As soon as the nine-story glazed tower of the Si family came out, the crowd was even more shocked. They all clapped their hands and shouted "Jue".
Si Denghan's face showed both pride and disdain. He glanced at He Wanming and thought to himself: This is the difference between aristocratic families and Fufang. Gold is nothing. His glazed pagoda is extremely beautiful, full of wealth and connotation.
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At this time, the other big families on the observation deck also began to come forward to flatter each other. Those who were familiar with the Si family would praise the Si family, those who were familiar with the He family would praise the He family, and those who were neutral would praise both sides. No one would be offended.
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Si Denghan and He Wanming were busy socializing with the heads of wealthy families, while the younger female relatives continued to watch the lanterns coming out behind them.
I saw all kinds of dazzling lanterns coming out from behind the Glazed Tower.
There are one hundred and eight immortal gatherings carved out of jade, with different shapes, which is breathtaking;
There are ancient mythical beasts carved from blood stone, which are tall and mighty and make people applaud;
There is even a tapestry of dragons and phoenixes playing with pearls more than four feet long, which is so lifelike that it looks like it will fly out of the silk in the next moment.
All kinds of competitions for beauties and beauties appeared one after another. As the appearances went on, the novelty and splendor gradually decreased. The common people also gradually calmed down from being surprised at the beginning. This is the case every year, and the top few are worth a visit.
Look, the ones behind are getting more and more unsightly.
The enthusiasm of the masses gradually faded.
"It's made of paper again. It seems to be similar to this one last year, right?"
"Hey... It's boring. It's boring. Everything that caught my eye has passed by."
"I also want to see the glazed pagoda and the tapestry. The dragons and phoenixes are so beautifully woven, I won't be able to see them for a year."
"Haha~ there are so many people, if you can squeeze through, that's your skill."
The crowd began to feel weak. Looking at the increasingly ordinary lanterns, they even stopped applauding.
I have no choice but to compare it to damage. I have seen the most gorgeous one. If the following one cannot surpass it, it will be boring no matter how good it is. Some people even shouted "give way" and wanted to leave.
However, some people want to persist until the end.
"Shange is the last one in the queue. To be honest, I'm really curious to see what they can come up with."
"What can I come up with? If it was really good, I wouldn't be ranked last. Last year, I was ranked last. I feel funny even thinking about it now. It's just embarrassing."
"Then I'm also curious. After all, we made an exception to allow them to participate. Whether it's a donkey or a horse, you have to see it to know."
Because of these words, some people gave up the idea of leaving. Of course, some people firmly believed that the further you went to the back, the less interesting it was, so they caught up with the lanterns in front, hoping to see those gorgeous things again.
Upstairs at the city gate, Cao Jian was almost done. He stood up and walked to the inner room, ready to rest for a while.
It would take more than three hours of walking to reach the gate of the outer city during the lantern parade. He only needed to take a carriage to pick up Prince Guan when the time was almost up.
This is also a common practice. The lanterns at the back don't matter to the people on the tower. They are used to seeing wealth and wealth, so naturally they are not as curious as the common people, so they are boring to watch. At most, they can just marvel at the various craftsmanship.
So under the leadership of Cao Shen, other subordinate officials also got up and went into the inner room of the tower to rest.
On the viewing platform, everyone had already seen Zhou Mu taking the lead to leave. Some people couldn't sit still, but because of the Sihe family, they couldn't leave directly, so they could only sit on the stools and doze off.
More people were chatting with each other. As for what was going on downstairs, no one looked at it at all.
At the gate of the city, the person responsible for calling out the order had little strength, and mechanically shouted one after another, and finally shouted: "The twentieth one, the Liu family."
"This is the penultimate one. It's coming soon, it's going to be the next one." The people who wanted to find out more became a little more enthusiastic.
The servant of the Liu family came out carrying a dragon-shaped paper lantern. Sure enough, he was the second to last one. The people watching were disappointed as expected, and some even started to cheer and boo, which made the servant of the Liu family blush.
I was very red, but I still had no choice but to go on.
