Cao Huachun put the folding fan in his sleeve, got up and took his hand, and sneered: "I'm afraid I don't have to wait until then, they will already be fighting internally." ”

Early the next morning, on the official road from Lumen out of the city to Tiger Hill, there was an endless stream of scribes in Confucian robes. Suzhou is the ancient city in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Wu Yue competed for hegemony, Wu Wangfu sent a beautiful woman to build a palace of the West Shi to build a museum, romantic affairs, the world is famous. Tang Dynasty Li Taibai has a poem that says: "When Gusu Taishang Wuqi, Wu Wang Palace is drunk Xi Shi", Bai Juyi thinks about it: "Wu wine a cup of spring bamboo leaves, Wu Wa double dance drunk hibiscus". After that, after the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties, to the end of the Tang Dynasty five dynasties of Wu King Qian Biao, the end of the Yuan Dynasty Red Turban Army leader Zhang Shicheng are all set here, there are many historical attractions, Tiger Hill, Panmen, Shihu, Lingyan, Tianping, Yushan...... There are also exquisite gardens built in the past dynasties---- Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of Nets Garden, Huanxiu Villa, Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Art Garden, Coupling Garden, Retreat Garden, etc., are all places where people and ink writers linger and yearn for it. Tiger Hill is the first scenic spot in Wuzhong, in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu Lu built the city here to build the capital, and was buried in Tiger Hill after death. Qin Shi Huang swept away the six countries, unified the four seas, and once climbed the Tiger Hill to enjoy the victory. When the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi was appointed to the history of Suzhou, he dug the mountain to divert water, repaired the Qili embankment, and later the dynasties also expanded more, and the scenery of Tiger Hill was more beautiful, so that later generations thought that they would go to Suzhou and not visit Tiger Hill, which was a pity. Tiger Hill has undergone the repair and expansion of the dynasty, Tiger Hill Tower, Hanhan Spring, Sword Test Stone, Pillow Stone, Sun Wuzi Exercise Ground, Zhen Niang Tomb, Leng Xiang Pavilion, Third Spring, Zhishuang Pavilion, Sword Pond, Thousand People Stone, Erxian Pavilion, Kezhong Pavilion, Wushi Xuan, White Lotus Pond, Big Buddha Palace, Qianqing Cloud, Wuxian Hall, Pingyuan Hall, Xiao Wu Xuan, Crane Pavilion, Crane Stream, Yongquan Pavilion, Lanyue Pavilion, Xiao Wudang, Tongyouxuan, Yulan Mountain House, Yunzai Tea Fragrance, Yongcui Villa...... Flowers everywhere are dizzying, lingering.

Shantang Street is only seven miles away from Tiger Hill, next to Baigong Embankment, which was originally a commercial port lined with shops. Dressed up daughters, suave teenagers, yellow-haired old men, drooping young children, like a stream. In the Shantang River, the painting boat cruises, shuttling back and forth, silk and bamboo orchestras, and the sound of music is like wisps. At the side of the Shantang Water Wharf, a small canopy boat slowly approached the shore and anchored beside the clean and neat stone steps. A young man in a delicate Confucian costume got off the boat lightly and walked into the crowd on the shore. The young man walked slowly, and for more than half an hour, he saw the foot of Tiger Hill from afar, selling flowers with baskets, clay figure sculptures, playing monkey exercises, and being more lively than the mountain pond. I haven't stepped into the first mountain gate, I saw that there are four big characters embedded in the wall across the river, and the strange rocks on both sides of the mountain road are craggy, and the knife sharpens and axes the general. A stone bridge across the Huanshan River is the famous Haichong Bridge, and a wooden sign is set up under the stone bridge, which reads: "The Restoration Society Conference is a celebrity, the tiger hill is narrow, and it is inconvenient to walk, so please avoid it." Sincerely, the colleagues of the Restoration Society. A few young scholars stood around the wooden sign, dissuading pedestrians from going up the mountain. The scholar at the head saw the young man in Confucian clothes and asked, "This benevolent brother is tight-eyed, but he came to the party?" ”

The young man in Confucian clothes stopped and bowed, "Exactly." ”

"Dare to ask Taifu?"

