Salt woman and white lotus

In Wuzhen tonight, there seemed to be some unusually lively scenes.

Bai Yan could see this from the attitudes of the people around him. It seemed that many of them came to Wu Town for the banquet specially for tonight.

"What day is today?" Bai Yan asked suddenly.

"Today? Today is the ninth day of March. It doesn't seem like a very special day...ah!" Chi Zhongying slapped her forehead and suddenly realized, "Today is Suzhuang's memorial day!"

The festival day is one of the busiest days in Suzhuang.Today, every town and village in Suzhuang will hold celebrations, singing and dancing; comforting the dead and celebrating new life.

As for the celebrations in Wuzhen, it is natural that they will be the busiest in Suzhuang.

Following the flow of people, they flocked to the center of the city, and tens of thousands of people gathered in the vast city center square.The square was surrounded by flowers, wine jars and food piled up into hills, and people reveled in the square.

Some people sang with their pianos in their arms, and those who met by chance became interested in hearing the sound, drank wine, and danced with swords.

Some people express their feelings frantically and compose poems and songs. Those who are proud of the text gladly face the challenge and make friends with the text.

There are also people who know nothing, cheering wildly with the parade of the celebration, hanging shoulders with people they know or don't know, and wandering around.

Chi Zhongying ate and strolled with white salt, and arrived at the center of the square at some point.

In the middle of the square is a high platform made of jade. There is no fence on the high platform, and the place for people to stand is only a few feet away.

A jeweled woman stood and danced on the stage, her slender waist was as flexible as a willow branch, and layers of golden red skirts fluttered, luxurious and gorgeous.

After dancing to another song, she looked around the crowd, suddenly got up, jumped from the high platform, and landed floatingly.She dances in the crowd, and when she sees someone who is close to her eyes, she pulls him to dance together.

"Oh oh oh! This year's ceremony has begun!" Everyone shouted, making room for the woman in red dress who was in charge of this year's ceremony, and only a few people who were confident that they had a good life last year remained on her way. .

She would walk around the high platform and invite several people to dance with her at the same time.They look forward to dancing with her, entrusting her with their luck and happiness in the past year, and sharing it with everyone in Suzhuang.

Bai and Chi, who are newcomers, don't understand the rules here (in other words, Suzhuang doesn't have any rules at all).Their positions were far away from that side, and they ran over curiously when they saw bursts of cheers from that side.

Squeezing out of the wall formed by the crowd, Chi Zhongying pulled Bai Yan and stood on the side of the road, noticing the gorgeous dress of the woman in the red dress.

Wu Zhen tonight is brightly lit, but it can only coat everyone with a layer of golden brilliance, but her red dress faintly reveals an extremely bright color.

Her whole person is like a dancing flame, burning with a breath of incomparable enthusiasm, indulgence and fearlessness.

Her tall and well-proportioned figure added color to the flames, and every dance step had an astonishing momentum. At this moment, no one in the square in the center of the city could take their eyes off her.

"Come on! Let's sing the praises of life!" The woman turned around and said loudly, grabbing the arms of two passers-by.

Chi Zhongying and Bai Yan were a little confused by this sudden invitation to dance.But all the way they came, they had gotten used to the people in Suzhuang who dared to think and do anything, so they happily agreed to be with her.

Neither of them was good at dancing, at least not as good as the woman in the red dress.However, the dance of the whim never needs or even should consider any professionalism, just dance according to the instinct of the body and mind.

Bai Yan, who had never danced before, imitated the movements of the woman in the red dress, while Chi Zhongying, who had learned dance, deliberately stretched out her hands and kicked her legs, baring her teeth and claws to make a fool of herself, which made many onlookers laugh.

From the rising of the bright moon to the end of the night.

The woman in the red dress held the hands of both of them on the left and the right, and suddenly raised them high, "Long live freedom!"

People spread out around them, singing and laughing almost spread outside the city walls of Wuzhen.

the next day.

Bai Yan woke up from his sleep in a daze.

Using her spiritual power to dissipate the aftermath of the hangover, she sat up from the ground covering her face.Other people's arms and legs were being pressed all over her body, which made her uncomfortable.

Bai Yan looked down, and found that one of them was Chi Zhongying, and the other was the woman in the red dress who dragged them to dance last night, and then caused them to be toasted by the people around them and fell into a hangover.

At the moment they are still in the square, looking at the sky, it has already passed the time.Many revelers are still asleep in the square.

"Wake up, Bailian——Bailian!" Bai Yan shook Chi Zhongying.

Chi Zhongying muttered in a daze: "Sleep for another 5 minutes..."

After all, he changed his posture.

Bai Yan had no choice but to push the woman in the red dress next to her, but she didn't respond after calling a few times.

Bai Yan simply collected his thoughts slowly, and pushed Chi Zhongying after a while.

This time Chi Zhongying was finally willing to wake up from the dream, sat up in a daze, and waited for a while before she had the strength to stand still.She looked at Bai Yan and asked in confusion, "Why am I sleeping here?"

Just as Bai Yan was about to answer, she heard a mellow and soft female voice behind her.

"Yesterday you came to the celebration, got drunk, and fell asleep here."

Chi Zhongying's first reaction was not to think about the content of the words, but subconsciously thought: this person may be very suitable to be the lead singer of a vocal band, especially the mezzo-soprano.

