I didn't intend to be a Fairy

"Tell you good news!"

"What good news?"

"Today's order from the court, the curfew has been lifted."

"It's finally lifted..."

"yes!"

Wu Xia couldn't help but shook her head: "A few days ago, I heard that a bamboo demon was cut out in the mansion of that genius surnamed Chen. I originally thought that the curfew would be lifted the next day at most, but it seems that the court still wanted to take this opportunity to kill the bamboo monster." The other demons and ghosts hidden in Changjing were also cleaned up, so it was delayed until today."

As she spoke, she paused and glanced at the cat next to her:

"It's a good thing your cat wasn't caught."

"Recently, I often hear about that official Chen in the teahouse." Song You said with a smile, "I heard that he paints bamboo shadows at home, which is a very elegant move."

"I don't know if it's elegant or not." Nvxia Wu shook her head, "I only heard that when the bamboo demon was cut out, it showed its real body, and its whole body was as black as charcoal. Just in time, the one who was struck by lightning in Xicheng earlier The entire bamboo forest was hacked to death, most likely because God has eyes, or some god appeared, and a thunderbolt fell on him. I guess the bamboo demon should have died at that time, so he was chopped When I came out, I didn’t resist at all, and died on the spot.”

"The heroine is well-informed."

"Unfortunately..."

Wu Xia dragged out a long tail, with some dialect in her voice, and a little gloating: "If the bamboo demon is caught alive, Changjing will be lively."

"Maybe."

"Well, you're right." Nvxia Wu said, "If it could catch someone alive, then that wolf would have caught him alive."

"I clearly didn't say anything..."

"Haha!" Wu Xia just smiled and continued, "But tonight is also lively, there is no curfew tonight, I will take you to the night market to see the excitement of Changjing, and try the snacks in the night market!"

"I wonder if there is something delicious?"

"I have been to the night market a few times before, such as grilled fish on an iron plate, mutton in a water basin, and lamb liver. They are all delicious. My favorite is the miscellaneous fish soup cake. Anyway, I will see it when I go."

"Let's trouble the heroine to lead the way."

"With this incident, Changjing may be at peace for a while. Even if those ghosts with evil intentions are not caught, they will not dare to bubble up for a while."

"I hope so."

"It's a pity, it's a pity..."

Wu Xia shook her head and sighed as she spoke: "We basically wiped out the ghosts outside the city, and now occasionally a new list is made, and it is immediately exposed by folk experts and people from the rivers and lakes. I originally said that if you If you want to eliminate harm for the people, you just look at the mess in the city, and then you don’t seem to want to take care of the affairs of the city, so you didn’t mention it, and now even if you want to, there are not many monsters for you to catch.”

"Woman misunderstood." Song You said, "It's not that I don't want to manage the affairs of the city, but there are both gods and capable people in the city. Compared with it, the people outside the city need us more."

"Makes sense."

Night fell slowly to Changjing City.

Tonight was different from usual.

Pedestrians at dusk are not in a hurry to go home, shops are not in a hurry to close, and there is no sound of curfew gongs. On the contrary, restaurants and shops light up their lanterns early, and if there are light boxes, they have already lit up.

The darker the sky, the brighter the ground.

When the afterglow of the setting sun dissipated, the heroine came to knock on the door and called friends from Yizhou to have a night tour in Changjing together.

The heroine walked a little ahead.

The Taoist walked a little behind with a bag on his shoulders, and a cat's head protruded out of the bag. The Taoist watched the passers-by without haste, and the cat also looked around curiously.

Halfway through, it was dark, and the Changjing city finally showed its original appearance at night.

There are lanterns on the main road, but the light of the lanterns is not as bright as the street lamps of the later generations. It is an exaggeration to say that the lights are bright, but you can already distinguish the road. There are many people walking on the street, walking in the dim light, and there is also a kind of era in the darkness. The atmosphere is worth savoring.

The curfew has been going on for a long time, and everyone complained, but now once it is lifted, even those who didn't come out often in the past will all come out tonight.

And when you walk through the streets famous for their bustle, night markets and brothels, you can really deserve the term brightly lit.

When I walked past the curfew at night, the doors of the restaurants on both sides were closed. There were no light boxes, no lanterns, and no stalls. Now all the lanterns and light boxes are lit up, thousands of lights in the night market illuminate the green clouds, high-rise buildings and red-sleeve customers are crowded, water gates are bustling with evening tea merchants, and bridge market is full of drinkers all night.

In this era, it is unparalleled in the world.

No wonder so many people from foreign lands came to Changjing, and they were fascinated by it, and they wanted to stay no matter what, unwilling to leave.

The Taoist couldn't help slowing down.

While watching, he listened to Wu Xia and his introduction.

Different from the comfort I felt when I walked through thousands of houses alone in the dark, what I feel at this time is not the coldness, but the excitement, not the moonlight, but the lights, not myself, but this era.

The cat's eyes were also wide open, and countless colored lights were reflected in the amber eyes.

Gradually came to the night market that Wu Xia said.

The most famous night market in Changjing is actually in Xicheng, and Nvxia Wu led them around before returning to Xicheng Night Market.

Unlike the night markets of later generations, this is not a street, but a square place, which evolved from the square market left over from the previous dynasty, and is more like a commercial square. And Xicheng has always been a gathering place for ordinary people and foreigners from other regions. Under the firework of ordinary people, it brings a lot of exotic customs, whether it is vendors or customers, there are many faces of foreigners.

