Chapter 18: Out of the City
As soon as the sky was bright, Pengshui City was already crowded.
"What are you doing, isn't it the second day of March today? Isn't the sacrifice the third of March? Zhou Chengzhen reined in his horse, looked at the street full of people in front of him, and frowned and said.
"Today is the Xie family's Dannu going to Yushan, so everyone has come to see the demeanor of the eldest lady." The attendant said.
Zhou Chengzhen snorted and looked at the street full of people.
"The road is blocked like this, can any eldest lady come out?" He said.
The attendant laughed.
"Don't worry, when the eldest lady of the Xie family comes out, the road will automatically get out of the way." He said.
This is an entourage sent by local officials and is familiar with local customs.
"Chengzhen, come back."
Behind him came the voice of the king of Dongping.
Zhou Chengzhen urged the horse to turn his head, and the car of the king of Dongping County was parked here.
They are also going to leave for Yushan today, and next to the car are a group of officials accompanying them, escorted like a forest and a cloud of flags.
Zhou Chengzhen stopped by the carriage and heard the noise of the city gate suddenly raised.
"The eldest lady is here!"
A shout rang out, and the crowd boiled like a pot of water.
Zhou Chengzhen laughed.
"This squeezed, the ghost can come over!" He laughed.
As soon as the words fell, another shout was heard, but this time it was not the same tone as before, it was a little strange, it seemed like a chant.
The chanting of a female voice.
In this sting, the chant is long and high-pitched, and it clearly penetrates into everyone's ears.
Zhou Chengzhen only felt a numb back, as if a thin and cold hand touched his ears.
"Thief!" He blurted out.
What the heck!
"Open the mountain gate." The king of Dongping County said, looking indifferently at the city gate, "This is the gate of the Xie family's witch." ”
What the heck?
"It's a witchcraft." The attendant said tremblingly, looking excited, "You don't need anyone to drive you away, the witch chant can manipulate everyone, you see, the road is out of the way." ”
Nonsense! How can there be such a thing! Zhou Chengzhen scolded in her heart, looked up at the city gate, but was stunned.
No way......
But seeing that the crowd that was still in a hurry was strangely quiet, not only quieted down, but they were still moving slowly, or rather, stiffly.
As the chanting got closer and closer, the crowd moved faster and faster, and standing at the city gate, you could clearly see that the dense crowd had really separated, and a road appeared on the street.
"Thief!" Zhou Chengzhen blurted out again, her phoenix eyes widened, her long eyebrows raised, and she looked at the people on the street in disbelief.
The men all had smiles or excitement on their faces, and seemed to be able to raise their hands and jump to their feet and shout at any moment, but their bodies were moving straight.
This fluttering expression and the quiet crowd formed a strange contrast.
Only then did a group of people rush over, blocking the crowd on both sides, and the chanting stopped abruptly, and after a strange silence, the noise shook the sky.
"Miss! Miss! ”
The shouts were overwhelming, and the horse under Zhou Chengzhen was also frightened and neighed, he reined in the horse and looked up again to see a carriage on the street that had been separated.
It was a troika, richly decorated, with an umbrella lid made of red gold and a curtain made of pearls.
"Back then, the first emperor treated Wuqing Niangniang with princely courtesy, so Xie Jiadannu has always been able to use four carriages." The entourage around him explained excitedly.
Regardless of whether it was six or four, Zhou Chengzhen didn't pay attention to it at all, he didn't even look at the carriage a few more times, but looked at the crowd.
The crowd of people who were blocked by the side of the road flocked excitedly to look in the direction where the carriage came, waving their hands and jumping their feet, where there was still a little bit of talent like puppets.
Zhou Chengzhen suspected that she was dazzled just now.
Is there such a thing? Is there really that kind of magic that can manipulate people?
His gaze was fixed on the crowd, and gradually he found some seemingly inconspicuous people who were different from the viewers.
These people were arranged in advance by the Xie family, right? Just as he was singing, he directed the crowd to move.
So it's not a witch spell at all.
“…… Why everyone rushed over to see the eldest lady, it was to listen to the eldest lady's witch wishes, the eldest lady's witch wishes to ward off evil spirits and drive away misfortunes, and prolong life......"
The entourage was still explaining excitedly, and if he hadn't remembered that he was an entourage, he would have waved and chanted.
"Barbarians!" Zhou Chengzhen said.
"Zhou Chengzhen." The voice of the king of Dongping came from the side, along with a warning eye.
Zhou Chengzhen urged the horse to turn around.
"Uncle Nineteen, I'll go to Yushan first." "There are so many people here, I can't stand it." ”
As he spoke, he grabbed the horse's belly and turned around and galloped off the road.
The king of Dongping raised his hand slightly, and immediately seven or eight guards followed him.
"That's why the Xie family has been able to prosper in Bashu for so many years." He continued to whisper to the scribe beside him, his eyes swept over the city gate and looked at the slowly moving carriage and the almost crazy crowd, "Whether it is the reduction of placer mines, or the decline in the quality and quantity of cinnabar, whether it is the exclusion of others or the suppression of the government, their Xie family will never hurt the fundamentals, even if it is a temporary sluggishness, but it will be a few months or a few years to regain its strength." ”
"It is these people in the land of Bashu who are devotion to the Xie family." The scribe sighed, "Although the current generations of great witches have not done anything to benefit the people's livelihood, they can still enjoy the shadow of their predecessors. ”
The king of Dongping looked at the city gate, and the four canopy carriages had already walked out in the cheers of everyone, and the bead curtain shook to see the soft figure of the woman inside.
"Your Highness, let's go first." The scribe said.
No matter how feared the Dan girl of the Xie family is, it is only the awe of the people, and she can't let a dignified county king also welcome her.
