In unitary time, there is only one hour before entering the watch.

It was already completely dark, and the streets were lit up.

Pedestrians in the market are weaving, men and women holding lanterns, laughter and tactful music float by from time to time, thousands of lamps, thousands of lights, walking and stopping, colorful, gradually merging into the sea of lights.

Climb high and look into the distance, and the eyes are as bright as the Milky Way.

Several well-known streets in Jiatong City are full of people and lively.

For example, Santai Street, both sides of the street are full of small vendors who come out to do business during the Shangyuan Festival, selling lanterns, charades, masks, groceries and all kinds of gadgets, and there are steaming snack stalls, and the fragrance spreads far and wide.

The dignitaries or dignitaries rode horses or sat in sedan chairs, or in groups of three or five, or with their families......

The lantern tower built by the Anguo Mansion is only more than ten zhang away from the royal lantern tower.

The dragon flies and the phoenix dances in the royal light tower, on the top of the eaves is a golden coiling dragon, the dragon's eye is inlaid by two fist-sized night pearls, I don't know because of the hot steam, or the wind is strong in the high place, the two beads keep rotating in the high place.

The dragon is on the top, the phoenix is on the bottom, and the beams and pillars around are the hundred birds of the dynasty, plus the bottom circle is placed with an eight-sided painting screen lamp, which displays the "Eight Verses of the Great Chong", which is beautiful and exquisitely designed.

Even so, the lantern tower of the Anguo Mansion is not inferior to it in the slightest, except that it is slightly shorter to show respect.

Duchess Anguo Da Wu was surrounded by a group of life-saving women, supporting her mother Wu Jiang with one hand.

Mrs. Jiang is the wife of Taishi Wu Deshui, and she is already in her sixties. gave birth to four sons and two daughters for the Wu family, and the current queen Xiao Wu is her old daughter.

On one side of Jiang Lao Taijun is the Great Wu family, and on the other side is Wu Feng's wife Zhou.

It is said that Wu Feng was assassinated a few years ago. Luckily picked up a life, according to Yan Bai's disciples, he needed to stay in bed for at least half a year, and after the injury was healed, he was afraid that he would not be able to work and sit for a long time.

This year, the Wu family made a lot of trouble because of this incident, and it was much more deserted than usual, and there was no time to prepare for many things, and they were not in the mood to buy a lantern tower on the Shangyuan Festival.

Da Wu beckoned his mother's family to watch the lanterns together. The old lady has always loved her daughter, and she didn't want to be absent from the lantern festival on the night of the Yuan Festival to cause people to gloat behind her back, so she led the female dependents of the family out.

It just so happened that Mrs. Wu was going to accompany the emperor to come over to enjoy the lanterns. The queen will also accompany her, and she can also meet the little girl.

On the other side of the Great Wu family is Lin Shinan's wife, Lin Wu, who comes from the side branch of the Wu family and has always been close to the Wu Deshui family.

Next to Zhou is Da Wu's sister-in-law. An Guogong's sister-in-law, Pingnanhou's wife, Liang Yun.

These are all their own people. As for the wives who followed behind, most of them were wives of fourth- and fifth-rank officials, and they all came and went with the Wu family often.

In the evening, the steward of Jiang Xianyan's house reported that Mrs. Jiang was tired from watching the lanterns last night, and she was unwell today, and Mrs. Jiang needed to be sick at night, and she had to miss the lantern festival at night, which was a common thing. Da Wu is also used to it, and politely said that she and her sister-in-law will go to Jiangfu to visit the old lady tomorrow.

Although there are also passers-by and vendors admiring the lanterns around the lantern tower. But there are forbidden troops staring around, coupled with the deterrence of the guards at the gate of the Guogong Mansion, the vendors are afraid of causing trouble, and they are far away without waiting to be driven away, and most of the ordinary people watch from afar, and occasionally there are closer, and they are also going to the "Eight Verses of the Great Chong", and they quickly leave.

Mrs. Jiang was well maintained and looked in good spirits, she slowly approached, looked at the lantern tower of the Anguo Mansion, and said with a smile: "Oh, who came up with these lights, they are really beautiful and auspicious, and they have to be appreciated." ”

The lantern tower of Anguo Mansion looks like a four-corner pavilion, a pearl on the top of the pavilion, from the four corners of the eaves hang down a string of gold and silver small round lanterns, from a distance to see the dazzling, both like a crown, and like a Lingxiao flower.

The pavilion is separated on all sides by screens, each with a different backdrop, and a large portrait lamp stands.

The lamp was lit in the belly of the figure, reflecting the whole body of those cute dummies, so that people could not take their eyes off.

The strange old lady praised and said auspicious, these four sides are "the blessing of the gods", "the blessing of the official family", "the accumulation of goodness and longevity", and "the joy of harmony".

