Night.

The blue bird went out of the high-rise building and carried people into the east of the city.

There is a temple fair in the east of the city, and a thousand flowers bloom in the sky.

"Sister Yao, look, look, big lion..."

"It breathes fire... Wow... It's coming, run..."

"Run, look for my brother, the big lion is coming to roast the suckling pig..."

"Hey... You two don't run so fast... Be careful!"

"Oh no, Sister Yao's fire-breathing dragon is back..."

"Watermelon, don't run so fast... Wait for you, Brother Xia Xun..."

The temple fair in the east of the city, with a radius of more than five miles, four streets and twelve lanes criss-cross it, extending in all directions. The fire dragon and fire lion dance with red, the firecracker fireworks fly everywhere, adults and children dance on the street, a sea of joy.

As soon as the watermelon came off the back of the peony's blue bird, he couldn't wait to pull his medicine sister into it. As soon as they saw the dragon and lion dance team, they ran around screaming as if they were afraid of being eaten. Xia Xun had just recovered some of his strength, and he was sweating from the watermelon...

"Brother Xun, hurry up... The big lion behind you is biting back..."

"It's coming, it's coming..."

"Sister Yao, let's go over there, there are a lot of flowers over there..."

"Good..."

"Wow, this is going to move..."

“......”

The temple fair is very exciting, in addition to the dragon and lion dance, there are many strange knick-knacks. For example, a moving lantern, a walking bamboo fish, a Kong Ming lantern that can fly into the sky, etc., etc...

Fortunately, the watermelon has been pulling the peony, and fortunately, Xia Xun's divine sense is strong. Otherwise, according to the rhythm of the watermelon's crazy running, it is estimated that it will not take a few breaths to be attracted by these strange things and run away...

"What is this? do you know?" asked Peony, pointing curiously at a flying lantern pig.

"Uh... This may be a type of Kong Ming lantern... I haven't seen it in the book again..."Xia Xun replied uncertainly.

"Looking for brother and sister, what is this?"

"Uh... I don't know. ”

"What about this, what is this?"

“......”

For the excitement of the temple fair on the Yuan Night, it was not only the watermelon, but also the two young men and women pulling the watermelon, who were also very surprised.

"Sister Yao, you see there are monsters inside!"

The watermelon held a bamboo tube and looked in the eyes, so curious.

Peony also looked at her curiously...

"Oh... This should be the hundred-flower window that Mr. said, which is placed with glass cut into water chestnuts..."

"I've also seen it in the book, this glass is not easy to refine..."

"The craft in the Western Regions is very mature..."

“......”

Peony and Xia Xun, the two are of the same age and have similar backgrounds. One person was hidden deep in the valley of the North by his elders, and he was accompanied by Jinglun day and night. One person was conceived by the master and asked the top of Tianshan Mountain, and he was friends with Shuzhu for many years. They are all wise and learned, and they are all those who have rarely entered the world and seen the mortal world for many years. I haven't seen the lively scene of the temple fair on the Yuan Night with my own eyes, and of course, I rarely know the gadgets of the people.

There is a lot of fun in the world, and it is difficult for people to have fun.

In the temple fair in the east of the city, the two of them walked and ran with a baby, and they were very happy.

Time came unconsciously to the back of the night.

The west end of the temple fair, a small corner...

"Bunny! Don't run..."

"Everybody's caught the thief... Help me stop him..."

Just when Xia Xun and the three of them were tired of playing, they sat in a small stall and drank tea to quench their thirst and rest. There was a sudden commotion in the distance, and a few shouts startled the surrounding people to look sideways.

"You grandma, don't catch you for Lao Tzu..."

"Dare to steal Lao Tzu's things on Chinese New Year's Eve... Look at Lao Tzu who has skinned you alive..."

The trend of the commotion was towards Xia Xun and the three of them, and it could be heard from the angry shouts that someone should have stolen something and was discovered.

Xia Xun frowned, pulled the watermelon, and the watermelon pulled the peony, and leaned to the side together.

"Stop him!"

"Catch him..."

Not long after Xia Xun and a few people walked away...

