The intersection of the Green Lantern Festival is extremely lively, with lion dancers, jugglers, dough-making artists, lantern sellers, and all kinds of stalls packed to the brim.
The air is mixed with the burnt aroma of roasted chestnuts, the sweetness of melted sugar paintings, and the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed from an unknown wine shop, making people feel dizzy.
Xu Feng had long since been seduced by a trap stall and dragged Zhao Chuan to compete with others.
Jiang Fa, Tang Jin'er, Liu Ying, and Gu Qingyan walked forward slowly. Liu Ying pointed at the scenery on the side and joked a few words from time to time, while Tang Jin'er interjected a few words from time to time, with the edge of a little daughter in her words.
Gu Qingyan was always quiet, like a cold bamboo standing outside the light, occasionally turning her head to take a look.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Suddenly there was a burst of rude shouting from the front, mixed with the exclamations of vendors and the cries of children.
Jiang Fa paused in his steps and looked up.
I saw several men in the Boulder Martial Hall dark gray attire rushing through the crowd. The leader was a strong man with a dark face and a fleshy face. He had a broad-backed short knife on his waist. When he walked, he swung his arms widely, knocking pedestrians in front of him and staggering.
Behind him were three or four similarly dressed young men, all of them looking arrogant and as if no one else was watching.
"People from the Boulder Martial Hall." Liu Ying frowned and lowered his voice, "The leader is Zhou Man, Middle An Jin, who ranks eighth among the Boulder Martial Hall. He has a bad temper and is used to running rampant in the city on the basis of Shi Chongshan's reputation."
Jiang Fa said "Hmm" and didn't look much. He just gave way to the street, not wanting to cause trouble.
But he didn't want to cause trouble, but things happened to him.
Zhou Man and his party rushed over and knocked an old man carrying two baskets of green lanterns to the ground. The lanterns rolled to the ground and the paper lampshades were trampled to pieces.
The old man was so distressed that he gasped for breath, but he dared not say anything in anger. He just lay on the ground shivering and went to pick up the broken lanterns.
Without even looking, Zhou Man kicked a lotus lantern that had not been broken by his feet and flew it away. The lantern drew an arc and flew towards Tang Jin'er impartially.
Jiang Fa frowned, stretched out his hand, caught the lamp firmly, and threw it back to the old man.
Tang Jin'er was shocked.
At this moment, the eyes of Zhou Man and others all fell over.
Zhou Man was about to have a seizure, but when he glanced at Tang Jin'er and Liu Ying beside Jiang Fa, his eyes, which were squeezed into only two slits, suddenly lit up.
"Hey, where's the little lady from? She's quite pretty."
He grinned and walked swaggeringly towards Tang Jin'er, reaching out to lift her chin. "Little beauty, are you going to the lantern festival alone? How about my brother accompanying you?"
Tang Jin'er's eyes widened and she hurriedly hid behind Jiang Fa.
Jiang Fa took a step sideways and stood in front of Tang Jin'er calmly.
Zhou Man raised his eyebrows and then looked at the person standing in front of him.
He looked Jiang Fa up and down, and saw that he was wearing an inconspicuous gray cloth shorts and had a flat breath. He did not look like a young master from a wealthy family. The look of scorn on his face was clearly visible.
"Boy, step aside wisely. This is none of your business."
Jiang Fa doesn't care about him.
He said calmly, "The road is so wide, why don't you just get out of the way?"
Zhou Man's face suddenly darkened when he heard this.
He took half a step forward, and was more than half a head taller than Jiang Fa. He looked down at him condescendingly and sneered, "Why, you little pretty face still want to stand up for her?"
He looked at the senior brothers behind him, and they all laughed disdainfully.
Jiang Fa frowned slightly.
If on normal days, this Zhou surnamed person dared to be so arrogant, he would have punched him long ago.
But this Zhou Man is a disciple of the Boulder Martial Hall. If he is eliminated here, Shi Chongshan of the Boulder Martial Hall will definitely not give up. It is really unnecessary to cause a big trouble to the martial arts hall before the martial arts meeting starts.
Jiang Fa's voice was calm and she didn't want to tangle with him any more. "Brother, this is all a misunderstanding. During the Green Lantern Festival tonight, the whole city is watching the excitement. If martial artists fight in the street and disturb the people, it will also be bad for the martial arts school's reputation if word spreads. How about we stay on the same page?"
After Zhou Man heard this, he thought Jiang Fa was submissive and laughed even more wildly, "You know what you are doing, so if you want me not to embarrass you, you can just let this junior sister behind you go shopping with the brothers, and I will let you go."
"It's really worthless."
A cold female voice suddenly sounded from the side.
Everyone followed the sound and saw that the person speaking was a female disciple of the Flying Swallow Martial Hall. She was pretty and about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was the little girl wearing goose-yellow clothes next to Gu Qingyan.
She was folding her arms, looking at Jiang Fa with disdain, and said disdainfully, "You are a grown man, and others have bullied your junior sister, and you can still tolerate it? It's just a misunderstanding. It's really embarrassing for a warrior."
Her voice was not deliberately suppressed, and everyone around her could hear her clearly.
Liu Ying's face changed slightly, and he pulled the little girl's sleeve. "Yan'er, don't talk nonsense."
The girl named Yan'er refused to shut up, but instead raised her voice. "Am I wrong? Senior Sister Liu, look at him, someone even touched his junior sister's face, and he is still there 'misunderstanding,' what kind of man is he? If it were me, I would have kicked him!"
As she spoke, her eyes turned to Gu Qingyan: "Senior Sister Gu, what do you think?"
Gu Qingyan stood under the shadow of the lamp. Hearing this, she turned her face slightly and glanced at Jiang Fa.
Her eyes were as cold as frost, showing no emotion, but then she looked away lightly.
Although she didn't speak, her gesture clearly showed her attitude.
She, Gu Qingyan, also looked down upon such a timid man.
Tang Jin'er was so angry that she was shaking all over. She was about to open her mouth to defend Jiang Fa, but was stopped by Jiang Fa's eyes.
"Forget it." Jiang Fa whispered.
He didn't want to explain, and he didn't need to explain.
But just as he was protecting Tang Jin'er and retreating, a figure suddenly squeezed in from the side.
"Jiang Fa! You are still not a man!"
As soon as this voice came out, Jiang Fa stopped in his tracks.
The crowd parted, and the person who came was actually Sun Yi.
Zhao Clan Martial Hall is a veteran disciple of the inner courtyard, Middle An Jin has a cultivation level, and is quite famous in the academy on weekdays.
Today he wore a brand new moon-white brocade robe, with dark patterns embroidered on the chest, and even his hair was combed sleekly.
Behind him were two disciples from the inner courtyard who were friends with him on weekdays, and they were obviously here to visit the lantern festival.
Sun Yi's gaze passed over Jiang Fa and fell on Tang Jin'er, a trace of fire suddenly flashed in his eyes.
It's no secret that Tang Jin'er has a high-quality body, and with her outstanding appearance, there is no shortage of people in the martial arts school who have bad thoughts about her.
And Sun Yi is one of them,
He showed Tang Jin'er a smile that he thought was chic, "Junior sister Tang, don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, no one can bully you."