The Lantern Festival begins when the bright moon hangs high.
The moon passes through the clouds.
The lights are bright, and the sky is filled with Kongming lanterns, and Liangzhu City turns into a sea of golden-red lanterns.
It is said that there will be a spectacle of three consecutive stars at midnight tonight.
The storyteller is very unusual tonight.
He actually took Ji Liyou's hand at the lantern festival and held him tightly. The passers-by glanced at him for a moment, and then took it back slowly when they saw the storyteller's cold gaze. Ji Liyou felt that his palms were already wet. Sweat, it’s early summer, and there are people moving around at the lantern festival, making it even hotter.
He wanted to withdraw his hand, but he caught it again and held it between his fingers.
Ji Liyou could sense his uneasiness. What is he waiting for, and he is also afraid of the result of his waiting.
Is he afraid? Ridiculous, what could he be afraid of in this world
Ji Liyou shook his head, he was overthinking it.
"My hands are sweating," he told him.
"Bear it."
"Fine."
"Hey, there's someone selling jujube cake over there." Ji Li said worriedly.
The storyteller still held him tightly in his hand, "I'll go with you."
"There are so many people, and if you have to lead me along, the road will be narrow." Ji Liyou complained.
"Brother Liyou!" On the overpass, a little girl with a mandarin tail bun ran towards the storyteller and Ji Liyou, followed by a slow-looking foreign woman with green eyes and tall eyebrows.
"Hurry up." Ranran called Anmuda.
"Here we come." She could only take a trot.
When Ran Ran got closer, she realized that the storyteller had been holding Ji Liyou's hand. Ran Ran asked, "Why are you holding brother Liyou's hand?"
Ji Liyou looked embarrassed and whispered, "Let go."
The storyteller said, "I'm afraid he might get lost. There are so many people here."
Ran Ran nodded, "That's right, I'm also afraid that brother Liyou will get lost. Let me tell you, noble ladies from Liangzhu will also come out today. They wear the same clothes as ordinary women, and their buns are similar. We can only go out and play on the night of the lantern festival. Last time Brother Liyou just arrived at the Meng family, the eyes of the sisters in the Meng family were about to pop out. We have to keep an eye on Brother Liyou."
After saying that, she held Ji Liyou's other hand.
As a result, Ji Liyou's hands were sweating.
After walking a few steps, I heard the crowd say, "What are you doing walking together? Isn't it too crowded?"
Ji Liyou had no choice but to wink at these two domineering people and ask An Muda to take Ran Ran away.
Anmuda said deliberately, "Guessing lantern riddles."
"Where?" Ran Ran stretched out her hand and put it in her eyes.
"It's over there." Ji Liyou said.
"Let's go together." Ran Ran said.
After walking a few steps, she realized that Ji Liyou and the storyteller were walking too slowly. She let go of her hand and said, "Otherwise I will hold my brother's hand after a while. There are really too many people and I can't even walk."
Anmuda shouted from the front, "If you don't come, all the good seats will be taken up. Come quickly, the lottery has already started."
Ji Liyou let go of one hand, but the other person refused to let go of him.
Soon, Wei Lang walked out of the crowd at one end and said, "The road is too narrow and there is really no room for two people. It's the same if you follow him and meet at the front."
He said this to the storyteller. Ji Liyou nodded, feeling that there was something inexplicable in the eyes of Wei Lang and the storyteller.
The holding hands were finally separated, and a child passed between them, just missing Ji Liyou's and his hands.
Suddenly, the storyteller no longer held his hand.
Ji Liyou's hands felt cold and there was wind. His sweat was quickly taken away. On such a hot day, the wind was cool.
Ji Liyou smiled and said, "I'll hold your hand again when we go back, okay?" as if coaxing a child to talk.
Turning around, Ji Liyou had already run away with Ran Ran and An Muda.
The storyteller's hand fell flat and stayed in the air for a while before taking it back.
Wei Lang looked at the sky and said, "The time is almost up."
The storyteller said in a daze, "If he can't even pass the first level, where should I find him?" He smiled bitterly for a moment, "That's his fate too."
"Leave it to fate, is this the first time for you?" Wei Lang said.
"It will also be the last time." The storyteller turned and walked in another direction.
Farther.
Ji Liyou looked back and saw that the storyteller was no longer there.
There were so many figures that he could no longer see where he was. He felt a little panicked for a moment, as if a kite had broken its string.
Wei Lang stepped forward and said, "What are you looking for?"
"he's gone?"
"No, he said you wanted to eat jujube cake, so he went to the front to buy it for you."
