Tibet

Chapter 395

I saw an old Taoist priest with a bit of fairy style slowly appearing on the stage. With a flick of the dust whisk in his hand, the surrounding lights suddenly dimmed, and there was a burst of warm applause.

Li Ye secretly admired him, he played very well with psychological tactics, and the performance of the Taoist priest with a sense of demeanor made people preconceived believe that this person must be skilled in Taoism and has profound mana, just like those who look like famous doctors in TV commercials in later generations Like a liar.

The old Taoist came up to play a little trick, waved the Buddha's dust smartly, and the lights dimmed. Everyone thought it was Taoism. These are all planned plots.

Ordinary people are actually very easy to deceive, as long as the atmosphere is sufficient, plus preconceived beliefs that the other party has profound morals, it will be easy to deal with later.

The old Taoist picked up an earthen jar, held it up for everyone to have a look, knocked on the bottom, and there was a loud sound, and someone filled it with soil and buried a melon seed in the soil.

The old Taoist drew out his mahogany sword, lit a talisman, and stared intently at the eastern sky with a serious expression, muttering words. This is the key link. With the help of immortal techniques, everyone's eyes were attracted to it.

The old Taoist flicked his wooden sword to the east, a puff of smoke rose into the air, and everyone exclaimed.

Li Ye didn't look at the Taoist priest, he just stared at the earthen pot on the table. Just as the smoke rose, the earthen pot suddenly disappeared, and then suddenly appeared again. There seemed to be gods on the empty table. Bright swap.

The Taoist priest walked to the crock and pointed at the crock with a mahogany sword and muttered words. After a while, vines slowly appeared and spread along the table, and tens of thousands of people below exclaimed.

Suzaku sighed and said, "The Taoism is so profound!"

Li Ye smiled faintly, "I can also teach the law to make it stop growing, believe it or not?"

Suzaku asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Li Ye took out a copper coin from his bosom, and with a flick of his hand, the copper coin flew away.

Sure enough, the vines stopped moving, Suzaku covered his mouth and asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Li Ye took Suzaku's hand, "Let's go! This is not an illusion, but a trick to deceive foolish people and women, and I have already broken it."

Li Ye pulled Suzaku out of the crowd, Suzaku said anxiously: "Quickly tell me, what's going on?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Where were you looking when he asked for the immortal technique?"

"Of course it's to see him ask for immortal art!"

"But I was staring at the clay pot on the table, which disappeared for a moment and appeared again for a moment."

Suzaku immediately realized, "You mean, they changed the clay pot?"

Li Ye nodded, "The clay pot contains a prepared vine."

"But it's still winter, where will vines grow?"

"Who told you it was a real vine?"

Li Ye sneered and said, "Can't it be cut out of green silk and satin?"

"and then?"

"Then a thin thread was tied to the green sprout, and someone pulled it at the other end under the table, dragging it out bit by bit. I cut the thread with a copper coin, and the vine naturally stopped growing."

Suzaku frowned, "But it will bloom and bear fruit in the future, the melon will grow little by little, how can it be done?"

"Have you ever seen a blown lantern? Fold paper into a small lantern, and blow it up and it will gradually grow bigger. As long as you take out a few real ones and share them with everyone, isn't it a success?"

"No! No!"

Suzaku shook his head again and again, "I saw it in the palace. The alchemist Luo Gongyuan performed a performance of growing melons in a porcelain pot. He held it in his hand, but there was no table. I saw it grow with my own eyes, and saw it bloom and bear fruit. Are they real vines? "

"The Taoists in the world all perform the same Taoism, which is the biggest flaw in itself."

Li Ye smiled: "The porcelain pot you see is just a very delicate prop. There are traps inside. There are gold wires inside the vines. As the gold wires extend, the vines naturally follow. The flowering and fruiting are also pasted on the vines in advance. , and then spread it with gold wire, it looks like a real fruit from a distance.

