The third day of the lunar month.

Sanhua Cat stood at the head of Song You's bed very early, first squatted still, looked at his face for a long time, saw that he didn't want to wake up, wanted to call him but was afraid of noisy him, not to call him can't do it, so he chose a compromise and began to lower his voice, and shouted a very low Taoist priest. and afraid that he would hear, and that he would not hear.

Highlight a tangle.

There is no way, I have to go to the temple fair today to buy horses.

And the Taoist priest is not talking about "me", but "we".

Who would have thought that a small cat would be able to buy a big horse one day?

"Taoist Priest Taoist Priest ......"

Song You was finally woken up by her.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the cat's head was about to burrow into my eyes.

"Sanhua Niang, what are you doing?"

"Hmm!"

The three-flowered cat suddenly retracted, and did not answer for a while, until its eyes flashed a few times, and then said:

"Look how you're doing."

"I just fell asleep."

"Hurry up and go to the temple fair."

"No hurry, no hurry."

"Go early, or the horses will be bought."

"Then forget it."

“！！”

Sanhua Cat turned its head and stared at him with a serious expression, and after a few seconds it spoke again, urging repeatedly: "Hurry up!" Hurry up, hurry up! ”

After speaking, he bit the corner and dragged it to the side.

“……”

Song You had no choice but to get up.

It only took a quarter of an hour to get dressed and washed, and the three-flowered cat kept following him, not leaving an inch, looking intently, like a supervision, and like urging.

"Does Sanhua Niangniang go out like a cat, or go out like a human?"

"What do you say?"

"There are a lot of people in the temple market, and the cat is too small, I'm afraid it will be easy to step on the Sanhua Niangniang." Song You paused, "If Sanhua Niangniang transforms into a human form, she can walk with me." If you go out like a cat, I have to go shopping with Sanhua Niangniang. ”

"Humanoid."

"Please go to your house."

"Good!"

The three-flowered cat ran back to the house as soon as she slipped through the smoke.

"Taoist!"

“……”

Song You was helpless, afraid that he had forgotten his clothes again.

"Find me clothes!"

That's not wrong at all.

After some tossing, I finally went out.

Yue Wang Temple is in Dongcheng, I want to walk for a while, just go farther, find a restaurant that I have never eaten to have breakfast, and then under the urging of Sanhua Niangniang, I will go to Dongcheng.

Song You carried half a penny, two pieces of official silver, and his arms were heavy and bulging all the way.

The more you go to Yuewang Temple, the more popular it becomes.

Most of the pedestrians around me are on the way.

In this year, the sacrifice is a big thing, few things can be more important than the sacrifice, meet the birthday of the local widely believed Yue Wang Shenjun, and encounter this grand temple fair, whether it is the feudal officials, the peddler pawn or the daughter raised in the deep boudoir, at this time they all went out, rushed to the Yue Wang Temple.

I don't know how many people have come from afar.

Song You happened to meet Yu Zhizhou who came to catch the temple fair, but he didn't come forward to greet him, but stopped like other people and watched Yu Zhizhou and his followers go away.

I faintly heard people around me discussing:

"That's Lord Zhizhou?"

"Who else?"

"Lord Zhizhou's honor guard is so small? What's going on this year? Last year, it was half a mile long! ”

"Who knows."

Song You listened, only smiling.

Let the Zhizhou honor guard, a few steps further, you can see the Yuewang Temple.

I saw that the people outside the Yuewang Temple were crowded with people, full of crowded heads, the green smoke on the top of the temple was like a cloud, and a sound of blowing and blowing also drifted from that direction. The streets suddenly became very crowded. And every alley centered on Yuewang Temple is full of vendors, setting up stalls, otherwise it is a trick, the crowd is surging, almost crowded to walk.

Before the people arrived, they heard the shouting.

"Go to the rivers and lakes to break through the rivers and lakes, sell money or not sell money, the stall is round first, everyone walks by and appreciates the face, just looking at it and not collecting money.

"Passing through the treasure land, there is no money in my arms, and my belly is screaming, so I will sell some herbs first.

"Grass herbs, grow tall, ten people go to pick, nine children kill ......"

