The sun and moon are bright and the stars are sparse, the lights are chaotic, the lights and shadows are intertwined, and people are walking around from time to time. A certain "Li Gongzi".
Li Yan didn't know where he went, and he didn't stay with him. Li Sheng was among a group of elegant boys who were always ready to go to the draft just like him.
Zhou Fei was very surprised, and said to herself, "I've come back from a swim in the East China Sea, how can I still meet this unlucky bastard? What a bad fate."
Li Sheng didn't see Zhou Fei, he was holding a wine glass in a vain way to "push the glass for a change" with the people around him. The small wine glass was only one mouthful. After a glass, I haven't seen him pour a drink for a long time. I don't know how those big fools let him fool him.
Immediately, Zhou Fei discovered that Li Sheng had been staring in one direction. She swept back and forth along Li Sheng's gaze twice, but didn't notice anything unusual. She was wondering when suddenly, a drunk man staggered through the crowd.
The drunk man hummed and sang a particularly obscene street ditty. A lot of brutish and rambunctious men surrounded him and laughed, but he was not ashamed. He went to touch the jug on other people's tables wherever he went, causing harm all the way. , and finally came to a table in the far corner. The drunk man sat down and reached out to touch the row of untouched jugs on the table. Zhou Fei was taken aback, because she didn't realize until then that there was a man in black sitting in the corner.
It was a slender black-clothed man with a clear face and white temples. His whole body seemed to melt into the night, and he could easily be ignored.
Zhou Fei quickly turned her gaze back to the crowd, thinking that Li Sheng was staring at this person.
At this moment, the black-clothed man raised his head and glanced at the drunken man opposite him. The drunken man who was just swaying around seemed to have woken up in an instant, and the little song in his mouth stopped abruptly. After a while, he stood up unnaturally, staggered through the crowd, and walked away in a hurry, and he looked back with lingering fear after walking out of the distance.
Zhou Fei was a little puzzled. Seeing that the black-clothed man was sitting upright, with a beard on his face, his eyes were calm, and he was not very vicious. Zhou Fei stared at him a few times, and then saw that his eyes were familiar. She searched and recalled. For a moment, I was taken aback—because I recognized this person as Daoist Chongxiaozi, who spread her Tao Te Ching and the Mayfly Formation outside Yueyang City!
Zhou Fei thought: "Is he still vulgar?"
Although Chong Xiaozi met her by chance, he indirectly saved her life, so that Zhou Fei was not killed by Duan Jiuniang. It was a coincidence that she met her at this time. She should go to meet her, she immediately planned to pass through. The noisy crowd, go to Chong Xiaozi.
Unexpectedly, when she moved just now, the black-clothed Chong Xiaozi seemed to be aware of it. He suddenly looked over here, and his eyes shot at Zhou Fei like electricity. Before she could greet her from a distance, he rushed to Xiaozi. He abruptly turned his eyes away, stood up as if hiding from a debt, and dodged sideways into the crowd.
Zhou Fei was inexplicably disliked, and was very puzzled, so she wanted to chase after her.
But it seems that the beggars and gangsters in the entire Qilu land are all here to eat, and those who are constantly in the way are blocking the road, and the old man is like a black fish that slips and does not leave his hand, and he will disappear in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Fei: "Senior!"
At this moment, there was a sudden noise not far away.
A group of domestic servants came out of the courtyard with steaming longevity peach, just in the middle of Zhou Fei and Chong Xiaozi. When they passed, Chong Xiaozi had disappeared.
In the courtyard, the music of the flute and drums started, and the host also invited a music class, and the girl's clear voice came through from the courtyard.
Zhou Fei leaned on the broken cover, and when she turned her head, she found that Li Sheng was also gone. She couldn't help frowning on the spot, thinking, "Did he recognize me? But why is he hiding from me?"
At this time, Wu Chuchu squeezed to her side with difficulty, patted Zhou Fei on the shoulder, and said loudly into her ear: "Why did you come here?"
She held a stack of old books in her arms and carefully stretched out her hand to protect it in the crowd.
Zhou Fei hurriedly stretched out her hand to take half of it for her and asked, "What is this?"
"Master Liu asked someone to give it to me," Wu Chuchu said. "I said that the house was too chaotic today, so I couldn't have a good chat with me. I was very sorry, so I wrote down my experience over the years."
Zhou Fei: "…"
Teachers and disciples may not be so diligent.
