Chapter 21: Halloween Festival (4)
On the night of the Midyear Festival, every household runs to the street, finds a small river, pushes their lanterns into the water, and lets them drift away, the lanterns swirl on the water surface, float smoothly on the water, and then follow the slow water flow to drift into the distance, the people who put the lanterns, the bold, don't believe in the ghosts and gods on the street to look around, how to say that it is also an annual Ghost Festival, its liveliness is comparable to the New Year, buy a small pendant back to hang or give away is good, of course, there are also timid people, After putting on the lanterns, I hurried home, closed the door, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
The county magistrate of Qingxi County is looking at the prosperity here on the platform set up on the other side of the river at the moment, the red lanterns are hanging high on both sides, looking at such a scene, he smiled with satisfaction, can be such a scene is mostly because he has good governance, just look forward to the day when a Qincha Lord will take a good look at the small county he governs, and transfer him back to the capital, a few years ago, this county was still a desolate and unstable income scene, and now it is a different scene.
Speaking of him, he was the champion of Dengke five years ago, when Chu Yulong immediately named him the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the new official took office with three fires, he was resolute and resolute, and he met the powerful and not humble and arrogant style of acting very much to the heart of the Yulong monarch, but it was precisely because of his style that he offended many ministers, and the consequence of offending so many people was naturally to just give him a charge and transfer him to a remote county, but he took the fame in order to be able to give full play to his ability, Do a great job! In this way, he has been decadent for a while, but his excellence is this, reinvigorating himself when no one else is on demand, and working hard to lead this small county from ruin to prosperity!
And he did succeed.
It's just that there is another point in his heart, that is, the Liu family, speaking of the Liu family, although this small county is very declining, but the Liu family is indeed very solid, after developing over the years, their family has become richer, but the Liu family does not interact with the outside world much, and will not participate in any activities publicly, even if he personally invites them, three years ago, they will still come out to activities with the people in the county, but in the past few years, they have become more and more mysterious, if you don't know that the Liu family is the richest man in the county, I really thought they were some kind of mysterious family that had just arrived in Qingxi County!
The moonlight was hazy, sprinkled on the water, intertwined with the red light shadow, looking at such a picture, Wu Qingtian frowned, how could the Liu family interact with the people in the county? With the Liu family as an example, the enthusiasm of the people in the county will also increase, and Qingxi County will get better and better.
Where there is light, there is darkness, and where the moonlight shines is not necessarily bright, it may also be gloomy and depressing, and Qingxi County happens to have such a place.
The door of Liu's house is closed, the two red lanterns hanging on the door look a little dark on this dark street, and the two shadows on the ground are not real, Xuanxuan took them here, standing in front of the door, Shanshan looked at the eye-catching two big characters "Liu Mansion", and glanced at Chu Yu, only to see Xuanxuan stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened, and only one person was allowed to pass through the small crack, revealing a light, and a person with an expressionless face poked his head out, "Miss, young master"
Xuanxuan nodded and looked back at Chu Yu and the others, "Come in with me." ”
Chu Yu nodded, and several people went in turn, squeak, the door was closed, and the door was gray again.
Shanshan felt a chill behind her, why is this Liu family yin and yang weird, when she saw the Liu Mansion just now, she had a bad feeling in her heart, could it be that this Liu family is the Liu family that Ding Jiu said asked him to catch ghosts?
Shanshan looked around carefully, why didn't the lights go on in such a big mansion?
Chu Yu also frowned slightly, he was thinking the same as Shanshan, and he was also wondering if this was the mansion that Ding Jiu said, Zhao Yu followed behind them, Shanshan took two steps closely, and just when they were still guessing, what happened in front of them stopped their conjecture.
I saw that Ding Jiu was wearing a Taoist robe, holding a peachwood sword, his eyes were closed, he frowned, and he was muttering a spell that he couldn't hear clearly, and in front of him was a long table covered with a yellow tablecloth printed with the Five Elements Bagua Diagram, on which were placed all kinds of tools for catching ghosts and exorcisms, I saw that he suddenly opened his eyes, dipped up a talisman with a peachwood sword, and reached out to grab a handful of things and spilled it out, the fire was great, and the rune paper ignited instantly, and then he took advantage of this short time to insert the sword into a bowl of rice with his backhand, and as soon as the fire was extinguished, a little smoke came out, Ding Jiu folded his hands, then bent back and left only his index finger, and finally recited a spell, then opened his eyes and sighed.
The three people who were watching him couldn't help but smile and shook their heads, and Chu Yu said helplessly, "It seems that we can't hide from the fate of this long talk." ”
Shanshan and Zhao Yu looked at Ding Jiu with a serious face in the distance, and couldn't help but smile.
"Three benefactors, what? Do you know Daoist Ding? ”
Chu Yu smiled and nodded.
Xuanxuan looked suddenly enlightened, "No wonder I saw you laugh just now, it turns out that you know each other, are you also looking for Ding Daochang to exorcise ghosts?" ”
Chu Yu shook his head, Shanshan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's fortune telling!" ”
"Fortune telling? I didn't expect that Ding Daochang would also tell fortunes, he deserved to be a big celebrity in front of the monarch, and I thought he would only catch ghosts and exorcise demons, I really underestimated Ding Daochang......"
