The next day was Chinese New Year's Eve, and news came from the palace that the emperor was seriously ill and dismissed the New Year's Day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info When the dynasty will be restored remains to be communicated. Qiu Yinming immediately sent someone to deliver the letter to Yu Shaobao's mansion. Everything you can do is done, and the next thing you have to do is wait.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, snow began to fall, and it fell from the sky like goose feathers. In the evening, Qiu Yinming and Wuwei went to Dongfang's house as guests. Since Qiu Yinming returned to Beijing to serve in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was rarely seen on weekdays, and before the Chinese New Year, he inevitably went around to socialize, and finally stayed until the New Year, and the four of them had to gather at Dongfang Yan's house, warm wine and enjoy the snow, and were idle for more than ten days. Before you know it, it's the fifteenth day of the first month. Since the letter was sent, Qiu Yinming has been unsteady in his heart. However, Fan Ying has not yet received any orders. On the one hand, Qiu Yinming hoped that he and Fan Ying were just too worried, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Yu Shaobao would really be able to advise in time. I just got news from the palace that the emperor's condition has improved and he will return to the dynasty on the 17th. It seemed that everything was going on as usual, but his mind was still tossing and turning for no reason, and his mind was restless.

In the evening, Wuwei walked into Qiu Yinming's courtyard neatly dressed. Steward Chai came out of the study with a tea tray in his hand, and saw that Wuwei was wearing a newly made silver-gray narrow-sleeved robe, covered with an azure silk satin cardigan, and deerskin boots under his feet, looking radiant, and said with a smile: "Shangguan Gongzi is really glamorous today." Wuwei smiled a little shyly: "Pass the prize." Adults are available? "Your Excellency is still in the study." Steward Chai said, "This big festival will not stop, you go and persuade him, it is not easy for the official to do a good job, and the body should also be careful, you martial arts practitioners may be stronger, but you can't work too hard." ”

Wuwei smiled, this firewood steward is really verbose. pushed open the door of the hidden study, and saw Qiu Yinming burying his head in the case. "Yinming, the lights outside are brilliant and beautiful, and the Dongfang brothers and sisters invite us to enjoy the lanterns together." Seeing his serious look, Wuwei said, "How about working after the festival?" Qiu Yinming saw that Wuwei was dressed so decently, and smiled: "Don't worry, I'll come to you then." I still have some things to attend to. Wuwei sighed lightly: "That's good." Alas, if Master saw me dressed like this, I don't know what he would say. Qiu Yinming smiled: "It's instigated by the East again, right?" Wuwei was a little embarrassed, and only said: "Last time I helped the Oriental Dart Bureau to go to Henan, she insisted on thanking me." I tried to excuse myself, but she still had someone make a few outfits for me. I can't beat her. Then, let's go to the Deyue Tower outside Zhengyang Gate to watch the fireworks later, you want to come. ”

Wu Wei left the Imperial History Mansion and came to Dongfang Yan's house, and saw that the brother and sister were ready to go. Dongfang Lin said: "What about Brother Qiu? Wuwei said: "It's strange that he is still sitting in the study today." Dongfang Lin nodded and said, "Maybe he has some plans for himself." Wuwei said: "I see that he has been restless these days, and I don't know what he is thinking." Dongfang Lin looked at his brother and said, "Then shall we eat a snack first or ......?" Dongfang Yan said: "Let's eat snacks first, it's cold and hungry fast." ”

Wang was three months pregnant at this time, so she did not go out with them to watch the lanterns. The three of them said goodbye to the Wang family and walked out the back door, the night had just fallen, and the city was already brightly lit. The warm candlelight illuminates people's beaming faces, and the smell of firecrackers flows in the crisp cold air on Chinese New Year's Eve, dissolving many people's boredom and sorrow. On days like this, I always think of happiness. The colorful wax paper changes all kinds of novel patterns in the hands of the artists, and there are many new scenery in this year's Lantern Festival. The shops in the markets are brightly lit, and the people go out with their families as usual, and the streets are crowded with men, women and children. A high platform is set up outside the door of the big family, and the colorful lanterns compete with each other, and some invite people to set up interesting lantern riddles, which attracts everyone to compete for guesses. Friends and family meet and talk about the fun of the year. Children frolicking in the crowd with rabbits, goldfish, lotus lanterns, and lanterns. The restaurant and restaurant snack shop are doing a prosperous business, and the shopkeepers are smeared with oil on the soles of their feet, and they are so busy that they are sweating profusely and their throats are smoking. It is only during the Shangyuan Festival that young women can be seen wearing beautiful dresses and walking through the market in groups of three or five. Some naughty furry children coldly lit a few cannons and ground rats in the crowd, and they screamed and cursed.