Wu Chuchu said: "Is it not good for us to leave like this, why do we have to go in and say thank you in person?"
Zhou Fei also wanted to know what kind of freak this Master Liu was. Hearing that, there was no objection, so the two carefully rubbed each other and came to the inner courtyard.
The tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard were full, and there were even people sitting on the top of the wall. There was a high platform in the middle, and several young girls on the platform were playing, playing and singing. It was very lively.
The two of them just found a corner and stood still, and the girls on the stage collectively flicked their sleeves and withdrew like clouds.
In the courtyard, the gong rang, and the noisy crowd fell silent.
A beaming middle-aged man in the seat stood up. It must be the master of the room, Mr. Liu. This man is less than five feet tall, and he is round and plump. He can get out two miles with one foot. Eye.
Master Liu stood up, not in a hurry to speak. First, he pretended to look around for a while, found a row of steps, and climbed up several floors on his short legs, and then swept the pergola with his hands. , Seeing that he was taller than the other people standing, he nodded with satisfaction, and bowed his hands in the crowd's laughter: "Laugh at me, see me at me."
After joking about his size, he straightened his clothes and said aloud, "Today is my mother's eighty-fourth birthday, as the saying goes, 'Seventy-three, eighty-four, who wouldn't ask me to go there? '… ”
Everyone laughed again, and a shriveled and thin old lady stood up next to the stage, holding the fan in her hand vigorously and smashing him: "Bastard, who are you cursing?"
Mr. Liu hugged his head and avoided the old lady's fan. He had a big head and short arms, very funny, and said with a hilarious smile: "Mother, you let me finish - I don't want to believe this evil, so I invited all the big guys here. It's a lively and bustling big day, and all the pits and obstacles will be smoothed out! You are willing to come today, and you are willing to reward me Liu's face, I appreciate it, you must eat well and drink well, and eat more. Meat, the bento is to give the old lady a boost..."
Someone next to him drank the wine, and the whole room burst into laughter. The 84-year-old old lady was so angry that she grabbed her crutches and instructed the two big girls to help her. Mr. Liu came down from the stage in a jiffy.
Master Liu shouted while hugging his head and squirming: "Mother! Mother! The son's gift hasn't been shown to the big guy yet. Oops... You also save some face for me."
The pianists at the back of the stage were also in a hurry. Seeing this scene, the gongs and drums started again, and they played a funny accompaniment to the madly rushing Meatball Liu. The singing girl’s light laughter was mixed in it, and the skirt was looming behind the scenes, ready to go on stage again. After singing a paragraph, the men on the wall stretched their necks one after another, ready to applaud as soon as possible. Suddenly, the noisy crowd seemed to have a problem suddenly. From the periphery, the silence like an epidemic spread quickly into the courtyard.
The crowd was inexplicable, and after a dozen rumors, it became quiet. The violinist plucked the strings, and then realized that something was wrong. He lifted his palms to press the strings, and the trembling strings touched the two sides of the violin. Together, there was a harsh "squeak" sound, which was particularly evident in the silence.
The people inside smelled the tense breath, and looked out for unknown reasons, and saw a man from Liujiazhuang who squeezed the door with a blank face and ran in: "Old, old master, come from outside, outside..."
Before he could finish speaking, someone behind him suddenly started to panic. A few people with iron masks are like a group of walking demons and ghosts. The first reaction of everyone with them is to hide from them. For a while, wherever they go, it is like the dragon divided into the sea. Divided into two, a large open space was given to this group of uninvited guests, and the panicked crowd crowded together, watching helplessly as these people swaggered in.
Zhou Fei heard several people around her whispering the words "Iron Masked Demon" aloud.
Wu Chuchu bit her ears and said, "It seems to be from that Young Master Yin."
Zhou Fei's thumb lightly rubbed the handle of the Shattering Blade, and snorted softly, "The yin of the 'Yin's lingering soul'."
Yin Pei's great achievements over the years, but anyone who has grown ears will hear it, and it can be said that he is full of evil, and just in doing evil, he has defeated the demons of the living and dead in the past with one enemy and four.
Wu Chuchu frowned and said worriedly: "I heard people say that he has suddenly started working here recently, but I didn't expect it to be true... He won't be bad for Mr. Liu, right? Well, how could that Young Master Yin change? become like this."
Zhou Fei didn't say a word, her eyes swept across the quiet and panicked crowd - the fireworks in the 48th Village, Li Sheng, Chong Xiaozi... She always felt that something was wrong with today's birthday banquet.
