The Lantern Festival is the last afterglow of the New Year, and the whole country must have a lively and lively event with great fanfare before the New Year is over. According to the customs of the Northwest, the Lantern Festival should beat the oval drum and walk the streets and alleys, and complete the tour around the city.

Wang Baobao strengthened the vigilance of the city, and all those who entered the city were to be searched, and even an embroidery needle was used as a weapon, and they were not allowed to bring it into the city.

After arranging everything, Wang Baobao ordered Xu Miaoyi and the groom to be brought to the military tent for "protection", in fact, he wanted to put them under house arrest, and maybe he could use them as bargaining chips to deal with Xu Da in the future - this basically broke the agreement between him and Xu Miaoyi, but now, in the face of Xu Da, the most powerful opponent in his life, Wang Baobao had to do everything possible to deal with it.

When the soldiers arrived at Xu Miaoyi's courtyard, the medicine jars in the courtyard were still full of medicinal fragrance, but the young couple had already gone to the empty building. Wang Baobao rushed to hear the news, tested the temperature of the decoction, and said, "It's not cold, it shouldn't have gone far." Hurry up and depict the appearance of the two of them, and send them secretly to the gates of each city, and everyone who goes out of the city must take a closer look at their appearance, and don't let them escape. ”

When night falls, Wang Baobao City is brightly lit, waiting for the final carnival of the Lantern Festival. Carrying huge Taiping drums, the procession of preparing for the stove fire lined up outside the city, waiting for a body search one by one, the drummers who entered the city could not even bring a needle, and the inspection out of the city was more stringent, everyone had to look at their faces, those who were black and had pockmarked freckles, they had to be pulled aside and washed their faces with hot water, and they could only be released after confirming that they were not disguised.

It was simply a fine hair comb to comb the people who entered and exited the city gate one by one, and Xu Miaoyi and Zhu Di were not allowed to pass the test.

In the inn not far from the city gate, under the dim oil lamp, a curly-bearded merchant opened two portraits, "Wang Baobao is looking for them?" ”

The light of the oil lamp was too muddy and obscure to see the merchant's face.

The subordinate nodded, "It's true! This young couple was treated as a guest of honor by the prime minister, and they lived for fifteen days to recuperate from their injuries, and they were delivered by their subordinates every day, so they must not be wrong. ”

This person is actually Wang Baobao's confidant!

The businessman's eyes sank, "Little couple? Are you sure they are husband and wife? ”

The subordinates were stunned, "They call each other as Lady and Xianggong, and they live in the same room day and night, what are they not husband and wife?" ”

The merchant seemed to be very irritable, and crumpled the two portraits into a ball, and threw the man's one into the brazier, and the portraits were immediately burned to ashes, and the hatred in the merchant's eyes was more blazing than the fire.

The merchant held the paper ball of the woman's portrait and hung it over the brazier, several times loosely and tightly, his brow furrowed, and his eyes were sometimes angry. Sometimes it is restrictive, sometimes it is as murderous as a knife, and sometimes it is as tender as a spring river......

In the end, the merchant retracted his hand, spread out the portrait carefully, and placed it on the table and slowly smoothed it with his palm, with a gentle and delicate appearance, as if caressing the most delicate flower in the world.

The merchant commanded: "Find them, send them to me, and do not hurt this woman, as for the man—life or death." ”

The subordinate said, "Yes." After a moment's hesitation, he asked again: "Your Highness, you have come all the way here, do you want to tell the prime minister?" ”

The merchant said coldly: "Are you my person, or the prime minister's person?" ”

The subordinates hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness is the prince of the Great Yuan, and of course the last general is His Highness's person." ”

The merchant said: "It's good to know, what Gu tells you, you do it, and after Gu ascends the throne, he will not forget your hard work." As for the prime minister...... When the time is ripe, the Lone Club will personally visit the door and invite the prime minister to return to the court and preside over the overall situation. ”

The merchant opened the window and looked at the night view of the city, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the market was full of lanterns, as bright as day, and even the debris of firecrackers on the blue brick road could be seen clearly.

At this time, the owner of the grocery store opposite the door set off a string of fireworks, the fireworks exploded in mid-air, lighting up the night sky, and the appearance of the merchant in the window was unobstructed in an instant, his eyebrows were like the brushstrokes of a holy hand, all of them were exquisite, and the beard curled on his lips added a calm air to him, unlike the frivolous appearance of the children of the family in the game world before.

