The New Year's excitement lasts until the Lantern Festival, and the city of Kyoto is bustling for three days from 14 to 16.

On such days, it is indispensable to go out for a walk, and Qi Mansion is naturally no exception.

The carriage couldn't get in when it arrived outside Xiang'an Street, and after listening to the maid's reply, Qi Minqing in the carriage looked at Qi Xiangsi: "Fifth sister, or let's get off from here." ”

Qi Xiangsi glanced out the window and saw that she was very excited, so she nodded: "Okay." ”

After getting out of the carriage, I didn't see Qi Minshu and them, and after asking, I realized that I was a little faster than them, and I was almost in the middle of Xiang'an Street, so Qi Minqing pulled Qi Xiangsi into the crowd, while urging: "Fifth sister, we have to hurry." ”

The originally wide road is a little crowded because of the stalls on both sides, almost three steps to sell food, five steps to sell fun, and the aroma wafting not far away is mouthwatering. Qi Xiangsi saw that Qi Minqing was in a hurry, and stopped at a stall selling preserved fruits, Qi Minqing turned his head to look at her: "Fifth sister, why don't you leave?" ”

"It's not like you, Minqing, you can't open your legs when you see these on weekdays, what's wrong with you today, you even missed your favorite candied dates?" Qi Xiangsi smiled and pointed to the food and play all over the street, every time she came out, Qi Minqing had to go all over the place, and today the sun came out in the west, and she didn't even look at it.

"It's not like I'm busy rushing to meet with the seventh sister." Qi Minqing looked towards the place where the voice was the most enthusiastic, a trace of nervousness flashed in his eyes, and he turned to smile and hold Qi Xiangsi coquettishly, "Look at what the fifth sister said, I'm not a child anymore, how can I not open my legs." ”

"Yes." Qi Xiangsi stood there waiting for the jade stones to catch up, and pointed to a few preserved fruits on the stall, "Since you're here, buy some." ”

After picking the dates, I felt that the dried peaches were good, and after tasting them, I felt that the plums were pickled well, seeing that Qi Xiangsi was going to stick to this stall and not leave, Qi Minqing was a little anxious: "Fifth sister, let's go quickly." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled: "What are you in a hurry, you came here to shop, like you, it is better to sit in the carriage and see it." ”

"The sixth sister and the seventh sister are still waiting for us." Qi Xiangsi handed her the dates she liked, obviously this reason couldn't convince her, but she heard a bang from the high platform not far away, and Qi Minqing's anxiety stained her face, "The trial competition has begun, fifth sister, let's go over quickly!" ”

"What are you anxious about?" Qi Xiangsi looked at her for a long time, "One of the six sisters and seven sisters is married, and the other is married, and the person who won the trial has nothing to do with them, could it be that there is your sweetheart above?" ”

Qi Minqing blushed: "It's nothing, I just don't want them to wait too long, besides, there are a lot of people here, we shouldn't worry about us if we don't go anymore!" ”

"That's it." Qi Xiangsi withdrew her gaze from the high platform where the crowd had swarmed past, and looked down at her, Qi Minqing's eyes flashed slightly, "Yes, the fifth sister is also really, more childish than me." ”

Qi Xiangsi no longer insisted: "Then let's go." ”

Seeing that Qi Xiangsi finally stopped staying in other stalls, Qi Minqing breathed a sigh of relief, and the group walked towards the high platform, and the excitement was getting closer and closer.

There is a temporary platform set up on the flower bed between the two restaurants on Xiang'an Street, and there are people here to compete in the Lantern Festival every year, just for elegance in the past, because there are too many people watching, and over time winning or losing has become important, and in recent years, with the increase in rewards, the annual trial competition has also become the highlight of the Lantern Festival.

The front of the high platform was full of people, Qi Minlan and the others sat on the side of the stand, saw Qi Minqing from a distance, and hurriedly asked the maid to bring them, seeing that the jade was holding a lot of jade in her hand, she smiled and said: "I thought the fifth sister was lost." ”

Qi Minshu glanced at Qi Xiangsi and didn't make a sound, and her cheeks with makeup were still slightly swollen after a closer look, and before Qi Xiangsi could say anything, Qi Minqing hurriedly cleared up: "Yes, if I hadn't stopped her, the fifth sister would have bought more." ”

Qi Minlan smiled and invited them to sit down: "It's only been a long time, after reading this, let's go to the river embankment to put lights." ”

After sitting down, there was no communication, but the stage was lively and the audience was noisy, and the quiet and awkward here did not seem abrupt.

Qi Xiangsi ate the preserved fruits in the bag slowly, the sun-dried grapes had a faint milky fragrance, he was greasy after eating too much, took the cup from the jade hand, drank the tea leisurely, and enjoyed the competition.

