I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

Ji Qinglin was only distracted for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the figure had disappeared. He was wondering if he was dazzled, but suddenly caught a glimpse of something in the sky behind the clock tower that surprised him.

Among the blooming fireworks, there is a red firework that is fleeting, but only for a moment, Ji Qinglin can see it clearly.

The shape of the fireworks is really unusual, like a weird symbol, and like some unknown characters.

Ji Qinglin waited attentively. Sure enough, after a while, another blood-red firework shot up into the sky. This time was different from last time. It seemed that the style had changed, but it could be seen that it must be the same kind as the previous one.

Ji Qinglin couldn't help being curious, who set off the fireworks?Why is the style so weird?

Thinking about it, Ji Qinglin stood up, looked carefully for a while, and decided to try to find the place where the fireworks were lit.

After going down the stairs, he walked quickly along the street. Ji Qing raised his head to watch the fireworks from time to time, but when it was blocked by a house, he hurriedly changed the road and direction, and followed there all the way to find it.

The more you walk, the more remote you become, and before you know it, you have already reached the city gate.

There is no curfew in other parts of Daluan Kingdom, but the capital city is the most important town in the country, so the supervision is naturally strict. Not only the city gates are closed every night, but also the people are not allowed to wander around at night, otherwise they will be severely punished.

However, New Year's Eve is an exception.

The ancestral graves of many people in Beijing are on the mountains outside the city, and the custom of worshiping ancestors on New Year's Eve cannot be avoided, so only on New Year's Eve, the gates of the capital city will remain open all night.

Ji Qinglin left the city without thinking too much. He could still see a lot of fireworks along the way, but there were not as many as in the city. After walking for a long time, there was only one special firework left in the sky, and the direction became more and more clear.

Finally, Ji Qinglin followed the direction of the fireworks into a dense forest, passing through the forest was a lake, and the fireworks rose from the edge of the lake.

The terrain by the lake is relatively low, and the edge of the woods where Ji Qinglin was standing was slightly higher, so he took advantage of the terrain to look down at the lake.It just so happened that a cluster of flames rose from the lakeside at this time, with a huge cracking sound, blood-red fireworks exploded in the air, clearly illuminating the scene by the lakeside.

A man stood by the lake with his back to the woods, holding a firework tube in his hand, and his dark red clothes made Ji Qinglin startled.

It's him?

Ji Qinglin raised his footsteps lightly, and the sound of huge fireworks exploding covered his footsteps, but even so, when Ji Qinglin approached the person within ten feet, the person turned his head vigilantly.

Uncle Huo.

Usually when he was in the mansion, Uncle Huo was used to wearing dark red clothes, so Ji Qinglin had already guessed when he saw the clothes clearly, but now he saw that it was indeed him.

Ji Qinglin was surprised, but at the same time, he found that the direction Uncle Huo was looking at was not him, but behind him.

Ji Qinglin was puzzled, so he couldn't help but look back, but he saw that the woods behind him were pitch black, and there was not even a single person.

Ji Qinglin turned around in a daze, could it be that Uncle Huo has an eye disease and can't see clearly in the night?Otherwise, with such a short distance, how can you not even know where you are?

Ji Qinglin blinked in confusion, raised his hand and shook it: "Uncle Huo?"

Called by Ji Qinglin, Uncle Huo withdrew his gaze from a distance, glanced at him lightly and said, "Why are you here?"

Ji Qinglin really wanted to ask back, "Why can't I come if you can come", but swallowed the words back, and said with a casual smile: "I'm just wandering around, I happened to pass by here, and the image behind the lake is Uncle Huo, come to say hello."

Uncle Huo didn't seem to really care about his answer, he lowered his head and straightened his clothes, then Gu Jing Wubo said: "It's getting late, if you have nothing else to do, son, come back home with me."

After finishing speaking, he bypassed Ji Qinglin and went to the woods.

Ji Qinglin pouted, turned around and followed him, "Why did Uncle Huo come here alone to set off the fireworks?"

Uncle Huo said: "It's clean."

Although Ji Qinglin couldn't quite understand that someone would try to be quiet on this most lively New Year's Eve, he still nodded and asked, "Where did you buy the fireworks? The style is so unique."

Uncle Huo was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't remember."

Seeing that the conversation couldn't go on for the day, Ji Qinglin simply didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them just walked back to the city and entered Ji's mansion in silence, then bid farewell and went back to their respective houses.

Speaking of which, Ji Qinglin has one advantage, that is, he is casual. It doesn't mean that he does whatever he wants, but he always thinks that he has died once, so this life is just picked up.

He always regards himself as a spectator, he just wants to see more people or things he has never seen before in this reborn life, and he doesn't want to be too serious about the rest, whether he gains or loses, he doesn't take it to heart.

This kind of mentality makes him live a very unrestrained and unrestrained life, never cares about others, and never forces others to do anything, which makes the people in the mansion like it very much.

The only downside is that the master and wife of the Ji family went out to have a good time, but they always told everyone to watch Ji Qinglin die in the mansion, which made him very aggrieved.

If he had a choice, he also hoped that one day he would be able to travel around, see the beautiful flowers, the clouds and the clouds, and listen to the wind, the snow and the moon, and the beautiful things.

But fortunately, the days are still long, I haven't seen much in the capital, and it doesn't hurt to look for opportunities when I grow up.

