The weather is getting better day by day, and the mood seems to be the same. Qi Fan was extremely polite to this uninvited guest, Ma Tiankun.

Chu Yun poured Ma Tiankun a cup of red date lotus seed tea, and added the newly sent acacia nectar from the kitchen, and the color was bright and shiny. Qi Fan supported his chin with one hand and casually flipped through the book in his hand.

"Okay, hurry up, Uncle Ma. Qi Fan raised his head and smiled: "What's the matter? If you don't go to the lanterns tonight, what are I doing in Qi Fan's dilapidated wooden house?"

Ma Tiankun scolded with a smile: "Oh?

Qi Fan looked at Ma Tiankun and just smiled: "Originally, Uncle Ma, people were just about to go to pick up girls, but they were disturbed by you." ”

Ma Tiankun looked at Qi Fan, who was out of tune, and Ma Tiankun said: "I naturally have something important to do when I come today, and only you can do this now." ”

"Be quiet. Qi Fan hurriedly said: "The partition wall has ears." As he spoke, he waved his hand at Chu Yun and the others, signaling them to go out and wait for him for a while, and avoid it.

Qi Fan frowned: "Uncle Ma, what is it that asked you to come in person and send someone to pass the word, wouldn't it be good?" said and took a sip of the tea in the cup.

Ma Tiankun smiled, "What I want to tell you is about the triennial hunting competition. ”

His fingers unconsciously clenched the handle of the thin white porcelain cup, Qi Fan's eyes were cold, hunting, hunting, hunting, several major forces were set up and held in Yangdong City, but there were also many other forces involved. This is also a game for all the forces in the entire Yangdong City, and the winner of the competition will receive a rich prize, as well as a lot of resources for the same forces.

Looking at Ma Tiankun, Qi Fan nodded silently. "Could it be that Uncle Ma still wants me to participate in this hunting competition?" "Yes, and if you get ranked, then the reward will be yours." ”

"So generous?" Qi Fan was stunned for a moment and shook his head again.

"Every slightly larger town has a certain amount of resources allocated to it by Yangdong City, and Muzhen is no exception, I, I am the mayor of Muzhen, ordinary people only say that Yangdong City has a few top forces, but they don't know that Muzhen's former strength is not weaker than them, but the town does not have such strict rules, relatively speaking, it is slightly loose, but this does not prevent its influence. Ma Tiankun said with a fiery face.

Qi Fan was a little stunned, obviously it was the first time he heard that in this Yangdong City, Muzhen actually had an existence comparable to several major forces in the main city of Yangdong City, and then, he also remembered the previous legend, which was a little abrupt.

Qi Fan caught a hint of difference in Ma Tiankun's words, that is, what he said was, "But I don't know, Muzhen's former strength is not weaker than them, but the town does not have such strict rules, relatively speaking, it is slightly loose, but this does not hinder its influence." ”

In other words, it was only a thing of the past, and it is not now.

Qi Fan thought so, and said like this: "Uncle Ma asked me to guess, is there no one in the Muzhen Guard Army participating in this hunting competition?"

Ma Tiankun drank tea with a smile: "Oh, how do you say this?"

Qi Fan stood up and said loudly: "The Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger of the Muzhen Guard Army, I, Qi Fan, am just a small Yang Refining Body Ninth Level, but there are countless masters of the Inner Yang Vein Realm in the Guard Army, so why do you call me?"

Ma Tiankun smiled: "You kid has a little self-knowledge. ”

"Then, there is only one possibility!" Qi Fan said with a smile. "Let me guess, Uncle Ma entered the position nine years ago, right?" "Not bad. Ma Tiankun nodded.

"And this hunting competition is held every three years, and this year is the third one, right?" "Well, yes. Ma Tiankun nodded again.

"And you said that Muzhen was once one of the several major forces comparable to the main city, right?" Qi Fan asked cautiously. Ma Tiankun suddenly became excited.

The arrogance on Ma Tiankun's face didn't last long, but it suddenly became bitter, and he sighed: "Resources are an indispensable thing for a town, and they have an extremely powerful cohesive effect, which can help the cultivation of their respective town guards, and the mayors and mayors of other cities are trying their best to get more resources, but how can this thing be so easy to get?"

