Chapter 5
After eating, our group of four people went out of the restaurant, the street has been extraordinarily lively, full of people watching the lights, Zhengyang Street is as bright as day, the crowd is like a river of water, we walk along the street all the way, whenever we see something novel, Ah Huan and I will stop, then Chen Ying and Liu Mao will pay out of their pockets to buy it for us, and after a while, the entourage will hold a lot of things. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Sometimes passing by the juggling stalls, the four of us will also go in to watch the excitement, and we will applaud the wonderful performance, Chen Xing's mother family is said to be the richest man in Yan Kingdom, and he is the richest of all the princes. As long as there is a good eye on him along the way, he will definitely not hesitate to reward, and it is also very radiant to follow us behind this golden master......
After shopping for a long time, Ah Huan and I felt tired, so we refused to go any further, and Liu Mao saw that there was a Lantern Festival selling at the mouth of a nearby alley. It is recommended to go over and rest. So the four of us walked to the alley, the old man who set up the stall saw us busy and ran to greet us, we sat down behind a table, asked for four bowls of Lantern Festival, just ate two bites A Huan remembered that there was a seller of crisp cheese on the road, and shouted to eat crisp cheese, so he pulled Chen Ying to run to buy.
Liu Mao and I sat there while eating and waiting for them, and we didn't see anyone after eating, we didn't care at first, both of them followed their entourage, and nothing happened to them. Liu Mao and I couldn't sit still, so we hurriedly went back.
After two streets, I saw a group of people in front of me, Liu Mao took my hand and squeezed in, I was dumbfounded when I went in, there was a person lying on the ground, with a sack on his head, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, Chen Ying and Chen Huan were punching and kicking him, and then I looked up and saw that my two maids Yudie and Caijuan were standing stupidly aside.
I gestured at them, Yudie and Caijuan hurriedly ran over, I didn't have time to ask, there was a sound of neat steps in the distance, someone shouted: "The people patrolling the camp are coming......" The people around to watch the excitement immediately scattered, Chen Xing stood up and kicked hard at the man's waist, pulling up Chen Huan "Run...... "Before I could react, I was pulled and ran, we followed Chen Ying into the nearby alley, and shuttled in the alley, the alley was very dark, but Chen Xing was familiar with the road, Liu Mao and I held hands and followed closely behind them, I ran out of breath, my heart was pounding, nervous and inexplicably excited.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for us to cross the alley to a river, Chen Xing stood up, I didn't brake at once, rushed forward, and hit Chen Xing, fortunately Liu Mao grabbed me, I stumbled and was taken into his arms, I gasped for breath for a long time to recover, found that I was still in his arms, quickly broke free, I looked up and looked forward, Ah Huan was not much better than me, she was panting to help Chen Xing, seeing that neither of them looked back, I was determined, and raised my eyes to see Liu Mao looking at me with a smile, His eyes were so bright in the night that I turned my head away with a red face. I saw Yudie and Caijuan stumbling over.
There were several painting boats parked by the river, and Chen Ying led us to the largest one, and a steward came to greet him warmly, but it was the boat he had arranged in advance. When you get on the boat, you have your own people to serve tea,
The four of us sat around the table, listening to Chen Xing talk about what happened, it turned out that Chen Ying and Ah Huan went to buy crisp cheese, and happened to bump into the prince of Zhongshan Kingdom, Ji Da, who was molesting Yudie, this prince was the newlywed husband of the eldest princess, Chen Xing and Chen Huan's quasi-brother-in-law, this prince was really cowardly, or the newlywed dared to flirt with a woman on the street, it was simply not to put the eldest princess in his eyes, and the two of them were angry at that time, plus Yudie was my maid, and she couldn't see death without saving, but the prince of Zhongshan recognized the two of him, so the two of them combined, Let the prince of Zhongshan put a sack over his head and stop his attendants, and then the two of them went up and beat him violently......
Yudie accidentally bumped into Ji Da when she was playing with Caijuan, and after repeatedly apologizing, the other party saw that they looked beautiful and lovely, so she didn't give up, and took the opportunity to do something to them, and she had to pull them to accompany the wine, and happened to be bumped into by Chen Xing and Chen Huan. The two of them were on their knees trembling because of the trouble, and I didn't blame them for getting them to their feet. The two of them thanked Chen Xing and Ah Huan for their kindness......
Chen Xing finally fulfilled his chivalrous dream today, and he was very happy. Ah Huan scolded one by one, and hugged for the eldest princess, and was complacent for herself for the eldest princess. After all, we beat a prince and a relative, and then a few of us discussed and decided not to mention today's matter, so that it was a secret between us, because with a common secret, we felt more intimate with each other.
At this moment, when we were idle, I realized that the boat we were sitting on was a good place to enjoy the scenery, the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait was unobstructed, Chen Ying saw me staring at the scenery outside the window, and was busy introducing me to the scenery on both sides of the strait. I put my mouth on her, and out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Liu Mao standing quietly behind me......