Ji Liyou breathed a sigh of relief.
Wei Lang suddenly said, "Do you know what it feels like to be betrayed?"
There was a roar of people and new fireworks began to bloom in the sky.
"If you choose to trust someone, it's best not to stop halfway."
He heard nothing, "What did you just say?"
"I said today is an auspicious day."
Ji Liyou nodded, "I'll go to Ranran and the others, and you and he will come find us later."
"Okay." He said.
He waved to Ji Liyou. It's like saying goodbye forever.
Ran Ran smiled at him from the other end of the crowd. Judging by the shape of her mouth, she seemed to be saying, "Let's go put out the lanterns first. Come find us by the moat. There are too many people."
Ji Liyou nodded and waved her hand to follow An Muda, "I'll be here soon."
Ji Liyou's arm was pulled by someone else, and he was about to see who it was.
Master Ying smiled and said, "Young shopkeeper."
"Master Ying?" He was happy.
"Why didn't you say anything when you came to Liangzhu?"
"It's been here a long time ago."
"By the way, Old Man Wen doesn't know yet. Let's go find him. Although he won't say anything, I know that he must miss you too. Are they here?"
Master Ying shook his head.
The crowd moved forward in waves, and he and Master Ying had to be carried forward by the crowd. Everything was too noisy. Ji Liyou's ears were buzzing with the sounds of children crying, laughter, and women's slapstick. , the sounds of men greeting each other, hawking, pushing people, shouting... Master Ying seemed to be saying something.
Ji Liyou didn't listen carefully and had to get closer, "What do you mean, do you want to go find Old Man Wen first?"
He shook his head, "I came to see you for something."
"What happened? Could it be that the teahouse lost a lot of money?"
He didn't speak.
Ji Liyou smiled and hugged his shoulders, "It's no big deal, no big deal. You forgot that our family is rich. If the old man is here, we can support ten teahouses."
His childish smile was like a faint light, insignificant among the bright lights.
Master Ying decided to extinguish the light.
"He's going to kill you."
"who?"
"He wants to kill you, get out of here immediately."
"What are you talking about?" Ji Liyou didn't understand.
"When he killed her, he shot an arrow from her back and pierced her heart."
Ji Liyou's face was stunned, "What on earth are you talking about?"
"I hope that this time, you end up better than her."
"I do not understand."
"He has only one way to deal with a game that he cannot control, which is to make the rules useless and let everyone involved in the game die."
"Aren't you blinded by this light? It's hard for you to speak." Ji Liyou pretended to be relaxed, and the smile on his face was already very forced.
"You know who I'm talking about."
"I do not want to know."
"It will be three stars soon."
"so what?"
"That's when you die."
Ji Liyou smiled dryly, but the corners of his lips could not be raised no matter what, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Leave Liangzhu immediately while there is still time, so that he will never find you."
"I will not, never leave him." Ji Liyou looked firm.
"I'm not lying to you. I've come all the way to lie to you. Am I so boring?"
Ji Liyou no longer wanted to hear more from him. But he followed.
"From the beginning to the end, there is no difference between you and her. There is only Ji Fuwei, and Ji Fuwei is the only one he wants."
"Stop talking. Grandpa is dead. He will not come back again. He will not lie to me."
"What if he lied to you?"
"Won't."
"You are just a body he raised, a cauldron to hold Ji Fuwei's soul."
"In that case, why did he kill me and destroy my body?" Ji Liyou didn't believe it.
"Because tonight is the last chance, the chance for Ji Fuwei to come back. The moment you live or die, it is the moment he invades your body. He will occupy Ji Liyou's body. From now on, there will be no more Ji Liyou in the world. There are only Ji Feiyu and Ji Fuwei." Master Ying said.
"What is your purpose? I don't believe a word of these words!"
"Me? I just pity you."
"I don't believe it. He is the only one in this world that I believe in."
"In the study room, after every book and annotation written by Ji Fuwei, he picked up his pen and wrote words behind it. Why do you think that is?"
"I don't want to hear this from you, go away!"
"The beginning of his relationship with Princess Mingkang was also a bet with Ji Fuwei. With just one bet, he destroyed a woman's country. Who do you think you are in his heart?"
Is it... the mute princess who can't speak? Ji Liyou was shocked.
He randomly grabbed a handful of peanuts and threw them at him. "Go away. If you don't go away, I will tell him that you came to see me today."
Master Ying asked him to stretch out his hand, "It's not too late now, let me help you take off the soul-inducing bell."
"What did you say? This is... a soul-inducing bell?"
