Chapter 113: I don't want this lantern to fall into the hands of others
Huiyang Festival is a unique festival of Tianque, legend has it that Emperor Taizu of Tianque tried his best because of the war everywhere, and later when Tianque was unified, he was only in his thirties but was already sick, and faced the crisis of death in less than two years. The goddess of Tianque exhausted her heart and blood to save her beloved emperor and passed away. In order to commemorate her, Emperor Taizu named this day Huiyang Festival, hoping that the goddess could be resurrected and return to his side.
Nowadays, the meaning of the Huiyang Festival is similar to the annual Qixi Festival, and it has become a day for men and women who have feelings for each other to express their feelings to each other.
On this day, the lights are brilliant, the gongs and drums are noisy, every household is full of lights, lively and jubilant, the entire imperial capital is immersed in a thick joy, even the cold autumn wind can not blow away this melting warmth.
Seeing such a scene when she left the Rui Wang's Mansion, Su Ziran didn't react at first, until the pair of lovers with a shy smile walked in front of her, and then she remembered that today was the Huiyang Festival.
Her eyes fluttered, and her heart suddenly fluctuated, did Murong Yan know that he had specially let her come out during the Huiyang Festival today, or did he not know much about the customs of Tianque, and it was just a coincidence?
In a daze, a man in an ink robe had already walked in front of him, his phoenix eyes were dark and shiny, and the corners of his mouth were smiling, but he was not half restrained and uncomfortable.
She curled her lips and smiled, since she had already seen it, if she went back, I am afraid that there would be no three hundred taels of silver here.
I originally wanted to say hello to him, but I didn't expect him to open his mouth before this: "It's all this hour, I thought you wouldn't come." ”
"You're leaving, how can I do if I don't send you off?" Su Ziran followed him, and on the road, there were often single or paired women who marveled at his handsome and elegant face, and she smiled and teased: "Is there such a festival in your Qisheng territory?" If there is, the prince's trip will definitely attract a crowd of onlookers. ”
"The beggar festival is almost like this, I went to see it with my father a few years ago, but I never went there later. With the woman you like, the more lively the day, the more lonely a single figure will be, and it is better not to look at it. ”
Su Ziran's smile froze for a moment, and then, he pointed to the tall flower tree in the distance, and smiled like a flower: "Look at the lanterns on the flower tree, there are some lantern riddle games, and the person who guesses the most in the end can get the largest and most beautiful lantern on the tree." ”
Even in autumn, there is still no sign of falling leaves, and the branches stand tall, hanging on them with all kinds of various kinds of lanterns, candles and candles, and warm streamers illuminate the flowers and trees brilliantly.
It was just a casual remark to open the topic, but he didn't expect him to really stop his eyes on the white bamboo lamp.
The same lantern at the four corners, the pattern does not seem to be painted, but embroidered, facing them is holding a big red peony, not looking carefully is just a delicate flower, but reflecting the shining lights, the gilt gold on the peony actually faintly flashed a few extraordinary colorful streamers.
The autumn evening breeze blows, and there is a trace of coolness in the face, but the bamboo lamp blows a few circles, and the marquee reflects the wonderful scenery on all sides, there are spring peonies, summer lotuses, autumn wild chrysanthemums, and winter cold plums, which will include the four seasons of the year, the dim lights are matched with the vermilion, and the reflection projected on the treetops looks dense and confused.
The ones in front of them turned too fast, Su Ziran couldn't see it clearly, but the people who made the lamps loved red, peonies, lotus, and plums, and the wild chrysanthemums in autumn were also used in extremely gorgeous red, without a sense of visual disobedience, but dazzling, and people couldn't take their eyes off.
In the end, it was this seemingly ordinary chrysanthemum that stopped in front of her, the petals and flowers and leaves seemed to be alive, and when the wind blew, there was really a trance feeling of the petals trembling.
"Like that lamp?" Murong Yan smiled sideways.
Su Ziran is actually not attached to these, even the most beautiful things are just a thing in her eyes, but this lantern is very peculiar, it actually hangs her heart up, and there is really a taste of sweetness in it.
She shook her head, "I'm more interested in the man who made the lamp. ”
What kind of contradictory and unique ideas can be used to so skillfully integrate the cold loneliness of the world's independence with the beauty of the world?
"Let's go, even if you get this lantern, you are reluctant to throw it into the river, so you don't have to be persistent."
"You mean, we can go and put lanterns?"
Su Ziran was slightly surprised, when did she say that?
It can be seen that he seems to have expectations, and he can't bear to refuse, anyway, she is not a polite person, as long as she has a good heart, but just put a lantern, the right should be to complete his last trip to Tianque.
The moon shadow is suspicious of flowing water, and the autumn wind contains the fragrance of the night. The boats in the river are one after another, and the colorful lights illuminate the sparkling lake in all colors, and the lanterns that originally floated on the river are rippling, and the flickering lights gather and condense, and the water surface is a piece of glow flying, competing with the stars in the sky.
