Chapter 1: The Night of the Lantern Festival Ten Years Ago
"Master, let's go ahead and have a look!" The person who spoke was excited.
"Hmm!" The person who answered didn't have much emotion in it.
Accompanied by the sound, I only saw two people in front of me and one behind me moving forward, walking briskly. The young man who walked in front looked like he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, although his clothes were plain, but his grace and luxury were extraordinary, his face was handsome, and he did not smile. The man who followed behind was dressed in plain clothes, and at a glance, he could probably guess that he was a master and servant.
This day is the Lantern Festival, the lanterns in the holy city of the four sides stretch for ten miles, people come and go, the princes, nobles and ordinary people gather in the city to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles, a lively scene.
"Master, let's go to the street in front of us and guess the lantern riddle!" A smart voice came, and the joy that could not be concealed between the words.
"Okay, it's rare to go down the mountain once!" The voice of the person who answered was very beautiful, mixed with joy in it, and it was very beautiful.
"That's right, master, what's more, we still begged the master for a long time this time, and his old man allowed him to come out this time, we must have fun, don't get drunk and don't go home!"
"If you don't get drunk, you won't go home, that's not drinking!"
"Little master, anyway, what Xiaoying wants to say is that you can go back only if you have fun!" The person who answered was a little embarrassed.
"Hmph, let you read more! Anyway, have fun today, my brother will arrive later and will come to pick us up and take us home! ”
"Really, great, the young master is here!" The person who answered was very happy.
"Yes, I'll sue you when I come, see if you usually dare to bully me!"
"Ah, little master, it's usually you who serve well?!"
"Hmph, it's not, let's go!"
"Well, okay!"
The two men who spoke, dressed simply and elegantly, did not look like a dignitary, but they did not look like ordinary people. The two men were also slightly different, one was handsome, and the other was a man, but he was somewhat gentle and pleasant, but both seemed very pleasant.
"Congratulations to this boy for guessing right again!" The little second brother shouted loudly, and the people next to him cheered again.
"Do you want to keep guessing, master?"
"What do you say?" The man's face was cold, but there was indeed a look of pride on his face.
"The little master is also rarely happy, so go on!"
"It's rare to be careful, it's not interesting for you to see it, it's better to talk less." The speaker reprimanded softly.
"Yes, it's all Xiaobei's mouth!" Those who answered were respectful.
"Let's see the next one."
"Hmm!"
"I guess, it's a shift!" It was a man with a gentle face who spoke.
"Little master, why?" A heroic man next to him looked puzzled.
"Xiaoying, this lantern riddle is a word guess, a bumper harvest, a bumper harvest is more, and moving, left and right together is not a bumper harvest!" The speaker looked smug.
"yes, I didn't think of that."
"yes, so what are you thinking about that you don't usually read much!?" He laughed very cutely.
"I didn't think about anything." The person who answered was a little embarrassed.
"Then let's move on!"
"Good!"
Guessing the lantern riddle here is getting more and more lively, and more and more people are noticing these two children, although they are not very old, they look like they are more than ten years old, but they are smart, and one by one the mystery is revealed, and more and more people gather around the two children.
"This is a poem, the world is full of fragrant flowers in April, guess the name of a herb." This gentle and lovely man's voice is also very good, and after reading it, the people around him also quieted down, waiting for the boy to say the answer.
"Yes, a cloud!" The man whispered the words.
"How is it a cloud, and what does it have to do with this poem?" The person next to him didn't understand and hurriedly asked.
"A cloud, also known as spring is gone, April is full of flowers, isn't it the end of spring?" It was the man with a somewhat indifferent expression who spoke, although he was not very old, but at a glance he knew that this person was extraordinary, and he must be the son of a prince and nobleman.
"yes, yes, yes!" The people around him suddenly realized and began to praise again.
The gentle and lovely man looked up and saw a handsome man standing in front of him, indifferent, noble, and a little unkind. He didn't mind, smiled sweetly, greeted gently, and left with another man, leaving two slightly embarrassed men standing there.
"Little master, the expressions of those two people just now were a little embarrassed!" Xiaoying said.
"yes, why don't I think." The gentle man pretended not to care, concealing the fact that the handsome man's appearance was deeply seared in his mind at first sight.
"Yo, little master, why are you blushing!" I noticed something unusual.
"How can there be, I'm just too hot, you see, this season that should be cold, it's so hot now, it shouldn't be!"
"Hehe, little master, when has the Quartet Holy City been cold, did those two people just now, especially one of them, stir the heart of our little master?"
"What do you say? Not really! ”
"Seriously, little master, the one just now should be a royal nobleman, looking at his clothes, he must not be an ordinary person!"
"Well, it's true, I just don't know which one?"
"Do you want me to inquire?"
