Chapter 161 Unexpected Disaster
Amidst the bustling crowd, Qin Ye took a pair of children to the store where the zodiac lanterns were hung.
Along the way, the further inside, the more beautiful the lanterns become.
"Sister, sister, I also want that big tiger."
Qin Zhong, who was carried on his shoulders by the servant, already had a pumpkin lantern in his hand, but the shopkeeper hung up a new one separately. The big tiger looked very cute with a smile on his face, and he took notice of it again.
Qin Keqing hurriedly stepped forward.
The twelve-year-old girl was wearing a pink skirt. When she saw the tiger, her eyes were full of surprise and curiosity. The soft light reflected on her fair face, adding a bit of agility and playfulness.
"Huh? Grandma, look, this tiger is so funny."
Jia Rong, who just came downstairs, also took a look at it, "Take it home to my little aunt, she will definitely like it. "
Shen Ning: "..."
She likes it too.
This grandson’s pain is in vain.
His little aunt does everything. What’s wrong with her as a grandmother?
Also...
People say that looking at beauties under the lamp, the more you look at them, the more ecstatic you become. You are half fascinated by the beauty and half distracted!
Qin Keqing under the sea of lights is no worse than the laughing tiger!
How come he can’t see at all?
Or are you still not enlightened?
Shen Ning felt it was the latter.
After all, he is only twelve years old.
I am busy reading and practicing martial arts every day, and I also have to learn some things from Jiao University that are not in the books.
In the little time he had, he had to fight for Jia Yue from her and Jia Zhen...
Shen Ning suddenly discovered that she had raised her grandson very well.
With Jia Rong in Red Mansions, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.
Jia Baoyu had an affair with Xi Ren when he was only ten years old. Brother Rong was twelve years old. When she didn’t come here before, his mother left Aunt Tang to take care of her. The two sons also worked hard as servants.
Thinking of this, Shen Ning couldn't help but suspect that the Tang brothers in the Red Mansion might not be here anymore, and even Aunt Tang might not still be by his side, which was why Jia Rong became like that.
"My dear guests, please don't get excited."
The shopkeeper smiled and handed over to the crowd, "This tiger is only given away and not sold. You can either spend ten taels of silver in the store or you can accurately Answer three riddles correctly. "
Huh?
Everyone who was ready to take a look was all excited.
Everyone's eyes were busy looking at the lantern with the riddle on it.
"By the way, these are the riddles."
The shopkeeper said: "The person who answered the riddle correctly can win the corresponding lantern, but if you want a tiger..., just You have to give up the lantern above and answer three questions correctly. If you make a mistake, you will regret it. "
A good store has rewards and punishments.
Only you can make big money.
"I'll do it!"
Soon a scholar raised his hand, "I want a tiger."
"Please!"
The shopkeeper smiled at his answer.
“Here, write a poem about ‘Looking into the Spring’.”
The scholar pointed to the big red lantern, "Put your head out, spring is the season when a hundred flowers bloom, and I have it, 'A branch of red apricot comes out of the wall.'"
"Okay!"
Someone understands Immediately cheer loudly.
“Exactly!”
The shopkeeper congratulated him with a smile.
"Second..., write a poem about 'I will never be an ordinary person in this life.'"
What the scholar is looking for are poems, "I will never be an ordinary person in this life." This is Li Bai's "How can I be a basil?" People'."
"Okay~~~~"
Everyone cheered loudly.
“Hahaha, you are so talented!”
For such a talented person to win the lantern on his side, it is an extremely elegant thing to say.
"The third one..."
The scholar was still looking, and finally, his eyes lit up, "'The whole line is green', this is it."
He couldn't think of others such as benzoin, looking at the four seasons indifferently, and the host refusing to see guests.
The scholar pointed to the lantern with "all lines floating green" and said: "The word "all lines" means the whole, floating green... It means that the surface of the object appears green. This is 'ten thousand green silk ribbons hanging down'. It is from He Zhizhang's " "Yong Liu"
"Hahaha, that's right!"
The shopkeeper congratulated loudly, "Young Master is a great talent, congratulations on getting a tiger lantern."
The waiter quickly gave him the tiger lantern.
Of course, the three riddles he answered were quickly covered with other questions.
“Haha~, thank you very much!”
The scholar was very happy when he got the tiger lantern. He hurriedly took it to the little brother beside him and said, "I wish the shopkeeper a prosperous business."
You can't catch a whole family with wool.
He took his brother and went somewhere else.
"Shopkeeper, I also want a tiger lantern."
Qin Zhong looked at the man carrying a tiger lantern with envy and said, "My sister will guess for me."
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"Hahaha, please!"
The shopkeeper glanced at Qin Keqing and Qin Ye with a smile.
