"Well," Qin Wanwan listened to Luo Xingzhou's plan and pondered, "How can we sign up to be the substitute circus troupe?"
"This is easy," Luo Xingzhou took out a program list, "I bribed the person in charge of this matter in Liu Mansion. I told him that I was the boss of a circus and wanted to get this job. I would give him some red envelopes privately. He told me that as long as we can complete these scheduled programs, we can go on stage. I was worried about where to form a team, and you guys just happened to be here."
Qin Wanwan listened and took the program list. Jian Xingzhi came over to take a look and found that there were a lot of programs written on the program list.
What:
Drama performance of Wu Song fighting the tiger
"Chest Breaking the Stone"
"Speedy Wind and Fire Circle"
The Sword in the Secret Box
Fairy Scattering Flowers
…
"What are these things?"
Jian Xingzhi frowned, and Luo Xingzhou explained in detail: "These are some common performances, but Liu's requirements are more specific. For example, "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" must be fierce and exciting; "Extreme Speed Wind and Fire Ring" requires jumping through thirty fire rings in an instant, and it must be beautiful and entertaining; "Secret Box with Swords" requires putting a person in a box with a hundred swords inserted; "Fairy Scattering Flowers" is a viewing item, where a beautiful woman scatters flowers in the sky."
As he spoke, Luo Xingzhou took out a map and pointed it to Jian Xingzhi: "The core of our infiltration into the mansion is actually this "Fairy Scattering Flowers", because "Fairy Scattering Flowers" has a cable car that will take the fairies from this point to this point," Luo Xingzhou said, pointing on the map, "and then go to the left and walk through a moon cave door, and you will reach Feishuang's courtyard. The only thing is how to sneak in..."
Luo Xingzhou frowned, and Qin Wanwan replied: "I can take Cui Lu in with me."
"Um?"
Luo Xingzhou looked over: "What do you mean?"
"Cui Lu can turn into a bird and stand on my shoulder. I will wear a mask and complete the program with her. After she falls from the sky, we will find an opportunity. Cui Lu will turn into a human and I will turn into a maid next to her and walk over. At first, I was wearing a mask, and after Cui Lu fell, she also wore a mask, so we couldn't tell them apart."
Qin Wanwan explained.
Luo Xingzhou frowned: "But disguise is easy to be seen through. If you disguise yourself as a maid, I'm afraid you'll be discovered."
"Emerald's original form is a bird, so his transformation should not be noticed. As for the disguise technique—" Qin Wanwan said, and waved her hand in front of Luo Xingzhou. Her face changed instantly, and at the same time, her soul light also changed. Luo Xingzhou was stunned, and Qin Wanwan changed her face again, and her soul light changed accordingly. Finally, Qin Wanwan changed back to her original appearance and smiled, "I have a magic weapon on me, and I can change at will."
"Okay." Luo Xingzhou was excited. "Then I will be the boss of the circus. You will perform "Fairy Pipa Under the Moon", and Jian Daojun and Nanfeng will perform "Wu Song Fighting the Tiger", "Wind and Fire Circle", and "Iron Flower".
"What about me?"
Xie Gutang was curious, and Luo Xingzhou forced a smile: "Brother, Master Liu often comes to Tianjian Sect as a guest. You and I know a lot of people, so we can't go on stage."
"If you say acquaintance," Xie Gutang frowned, "Liu Zhong has seen all of us."
"I can turn into a bird." Cuilv answered immediately.
"I can turn into an ant." Nanfeng also answered.
"I can change at will." Jian Xingzhi said.
This bunch of people blocked his words. Xie Gutang was speechless for a long time and could only say: "I'll get your information at the mansion. If you have any questions, I'll come over to help."
After making a big decision, Luo Xingzhou thought: "What if there is a fortune teller next to me?"
"Don't worry about him." Jian Xingzhi told Luo Xingzhou decisively, "I will leave quietly today and let him stay alone."
