"The three evils of the rivers and lakes?" Qing Feng frowned a little suspiciously, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked, "What did Childe say about the three evils of the rivers and lakes a few years ago?" But weren't they already arrested and put in prison? ”

Shen Qian walked in front and sneered, "Can the prison lock them up?" However, they are also seriously injured in prison, otherwise they would not have been caught so easily. ”

The master and servant left Nanyuan, and the sound of firecrackers sounded one after another outside, it was every household welcoming the New Year, and the new year was finally coming.

The New Year is spent in a busy way, Meng Xiaoran is in the small kitchen, and she has to prepare many snacks every day, because there are constantly guests in the house who come to visit Chen, so she naturally has to be busy, and often has to prepare lunch.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Chen understood that she had been working hard in the first month, so he gave her a holiday early and let her and Xiaocui go to the street to visit the lantern festival at night.

Meng Xiaoran was nothing, but Xiaocui was very happy, so the two bathed and changed their clothes early, changed into new winter clothes, and went out as soon as it was dark.

As soon as the two walked out of the alley, they felt the liveliness of the street, with lanterns hanging everywhere on the street, and the whole street was brilliantly lit, and people came and went.

Xiaocui looked left and right, like a child who had never seen the world, Meng Xiaoran held her hand tightly, for fear that she would be lost.

Even if it is cold, the young girls on the street are dressed very beautifully, and they have changed into fashionable ** clothes early, and they are covered with thick cloaks, which has a unique charm.

The two bought a lot of snacks on the street, ate so much that Xiaocui touched her stomach, looked at Meng Xiaoran with a smile and said, "Sister, I can't eat anymore, I can't walk anymore." ”

Meng Xiaoran laughed out loud when she heard the words, and the two young and beautiful girls were playing alone on the street, which naturally attracted the attention of some ill-intentioned people, Meng Xiaoran noticed that someone was following them, and immediately grabbed Xiaocui's hand and stepped forward.

But in the end, the two were stopped, and the four young men who didn't look like serious people pulled the two into the alley on the side, Meng Xiaoran hid the frightened and trembling Xiaocui behind him, looked at a few people and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Several people laughed for a while, and one of them laughed and said, "How lonely are the two girls who go to the lantern festival alone, why don't we brothers accompany you?" ”

The obscenity in the tone was disgusting, Meng Xiaoran thought about Xiao Cui behind him, looked at the few people approaching step by step, and finally his heart dropped his hand, but he knocked the four people to the ground in three or two strokes, and then pulled Xiao Cui to run into the middle of the street, running towards a crowded place, and stopped after a long time.

Meng Xiaoran knew that her behavior just now must have made Xiao Cui suspicious, she glanced at Xiao Cui, who was still a little out of breath, and opened her mouth hesitantly, "Xiao Cui ......"

"Sister, you don't have to explain to Xiaocui, Xiaocui only knows that you are my sister, and in Xiaocui's heart, you are as important a relative as her mother."

Meng Xiaoran's heart warmed, touched her head and didn't speak again, the two continued to stroll around the lantern festival, looking at the beautiful and delicate lanterns around, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's so beautiful!" ”

The two finally stopped at the double covered bridge in the city, and there were already many young men and women putting lanterns on the riverbank, and the river was lit up and very beautiful.

"Ruhua, is that you?"

Meng Xiaoran hadn't heard the name "Ruhua" for a long time, so he didn't care about it at first, but suddenly felt that the voice was very familiar, so he turned his head and saw Shen Qian standing not far away in a crimson brocade robe.

She rarely saw him wear this color, but it was even more extraordinary, just when she was stunned, Shen Qian walked up to her and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Cui on the side had already opened her eyes wide, it was the first time she had seen such a handsome and dashing son, and she was better looking than her cousin, Meng Xiaoran couldn't help but hate when she came back to her senses, why did Shen Qian come to join in the fun? Aren't you afraid of revealing stuffing?

She frowned and glared at Shen Qian, and then explained to Xiao Cui, "This is my former neighbor's son. ”

Xiao Cui immediately nodded at him, Shen Qian also nodded slightly, looked at the river bank and said, "Why don't we go and put the river lantern together?" By the way, light the sky lantern. ”

Meng Xiaoran just wanted to refuse, but Xiaocui agreed, "Okay, okay, sister, let's go together, okay?" ”

Meng Xiaoran had no choice but to agree, and the three of them walked down the double covered bridge to the riverbank, bought three river lanterns, asked the seller to borrow a brush and walked to the river, and the three of them took the pen and wrote down their wishes on the paper.

At this time, there were already many delicate lanterns floating on the water, Meng Xiaoran put the written note into a lotus lantern, and then put the lantern on the water, and with a gentle push, the lantern slowly floated away with the current.

Meng Xiaoran looked at the lanterns that were slowly drifting away, and secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that there was really a lamp god in this world, who could let the people he cared about be safe for a lifetime.

Shen Qian looked at the woman beside her, she was different from any other moment before, there seemed to be an indescribable melancholy lingering around her, a touch of coldness was added to her beautiful face, and there was an emotion called heartbeat that quietly bred but was not known.

After putting the river lantern, the three of them went to buy the sky lantern, and one of them stood on one side, each wrote down his heart's wish, and then lit the sky lantern and let it fly to the sky with the good wishes of the three of them.

After putting the river lantern and the sky lantern, the three of them continued to wander on the street, and met a place where many people were gathered together, Xiaocui was a little curious, so she pulled Meng Xiaoran and walked over, it turned out that she was guessing the lantern riddle, and if you guess correctly, you can get the most beautiful glass lantern.