"This ......" The young man in Confucian clothes groaned slightly, rolled his eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "The younger brother's surname is Liu, and his name is hidden." ”

The scholar hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be a hidden brother, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

"Little brother cursive."

"Liu is like this?" The scholar frowned and thought for a moment, shook his head slightly, glanced at the people behind him, reached out and took out a pamphlet from his arms, and asked, "Where is Brother Ren's Immortal Township?" ”

"Don't dare, the little brother was born in the clouds."

The scholar hurriedly opened the pamphlet in his hand, read it at a glance, and sneered: "This list has a list of members of the Fushe Society in the four counties of Songjiang Prefecture, a total of forty-one people, and there is no name of brother. As he spoke, he pointed to the wooden sign behind him and said, "Since you are not a colleague of the Restoration Society, please go back!" ”

The Confucian boy hurriedly said: "It was Mr. Xizhang who taught me, and you want to stop it?" ”

"Hahaha......" The scholar laughed a few times and said: "Mr. Xizhang's name is resounding all over the world, and there is no one in the world who doesn't know about moral articles?" If everyone said that they were recommended by his old man, the entire Tiger Hill would probably not be able to hold it. ”

The young man's face was slightly red, and he said angrily: "This Tiger Hill is a famous spot in the world, and it is not your own ancestral property. ”

The tourists who rushed to the stone bridge heard the young man speak reasonably, and shouted and cheered: "Yes! This mountain is not owned by you, how can you occupy it so arbitrarily! ”

The scholar saw that he was about to offend the anger of the public, and said outwardly: "Don't be bewitched by him, our Fushe only occupies Tiger Hill for two days, because the space on the mountain is limited, and there is no room for more people, I am afraid that something will happen, so please ask everyone Haihan." ”

The young man didn't let people do it, and when he saw someone helping, he was more confident, and shouted: "The feet are on your own body, and it is also the will of God to fall off the cliff, which one wants you to manage?" ”

"We are also a good ......" The scholar saw that the people by the bridge were gathering more and more, and the young man was blindly crooked, and he couldn't help but be a little panicked, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The young man took the opportunity to shout: "Let me pass? If we stop it, we'll break in! ”

"Don't don't don't ......" The scholar and a few people behind him opened their arms to stop them, and said, "Who doesn't want to have a quiet place?" Writing poetry and essays is not comparable to other livelihoods, and it is not noisy. What a ...... guys."

"No! Doesn't that despise us? You take care of yourself and chant your poems and make your articles, are we not qualified to go to Tiger Hill to play? ”

"This little brother, don't be in a hurry." A slightly muffled voice came, and everyone followed the voice, only to see a man in a smoke-colored robe coming across the bridge, and I don't know how he moved, and suddenly he was in front of the young man.

"Master----" The scholars guarding the bridge hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, the man waved his hand and ordered them to retreat, stretched out his hand on the young man's shoulder, looked at him with a smile, suddenly his face changed, he retracted his palms, and said in a low voice: "Girl, we are all righteous men and gentlemen, you must rush to the mountain, what do you want?" ”

The young man gave him a slap and his face turned crimson, and when he heard this, his face turned pale, and he said in surprise: "You, who are you?" How to recognize ......"

"In the next Yu Lianhe. Although the girl said that she had pulled out the hairpin ring, the ring hole at the root of her ear was like a ring, and she could not escape the eyes below! ”

The young man touched his earlobe, his face turned red for a while, and he stomped his feet and said hatefully: "You, you bully people!" I, I'm ......" hid his face and choked.

Only then did everyone understand, and they all discussed: "It turned out to be a girl, I said she was so petite!" ”

"Such a flower-like little girl has changed her disguise, presumably secretly to meet her brother."

"Tut-tut...... Look at her pink face and peach cheeks, like a tender lotus root in the pond, I don't know which future life has such a beautiful blessing......"

The boy turned away, sobbing with his head down. Yu Lianhe was afraid that she would be shy, so he hurriedly said to everyone: "Since she came to find her sweetheart, I will take her to the mountains." The girls are thin-skinned, let's disperse! The crowd laughed and walked away. Several scholars stepped forward and said, "Master, don't let her in, what if it's a spy?" ”

Yu Lianhe nodded and asked, "Girl, tell me honestly, who taught you here?" ”

"I—Didn't I say it a long time ago? You're going to ask! I—Where am I...... a spy?"

