The night is four, the brilliant sunset is gradually drowned out by the night, the lights of Nanzong Temple are more brilliant and bright, and the blessing lantern festival is about to begin.

Yifeng and his senior brother set off from the Meditation Peak, squeezed through the bustling crowd, and came to the front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall Square on the main peak, but they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

As far as the eye can see, there is a crowd of people, bald, scarves, hair-curled, covered with linen or satin, white, black, and the huge square is crowded with people, let alone getting down, and even the heads can't be squeezed in.

Rows and rows of neat lanterns divide the crowd into many pieces, and people watch along the lanterns one after another, making noise and shouting.

Before they came, the abbot had already announced the start of the Blessing Lantern Festival, and the monks who were waiting for the riddle around were busy sweating profusely, dealing with the pilgrims, benefactors, and believers who came to guess the riddle and receive gifts.

In addition to the lanterns, what catches the eye is the high stone steps in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, on which a neat row of huge merit boxes are placed, no less than twenty.

Each merit box is one person high, covered with bright red silk, embroidered with a huge "merit box" three words, golden light, in the front corridor of the hall under the dazzling lights, shining.

"If you can't guess the lantern riddle, it's okay, and you can go to the merit box to rejoice and pray for blessings and disasters. ”

In the face of the uncountable pilgrim benefactor believers who rushed to guess the lantern riddles, the monks said.

Under normal circumstances, pilgrim donors who have not guessed will choose to go to the merit box and rejoice, praying for marriage, career, wealth, health, and family members.

Of course, there are not a few pilgrim donors who just play with the lanterns, don't guess the riddles, and go directly to the merit box to rejoice.

As soon as the wind came, I saw many old people with gray hair and plain clothes, tremblingly throwing incense money, and even seeing beggars who were not covered with clothes, they also took out one or two big martial arts coins from the broken bowl in their hands and threw them into the merit box, and their hands that were blown by the cold wind were covered with pus-ridden chilblains.

They are all people who can't guess and can't guess the riddle, but they all have the right to pursue happiness.

The wind couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and his eyes crossed the vast sea of people and cast them into the wider night.

He suddenly remembered the village not far from here a few months ago, where the whole village went out to beg for food, and remembered the old woman who was lying on the sickbed in the thatched house pushing a bowl of gruel that he had begged for, and the little boy sang a ballad:

"The Taoist is not immortal, and the monk has the true scriptures.

The true scriptures are powerful, and money and food come quickly.

There is not a grain of grain in the village, and there is a lot of gold in the temple. ”

The prosperity of this world is enshrined by how many low-level pains!

Even if this prosperity is so beautiful, we must not forget the people in this world, these people who are struggling for their lives and surviving, this is the responsibility on the shoulders of the Buddha.

Yifeng was fascinated, but Xiu Gu next to him obviously didn't think about it so much.

When she saw so many people, she first chirped excitedly, and then muttered with a sad face how to see the lanterns, and then she became happy, pulled up the wind, and drilled into the crowd.

As soon as the fire monkey tried to grab the two of them, they didn't catch it, and they merged into the sea of people.

Shuli shook his head on the side and said, "Let them go, we will watch here, and there will be no loss." ”

Xiugu pulled a wind into the sea of people, and looked up at the lanterns as she walked excitedly.

The lantern is painted with allusions to the Buddhist scriptures, Bodhisattva, Vajra, Venerable, Buddha, there are many kinds of characters, as well as various spirit animals and exotic flowers and plants, some have some Buddhist mantras, each lantern is written with a number, probably to facilitate the person who guesses the lantern riddle to memorize the number, go out to find the monk to check the riddle.

Once they entered the crowd of people enjoying the lanterns in the square, Yifeng and Xiugu felt that although the crowd was crowded, they were actively divided into two sides, walking in the opposite direction, and walking with the crowd, it was not as difficult as imagined.

The lanterns are all supported in the square with iron frames, like iron trees, and the lanterns are hung on the branches, and the lanterns of various colors are fluttering in the wind, and the characters on them are lifelike, as if they are interpreting their legendary stories in the wind.

Yifeng followed behind Xiu Gu, Xiu Gu's eyes turned around on the various colored lanterns, and she didn't look back, muttering excitedly in front of her.

Yifeng suddenly saw a picture painted on a lantern, as if he had seen it on the fist book of the Van Demon Life and Destruction Fist, he was very strange, so he stopped and stared at the lantern.

And Xiu Gu didn't notice that Yifeng had stopped, and the people behind Yifeng immediately squeezed over and separated her from Yifeng, and Xiu Gu was still walking ahead.

Xiu Gu said as she walked: "Yifeng, look at this lantern, there is a goddess on it, the goddess's clothes are so beautiful, and she looks good when she dances, ouch!"

Xiugu solidly bumped into the person in front, she was about to lose her temper at the person in front, this side is going to the front, why should he go in the opposite direction here!?

Xiu Gu raised her head and looked angrily at the person she bumped into in front of her, but she was stunned.

