"Hey, where are you going to take me!" On Qingyun Street in Nanshi, the young man in Tsing Yi pushed through the crowd and honestly followed the beautiful girl who took the lead.

"Didn't you say that you are not familiar with the royal capital, today I will take you to see, what is the royal capital!" The young girl reached out, grabbed Liu Shuang's hand from the shuttle crowd, and with a little force, pulled the young man who was still healthy to his side easily, Rufeng's curved eyebrows were raised, and his pupils flashed with bright light, "If you want to know that the royal capital is prosperous, you must go to the ghost market." ”

The eight kingdoms under the rule of Da Geng, are divided into north and south by the towering Junlu Mountain and the Zhilan River across half of Zhongzhou, the six countries of the Southern Dynasties are warm and soft, there are peach blossoms and flowing water everywhere, talented and beautiful women, and even a few princes and princes work in resignation, but they are negligent in taking care of national affairs, but the people are rich, even if it is a beautiful sound, but they are at ease.

The north is divided by two huge kingdoms, and the north in the north is guarded by the middle wall, and the martial wind is pervasive, even if it is above the court, it is full of rivers and lakes. And the country of Chen in the east, adjacent to the strong north of the country established by martial arts, and the southern dynasty across the river, but the synthesis of their respective tastes, Chongwen but not glamorous, martial but not impetuous, but from the later years of Chen Zhaowen Wang Yao, the wind of martial arts gradually extinguished, although the court gradually by the literati in power, but the martial arts also have their own position.

Therefore, some people say that the atmosphere of Chenguo can best show the charm of Zhongzhou, and the place that can best show the characteristics of Chenguo to tolerate all things is only the most marketable North City, and the only place in the North Market that can see the world at a glance is the ghost market.

On the long street, a young man and woman rented a plain blue sedan chair and went straight from the south city to the north market.

"Why don't you walk?" The young woman slapped the hand of the young man holding the sedan curtain.

"Oh, Sister Chu, don't do it, you have something to say!" Liu Shuang squirmed and peeked at the foot merchants outside, curious about those things he had never seen before.

"You!" Chu Qingqing found that whenever he was with this colleague, he always couldn't help but have the desire to beat him.

"This palanquin is uncomfortable." Liu Shuang moved his buttocks and sighed at the bumps of the sedan chair, "It's much better to ride a horse!" ”

"Then you have to look for this!" Chu Qingqing held his hands and glanced at Liu Shuang, just now this guy asked the big shopkeeper to find a sedan chair to sit and watch.

"Haven't I ever made a sedan chair!" Liu Shuang explained, "I heard that only officials above the third rank in the royal capital are allowed to travel in their own sedan chairs!" ”

"You've heard a lot of things!" Chu Qingqing raised her eyebrows, "How about it, the big shopkeeper is beautiful!" ”

"Well, it's so beautiful, it's just a country and a city......" Liu Shuang couldn't help but answer, and his tone unconsciously rose a little, "Eh, but Sister Chu is still good-looking, and the big shopkeeper is too immortal." ”

Liu Shuang, who came back to his senses, saw Chu Qingqing's big round eyes, and saw himself dancing with his eyebrows from those eyes, and realized that it was really not good to praise another girl like this in front of a girl, so he hurriedly added.

"Okay, okay, you're poor!" Chu Qingqing didn't care, after all, she was such a peerless beauty, and it would be too hypocritical to say which man didn't like it, so she opened the conversation, "Stupid, then do you know how to look at the true face of a city?" ”

"Is this ......" Liu Shuang replied honestly, "I really don't know." ”

"To see a city for what it is, look at its night." Chu Qingqing pretended to be deep.

"It's Lord Zhuo who said it!" Liu Shuang looked at the delicate cheeks of the young woman in front of him and said casually.

"You!" was said to be in the middle of the mind, Chu Qingqing shook his fist.

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The most convenient passage from Nanshi to Beishi is to enter the palace from Qingyuntai at the south gate of the palace, along the Yongdao all the way to the north, out of Beihuamen, which is Beishi, but only a few people who are allowed by Prince Chen have this honor, such as the left and right phases, and others do not have that qualification.

Chu Qingqing and the two passed through the streets and alleys from the East Market.

Compared with the lively South City, when he entered the boundary of East City, Liu Shuang felt the difference.

In the end, it is an elegant place, even the air is filled with the smell of incense, the sound of the high tune in the theater is in the ears, compared with the south market, there are many fewer pedestrians on the street, the bottom is a middle-aged man in brocade clothes, with pink beauties, there are also jeweled ladies, with respectful and beautiful young people, come and go.

"See there?" Chu Qingqing held up the sedan curtain in his hand and pointed to a slightly quaint house not far away, the black lacquered eaves had a majestic spirit, but there was no shelter from any wall or anything like that, just like the Divine Capture Division, there was no barrier at the checkpoint, allowing him to enter and exit.