"Okay," Luo Xingzhou nodded, and then instructed, "Also, you must remember that we are just an ordinary circus troupe, without spiritual power. Don't reveal that you have cultivation."
"White."
Everyone nodded.
The group went back to rest, and on the next day, Luo Xingzhou came to find them, distributed tools to them, and briefly explained the process. Then he took them to leave. After looking left and right, he finally found a problem.
"Where's Nanfeng?"
Luo Xingzhou was puzzled, as he realized at this moment that Nanfeng had been away. Qin Wanwan sensed and found that Nanfeng was still in the bedroom, so she led everyone to rush to Nanfeng's room and searched around but couldn't find him. They only heard snoring, which came from the bed. Qin Wanwan turned over the quilt, and everyone looked around carefully, only to find a tiny ant resting on the edge of the pillow.
"south wind."
Qin Wanwan came over, pulled out a strand of hair and poked him. Nanfeng turned over and snored loudly.
"south wind!"
Qin Wanwan pushed him with her finger, but Nanfeng still ignored her. He turned around and glanced at Daxiao: "What's going on?"
"The wine yesterday..." Luo Xingzhou hesitated, "was it too strong?"
"This alcohol tolerance is not that high, right?!"
Jian Xingzhi was shocked, and Qin Wanwan quickly calmed down: "What should we do now? Can we have one less person?"
"Well, Wu Song fighting the tiger is a two-person show."
Luo Xingzhou was anxious: "You and Cui Lu must be inseparable. I can't show up, and there will be one less tiger."
Everyone was silent for a while, then Qin Wanwan spoke up, "Call Mei Suihan up, and don't tell him what's going on. Cui Lu and I will go find Liu Feishuang, and you guys just need to perform your show."
"Yes, yes, yes," Luo Xingzhou nodded, "You just need to do something big when Miss Wanwan falls to attract everyone's attention. It won't hurt to add him in."
"Jian Xingzhi," Qin Wanwan looked at Jian Xingzhi, "What do you think?"
"What else can we do?" Jian Xingzhi said coldly, "Just add him. I'll watch him."
After everything was settled, Qin Wanwan hurried to find Mei Sui Han.
Mei Suihan was sitting at the table drinking tea and reading a book. Qin Wanwan knocked on his door and said, "Mr. Mei."
"You need me for something?"
Mei Suihan leaned on the stool and looked at Qin Wanwan with a smile. Qin Wanwan said calmly: "Sir, can you do us a favor and accompany us to Liu Mansion to perform a show?"
"Of course." Mei Suihan smiled, "How can I not do it if the lady invites me? But what kind of performance do you want to give?"
"Wu Song fights the tiger," Jian Xingzhi's voice came from behind. He walked behind Qin Wanwan and said calmly, "I am Wu Song and you are the tiger. All we need to do is put on the skin. It's not that difficult."
"No," Mei Sui Han refused decisively, "I am Wu Song and you are Hu."
"Liu Zhong has seen you. You can't use your own face to appear on the stage," Jian Xingzhi calmly gave the reason, "You have to wear a tiger skin."
"I am a Dharma cultivator," Mei Sui Han said, his facial features changed, and his soul light also changed. "In terms of the art of transformation, I'm afraid you are not as good as me."
"Why don't you become a tiger?" Jian Xingzhi frowned.
Mei Suihan replied coldly, "I'm afraid you'll take the opportunity to beat me to death."
The two stared at each other in a stalemate. Qin Wanwan didn't dare to speak. After a long standoff, Jian Xingzhi sneered and said, "Whatever you want."
With that, he turned and left. Qin Wanwan quickly said goodbye and followed Jian Xingzhi, whispering to him, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. I know you have paid a lot. I will accompany you to the night market every day and buy you Yuanxiao."
Jian Xingzhi listened to Qin Wanwan's words, and for a moment, Dang Lao Hu was not so angry anymore.