After the Liu family walked out, everyone stared at the city gate with the last bit of curiosity.
"Eh? Why didn't you see anyone? Didn't you say there is a mountain pavilion?"
"Yeah, why don't you see anyone? Have you given up?"
"No way. If he gives up, he will become the laughing stock of the whole city. Even if he can find an oiran to dance with, it would be better than having nothing at all."
The yamen official who shouted the preface waited for the Liu family to walk some distance away, and then shouted lazily and mechanically: "Number 21, Shange."
His voice was not loud, and the people in the distance did not hear it. However, everyone's eyes fell on the city gate.
Time passed bit by bit, and I saw that the Liu family had gone far away, but there was still no movement at the city gate.
what happened?
The crowd began to chatter and get agitated. Some people even couldn't bear their temper and shouted, "What's going on? Can't you get out yet?"
"That's right, I won't come out and leave."
"Is there anything else? Don't waste our time."
On the observation deck, the Si family and the He family, who had been paying attention to the movement, both looked puzzled at this time. Mrs. He stood up directly, walked to the front, and murmured: "Why is this mountain pavilion not here yet?"
come out?"
At the gate of the city, the government official who shouted the order was preparing to wait for the last family to walk out before getting off work. But after waiting for a while, he only heard the noise of the people in the distance. Inside the city gate, there was no movement.
He looked inside and saw no one else inside except two rows of torches illuminating it.
What's going on? The yamen servant was also confused. In all these years, he has never seen anyone absent. Even if he is the last one, it is a great honor. This mountain pavilion is not really stupid enough to be absent, right?!
The dissatisfaction and accusations among the people watching grew louder and louder. In the end, no one knew who was taking the lead. "He's gone. There's no one left. He must be a coward. He was frightened by what was in front of him. What a mountain pavilion, it's not bullshit."
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"I heard that the master of the mountain pavilion is quite powerful. He is a god-like figure. He shouldn't be." Some people still refused to give up and asked, "Did something happen?"
"It doesn't matter what you are doing, what does it have to do with you? Look inside, there is no one there. Let's go, go faster, you can still have another look at the Glazed Pagoda in front of you."
The crowd gradually began to retreat.
On the observation deck, because of the attention of the Si family and the He family, other wealthy households also stood up, wondering where Shange had gone.
Mrs. He was worried, "Did something happen? From yesterday to today, Shen'er hasn't come home. Something must have happened."
On the other side, Si Denghan and Si Chaoren were also heartbroken. Si Wenzhi hadn't gone home for a day since yesterday. He just sent someone to tell them that they were at the master's house. Could something really have happened?
Si Denghan felt nervous and hurriedly ordered his servants: "Go and see what happened."
Mrs. He was also worried and ordered her servants to go and find out quickly.
And just when the two families sent people to inquire about the situation, crisp bird calls suddenly came from the air, and the sound was as loud as their ears.
Upstairs and downstairs, everyone was stopped by the birdsong.
This sound was the chirping of a bird that they had never heard before, and what was even more strange to them was that this sound sounded like it was in their ears.
Everyone began to look around, trying to find the source of the sound. Just at this moment, someone shouted, "Look up there."
The crowd who heard the sound raised their heads one after another, and the next moment, these people suddenly screamed.
"Look, look to the sky."
"Oh my God, what is that? Is that a bird? Why is it so big?"
The people downstairs were all frightened, shocked and in disbelief.
On the observation deck, Si Denghan, He Wanming and others jumped up from their stools one after another. Without any regard for etiquette, they rushed directly to surround the guardrail wall of the observation deck.
Everyone looked at the position above in shock. Cao Shen and others who were resting on the city gate upstairs were also disturbed by the restless sound.
Cao Shen was leaning on a chair and taking a nap, frowning in displeasure: "What happened outside?"
The boy hurriedly ran out to inquire about the situation. After a while, he came back, a little timidly, and said, "Sir, the people downstairs are staring at the city gate tower, as if something big happened."
Cao Shen frowned. On this day every year, stampede accidents are most likely to happen. So he thought about it, sat up, and walked out. Other subordinate officials also got up and followed.
