Qiong Yingjiao snorted and turned her face away, "I won't tell you!" said and jumped off the shore, stepping on the snow and walking in the direction of the gate of Suzhou City, the stone hurriedly followed, and did not dare to ask more, and followed Qiong Ying in a hurry.

"Listen to Yin Mengfu, your favorite person is Zhang Ruyi of Longhu Mountain, isn't it?" Qiong Ying asked generously, she felt that the stone was ridiculous, on the appearance of ordinary, on the cultivation is not very objective, on the background is not worth mentioning, although this stone has something to do with the South China Sea Taishou ghost hunting Bao family, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a person who can have a bright future, even if it is a little adventure, how dare you climb Longhu Mountain? Don't say that Zhang Ruyi is a senior disciple of Longhu Mountain, even if I, I can't be interested in him, look at him stupidly, he is still unwilling to follow me, if I don't think you are a disciple of the Maoshan faction, I don't bother to pay attention to you!

"Ah, don't listen to his nonsense, there's nothing. Stone's face flushed, and he was clearly not good at lying.

Qiong Ying smiled embarrassedly: "Haha, you're still ashamed, that's true." The stone was speechless.

"I'm not really laughing at you, you have to know that I am thinking that you are a disciple of the Maoshan faction, and you are in the same vein as my Nanhai Taishou ghost hunting Bao family, so you don't avoid suspicion, so you must not feel embarrassed. ”

Shi nodded, "I know, my cultivation is not as good as yours, thank you Miss Qiongying for always taking care of me, I, I don't have any other thoughts." ”

Qiong Ying smiled brightly: "That's good." "Anyway, I won't have any thoughts about you, silly stone," we will now go to a place with a lot of people to find out about the movement of Suzhou City, as soon as the gluttonous feast is opened, blood must be eaten, and we are afraid that the people in the city will suffer. ”

What kind of feast is it?

The two of them walked and looked, on the street around the gate of Suzhou, it was originally a lively and noisy block, now the prefect Li Zhiping ordered to build a lantern archway, in order to show the prosperity of Suzhou, there are wooden lamp stands of different heights everywhere, hung with all kinds of lanterns, Suzhou craftsmen make lanterns The craft is also a unique in the world, the skills are outstanding, the beast unicorn, the birds and phoenixes, are all lifelike, those lampshades painted with fairy Buddha emit a strange light under the background of the lamps, the lights on the lampstand are like the stars in the sky, attracting people from all over the world to come and watch, it is lively, the noise of people is noisy, the cold of winter can not reduce the interest of tourists, those peddlers and pawns, monks, merchants, and peasants, come and go, although at night, the snow-capped city is still brightly lit and the crowd is in turmoil.

Tang Bohu, a genius of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem praising the grand occasion of Changmen:

The paradise of the world is Wuzhong, and there is the best male in Changmen.

There are 3,000 floors of green sleeves, and millions of gold are in the west and east.

Wuchang City buys He Zeng, and the dialects of Siyuan are always different.

If the painter is asked to paint, the painter should be difficult to paint.

Qiong Ying and the stone followed the flow of people in the most prosperous Shantang Street in Changmen to play, although Qiong Ying is a ghost hunter, a Taoist practice, but after all, it is the heart of the girl, see these strange lights, the lively street market, and taste the street snacks, it is inevitable that the mouth of the smile is not closed, the flowers and branches of the music tremble, the cheeks are red, the mind floats, the stone also follows her in the lights, the snow drills, looking at her smile like a flower, the stone temporarily forgot the sorrow in his heart, and the two stole half a day of leisure.

"Stone, come and see that drunken fat man!"

"Well, that's funny. ”

"Stone, is that fish lamp pretty?"

"Well, it's good-looking. ”

"Stone, go buy me that pastry to eat!"

"Well, I'll go. ”

"Stone, come to me!"

"Well, I'm coming. ”

Shi couldn't stop agreeing, and Qiong Ying had fun in this bustling and lively street, laughing all the way, and the two almost walked hand in hand, not uncomfortable at all.

When the lights dimmed, the two were exhausted, and sat side by side on the stone bridge to rest, Qiong Ying still held a piece of pastry in her hand, looked at the gradually scarce pedestrians on the street, and said to the stone: "Suzhou City is really prosperous and rich, it is really a good place, it would be good if you wait to live here in the future, not a ghost hunter, it is not bad to do a small business, hahaha, a family of three live a small life, he teaches, I weave, if you give birth to a son, you will provide him with study, and in the future she will gain fame, if it is a daughter, she will teach her to work as a female worker, and marry a good family in the future." ”

Shi snorted, my favorite person is Zhang Ruyi, my favorite person is Zhang Ruyi, he suddenly asked, "Miss Qiongying, we seem to have forgotten to inquire about the news." ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed, Qiong Ying said angrily: "You think I'm as stupid as you, I've already inquired, the streets are full of colorful lights here, it's not for no reason, the prefect of Suzhou City wants to hold an ice and snow festival in Taihu Lake to celebrate the peaceful and prosperous world." ”

"No wonder. Shi suddenly realized, "But, but what does this have to do with walking north and south, and gluttonous feasts?"

