The north city of Qingzhou City is very lively tonight, and you can hear the voices of people hundreds of steps across the city wall.

At this time, a high platform was set up in the open space of the North City, on which dozens of chairs were placed, leaving the state guard and some famous people in Qingzhou City to sit, but no one appeared for the time being.

Around the high platform, there are dozens of hunters from Qingzhou City standing at this moment, and the heavy weapons on their bodies make people not approachable, at this time they look around vigilantly, and from time to time there are strange bird calls coming, it turns out that this is a code word between hunting, as if to say that everything is comprehensive.

Beside the high platform, many people of status have already sent small slaves to occupy their positions, and at this time they calmly greet acquaintances and acquaintances, while those who have no power and no power can only find a high point, or someone else's roof, Or on the big tree next to it, I want to see the demeanor of the state guard, and there are some scholars in the outermost layer of the North City holding fans, splashing some landscape paintings on them, shaking in the middle of the winter, but the eyes are staring at the young women who come and go, if you meet someone you like, you have to discuss it.

Seeing that the moonlight is about to reach the top, it must be not far from this new year, when the state guard will definitely light the introduction of fireworks and pray for good weather next year. I heard that the fireworks craftsmen in Beishi have made a big thing called the stars holding the moon this year, even in Ningzhou, Huzhou and other rich places are difficult to meet, so everyone in Beishi is looking forward to it.

A small restaurant in Qingzhou City that has not closed, there is neither a signboard nor a shout, a little tonight is the New Year's sake, the shopkeeper of the restaurant leans on the pillar and sucks a little wine, sighing the passage of time. The gray-haired proprietress sat on the small table opposite and couldn't stop laughing, and when she saw that the shopkeeper's wine glass was empty, she filled him with her hand. Only on the night of the New Year, the shopkeeper of the restaurant has the opportunity to have a few drinks, otherwise he is busy in the stove.

There are three strangers eating here, one is a middle-aged man, his eyes are angry, his face is full of ferocity, and the scar on his head is on the head, it seems that he is a Buddhist practitioner, but he is not wearing clothes such as robes. Beside him there was a woman, dressed in clean and ordinary clothes, but could not hide her figure, and had a sense of otherworldliness that came out of the mud without staining, and was clear and rippling without demons; beside them there was a little novice, also dressed in ordinary clothes, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, white and tender, and when she saw the shopkeeper and the proprietress they were all smiling and silent, only caring about eating the food in front of her, and never touching the food elsewhere on the table.

For some reason, when I saw this little novice, the shopkeeper and the proprietress only felt very comfortable, but they couldn't say why.

These three people don't seem to be from Qingzhou, so they don't know about the fireworks in Beishi, but they are slowly eating home-cooked meals and drinking rice wine made by the proprietress of the restaurant. The people of Qingzhou are fierce, and there are often businessmen from all over the world, although it is very strange to see these three people, but they don't feel that there is anything wrong. After all, in Qingzhou City, there are many hunting and patrolling streets tonight, and ordinary people can't set off any storms.

These three people are the stone line of the Hanging Temple, and they took the green beads from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in Suizhou and rushed to the direction of Qingzhou City, although many passers-by were surprised that the monk actually took the woman to travel, but they were all scolded back by the green beads. After hurrying slowly, I finally arrived in Qingzhou City before the dark of the New Year, and found this place to rest.

Xiao Shami was concentrating on eating the egg fried rice in front of him, holding the beef in the bowl for the master from time to time, but he didn't even look at the other meals on the table.

"Zhou Cang, you know how to bully your apprentice! If the beef is not enough, we will order it again. Otherwise, if you have a yellow face and thin muscles, and you look weak, don't you mean that your monks' food is not as good as the food on the street?" Lu Zhu glared at the monk of the Hanging Temple and motioned for him to return the stone's beef.

Shi was eating with his head down, and when he heard Luzhu call his master Zhou Cang, he couldn't help but smile: he had stayed with his master for so long, and he never knew his name or worldly name, and he didn't expect Luzhu girl to say it directly, it seems that the master's friendship with her is not ordinary. But it's also good, the green bead girl has made a lot of meals along the way, and the taste is much better than that of the master, if you bring it to the temple to cook some meals, there is hope for this day of cultivation. It's just that the master said that he wanted to come to Qingzhou City to make a good relationship, but his shoes were worn out and he still couldn't see anyone.

The monk named Zhou Cang touched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left it in his heart." My apprentice, I don't listen to what I say no matter how many times I say, and there is nothing wrong with a monk eating some meat. "Anyway, he put the beef in his mouth, and he didn't put the words of the green bead in his ear.

When Lu Zhu heard this, he was angry, and got up and picked up the iron spoon of the shopkeeper and prepared to hit it. Zhou Cang immediately took out the rouge from the cloth bag he carried to please the green beads, otherwise he would inevitably have a blue and red color on his body.

Shi put his hands together, then looked at the straw sandals on the soles of the master's feet and asked, "Master, we have come all the way from Suizhou, and your toes can be seen on the soles of your shoes, and from time to time someone points and laughs." Why can't we eat less meat, drink less wine, and change our shoes? Tonight's New Year, we can't go out so sloppily, otherwise it's not good for others to gossip about us. ”

Zhou Cang disagreed, drank all the wine in the cup, and then said with a smile: "Stones, there is no need to worry about such things outside the body, walking barefoot, wearing shoes is also walking, for us, the eyes of others cannot be counted." There are thousands of ways to cultivate Buddhism, so why should I be obsessed with the one in front of me? If I care about the eyes of others, then I am not participating in my own Buddha. ”

The stone didn't give face at all: "The last time the Green Bead Girl said that you were more stable than before, and you were so excited that you couldn't sleep that night, then why should you care about the eyes of the Green Bead Girl, is the Buddha you cultivated the same as the Buddha she cultivated?"

Zhou Cang coughed lightly, looking at the crimson green beads on his face, the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed, but he didn't dare to attack easily. Because he knew that Lu Zhu loved stones very much, and he should not easily move one of his eyebrows, otherwise the iron spoon of fried rice would definitely fall on his head, and the ring scars on the top of his head would become ten ring scars.

Zhou Cang thought about it and sighed: "What a sin, why did you pick up such a bad person as you in the first place!"

Lu Zhu played with rouge, looked at the sparse pedestrians outside, and asked the shopkeeper leaning next to him: "I heard that there is a fireworks gift in Qingzhou City tonight, I don't know what the fireworks in Qingzhou City are." I don't see much of it when I'm elsewhere, but I think it's very strange. Shopkeeper, could you please tell me that we will go to see the fireworks after dinner?"

The shopkeeper drank and blushed, and said vaguely: "It's time, it's time, it's just that I can't see the time when the state guard is lit." If you're late, you can hear it from us. ”

Lu Zhu asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you have been busy for a year, it stands to reason that you should also go to watch the fireworks ceremony to relax, it is better to close early and go over there to join in the fun." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the proprietress opposite, and said with some emotion: "I used to like to take my old wife to join in the fun, but now I am older, and I can't walk anymore." And we come from humble backgrounds, since we can't squeeze into a good position, it is better to rest at home. People who bury half of their bodies in the loess don't pay so much attention. But you outsiders, you really have to go and see it. ”

After listening to Zhou Cang beside him, he touched his bulging belly and said, "Hehe, let's wait a while, I'll take you to a place, where the scenery is no less than the fireworks in Qingzhou City." ”

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