Song You, like the rest of the people, couldn't help but stop in place, listening to the humorous shouting that slipped out of his mouth, and a smile appeared on his lips.

That's why it's so lively.

"Sanhua Niangniang follows me."

"Where to buy a horse?"

"I don't know, look for it first."

"Good!"

Two figures, one large and one small, walked towards the most crowded place.

It's been an eye-opener along the way.

There are acrobatics.

Throwing dishes and bowls, climbing up poles, walking tightropes, drilling fire rings, inserting iron guns into the throat, and strangling the neck with iron ropes are mostly hard skills.

There are monkey tricks.

The monkey man and the monkey cooperate tacitly, one teaches the monkey to do things, the other pretends to be stupid and funny, the monkey man threatens with a knife, the monkey immediately admits it, and when the monkey man is not careful, he grabs the knife to counteract. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a play that has been arranged a long time ago, but it can be performed naturally, and it can also make everyone laugh.

There are those who play fairy rope.

When a rope is thrown into the sky, it is immediately covered by clouds of smoke, and the rope becomes straight, and a person can climb up the rope. When they were gradually out of sight, and climbed into the clouds, the rope fell down again in plain sight, and the smoke and clouds dispersed, leaving only a cry of terror above their heads.

There are fire-breathing ones.

At first, drinking oil and spewing fire only made everyone feel lively, adding another bit of excitement to the liveliness of the temple fair, but soon the onlookers found that there was more than that—the oil in the man's mouth had already been sprayed clean, but as long as he gathered in front of the torch and took a big breath, it was like a dragon of flames.

Later, he didn't use torches at all, and spit fire out of his mouth.

Only then did everyone understand that it was a real skill.

So the copper clanged all over the ground.

There are jugglers.

An empty basin can conjure birds, fish and snakes in the blink of an eye, and with a wave of the hand, it can disappear for no reason. Similar to the magic tricks of later generations, this master of tricks also had to ask for a cloth to cover it, either as a clever trick or as a subtle and swift trick.

Song You would stop for a moment everywhere he went.

And Sanhua Niangniang was still thinking about buying horses at first, but gradually she was also attracted by these tricks, so she only followed Song You obediently, opened her eyes wide, and stared at these bustles.

Whenever someone came to ask for a reward, Song You never avoided it, and gave a few coppers.

Generally, Jianghu talents are so generous.

It's not that the people in the rivers and lakes are rich, it's that the people in the rivers and lakes know the difficulty of going to the rivers and lakes, and they pay attention to these, so they either don't look at it, and if they do, they will be given a son and a half no matter how embarrassed they are at the moment.

It's just that after reading it, he was just about to leave, Song You suddenly felt strange, and reached out to touch it in his arms, the half-hung money was still there, but the two pieces of official silver were gone.

“……”

It's interesting.

Song You turned back and looked at the middle-aged man who was still juggling and performing the art of handling.

Look at the surroundings again, and cheer again and again.

Even in the inn next to it, there were people throwing money down.

He didn't say anything, just waited.

After shopping for so long, it was already past noon, and these tricksters and tricksters stopped one after another, saying that they wanted to prepare food, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.

Song You walked towards the Jianghu artist at this time.

This man looked like he was thirty or forty years old, with big shoulders and a round waist, and a face full of meat, and at this time, together with a few of his subordinates, he was holding a bowl of dry rice.

Ate pretty well, with chunks of boiled meat.

"Eat a lot of food."

Song You stood still in front of him and said with a smile.

The Jianghu artist looked up along the shadow and saw that it was a young man leading the girl, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked with a silly face: "What is the official looking for us?" We'll have to finish our meal before we start. ”

"It's not a big deal." Song Youyou said angrily, his voice was not high, "It's just that when I was watching the trick here, some silver fell on my body, and I don't know if I saw it." ”

"Huh?"

Jianghu artists were puzzled: "If the official loses the money, he should report to the official." This temple fair is crowded, and it is inevitable that some thieves will mix in it...... The magistrate won't see that we can do some tricks, so they really think that we can turn things into nothing out of thin air? Isn't it trying to frame us? ”

Speaking of the back, he was already a little angry.

was originally strong and complex, but once he raised his eyebrows and stared, he was not even half stupid, only terrifying ferocity.