He turned around and flicked her forehead lightly, then praised her with a frown, "You are sensible."
After comforting Jian Xingzhi, Daxue waited for Mei Sui Han downstairs. After a while, Mei Sui Han packed up and went downstairs.
In order to disguise themselves as a circus troupe, everyone changed into coarse linen clothes. Luo Xingzhou pasted a mole on his face and put on a hat, looking very mercenary.
Cui Lu turned into a bird and stood on Qin Wanwan's shoulder. Qin Wanwan was wearing a veil and holding a pipa in her hand. Just looking at her eyes, she was a real beauty.
Jian Xingzhi and Mei Suihan transformed themselves into two big men and followed Qin Wanwan, while they followed Luo Xingzhou and sneaked into the Liu Mansion.
The inspection at the Liu Mansion was very strict, and after everything was checked, everyone was locked in the woodshed until the evening performance.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone started to learn acting, mainly Mei Sui Han, and began to learn Wu Song's lines.
Jian Xingzhi sat next to Qin Wanwan, eating melon seeds and watching Mei Suihan reciting some stupid lines. He was thankful: "Fortunately, I didn't play Wu Song."
As for tigers, all they need to do is jump around and have fun.
After preparing for the whole afternoon, it was finally time to go on stage. Everyone went backstage. Luo Xingzhou watched the announcements from the outside, and hurried back. He whispered to everyone, "Remember, don't use spiritual power. We are just an ordinary circus."
"Know."
Everyone nodded. Luo Xingzhou turned around and looked at the stage. He heard the ding-dong sounds on the stage. Luo Xingzhou waved to Jian Xingzhi and Mei Suihan, "It's almost time for you. Go up when you hear me. Miss Wanwan, follow me."
Qin Wanwan responded, and took Cui Lu and Luo Xingzhou upstairs to the top of the cable car.
Mei Suihan and Jian Xingzhi stood behind the stage. Jian Xingzhi said nonchalantly, "It's agreed that each of us will have a program. I'll take turns hammering, and you can break rocks with your chest."
"You be the hostage, and I will shoot darts with my eyes closed." Mei Sui Han followed up.
"I'll jump through the fire ring." Jian Xingzhi took charge of another program.
"I'll go into the secret box and insert the sword." Mei Sui said coldly.
"Are you okay? My skills are not that good." Jian Xingzhi glanced at him.
"What a coincidence," Mei Sui Han turned back with a smile, "My skills are not that good either."
As he spoke, the announcer sounded: "Next, the 'My Destiny is in My Hands' circus troupe will bring us a wonderful medley performance!"
There was applause from the audience and the sound of gongs and drums was extremely lively.
Mei Suihan and Jian Xingzhi looked at each other, then walked up with tools in hand and announced: "The first program is to smash a big big stone with your chest!"
After the announcement, several monks came onto the stage with iron benches and five huge stones.
When Mei Suihan saw the stones, his face changed slightly. He pretended to be calm and lay down on the stool. Five stones were carried by people and piled on his chest. He suddenly became short of breath.
Jian Xingzhi stretched his body and picked up a hammer from the side.
"You said, if you don't get involved in this matter, you won't have to suffer this injustice, right?"
Jian Xing's intention was meaningful, but Mei Sui Han maintained his composure: "It is destiny that has appointed me, and I cannot refuse."
Jian Xingzhi was annoyed at just leaving his fate to fate, so he picked up the hammer and smashed it down with all his might!
The stone turned into ashes in an instant, and Mei Sui Han spurted out blood.
The audience was stunned for a moment, and then burst into thunderous applause.
"Exciting!" someone said excitedly in the audience, "I've never seen such a strong chest breaking a rock!"
"A Dharma cultivator," Jian Xingzhi threw down the hammer and sneered, "that's all you can do."
Mei Sui Han said nothing. He covered his bleeding mouth and propped himself up. He watched the turntable being lifted up and excitedly went to look for the darts.