The steward came in and reported that we were about to leave the river when we arrived at Shuiguan, and told us to sit down and help. After a while, the boat passed through the water barrier, and it turned out that there was a gap between the inner and outer rivers, but fortunately we were prepared, and after a jolt, the boat moved smoothly.
Chen Xing beckoned us out of the cabin, the outer river was already far away from Jicheng, and there was no light on both sides of the river, and there was silence all around. Looking back at the way we came, I saw the lights of the inland river in the distance, just like the Milky Way in the sky, and the stars of the Milky Way in the sky were shining brightly, and the water and the sky were connected at the end of the day, making it impossible to distinguish where the stars in the sky were and where the lights in the world were.
Such a beautiful scenery is intoxicating, we didn't say a word, I sighed for a long time, Ah Huan asked me why I sighed, I said that I have lived in the palace since I was a child, I have never seen such a beautiful scenery, I feel like a frog at the bottom of the well, if I can choose by myself, I would rather be a small person in the market, I can walk around to the places I have never been, see the scenery I have never seen, so a leisurely life, how happy it should be.
After I finished speaking, everyone had thoughtful expressions on their faces, no one spoke anymore, and even the air was so quiet that there was a hint of solemnity, I retracted my thoughts and hurriedly asked Chen Ying when we would go back. At this time, everyone relaxed, and Chen Ying pretended to be mysterious and said: "I won't go back tonight, the good show is still to come." Chen Huan obviously knew about it, and echoed with a smile.
After seeing the scenery, a few people went back to the cabin, Chen Xing ordered the people to change the hot tea up, we drank it casually, the boat traveled for about half an hour, the outside was noisy, and the window was getting brighter and brighter.
I was very surprised, seeing Chen Xing's smug expression, I knew that tonight's highlight was coming.
The boat turned into a bay, the water in front of him gradually opened up, the current was more gentle, and after a short time, I saw several large boats in the middle of the water in front of me parked side by side, all connected by iron cables, covered with wooden planks, it turned out to be a water stage. The stage is surrounded by these small painting boats.
"We're here early, but it's okay, we can choose a better place to watch the play first." After Chen Xing finished speaking, he went to instruct the shipwrights to pick up a place to park the boat. Ah Huan and I were lying by the window looking at the scenery, and Liu Mao was sitting there drinking tea alone. After a while, there were ships parked around us one after another, and our ship docked right in front of the stage, sure enough, it was the best position, and after more than half an hour, the water was densely packed with ships, and some later ships could not find a good docking position, and came to talk, Chen Xing was obviously prepared, and ordered his subordinates to hang the royal flag outside the cabin, and sure enough, no one dared to harass immediately.
At this time, I knew from Ah Huan's mouth that in the past two years, the flower building of Jicheng has held an Oiran election in this flower bay every year on the fifteenth day of the first month from Hai to the second day, and each flower building has to send its best girl on this day to show her skills to compete for the title of this Oiran, and the audience can bet on the winner of the competition, and the girl who won the title of Oiran is not only worth a hundred times, but also the flower building where she is located can get a generous bonus, and its reputation is shocking, and it also means that the market is open in the new year. Business will be booming throughout the year. So every day this Liuhuawan becomes a city that never sleeps, and there is an endless stream of people who come to watch the game.
I wondered why I chose to play in the place of Liuhua Bay, so I asked casually, Chen Huan didn't know, Liu Mao walked behind us and pointed to the distance for us to see, I carefully followed his fingers and looked at it, it turned out that this Liuhua Bay was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and one side was facing water. At this time, there happened to be a bird flying through the air, and the sound of birdsong was clearly heard in the mountains, and I understood the beauty of it.
Directly opposite the stage was already full of boats. Only there is open space on both sides of the stage, there are some small sampans, shuttling back and forth in the middle of the boat, except for some food sellers are selling flower arrows, the audience buys flower arrows at will, when each girl finishes performing her talent, there will be flower boats to collect flower arrows in front of each boat, if the audience likes the girl's performance, they will throw their flower arrows, and finally decide who is the oiran according to the number of flower arrows each girl gets......
It was so lively outside that we couldn't sit still in the cabin, so we walked to the bow of the boat together to see the scenery. There happened to be a sampan selling flower arrows parked at the bow of the boat, Chen Xing smiled and asked Liu Mao if there was a good girl to cheer on, Liu Mao shook his head, and Chen Ying ordered someone to buy forty flower arrows.
On the boat next door to our left was a fat man, who had bought two large bundles of arrows, to say the least, two hundred, and I don't know which girl he was going to support. Next door to the right are three little ladies, who don't buy many arrows, but just laugh and play there from time to time, and several times I have seen them peeking into our boat......
I was looking at the excitement, and found a sampan in front of me, it turned out to be Chen Xie and Chen Pu with two guards, I think they didn't find a suitable place when they came late, and saw the Wang Qi on our ship, so they came, and Chen Xing had already greeted him......