Three days later,

Qingzhou, Longfu.

The Dragon Mansion, which is closed on weekdays, suddenly lights up today, gongs and drums, and firecrackers are ringing in unison, but today is not a festival.

After a little inquiry, I learned that today is the seventieth birthday of the old lady of the Long family, which is not a trivial matter.

Although the Long family has been relatively low-key in recent years, this old man is highly respected and has a good reputation in Qingzhou.

Although the old man also wants to continue to keep a low profile, the families in Qingzhou City are much better informed than ordinary people.

...

Morning

The Longfu is full of birds, and the famous families of Qingzhou have come to congratulate the birthday.

It's night.

Yi Fan unexpectedly appeared in front of the Dragon Mansion Gate.

He was dressed in a brocade robe today, with his black hair tied into a ponytail, and he looked like a rich and noble man.

"Childe, please show me the invitation!" said Jia Ding with a pleasant face.

Yi Fan took out the invitation.

After taking a closer look, he confirmed that there was no problem.

"Childe, please come in!"

Yi Fan nodded and walked in.

The birthday banquet is set in the backyard.

Yi Fan has just arrived, so he naturally can't recognize the way.

Fortunately, there was a family member to lead the way, so I avoided the embarrassment of getting lost.

The birthday party is set up in the backyard.

The scene is quite luxurious, and the heritage of the Long family can be seen.

There are no less than 100 tables on the wine table, and the dishes are all rare.

Yi Fan and Jiading said as they walked, and learned from him that one of the finale dishes was shark meat.

There is a record in ancient books: there are mermaids outside the South China Sea, who live in water like fish, do not waste weaving, and their eyes can produce pearls when they cry.

Sharks are actually precious and rare.

It is said that if you eat their meat, you can live forever;

But in fact, the effect is only to improve the qi and blood, and the taste is a little bitter.

Yi Fan actually resisted this meat, after all, there was a person in the word.

In the center of the banquet, there is a stage.

The Long family specially invited the troupe, singers, dancers, etc.

They sang and danced on it, and then they played and danced.

The dignitaries sat at the wine table, chatting and laughing with their colleagues, and chatting happily.

However, in Yi Fan's opinion, their expressions were more or less unsatisfactory.

The demon who had been silent for more than forty years suddenly appeared, but it shook the government and the opposition.

Officials in Qingzhou bore the brunt of the attack, and the state capital arrived in the capital overnight to report.

Now, the mine where the demons appeared has been sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter.

meantime

The government claimed that the huge commotion that night was mainly caused by the explosion of exhaust gases that had been deposited inside the mine for many years.

The people don't seem to believe this explanation, especially the people of Qingniu Town.

They saw something out of the ordinary that night.

The official family is not stupid, they are afraid that these people will talk nonsense, so they will block Qingniu Town so that they cannot communicate with the outside world.

At the same time, several dream builders were also dispatched.

It all seems tight, but there is no such thing as an impermeable wall.

Some things will eventually be passed on, but they must not be discussed on the surface, so they have to be spread secretly.

In fact, strange things have often happened in recent years, and the tight string in the hearts of the people has reached the verge of cracking.

Within the dynasty, they have always been worried about these things.

Natural disasters are controllable, and ghosts are difficult to collect!

...

Inside the Dragon Mansion.

Yi Fan wandered between the banquets.

With his eloquence, he became popular among the powerful, and even called many big officials brothers.

At this point,

Yi Fan was chatting hotly, and suddenly a shadow quietly appeared behind him.

"Yi Fan!" The voice came from Long Yunya.

Yi Fan raised his eyebrows and turned around.

Today she was dressed very differently than usual.

Dressed in exquisite palace clothes, phoenix crowns, light gauze masks, every step and one look, showing the end of the ceremony.

Only the dark circles under his eyes are still full of fairy spirit, and at the same time, there is still a little impatience in his eyes.

"Aya?"

Long Yunya motioned to Yi Fan not to speak, just follow her.

Other dignitaries naturally knew Long Yunya's identity.

Seeing her and Yi Fan walking together, several officials who had drunk a little too much whistled and cheered on their brother, whom they had just met.

In front of everyone's eyes, Yi Fan was dragged away by Long Yunya.

...

Long Yunya brought Yi Fan to the front row of the banquet.

It's a good place to face the stage and have a clear view of the show.

These people who can sit in the front row are all big names with heads and faces in Qingzhou.

Originally, a small catcher like Yi Fan didn't even have the qualifications to get started.

But it's different now, and today he is a buddy of some big officials.

And

With his own ability, it is quite easy to be promoted.

The so-called 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi...... Maybe I should find a fiancée who wants to repent of my marriage and stimulate my muscle memory?

Or go to be a son-in-law and practice a crooked mouth?

After calmly taking his seat, Yi Fan took out the high-priced tobacco that he used to fill the noodles and asked a middle-aged official next to him.

"Brother, do you want to come to Genhuazi?"

The official smiled and shook his head and refused, which made Yi Fan very embarrassed.

Will he be treated like a prodigal street slicker?

Aya sat beside Yi Fan for a while.

"Aya's body weighs at least twenty pounds today, Aya still has something, Yi Fan, you wait for Aya here." ”

She thought in pieces, and then walked away, leaving Yi Fan alone here.

He glanced around with an embarrassed smile and stared at the middle-aged official again.

"Brother, are you really not coming to Genhuazi?"

...

The birthday banquet is more than halfway through.

On stage, the show continues.

At this time, the acrobatics of turning over the flower bowl are being performed.

There was an eight- or nine-year-old child who stepped on a roller with one foot and five bowls on the other.

On the child's shoulder, there was also a thin child.

The kid had a bowl on his shoulder.

The next thing they want to do is to fold the bowl on the child's foot on top of the child's head.

This is not a small difficulty, and without a few years of practice, it is estimated that it will fail.

And in this birthday banquet, most people don't have the heart to enjoy this show, or the drunkard doesn't mean to drink at all.

After all, they are all dignitaries, and it is estimated that they have long been tired of watching this kind of technique, this is a performance that is destined to have no applause.

Of course, they don't know that this so-called one minute on stage will take ten years off the stage.

I don't know how many beatings and starvations these two little ghosts will suffer if the performance fails.

They do have the world in their bosoms, so much so that they can't see it in their eyes.

But Yi Fan is different, he is from the bottom, and there is human suffering in his eyes, and he will applaud those two.

On stage, the frequency of gongs suddenly accelerated.

The child at the bottom held his breath and looked solemn, and his attention was all on his feet.

Whew!

He let out a few long breaths and made his final preparations.

Knock knock!

The sound of the gong quickened again.

The child at the bottom took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and raised his feet.

The five-mouth bowl on the tip of the toe popped out instantly, drawing a graceful arc in the air.

The child's eyes on his shoulder are wide open, and he always pays attention to the movement of these bowls.

As the bowl was about to pass over his head, he bent down and went up.

Rebuke!

There was only a crisp sound of porcelain colliding, and the five bowls were smoothly folded into the bowl above his head.

The show was a success!

The child at the bottom let out a long breath.

Yi Fan was also thrilled to watch, but fortunately he succeeded.

But just as he was about to applaud, a strong man suddenly ran in from the corridor.

His face was terrified, and his lips trembled: "Ladies and gentlemen, something is wrong.

He's in trouble!"

Smack!

On the stage, the bowl shattered to the ground.

Yi Fan's heart sank.