Da Wu smiled and said quite proudly: "Don't hide it from your mother, it's Xu'er." ”

Liang Xu, the son of Anguo Gong, will be twelve years old during the New Year, and he is naughty all day long, and he is the heart and soul of the Da Wu family.

The old lady sighed twice, she also loved this grandson very much.

Liang Yun on the side didn't dare to offend the Wu family, especially the sister-in-law who had a queen's sister, who smiled and flattered on the side, and praised the little demon star in the sky and not in the ground.

After listening to it with a smile, Da Wu turned his head and said to Lin Wu on the side: "Aunt Seven, your little grandson's name is Nianbei, right?" ”

Lin Wu smiled: "Yes, his grandfather and his father are not at home all the year round, and they are very skinny." ”

Lin Shinan was a military general, and several sons followed him to fight outside.

The old lady asked with concern: "I heard that he was enlightened the year before last, and worshiped Mr. Zhang Suiming and Mr. Zhang as his teacher, and the grandson of General Lin is going to abandon martial arts and literature?" ”

Lin Wu smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang is just putting a name on his grandfather's face, but it is really because that kid is not enlightened, and the gentlemen who invited him said that rotten wood cannot be carved, so there is no way to trouble Mr. Zhang." I'm afraid that he will grow up to become a gentleman, and he will discredit the Lin family if he can't do anything. ”

The old lady stretched out her arm and went out, patted her hand, and said, "The child is still young, don't worry, the Lin family is full of tiger generals, and this one will definitely not be bad." ”

Da Wu said with a smile: "A few years ago, the queen mother just found a martial arts master for Xu'er, who is the first apprentice of Gaoyang Laosuo, you ask General Lin, after the Shangyuan Festival, it is better to send Nianbei to live with me for a few days, one is to ask Xu'er to be close to him, and besides, maybe he will be interested in watching Xu'er practice martial arts." ”

Lin Wu nodded: "Okay." I'll thank you first......"

While speaking, the first-class guest of the Anguo Mansion came to report something.

Da Wu's henchman and grandmother listened, smiled all over her face, and approached the old lady and Da Wu to reply: "Old Taijun, madam, long live the lord has already left the imperial city, saying that the queen is accompanied by the queen's mother, and the old lady, the grandfather of the country and a cadre of ministers are all accompanying him, by the way." General Lin was also there. ”

Da Wu smiled, glanced at his mother, and asked in a low voice, "The concubine is not together, right?" ”

The grandmother specially confirmed. Busy said: "No, it's the same as what was said in the palace before, the concubine is sick." ”

Da Wu sneered slightly: "I'm afraid it's a heart disease, I'm used to holding it in the palm of my hand, and I can't stand the slightest cold." ”

Why? The Great Wu clan had just gotten a message from the palace, and the Chen family had captured a few courtesans from the Liang Dynasty from the Washe a few years later, not to say that they were spies of the Liang State. So that the Great Wu Clan's good plan did not get a chance to be used, but Chen Guifei did not please it, and this matter quickly reached the ears of Emperor Liang Xi. Liang Xi has a problem, he loves to get acquainted with these strange people in poetry and songs, and when he hears it, he doesn't care if he is a spy or not, and he immediately announces it.

You're a half-aged. But there is a stunning female apprentice who has not yet had time to appear on stage. It is said that Chen Guifei's appearance is compared with this woman, which is really like a pheasant and a phoenix.

It happened that Concubine Chen was pregnant and could not serve the emperor, so Liang Xi had stayed in the palace where the woman lived for two consecutive days.

The old lady's face was solemn: "In the end, she is pregnant." When did the saint and his entourage come to Santai Street? ”

The grandmother said: "Long live the Lord first in the Yudao Street to enjoy the lanterns, how can you come to the change, the old lady rest assured, the people below are staring at it." ”

The old lady nodded with satisfaction.

This year, four light towers were built in the palace, and the largest one was on the royal road street that came out of the imperial city. It is said that after visiting Yudao Street, it is time to come here, but it is not excluded that Emperor Tianyu has a whim. The route was temporarily changed.

At this time, the sound of drums was heard from afar.

One more.

The lantern team crossed the street, noisy like a long queue.

The guards of the Anguo Mansion had already prepared and escorted the nobles to the lantern viewing pavilion on the side.

This pavilion was built three years ago, the location is excellent, the vision is broad, the pavilion is partial and sheltered from the wind is not so cold, so it has not been demolished after completion, every year at this time for the dignitaries to enjoy the lanterns tired and rest.

Everywhere in the lantern team, there are always many good deeds to follow and frolic, and even if there are soldiers and guards watching near the two lantern towers, there is little chaos.

A group of women condescendingly waited for these hundreds of people to hula over, Lin Wu suddenly stood up, rubbed his eyes, pointed downstairs and asked the big girl beside him: "Take a look, is that Nianbei?" ”

The maid was also startled, and following what she was hoping for, she lost her voice and said, "It seems that it is really Young Master Sun." ”

There was a six- or seven-year-old little fat man in the crowd, wearing a mask on his face, and he was reluctantly following the butt of the lamp team, although he couldn't see his face, but no matter whether he was round or dressed, he looked like Lin Shinan's grandson Lin Nianbei.