"Master, she called herself Liu Rus, and said that Mr. Xizhang recommended her."

"Liu is like this?" Yu Lianhe lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a real name or a fake name." Since it is the leader of the society, Miss Liu, please go up the mountain! ”

"Master......" Several scholars were in a hurry, Yu Lianhe smiled slightly: "What are you afraid of?" She is a lonely and weak woman who doesn't know the slightest martial arts, and you are like a great enemy! I'll accompany her to see Mr. Xizhang, and you should be careful here. ”

Several scholars saw Yu Lianhe palming for a moment, and they had already tried out the details of the other party, admired each other, and watched the two of them walk off the bridge. The two of them went up the mountain all the way, only to see that the mountain road was extremely clean, presumably it had been cleaned, and when they turned to the Zhengshan Gate, several disciples of the Restoration Society set up tents next to the two wells, prepared tea and snacks, and welcomed guests and friends from all over the world, which showed that this grand event was very well prepared.

Turning the Broken Beam Hall of the Ershan Gate, there were several young scholars guarding here, and when they saw Yu Lianhe, they all bowed their heads and saluted, and no one stopped them. Yu Lianhe listened to the slight pant behind him, slowed down his pace and said: "Tiger Hill was originally changed by a tiger. The big crossing near the river in front of the Zhengshan Gate is the tiger's mouth, and the two wells are the tiger's eyes; The Broken Beam Hall that turned the Ershan Gate just now is the throat of the tiger. Now that you're in the belly of a tiger, it's hard to escape. ”

Liu Ru heard the overtone in his words, and said with a smile: "Isn't there a sword pool in front of you?" When I take the sword of Bianzhu and fish intestines, I will disembowel this tiger and see how it eats people again! ”

"You are a girl, and you dare to use a knife and a gun, but it is also unusual." Yu Lianhe chuckled and said, "Have you ever been to Tiger Hill?" ”

"No, I didn't." Liu Ru looked left and right with both eyes, looking at the beautiful scenery around him. Tiger Hill really deserves to be the first scenic spot in the southeast of Wuzhong, although the mountain is not high and towering and steep, only dozens of zhang up and down, but the grass on both sides of the mountain road is dark and blue, mixed flowers are thick, and the fragrance is refreshing.

Yu Lianhe pointed and said: "That is Hanhan Spring, this spring has been nearly a thousand years, it is still clear and pure, and it is said that the water in the well can cure eye diseases." Do you want to drink a cup of Tiger Hill Baiyun tea boiled in Hanhan Spring to quench your thirst? He saw Liu Ru shaking his head, pointing to the octagonal wooden pagoda on the top of the mountain and saying, "When I got here, I have walked half the way, and that is the Tiger Hill Tower." ”

Liu Ru looked up, and saw an ancient tower standing in the green trees, and a corner of the red wall was faintly exposed under the tower, presumably a temple, and heard Yu Lianhe explain: "The temple is called Yunyan Temple, and this conference was originally intended to be held there." It's just that the temple's Daxiong Treasure Hall, Ten Thousand Buddha Pavilion, and Abbot's Louguan were destroyed overnight because of the fire in previous years, and there are many people who came to the party this year, and I am afraid that it is cramped. ”

Between the words, after the two immortal pavilions, the sword test stone, the tomb of Zhenniang, and the cold incense pavilion, the Tiger Hill Tower was already in front of him, but he saw several people coming out of the temple gate, and the first person was Zhang Pu. Without waiting for Yu Lianhe to introduce him, Liu Ru had already stepped forward and said, "Mr. Xizhang, I have been looking for you so hard!" ”

"You are ......" Zhang Pu walked down the stairs and saw that it was a short scholar, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Ru took off the square scarf on his head, revealing his long hair like a cloud, and smiled a little shyly: "Mr. forgot the servant?" ”

"Oops! It could be you! Yang Yinglian, when did you arrive? Zhang Pu reached out and grabbed her.

