At this time, everyone in the lantern eaves corridor walked out one after another, and also joined the crowd of people who interacted with the lion dance team in the square, leaving only Zhu Youzhen and Xu Ming'er, who didn't like crowding, and Gao Sheng, Gao Han and Yu Dachuan who stayed by Zhu Youzhen's side to escort them.

The lions, the eldest and second of the lion dance team, as well as the shaman dancing the hydrangea, were crowded there by the crowd of onlookers.

Except for Golai and his men, who were a little tired of being harassed, everyone else had to go through this kind of battle once a year, and they had long been accustomed to it, and enjoyed it, and enjoyed it with the people, which was also the joy of the lion dance.

The two of them wanted to use the lion dance team to cover up their appearance so that they could take the opportunity to complete the task, but at this time, let alone do the task, it was a little difficult to even move a place.

The two Jurchens squeezed for a long time and finally got together, and Guo Lai whispered to the subordinate: "If you have to find a way to get out, then Zhu Youzhen is there under the lantern, and if you don't do it at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance." ”

The other person was angry when he heard this, he was deeply persecuted by the onlookers, and he had long wanted to leave the lion team.

While the two were talking, the little lion felt that someone had reached out and touched him, and he turned his head sharply as he had done with the child, and the lion's mouth was wide open, and his mouth made a fierce sound.

The man who wanted to touch the lion was also startled when he saw this, and let it go.

When the Jurchen saw that this method worked not only for children but also for adults, he manipulated the lion's head to intimidate him, and suddenly a small area was vacated around him.

At first, this trick had some effect, but after doing so repeatedly, it had a taste of poor donkey skills, and the people who had been intimidated by him were more happy.

Guo Lai saw that he couldn't delay like this any longer, at this time the two of them only had a fire gun on the back of the little lion, but in such a situation it was impossible to use it, I saw him waving a hydrangea, as if he was about to perform a lion play, so that the surrounding spectators suddenly gave him a space.

The little lion quickly realized Gorai's movements, and he danced to Gorai's hydrangea.

Gorai waved a hydrangea as he moved in the direction of a shop selling incense and candles, where they had given some silver taels of gunpowder they had prepared. The two of them slowly walked towards the shop, gradually moving away from the center of the square, and the crowd around them was not as crowded as before.

In a short time, the two of them arrived at the shop, and the shopkeeper was also excited when he saw the shaman and the lion cub dancing with the hydrangea dancing in his shop, and people always felt that they could be blessed wherever the performance of the gods went.

Seeing that the shopkeeper's appearance was afraid of attracting another crowd, Guo Lai hurriedly took off the shaman mask and said, "I am the shopkeeper, and I will come to fetch the lantern that was placed here before." ”

When the shopkeeper saw Guo Lai take off his mask, he realized that people were coming to pick up something, he turned around and took out the lantern stored by Guo Lai from the store and handed it over and said: "It turns out that everyone who is objectively a lion dancer, the little old man really has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and objectively this lantern is also used only for rewarding the gods?" No wonder it is so heavy to mention. ”

Isn't that fifty pounds of gunpowder hidden in that big lantern? It's just that Guo Lai won't tell him, but just responds: "It's for God's use, and we still have something to do, so we won't bother much." ”

After saying that, the two turned around and left.

The costumes of the two were originally intended to be used to hide their identities, but now they felt that it had become a burden, and they did not dare to return to the center of the square, but hid behind the row of incense and candle shops, only waiting for the lion dance team to leave, and the crowd in the square to disperse before taking action.

About a quarter of an hour later, the people of the lion dance team should have left a long time ago, and the reason why they have not left is because they have disappeared from the two of them, but after waiting for a long time, they still don't see anyone, and these people have no patience to wait, and the two are not from the lion dance team, and they are gone, but the two still have the hydrangea and lion head of the lion dance team, but with the silver taels that the two gave before, even if the two people really took away the lion head and hydrangea, it is more than enough.

It wasn't until the Lions left along the stone steps of the square and returned to the theater that the people in the square saw that there was no longer any bustle and beauty, and they gradually dispersed.

Seeing that there were many fewer people in the square, Golai explained to the subordinate

, then took the lantern and walked along the crowded place towards the lantern eaves corridor.

At this time, the performance of the gods in the big theater has ended, and several plays arranged in the theater are staged at this time.

