"Good news for you!"

"What's the good news?"

"Today's order from the court has lifted the curfew."

"It's finally lifted......"

"yes!"

Wu Nuxia couldn't help but shake her head: "A few days ago, I heard that the bamboo demon was cut out on the mansion of that talented man surnamed Chen, and I originally thought that the curfew would be lifted the next day at most, but it seems that the imperial court also wanted to take this opportunity to clean up the other evil demons and demons hidden in Changjing, so it was delayed until today." ”

She paused and glanced at the cat next to her:

"It's good that your cat wasn't caught."

"Recently, I often heard about that Chen Daguan in the teahouse." Song You said with a smile, "I heard that he picked up a pen to draw bamboo shadows at home, which is an elegant move. ”

"I don't know if it's indecent." Wu Nuxia shook her head, "I only heard that when the bamboo demon was cut out, it showed its true body, and its whole body was already charred as charcoal." It just so happened that the family in Xicheng that was struck by lightning before was also chopped to death a whole bamboo forest, most of which was because God had eyes, or which god appeared and casually sent a thunderbolt to him. I guess the bamboo demon must have been dying at that time, so when it was cut out, it didn't resist at all, and died on the spot. ”

"The woman is well-informed."

"It's a pity ......"

Wu Nuxia dragged a long tail note, with a bit of dialect in her voice, and a little schadenfreude: "If the bamboo demon is caught alive, Changjing will be lively." ”

"Maybe."

"Well, you're right." Wu Nuxia said, "If you can catch it alive, the wolf will catch it alive at that time." ”

"I didn't say anything under it......"

"Haha!" Wu Nuxia just smiled and continued, "But tonight is also lively, there is no curfew tonight, I will take Ling to the night market to take a stroll, see the liveliness of Changjing, and taste the snacks in the night market!" ”

"I wonder what's delicious?"

"I've been to the night market a few times before, such as grilled fish on an iron plate, mutton in a water basin, mutton with liver gluttony, all of them are very delicious, my favorite thing to eat is miscellaneous fish soup cakes, anyway, I went to see it again."

"Then the woman will lead the way."

"With this incident, I'm afraid Changjing will be peaceful for a while, even if those demons and ghosts who have the intention to do evil are not caught, they won't dare to bubble up for a while."

"I hope so."

"It's a pity, it's a pity......"

Wu Nuxia said and shook her head and sighed: "The few hard-working demons outside the city are basically removed by us, and now occasionally a new list is opened, and it is immediately exposed by the folk masters and Jianghu people, I originally said that if you want to eliminate harm for the people, just take a look at the mess in the city, and then I thought that you don't seem to be very willing to take care of the affairs in the city, so I didn't mention it, and now even if you want to, there are not many monsters for you to catch." ”

"The woman misunderstood." Song You said, "It's not that I don't want to take care of the affairs in the city, it's just that there are both gods and capable people in the city, and in comparison, the people outside the city need us more." ”

"Makes sense."

Night slowly descended to Changjing City.

Tonight was different.

Pedestrians at dusk are not in a hurry to return home, shops are not in a hurry to close, and there is no curfew gong, but the big restaurants have lit lanterns early, and if there are light boxes, they have already lit up.

The darker the sky, the brighter the earth.

When the afterglow of the sunset dissipated, the heroine came to knock on the door and called friends from Yizhou to travel to Changjing on the night.

The woman walked a little ahead.

The Taoist carried a blanket and walked a little behind, and a cat's head poked out of the blanket. The Taoist observed the pedestrians on the road unhurriedly, and the cat also looked left and right with curiosity.

Halfway through, it was getting dark, and the city finally showed its original appearance at night.

There are lanterns on the road, the light of the lanterns is not as bright as the street lamps of later generations, it is just an exaggeration to say that the lights are bright, but it is already possible to distinguish the road, the pedestrians on the street are weaving, walking in it with the light that is not bright, and there is a sense of atmosphere of the times in the dimness, which is worth tasting.

The curfew has been a long time, and everyone is complaining, but now that it is lifted, even those who didn't come out often in the past will all come out tonight.

And when you walk through those streets that are famous for their bustle, night markets and green houses, you can really live up to the word bright lights.

When I broke the curfew at night, the merchants and restaurants on both sides were closed, and there were no light boxes, lanterns and stalls. Now the lantern boxes are all lit, the night market is lit by thousands of lights, the high-rise buildings are red-sleeved customers, the water gate is noisy to the evening tea merchants, and the bridge market is drinking all night, only to know how many fireworks in this world are.

In this era, it can be called unparalleled in the world.

No wonder so many people from exotic lands came to Changjing, and they were fascinated by it, and they didn't want to stay.

The Taoist couldn't help but slow down.

While watching, I listened to Wu Nuxia introduce to him.

Unlike when I was alone in the dark when I passed through 10,000 houses, what I felt at this time was not cold, it was lively, not moonlight, it was the lights, not myself, but this era.

The cat's eyes widened, and there were countless colored lights reflected in its amber eyes.

gradually walked to the night market that Wu Nuxia said.

The most famous night market in Changjing is actually in Xicheng, and Wu Nuxia led them around before going back to Xicheng Night Market.

Different from the night market in later generations, this is not a street alley, but a boxy venue, which is an evolution of the fang market left over from the previous dynasty, and is more like a commercial square. Xicheng has always been a place where ordinary people and foreign gentiles gather, and under the fireworks of the common people, there are many exotic customs, whether it is a merchant or a customer, there are many foreign faces.

