Chapter 42: Lantern Festival Traffickers
Chinese New Year's Eve was cold, but the Spring Festival was lively.
Early in the morning, someone came to visit with gifts. Ghost Cry has no relatives, so naturally it is the neighbors who come.
After that, it didn't stop.
In the morning and afternoon, there are always people coming, and there is a bit of an endless stream. Later, it was not only the neighbors who came, but also some gang members, who had smiling faces and couldn't be driven away by ghost crying.
It was not until the evening that it stopped, and there was another lion dance to pay New Year's greetings. Cai Wei giggled when she saw it, and the ghost cried and spent money to pass the time.
In the evening, the two rested, ate the leftovers, and ate with relish.
In the next few days, Cai Wei ran around the neighborhood to give gifts in return. Although she was busy, she smiled happily, and the ghost cried and didn't care about her.
On the eighth day of the first month, news came that Emperor Zhou worshiped Mount Tai Huoyun Cave, moved the capital to Luoyang, established the Central Plains, and changed the year name to the first year of Zhou Wu.
At the same time, Daqin moved its capital to Chang'an and confronted Luoyang, and it seems that the cooperative relationship between Daqin and Dazhou has come to an end.
However, in the process of moving the capital, bad news came.
The prince who was nearly 70 years old died of illness on the way to move the capital, and the white-haired people sent the white-haired people, and the 96-year-old Qin Emperor was in tears, so he set up the 40-year-old Nine Emperors as the crown prince.
Well, counting this 70-year-old prince, this Qin Emperor has already survived three princes, and the Nine Emperors are already his youngest son, if he dies again, he can only make his grandson the crown prince.
Because of the three-legged standing, all three parties must recuperate, so that this year should be able to have a peaceful year.
Hearing this news, the civil and military officials in the Great Song Dynasty were all relieved. Finally stopped, and there was no need to fight.
It's just a battle, and Da Song has already broken his backbone.
The Northwest Army and the Shu Army were almost wiped out, these two armies were the two strongest armies of the Great Song Dynasty, without them, the Great Song Dynasty directly lost confidence.
Time flies, and before you know it, it's the Lantern Festival.
During the Lantern Festival, the night is even more lively, because there is a lantern festival, and everyone goes to enjoy the lanterns.
After dinner, Cai Wei carried a lantern, pulled the sleeves of the ghost cry, and couldn't wait to blend in with the flow of people, squeeze into the city, and participate in the lantern festival.
It was the first time in her life, so she was excited.
But as soon as she squeezed into the city, she was panting and sweating, and she could no longer walk.
It's not that she doesn't have strength, but a little girl, and she can't squeeze others.
Ghost Cry watched this scene funny, and reached out to pull a hand that was born out of nowhere, and the hand was immediately bruised and swollen, and it retracted like an electric shock. Then, pulling the little girl behind her, she walked in front, relying on her strength, and squeezed out of the encirclement.
The Lantern Festival, naturally, has a lot of lights.
These lights are dazzling, and Cai Wei's eyes are bright and dazzled, and she doesn't know what to do.
Knowing that you can get a lantern by guessing the lantern riddle, Cai Wei went to guess it with great interest. Then with a bitter face, he looked back at the ghost and cried.
It turned out that she didn't know most of the words on it.
The ghost cried and laughed and read it to her, and then Cai Wei's face became even more bitter, it turned out that this was a guess. She didn't even recognize all the words, how could she guess it, so she could only look at the ghost pitifully and cry: "Big brother ghost." ”
The ghost cried confidently, patted his chest and said, "Look at me." ”
Then he meditated for a long time, and said dryly: "Let's go and choose an easy one!"
Cai Wei chuckled: "Big brother ghost doesn't know!"
Ghost Cry felt embarrassed and pulled Cai Wei all the way forward. Then, after walking inside for most of the day, the eyebrows of both of them were raised.