"Hmm." Liu Shuang nodded.

"There, it's the Temple of Light." Chu Qingqing said.

As the real judicial organs of the dynasty, the Guangming Temple and the Zhengfa Temple are the real ones in charge of rewards and punishments, and the departments that try important cases, whether it is the Criminal Department or the Divine Arrest Division, are based on the case files of the Guangming Temple and the Zhengfa Temple to carry out their tasks, and of course, their closing of the case is also based on the case files of the Criminal Department and the Divine Arrest Division.

"Is that the criminal deacon Lu Hao who personally sent his son-in-law to the court?" Liu Shuang remembered the big case that moved the world mentioned by Old Man Wen, as one of the six deacons of Zaifutai, Lu Hao, who had just served as the criminal deacon and the supervisor of Guangming Temple, tried his best to override public opinion and personally handle the murder case of his son-in-law, just when many people thought that this case would be over, Lu Hao actually really corrected the punishment, sent his son-in-law to the court, and pronounced the death sentence, and what was even more shocking was that Lu Hao, who was born in a literati, actually raised a knife with his own hand and cut off his son-in-law's head with a knife.

That incident shook the government and the opposition, since then, Lu Hao's name has been with Gangzheng, for example, if he enters the Guangming Temple, he is not afraid of the powerful oppressing the people, a person who even has to adjudicate by his own son-in-law, all the officials are afraid, and those who are used to being powerful and blessed on weekdays have converged a lot.

When talking about that person, even the old man Wen, who has always been deep and sophisticated, and has a smooth manner, sat upright, looking respectful.

Even if we can't be like that, we can't not be in awe of that kind of person.

"That's him." Speaking of that person, even Chu Qingqing was upright, but not because of fear, but because of reverence, the person who even Lord Zhuo praised was a good person worthy of respect.

Liu Shuang lifted the sedan curtain again, and couldn't help but look at the place that symbolized justice again.

When I arrived in North City, it was just past lunch time, and the ghost market was open, and it was still very early.

There are indeed many markets in the North City, compared to the brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes in the South City, and the dazzling treasures in the East City, in the North City, the peddlers and pawns are the masters.

"Wow, Zhuoguang Mountain's bamboo shoots!" Liu Shuang, who got off the sedan chair, picked up the bamboo shoots from the roadside stall in surprise and praised them again and again.

"Speaking of which, I also grew up in Huzhou." Chu Qingqing nodded, "It's a fellow countryman." ”

"Really, if only I had known Sister Chu when I was a child, I wouldn't have starved!" Liu Shuang diligently handed the bamboo shoot to Chu Qingqing, "I haven't eaten this for more than a year!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll have a treat, let's go!" Chu Qingqing grabbed Liu Shuang's wrist, smiled helplessly, and pulled his colleague who was half a head taller than himself to the restaurant.

Chu Qingqing loves to play and is still very familiar with Beishi.

Ghost Market Street is located in the southwest corner of the East Square of the North Market, but there is no life during the day, only a few restaurants are bored and occasionally recruit passers-by, but they don't care, it doesn't seem to be their own business.

Wangdu Jiancheng was built in the midst of the war, although the four cities of the east and west, the north and the south were planned at that time, and each city was divided into two, but the manpower and material resources were insufficient, the north city was delayed, and then the people moved in, the three cities of the east and west and the south were planned neatly, and the construction of the north city had to be built as they wanted, although they originally wanted to re-plan the construction, but they also had a different taste, it has always been so, for a hundred years, it has become the most famous place in the country of Chen, it is actually more attractive than the luxurious south city, the merchant envoys who came to the royal capital said, You can not visit the South Market, but you must not visit the North Market, you can not visit the North Market, but you must not visit the ghost market.

The twilight converged from all directions, and the ghost market began to gather life.

Finally waiting for the unitary time, Chu Qingqing and Liu Shuang stood on the top floor of the restaurant on the street, climbing high and looking into the distance.

As soon as the husband rang the long gong sound, a young boy shouted loudly to the sky with a sharp voice: "Dark, the moon is solstice!" Ju Xuanming, the ghost market is open!

That loud and high-pitched voice pierced through the night, echoed over Ghost Mayor Street, and gradually dissipated into the air.

As the only street market without a curfew, in addition to sending additional soldiers from the patrol battalion every night to maintain it, the old guys of the celestial officials of the Star Gazing Prison also deliberately begged for the will of the stars, suppressed the Lord's calamity, and prayed for the Lord's luck.

With the sound of penetrating the long street, countless lanterns slowly rose, illuminating the entire ghost market street, and when you look closely, it turns out that there are several colorful lanterns tied to each stall, on which are painted with the treasures of their main business, and there are also fortune tellers who write lantern riddles and proverbs, and set up a small stall in that pretending to be blind to ask for good fortune for others.

