"A small magic spell is nothing compared to this benefactor." The monk saluted everyone, "Thank you all the benefactors for their kindness, and thank you for this benefactor's generosity, so that the young monk can show off his ugly face. The young monk is now at Tianhai Temple in the city. If you are interested, please come to the Buddha and offer some sticks of incense."
After speaking, he put his hands together and saluted everyone.
I also saluted the middle-aged man who originally performed.
As expected, he didn't take any of the money that fell on the ground. He walked back to his friends with a smile. Then he looked helpless, as if he wanted to accuse a few friends, but couldn't.
The middle-aged magician who originally performed here dared to invite this monk to perform, and he was somewhat confident. Seeing that everyone was exclaiming at the monk's magic performance, he was unwilling to admit defeat and asked his disciples to pick up the magic on the ground. He gave the money back to the monk, saying it was incense money, but the monk refused to take it anyway, so he took it back and said with a smile:
"This great master has great magic skills. He must be an expert. However, there are thousands of kinds of spells in the world. The spells that the great master can know cannot be mastered by a villain. If a villain can know them, the master may not be able to master them either."
Then he asked his disciples to bring him a knife.
A machete with a wide back, a thick blade and a thin blade. The blade was dark and pockmarked, and the blade was so bright that it reflected the light of the fire. It was probably a bit more imposing than the one at the vegetable market.
The onlookers exclaimed when they saw it.
"Come!"
I saw the middle-aged man lying down on the wide bench, revealing his head and neck.
Everyone's eyes were wide open, reflecting the light of the fire.
The apprentice walked over and raised the knife.
The knife was so heavy that it required both hands to lift it, and it took a lot of effort to lift it above the head. When I lifted it, my arms were shaking, and everyone was afraid that they would not be able to hold it steady.
"useless……"
"Ouch……"
Some of the onlookers stopped, some covered their eyes and did not dare to look, and some even screamed in surprise.
"Master..."
"cut!"
"this……"
"Can't understand?"
"good……"
The apprentice also pretended to be unbearable——
Grit your teeth! The knife falls from the hand!
"brush!"
The blade reflected fire and flashed against the wall.
A round thing fell down and rolled several times on the ground.
"ah!"
There was even more exclamation among the onlookers.
This shout overshadowed all the excitement tonight, and people from far away could hear it and hurriedly ran towards it.
More and more people are crowding around.
The calico cat also opened its eyes as wide as possible, pressed its two front paws on Song You's arm holding her, stretched its neck and looked forward, as if to see how the head was doing. He twisted his head left and right, with a small amplitude but extremely high frequency. Although he didn't speak and there was no human expression on his face, curiosity and shock could be seen at a glance.
In the blink of an eye, more and more people gathered.
Originally, Song You and Sanhua Empress were at the outermost edge of the crowd, but now they are at the front. People keep coming from behind, and people keep trying to squeeze forward.
"Don't panic!"
A voice came from the front.
It was the middle-aged man's voice.
Many spectators who covered their eyes dared to look when they heard the sound, only to see that the middle-aged man's body had been separated, and some people were frightened and screamed.
But take a closer look——
Although the middle-aged man's head was cut off from the neck, no blood was spilled. The fracture between the neck and the head was very smooth and smooth, and the bones, flesh and throat inside were clearly visible, but there was no blood.
The apprentice held up the middle-aged man's head, but the middle-aged man was still opening his mouth and talking.
One time he said that he poked his nostril, another time he said that he pulled his hair, and another time he scolded the apprentice angrily, saying that the apprentice's little finger was pressing his eyes.
The apprentice apologized, took a tray, put his head on the tray, walked around with it, and showed everyone one by one.
The head was as vivid as usual, not like it had been chopped off from the body. It was still smiling and talking to everyone, which made everyone surprised.
"Everyone is happy to see it, and the villain is going to ask for a reward!"
"Good job! Reward!"
Those who came out to hang out during the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival, even those who were not wealthy, still had some change with them to buy water, food, and gadgets. It was a pleasure to watch. Even stingy people would follow suit when they saw others throwing away money. Throw away one or two copper coins less.
Even Song You took out a few coins and threw them forward.
The calico cat turned back to stare at him.
"Miss Sanhua, please don't be so stingy. If you like what you see and get excited, it's okay to support her a little bit." The Taoist said, looking down at her and lowering his voice, "I was the one who rewarded you with the few pennies just now. It happened to be in my arms. He also carried a lot of money for Empress Sanhua, does Empress Sanhua want to reward him? If so, I will do it for Empress Sanhua and throw it over."
"..."
The calico cat immediately withdrew his gaze and stared ahead.
But her eyes flickered, and after hesitating for a long time, she turned back and meowed at him.
"Ms. Sanhua is really generous!"
Song You took out a penny from his arms and threw it out.
"Thank you so much..."
The head on the apprentice's tray said so.
Then something even more surprising happened. The man on the bench stood up, turned around, and bowed his hands to everyone. However, while turning around, he accidentally got caught on a chair leg and fell down.
"Ouch!"
The head screamed in pain.
"I've made you laugh. I'm far away, so it's inconvenient to wake you up." The body got up and continued to hold his hands, and the head said, "You guys are so generous, I should give you a drink."
Then he asked his apprentice to get some wine.
