"A Thousand Lights Festival, a Thousand Lights Festival, a good relationship, continue for a thousand years. The red candle is 100 feet high, and the lotus lamp is lit by thousands of people. Thousands of miles of marriage are tied by a thread, and Mu Musi used to be. ”

"Thousand Lights Festival, Thousand Lights Festival, and Qingyou, a total of white heads. The red silk surrounds the bright moon, and the red line holds the king's hand. The lights are nowhere to be found, and I look back. ”

After being told by Gu Yuancheng, he and I finally left the Guogong Mansion and came to the outside of the imperial city, Dongshikou.

As soon as I stepped into this festive place full of red silk, a group of children in new clothes ran hand in hand, singing nursery rhymes between me and Gu Yuancheng, and while running, a handful of colorful petals were sprinkled from the cloth bag that was crossed by them, and the petals fluttered and fluttered, just like people's joy at this time.

"Is this nursery rhyme about the customs of the Thousand Lights Festival?" I couldn't see the jubilation of the festival, but the subtle atmosphere immediately affected me, and now I really regret that my eyes had a problem at this time.

"yes." Gu Yuancheng heard the depression in my mood, and patiently explained, "Thousand Lights Festival, Thousand Lights Festival, make a good relationship, and continue for a thousand years." Because the Thousand Lights Festival in my dynasty not only has the meaning of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters, but also the meaning of the three-life relationship, at this time of year, unmarried young men and women will come to the karma temple to ask for the karma sign, throughout the ages, many good stories are started here. ”

"The rules of the Thousand Lights Festival, all the traders who make a living in the East Market on this day must put two red candles, the red candles must be long enough, and they cannot be extinguished tonight, so it is 'a hundred feet high', as for the 'Lotus Lantern Thousands of Lights', it is a river lantern, but this river lamp must be made by themselves, and then sprinkled with a few drops of pure water by the monks of Yuande Temple, so that it can be put into the prayer river of the East Market this evening."

"Thousands of miles of marriage are tied by a thread, Mu Musi in the past. Is this sentence also about the custom of the Thousand Lights Festival? I asked,

Gu Yuancheng helped me to avoid the surging crowd, and said slowly, "Qianli Marriage is the name of a pavilion here, also known as Beiliu Pavilion, which is specially built for sentient men and women who are separated on this day, and opposite it is a small attic, called a thread, which is built for people who meet again on this day. Whether it's meeting or parting, I think the first thing that comes to mind between the two is the old days. ”

"How do you know? Could it be that Gu Xiang already has a beautiful woman in his heart? "I can't help but joke" I heard that the princess of your country is very beautiful, although she is now in love with Mei Yan, but with Gu Xiang's demeanor and means, she will definitely be able to hold the beauty. ”

Gu Yuancheng didn't deny it immediately, but asked me out loud, "You always say that there are countless girls in the capital who want to tie the knot with you, but I don't know which one makes you fall in love?" ”

Hearing him ask, I had a rare thought about it.

"Hmm..... In general, they are rare beauties, but I don't think their parents are likely to marry them to me. "I hesitated to speak," and my emperor ...... Alas, I only wish he would marry me later, at least for two days of peace. ”

Gu Yuancheng was just curious to ask, but he didn't expect me to answer so seriously, but the more I said it, the more his face sank, and he always felt an indescribable anger in his heart, but no matter what, he couldn't understand why he felt this way.

"Of course, if my emperor has to give me a marriage immediately, I will not disobey the decree, but no matter what, I still hope that my emperor can give me a gentle and virtuous wife." I couldn't see Gu Yuancheng's face, just when he mentioned my heart for many years, I simply said, "I don't have to be how good-looking she is, it doesn't matter if she doesn't look good, I just want her to talk to me softly, walk under the moon together, let's talk about our own hearts, every time I go back late, she can leave me a lamp...... Thinking about it this way, in fact, it is not a bad thing to have a wife, I can guarantee that she is the only one in this life, and I can also guarantee that I will love her, I can accompany her to see the flowing water in the south of the Yangtze River, and I can also go to see the desert smoke, as long as she wants to go and do what she wants to do, I can accompany her. When we have our own child in the future, I will definitely cultivate him well and cast another myth of Qinguo......"

The more I talked, the more excited I became, but the more Gu Yuancheng listened, the more unpleasant it became, and finally he interrupted me coldly, "Shen Qingzhi, where are you from, child?" ”

"Of course it's me and my wife......" I just answered, and suddenly I felt a basin of cold water poured from my head to the soles of my feet.

yes, where did I come from, child?