Oriental brothers and sisters walk with Wuwei in the sea of people and lights easily.

"Brother," Dongfang Lin tugged at Dongfang Yan's sleeve, "How do you see this year's Shangyuan Festival compared to last year?" ”

"It seems to be more lively. I can't say what it is, but this year it's cold. "Dongfang Yan has not long recovered from his illness, wearing a warm fox fur fur and holding a small hand stove. According to the customs of the Central Plains, young women wear white clothes on the Shangyuan Festival, which is about the same as white and moonlight, which is exactly what it is: the light is clear and bright, sprinkled all over the world. Dongfang Lin was dressed in a light gray squirrel skin jacket and a Songjiang white silk skirt, with a homely bun and a red coral hairpin, which made it look more bright and outstanding. On weekdays, these three people would definitely attract great attention, but today is unusual, there are official children everywhere, so the three of them can enjoy the rare scenery leisurely.

"It's such a night, can my brother have poetry or not?" Dongfang Lin said with a smile.

"Well, don't dare to be ugly." Dongfang Yan said, "Ask Wuwei." His knowledge is no less than mine. He turned his head to Wuwei and said, "Wuwei, why don't you speak?" ”

"Huh? …… Oh! Wuwei seemed to have just come back to his senses from somewhere, turned his face and smiled: "I didn't expect the Shangyuan Festival to be so lively." ”

"Wu Wei," Dongfang Lin said: "You can tell me, among these poems written by the ancients on the Yuan Festival, which one do you like the most?" ”

Wuwei thought for a while: "Since Xin Jiaxuan's sentence 'The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but that person was in the lamplight'. There is still a Taoist state of mind, which is wonderful. Dongfang Lin smiled: "It turns out that it has matched your appetite." But that sentence is really good. He turned to Dongfang Yan and said, "Brother, you are a top talent, it's not difficult to compose a poem, right?" ”

Dongfang Yan said: "You slippery head, it seems that I can compose poems as easily as you climb over the wall." However, if everyone is happy today, I will make a fool of myself. ”

Dongfang Yan shook his head slightly, muttered for a moment, and said, "There is." But it's improvised, just for a laugh. "Just listen to him sing slowly:"

The treasure mirror is in the sky, and the light is bright and purple.

Thousands of homes are warm at night, and the stars are all over the city.

The dancing flames frequently bully the sleeves, and the flying flowers want to stain the clothes.

When you meet relatives and friends, laughter is always appropriate.

Siye hears the drums, where to listen to the jade flute.

The candles are smiling, and the lights are shadowing around the causeway.

The mountains and rivers are far away from their hometowns, and the moonlight should be followed.

I wish people a long time, and the years will be the same.

”

Dongfang Lin nodded and sighed: "It's a good sentence, 'I only wish people a long time, and the years are the same.'" 'Brother, we are not at home, grandpa will be lonely. ”

For a moment, the three of them were silent. After a while, Dongfang Lin smiled again: "Didn't you say to eat snacks?" I know there's a Ningbo dumpling shop around here. When Dongfang Yan heard this, he smiled and said, "You must have eaten first, didn't you?" "So what." Dongfang Lin didn't deny it, and asked Wuwei again, "Do you know that Ningbo's dumplings?" That's much more delicious than the Lantern Festival in the capital. Wuwei shook his head. Dongfang Yan smiled: "Lin'er is a well-known delicious ghost in our family. Let's go, take us there. ”

The three of them talked and laughed and came to the dumpling shop. The shop is not big, and the kitchen is facing the street, and you can see that the shop is making rice balls in it, and there are also stir-fried tea and wine. There was a wooden shed outside the store, and three of the four square tables were filled, and the three of them quickly took up their seats. The shopkeeper saw that the three of them were well-dressed and the hospitality was extraordinarily courteous. Dongfang Lin Zuodong ordered three bowls of sesame plate oil dumplings. After a short time, the rice balls were served, and Dongfang Lin said: "The place I brought you to is right." Wuwei scooped up a snow-white crystal rice ball, carefully took a small bite, and immediately nodded: "It's really delicious." ”

Dongfang Lin smiled.

Dongfang Yan said: "Wuwei, I'll test you, do you know the origin of the rice balls?" Wuwei thought for a while and said, "I haven't seen it in the book." Dongfang Lin said: "It turns out that he is also a nerd." Listen, this glutinous rice ball has a lot to do with our Dongfang clan. In other words, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ......"

