Around the green dragon, many people spontaneously raised auspicious cloud lanterns and wave lanterns and surrounded the dragon's body, just like the dragon sometimes soaring in the clouds and mist, sometimes walking through the waves.
There are also some Nuo masters walking on stilts, wearing long-sleeved clothes and various aquatic masks. They dress up as shrimp soldiers and crab generals, turtles, dragon girls, water ghosts and monsters. They follow the green and white dragon lanterns and wave their sleeves in Nuo dance. There are words in his mouth: "Riding on the sea and crossing the Dongting, fulfilling the mission and seeking peace, showing benevolence and righteousness to benefit all living beings, plowing and weaving to make a prosperous life, decorating with beautiful articles and offering wine, using poems with pearls on the bright night, and dancing with women in winter. , A gentleman asks the sky when he is drunk..."
While these Nuo masters were singing, they were carried forward by the auspicious clouds of the waves, just like the endless waves in the river. The masters of instrumental music played the harp, the sheng, the gongs and the drums, and carried the horns of the horns, which brought heavy music.
Looking back, we can see that ordinary people were following behind the Dragon Nuo Master to see him off!
They took the ingots, paper figurines, and objects they had prepared, and followed the long queue around Junshan Island and into Junshan Town.
The purpose of the Dragon King statue circumnavigating Junshan Town is to receive money from the people to feed it. At this time, the people of Junshan Town will stand on both sides of the street and throw all the copper coins from the second floor until the blue and white dragon's body is filled with copper coins. The Dragon King smiled and accepted their money.
The dragon parade will continue to parade around the streets of Longwang Second Town in Junshan, and when all the roads in the town have been paraded, they will return to the original place from the other side of the Dragon King Temple.
At this time, the treasure ship far away at the end of the pallet can come in handy.
The paper money, ingots, and paper figures in the hands of these people will be sent to the boat one by one until the boat is filled to the brim. From a distance, it looks like a treasure boat filled with gold, silver and jewelry parked on the river bank, with two blue and white dragons at the end. The gods will also be sent on this big ship and placed on top of the treasure in a lying state, just like the two dragon gods guarding the treasure.
When everything was ready, a man lit the fire starter on the shore. As the starter penetrated the hull, the huge ship began to burn violently with a roar.
This treasure ship itself is designed to be burned completely. The ship's planks and cabins are made very light and thin. Only the bottom plate is made of real solid wood, and the other parts are made of paper hollow boards. This kind of board is flammable and easy to burn. As long as the fuel is used, Burning, it immediately pushed the hull of the ship into the lake driven by the heat. In the process, the giant ship was completely burned, and the two dragons were also completely reduced to ashes in the sea of fire.
At this point, the Bainuo Dragon King Festival is over. What follows is that the goddess drives away ghosts and eliminates epidemics, and sings and sings praises. Most of the lyrics are in the local Yueyang dialect, and they also sing about the Dragon King’s blessing and so on. When singing, they also sing. Spreading flower petals all over the place and moving around frequently are very tiring.
It was so lively that half the day had passed by the time all the ceremonies were over. From noon to evening, the area around Junshan Town was like an explosion. The excitement was non-stop. Yue Guanchao and the others stood on the teahouse. Faced with this excitement, they always remained calm. It's worry.
"We've been here since morning until sunset, but we haven't seen anyone suspicious?"
The teahouse where Song Siyuan and the others were standing happened to be an excellent location to observe the Longjun Temple. Almost all passers-by were caught in the view. Youdao didn't know the true face of Mount Lu. Just because you were in this mountain, you could see far if you stood high. Some Small movements that are unnoticeable in the crowd are immediately apparent.
For example, they can generally see clearly which people are simply greeting acquaintances, which ones are pocket pickpockets, which ones like to steal people's money, and which ones are trying to make a fool of themselves, or deliberately trying to make false accusations. Yue Guanchao and the others saw it. For half a day, no moves from the Golden Rat Society appeared at the Dragon King Festival.
"Could it be that I guessed wrong?"
Sun Daqiao drank a cup of tea and was quite curious as he spoke.
Yue Qingshan took a bite of the roasted meat and muttered: "Not necessarily, there are too many people now and it's too chaotic. If the people of the Golden Rat Society really want to do something big, they must disguise themselves. Killing people in broad daylight is not intentional. Are you going to rush to get someone to find them?"
"In the past, golden rats would kill people only at night. Firstly, they would have the cover of night. Secondly, it would be convenient to frame them on ghosts. As long as the wounds were made more bizarre and the death was more terrifying, most people would think it was a murder. Killed by ghosts and gods, I almost don’t dare to pursue it for fear of provoking him.”
He coughed a few times and drank a few sips of tea: "As for me, I would like to remind you a few words first. Maybe people from the Golden Rat Society are also secretly inquiring about the temple fair. If you look too hard, even if they don't know that you are You can probably tell which party is here to inquire about the situation. It’s better to fill your stomach quickly while the sun sets at night. I heard from the teahouse owner that there will be a fireworks show in the evening."
"At that time, it's the critical moment to see the real chapter."
Yue Guanchao listened to his uncle's words. During the fireworks show, most people would gather together, and there would be fireworks as a cover. If someone really wanted to do something, and the fireworks bloomed under night, it would be a perfect time to kill and set fire.
"Yes, Jiang is still old and hot. My second uncle is so good at killing people. He must have had a lot of lives on his hands before."
Yue Guanchao immediately closed the curtains, walked to the tea table, took a piece of green bowl cake and bit into his mouth.
"You kid, I kill all the people who deserve to be killed. At that time, it was even more chaotic than now. At this time, you can finally see the government in charge. At that time, the previous government had no authority in the south at all. Country warriors and soldiers from various cities and prefectures came to maintain law and order. It was very chaotic. Some people dared to hack people to death in the street. The lives on my hands were all evil people. If you ask me to do it again, sooner or later it will happen. Cut it like that."
In the next two hours, everyone listened to Yue Qingshan's advice and stopped talking to fill their stomachs with peace of mind. As the sunset glow faded like the blood of the setting sun, Dongting Lake gradually sank into the night.
At this time, Junshan Island and Longjun Temple were still brightly lit and bustling, and the surface of Lindao Lake was as bright as a golden palace. Instead of dispersing, these people gathered more and more, and the surrounding vendors became more and more dense. The shouts are endless.
Before the fireworks show started, the acrobatics near Longjun Temple had already begun to attract spectators. They climbed mountains of knives, descended into seas of fire, twirled gravel, and transformed people into living beings. Each of their unique skills was dizzying and miraculous.
At present, those politicians and squires have been welcomed out of Junshan Town and continue to return to the pergola of the stands. When these people take their seats, the fireworks show slowly begins.
There was a sharp cannon blast, and bright meteors flew upward from Longjun Mountain.
These meteors soared into the sky and quickly turned out brilliant sparks. For a time, the Milky Way fell for nine days, and fire trees bloomed with flowers. They exploded in the clouds one after another. It was as bright as a spring garden. As the sparks became more dense, the fireworks gradually came from the top of Junshan to Longshan. Near the Jun Temple, sparks bloomed directly on the tall tower, shaped like a pagoda reflecting golden light, brilliant and gorgeous.
The gorgeous fireworks reflected on the lake made the people wonder what the heaven and earth were and the starry sky. The sense of perversion was dizzying.
Some people died, but not completely...
