Although there were no fireworks at night in Bianjing, it was still brightly lit. Countless commoners, officials, and nobles still went out at night. It was like a modern night market, extremely lively.
"Wow, it's so lively. Young Master, is Bianjing always so lively at night?" Walking out of an alley, they saw that the street was brightly lit and people were coming and going. The shops and stalls along the street were still selling things. There were also fortune-tellers, storytellers, entertainers, and jugglers. The four little maids couldn't help but look surprised.
They couldn't be blamed. Before they came to Bianjing, they weren't from Bianjing. Naturally, they didn't know what a super city like Bianjing looked like at night.
In ancient times, many places had curfews at night. There was no entertainment. At most, people hid in their rooms to make babies. There was no nightlife.
After coming to Bianjing, they were locked in the broker house waiting to be sold. Naturally, they didn't go out to the night market.
Although they were later brought home by Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan rarely went out, especially when he was cultivating. In the blink of an eye, a few days and nights would pass, or even a few months. As his personal maids, they naturally couldn't go out.
"Qiu Yue, look. There's someone performing juggling. Wow, he can actually breathe fire!" Xia Die pointed at a juggler in an open space not far away and said excitedly.
"Let's go and have a look!" Seeing the yearning expressions of the four maids, Ye Xuan smiled faintly. He didn't go back immediately. Instead, he brought them over to have a look.
When he was drinking with Xiao Feng earlier, he drank three jars of Jasper Wine. Now, he was a little tipsy. Therefore, after returning from Xiao Feng's place, he didn't go home immediately. Instead, he planned to go out for a walk and walk.
They walked over. The open space was already surrounded by commoners. The maids were a little short and couldn't be seen. Ye Xuan led them neatly to the open space. Wherever they passed, the commoners automatically made way for them. The strange thing was that no one noticed them.
"Good. I've seen this before. Breaking rocks on the chest. Amazing!" When they walked in, the fire-breathing performance had already ended. He was performing breaking rocks on the chest. Xia Die couldn't help but clap her hands and cheer.
In the middle of the field, a person was carried onto two long benches. Then, a large blue and white stone slab was brought over and pressed down on him. Finally, a large man took out a huge hammer and fiercely hammered down on the stone slab on the person on the bench.
Seeing the large hammer dancing in the air, the commoners couldn't help but gasp. They felt that if they were hit by the hammer, they would be seriously injured even if they didn't die. They couldn't help but feel slightly worried for the person on the stone slab.
However, there was a calm smile on Ye Xuan's face, because he had already discovered that the iron hammer in the man's hand had actually been tampered with. Although it looked huge and cumbersome, it was actually just for show. It was hollow inside, and there was also something fishy about the stone slab.
Of course, these laymen did not know that when the iron hammer hit the stone slab and saw that the stone slab cracked, but the person below was not injured, the surrounding audience was not stingy with their applause and silver coins. They all threw some copper coins as a reward.
Later, the juggling stall also performed flying balls, walking ropes, and juggling wine jars. The surrounding people were extremely excited and couldn't help but applaud.
Because the four maids liked to watch, Ye Xuan stayed for about an hour. He even tipped the owner of the sideshow stall a small ingot of silver. The owner of the sideshow stall could not help but bow and thank him with great joy.
One had to know that it was already good enough for ordinary people to tip a few copper coins when watching a sideshow. If they encountered a wealthy guest, they would tip a few silver coins at most. Sometimes, people like Ye Xuan, who gave an ingot of silver, might not even happen once in a few years.
This was because a small ingot of silver was enough for them to work hard for a few months.
Also because of this ingot of silver, the jugglers worked even harder. Later on, they performed diabolo, human pyramid, sword swallowing, and so on.
However, Ye Xuan didn't stay there for long. When he felt that he had seen enough, he left the juggling stall with the four maids and strolled around.
The night market was very lively. Although the four maids followed Ye Xuan, they would stop when they saw some small stalls selling small things. After a while, each of them bought a lot of small things like pearl hair clips, sachets, and ornaments. They were all excited, and Ye Xuan couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
However, it was rare for them to go to the night market, so Ye Xuan let them be. Anyway, they came out to stroll, so he let them do whatever they wanted.
"Wow, what beautiful lanterns. Boss, how much are these lanterns?" After a while, they walked to a place with lanterns hanging on the street. Looking at these lanterns of various shapes, Qiu Yue couldn't help but ask.
"Miss, the lanterns here are not for sale. Ladies, please take a look. There is a note under the lanterns, and each note has a word puzzle. If you guess the word puzzle correctly, you can get a lantern. Each guess will cost you five copper coins!" A middle-aged man in a white Confucian robe smiled and introduced the lanterns to them.
"Ah, word guessing fans?!" Hearing that it was word guessing fans, the maids couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. Then, they couldn't help but look at Ye Xuan for help.
In ancient times, it was a virtue for women to be untalented. Among the four maids, except for Dong Xue, the other three had never read any books. Even Dong Xue had only read some books like Three Character Classic, Thousand Character Classic, or Women's Precepts. She didn't know how to guess at all.
Ye Xuan smiled faintly when he saw the gazes of the maids. Then he said, "Which one do you want?"
"This one, Young Master, I want this one!" Xia Die was the most enthusiastic one. After hearing Ye Xuan's words, she pointed at a lantern in the shape of a lotus flower.
Ye Xuan smiled slightly and walked over. He looked at the word below the lantern: Shrimps Playing in the Four Sides of the Mountain Stream (typed one word).
"This is the word 'Think', right?!" Ye Xuan looked at it and then looked at the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe.
"Young Master, you are quick-witted. This is the word 'Think'!" The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe smiled and then took down the lantern and handed it to Xia Die.
"Who else wants it?!" Ye Xuan smiled and looked at the other three maids.
The three maids looked at each other, and then Chunlan looked at an orange-like lantern. Ye Xuan looked at the word puzzle: Looking south, lonely stars and rising moon (typed one word).
"This should be the word 'Zhuang', right?" Ye Xuan looked at the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe and said.
"Yes, Young Master, please wait a moment!" Seeing that Ye Xuan had guessed correctly again, the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe's smile was a bit forced, but he still took down the lantern.
The reason for this was that each of his lanterns cost at least thirty to forty copper coins, but he only spent five copper coins to guess the word puzzle. If this went on, he would suffer a huge loss.
Sure enough, Ye Xuan gave Qiu Yue and Dong Xue, the two maids, two guesses of the word puzzle. They added up to four lanterns, which made the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe have the urge to cry.
Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the night to earn some household allowance, but he didn't expect that he would suffer a loss on the first day of business. Was he not made for business?
Just when the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe was doubting himself, Ye Xuan didn't let him suffer a loss. He directly gave him three taels of silver and didn't ask for change. He waved his hand and left, which made the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe happy.
To Ye Xuan, this was just a small interlude. After strolling for a while, Ye Xuan saw that it was about time, so he walked home with the four maids.
At a corner just before entering the house, Ye Xuan and the others met a few people who were walking over with smiles on their faces. Ye Xuan didn't care and walked into the alley with the four maids. However, he didn't notice that one of the people in the group suddenly changed his expression when he saw the four maids holding the lanterns …
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