Meng Xiaoran looked up, and instantly saw the glazed lantern hanging in the middle, the lamp surface is made of colored glass, the appearance of the mandarin duck playing in the water, very exquisite, no wonder so many people gather here, it is really a good color!

She looked at the note hanging in front of her again, with dense words written on it, and she read it carefully:

Flowers fly and flowers fall all over the sky, and love comes and goes

The geese go and the geese return to the geese, and the tide rises and falls without sleep

In the middle of the night, the moon is bright and dreamy, and it is difficult to stay a daughter

If you say that life is bitter, why is it difficult to break lovesickness.

Typing eight words, what kind of riddle is this? Meng Xiaoran frowned, then shook his head, and looked at the people around him who were all thinking about it, but they all shook their heads, it was really incomprehensible.

Suddenly, a clear male voice came, "Boss, is this mystery floating in a sea of people, haunting dreams?" ”

Meng Xiaoran's heart jumped, and he immediately turned his head, sure enough, it was Lu Ziqing, he was looking in his direction, with a smile on his face, Meng Xiaoran immediately turned his head and ignored him, and suddenly felt that such a scene was a little weird, would she be suspicious of Shen Qian together?

The owner of the lantern shop over there walked out and said with a smile: "Childe, the mystery is exactly these eight words!" ”

Taking advantage of the moment when the boss untied the lantern and handed it to Lu Ziqing, Meng Xiaoran pulled Xiaocui and wanted to leave quickly, but who knew that he was still a step late.

"Miss Green Lady, please stay."

Xiao Cui had already recognized that it was the young master in the house, and when she saw him calling out to Meng Xiaoran, she quickly pulled her around, and the two nodded and saluted him, "Young Master Cousin." ”

Lu Ziqing looked at them with the glass lantern in his hand, and at this time, the people on the side asked, "This son, can you explain to you how this mystery came about?" ”

Lu Ziqing smiled and nodded, "Flowers fly and flowers fall all over the sky, take the meaning and float, love comes and goes, and the meaning is swinging,

The geese go to the geese and return to the geese do not disperse, take the meaning of the person, it is the shape of the meaning of the goose flying, the tide rises and falls, the tide rises and falls, the sea of meaning, the moon dreams of Chanjuan in the middle of the night, the soul of the mind, the daughter is difficult to stay is the red face, take the meaning of the lead, if you say that life is short, take the meaning of the dream, why is it difficult to cut off the lovesickness, take the meaning around, together is these eight words: floating in the sea of people, the soul is haunted by dreams! ”

Everyone suddenly realized and applauded, but Lu Ziqing looked at Meng Xiaoran with deep eyes, Meng Xiaoran was very uncomfortable with his gaze, so he had to lower his head and pretend not to see it.

Lu Ziqing walked to their side at this time and handed over the exquisite lantern, "This lantern will be given to you, it's okay to enjoy it if you have nothing to do." Meng Xiaoran didn't answer, but Lu Ziqing looked at Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui had an epiphany and immediately took it.

"You two go out to the lantern festival alone? It's better to be together, I'm also alone. At this time, Lan Yue behind Lu Ziqing frowned disapprovingly, but could only sigh silently.

Xiao Cui immediately remembered the son just now, looked around, where was Shen Qian's shadow, I don't know when he had left, then he breathed a sigh of relief, if the two sons met, how bad it was, as for why it was not good, only Xiao Cui knew, she looked at the lantern in her hand, and smiled thiefly.

With Lu Ziqing by their side, the two of them were much safer along the way, and they could win a few lanterns from time to time, and in the end, Lanyue and Xiaocui both had several lanterns in their hands, and Meng Xiaoran immediately said: "It's not early, Xiaocui and I are going back, and we will be told if it's late." ”

Lu Ziqing nodded, then turned around and walked straight in the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and found that Meng Xiaoran didn't follow, so he turned around and looked at her strangely, "Didn't you say go back, why don't you leave?" ”

Meng Xiaoran shook his head at him, "Let's go by ourselves, and we won't be with Young Master Cousin." After speaking, he pulled Xiaocui forward and walked straight past Lu Ziqing's side, without stopping at all.

Lu Ziqing looked at her departing back, her face was full of loneliness, Lan Yue stepped forward at this time and whispered in his ear: "Master, it's time to go back." Only then did he come back to his senses, retract his gaze and walk back.

When I returned to Linyuezhai, the courtyard was still quiet, many of the maids had gone out and had not come back, even Chen himself went outside with Liu Yingyuan to enjoy the lanterns, the two went back to the house, Xiaocui put down the lantern in his hand, and the glass lantern was carefully hung on the windowsill.

Meng Xiaoran sat in the room and didn't speak, Xiaocui naturally sensed that something was wrong with her emotions, so she sat beside her and asked softly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

Meng Xiaoran looked at her, shook her head with a smile, only touched her head but didn't speak, but Xiaocui seemed to understand something, and smiled a little thief, "Sister, are you worried about which son to choose?" ”

"What did you say?" Meng Xiaoran looked surprised, not understanding what she meant, but Xiao Cui had a look of "I know" on her face, and smiled, "The son next door before, as well as the cousin young master, are all interested in my sister, both sons are so good, it must be very distressed to be Xiao Cui." ”

Meng Xiaoran couldn't help but smile helplessly, and looked at Xiaocui a little speechlessly, "What are you talking nonsense?" Who told you they were all interested in me? ”

"I can see it myself." Xiao Cui sat on the edge of the table with her hands on her cheeks and said a little proudly.

Meng Xiaoran touched her head, "How old are you, you are still a child, what can you see?" ”