"Pray for water!"

"Pray for water!"

All the people shouted in unison, and the waves beat the shore with great momentum.The teenagers in cool clothes and holding the pipa ran out from the corner at some point, stepped into the shallow water one after another, and lined up along the river bank.

Xiao Cen and Jiang Chengzi jumped up and down, cheering and praying for water with the common people, Qu Jinghong didn't have any expression on his face, just holding his sword and looking at Yishui River coldly.Zhu Jiuci pulled Xiao Cen over and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Cen covered his ears while cheering, and explained loudly to Zhu Jiuci: "The most important sacrificial ceremony of the Shangsi Festival is called praying for water. In fact, it is to let the priests sprinkle the water from the Yishui River on the people on the bank. If you are lucky enough to be sprinkled in the water, it means that you will always be accompanied by good luck for a year!"

Zhu Jiuci touched the water on his face, glanced at the figure by the river, and quietly wiped off the water with his sleeve.

Xiao Cen danced exaggeratedly with his teeth and claws on the side, Mo Pang was bumped by him, and he persuaded him: "Instead of fighting to pray for water, Jiang Chengzi will help you with a few words."

"Then how can it be possible to have a spirit from the Yishui River if you open your mouth?" Xiao Cen poked at Zhu Jiuci, trying to find support.

Zhu Jiuci thought for a while and nodded seriously. After all, Jiang Chengzi's character design was set by the author.

"Hey," Xiao Cen hugged Zhu Jiuci, and pushed Fatty Mo and Qu Jinghong a few steps forward, "It doesn't matter if he works or not, Shangsi Festival is here, we have to fight for it." ?”

Jiang Chengzi jumped forward and said happily: "It's true, it's true."

Unable to endure the torment of these two people, Zhu Jiuci and Qu Jinghong compromised, and even Fatty Mo put down his purse and obediently stood by their side.So a group of five of them stood under the peach blossom tree by the river like wooden stakes, waiting for the teenagers in Yishui to sprinkle the river water on them.

Before the sound of the pipa stopped, Liang Zhaoge spun around and danced. Suddenly he bent his thin waist, stretched his long arms, and brushed his fingertips across the water. As soon as he stretched his waist, he straightened up, and the water splashed up from the river and flew towards the river bank Throw away.

"It's coming! God, let all the good luck befall me!" Xiao Cen jumped up and waved his hands.

Jiang Chengzi counted with his fingers: "The heavens are spirited, the earth is spirited, I am the most spirited when it is windy or rainy!"

The water fell and sprinkled all on Zhu Jiuci.

The icy Yishui with the sacrificial incense flowed down from his forehead, slid across his cheeks, and flowed coldly into his clothes all the way.Some drops of water hung on his eyelashes, and accidentally got into his eyes. Zhu Jiuci felt his eyes sore, and closed his eyes stingingly.

"I'm going! No, is there a mistake?" Xiao Cen turned around with his hips crossed in disbelief, and looked at the few people standing tightly in a row, only Zhu Jiuci in the middle squinted his eyes, Wiping the water off his face like a cat.

"We stood so close and didn't get splashed?"

Fatty Mo looked around and shook his head.

Opening his mouth and pinching his chin, he took out a compass from his pocket and began to calculate, "Interesting and interesting, Thief Saner, you don't want to borrow this luck, hurry up and ask the miscellaneous family to give you a good word."

Xiao Cen and Kai Guangzui were chattering non-stop beside them, calling out to the teenagers in the water, hoping they would sprinkle some more water.

Zhu Jiuci looked at the man in the water, but was caught again. His phoenix eyes were fixed on him, as if he had set his sights on the prey. Liang Zhaoge stood still in the water, water droplets falling from his fingertips, hitting Qingliang on the water.Before Zhu Jiuci avoided his sight, Liang Zhaoge had turned around and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

The people who had been baptized by Yishui gradually went back happily, and the teenagers holding pipas on the riverside also returned to the flower boat on bamboo rafts.The lights gradually went out, but the flower boat was hidden in the dark water.

Little Ah Nian came out from behind and handed a handkerchief to his little master.

Zhu Jiuci was in a daze with a handkerchief, and when the evening wind blew, the wet water on his face chilled him so much that he picked up the handkerchief and wiped the water off his face.

"The soul comes back, the soul comes back." The people sang an ancient long tune behind them.

