I struggled out of the crowd with my life - I didn't dare to use my strength, these were some ordinary people, I was injured when I moved, and finally came out of the crowd, and I saw the black mole soap standing under the pepper tree a little far outside the crowd, with a crying expression on his face.

In his hand, he carried an empty rope.

There was a buzz in my head.

Lu Hengchuan looked at me: "Ran away." ”

Ran.

I looked back at the rolling crowd, and everyone showed a new and amazed expression, staring at the dragon in the sky, the two dragons intertwined into an auspicious pattern, and a line of big words appeared on the pattern: "Happy birthday to Lord Chenghuang." ”

It's not actually my birthday, and I'm not happy.

Everyone was happy, clapping and laughing, and everyone's faces were very bright, but behind everyone, there might be a plague ghost wearing a hat.

"Oh, Brother Miaozhu, are you here too?" The president also squeezed over at this time, and said excitedly: "The trick team invited at the temple fair is really good!" Next year, there will be a temple fair on the birthday of Lord Chenghuang, and we will invite them to come! ”

Something really happened to this ten-mile shop, and I, the city god, won't be able to be next year.

But this is not important, the important thing is that I don't want anyone to die because of the plague.

Lu Hengchuan looked at me: "What should I do now?" ”

"Now we need to know what that disease is," I pursed my chapped lips, "first find out the people who have been possessed by the plague." ”

Lu Hengchuan nodded.

The president didn't quite understand what we meant, and stared at us, "What? Pestilence? What the hell is a plague ghost? ”

I thought about it for a while, and immediately said to the president: "I'm afraid that something is going to happen in our village, you tell the big guy, one, if you are a tourist from other places, put a brazier for me at the intersection of the village, burn paper in it, and when it is burned, read me...... Recite the name of our ten-mile shop city god, if you go home from the temple fair, jump back from the brazier, two, if you are a local, then set up a brazier at the door of your house and then go in, as concocted, also read the name of the city god. ”

"No, jumping over the brazier?" The president looked dazed: "What does this mean?" ”

"I've seen it on TV again," the president's son, the tea egg brother, also came, and hurriedly said to the president: "In the TV series, when the ancient people got married, the bride had to jump over the brazier when she entered the house, as if to ward off evil spirits. ”

"That's right, that's what it means." I said, "This temple fair will not be done for a long time, before everyone goes back, we have to arrange this matter, and when it is finished, I will explain it to you." ”

The president knew that I didn't usually do anything useless, and he believed in me, so he nodded immediately, and he didn't even care about the illusion, and he was busy with the tea and egg brother, and I said hello to Tang Benchu from afar, and Tang Benchu Wang Deguang also went to help.

Ah Zo wanted to keep up because she was unfamiliar with life, but she couldn't keep up, so I called her over: "Ah Zo, you are here to help me, let's cut out the yellow paper, and we will have to use a lot of yellow paper for a while." ”

"Okay." As soon as Ah Zor heard that he could help, he was quite happy, and hurriedly jumped over: "Brother Qianshu, what does it mean to jump the brazier, do you want to get married?" ”

"It's not." While I was busy with my work, I explained to her how the word "plague" came from. Sick is the first, there is a knife in it, it is the Japanese word, it is the shape of the plague ghost - they are like this, and the next "dish", "dish" is a utensil used to hold things, and by extension, to the present, that is, the basin.

The "plague ghost" is afraid of heat and light, so let the person with the plague ghost jump over the brazier, he will never jump over, if he really jumps, the plague ghost will fall from the possessed person, so this is a way to drive away the plague ghost.

In ancient times, this was done at weddings, just like the current bride getting married and holding a mirror in her hand, which meant to ward off evil spirits, hoping that the bride would enter the door and not bring anything bad in.

Ah Zor didn't understand what he heard, but he still showed a very admiring expression: "I knew that Brother Qianshu could do anything!" ”

Lu Hengchuan also followed Zhang Luo and bought a lot of braziers.

At this time, the red handkerchief is about to call it a day, and it looks like it is going to be like the "unforgettable tonight" of the Spring Festival Gala, and the finale program will be sent - the final trick is to produce a peach on the ground, which is a very profound illusion, as in the legend, the person with the red handkerchief planted a peach pit on the ground, and the peach pit took root and sprouted, opened branches and leaves, bloomed a tree of peach blossoms, flowers bloomed and fell, and then grew peaches.