Qi Minshu, who was behind her, finally made a move, she leaned over and whispered a few words to the maid beside her, and with the applause and cheers, the maid quietly left the stands.

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Halfway through the trial competition, there was already a leader, the stage and the audience cheered constantly, and after a while, I saw someone on the stage, holding a pot in his hand, like a guy who went the wrong way, causing everyone to laugh, and the person who presided over the trial on the stage teased him: "This little brother, no one here is anyone to order." ”

The person who came looked to be in his early twenties, and he did look like a buddy, but he looked down and generous, and he put down the pot in his hand without hurry, opened the lid, and the host on the stage was surprised, there was a pot of medicine stewed in this pot.

Presiding over such a trial competition is the most particular gimmick, someone holding a pot of medicine on stage is the first time in the past few years to see it, everyone quieted down, this person also explained the intention, it is not uncommon to compete in martial arts, he is here to compare medicine.

"Then how do you compare?"

"Knowing the properties of medicine and knowing pharmacology, naturally I know more than anyone, and the person who comes up has to identify my pot of medicine first before I compare with him."

There are so many pharmacies on Xiang'an Street, it is easy to find two doctors and shopkeepers to come and judge, seeing him so arrogant, soon someone will come to the stage to compete with him, but the seemingly small pot of medicine has stumped many people, and before it is the turn of the competition, it was planted on this first, seeing that the person is becoming more and more proud, some people in the audience are not convinced: "If no one guesses this pot, is it possible that you will be the first?" ”

"Naturally not, if no one says everything here in the end, I won't compare." The man said humbly, but the tone was all that meaning, if he couldn't even recognize the medicine in this pot, then he would have no rival at all.

Hearing him say this, the audience was in an uproar, how could they bear such a provocation, and soon someone came to the stage, four or five in a row, and finally someone said that all the medicine in the pot was compared with that person.

Qi Minqing watched attentively, and when another person on the stage was defeated, she also shouted, and turned her head to look at Qi Xiangsi: "Fifth sister, that person is so powerful, I don't know which pharmacy it is." ”

"You see that guy looks like a fellow?" Qi Xiangsi smiled, no matter how prestigious Kyoto City is, there is no guy from a medical hall pharmacy who is so capable, "Just like him, he can prescribe medicine by himself." ”

"So powerful?" Qi Minqing pinched the handkerchief in his hand, the person who had just gone up stepped down again, seeing that no one was on again, according to the rules, he had to announce that he had won the first.

At this moment, the unconvinced voice from the audience came again, and the host on the stage was worried that he had nothing to say, so he instigated the person who spoke below to compare on stage, and the man blushed and argued: "That's because he didn't meet someone in the hospital, otherwise he would be the first." ”

"You can't say that, is it possible that this martial arts test also has to be the champion Jinshi to come?"

The man was unconvinced with a red face: "Anyway, I don't accept it." ”

The bottom was arguing, and Qi Minqing, who was sitting in the stands, was eager to try, and instigated Qi Xiangsi to go up and try: "Fifth sister, you go, aren't you just a student in the Tai Hospital." ”

Qi Xiangsi withdrew his hand and refused lightly: "Don't go." ”

"I don't think he has much real ability, doesn't he just recognize some medicine, look at his smugness, fifth sister, you are much more powerful than him, go up and kill him!" Qi Minqing clenched her fists and said excitedly, as if she was the one who was going to go up at this moment, and her eyes were full of excitement.

"Yes, Fifth Sister, otherwise it would be too easy to win first." Qi Minlan sat behind and added, the expression on her face was full of encouragement, "With so many people watching, no one will dare to underestimate a woman in the future." ”

After that, Qi Minlan glanced at Qi Minqing, and didn't care whether Qi Xiangsi agreed or not, the latter pulled the maid and ordered a few words, urging her to hurry up to the stage and talk to the person who presided over the trial.

Not long after, Qi Xiangsi heard someone mention the fifth lady of the family, and then, many people looked towards the stands, their eyes focused on the place where Qi Xiangsi was sitting, as if this could pull her up from this son.

Words such as "Tai Hospital", "woman" and "Qi family" were mentioned from time to time in the crowd, and Qi Minlan kindly reminded: "Fifth sister, everyone is waiting for you, this trial competition is not divided into men and women, and no one will say anything even if they are on stage." ”

"Yes, yes, fifth sister, you have learned so much, you will definitely not lose to that person!"

"Since you all want me to go up." Qi Xiangsi stood up, put the brocade bag that the jade had just handed her into her arms, looked at more and more people, her eyes drifted away, and a smile rose at the corner of her mouth, "Try it." ”

Qi Minshu, who had not spoken, raised her head, but she only had time to see her back as she walked down the stands, and somehow, her heart, which was originally full of grasp, suddenly felt a little strange at this time. 166 Reading Network