The eight thorns bought by the prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty muttered to the night sky: "Miaoyi, I didn't expect to meet so soon......"

The four gates of Wang Baobao City were strictly guarded, and it was difficult to escape. Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi were mixed in the □□ team playing Taiping drums, playing dragon lanterns, and making fires, and the hustle and bustle covered their figures all the way.

Zhu Di said: "The city gate is too tightly guarded, we can't pass the pass in disguise, it's too risky." ”

Xu Miaoyi was a little stunned, "My father is going to Lanzhou in three days, do we have to stay in Wang Baobao's city all the time, waiting to be caught by Wang Baobao and used as a bargaining chip in negotiations?" Alas, I have calculated everything, but I still can't count the change in the situation. Wang Baobao certainly wants to rescue his sister, but compared with the overall situation of the country, Wang Baobao will obviously choose to sacrifice his sister and take care of the overall situation. ”

Zhu Di comforted: "You have done a good job, there is no need to blame yourself." Wang Baobao chose to let Wang Yinnu participate in the beauty plan and sent his younger brother Wang Jingang to deceive our Ming Dynasty, which made his position clear. Even the closest brothers and sisters can be sacrificed, let alone tear up the agreement with you. But—"

Zhu Di took Xu Miaoyi's hand and said with a smile: "No matter how cunning and fickle Wang Baobao is, Wang Baobao is certainly dangerous, but since my father-in-law is coming, this city will definitely be conquered, and we have a chance to escape." ”

Xu Miaoyi suddenly brightened up, and gently shook Zhu Di's big hand back, "You're right, my father even captured the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and a small Wang Baobao City is nothing." We'll wait another three days, and once the city is broken, we'll take the opportunity to escape. Well? What a taste, so fragrant, wow! There's a kebab stall over there, let's try it. ”

Xu Miaoyi pulled Zhu Di out of the street procession, greedily looking at the squeaky lamb skewers on the charcoal fire, at this time the grocery store next door set off fireworks, Xu Miaoyi gnawed on the hot mutton skewers and looked up, and the guests under the windows of the inn opposite also looked up at the fireworks.

The shining fireworks lit up the faces of the guests, and amazed the world in an instant, Xu Miaoyi's eyes widened, there are such handsome characters in this small city, but unfortunately the fireworks are fleeting, and the guests have become a blurred silhouette.

Xu Miaoyi suddenly felt a little familiar: if he shaved off his curly beard, that person would look like the eight thorns he bought, but he was busy fighting for the throne with the imperial uncles, and it was impossible for him to appear in a small border town......

Just thinking about it, Zhu Di in the restaurant shouted: "Lady, your dumplings have been served." ”

Xu Miaoyi didn't think about it anymore, bit off the willow branch and skewered a piece of roast mutton, and said vaguely: "Okay, here it is." ”

The eight thorns he bought upstairs in the inn felt a little hot, as if someone was staring at him, and he intuitively followed the viewer's line of sight, only to see a woman's skirt flashing into the dumpling shop, and half a steaming lamb skewer in her hand.

The eight thorns in the bought one said secretly: Hmph, a bold fool who is greedy and lustful! Dare to peek at the appearance of the lonely!

Xiaoba closed the window angrily, and in the dim candlelight, Xu Miaoyi's portrait was lying quietly on the table, and the traces of being rubbed on her face were still there.

Xiaoba continued to smooth the portrait with his warm palm, and muttered to himself: "You have such bright eyes, you are really blind, Zhu Di is better than me?" You have to marry him, but you never look at me more......"

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi are eating a bowl of rice balls, it is almost midnight, that is, the most lively time of the Lantern Festival, the sound of Taiping drums on the street is deafening, more lively than the daytime, Xu Miaoyi is sleepy, full of interest, holding Zhu Di's hand and walking to the street again, the two wear the masks of the Northwest puppet show, and reintegrate into the carnival crowd.

When the sonorous and powerful drums of the Taiping drum were as fast as a rainstorm, the fireworks in the sky were also the most gorgeous, and even the Northern Yuan soldiers guarding the city looked up at the fireworks, but Zhu Di was stunned, holding Xu Miaoyi's hand and retreating from the crowd.

"Discovered?" Xu Miaoyi asked.