The old woman who sold lanterns rarely saw such a handsome man as Murong Yan, and her wrinkled face also showed a warm smile, and she was busy greeting: "Look at this son's spring breeze, there should be a lover here, right?" If my son buys this lantern from my house, he will definitely be able to stay with his sweetheart! ”
This man...... Really good at business......
Although it is not convincing that you can grow old with your sweetheart by buying a lantern, this kind of good color is an indispensable thing in today's days.
Murong Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at the woman beside him: "Zi Ran, what do you like?" ”
The old woman seemed to notice the woman beside him at this time, and couldn't help but look at her in surprise, but when she saw a mediocre little face, she felt a wave of slander in her heart.
But those who do business don't care about this, the clothes and demeanor of these two people are either rich or expensive, so she took advantage of Su Ziran to bow her head and choose the lamp, and tried her best to say nice words: "Look at the two of them who are in love, Qin Se and Ming, this lady must be the lady who just married the son, right?" ”
The hands of the two of them who chose the lights were both stunned.
The corners of Su Ziran's mouth twitched a few times, and sure enough, she shouldn't have casually combed a woman's bun and ran around with other men......
The smile on Murong Yan's face was also a little embarrassed, it seemed that he had thought of the same thing as her, he couldn't say anything to deny it, otherwise wouldn't he become a married woman and other men going out to visit the Huiyang Festival?
Fortunately, the old woman didn't intend to listen to their answers, and talked to herself: "This lady is really a blessing, she can marry such a handsome and considerate husband, and she will ...... in the future."
Su Zi's scalp was numb, and she hurriedly interrupted her: "Auntie, we want these two!" ”
Without waiting for the old woman to react, she quickly threw down the silver, dragged Murong Yan's sleeve robe and ran away.
The man lost his mind slightly, and the corners of his mouth were almost invisibly raised.
When he came to the river, Su Ziran saw the patterns on the two lanterns in his hand clearly, but he didn't expect that he didn't pick them by himself after looking at them for a long time, and he knew that he didn't have to stay longer at the beginning, and he didn't have to listen to the old woman's misunderstanding.
One depicts a canary and the other a wisteria flower.
Murong Yan chose the wisteria lamp without hesitation, as if he was afraid that the other party would not let him, and the movement of raising his hand was so fast that it was smacking.
Su Ziran bent down and floated the canary lantern into the river, looking at the careful movements of the man in front of him, he couldn't help but feel funny, he didn't expect him to believe in this kind of thing.
"The lanterns have also been released, where do we go next?" She smiled with crooked eyebrows, and casually pointed to a place and proposed, "Visiting the night market?" ”
As soon as the words fell, a loud commotion was heard in the distance. Following the prestige, a large mass of dense figures arched, and the direction seemed to be where the flower tree was just now.
Both were surprised.
A pair of men and women who walked by them laughed in a low voice, and the lights were dim, dragging their shadows obliquely and long, in a trance.
The woman smiled smartly: "What's going on over there......"
The man smiled dotingly: "Just go and see......"
The woman smiled again and urged: "Hurry up, hurry up, ......"
Su Ziran turned back to Murong Yan and said, "Let's go and see it too?" ”
"Okay." He nodded.
Walking under the light-filled flower trees, the crowd was crowded and coaxing, and they stood on the outermost part, barely seeing anything.
Su Ziran stretched her neck on tiptoe, and she always vaguely felt that these people gathered here for the biggest lantern on the flower tree. Although she just said no, inexplicably, she just didn't want this lantern to fall into the hands of others.
"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet!" The people who gathered everyone here stood on the stage and said loudly: "Today, we hold a Huiyang Lantern Festival in Jufu Building, and meet friends with lantern riddles, but anyone who can guess the lantern riddle issued by our shopkeeper can eat and drink for free for three days in Jufu Building!" If you like the lanterns on this tree, except for the top one, you can pick the rest at will! ”
"Good ......"
"Jufulou can't afford to eat on weekdays, so I just took this opportunity to eat a meal at sea......"
"We are bound to eat the poor Jufulou ......"
Everyone cheered, although they couldn't get the tallest lantern on the flower tree, but compared to this, casually picking up a lantern and eating and drinking for free for three days in the largest Jufu Building in the capital made them even more excited, and the crowd was high-pitched.
Su Ziran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately it had nothing to do with the lamp.
"Why do you want to remove the top one?" A clear voice came from beside him, talking directly to the man on the high platform.
Su Ziran was slightly stunned and turned sideways: "Murong Yan, what are you doing?" ”
"Zi Ran, it's rare to see you care about something, you and I may not have the opportunity to see each other again in the future, so it should be my parting gift to you." He smiled gently, looked at the people on the high platform again, and said loudly: "In previous years, wouldn't anyone who guessed the lantern riddle get the most beautiful lantern on this tree, but why did you change the rules this year?" ”