Liu Ru glanced at Yu Lianhe and said, "It's for Brother Yu to accompany him all the way." ”

Zhang Pu laughed and said, "Your little girl's identity is so noble!" This is the number one master of our Restoration Society, and he has become your bodyguard! ”

Yu Lianhe hurriedly defended: "This woman came in disguise, saying that she was going to Mr.'s appointment, and I saw that she was suspicious and didn't dare to be careless, so I sent her here." She also claimed that her surname was Liu, and she didn't dare to show her true face! ”

"Such a grand event, there are many people, so you should be careful. I've heard that many people are clamoring to go up the mountain, and I've stopped you. Let them in and look at them as they please. What are we afraid of, what are we afraid of? Wicked people should naturally beware of making trouble, but they must not disturb the people and tarnish the name of the Restoration Society. The words were right, and Yu Lianhe looked ashamed, nodded and said, "I'll go down the mountain and order them to open the ban and let them go." ”

Zhang Pu beckoned to Liu Ru and said: "Come on, I will introduce you to everyone, she is the daughter of Xu Fo of the Homecoming Courtyard in Shengze Town, and I had a relationship with her on the way back to the south last year." Don't look at her age, but she is ice and snow smart. Saying that, he introduced Zhang Cai, Wu Weiye, Chen Zilong and others next to him, and Yang Yinglian greeted them one by one. When everyone saw her, a weak woman in her teens, they came from afar and secretly praised her for her courage.

Zhang Pu said: "You are really elf and eccentric, and you actually started a dumb riddle, and the willows are not distinguished, and the real name is hidden, and you look at it as such." It's even more atmospheric than your real name! ”

"After Mr.'s evaluation, the maid simply took the opportunity to change it!"

"It's fine. This time, the venue was changed to a thousand people stone, if so, you should freshen up first and take a break. Wozi, you stay with her. Then he led the people down the mountain.

Liu Ru looked the young scholar in front of him up and down, his figure was upright, and there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, not as weak as ordinary readers, his heart couldn't help but jump, and he bowed his head slightly and thanked: "I'm tired." ”

"Under Chen Zilong, the girl comes with me." When you turn around, you will enter the temple.

"Brother Wozi, there are monks in the temple, so it's better to find a secluded place."

Chen Zilong pondered for a moment and said, "There must be fewer people by Lu Yuquan, and the girl can go there to freshen up." ”

Lu Yuquan is on the north side of Lengxiang Pavilion, it is an ancient stone well, about one zhang square, the stone wall is surrounded by stone walls, it is extremely deep, the stone wall next to the well is surrounded by vines, and there is no one around. Chen Zilong said: "On the right side of the Leng Xiang Pavilion is the Thousand People Stone, I think everyone has gone to the front, no wonder it is so quiet." "Fill a barrel with water from the well and wash her.

Liu Ru is ten fingers slender, scooping water in his hand, the fruit feels extremely cold, and the heat disappears in an instant. She listened to the voices of the people on the other side of the Thousand People Stone, and was anxious to go to the meeting, so she soaked the handkerchief, wiped her cheeks, and turned to leave. Chen Zilong strode to catch up, and the two walked side by side, but he felt a wisp of dark fragrance into his nostrils, and he couldn't help but feel his heart fluttering, and secretly thought: Where is what is like this, it is clearly in response to the sentence on the "Diamond Sutra", so I smell it. If she takes off her Confucian clothes, changes into her daughter's outfit, applies fat powder thinly, pulls up her eight-treasure bun, and obliquely inserts a jade hairpin with a smooth color, her clothes are fluttering, her eyes are bright, and she doesn't know how she looks moving?

