Chapter 524: The Gentleman's Hibiscus Banquet (17)
The deepest part of Dingbo Lake is in the middle of the lake, the whole pavilion is held up by three stone pillars buried deep in the water, and the only way to and from the shore is to take a boat.
Yu Shu was startled when he saw Xue Rui enter the water, there were many male guests who accidentally fell into the water tonight, but which one jumped down by himself like him.
The people standing under the porch were already talking:
"Was it Master Xue who just jumped into the water?"
"Seems like so."
"What's the matter, the pavilion is deep, and I don't see the lanterns, what is he going to do in the water?"
"Ha Luha, Xue Rui is what kind of madness is this." Liu Yi laughed.
Yu Shu pursed his lips and stared intently at the place where Xue Rui went into the water, while worrying, he quickly turned his brain: The hibiscus lantern with a real gold wick has not been found for a long time, it seems that Xue Guifei's test is not so simple, is it possible that it will be hidden under the water?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it became, she couldn't help but make a bitter face, not knowing whether to admire Xue Rui's good brain, or to annoy him for his hard work.
Knowing that Lu Dao wanted to let him take risks, she didn't say that she wanted him to grab the golden jade hibiscus in exchange!
Yu Shu watched Xue Rui jump into the water and didn't float up for a while, he was panicking, and was about to call the nearby sailors to go over to catch people, but there was a flash of white in his sight, and then there was a sound of falling water in the distance!
"Poof!"
"Yikes! Michiko also jumped down! β
The surroundings exclaimed.
Yu Shu was stunned.
In the distance, Zhu Qingjue looked at the splash on the surface of the water and blinked his eyes twice.
Just now. Jingchen flew down on his raft and asked him what had happened.
Because he was unhappy with Xue Rui's slightly contemptuous words before he went into the water, he didn't hide it when he saw that people were coming, and told Jingchen the truth that the lamp might be at the bottom of the lake, and he also wanted to pull someone as a companion to laugh at Xue Rui's recklessness together, so as to prove that it was not him Zhu someone who didn't have the guts.
Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, there was no one in front of him.
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This one by one. What kind of fuss are you going to make! Bully him and don't dare to jump down, right?
Zhu Qingjue's forehead jumped out. Looking at the dark and deep lake, he took a deep breath and plunged into it.
"Poof!"
Once again, exclamations rang out from the bridge.
Later, the people who rushed to the pavilion in the middle of the lake with a raft looked at each other. Guess what's underneath the water. But he hesitated back and forth. No one dared to jump down again.
Yu Shu saw the three men entering the water one after another, and after being surprised, he calmed down. This is to see someone with Xue Rui as a companion, so that there is a little peace of mind.
"Could it be that the hibiscus lantern that the concubine asked someone to find is in the lake?" Miss Ning was suspicious.
Not only her, but many people present thought of this.
Otherwise, Xue Rui Jingchen and the others would have jumped into the lake for nothing.
"At the bottom of the lake? So how do you find it? Xin Liuwei screamed, looked at the secluded lake at night, shrunk his neck, and muttered: "If it were me, I wouldn't go into the water if I was killed, and it was said that there were big fish that ate people in the lake of the Dingbo Pavilion, and every year servants died because of this."
This kind of rumor, in normal times, Yu Shu would not believe half a word, but at this time, he couldn't help but ask Xin Liu: "Really?" β
"It was the prince who said it, and he also said that he had seen that big fish with his own eyes, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, and he could be a foot high in a leap." Xin Liu gestured heartlessly.
Miss Ning had more eyes than her, and when she saw that Yu Shu's face was not good, she hurriedly grabbed Xin Liu's hand and said, "Lord Shi must be joking with you, there is really such a fierce big fish, it has already been caught and killed, how can it be used to do evil here." β
Yu Shu's eyelids jumped, looking at the water under the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, only to feel that after a long time, Xue Rui had not come up, and his worry had become anxious.
But Liu Yi still had to say cool words: "Xue Rui's water nature is average, one year he went out of the palace with his father to observe the people's conditions, Feng Zhaomiao's landlubber fell into the Jade Lion Lake, he was the first to jump in, but the last was pulled ashore by the guards, hehe, he didn't come up for half a day, it shouldn't be that the lamp was not found, and he put people in." β
Yu Shu wanted to kick him into the water.
At this moment, there was finally movement on the surface of the water in the middle of the lake.
"Whoa!"
Someone broke through the water, Yu Shu's eyes widened to distinguish, but someone was sharper than her eyes and called out first.
"It's Zhu Ergongzi!"
Zhu Qingjue followed Wei Shi's example tonight, distributing loose clothes, and climbing onto the raft with his hair scattered, looking like the rain hitting duckweed, and it was easy to recognize when it was wet.
"Let's see if he has a lamp in his hand." Someone shouted.
"I didn't see it, it was empty-handed."
Yu Shu had completely forgotten about the lamp, she grabbed the railing and looked into the distance with trepidation, only watching Xue Rui come out of the water safely.
Miss Ning quietly looked at Yu Shu's nervous appearance, and when she looked at the lake again, she felt more hesitant in her heart.
"Whoa!"
There was another sound of water breaking, and a second person emerged from the water.
