In the blink of an eye, it is October 15, which is the last major festival of the year, that is, the Xia Yuan Festival.

People in the world often say, "Heaven blesses you." ”

These four words are derived from the Daomen, and there are eight characters behind them, namely: the local official forgives the sin, the water official relieves the misfortune, and the three deputy masters of the Daomen system also follow the three officials, the heavenly master corresponds to the heavenly official, the earth teacher corresponds to the local official, and the national teacher corresponds to the water official, or the national teacher should be called the water master, but it is the same phone and word as the water master of the man in black, which is easy to cause ambiguity, so it is renamed the national teacher.

The Xia Yuan Festival is the birthday of the Emperor Shuiguan, and on this day, the Daomen should pray for blessings, eliminate disasters, pull out suffering, apologize, seek immortals, prolong life, and surpass the dead.

Taoist disciples and believers should erect a pole outside their homes, and yellow flags should be hung on the poles. At night, three sky lanterns are hung on the top of the pole to make the three officials of the dumpling fast.

As for why everyone in the world worships the Sanguan Emperor, the influence of the Daomen is only one aspect, the key is that the identity of the Sanguan Emperor itself is also extremely good, but the three ancient holy kings, the heavenly official is Tang Yao, the local official is Yu Shun, and the water official is Dayu. Therefore, even in the heyday of Confucianism, the Sanyuan Festival will not be banned.

Now that Daomen has replaced Confucianism as the co-master of the world, the momentum of the Sanyuan Festival is naturally heavier, almost overpowering the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival.

The most intuitive embodiment is that there were only three sky lanterns hung originally, but now it has almost developed into a lantern festival, merchants compare with each other, whose sky lanterns are bigger, more refined, and more thoughtful, the people in addition to gathering Taoist temples to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, go home to worship the three official emperors, and will go out to enjoy the lanterns after nightfall. This is also the origin of the lanterns on the Lantern Festival, because the Shangyuan Festival is the Lantern Festival.

The imperial capital city is not compared to other places, it is the first male city in the world, the largest population, the most prosperous, it is in the prosperous era, and the scene of the next yuan festival is not ordinary. On this day, the imperial capital city is almost a city that never sleeps, and lanterns are all over the city.

The predecessor of the Daxuan Imperial Court was the North Daomen, from the emperor to the nobles, although they were not in the Daomen system, but they were all believers in the Daomen, so the palace city, the imperial city inside and outside is also full of hanging lanterns, and His Majesty the Emperor and the people are happy.

In this case, the Dijing Provincial Government naturally can not lag behind, not only to prepare lanterns, but also to receive a large number of believers to participate in the celebration, the Jade Palace inside and outside the lanterns everywhere, not only countless sky lanterns fly in the sky, and the bright moon and stars compete for glory, the ground is also three steps and one light, the entire Jade Palace into the ground immortal, and even outside the main gate temporarily built a huge lantern tower that looks like the ancestor of the Tao.

Although the emperor did not go to the Jade Emperor Palace, but went to the exclusive Taishang Xuanyuan Palace Zhaijiao of the royal family, but on this day, the flow of people in the Jade Palace was still very exaggerated, and the manpower of the Dao Palace was inevitably tight, so everyone had to temporarily stop their errands, and everything was focused on the celebration of the Yuan Festival. Qi Xuansu is no exception, as the main thing, he not only has to follow Shi Bingyun to participate in various ceremonies and celebrations, but also has to dispatch manpower to maintain order.

I have to say that Qi Xuansu has just arrived in the imperial capital for half a month, and he has almost half a day of leisure, although his realm cultivation has not improved significantly, but his abilities in other aspects have been greatly exercised.

After nightfall, the flow of people not only does not decrease, but reaches its peak.

After the end of the Jiao Festival, the deputy lords of the mansion also held a grand ceremony for the people to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters and overspend the dead, Qi Xuansu hurriedly left the auditorium, and took Ke Qingqing to inspect several places that were easy to cause stampede and fire accidents, focusing on the huge Taishang Daozu Lantern Tower, if there is any mistake in the eyes of the public, then the "fun" will be great, and it is not only the face of the Dijing Daofu, but also the face of the Daomen, so it is necessary to strictly prevent the demons of the secret association from destroying it.

According to reason, if Master Gao wants to retaliate regardless of the consequences, this is undoubtedly the best opportunity, as long as there is any chaos, I dare not say that Qi Xuansu will be ruined, at least Qi Xuansu's future will be greatly affected.

However, Master Gao didn't dare to do this, he really wanted to make a mess, causing the people to trample and suffer heavy casualties, Qi Xuansu must be guilty, but the court and the Daomen must also be investigated to the end.

Master Gao is a person who wears shoes, has a family and a business, and does not dare to gamble with his net worth and life.

After such an hour, Qi Xuansu finally had a moment of leisure, came to a secluded and uninhabited place to sit down, his body was not tired, but he kept tense, kept tense, but his mind was a little tired.

Ke Qingqing brought Qi Xuansu a plate of vegetarian food for worship, Qi Xuansu was not hungry, if he really didn't eat or drink, there was no problem, but he had always maintained the habit of eating, and did not refuse Ke Qingqing's kindness, so he scribbled it.

From here, it can be seen that the night is reflected red, indicating that the entire imperial capital has fallen into a festive carnival.

On such a major festival, the imperial court also strictly guarded it, sending a large number of people to maintain order and prevent accidents such as stampedes.