"Next, blind darts from the turntable!"
The announcement sounded again, and Jian Xingzhi was tied to a turntable, looking at Mei Suihan indifferently.
Mei Sui Han wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said coldly: "Turn, turn faster!"
The people around were stunned for a moment, and the announcer immediately said, "It seems that this warrior has extraordinary skills. Come on, let's spin the turntable as fast as possible!"
The dart wasn't shot yet, but applause came first, and everyone was attracted by this exciting scene.
Qin Wanwan and Luo Xingzhou stood in the middle. Qin Wanwan and Cui Lu both changed into the same clothes. This dress originated from the women in the Western Territory and looked quite Dunhuang-style. They wore moonlight-colored long skirts, revealing their arms and slender waists on the upper body. They had their hair in a bun with gold hairpins, were barefoot with bells hanging from their feet, and had two ribbons wrapped around their hands, making them look like fairies.
He was wearing a silver-white mask. He heard the applause and looked towards the stage with Luo Xingzhou. He was shocked to find that Jian Xingzhi's body was being spun vigorously.
"No... Are you okay..."
He stammered, "Why are they making it so exciting?"
"The more exciting, the better," Luo Xingzhou said excitedly, "this way people won't pay attention to you."
“Will something happen…” Qin Wanwan was worried.
Cui Lu chuckled: "What can happen? Don't worry."
Everyone's eyes were on the stage, the turntable was spinning so fast that no one could be seen. Mei Sui Han blindfolded himself, raised his hand and flew towards Jian Xingzhi!
When Jian Xingzhi saw the darts coming, he twisted his body into an angle that was difficult for ordinary people to accomplish, and dodged on the turntable, using the wind force brought about by the twisting of his body to change the direction of the darts. After hundreds of darts were shot, the turntable stopped, and everyone could see Jian Xingzhi twisted into a strange angle, with darts densely inserted all over his body, especially his lower body, which was filled with knives like a mountain of knives and a sea of knives.
Jian Xingzhi still had a dart in his mouth. He turned to Mei Suihan and gave a contemptuous smile.
There was a roar of applause from the audience. Qin Wanwan, who was sitting in the middle, couldn't help but applaud along with the audience.
"Master of human outline!" the announcer shouted excitedly, "The show is getting more and more exciting!"
"It's your turn." Jian Xingzhi jumped down from the bed, gritting his teeth.
Mei Sui Han had a blank expression on his face as he saw someone pushing a large box up to him.
"Go to bed," Jian Xingzhi picked up a long sword from the side, turned around and smiled, "I will definitely let you feel what it means to be precise."
Mei Sui Han saw revenge in Jian Xingzhi's eyes. He got into the box indifferently and began to survive by cutting through the cracks with a knife.
The two of them fought back and forth in a peak duel. Jian Xingzhi stabbed him a hundred times, and he turned around and gave Jian Xingzhi a thousand fire circles.
Qin Wanwan watched Jian Xingzhi jumping nimbly in the fire circle, her heart was beating fast, and she was worried that Jian Xingzhi's hair would be burned off by accident.
Is Jian Xingzhi still handsome without hair
The fight on the stage was so intense that the show quickly moved on to "Wu Song Fighting the Tiger". Jian Xingzhi, wearing a tiger skin and a tiger head, chased and fought with Mei Suihan on the stage.
Mei Sui Han chased him and beat him, and he jumped around on the stage.
Everyone was watching intently, and Qin Wanwan and Luo Xingzhou were fascinated.
Manager Liu, who was in charge of the program below, rushed up to the tower and scolded Qin Wanwan, Luo Xingzhou and the others: "Why are you still standing there looking at us? Fly!"
Qin Wanwan reacted suddenly, stood quickly on the cable car, raised her hand to play the pipa, and then gracefully descended from the cable car holding the pipa.
