The Luming Festival in Jianyi City has always been solemn and serious, but there is only one point of "rejoicing with the people", which is really something that other counties can't do, so that at this time of year, Jianyi City is surrounded by water.

Ah Xiao and Su Jie walked along the river, the river in front of them was no longer as wide as the day, rows of black canopy boats crowded on the edge of the dock, and the black figures on it were all spectators from other towns and villages in Jianyi City, some of them really couldn't squeeze in, so they simply stayed on the awning boats, sighing and smoking dry cigarettes.

It was just a bathing time, and the dock was already crowded, with the noise of people, the crisp sound of footsteps on the wooden floor peculiar to the pier, and even the crying of children, all of which were particularly loud on this full moon prayer night.

"Ah Xiao, be careful and follow me, don't make a mistake!" Su Jie was like a loach that had been slippery, drilling around in this crowded dock, afraid that Ah Xiao would lose it, and deliberately turned around and said with concern.

Ah Xiao patted his chest and told this old friend that he had no problem, and he was ashamed of himself in terms of arm strength, but in terms of foot strength, he might even be a cut above Su Jie.

I don't know how long they walked, the two finally found the location that belonged to Tuochuan Street, and told the adults on other streets that this year's festival venue was arranged into a hexagonal shape, each side was composed of ten fast and long cases, on which there were already some cooked foods such as melon seeds and peanuts, and below the cases were futons, A Xiao looked over, and the people sitting down in the entire venue were only hundreds.

Although there are quite a few people in Jianyi City, there are about a thousand, but this festival is different, those who are too old and taller than seventy cannot enter, this is for fear that the old man will hurt his body;

Those who are too young, less than four years old, cannot enter, because they are afraid that there are too many people at the festival, and it is difficult to take care of such a small child, and it will be troublesome if they are lost, but even if the elders of the street check how strictly, there are still people who bring their children who are only three or four years old to enter, which makes a mess of the serious atmosphere of the festival.

Others went to the next county or Yi'an County, and the wanderers who went out on this day basically had to go back to their hometowns, so there were many people who worked in Jianyi City and went back, as for those who went to Yi'an County, it was natural, and the Luming Festival in Yi'an County would not have a small city like this?

The smell of burning sesame oil came from the air, and the entire wharf was lit up by the light of the sesame oil lamp.

After asking the direction of Tuochuan Street from the mouth of the kind adult, Ah Xiao and Su Jie thanked each other, found the location belonging to the residents of Tuochuan Street, found an idle place and sat down, Tuanchuan Street was not crowded, and there was no street elder to manage the people to sit down, but those aunts were watching from the sidelines.

After all, it was the children of Tuochuan Street who they watched grow up, and the few aunts in charge of management did not check it very harshly, and as soon as the two children sat down, there were immediately a lot of envious eyes around them looking at this side - this wonderful position is to show the difference between the people in the city and the people outside the city, only the people in the city are qualified to sit in the position, and outsiders can only stand outside this hexagon.

The heron festival often lasts until the second half of the night, some experienced people simply brought tables, chairs and benches from the ship, sat proudly near this hexagon, holding a melon and fruit plate in his hand, leisurely knocking melon seeds, that look, it was almost trembling to ascend to heaven, this position was finally occupied by him, proud, what is it?

In the middle of the hexagon is a makeshift platform, which, although simple, has the most important duty - when the ceremony begins, the prefectural magistrate must be invited to worship the ancestors here, and finally everyone's favorite troupe is invited to sing a big drama here all night.

As soon as Ah Xiao took his seat, his eyes couldn't help but look at the street next to him, and several aunts who were watching the seat not far away saw it, and they all teased and said, "My Ah Xiao is planning to look for his future crush here, right?"

"Nonsense, Ah Xiao is obviously looking for his daughter-in-law!" Another woman interjected.

"Isn't it all the same!"

"Hahahaha......" The women laughed, and even the movement of swallowing melon seeds in their hands slowed down.

Ah Xiao smiled embarrassedly, he was indeed looking for someone, the person he was looking for was a little girl with two cute dimples when she laughed, and the girl's name was Fan Yan.

Fan Yan belongs to the area of Lao Ye Street, but this time the row of seats is different from the past, Ah Xiao doesn't know where the seats on Lao Ye Street are, not to mention that there are so many people on the dock, just the colorful clothes are enough to make Ah Xiao dizzy, after looking for a long time, he really didn't find where Fan Yan was sitting.

"Look, look at it, that guy Xu Lai is also here, and he is sitting seven or eight seats away from us. Su Jie secretly stabbed Ah Xiao with his hand, but unfortunately Ah Xiao only cared about finding someone and didn't pay much attention to Su Jie's words.

Xu Lai, who was in the distance, naturally saw Su Jie and the others, and gestured a middle finger at Su Jie.

"Hey!" Su Jie was naturally unwilling, and also returned a middle finger.

"Ah Xiao, you kid, you're getting more and more handsome, which makes my sister like it from the bottom of my heart! But Su Jie, even if you are a kid, you look like your father and you don't have a proper shape!"

When Ah Xiao was dizzy, a girl in a green skirt sat not far from Ah Xiao with a smile, waved her hand to Ah Xiao and said with a smile.