Standing under the peach blossom tree, Xiao Cen pulled Qu Jinghong, Mo Fatty and Jiang Chengzi over with a smile, and suddenly hugged Zhu Jiuci.

"Young master, I feel wronged. Since Yishui is all on your body, we can only rub it to rejoice." After Xiao Cen said, he took Qu Jinghong and the others' hands, and caught Zhu Jiu involuntarily. On the sacrificial robe of resignation.

Zhu Jiuci recovered from his stupefaction, smiled and walked away, Jiang Chengzi and the others said "Don't be so stingy", and joined hands to surround Zhu Jiuci.

The lights on the river bank gradually went out, and the voices of the teenagers laughing and fighting gradually became quieter.

"Little Grandpa," several teenagers stood together under the peach tree, clasped their fists together, and said earnestly to Zhu Jiuci, "Peach blossoms are in March, and blessings are full."

The people sang and left, and the Yishui River gradually became quiet.

It took Zhu Jiuci a long time to persuade Xiao Cen and the others not to take care of him to leave separately.Xiao Cen has a stubborn temper, insisting that it is too dangerous in the middle of the night, he is worried that he will go back to the Duke's mansion alone, and insists on taking Xiao's carriage to take him for a ride.Zhu Jiuci had no choice but to move the Holy Master out before persuading Xiao Cen to leave.

The riverside was completely quiet, and only a few scattered pastry shops were left with lights on.Zhu Jiuci and his little attendant, Anian, walked in the silent sacrificial corridor, only the sound of the evening wind and the rustling of peach tree branches and leaves could be heard, as if there were only a few people left in the world.

"My lord, let's just walk back like this?" Anian looked at Zhu Jiuci aggrievedly while holding the handkerchief.

Zhu Jiuci nodded: "Isn't it nice to have the evening wind blowing by the river?"

Anian shook his head: "It's good, it's good, but it's a bit shabby."

"You." Zhu Jiuci turned around and tapped Ah Nian on the head.

"That's what it is. The young master of the capital city actually wants to walk back to the mansion from the suburbs of Beijing in the middle of the night. Who can be careless..." Anian fell silent, looking straight ahead.

Zhu Jiuci followed Ah Nian's line of sight, and not far ahead, there was a person standing under the warm yellow lights of a rice cake shop.

"Little Grandpa." Liang Zhaoge was still wearing the sacrificial robe for stepping on the water, his slender and white legs were exposed under the wide half-cloud trousers, and he was stepping on a pair of wooden clogs barefoot.

"Why are you stunned again?" Liang Zhaoge walked over with a smile, and the wooden clogs stepped on the ground, making a crisp sound.

The sacrificial incense burst into the nostrils along with the clear and light medicinal fragrance, Zhu Jiuci raised his head and asked, "Didn't you go back with the flower boat in Red Square?"

"He sneaked out and came to see the young master."

Zhu Jiuci pinched his sleeves, on the empty street, except for a few shops, there were only the three of them left, for some reason, when the cold wind blew, he got into the wide sleeve of the sacrificial robe, and he shivered from the cold. He wanted to persuade the person in front of him to leave.

"You should go back earlier. I can't take a carriage. If you follow me, you have to go until tomorrow morning."

Liang Zhaoge smiled and raised his hand, wrapping the rein with his slender fingertips.

"This is……"

The horse snorted behind Liang Zhaoge, and was pulled lightly by the rein. The horse walked from the darkness to the bright light.

Zhu Jiuci panicked, did this lunatic want him to disobey the imperial decree?

"My lord..."

Liang Zhaoge raised his hand and threw the reins into Anian's arms, "You go back on a fast horse and report to the Duke's Mansion that it's safe."

Ah Nian froze on the spot holding the rein, looking at his little master, not knowing what to do for a while.

Liang Zhaoge looked at Zhu Jiuci and said, "I'll walk back with you."

Anian nodded thoughtfully, grabbed the reins and got on the horse swiftly, Zhu Jiuci wanted to stop him, but stopped talking.I have to say that this is the best way, if he and Anian are allowed to walk back to the Duke's mansion slowly, I don't know how anxious the parents will be.

Ah Nian rode the horse and disappeared in a flash, leaving only the two of them beside the silent river bank.

"Are you hungry?" Liang Zhaoge asked.

Zhu Jiuci covered his stomach, only to realize that his stomach was empty, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of soy cake hastily before praying for water and had already digested it.

