Chapter 37: Watching the Lights and Vigil

When the sky is darkened, the ground is still bright, the towns and cities are brightly lit, and when you look down from above, the earth is like a huge mirror, reflecting the bright and prosperous starry sky.

According to custom, after Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, everyone walks together to watch the lights in front of the homes of relatives, friends and neighbors, meaning to eat some pastries or snacks. When you are tired of walking, you will slowly gather in front of the local tyrants, where there are not only beautiful lanterns, delicious snacks, but also some Jianghu artists will be invited to perform.

Usually there will be people in every family who go out to look at the lights, someone who guards at home, and when they go home after watching the lights, there will be many people walking around the streets all night on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The carpenter and his daughter-in-law were strolling around the streets of Xiaxi Town with a three-year-old fat baby, and his daughter-in-law asked a little strangely: "Father, the boy is done, aren't we going to the lord's mansion to see the lights?"

"Don't worry, let's go to the Hou Ye's mansion to have a look. There was a look of expectation in the carpenter's eyes.

"Aren't the lanterns on the Hou Ye's Mansion all made by you, what else is there to see?" his daughter-in-law was even more strange.

"Why do you ask so many country women, let you see, you just go and see. The carpenter was a little embarrassed.

In previous years, the lanterns on the Marquis's Mansion were indeed made by carpenters, but this year the butler did not come to let him make them. Everyone knows that there are a lot of people in the Hou Mansion, and this year's lanterns must be made by themselves, and the carpenter wants to see what the lanterns made by the Hou Ye himself.

Before I walked to the door of Ding's house, I saw many people gathered at the door of Ding's house, and there was still fire in the middle of the crowd.

The carpenter picked up the child and walked forward, and the family finally squeezed into the crowd, and finally saw the large lanterns more than two meters high in front of them.

The carpenter was amazed and said, "I can make such a big lantern, but how does it turn inside, and how can the wind blow upwards from this dingkou?"

His daughter-in-law was dissatisfied with being counted down just now, and teased: "No wonder you are so idle this year, it seems that Hou Ye doesn't look down on your craftsmanship, you should go to Hou Ye's house to do chores, maybe you can learn some skills, and if you save it, you will count your own mother-in-law." ”

The carpenter also did not understand his daughter-in-law, and carefully watched the lanterns in front of him.

Lu Ying really came to Ding's house early, she didn't come for the lanterns, she was completely for the pastries made by Xiaoxiao. If it weren't for Xiaoxiao carrying a basket of snacks behind him, Lu Ying would not have gone out with Ding Kui to look at the lights.

Ding Kui dragged Lu Ying, followed by Ding Cai, Jiang Shunchuan, Xiaoxiao and a maid of the Lu family, and walked the entire Xiaxi Town.

In addition to watching the lights, they also picked out the darker houses in front of the door and asked Ding Cai to carry an oil pot to fill the lamp oil, and the families with more children asked Xiaoxiao to put down some snacks.

Lu Ji knew that his daughter was going to find Ding Kui, and he didn't even bother to send the guards. The guards around Ding Kui made him look red, knowing that even if the assassination master of the dark world came, he would not be able to start.

He didn't know that even if he was the number one killer in the dark world of the Shaodian Kingdom, he didn't dare to do it in front of the old man, because it was the old man's personal disciple.

Ding Zhong didn't follow Ding Kui out to see the lanterns, but he was able to stay in front of his own lanterns and watch his neighbors come to eat his own pastries, and Ding Zhong felt that it was much happier than going to see other people's lanterns and eating other people's food.

In the past, at this time of year, Ding Zhong could eat well and eat enough.

Li Zili, the former sixth master of Funiu Mountain, originally wanted to go to Xiaxi Town, but a large number of people in the village were busy with the New Year, and the old money man also sent news that he should arrange things in the village, and Li Zili stayed in Funiu Mountain.

The people left behind in the cottages were hard-working people, and some farmers and exiled women formed families. There are also some families who have come to join the protectors, and they have also arranged for a cottage, which is like a paradise, no different from a big mountain village.

The village was also full of lights, acquaintances gathered to chat, drink and play games, and some lonely people also sat in front of their doors, quietly guarding their lanterns.

Li Zili walked to a wooden house with a basket of wine and food, and said to a woman in her thirties, "Sister-in-law, Xiaoliu has come to see you." ”

"Oh, Uncle Six, why are you here, you and your brothers are making trouble during the New Year, you don't need to come to me. The woman welcomed Li Zili into the house.

Li Zili took out the wine and food in the basket one by one, put them on the table, and said: "Sister-in-law, you are alone, and I can't arrange someone to take care of it, how can I not come to see this Chinese New Year's Eve brother." ”

This woman turned out to be the wife of the big boss, Liu, who rushed to the mountain more than ten years ago, and was favored by the big boss and married Mrs. Dangzhai. The big boss was in a hurry when he escaped, and he didn't have time to take this lady with him, so he stayed in the cottage.

Because Li Zili never harmed the women who rushed up the mountain, Mrs. Liu took good care of the six masters, seeing that he was single, she always introduced women to him, and arranged for the maids to send food and clothing, just like a sister.

