During the journey from Hegou Village to the county, Zheng Quqi occasionally glanced at Liu Fengmian's expression, so he immediately withdrew his gaze and was cautious in his words and deeds.

Ever since he knew that in addition to him, she had also invited Master Li, his sick face had a layer of gloom and gloom.

Even the kind and soft smile that often hung on his face turned into a shallow and sluggish and no warmth.

She didn't want to take Master Li with her, but this was her brother's order, if Master Li was not taken away, how could they make something out of nothing, lying that "Sang Xuanqing" had returned home and implemented the replacement plan.

But she didn't expect that Li Shi looked quite cold and unsmiling, but he was so unpretentious, as long as others invited him, he never made an exception.

She walked between two tall people, and the pressure was really a bit high.

Especially when one laughs more than the other who doesn't, the resentment is even deeper, and it all goes around her and pokes her backbone.

When she arrived in the city, she found that there were more people on the streets than usual, with stalls selling and bargaining, children running and frolicking, husbands and wives holding hands and wandering intimately, and old people chatting under trees.

She also heard the chat, saying that there was also a "repellent" activity on Chinese New Year's Eve.

"What is an exorcism?" Zheng Quqi asked the two next to him for advice.

Yu Wensheng glanced at her, and saw that she had a pair of big sparkling eyes, and her heart softened immediately, but before he opened his mouth, Li Shi interrupted something unconsciously, and directly explained to Zheng Quqi in detail.

It turns out that this activity of "driving away the people" has a long history, and not only the country of Ye has this kind of similar folk activity, but also several other countries.

The difference is that Ye Guo performs a mysterious expulsion action by wearing a special pigment mask and wearing a dazzling and bright costume, and they will sing and compose poems to ward off invisible plague ghosts and other bad things in order to keep the new year healthy.

And in the Beiyuan Kingdom, his country is to play the role of the twelve divine beasts, the stars return to the end of the year, yin and yang are intertwined, the gods are welcomed, and the plague ghosts are expelled.

These gods, ghosts, aren't they pure feudal superstitions in modern times?

Well, superstition.

But she loves to watch it.

Zheng Quqi listened to Master Li talk about those simple but exotic explanations with relish, In fact, in addition to superstition, it also contains political, religious and folk customs, which are very rich in the characteristics of this era and various countries, and she believes that it has high research value.

I want to see it.

But...... Hegou Village is not a short distance from the county seat, if you walk quickly, you have to walk for an hour, if you finish the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home, I am afraid that you will not be able to catch up with this "exorcism" program.

"Would you like to see it?" Yu Wensheng asked her.

Zheng Qu turned his head suddenly, looked at him with a pair of shiny eyes wide, and nodded again and again: "Hmm." ”

But he smiled pure and gentle: "Then keep thinking." ”

Zheng Quqi: "......"

If you don't bring her here, don't ask such misleading words, isn't there something wrong with hanging her appetite and not being satisfied?

After a few words, Zheng Quqi also knew that he was expressing his dissatisfaction with her, and she was not angry, thinking that Liu Fengmian's eyes were inconvenient, and the scenery along the way might just be an ear wind for him, only blowing for a while but not leaving any impression.

As a result, Zheng Quqi no longer patronized himself to watch the excitement, but would also pull him in a variety of ways and describe to him various scenes and things he passed along the way.

"Do you smell it? This piece is a farmer's stall selling vegetables, the man said that he sells a Buddha flower, the name is quite good, as well as leeks, lettuce, mint, walnuts, by the way, there is caramel over there, you wait, I will sell you some for later. ”

She let go of Yu Wensheng, because she was in a hurry to line up to buy candy, and she didn't notice Yu Wensheng's subconscious action of shaking her back and keeping her away.

But Li Shi Yuguang saw it.

"Can't you see that Liu Gongzi still likes to eat caramel candy?"

Yu Wensheng smiled sweetly: "I didn't like it before, but Qu Qi said that eating candy can make people feel happy, she hopes that I can be happy at any time, and my wife has always been concerned about my affairs." ”

Li Shi: "......" suddenly felt a little full.

"Is Master Li married?"

"Not yet."

"Seeing that you are not young, it is time to get married, otherwise if you miss the marriageable age, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find it in the future." After Yu Wensheng persuaded him "kindly", he smiled and sighed again.

"Alone, naturally don't understand the benefits of two people together, you see that Qu Qi thinks of me in everything, takes care of me in everything, and when he sees the things I like, he goes out of his way to get them for me, these things are estimated to be unmarried, you can't understand."