Thousand people stone is the whole dark purple big plate stone, naturally generated, two acres square, inclined from south to north, flat as a stone, majestic, there are two rocks protruding, the top surface is flat, the four walls are such as cutting, can sit thousands of people, it is rare. Legend has it that after the completion of the mausoleum of King Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 1,000 tomb repairers were gathered here, set up a crane dance to help the fun, secretly gave the wine, the craftsmen spit blood in their mouths, died of poison, dyed the big stone red, the stone color was dark purple on weekdays, and when it rained, it was red like blood. In the Jin Dynasty, the high monk Zhu Daosheng gathered here to preach Buddhism, spit lotus flowers, and nodded stubbornly. The Thousand People Stone is located in the middle of the mountainside, which is the center of Tiger Hill. At this time, the Thousand People Stone was full of scholars in Confucian costumes, and the huge Thousand People Stone seemed a little narrow. Before the conference began, only a noisy sound could be heard, and the local dialects and local accents converged, and everyone's eyes were shining with excitement, talking and laughing, while looking towards the center of the big stone. Liu Ru was short, so she had to get into the crowd and squeeze to the front. Chen Zilong was afraid that she would make a mistake, so he followed closely behind.

In the center of the Thousand Stones, a platform made of wooden planks is lined up with four chairs, each of which is covered with brocade. Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai accompanied the thin and fat two people to the stage, and let the old man with a clear face become the chief. The man had cloth shoes and white socks, dressed in a gorgeous suit, tall and thin, gray beard and hair were not messy, and a pair of eyes were bright, which made people dare not force to look, he glanced at the audience, and laughed: "Tianru, you are the leader of the Restoration Society, naturally you should sit in the first seat, the old man came today just to watch the ceremony and congratulate, he shouldn't have been on stage to make a show, embarrassed, you didn't allow it, the old man had to agree to show up, but how can he rely on the old and sell the old so much?" ”

Zhang Pu said emotionally: "Your old man is a famous Donglin hostel, if you insist on refusing, who is qualified to sit?" ”

"It's okay, as the saying goes: Mo is like a tooth in the wild, and Mo is like a lord in the court. Since we are scattered in the countryside and enjoy the forest, I will sell the old. The old man beckoned: "Qitian, then let's not be polite." ”

The slightly fatter middle-aged man, wearing a blue cloth gown, has a broad and accurate style, a bearded halberd, and a burly body, very similar to a military general who led troops to kill the battlefield. He heard the old man shouting his words, and hurriedly stepped forward and promised, "It's all up to the teacher's orders." He sat next to the teacher, and Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai sat down in turn. Liu Ru asked Chen Zilong: "Why are those two people so big that they want to sit in the chief?" ”

"Speaking of the qualifications of these two people, it is not an exaggeration to sit in the chief. They are the elders of Donglin, the eldest is Mr. Qian Muzhai, and the other is his disciple Mr. Qu Qitian. There are not many Donglin celebrities like them alive. "The past, reminiscing about the past, Chen Zilong is embarrassed.

"Mr. Mu Zhai's demeanor is really unique in the world, and he is very old, and his bearing has not diminished at all."

Chen Zilong saw that she was young, but she was about to make fun of her seniors as if she had been friends for many years, but he heard someone shouting: "Old Shepherd----, but your old man came to evaluate the theory!" The disciples want to join the society, but they don't let them, is it so intolerable to restore the society? A man in Confucian clothes in his mid-thirties crowded to the bottom of the stage, climbing the pillar and shouting.

Zhang Pu was a little annoyed when he saw him commenting on social affairs in front of everyone, but when he heard him call him an old man, he seemed to have a very close relationship with Qian Qianyi, so he smiled and said: "This benevolent brother might as well come to the stage to advise." Yu Lianhe in the audience was so anxious that he couldn't see it.

"Tianru, this person is a little familiar......" Qian Qianyi thought for a moment, a little hesitant. The man had already run up to the high platform, knelt down in front of him and bowed: "The younger generation of the township has come to see the old man, please give justice to the old man." ”

"You are ......" Qian Qianyi still didn't remember who this person was. Qu Shiyun snorted coldly: "Why are you?" ”

The man bent down again and again and said, "In my later life, I went to Banye Hall to worship the shepherd. ”

"Oh, you're Zhang, Zhang Hanru?"

"Shepherd has a good memory! It's the juniors. Zhang Hanru shook himself to the ground, and his demeanor was extremely humble.

