Datang: Starting from a fortune-telling stall, Wu Zetian was suddenly abducted

Chapter 254 Exorcism Performance
Yuan Shouwei hurriedly helped them pick up their things, and invited everyone to sit in the main hall in the backyard.

As they walked, everyone sighed with emotion:
"The Taoist priest's house is so grand that it rivals the county government office in Huayin County."

"Nonsense, I would say that such a grand house is as big as the Prime Minister's Mansion. I have delivered firewood to the Prime Minister's Mansion before, and their kitchen is similar to the Taoist Master's."

Old Uncle Chen who was walking in front turned back with a smile and said:

"You may not know that this house was built by the Taoist priest, and Her Majesty the Queen personally supervised the construction."

"I would say it should be exactly the same as the palace."

"Taoist Priest, why don't you take us to see it, so that we old haters can also gain insights."

Yuan Shouwei agreed with a smile and led everyone around.

After returning to the main hall, Old Uncle Chen said:

"Master Dao, I need to trouble you with something small."

"It's not the time to celebrate the New Year. We all want to get good luck, so we want to trouble you to do some calculations."

Since they were all fellow villagers, Yuan Shouwei naturally would not refuse. He rolled back his sleeves, took out his compass, and began to make calculations for everyone.

The weather is smooth, the family is harmonious, and a new member is added.
These hexagrams are basically good omens. Although the reward is a little less, Yuan Shouwei is naturally very happy seeing everyone smiling.

After all, nothing is more important than being happy.

When it was noon, the imperial chef Wenshe happened to be there, so Yuan Shouwei simply left everyone to have a light meal together.

Wenshe showed off her skills and cooked a few specialty dishes, which immediately made everyone praise her again and again, and everyone came home satisfied with their food.

When Yuan Shouwei sent the big guys away, he smiled apologetically at Wu and Yan, who had been waiting for a long time.

"There's no way, I'm a fellow countryman, I definitely can't refuse."

Wu Fu didn't take it seriously, but covered his mouth and smiled:

"Look at what your new clothes look like?"

Yuan Shouwei lowered his head and saw that his new robe was full of wrinkles and stained with soil, presumably from weighing gifts just now.

He smiled embarrassedly and said:
"I'll wipe it with some water. Let's go after that."

Before he finished speaking, the servant came to report again, saying that another group of common people had arrived carrying gifts.

Yuan Shouwei looked at Wu Fu with astonishment and smiled coquettishly.

Wu Fu smiled and said:

"You go. As long as I'm by your side, it doesn't matter where I am."

Yuan Shouwei hurriedly went out to welcome him again.
I kept busy like this, until the sun set and the lanterns came on.

Seeing that no one came up from the bottom of the mountain, Yuan Shouwei let out a long breath.

Then he and Wu Fu went down the mountain and rushed to Chang'an City.

On the way, Yuan Shouwei asked worriedly:
"Wu Fu, is there a curfew in Chang'an City today?"

Wu Fu whipped his horse and replied:
"Yes, but it was very late. I started beating the street drum at midnight."

Yuan Shouwei counted the time and said with a smile:
"That's enough time for us to play."

"Let's go to Tianshi's Mansion to say hello first, and then go shopping?"

Wu Fu shook his head and said:

"Chang'an Street must be crowded with people right now, so it's not easy to walk."

"Zhu'er, you go to Uncle Tiangang's house and say hello. We'll meet at the entrance of Anyefang."

Pearl smiled and nodded in agreement.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at Chang'an City.

Looking up, I saw only the bright lights on the tall city wall, and the shining armor and weapons of the soldiers guarding the city.Although these soldiers were on duty at this time, everyone looked at the bustling crowd below the city with a smile on their face.

After arriving at the city gate, Yuan Shouwei took out his fish charm. The soldiers on duty became more respectful and let them go with a smile.

Yuan Shouwei and the others led the horses and entered Chang'an City together with the noisy and lively crowd.

After storing the horses, Xiaozhu went to Yuan Tiangang's mansion first, while Yuan Shouwei and Wu Fu slowly followed the crowd towards the city.

Chang'an City is divided into more than 38 residential areas (squares) by 100 vertical streets. Each residential area is surrounded by square walls and square gates.

When we reached Boryeong Street, there was suddenly a burst of noise in front of us, accompanied by the playing and singing of various musical instruments.

Coupled with the bursts of applause from the surrounding spectators, although they haven't seen what the show is yet, it has already pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

At this meeting, Wu Yan also became visibly excited, jumping and shouting to Yuan Shouwei:

"Alang, look at the exorcism performance."

Yuan Shouwei looked up, but saw nothing except the backs of countless people's heads.

He calmly grabbed Wu Fu's arm, and even though Tiyun did it, he was already a head taller than the others without any sound.

The air above is really fresh.

Wu Fu knew Yuan Shouwei's methods and was very satisfied with this feeling of superiority. He smiled sweetly at Yuan Shouwei and looked at the lively place together.

There is only a couple in front of them, wearing masks of an old man and an old woman, leading the dance. These are called Nuo Weng and Nuo Po.

There were at least a thousand dancers following the two of them. Many of them wore children's masks and danced gracefully. This one is called the guardian child.

There are also hundreds of dancers, wearing various ominous ghost masks, acting as villains.

Everyone was playing and singing while walking, and most people mainly joined in the fun and made noises.

Yuan Shouwei, Wu Fu and everyone also walked forward with the exorcism team.Without him, on days like this, looking at the back of people's heads makes me happy.

While walking, Wu Yan listened to the lyrics sung by those people, and curiously asked Yuan Shouwei:

"Alang, tell me what they are singing."

You, a Tang Dynasty person, want me, a modern person, to explain to you the lyrics of exorcism. Yuan Shouwei's self-esteem was greatly satisfied, and he listened carefully:

"When I came to the palace gate from afar, I saw a group of Japanese soldiers. Among them was a black man squatting with his head down."

It's okay, I understand, this lyrics is much simpler than the Taoist incantation.

Yuan Shouwei then explained to Wu Fu:
"As soon as I reached the door from a distance, I bumped into a group of ghosts. Among them was a stupid and thick man squatting on the beam of the house."

Listening to Yuan Shouwei's explanation, Wu Fu laughed like a silver bell:

"It's true to say that they are stupid and stupid. Many ghosts look like they are tall, big and stupid."

After the two followed for a while, they heard louder cheers from another neighbor. Wu Fu grabbed Yuan Shouwei and said,

"Let's go over there and have a look. There are many people there."

After following four or five exorcism teams, Wu Fu was still not satisfied.

Yuan Shouwei calculated the time and Xiaozhu should be back soon.Then he said to Wu Fu:
"Zhao'er, let's go. Let's go shopping after taking Zhu'er."

"There are so many people here, it's a bit unsafe for her as a girl."

Wu Fu nodded in agreement and walked to Anyefang with Yuan Shouwei.

When we were about to arrive at the entrance of the square, we saw a crowd of people gathered at the door of the neighborhood.

Wu Fu couldn't help but become interested again,

"Alang, walk faster and see what these people are doing."

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman's scream was heard from the crowd.

(End of this chapter)