This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

A night of spring rain.

Yan Buzhou rested his pillow and listened to the sound of selling apricot blossoms in the distance outside the window.

On the second day of March, the sky was dimly bright, and I don’t know how many people woke up to the sound of selling flowers in such a deep alley.

The clean voice of the little flower seller, and the ticking sound of the wet raindrops accidentally falling on the bluestone floor of the alley, make people feel as if they can smell the freshness of spring and relieve the fatigue after running outside.

That day after Pan Yun was arrested and confessed to the four murders and skinning cases, Yan Buzhou did not go to watch the execution of the execution, but left Bianjing to deal with several ghosts in the surrounding area.

It is said that Nian Fei ate Sui, and this kind of "eating" also includes obtaining Sui's memory.Sui likes to go to dark places, and it needs the right opportunity to possess humans. In layman's terms, when someone who wants to do bad things has bad luck, the two can hit it off.

Before the ghost possessed Pan Yun, he watched several ghostly troubles around Bianjing. Although it didn't involve human life, he couldn't let it go when he found out.

Yan Buzhou took Zhixuan and Zhibai out of the city together.After a month, she returned to the capital alone, and the two demon chess pieces acted as inspectors and continued to check for ghosts and ghosts in the area around Gyeonggi Road.

Since Huangfu is a yamen of demon origin, inspections must always be arranged and implemented. For now, we must first settle Jingji Road near Bianjing.

As for Yingwangdong losing his guide, this matter is not difficult to deal with. When buying the flower field outside Ansu Gate, if you don't get lost in the flower shop, you should recruit workers.

This is to specially invite Xing Gao who is very familiar with Bianjing City to be the shopkeeper, mainly to deal with some personnel conflicts in the transaction process, not only to manage the flower shop but also to take care of the pearl powder business in Shunshui Village, Chenzhou.However, there is no need for Xing Gao to be on duty all day, he can continue teaching at the private school at the same time, and the hour is not bad every day.

It's great to have a master of Kaifeng Mansion who has been in charge for ten years.

After Yan Buzhou returned to Beijing, she made sure that everything was properly arranged, and nothing went wrong because she left for a month, so she can go to the spring outing with peace of mind.

The day before yesterday was cold food, today is Qingming, and spring is here.

In the past, I read some books recording the scenery of the Song Dynasty, which mentioned the Jinming Pond outside the Shuntian Gate on the southeast side of Bianjing City. This royal garden is not heavily guarded and only the royal family can enter.

It is just different from the stereotype of royal gardens in later generations. Every spring, Jinming Pond is open to the common people regularly, from the first day of March to the eighth day of April. Jinming Pond is very lively.

The so-called open to the public, this scale is very large.Vendors of all kinds of small commodities can enter and set up stalls. It is said that the pool is actually a variety of cruise ships on the Great Lakes for people to enjoy water fun.

There is almost no place not to go in a garden. Even if you can’t go to Baojin Tower on the south bank to enjoy the scenery, there are only guards guarding the front of the building, and traders are not prohibited from setting up stalls in front of the building, and tourists can enjoy the scenery around.

Decades ago, when Jinming Pond was first opened to the common people, even those who lived in Bianjing were unaware of it, and there were not many people visiting the garden, so it was deserted.

When the imperial court posted the official announcement of "Ancestral Story, Xu Shishu Visited Jinming Lake in January" outside Yushitai every year, after these years, after the Lantern Festival, the people in Bianjing, its surrounding areas or further away began to gear up. Regardless of men, women, old or young, plan to go to the garden early.

Yan Buzhou was also one of them, so she returned to Beijing on time.As for the fact that Nian Fei almost ruined her fake Adam's apple last time, she had long been forgotten in such a happy spring outing atmosphere. Anyway, as long as she didn't drop her vest on the spot, she would pretend that she never showed her flaws.

It's just past time, outside Shuntian Gate.

In front of the east gate of Jinmingchi, the entire street outside Shuntianmen is already very lively.

"There are really a lot of people." Yan Buzhou thought that it was Qingming today, and people would go outing after going to the graves to worship, at least they would not start to be noisy until the afternoon, and they didn't want to be crowded in the morning.

There is no need to buy a sect to enter the Jinming Pool Garden, just show your ID card to register.

Yan Buzhou lamented that people worked so hard to go out for spring outings. They could leave the warm quilts and go to the graves in the countryside before dawn. She entered the east gate and did not walk a few steps. Arriving at Zhao Zhen who sells paintings.