Someone on the shore shouted, "It's Daozi!" β
"Look, Daozi seems to be holding something in his hand, did he find the lamp?"
"Xue Gongzi hasn't come up yet, it shouldn't be an accident, right?"
"Shhh
It was too far away, no one could see what Jing Chen was holding in his hand, and Yu Shu didn't care who grabbed the lamp, but Xue Rui, who was the first to go into the water, hadn't come out yet, making her heart sink straight down.
A few sailors floating nearby were gathering towards the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, bringing up layers of water on the surface of the lake, and even several nobles on the other side of the water pavilion were alarmed.
"Ha Luha, it looks like Daozi grabbed the light, and you're going to lose." Liu Yi touched his chin and smiled ill-willedly.
Yu Shu finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and as soon as he turned his gaze, he swept to the empty raft that was pushed up by the sailors on the other bank, and stuffed the sandalwood box with the golden jade hibiscus in his hand into Xin Liu's arms, turned around and walked towards the other side of the bridge.
A long bridge corridor leading to the opposite bank. Yu Shu walked and walked, then trotted up, the wind crossed the bridge, blowing her fluttering skirt, and the crystal beads on her head swayed, making a messy crisp sound.
"Ding", "Ding" -
In an instant, her heart swelled, and she turned her head consciously and looked at the middle of the lake, at the foot of the white pavilion. Ripples in circles. She slowed down, her eyes unblinking.
"Whoa!"
The water burst open, and a dazzling white light surfaced, illuminating the man's wet face. Even his violent gasps. She seemed to hear it.
Moment. It's hard to control yourself.
She paused in her footsteps, froze, and held on to the fence with both hands. Leaning over to the heart of the lake and shouting, "Big brother! β
Xue Rui, who was climbing the raft to breathe fresh air, heard a familiar sound in his ears, quickly turned his head, wiped his face, narrowed his misty eyes, and was a little dizzy, looking for his sweetheart on the brightly lit corridor, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth high, raised his left arm, and revealed that warm light.
Ah Shu, fortunately, he was not dishonored.
Jing Chen withdrew his gloomy gaze from the bridge and looked down at Xue Rui floating on the water, stunned.
Zhu Qingjue looked at the hibiscus lantern in Xue Rui's hand full of night pearls with a tangled expression, thinking about what happened underwater just now-
In fact, the first person to find this lamp under the water was not Xue Rui, who entered the water first, but he who jumped into the water first.
He has excellent water quality, after entering the water, he climbed a stone pillar under the pavilion to sink by force, and when he was halfway down, he found the night pearl lamp fixed on the pillar, and the iron cage with the lamp locked, he tried several times, but he couldn't open it by brute force, so he had to give up, and planned to go to the water to find a way.
Who would have thought that although Xue Rui found this stone pillar one step later than him, he didn't know how to open the locked iron cage!
"Hey," Zhu Qingjue couldn't help but be curious, squatted on the raft, and called Xue Rui: "How did you open the lock on the cage?" β
Xue Rui looked up and smiled at him, looking very good: "Don't you know that there is a thing called a key?" β
Nonsense!
"Where did you find the key?" Why didn't he touch it?
Xue Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, "Probably because I was lucky, I lost my way when I went into the water, and there was a string of things hanging on the pillar that I touched first, I picked it casually, I didn't think it was a key." β
There are three stone pillars under the water, Zhu Qingjue found the one that hid the lamp, Xue Rui found the one that hung the key first, and the third pillar -
Zhu Qingjue turned his head and glanced at the dim lantern that Jing Chen was carrying, and suddenly his mind was balanced.
A few rafts were docked in the middle of the lake, and the few men who didn't dare to go into the water saw that Xue Rui got the light, some were disappointed, some regretted it, said congratulations, and went ashore in frustration.
"Brother Xue, I'll pull you up." The benevolent brother who had supported Xue Rui all night stretched out his hand to Xue Rui with a smile, and a flash of calculation flashed in his eyes.
Xue Rui moved and held his hand.
The man was overjoyed, and planned to pretend to slip and fall into the water, so as to take advantage of the chaos to squeeze the Night Pearl Lantern in Xue Rui's hand into the water, and when the time came, it would be difficult for them to fish it out again.
However, before he could move his feet, a strong force came from his arm, dragging him forwardβ
"Ahh
"Poof!"
The splash splashed high and flew close to Zhu Qingjue's face.
Xue Rui shook his hand, supported the raft and turned over lightly, put the night pearl lamp in his arms, looked back at the man who fell into the water and struggled, and apologized helplessly: "I'm sorry, my hand slipped." β
The man drank several sips of the lake water, and his hands and feet were fluttering together, and he wanted to cry without tears.
Xue Rui also looked grateful, "Brother Lao has contributed tonight, please drink another day, be sure to enjoy the light." β
Then, regardless of whether the person was crying or laughing, Xue Rui flicked his open clothes, stood up with a wet body, faced the cool breeze on the lake, and faced the two equally embarrassed men standing on the opposite raft, held up the real gold wick hibiscus flower surrounded by the night pearl in his hand, smiled toothily, and said indescribably happy: "It's mine." β
The lamp, it's his.
people, but also his. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )