Volume 1: The Storm of the Academy Chapter 13: Hanlin Neighborhood Market
Out of the south gate of the academy is a straight road, not far east of the road there is a street called Hanlin Street, where the small shop that buys books in the white night is there.
Now Bai Ye was walking on this road, racking his brains to organize the language to persuade the owner of the small shop, suddenly a sweet fragrance of flowers wafted into Bai Ye's nose, Bai Ye looked up, a figure suddenly broke into Bai Ye's sight, the white dress reflected a delicate face, and the lazy moonlight colluded with the trees on both sides of the road to arrange a perfect background.
As if the white night had been struck by lightning, the images on the scroll suddenly exploded in my mind, full of flames, monstrous water, and hideous monsters......
Then there was a heartache that seemed to have traveled through tens of thousands of years of time and space, and madness swept through Bai Ye's whole body!
"How can this be? How can this be?" Bai Ye, who died for unknown reasons, couldn't figure out how he could have such a strange feeling for this woman he met for the first time.
Just when Bai Ye was distracted, the girl had already walked into the gate of the academy, and originally wanted to come forward to ask Bai Ye couldn't help but regret for a while, there are tens of thousands of teachers and students in the academy, and there are thousands of tutors alone, and there is very little communication between the academy and the academy.
Bai Ye shook his head in annoyance and walked towards the small shop he didn't want to go.
"What? Can't you exchange the giveaway? I bought the book for the giveaway, okay?"
After listening to Bai Ye's words, the female shopping guide in the small shop had a black line on her face, and the muscles on both sides of her nose twitched twice without warning: "Buying things for gifts, you are not ordinary talented." ”
Bai Ye, who had a painful face, was still in the mood to bear the praise of the other party, and at this moment, he had already greeted all the female relatives of the guy who made the giveaway in his heart.
"Uh...... Otherwise, you buy a pair of tarot cards directly, not only the quality is much better than the gift, but also the most formal Western Vittarot" The female shopping guide said as she took out a beautifully packaged box from the shelf, with a charming smile on her face, which felt like the Meizu recorded in the book.
"What? There are tarot cards for sale? Why didn't you say it earlier?" Bai Ye felt that he was mercilessly sucked by God, and when he saw that the price behind the tarot cards was even cheaper than that novel, Bai Ye's heart frantically swelled with an urge to slap his two big mouths.
After paying the bill, Bai Ye felt that he had become the most miserable person in the world, and in his eyes, it was not just twenty copper plates but twenty taels of silver.
"Lesson, bloody lesson. Bai Ye chattered as he walked, and suddenly, the familiar figure broke into his sight again, the only difference was that this time there was an extra female companion by his side.
At this time, the moonlight sprinkled on the woman's cheeks, staining her already white skin with a faint layer of light, just like the moon god in the Guanghan Palace.
"It seems that this is called providence. For the woman in front of him, the feeling of both familiar and unfamiliar is more obvious, Bai Ye's heart after a crazy convulsion, viciously made up a determination - to follow her, as for why he followed himself, I don't know, but this is not a problem for Bai Ye at all, because every time he is doing this seemingly inexplicable, but must do something in the dark, he will always give his unjustified behavior the name of "God is destined".
As a result, Bai Ye took his stealth skills to the extreme, but it was really difficult to achieve the point of flowing water, if it weren't for the large number of people on the street, just the bottles and cans he knocked down from time to time would have already exposed his whereabouts.
Since the Midyear Festival is approaching, the market on Hallim Street is full of stalls selling lanterns, and it is a traditional custom to release river lanterns, especially in a watery place like Suxian. The two use river lanterns to overdo the lonely ghosts who drowned, hoping that these water ghosts can no longer suffer and be reincarnated as soon as possible, so as not to harm the world. The river of the world is connected to the river of the ghost city of Fengdu, and people bring their thoughts about their ancestors and their wishes to the Jizo King Bodhisattva to the underworld through the river lantern.
Speaking of lanterns, Bai Ye vaguely remembered that he was washed out of Lethe River along the river during the Midyear Festival, but the memory of the previous one was extremely incomplete, it should have been lost in Lethe River, and it may have been sealed by the Seven Tribulation Love Silk, because when the avalanche of Santai Mountain, there was a Seven Tribulation Love Silk that was broken, and there seemed to be something more in the memory.
In fact, from seeing the woman again to the present, Bai Ye's mind has deduced countless ways to come forward and talk, but in the end, he was strangled by him without mercy because of courage. Fortunately, the woman has been walking and stopping at the lantern stall, and she should not have found her favorite lantern yet, otherwise she would have left long ago, and Bai Ye could only miss the opportunity again.
