The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, has not yet fallen into the night, the streets and alleys of Bianliang City are hung with colorful lanterns at the door of every household, the lights and candles of the tea shop are burned together, the ten thousand colored lanterns in front of the Xuande Gate in the south of the imperial city have become a mountain of lights, the lanterns and fireworks, the gold and blue are shining together, and the splendid scenery is shining.

Although the weather was gloomy on this day, there was no moonlight to enjoy at night, and the gloomy eyes still looked like there was still a momentum of snow, but it still couldn't stop the two corridors of the royal street, which was full of tourists. There are also Kyoto girls singing and dancing, attracting thousands of onlookers. Thaumaturgical abilities, singing and dancing, echoing each other from afar, everywhere is noisy music, gongs and drums, firecrackers are ringing in unison, hundreds of miles of lights are endless, a lively scene.

Rare relaxation, after Zhao Xian was still disguised, she took Zhao Yan in men's clothes to the royal street to watch the lights, and met Di Qing on the way, so they walked together, and the three of them were mixed in the fire team, and walked slowly all the way to Xuande Gate.

Di Qing seemed to have always been interested in Zhao Yan, and he turned his head sideways and asked, "Ah Yan, your swordsmanship is quite skillful, but where did you learn it?" ”

Zhao Yan glanced at him coldly, but did not answer. Di Qing was not discouraged, and said with a smile, "Ah Yan, you and I are like each other at first sight, and we have a lot of fate, so don't ignore people like this." ”

"That day, I saw you and Sunuer compare riding and shooting, and you are scheming and skilled, but I didn't expect that your thick-faced skills are also first-class." Zhao Yan said expressionlessly.

Zhao Xian listened to it interestingly in front, and looked back at the two, Di Qing just smiled and touched his nose.

Along the way, there were stalls selling snacks everywhere on the roadside, Di Qing touched Zhao Yan's arm and said, "Ah Yan, can I invite you to eat Fuyuanzi?" ”

The Lantern Festival eats Fu Yuanzi delegation reunion, but whenever the Lantern Festival, every family must eat a bowl, Di Qing didn't care whether Zhao Yan agreed or not, grabbed Zhao Yan, found three places to sit down in a stall, and opened his mouth to ask for three bowls of Fu Yuanzi.

Di Qing first served a bowl to Zhao Xian, then handed the second bowl to Zhao Yan, and said, "Ah Yan, I heard that if you eat this floating yuanzi, you will be reunited, you have to eat more." ”

Zhao Yan said coldly, "I am an orphan, I have no family since I was a child, how can I reunite with each other?" ”

Zhao Xian looked at Zhao Yan and said softly, "Ah Yan, I am your family, don't be sad." ”

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "When my hometown was flooded, my family starved to death on the road, and several of our orphans begged all the way to Kyoto, almost starving to death and freezing to death on the streets. ”

Di Qing was stunned for a moment, a trace of understanding and pity flashed in his eyes, and he comforted, "It's okay, I don't have a family either, and my only brother in my hometown also died a few years ago." Why don't you and I become brothers? In the future, we can eat this floating yuan together. ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he looked up at Di Qing, his face softened slightly, and he said lightly, "That's not necessary." At this time, Zhao Yan's delicate and fair cheeks were smoked out of a few shades of red by the heat of Fu Yuanzi, which was quite delicate. looked at Di Qing stunned, and his heart jumped a few times uncontrollably, thinking in his heart, it's a pity that Ah Yan is a man, if it's a woman, it's not bad, but her temperament is colder.

"Alas", Di Qing couldn't help but sigh, after sighing, Fang Jue Zhao Xian and the others looked at him strangely, he blushed, coughed a few times in disguise, lowered his head and pretended to continue to eat Fu Yuanzi, but secretly scolded himself in his heart for thinking about something.

