Chapter Eighty-Four: A Big Stone Is Broken on the Chest, and Lanterns Are Placed by the River
When I woke up, it was dusk, and the sunset was already all over the window.
I have long heard that Jinling has been trading all night, and now I can finally see the real face, so Li Zhongxuan is looking forward to it.
In the middle of summer, the weather is hot, and now it is dusk and evening, so there are many people who go out to enjoy the coolness, so there are more vendors doing business.
Walking on the street, unlike in the morning, there are many vendors selling snacks, and shops selling clothes and shoes also put their own goods outside the store, which is the famous night market in Bianjing.
For the first time, you can truly appreciate the beauty of Bianjing, and it is impossible not to be excited.
There is Qinhuai River in Jinling, smoke willow painting bridge, all night long, so lively. It's a pity that Li Zhongxuan doesn't like this dusty place, so he missed a lot of customs.
There is also a Bianhe River in Bianjing, the Bianhe River traverses the whole city of Bianjing from west to east, the smoke and waves are vast, the boats are like weaving, and the back and forth are non-stop day and night.
Not long after, Li Zhongxuan came to the side of the Bianhe River, and the weeping willows on both sides of the river passed through the wisps of sunset, which was called a beautiful look.
Squinting slightly, he looked at the children playing in the water by the river, the women who scolded on the side, and the men who were about to beat with sticks......
There are women holding oil-paper umbrellas looking at the men on the shore with affection, small boats carrying goods slowly docking on the shore, and more boatmen carrying guests to wander around......
Since you have come to this Bianhe, how can you not go on a boat to have a trip?
However, it was still early at the moment, but Li Zhongxuan slept for a day and was hungry, so he planned to go eat something first.
Seeing that many people on the shore were preparing lanterns, many children were making Kong Ming lanterns, and candles were placed on the folded paper boats, Li Zhongxuan was curious and asked.
It turned out that it was June 15, so they were preparing to put out lanterns and pray for blessings.
Every fifteenth day of the first month, people gather on both sides of the Bianhe River to put lanterns and pray for blessings. June 15 is the middle of the year, so this lantern festival will be more prosperous.
At that time, the candle boat will float away with their wishes, and the lanterns will float into the night sky with their hopes, turning into a starry spot......
Under the lamp, there are men and women meet, there are jugglers performing, and there are poetry and songs......
Li Zhongxuan bought some food at a roadside stall and walked to eat some in one hand. Suddenly, he saw a large number of people gathered in front of him, so he leaned closer to take a look.
Before I got closer, I heard a snorting sound, which turned out to be a group of big men performing the craft of breaking large stones on their chests.
Li Zhongxuan has lived in the palace since he was a child, and he is well-informed, so he is naturally very clear about the secret of this kind of "kung fu".
Just watched them perform hard, so I simply stayed and prepared to see it.
I saw a man arching his hand to the surroundings and said, "When I first arrived in Guibao Land, please forgive me for the disturbance." Let's perform a kung fu here, you have money to hold a money field, and you don't have money to hold a personal field. This work is real, I don't believe you, look at the stones on the ground......"
There was a commotion from the people next to him, and then a man lay on a stool with a big stone in his arms.
The man with a sledgehammer on the side was about to make a move, and a young man in brocade clothes next to him suddenly said: "Where did you tricksters come from, I think this stone must have been done by you in advance." ”
The man who was standing aside and began to speak immediately changed his face: "This friend, my brothers have been practicing horizontal kung fu for more than ten years, where do you need to play any tricks? If you don't believe it, you can come up and take a look at these stones!"
When the young man in brocade heard this, he said, "This is what you said!" and then walked to the big man who was lying down. I saw that he showed a suspicious look after knocking on the stone: "I, Zhao, have seen too many tricks and deceives people in this Kaifeng Mansion, but I didn't expect this stone to be real today!"
I saw him put his hand on his cuffs, took out a heavy ingot of silver, and then said: "The stone is real, I want to see how you perform, if this man can really be unharmed, this silver is yours!"
The people watching around looked at the excitement one by one, and they didn't think it was a big deal, and they began to coax. "I'll give two pieces of silver", "I'll give fifty wen", "I'll give one tael......
When the man heard this, his face was a little heavy. The onlookers only said that he was weak-hearted, so the coaxing became louder and louder......
Li Zhongxuan snickered secretly on the side, the next drama should be a successful performance, applauding, and then the man with the tray began to collect money......
Li Zhongxuan saw the trick clearly, the young man in brocade was with them, so the stone was naturally fake.
It's not that there is no real possibility, there are still a lot of real kung fu on the rivers and lakes, but this group of people is really not!
Because the brocade-clothed young man had just looked at and smiled at the man who was lying down holding the stone when everyone didn't notice it, Li Zhongxuan concluded that they were in a group.
As everyone began to hold their breath, the audience looked intently at the big man with the hammer in his hand. I saw him raise the sledgehammer in his hand high, and then "forcefully" slammed it at the stone.