Suddenly, the sound of loud gongs and drums came from the end of the market, "Guess the lantern riddle, guess the lantern riddle ~ guess the lantern riddle and get the lantern for free ~~".
The woman said something to her companion, and then the two of them walked towards the place where the voice came from, it should be to guess the lantern riddle to join in the fun, and Bai Ye had to follow with him.
"As long as you have a copper plate, you can choose any puzzle, and if you guess correctly, you can take the corresponding lantern, is there anyone who wants to challenge it?" The shopkeeper felt that there were already a lot of people gathered, so he began to expand his business.
"Uncle, I'm going to try!" said a ten-year-old child, handing over a copper plate as he spoke, and then his eyes flashed wide, carefully choosing which one to guess.
"Okay" The boss saw that it was open, and took down the puzzle chosen by the child from the lampstand: "This first riddle is 'Dripping rain falls on the North Road', and the first solar term of the riddle is solved! ”
As soon as he heard the puzzle, the child's face immediately became bitter: "Uncle, what is the solar term?"
Everyone was amused by the child's question, and the crowd didn't know who shouted: "Boss, your question is too difficult, change ••••••"
"Change one, change one!" Someone in the crowd immediately began to coax, and this time the bitter face became the boss: "How to change this, a lantern corresponds to a lantern riddle, or ~ or not~ Which of us can guess it, I will give this lantern to this child?"
The onlookers also know that the boss is not cheating, guessing the lantern riddle is like this, intelligence and luck account for half of each, if you encounter an object that you have never seen before is the answer to the puzzle, then it is useless even if you are talented.
"Little friend, can I try it for you?" The white figure stepped out of the crowd and gently touched the child's head, it was the woman Bai Ye met at the gate of the academy.
"Big sister, you're so beautiful••••••"
"It's so sweet, I can't win it back if I don't give it to you. A bright smile appeared on the woman's face, and that smile seemed to have a magical power, and even a grumpy person could become peaceful under such a smile.
"Dripping rain falls on Saibei Road, and drizzle falls on Saibei dew, then this solar term is cold dew. ”
"Exactly, exactly, the girl is not only beautiful, but also so smart, I don't know whose young man can have such a blessing to marry home••••••"
"Sun Laosi, don't think about it, you have to dare to have an idea and don't let your family pick you up alive. Probably someone in the crowd knew the owner of the lantern riddle stall and immediately teased.
The lantern riddle stall owner surnamed Sun scratched his head, laughed dryly, and hurriedly turned around and took down the lantern from the lampstand and handed it to the child.
"Thank you, uncle, thank you, sister. Watching the child bounce away with the lantern, the corner of Bai Ye's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.
With the first one, the business of the lantern riddle stall suddenly became lively, some people guessed correctly and smiled, some people guessed wrong and looked unwilling, and some people stood around eager to try until the last lantern fan.
"Today's last lantern riddle, but I spent three days to make the Chiba lotus lantern, not much to say, everyone, please see!" Sun Laosi removed a piece of red cloth behind him, and a beautifully made lotus lantern appeared in front of everyone.
There was a series of exclamations from the crowd, and even the woman in white who was already planning to leave turned around again, looking at the lotus lantern intently, Sun Laosi was very satisfied with this effect, and his face was full of smiles: "This last riddle is 'ruthless lover ruthless heart', type a word in the riddle! Everyone, who will give it a try?"
After listening to the puzzle, the woman in white frowned slightly, and it seemed that she had not thought of what the answer was.
"Sun Laosi, this riddle won't have no answer at all, right? Are you making fun of us, just to show off your Chiba Lotus Lantern?"
"Ma Liu, don't talk nonsense with your eyes open, just the little ink in your stomach, you can recognize a few words, you can't, it doesn't mean that others won't. Sun Laosi's eyes widened and he argued.
The woman in white took one last look at the lotus lantern, shook her head and prepared to leave, it seemed that she was about to give up, Bai Ye quickly walked to her side and whispered in her ear.
The woman looked up at the stranger in front of her in surprise and said softly, "Thank you!"
"Boss, is the word 'Qian' the riddle?" As soon as she heard the woman in white speak, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
"Yes, yes! Yes! After Sun Laosi finished speaking, he pinched his waist and yelled at Ma Liu: "Ma Liu, do you have anything to say?"
Ma Liu was squeezed by him, so he had no choice but to smash his mouth and stop talking.