Suddenly, there were a few strange noises in his ears, and the old man quickly looked sideways, and saw that there were a few sneaky people, and he didn't know what he wanted. Whenever you encounter such a crowded festival, some people will want to cause some trouble in the future. Just ignore it, if you provoke the old man, it's not too late to do it.

But in the next moment, those people disappeared into the crowd one after another, and there was a faint trace of blood remaining in the air, which was dispersed by the noise in a short moment. The old man frowned, and suddenly realized that this Duanyang Festival may have hidden many secrets that could not be said.

The old man's instinct told him that there were many more people hiding in the shadows, as if they were hatching a plot to destroy Luoyang. It's just that it's not something he can manage, and it's not something he can manage, he just wants to protect the safety of the high-diving exhibition.

Worries grew, so he lifted his heel. At this time, the two of them were gathered outside an ordinary food stall, watching the busy work in the hands of the vendor. Gu Xing was already screaming at this time, and the gurgling sound came and went. Provoked a chuckle from the hawkers and the high-diving show.

When the steaming snack was brought to the two of them, Gao Qianzhan skillfully took out a silver coin and handed it over, Gu Xing hurriedly grabbed her, "How can I let you pay for it?" Quickly put it away and I'll pay for it, obedient. ”

These words made Gao Qianzhan blush, and the peddler didn't know why, so he didn't have time to take care of it. He only needs to collect the money, and nothing else cares. It's just that this boy was born with a good skin, and he is not like a brother with this heroic young man with a somewhat dark complexion, like a pair of lovers.

The peddler was busy with his work, wiping the sweat from his face with his elbow, and smiled dumbly. "What do you think, could it be that those two are Longyang's fetish?" Thinking of this, he looked up again, and the swarthy young man was holding the bowl of fragrant rice dumplings made of millet, jujubes and japonica rice, feeding the other son little by little.

And the handsome boy was half-pushed and half ashamed, and he stopped eating after a few bites. Seeing this, the swarthy young man swallowed it in two or three bites and handed the bowl back.

When he saw the vendor looking at him, he was a little puzzled. Then he suddenly said: "My little brother has just entered Luoyang, and he is not very accustomed to festival food, so you smiled." ”

The vendor hurriedly took it, waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, there are other snacks in front, you might as well take a walk and have a look, you will always meet your favorite." Gu Xing thanked him with a smile, and squeezed into the crowd with the high-diving exhibition.

Today, the sun is shining, and most of the people in the crowd are scholars and ordinary people in the market, but those high-ranking officials and nobles have not seen a few. Some are in two-story restaurants or teahouses, looking at everything on the street.

After the two of them finished eating the zongzi, Gao Qianzhan became interested in the rock sugar gourd that came by shouting, and begged Gu Xing to buy her a bunch. Gu Xing looked at her Danfeng eyes, raised his hand, and the vendor carrying the sugar gourd immediately understood. Turn left and right to come to the two of them.

Then he asked, "But do you want two strings of sugar gourds?" Gu Xing took out a few copper coins from the belt around his waist and handed them all to the vendor, "I saw your sugar gourd from afar, first come three strings, and you can keep the rest." ”

The hawker looked down and counted carefully, and there were as many as fourteen or fifteen, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Hurriedly picked off three strings of sugar gourds and handed them to Gu Xing, thanking him again and again. Gu Xing divided the two strings to the high-diving exhibition, and he took one string and looked at it carefully.

I thought in my heart, "The sugar gourd in the later Tang Dynasty is no different from what I ate in my previous life, but I don't know how it tastes?" It must be pure Dao: "Isn't it just to pay tribute to Qu Yuan, what else is there to pay attention to?" ”

Gao Qianzhan couldn't hide his smile when he heard this, but he swallowed the sugar gourd in his mouth a few bites, and then said: "What we just ate is just the most ordinary vegetarian zongzi, and the most common thing ordinary people eat recently is the 'Baisuo zongzi'." ”

"Oh? There is such a delicacy, could it be that there is no reason for this zongzi? Gu Xing was curious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"Isn't that right? I want to spread that during the Warring States period, the people of Chu State poured glutinous rice and other food into the river in order to protect Qu Yuan's body. However, he always felt that this did not have a good effect, so he made rice dumplings from food, tied with colorful silk threads and woven grass ropes, and used them to pay tribute. After Gao Qianzhan finished speaking, he looked at Gu Xing with a smug face, as if he wanted to be praised.

Gu Xing looked at the slightly raised face, and immediately said: "In this way, this Baisuo has evolved from the Warring States Period to the present, and it has become a mascot ornament for the Dragon Boat Festival. Otherwise, the people would not be so enthusiastic, don't you see those men and women, aren't they all colorful hanging on their bodies? ”

This has a drawing of inferences, inheriting the solution of the high-potential exhibition, and also combining what you see, not only implicitly praise, but also integrating your own thinking into it, which can be said to complement each other.