This Zhao Liu, who has never given up selling paintings for a living, unexpectedly did not appear in the Baojin Tower, which is dedicated to the emperor's viewing of the scenery on the South Bank, but took a prominent place at the entrance of the East Bank Bazaar.

"Ayan." Zhao Zhen smiled and waved to Yan Buzhou. It's not that he has particularly good eyesight, but that some people can really stand out from the crowd.

Well, plans to hang out alone today fell through.

Yan Buzhou walked towards the calligraphy and painting booth with a little helplessness. She didn't even go to Kaifeng Mansion when she returned to Beijing, and chose to give those special gifts in a few days, just to be quiet and want to play alone.

I didn't want to avoid being entangled by Nianyue Ban to go to the garden together, and now I met Zhao Zhen, who looked like he sold all the paintings. "Brother Zhao, are you going to close the stall?"

"Yes, all ten paintings were sold within half an hour."

Zhao Zhen's tone was brisk, this time he didn't draw any plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, but the scene of Jinming Lake. "Several buyers said that I should draw a few more paintings. After buying this painting, I can show it to those who don't have time to come to Jinming Pool to enjoy the entertainment. You can feel the excitement of it at a glance."

Candidates are very important to the direction.It's a little difficult for Zhao Zhen to ask for a dusty painting, but the lively and bustling scene doesn't bother him.

Today is Qingming, there is no urgent matter in the court, Zhao Zhen summoned the courtiers to enter the palace mainly to give a new fire, which is to rekindle the fire in the palace after the cold food and smoking ban.

He originally wanted to leave a candle for Yan Buzhou, but he didn't receive the news that he had returned to Beijing, so he brought calligraphy and painting to Jin Mingchi early to occupy a favorable booth.

"Before it's too crowded, go ahead and play whatever you want."

Zhao Zhen tidied up quickly, and seeing Yan Buzhou looking around as if he wanted to try everything, he sincerely recommended a good place, "Will you see the water puppet? interesting."

"Okay." Yan Buzhou agreed without hesitation.It’s just that there are too many different kinds of projects in the garden. There are no less than [-] kinds of games in Guanpubo. When you come to Jinming Pool, it occupies a word of pool, and the water-related games are more distinctive. .

The two walked into a waterside pavilion on the east bank, and saw a small boat moored not far away.

After a short while, as soon as the audience on the water low stage was full, the theater troupe pulled up the viewing barrier, and the performance began with three beeps of gongs and drums.

I saw a two-foot-tall puppet walking out of the cabin of the boat, dressed as a servant, first bowed to the position of the waterside pavilion, and it actually half-sang.

"It is said that there are three major palaces of marriage in the capital, and marriages of thousands of miles are connected by a thread. Daxiangguo Temple Market, Maxing Street in front of Fanlou Gate, the most powerful is the Jinming Lake in spring. Today, my husband is going out for an outing. He Not to mention the young ones, I know that I want to bump into a lady from a great family."

"That kid is talking nonsense again."

At this time, a two-foot-tall doll also came out from the other side of the cabin, dressed as a scholar in white, holding a fishing rod, waving a small fishing rod and sitting at the stern to start fishing. "How leisurely one person lives, who wants to marry another person to go home and take care of himself, it would be more interesting than fishing."

Yan Buzhou looked at this trip almost stunned, this kind of doll is less than arm's height, but apart from the face can be seen as a wooden figure, it really looks like the legendary Lilliputian citizen reappeared.

She asked Zhao Zhen in disbelief, "Can this kind of puppet be called a puppet? It doesn't even use strings for manipulation. Besides dubbing, do the people in the cabin use it for other things?"

Zhao Zhen was just as amazed when he saw the water puppets in the early years, and the craftsmanship of the puppet team has become more and more advanced in recent years, except that the face and height are actually fake, which can make the puppet fish with a fishing rod.

"Water puppet is the most expensive of all puppet shows. It costs ten taels of silver to watch a show with half a cup of tea, and the ticket price for Ah Yan's storytelling is less than one tael. The people in the cabin are not only dubbing, in case there is something Mistake, they have to come out in time to tie up the puppet, this thing is very expensive, it can't fall into the water all at once."

On the boat, the puppet show continued.