"Don't, be reserved, be reserved. Today, my brother came back to pick us up, and we can see my father and mother, I haven't seen him for a long time. ”
"Also, tell me about it, little master, why does the general's wife have to let you practice in Lingshan?"
"This is also something that can't be helped, my father and mother are away all the year round, I am a girl's family, and my brother can't take care of me, so I can only give it to Master."
"It seems to be too, but it's not, so why don't you let the young master practice!"
"You, aren't you stupid, my brother is a man who must stay at home, and my mother also said that my brother will only spoil me, and only the master and his old man can look down on me!"
"It's true, but I can't put you in the house!"
"What do you say, I'm so bad!"
"The little master is the most well-behaved, and the young master can't control it!"
"Xiaoying, if you talk nonsense again, I'll beat you!"
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, but no matter where the little master is, my Xiaoying will protect it!"
"Oh yes, let's keep playing, have fun and go back!"
"Well, good!" The two chatted for a while, and the figure wandered in the ten-mile Langfang again.
And the two men who were left here were a little embarrassed, and a sudden sneer broke the silence between the two.
"Mobei!" He suddenly got a little angry.
"Master?" Mobei was taken aback.
"It's the first time this king has been left to hang out like this, right?!" Some are unwilling, but they are helpless.
"Uh, yes!" Mobei and this master grew up together and knew each other too well.
"What does this king's face have?!"
"Little master, you don't have to worry about such a trivial matter, right?"
"Mobei, what are you talking about?!" In the end, it was because of his youth, and he was always unwilling to encounter this kind of thing for the first time.
"Didn't say anything, just let's keep walking, shall we?"
"It's also a backbone existence, let's go!" Suddenly, he was relieved.
"Yes!"
"The little master is very skilled!" Only then did he notice that the little master had something in his hand.
"It's a bit boring when you find out!"
"Thank you for the compliment!"
"It's boring, but it's pretty chic." This cold-faced man played with the small object in his hand, which was a heart with a heart, a total of nine sets together, the dark blue was very beautiful, each of which could be turned, under the reflection of the light, with a little faint light, some mysterious, some seductive.
"What is this?" you say. He didn't understand, and this was the first time he had seen him.
"Master, you have stumped me, how can I know so much?" Mobei is also the first time I have seen it.
"And what do you know about following me for so long?"
"Little master, spare me, aren't you trying to embarrass me?"
"Okay, it's not difficult for you, it's almost time to go back, otherwise the concubine should be worried."
"Yes, little master, please."
In this way, the two people in the crowd slowly faded out of everyone's sight.
The identities of these two people are not simple, especially one of them. Speaking of a period of past history, it is said that the Quartet Holy City in five hundred years ago, because of the attack of the evil dragon, the life of the miserable, when the Quartet retainers guarding the Holy City and the evil dragon fought for decades, heavy losses, in desperation, the Quartet retainers sent the only remaining outstanding heroic people to set foot on the legendary Lingshan to find a master outside the world, and under the recommendation of the master, invited the powerful Shui Yue Dragon Clan, under the leadership of the Shui Yue Dragon Clan, defeated the evil dragon, and finally guarded the Quartet Holy City to protect a peaceful place.
In order to show their gratitude to the Dragon Clan, the retainers of the Quartet embraced the Dragon Clan as the holy lord of the Holy City of the Four Directions, and made a contract of life and death to defend the Dragon Clan, guard the Dragon Clan, and guard the Holy City of the Quartet with the lives and honor of the Retainers of the Quartet. Over the past five hundred years, under the leadership of the Dragon Clan, the Holy City of the Four Directions has become stronger and stronger, showing an auspicious situation, singing and dancing, and the foreigners dare not have any intention of aggression, and all the four seas are surrendered here. Although five hundred years have passed, it is not very long according to the age of the dragon clan, especially when the dragon appears in its true body, the auspicious scene of the Sifang City is happy. And the graceful and luxurious person in front of him is the third prince of the Dragon Clan, Long Rui, who is indeed not an ordinary family at a glance. Next to him is his personal guard Mobei, who is also a good young man, who grew up with his little master since he was a child, and swore to defend his little master to the death.
On the night of the Lantern Festival this year, the Holy Lord opened the palace gate, and the whole world celebrated, and more civilians also had the opportunity to see the holy city and see inside and outside the walls of this mysterious palace. According to the custom, after all the rituals are completed, the Holy Lord also allows the princes to walk around in plainclothes and have more contact with the people of the Holy City, which can be regarded as understanding the people's feelings. Of course, it would be better if they were involved in the activities of the common people, and experience the joys of civilian life. For this practice, some of the princes like it, some disdain it, and for the three princes, it is like one more choice can be regarded as a change of mood, maybe they just didn't expect that their supreme dignity was a little offended on the night of the Lantern Festival this year, and it was also a different experience for themselves.