According to their idea, Jian Xingzhi and Mei Sui Han were attracting attention below, so he just needed to slide down the cable car into the yard, exchange identities with Cui Lu, and then go directly to find Liu Feishuang.
However, just as the pipa sounded and slowly fell from the sky, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Fairy!"
Everyone turned around instantly and saw a woman falling from the sky under the moon. The upper half of her face was covered with a silver mask, her eyes were charming and her figure was dancing.
The soft and flowing long silk fluttered in the wind, the full moon hung in the sky, and a gorgeous rose was inserted in the hair, which was ostentatious and attractive.
Jian Xingzhi turned around and was stunned.
He felt like this moment was a grand and beautiful dream, and the woman in the dream was floating towards him.
Qin Wanwan didn't expect to stare at him without even watching the show, but she quickly calmed down.
glanced at Jian Xingzhi, and seeing him staring at her blankly, she could not help but smile, and the veil fell, brushing Jian Xingzhi's face. Jian Xingzhi's eyes followed her all the way, and saw her spinning in the air, raising her hands and waving, and millions of petals flew down, and then raised her hand to throw the rose to the crowd, and everyone made a noise and jumped into the air to catch the flowers.
Jian Xingzhi and Mei Suihan were the fastest. They jumped into the air on tiptoe and simultaneously lifted the flowers to the ground. After more than ten moves, the flowers fell again. All the young people present joined the flower-grabbing battle. Someone shouted, "The tiger is fighting Wu Song!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Mei Sui Han grabbed the flower, but Jian Xingzhi grabbed his wrist and twisted it to make the flower fall into his own hand. Mei Sui Han hurriedly raised his empty hand and struck Jian Xingzhi with golden talismans flying in his hand. Jian Xingzhi met his palm strike with him, and the moment the flower fell into his hand, his spiritual power exploded, and the two of them quickly retreated.
The moment the spiritual power exploded, everyone around was stunned. Luo Xingzhou said anxiously: "It's bad."
"This tiger and Wu Song..."
Someone murmured, "That's quite impressive."
"Someone come!"
Liu Zhong reacted immediately: "Chase!"
After saying that, many people chased after the two of them.
When Jian Xingzhi saw someone coming, he turned around without hesitation and ran in the opposite direction of Qin Wanwan. Mei Suihan also flew up on tiptoe and ran around in the yard.
Luo Xingzhou thought about it and realized that it was already a mess, so he simply ran all the way to Liu Feishuang's room.
Qin Wanwan didn't know what was going on in the courtyard. She only heard the noise in the courtyard. She glanced at the appearance of a woman sweeping in Liu Feishuang's courtyard in mid-air. The moment she landed, she said to Liu Feishuang's servant who was waiting for her, "I just dropped a pendant. Could you please help me find it?"
"Pendant?" The servant was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around to look for it. Cui Lu took the opportunity to transform into a human form, while Qin Wan Wan turned into a sweeping woman and left silently.
After a moment, Cui Lu said, "I found it."
The servant turned around and Cuilv smiled: "Let's go."
The servant stood up and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to find it, girl, come with us."
Cui Lu led the others away. Qin Wan Wan walked into Liu Fei Shuang's courtyard and immediately transformed into the servant who had led Cui Lu away. She rushed to Liu Fei Shuang's door and said to the guards at the door, "Something happened in the courtyard. The master told the young lady to move to a safe place immediately."
The guard heard the noise in the courtyard and immediately said, "Let's go."
As he said that, the guard opened the door and hurried inside: "Miss, let's go."
"I do not go!"
Liu Feishuang's voice was filled with tears: "If I rebel, I will die. What else can I hide from?"
"Miss," Qin Wanwan rushed into the room, held Liu Feishuang's hand, and said anxiously, "Hurry up and leave. It will be too late if you don't leave."
"I… "
Before she finished speaking, Qin Wanwan squeezed Liu Feishuang's hand and said, "Miss, don't you remember the night when the city was in danger? Why don't you leave quickly?"