Zhu Di stared closely at the huge oval Taiping drum, "This drum is not right, it sounds like a soldier." ”

Xu Miaoyi pricked up her ears, "I don't think there's anything unusual." ”

As soon as the words fell, the drummers around the Taiping Drum beat the drumsticks on the drum surface in unison, but this time it was muffled, and the tase drum surface actually burst out from the middle, and all of them were broken!

The onlookers were stunned, the drummers grabbed all kinds of weapons from the broken drums, and slashed at the Northern Yuan defenders at the city gate, one of them showed a flag, and the word "Xu" on it swept and flew in the north wind, and the man shouted: "Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, is here!" Thou shalt surrender quickly! ”

The defenders of the Northern Yuan Dynasty drew their swords and fired back, the sound of firecrackers on the street turned into screams and cries, and the chaos became a mess, and the people fled to the nearest shop to avoid danger, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi retreated to the inn, which was soon crowded with people fleeing the war, the innkeeper and the shopkeeper were helpless, and there was a war outside.

The lobby of the inn was crowded, Zhu Di protected Xu Miaoyi, and secretly gave the shopkeeper a gold ingot, "Arrange a room for us, these are all yours." ”

When he opened the door to do business, there was no reason to refuse money, and the shopkeeper quietly put the gold in his sleeve and said, "Follow me." “

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi followed the shopkeeper upstairs, and the shopkeeper handed them a bunch of keys, "Remember to lock the doors and windows, use a cabinet against the door, so as not to be broken in, remember not to light the lamp!" Don't come out at night, Wang Baobao and Xu Da are very strict, and they won't rob the people's things, just afraid that those hooligans in the market will fish in troubled waters, you survive this night, and tomorrow will be fine. ”

Xu Miaoyi was puzzled and asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you know that tomorrow will be fine?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "The victorious general Xu Dadu is here, and Wang Baocheng estimates that he won't be able to survive tonight." I heard that Xu Da is a good person, unlike the killing general Chang Yuchun, Xu Da never slaughtered the city, his soldiers did not commit any crimes, and never bullied the people, I will go back to wash and sleep first, and I will open the door tomorrow to do business and welcome Wei Guogong into the city. ”

The shopkeeper was calm and calm, and didn't seem to take this raid and siege battle seriously...... Or maybe they've experienced too much war, and they've long been numb to all this.

Xu Miaoyi and Zhu Di went back to the room, locked the doors and windows as instructed by the shopkeeper, and the doors were also blocked with heavy objects such as wardrobes, tables, chairs, benches, etc., and Zhu Di even reinforced the windows with copper basins to avoid being injured by stray arrows.

The sound of killing outside shook the sky, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi sat side by side on the bed, looking at each other, the atmosphere was weird and embarrassing, counting the days, the two have been married for fifteen days, but for various reasons, they have not been able to spend candles in the cave, and now they are ......

Zhu Di coughed, "Miaoyi, are you afraid?" ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "Don't be afraid, it's my father who is attacking the city, can he kill you and me?" ”

Zhu Di's eyes were deep, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "Are you really not afraid?" ”

Xu Miaoyi finally understood what Zhu Di meant, and the night covered up her panicked look, "No, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of anything with you." ”

Zhu Di leaned over and knocked down Xu Miaoyi, clumsy and eager kiss, Xu Miaoyi stiffened at first, quickly relaxed, hugged Zhu Di and rolled over, the war was raging outside, and the war was about to start inside.

At this moment, a group of thugs with kitchen knives, axes and other things burst into the corridor outside, and the man at the head shouted: "All the rich people live here!" Let's grab them one by one and make a fortune together! ”

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyi glanced at each other, eager to break these hooligans into pieces!

Zhu Di said: "You hide inside, I just deal with these rabble." ”

These hooligans snatched from the outermost room, but unfortunately the first robbery hit the iron plate, because the guest in that room bought the eight thorns!

The Lucky Stab kicked the axe-wielding hooligan against the wall, and the walls of the inn room were only separated by a thin plank, and Hachi's leg strength was amazing, and the hooligan slammed the plank open and rolled all the way to the next room, clutching his broken ribs and screaming in pain.

The bought Libala chased after him to make up for it, and cut off the hooligan's head like a watermelon, "Shut up, you're too noisy." ”

Hachi was about to return to his room and drive away the remaining hooligans, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong: the tenant next door was also □□ quiet, and he didn't scream when he saw the killing.

Xiaoba turned to look at the tenant, Xu Miaoyi and Zhu Di stood in front of the bed, looking at each other. 166 Reading Network