Yun Niang saw Wu Ye wake up, so she asked him to knock on the door to find Abu. Abu saw that it was almost evening, so he ordered some more food, coaxed Wu Ye to fill his stomach, and the two of them ate casually. Abu asked Yun Niang if she wanted to go out for a walk, and Yun Niang answered. Wu Ye is naturally even more happy, it is the nature of children to love movement.

So the three of them tidied up and prepared to go out, in view of the experience in the morning, it was not very good to always be noticed, Yun Niang changed to a hat and wore it, which is a kind of hat that hangs around and reaches the neck, which can be used to shield from the wind and sand.

Although the dress habits of women in the Tang Dynasty are gradually developing to be thinner and more exposed, women generally show their hair when they travel. But in the windy and sandy Western Regions, the hat is still a must-have for women.

After putting on the hood, the whole face seems to be covered with a veil, and it is impossible to see clearly. Seeing Yun Niang wearing such a strange hat, Wu Ye smiled and circled around Yun Niang, looking up at Yun Niang's face from below, Yun Niang also smiled down and greeted him.

When they came to the street, the three of them followed the flow of people and walked aimlessly. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the shops and vendors here are also busy preparing the food and atmosphere for the festival, which is the influence of long-term cultural customs since the Han Dynasty, and has spread to the corners of the Western Regions.

Suddenly, I heard gongs and drums beating in front of me, and the cheers continued. Wu Ye, who likes to be lively, pulled Yun Niang and walked forward, and Abu had to follow. When I got closer, I found that many people had formed a circle, and the sound of drums and gongs inside was deafening, apparently someone was performing on the street. Wu Ye wanted to drill through the cracks in the people, but unfortunately the crowd of onlookers was too dense, so he could only ask Abu for help.

Abu asked him if he wanted to see it clearly, and Wu Ye nodded vigorously. Abhaha laughed, lifted him up, put him around his neck, let him hold his hat and hold him up, and grabbed Wu Ye's legs in front of him. Wu Ye felt that he had suddenly become taller, and he was extremely excited. Sitting high and looking into the distance, sure enough, the tricks and juggling inside can be seen clearly.

Abu carried Wu Ye and found a place where the crowd was sparse, Yun Niang was afraid of getting separated from them, so she naturally held Abu's arm. It's like a couple traveling with their children.

The people inside are performing the old trick: crushing boulders in the chest.

A strong, bareback man lay on a wooden plank full of iron nails, with a long stone on his chest.

Another man swam around him with a sledgehammer.

A shirtless and lean man next to him struck a gong and eloquently lobbied the onlookers to give him a reward.

A woman in the back wears a red headscarf, a round face, a light brown complexion, wears a cardigan short sleeve on the upper body, and a pair of legging trousers on the bottom, and is beating a drum.

When Abu saw that there was already some bounty on the ground, he took out some copper plates and threw them over, and the man who struck the gong hurriedly thanked him, and the rest of the people also threw out the bounty money, and then there was a lot of commotion.

"Smash, smash. Grandpa was anxious to wait. ”

"Just talk about not practicing fake tricks, hurry up and get down the hammer."

"After giving the money, let's hurry up."

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The man saw that the money on the ground was almost there, so he motioned to the man with the hammer. I saw that this man exhaled and raised the sledgehammer high, and the surrounding cries suddenly rose, "Smash, smash, smash quickly." ”

Some of the cheerful men who couldn't wait even threw some copper coins in.

The hammer roared down and smashed into the stone slab below.

There was a scream in the crowd, and Yun Niang was so frightened that she twisted her face to Abu's side, not daring to look at it again. But Wu Ye, the little guy, watched it with relish and screamed.

Abu actually knows that this kind of trick generally uses a well-shaped strip of stone, plus the conduction and distribution of force, but in fact, the force per unit area is not much.

But this is the livelihood of people to eat, if it is broken, it is no different from directly smashing the field, and the things that cut off people's lives can not be done, and at the same time feel the living atmosphere of this era, it is also a good experience.

The stones were scattered and broken into several pieces, and the man lying on the ground got up, circled and clasped his fists to the surrounding audience, and at the same time showed whether there was any injury to his back, and the crowd let out a burst of exclamations. Someone else took the lead and threw some copper plates into it, and the lean man busily picked them up.

The next performer turned out to be the woman who beat the drum just now, and the man with the sledgehammer took over from her to beat the drum.

I saw her tidy up her clothes, tidy up neatly, took out a sword from the back carriage, pulled out the sword, put the sheath back into the compartment, did not speak, and first practiced swordsmanship.

I saw the sword walking with the person, the person moving with the sword, the sword light flashed, like a shining snow ball rolling around in the circle formed by people, the red sword spike was like a swimming fish, flickering in the snow ball.

The frightened audience retreated, and the juggling venue suddenly became much more spacious. Abu was also an eye-opener, and he had seen performative swordsmanship, but swordsmanship like this still made him feel incredible.

This should be called swordsmanship, which is beyond the scope of his cognition. In the past, when I read novels or something, there was also a description of the so-called splashing water, and he felt that it was pure nonsense, how could there be such a fast speed, but today's performance of this woman completely subverted his cognition.

