The three of them continued to visit the temple fair,
Princess Yueyao and Anping held a bunch of candied haws in their left hands and a marshmallow in their right hands.
Looking at the people wearing weird clothes, special makeup, and walking on long stilts, Yueyao's face was filled with curiosity.
Su Yunfei smiled and explained to her: "There are two theories about the origin of the folk custom of walking on stilts:
First, in ancient times, in order to collect wild fruits from trees for food, people tied two long sticks to their legs, and then gradually evolved into the current art of walking on stilts.
There is another legend that is even more interesting: a long time ago there was a diplomat from a small country who was relatively short in stature.
Once on a mission to a neighboring country, the people there laughed at his short stature, so he pretended to have wooden legs and suddenly became taller.
It made the king and ministers of that country laugh and cry. He also used the topic to play on,
They ridiculed foreign monarchs and made them embarrassed. From then on, the activity of walking on stilts began to spread among the people.
Yueyao smiled and shook her head and said: "The first statement is probably more consistent. This is a last resort behavior of ancient humans in order to survive. In order to commemorate the wisdom and hardships of our ancestors in those distant times, the custom of walking on stilts came into being."
Su Yunfei gave a thumbs up and complimented: "Sister Yueyao is really smart as ice and snow!"
Yueyao punched him with a smile.
Then the three of them squeezed into a crowd and saw a group of entertainers. They saw a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old lying on a bench with a thick stone larger than her upper body placed on her chest.
A burly man with a beard next to him raised a hammer and struck it down. The people around him quickly covered their eyes and screamed. Yueyao didn't know why and was about to stop him, but was stopped by Su Yunfei.
After a brief silence, thunderous applause erupted from the crowd. It turned out that the boulder shattered in response, and the little girl was unscathed. She easily got down from the bench and clasped her fists at the onlookers.
Then he took the copper plate and walked past everyone one by one. No matter how much they had, everyone would take out some copper coins or silver and put it on the copper plate.
Su Yunfei also put in a few pieces of silver, which made the little girl excitedly thank her.
After watching the acrobatics of this group of charlatan performers practicing their knife skills and breathing fire from their mouths for a while, the three of them turned and left.
Yueyao said dissatisfied: "Why did you stop me just now? What if that poor little girl got injured?" The little princess Anping had seen these entertainers occasionally before, so she didn't have any opinions.
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Su Yunfei was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Look, they are obviously a family. How could the little girl be injured? There must be protective measures.
It's just that you can't see it for a while. Besides, if you try to stop them, they won't make any money.
Not only will little girls not be grateful to you, they will also hate you for ruining their good deeds.
It’s just that Sister Yueyao is kind-hearted, others are just watching the show, and only Sister Yueyao is worried about that little girl.”
Yueyao nodded thoughtfully, her praise for Su Yunfei was very helpful.
Then the three of them came to the performance site of Xia Guo's famous drama troupe. There was a sea of people outside the venue, but it was so difficult for Su Yunfei and the others. Su Yunfei and Yueyao took the little princess, dodged and moved among the crowd, and soon arrived at the inner arena.
, no one noticed their abnormality,
Watching the face-changing drama performed on the stage, Yueyao was surprised, and she and the little princess Anping kept applauding and cheering.
After watching the drama troupe, they followed the same example and appeared in the infield of the Western Acrobatic Troupe. It was like an animal world, with tigers jumping through fire rings, monkeys riding unicycles, big black bears stepping on rolling balls, and people performing flying stunts.
Everyone screamed and cheered.
After coming out of the Western Region Circus, they were walking towards their next destination. Suddenly, a fortune teller on the roadside said: "Young man, I think you have a majestic appearance and a majestic appearance. You must not be a vulgar person. But your appearance will turn black soon."
There will be a bloody disaster."
Su Yunfei ignored him and continued walking forward. He didn't believe in fortune tellers, he only believed in the sword in his hand.
But after Princess Yueyao and Anping heard this, they asked the fortune teller worriedly: "How do you know that? How should you avoid it?"
The fortune teller said: "The secret must not be leaked. The poor man has his own clever plan, but..." He paused, rubbing his thumb and index finger non-stop. Yueyao looked confused, and the little princess Anping threw a bag directly.
silver.
The fortune teller suddenly smiled and then became serious, and said: "There is only one trick: just protect yourself and don't worry about others."
Yueyao and Princess Anping were confused after hearing this.
Su Yunfei smiled and didn't care.
Then they entered a restaurant. The restaurant was already packed, and a group of people were queuing up to wait for a meal. They found several more restaurants and the same situation persisted. Finally, the shopkeeper of a restaurant saw Yueyao and Princess Anping's beautiful country, and forcibly gave them to them.
After arranging a place, they were able to dine.
In fact, although Su Yunfei and Yueyao were not very high-level monks, they could go without food for ten and a half days without any problems. The same could not be said for the little Princess Anping, who was so hungry after just walking around for most of the day.
