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Chapter 8 Eight: Bridge City
Li Li'er walked into Qiaoshi, and was surprised to find that the whole street was very bright, and the lights of countless shops were confused, covering the world with an amber haze.

The air is filled with the pine scent of burning yellow wax, and the strong aroma makes people feel stuffy. What's worse, there is also the smell of wine, vegetables, and sweat.

Li Li'er breathes and breathes to keep the Lingtai clear.But among the noisy Sizhu and Yingge Yanyu, people laughed, yelled, quarreled, made vulgar and obscene words, and laughed like silver bells in their ears.The carpenters in Golan Washeri wore dazzling clothes, some of them were bare-chested, and the noisy people burst out from the doors and windows, distorting the street like a heat wave.

There is no wind, but the beautiful wine flags are swaying. It is like spreading a piece of silkworm paper in front of you, and a big movie stage is set up. There are grotesque, singing, selling, drinking, juggling, walking, all kinds of beings, But like the paper figurines in the movie, they are not angry at all.

Li Li'er felt a chill in his heart.

The smell of fragrance and wine in the market made him feel warm all over, and melted away the coldness at once.

A doubt lingers in my heart: even if some people ignore the ban, it will not be such a grand scene.

Li Li'er didn't think about it for no reason.As if entering a dream, all the chaos is taken for granted.

After crossing the market, we will arrive at the Goddess Temple——only this idea is still very clear, driving him to move forward.

The clapper in hand had been forgotten by Li Lier for a long time, and the dim light of the white leather lantern seemed to be extinguished in the middle of the daylight.

Li Li'er walked for an unknown distance, and his heels began to feel sore, but the lights in front of him were still brightly lit, and the continuous wine flags and lanterns stretched out, as if there was no end.This is by no means the way to the Goddess Bridge.

Li Li'er didn't know Xuandufang City, but vaguely knew that Qinghefang was not the only place next to Pushui.To the west of Qinghefang is Sajinfang, and to the east there is Qingyinfang. They are all places where gold and silver flow. It seems that I have deviated from the direction and I don't know where I am.

Li Li'er went to the food stall on the side of the street. The food stall was next to the door of the saddle shop. The table was covered with blue cloth, and several porcelain bowls and mortars were placed on the cloth.

The stall owner was an old man with a simple and honest appearance. Li Li'er approached and said, "May I ask the old man, what is this place?"

The stall owner glanced at Li Li'er, "Lost?"

"Please show me the way."

The stall owner said with a simple and honest smile: "Seeing that you are tired from walking, please sit down and rest."

"Thank you, old man, but I have something important to do, so I have to go to Qinghefang as soon as possible."

"The guests have just come to Xuandu, otherwise why don't you understand the rules here, if you want to ask the way, you have to sit down and ask."

Li Li'er looked at the simple and honest smile of the stall owner, stretched his hand to his waist pocket, and was about to ask the stall owner to ask for money, but then felt that he was really hungry, so he opened his clothes and sat down in front of the stall, and asked, "I heard It is said that there is a Qibao Leicha in Qinghefang that is known as the best, so what is different about your Wubao Leicha?"

As soon as Li Li'er sat down, the stall owner scooped out ingredients from various porcelain bowls and put them into the bowl, and then ground them finely with a hammer, then lifted the kettle on the stove, pouring crystal clear boiling water into the bowl, Out billowing white gas.

After a while, the stall owner put a bowl of Wubao Leicha in front of Li Li'er.

Li Li'er sniffed it, and the rich and delicious fragrance penetrated directly into his brain. He was surprised, as expected of the emperors of the Six Dynasties, in Xuandu, a street food stall owner has some unique skills.Take a sip from the bowl, swallow the thick hot tea soup down your throat and fall into your belly, still exuding warm steam, making people sweat.

The stall owner wiped the edge of the bowl with a towel, and explained: "The Qibao Leicha is made with glutinous rice, arrowroot powder, sesame, peanuts, mung beans, ginger, and litsea cubeba. My Wubao Leicha is different."

"The guests haven't eaten it yet? Qibao Leicha is vegetarian tea, and my Wubao Leicha is meat tea. The condiments in the tea are heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney."

The stall owner smiled very honestly.

A chill exploded behind Li Lier's back, he stood up abruptly, threw the tea bowl down, bang!Thick tea soup splashed on his trousers, yellow and green with light red.There was a fishy smell in his intestines, and he wanted to vomit, but he endured it and only let out a cold snort.

The stools and food stalls under him were all broken!
The wood chips were scattered and shot, and the ones on the booth seemed to have made an appointment with the porcelain bowls, and they were all shattered into pieces with a loud bang!
The condiments in those bowls were unobstructed, scarlet and dark green balls, pattering, falling on the rammed loess road.

Li Li'er put aside the hem of her clothes with her left hand, lifted the white leather lantern with her right hand, and stood there.

The energy didn't subside until now, except for the messy food stall and low stools, everything around Li Li'er seemed to be unaffected, except that the cloth hanging at the door of the saddle shop dangled twice.

As if the dust was blown by the breeze, with a breath, ripples were made in a circle, and a three-foot radius was drawn under Li Li'er's feet.

The simple and honest old man fell down in the food stall and bled from all seven orifices.

"Monster!" Li Li'er's eyes were cold, and he paused every word.

The stall owner looked terrified, wiped his blood and tears, and kowtowed repeatedly in mourning, "Immortal master, spare my life, immortal master! The little old man has no eyes, and he offended the fairy master! The little old man sells pig offal soup and hangs five treasures on it." The name of Lei Cha only wants the business to prosper, but has no intention of letting the immortal master break the meat precept, but the little old man is not guilty of death!"

Li Li'er's eyes were cold, but the stall owner's words made his heart skip a beat. Immortal master and Hunjie are really incompatible words, and it makes this old man look like a commoner. Could it be that he has been wronged? nice guy?
Li Li'er gradually calmed down. From the very beginning, there was a warmth lingering in his heart, making him dizzy and unable to think clearly. At this moment, many questions surfaced in his heart again.

The situation did not allow him to think carefully, the movement of the food stall alarmed other people in the market, and countless vendors and pedestrians surrounded him.

"It's bullying the market!"

"Beat people, kill people!"

"You're not very young, but you're so ruthless!"

"Catch him to the officer!"

Countless hands grabbed it.

Li Li'er looked around with anger in his eyes!
Those who sell candied haws have a string of human eyes strung on the bamboo sticks of the candied haws;
Sellers of combs with hairs tied with fur;
The butcher has a string of intestines hanging around his neck;
Those who sell bad hoofs have a few hands on the plate!

Shouting and arresting people, but with a smile on his face, he is indescribably hospitable.

The moon is frosty.

"Boom!"

"Rain and damp!"

"Anti-thief, anti-theft!"

A clear voice pierced the dead silence.

In the boundless darkness, Li Chan held a white lantern and stopped steadily at the head of the Goddess Bridge.

(End of this chapter)