Chapter 52: The First Afternoon Festival

Ten days later, Lin'an City ......

Lin'an City, which was originally very lively, was a little crowded at this time, and many locals who were not in Lin'an City either brought their families or carried goods to Lin'an City.

All this is just because the annual star banquet of the Heavenly Star Kingdom is coming.

The Star Banquet is the day of tribute set by the emperor of the Celestial Star Kingdom, which is set on May 5 every year, and it is also the first noon festival of the Celestial Star Kingdom.

According to legend, fifty years ago, He Longhua, the first emperor of the Tianxing Kingdom, led an army of 100,000 to capture the palace of the former dynasty and take down the emperor of the previous dynasty.

It was a starry day, and the joy of victory, combined with the pleasant weather. The former emperor He Longhua felt very comfortable, so he took "Tianxing" as the new country name.

Of course, the new kingdom was to be established in the hope of a good start, and that day happened to be the fifth of May, which is the "noon" month in the calendar. Therefore, He Longhua called that day the "First Afternoon Festival".

In the following year, the small countries at the border believed that the name of the former emperor He Longhua was not right, so they gathered together to crusade against He Longhua, but they were all repelled by He Longhua with thunder.

That day also happened to be May 5th, so He Longhua announced that on May 5th every year, all small countries at the border would need to pay tribute to Tianxing. When the two days were added together, the people of the Celestial Star Kingdom naturally thought that May 5th was a good day, so they all spontaneously held a banquet to celebrate, which slowly evolved into the current Star Banquet.

"Wow~ So this is an ancient gathering!

A lot of food, a lot of new gadgets......

That's too much for Nice. ”

A maid wearing a fish-belly white dress mingled among the many people who came and went in Lin'an City, looking and touching like a curious baby, and after a while, she was holding many unknown gadgets in her hands.

"That, that, isn't that a candy blower?

Qinghe ......

Yes! No, miss, hurry, I'm going to buy that. ”

This person is none other than Xiao Shuihan who came out of the peach forest.

At this time, she is no longer the eldest lady in gorgeous clothes in the past, but swapped identities with Qinghe and pretended to be a maid to follow Qinghe's side.

At first glance, she didn't know what method she used, her original appearance was no longer visible, and she showed a face full of freckles and extremely ordinary facial features.

"Miss, are we really not going to be recognized like this?"

Although there were no traces of the original appearance, Qinghe was still not at ease, and his whole heart kept pounding. As a result, she walked up, especially when she couldn't let go, and she was cautious, for fear of being recognized.

"What Miss, Miss, now you are Miss.

You can rest assured!

You can't believe Liu Lao's medicine, don't you believe your young lady and my words?

Cheer up, let go, don't be like a thief, in this way, it's hard not to be discovered, understand? ”

Xiao Shuihan pulled Qing He aside and told him repeatedly.

The shadow who followed the shadow to protect the safety of the two in the dark heard the words of his princess, and silently complained for Liu Lao.

"Okay, okay! Small......

No, it's not, Xiaohan, Xiaohan. ”

Qing He was still a little unaccustomed to it, and was glared back by Xiao Shuihan's eyes.

"Okay, miss, don't you worry, isn't there still a little cold here."

Xiao Shuihan cleared his throat and patted his chest to cheer up Qinghe. Then follow the girl's appearance and hold Qinghe with both hands and continue to play.

"Oops~ Isn't this the sister of the Li family?

You're out to buy it today, too?

Aunt Li, seeing that tomorrow is the first day of the noon festival, how are your family going to spend it? ”

An aunt on the side of the street saw a familiar woman and happily walked up to say hello.

"It turned out to be the sister-in-law of the Wang family!

Harm! How else can I live, it's the same as usual......"

"The First Afternoon Festival?

Isn't this the modern Dragon Boat Festival?

It's just that the meaning behind this first afternoon festival is far from the modern Dragon Boat Festival~

I don't know if there is a place to sell zongzi. ”

Xiao Shuihan listened to the words of the woman next to him, his mood was low for a while, and the rock sugar gourd in his hand didn't taste like that when he ate it, he only thought about eating zongzi.

"Xiaohan, what's wrong with you?"

Qing He didn't understand why the young lady who was still looking around with excitement on her face just now suddenly became unhappy, and couldn't help asking.

"Ao, Miss, the slave is fine, I just remembered a snack in my hometown, and I miss it a little."