Pick the peaches trickily, and then select the audience to taste them - hey, crisp and sweet, real peaches!

But this is modern times, everyone is used to out-of-season fruits, if this is in ancient times, this season, where do you go to find peaches? That is, there is it in the peach orchard of the Queen Mother.

It's a sea of vicissitudes. No one can do anything about things and people.

Everyone applauded thunderously, the winter days in the north are short and the nights are long, the sun will climb down at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sunset will also appear on the horizon at this time, and the temple fair of this day will be considered to be the end of time.

The red handkerchief is about to salute and end, I quickly asked Lu Hengchuan to drag it - the yellow paper is still not enough, this time after all, there are many people, the yellow paper will not be burned as soon as it is burned, and it is not ten thousand years of oil, how long can I order it.

Originally, people were scattered at this time, but when the red handkerchief heard my request, he was obligated to offer a fire tree and silver flower - the work of this trick is very large, that is, the sky is like snow, falling sparks of various shapes, flying like a fairyland, even if everyone wants to go, they are not willing to leave, the sight is firmly attracted by this fire tree silver flower, even the sugar gourd, the sugar seller, and the cotton candy vendors are all straight-eyed: "Don't say it, just this pomp and circumstance of this year's ten-mile shop temple fair, It's much bigger than Jiulipo! ”

"Really! After I look at it, Jiulipo is not good, if it were me, I would also like to come to this place, I can invite such a team, ten miles of shop is not simple! ”

"That's right, that's right, and I heard that the old man of the city god here has been enlightened, have you heard about those things this year?"

"Of course I heard that! Otherwise, sooner or later, I'll race through Jiulipo! ”

At this time, we can be regarded as having completed the preparations, Lu Hengchuan gestured to the red handkerchief, and the red handkerchief understood, so he accepted the trick and bowed to everyone.

This thunderous applause, not to mention how hot it is.

I just took a breath, Ah Zor didn't bother to look at it, a little reluctant to look at the night sky dyed with indigo, I was also a little embarrassed: "You wait, when will the red handkerchief still have a performance, I'll take a few of you to see it!" Look at it in its entirety. ”

"That's great!" Ah Zuo jumped up suddenly: "I know, Brother Qianshu is the best!" ”

Speaking of which, she seemed to remember "my brother", and was a little distracted for a moment, I patted her on the shoulder, I didn't know what to say, Ah Zor rubbed her eyes, although the tip of her nose was red from the cold, but smiled: "It's all the same!" Two thousand tree brothers, all good! ”

"Tang Benchu is also very good." I joked, not only did she have a sharp nose, but her face turned red.

At this time, the president also set up a brazier on the road to pass through the village, and told everyone about the matter, and many people were not happy at first - this female pilgrim was wearing a short skirt and high heels, and it would definitely be inconvenient for her to let her pick the brazier. There are also some who are old, have weak legs and feet, and are afraid that they will fall into the brazier.

I hurried over, pretending to shout: "Jump over the brazier, Fu Shou Kang Lin, the old man has a long life, the young man is motivated, the male layman jumps, the wealth is extensive, the female layman jumps, there is a wishful husband!" ”

"That's right, that's right!" Ah Zor also jumped over to help me advertise: "Is it a feature, take a photo, it's interesting!" ”

Saying that, she secretly put a kind of Gu in the crowd, called the Joy Moth, as soon as this kind of moth comes out, it can make people feel very good, and when people are in a better mood, it is easy to listen to what others say.

Sure enough, those pilgrims were puffed by the scales on the Joy Moth, and they all jumped into the brazier with great interest: "Don't say it, the ten-mile shop is interesting, and it will come back next year!" ”

"Yes, take a picture of me, I'll tweet!"

After a busy work, I really caught a few plague ghosts that were shaken off the brazier, I thought it was done, and I was quite happy, but after careful counting, the number was not right - your mother, I have a good memory, there are seven plague ghosts, I killed one, and there should be six left.

But on hand, there are only five.