Gu Yuancheng saw that I was silent, although the strange feeling in his heart disappeared, but suddenly he felt a little unbearable, he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

"The red silk surrounds the bright moon, and the red line holds the king's hand. I think I know the meaning of this sentence by now, but what about the latter sentence? The lights are nowhere to be found, and I look back. I broke the sudden impasse and asked him out loud, "What is this custom?" ”

Gu Yuancheng knew my intentions, so he followed my words and said, "You'll find out later, but you have to be careful not to stay too far away from me." ”

"How far can I ...... away from you" Before I finished speaking, I suddenly felt that a large group of people were rushing in front of me, and the speed was extremely fast, and the sound of various crackling firecrackers and fireworks directly drowned out Gu Yuancheng's voice.

"Green Branches!"

Gu Yuancheng seemed to shout something, and then I felt a tightness around my waist, and the whole person was held in the air and quickly rotated to a safe place, and the large group of people roared directly past me.

"Gu, Gu Yuancheng." I clung to the arm of the man in front of me in horror.

Gu Yuancheng had never seen me like this, and he actually laughed unkindly.

"Gu, Yuan, Cheng!" I was so angry that I punched him and turned around and left.

"Wait, wait." Gu Yuancheng grabbed me.

"Let go, be careful that you're not welcome!" I shook him off. Jiujiu Chinese

"There's a river ahead." Gu Yuancheng said loudly.

The scene of falling into the water suddenly came to mind, and I immediately stopped.

"That is the custom of the Thousand Lights Festival, at this time of year, the officials of the Biancheng government will put on red robes and then quickly parade around the East City, so as to disperse a lot of lovers who meet each other, I believe in the people, if the two are destined, they can find their favorite person in the vast sea of people." Gu Yuancheng stepped forward and explained, "That's why 'the lights are gone, nowhere to be found, and I look back'." ”

"Aren't you afraid that people will be hurt, or that your family will be scattered?" Although I listened to Gu Yuancheng's explanation, I couldn't help but ask.

"The officials elected by the government are all people with good martial arts, and they will not hurt the people at all, and their families will be scattered...... There has long been an unwritten rule of the Thousand Lights Festival, everyone who comes here to play, will agree in advance the place of the meeting, if you don't want to be washed away, you can also take a break in the restaurant or tea pavilion, after all, this is only a moment of effort. Gu Yuancheng didn't seem to want to answer my question, of course, the reason was very simple, because this answer would only make me more angry.

I took two deep breaths of the night cold, and finally couldn't resist fighting him with such a full moon.

"Girl, son, do you want to buy a lantern to put it? These are all the monks of Yuande Temple who have sprinkled pure water, and they are sure that their lovers will eventually become dependents. ”

Gu Yuancheng and I whispered by the river for a while, and in the eyes of others, it was clear that they were a pair of beautiful couples, and the small traders not far from us saw the opportunity and immediately shouted at us.

"Didn't you say that you have to make all the lanterns yourself?" I approached Gu Yuancheng and asked him through gritted teeth.

"That's custom, but you can't rule out some people being opportunistic." Gu Yuancheng shrugged.

"Girl, childe, let's buy a lantern." Some of the vendors noticed us and shouted at us.

"My lanterns are the most beautiful, and you can't find a better one in Dongshi."

"Don't listen to him brag, his lanterns are shoddy, how can they match the identity of the two of you, come and take a look at my lanterns here, high-quality materials, fine craftsmanship."

"Sanniu, if you don't go against me, you feel uncomfortable, right? What's that of yours worth, embarrassed to be embarrassed here? ”

"Who's the, you say? Who's the, you say? Yours is the! ”

"Yours is a!"

"Yours is!"

"Girl, buy ours, the two of them are notoriously unreliable in this area."

"Yes, buy ours, a lotus lamp, an unfinished love in a previous life."

“......”

I listened to the shouts and demolitions, and sighed helplessly, "Let's go, let's try this thing too, maybe it can really have some effect." ”

Gu Yuancheng didn't know why he paused, and then answered.

When those vendors saw us walking towards them, they shouted louder, and all kinds of "match made in heaven", "golden and jade good fate", and even "premature noble sons" came out.

"You Qi people are really interesting." I lowered my voice and said to Gu Yuancheng with a smile.

When Gu Yuancheng heard this, he also chuckled, "Qingzhi, do you think I, a native of Qi State, am interesting?" ”

My cheeks were inexplicably hot, and I pushed him away and shouted to the vendors, "I want a lantern for each of you." ”

Gu Yuancheng looked at me, and suddenly burst out laughing

I heard his laughter, and somehow my embarrassed mood suddenly became happy, this feeling is not unfamiliar, but today seems to be different.

"Yuancheng, I'm going to bother you next." I smiled at him.