Chapter 130: Strange Events at the Mid-Autumn Festival
"Haha, everyone is here. Your Taoist temple is really becoming more and more lively."
Wang Longqi walked in slowly and greeted everyone in a familiar manner. Although he had never seen Wanli Feisha, he felt that he was a very motivated young man from his appearance.
The two looked at each other and felt a sense of mutual admiration.
"Seventh Master Wang, I have long heard of your great name."
"Junior Brother Sha, hello, hello."
After some pleasantries, he sat down leisurely.
The other four people in the Taoist temple were looking at him sideways with a wary look on their faces.
He blinked and looked himself up and down: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"
The fox girl smiled and said, "Master Wang has appeared in our Taoist temple, and nothing has gone wrong yet."
The old Taoist sighed, "I just made a wish for world peace, and you came here. You are really slapping me in the face."
Wang Longqi waved his hand and said, "It's not polite to say that. We are just like a family. What's wrong with me visiting you on Mid-Autumn Festival night?"
As he spoke, he saw that everyone was still staring at him with caution.
The hair on the little koi's forehead stood up like an antenna.
"Okay, okay." He raised his hands and said frankly, "I had a quarrel with my family and ran away from home, so I wanted to come and hang out with you guys."
"Hi." Everyone relaxed their guard, and the old Taoist priest said with a smile: "I thought you fell in love with some female fairy again."
“That’s true.” Wang Longqi admitted casually.
"Huh?" Everyone's vigilance was raised again.
"But this time it's not that serious. It can be considered a strange story. Let me tell you about it." Wang Longqi said hurriedly.
He leaned forward and asked, "Master, do you know which girl is the most popular in Hangzhou these days?"
"Alas." Yu Qian'an shook his head: "I have long since stopped using my weapon and have not been in combat for a long time, so the news is not reliable."
“Hehe.” Wang Longqi smiled: “It’s Liu Qinglian and Miss Liu from Taogu Tower.”
"Originally, in recent years, Wenrou has overshadowed all the famous girls. All the good girls are over there." He looked as if he was pointing out the world and making speeches, as if he was a storyteller telling the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
"Xunxiangzhai is only surviving on official banquets, and Taogulou is almost unable to support itself."
"I didn't expect that last month, Taogulou suddenly launched a girl named Xiaoliu, who is only seventeen years old and is known for her peerless dancing skills."
"The scholars who came here to see the movie were full of praise for it."
"There is a poem praising it: One dance in the south, all the flowers have fallen; another dance in the north, the phoenix will come to the north."
"With only Liu Qinglian as its general, Taogulou actually attracted all the literati and scholars in Hangzhou City. Almost overnight, it overshadowed all the beautiful girls in the city and defeated the other two families."
Wanli Feisha was stunned when he heard this. "Is the competition between brothels so fierce?"
"Then what do you think..." The old Taoist snorted and said, "Since ancient times, romance has been like a battlefield, with blood and sweat shed and swords and guns fought. The situation can change suddenly in an instant, which is not ambiguous at all compared to the general trend of the world."
"Old Taoist priest, you are knowledgeable." Wang Longqi gave a thumbs up.
"Go on, how did this Miss Liu get involved with the goblin?"
"Don't worry, we will talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival gift next." Wang Longqi continued.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an open-air event held every year in Hangzhou. It lasts all day from morning to evening, until night falls and the full moon is in the sky.
Those invited to perform at grand ceremonies were usually the best artists in the city, whether they were jugglers, actors, or singing girls, they were the ones that normally one had to pay a large sum of money to see.
Every time a grand ceremony is held, the streets are always deserted, and people from all over the city come with their families to watch the day-long performances. It is very lively, and then they go home in the evening to have dinner and enjoy the moon.
Only then can you have fun.
In a small place like Yuhang Town, there is no such lively celebration. Xiao Jinli heard about this event when he went to the city before, and said in the morning that he wanted to go into the city to see it.
However, the old Taoist priest considered that the fox girl had not yet fully transformed, and that the whole city was gathered for the ceremony, so it would be inconvenient to take her with him. If he only took the little koi to see the ceremony, he was afraid that the fox girl would feel uncomfortable staying in the temple.
Then I thought of an idea and asked them to make mooncakes for a whole day.
"The most important thing for the Mid-Autumn Festival is the last performance after nightfall and before the show ends." Wang Longqi explained: "Every time, we choose the most popular girl of the year to perform, and then end the show to bring the atmosphere to its highest point."
