Demon Exchange

Chapter 137 The Lantern
Back at the inn, sitting in the room, Ning Qiu opened the window and watched the sunny weather outside.

Hehe smiled and said: "Looking at this, it's going to blow up..."

The little girl stood beside her, and also took a look at the weather outside: "Uncle, there seems to be no wind..."

I always listen to uncle uncle calling.

Ning Qiu touched his face subconsciously: "Am I really that old?"

The little girl giggled: "Grandmother said, I am six years old now, and I will be married in another six or seven years. The uncle is so good-looking. In our village, when I get older, I will have grandchildren... "

Also, people in the old days had an average life expectancy of around forty years, and both men and women got married and had children very early.

A 26-year-old man without a girlfriend like him is a super old leftover man...

There seems to be nothing wrong with being called uncle.

Ning Qiu smiled. He opened his palm, and the dark copper coin totem slowly flowed out, gradually covering his entire arm. It seems that after taking the red stone, the power of this world to trap him is gradually weakening. There are no surprises, let me speed up and weaken this power...

This town looks ordinary, but many people are not ordinary.

For example, the restaurant guy, people like this are usually more philistine, but this guy is very patient and cultivated, especially when dealing with him and the little girl who are like beggars.

You must know that in this world, not all ordinary people can get a good education, have a meal, and live well. What more bicycles are needed?And no matter how kind and honest the restaurant guy is, some things cannot be changed, such as a very metaphysical temperament...

But based on these alone, Ning Qiu is still not sure.

When I met this guy again in the afternoon, he didn't seem to have changed much from the morning, but there was a trace of deep tension and determination in his eyes, as if he was about to do something very extraordinary...

And when I was talking to my buddy, among the pedestrians coming and going, there were a few people looking at me intentionally or unintentionally.

Their acting skills are very good. If they hadn't walked the same path back and forth three or four times, they could basically be said to be impeccable...

If I guess correctly, the restaurant staff and those passers-by are most likely some hidden underground organizations, similar to the White Lotus Sect of the Tiandihui in the Qing Dynasty, but I don’t know who their targets are...

So, tonight's Lantern Festival is going to be windy...

Thinking of the strange statue of the triple reborn Buddha that was staring at him in the morning, Ning Qiu's eyes kept rippling, and he tapped his fingers on the table lightly. After thinking for a while, he stood up and said to the little girl: "Stay well in the inn. I'll go out for a walk. If you need anything, just ask the guy in the inn to get it!"

Then went out...

The town is not very big, before the sunset in the evening, use the fastest footsteps.

Ning Qiu went to every shop in the town.

I bought a lot of things, although there is no yellow table paper here, but fortunately there is cinnabar, yellow cloth, and I can make my own brushes, so the problem is not too big...

In addition to this, he stopped and stopped on the way, and left a lot of things behind.

When the sky darkened, the implementation of all this was very close to the prediction in my heart.

Go back to the inn and take the little girl downstairs for dinner.

At this time, the whole town became lively, red lanterns were lit in front of every house, and there were more kinds of lanterns on the streets, colorful, birds and beasts, everything that one expects to find...

Children like to join in the fun and are very curious, and the little girl is no exception. When eating, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and kept looking at the street.Ning Qiu smiled lightly: "After eating, you can go out and have a look." The little girl was so excited that the rice in the bowl was cooking faster...

Walking out of the inn, there are lanterns and festoons everywhere, and the opera troupe babbling and singing on the wooden stage. There are a lot of old men with their own chairs sitting under the stage watching intently. It is very lively.

It's a pity that Ning Qiu's heart is not fluctuating. He has seen all the big Lantern Festival scenes. The town's decorations may be gorgeous in the eyes of the townspeople, but in his eyes...

The little girl is from the edge of the northern border, where have I seen so many strange things.

Ning Qiu didn't want to walk around, so she folded a thousand paper cranes with a yellow paper talisman and put it in her pocket, so that she could sense her position at any time...

After giving her a handful of copper coins.

He walked aimlessly, came to a river, took advantage of the opportunity and sat down on a stone beside a willow tree.

Leaning lightly on the tree trunk, looking at the sparkling river, in a daze...

he is waiting...

Young people, in the upper reaches of the river, put exquisite lanterns or boats into the water. These things are made of leaves and are very waterproof. They can float on the river for a long time and are not easy to sink to the bottom!
Every year at this time in the past, those slightly talented young masters, young ladies, or scholars would put a thin piece of paper full of poems in these lantern boats, and then light a small candle, using The wax liquid sealed the paper to prevent it from being soaked in water, and then quietly waited to see if the lantern boat was taken away by someone, and then looked at the expression of the person after reading the poem, and if there was something interesting, he would come forward to strike up a conversation...

The town was mixed with fish and dragons, and there were many people. The number of lanterns on the river gradually increased, like a river of stars.

Ning Qiu was a bit bored, the stone was very close to the river, in order to pass the time, he picked up a lantern, picked up a piece of paper hidden inside the lantern, and read it, and laughed, I don’t know who wrote it, it’s like doggerel , After reading, he sealed the paper back into the lantern and put it in the creek, and continued to salvage other exquisite looking lanterns.

His behavior naturally attracted the attention of others.

There are several painting boats on the river. Only rich people can afford to rent and buy such things as painting boats. Apart from rich young masters and young ladies, those brothels will also have their own painting boats, soliciting customers everywhere to gain fame... …

On a painting boat, a girl stood at the window and shouted hastily: "Miss, miss, come and see, someone has picked up our lantern... Although he is a bit older, he looks very good-looking, no It's boring."

Another girl walked out behind the girl.

About seventeen or eighteen years old, with black hair and shawls, and handsome facial features, she may not be a fish or a wild goose, but she is definitely not ugly. She followed the maid's finger and saw a young man sitting on a willow tree boulder by the river. Shockingly short, tied with a ponytail that looks a little funny...

And the lantern that the young man was holding at this time was put down by her own hands, seeing him carefully reading the contents on the piece of paper.

The eldest lady blushed instantly, she was indeed pretty, and her heart was a little confused...

Just said: "Yan'er, please let that young master go on the boat to tell..."

She saw the young man's expression change, he threw the lantern into the river, stood up, and listened carefully...

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