Liu Feishuang reacted, stood up doubtfully, and with the support of Qin Wanwan, went to another place with the guards.
As soon as the two of them walked out of the room, Qin Wanwan realized that something was wrong. The ground was shaking, as if something was running quickly below.
The yin energy around was getting heavier and heavier. Qin Wanwan had a feeling something was wrong and raised her hand and a magic circle fell at Liu Feishuang's feet.
"you!"
The guard immediately noticed that something was wrong with Qin Wanwan. He was about to say something, but Qin Wanwan said in a low voice, "Don't talk!"
As she spoke, Qin Wanwan took a hairpin from Liu Feishuang, put two fingers together, and touched the hairpin. After a rune lit up, she inserted the hairpin into her hair, raised her hand and cast a concealing spell on Liu Feishuang, and pushed her to the guard: "Protect me."
After saying that, Qin Wanwan jumped up. At that moment, vines as thick as dragons broke out of the ground and rushed towards Qin Wanwan. The surroundings were filled with mist, and in an instant, Qin Wanwan disappeared on the ground.
Liu Feishuang stared blankly at the direction where Qin Wanwan disappeared. Before she could react, a sword broke through the thick fog and immediately forced her back against the wall.
The man holding the sword did not turn around, but pointed the sword directly at her throat. From his back, one could see his blue shirt and wide sleeves swaying in the wind. He stared in the direction where Qin Wanwan left, and his voice was extremely cold.
"Why is he missing?"
"You..." Liu Feishuang trembled, "You took my hairpin and gave me a talisman. Suddenly, a thick fog rose up, and rose vines emerged from the sky and chased me. I ran into the fog..."
Before he finished speaking, the young man swung his sword towards the air. The sword light illuminated the night sky, and a transparent wall appeared. He jumped into it and disappeared where he was.
Liu Feishuang finally reacted and shouted: "Help! Help!!"
As he said that, he turned around and saw Luo Xingzhou rushing into the yard. He grabbed Luo Xingzhou's sleeve and said, "Luo Xingzhou, hurry up, save him!"
When Liu Feishuang and Luo Xingzhou quickly notified Liu's men, Qin Wanwan fell out of the barrier and found herself in a separate courtyard.
This villa is obviously not a Liuzhou-style building. Liuzhou is a typical Jiangnan garden architectural style, but this courtyard is a bamboo courtyard. The bamboos are full of blooming roses. When the wind blows, the bamboo sea in the courtyard rustles. The whole house is quiet and deserted, and it is filled with a gloomy atmosphere.
There was a light in the room behind. Qin Wanwan stood in the yard and looked at the figure in the room. It seemed to be a woman, facing the mirror, drawing her eyebrows.
"I've said it before," the young woman's voice came from the room, seemingly far away, yet close at the same time, "If you don't like Lin Yanzhi, you will lose your loved ones in every life and never have a good end."
"My sister is gone, you don't deserve to live."
"Who are you?"
Qin Wanwan spoke coldly. The figure inside seemed to have finished drawing his eyebrows, put down the eyebrow pencil, and began to purse his lips with lip paper.
"After a hundred years, you Liu clan didn't listen to my advice. In that case," the woman seemed to be an illusion, not listening to my question at all. I stood up in the room, my voice suddenly became sharp, "Then go to hell!"
As soon as the sound fell, the vines in the yard attacked Qin Wanwan like crazy.
Qin Wanwan jumped up and swung the flying sword in her hand at the vines. The vines attacked continuously. Qin Wanwan dodged left and right, and pinched her hands to form a spell. At the moment the spell fell, someone chuckled.
"As I am at ease, I will worship the spiritual fire of heaven."
Mei Sui Han's voice rang out, and in an instant, fire fell from the sky and landed on the vines. Qin Wanwan looked up and saw Mei Sui Han standing on the top of the bamboo roof with a smile on his face, but there was no warmth in his eyes.
"Destroy."