Cai Wei is semi-illiterate, and she is still stuck in the scene of only half of the words. In fact, for a girl in her environment, it is already quite remarkable, after all, many more girls don't even know a word.
And Ghost Cry, except for some remote words, can recognize them all, and can also recognize two kinds of words, one is the simplified Chinese character that Luo Kai knows, and the other is the original character that Yang An knows.
However, the purpose of Yang An's literacy is to understand the cheats and the like that have been handed down, not to guess the lantern riddles.
As for Luo Kai, if you give him some junior high school math problems, he can still do them, guess the lantern riddles, spare him! What's more, Luo Kai is learning simplified Chinese characters.
Therefore, two people, one big and one small, like two defeated dogs, slipped to the side of the bridge.
Ghost Cry suddenly asked, "Girl, are you hungry?"
Cai Wei touched her stomach and nodded vigorously: "Hungry!"
"Let's go, then!" said Oni with a smile.
When the two arrived under the bridge, an old couple was setting up a stall on the shore, selling rice balls, and there were two tables, one of which was being eaten by the family.
"Two dumplings. Ghost Cry said, and found a seat with Cai Wei to sit down.
"How!" the uncle smiled happily, showing his mutilated teeth, and lowered the rice balls into the pot.
The two ate the rice balls, regained their vitality, paid the money, and prepared to kill back again to wash away the shame.
When crossing the bridge, a person held a child in his arms, walked in a hurry, and passed by the ghost crying.
The ghost cry suddenly stopped, and Cai Wei, who was walking, was pulled by the ghost cry.
"What's wrong?" Cai Wei asked back.
Ghost Cry didn't answer, but said to himself: "The more lively it is, the easier it is to have an accident." ”
With a sigh, he turned around and chased after the man holding the child, and Cai Wei hurriedly followed.
The man was very tight, and when he noticed that something was wrong with the ghost crying behind him, he hurriedly quickened his pace.
Ghost Cry is eight feet long, tall and big, with a bad face, and a strong deterrent.
And although this man is also strong, he is less than seven and a half feet, and he is not an opponent of Ghost Cry just by looking at his appearance, so he does not dare to draw a knife and threaten like he does against other ordinary people.
Ghost Cry put his hand into his arms, and pulled out a throwing knife with a ribbon in his palm.
With a flick of the wrist, the flying knife disappeared in the palm of his hand.
The man immediately cried out in pain, his thigh was almost pierced by a knife, he fell to the ground, and the child was thrown away in his hand.
Ghost Cry stepped forward quickly and picked up the child.
"Big brother ghost, what's wrong?" Cai Wei panted and chased after her, and hurriedly asked.
Ghost Cry checked the child first, it was a boy, he looked cute, and he had a longevity lock around his neck, which should be very popular with his family, and he looked like he was dressed, and his family was not rich, but he should not worry about eating and drinking.
Check the pulse on the child's neck, there is a pulse, nothing serious. Now unconscious, should be stunned.
The ghost cried and snorted, and coldly glanced at the man on the ground who was holding his thigh and screaming in pain: "It's nothing, I caught a human trafficker." ”
"Ahh
The ghost cried, "Take him to the official." ”
During the Lantern Festival, in order to prevent fire and theft, a large number of troops were deployed in the city to patrol, and all officials were dispatched.
Ghost Cry unloaded the joints of the trafficker's limbs, lifted him, and let Cai Wei hold the child, and the two of them didn't go far across the bridge before they bumped into the two catchers.
Seeing that the ghost was crying suspiciously, the two catchers hurriedly stepped forward, holding the handle of the knife in one hand and asking, "What's the matter with you." ”
The ghost cried and threw the trafficker to the ground: "This man steals children." ”
As soon as he heard it, he knew that something was wrong, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly asked.
Ghost Cry told the matter, and called himself a person from the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
Catching Kuai didn't want to deal with those god-chattering guys in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, so he just asked for the address of Ghost Cry, and left with the child and the trafficker who had been stripped of his limbs.