"The first 'host refuses to see guests'."
In the crowd, Shen Ning couldn't help but smile when she heard Qin Keqing's gentle voice.
This voice sounds very gentle. Jia Rong in the Red Mansion is not worthy of it, but the brother Rong she raised should be enough.
"It should be "Song of Climbing Youzhou" by Chen Zi'ang, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty - 'He who never comes again'."
"Hahaha, that's right!"
Where are the six tigers? , sell one, and he makes a profit.
The shopkeeper smiled and nodded.
“The second ‘benzoin’.”
Qin Keqing looked for something she could answer, "It should be "Spring Dawn" by the poet Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty, which is the so-called 'spring sleep without realizing the dawn'."
"Young lady is so talented!"
"... ”
Qin Keqing said nothing , bowed to the shopkeeper Qingfu, and said: "The third one 'disappeared', which means that it has disappeared and disappeared. It should be the "Snow on the River" written by Liu Zongyuan, a poet of the Tang Dynasty - 'Thousands of Mountain Birds Flying Away'!"
“Okay!”
"Okay~~~~"
Qin Ye started to say yes, and the crowd responded quickly.
This girl is much smaller than the scholar just now.
It is really rare to be able to say three riddles in a row.
“It’s the bird flying over thousands of mountains!”
The shopkeeper also shouted, "Come here, give me a tiger!"
"Wow, I have a tiger."
Qin Zhong kicked his legs happily.
He was so happy.
"Slow down, don't burn it. Daddy will help you get it."
"Daddy, help me get the pumpkin."
Qin Zhong doesn't want the pumpkin anymore, he wants the big tiger.
Qin Ye responded with a smile.
"Shopkeeper, I want a tiger too."
Jia Rong saw that his grandmother's eyes were glued to the tiger lantern, and she hurriedly stood up, "I will answer three questions." "Haha Haha, please!”
The shopkeeper smiled and asked him to answer the question.
But at this moment, there was a scream in the distance, "My treasure, have any of you seen my treasure?"
When the old woman's panicked cry came, a lantern It burned with a bang.
But the old woman and the few people around her were all looking for someone in a hurry, dragging children holding lanterns one after another, causing the lanterns to become unstable, and they saw the second lantern burning. Standing up, Shen Ning's heart skipped a beat, and she grabbed her grandson who was about to answer the question, "Go back."
Before he finished speaking, there was noise from the other end of the long street.
Seeing that the crowds on both sides were moving this way, the accompanying guards did not dare to delay and were about to escort a few people back to the restaurant when the sound of fierce fighting came from the teahouse next door.
“Here, help!”
The King of Jin was extremely embarrassed and jumped from the second floor of the teahouse with the help of a guard. Several men in black were also killed. .
The crowd panicked and fled in all directions.
Shen Ning also wanted to get away from the guards, but unexpectedly King Jin rushed towards them, "Mrs. Shen, help me, I am King Jin!"
Shen Ning: "..."< br>
There is no other way.
It’s impossible not to save him!
"Quick! Quick...save people quickly."
Shen Ning seemed to be frightened and said "hurry" a few times before asking the guards to rush to rescue people.
They brought out a total of eight palace guards, two of whom were upstairs looking around, and the other six were scattered around them.
At this time, the wife said to save people, so of course there should be no delay. Even the guards upstairs jumped down and joined the battle circle.
But several men in black jumped down from the teahouse. Although their target was Prince Jin, it seemed that anyone who stood in the way or was an eyesore would be stabbed as long as they were easy.
The crowds on both sides were so crowded that they couldn't get out for a while.
The road leading to the restaurant was blocked by the fighting guards and men in black. Jia Rong was about to protect Shen Ning and Youshi as they retreated to the restaurant filled with lanterns, when a rocket came with the sound of breaking through the air, wow~
The rocket shot into the largest lantern in the store, causing a huge fire.
The crowd was even more shocked, crying and running in both directions.
Shen Ning was bumped into several times and was separated from Youshi and Jia Rong unknowingly.
The two palace guards in front of them wanted to protect the people back, but King Jin was in danger again.
In situations where one is not in danger and the other is in danger, they subconsciously go to save the person in danger.
After all, if something happens to King Jin, they will not get good things, and the Jia family will not get good things either.
Everyone can only fight to the rescue.
When the swords collide, everyone is fighting for their lives.
The guards could not protect themselves in front of their master, so they could only block the men in black as much as possible and prevent them from attacking both sides, because there were masters on both sides.
Shen Ning didn't dare to retreat too far from the person. First, she couldn't retreat, and second, she was afraid of a stampede.
Qin Ye and his two children were also here. The tiger lantern Qin Zhong was carrying had been extinguished long ago and was thrown away not far in front of him.
