Chapter Ninety-Six: The Feast of the Hung Gate (1)

In the first month of the new year, the various mansions are still exchanged, so the general's mansion is quite lively in those days, and there are banquets and visits from time to time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info and the lotus garden has always been idle, so I used the time of these days to practice martial arts, Tang Guxi has to practice for several hours every day, and sometimes even indulge in it, forgetting to sleep and eat.

Her Lin Men swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds, although it is not as good as Lin Luo, but she can finally compete with Lin Xun twice. Regarding Lin Luo's martial arts, she has also learned something about it in recent days. It turns out that her skills are so good, not only because she is proficient in Linmen martial arts, but also because of her hard work in childhood.

These are all what Lin Xun said, in those young years, he was afraid of hardship and was more playful, so he often fled to the mountains during practice, played all afternoon, and did not come back until the evening. In those days, Lin Luo was practicing swordsmanship, refining Linmen's swordsmanship, and gaining more profound insights and insights from it.

Finally, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and Lin Luo's martial arts so far should be above the master, and the blue is better than the blue.

On the other hand, in addition to the Lin swordsmanship, she was also forced by her master and mother to practice in one room, and she practiced for several days. In the meantime, no one opened the door, no one disturbed, the food and water were exhausted, the food was hungry, and the flesh and skin suffered a lot.

In the early days, due to her young age, she was afraid of the hard training and tried her best to resist. But over time, I compromised with my master and mother, and gradually regarded the monthly hard training as a law and a heavy responsibility, and no longer said a word "no".

At that time, Lin Xun was just a hairy child, and he didn't care about this matter yet, and he didn't know about it. To his relief, his father and mother never forced him to do these things, as if they were not strict with him, so he sighed to himself that he had escaped.

Tang Guxi knew that even if she asked Lin Luo now, Lin Luo would not say. Therefore, she dispelled her curiosity, focused on sword practice, and when she was tired, she recalled the experience that Lin Xun said, and it seemed that all fatigue disappeared.

Shangyuan Festival has finally arrived.

On that day, as soon as it arrived, Xuanyang City was lit up and down, hung with red lights, and there were all kinds of lantern wheels and lamp trees, which were all over the long street, and the alleys of the big city were full of fire trees and silver flowers. The dragon and lion dances are dancing on the streets, the sea of people is boiling, and there are people selling lanterns, jugglers, and masks...... Men and women are confused, and it is very lively.

Some literati and artists gathered in teahouses, poetry clubs and other places, guessing lantern riddles and couplets with each other, and some people made fists and drank wine, leading to singing. But most people still bring their children and their companions to enjoy the lanterns on the streets. This scene is really "the east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and it blows down, and the stars are like rain." ”

Lin Luo and Tang Guxi used the excuse of enjoying the lanterns on the street, and after saying goodbye to Qi Mansion, they went all the way to the Shuiyun Pavilion.

The streets are shoulder to shoulder, the sounds of all walks of life are connected to the ears, and the eyes are full of lights and stars, in such a jubilant and joyful festival, if it weren't for the antidote, Tang Guxi would have been unable to move his feet at this moment.

"How long will this Festival of Lights end?" Tang Guxi looked left and right, dazzled.

"Don't worry, it's going to be late." Lin Luo saw her thoughts.

Tang Guxi smiled and withdrew his gaze, but saw that Lin Luo seemed to be preoccupied, "What, aren't you interested in any of this?" ”

"It's not that I'm not interested, it's that I don't have the heart right now."

"Yes...... Is it for Hua Ning's business? Tang Guxi looked at Lin Luo and saw that she didn't speak, "Since she promised us to go and hand over the antidote, then I don't think there should be any problems, right?" I am the one who wants the antidote, and if she speaks like last time and deliberately embarrasses you, I will not follow it. ”

Lin Luo chuckled, "Why don't you follow?" Either way, our goal is the antidote, and as long as the antidote is available, everything is easy to say. ”

Tang Guxi nodded and didn't speak again.

After passing through a few streets and alleys, the two finally came to the door of the Water Cloud Pavilion. At this time, the Shuiyun Pavilion was more lively and noisy than usual, and it was originally the most prosperous place after dark, let alone the night of the Shangyuan Festival.

But after all, the two of them rarely went in and out of such places, so they paused at the door, and when they were about to walk in, a woman next to them suddenly greeted them. The woman's face was light, not like other people's heavy makeup, surrounded by light veils, walked up to the two of them, and asked, "The two are Miss Lin and Miss Tang, right?" ”

Tang Guxi and Lin Luo glanced at each other and nodded.

"The master of the flower said, let me bring two distinguished guests in, please come with me." When the woman had finished speaking, she smiled and turned and walked inside.

Tang Guxi and Lin Luo followed behind and entered the Shuiyun Pavilion. The two did not go to the crowded nave, nor did they take the wooden stairs leading to the pavilion on either side, but were led by the woman up a secluded staircase. This place is in the far corner of the Water Cloud Pavilion, and the three of them have not been noticed by anyone else until they reached the top of the pavilion.

"Lin Luo, where did you say Qi Gongzi went tonight?" Tang Guxi asked as he walked, "We didn't see him when we left Qi Mansion just now. ”

"I guess I'm going to the street with Xun'er."

"However, I obviously saw Ye Ying accompanying Lin Xun out, and there was a little maid, and Qi Gongzi was not among them."

When Lin Luo heard this, he was a little puzzled, "Really? ”

"Really, I don't know about him-"

The two were talking, but when they saw the woman stop, Tang Guxi also stopped. At this moment, they were standing at the door of a room, there was a hole in the Water Cloud Pavilion, and the secluded small staircase led to this beautiful hut separated from the noise and noise, which was very different from the downstairs and other rooms.

"Sister Hua, the guest you are waiting for is here." The woman said inside.

"Let them in." A familiar voice came from inside the room.

"Miss Lin, Miss Tang, the master is inside, you two go in." With that, the woman gently pushed open the door and made a "please" gesture.

Seeing that the room was spacious and bright, not at all as delicate and narrow as it seemed outside the door, after the two entered, the woman closed the door and left.

The light red curtain hung down from each column in the room, and a ribbon was tied to the pillar in the middle, and the breeze from nowhere blew the low light veil fluttering. The whole room glows with a charming, soft, gorgeous and lazy atmosphere.

That Hua Ning didn't know where it was.

After Lin Luo and Tang Guxi came in, although they didn't see Hua Ning's person, they didn't ask again. The two rounded the columns and saw her behind a large pink screen.

Hua Ning sat on the seat on the ground, with a wide low table in front of her, and two seats on the opposite side, waiting for Lin Luo and the two to take their seats. On the table, delicate snacks and dishes, the green jade wine jug is placed in the center of the table, and in front of the three seats, each of them visits a duck-billed jade wine glass, which is small and exquisite, and has a beautiful shape.

Hua Ning was hiding her face and drinking, her wide sleeves covering almost her entire face. Seeing the two of them come in, she didn't look up, but slowly took the wine glass from the corner of her mouth and put it on the table, revealing a beautiful and charming face behind her sleeves.

"The two of you are really punctual," Hua Ning smiled, "please take a seat." ”