On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is celebrated, and every family is reunited.

Go out to admire the moon, guess the lantern riddles, light the lion dance, the streets and alleys of Bailuan City, people come and go, the traffic is busy, and the red fire is more beautiful and lively than the fairyland. Heaven and earth are nothing but that.

Outside, the lights are brilliant, singing and dancing, and the lake and moon garden are quiet and not the island of the world.

Han Wen's temperament is happy and quiet, and his illness has come and gone, and there have been many disasters in the family in recent days.

The moon in the sky was round and bright, but the silver frost sprinkled only shone on the lake and moon court.

Xiaoxue sat on the ancient tree, holding her head to admire the moon, Liu Mowen and Wan Qiangu under the tree were playing fists and drinking, Da Zhou was beating Xiao Si's legs and pinching his shoulders, Liu Changnan Wenze and Aunt Wu Shunan were asking for advice on the great achievements of the previous generation of chivalrous warriors, and Han Wen, who was sick, was alone on the grass in the distance looking at the starry sky, silent.

Xiaoxue looked at everyone playing with the big fun below, looked at the sister who was hanging alone over there, thought about it, jumped off the book, ran to her sister's side with a dab, and opened the topic without words: "Is my sister hungry? Why don't you eat supper with small rice balls?"

Han Wen was absent-minded: "It's not hungry." ”

Xiaoxue rolled her eyes: "Let's go out to the street, I heard that the street is very lively, and there are rabbit lights." ”

Han Wen continued to be cold: "There are too many people, too lazy to go out." ”

Xiaoxue racked her brains: "There is a new Oiran in the flower street of the East Market who can sing, dance, play the piano and compose poems, let's go and see, without a thousand reasons, deliberately angry with him?"

Han Wen was silent......

Xiaoxue raised her head to look at the moon...... It's so hard to coax my sister, Sister Chang'e went down to help her.

"Hey, are you two going to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon there? Come here! I want to boast that I want to go down to Haikou and drink with all of us, and drink him to death together!" Liu Mo asked, shaking the empty wine bottle, seven points drunk and three points sober, jumping and shouting, the good moon frost and clear night were disturbed.

Xiaoxue didn't think much about it, took her sister's hand and smiled: "Save some good wine!

"There are dozens of jars of fruit brewed in the wine cellar, and the little kid drinks that!" Even though he was unconscious, Liu Mowen's alcoholic nature remained unchanged.

Xiaoxue was unhappy: "I'm eighteen years old and an adult!"

The atmosphere is excellent, and Liu Changnan rarely quipped: "The eighteen-year-old girl is a flower." ”

Thousands of drunken answers: "This flower Lao Tzu picks!"

"Get out of the way! Dare to touch my big girl, let's be tired of it!" Liu Mo asked and kicked down the flower thief, and shouted: "Picking flowers also requires the old lady to pick first, ladies first, first come, first come, do you know?"

Xiaoxue was annoyed and angry, and pounced on those two shameless bastards. "Auntie, do you want my name festival?!"

A group of people were noisy, and soon, chickens and dogs jumped on the lake moon court.

Two

The Shangyuan Festival has passed, and life has returned to normal. The new year is coming, and the next one will be rushed.

The weather is clear, the white clouds are drifting, the waves are crashing, the birds are flying, the willow trees are pulling out their buds, the grass seedlings in the mud are wildfire and wildfire are occupying the earth, and the green spring stands at the foot of the mountain, bringing the breath of vitality.

The thirtieth year of Dayin Changping, January.

The eldest lady of the Han family gathered her family and solemnly announced: pack up the baggage, prepare the carriage and dry food, and go out to play for a year and a half.

The family members who were forcibly dragged out of the bed were no longer sleepy, and they exclaimed in unison: What?!

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In the palace, Xiaoxue "asked the teacher to ask for the guilt", and the crown princess Huaqi had no face to face it, complained about her sorrows, and apologized.

On the Huyue Court, Han Wen commanded Liu Changnan and others to move boxes and containers and block the warehouse cellar.

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In the Haiyue Restaurant, thousands of people drank wine and enjoyed the wine, and the beauties hugged each other left and right, called all the families in Beijing, and played for a day and a night.

In the Yunlai Meeting (Golden Empire), the eldest lady secretly summoned the owners, shareholders and major bosses to introduce the new head of the house, the old general Qi Rin.

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In the court, the party competition was fierce, and the conviction of King Ping's concubine was endless, and the various factions started a war of words, but the prince stood silently and waited for the changes.