Seeing that the man in black's sword was about to hit Huo Qi who was blocking him, Shen Ning kicked the lantern and went towards the man in black.
Bang~
The lantern has little power, but it is enough to buy Huo Qi half a breath.
But the battle in the teahouse was obviously coming to an end, and the man in black won because another one jumped out.
The guards protecting King Jin had no choice but to rush out and do it.
Once one of the Jia family's guards is killed or injured, their side will be in danger.
Even though the whistles of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have been heard in the distant streets, it is really not that easy to rescue them here.
Shen Ning was worried.
Huo Qi's shoulder was injured, and blood was spilled every time he moved.
Moreover, it was obvious that he was protecting her, and the man in black was already looking at her.
When Huo Qi fell down, it was hard to predict that someone would stab her immediately.
Looking at the two dead passers-by on the field, Shen Ning could only retreat as close to the wall as possible.
But...
What did she touch?
A bundle of bamboo poles?
Needless to say, this is where the lanterns are hung.
Shen Ning's heart moved, and she quickly pulled away the rope, "The King of Jin is here. I'll give you ten taels of silver for beating a man in black."
She grabbed a convenient bamboo pole, Without any explanation, he hit the man in black, bang~
The bamboo pole is very long and very strong.
After all, Shen Ning's daily exercise was of some use, and this shot hit him right on top of the head.
Huo Qi seized the opportunity and cut off half of his arm with one knife.
“Ah~~~~”
The man in black screamed, but he quickly regained his composure. Just when Shen Ning was about to take the second shot, he When he forced Huo Qi back with one kick, he swung his knife and cut off a section of the bamboo pole.
"Quick! Wound one for a hundred taels of silver and kill another for five hundred taels."
Shen Ning said, pushing down the scattered bamboo poles and letting them lie across the street.
“Yes, yes, the King of Jin has a reward!”
Jia Rong was so anxious that he shouted loudly, “If you injure a man in black, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and if you kill him, you will be rewarded with five silvers. One hundred taels.”
“Hit him.”
Finally a big man couldn't help but take action.
One fight will save you years of struggle.
When the big man picked up the bamboo pole and swept it towards the man in black, Jia Rong shouted over there: "Ten taels for reward! Twenty taels for reward..., the King of Jin will not reward, I, the Jia family, will reward."
His grandmother is over there.
Moreover, his grandmother shouted like that, why didn’t King Jin say anything?
Is it possible that because he is the prince, they have to risk their lives to help him for free?
Jia Rong was furious.
"I have a reward for you, let's hit you!"
King Jin finally shouted with a pale face.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."
The bamboo poles scattered on the ground were quickly picked up by everyone. The men in black were easy to distinguish. Although some of the bamboo poles hit the guards, most of them still hit the men in black.
Shh~~~~~~
Sharp whistles sounded at both ends of the long street, and those from the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the Shuntian Mansion were working hard to maintain order.
At the same time, the fire-fighting team is also coming this way.
Seeing that nothing could be done, one of the men in black suddenly shouted, "The wind is tight, pull it!"
As he said that, he spun around and jumped to the second floor of the teahouse, but he obviously hated Shen Ning for disrupting their rhythm. Half of the knife happened to fall on the ground. He targeted Shen Ning without hesitation and kicked her. out.
Huh~
Qin Keqing, who was crowded here, saw something was wrong and quickly gave the brave wife a hand.
Cang~
The broken knife hit the wall, and Shen Ning broke into a cold sweat.
She hurriedly stepped back, but seeing that the man in black who had been slashed by Huo Qi could not escape, he simply refused to do anything and threw the long knife directly at her with a whoosh.
The two sides were too close and the people were too crowded. Shen Ning could only hope that the bamboo pole in his hand could knock it down.
But when he hit it hard, it unfortunately missed the target and only hit the handle of the knife.
Seeing the knife thrust from the chest to the abdomen or legs, Shen Ning broke out in sweat.
It was too late, but soon, the little girl Qin Keqing didn’t know when she picked up half of the bamboo pole and knocked it down.
Bang~
Clang~
The flying long knife was knocked down and landed on Shen Ning's instep.
Although the tip of the knife drew a little blood on the leg, it was different from before.
Its strength was released a lot again.
Shen Ning's heart trembled.
It hurts!
But it doesn’t seem to hurt much.
My life was saved anyway.
She and Qin Keqing retreated eagerly.
Both of them were afraid that the men in black would come again.
"Where to escape?"
When Shen Ning and Qin Keqing tried their best to retreat to the wall on the side, people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division finally rushed over from the roof.
The sound of ping-pong-pong fighting sounded on the roofs of buildings everywhere, gradually fading away.
When Qin Yehu came to his daughter, his face was pale, "Where have you been? Daddy was scared to death."