Qi Fan blinked, he knew, it seemed that the main topic was coming..."Some cities have more resource allocation, while others have less, and the more important ones with more resources are not necessarily the strongest." This will naturally cause some unbalanced mentality, and eventually lead to some troubles, such as forcibly taking action to seize resources... But fortunately, this kind of thing was later stopped by the intervention of all parties and even the royal family of the dynasty, but there was also an unwritten rule because of this, and that is blood!"

"Blood?"

"This is a confrontation between two cities, of course, to be exact, a confrontation between the younger generation of monks, and the victory of this confrontation is resources. Ma Tiankun sighed.

"Uncle Ma means that the mayors of other cities can challenge our Muzhen Society, and if they win, they will take away the resources that belong to us?" Qi Fan raised his eyebrows and said. "So how many resources do we have. ”

"Among the other towns in Yangdong City, we have the most wooden towns. Hiss, Qi Fan gasped.

"But if we want to take our resources, we must win three times in a row, and we can challenge each hunt once. As long as the challenger has a ranking in the hunting tournament, they can launch a blood challenge to other towns. ”

"What if the challenged person doesn't have a ranking in the hunting competition?" Qi Fan asked puzzled. "Then the challenger wins. Ma Tiankun shook his head with a wry smile, presumably they may have suffered such losses a few times ago

"That's fine, you have to win three times in a row to win. Hearing this, Qi Fan also breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled comfortingly.

"We, Muzhen, have lost twice in a row, and this is the last time. Ma Tiankun didn't laugh, but shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"But the first two times we went to the hunting competition, the participants didn't survive. That's why other people don't want to participate. ”

"So dangerous?" Qi Fan frowned.

Ma Tiankun looked at Qi Fan with a smile, but at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, only to feel that Qi Fan's gaze seemed to be about to eat people, and it was no different from the evil ghosts in the eighteen-layer hell painted on the temple wall, revealing a sense of ghostly energy. In the next second, I saw Jiang Ruan looking at her with a smile, her eyes were as clear as flowing water in the mountains, and she said softly: "I'll think about it first, Uncle Ma, I'll go first." ”

Outside the wooden house, Wang Wenli and Li Yuan and others had already arrived first, and when they saw Qi Fan from outside the house, Li Yuan greeted him, and his tone was uncontrollable excitement: "Brother Fan, today is the Lantern Festival, let's go to the Linglong Boat to play together, you haven't been there yet, it's fun." ”

Wang Wenli said gently: "Brother Fan has never been there, the Lantern Festival is very lively, why don't we go and take a look together, and be happy." ”

Akuta glanced at Li Yuan and said, "Since you are going to visit the lanterns, what does it have to do with you?"

The Lantern Festival is a very special festival in the Great Jin Dynasty, especially for those who love each other. Men and women of marriageable age come out to play on this day, and many good stories are fulfilled at the Lantern Festival. On this day, the children of the nobles in the capital have their own ways to play, respectively, there will be two carved dragons and phoenixes decorated with very gorgeous big flower boats, the young Miss Gaomen, the noble daughters, the princess and the like will sit on the Linglong boat, and the young Gaomen son, the prince, and the prince will sit on the green pine boat. The two flower boats swim in parallel in the lake, which is close to each other, and there is no lack of male and female defense.

The boat of the Lantern Festival, in fact, is just a blind date between the upper class nobles, young women can show their talents in front of these sons, if there is really a talent and talent, so that many sons fall in love, one night after the second day will be famous in the capital. So this day is another competition to confirm themselves, and the famous ladies are secretly competing, just willing to win a good future for themselves, a good man.

However, in this rural town, it is only a meaning, not only for the aristocracy.

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Wood Town

Today is the annual Flower and Lantern Festival, so it is particularly lively here, with a sea of people, and some people from other places who dare to come to smoke the excitement. Li Yuan never went to the Lantern Festival together, and was pressed to the ground by Akuta and smoked.

The streets are full of lanterns and masks.

On the street, there is a scene that is most likely to attract attention.

I saw a short little girl in a long white dress looking left and right curiously, holding a middle-aged man in blue with a faint smile on her face.

