The next day is the first day of the temple fair.

Early in the morning, there are people selling fried fruit barley along the street.

The diet of the Zheng people is very different from that of the Qin people, who like to eat pasta, but the Zheng people like to eat glutinous rice.

This fried barley is ground with glutinous rice, kneaded thoroughly, and pressed with a large stone overnight, and then kneaded into balls the size of pigeon eggs, fried in oil, and then poured with a layer of brown sugar juice.

For the Qin people in Changling and Guanzhong, using this to make breakfast is naturally sweet and greasy, and I am afraid that they will smash the bowl angrily because of sticky teeth.

Ding Ning didn't refuse this kind of sweet, and asked for two with a coarse porcelain bowl, but when she was about to pay, the woman who sold fried fruit barley resolutely refused to accept it, and said with some shyness: "Since you are a guest of the Feng family, two worthless things, how can you be embarrassed to accept money." ”

Ding Ning frowned slightly, looked at the woman who obviously had a strong Zheng accent, and asked, "How do you know that I am a guest of the Feng family?"

"Yesterday, it has spread in the city, and there are two guests of the old man of the Feng family living in this inn, both of whom are from Changling. You obviously have a Changling accent, and you are no different from the young man who passed it on, of course it won't be someone else. The woman explained honestly.

"It seems that today is destined to be annoying. ”

Chewing the sticky sugar glutinous rice dumplings carefully, looking at the woman who left shyly, Ding Ning turned his head to look at Xue Wangxu and said: "Now everyone in this Zheng Rencheng already thinks that we are the guests of the Feng family, but in the end, the guests will find trouble with the Feng family, and we will definitely look hateful in their eyes at that time." ”

Xue Wangxu laughed, "Sometimes everyone thinks you are hateful, but you can't help it, this feeling is also very good." Especially when you don't care what they think. ”

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The fire is prosperous, and the Zheng people sacrifice to the god of the stove, not only to ask for the stove fire to burn constantly, and to be full of warmth at every meal, but also to mean that the days are getting more and more prosperous.

Therefore, the time to worship the gods is at noon when the sun is at its strongest.

However, the temple fair also covers the trading of various goods, so since the early morning, Zhushan County has become more and more lively, and gradually there is an endless stream of cars and horses, and there are crowds of people.

When there was still half an hour before the hour, a cannon rang out at the east and west ends of Zhushan County at the same time, and drums sounded.

A group of people dressed in fancy costumes and wearing various colorful masks first walked along the streets, singing and dancing.

This is the jumping god of Zheng Ren.

It is said that this way can communicate with ghosts and spirits and beg Kang'an.

Behind these people, there are several people carrying high cases, and all kinds of offerings are placed on them.

According to the rules, after the tribute procession sets off, there will be a team of men who invite the gods in the Stove Temple to carry the Stove King who is enshrined in it out of the street.

Swim around on the established route, and then send it back to the front of the Huode Hall of the Stove Temple, receive offerings, and then the major clans in Zhushan County, dignitaries and nobles take turns to enter the incense.

At this time, in front of the Huode Palace, the desk for placing incense was already ready, and dozens of mahogany seats were placed on both sides.

In the open space not far from the incense desk, there was a handsome young man in costume, who was Feng Qinghan, the only grandson of the Feng family.

Feng Futang walked towards him quickly and said softly, "Xue Wangxu and the young man named Ding Ning don't seem to have any plans to leave the store. ”

"I said I would leave today, but I didn't leave the store at this time, and it seems that I really have an idea. Feng Qinghan sneered disdainfully: "If you really have an idea, then you are really unhappy." ”

At the same time, several carriages were parked in the depths of a quiet manor and waited.

In an elegant little building in the garden, two maids were serving a man who looked to be in his fifties to freshen up.

A maid placed a scalded, ointment-soaked towel on the man's face and gently rubbed it.

Another maid was gently combing the roots of his dark hair with an agarwood comb.

The man was unusually patient, waiting for the heat from the towel to seep into the skin on his face.

When the towel cooled down and the maid changed into a clean water towel to help him clean his face and repair his sideburns, he asked the middle-aged man who had been standing at the door: "Xue Wangxu said to leave but hasn't left yet?"

The middle-aged man waiting at the door did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, and replied clearly and quickly: "There is no appearance of going out at all." ”

"Do you really want to wait for me?"

"He Xue Wuxu can ignore his life, but I seal Qianxun, but it is a big business. Why should I surrender myself to the same position as him?"

"When I showed up, I told him not to show up. ”

This man who enjoyed the costumes of the two maids was naturally the master of the Feng family, the most beloved Feng Qianxun in Zhushan County, after he said these words, he looked at the middle-aged man and explained: "But just to prevent accidents, let the eighth wife also go, just don't arrange a seat for her, just wait with you." ”

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The procession of the great god of dancing was already approaching the Zheng people's temple of the Stove.

