Chapter 698: Festival
Chapter 699 Festival
"Lantern Festival..."
Liang Qu held the lantern and turned it gently. The whole lantern was quite delicate and clever, as big as a small watermelon. From the handle to the braided support that held up the lantern, it was all made of delicate milky white ivory, and the white paper on it outlined the cirrus and golden flowers.
Look up at the sky.
Auspicious clouds floated slowly, and the ice on the treetops flowed with clear light.
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I have been in the capital for a month without realizing it.
The New Year's Festival is coming to an end.
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Swoosh.
Pop!
It was not dark yet, the colorful lanterns were waving, and the first firework wrapped in the laughter of children, screamed and exploded into the night sky, spreading a faint orange-yellow color.
Afterwards, like the first rooster crowing in the chicken coop in the morning, the whole imperial capital revived and became restless, with continuous screams and fireworks rushing into the sky, like a series of reverse shooting stars.
Liang Qu looked up. He had never seen such a luxurious fireworks display in a place. The moment night fell, the sky was dyed into a colorful flower basket in an instant, and all kinds of bright flowers were squeezed out.
Fireworks filled the sky, and the orange and yellow lights of the Moon Watching Tower rose from bottom to top, until they turned into a beacon that could illuminate the entire imperial capital, covering the full moon in the sky.
Gongs and drums sounded.
Fireworks bloomed.
The orange dragon head burned with flames and roared over the head.
The stilt team swung their red sleeves and stepped on bamboo feet. They were more than ten feet high. They found the gaps in the crowd and interspersed with the dancing dragon heads.
The whole world was reversed day and night, waking up from sleep, and waves from calm, noisy and clamorous.
Sizzle!
The golden "wire-walking rat" passed under the feet with brilliant sparks, startling the pedestrians and making them jump and curse. The hot aroma of fried food mixed with the smell of sulfur exploded on the water.
The cruise ships on the river were lined up side by side, and they couldn't move away in time, so they collided with the merchant ships. The tourists in brocade clothes and the boatmen in short shirts quarreled, and stepped on the gangplank to fight.
The women in the big house held round fans in their hands, head to head, laughing in twos and threes, and came with fragrant wind.
Passing by Liang Qu and his group, someone stopped and moved from the little mirage dragon to Liang Qu's face, moving repeatedly, with bright eyes, and then seeing the dragon girl again, he felt a little ashamed.
Chirp!
Tao Tao Kai sneezed twice, rubbed his nose, scratched his eyes hard, squeezed through the crowd and hurried to catch up.
Long Yao and Long Li followed Long Eying, holding small ivory lanterns, and felt that everything was new and interesting.
The population of the imperial capital was more than ten times that of Pingyang Prefecture, and it was ten times more lively!
"What a beautiful person! How long have I not seen her?" Someone on the painted boat looked at the beauty, suddenly leaned out and pointed to the shore.
"What a tall figure, what beautiful legs, and never tied her hair up, what a good opportunity!"
"I advise you not to act rashly, or you will get into trouble and no one can save you." The young man in blue leaned against the windowsill and spoke lazily.
"Brother Song, what do you mean by that?"
"Did you see the person with a dragon wrapped around his arm in front?"
Everyone looked away, surprised.
Is there really a dragon?
So beautiful!
If it could be wrapped around your hand and walk to the lantern street...
Hiss!
Everyone shuddered.
Before, they were moved, but now they were jealous.
Just thinking about it makes me feel so comfortable that I get goosebumps. For a moment, I even forgot why I was looking over there.
"You saw it, right? That man is Liang Qu." The young man in green knocked on the windowsill and brought the topic back. "In late January, Liu Qiaosheng and I saw it with our own eyes on the river. If things get out of hand, you can't beat him."
"Hehe, love between men and women is consensual and depends on each other's ability. How can we compare fists?"
"It's up to you. If things get out of hand in the future, don't say I didn't remind you."
"Come on! Throw money!"
"Bet me a bamboo basket!"
"Two copper coins!"
"A pair of new cloth shoes!"