"Of course it matters!" Qiong Ying swallowed the last bite of pastry, "Or call you stupid!"

When he was talking, there was a bell tower on Shitang Street not far away, suddenly the lights were bright, there was a sound of wooden fish and copper bells upstairs, and there were Buddha horns, the sound of chanting mantras came, a group of tourists gathered downstairs, pointing at the fireworks upstairs, and the officials of the prefect's yamen stopped everyone with water and fire sticks.

The two of them saw it in their eyes, Qiong Ying knew that the upstairs must be doing something to exorcise demons, and there must be ghosts to haunt her, so she got up and said, "Let's go, let's take a look!"

It turned out that since the prefect of Suzhou issued a list of documents, announcing the rich businessmen in the city, all kinds of people and so on to take measures to hold the Ice and Snow Festival, the bell tower outside the gate every night is often weird, at first some people laughed and scolded, all of them scolded the corrupt officials of the dynasty, corrupt officials, The words of the dog official, listen to the heart's heart, and then began to throw the tile, turn over the table and smash the chair, and the weapon rings randomly, but also the bronze bell that chimes the time rings randomly, causing the people in the vicinity to panic, rumors spread, the people rumored that this is a bad omen that Suzhou is going to be fired, after the local security told the government, the prefect Li Zhiping sent someone to invite the monk to come to catch the demon, but he never really invited the people of the Tao, all the lazy people who eat and drink together, and they were beaten out by the sticks when they entered the bell tower, either dead or injured, it was really terrible.

Tonight, the prefect invited a few monks and Taoist priests to set up an altar on the bell and drum tower, and the monks and Taoists did it together, which was also a spectacle, the spell was burned, the sound of the wooden fish, there was nothing strange on the bell tower, and the people downstairs looked up with their necks up, as if they were looking forward to what happened.

Stone and Qiong Ying also crowded in the crowd to see the excitement, the bell tower has three floors, the top floor is a square transparent corridor building, a large bronze bell of 500 catties is suspended under the beam, the monk and Taoist priest who do the law are wandering around the bronze bell, holding yellow paper, wooden sword, and chanting words in the mouth.

The practice was for a long time, and there was no movement, everyone was bored of watching, and was about to disperse, when suddenly a biting wind blew up from East Street, rolling snowflakes to the third floor, blowing the lights of the bell tower flickering on and off, and when the wind stopped, then looked at the bell tower, there were five more figures, not others, it was Qiu Niang and Wuzhong Siyou Yuanzan, Ma Qichang, Zhu Zhenheng, Jiang Kui, they sat or stood, as if they were in their own home.

Those monks and Taoist priests saw that they were coming to the opposite side, they were shocked and frightened, three steps and two steps rushed to the front, and threw the yellow paper and wooden swords in their hands towards the five people, Qiu Niang saw this, sneered, and the white silk in her hand flew out, and the magic weapons were twisted, and a flying flick threw back a bunch of magic weapons, such as falling snow in the sky, and rushed out of all the monks and Taoist priests, and fell into the snow on the street, shouting pain, causing passers-by to laugh and be very excited.

It turned out that Qiu Niang and Wuzhong Siyou had been looking for stones for a few days to no avail, and they saw that the prefect of Suzhou was going to hold an ice and snow festival, and they couldn't kill the evil woman to take revenge, so they were angry in their hearts, so they deliberately stirred up trouble in the bell tower and destroyed the good things of the prefect, but they just saw the good and didn't dare to be very evil.

The monk who did not leave a suitable method, all rolled downstairs, Qiu Niang and Wuzhong Siyou did not chase, only sat down in front of the bell upstairs, Yuan Zan, Ma Qichang spread out the paper, took out a bald pen to write and paint, depicting the snow scene of Suzhou, Zhu Zhenheng danced a broken knife, knocked the bronze bell from time to time, Jiang Kui played a pipa, clear and bursting, endless, causing the copper bell to reverberate again and again.

"These monks and Taoist priests are all scum in the Daomen, and they don't have any real skills. Qiong Ying smiled.

Shi saw the abnormality on the bell tower, and heard the sound of the pipa, and his heart was uneasy, "Upstairs, what kind of monsters are they?"

Qiong Ying looked at it for a while and said with a smile: "It looks like a yaksha among the ghosts, but those people have a little spiritual light, I don't know what it is, let's not go up first." ”

The wild road fake monks downstairs are all gone, the ground guards sigh, the spectators on the street are elated, and some people want to see the demeanor of the people upstairs, but they are all stopped by the military service of the government office, and they also know that the uninvited guests upstairs will not go downstairs easily, and the trouble will disperse at dawn.