She and Bai Yan looked in that direction, and the woman in the red skirt was still lying on the ground, but she raised her head slightly awake, and yawned indifferently under their gaze.

"The wine was good last night. I couldn't hold it back for a while, and I got a little greedy." Baiyan said politely.

"Really? I think so too! Most of the wine last night came from me, and some of the special brews can sell a thousand high-grade spirit stones per jar on weekdays. But all the wine sold to Suzhuang last night was beaten [-]% off, no profit, as long as everyone is happy."

Saying that, the woman in the red dress laughed.

"You two have a good eye. I still remember that you picked the best Shuangshang wine at a glance last night. If you are interested in wine, why don't you get to know each other?"

"I don't need to." Chi Zhongying declined first, "Strictly speaking, I'm not yet an adult, and I can make an exception occasionally, but I don't like wine very much, so I may not be able to be friends with you on this matter."

"Not an adult? I grabbed your arm last night. Judging by the age of your bones, you are already seventeen or eighteen years old, right? Are you an adult of the Qingsong tribe who is more than 100 years old?...It's a pity."

The woman in the red dress seemed to be talking to herself, without being too entangled, her eyes moved to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan immediately sensed Chi Zhongying's eyes poking back and forth behind her, almost threatening her: "Don't know each other! Don't drink!"

Fortunately, Bai Yan's disguise was relatively comprehensive and reliable, otherwise her identity might have been exposed in the chaotic carnival last night.In that case, how can we use "white salt death" to solve the excessive cause and effect on her body?

What's more, drinking all the time is not good for your health.Even if Bai Yan ascended the immortal rank early, Chi Zhongying still felt that it was not good to drink all the time.It's a mistake to drink.

And the most important point is that Chi Zhongying thinks this person in front of him is more likable than herself.

What if Baiyan doesn't like her anymore and wants to empathize with her?Even if she knew that Bai Yan was not this kind of person...

Chi Zhongying thought a lot in the blink of an eye, but in reality it was only for a short moment.Bai Yan didn't think much about it, and politely declined the request of the woman in the red dress to get to know her.

"Sorry, I don't really like drinking that much, and I'm not very familiar with wine, so there should be no need for it." Bai Yan smiled, "It's fate to meet, and we can always meet again. Today we have important things to deal with, I will excuse you first."

"We can always meet again..." The woman in the red skirt laughed thoughtfully, "Well said! Then when we meet again, be sure to tell me your name!"

"must."

"Looking at what happened last night, you are not very familiar with Suzhuang, are you? Shall I send you off?"

"Don't bother," Baiyan declined again, "I'm just not very familiar with the customs and customs here, and I know the layout of the streets here."

The woman in the red skirt nodded, "That's fine, I also remembered that I have a guest to meet in a while. I have to go home quickly."

Having said so much, the woman in the red dress stood up and used some spells to clean up the wrinkles and the smell of wine on her red dress, leaving only a faint smell of wine.

Saying goodbye, Bai Yan led Chi Zhongying to South Street.

Unexpectedly, within a few steps, the woman in the red skirt also followed.

"Hey, you are going this way too! It's just right, I can see you off."

Jianghe Street is located in the south of South Street, which is the southernmost part of Wu Town.In Wu Town, many Qingxiu monks who live in seclusion here will buy houses in the south of the city, and it is not surprising that they will drop by.

"Where are you going?" The woman in the red skirt asked familiarly.

After all, it wasn't malicious. Baiyan saw that the other party was reliable, and there was no need to make the relationship too rigid, so he replied, "Jianghe Street."

"What a coincidence!" The woman in the red skirt slapped her hands, "I live on Jianghe Street—my home is at No. 563 Jianghe Street."

After all, the woman in the red skirt noticed that the two people beside her suddenly stopped in their footsteps.

"What's the matter?" She turned around with some doubts, and the two people who were half a step behind her had strange expressions on their faces.

"Dare to ask... the name of fellow daoist?"

"I'm called Yike, and I cultivate from the heart." The woman in the red skirt patted her chest, seeing that the expressions of the two men hadn't changed, and finally realized that something was wrong.

"Uh...you are the ones who took my task of seizing the sky wall and came to look for me, right?" she asked incredulously.

Bai Yan nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "It seems that we are indeed destined."

Now that you've found what you're looking for, there's no need to go home.The three of them found a teahouse on the side of the road and asked for a box to sit down.

Now, neither party can say that they are in a hurry and have no time to chat.Today is the free time that can be agreed after I contacted with the messenger symbol last night and couldn't meet on time.

"Actually, I didn't have any expectations for you last night. At first, I planned to use my phantom to fool you." The Remaining Guest said frankly.

"You don't hide it from others." Chi Zhongying felt admiration spontaneously.

"There is nothing to hide, right? Everyone in Suzhuang knows what kind of temperament I am, especially, many people have come to my door to argue with me about my stay at Duotianbi, but they are all fooling me. "

Because of the unscrupulous attitude of the people over there, it really isn't too much to fool around.

"Although I didn't intend to fool you, there are indeed many hidden things. Even if it is confirmed that you and I are destined, I still can't tell you who I am." Bai Yan apologized.

"That's a pity." The widow said, shaking his head, the jewels in his hair collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

"The name of the person who took over my task is Bailian. Is this your false identity?"

"That's me." Chi Zhongying waved her hand to signal her to look over, "I'm Bailian."

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18:10 typo correction