After the woman finished dancing with the sword, she stood quietly aside. The man who didn't need to beat the gong spoke, and the reward of the surrounding audience was sprinkled like snowflakes, cheers, cheers, and another request, like thunderous drums, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm. Wu Ye was even more excited to dance with his hands, saying that he would also practice such swordsmanship in the future. Yun Niang also enjoyed watching, the front of the hat rolled up at some point, and she watched intently.

At this time, the gong sounded, and the lean man's voice also sounded: "Take a look, take a look, don't miss it when you pass by, all fathers and fellow villagers, old and young masters, the performance just now is just an appetizer." Now we have to invite our heroine to do a sword-swallowing show for everyone.

Everyone also knows that the sword-swallowing performance is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will end up disemboweling, but we have eighty mothers and children waiting to be fed. In order to make a living, he had to do so.

When we go out, we are our food and clothing parents. Those who have money hold a money field, and those who don't have money hold a personal field. Thank you, thank you, thank you! ”

The man's words were full of emotion and extremely sensational, and many women in the audience wiped their eyes, and everyone even threw out a lot of rewards. At this time, the woman held the sword in both hands, allowing the onlookers to appreciate the authenticity of the sword.

Abu was very curious, and also took it to look at it, except that the blade was not so sharp, but it was indeed a sword that was more than a foot long, and it was an authentic sword, not a folded prop that Abu had guessed before.

Now Abu was a little confused, compared this sword with this small woman, if the sword was inserted straight from the throat into the stomach, the bottom could penetrate the woman's stomach.

At this time, an elderly woman came out of the audience, wiped her tears, took the woman's hand and said, "Girl, don't perform this sword-swallowing, it's too dangerous, let's look distressed." You can perform the sword dance you just did again. ”

Then he turned to the man: "You are all big men, why don't you go and perform this sword-swallowing, but let my poor girl do it, you are still not a man." After speaking, he wiped away tears.

Therefore, people are animals whose emotions are easily infected, and the words of this lady completely ignited the emotions of the audience, and they began to accuse these men of being greedy for life and afraid of death, relying on a woman to eat soft rice, and wiping more sympathetic tears to the woman.

The man didn't expect such a situation either, the gong stopped beating, and he couldn't defend himself under the accusations of everyone, and he stood there looking embarrassed and aggrieved.

The woman comforted the elderly woman instead: "Auntie, you don't have to worry, when we go out, we eat this bowl of rice." Life and death are predestined by heaven. And I've performed many times, so I have my own measure. At the same time, he also expressed his gratitude to the onlookers.

Seeing that this woman was so persistent and seemed very calm, the eldest lady let go of her hand and said, "Okay, girl, the eldest lady believes in you, but you do your best, don't force yourself too much, it's pitiful." With that, he stepped back.

The woman then walked to the side of the carriage, took out a piece, wiped the sword clean, and returned to the center of the room, and the show began.

There was silence inside and outside the field, Wu Ye grabbed Abu's hat and even grabbed Abu's hair, showing the tension in his heart. Yun Niang also hugged Abu's arm tightly, wanting to see it but also a little afraid to look at it.

I saw that the woman's legs were spread apart, slightly wider than her shoulders, her waist leaned back, her mouth opened to the sky, and she held the tip of the sword in both hands, and slowly reached into her mouth. Some of the surrounding audience also opened their mouths involuntarily, as if they felt empathy.

Slowly, the sword body has gone down halfway, and according to the ratio of the length of the sword to the woman's height, it should have gone down to her abdomen, but the woman still didn't have the intention of stopping.

The old lady just now couldn't bear to watch, and wanted to tell the woman to stop, but she was afraid of disturbing her, so she lowered her head and paused, and anxiety spread all over her face, it seemed that she really cared about the woman.

The woman ended up with only the hilt of her sword in her mouth, and then she slowly spun around so that everyone could see the result.

She slowly drew her sword again, and finally straightened her waist, reversed the hilt, and pulled a sword flower, which was the complete end of the performance.

There was a thunderous burst of joy in an instant, and the onlookers applauded and threw the reward money in. The woman held the sword in her hand, and asked the onlookers to check the authenticity of the sword again, and no one paid attention to these details anymore at this time, just cheered vigorously.

By this time, it was nearly late, it was a little dark, and the surrounding houses were already lit up. The lean man thanked the audience around him as he collected the money. The performance has ended, and everyone is reluctant to disperse.

Abu also put Wu Ye down, took his hand, and on the other side was Yun Niang, and slowly walked towards the inn. Wu Ye asked Abu vigorously, how did the sister just now, stuff such a long sword into her mouth, isn't she afraid of piercing her stomach.

Abu, who had always been a jack of all trades, also had to scratch his scalp in embarrassment, because he had personally examined the sword, so he had nothing to say. I can only sigh that only one skill can be mastered.

Yun Niang, who was walking, suddenly stopped, as if listening to something, Abu also stopped to listen, and there was a faint intermittent sound of pipa. Abu listened for a while, but heard nothing. And Yun Niang, who has been concentrating on music since she was a child, feels a little inappropriate, because the sound of the pipa faintly carries the intention of death, which is a sad joy that is more sad than the death of the heart.