"The performer is called 'The Oiran Under the Moon', which means that you are the most recognized Oiran in Hangzhou this year."
The old Taoist nodded. This rule had been in place for a long time and he was familiar with it.
"The position of the courtesan under the moon was chosen several months ago. I heard that the original candidate was Xiao Mingyue, Xiao Xiao from Wenrou."
"Who knew that Liu Qinglian would suddenly appear and become so popular that she would take away the position of the most beautiful lady under the moon. Because although Xiao Mingyue's singing skills are excellent, her dancing skills are not good!"
"In the end, Xiao Mingyue performed the finale for Liu Qinglian, and Miss Liu performed the last dance."
"That dance is so beautiful. Who wouldn't fall in love with Miss Xiao Liu after seeing it?" Wang Longqi looked up at the night sky and sighed.
"Did you go and see it?"
"Of course, every year I go to the city to watch the moon before returning home to enjoy it." Wang Longqi nodded and said, "I just didn't expect that something so exciting would happen this year."
"At the end of her dance, Liu Qinglian suddenly fell to the ground, and then, in front of the entire city, in full view of everyone... she turned into a demon!"
"ah?"
Several people in Deyun Temple were surprised.
"You all seem so surprised when you hear this, right? You can imagine how shocked the people who saw this scene must be!" Wang Longqi said, "The beautiful lady under the moonlight just now suddenly grew scales and a snake tail!"
"That doesn't mean..."
Yu Qian'an looked deep in his eyes and exchanged a glance with Wang Longqi. The old and the young spoke in unison.
"Even better?!"
"cough!"
The fox girl coughed loudly in annoyance, interrupting the sudden and indescribable excitement of the two.
“Hehe, I knew you would say that, old Taoist priest.” Wang Longqi smiled awkwardly, “However, many people were still frightened. Immediately, a cultivator from Chaotianque stepped forward, restrained her, and took her to the prison.”
"If this little Miss Liu is really a fairy, it would be such a pity. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to return in the future." Wang Longqi sighed.
Li Chu suddenly asked: "Her sudden transformation into a goblin...does it have anything to do with your coming here?"
He thought Wang Longqi came to him to exorcise evil spirits, but after listening to the whole thing, it seemed that there was nothing he needed to do.
"Uh." Wang Longqi paused, "You can say it's somewhat related."
"I have never seen this dance before in Hangzhou Prefecture. I didn't expect it to be the last one to be performed." Wang Longqi said sadly, "Is there anything more regrettable in the world than this?"
"But... in Shenluo City, there are at least a dozen courtesans like Miss Xiao Liu. Especially the annual Flower City Convention, which is a hundred times more exciting than this Mid-Autumn Festival! I think that in this life, one must live in Shenluo City for a period of time and experience the Flower City Convention once."
"I told my father that I wanted to do business in Shenluo City."
"He said..."
Wang Longqi imitated his father's sarcastic tone.
"Are you going there for business? I'm embarrassed to point it out to you!"
"After a few arguments, he kicked me out."
Everyone: “…”
"He also said that I was a loser who only knew how to spend the family's money, bah." Wang Longqi grabbed a mooncake, took a few bites, spat out a piece of fish scale, and frowned.
The little koi's face turned red, and the hair on his forehead stood up again.
"New kind of filling." Li Chu explained.
"Oh." Wang Longqi continued to eat, drank a sip of tea, and said angrily: "Tell me, what's wrong with being a waste?"
"Let's not talk about this for now." Yu Qian'an pondered for a while, his face a little solemn, and said: "Listening to what you said, I feel that... Miss Xiao Liu may not be a demon."
"Huh?" Wang Longqi was stunned.
Yu Qian'an thought for a moment and said, "Disciple, leave immediately and rush to the prison in the capital city to see Miss Xiao Liu and ask her a few questions."
Li Chu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this matter could actually involve him.
Wang Longqi's eyes lit up: "Can Miss Xiao Liu really be saved?"
"Not necessarily. We'll know after we ask." Yu Qian'an said, "If she is really a monster, no one can save her. But if she is not..."
Wang Longqi clenched his fists, and the two men said in unison again: "We must not let the beauty suffer!"
I couldn't sleep last night and didn't fall asleep until dawn. Today, when I opened my eyes, it was already afternoon...
(End of this chapter)
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