Countless people downstairs seemed to be frozen, staring at the city gate tower, or to be precise, the top of the city gate tower.
Cao Shen was puzzled and leaned out a little to see what was in the sky. Other officials also looked up, and at this moment, a huge black shadow flew quickly over their heads.
The black shadow was so huge that it almost covered half of the tower. Cao Shen was so frightened that his heart went cold. Although he could not see clearly what was going on, he felt vaguely dangerous and quickly called out "guard".
The city guards who had been on standby raised their spears and stood in two rows around the city gate wall. Upstairs, everyone watched in horror as the black shadow flew past. Then, it was completely revealed in front of their eyes.
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A big golden bird, five or six feet wide and ten feet long, was slowly fluttering its beautiful colorful wings and hovering right in front of the city gate tower.
The big bird is all golden and red, especially its shining golden tail, which is extremely beautiful. Its body is huge, but it flies as freely as a streamer, spinning up and down, left and right, as if it is dancing.
Graceful, beautiful.
Cao Shen watched intently and felt a shiver run through his body. He had never seen such a huge, beautiful, yet sacred bird.
"This is the phoenix, this is the divine bird phoenix." On the city tower, a knowledgeable official fell to the ground in fear, pointing at the big bird and shouting.
And when he shouted, he immediately woke up Cao Shen. Yes, this is the phoenix, this is the phoenix. He had read it in ancient books.
"Phoenix comes to the world, God bless my Yinzhou, God bless my Daxia." Some people couldn't help shouting.
Cao Shen was stunned and stunned for a long time before shouting urgently: "Everyone put away their weapons and retreat."
Some of the common people below the city tower also recognized them. For a moment, the entire area around the city tower felt like it was exploding.
"The phoenix has come to the world, the fire bird phoenix has come to the world."
"This is a god, a decree from a god."
The movement on their side alarmed people in the distance, so more and more people looked this way, and the exclamations were like ocean waves, one sound higher than the other, and one sound farther than the other.
On the observation deck, everyone held their breath. They were either obsessed, dull, afraid, or in disbelief.
And that huge divine bird, the phoenix, was hovering freely in the sky and gradually falling.
The people standing at a high place finally saw clearly at this time. Someone exclaimed: "Look, there is someone on the back of the phoenix." So everyone focused and looked over.
I saw a woman dressed in silver sitting cross-legged above the Phoenix's head, and behind her, on the Phoenix's back, stood more than a dozen teenagers, each wearing silver and blue costumes. On the back of the fiery red Phoenix, they looked very...
Eye-catching.
Some people recognized their own children on the phoenix's back, and excitedly showed off to the people around them, "That's our young master."
At this moment, two rays of silver light suddenly flashed from the top of the city gate tower. The two rays of silver light flashed past like meteors, and finally landed around Phoenix.
Mrs. He's eyes widened and her whole body trembled with excitement, "Is that Shen'er? That seems to be Shen'er?"
He Wanming and He Shengtao also took a closer look, and they were also frightened. That silver light was not He Yunshen. At this time, he was standing on a sword, floating on the left side of the phoenix. On the right side was Si Wenzhi.
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The Si family over there also saw it, and Si Chaoren even shouted excitedly, "It's Zhi'er, Zhi'er is beside the sacred bird."
Whether it was on the observation deck or downstairs, there was an explosion again. There was a roar of people, everyone was exclaiming, and some were even so excited that they started crying.
As Si Wenzhi and He Yunshen arrived, the divine bird Phoenix began to flap its wings and fly low along the red carpet.
The young men on the back of the phoenix began to dance with swords. Their movements were smooth and neat, as if they were carved in a painting. There was no more or less. The sword dance was elegant yet fierce. Eighteen people started to swing.
, the momentum is also not small.
On both sides, Si Wenzhi and He Yunshen stood on the left and right like guardians, with their hands behind their backs. Following the speed of the phoenix, they flew proudly into more and more people along the way, amidst the stunned, petrified and frozen cries.