Chapter 140 Temple Fair

The City God Temple is located in the northeast corner of the city. It is a building covering a large area.

Most of the buildings in Yangzhou have such characteristics. Except for the five- or six-story watchtower, the tallest building in the city is the three-story restaurant. Most of the houses are mainly two-story.

Why do you think so? It's because the location of Jiangsu is indeed too superior. There are few mountains in the territory, and it's all plains. When the moon rises, the people of Yangzhou will see it, and there is no need to worry about anything blocking it.

There is a ginkgo tree inside and outside the City God Temple. It is said that it was planted by the people of Yangzhou during the Tang Dynasty. It takes two or three adults to surround the trunk.

The ginkgo in December is past the time for appreciation. It does not affect the shock of Chen Qingyue and others when they saw it. Such an ancient tree is a huge thing in the eyes of children.

Chen Heng's interest is still in the surrounding buildings. The current Yangzhou City has not experienced that terrible disaster. Ancient buildings like the City God Temple still retain traces of the Tang Dynasty.

People were surging around, and the incense was rising into the air, which was then illuminated by the colorful light above. At the open red lacquer gate, there were government officials temporarily guarding it, and most of the people could only kneel around the incense burner in the middle of the air.

Chen Heng moved his eyes slightly upwards, and he could see the carved eaves and painted buildings, and the steep rafters. There were auspicious beasts such as flying dragons and unicorns carved on them, and there were also murals of cranes flying over the red gates, with elegant postures that made people linger.

Looking two places further, on both sides of the main hall, there were side halls dedicated to other gods. Along the path beside them, you can see the small woods under the lights and the sound of gurgling water.

No wonder the storybooks prefer male scholars and female ladies to meet at the temple fair. Chen Heng smiled and shook his head, then turned around to look for his younger brothers.

Xinda was guarding Chen Qingyue and Chen Yin, and their eyes were fixed on the vendors making sugar figures in front of them. Several elders were watching the shadow play in the distance, and seemed to be very interested in the performance.

Such excitement is not seen in Shanxi Village. Chen Gaishan was also very involved in watching it. He even forgot when he last saw a shadow play.

Chen Heng smiled and walked to his family, chuckled: "Grandpa, where is grandma?"

Chen Gaishan looked down and saw his own grandson. He couldn't help but stroke the top of the child's head with a smile, "She took your mother and others to worship. Do you have money with you?" Chen Gaishan pretended to take out the silver from his body, "Use it to buy some food..."

Chen Heng wanted to refuse at first, he is now a person with his own income. But seeing Chen Gaishan's older look, he stopped talking and said softly, "Grandpa, give me more, I'll go buy some for my brothers."

"Hmph." Chen Gaishan wrinkled his nose proudly, and then laughed happily, "It's not long since dinner, remember not to give them too much, so as not to have food accumulation at night."

"Dad, you don't have to give him. He has money on him!" Chen Qi, who has no vision, knows how to interrupt.

"What do you care about me!" Chen Gaishan gave him a fierce look, and the eldest son immediately shut up.

Chen Heng took the half tael of silver with a big laugh, and directly called Xinda, each carrying a younger brother, and rushed to the sugar man shop.

Their family had a good time outside, and the temple was also very lively.

A formal worship had just been held inside, and several representatives from the Taoist and Buddhist families were chatting with these celebrities in Yangzhou.

It's interesting to say that whether the City God Temple belongs to Taoism or Buddhism has always been a different opinion among the people. But Lin Ruhai didn't care about this kind of thing. He just called them to chant sutras and pray for blessings.

The people around Lin Ruhai were all Yangzhou gentry and celebrities. The families of these people were taken care of by Jia and Jia Lian. Daiyu and Lin Jue were too young and could only be guests.

The Jia family was really good at dealing with people, and Jia Lian was half a model. When he stood there, his manners and demeanor were very attractive.

Everyone heard that the young man in front of them was the legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion and a fifth-rank Tongzhi. If he hadn't already established a family, I don't know how many women's hearts he would have attracted.

Lin Daiyu looked at these social interactions and generally felt a little bored. Her mind was still on her unfinished storybook. This person would always be fascinated by what he wanted to do.

It wasn't until Baoqin walked in front of her that Daiyu saw that her good friend was here today.

"That's right. Now my elder sister is standing at the front of the team. How can I see my younger sister?" Baoqin joked with Daiyu. Now that the Wei sisters have left, there are only two friends left among the four of them, and their relationship is even closer.

"How dare you make fun of your own sister." Lin Daiyu didn't agree at all, and she went straight forward.

The two golden flowers played for a while, but they didn't know that someone was always looking at them in the dark. This person might be Mei Shengjia, who had not been seen before. He came here with his parents today. Now his father was chatting and laughing with the prefect, so he took the opportunity to come to Baoqin.