"Didn't he tell you? If a mortal wears the soul-inducing bell, he will have nightmares every night. This bell has too much yin energy and will shorten your yang life."
"Lie, this is a gift he gave me. Wherever I go, as long as he hears the bell, he will come to me."
he murmured.
"You are still too young. How could he not be able to deceive you after he has lived all these years? You believe whatever he says because you are just a child who is not deeply involved in the world."
"You told me not to believe him, why should I believe you." Ji Liyou hurried away.
His mind was in chaos, and he couldn't wait to find the storyteller. Maybe, as long as he saw him, he would feel at peace.
During the Lantern Festival, it seemed that all the Liangzhu people came out to play, and there were people everywhere.
Ji Liyou felt dizzy.
Suddenly, Ji Shanjing's shadow appeared in front of his eyes.
Ji Liyou seemed to have finally stepped onto the ground from the clouds, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "What, you want to fight me again?"
Ji Shanjing walked past him without even looking at him.
Ji Liyou was about to grab his sleeve and ask him why he didn't even say hello.
Almost instantly, he covered his belly. Ji Liyou didn't expect that he would kill him during the Lantern Festival.
The knife was so fast that he never knew that Ji Shanjing could stab his stomach with a short knife in the blink of an eye.
The pain comes with the blood.
He squatted down slightly and covered the wound with one hand, but more blood poured out from between his fingers.
Someone in the crowd screamed and ran away.
"Someone got stabbed!"
"There's an assassin!"
"Run away!" "Report to the official—"...
Sword energy! There was a strong sword energy coming towards him.
Although Ji Liyou couldn't see it when he crouched down, he could feel it.
Before the sword edge had even arrived, Senhan's sword energy was already approaching his eyebrows. Not only was it swift and accurate, but it was also extremely powerful.
Ji Liyou didn't even see this person yet, but he already knew that he had met a very terrifying opponent.
He removed his hand from his belly, turned on the light, and saw that the blood was no longer bright red, but slightly black, and the sword was poisonous.
"Damn it, I was careless." Ji Li thought silently.
If he had a sword in his hand at this time, with the speed of his attack, he wouldn't be able to catch this man's sword.
It's a pity that he is seriously injured now and is defenseless. Even if he can dodge this sword, he can't dodge the second one.
Since this man's sword can emit such cold sword energy, it is not difficult to imagine how high his swordsmanship is. He had no choice but to hide towards the table next to him, and split the wooden table with his sword. He heard a "crash" sound, and a large wooden table filled with all kinds of things fell down.
The table blocked his sword for him.
Ji Liyou lay in the darkness, not even daring to breathe.
The street was full of people just now, but now they are scattered in all directions.
With his bare hands, he was unable to parry and resist this cold sword energy and sharp and rapid swordsmanship. This Lantern Festival is probably his burial place.
He shook the bell on his wrist, feeling that he might not be able to hold on anymore.
After shaking for the first time, the assassin heard his voice and stabbed following the sound. Ji Liyou couldn't dodge and his shoulder bone was almost broken.
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
He raised his head, and in front of him was Tumo.
All the strength Ji Liyou had gathered seemed to be drained away at this moment.
It's Tumo...
It was Tumo who always kept silent but always brought him cakes in the Sanqi Teahouse.
He was also the one who planted flowers in the backyard with him and picked out flower fertilizers for him.
They were pals on the surface, but over the years, he had long regarded the people in Sanqi Teahouse as family.
It turns out that he is the only outsider in Sanqi Teahouse, and they are our own.
"You want to kill me?" Ji Liyou was so shocked by his sword just now that he vomited blood.
"It's the order of the God, I have to obey it."
"What should I do? Hahahahahaha... everyone said he wanted to kill me!" Ji Liyou smiled with blood in his eyes.
He said, "I don't believe it unless he says it himself." Ji Liyou shook the bell on his wrist again.
The second time, he still didn't come.
Tu Mo closed his eyes. It turned out that he couldn't bear to kill him.
Even he couldn't bear to kill him.
The long sword stabbed him. Ji Liyou sacrificed one hand and desperately grabbed the man's sword.
Even if he sacrifices everything, he has to fight with him.
The fight of life and death is already a matter of seconds.
He used his hand as a shield and caught his sword. The tiger's mouth was split open and the bones and flesh of one palm were shattered.
Just flesh and blood.
How can you defeat weapons
There was darkness and dead silence.
Ji Liyou waited for a long time, his clothes soaked with cold sweat. At this moment, he heard the sound of fireworks stop.
(End of chapter)