The sunset of Xieyang City came as promised, and Gu Qingyan finally didn't miss it this time. The noise of the street in the day faded a little in this meal, and the various restaurants and teahouses began to be busy, the back kitchen rose one by one, and the lobby could always waft out of the enticing aroma.

At this interval, the ring at the east end gradually prepared everything, the lanterns along the road gradually lit up, and the riddles were hung up, waiting for pedestrians to solve the puzzle one by one.

Gu Qingyan likes to watch this kind of thing as solving lantern riddles, but she generally doesn't understand it, she mainly has to use her brain, so she is a little lazy. Su Tanxue was very interested today, and Lin Rui also accompanied the two of her to play all the way.

Xu Shaolin didn't know what to do, and was temporarily separated from them, Gu Qingyan deliberately asked Bailimo, but he shook his head and said that he didn't know. On the way, Han Yan asked Baili Mo again, about the result of asking Su Tanxue to teach the girls to paint, Bai Limo said that Tanxue was hesitating, and there was no urgency in this matter, and he would mention it before they left from the villa.

Gu Qingyan joked: "If you don't agree with this, don't you want to knock people out directly and take them back to Yuhualou." ”

"Don't worry, she'll agree." Baili Mo swore and said.

Gu Qingyan glanced at it puzzled, thinking if it was a small method used again, but seeing that Han Yan was so relieved, he didn't say anything.

Lin Rui didn't know when he bought a lantern for Su Tanxue, and the two of them carried it back to find Bailimo and them, Su Tanxue shook the lamp in her hand to Gu Qingyan, and the candle in the lamp reflected the bright moon painted on the lamp, and the moonlight revealed to the moon in the painting.

The bright moonlight is sprinkled, reflecting the willow trees under the moon, sprinkling mottled shadows falling on the bluestone, and paying attention to the small flowers with goose yellow and white edges blooming between the bluestones.

On the other side of the willow tree, a woman's back was slender and slender, and the moonlight elongated the figure, and she was looking.

"The man who sells the lamps says that every one of his lamps has a story." Su Tanxue said.

Gu Qingyan looked at the painting on the lamp, and then looked at Su Tanxue, yes, there is indeed a story: "Is every lamp different?" ”

Su Tanxue recalled it for a while, and then nodded: "Yes, it seems that we haven't seen the lights with repeated patterns!" ”

As soon as she finished saying this, Su Tanxue leaned into Gu Qingyan's ear and said, "Qingyan, the people who sell lamps are different from others. ”

"How is it different?" Gu Qingyan asked curiously.

Su Tanxue said: "He is gentle and elegant, has an outstanding temperament in the crowd, has a low eyebrows and a shallow smile, and there is a woman beside him, who is also very good-looking, they should be husband and wife." ”

"That's good, Tanxue, now you can analyze it." Gu Qingyan praised.

Su Tanxue grinned: "I can't trouble you, I'll learn more when I have time." ”

"Then let's go check it out." Gu Qing smoked, and as she spoke, she pulled Su Tanxue to sell the lamp, and the others followed closely behind them.

Passing through the crowd, not far away is the location of the lantern, the people passing by look at the lamp and other are different, inevitably look at it twice, but they sell at a slightly higher price, so there are fewer people who buy, just look at it, and leave.

Before Gu Qingyan and the others came to the front, they saw a familiar figure, wasn't that Xu Shaolin, standing in front of the stall, as if he was talking to the lamp seller.

With Gu Qingyan's current line of sight, he couldn't see the face of the lamp seller, and he could only vaguely see what the person was wearing, not coarse linen clothes, and a flute was obliquely inserted at his waist, and behind him, a corner of the dress was exposed, Gu Qingyan looked at it with his head tilted, as if he was sitting on a low stool, bending his body slightly, doing something.

When they approached, Gu Qingyan greeted Xu Shaolin first: "Big brother, it turns out that you are here." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at the lamp seller, and then he and Baili Mo on the side said in unison: "Nangong Yuan? ”

None of them expected that Nangong Er Shao was actually in Xieyang City, and he had been living here for many days, and he was still selling lamps on the street today.

