The guard went to the backyard and found a guy and asked, "Did you bring water to the guests upstairs?"

The guy had taken his money and said, "It's gone, the guest wants to take a bath." "And then, what's unusual in his house?"

"No, he took a bath, and we carried the dirty water out and poured it, that's all." "No one else is in or out?"

"No, just him and the Tiger Demon have barely left the room." The guards relieved their hearts at this time, could it be that they were really suspicious?

¥¥¥¥¥ the next morning.

Although there was no sunshine, the rain that had been going on for many days finally stopped, which made Bai Sha Wei breathe a sigh of relief.

If there is a heavy rain, how can the Lotus Festival still be popular?

Every year after this festival, the local specialties of Baisha are sent to all parts of the country by merchants, so it is important to please the lottery.

He Lingchuan got up early to breathe and practiced the knife for half an hour, and Jiao Yu came to him:

"It's time for us to go."

He Lingchuan retracted his knife when he heard the sound, and the floating blade turned, reflecting the face of his master, Shen Yi. Today is the key to breaking the game.

After today, this case is destined to become a thunderbolt, even shaking the Lingxu City in the distance.

If he wants to get out again, it will be more and more difficult.

So, let's make the stormy waves a little more violent. "Let's go." He touched the tiger's head, "Don't keep them waiting."

Jiao Yu flicked his tail, always feeling that his knife technique was murderous and extremely fierce. Strength is born from the heart, what happened to the envoy today?

The sky is getting brighter.

He Lingchuan, Jiao Yu and Lu Dutong were all invited to the Chaohu Tower to watch the ceremony, and the repaired tower body was even more magnificent.

Unlike other festivals, the lotus festival is preceded by a lotus-picking event. Therefore, the festival guests will climb the Chaohu Tower first to watch the progress.

No matter how tight the Chaohu Tower is, the carrying capacity is also limited, and only the wealthy and powerful people can go up to watch the ceremony on this day, as well as special guests such as He Lingchuan and Zhongsun Mou.

He Lingchuan also saw Xiang Yan, the old man smiled at him from afar, and He Lingchuan also bowed his head.

He Lingchuan went up to the Chaohu Tower again, and saw that the southwest corner of the lake actually had a large area of green, occupying a full third of the lake's surface.

Lake Chao is a large lake that cannot be seen from afar, and one-third of the lake is quite wide.

"That's a lotus leaf and ..... Duckweed?" That piece of water was all covered with greenery, and He Lingchuan didn't know how to start this activity.

The last time I climbed the tower, the water was empty. I haven't been here for a few days, why do so many plants suddenly grow?

Someone on the side answered, "These plants are all spawned by the lotus demon. After the start of the race, the duckweed will disappear and make way for the waterway."

He Lingchuan looked back, isn't this Cen Boqing? Wu Kai stood behind him.

"Lord Cen, did your mansion also send a boat to participate?"

"Of course, my family participates every year, and at least two years have pulled lotus chips." Cen Boqing's expression was relaxed, as if he was gossiping with him, "Isn't the envoy going to try it? Every year, people from other places participate."

He Lingchuan looked at the dense lotus leaf, the leaf was as wide as an umbrella, and the stem was thicker than any lotus leaf he had seen elsewhere, at least four or five feet above the water. If the boat can sail inside, it is no different from entering a labyrinth, and the view is completely obscured.

"No, it's good to stand here and watch others work hard, why bother to end up in person?" He Lingchuan smiled and groaned, "What do you think, Lord Cen?"

Cen Boqing replied: "Yes, the truth of being alone is not something that everyone can understand."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

He Lingchuan said in his heart, this guy is very calm, and he came to him to show off his might, is he sure that he can't catch his sore feet?

Lu Dutong with four or five subordinates stood around He Lingchuan, and when he heard this, he interjected: "My subordinates have also gone. Oh, there it is! Ninety-seven!"

Looking in the direction of his finger, there were more than 100 small boats parked on the lakeside, two people in each boat, all of them were waiting for each other.

Seeing that the time has come, the Chaohu Tower is crowded with nobles, and the tower is full of civilians.

Just when everyone was looking forward to it, the county commander of Baisha stepped forward and personally rang the big copper bell under the eaves of the tower.

Ding-zero, ding-zero, the lake breeze brings the soothing and melodious ringing of bells to the pebble beach.

In the country of kites, this kind of festival with the participation of the whole people is generally signaled by the explosion of a whole string of firecrackers, which is called lively.

However, in the country of Bega, only bells or bangs can be ringed, and fireworks are prohibited.

The official version is that this thing is easy to catch fire, destroy the house and cause an accident. However, in fact, everyone understands that the ban on fireworks is mainly because youkai don't like it. Humans like to be lively, but most youkai, especially small youkai, will only be disgusted and frightened when they hear the sudden explosion.

After all, Bega is called a demon country, and it still has to follow the general feelings of the monsters.

If a few people are adamantly against something, and many more people don't care, then it will probably end up being banned.

As a result, fireworks are not set off during festivals in Bega, including the New Year.

He Lingchuan knew this for a long time, because Shi Er complained to him on the way to the house, such a big demon country, there was no one to do fireworks business with it.

