It's the New Year in the blink of an eye.

Bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, letting go of the firecrackers, eating the dumplings, and keeping the New Year, the three brothers and sisters of Zhao Xi greeted the elders in the family and received a big red envelope.

Zhao Xi stood up from the futon, turned around, and called, "Swallow, pigeon." ”

The swallow and the pigeon stepped forward and stood behind Zhao Xi, each holding six wooden boxes.

Zhao Xi picked up the two wooden boxes in Yanzi's hands, walked in the direction of Dingguo Gong and the eldest princess, stood a few steps away from them, gently sent the boxes in his hands forward, and said:

"Grandfather, grandmother, this is my own handmade Buddha beads hand, invited the abbot of Daxiang Temple to lead other masters in the temple, recited eighty-one days of scriptures, I wish you two old people a long life, a long life."

Dingguo Gong and the eldest princess glanced at each other, each took the box from the granddaughter's hand, and opened it to see that it was a Venus rosewood hand.

took it out and put it on his hand, it looked just right, and seeing that this hand was delicate and gorgeous, he obviously used his heart, and Ding Guogong said a few times with great relief, "Okay, good".

Even the eldest princess, who had seen countless treasures, smiled and bent her eyes, and caressed the Buddhist beads in her hand lovingly, feeling relieved.

Later, Zhao Xi gave the Buddha beads to Zhao's father, Zhao's mother and two elder brothers.

Without exception, they have been appreciated, everyone has a smile on their faces, Zhao Xi is also a little embarrassed in her heart, she has been here for many years, she has always wanted to give her family something made by herself, and it happened that she overheard someone talking about the sign of Daxiang Temple on the street before, so she had this idea, and just received a gift from Shen Hetai, so she wanted to give a gift made by herself by the way.

Dingguo Gong was in a good mood, no matter what, this was his granddaughter's intention, and seeing that the night was thick, it had already passed the third watch, so he urged Zhao Xi and the three of them to go back to sleep.

Zhao Xi and the others bowed to their elders and said goodbye.

The Chinese New Year is always very busy, Zhao Xi followed Zhao's father and mother to visit the New Year every day, and all kinds of people met all kinds of people.

When it comes to the Lantern Festival, you can finally relax.

When the three brothers and sisters of Zhao Xi went out, they saw that Shen Hetai was already standing outside the door waiting, and when they saw the three of them coming out, they stepped forward to say hello with a smile.

Zhao Yan said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "I can really see you anywhere." ”

Fortunately, he was merciful and didn't say that the ghost would not go away.

Shen Hetai treated his future uncle with a good temper, and he was not annoyed when he heard the words, and he also made a gesture and said, "There is fate, there is fate." ”

Zhao Xi chuckled.

Zhao Yan rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him.

Zhao Xu opened his mouth and said: "Let's go, I heard that there is a lighthouse riddle on Cheng'anmen Street tonight, we have to go over there and take a look." ”

Everyone went to Cheng'anmen Street together.

At the end of Cheng'anmen Street, you have seen a delicate and gorgeous, brilliant and gorgeous lighthouse, and what is more ingenious is that the lighthouse is made of dozens of lanterns. The top lantern is a phoenix wings lantern, which is lifelike and can't help but make people sigh out loud.

There were already Praetorian Guards present to maintain order, and the people of the capital flocked to gather to look at the lighthouse and point.

Zhao Xi and they booked a box in the Hefeng Building on Cheng'anmen Street, and when they went there, the door of the box next door opened, and a person came out, who happened to be everyone from the Han family.

Everyone greeted each other, and the people from Zhao Xi's grandmother's house also arrived, so they went downstairs in twos and threes.

The lighthouse guessing has begun.

At the beginning, this lighthouse was made by all the merchants in the capital, and then invited skilled craftsmen to build it, there are fifteen lamps on the first floor, each person can only guess one lantern riddle, and the one who guesses in the shortest time advances to the second layer, until the last place in the competition, you can have the opportunity to guess the lantern riddle of the last lamp, and the winner can not only get the lamp you guessed, but also get a bonus of one thousand taels of silver.

Then Emperor Yanren heard the news, so he waved his hand and instructed Shang Gongfang to make a phoenix wings lantern to enjoy with the people.

The merchants were also overjoyed, and invited a lot of famous readers to come up with lantern riddles, so as to increase the difficulty, and also built a platform, people who want to guess the lantern riddles need to complete the competition on the stage alone.

"Has anyone gone up to offer a ugly one?"

Zhao Xu looked around at everyone and asked.

Han Yatang bowed slightly, and said, "Then I'm not welcome." After speaking, he patted his wife's hand and stepped onto the platform with his feet raised.

Han Ya Brown also smiled and said, "I'll go up and play too." Then he walked up the stairs.

Zhao Xu seemed to be embarrassed: "Champion Lang and Bangyan have come to power, and I can't lose my momentum." ”

Later, he also took the stage.

Shen Hetai listened to Zhao Xu in his ears Every time they got on the stage, the people in the audience cheered, turned their heads slightly to look at Zhao Xi beside them, and asked, "Do you want that phoenix lantern?" ”

Zhao Xi turned his head to look at him, the light reflected by the lighthouse on the stage made his face loom in the shadows on one side, but the other half of the side face was handsome, those eyes were crystal clear, full of her figure.