Lin Wu covered his heart and almost fainted: "It's just too nonsense, when did this kid sneak out, he still made up, and he was not afraid of being squeezed and stepped on." ”

The eldest maid hurriedly held her up: "Don't worry, madam, I see that Young Master Sun is surrounded by guards from our mansion." Most of them didn't sneak out. ”

Lin Wu was in a hurry just now, didn't pay attention, and said, "That's not good." Get a few men and bring him here, for tonight he will be next to me, and he will not go anywhere. ”

All the ladies next to her laughed when they heard this, and the old lady ordered to call her own guards to help.

At this moment, there was a commotion from the side of the Imperial Lantern Tower.

There was little movement and quickly subsided.

Everyone was condescending at this time, just in full view.

The women didn't know what to do, and the captain of the guard of the Anguo Mansion, who was responsible for protecting everyone, reacted first and sent someone over to inquire.

Wu Jiaquan leaned towards the government and the opposition, and the generals of the forbidden army in charge over there did not dare to hide it, so they told the truth.

The captain of the guard soon came to me with a strange face, and reported a strange thing to the old lady and the ladies.

It turned out that in the chaos just now, I don't know who was so bold, took advantage of the unpreparedness of the forbidden army to take away the first sheet of "The Eight Verses of the Great Chong".

It's just a stealing of paintings, and they even steal beams and change pillars, and replace them with a strange painting.

At this time, the forbidden army was investigating the matter and quietly controlling all the people who admired the lanterns near the Imperial Lantern Tower.

The generals in charge were in a hurry to sweat, "The Eight Verses of the Great Chong" is not necessarily worth much, although the painter is a national hand, but everyone is still alive, and who dares to buy this kind of painting, the palace just wants to have fun with the people, please a good fortune, no one thought that there is really such a thief in the world who is not afraid of death.

After a while, the saint came to watch the lanterns, and the good painting disappeared, and I couldn't hide this thing if I wanted to.

When the women heard this, they became interested.

I didn't expect to come out to enjoy the lanterns, and I could encounter such a thing.

Everyone is curious, and even if someone asks for it, they want to go over and see the painting left by the thief.

The imperial lantern tower is only more than ten zhang away, and the forbidden army dares to stop the ordinary people, but they dare not stop the people of the Wu family.

They had already admired "Eight Verses of the Great Chong", and at this time they saw that one of the paintings had been transferred.

As for the painting that was replaced......

Liang Yun speculated: "Could it be that the mystery of this person's stealing painting is on this painting?" ”

Not only does she think so, but there are many people who think the same way.

Although there are only black and white silhouettes in this painting, the characters and scenes are clearly expressed.

The faces of many women changed slightly, and they could see at a glance that the painting was a huge funeral, but they were too unlucky to say it.

The only old lady had dazzled eyes and couldn't see clearly, so she asked her daughter-in-law on the side: "What's on it?" ”

Zhou hesitated for a moment, and avoided the important lightly: "It seems that a little girl is drawn, and I don't know which young lady is losing her temper." ”

The women watched for a long time, but they didn't see the doorway, and came back with a lot of confusion, and the official wives behind them were still whispering.

At this time, there was a doorman from the Anguo Mansion who came over with a difficult face, stood a few feet away, looked around quickly, and called a steward to go over.

The two had only spoken a few words, and the steward's face changed slightly, and he took a letter from the guest's hand.

Seeing him like that, it was like taking a hot potato, he hesitated for a long time with the letter, found a vacancy, and called away the henchman of the Da Wu family.

After a pause, the grandmother came back, leaned into Da Wu's ear, and whispered, "Madam, I don't know who sent you a letter." ”

Da Wu was stunned when he heard this.

Not all messy letters can be delivered to her, how many years has Mama followed her, she can't wait for a moment, there is obviously a hidden secret.

Sure enough, the grandmother whispered again: "The person who sent the letter still has a few words, he said that the painting just now was just a reminder to Mrs. You, time is like a white horse, more than ten years have passed, I don't know if you still remember the old people in Xiangchun Garden." ”

Da Wu didn't think of the word "Xiangchunyuan" for a while, frowned for a moment, his body shook suddenly, and his face changed suddenly: "Impossible!" ”

Her master and servant whispered in front of everyone, which attracted people's attention, and the old lady asked with concern: "What's wrong?" ”

Da Wu Shiqiang smiled and said: "Mother, it's okay, a few juniors in the family quietly ran out to enjoy the lanterns." ”

The old lady smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Da Wu took the grandmother to the side, and said in a solemn tone: "What the hell is going on?" Can people stay? (To be continued......)

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