Song San and Wu Si were also among them, and the two of them, as a test hundred households, had to patrol the streets, in addition to paying attention to the flow of people and preventing crowding and stampede accidents, they also had to focus on the lanterns everywhere.

Although in recent years, the buildings of Dijing are mainly made of bricks and stones, but there are still a large number of wooden structures, once there is a fire, other lanterns are not spared, just like using an open flame in the powder magazine, the fire will spread a street in a blink of an eye, coupled with the prosperity of Dijing, like to compare, all kinds of lanterns are getting bigger and bigger, more and more patterns, and the possibility of accidents is multiplied. Once something happens, he doesn't even have a chance to cover the lid, so he goes directly to heaven and listens to it, and "shows his face" in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

They can't help but be careless.

After Song San and Wu Si met for the first time, they each separated with a few of their men, one to the east and the other to the south. However, despite all the precautions, there was still a stampede. It is said that someone threw Ruyi money down the second floor of the street, causing a riot.

Wu Si hurriedly led people towards that side, and at the same time couldn't help but slander in his heart: "On this kind of day, with such a large flow of people, you dare to play the trick of throwing money, and if you are not careful, it will cost dozens of lives, you should really arrest this person who killed a thousand knives in the prison and lock him with the toilet." ”

When Wu Si arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief, the situation was still under control, and he immediately asked his subordinates to maintain order, leaving him alone to stand in place and be in charge of command. At this time, another stream of people rushed towards this side, and Wu Si shouted loudly at the flow of people, but unfortunately to no avail, he himself was instantly submerged in the flow of people.

At this time, the innate person is also powerful, unless he kills and kills a bloody path, he can only go with the flow.

In the chaos, Wu Si only felt that someone was pushing him from behind, and he couldn't help but stumble, almost falling to the ground, he was about to turn around and scold, he felt a black in front of him, a cramp in his chest, and then the world was spinning.

The crowded crowd didn't notice this scene, they still pushed each other, and countless feet stepped on Wu Si's body,

Wu Si's subordinates noticed this scene and were a little panicked, but they didn't get to the point of despair, after all, the boss was a real congenital person, with a strong physique, and at most he was seriously injured if he was trampled on, and he should not be trampled to death.

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Time slowly came to the sub, October 15 passed like this, and it entered October 16.

The people gradually returned to their homes, the flow of people gradually decreased, and the lanterns all over the city began to go out one after another, which made Qi Xuansu breathe a sigh of relief.

The errand at the bottom is not easy to do, the task is heavy, the responsibility is great, it is right to do it well, and it is a great sin to do it badly. But having said that, if you can handle these things well, you can really exercise your ability, no wonder you say: the fierce general must be sent to the army, and the prime minister must start from the state department.

At this time, a spirit officer brought Song San to see Qi Xuansu.

At this time, Song San was in a mess, his hair was scorched, and his body was soaked, as well as scorch marks from the fire and footprints left by being trampled.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Song, it seems that your errand is not easy to do......"

Before Qi Xuansu finished speaking, Song San had already knelt on the ground with a puff: "Mage, mage, you have to call the shots for us." ”

The smile on Qi Xuansu's face froze, motioned for the spirit officer to step back, and stretched out his hand to help Song San: "What's the matter, say it slowly." ”

Song San said in a trembling voice: "Old Wu is dead, let them kill him." Seeing that the situation was not good, I jumped into the river and dived all the way to Penglai Pond, they didn't dare to be presumptuous in the inner city, so I escaped with my life, I was almost burned alive by them, and I almost didn't see the mage......"

Qi Xuansu's face became solemn and asked, "Who did it?" ”

Song Sandao: "I don't know, I didn't even see the face clearly, but most of it was instructed by Master Gao, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, he hated us because of the things under the greenery......"

Qi Xuansu asked again, "What about Lao Wu's corpse?" ”

Song Sandao: "It should be temporarily parked in the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses, and it will not be taken away by the pro-army Governor's Mansion until tomorrow morning." ”

Qi Xuansu instructed: "Deacon Ke, you go and call Lao Wang and Zhou Lingguan." ”

"Yes." Ke Qingqing answered and left quickly.

Not long after, Wang Chongnian and Zhou Lingguan hurried over.

Qi Xuansu didn't go around the bend, he directly untied the token on his waist and handed it to Wang Chongnian, and instructed: "Deacon Wang, you take my token, together with Zhou Lingguan, bring a hundred spirit officials, go to the Yamen of the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses Division now, and be sure to bring the corpse of Wu Si of the Qingluan Wei Test Hundred Households to the Jade Emperor Palace, if anyone dares to stop it, they can directly use force, and I will bear all the responsibility afterwards." ”

"Yes." Wang Chongnian took the token handed by Qi Xuansu with both hands.

This token is the proof of Qi Xuansu's responsibility, and his subordinates don't have to worry about carrying the black cauldron, even if something goes wrong, those who act on orders are guilty of public crimes, and if they are not prosecuted, they naturally dare to let go of their hands and do it.

Qi Xuansu sighed: "I'm tired." ”

Wang Chongnian and Zhou Lingguan did not dare to slack off and took the order.

Qi Xuansu said again: "Deacon Ke, you take Lao Song to the Huasheng Hall to deal with the injuries." By the way, if I invite Director Xu of the Arrest Division, I will say that I have something to ask for. ”

"Yes." Ke Qingqing responded.