No one would come to answer the question in the lantern verandah, but the young man guarding the door was still standing there, and according to the rules of previous years, he could not remove the lantern and leave until the end of the day.

After the lion dance team left, the group of people who went to the square to watch the lion dance returned to the lantern eaves corridor, not only splendid, but other people in the Zhu Mansion were also quite curious about the things on the temple street and wanted to go shopping, but Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to go to the temple street to squeeze around. He greeted them, stayed in the lantern verandah and waited for them, and agreed to meet here after shopping.

Just after a group of people from the Zhu Mansion entered the temple street, Guo Lai also came to the entrance of the lantern eaves corridor with a shaman mask, and the young man guarding the door looked at the lion dance with a shaman mask and everyone was still carrying a lantern that was the same as the lantern on the lantern eaves corridor, and he asked curiously: "What do you say about this lantern in your hand?" ”

Guo Lai handed over the lantern in his hand and said: "This lantern is the lantern that we pay for the blessing of the gods, and the light in the Niangniang Temple has been blessed by the light, we are grateful to the little brother for providing the lantern eaves corridor for viewing the play every year, and we specially offer this lantern, and ask the little brother to hang this lantern together." ”

When the young man heard this, he was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and then hurriedly took the lantern. It's just that as soon as Fang started it, the gatekeeper felt that his hand sank, and he almost didn't hold it and fell to the ground.

The young man was curious and asked, "Why is this lantern so heavy?" ”

Guo Lai said: "Of course, the lantern that Niangniang blessed is not comparable to ordinary lanterns, and it should be slightly heavier." ”

The young man nodded approvingly, and then asked, "And what is the meaning of the firecrackers hanging under the lantern?" ”

Guo Lai smiled and said: "After the little brother hangs the lantern, then light the firecracker, indicating that the mother is blessed, which means that the year is prosperous, don't delay, the little brother will hang this lantern as soon as possible, and when the firecracker is burned out, the little brother will see the fire trees and silver flowers in the sky." ”

At this time, there were only three people left in the lantern eaves corridor, Zhu Youzhen, Xu Ming'er and Yu Dachuan, Xu Ming'er was not willing to go to the street to squeeze around, but Xu Erjue was still interested in leading the way for everyone.

Yu Dachuan is rarely interested in anything after avenging himself, and his goal for the rest of his life is to follow Zhu Youzhen to protect his safety.

Zhu Youzhen sat in the lantern eaves corridor and looked at the shaman wizard who was talking to the young man guarding the door outside, he always felt that he had heard about it when he saw the shaman in the big theater before, but now when he saw it up close, the feeling in his heart was a little stronger, as if this matter was very important, but he couldn't remember it anyway.

At this time, the young man guarding the door had already moved a ladder to hang the lantern, because the lantern was too heavy, and the bamboo pole used to hang the lantern and take the lantern was no longer enough, so he could only climb up and hang it himself.

Xu Ming'er looked at Zhu Youzhen and frowned, as if she was thinking about something, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is Brother Zhu thinking?" ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he raised his head and said, "I always feel as if I've heard of this shaman somewhere, but I can't remember it. ”

Xu Ming'er said with a smile: "Brother Zhu is well-known, and it is normal that he can't remember some small things occasionally, this shaman shaman is really rare in our Daming, because very few people believe in shamans, but shamans are extremely popular in Jianzhou Jurchen, and most of the Jurchens believe in shamans." ”

As soon as he heard Xu Ming'er's words, Zhu Youzhen immediately remembered that he had heard it there, this was what he heard in the TV series XX Gege adapted from Aunt Qiong Yao that he watched when he was a child, and the TV series had to be replayed several times on the toilet table every summer, no wonder it felt familiar and didn't remember it for a while.

Zhu Youzhen muttered "Jurchen, shaman" twice, and then said with some doubts: "How can a shaman wizard appear in the lion dance team?" Shouldn't the one who dances hydrangea be a martial artist? ”

Xu Ming'er said: "I'm also very strange, the appearance of shamans in the lion dance team is indeed a bit nondescript. ”

At this time, the young man guarding the door had already hung up the lantern and was about to say thank you to the shaman again, but when he turned around, he saw that the shaman had already gone away.

Zhu Youzhen had some bad premonitions, stood up and walked out of the lantern eaves corridor to uncover the mask of the shaman and see what was going on, but when he chased out, the shaman had already disappeared

The group went away.