The big red man in front of the monarch? Chu Yu was immediately confused, how could he become a big celebrity in front of the monarch? Why hasn't he seen it? Shanshan and Zhao Yu also glanced at each other, puzzled.
"Xuanxuan! Come here! ”
"It's coming, it's coming!" Xuanxuan responded, "Three benefactors, go over and meet my father!" ”
Chu Yu nodded and made a gesture of please.
"Brother Chu, this Ding Jiu ......"
"Don't pay attention to him, I think he just made a name for himself, just enough to scare him!"
Chu Yu laughed and followed, Shanshan and Zhao Yu both felt that this Ding Jiu was really unlucky, how could he think that the real monarch was in front of him?
Now it's interesting.
"Daddy."
Liu Xuan dragged Liu Xu, Liu Xu lowered his head, and shouted in a low voice.
Liu Heng looked at Liu Xu's weak and windy appearance, snorted coldly, and said, "You still know to come back!" For a woman to become like this, it's really a shame for our Liu family! ”
Ding Jiu smiled politely on the side, and then Liu Heng introduced to their brother and sister, "I haven't seen Daoist Ding yet." ”
"Daoist Ding."
The two said in unison, Ding Jiu closed his eyes and shook his head modestly and waved his hand, "Eh, there's no need to be so polite." ”
At this time, Chu Yu and the others came over, and Liu Xuan introduced them, "Dad, they saved my brother this time, so I brought them back to thank them." ”
Although Liu Heng's attitude towards Liu Xu was ugly, after knowing that they saved Liu Xu, he still said gratefully, "The dog is not a weapon, I bother you to rescue it, if you don't dislike it, I will stay in the house for one night, and then I will treat you well when I have a banquet tomorrow." ”
Chu Yu said with a smile, "The head of the Liu family doesn't need to be so polite, we just happened to be passing by, and when we saw that Liu Gongzi couldn't think about it for a while, we came to the rescue, so we didn't need to go to great lengths for the head of the Liu family." ”
Liu Heng has a thin face, a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle, and a simple dress, and he really can't tell that he is the head of the Liu family.
"Three benefactors, you're welcome, it's not once or twice that something like this happened, my dad is right, it's too late today, thank you tomorrow! By the way, I don't know your names yet! ”
"Oh, in Xia Chuyu."
"Bai Shanshan."
"Zhao Yu."
As soon as the three of them finished speaking, Ding Jiu, who was intoxicated by me, woke up in an instant, and his eyes widened, Chu Yu? Bai Shanshan? Zhao Yu! He heard him right!
Seeing Ding Jiu's big reaction, the three of them smiled faintly, but in Ding Jiu's opinion, it was not a faint smile, and he stretched out his finger and pointed at them, "You, you, why are you here!" You're following me! ”
Chu Yu shook his head amusedly.
Looking at his eyes, which were not real in the dim light, especially his right eye, Shanshan couldn't help but look down and laugh.
"Tracking? Don't you know each other? The white girl just said that they had asked you for fortune telling! ”
"Nonsense! I haven't seen them, they must be ......"
”
The scene was chaotic for a while, one said he knew, and the other said he hadn't seen it, what the hell is going on?
The Liu family looked at them strangely for three days, and didn't understand what was going on for a while.
Chu Yu deliberately frowned, opened the folding fan, and pulled down the sideburns on the left side in a hallmark manner, and said, "I don't know...... How do I remember that I knew the big red man in front of the monarch, Daoist Ding? Am I mistaken? ”
Chu Yu's gentle voice shocked Ding Jiu's heart, and he suddenly smiled and hugged his arm, and explained with a smile, "Eh~ Aren't I joking with you!" How can you not know it? Know! Must know! Isn't this Chu Yu, Shanshan, and Zhao Yu! Know! Meet ......"
"Hahahaha!"
Chu Yu raised his head and laughed, Shanshan and Zhao Yu also laughed at this excitement, but the three of them were confused.
Ding Jiu pulled Chu Yu over, turned his back, and said in a low voice, "Why are you here?" ”
"You can be there, why can't we?"
"Don't pretend, did you know that I was in the Liu family, so you came with me?"
"We just happened to save Liu Gongzi, so we came to Liu's mansion."
"How can there be such a coincidence in this world! Hum! Don't think that if you follow me, you will be able to get your money back, let me tell you, the silver that goes into my Ding Jiu's pocket has no reason to go any further! ”
Chu Yu smiled and shook his head.
Ding Jiu turned his head and squinted.
Liu Heng saw that they were suddenly so close again, and his doubts disappeared, "Daoist Ding, how was that Fa incident just now?" Will anything strange happen in our house tonight? ”
Ding Jiu patted his chest and promised, "Master Liu, don't worry, with me Ding Jiu here, no ghost or monster dares to come out and be scary!" What's more, I've just driven them all away......"
"Ah!!!!!!h