In Han's house, boxes of books were wrapped in oilcloth and sunk to the bottom of the pool in batches. Han Wen quietly watched the splashing water and silently buried the book.

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On the iron bridge, a team of people galloped into the lake moon court quickly, all the way unimpeded, and when they entered the Han family, they found that the Han family had gone to the empty building. When the news reached the palace, the royal family was in an uproar.

In the courtyard of the East Palace, the emperor threw the white jade porcelain cup, and said angrily: "Find! Find them all! Even if you dig through Bailuan and dig three feet into the ground, you will find the Han family!"

Empress Xuanyuan was in charge of the harem, gentle and obedient, serving tea to the emperor, and said suspiciously: "The Han family is very honest in the New Year, except for the Snow Maiden who came to the palace to make a big fuss, there is nothing strange about everyone else eating, drinking and having fun as before, how can it disappear overnight?"

The prince lowered his eyes and pondered, and concluded: "The golden cicada is out of its shell." They are deceiving us with illusions and secretly preparing for the withdrawal of all the troops. ”

The emperor was furious: "Ordered to block the city gates and find them." Notify the nearby states and provinces, search the Han family's heart, and they must be found. ”

The crown princess cautiously tested: "What if they refuse to return?"

The emperor sneered: "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." ”

Three

The empty lake and moon court, there is no laughter, no chickens and dogs, and it is deserted like a dead city.

Hanasu was in a lonely mood, walking around the pond aimlessly, and inadvertently came to the flower pavilion with green trees and red flowers. Looking at the clean sofa and the smooth slate table inside, the scene of them talking and laughing and playing was vaguely in front of him.

"Where did you go, and why did you leave me?"

Hanasu sat on the stone steps, hugging his legs and burying his head and crying.

In my mind, many memories of the past floated up, and finally froze on the face of a certain angry woman.

"Huaqi! You are treacherous for a stinky man today! You are not worthy of being a member of my Han family! I Hanwen will never forgive you for your betrayal!"

That night, she snatched the bride and pointed at her and scolded her for being unkind. In the end, the two broke up unhappily, and the sisterhood was stormy.

Hanaqi's mind was full of angry accusations and disappointed looks at herself.

Shocked, the original promise was broken, and now it is really as she said, she can't get her forgiveness in this life?

Hangul, you are cruel to yourself, do you have to be cruel to your sisters?

Four

On the border between Dayin and Southern Chu, on a mountain road that is inaccessible, two teams of people met unexpectedly.

Long and the others, dressed as chivalrous, looked at the big tree in front of the road in amazement, and several men and women in fresh clothes and angry horses blocked the intersection, all of them with familiar faces.

"Sister Snow!"

Minyu jumped out of the carriage and ran wildly to the pink-clad blonde woman in front of her.

"As I said, we are destined to meet thousands of miles away. "Wash Ah Xiu'e picked up Minyu like a tiger, turned around three times, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for half a month, do you want to kill me?"

Min Yu was excited and nodded vigorously, "I thought it would take a long time to see you again." ”

Xiaoxue was amused by his seriousness, and took his hand and ran into a simple but wide carriage behind. In a few moments, the laughter of the boys and the laughter of the girls could be heard.

The people and horses on both sides looked at each other in pairs, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward for a while.

Liu Changnan rode over, clasped his fists and saluted the Long family and the others, and said, "I'm sorry, my eldest lady wants to go out to play on a whim." She was weak, and we didn't feel at ease, so we all came out with her. I heard that only the people in the rivers and lakes know about your interesting things in the rivers and lakes, and she thought that you had just left and should be able to catch up, so we planned to catch up with you, which can be regarded as a surprise. ”

It's not a surprise, it's a scare!

"We were so surprised. Xu Shu returned the salute and said angrily: "You are my benefactor, if you want to go out to play but have nowhere to go, only don't dislike it, let's go together?"

Waiting for this is the sentence.

Liu Changnan was very grateful and thanked him: "There are many disturbances on the road, please be considerate." ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly, and just wanted to reply, Bai Fan Le Yi in the back came over impatiently and said with a proud attitude -

"Xu Daxia, don't be so polite, Nan Gongzi is already our old friend. It's strange that people want to go with us to see the world. It's awkward enough to make a set of polite words. ”

"Big man, just order! Wenwen crepe, Lao Tzu can't stand you white-faced girl's set the most, go together and go together, how do you say that..... What is it called, there are friends from afar, not happy. ”

"You're so happy! You stupid brain with well-developed limbs, don't be ashamed if you can't read. Old Master Kong is going to be kicked on the coffin board by you angrily. ”

"Bai Fan, you look down on Lao Tzu!"