The luthier behind the stage also seemed to be a little nervous, pressing the strings to make a few astringent rubbing sounds.
The old lady who passed her birthday didn't know if she was frightened or what. She was chasing and beating her son just now, but at this moment her face was blue and her body was shaking. .
Master Liu gestured to the girls and told them to help the old lady to the side, and walked forward with a smile on his face, and said to the masked man at the head: "The visitor is a guest, and you are here, so please take your seat, okay? ?"
The people in the "seat" obviously didn't appreciate this group of neighbors, and when they heard this, they immediately stood up like an enemy.
A few masked people didn't say a word, they came forward well-trained, stood in a row, turned their backs to Master Liu, knelt down in unison at the door, and then a few people carried a hardwood shoulder pad and walked away. When he came in, there was a man in an iron mask sitting on it, his pale hands resting on one side, and a monster quietly crouched on the back of his hand, its tentacles moving together.
He was already thin and out of shape, the cheeks under the mask were smashed in, and the chin became sharper and sharper. Before the age of 30, the two nasolabial lines at the corners of his mouth had cracked and wrapped around his face, and the corners of his mouth would be slightly dark blue. Pressed down, there is simply no one.
Zhou Fei looked sideways and vertically, except for the mountain and river scabbard hanging around the waist of the person who came, she didn't see any familiarity, she couldn't help asking Wu Chuchu, "Is this person really Yin Pei?"
Wu Chuchu shivered slightly, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on the back of her hand.
The shoulders fell to the ground, but Yin Pei didn't get down. The man who carried one of his masks respectfully stepped forward a few steps, his head was on Yin Pei's face, and then Yin Pei slowly stood up and stepped on the carriage The shoulders fell on the back.
Zhou Fei's eyes were sharp, and she saw that the sedan chair person who was lying on the ground as a rug had his sleeves slightly rolled up, revealing a basalt tattoo on his wrist that was once teased by Li Yan as "The Eighth Prince"—it was actually an old part of Ding Kui's back then!
"It's lively." Yin Pei stepped on the living carpet and opened his mouth tragically.
I don't know if he described it as too terrifying, and the piano behind the stage was accidentally touched by someone, and a long sound of "choking" sounded particularly high-pitched in the courtyard where the needles could be discerned, and it could make people jump.
Zhou Fei's ears moved slightly, her eyes turned to the stage, and she felt that the sound of the piano sounded familiar.
With a tense expression on his face, Master Liu said, "Dare to ask if your Excellency is 'Real Qinghui'?"
The corner of the masked mouth raised, and the slender and blue fingers gently brushed the body of the monster, and the tentacles of the monster quickly trembled and made a strange light sound.
"Did Liu Daxia receive the letter?" said Yin Pei, who was wearing an iron mask, "Why, things are not ready?"
The fat on Mr. Liu's face trembled: "Today is my mother's birthday, and there are so many friends here. Can the real person allow you to offer the money you want the next day."
Yin Pei smiled and said, "A birthday banquet? Well, it's better for us to come early than a coincidence. Why are we here to ask for a drink... Yo, what is that?"
He turned his eyes to the two servants of Liujiazhuang next to the stage. The two servants were carrying a small box in their hands. When Yin Pei turned his eyes, the two servants were like frogs targeted by poisonous snakes. Stock battle, almost can not stand.
Master Liu was drenched in cold sweat, and said in a suppressed voice, "It's Liu's birthday gift to my mother."
Yin Pei gave an "oh" and asked, "What is the gift?"
An old man who looked like a butler next to him almost bent his waist to the point of nodding his head, and said cautiously, "It's... an ancient, antiquity, according to legend, it is the orb held in the mouth of the Dragon King. If you hold it in your mouth, you can avoid hundreds of poisons..."
"Oh," Yin Pei nodded, as if he didn't care much about touching the strange insect in his hand, "The poison-proof beads are also a rare item. Speaking of which, when I was young, I saw my elders receive one. When you fall in the middle of the road, you don’t know where it falls? Now that I think about it, things are not necessarily precious, it’s just a thought—bring it over to give me insight.”
Zhou Fei heard that this Poison Avoidance Pearl might have belonged to the Yin family. Later, it fell into Master Liu's hands by coincidence, and Yin Pei came for it.
She was a little emotional for a while—Yin Pei was still thinking about collecting old things from the Yin family, but he turned the only blood of the Yin family into this virtue.