The girl simply combed a drooping bun, and her silky hair was only tied with a plain hairband, and it hung low to her shoulders, and Ah Xiao could see that this girl in green was Sister Xiao Xiao of the Pinxiang Pavilion!

As Ah Xiao's eyes shifted, sure enough, there were two girls dressed as young ladies behind Sister Xiao Xiao, although they all changed into formal and clean clothes today, and they seemed to be dressed as young ladies in large families, but in Ah Xiao's opinion, the two girls still had an indelible little maid habit and temperament.

They are naturally Xiao'er and Cao'er, Xiao'er and Cao'er naturally also saw Ah Xiao and Su Jie, the two cute little girls have grown into equally cute girls, and they are grimacing at Ah Xiao and Su Jie at this time, with a proud young lady temperament.

As for Aunt Qin, naturally she would not come on this occasion, she was the same as her grandfather and Uncle Su, she didn't like to come to this kind of festival, and Ah Xiao had never seen her at the festival.

Ah Xiao and Su Jie recognized each other at this time, Ah Xiao happily greeted a few girls from Pinxiang Pavilion over there, but Su Jie didn't think so, his head hung arrogantly to the side, and he put on a look of disdain, but in fact, his eyes kept peeking over there, and his eyes did not leave the two girls Xiao'er and Cao'er, a teenager of this age was extremely curious about the opposite sex, and Su Jie was naturally among them.

"Hey, I didn't expect that the two little sons of our Tuochuan Street are still merry people!" A woman on the next street quipped.

"What's the matter, it's obvious that Ah Xiao recognizes them, and it has nothing to do with me!" Su Jie hurriedly explained.

"Come on, where are your eyes, who of you doesn't know! hahaha......" There was another burst of cheerful laughter.

After the two sides said hello, they stopped shouting like this, because as the moon rises, the festival is officially opened in the noise of the crowd!

The old man who plays the watch on weekdays is also wearing a clean and simple new dress at this time, and the old men who learn from him are wearing three-color tassels around his waist, and he is dressed not like a watchman, but like a clerk. He took the old gong and cymbals that had been with him for a long time, ran along the hexagonal shape of the venue, and shouted: "The festival is approaching, the county commander is about to take the stage, and the idlers are avoiding!"

"Boom!" After saying that, he struck down vigorously on the gong with his mallet.

"Boom!" He picked up the cymbals again and shouted, "Idlers avoid it! Make a way for the county lord!"

The street elders also helped beat the old man to clear the surrounding crowd, and the people who came were all people from the surrounding towns and villages, some of them were so bold that they actually sneaked up and stole the melons and fruits on the street seats, and some were mixed in the street crowd, silently hoping that these street elders would not recognize themselves, and the roars and noises scattered in all directions.

With another burst of noise, some officials ran in advance to separate the crowded crowd, and opened a small road from the dock to the pavilion in the center of the venue, these officers and soldiers were all dressed in formal clothing, and wore horizontal knives that symbolized the strength of the Great Qin at their waists.

"It's beautiful!" Some young teenagers couldn't help but praise in their hearts, and some even stood on tiptoe to look at the dress of these officers and soldiers, they couldn't see this style of horizontal swords on weekdays, compared to women, the luxurious swords and soldiers could capture their hearts more.

As the officers and soldiers opened the way, a middle-aged man dressed in a Tibetan official robe with a golden dome and a straight head on his head walked slowly, and Ah Xiao and Su Jie both looked up, it was the sword Yi Cheng County Ling Xiong Yi.

Xiong Yi has also dressed up today, wearing the cumbersome official clothes that he doesn't like on weekdays, but at this time, there is no joy and blessing in his eyes that a holiday celebration should have, but most of them are worried and bored. Not long ago, Xie Fatzi came to the county government to inform him that there was a murder in Hexi, and the murderer was actually an ape-like monster.

Fat Xie's subordinates even said that there might be more than one monster.

What a ridiculous thing, there was a bloody case at this time, it was really unlucky. Xiong also had a headache, raised his hand and pinched himself, the most important thing is, when this monster left, it still ran to Jianyi City?

Also, with so many people here tonight, who can guarantee that the monster won't come here to harm people? Perhaps, a few people who had come to see the festival had already been dragged away by this monster in some dark corner?

However, the festival must not be postponed, which will anger the local clan elders and annoy the ancestral heroes, and Xiong Xiong will not be able to bear this crime.

"Didn't such a strange thing happen in Hexi today, it stands to reason that Uncle Xie should have reported to the county magistrate, why, the county magistrate doesn't seem to know about this matter?

Su Jie asked Ah Xiao in puzzlement, he naturally didn't call Xiong Yi his uncle very appropriately, at tonight's festival, everything was about Xiong Yi, the chief sacrificer.

Ah Xiao picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth: "Uncle Xie will definitely not hide it and not report it, after all, the matter of human life is not suppressed, and the county magistrate naturally knows it, but tonight, he really can't deal with that matter himself, because he is the county magistrate, and tonight's festival can't be separated from him." ”

"But, someone has to go to Hexi, doesn't it?" Su Jie said.