The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the day of the national ceremony of the country of songs. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On that day, the streets of Linqing City were crowded with people, whether they were young children, old Confucians, agricultural traders, they all ran out of their homes and gathered at the west end of Linqing Street to watch the dragon dance performance. The people have already ordered people to clean the entire Linqing Street countless times a few days ago, at this time the street is spotless, and the two majestic stone lions at the entrance of the official mansion are not inferior to the style of the past, as if they were alive in an instant, and the facades of every household are cleaned as if they were new houses.

Because after noon, the king and queen, as well as all the princes and princes, will ride in a carriage to parade through the Linqing Street in the national capital, and at that time, it will be the only time of the year that the common people can see the king.

At this time, the mansion outside the Tang family was also clean, and in addition, the old man of the Tang family also hung lanterns on both sides of the gate and pasted red couplets. This is not just to welcome the king on the day of the national ceremony, but there is a more important thing - Tang Guxi, the young lady of the Tang family, will hold a martial arts competition to recruit relatives the next day.

Master Tang was carefully calculated, since the day of recruiting relatives and the day of the national ceremony were only one day away, why not put up the lights on the sixth day of the first lunar month, if the king saw such a warm welcome, he couldn't help but feel joy, and at the same time added glory to his house. Thinking like this, Tang Yuanwai immediately ordered the mansion to hang lanterns up and down two days ago, and pasted couplets, making this one of the largest mansions in Linqing City, the Tang Mansion look new.

And his daughter, Tang Guxi, disappeared again in those extremely important two days.

Speaking of Tang Guxi, it made Tang Yuanwai and Mrs. Tang both love and anger. Love is the only pearl in the palm of the second elder, filial piety and thoughtfulness at home, smart and sensitive since childhood, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. As the daughter of an outsider, Gu Xi is not only not as well-behaved and sensible as other ladies, sitting quietly and elegantly at home embroidering and appreciating flowers, but "wandering" outside all day long. Although the national style was open at that time, and the king did not restrict women from all over the country from being grounded, what she did really made Tang Yuanwai and Mrs. Tang ashamed.

Tang Guxi also has a master Zou Li who taught her martial arts since she was a child, Gu Xi was weak and sick when she was young, Tang Yuanwai was afraid that her daughter would have any accidents, so she discussed with Mrs. Tang and invited Mr. Zou, who had already retired to the Qing Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, to teach her daughter simple martial arts, so as to strengthen her body and have the ability to save herself in times of crisis.

Unexpectedly, Tang Guxi not only learned the martial arts taught by the master, but also went out of control from then on, completely fell in love with the martial arts, and kept telling the master that after she completed her studies in the future, she would walk the rivers and lakes to save the suffering people in the world, and take the master who traveled the rivers and lakes when she was young as a model.

When her master heard this, he only smiled slightly, and did not say much. Her father and mother were shocked and warned her not to think so. But Gu Xi had her own ideas, on the one hand, she was deeply distressed by the strict discipline of her parents, and on the other hand, she secretly ran out of the deep-walled compound with the maid, and stayed outside for four or five days.

The parents didn't know about it before, until one day Mrs. Tang came to her daughter's room, but found that it was a little girl lying on the bed who answered and spoke, and the little girl had a headache and cried, saying that she was forced by the young lady to pretend to be her. Madame Tang was so angry that from that day on, she strictly ordered the servants and guards to take care of the young lady, and warned the maids not to shield her anymore.

In this way, nineteen-year-old Tang Guxi was "imprisoned" by her parents at home for half a year, until her mother came to her boudoir one day and told her that her father would recruit her after the national ceremony. Tang Guxi was shocked, crying and screaming for a long time to no avail, only to realize that her parents were iron-hearted this time, thinking that as long as she married a wife, she would restrain her heart and live at home.

Tang Guxi knew that it was a foregone conclusion, so he agreed to his parents, but only put forward a request: the literary examination on the eighth day of the seventh month to recruit relatives was changed to a martial arts competition. Otherwise, she would hang herself with her head hanging on white silk, and she would never agree to get married.

Under the persuasion of his mother, his father finally agreed, and the next day he posted a notice.

As soon as the notice came out, the city of Linqing was boiling like a tide, and it seemed to explode for a while. Who doesn't know that Miss Tang is as beautiful as a crescent moon and has a beautiful face, not to mention that she is both civil and military, and she has done countless good things for Linqing City. Whether it was the distribution of relief food after the famine, disease and malaria, or her rescue when she was bullied by robbers and bandits, although these were not favored by Tang Yuanwai and Mrs. Tang, they won a reputation for Tang Guxi outside.

This can be regarded as a "blessing in disguise" for the second elder.

And Guxi was able to "lift the ban" because of this. With her temperament, this opportunity that she had been waiting for for more than half a year was not easy to come by, so she naturally slipped out early in the morning. The most important reason why she was so relieved about recruiting relatives and being able to go out to play without pressure was that she didn't believe that anyone would win that day. She has been taught by Mr. Zou since she was a child, and no one in Linqing City can compare to Zou Li's martial arts.

When Lin Luo and Lin Xun first arrived at Shengge, it was the most lively time for the dragon dance on Linqing Street. The streets are bustling and crowded. In July, the sun shone on the most prosperous streets in the city, and the whole city was filled with joy and jubilation.

"Sister, what are you doing in front of you so lively?" Lin Xun squinted and looked over, his delicate face was fair-skinned, if it weren't for the sword in his hand, it would make people look like a weak scholar at a glance.

The woman standing beside him was dressed in a dark Luo skirt, and a dark purple gentleman's belt was tied around her waist, making her whole body chic and straight, and some of her ink-like hair was curled at the back of her head, with only one or two simple ornaments on it, and the rest hung down to her waist at will, and there was no extra decoration at the ends of her hair.

Lin Luo smiled lightly, glanced at Lin Xun, and then moved his eyes to the inn numbers on both sides of the street, looking for something, "Don't worry about what to do, find the inn first." Otherwise, I don't think you'll be able to survive tonight. As he spoke, without waiting for Lin Xun to answer, he turned around and walked towards an inn.

Lin Xun followed, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Hey, did you think we caught up with the temple fair?" Ha, what a coincidence, this is a good sign that we have a good omen this time, you should ......"

"Shopkeeper, is there any room available?" Lin Luo ignored his jubilation and asked the person behind the counter with a serious face. Lin Xun had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and pretend to watch the environment inside the inn as if nothing had happened.

Perhaps everyone had gone out into the street to watch the show, but the inn was empty, with only four or five people sitting at the table drinking tea and eating. Lin Xun couldn't help but poke his head out, he was really too interested in this "temple fair". I have been tired all the way, and I finally caught up with a grand festival to relax, and my sister is so disappointing, it is really unsympathetic.

"Yes, yes, there are exactly two rooms left, I don't know how many you live?" The shopkeeper was a chubby middle-aged man, who replied with a smile on his face, and as he spoke, he greeted him and pointed to the room upstairs.

"Two."

"Okay, guest officer, please come with me......," said the shopkeeper, and was about to come out and lead them up. Without further ado, they followed him upstairs.

"Wait!"

A rough and solemn voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and the three of them stopped at the same time and turned their heads.