"Ghost Market Night Metaverse Festival" really lives up to its name.

Liu Shuang and Chu Qingqing went downstairs, but at the entrance was a row of vendors selling masks and cloaks, and those masks were painted with strange patterns and grimaces, but they didn't know what kind of ghosts they were.

"Look at those people." Chu Qingqing motioned to Liu Shuang to look at the strange guys in the streets and alleys, they all wore masks with complex patterns, and some wore black gauze hats, hiding their faces behind the black gauze.

"There is an unwritten rule in the ghost market, everyone enters the market with a mask." Chu Qingqing picked and chose at the mask stall, occasionally picking up one and placing it on Liu Shuang's face for a gesture.

"Yo, a few distinguished guests, the stall has launched a new mask customization activity, you can paint on our plain masks by yourself, or our artists can draw them for your guests!" The young vendor saw that the two customers who came to the stall were brightly dressed, and the material of the silk costume was not ordinary at first glance, and he had set up a stall here for so many years, and he saw that it was still no problem to see that he could make a fortune.

"So troublesome, don't worry about it!" Liu Shuang didn't want to work hard, so he picked up the mask of a big yellow dog. The rhubarb in the back mountain, the ingots are still taking care of it.

"Haha, stupid!" Chu Qingqing smiled and bent over, looking at his colleague who was originally quite Peugeot, he actually chose the face of a big yellow dog, picked up a big flower cat and put it on his face.

"Laugh at me!" Liu Shuang looked at the 'flower cat' Chu Qingqing, and turned his head to be attracted by the strange ghost market.

The ghost market street really lives up to its name, not to mention those strange things, there are all kinds of flowers, birds, fish and insects for sale, they are all rare things that have never been seen before, Liu Shuang was attracted by the crystal ball that would appear, and was watching the stall owner's performance intently.

"This treasure of mine was bought from General Yan Huai'an, who left the country in the north!" The strong man with a white fox face mask and a beard still wears a fox fur on this spring night, although it is very thin, but Liu Shuang feels hot when he looks at it, maybe it is a businessman who left the country from the north, and only that side will be so cold in this season.

"You stole it! General Yan is also something you can meet? There was a heckling of laughter.

Although he is in Dongchen, but the name of Yan Huai'an in the north is no worse than leaving the country, and may even exceed that of Wang Yan Huaisu, as the general of the ten provinces of the northern three states, Yan Huai'an has guarded the middle wall for more than 20 years, and is the strongest barrier against the demons of Xingye, and its reputation is full of Zhongzhou.

"Where is this brother, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to steal from General Yan!" With a beard and a beard, it is not clear which one is a dignitary in this royal capital, and he does not dare to offend anyone.

"It is said to be a trophy seized from the Hoshino demons, don't underestimate it, it can show your inner shadow, which friend would like to try it?" Bearded carefully placed the transparent crystal ball on the ebony box.

"I'm coming!" It's a young boy who has just started coaxing, and he wears a cloud mask with a red flower, which looks a little delicate.

He put his hand on the crystal ball, and a circle of smoke-like silk threads suddenly rose from the center of the originally transparent crystal ball, and then slowly spread, and when it spread, a clear pale red ink-like mark appeared in the crystal ball.

"Congratulations to this son, you have a happy event in Japan?" The beard arched his hand in congratulations.

"Not bad, this thing is okay, how much does it cost, I want it!" The son of the red flower mask was satisfied.

"Where does one count, I'll try it!" Liu Shuang was wearing the mask of a big yellow dog, he put his hand on it, and several girls next to him couldn't help but snicker, thinking about it, wearing quite luxurious clothes, but with a face of an incompatible big yellow dog, it really made people laugh.

The center of the crystal ball has not been visible for a long time, suddenly, the sphere from all directions more and more five or six strange colors, together like the middle of the gathering, to the middle of the position and refuse to glue, around the circle, finally, a purple line of light first fused, the light quickly intertwined and mixed together, but different from the normal color mix into black, but there is a dark copper fade, until it is completely dispersed, back to the crystal ball transparent crystal ball.

"What does that mean?" Liu Shuang frowned, but he was covered by a mask, and no one could see it.

He didn't expect that there would be such a complex appearance, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer. After a moment of hesitation, he said: "Childe is thoughtful, I have never seen such a picture!" ”

"Humph!" Liu Shuang snorted coldly.

Unexpectedly, when he said this, the unknown son actually brushed his sleeves away, and the beard was inexplicably frightened and at a loss. I don't know where I offended this yellow dog boy.

"Stupid, what's wrong with you?" Chu Qingqing was also inexplicable, caught up with Liu Shuanggang and wanted to speak, but suddenly saw fireworks lit in front of him, and someone was setting off fireworks.