But the wine is not drunk from the head, but poured into the neck of the body. After a while, the head's face was red, a little drunk, his eyebrows were dancing, and he was so intoxicated that he even sang a song.
The officials all around were amazed.
After a while, the middle-aged man's face became redder and redder, and then he asked his apprentice to put his head back on. Suddenly it became the same as before, with no wounds visible.
"It's embarrassing."
The middle-aged man bowed his hands in front of everyone, and then made a weak look, saying that the spell just now was too irritating and he was tired. He used this to ask for another round of rewards, and then asked his apprentice to perform for everyone.
The apprentice does not have the skills of the master, but he is not bad.
I saw him fetching various colors of paint, mixing them into a pile, and then told everyone that this place is not near the river yet. I guess everyone has not gone to the lantern festival to see it, so he asked everyone to take a look first.
Then he drank the paint in one gulp, opened his mouth and spat it towards the wall, and there was a picture of a river bank lantern festival on the wall.
The picture shows Changjing, where the lantern festival is held tonight.
There were huge crowds and countless colorful lights.
Talented men and beautiful women walk among them.
Vivid and vivid.
Some people who have just returned from the lantern festival say that the river is like this, and some people even found themselves there.
Song You had already left the crowd with the cat in his arms.
The previous scholars and monks also walked out of the crowd and went to the river. When they saw Song You, the monk who had performed before put his hands together and bowed.
Song You also quickly returned the greeting.
The two sides were not far away, and I faintly heard the monk's friend asking him. The monk told the truth, saying that when he walked out of the cloth shop, he happened to see the Taoist turning around and looking at him. He must have been a wise man. An expert with good cultivation and knowledge can see where he is going at a glance and salute accordingly.
So the scholars quickly turned around, bowed to the Taoist, and then left.
"Taoist priest……"
"Um?"
“How much money can they make in a night?”
"There are many people tonight. Changjing people are rich, and there are many dignitaries. Maybe..." Song You thought for a moment, "A few dozen taels of silver? Or maybe more if you meet a noble person."
“Can you make money from a cat spitting fire?”
"Maybe."
"Maybe?"
"I've never tried it before."
Song You shook his head helplessly and walked towards the river with her in his arms.
This cat seems obsessed with money and making money.
But if you think about it carefully, Sanhua Empress actually doesn't know the difference between poverty and wealth.
Even the size of the house she lives in doesn't matter to her.
She used to live in that elegant little courtyard in Yidu. She would run up and down and walk on the courtyard wall every day. Now in this small building, she still ran up and down and walked on the roof. Even though she stayed in a ruined temple on a barren mountain, she still found the piles of firewood and debris in the temple and the vegetation on the mountain very interesting. When she quickly shuttled through it, it was like a parkour adventure on a strange terrain, which was very fun.
Sanhua Empress can live well without money. Even before, Sanhua Empress didn't know what money was.
The ones who really need money are Taoist priests.
So it may not be an obsession with money and making money.
It is the obsession with raising Taoist priests.
"..."
The Taoist shook his head and walked calmly.
Suddenly there was a bright light ahead.
It's not that bright.
No matter how bright the candle is, how bright can it be?
It's just that there are countless colored lanterns in that area, and the red candlelight is connected together, both by the river and in the river. The light and darkness are intertwined in the darkness, and it also has its own charm of lanterns and candlelight, which is not necessarily inferior to the neon lights.
Both sides of the river were crowded and lively.
The princes and nobles of Changjing, the talented and beautiful ladies, the scholars and warriors, and even common people all crowded on both sides of the river. There are hawkers in green hawking lanterns along the street with burdens. There are delicate women in groups in groups on the river bank, carefully putting down river lanterns. They lower their heads and close their eyes, not knowing what they have made. There are also literati upstairs playing with poems and poems. There are often An exclamation came.
Even on the roadside, there are countless people guessing lantern riddles.
There is a dazzling array of snacks, drinks and gadgets, making it look like a picture of a prosperous Lantern Festival.
There are countless wonderful and prosperous things in the world, but the first thing that attracts Taoists is the various lanterns.
In the past, the common lantern styles were not outstanding, just ordinary lanterns, at most thinner, fatter, and more decorated. Even if the Taoist has been to the palace, the lanterns in the palace are extremely exquisite, and some are even made of rhinoceros and sheep horns, which are extremely precious. However, the styles are relatively uniform, not as colorful as the lanterns at the current lantern festival.
There are countless patterns just for what people carry in their hands and hang at the door of shops.
Square, round, oval, fat, thin, round and checkered, like boxes, hanging bead curtains, tassels or streamers, combinations of various shapes, and even lamps that look like horses and dogs. These lanterns, which are more diverse than one can imagine, are just like this world, wonderful and complex. If you think it is single and rigid, you may have stayed in the mountains for too long.
Song You watched as he walked and whispered to the cat in his arms: "Miss Sanhua, why don't we also buy a lantern?"
"Meow?"
"Some are expensive and some are cheap."
"Meow……"
"I forgot to bring the one at home. Besides, that one is a bit special and it's hard to bring it out, so I had to buy one." Song You said to her, "Does Empress Sanhua like anything?"
"..."
The calico cat thought for a while, stretched its neck and looked in one direction.
The Taoist also looked over.
I saw a shop in front of me guessing lantern riddles. If you answered three correct questions, you would be given a lantern. Many people gathered around and it was very lively.
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