"Good students follow me. ”

Seeing that the time was about the same, Xue Wangxu slapped off the peanut shell that had fallen on his body, looked at Ding Ning, who was already not interested in the third dish of saltwater peanuts in front of him, said this, and then got up.

Most of the pedestrians had already followed the procession, so the streets and alleys around the inn were deserted.

However, Xue Wangxu was in front, and Ding Ning followed Xue Wangxu to walk more than ten steps, and dozens of men in gray shirts had already walked out of the surrounding streets and alleys.

On the roofs in all directions, there are also metal reflections lit up.

A dark-skinned, but lean and powerful man walked in front of Xue Wangxu and Ding Ning more vigilantly, he wanted to speak, but before he could speak, Xue Wangxu just glanced at him lightly, and he felt that the other party's two gazes were like two giant hammers impacting into his mind.

His legs couldn't help but weaken, and he almost sat down on the ground.

"You Feng family don't have a few successful tools, unless Feng Qianyun comes in person, no one can stop my way. ”

Xue Wangxu said without interest.

With a "poof", the lean, powerful man with dark skin spat out a mouthful of blood.

He bit the tip of his tongue and let the pain make him more awake and calm.

"We can't stop you, but we can die. ”

The dark-skinned man was not afraid at all, blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth, he pulled out a short sword and aimed it at his throat, and sneered: "In the future, if it spreads, it will be Xue Cave Master, you will kill here for your own personal vendetta." ”

After a pause, the man looked at Xue Wangxu, and then said in a cold voice: "I know that Xue Dong's major is extremely high, but I'm afraid you won't have time to stop many of us from committing suicide." And I can remind Lord Xue that we are all Zheng people. Even if the Xue Cave Lord is not afraid of the anger of Her Royal Highness the Empress, but the matter is too big, I think the Aries Cave will definitely pay more price. ”

Looking at the fierce eyes of the man in front of him and the many people around him, Xue Wangxu's brows furrowed slightly, he had considered that Feng Qianxun would prevent him from meeting with Feng Qianxun, but he didn't expect the other party to use such a way.

"You are from the Feng family, are you doing this because you want to rebel?" Just when he was a little hesitant, Ding Ning's calm voice sounded.

The dark-skinned man and many people around him who could sacrifice for the Feng family looked at this Changling young man in puzzlement, and they didn't understand what Ding Ning meant by this.

"Originally, we didn't have the slightest interest in such a temple fair, but we just heard from your steward yesterday that this temple fair is different from the past, and the most important thing is that there are calligraphy and paintings of Her Royal Highness the Queen to be enshrined in the Huode Palace, and we are going now to pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Queen's calligraphy and paintings. Ding Ning looked at the people around him calmly, and said slowly and clearly: "Even if you don't admit it now, if you die, if you find out in the future, you can easily find out your relationship with the Feng family." We are going to admire the calligraphy and paintings of Her Royal Highness the Queen, but you desperately don't let us see it, you Zheng people desperately prevent our Qin people from looking at the queen's calligraphy and paintings, the Feng family is going to rebel, you Zheng people... Do you want to live anymore and want to completely wipe out the clan?"

After saying these words, Ding Ning tugged at Xue Wangxu's sleeve, stopped looking at these people, and continued to walk forward.

Xue Wangxu glanced at him with eyes full of approval, didn't say more, and walked straight forward.

The swarthy man with the short sword in his hand and all the other Zheng people, thinking of Ding Ning's words, cold sweat continued to pour out of their skin, and in this cold weather, they quickly soaked their underwear.

"No wonder Wang Taixu is so convinced by you. Xue Wangxu turned his head to look at Ding Ning, smiled and said softly: "Not only do you have the ability to see things through the clouds, it seems that you are also very good at clever words and using righteousness to suppress people." ”

Ding Ning smiled coldly and said disdainfully: "Playing with power tricks, bluffing people with the great truth that can determine life and death, how can people in such mountains and wilderness compare with people in Changling?"

Xue Wangxu laughed and said, "I just don't know what other tricks the Feng family has." ”

"See the move. Ding Ning glanced at him, "I've heard that the best good debater is not to give the other party a chance to ask questions and speak at all." ”

Xue Wangxu thought for a while and said, "That makes sense." ”

The moment his words sounded, a soft Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi poured out from his body.

The steps of him and Ding Ning seemed to be no different from usual, but in the next moment, the figures of the two people were unimaginably fast, and the pedestrians on the road only felt that there was a wind blowing between the eaves on the side overhead, and in the blink of an eye, they only saw two faint figures, like clouds and cranes.