Chapter 14: The Girl in Red
After coming out of the villa, Zixuan drove Xiaojing straight to the Qianqiu Qinhuai Hotel.
Tonight, they were going to spend the night in the hotel.
Qinhuai Hotel stands diagonally opposite the Lanlan villa area, across the river from this side. If you stand on the top floor of the Blue Villa, you can also see the hotel that stands out at night - because the hotel is 40 storeys high, and the upper part is a palace lamp-shaped tower, which is brightly lit at night, making it a wonderful place to enjoy the night view.
If there is no traffic jam, the car starts from this side, passes along the river avenue, and then crosses a road and rail bridge on the Qinhuai River, and it will take ten minutes to arrive.
However, as it happens, today is the weekend. Although it is already past nine o'clock, many people choose to come here to relax in the cool summer because of the cool riverside and the beautiful scenery.
At this point in time, the riverside is still full of tourists, and correspondingly, the cars on the road are crawling slowly like turtles.
In fact, for thousands of years, it has always been one of the most prosperous places in Jinling.
The Qinhuai River is a tributary of the Yangtze River and the main river in the Jinling region. Legend has it that when Qin Shi Huang toured the east, he looked at the purple gas rising above Jinling City, thinking that he was kingly, so he chiseled the mountain and broke the ridge and entered the Yangtze River. Later generations believed that this water was opened in the Qin period, so it was called Qin Huai.
In ancient times, Jinling was a gathering of merchants and literati. The gold-powdered building on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the painting boat Lingbo, constitutes a dream-like beautiful scenery and wonder. Therefore, there is a poem, "The spring breeze of ten miles of splendid spring breeze comes, and thousands of households open near the river". Of course, it has also become a resort for amorous talents and beautiful women to interpret love stories.
Today, both sides of the Qinhuai River have long been developed into scenic spots and become new tourist spots in Jinling, attracting many foreign tourists every year.
Of course, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to eat the water, the local residents will naturally not own the treasure mountain and do nothing. Some of them open restaurants, sell specialty products or tourist shops, and some rent bicycles to ride along the river and sail the Qinhuai River at night...... The worst ones also set up stalls to earn extra money. While making their purses bulge, many people also enjoyed the comfort and comfort brought by the Qinhuai River.
"There are so many people today!" Zi Xuan sighed helplessly as she looked at the traffic moving slowly in front of her.
"That's more?" Xiao Jing smiled, "The last time we came, it was a lot of people!"
"Don't you look at when was the last time?" Zixuan said with a blank look at her.
The last time Xiaojing and Zixuan came to the banks of the Qinhuai River, it happened to be the night of the Lantern Festival.
At that time, it was a good time to hold a temple fair and watch the lantern festival.
The trees on both sides of the river are hung with lanterns of various forms such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, and landscape lights are also set up at the waterfront places on both banks, which reflect each other and are full of color, and the entire Qinhuai River is illuminated as real as illusion, just like a fairyland on earth.
However, both sides of the river are also crowded with people, and it is naturally difficult for cars to find parking spaces, and there are people watching the lights and enjoying the scenery of the river. So much so that Zixuan finally parked the car 1 kilometer away from the river, and then walked to the river.
"Sister, it's still early, don't be in such a hurry to go to the hotel, let's just go have a supper first, okay?" Xiaojing said suddenly.
"Okay, then let's go to the hotel after supper!" Zixuan thought for a moment and replied.
After Xiaojing mentioned it, she also wanted to go.
A friend talked about a place, her eyebrows fluttered, and recommended that she must go to Jinling to see.
"Why don't we go to one of the shops and eat fish? Zixuan said.
"Fish, isn't there enough to eat at today's banquet?" Xiao Jing frowned.
"It's not a dish, I'm talking about snacks, grilled fish!" Zixuan explained.
"Oh, is it delicious?" Xiao Jing asked casually, still not seeming interested.
"I heard from my friend that she came to eat last month. Zixuan smiled, "According to her, the store is called "Fish Juice and Fish Flavor", and it was newly opened, but it was an instant hit on the day it opened. After she ate it, she couldn't forget it, and my ears were calloused. She said it was a very unique grilled fish restaurant. She also heard that the shop's grilled fish was an ancestral secret recipe. It is said that when the ancestor opened the shop, the immortal Lu Dongbin of the human race also came to eat, there is a couplet at the door of the store, and it is rumored that Lu Dongbin left it back then: there is wine to be content, drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows; And ......"
"It sounds okay, but my mouth is watering. Xiao Jing swallowed and smiled. "But now there are so many false advertisements, I don't know if it's true to the name. ”
"Just go and see......" Zixuan's face suddenly changed, "It's not good, sit tight!"