Therefore, in this brightly lit square market, all kinds of small stalls, carts and even shops can dazzle people. This is the most famous night market in Changjing.

Nvxia Wu said to take them for a walk first.

So the Taoist and the cat listened to the exotic music, watched the dancers of the Western Regions, saw the dazzling array of goods, and tasted the fireworks at night in this era.

Until Wu Xia told them to sit down.

This is a small shop selling miscellaneous fish soup cakes, and the inside is already full, so the tables and chairs had to be placed outside, crowded with passers-by.

Wu Xia ordered two miscellaneous fish soup cakes, and went to buy 饆饠, grilled fish on an iron plate, mutton in a water basin, and two glasses of sweet rice wine, as if she wanted to pay back the meal at Yunchunlou last month. You also let her go.

"Two bowls of miscellaneous fish soup cakes!"

The owner of the small shop came with a bowl.

Several snacks were also delivered one by one.

Song You still took out a small bowl from the bag, put it on the bench, and gave it to Sanhuamao.

The so-called miscellaneous fish soup cakes are actually miscellaneous fish noodles. The store put a big pot at the door, which is full of various miscellaneous fish. A pot full of miscellaneous fish is boiled until the meat is no longer visible, and then the fish dregs are drained out, and the remaining soup is the soup base of the soup cake.

I don't know where to eat it, but it's really delicious.

It is said that grilled fish on an iron plate is the way of Mobei. The fish is grilled on a long iron plate, and some western spices and local condiments are added. It tastes quite exotic.

Lamb liver 饆饠 is a kind of fried pasta with open ends and lamb liver inside.

In addition to goat liver, Nvxia Wu also bought special products of the current season——

Cherry porridge.

It is to replace the lamb liver wrapped in pasta with cherries, and fry it in a pan to form a thick strip with fried cherries inside. It sounds a little dark, but it is a popular delicacy in Changjing every spring. Many rich ladies don't want to go out, but they let their servants run to buy it.

Sweet rice wine is simple, basically fermented glutinous rice, sweetened red dates and goji berry, boiled and then cooled, not intoxicating, it is served as a drink for people who come to the night market.

There is no need to say more about the mutton in the water basin.

With such a table, at least three or four people can be fed. The dishes are rich and delicious. In terms of luxury and high-end, it can't compare with Yunchun Building, but in terms of taste, they are actually gourmet.

And this table only cost one hundred and eighty dollars.

This is the delicacy of Changjing people.

"Thank you for inviting me to eat at Yunchunlou last month. I have a lot of places to spend money. I can't afford to invite you back. It's too expensive, and I can't bear it. Please come back to eat, don't Dislike." Wu Xia calmly raised her cup of sweet rice wine.

"Where are the female heroes?" Song You also raised his glass quickly, "The reason why I went to Yunchun Tower is because I want to experience the uniqueness of Changjing. Whether there are female heroes or not, I want to have a meal. Because of the female heroes, I dare to order a table and eat more styles without wasting money, so I should thank the female heroes.”

Hearing this, the heroine just snapped her mouth:

"gab!"

"Then no matter what happened that day, today's heroine took me and Empress Sanhua to experience another unique experience in Changjing, which is also worthy of thanks."

"It's up to you."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Song You put the bamboo tube close to his lips, before he drank it, he could already smell the fragrance of rice wine and bamboo tube, after taking a sip, there was only refreshing sweetness, almost no taste of wine.

So he poured a little more in his palm, lowered it down and gave it to Empress Sanhua to taste, and told her it was strong wine.

While eating, watch the people around you come and go.

There are really a lot of people today. If you want to go shopping in the night market, you will be crowded with people, many of whom are well-dressed. The literati walked and chatted, and the young people laughed wildly. The smell of meat and spices mixed together. I don’t know what is being stewed in the iron pot of which shop or stall. I can only see the steam rising, and it seems like a dream.

Look at the world around you, the faces under the bustling fireworks, the real souls one by one, everything is so real and vivid.

"How about it?"

Wu Xia grinned and asked him: "Have you never seen such a lively night market?"

Hearing this, Song You turned his head and met her eyes.

You can see her thoughts in her eyes.

I think she was shocked at the time, but at this time she has been in Changjing for two years, and she is regarded as "Old Changjing". Facing the newcomers, she feels a little bit like a sense of superiority, so she can't wait to start from now. She also saw the same shock on her face.

Song You nodded and said in a low voice, "Indeed, I have never seen such a lively night market in my life."

"Haha I was also shocked when I first came here." Wu Xia smiled with satisfaction, "Not only because I have never seen many things sold here, but also because the people here are weird-looking. I've seen it but haven't seen so many, it's a bit strange. But there are some people who have a smell, which is worse than us not taking a bath for a month."

"Strange."

"Thank you, Lord Chenghuang, for catching monsters and ghosts. Without his hard work in catching monsters, the curfew might not have been lifted so quickly!"

"Thank you..."

Song You nodded while looking into the distance.

If you say that the lights here are bright, it is naturally far inferior to the neon signs of later generations. If you say that this place is bustling, it may not be comparable to those famous night markets in later generations. The places where I am amazed, and these places cannot be seen without seeing them with my own eyes.