So in this brightly lit market, all kinds of stalls, carts and even shops can dazzle people, there are many kinds of goods and snacks, and people are amazed, and there are people from the Western Regions singing and dancing on the street in the middle, so as to create the most famous night market scene in Changjing.

Wu Nuxia said to take them around first.

So the Taoist and the cat listened to the exotic music, while watching the people of the Western Regions dancing, watching the dazzling array of goods, and tasting the fireworks at night in this era.

Until Wu Nuxia asked them to sit down.

It was a small shop selling miscellaneous fish soup cakes, and it was already full, and the tables and chairs had to be placed outside, crowded with pedestrians.

Wu Nuxia ordered two miscellaneous fish soup cakes, and went to buy gluttony, grilled fish on an iron plate and mutton in a water basin, and also bought two cups of sweet rice wine, as if she wanted to return the Yunchun Mansion last month, and Song You also let her go.

"Two bowls of miscellaneous fish soup cakes!"

The owner of the small shop came with a bowl.

A few snacks were also delivered.

Song You still took out a small bowl from the blanket, put it on the bench, and gave it to the three-flowered cat.

The so-called miscellaneous fish soup cake, in fact, is the miscellaneous fish noodles, the store put a large pot at the door, which is full of all kinds of miscellaneous fish, boiled together, I heard that it should be boiled from noon to afternoon, until the pot full of miscellaneous fish is all boiled, no meat can be seen, and then the fish residue is drained, and the remaining soup is the soup base of the soup cake.

I don't know where to eat it, but it's really delicious.

Iron plate grilled fish is said to be the practice of Mobei, with a long iron plate to grill fish, will add some Western spices and local unique condiments, taste quite exotic.

Lamb liver dumplings are a kind of fried pasta with open ends and lamb liver inside.

In addition to the sheep liver gluttony, Wu Nuxia also bought the specialties of the current season-

Cherry gluttony.

It is to replace the lamb liver wrapped in the pasta with cherries, fry them in the pan and set the shape, and the thick one is fried cherries inside. It sounds a little dark, but it is a popular delicacy in Changjing every spring, and many ladies who don't want to go out have to let their servants run to buy and eat.

Sweet rice wine is simple, basically mash, sweetened red dates and wolfberries are boiled and then cooled, not intoxicating, it is for people who come to visit the night market as a drink to drink, with a bamboo tube, you can buy a cup for a few pennies.

Needless to say, the mutton in the water basin is not too much.

Such a table can at least make three or four people full, the dishes are rich, there is a taste, on luxury and high-end can not compare with Yunchun Building, but in terms of taste, in fact, it is a delicacy.

And this table only costs one hundred and eighty dollars.

This is the food of the people of Changjing.

"Thank you for inviting me to eat last month. I have a lot of money, I want to invite you back to you can't afford it, it's too expensive, I can't bear it, please go back to eat, don't dislike it. Wu Nuxia calmly raised her cup of sweet rice wine.

"Where's the woman?" Song You also hurriedly raised his glass, "The reason why I went to Yunchun Tower in Xia is just to experience a unique Changjing, whether there is a woman or not, I want to eat a meal in Xia, it is precisely because of a woman that I dare to order a table in Xia, eat more styles without wasting, and I should thank the heroine." ”

The woman only pulled her mouth when she heard it:

"!"

"Then no matter what happened that day, today's heroine took me and Sanhua Niangniang to experience another unique experience of Changjing, which is also worth thanking."

"Whatever you want."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Song You put the bamboo tube close to his lips, and before he drank it, he had already smelled the fragrance of rice wine and bamboo tube, and after taking a small sip, there was only a refreshing sweetness, and there was almost no taste of wine.

So he poured a little more in his palm, lowered it and gave it to Sanhua Niangniang to taste, telling her that it was a strong drink.

While eating, I watched the people around me come and go.

There are really a lot of people today, and they have to go shopping in the night market, and they are crowded, and there are many people who are richly dressed. The literati chatted while walking, the young people laughed wildly, all kinds of meat aromas and spices were mixed, and I don't know what was being stewed in the iron pot of which shop and which stall, only to see the water vapor rising, suddenly like a dream.

Look at the world around you, the faces under the bustling fireworks, the real souls, everything is so real and vivid.

"How?"

Wu Nuxia grinned and asked him, "Have you never seen such a lively night market?" ”

Song You turned his head when he heard this, and met her eyes.

I could see her thoughts in her eyes.

Thinking about it, she was also shocked at that time, but at this time, she had been in Changjing for two years, and she was considered an "old Changjing", and in the face of latecomers, she was somewhat similar to a sense of superiority, so at this moment she couldn't wait to see the same shock on her face as she was at the beginning.

Song You nodded and whispered, "Indeed, I have never seen such a lively night market in my next life. ”

"Haha, I was also stunned when I first came." Wu Nuxia smiled with satisfaction, "It's not just because I've never seen a lot of things sold here, but also because the people here look strange, I've seen them before but haven't seen so much, which is a bit strange." It's just that there are some people who smell worse than we don't take a shower for a month. ”

"Strange."

"Thank you to the city god master who catches demons and ghosts, without his old man's diligence in catching demons, the curfew may not be lifted so quickly!"

"Thank you ......"

Song You nodded and looked into the distance.

To say that the lights here are bright, nature is far less than the neon signs of later generations, to say that this place is prosperous and lively, and it may not be able to compare with the famous night markets in later generations, but it does not mean that it is not beautiful, Taoists still see from it worthy of their own amazement, and these places, do not see with their own eyes.

(End of chapter)