Liang Zhaoge took Zhu Jiuci's wide sacrificial robe sleeves, "The sleeves are dry." After saying that, he took his sleeves and pulled him forward.

"What's your favorite snack, my grandpa?"

"Hmm...peas, yellow donkeys, and...sugar ears." Zhu Jiuci thought that Liang Zhaoge was interested in northern delicacies, so he simply introduced them bit by bit.

"Fried cakes are also good, if you like red beans, there are still Jiao..." Liang Zhaoge suddenly stopped while talking, and Zhu Jiuci almost ran into him.He stopped talking, and looked down at the seven or eight extra snacks in front of him.

Singer Liang Zhao held several dishes to eat, and took out a piece of pea yellow wrapped in soft leaves, and handed it to Zhu Jiuci, "Eat this first, and I will help you with the rest."

Zhu Jiuci turned around holding the pea yellow in both hands. On the dark path along the way, there were a few pastry shops dotted with lights. He didn't pay attention at all just now. It turned out that Liang Zhaoge had already bought them.

Zhu Jiuci took a bite, and the sweet aroma instantly filled his lips and teeth. He raised his head and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

"Don't snatch the baby from the little grandpa."

The two of them walked along the Yishui River in a quiet and peaceful way, only the sound of Liang Zhaoge's clogs stepping on the ground could be heard along the way.

Zhu Jiuci felt that if he could still recall this night many years later, there must be a warm evening breeze, sweet pea yellow, and the crisp sound of clogs stepping on the ground in his memory.

"Aren't Zhaoge tired? Pray for water all night, and walk back with me."

Liang Zhaoge stopped, looked down at Zhu Jiuci, and instead of answering, asked, "Young master, are you tired?"

Zhu Jiuci shook his head.

The next moment he was hugged horizontally by someone, and his field of vision instantly increased.

"Liang Zhaoge!"

"It's the fourth watch, and if the young master walks down again, the soles of his feet may be injured. If he really hurts when he turns around, not only Hongfang will not be able to explain it, but the young master's friends will also suffer."

Zhu Jiuci was pressed into his weakness, and suddenly fell silent.

Liang Zhaoge smiled and hugged him and continued walking.

"That...or else, you should carry me on your back."

Liang Zhaoge stopped, looked down at Zhu Jiuci's eyes, "Young master... are you shy?"

"no!"

Liang Zhaoge giggled and held down the shaking man in his arms to prevent him from falling.He leaned over to put the person down, Zhu Jiuci said sullenly: "No change, no change, that's it."

Liang Zhaoge glanced at him, then walked forward with the person in his arms.

They walked for a whole night, or Liang Zhaoge walked for a whole night holding Zhu Jiuci in his arms.When he was about to arrive at the Duke's Mansion, Zhu Jiuci woke up dimly in his warm embrace. He opened his eyes and was surprised to find that the sky had already brightened.His eyes hurt a little from the daylight, and soon a pair of cold hands covered his eyes.

"It's dawn, the little father-in-law slowly opened his eyes again."

Zhu Jiuci was a little embarrassed, being carried away all night, it would be outrageous if he was still in his arms at this moment.

Zhu Jiuci broke free from his embrace and jumped down.

Under the light of the morning sun, Liang Zhaoge's face was still as beautiful as a fairy, the pink on his face was more obvious than at night, the tails of his phoenix eyes were extended by red cinnabar, like the tail of a phoenix, and the flowers between his eyebrows were still dazzling.

Liang Zhaoge wore a long robe at some point. The black robe was so long that it dragged to the ground, covering his feet.

"Zhaoge escorted the young man here." Liang Zhaoge turned and left without waiting for Zhu Jiuci to thank him.

Although Zhu Jiuci was afraid of getting in touch with this lunatic from the bottom of his heart, but he carried him all the way back. If he just let him go at this time without any thanks, it would be a matter of character.

Zhu Jiuci was about to call Liang Zhaoge to stop, but he saw that the stone floor was dyed with a strange dark red, and the stone ground was winding for a long, long time.Zhu Jiuci's eyes followed the dark red stains one by one, spreading to the end of their path.

I was shocked.

Zhu Jiuci suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Liang Zhaoge.

"Xiao Gong..." Liang Zhaoge was taken aback and wanted to reach out his hand to stop Zhu Jiuci, but unfortunately the latter couldn't help but tore off the robe on his body.The smooth and white calf was exposed, and the feet on the clogs were also exposed.

The feet of the clogs were covered with bruises and dirty blood.

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