The white-clothed scholar said a lot about his yearning to be single and free, and the fishing rod started to move. One pull was actually a mermaid with a human body and a fish tail.

The fishhook entangled the mermaid's hair, and it seemed that it was unconscious, but the scholar stared straight at it.

"Ah, Mr. Yan's story has come true—"

The young man walked through the cabin and came to the stern of the boat, and when he saw this scene, he cried out, which made everyone on the waterside who had heard the story of the poorly spoken mermaid laugh out loud.

Yan Buzhou didn't expect that there was such a stalk, and her attention was more focused on the underwater, but there was not much movement, so she could hang the mermaid puppet on the fishing rod, and there are diving masters in the troupe.

On the small boat, the scholar slapped himself in the face very quickly, and quickly forgot what he said just now that he didn't want to get married, so he fell in love with the mermaid at first sight.Urging the boy to row the boat back to the shore quickly, to treat the fish, and to get the family to agree to this heaven-sent marriage.

I saw the boat gradually drifting away, and the conversation between the boy and the scholar came from the cabin.

"Lang Jun, can humans and demons be together? What if the master and wife object?"

"What should I do? First, convince my mother that she is a fan of Mr. Yan's books. If my mother disagrees, I will invite her to listen to a few more storytelling sessions. If she cries a few more times, her heart may soften."

Zhao Zhen asked with a chuckle, "Ayan, do you consider asking the theater troupe for an appearance fee? In this case, you are not in the arena, and you are still a legend in the arena."

"That's a great idea. If Brother Zhao is willing to negotiate my appearance fee with the Water Flying Troupe, and the money is in hand, I'll share half of your hard work fee."

Yan Buzhou threw the ball to Zhao Zhen directly, and she looked at the people on the water pavilion who were still interested, and really wanted to say that she hadn't expressed any views in favor of falling in love with transvestites.In her story, falling in love with a different kind is obviously a tragedy, why are these people whispering and hoping that the next water puppets will have a happy ending in a few days.

Zhao Zhen really thought about asking for salary.In the past, it was the Ministry of War and the Secretary of State who came to press for money again, and now he can also experience wanting others to ask for money.This matter needs to be discussed with a professional person, and it must be done immediately.If you want to come to the water flying troupe, you will not renege on your debt at will.

"5000 taels? Why doesn't he go grab it!"

On the east bank of Jinming Lake, in the dock rented by the Flying Troupe.

The class leader Wu Yong spat on the ground, and was furious about paying the buyout fee for the two puppets who had just performed.

This kind of puppet that is almost fake is not made by the water flying troupe, and their puppets can't reach this level.Not to mention being able to walk without holding a string, those seemingly walking are scenery effects, but in fact there are pulleys under the puppet's feet, which are embedded in the slideway of the boat plank.

The servants and white-clothed scholars who appeared today were able to reach the desired location with precise steps, and they managed to get them from a puppet maker in Yongqiu.

The old man refused to sell it all the time, so the Flying Water Troupe used some tricks.The first puppet show was staged yesterday, and the old man's son came to the door, saying that the old man ended up depressed because of the loss of the puppet, and the troupe didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so they gave him a buyout fee.

Wu Yong looked around and shouted again, "Where is Ah Qing? I gave him three months to imitate, and he still hasn't figured out why? As long as we imitate it, the debt collector will not be able to prove that this kind of doll belongs to the old man." Exclusive secret technique."

Yuan Qing, who was named, was still changing clothes in the cubicle and warming himself by the fire. Just now he was diving underwater, pushing a boat and hanging a mermaid puppet.

It's spring in March but the water in the pool is still very cold. How could it not be cold for him to spend a cup of tea under the water, but he can also hear Wu Yong swearing across the wooden wall.

"Stingy and stingy. Give me three months to imitate, and don't look at the years it took the old man to make the puppet. It may be a lifetime of hard work."

Yuan Qing cursed a few words in a low voice but still wanted to go out to face Wu Yong.Before going out, he kicked the idle puppet with a broken arm. He made this puppet. He modified it several times, but it didn't even have the agility of the old puppet. "The koi in Jinming Pond are the best. My wish for this year is that I would rather the doll be as flexible as a real person. It's better than this dead look."

At this time, on the side of the dock, the water was one foot deep, and a golden light flashed and then disappeared.

Yuan Qing didn't see that after he went out, the mouth of the doll with a broken arm that was kicked to the ground moved.That seemed to say one word 'pain'.