"Okay." She smiled, like a spring flower, blooming.

"Wait, I'll be back soon."

Shen Hetai calmly stepped onto the stage, clasped his fists at the others on the stage, and then stood silently in place, waiting for the game to begin.

The young talents who thought they had the ability all came to the stage, went to the master of ceremonies to draw the code of the lantern riddle they guessed, and waited until they stood in front of the lantern number, waiting for the little guy in front of the lantern to listen to the order to open the riddle scroll.

After seeing the riddle and guessing the riddle, you have to go back to the bookcase opposite the prescription bit to write it down, and hand it over to the person in charge at the back of the bookcase to check the answer.

That's not all, there are only three brushes on the bookcase, if the hand is slow, then you can't grab the pen, and one step is slow.

Zhao Xi and the others listened to the rules of the game in the audience, and looked at each other a little. You must know that the lighthouse built is very large, so the platform built is also larger, to go to the opposite bookcase to write the answer, which is equivalent to going around a half-circle of lighthouse, each bookcase will only have three brushes, but there are fifteen lights on the first floor, that is to say that if the person who knows the answer can't write the answer, it is also in vain.

This is not only a comparison of knowledge, but also of physical fitness, and sure enough, a thousand taels of silver is not so easy to take.

Zhao Gen observed the audience and said: "In this way, the people left on the second layer must be skilled people." ”

The "dong" drum sounded, and the riddle scroll was pulled down.

Almost as soon as the riddle appeared, the people on the stage began to move. I saw the figure flying, running, many people rushed to the bookcase, snatched the brush, wrote down the answer, handed it to the steward, but did not put the pen down, waited until the steward nodded to record the results, and immediately ran to the other side with the brush.

The atmosphere suddenly became warm, and the people in the audience clapped their hands and shouted to cheer for the people on the stage.

"Who is such a scoundrel, he doesn't even leave a pen for others." Han Yajing's eyes widened a little, and when she saw that it was Han Yanan, the third brother of the same mother, she laughed and stopped making a sound.

Zhao Xi laughed, poked his second brother, and said, "Second brother, it's really a pity that you don't go on stage, if you go on stage, you may be more powerful than your third cousin." ”

Zhao Yan was not annoyed by his sister's jokes, but just looked at Han Yanan with disgust and said, "This kid is really embarrassed to play a scoundrel in front of the people of the whole capital." ”

The game went on. There are fifteen lanterns on the first floor, eleven lanterns on the second floor, seven lanterns on the third floor, three lanterns on the fourth floor, and the most colorful lantern is the phoenix lantern.

Han Yanan, who was a scoundrel, was brushed down on the third floor, and after the game was over, he went on stage to get back the lantern he guessed.

When they reached the fourth floor, there were only three left: Han Yatang, Zhao Xu, Shen and Tai.

"Xiaoxi, who do you think will win?" Han Yajing asked.

"Atai." Zhao Xi looked at the stage intently.

"You're really forgetful." Han Yajing shouted strangely.

"Nope." Zhao Xi shook his head and said that he was very fair, "That's because the eldest brother and the eldest cousin can't beat Atai." ”

So I can't rob Shen Hetai.

Sure enough, in the end, it was Shen Hetai who got the phoenix lantern.

When there was only one contestant standing in the audience, Shen Hetai, the people in the audience were thunderous, cheering continuously, and there was applause everywhere.

In the dim light, he only fixed his eyes on the tall and slender figure in the audience, and smiled brightly.

**

The phoenix lantern is too big, and Zhao Xi has already instructed the guards to put the lantern first

Sent home, by this time everyone had separated, and she was strolling with Shen Hetai.

"Atai." Zhao Xi said softly.

Shen Hetai stopped, turned sideways, and said softly, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Xi took out something from his arms, handed it to Shen Hetai, and said, "I'll give it to you." ”

Shen Hetai was a little surprised, and reached out to grab the thing, but inevitably touched Zhao Xi's soft wattle, the small hands were distinctly jointed, the fingertips were slender, and there were meager cocoons on the hands, which was because of martial arts.

These hands were not soft, but they were full of strength, and they seemed petite compared to his big palms, and for a while, he got carried away, and held her palms stupidly and did not let go.

Time was as quiet as water, until Yanzi couldn't stand it anymore and had to cough to wake up Shen Hetai.

He picked up the object as if disguised, and saw what it was by the faint light of the lantern hanging on the street, and then put it on his left hand, and his right hand slowly rubbed it, and his voice was low and hoarse: "Xiaoxi, thank you, I like it very much." ”

Zhao Xi smiled, "I begged the Buddha, I hope he will bless you safely." ”

Shen Hetai's eyes were bright and shining, and the whole person seemed to exude a dazzling light, Zhao Xi clearly saw his reflection in his eyes, and for a while, his heart beat like a drum.

"It's late at night, I'll take you home."

"Okay."

The night was as cool as water, and under the illumination of the lights, the figures of a tall and a short figure slowly elongated until they disappeared.