After the cottage was breached, Li Zili was worried that Ding Kui and others would be unfavorable to the wife of the big boss, so he concealed it. The other people in the cottage also didn't tell anyone because Liu was originally a poor person, and they were usually kind to everyone.

The Liu family has been a husband and wife with the big boss for more than ten years, and they can't see their mother's family when they go back, so they simply stay in the cottage.

"These days are thanks to the care of the sixth uncle, otherwise I don't know how to live my life in the future. "The Liu family doesn't know that the big boss is not dead.

That night, all the people in Houzhai died, and the big boss escaped from Ding Kun's hands, everyone was embarrassed to mention it again, and Li Zili also thought that the big boss was dead.

"Sister-in-law, don't say that, you used to take care of me in the cottage, and who in the village doesn't know that you are a good-hearted person, as long as the floating cow village still exists for a day, you don't have to worry about how to live your life. "Li Zili really regards the Liu family as a sister in his heart.

"Hmph, you should think more about how you will live your life in the future. A voice came abruptly from behind Li Zili.

Li Zili hurriedly turned around and looked, and the whole person was stunned.

There was a figure of a man standing in the corner of the door, Liu covered his mouth with his hand, his face was surprised and happy, and there was a trace of melancholy in the depths of his eyes.

"Big, big, big boss, you, you, what, why are you here?" Li Zili stammered.

The big boss of Funiu Mountain walked to the table, sat down with a golden knife, picked up the meat on the table, stuffed a few pieces into his mouth with his hand, chewed a few times, grabbed the wine jug and poured it directly into his mouth.

Liu hurriedly brought a pair of chopsticks, put them in front of the big boss, and snatched the wine jug in the big boss's hand, for fear that if he fell down again, he would choke him to death.

The big boss seemed to have been hungry for a long time, and he didn't care about Li Zili, who was looking at him stupidly, and spread out his cheeks and chewed nonsense.

Liu saw that her husband had a scruffy beard, his hair was still dry and muddy, and the silk caftan on his body was almost like an ordinary person's mopping cloth, and it still exuded a peculiar smell.

Liu silently walked into the kitchen, lit a fire and boiled water, and then went into the room and took out a set of clothes from the old boss.

The big boss ate seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and motioned for Li Zili to sit in front of him. At this time, Li Zili came back to his senses and sat in front of the big boss, feeling a little nervous.

"You, the sixth master of Funiu Mountain, are also quite moisturized now, where are the other brothers. The big boss squinted at Li Zili, holding a wine glass in his hand, and put it to his lips after speaking.

"Boss, this thing is not what you think, you listen to me. Li Zili was so frightened that he stood up and explained to the big boss.

Li Zili explained in detail how Ding Cai persuaded him to surrender, how he begged Ding Kui to spare his life, and how the Ding family used the cottage.

After hearing this, the big boss sighed: "What a second child! I should have thought a long time ago that the Ding family has such a powerful character, how can Jiang Jincai be allowed to run away, and his person who is afraid of death will not do everything if he is caught." ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "Alas, I can't blame you entirely for this, but I can only blame me for being blinded by the gold coin, which caused this misfortune to the cottage. I'm just a pawn in someone's hands, and I can throw it away at any time. ”

It turned out that when the big boss fled that night, he met the two mysterious masters who fled first halfway, and he was trying to discuss the next action with the two of them, but the two masters attacked and injured the big boss.

By familiarizing himself with the terrain, the big boss went headlong into the mountain and escaped the pursuit again. Later, he hid in the mountains and barely recovered from his external injuries, so he ran outside the mountains to inquire, only to learn that Deacon Wu turned out to be a spy sent by Cao Guo, and he was so angry that he almost fainted.

The big boss's real name is Tao Mu, and he was originally a son of a nobleman, just like Baron Luki, who did not belong to the hereditary aristocracy.

When Tao Mu was in his twenties, his father was wounded in a battle with Cao Guo and died when he returned home. Since then, Tao Mu's family has been in decline, he has been contaminated with bad habits since he was a child, and his family property is soon lost.

Tao Mu's knightly talent is not bad, after his father's death, he cultivated diligently, and soon broke through to the shield breaking knight. Since his family's possessions could no longer support his cultivation, Tao Mu ran to the border near the Hengduan Mountains and joined the adventure group.

After snatching a treasure in an accident, Tao Mu couldn't stay in the adventure group any longer, so he slipped back to the hinterland of Shaodian Kingdom.

Once Tao Mu passed by Funiu Mountain, was robbed by a group of bandits, and killed the cottage in a fit of rage, and found a good place in Funiu Village. He killed the original leader of the bandits and became the leader himself.

The person Tao Mu hated the most in his life was Cao Guoren, this time he was used by Cao Guo's spies, and he lost all the belongings he had run for many years, in addition to being angry, he also regretted that his intestines were blue.

Without waiting for Tao Mu to vent his anger, he was targeted by the people of the Spy Intelligence Department, and in order to get rid of the tracking, he had to flee into the mountains again. If it weren't for the fact that the masters of the Spy Intelligence Department were sent to the border near Cao Guo at that time, it would be difficult for Tao Mu to escape the pursuit of the Spy Intelligence Division.

In the second half of 4867, the spies of Shaodian and Cao launched a large-scale infiltration and counter-infiltration on the border.

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