There was a loud bang, and the stone was broken in two, and the man lying down was red-faced and thick-necked at the moment. Then he slowly stood up and bowed to the surroundings with the man with the sledgehammer in his hand!
I saw that the young man in brocade looked incredulous, and then threw the silver in his hand on the tray.
As the applause rang out, and as the brocade-clothed young man began to pay the money, the man with the tray began to walk around, saying some words of thanks to the surrounding visitors.
After walking around, the tray was already full, and looking at the young man in brocade with a heartfelt smile, Li Zhongxuan also laughed.
Although this is a bit of a suspicion of deception, Li Zhongxuan will not debunk them, because this is their means of making a living.
The giver gets happy, and the person who receives the money gets happy, so why not do it?
Li Zhongxuan was reluctant to break such a beautiful thing, but he didn't pay the money.
Before the man with the tray came over, Li Zhongxuan had already turned around and left, after all, the show had already been watched.
At this time, there are really a lot of jugglers performing, such as fairy rope, pill jumping, lion dance, shaking bamboo, walking rope and so on......
As we walked, the last sunset disappeared into the sky, and the sky finally darkened.
But this Bianjing City is the most lively time at the moment, the lights are as bright as day, and the lantern festival has finally begun.
Those infatuated men and women, children and daughters, the dramas that will only appear in the book finally appeared in front of Li Zhongxuan.
Seeing a couple of men and women walking into a side alley, Li Zhongxuan touched his chin and smiled bitterly. One is that he has no beard, and the other is that he has no lover......
That alley is so dark, I don't know if they will step on shit, Li Zhongxuan thought with malice.
Shook his head and didn't think much more. After a short time, they came to the Bianhe River again.
There are countless young boys and girls by the Bianhe River who are putting lamps on their faces, and the red candlelight is reflected on their faces, so the girls' faces are even more flushed, and they don't know where the lover they are thinking about at the moment is! The young man's face also has a lot of radiance, as if she can see the lotus lantern in her hand.
Countless candle boats slowly drifted into the distance, most of them were ordinary small paper boats, with a candle on them slowly drifting along the river. Some boats are like lotus flowers, and these boats called lotus lanterns are mostly put by some young women, and I don't know what kind of thoughts they miss......
There are also children who fiddle with the Kong Ming lantern with their father and mother, and with the child's immature laughter, the Kong Ming lantern slowly rises to the sky......
There seemed to be a lot more stars in the sky at this moment, so Bianjing City became brighter, and everyone's face was bathed in a layer of red light.
There are stalls selling lotus boats and Kong Ming lanterns by the river, and Li Zhongxuan bought a few lotus boats and Kong Ming lanterns. Pick up the pen and prepare to write down your thoughts on paper, put it on the boat, and put it on the Kong Ming lantern......
I don't know where the ship will drift, I don't know where the light will go...... Can she see it? Will she know? Li Zhongxuan sighed lightly, that girl is so far away from him now!
If it was only these thousands of miles, then Li Zhongxuan must have rushed to her side in the starry night. But the hearts of the two are also far, far apart, so that Li Zhongxuan can't find a way to find her at the moment!
I live at the head of the Bianhe River, you live at the end of the Yangtze River, and the boat carries the acacia, who knows if you will go back.
Where does this water start and where does it end? The lonely lamp has gone for thousands of miles, carrying lovesickness.
Li Zhongxuan picked up the pen for a long time, but he didn't write a word.
One by one, he let go of the lotus lantern in his hand and released the Kong Ming lantern in his hand, Li Zhongxuan showed a wry smile.
There are thousands of lights on many big boats on the Bianhe River, and women with heavy makeup shuttle inside and outside, and there are guests who are looking for pleasure and have fun, and there is an endless stream......
Li Zhongxuan smiled, it seems that whether it is the Qinhuai River or the Bianhe River, this kind of business is the most prosperous and lively!
However, Li Zhongxuan has always disliked this kind of land of smoke and willows, which may be related to his young age, and it may be that he thinks that no woman can compare with her in his heart, so he instinctively repels this kind of place.
At the beginning, Tang Xiaohua of the Poison Dragon Gang Hunting Yantang can be said to be looking back and smiling, charming and natural, Li Zhongxuan can still resist the temptation, not to mention the posture of those willows on the ferry here?
So Li Zhongxuan glanced at it a few times and then moved his gaze to other places......
Looking up, I saw a long arched bridge spanning both sides of the Bianhe River, and Li Zhongxuan secretly praised this bridge as ingenious.
Walking on the bridge, walking under the bridge, the design is very ingenious!
Li Zhongxuan's feet were extremely fast, and he walked to the bridge in a short time. The stone slabs on the bridge are a little wet, there are dots of moss under the handrails, and a brightly lit pavilion in the center.
A group of young talents were talking enthusiastically, and the voice was not loud, but it reached Li Zhongxuan's ears clearly.
It turned out to be talking about poetry and words......