Wuwei listened to it with relish, and this glutinous rice ball became more and more delicious. The location of this shop is excellent, and it happens to be at the intersection of two of the busiest streets. The three of them tasted the delicious rice balls and watched the passers-by, and they were very happy. Suddenly, Dongfang Lin said: "Look at it, look at it, isn't that Qi Mutian?" ”

Wuwei turned his head to look, and sure enough, it was him. There were four other people around, and the one who walked in front was a petite girl wearing a snow-white fox fur jacket and a peach-colored silk embroidered gold skirt. She held a lantern in one hand, looking curiously to the left and right, and in the other hand she held an older, taller and taller woman. The woman was born with a high nose and deep eyes, and her clothes were relatively thin, and her clothes fluttered in the breeze, which showed her slender posture even more. The two women walked everywhere, and the crowd around them all whispered and cast amazing glances, and some good deeds followed behind. However, the two women were followed by a couple in their fifties, always following one step away, blocking the good deeds, and some frivolous children could only judge the two girls from a long distance.

"There is such a beauty in the world." Dongfang Lin exclaimed.

At this time, Qi Mutian also saw Wuwei and Dongfang Lin from a distance, and nodded to the two.

Dongfang Lin asked Wuwei: "Have you heard that Qi Mutian has a daughter?" Relatives? ”

Wuwei shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it." Yin Ming never mentioned it. ”

"Who is Qi Mutian?" Dongfang Yan didn't know about the things on the rivers and lakes. I feel a little inexplicable.

Dongfang Lin said: "It's Brother Qiu's friend." A very mysterious Jianghu person, I heard that he is a big man in the northwest martial arts. ”

"Huh? Chengxian never told me. Dongfang Yan said in surprise.

"What are you talking about?" Dongfang Lin deliberately didn't mention the killer leader.

The three of them and all the ordinary people watched these people walk over, continued to eat the rice balls, paid the bill, and walked all the way to Daming Gate. Deyue Tower is one of the largest restaurants in the capital, because it gathers good chefs from the southeast and northwest, so it is a favorite place for rich people to have a party. In addition, this building faces one of the most prosperous streets in the capital, and the city is full of lights. It's the best place to watch the fireworks at night. It was still early, and the three of them were wandering the streets. On the fifteenth night, all the shops were open all night, and there were many antique calligraphy, painting, jewelry, and jade in the chessboard street in front of the sixth department.

It is said that after Qiu Yinming waited for Wuwei to leave, he cleaned up the table, put on half-new clothes, and went out. It turned out that these days I was thinking about what Fan Ying said, and I was bored, and I didn't want to show it in front of my Dongfang brothers and sisters and Wuwei, so I wanted to go to the city alone on the night of the Shangyuan Festival.

If you want to say that the most crowded and lively place is naturally the Dengshikou in Dongcheng. At this time, the markets on both sides of the street were all set up, and the canvas sheds were erected, and the street, which was not too wide, seemed a little difficult to enter. Most of the daily necessities are sold in the bazaar, cheap jewelry and jewelry, and the rich rarely come here to crowd the excitement, so the people walking on the street are ordinary people in the capital, but if you want to say that you want to see the lanterns, this is a first-class place. Countless silk yarns, roasted beads, bright horns, all kinds of lanterns made of grass, and occasionally Western style sheep's horns, glass lamps. The lamp of the common people is more vivid than the lamp of the dignitary, vivid and interesting, lifelike butterflies wear flowers, carp jumps over the dragon gate, dragons and phoenixes play with pearls, cranes and mussels compete with each other...... Delicious colors and wonderful faxes. Pastry shop, cloth shop door especially like to hang lamps, painted with ancient legends and new stories, such as Nuwa mending the sky, Jiang Ziya meeting King Wen, red whisk Li Jing bearded guest, Xuanzang learned scriptures, the Three Kingdoms heroes, Sui and Tang Dynasty legends...... People rubbed shoulders and the noise was incessant. The people traveled with their families, dragging the old and the young, and Qiu Yinming was crowded in the crowd alone, which was indeed a little out of place, but he felt full of comfort and ease. It's been a long time since I've returned to the common people alone, and I'm a little angry. If you should forget about it at this time, let it go.

"Look, take a look, look at it, this year's new products are unique!"

It is a stall that sells lamps, there are a lot of people around, the size of the lanterns hanging on the shelves is indeed different, the atmosphere is exquisite, there are birds, birds, lions and tigers, there are vases and gourds, and there are novelty lanterns such as the big-bellied monk, the god of wealth and so on. A lot of children clamored to buy it.