The sharp sound of brakes suddenly sounded, Zixuan slammed the brakes to the end, and the two leaned forward violently. Fortunately, the safety belt was fastened, otherwise Zixuan's head would have hit the steering wheel with this emergency braking.
Xiaojing, who was sitting in the co-pilot, was also taken aback, and couldn't help but throw out a national curse.
The car is about to cross the bridge, and parking is prohibited on the road it is driving on all the way.
But I didn't expect the taxi in front of me to remind me at all, and suddenly braked, Zixuan just chatted, and the distance was not widened, so that the two cars almost rear-ended.
"Hmph, you actually pick up passengers here!" Zi Xuan said very annoyedly, "If you are fat enough, you are not afraid of deducting points!"
She hates this kind of deliberate non-compliance with traffic rules, not only to herself, but also to others to bring great safety risks.
A few days ago, there was a news report that a foreign-funded car violated traffic rules three times and twice to overtake the compaction line, but the domestic car did not give way, and the foreign-funded car overtook it, and the foreign-funded car knocked over the compaction line. For this accident, the traffic police's handling is that the foreign-funded car is fully responsible. At that time, there was a lot of speculation on the Internet, and there were different opinions.
After Zixuan watched it, she felt that the handling of this accident had nothing to do with whether the car was made in China, and the key was whether it violated traffic rules. Later, she couldn't help but follow the post behind the news, "Everyone is responsible for abiding by traffic rules." Support the traffic police, top!"
Xiaojing didn't answer, she suddenly turned her head and said to her, "Sister, do you think there's something wrong with that woman?"
"Which woman?" Zi Xuan felt inexplicable. She asked, carefully following the car in front of her.
"The car coming across the left lane just now, the woman in red sitting on it!"
"I think there's a guy in red, but I didn't pay much attention to it! I paid attention to the young driver, his appearance was okay, but he seemed to have a big birthmark on his cheek......"
"I'm asking about the woman in red sitting behind the driver?" Xiaojing emphasized.
"What's wrong with this woman in red?" Zixuan asked strangely.
"I think that woman is a little weird. Xiaojing thought for a while and said, "Sister, let's turn around and catch up!"
"What's weird, let's hear about it first. Zixuan thought she was joking.
Can you just turn around here? She thought to herself, just after criticizing those drivers who violated traffic rules in her heart, could it be that she would commit it right away.
She then laughed, "What's so weird? Could it be that it's a female ghost?"
"Maybe it's possible. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jing said with a solemn face, "I seemed to see just now that her head seemed to be turned 360 degrees, and her body turned back directly without moving." ”
"Oh, are you sure?" Zixuan said in surprise.
It is absolutely impossible for a normal human skull to rotate 360 degrees. No, it's that human heads can't do that.
"Sister, it's turned a corner, do you want to follow?" Xiao Jing kept an eye on it, looked back, and hurriedly said when she saw this.
"I think, forget it!" Zixuan thought about it, shook her head and said.
If you make a mistake in keeping up, it will not only waste time but also affect your mood, not to mention that this nosy sister is not reliable once or twice.
"It's okay to see. Xiao Jing insisted.
"It's late now, we're here for barbecue, not to exorcise demons. Zixuan shook her head.
"Sister, this is not your style, right? I know that although you are not a Taoist priest of Maoshan, you have a heart that supports justice. Xiaojing was anxious.
"Well, I love to hear that. Zixuan responded, smiling secretly in her heart, in order to satisfy her selfishness, this girl can do without the festival.
"Are you going or not? I'm really curious. Sister...... Let's go ahead and have a look. ”
"Forget it, curiosity kills the cat. Besides, you may be too tired and dazzled. Approaching the bridge, Zixuan drove the car into the lane without hesitation.
"Hmph, don't believe me!How is it possible?" Xiao Jing argued, "How could I be wrong?"
"No?" Zi Xuan smiled, "Do you remember the last time, it was also in Jinling City." You see a man as a woman......"
"Uh...... Who would have thought that pseudo-lady was so fancy in his dressing, and his movements of walking and twisting his waist were so feminine. Xiao Jing had a black line and hurriedly defended, "This time it will definitely be ......."
"Haha, just remember. Zixuan interrupted her.
Xiao Jing was speechless for a moment, and couldn't help but secretly slander herself in her heart, hating that pseudo-girl ten or eight times.
It seems that it is impossible to keep up again. If it had been her alone, she would have used her mana a long time ago.
But Zixuan was beside her, but she didn't dare to move-
"Remember: don't expose yourself when you're not sure or until you have to. ”
This is the content of the three chapters of Zixuan and her covenant when the three of them entered the world. Xiaojing still doesn't dare to forget, and her words are still in her ears.
Xiao Jing watched from afar as the light blue sedan disappeared from sight.
Don't let me see you again!hmph! Xiao Jing said in her heart.