After all, it's not the same time anymore.
The king of Dongping did not move.
"It doesn't matter." He said, "We don't fear the Dannu, but the people. ”
Sure enough, seeing that the honor guard of the government here did not leave after the car of the Xie family Dannu drove out of the city, but took a few steps back to make way for the main road, and the people's affection became even more eager.
The rest of the Xie family who accompanied him also showed a little surprise, and more joy.
"This time the court really gave enough face." Xie Wenchang sighed.
Mrs. Xie didn't pay attention to this, she looked at the carriage moving slowly in front of her, and then looked at the dense crowd of people around her.
"This time the arrangement is well staffed." She whispered to Xie Wenxing, "I'm still worried that there will be problems with the Mountain Opening Spell. ”
"Of course, how could this kind of thing go wrong, dozens more than before." Xie Wenxing said, looking straight ahead with a smile on his face, "Just by the emperor's envoy, in order to ensure order, everyone will not be suspicious." ”
Mrs. Xie also sat up straight and looked ahead.
There were dozens of more people, no wonder the crowd split so quickly this time, she remembered that it took some effort for her to do it at the beginning.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but touch her hands under the cover of the cuffs, and when she heard the chanting of the girl who was suitable for the right time, she felt a little numb in her body, probably because she unconsciously followed the low chanting.
"But I'm a little numb when I hear this witch." Xie Wenxing said in a low voice, "You also sang along, right?" ”
Mrs. Xie hummed.
It seems that his chanting has also played a role, and no matter what, the crowd will be separated so quickly, and Wu Zhu will definitely be praised for being powerful.
However, she doesn't mind that people will say that this generation of Dan girls is better than her in the future, and the blue is better than the blue, which is also her wish.
It's just a pity that the car in front of me is ......
"But fame is favorable." Xie Wenxing said in a low voice.
But this is the third of March, there will be many March three in a lifetime, but this one is only once.
Mrs. Xie looked at the car in front of her, which was surrounded by everyone and shouted, and thought of her daughter who was sitting alone in the tunnel at this moment, and only felt full of sourness.
The carriages and horses finally came out of the city gates, and the people at the city gates followed in a flock to the outside, and only a few staggered people remained in the streets.
"My arms and legs are still numb." A young man said, stretching out his hand and rubbing his arm, with excitement on his face, "It turns out that the eldest lady's witch spell is so powerful." ”
"No, let alone commanding them to get out of the way, even I can't control myself." Another young man whispered.
"So there's no need for so many of us to do this, the old man is really worried." The people next to him also said, looking out of the city, "Let's go, let's follow quickly, no wonder everyone wants to hear the eldest lady Wu Zhu." ”
The carriage approached, and the king of Dongping looked at the gorgeous car with an indifferent expression, not only the car was gorgeous, but the people who drove it were also gorgeous, and the car was followed by three carriages, although it was slightly inferior to the previous one, but it was also dazzling.
The carriages behind were all teenage girls, dressed in fine clothes and wearing ornate crowns of beads, who must have been trained harshly, and who were in good shape and graceful, but nevertheless, children were children, and their little faces were tense and their eyes were shining, and they tried their best to hide their excitement in the face of the overwhelming cheers and gazes all around.
Such a scene, they will never forget in their lives, there is such a moment, no matter when they look back, their cardamom years are shining.
How wonderful.
A smile appeared on the corner of Dongping Junwang's mouth, and his gaze moved forward, and as the carriage swayed, the beaded curtain that glittered in the sunlight also swayed, and the girl in it loomed.
The bright red skirt robe, sitting upright with a straight back, a wide belt gracefully outlines the figure, and a delicate face.
It seemed that because this side was different from the previous noise, the girl turned her head slightly to look.
The smile on the mouth of the king of Dongping condensed, his eyes were dark, and only a pair of big eyes were left in his sight, illuminating the night like stars.
"Hey, wake up, wake up."
A hurried voice exploded in my ears.
She!
The king of Dongping got up suddenly, and this action made the people around him stir.
"Your Highness?"
The king of Dongping County half sat and half stood up, his figure was tense and more slender, holding his knees with one hand, looking at the eyes that turned away and looked straight ahead, the bead curtain shook and set off her face with a delicate soft light.
She!
"Your Highness?" The scribe asked, puzzled, looking at him, and then following his gaze at the past car.
The king of Dongping raised his arm, put his hands in front of him again and sat upright.
"Shall we leave now?" The scribe asked.
"There's no hurry." King Dongping said, looking at the car in front of him and lowering his gaze.
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With the departure of Dannu's car, the entire Pengshui City seemed to be empty, and the Xie family's mansion became quiet.
The cry was exceptionally loud.
There was laughter in the midst of crying.
"Miss, it's not that you're not good at dancing, it's just that there are enough people..."
A little girl lay on the side of the door and persuaded hard.
"Yes, yes, it's not that you didn't dance well and were replaced, but that you were disgusted by Megumi." Xie Roushu stood at the door and laughed.
With a bang, the door was opened, and Xie Yao, who was in tears on her head, rushed out and smashed the porcelain pillow in her hand at Xie Roushu.
"What are you! Dare to come and see my liveliness! She scolded viciously.
Xie Roushu dodged and watched the porcelain pillow shatter beside her.
"What am I? I'm the same thing as you! Xie Yao, what are you dragging, now there is no one to watch you lively except me! She screamed, "You have to thank me for coming to see you." ”
Xie Yao's eyes were red, and she reached out and grabbed her, but Xie Roushu didn't dodge this time, she was grabbed by her hair and let out a scream.
"I'm not like you, I'm not like you! I will never be like you! Never! ”
Crying, shouting, and scolding rang out in the courtyard.
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