The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The three of them got off the boat and walked along the shore of Qujiang Lake. There were small vendors on the shore, and the crowds were bustling.

Li Fu walked in front, and Wu Liangye and Xiao Tao followed closely behind Li Fu half a step behind.

There were many people gathered in front. Li Fu looked from afar and seemed to be performing a play. He heard cheers and applause from there from time to time.

There were many people performing acrobatics on the street.

"I have never seen such a lively Chang'an City before." Li Fu said with emotion.

"Yes, after all, it is the Lantern Festival. It only comes once a year. There is always a curfew on weekdays. Now it is even more precious to let it go at night." Wu Liangye explained.

Li Fu nodded. Taking advantage of these three days, he came to release his nature and make a fuss. Anyway, in these three days, the people also forgot the troubles of their daily lives for a short time and came out to have fun.

People can't always be tense when living.

"My dear, let's buy some lanterns to pray for blessings." Xiao Tao suggested.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Li Fu responded with a smile.

Taoism has the saying of "Three Yuans". The Heavenly Official Shangyuan blesses people. His birthday is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so this day is the Shangyuan Festival, which is the birthday of the Heavenly Official and the day of blessing. People light lanterns in Qujiang Lake to worship the Heavenly Official and pray for his blessing.

The Earth Official and the Water Official are Zhongyuan and Xiayuan.

Coming to the stall selling lanterns, Li Fu looked at the various lanterns on the stall.

Xiao Tao chose a snow lotus lantern. Most of the wishing lanterns placed in Qujiang Lake are such snow lotus lanterns.

Xiao Tao happily held the snow lotus lantern in front of Li Fu.

"My dear, I wish you a healthy Lantern Festival."

Wu Liangye also picked a lantern for the first time and said to Li Fu, "My dear, I wish you a healthy Lantern Festival."

Li Fu looked at the two people and smiled unconsciously.

"I wish you all good health, and you too, a healthy Lantern Festival." Li Fu looked at them and also picked a snow lotus lantern.

Taoism worships snow lotus, which grows on the edge of high mountain cliffs and is the most difficult to obtain. If you want to obtain it, you must go through untold hardships. Taoists believe that "only those who endure the most hardships can become the best." Only in this way can you achieve the right result.

The people lit lanterns and prayed for blessings, thinking that it didn't matter if they suffered a little, but they just asked the heavenly officials to bless them and live a peaceful life without illness or disaster.

Li Fu paid the money, and the three of them each carried a lantern and walked to the bank of Qujiang Lake.

The crowd was surging, and more and more people came.

All kinds of people, all kinds of clothes, everyone was immersed in the festive joy of the Lantern Festival.

"My dear, let's go to another place."

Wu Liangye took a quick step forward and approached Li Fu and said, "I feel something is wrong. There seem to be too many people around us."

"During the Lantern Festival, there are people everywhere." Li Fu smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, let's go to the Qujiang Lake. There are many people playing here, and there are many people watching. It will be better to leave here."

As a guard and a former secret guard, Wu Liangye has a keen intuition.

It is normal to have many people during the Lantern Festival, but it is not normal that there are always more people around them.

Just as the three of them were walking towards the Qujiang Lake, suddenly, several people around them came over here. Without saying a word, those people took out short knives from their sleeves and rushed towards Li Fu.

Seeing this, Wu Liangye picked up the snow lotus lantern in his hand and threw it directly at the man's face to block his sight, and then quickly took action, grabbed the man's arm and bent it down.

The man felt pain, his hand loosened, and the short knife fell to the ground.

Such a shocking change happened here, and the people around shouted and ran away, scattering.

Xiao Tao stood beside Li Fu, observing the surroundings. She was frightened by the sudden situation. Li Fu could feel that Xiao Tao was shaking.

Country boy, where has he seen such a scene?

Li Fu was also puzzled. He had never offended anyone, so why did he come to him?

There was more than one assassin. Wu Liangye had no weapons in his hands. He only relied on his fists and feet to repel the person who wanted to stab Li Fu with a knife, but other people also surrounded him at this time.

Wu Liangye didn't have time to pick up the short knife on the ground. He turned around and went to other people.

He surrounded Li Fu and kept fighting against the people who rushed over.

I didn't expect to encounter such a thing when I went out shopping on the Lantern Festival. Wu Liangye regretted that he didn't bring weapons, otherwise, he would definitely kill these assassins with one blow.

Now, he could only protect his husband first and try to delay until the patrolling Wu Hou came over to subdue these people together.

Although Wu Liangye was good at martial arts, he was still no match for four hands.

He was caught in an opportunity and passed Wu Liangye and went straight to Li Fu.

Li Fu imitated Wu Liangye and threw the snow lotus lantern in his hand toon the assassin's face.

The assassin's sight was blocked and his steps stopped. Li Fu pulled Xiao Tao to dodge around.

"My dear, run quickly and don't worry about me." Xiao Tao said hurriedly.

"No, these people are desperate..."

Li Fu thought about it and let go of Xiao Tao's hand.

"You run, they won't chase you." Li Fu said: "Go to Wuhoupu and find someone quickly. The Jinwu Guards patrolling the city will also work. If you meet people from the government office, let them come here! Go!"

Xiao Tao nodded, and then hurried to find someone.

Li Fu suddenly remembered that the target of this group of people was himself. It would be dangerous for Xiao Tao to follow him. It would be better to let her run out to find someone.

Wu Liangye didn't know how long he could hold on. The other party had weapons in his hands. He couldn't just rush up and fight against them like in an ordinary fight.

With this knife, Li Fu was very scared of the medical conditions in the Tang Dynasty.

It was not easy to turn over and become the local lord, but life is precious.

There were many people here during the Lantern Festival. Although Wu Hou often patrolled here, after the incident, there was chaos here. Wu Hou, who was patrolling the streets, wanted to rush here, but his speed would not be too fast, after all, he had to go through a sea of ​​people.

"Quick!"

Among the assassins, someone gave an order to fight quickly.

They also knew that if they dragged on, Wu Hou and Jinwu Guards would come over, and they would not be able to escape.

Wu Liangye grabbed a short knife. He was besieged by three people. These three people were all good at kung fu. Even Wu Liangye could not do anything to them for a while.

However, with weapons in hand, he finally felt more confident.

After a fight, Wu Liangye was already injured, but he still protected Li Fu tightly and did not let Li Fu get hurt.

"Go!"

The gang moved again. They split into two groups. One group went to restrain Wu Liangye, and the other two went to Li Fu.

Seeing the short knife stabbing towards Li Fu's chest.