Li Shi is not only full now, but also feels supportive.

He didn't want to talk to Liu Fengmian about this anymore, he said bluntly: "Liu Gongzi's eyes, really can't you see?" ”

Yu Wensheng's expression was not unusual, and he even asked with interest: "Who told you that I can't see with my eyes?" ”

"So you...... The people who have been cheating on the Sang family? Including your wife with all your heart and soul in your mouth? Li Shi's words did not lower his voice, and it happened to be able to completely enter the ears of Zheng Quqi, who had already returned.

"What are you talking about? What deception? Zheng Quqi tilted his head and asked.

Li Shi looked at Yu Wensheng, like a fair judge, and gave divine punishment to the stoma-inflicted offender.

"I've seen people who are born blind and people who are acquired blind, but no matter what kind of people they are, they are not like Liu Gongzi, who react so naturally to the outside world, just like normal people."

Although he spoke implicitly, the content was to boldly reveal his disguise, and he had been observing each other all the way, and to be honest, since he had injured the saw last night, he had a deep suspicion that this man had no eye disease at all.

When Yu Wensheng heard this, he also felt the strong eyes from Zheng Quqi, but he didn't know anything, he was only wearing a layer of indisputable skin, and he was embarrassed: "But I don't belong to the two types you think, what do you want to say?" Master Li, you seem to be hostile to me? ”

This man......

Li Shi finally understood how cunning the man in front of him was.

He seemed to answer his own questions, but in fact, every sentence was not the point, and even dug a lot of holes for him.

"I have no hostility towards Liu Gongzi, just curiosity, confusion and worry."

Zheng Quqi had been listening to the conversation between the two on the side.

They may all think that she "doesn't know anything", but who knows that she has actually been holding back part of the details of these two people for a long time.

To pretend, wow, let's come together.

She thought that these two people would be able to reveal some secrets, but in the end, they were all doing tai chi, and she didn't dig out anything of value.

Carrying the caramel he had just bought, Zheng Quqi walked over.

Seeing that there were stalls selling "peach charms" (Spring Festival couplets) in front of her, Zheng Quqi remembered what Brother Sang asked before, she pretended not to hear the conversation between the two, and asked, "Fengmian, will you write peach charms?" ”

Yu Wensheng paused.

Peach charm?

What to write about?

Seeing this, Zheng Quqi hurriedly changed his rhetoric: "That painting a statue? ”

Yu Wensheng's eyes flickered, and the smile on his lips was a little reluctant: "......"

What kind of idol to paint? Ci Mei didn't understand, but if it was the Tai Sui Demon God, he might be able to try.

As a general who has been leading troops and fighting all year round, he knows a lot of things, but he never thought that one day, his wife would beg her to put down her sword and write a peach talisman to paint a statue of a god.

Zheng Quqi was also a little confused.

What about the good counselors and readers?

Yu Wensheng looked surprised when he saw her, and pursed his lips: "Isn't it good to buy ready-made?" ”

Zheng Quqi came back to his senses, but he was a little entangled: "Oh, but I have already bought a mahogany board and red paper at home, I can't waste it, if you don't know how to ......"

"Is it a peach talisman? Li will. ”

Li Shi interjected at the right time, which immediately attracted Zheng Quqi's attention.

"Will you?" She turned her head.

Li Shi nodded to her, and he seemed to see the unfamiliar and vaguely familiar contours of her face through the veil she deliberately put on when she went out: "Yes, the third sister also needs to paint New Year's portraits, such as Zhong Kui, Foxy, Tiger Head, etc., I am also good at it." ”

Zheng Quqi was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but look at Master Li differently.

I didn't expect that he, a craftsman, would be so good at the work of an old gentleman and versatile.

In order to complete the task assigned by Brother Sang, and in order to save another expense, Zheng Quqi did not hesitate to praise and said: "Brother Li, you are too powerful, then this year, our peach charm and New Year's painting will trouble you together." ”

Yu Wensheng saw Zheng Quqi smiling at Master Li on the side, full of praise, and immediately became unhappy.

He smiled and pronounced clearly: "Don't bother the guests, I will." ”

However, Zheng Quqi was very skeptical, she deliberately said: "Fengmian, my brother attaches great importance to the quality of peach charms and New Year's paintings, if you write and destroy him, he will definitely be angry." ”

Yu Wensheng compared to what she said to Li Shi just now, but at this moment he questioned himself many times, he reached out and pinched her soft and fleshy cheeks, and said with a smile: "Do you think I won't?" ”

It's over, it's a fight with her.