The girl was born extremely beautiful, a small face was red and cute, her skin was white and delicate, and she was crystal clear and clean. But there is a slight flaw in his eyes.

But it's hard to imagine what kind of beauty she will be when she grows up in the future.

"Brother Fan, this lantern is so beautiful, I want to go over and take a look?"

As she spoke, Wang Wenli let go of her little hand and ran excitedly towards the stall selling lanterns in front.

"Hey, slow down, don't fall......"

The crowds are surging and the fireworks are flourishing.

Qi Fan's breath sprayed on Wang Wenli's cheeks, and his low and charming voice revealed danger: "You are so bad, you say, how should I punish you......"

"If you want to punish me, you have the ability to chase me!" Wang Wenli smiled, her strange eyes blinked like stars in the sky, she took two steps back, glanced at Qi Fan defiantly, then turned around and ran in the direction of the moat in front of her-

The delicate figure crossed a beautiful shadow in the brightly lit street, Qi Fan looked at Wang Wenli's soft back with burning eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked a curvature, and he followed slowly.

The stars are dotted, the refreshing night breeze is intoxicating, Wang Wenli came to the moat, there are countless lanterns flashing on the river, and many people on the river bank put lanterns here.

The old street is against the riverside, and Jingqing can see the long streets and alleys from a distance, with fireworks and street lights. A thin layer of ice on the surface of the river reflected sporadic fireworks, and the sound of bustling noise came faintly from the cold wind.

When she saw the Lantern Festival for the first time, she was very excited, she said, "Come with me to buy a lantern?" She knew that he would not refuse such a simple request. But the soft tone was still full of pleading.

Because, she is the best in this way.

Passing through the torii, there is a staggering flow of people in the long streets and alleys. He looked at Jing Qing beside him, "I'll follow later! ”

She sent a pair of white eyes, "Who is responsible for you?" ”

In Qi Fan's impression, the most lively direction should be inward. But what he didn't expect was that just the periphery was a difficult rubbing shoulder.

Wang Wenli was physically weak, and she was fine at first. But after a while, I found that under the surge of people, it became more and more difficult. In the end, Changli was not at ease, and inadvertently pulled her wrist.

The sudden move made her momentary froze, and her cold face was in the fireworks, a touch of shyness and blush that was extremely difficult to notice. In so much deep hustle and bustle, she forgot about her subconscious struggles. Just like that, I was close to him, and slowly walked inside.

The crowds are surging and the fireworks are flourishing.

Perhaps, this is the warmth that I have felt so truly for a long time. But Qi Fan also knows that it is possible, and this is also a dream that will be difficult to wake up from in the future.

But he still hopes that she can take herself through the flow of people, through the long time, and through so many impermanences of the world. But he understands that this is just hope after all.

In the rivers and lakes, he was stabbed everywhere. A bold decision came to him, he didn't know how bad the consequences would be, but he knew that only in this way could he protect the people he loved.

That is, the wind, frost and rain, fighting thousands of miles of yellow sand.

He decided, hunting, just the beginning!

When he let go of his clenched wrist, it was deep in the long street, and he looked at the brightly lit street market. Seeing her kneading her wrists, Qi Fan thought that she was holding it too tightly, and apologized slightly, "Didn't hurt you, did you?"

She looked up at him with a smile in her eyebrow, "No." ”

Looking at each other, Wang Wenli also smiled. He suddenly felt that the woman in front of him, who was so simple and lovely earlier, had really changed now. Even the cold eyebrows and eyes carried a warm smile.

He said, "I'll win you a lantern later." ”

She was puzzled and asked him, "Can the lantern still win?"

He laughed and explained to her, "Yes! Some activities can win gifts by guessing lantern riddles! However, most of the puzzles are so strange that it is difficult to guess correctly." ”

When Wang Wenli heard him say this, she became interested, and her side was even more moving. He looked sideways at her, and suddenly a word came to mind.

The long street is long, the fireworks are numerous, and the Yiren look back with lights.

On the edge of the lake, Qi Fan put a lantern into the lake.

"Wenli, if I never see you again from now on, then I wish you ····· Good morning, good night, safe ······"