They ordered a large table of dishes, and while they were wolfing down the food, they heard the discussion around them: "Have you heard recently? A genius boy came out of the Shushan Sword Tomb of the Immortal Family on the mountain, and killed the young man of Qingyun Sect with three swords.
Wu Qian, the number one master of his generation, defeated Shangguan Xiong, the young master of Xuantian Sect, with three swords a few days ago."
"Yes, yes, I heard that too, but I remember that Shangguan Xiong was defeated with one sword?" someone echoed.
Su Yunfei naturally heard it, but didn't take it seriously. Yueyao looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of pride, like a parent who heard someone else praise their child.
Little Princess Anping looked at Su Yunfei with blinking eyes, stretched out her thumb and said, "Xiao Yunfei, you are famous!"
Following Yueyao's example, she also started calling Su Yunfei Xiao Yunfei.
Just then, Su Yunfei heard someone talking in the private room upstairs. One of them said: "Are you all ready? At 3:00, all the fireworks depots at both ends of the main street of the North City will be detonated. At that time, you will be responsible for opening the North City Gate and letting people know.
The immortal master outside comes in to set up the formation."
Another person replied: "Get ready. The people guarding the fireworks warehouse have been slaughtered and now they have been replaced by our people. However, the explosion power of fireworks alone is not enough to kill millions of people. According to those immortals,
The master said that it would take the blood of no less than one million people to condense the blood elixir for promotion to the Emperor's Mirror."
The man yelled: "What do you know? As long as there is an explosion, it will definitely cause chaos, and then our people will start massacres. If someone investigates at that time, nothing will be found. They will all think that they died in a stampede in the chaos. Even if they are found out,
It will be a long time later, and by this time the Lord will have been promoted to the Emperor Mirror."
The other person chuckled: "By the way, where are our people? Don't let any accidental injuries occur."
The man took a sip of wine and said: "The people hired this time are a group of murderous desperadoes, and they all wear white scarves around their necks."
On the night of the annual Chengdu Temple Fair, the fireworks show is one of the most anticipated highlights. There will be nearly 10,000 fireworks slowly rising into the sky, lighting up the night sky.
When he was promoted to the Imperial Sky Mirror, Su Yunfei's ear power had already been many times higher than that of ordinary people.
Hearing the conversation upstairs, he suddenly became furious. Another person wanted to kill millions of creatures for his own selfish purposes.
He quickly calmed down, lied to Yueyao and the others, walked to the door of the private room upstairs, and then used a steam engine to block the exit of the private room to prevent the two from escaping or fighting and disturbing the diners in the restaurant.
He quietly walked into the box and saw the two people who were plotting. When they found Su Yunfei, they immediately drew their swords, but they were stepped on the ground by Su Yunfei.
Su Yunfei looked grim and said in a cold voice: "Tell me! Who ordered you to do this?"
One person said harshly: "Who are you! We won't tell you!"
Su Yunfei slapped the tough-talking man into blood mist. When the other man saw this, his crotch was wet, and it made a ticking sound on the floor. His lips trembled and he said: "My hero, please spare my life! I am the victim of someone's death."
Trust me, but I don’t know who those people are, I only know that they are a group of monks.”
Su Yunfei continued to ask: "Where are those people now?"
The man hesitated a little, but Su Yunfei slapped him in the face. The man immediately responded: "They are in an abandoned village twenty miles away from the east city gate."
After Su Yunfei heard this, he slapped the man into blood mist.
His whole body was shaking and extremely angry,
After going downstairs, Yueyao saw that Su Yunfei's expression was wrong and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Xiao Yunfei? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Su Yunfei smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, come out with me now." He put a silver coin on the table.
He walked out of the restaurant and found a secluded corner, and said to Yueyao and Princess Anping: "The situation is urgent now. I don't have time to elaborate.
Your Royal Highness, please go to the Yamen of the City Lord's Mansion in Rongcheng immediately, find the City Lord, and ask him to immediately mobilize troops to search for anyone with a white scarf around his neck in Beicheng District. If there is resistance, kill him on the spot.
And immediately arrest all the guards at the two fireworks depots in the east and west of Beicheng! Remember to do it in secret and don’t alert others."
Then he said to Yueyao: "Sister Yueyao, please protect Her Royal Highness and go together."
"What about you?" Yueyao asked with concern,
"I have to go to another place." After answering, Su Yunfei asked the little Princess Xiang Anping: "Your Highness, can you contact the people who are secretly protecting you?"
The little princess looked away and said: "I don't know where they are. They will only appear when I am in danger."
Su Yunfei took a breath and said: "It's okay, you should act quickly now!"
He sighed in his heart: He can only rely on himself!
Before leaving, Yueyao felt a little uneasy and reminded: "Xiao Yunfei! Please pay attention to safety."
Su Yunfei showed a warm smile and said there was no need to worry.
Many people visiting the temple fair do not yet know that a shocking conspiracy against them is about to take place...