If he really knew, he wouldn't have hesitated just now, obviously he wasn't sure himself, the time was tight and the task was heavy, and she didn't have extra peach boards and red paper for him to try and make mistakes.

She hurriedly fed him a candy from the bag and put it in her mouth.

She pulled him over, winked at him, and whispered: "Of course not, but such a tiring job, I am reluctant to ask you to do it, since Master Li is good at it, then let him come." ”

Yu Wensheng's mouth was sweetened by her sugar, he raised his eyebrows, what she said sounded very good, but Yu Wensheng didn't know that she didn't mean it at all, she just wanted to coax him with sweet words?

"Really? So you speak louder? He teased.

Zheng Quqi smiled weakly: "...... It's too much, if this is going to be heard by others, what should we think of the two of us? ”

Husband and wife?

Yu Wensheng chewed and tasted the word, and the sweetness overflowing in his mouth seemed to become more and more intense, with a fragrance of natural fruits.

He smiled at those two words.

"This sugar ...... It's quite sweet. ”

"Really?"

Zheng Quqi saw that he didn't give up anymore, and he was also curious to eat one, huh...... It's a little greasy, much higher than the kind of sugar I bought before, and it's still sticky to my teeth after melting, a little like maltose.

It turns out that he likes varieties with such a high sugar content, okay, she remembers, and she will continue to buy this next time.

Li Shi stood aside, quietly watching the young couple leaning over to listen as if they were going to tell some secret, and whispered to each other.

His eyes darkened, and he suddenly raised his hand and beckoned backwards.

This is a signal, the surrounding pedestrians, their own hawkers, merchants who are concentrating on bargaining, and all kinds of people who are confused in the streets and alleys and building railings, their eyes are all fixed on Li Shi.

His gestures were concise, and one action instantly set off a sudden change in the people.

In front of a group of entertainers, who were still performing their skills, one of the horse dancers, was using the trained horses to hold wine glasses with their mouths and deliver them to the hands of onlookers.

Who knows, the horse that was still tame, suddenly "neighed", raised its hooves and stomped on the ground, frantically shook its mane, and its dark brown horse pupils were gradually stained with a wisp of red color.

It suddenly turned around and ran in one direction.

And this direction is exactly where Yu Wensheng and Zheng Quqi are standing.

Dada......

Like a torrential rain knocking on the eaves tiles, the torrential rain fell suddenly, startling the people around them to scream.

"Why did the horse suddenly get out of control and run wild?!"

"Be careful, everyone, this horse must have eaten the wrong thing, disperse, disperse!"

Yu Wensheng heard the movement coming from ahead, he turned his head, and happened to see the scene of the fierce horse galloping and rushing.

Zheng Quqi was also startled, and was about to reach out and pull him to run together, but he was knocked away by a force from behind and fell to the side.

"Oh my God, girl, are you alright?"

An aunt anxiously helped her up, Zheng Quqi was okay in her mouth, but she dragged her to the other side.

"Crazy Horse is coming, girl, let's run."

This "kind-hearted" aunt's arm strength is really extraordinary, Zheng Quqi was caught off guard, and she forcibly took Liu Fengmian away.

"Wait a minute, my husband is still here-"

"Don't worry about it, if the horse goes crazy and is kicked by it, it will kill people."

However, Zheng Quqi refused to listen to her, Liu Fengmian couldn't see it, if she left him alone and stayed where she was, wouldn't it be equivalent to watching him die?

Although this aunt has a lot of strength, Zheng Quqi is a daughter of conceited and strange power, and she was grabbed by the wrist with a backhand twist, and she broke free of the aunt.

She hurried towards Liu Fengmian, but was blocked by a group of frightened passers-by, she wanted to avoid them, but these people seemed to be deliberately blocking the way, and wherever she drilled, the other party ran towards them.

"Fengmian, run-"

Seeing that she couldn't catch up, she could only shout through the cracks in the human wall.

At this time, Yu Wensheng was not flustered at all, and he also had a full view of all the surrounding changes, abnormalities, and the strange interception situation on Zheng Quqi's side.

Under the veil of red spider eyes, he glanced at Master Li with a pair of dark moon pupils.

Want to demolish me in front of Zheng Quqi?

He is the same as Yu Wensheng, in this downtown area, in such a panicked scene, he is like a person who is out of the way.

Liu Fengmian, if you have the ability, continue to pretend to be blind and pretend to be a harmless and sick scholar.

(End of chapter)