Chapter Eighty-Three: The Flower Market Lights Like Daylight
Chen Jialuo put his arm around Li Yuanzhi's shoulder, "Today is the Shangyuan Festival, let's go out to see the lanterns!" At this time, Shangyuan Festival is similar to Valentine's Day in later generations, and it is a day for young men and women to have a tryst with their lovers.
"Hmm." , Li Yuanzhi replied softly, both of them have been taught by famous teachers, needless to say, hand in hand fell silently from the window, and a few ups and downs came out of the Admiral's Mansion.
Hangzhou is the most famous is the West Lake, this Shangyuan lantern exhibition is placed on the edge of the West Lake, at this time the lake is full of sheng songs, light palace lanterns, endless prosperous scenes, charming scenery. I saw more than 20 flower boats coming and going slowly on the water, and the boats were full of gauze tents and silk lanterns. When I looked closely, I saw that the lights were densely stabbed with pinholes, some of them were amazing by Zhang Sheng, and some were Liniang visiting the garden. There are also some boats tied with silk silk into flowers, grasses, insects and fish, and oil lamps are lit in the middle, which is exquisitely conceived and extremely ingenious.
The sound of gongs and drums, the sound of silk and bamboo. One by one, fireworks and meteors shot into the sky, shining brilliantly, and then snorted and fell into the lake. At first, there were some auspicious fireworks that sang praises of virtue such as "Yongqing Shengping", "Guotai Min'an", and "Ten Thousand Years of the Son of Heaven", which were put by the people in the government in order to praise Qianlong, and then came "Crowds of Flowers for Beauty", "Clusters of Warbler Flowers" and other romantic names.
There are countless lanterns densely tied on the side of the lake shore road, and the crowds of people are surging in front of the lanterns, and countless young men and women are wandering among them, with their eyes flowing and their eyebrows showing affection, and they are indescribably romantic; There is also the scoundrel splashing in the crowd squeezing around, rubbing around the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, and occasionally the wolf-like deep resentful woman not only did not avoid but also took the initiative to stick up, splashing skin was overjoyed at the moment, dragging the woman into the bushes next to her, **out of control, it can be regarded as a good thing.
Li Yuanzhi grew up in the northwest, but it was the first time she saw the light and shadow, the water color, and the sound of oars, so she couldn't help but praise, "This Jiangnan scenery is really extraordinary." ”
Although there are many people in Shangyuan Lantern, there are not many outstanding women like Li Yuanzhi, Chen Jialuo was about to answer and suddenly there was a sound of poetry behind him, "The fire tree and silver flowers are closed, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened." The dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. As soon as the words fell, a young man dressed as a scribe squeezed in front of Li Yuanzhi, and regardless of the current cold, he opened the folding fan and shook it, "The girl is not a local, right?" Why don't you introduce the beautiful scenery of this West Lake to the girl? ”
Li Yuanzhi was amused by his funny appearance and giggled, turned around and took Chen Jialuo's hand, "Brother Chen, let's go ahead and see the lantern riddle!" ”
"Okay, since Sister Yuan Zhi likes it, there is no reason to follow it." The two of them ignored the scribe and crowded in front of the lantern with riddles.
"Childe, as long as you guess the riddle hanging on this lamp, this lantern will be given to you!" The old man who was waiting by the lantern introduced that there were large and small exquisitely made lanterns hanging behind him, and there were fairies and ghosts, talented and beautiful women, flowers, birds, fish and insects.
"Sister Yuan Zhi, do you like that? I'll win it for you! Chen Jialuo pulled Li Yuanzhi in front of him to protect her from being squeezed.
"This peony is so beautiful, I don't like it; The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl only see each other once a year, and I don't like it either. Li Yuanzhi looked at the lanterns one by one, and finally stopped in front of the three heroes of the wind and dust, "I want this!" ”
The Red Whisk Girl was born in the mansion of Yang Su, a high-ranking official of the Sui Dynasty, and later fell in love with the young talent Li Jing, who escaped from the mansion and eloped with him. Chen Jialuo walked to the lamp quietly, and there were three small notes hanging on the lamp, on which were written three specious ancient poems: the peacock flew southeast, the newcomer left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the song must be indulged in wine at night.
"Childe, these three riddles each hide three ancient poems, you have to answer all three correctly to take away this lantern!" , The old man's face was pale, obviously these three lantern riddles stumped many people.
"It's not that hard!" , Chen Jialuo pointed to the note with peacocks flying southeast and asked, "The mystery of this is that there are high-rise buildings in the northwest?" ”
"Why are there tall buildings in the northwest?" , Li Yuanzhi has also studied with Lu Feiqing for many years, and she has read these two poems before, but she has not associated them together.
"You see this mystery is that the peacock flies southeast, so why does the peacock fly southeast? And not to the northwest? Thinking about it like this, the answer comes out, isn't it because there are high-rise buildings in the northwest that peacocks can't fly over? Chen Jialuo explained.
"Oh~ I see!" , It's easy to guess the trick and find the trick, Li Yuanzhi looked at the second one, "The newcomer leaves the Yellow Crane Tower?" Originally, it was the old man who left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, why did he change it to a new person? I know the answer to this, old man, the mystery is that there is no one in Yangguan in the west? ”
"That's exactly what Miss said!" , the old man applauded, "There is still one one left, guess and take the lamp away!" ”
"This one is simpler, you have to indulge in singing and drinking during the day, and the day has become night, why not indulge in wine during the day? Because the day is in the mountains, right? After Li Yuanzhi finished speaking, she clasped her hands and looked at the old man.
"Thank you, Elder!" , Li Yuanzhi took the lantern from the old man's hand after a blessing, and brought the lantern in front of Chen Jialuo, "Brother Chen, do you look good?" ”
"Although this red whisk girl is beautiful and moving, she is still not as good as Yuan Zhi girl!" , Watching the beauty under the lamp is not interesting, Chen Jialuo couldn't help but laugh.
"I can say some coaxing words, a manly man, and I am not ashamed!" , Now it's not as good as just now, there are people everywhere by this West Lake, and Chen Jialuo's words don't know how many people heard them, Li Yuanzhi suddenly blushed.
"Ruthless may not be a hero! What's more, I'm telling the truth! Chen Jialuo spread out his hands and made an innocent look.
The two of them walked in the direction of the moon in the three pools along the flow of people, and Li Yuanzhi carefully guarded the lantern to prevent it from being touched by pedestrians, "It's a pity that there are no Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and there are no Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min." ”
"If you like, I'll make a pair for you next year!" , Chen Jialuo pulled Li Yuanzhi to no one's place, found a clean stone and sat down, Li Yuanzhi answered gently, and the two stopped talking and quietly looked at the moon in the sky and the painting boat on the lake
In the middle of the moon, Li Yuanzhi said softly, "It's not too early, it's time for me to go home!" ”
"I'll send you back!" , Chen Jialuo took Li Yuanzhi's little hand, and the two of them carried light skills and swept through the houses and returned to Li Yuanzhi's boudoir, "Go to bed early, I'll come back to see you after a while." ”
After speaking, he walked to the window and was about to leave, when a warm body hugged him from behind.