Gu Qingyan silently touched his temples, today is really a special day, all the gods in the sky have not seen it, these people from all directions have met, not to mention that tonight's Xieyang City is lively.

Nangong Yuan didn't hide the purpose of his trip, but picked up the woman next to him and held her in his arms, explaining their intentions.

"It's been a few years since Yimeng's mother's family, and after a few years, Yimeng's body has also healed, and if you want to come back and see, we're here."

"Yes, I want to come back and take a walk, see if this thing is human, and it should be the final end."

The two of them sang and talked casually, Bai Limo and Gu Qingyan glanced at each other and did not speak.

Qu Yimeng chuckled, got out of Nangong Yuan's arms, walked in front of the two girls, Gu Qingyan and Su Tanxue, looked down at the lamp in Su Tanxue's hand, remembered this girl, no wonder their group felt familiar when they came over.

"So you know each other." She said, "If you knew this, you wouldn't have to take money." ”

When Linrui bought the lamp, he was still bargaining with them.

As soon as he said this, Lin Rui scratched his head embarrassedly and looked away.

"And how do you sell lamps here?" Baili Mo asked.

Gu Qingyan was pulled by Qu Yimeng to introduce the lamp at this time, and was looking at it, Nangong Yuan said: "Originally, painting lanterns was an interest, but I happened to know about the Lantern Festival here on the way back to the road, and I didn't want to rush back in a hurry, so I just stayed for a few days, made a few lights, and made some money." ”

As he spoke, he didn't forget to point to the money bag next to him, Xu Shaolin couldn't help but smile when he heard it, they were having a chic life, letting Nangong Yi carry the banner alone, but whether the matter was so simple or not, no one could say.

Xu Shaolin looked at Nangong Yuan and said, "If there is something that needs help tonight, don't be polite. ”

"It's the same with Qingquan Villa." Han Yan looked at Nangong Yuan and said, then looked at Qu Yimeng and Gu Qingyan with their backs to them.

Nangong Yuan clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Thank you two first." ”

Su Tanxue didn't understand what dumb riddles they were playing, and saw that Gu Qingyan was lifting a lamp to look at, and wanted to say something to her, but she saw Gu Qingyan suddenly throw the lamp forward and upward, and then she only felt that Qu Yimeng was suddenly protected into her arms by Nangong Yuan, she was dragged by Linrui, and there was an extra Beiming in front of her, Han Yan turned over the lamp and stood where Nangong Yuan was just now, Xu Shaolin and Baili Mo disappeared into the night with a lamp.

Soon after, the light came on in the alley behind the stall, and it was Xu Shaolin and Bai Limo, carrying lamps to illuminate the situation under their feet.

There was a man lying there, from his throat up to his chin with a scar, blood still flowing out, his eyes wide, and the last expression of his life could be seen to be one of consternation.

There was a blackened red spot in the middle of the door, and a silky silver needle was firmly inserted. The blood that flowed from his neck gradually turned black.

Xu Shaolin took out a handkerchief from his arms, spread it on his hand, and then leaned over to pick up the two fallen silver needles at his feet, one silver needle was stained with soil, and the other had blood stains.

Baili Mo searched this person's body, but found nothing, shook his head secretly, Dong Liang appeared, Xu Shaolin motioned for him to clean up the mess, and then returned to the others with Bai Limo with a flat face.

Just when they were in the trail, Nangong Yuan first looked at Qu Yimeng in his arms to confirm that she was fine, so he didn't wrap the person tightly in his arms.

Lin Rui and Beiming paid attention to each other and confirmed that there was no problem, and Beiming retreated as usual.

Gu Qingyan and Han Yan separated the stall, and asked each other at the same time: "Are you okay?" ”

Han Yan shook his head and spread out his palm, only to see a knife-shaped hidden weapon lying quietly in his hand, Gu Qingyan's first reaction was to pull Han Yan's hand to confirm whether there were any injuries on his hands.

"Don't worry, I'll block it with the hilt of my sword, and then pick it up." Han Yan gently patted Gu Qingyan's hair as a comfort.