Now that the people have left, Zhu Youzhen didn't bother with it, and prepared to go back to the lantern veranda to sit and wait for everyone to come back after shopping.

Just as he was about to go in, he saw the young man guarding the door holding a fire fold in his hand and preparing to light a firecracker hanging under the lantern.

Zhu Youzhen said curiously: "Little brother, what are you going to do?" ”

When the young man heard this, he replied with some excitement: "This lantern was given by the temple when the lion dance team prayed for blessings, and it was said that the mother opened the light and blessed it." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled disapprovingly and said: "This Niangniang Temple is not a temple, how can there be a light?" ”

The young man said with some displeasure when he heard this: "Little boy, don't talk nonsense and collide with Niangniang, this lantern was handed over to me by the shaman wizard himself, if you want to say that this lantern that has been blessed with light is different, I feel much thicker and heavier than an ordinary lantern in my hand." ”

Zhu Youzhen continued to walk inside, and said, "It's the little brother, you feel heavy in your heart, right?" ”

"This is not me talking nonsense, the lantern is dozens of catties in my hand, I didn't see that I couldn't hang it with a bamboo pole, or I moved a ladder to hang it."

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart, and hurriedly turned around and asked, "Are you saying that the lantern was given to you by the shaman?" Weigh dozens of pounds? ”

The young man said proudly, "Isn't it? The shaman also said that he gave us the lantern first to thank us for providing a lantern verandah for watching the show every year, and he also specially explained that I lit the firecracker, saying that when the firecracker burned out, we could see the fireworks and silver flowers in the sky. With that, the young man lit the firecracker with the fire in his hand.

Zhu You realized something when he heard what the gatekeeper said, he ran a few steps and reached out to tear off the firecracker hanging under the lantern, but before he could touch the firecracker, he was stopped by the young man, and said with some annoyance: "What is this going to do, little boy?" ”

The sound of crackling firecrackers sounded in his ears, and Zhu Youzhen yelled: "Get out of the way, there is gunpowder in the lantern." ”

But his voice was drowned out by the sound of firecrackers, and the young man could not hear clearly, "What did you say?" ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that the firecracker had already burned halfway, and if he wanted to pull it at this time, he couldn't touch it with his height, so he shook off the doorkeeper's hand and yelled, "There is gunpowder, run." He turned around and ran towards the lantern verandah.

Zhu Youzhen's words shouted, the young man guarding the door and the people in the square were still stunned when they heard it, but Yu Dachuan in the eaves corridor heard it clearly, he had already believed in Zhu Youzhen's words without reservation, he pulled Xu Ming'er up and ran out, Zhu Youzhen saw that the two of them still wanted to run out, and yelled, "It's too late, jump down." ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen had already run to Yu Dachuan and Xu Ming'er, Xu Ming'er didn't react to what was happening for a while, Yu Dachuan reached out and took Zhu Youzhen and Xu Ming'er in his arms one by one, turned around and jumped over the stone fence outside the lantern eaves corridor and jumped far outside.

The stone fence was nearly a zhang high from the ground of the main street below, Yu Dachuan jumped down with the two of them in his arms, Xu Ming'er didn't know why, looked at the black head below, and closed her eyes in fright.

As soon as the three of them jumped down, they knocked down a piece of people, and they also lost to the people below, otherwise the faces of the three people would be smoothed by the ground.

Yu Dachuan protected Zhu Youzhen and Xu Ming'er, and there were a few passers-by who were knocked down, and the three of them didn't have time to get up, and those who were knocked down opened their mouths and were about to scold, when they heard a loud bang in the lantern eaves corridor on the side of the square above, and the fire was soaring, even under the stone fence, the people on the temple street suddenly felt a wave of air rushing in, and then those who were closer to the square were overturned by the air waves, and the gunpowder was so powerful that even the stage of the big theater building ten zhang away from the opposite side was shaken down.

After the air wave passed, the collapsed lantern eaves corridor and the broken stone on the square smashed down and buried the temple street under the stone fence.

Far away from the main street of Dongba, I only heard the mother make a loud noise, and when I looked back, I saw the fire in front of the temple.

The people who were not affected by the explosion didn't know what was going on for a while, but those in the Zhu Mansion who left the lantern eaves corridor with Xu Erjue to visit the temple fair saw the scene in front of the temple for a while, and their eyes were like waves. Everyone didn't care about the crowd on the street, and desperately pushed away the people who blocked the way and ran towards the Niangniang Temple.