Zhang You sighed at the skills of these people, and somehow felt it was a pity.
Magic tricks themselves are wonderful and can bring joy to people, but some of them have evil intentions, take shortcuts, hurt people's lives, and disgrace this art.
If one day they can bring magic tricks to the public in an open and honest manner, just like this, perhaps the magician's miracles from many years ago can be reproduced in the future.
"It must be a fake butterfly. How could it really disappear?" Qiuyue observed carefully.
"Oh, oh, oh! There it is again! Look, look! He uses them to form a flower! It's so beautiful." Hongmei excitedly pulled Cuiliu's hand.
"Why are you so far away? Come and take a look." Zhang You glanced at the little mute standing awkwardly aside and pulled her over to take a look.
They all lay by the window. Fortunately, there were many windows here, so they could all see clearly.
The little mute and Zhang You leaned their heads out to look over. The butterflies formed a peony in the air. The flowers bloomed for a moment and then disappeared in the wind.
Zhang You saw that the little mute's eyes were filled with joy at the fleeting flower, but she quickly lowered her brows, as if she was unworthy. Zhang You gently comforted her, "It's all in the past. You have to look forward."
A long time ago, I heard a saying that I think applies to you, too. You must travel the world, witness the sunrise and sunset, and experience all the flavors of life before you can truly understand the world within you.
Even if no one loves you, you still have to love yourself. You are just trapping yourself there. You are here in this world, so you have to live for yourself.
Zhang You once accidentally saw the scar on her wrist. She may have wanted to give up more than once, but she still had a glimmer of hope for this world, so she persisted.
Instead of pinning her hopes on others, she should take control of things in her own hands and live for herself.
The little mute looked up at her, and the moment Zhang You finished speaking, the fireworks in the distance were reflected in her eyes.
"Bang!"
"Wow! It's fireworks!"
"Look, look! There are fireworks!"
Zhang You was also attracted by the sound of fireworks outside and turned to look outside.
Fireworks exploded in the air, bright and shining.
The sounds of children playing, adults talking, girls screaming, and fireworks exploding.
Pure and beautiful.
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After a few days of leisure, Zhang You felt that they were all going to grow weeds.
Perhaps someone thought they were too "comfortable" and sent people pretending to be bandits to assassinate them in broad daylight.
They protected the "Princess" as they headed towards the town's government office. The bandits were obviously coming for them, and they didn't kill the passers-by, but chased them straight after them.
In the panic of escaping, the little mute actually got lost. Zhang You thought about it and realized that this group of people were coming for them, and she could survive if she left them.
The guards brought by Qiao Si swore to defend them to the death, standing in front of them and blocking them firmly.
Zhang You had never experienced such a blatant assassination before. He was in fear on the way to escape, fearing that if he ran too slowly he would become a dead soul by the knife.
Although this was anticipated, no one expected it to be such a brutal and direct assassination.
"Sister Jingzhu, do we have reinforcements? They seem unable to hold on." Zhang You looked at the guards standing in front of the bandits. Many of them had already fallen down, and he became even more afraid.
"It's almost there." Jingzhu said in a cold voice, not daring to slow down.
Zhang You was completely confused.
Qiuyue came towards her from the corner in front. Zhang You was wondering why she hadn't been there just now, so she quickly ran to Jingzhu to report.
"After the flare was fired, they've already come down the mountain and are heading this way. If we hold on for another quarter of an hour, they'll be there."
Jingzhu nodded, looked back, and then turned back to run. "Let's go to the government office first. There are constables inside, so we can hold them off for a while."
After she finished her report, Zhang You took her hand and asked her, "Where did you go just now?"
In fact, it would be more accurate to say that Qiuyue was pulling her, rather than saying that she was pulling Qiuyue. Qiuyue was skilled in martial arts and could run faster than her, practically pulling her to run. "Go set off the flare, and see how long it will take for the reinforcements to arrive."
"You knew this a long time ago?" Zhang You was a little surprised. From what she just said, she even arranged people at the foot of the mountain in advance.
"The princess has long guessed that he is restless, so she sent the Qiao family army to station at Wuhu Mountain. They will come to support as soon as the signal flare sounds." Qiuyue was able to answer Zhang You in a steady voice while running.
Soon they ran to the yamen, only to see the constable guarding the gate trying to close the door and escape after seeing them. Jingzhu quickly threw a dagger, and the snow-white blade pierced the back of the man's hand. He didn't bother to close the door and covered his hand.
Jingzhu quickly stepped forward, pushed the door open vigorously, and let them in. She waited until all of them were inside before closing the door with difficulty.
The group of people began to bang on the door violently. Every bang seemed to be able to break the door open, making Zhang You's heart beat violently.
But they couldn't break free for a while. Zhang You sat on the ground, her body gasping for breath due to the intense exercise. Her throat felt like it was on fire. She took deep breaths, wanting to rest for a while.
Jing Zhu slapped the constable who was about to close the door, knocking over and intimidating the others. "What? You want to lock us out to die before this princess even comes in!"
Zhang You could see clearly that they really did want to lock them out. No wonder they hadn't sent any reinforcements for so long; it turned out they were just watching, to see who would survive between them and Yang Li's men.
Zhang You felt heartbroken. This was human nature. They only wanted to survive. They had been getting along harmoniously for a while, but when faced with the fate of their own, they still chose to abandon them.
Jingzhu looked around angrily, but couldn't see Mayor Zhao, who was supposed to be there. "Where's Zhao Xunren?"
"Princess, please calm down. Princess, please calm down!" The group of detectives knelt down one after another and dared not say anything more. They couldn't afford to offend either of them, so they might as well play dumb.
Qiuyue walked over and complained sarcastically: "Princess, I saw him when I came back. He was hiding at home!"
The banging sounds outside stopped, and they seemed to realize that the door was difficult to break open, so they turned to climbing the wall.
Looking at the heads popping out from the wall, Zhang You staggered to his feet and said in fear: "Princess! They are trying to climb over the wall!"
Jingzhu turned around and looked at those who were about to cross the wall, his eyes sharp, "Prepare arrows!"
The group of detectives behind were stunned and at a loss.
Jingzhu turned around and saw them standing there stupidly, and she became even more angry: "What are you still standing there for! If you don't want to die, move now! Listen to my orders!"
The group of detectives finally came to their senses.
They all picked up weapons and stood in front of Jingzhu, but they only stood in front of Jingzhu and did not dare to get close to those people.
On the contrary, Qiao Si's guards had already formed a battle array to resist.
"Stop getting in my way and go block the door!"
After the guards left, there was no one to block the gate, and it looked like it could be easily broken open.
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