Xiao Shuihan shook his head lightly, driving away the bad emotions in his head.

"Snacks?

What kind of snack is it? ”

Qinghe turned on the curious baby mode and looked at Xiao Shuihan with a puzzled face.

"It's nothing, I'll make it for Miss when I have the chance." Xiao Shuihan didn't want to add to his troubles at this time, so he had to divert the topic. "Miss, look, there are actually donkeys selling and rolling in front, let's go buy some too!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shuihan pulled Qinghe and ran forward.

"Get out of here, get out of here, get out of here!"

A very unfriendly roar drowned out the noise of the streets, and reached the ears of the people in the streets from the direction of the city gates.

Following the prestige, a very luxurious carriage jumped into view, and two oily and slippery jujube horses pulled the carriage slowly into the city with graceful steps, roughly estimated to be about six feet wide, and a pair of soldiers lined up around the carriage, following the carriage in a hurry.

In front of the carriage, there was a sturdy soldier with a leather whip who opened the way roughly, and all the people who were slow to react were whipped, but they did not dare to say a word.

Xiao Shuihan was immersed in all kinds of buying, buying, eating, eating

"Miss, Miss buy that, buy that......

And this one, this one looks good too. Wow! It turns out that there were so many delicacies in ancient times. You, you, and you, all wait for this girl, and this girl will spoil you one by one later.

"Xiao Han, you slow down~" Qing He couldn't keep up with Xiao Shuihan's pace, so he could only shout loudly.

Xiao Shuihan's eyes seemed to be shining, and he pulled Qinghe to stay in front of this stall for a while, and then stop and watch in front of that stall, having a good time.

"Ahh

An old voice came from the crowd, and when I looked closely, my mother-in-law, who was about the age of a sixtieth birthday, fell to the ground, and the little soldier who was in charge of opening the way was waving a whip to greet my mother-in-law, and the people around me only dared to whisper, but no one stepped forward to help.

"Damn pariahs, dare to disturb the Holy Driver of the New Moon Prince, I don't think you want to live."

Before he finished speaking, the whip in the soldier's hand fell on the mother-in-law again.

When passer-by A heard the name in the little soldier's mouth, he immediately gasped, "Hiss......

Prince Crescent~

Isn't that the one from the Crescent Nation? ”

Passerby B: "You know, I saw it from the moment the carriage came in, let me tell you, I heard that this Crescent Moon Country is so defeated that this Crescent Moon Prince was used as a proton to come to my Tianxing to sue for peace."

Passerby C: "Shhh Are you telling the truth?

can see that the posture of this new moon prince looks like he came to my country to be a proton, but it looks like he came to be an uncle. ”

Passerby A: "Hurry up and be quiet, be careful of being heard by Prince Crescent." As far as I know, this Crescent Moon Prince's tribute to my Heavenly Star in the past years is even better than this! ”

Passerby B: "Hey, don't you want to know who won the battle this time?"

Passerby C: "Isn't that the ...... of the military department?"

Hearing the surrounding discussions, Xiao Shuihan's interest was finally pulled over, only to see that her face instantly turned cold, and a touch of cold flashed in her eyes.

"Ah~Stop fighting, don't fight~"

The mother-in-law kept begging the soldier for mercy, but the soldier had no intention of stopping.

"! I can't bear it, I don't need to endure it anymore! ”

"Stop!"

When Xiao Shuihan dodged and came to his mother-in-law, he quickly grabbed the leather whip that the soldier swung down again, raised his foot and kicked the soldier to the ground.

Boom!

"Ahh

"Mother-in-law, how are you?

Hurry up, there's a hospital in front of you, I'll help you go. ”

Xiao Shuihan looked at the whip wound on his mother-in-law's body, and felt distressed for a while, and he couldn't wait to catch the little soldier and teach him a hard lesson.

"Much, thank you girl, old woman, I'm fine, girl, don't offend the nobles because of my bad old woman......"

Before she finished speaking, her mother-in-law fainted.

"Mother-in-law!

Mother-in-law, wake up!

Mother-in-law~"

Xiao Shuihan was so weak that he almost fell to the ground with his mother-in-law.

"A few of you, send your mother-in-law to the front medical hall, this is the medical bill."

Xiao Shuihan casually pointed to passers-by, untied the purse around his waist, threw it over, and asked them to send his mother-in-law to the hospital for treatment.

A few people didn't want to go, but they were frightened by Xiao Shuihan's eyes and had to go.