HBWnovel Chapter 199 Accident
Chapter 199 Accident
"Gift, what gift? The song I just sang is a gift. Don't you think about it? Can you easily hear my songs? If it weren't for the festival, you wouldn't be able to hear such beautiful songs!" Yiheng stood up, holding a bowl in his hand, pushed Haohao away, and walked to his eldest brother. "It's the festival, do you have anything to give to your brothers?"
After saying that, he took two steps back embarrassedly, fearing that his brothers would hit him.
Unexpectedly, Zhuangzhuang actually pulled out a glowing stone from his arms and carefully placed it in Yiheng's hand. "Great King, I accidentally picked this up when I went into the mountains. I don't know what it is, but it glows at night. I'm giving it to you, Great King. When I return, you'll have this stone to keep you company."
Yiheng touched the lustrous stone, feeling a little touched and a little guilty. "Thank you, Zhuangzhuang."
Just after dinner, everyone was holding their lanterns and preparing to go out when Ku Shuo arrived dressed in a formal suit to say goodbye. "The emperor's order is hard to disobey. The army is leaving tonight. It's a pity that I can't celebrate the festival with you. I asked someone to make this lantern for you."
Everyone looked at Ku Shuo's receding back and suddenly felt very lucky.
"The grape wine is sweet and the cup is glowing. The pipa music is urging me to drink. Don't laugh at me sleeping drunk on the battlefield. How many men have ever returned from the battles in history?" The little boy recited a frontier poem as if it was a practice for his other self.
Everyone walked together and left the Anding Palace. Only then did they realize how big the difference was between the south and north of the city. The south city where they were was dark, while the north city was crowded with people.
A simple altar was temporarily built on the wide street in front of the inn. It was said that the high priest from the palace would come to personally hold a sacrificial ceremony to commemorate the ancestors and pray for the people of the country.
There were many of them, and they walked with great momentum, and some of their similar appearances became the focus of discussion.
Qi Rong secretly concealed the original appearance of his brothers, so that although they looked similar, it was not too outrageous.
There were also many people by the river, all of whom were lighting lanterns and praying.
Yuan Lai and An An secretly went to the lantern shop and took out the river lanterns belonging to Shi Qintian.
The four men carried the lantern and followed Yuan Lai and An An to the riverside, carefully placing the lantern on the ground.
YiBo was excited, "Wow! What a big river lantern!"
When Yuan Lai turned over the side with "Ten Diligent Days" written on it, everyone was silent. "Ten Diligent Days, does this name still belong to the ten of us?"
"You are the ones who gave these four words real meaning. If not you, who else could they belong to? I don't know what will happen in the future, but at this moment, the ten Qintians are ten of you."
Yuan Lai lit the candle in the lantern and told his brothers to put the lantern into the water. "Make a wish, brothers."
Everyone put their own small lanterns into the river. Some were bought by An An, some were made by brothers, and some were given by the general. Many small lanterns gathered around the big lantern and crowded together to float downstream.
"Ten diligent days, make it bigger and stronger."
"Making money, pursuing dreams, the ten of us will never be separated."
"My family and friends are healthy and safe."
Yuan Lai closed his eyes and silently made his wish: three lights, three wishes, leaving no one behind.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that everyone was making a pious wish. She secretly looked at Qi Rong and found that Qi Rong and Zhao Zhao were looking at her with burning eyes.
"Why don't you make a wish?"
Zhao Zhao took Yuan Lai's hand and whispered, "You are making a wish to the gods. Daddy and I are gods. What kind of wish are we making?"
"Ah? You are gods?" Yuan Lai expressed doubt.
Zhao Zhao emphasized, "What's wrong with the divine beast? Do you look down on the divine beast?"
Yuan Lai didn't dare to accept this hat, "How dare I, I don't deserve it."
Then everything made sense. Qi Rong and Zhao Zhao were both divine beasts, not demons, so Lu Zizhou, as a demon tamer, just let them go. It wasn't that he didn't want to control them, but that he couldn't.
Now that An An has Zhao Zhao's tail scales, she can move freely in Kyoto.
"What is Qi Rong's original identity?" Yuan Lai was too curious. In fact, she had some guesses, but she was not sure. Finally, she met a loud speaker and asked for confirmation.
"Daddy, he is a bone-sounding beast born in the Deep Abyss of Zhaoming Valley in Cangkong Mountain. He once walked with the gods and witnessed the rise and fall of eight generations of gods. Every two hundred years, he must enter the Great Abyss and sleep. He can live as long as the heaven and the earth."
Yuan Lai thought Zhao Zhao's words were half true and half false. Maybe Qi Rong was really powerful, but he couldn't be so exaggerated. If he was so powerful, why did Ren He say he was dying?
"So what are his abilities? What are his fatal flaws?"
Zhao Zhao looked at Yuan Lai suspiciously, "Why are you asking about this? I have a reasonable suspicion that you have ill intentions, but I won't tell you. I won't let anyone harm my father!"
Such righteous words, and I have said them many times just now.
Yuan Lai used the same trick he used to coax children: candy. "Go on, I'm just curious."
Zhao Zhao was struggling between the candy and the secret, but Qi Rong finally stepped forward to help her. "If you want to know anything, just ask me."
Yuan Lai shook her head. She didn’t dare.
After the lanterns are released, everyone goes to the streets to watch the lantern parade. Legend has it that the Ghost Festival is the day when the gates of hell open, so no nighttime activities are allowed. However, the lantern parade is an indispensable part of the festival.
While the sun is still hanging on the horizon, its afterglow still lingering, lanterns are crafted into various shapes of ghosts, both terrifying and endearing, reflecting people's awe of them. Dusk and old age are often associated together, symbolizing the passage of life, while lanterns seem to signify rebirth.
"What a shocking scene." The brothers followed the crowd and walked forward hand in hand in order not to be separated by the crowd.
Zhao Zhao held Yi Heng with his left hand and An An with his right, pulling the team into a vertical line. Qi Rong followed behind Yuan Lai, at the end of the team.
Dun Dun, who was leading the way, followed the lantern team to the wide street in front of the inn. The sacrificial ceremony officially began after the lantern parade ended.
The high priest wore a mask, revealing only his eyes. He slowly walked onto the stage and pounded the bone staff on the ground, exuding the authority of a man who had the final say.
Lu Zizhou dismounted and ordered his men to carry the cages one by one to the altar. The offerings for this Ghost Festival were surprisingly those ten monsters.
When the brothers saw the monsters trapped in the cage, they felt terrible.
He was not killed earlier or later, but when Zhuangzhuang came. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or fate.
And it felt particularly strange and eerie to see a monster that looked exactly like me being killed.
Their first priority was to look for Zhuangzhuang, hoping he hadn't seen them yet. Going against the flow of people, their steps were extremely difficult.
Why didn’t anyone pull Zhuangzhuang just now?
"Evil monsters are rampant and are good at transforming into human forms. I am offering sacrifices to the gods and ghosts to keep my Xihu safe." The high priest lit a torch and poured a bowl of water over, and the flames jumped higher.
He reached out and picked up a long knife, pulling one of the monsters out of the cage.
Anticipating the bloody scene that was to follow, the adults turned their heads and covered the children's eyes in time.
Zhuangzhuang hurried over with red envelopes and met his brothers face to face.