After the eaves bell rang out, He Lingchuan saw that the duckweed on the surface of the large lake sank into the water one after another.

"Huh?" How is this done?

"Before the competition, duckweed was covered with water, and no one could see how the lotus palace walked." Lu Dutong introduced: "Before the start of the game, the fish demon in the Chaohu Lake will command the fish to bite off the duckweed and pull it to the bottom. This allows the boats to be cleared out of the waterways quickly. The tradition of collecting chips has been going on for nearly 100 years, and the fish demons are experienced and know how to cooperate."

He Lingchuan was amazed. In the whole world, probably only the country of Bega knows how to "make the most of it".

He stared into the distance, and sure enough, he saw that the water was boiling, and he didn't know how many fish were moving underneath, and occasionally a big fish jumped out of the water, and he could still see the figure from such a distance, it was at least a large cargo with a length of more than five feet (1.6 meters +).

After a while, the duckweed in the entire area of water was basically cleaned up, and the efficiency was much faster than that of human hands.

Standing on the surface of the water, only infinite lotus leaves remain.

From the perspective of everyone on the tower, you can see the countless twists and turns in the lotus field, which actually created the shape of a labyrinth.

He Lingchuan asked, "How can I win?"

"Whoever can find the 'Overlord Lotus' hidden in the lotus field will be the winner." Lu Dutong said with a smile, "This is the prize that the Lotus Demon puts in the labyrinth, and it will only grow before the start of the competition, and its location is only known to the Lotus Demon himself." Someone can find it, and the show on the shore can continue."

"Can you find it?"

"There are more than 100 ships, and someone will find them." Lu Dutong coughed, "But one year was unlucky, everyone found the evening from the early morning, and when it was almost dark, someone found out."

Jiao Yu said, "Isn't it the lotus demon releasing water?" "And who knows?"

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, He Lingchuan suddenly found that his chest was hot. Hmm, wouldn't it?

It's been a long time since the god bone has a sense of existence, and there are treasures in this lake that it remembers?

"You just said that the Overlord Lotus has just grown?" The only change is this, what the god bones want should be?

"yes, it only grows before the start of the game, so as not to be picked by mistake first." Lu Dutong said, "The boat race is about to depart, we can bet."

"Can this be bet on?"

"Why not?" Lu Dutong exchanged five taels of silver from his arms and beckoned a buyer to come over: "Buy No. 97 Zhousheng."

"Alright, Ninety-Seven!" This buyer was very uninteresting, and actually added, "The odds are very high."

Lu Du was black-faced under the unification.

At this time, people on and off the tower also bet.

Listening to the sound below, He Lingchuan understood it, but all the activities that had a little bit of contact with *** were so lively.

Everyone's happy.

Cen Boqing also smiled and bought his own rowing boat and bet one hundred taels.

In fact, betting can also be betting, for example

Buy boats 15 to 30, and if the winning boat is in it, you can get money.

But there is not much money to be made by playing like this, in order to support their own boats, and at the same time, they also have to show their generosity, and generally buy them directly, just like Cen Boqing.

He was asking He Lingchuan, "Your Excellency, aren't you playing with this?"

He Lingchuan said in his heart that there are a hundred boats here, I don't know any of them, isn't it a waste to throw money in? But in the face of Cen Boqing's provocative gaze, he didn't want to admit it.

At this moment, more than ten people approached, and it was Zhong Sun Mou and Fan Sheng who were surrounded in the middle.

He Lingchuan realized that Zhongsun Mou likes to hug each other very much, and every time he appears, the pomp is not small.

Hehe, it's good.

He smiled and greeted Zhongsun Mou, "Lord Zhongsun, did you place any bets?"

Zhongsun Mou's smiling and unsmiling Taoism is not as good as Cen Boqing, and when he saw He Lingchuan, who was annoying, his face instantly sank.

"Nope."

"Let's bet, how?" He Lingchuan turned his head and asked the buyer, "Can I do it one-on-one here?"

"This ....." the buyer is also clever, "as long as you like it, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Okay, okay, I just like what you say, there's nothing wrong with that." He Lingchuan laughed, "Brother Zhongsun, do you dare to bet?"

Zhongsun Mou snorted, "Okay, how do you want to lose?"

Fan Sheng stood on the side and was silent, only staring at He Lingchuan coldly.

He Lingchuan thought for a moment, "I'm also competing, so I'll board Lu Dutong's boat—" and turned to ask Lu Dutong, "—Is it okay?"

"Of course!" Lu Du was stunned and overjoyed, "I'll withdraw someone, you go up."

"Then I'll bet on myself to win."

He Lingchuan turned to leave, but Zhongsun Mou shouted to him: "Slow! What about your bets?"

"Oh, yes!" He Lingchuan patted his head, turned around and walked towards Zhongsun Mou, took out a turtle bead from his arms, and placed it in the palm of his hand: "The spirit turtle bead of the three-hundred-year-old Dao, what about you?"

"That's it?" Fan Sheng suddenly spoke, "The envoy of the dignified hall only took one turtle bead as a bet, which is too shabby."

He Lingchuan stroked his chin: "Lord Fan is so angry, isn't he going to make a bet for Brother Zhongsun?" It's a good brother."