It is actually the same little trick, but it is operated more skillfully and sophisticatedly, and the production is more delicate, and this old Taoist priest is relatively crude, so it can be seen through at a glance. "

Suzaku was speechless by what he said, so he could only say angrily: "You have destroyed even a little bit of good memory."

Li Ye laughed, "I'm a well-known spoiler king. I drank too much at noon, and my belly pissed. Go to the toilet with me."

"How vulgar! Ah Ye, I kind of want to go too"

As night fell, Tianbao's 11-year Shangyuan Lantern Festival finally kicked off.

The lanterns in the entire Chang'an City were lit up, and the streets of Zhuque Street and Chunmingmen Street were filled with lights. Looking from the sky, they looked like two shining giant dragons, one north-south and one east-west, lying across the streets of Chang'an City.

Then there are several concentrated lantern markets, one is the east market, the other is the west market, and the other is in front of Danfengmen, which is convenient for the emperor and people in the palace to look at the lanterns on the top of Danfengmen. Pingkang Square.

Every household closed their doors and came out with their wives and belts to watch the lanterns. Millions of people poured out of the city, and the streets were full of people, swimming in the ocean of lanterns.

Li Ye and Suzaku held hands and walked northward from Xuandu Temple on Zhuque Street to enjoy the lanterns. After walking through Zhuque Street, they went to the West Market to see the lantern tree, then turned around to the East Market, and finally went to Pingkang Square to rest in the elegant room.

"Aye, is that an elephant lantern?" Suzaku asked enthusiastically, pointing to a large lantern.

Li Ye looked sideways for a long time and said with a smile: "The person who put up the lamp must have never seen an elephant. If it weren't for the long nose at the end, I would definitely think it was a pig lamp. This is called a pig's nose with a spring onion to pretend."

Suzaku smiled and bent over, "It's a pig's nose with a green onion, thank you for thinking it out."

An old lady stepped forward, holding a flat basket, "My lord, let's buy some jewelry for the little lady!"

Li Ye saw more than a dozen hairpins on the flat basket, all made of copper, and the workmanship was average. When he was about to decline, Suzaku took his hand and said, "I want it! I want it! I want it!"

"Okay! Pick one yourself."

Suzaku hurried forward to pick out a dragon and phoenix hairpin, happily inserted it in her hair, tilted her head and asked Li Ye, "Does it look good?"

"good!"

Li Ye reluctantly responded, and asked, "How much?"

"Young master, one hundred Wen!"

Li Ye almost jumped up, he didn't know that his mother had several copper hairpins that were exactly the same, and they were all bought for twenty cents each, and this old woman actually wanted a hundred cents for herself.

"Aye, yes, give me the money!"

Helpless, Li Ye had no choice but to take out a piece of silver and give it to her, but the aunt knew the silver, looked carefully, thanked her and left with a smile.

"Miss, this copper hairpin is too expensive for us to buy, so we need to save some rice!"

Suzaku hugged his arm and giggled, "Just treat it as a kind deed, and have pity on that old lady!"

"She may not be pitiful, I think she is very skilled in trying money, she is an old hand."

"Hey! Hey! It's the first time you accompany me to visit lanterns, so you have to be more generous. I still count on you to earn money to buy me silver hairpins in the future!"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing too.

The two were chatting and laughing all the way, and suddenly, their smiles disappeared at the same time, and they became awkward. Pei Sanniang was actually standing opposite them, looking at them with a smile.

Suzaku quickly shook off Li Ye's hand, stepped forward and said shyly, "Hello, Auntie!"

"Mom! Why are you here alone? Where's Dad?"

Pei Sanniang pointed to the front and said angrily, "Your father bought me a copper hairpin just now. I think it's worth twenty cash at most, but he actually spent one hundred cash. I told him to return it quickly."

Li Ye and Suzaku looked at each other in blank dismay, and went 'Puff! ' laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)