Confirming that there were no injuries on Han Yan's hands, Gu Qingyan took the hidden weapon and looked at it, both sides of the hidden weapon were bladed, fortunately, there was no quenching, but there was no mark on the hidden weapon, and it was difficult to judge which way it was.

Xu Shaolin and Bailimo also came back, shaking their heads at everyone, it seemed that they had not found their identification.

"It should be accidental." Nangong Yuan said.

He came out with Qu Yimeng, except for Nangong Yi, no one else knew, if it wasn't for Xu Shaolin and them here, I was afraid that no one would recognize them.

But the location of the hidden weapon is indeed in his direction, so I can only think so for the time being.

"Be careful." Xu Shaolin reminded.

"Hmm." Nangong Yuan nodded, and at the same time looked at Gu Qingyan, "Thank you, fourth girl." ”

Gu Qingyan smiled: "I don't save people, there's no need to thank you." ”

"But the four girls opened their eyes and admired them." Nangong Yuan said.

Just now, Gu Qingyan borrowed the light to see the figure on the opposite side, and in an instant he saw a light dangling in his hand, out of a kind of vigilance, Gu Qingyan threw the lamp, the light would not be very strong, Gu Qingyan did not have the certainty of hitting with one hit, and could only shoot three silver needles from his sleeve according to the range he judged.

One of them didn't hit or was dodged, one was straight up the throat because of Gu Qingyan's strength and launch trajectory, and fell to the ground at the chin, and the last one went straight to the head, Gu Qingyan probably didn't expect to be directly hit in the center of the eyebrows.

When Xu Shaolin came back, he returned the silver needle to Gu Qingyan, and Baili Mo said the person's condition casually, so everyone after hearing it had any expressions.

It is not only Nangong Yuan who admires Gu Qingyan, Qu Yimeng also nods frequently to Gu Qingyan, this girl, she has a feeling of meeting her eyes when she sees it, and the two of them chatted a few words when she introduced the lamp to Gu Qingyan, she likes Gu Qingyan's style and way of speaking.

And Lin Rui also buried his surprise in his eyes, he had already seen Gu Qingyan's light skills yesterday night, and he circled several of their brothers and sisters, and today he saw Gu Qingyan's shot, which was not only fast, but also ruthless enough, and there were only a handful of women with such martial arts in the rivers and lakes.

"You say, you two fight, who loses and who wins?" Lin Rui was suddenly curious, and silently slapped Han Yan with his hand and asked him.

Han Yan looked at Lin Rui and said, "Why are the two of us fighting?" ”

Lin Rui raised his forehead, and he couldn't go down normally: "For example, for example, what if? ”

He didn't believe that the two of them had grown up together since childhood, and they had never tried each other, and besides, it was said that these two people were arrogant and disliked each other before, and somehow, suddenly the relationship grew by leaps and bounds.

"Then naturally this girl loses." Bai Limo didn't mean to hear what they said, but in the current situation, the three girls Gu Qingyan, Su Tanxue, and Qu Yimeng didn't know what to say.

Nangong Yuan and Xu Shaolin were also chatting about things, and it was strange for him to stand left and right, and he happened to hear Lin Rui asking Hanyan, so he interjected.

When the conversation between Xu Shaolin and Nangong Yuan ended, the group said goodbye, and Nangong Yuan said, "Aren't you going to the ring?" Go ahead, don't be too late to miss the show. ”

Therefore, when Xu Shaolin and his party arrived in the ring, the poem did start for a while, and there was a huge scroll hanging on the left side of the platform, and a long sentence was written on the shaft.

There is also a scroll hanging on the right side, but the scroll is still empty and nothing is written.

Look at the stage, the back side of the platform one by one painting screen, a few on the screen have been mentioned poems, the distance is a little far, and the words are not very big, so I can't see it very clearly.

There is a desk on the left and right sides of the stage, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are fully prepared, and there are scholars who specialize in grinding ink waiting on the side. There is an incense burner on the case, and each time the poem is composed, there is a limited time, according to the difficulty of the question, the time of half a stick of incense to a stick of incense ranges.

As for the questioner, Gu Qingyan looked around, and as expected, in addition to the respected bachelor and old man in the city, there was another person, Xue Ti, Lord Xue.