"It seems that this ice festival can't be done, and the haunting can't be cured!" the pedestrians began to discuss.

Qiong Ying and Shi secretly laughed when they heard it, holding the Ice and Snow Festival in Taihu Lake at this time is nothing more than adding to the chaos, and it is a good thing that it can't be held.

The movement on the bell tower is getting bigger and bigger, the people on the street are getting more and more restless, the official can not be dissuaded, when he is making a noise, suddenly a figure flies, falls on the bell tower, look at the person, is a girl, with a hat, on a snowy day is still wearing short clothes and pants, revealing white and tender arms and calves, a pair of jade feet wearing a pair of fish skin shoes worn by fishmen, holding a bamboo fish basket in his hand, the figure is concave and convex, born like a white jade, the eyebrows have the traces of mountain peaks, the red lips have a spring breeze floating, its beauty is indescribable, look at the dress is clearly a fisherman's daughter by the sea, but this figure is not like a mortal girl, I saw her looking at the railing, attracting everyone to fall for it.

Everyone saw that the woman was coming, and she was so beautiful, they all applauded, the eyes of the men present were straight, and even the stone couldn't help but look at it twice, Qiong Ying hit the stone with her elbow, "You are a cultivator, how can you see beautiful girls like them, don't forget that the person you want is not here." ”

"No, no, I'm just—" Stone stopped talking, and for a moment he muttered.

"This woman is covered in water, and her whole body is light, I'm afraid it's not a fairy from the water, look!" Qiong Ying didn't really get angry, she pointed upstairs, looked up at the stone, and the fisherman's daughter threw the hat, threw out a long black and silky hair, and hung it down on her waist a few times, and said softly: "You ghosts, you are not small, why are you making trouble here and causing the market to be uneasy?"

"What if we make a fuss, who are you? Where are you from, dare to come and meddle in your business?" Zhu Zhenheng put the broken knife across his chest, pointed at her and shouted, the five of them saw that the person who came was not very old, and he was dressed a little strangely, but his tone was not small.

"The little woman's surname is Long, with a single name and a jade character, she came from the East China Sea and the seaside, and when she saw that you were stirring up the people here, she came here for a while, and the acquaintances quickly retreated. Long Yu hugged the basket and stood still by the railing, like a fisherman on the seashore preparing to collect his nets.

Dou Qiongying under the bell tower heard Long Yu's words, thoughtfully, and suddenly smiled: "Stone, do you know who this woman is?" Stone shook his head, where would he know? Qiong Ying continued: "She said that her name is Long Yu, she is from the East China Sea, I see that she has a water vapor on her body, if I guess correctly, she may be the dragon girl of the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, because she often sees fishermen on the beach, so she has become like this, interesting and interesting." ”

"Oh, it turns out that she is a dragon girl, no wonder she is so beautiful. The stone said stupidly, and gave Qiong Ying a roll of the eye.

"At a young age, so arrogant!" Qiu Niang was willing to retreat easily, throwing out the white silk towards the dragon jade, the white silk was like a dragon out of the sea, straight towards the fisherman's daughter, seeing her dodge a few times, the footsteps were a little sluggish, and sure enough, she accidentally slipped, fell down from the bell tower, and fell straight to the street, attracting everyone on the street to reach out to pick it up, all of them had to be touched.

At the last moment, two figures flew in the air, stopped the fisherman's daughter, and turned over and returned to the bell tower, everyone was immediately very disappointed, and scolded the bastard, and the stone looked at it attentively, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Senior Brother Yin, why are you here!"

Yin Mengfu heard the sound of the voice under the bell tower very familiar, so he turned around and looked down, and sure enough, he saw Shi and Dou Qiongying in the crowd, and hurriedly left the two of them and flew down to meet them on the street.

"Sure enough, you're here, and we're meeting again. Yin Mengfu opened his mouth, but he seemed to have something on his mind, a sullen appearance, the stone and Qiong Ying had not yet opened their mouths to ask, and suddenly saw another person downstairs, the stone recognized her as Yin Mengfu's sister Liu Fengchun, born slender and soft, with a very moving color, not like a monk cultivator, although wearing a woven gold and blue Taoist robe, wearing a pair of gilded auspicious pattern Taoist crowns on his head, but not much inferior to the dragon jade upstairs, she was full of smiles, came to see the stone, and Yin Mengfu's expression was completely different.

"It's been a long time, junior brother Xiaoshi, last time you were injured in Langkeshan, are you injured now?" Liu Fengchun was polite at first, and Shi nodded and replied: "Thank you, thank you for your concern, it's all right." ”