely exquisite, and some are even made of rhinoceros horns.
, extremely precious, but the style is also relatively uniform, not as colorful as the lanterns at the lantern festival now.
There are countless patterns just for what people carry on their hands and hang at the door of shops.
Square, round, oval, fat, thin, round and checkered, like boxes, hanging bead curtains, tassels or streamers, combinations of various shapes, and even lamps that look like horses and dogs.
These lanterns with more varieties than one can imagine are just like the world, wonderful and complex. If you think it is single and rigid, you may have stayed in the mountains for too long.
Song You watched as he walked and whispered to the cat in his arms: "Miss Sanhua, why don't we also buy a lantern?"
"Meow?"
"Some are expensive and some are cheap."
"Meow……"
"I forgot to bring the one at home. Besides, that one is a bit special and it's hard to bring it out, so I had to buy one." Song You said to her, "Does Empress Sanhua like anything?"
"..."
The calico cat thought for a while, stretched its neck and looked in one direction.
The Taoist also looked over.
I saw a shop in front of me who was guessing lantern riddles. If you answered three correct questions, you would be given a lantern. Many people gathered around and it was very lively.
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