On the crowded pier, surrounded by railings, passers-by were red-faced, shouting, setting bets, and throwing copper coins into the earthenware jar to determine the winner and loser.
This is called "Guanpu". It is forbidden at ordinary times, but it is allowed during festivals. You can bet on anything from food, daily utensils, fruits, and firewood to carriages, horses, and houses.
As long as it matches, both parties will recognize it.
Not only are there a variety of bets, but the participants do not have to be human.
Under the Longjin Bridge, there are clusters of lights.
A group of servants are making a fuss.
"Master Yu, it's your turn!"
"Place your bets! Place your bets!"
The big head of the fat catfish floated to the surface of the water, and the fish whiskers slapped a fresh red blood perch. The whiskers passed through the small hole in the copper coin, rolled three times, shook mysteriously for a long time, and gently threw it to the bottom of the jar, and only heard a crackling sound of rolling.
The fish head stretched out.
The servants hurriedly led the jar closer so that the fat catfish could see it clearly.
The cloud beast is facing up!
"Oh! Mr. Fish had bad luck on the first throw!"
"How can a child cry every day, and how can a gambler lose every day. Come again, come again!"
Three games, two wins, three throws in a row, two beasts and one word, but the other side had two words and one beast.
The riverside burst into laughter.
"Lose, lose!"
"Mr. Fish is willing to accept the loss!"
"The precious fish is mine! Hey, it's so heavy!"
The fat catfish's whiskers pumped water, and it was very indignant. It opened its big mouth and spit out another tiger head grouper. The fish fins slapped the bricks and stones, leaving water foam marks, indicating to come again.
It couldn't move its tail and shook, just feeling boring, wasting a good fish in vain, turning into a dead wood, drifting farther and farther.
There are not only fat catfish and other beasts in the water.
The young man in brocade clothes rode on the shining white deer and walked on the water. When he saw a bridge, he jumped, and the crystal water splashed on passers-by.
Looking at the long pine and the spirit deer jumping onto the pleasure boat, I felt the prosperity and splendor of the capital city.
The spirits of the tribes that were not domesticated by the court like the porpoises, and the private breeding of different species, in order to be smart and obedient, either had a master of animal training, or was a big spirit or monster, who understood the mind. With such ability and wealth, there must be a master sitting at home.
Every time I saw the extraordinary of the capital city, in a blink of an eye, I was always shocked from a new perspective.
I love the scenery of the Lantern Festival, the moonlight is beautiful, and the lights are brilliant.
It was noisy until the early morning.
Everyone returned home with a sense of satisfaction.
Liang Qu didn't rush to sleep for the time being, and went to see the time insects as usual.
Inside the jade bamboo tube, the cocoon of the time insect was motionless, but the long air of the four seasons had almost merged into one, and the volume was greatly reduced, almost turning into a long air, with the same color and time sequence, leaving only the morning dew of the sky and the spring of the dead wood.
In terms of properties, the three actually have similarities, water, wood, and the cycle of spring and autumn, all of which have the meaning of vigorous vitality.
"It's just a day or two..."
Liang Qu was looking forward to it, and this feeling was like knowing that he had won the lottery and the night before cashing it out.
Dawn.
Firecrackers rang again.
The smell of sulfur was not gone but became stronger, and the broken red paper flew.
The Lantern Festival is not just a day, but the next three days.
Liang Qu stared at the time insect until noon, and immediately rode up Chishan to Tianbo Chamber of Commerce to get the Dragon Beard Blood Pill.
It's better to be early than late.
At the end of the day, the essence of the ox-horned pomfret was reduced by one eighteenth, which would cost thousands of dollars to buy the Dragon Beard Blood Pill!
Retreat!
The blood-red pill was the size of a human eye. When it was poured out, it was filled with blood mist, like a blood-red fireball rolling. The smell made people feel restless and their bodies instinctively desire it.
The medicinal fragrance condensed into mist, heavier than lead and mercury.
What a good pill!
Liang Qu had never seen such a good pill in his practice.
He held his breath and concentrated.
Swallowed the pill into his stomach.
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