Gao Qianzhan heard that he was already a five-body thrower who admired Gu Xing, and he was just a lovesick person before, but he didn't know much about him, but after such a trip, he found that his sweetheart was so knowledgeable and talented, and he could also integrate what he saw and thought, which can be described as a great talent in the world.

Unconsciously continued: "Baisuo is also known as the longevity thread or longevity line, although there are many names, but the shape is roughly the same. Because the theory of the five elements of yin and yang has been around for a long time, every household will form a rope during the Duanyang Festival, or hang it on the outer door, or tie it to the body, or wear it on the neck of a child, or hang it next to the bed, so as to avoid disasters and diseases, and bless peace. ”

"I see, no wonder I saw that the people who came and went were more or less hung with all kinds of grass ropes, and those neighbors also hung straw ropes of different shapes outside the doors. So why did they give each other? ”

Gu woke up suddenly, which made Gao Qianzhan's heart full of joy. If you know it simply, you can solve his doubts and doubts, how can you not make her happy. But this inexplicable question made her already white face flush again.

Gu Xing looked at the red tide on his cheeks, he guessed a thing or two, and he didn't dig deeper, pulled up the high-diving exhibition and then went to other novelty shops. But what the two didn't know was that the vendor who bought the zongzi just now had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a lonely zongzi stall, and no one cared about it.

The old man looked puzzled, and then hurried a few steps forward, and the vendor who sold sugar gourds also disappeared. The flow of people is bustling and there is an endless stream of people coming and going. If one or two people are missing, no one will notice the difference.

It's just that all this still aroused the suspicion of the old man's family, so he sped up and followed. Unexpectedly, another group of readers poured out of nowhere, shouting poetry, and then dispersed in a hurry.

When the old man tried to look for the two again, they were nowhere to be found. I secretly said in my heart, "It's not good". Hurriedly squeezed forward, his heart was already anxious, and his worries were even worse.

Looking at the increasingly lively crowd and street scene in front of me, I feel indescribably weird. This is the usual Duanyang Festival, how can so many people fish in troubled waters?

And the two hawkers who disappeared out of thin air fell at this time in a closed alley at the end of the three corridors outside Xuanhu Road on the west side of the Four Holy Archways. Because the four holy arches are located in the center of Luoyang City, they have been crowded by the people celebrating the festival at this time, and naturally no one will find here.

And the disappearance of those two people in such a short period of time must have been done with the assistance of many people, and I am afraid that it is not only one party that is involved in this matter. When the old man thought of this, he was even more anxious, but at this time, he didn't know where to find the two of them, so he followed the Red Dragon Road and walked forward quickly.

And the two vanished hawkers did not lose their breath at this time. Instead, they broke their hands and feet and fell like a puddle of mud on the wet ground of the backlit alley, struggling.

Next to the two of them was a young man in a green shirt, about the age of his early twenties, but his face was a little cold, which was incompatible with this joy and festivity, but more suitable for this cold and damp alley.

The young man in the green shirt licked his tongue, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and immediately four people appeared at the mouth of the alley. It's just that the green snake tattooed on the shirt looms in the light and shadow.

I saw the four of them clasping their fists in unison and saying, "Please command." The young man stretched out his tongue again and licked his lips, perhaps he was used to it, but in the eyes of outsiders, he was still a little panicked.

But the four of them were accustomed to it, and there was nothing unusual about them. After waiting for a while, the young man spoke: "Wait for the second son of the Gao family and the lone star to keep an eye on, and I will go back to restore my life." As for these two "things" that don't have eyes, you look at them and clean them up, don't leave a trace. ”

The four of them clenched their fists and took their orders, two of them turned around and walked away quickly, while the remaining two came to the alley, squatted down, covered the mouths and noses of the two people on the ground, and twisted their hands, and the already painful fallen peddler died in an instant.

When the young man in the green shirt passed by the two of them, a sudden chill swept over the power, like a green snake spitting letters, sliding past him, maybe the next moment he would turn his head and take a bite, or their lives.

When the green-shirted young man disappeared at the end of the alley, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and whispered in that thin voice, "Since he was seriously injured a few months ago, the Xuan Snake has become more and more infiltrating, and after he recuperated from the customs, his skills and energy, even the Confucian Elder was impressed. ”

"After all, he is the most powerful of the twelve, but his personality is too cold, and he always doesn't want to enter the raw people, so few people know it." "But I heard that this person is now being reused by the Confucian elders, which is not what it used to be, so I'd better be careful."

These words flowed into the ears of the young man in green shirt word for word, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes, and he completely disappeared into this cold and damp place. At this time, he had to rush to the main altar of Mingyue Tower, report everything he saw, and wait for the next instruction of the old man.