Just living casually like this, in a blink of an eye, Ji Qing was seventeen years old.

This year, the queen mother announced that she would no longer listen to the government behind the curtain, and handed over the general and political power to the emperor who was already 20 years old.

For this reason, the emperor held a large banquet in the palace and entertained all the officials.It is said that this is to thank the ministers for their 17 years of dedicated assistance, but in fact, they want to find out what the ministers say.

After all, the Empress Dowager has been in power for the past 17 years, and many veteran officials are used to obeying the Empress Dowager's orders, so his role as emperor is very useless.

This time the palace banquet, Ji's family also received the post.

It stands to reason that according to Master Ji's usual temper, he would definitely not attend such a palace banquet, and it has been like this for the past few decades.

Posting a post to Ji's family in the palace is nothing more than a formality. After all, Master Ji's reputation is very good, even if it is to show the royal family's love for talent, this post must have a copy of Ji's family.

In previous years, when the posts arrived in the mansion, Master Ji would accept them with a nod, and then casually throw them aside. If one day happened to meet him cooking in the East Kitchen, he would casually throw the post into the stove as firewood, which is totally inappropriate one thing.

But this year, it is very different.

Master Ji is not around, so the post will naturally be handed over to Ji Qinglin when he arrives in the mansion. He is a person who is watched in the mansion all day and is not allowed to go out, so he can't wait for such a chance to leave the mansion in a dignified manner.

When Uncle Huo handed the post to Ji Qing, he clearly saw the light in his eyes, but he still asked calmly, "My lord, are you planning to go to the banquet?"

Ji Qinglin closed the post, raised his eyebrows and said with a sly smile, "Why don't you go?"

Uncle Huo was not surprised, nor did he stop him, he just nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll go and prepare a gift for the young master."

Ji Qinglin nodded and smiled, "Thank you."

Ever since New Year's Eve that year, there have been some unknown "tacit understandings" between Ji Qinglin and Uncle Huo.

Occasionally, when Ji Qinglin wanted to sneak out of the mansion, Uncle Huo would calmly dismiss the servants in the mansion to help him escape, and then turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.And most of the time, Uncle Huo would take him into the yard and teach him fists, kicks, swords and swords, and explain the meridians and acupoints to him.

Although Ji Qinglin is not a person with amazing bones, he has a high level of understanding. Over the years, he has learned everything that Uncle Huo taught him well.

Although it was not a big deal to go to the palace this time, Uncle Huo insisted on going with Ji Qinglin, and Ji Qinglin naturally did not refuse.

After getting into the carriage and going to the palace, Uncle Huo walked beside the carriage, and Ji Qinglin casually looked at the congratulatory gift prepared by Uncle Huo in the carriage.

The so-called congratulatory gift is naturally to celebrate the return of the emperor's power, so the meaning of the congratulatory gift is nothing more than the meaning of "True Dragon Son of Heaven" and "Supreme Under Heaven".

Ji Qinglin opened the delicately carved and lacquered wooden box, and inside was a very dazzling glazed statue.He took the statue out carefully, and then he saw clearly that it was a nine-tailed carp, connected head to tail in a ring shape, and the scales all over the body reflected the dazzling light, which was very exquisite and gorgeous.

Ji Qinglin looked at the statue in amazement, but suddenly he was a little puzzled.

"Uncle Huo?" Ji Qinglin held up the statue with one hand and opened the curtain of the car with the other and asked, "It's not Chinese New Year, why do you want to give the emperor a carp? Could it be to wish him more money every year?"

Uncle Huo glanced over his head, saw that he was still holding the statue in his hand, and said, "Put it back, don't break it."

"Oh." Ji Qinglin responded, and honestly put the statue back into the box and covered it, then heard Uncle Huo outside the window say: "Young master is so outspoken, it's better not to talk too much when you are in the palace. "

Ji Qinglin didn't take it seriously, folded his hands on the window frame and said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, you are by your side, Uncle Huo, if I really don't understand something, just ask you."

Uncle Huo didn't look at him, but looked straight ahead and said, "This carp is called Shui Jing, which means longevity."

Ji Qinglin put his hands on his chin, blinked and said, "Why is it called the water mirror, and why does it imply longevity?"

Uncle Huo frowned, looked at him helplessly and said, "The Palace of Longevity is everywhere in Beijing. You often sneak out of the mansion, but have you ever visited it?"

Ji Qinglin rolled his eyes and thought about it. In the past, every time he asked Uncle Huo to help him get out of the house, he just sneaked to the corner of the teahouse and heard that Mr. Shu would talk for a while. Occasionally, he would listen to a few opera troupes on stage.

Thinking about it now, it seems that I have heard a few stories about longevity and carp, but I can't remember them clearly.

Uncle Huo also seemed to have seen his thoughts, and sighed softly: "Forget it, it's the master who has locked you up in the mansion for a long time, which made you so ignorant."

Then, he patiently explained: "For more than 1000 years, the gods believed and worshiped by the people of Daluan have never changed, and that is the God of Water Mirror. It is said that God of Water Mirror is the god of creation. Tailed koi are called water mirrors, which can make people live forever. Therefore, people built thousands of longevity halls to pray for longevity, and the ones enshrined in the longevity halls are the gods of water mirrors."