A thin figure, holding a package in both hands, flew out of the rioting crowd. He is agile and quick, and it can be concluded that he is not a habitual thief, at least he has practiced some skills.

After the thief rushed out of the crowd, he didn't stop, and rushed directly in front of Xia Xun and a few people, and ran into another wave of people behind them.

"Damn... Looking for death..."

"Bunny..."

The thief left on his front foot, and a sturdy middle-aged man with a height of eight feet rushed out of the crowd and chased after the thief. The speed is fast, the footsteps are light, and the shuttle is flexible and free in the crowd, and you know at a glance that you are a practitioner.

I'm afraid this thief is going to be miserable...

After a while...

The commotion of the crowd behind fell silent.

"Smack..."

"Lao Tzu told you to run..."

"Bang Bang..."

"Let it go! You grandma, believe it or not, Lao Tzu beat you to death!"

"Bang Bang..."

As expected, the thief was caught...

A round of punching, kicking, and insulting sounds sounded one after another in the crowd, and people nearby surrounded them one after another.

The middle-aged man was probably also ruthless, just listening to the dull hitting sound, he could hear the watermelon standing on the periphery, and pouted. Xia Xun got goosebumps...

Strange to say, though. Even if he was beaten so hard, he couldn't hear half of the thief's cry for mercy. It's just that with each blow, there is a tingling low.

"Bang Bang..."

"Let go of Lao Tzu!"

"Bang bang!" "Let go... Don't let go!"

"Bang bang... Bang Bang"

The beating and scolding continued, becoming more and more ruthless.

The more people stopped to watch, and the mood of everyone visiting Flower Street seemed to be diluted by this farce. Some plainly dressed people began to unconsciously show a slight bitterness.

"What did this doll steal, he won't let go of beating him like this..."

"That man seems to be a member of the Rejuvenation Hall, this doll won't be someone's treasure, right?"

"If you fight again, it's estimated that you'll die..."

"This doll is also guts, and actually went to steal those strongmen..."

"Eh, be quiet..."

The people around him whispered and didn't dare to speak loudly, because they were afraid of causing trouble. This is the level gap between ordinary people and people in the court.

Outside the crowd, Peony's expression was similar to Xia Xun at this moment, all of them were frowning, and they were puzzled. She turned her face lightly: "What the doll stole should only be some ordinary medicinal materials such as yams, Tianqi, and cloves, why didn't he hand them over?"

"Huh?"

Seeing Xia Xun's puzzled gaze, Peony then explained: "I smelled it when he passed by just now. ”

Xia Xun is slightly different.

Unexpectedly, the thief just swept by, and the peony could smell the medicinal herbs in the package, and he could clearly count the types of medicinal herbs. This sense of smell is not ordinarily powerful...

"Bang Bang..."

"Let it go!"

"You rabbit cub, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless!" "Bang!"

......

"This doll is stubborn..."

"I've been caught, and I haven't handed it over......"

“......”

At the same time as Xia Xun and Peony were talking, the sound of hitting from the crowd over there became heavier and heavier.

Xia Xun's brows were still furrowed, because he could also feel that the package that the thief was holding was just containing some herbs. Although he didn't smell as accurately as peony, he was sure that it wouldn't be valuable. Why didn't the thief hand it over?

"There may be some misunderstanding here, why don't we go and take a look?" Listening to the infiltrating beating and scolding, Peony seemed a little unbearable.

"Yes"

Xia Xun simply nodded in response, took out a few copper plates from his arms and put them on the table, then led the watermelon and peony and squeezed into the crowd behind him...

"Bang Bang"

"I'll give you one last chance!

"Lao Tzu on Chinese New Year's Eve doesn't want to be obscure, don't force me. Little bunny!"

In the crowd, I saw the stout middle-aged man with distinct and hideous facial features. Wearing a blue and white brocade robe, half a waist of red silk, and some blood stains on the navy blue cloth shoes.

On the ground at his feet, there was a trembling doll, whose face was covered with fresh blood, and he couldn't see his appearance, and he was about seven or eight years old. is clenching his teeth, holding a green cloth package in both hands. There were several purple and black finger marks on his hands, which should have been left by the middle-aged man when he tried to break his wrists before.

