During this period of time when Pregnant Qiao was practicing behind closed doors, there were constant riots in the city, and not long after the headless corpse case, there was now a ghost plague coming out to cause chaos.

This ghost plague is also peculiar to say, often appearing in groups of three or five, but it comes and goes without a trace, its trajectory is uncertain, and it is elusive. Moreover, wherever the plague goes, disasters and plagues occur.

Recently, the ghost plague in the capital city has been violent, not only has there been many disasters, but the epidemic is increasing day by day. In the entire territory of the capital city, there was a tragic scene of moaning and shouting, crying and grabbing the earth.

King Jiang Yan was already anxious, so he waved his sleeves and announced that a Da Nuo ceremony would be held in the near future to eliminate the evil spirit!

Recently, Pregnant Qiao has almost recovered from her injuries, so Huan Shu invited her to watch the disaster relief ceremony together. Pregnant Qiao thought that he had never carefully visited this capital city since he had ever done so, and after thinking about it, he agreed.

Although there is an epidemic in the city, on the day of the ceremony, the streets and alleys are still crowded, and thousands of people are crowded.

On both sides of the street, vermilion incense tables are placed, and nearly 100 kinds of food, fruit offerings and sacrificial items are enshrined on the incense tables. Red, red, green, green, very fancy.

The peddlers' pawns carried the picks and shouted loudly, and the shops in the market even supported the stalls directly in front of the door.

There are many shops on the street, and all kinds of goods and goods are dazzling, and there are many categories.

Not only are there all kinds of armor, but also weapons and armor. But what is sold on the street is only some of the most ordinary weapons and protective gear, and there are none of them at the spiritual level and the Xuan level.

The most popular shops are the shops that sell women's products, from light leno and all kinds of skirts, to rouge gouache and all kinds of beaded hairpin rings. Now the front of the paving is crowded and surrounded by crowds.

Pregnant Qiao wore a hibiscus-colored high-waisted skirt today, covered with an open white gauze coat, combed a round bun, and a few strands of green silk hung down between her temples. The head of the mantis has eyebrows, and the collar is like a grub.

At this moment, he was standing in the crowd and looking around, and at a glance, he looked more and more good.

Xiaoqing is wearing a cyan skirt and combing a double bun, which looks beautiful, and follows closely behind Pregnant Qiao.

Huan Shu was still dressed in a white brocade robe, holding a peach blossom fan in her hand, standing side by side with Pregnant Qiao. His gaze stayed on Pregnant Joe, and he never looked away for a moment.

Suddenly, the crowd on the street began to agitate.

The corners of Huan Shu's mouth pulled, pulled up pregnant Qiao and shuttled through the crowd, and in three steps and two steps, she rushed to the front of the crowd of onlookers and stood on the side of the street.

Pregnant Qiao's face was crimson, and she was a little embarrassed.

In order to be able to watch the ceremony up close, these onlookers came here early in the morning to wait in line. They came late, even if they stood in the back, it didn't matter, just to watch the excitement.

Pregnant Qiao looked at Huan Shu with slight disgust, and when she saw that he looked like a matter of course, she pouted angrily.

Huan Shu Yile, gently grabbed the sleeve of Pregnant Qiao, and said: "This ceremony is still a little interesting, standing in the back, I can't see anything clearly." If you want to stand in the back, you can have the deity hold you, and that's okay. ”

Pregnant Qiao took a sip, thinking that this guy was getting thicker.

There were bursts of drums in the distance, and Pregnant Qiao couldn't care about being angry with Huan, so she quickly looked up.

The drums beat from far and near, and I saw a group of twelve or thirteen-year-old boys approaching. The boy was wrapped in a big red square handkerchief on his head, wearing a red shirt on his upper body, a green silk robe on his lower body, and a big drum in his hand.

Huan Shu whispered in the ear of pregnant Qiao: "This is a blessing, advocated by a hundred nephews!"

Pregnant Qiao nodded, looked towards the boys' team, and sure enough, the boys began to read:

plague ghosts and demons, Hugh must be rampant;

The twelve beasts are unstoppable;

Unload your limbs, and whip your liver and intestines;

Leave no piece of armor behind, sweep it in one go......

The boys were advocating and codifying, their sleeves flicked lightly, and their drumsticks flew up.

To the rhythm of the drums and dance steps, the children read louder and louder, and the people who watched the ceremony chanted loudly and chanted in unison!

When this wave of boys passed, a person came over. The person who came was tall, surrounded by black gas, wearing a black robe and a red robe, holding a Ge in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. His long silver hair was scattered, and his face was covered with a cyan ghost-headed mask.

The ghost head mask has a hideous face, a wide mouth and fangs, and a gloomy atmosphere. The four eyes on the mask are made of platinum, glowing golden.

Pregnant Qiao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this person ...... This mask, I seem to have seen it somewhere......

The man wearing the ghost head mask glanced at Pregnant Qiao through the mask, and Pregnant Qiao suddenly felt as if she had been choked by someone's throat, and she couldn't move up and down, and Pregnant Qiao nervously forgot to breathe, and the corners of her forehead began to sweat constantly.

Fortunately, the man in the ghost-headed mask quickly turned around and left.

Huan Shu noticed the strangeness of Pregnant Qiao, immediately looked down at her, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

Pregnant Qiao shook her head and said slowly, "Who is it that just passed?"

"The man pretended to be Fang Xiang, and he drove the way during the ritual of purification. ”

After the man left, Pregnant Qiao's discomfort disappeared, and she nodded softly at Huan Shu.

At this moment, the crowd began to stir again.

Huan Shu shook his head and chuckled, "The Twelve Great Beasts have appeared. However, the twelve beasts in this ceremony were dressed up as people, not real ancient beasts. ”

Seeing that she seemed to be confused, she explained: "These twelve beasts, namely Jia Zuo, Xiongbo, Jian Teng, Qi Qi, etc., can drive away evil things such as ghost plagues, ominous, and parasitic.

Legend has it that Xiongbo specializes in feeding on ghosts, while Qiqi with a tiger body specializes in eating ghost plagues!"

Sure enough, there were twelve people on the street, dressed in fur and horns, dressed as twelve strange monsters.

Immediately following the twelve beasts appeared, there were two groups of men and horses wearing masks, embroidered painted clothes, and holding golden spears and dragon flags. Behind them are the soldiers defending the city in full gold armor, as well as the ghost emperor, the king of Hades, the ghost general, the judge, Zhong Kui and others, a total of more than 1,000 people.

Pregnant Qiao glanced at Huan Shu and said, "Don't you have to go to the parade?"

Huan Shu laughed, gently pinched Pregnant Qiao's little face, and said, "Little fool, these people are all pretending, the Ghost Emperor and the King of Hades are so busy, where do they have time to participate in the parade? This sacrifice is just a means to appease the people!"

Pregnant Qiao raised her hand and slapped Huan Shu's hand away, glaring at him fiercely.

Huan Shu was stared at by her like this, and her soul didn't know where to go. grabbed the corner of her clothes again, and said softly: "Okay, don't be angry anymore......"

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(Author's statement: The scene of Da Da refers to the relevant records of the Book of Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty.) Poor strange sayings, there are bull body and tiger body said, here refer to the "Divine Strange Scripture: Northwest Wilderness Scripture" in the saying: the shape is like a tiger, with wings can fly. ）