Qian Qianyi remembered that this person was originally a rich man in Changshu, who spent a hundred taels of silver and donated a showman, but in fact, he had never entered Pan to study, but he pretended to be a scholar and liked to associate with celebrities and celebrities in order to sell his reputation. Last winter, he asked someone to bring a generous gift to be included in the door wall, and the disciple ceremony, but was politely declined and the gift was returned. But this person still didn't give up, and spent thousands of taels of silver to buy the Song version of "Yuan Wei Zhiji", filled it in a brocade box, and sent it to Banyetang in the guise of a scholar. "Yuan Wei Collection" is a collection of poems written by the famous poet Yuan Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, Qian Qianyi is very fond of his poetic style, there are two kinds of Ming Dynasty copy and Ming manuscript, but there are a lot of missing words, often deeply regretted, so when you see the Song version, a little look at it, you will know that this book is the ancestral book of the manuscript and the copy of the book in their own collection, intact, ecstatic, anxious to ask the price, the scholar laughed and did not answer, asked again and again, only to say that this book is given by the registered disciple of the young uncle, if you like the old man, just stay, do not need half a tael of silver. Qian Qianyi asked the name of the disciple, and heard that it was Zhang Hanru, secretly saying that it was a fluke, if his family was greedy for a while, and a Song version of the book was sold as a master and apprentice, and it was spread out, wouldn't it be a big loss of reputation? wrapped the book in its original envelope and said lightly: "It's too expensive, I can't afford it." "Send him away. Thinking of that dirty thing, he was still a little angry and said, "What are you doing in Tiger Hill?" ”

"I heard that the Restoration Society was at this conference, and he was a villager with the old man in his later life, and he has always been quite selfish, but he has no chance to be honored on the wall, and I want to ask the old man to help join the Restoration Society, and I hope not to refuse."

"What's wrong with being a squire, why bother to join the Restoration Society?"

"All hopes come true."

Zhang Pu saw that Zhang Hanru was embarrassed, and said: "I will open the door wide and recruit heroes from all over the world." Why didn't Brother Ren join the society in Changshu, but rushed to Tiger Hill? ”

Zhang Hanru sneered, and said hatefully: "Changshu Restoration Society was controlled by a few people, and the students repeatedly applied to join, but they were rejected for no reason, and they had to go to Huqiu to ask for clarification in person. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "Tianru, now the power of the Restoration Society has increased greatly, and the world is paying attention to it, the more so, the more careless, and the more you must not surrender to the curfew, the fish and the eyes are mixed, and the internal troubles are accumulated, and the situation is chaotic, giving people an opportunity to take advantage of." ”

Zhang Pu laughed twice and said: "The auspicious time is coming, it's not good that Brother Ren alone has delayed everyone's grand event, and he will retire to the side to watch the ceremony, and the matter of social membership will be discussed later." Worried that Zhang Hanru would be blindly entangled, he got up and shouted: "The auspicious time is ----" Several people on both sides shouted together: "Please ---- the gods"

Zhang Hanru glanced at Qian Qianyi resentfully, stepped back from the stage, and watched from a distance as several young scholars carried a wide offering table and set it up, and a golden Xuande furnace was placed on the table, filled with carefully sifted fine sand. Several teenagers in Confucian costumes lined up in a line, each with their hands hanging down on their chests, holding a Zimu God card, which successively wrote Gu Xiancheng, Li Sancai, Ye Xianggao, **Xing, Zou Yuanbiao, Feng Congwu, Chen Dashou, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Gao Panlong, Zhou Shunchang, Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Li Yingsheng, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu and other official titles and names, neatly placed on the table.

"Shangxiang ----" sang and harmonized, and the joy of welcoming the gods was masterpiece. Qian Qianyi, Qu Shiyun, Zhang Pu, and Zhang Cai each washed their hands, poured incense to pay tribute, and everyone in the audience knelt together and bowed to the sages of Donglin.

"Let's salute slowly, my second master has something to say!" Suddenly, several strong men in fresh clothes crowded to the front of the stage, all of them with cross-faceted meat, like powerful slaves who had been raised by the powerful family for many years, and spoke out to stop them.

Zhang Pu said angrily: "Who is so arrogant? How dare you come here to disturb it! He glanced at Yu Lianhe, but saw that he had already stopped in front of Hao Nu with a few disciples. The music that stopped suddenly became loud again, and the frightened people slowly knelt down and bowed.