"Smack" the middle-aged man, and kicked the doll's waist again.

This kick seemed ferocious, but it seemed to have enough strength left, and the kicking doll shook it. Otherwise, judging from this person's physique and the back of the body just shown, it is a random thing to kick this doll to death.

"Rabbit cub, I don't want to bully you, you hand it over. ”

The middle-aged man stared at the doll on the ground fiercely and gritted his teeth.

The doll gritted its teeth and closed its eyes, silent.

"Bad luck!" "Spit..."

The middle-aged man scolded fiercely, shook his head and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm.

"What you stole is worthless, hand it over obediently. That's it. Lao Tzu has to rush back for Chinese New Year's Eve, don't force me!"

"Otherwise, you don't want these hands!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man took out a small knife from his arms, two fingers long and wide, which should be specially used to cut herbs.

"Smack!" is another kick.

"Handed over or not!"

The doll on the ground is really strong, so it keeps its eyes closed, regardless of the wind and rain, and is wrapped in its arms.

"What the fuck you!"

"Yes, I don't bother to talk nonsense with you! You asked for this, no wonder I..."

The middle-aged man spoke in a vicious tone, but it could be seen from the entanglement of his eyes that he was very helpless.

He bent down and grabbed the doll's wrist and pulled it up in the air with a vigorous volley.

"Don't let go!"

The doll still gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and his trembling body proved that he was afraid, but he just didn't speak!

"Look for death!"

The middle-aged man is really angry now, and the knife is picked down, and the tendons of this doll are about to be cut!

The moment the knife falls on the flesh of the hand!

"Dang!"

The cold light flashed, and the iron slammed sounded.

The middle-aged man's knife was knocked a little crooked by the cold light thrown by it, and he froze.

"Jingle Bell..."

A copper plate fell to the ground, spinning and turning.

"Huh?"

The sudden change did not surprise the middle-aged man, and he was very calm, but he was a little suspicious. He looked at the slight marks on the blade of the knife that had been struck by the cold light, and then at the copper plate on the ground. Finally, he slowly turned his head and looked towards the cold light...

I saw Xia Xun leading watermelon and peony and squeezing out of the crowd. He clenched his fists and said apologetically, "I'm sorry." ”

The middle-aged man looked at Xia Xun suspiciously for a while before he slowly spoke: "Copper plate, divine sense, fourteen or fifteen years old..."

"Your name is Xia Xun?"

"Uh... Do you know your predecessors?" Xia Xun couldn't react for a while. In his memory, he doesn't remember that he knows this man.

"Huh~" The middle-aged man squinted his eyes and grinned. He straightened up again, but the doll was not put down in his hand.

"Now the people in the rivers and lakes of Yueyang City, who doesn't know that there is a little ancestor from the north in Qixing?"

The words were neither salty nor light, but Xia Xun could still hear the hint of inexplicable hostility hidden in them. It's just that in the atmosphere at this time, he can't allow him to continue to delve in, he nodded, and Xiao Xing greeted him.

"Senior, you see that tonight is the New Year's Eve, and everyone is trying to have a good intention. If you use the knife again and get angry, isn't it not beautiful?"

"Spit..."

The middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm:

"The rivers and lakes have rules and regulations. This little rabbit cub came to my Huichun Hall to steal something, and now I have caught it, and he still refuses to hand over the stolen things. Do you want me to do just that?"

"Smack!" The middle-aged man shook his hand fiercely and threw the doll back to the ground: "Then I will return to the Spring Hall, will I still be in the rivers and lakes in the future!"

Xia Xun looked at the doll curled up on the ground, and said politely with his fists again:

"No, tonight the elders will dare to be peacemakers. How much property this little doll stole from the seniors, the younger generations will wait for their elders to compensate you according to the price. I wonder if you'll be able to take it off?"

The middle-aged man was suspicious again, and also looked at the doll on the ground: "You have an old relationship with this rabbit cub?"

"Juniors just happened to be passing by. ”

“......”