"Le Yi, you are a big coarse!"

......

Words are not speculative and noisy.

The brothers, one strong and one thin, staged a fist and foot fight on horseback.

The other people's faces remained unchanged, and they had long been accustomed to it.

Seeing this lively mode of getting along, Liu Changnan smiled with understanding: "It's been a long time since I've seen you so happy." It seems that as long as everyone gets rid of the restraints, they will let go of the fun. ”

"Definitely. Xu Shu seconded the proposal and said with emotion, "People like us who drift without a fixed place are used to being unrestrained, and now it seems that you are truly unrestrained." "It is rare to give up the wealth of the rich Wanguan family and go to the wilderness to seek freedom in the rivers and lakes, such courage and open-mindedness, and he sincerely admired this family for the first time.

"It's overrated. Liu Changnan smiled appropriately and sincerely thanked him again.

Five

There were many people along the way, most of them young people, and they were just having fun.

Although I care very much about why the Han family puts down the golden land to be with them, in line with the morality of the rivers and lakes, they will not ask more about the private affairs of other people's families. However, along the way, the Long family and others can be regarded as seeing the true nature of the Han family.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as shocking.

The border is overgrown with weeds, the mountains are steep, and the population is sparse, and it is inevitable for every Jianghu guest to sleep in the open.

But the eldest lady of the Han family was frail and sickly, and couldn't stand the hardships of eating and sleeping in the open, so Liu Changnan spent a lot of money to build a luxury car that was three times larger than an ordinary carriage - the space inside was spacious, there were all kinds of tables, chairs and benches, and there was a couch for the eldest lady to sleep; five or six people sitting around didn't seem crowded at all, and there was no need to worry about the load being too heavy to affect the speed of the trip, because it was four high-quality horses that pulled the cart, and it was not a problem to travel thousands of miles a day. The car is a walking room.

During the day, the girls of the Han family laughed and played in the car, and the men rode horses to guard in all directions; at night, the girls slept in the car and fell asleep peacefully, and the men continued to guard in all directions with the sky as the bed and the earth outside.

Sometimes, some of the girls of the Han family would chase away the men on a whim and play horse racing, and Miss Han would pull up the curtain and propose to the men to bet on who would run the fastest.

Sometimes, some girls of the Han family would climb around, climb trees and rocks, go down to the river to catch fish, roll the grass barefoot, and do more than men when they violated the female precepts and etiquette, and the eldest lady of the Han family stood under the pear tree and raised her head to instruct her brother to pick pear blossoms for her.

Sometimes, some girls of the Han family will pretend to be young men and tease the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the village in the perch inn, which is full of bad fun; A more reasonable son of the Han family, who was scolded, silently stuffed a bag of broken silver into the boss with a bitter face.

Sometimes, some girls of the Han family will draw their swords to help each other when they see injustice, beating up hooligans and bandits, and the disciples cry and cry for their mothers to kneel and beg for mercy;

The Long family and the others thought that they had seen the boldness and willfulness of the Han family in Bailuan, and they had been accompanied by each other for more than two months. No matter how honest and thick the beast trapped in the cage is, it is all acting, out of the cage, what should be the same, and when it should be crazy, it will still be crazy.

With such a group of people as companions, the journey is far away. Because they are benefactors, the Long family and the others are embarrassed to admonish and reinstate one or two, and they are helpless and have some benefits at the same time.

The Han family made a generous move, so they were responsible for reimbursing all the expenses on the way. I remember a stay, the innkeeper was greedy for money, and when there were only three rooms left and they had to stay, they actually sat on the ground and raised the price, and charged three hundred taels before they were willing to open the door to welcome guests. A group of their old men were so angry that they wanted to smash the store, but at this time, the eldest lady of the Han family did not speak, and in front of everyone, she casually took out three large silver tickets that scared people to death and threw them in the boss's face. At that time, the Long family and the others knew that it was not that the Han family looked down on money and gave up their family property, but that they were so rich that they didn't care about how much silver and gold they had, as long as they had to spend it.

There are rich people by their side, and the outlaws who have tasted all the food and slept in the open have eaten, drank, lived and traveled up three or four grades.

In this way, the group stopped and stopped, all the way to the border between Nanchu and Dayin to the north.