When Zhao Xian saw Di Qing's appearance, her heart moved, and then she looked at Zhao Yan and felt that it was not bad. She stood up and said to Zhao Yan, "Ah Yan, you don't have to follow me today, I want to watch the lights alone." ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly said, "Master, watch the lantern alone, what if there is danger?" Let me follow you. ”

Zhao Xian replied, "I'm not a weak person, I don't need to protect me from time to time, you and I can watch the lights with peace of mind today, it's hard to come out and relax, it's better to let Di Qing accompany you." ”

Zhao Yan just wanted to speak, Zhao Xian waved her hand and said, "No need to say more, just decide, I will go back after watching the lanterns, you don't need to wait for me." After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhao Yan to answer, got up and walked towards the crowd.

Di Qing hurriedly grabbed Zhao Yan, who was about to get up, and said, "Yes, Ah Yan, it's rare to relax, you can take me around, I've been here for a few years, but I've never seen the Lantern Festival lanterns in Kyoto." ”

Blocked by Di Qing like this, when Zhao Yan turned his head again, Zhao Xian had already disappeared into the crowd and disappeared, Zhao Yan glared at Di Qing hatefully and ignored him.

Di Qing saw Zhao Xian leaving, but somehow he was extremely happy in his heart, and then looked at Zhao Yan's glare, he felt that it seemed to be a child's anger, and he didn't feel embarrassed, but felt a sweet taste.

There was a burst of laughter not far away, it turned out that a place that sold lamps, the lamps were made very exquisitely, the paintings on them were quite realistic, and there was a lantern riddle under each lamp. However, the rule of the boss to sell lamps is that they are only sold to those who guess the riddles correctly, and if they can't guess it, they will not sell it no matter how much money they give.

This rule not only did not scare away the people who wanted to buy lamps, but there were more people who wanted to show off, and there was a man dressed as a gentleman, who was guessing excitedly, but repeatedly guessed wrong, causing the crowd of onlookers to laugh again and again.

"Boss, I really can't guess this lantern riddle, but I really like this lamp, I don't know if there is any other way to buy this lamp?" The man in a blue robe and tall was the king of Zhongshan County, Liao, Yelu Zongzheng, the boss who sold the lamp looked up at the man, only to see that he was arrogant, his tone was indifferent, but his appearance was not like that of the Central Plains.

The boss was silent for a moment, and then replied, "My rule is unbreakable, if you go to another house to find it, maybe there is a lamp you like." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked closer, and it turned out that what this person liked was a lifelike Pegasus lamp, which was not very exquisite, but the Pegasus galloped but quite expressive, and everyone looked at the following lantern riddle is two lines of words:

Black is not, white is not, red and yellow are not. It is like foxes, wolves, cats and dogs, which are neither domestic animals nor wild animals.

Poetry is not, words are not, and Analects are not. The east, west, north and south are blurred, although it is a short product, it is also a wonderful article.

Many people on the side scratched their ears and cheeks and thought about it for a long time, but they couldn't think of the riddle, so they were no longer interested in continuing to guess, and scattered one after another, leaving only this person standing in front of the lamp frowning and continuing to meditate.

At this time, a clear voice came from the side, saying, "Boss, the answer to the riddle is the word 'guessing riddle'?" ”

The boss smiled, "It's these two words, can guests want this lamp?" ”

Yelu Zongzheng, who wanted to buy this lamp just now, hurriedly looked back, was stunned for a moment, and then looked happy and shouted, "Brother Xiao, is it you?" ”

Brother Na Xiao smiled, handed the Pegasus lantern to him, and said, "This lamp is yours, pay for it quickly." ”

Yelu Zongzheng thanked him, handed a piece of broken silver to the boss, took the Pegasus lantern with his hand, and turned his head to see that Brother Xiao had already left. He carried the lamp, looked around, and saw that under the flickering lights around him, it was either a sea of people or a sea of lights, and there were beautiful women with flowers and branches around him, wearing small light balls swaying and walking by, as far as his eyes could see, but he could not find the figure of Brother Xiao.