"Sister Xue, what a coincidence. I can meet you here today." Mei Shengjia suppressed his excitement and shouted in his heart, "God help me."

Baoqin frowned when she heard it, and wondered in her heart why she met this person again. She has always been generous, but like Xue Ke, she is a little too upright, and it is easy to lose face and be bullied. So, she just forced herself to respond, "Today everyone is here with the prefect to pray for blessings."

How simple this was, it was a warning to Mei Shengjia not to make random connections, everyone was here tonight to do business.

Mei Shengjia encountered a soft nail and was not worried. He smiled happily and said: "Where's your brother? I haven't seen him for a long time. I have been taken care of by him a lot recently. Since today is such a coincidence, why don't the three of us get together for a while and go out for some fun."

Bao Qin was also annoyed. How could her brother become good friends with Mei Shengjia? It was really irritating.

"He just saw an old friend and went out to play with him."

"Oh, it's a pity." Mei Shengjia felt indescribable joy in her heart. It would have been better if the prefect's beloved daughter was not standing in front of him.

A person who is good at putting on airs. Lin Daiyu saw Mei Shengjia's reaction and what kind of temper she had. When you meet someone you like, they are as gentle as water. If you see something that is an eyesore, it will rain down fierce knives.

"What are you pitying about?" Daiyu asked directly.

Mei Shengjia quickly replied, "Of course it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to invite Brother Xue to dinner."

"Then just go find him, why bother keeping him here like a piece of wood." Lin Daiyu spoke quickly and without any mercy.

There is no way, her father is the prefect of Yangzhou, he is so awesome.

"Ah..." Mei Shengjia didn't expect that her kind words would come true to others.

"Why, you can't let go of your legs and can't move out of the way? It seems like your gratitude is just words."

There was a needle hidden in those words, which made Mei Shengjia not know what to say. He wanted to refute something, but when he thought about Lin Ruhai being admired by all the stars, he thought about it carefully and decided to give it up for now.

After he left, Lin Daiyu held Baoqin's hand slightly angrily, "You are just too polite to others."

"Sister, you're so amazing." Bao Qin looked at Lin Daiyu with starry eyes.

"It's even more powerful, and you haven't seen it yet."

Sister Lin behaved well when she got an advantage, and she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Tell me quickly, who is the old friend your brother saw?"

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This Xue Biao didn't know what happened to his sister. He was wandering around out of boredom and saw Chen Heng's family.

He loves to join in the fun, and when he sees his friend still walking around, he directly asks someone to report it to his parents, and then runs to Chen Heng.

"Brother Heng, Brother Heng."

He screamed happily. Chen Heng turned his head and said happily: "Okay, I really can bump into you wherever I go."

"Are you not happy to see me? Then I'll leave right now." Xue Biao flicked his sleeves. Chen Heng was not willing to obey him, so he quickly grabbed Xue Biao's sleeves, "You, I'm sighing The ingenuity of fate.”

"That's pretty much it." Xue Biao stopped with a smile and said to his brothers who were eating candies, "Hello, brothers."

"Hello, Brother Xue."

"You're so good, come on." Xue Biao was not as lucky as Chen Heng to have so many younger brothers. It was the first time that so many little kids called me brother. I happily took out the money from my arms and gave one or two to each person. "Take it to buy some snacks, but don't eat too much."

When Chen Heng saw that even Xinda had a share, he simply spread his hands and said, "It is better to have fun alone than to have fun together."

"Don't make trouble." Xue Biao smiled and knocked his hand away, "What are you going to do later?"

Chen Heng thought for a while and said, "Let's guess the lantern riddles."

This event is timeless and often has prizes to add to the fun. During the holidays, people everywhere love them very much.

"Let's go, let's go together, let's go together. Let's win some prizes for our brothers." Xue Biao couldn't help but said, pulling Chen Heng and running towards the lantern riddles.

Under the colorful lanterns, they first took a fancy to a lantern, and then lifted the curtain below. They saw the title written on it: "Mo Yan, there are endless things outside of you. You must be determined to take this flower with your heart. Until the dream of Blue Bridge is over." , I don’t know if I am in a dream.”

This question was a bit difficult. Xue Biao was worried and thinking about it after reading it, so Chen Heng replied: "It's a lotus."

What a young man from the Xue family, my friend had just finished speaking, and he had already taken off the curtain and raised his hand towards the lamplighter. "Look here, look here, we figured it out."

The lamplighter came and checked the answer, and it turned out to be lotus. The two of them smiled and won a lantern. Xue Biao stuffed the lantern into Chen Heng's hand, indicating that he would give it to his younger brothers later, and then asked: "Brother Heng, how do you know the answer is lotus?"

Chen Heng was about to answer when crisp laughter came from behind him.

"Brother, can you let me answer this question?"

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