That person was tall, Xiu Gu had to raise her head to see his face, and when she saw his face, Xiu Gu was stunned, he had a handsome face, a straight nose, sharp eyebrows, especially a pair of eyes, reflecting the lantern candlelight in the sky, bright and bright, and she even saw her reflection in his eyes.

Xiu Gu's original angry expression disappeared in an instant, and her face suddenly turned crimson.

She wanted to say something, but before she could speak, the man said first: "Little junior sister, are you from Yuxiu Academy?

He pulled Xiu Gu to his side, and Xiu Gu suddenly crashed into his arms again, only to hear a crisp sound of gold and iron resonating from behind him.

Xiu Gu looked back and saw that the person following behind was no longer a wind, but a strong man in black!

The strong man in black covered his head and face with black silk at this time, only revealing fierce eyes, but he was holding a black dagger in his hand, and he was just about to pierce her, but was blocked by the person in front of him with a scabbard.

The strong man turned his wrist and took the dagger back, just like no one else, not wanting to attract the attention of the people next to him, but he still subconsciously pulled the black silk on his face, obviously just tied and not fastened yet.

Xiu Gu suddenly shouted, "Oh no!"

She was about to break free from the man's hand that was holding her wrist and go in the direction of Yifeng, when she suddenly realized that she was in danger, and Yifeng was even more dangerous!

But the handsome man didn't let go of her, and said to her, "He has a ghost knife in his hand, it's very dangerous, what are you going to do?"

Xiu Gu couldn't help but cry and replied: "You help me, the little junior brother behind me is more dangerous!"

The man immediately nodded to his side, and Xiu Gu saw that there were two people standing beside him, the difference was that they were bald monks.

One of them took out a bamboo tube the size of a small thumb from his bosom, which was plugged, and the monk put it in front of him and pulled the stopper, and a bright golden light shot out and rushed into the sky.

Almost at that moment, outside the crowd, several monks flew over stepping on the branches of the lantern iron tree, Xiu Gu also saw several other monks flying in the direction of Yifeng, and the crowd behind them who were already scolding and shouting seemed to realize that something was wrong, and instantly became quiet.

And the strong man in black disappeared out of thin air like a ghost, leaving only a puff of cyan smoke, which was not obvious in the flickering lights.

After the monk on the lantern iron tree saw the green smoke, he immediately chased it out in one direction, and the crowd began to become panicked, so many people, if they were not stopped immediately, I am afraid that there would be very serious consequences.

The person who grabbed Xiugu immediately waved his hands and said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, I am Ben Xuan, the eldest disciple of Elder Hong of Nanzong Temple, I just found a little thief who wanted to steal this girl's purse, and he has been driven away, everyone don't worry, please rest assured to enjoy the lantern and take care of the belongings on your body." ”

His voice was calm and powerful, and the panicked people gradually calmed down, discussing the small commotion just now.

"It turned out to be a little thief, I thought there was a villain!"

"How is it possible, this is Nanzong Temple, the devil doesn't dare to come, how dare the gangsters come?!"

"That's it, what's more, Elder Hong's eldest disciples have all said it, then it should be no problem!"

"Elder Hong's disciple, Elder Hong has always been highly respected, and his disciple will definitely not be bad. ”

"That's for sure, look at how handsome that disciple looks!"

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Ben Xuan pulled Xiu Gu aside, and the crowd here began to move forward again, still watching the lanterns with peace of mind, and several young women kept peeking at him as they walked by.

The two of them rushed over in a hurry, and when Xiu Gu saw it, it was Yifeng and Shuli, and Yifeng asked anxiously, "Senior sister, are you okay?"

Xiu Gu shook her head, looked at Ben Xuan and said, "No, this Senior Brother Ben Xuan saved me." ”

Yifeng and Shuli noticed Ben Xuan at this time, and Shuli saluted forward and said, "Thank you senior brother for protecting my junior sister." ”

Ben Xuan hurriedly replied: "What's the matter, this is the little junior sister of Yuxiu Academy, they are all their own people, they should be." ”

Xiugu took Yifeng's hand, looked up and down, looked with concern in her eyes, and said, "Yifeng, are you okay, I was worried that you were in danger just now." ”

Yifeng looked at Ben Xuan, and then at Xiu Gu, a hint of strange color flashed in his eyes, but he still said to her calmly: "I'm fine, I was almost injured by that man in black just now, but the fourth senior brother suddenly appeared beside me and blocked the dagger of that villain." ”

Ben Xuan looked at Xiu Gu and was glared at by Xiu Gu with disgust, then reacted, smiled awkwardly, nodded and said, "That's about the same situation here." The daggers of these two people should be the same, they are both ghost knives. This kind of ghost knife, stabbing a person's body, will not bleed or hurt, but will be controlled by him and obediently listen to his words.

"This kind of ghost knife is generally the most used by the Xuanyin sect or the evil sect like Solomon, and the refining technique is generally not passed on, and it is also very rare, it seems that they have other plans for you. ”