Song You is still gentle and calm:

"Although the method of waving around in the next hand is not superb, it is also the pinnacle, and it is much more advanced than the attainment in the next, so I came to ask."

The Jianghu artist suddenly looked stunned.

In fact, when he was conjuring the trick, he didn't use the trick of swinging, but pure hand work, but he didn't defend it at this time, only looked at Song You a few times, and then gave it away:

"Dare to ask where Your Excellency is coming from?"

"In the lower Yin Yang Mountain Fulong Temple, Song You."

"It turned out to be a Taoist master, disrespectful."

"Don't dare."

"What is the loss of the Dao Master?"

"Twenty taels of silver."

The Jianghu artist immediately turned around and waved to the people around him, neither generously admitting that the property was stolen by him, nor denying it again, and even a polite sentence such as "Meeting with Mr. is fate, then Mr. will make up for the lost property, just make a friend" and other polite words, only let his subordinates take the money.

Two pieces of honeycomb silver, not the two pieces that were lost, but the number was the same.

Song You weighed it twice and put it away.

It can only be said that people in the rivers and lakes are difficult to talk about good and evil, but they are somewhat exquisite.

"Thank you."

"How offended."

"But there's another question to ask next." Song You asked, "If you have this ability, why do you do it?" ”

"Dao Ye said with a smile." The middle-aged man smiled, and he also had a sense of ease, "This trick is originally a trick of the rivers and lakes, and in this year, we have this sample thing, in addition to this line of business, is there a more profitable business?" Or does Dao Ye think that pretending to be a master to deceive those nobles is more glorious and easier than this? ”

“……”

Song You couldn't help but think:

"Reasonable."

"We have our own rules." The middle-aged man picked up the rice bowl again, and said while shaving, "Let's only take official silver, not copper coins and broken silver." If it is seen through by the masters, or if someone has a guess, anyone who can find a way to report in front of us will be returned. ”

"I see."

Song You couldn't help but think about it.

Da Yan official silver ten taels cast. On the one hand, it is convenient to carry, and on the other hand, it can also be used to exclude the poor from the face value, which is a kind of mentality of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

The latter article can avoid others from reporting to the government to a certain extent.

Jianghu people pay attention to each other.

This year is not as good as in later generations, the ordinary people still have a low degree of trust in the government, and the people in the rivers and lakes have their own solutions when they encounter problems, and if they report to the officials, they will be laughed at by their peers. And it is difficult for ordinary rich people to find out that they have been stolen by this man who is two feet away, even if they see it, as long as the money comes back, they will be afraid of the revenge of the Jianghu people, and will not continue to report to the official.

In fact, the risk has been reduced to very low.

If you re-act the case, the risk is even lower.

However, Song You stood in front of him and still asked: "Aren't you afraid of the government's investigation?" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes narrowed, and he paused in the action of shaving rice, and looked up at Song You: "Isn't Master Dao joking with us?" ”

"I'm curious." Song You's expression was the same as usual, "It's this kind of trick that has changed under your feet, if you meet an experienced head catcher and this kind of thing happens, I'm afraid you will be the first to suspect your feet, right?" ”

"Dao Ye was trapped by what he knew. In the eyes of most people, this is just a trick to hide people's ears, even if they know that there are ghosts in it, how many people can think of taking things from the air? Even if someone could react, we would have been gone long ago. ”

"I see, thank you for the advice."

Song You nodded thoughtfully.

"Is there anything else to do?"

"Then I will take my leave."

"Dao Ye!"

Song You was about to leave, but was stopped by the man again.

But the man was still not at ease, and while looking at him, he asked:

"Don't you dare to report to the official!"

Meeting his gaze, Song You thought for a while before nodding.

"Okay."

This man told him very vividly not to be trapped by what he knows. This man is also a particular person, although Song You is not from the rivers and lakes, he is willing to accompany him to pay attention to it.

I won't report it to the official this time.

It's just that it's just exquisite, and you can't turn black into white and confuse right and wrong.

Luo Zhutou is experienced in handling cases effectively, and he will have doubts, and he will come to consult him at that time, but he still has to say.

I just don't know if he ran fast or Luo Zhutou chased fast.