The person who sells the lamp is a sister-in-law in her forties, who speaks with a Shanxi accent, has a loud voice, and can speak well. I only heard her say loudly: "Oh, this uncle, look how similar this God of Wealth looks like you!" There was a burst of laughter around, and it turned out that he was going around the bend and saying that the man was fat.

"Ah, look, look." At this time, the people standing beside Qiu Yinming suddenly looked at the stall selling lights.

"What a pretty girl." Several aunts praised each other.

"It's not from the palace. Like a fairy. Someone speculated.

"Nonsense, people in the palace can come out casually? I think it must be a rich businessman's lady. ”

Qiu Yinming also followed everyone's gaze, and saw Heng Zining stretching out his hand to point to a peacock lamp on the stall, and said to Qi Mutian behind him: "Uncle Qi, I want this." When the aunt who sold the lamp saw Heng Zining, she immediately smiled from ear to ear, and said very attentively: "Miss is really a good eye, this lamp is matched with a character like Miss, and Chang'e in the Moon Palace is also inferior by three points." Qi Mutian immediately took out the money and said, "Okay." We buy it. No need to look for money. ”

The aunt took the money and said, "How embarrassing is this." He handed the peacock lamp to Heng Zining with one hand, and then picked up another lotus lamp and handed it to the person beside Heng Zining: "This one is for this young lady." Buying and selling always has to be a pair. ”

Qiu Yinming's heart was beating fast at this time. She stood there, her snow-white silk shirt like a lotus flower in the light, half of her thick black hair tied up with an orange ribbon, the other half hanging naturally on her shoulders, and a few strands of wind from time to time blew around her neck, entangled. She smiled and thanked her aunt, and reached out to take the delicate lotus lantern.

"Cheng Xian. How are you here. Qi Mutian saw Qiu Yinming coming out of the crowd and walked towards this side intently, so he took two steps forward and smiled at him.

"Brother Qiu." Heng Zining also greeted him warmly.

Qiu Yin and several people arched their hands and said, "What a coincidence." I'm walking around here at will, and I don't want everyone to be there. ”

Zhao Ying smiled on the side: "My lord, why are you wandering around alone, how lonely." ”

Qi Mutian also asked, "Why is the Wuwei Daoist not here?" ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Oh, I want to go out for a walk alone first, and then go to meet a few friends later." After that, he looked at the ruddy-faced, fifty-year-old woman beside Zhao Ying, and asked, "This must be Uncle Zhao's wife, right?" ”

Zhao Yingdao: "It's my old wife." ”

The woman saluted Qiu Yinming and said, "I have admired the name for a long time. I didn't see it a few days ago, but I am fortunate today. So he looked at him from head to toe and from foot to head, and he was very uncomfortable.

At this time, Qi Mutian suddenly said to Heng Zining: "Ah, Zining." Uncle forgot, he just walked past the barbecue restaurant you mentioned earlier. Alas, forget it, go next time. When Heng Zining heard this, he didn't follow and said, "Ah." When will you wait until next time. Said he'd take me there today. Qi Mutian pretended to hesitate, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that you haven't gone far yet, are you willing to walk back with me?" ”

Heng Zining nodded and said, "Okay." I'm just a little hungry. He turned around and said, "Sister, do you want to go together?" Before the eldest lady could answer, Qi Mutian said, "Where is the eldest lady so greedy like you." Didn't she want to go to the tea shop? Let's go eat, let them buy tea, and meet at Zhengyangmen later. Heng Zining said to Qiu Yinming again: "Do you want to go?" Qi Mutian immediately said: "People live in the capital, it's not uncommon. After that, Tong Heng Zining said to Qiu Yinming: "You talk first." I accompanied her to the barbecue. ”

Zhao Ying watched with a smile on his face as Qi Mutian took Heng Zining away, turned back to Qiu Yinming and said, "My lord, my wife wants to go to the pharmacy to buy some winter tonic medicines, you are familiar with the capital, why don't you accompany Miss to take a look around." ”

"Uncle Zhao, you ......"

Before the eldest lady could say a word, Zhao Ying's wife immediately continued: "Yes, yes, I almost forgot." Adults are knowledgeable, and it is better for adults to accompany the lady on a tour. With that, he pulled Zhao Ying's sleeve, and the husband and wife quickly disappeared into the crowd with a smile.

Qiu Yinming's heart collapsed. These three people are really old and spicy, and they are so cooperative. Turning his head, he saw that the young lady's face was embarrassed, and she looked away slightly. The two of them were standing in the middle of the road at this time, and their relative silence was really eye-catching. Qiu Yinming approached her and whispered, "Let's go." Leave them alone. The young lady nodded. The two walked slowly forward with the flow of people.