Shangyuan Festival is the most important festival of the Lanhe Empire, and it is also the most lively day of the year: although the imperial capital has long opened a curfew, only the night of the Shangyuan Festival will be as bright as day. On this day, almost all the people in the imperial capital city will come to the banks of the Lanshui River, dressed in new cotton clothes, for a walk. Even the royal family is no exception, Lin Haoyan will come out of the deep palace that night and embark on a cruise ship under the heavy protection of the imperial guards.

Eating Lantern Festival is also the traditional habit of Lanhe people, poor people, eat at home and then come out, and people with good family will choose to sell Lantern Festival by Lanshui shop to enjoy it. Therefore, at this time of the year, the merchants will make a lot of money, the merchants will pursue profits, and the court will also work hard for them, so they will also turn a blind eye to the sharp price increase, but it is stipulated that the increase cannot exceed 50% of the price on weekdays.

In a small bungalow in the west of the imperial capital, a girl in a white brocade robe was tasting a bowl of Lantern Festival, her hands were very white, like her clothes, and behind her knelt three women who were also dressed in white robes, and an old man, it turned out to be Si Boluo! No one knew why these people were here, not even the owner of the bungalow, but even so they brought out their best dishes and chopsticks to entertain this distinguished guest.

Even the best dishes and chopsticks in the house were so out of place with the girl that they didn't even compare to the price of a button on her dress. But the girl had a great time, and it was the first time she had tasted the food, which the Lanhe people called "Lantern Festival". She thought for a moment and handed the remaining half bowl of Lantern Festival to a middle-aged woman kneeling in the middle, "Mother, you can taste it too!" ”。

The middle-aged woman was very moved, and was about to pick up the bowl of Lantern Festival with both hands, but found a cold gaze behind her, it was Si Boluo.

"Holy Maiden, the old slave is no longer needed." The middle-aged woman hurriedly fell to the ground again.

"Bishop, can't my mother eat this bowl of Lantern Festival?" The girl knew that this was a gesture from Siboro, and her tone became slightly displeased.

"Naturally, it's okay, Holy Maiden, the subordinates have already set up a feast in the Moon Worship Tower, you don't have to eat so much now." Siboro didn't dare to disobey her, and laughed on the side.

"Come on...... Mother. The girl squatted down to help her young but old-looking mother, and personally fed the Lantern Festival in the bowl into her mother's mouth one by one with a spoon.

The middle-aged woman was moved to tears, but immediately knelt down again and bowed, "Thank you for your grace!" ”

The girl was very disgusted by this kind of behavior, but she couldn't change it, so she had to sigh deeply, she didn't understand why she was a saint of the Holy Cross, why her mother's status was so low?

When the girl turned around, she was smiling, "Thank you for your hospitality, it's delicious!" ”

"May there be no more suffering in the world, and may you always be with God!" The girl chanted a holy word. Somewhere, Sboro took out a glass bottle and offered it to the owner of the bungalow with both hands: "Thank you for being with God!" ”

The glass bottle contained the "holy water" of the Holy Cult of the Cross, and then a small gold brick was rewarded, and the girl was led away with the gratitude of the owner.

Zhao Fu is also on the bank of the Lanshui River at the moment - as a newly sealed town guard, Zhao Fu wants to return to the imperial capital as an official listening, and the western expedition is approaching, Zhao Fu had to rush to the imperial capital on the Shangyuan Festival. Accompanying Zhao Fu were Zheng Yuan and Lin Hanyu, and Qin Zhirou was going to reunite with her family, which made Zhao Fu a little excited.

Zheng Yuan said very little, and he had been silently following behind Zhao Fu and Lin Hanyu like a domestic servant, and Lin Hanyu and Zheng Yuan were just the opposite, Lin Hanyu had been chattering with Zhao Fu about the scenes and things in the imperial capital, and even the allusions to Lanshui had been told several times.

With such a good scenery and such a good season, why is there this big man around? Zhao Fu thought that if he walked along the Lanshui River with Qin Zhirou, what a good scenery he would have.

"You see, the Moon Worship Tower in front is the highest restaurant on the edge of Lanshui, and this is the place where the real money is spent." Lin Hanyu interrupted Zhao Fu's beautiful reverie about Qin Zhirou again.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time to worship the moon." Lin Haoyan's cruise ship can already see the Moon Tower.

"Holy Maiden, there are a lot of people upstairs, so it's better to change your clothes first and then go up." Sboro suggested on the side.

"Brother Night Wolf, you're really lazy." Zhao Fu shook his head lightly and pointed to several men in ordinary clothes who were mixed in the crowd, although they didn't seem to know each other, their movements were very compatible.

"It's an assassin!" The Night Wolf Force has also played assassination, and after being pointed out by Zhao Fu, Lin Hanyu naturally realized it immediately, and affirmed it in a low voice.

"Anyway, the target isn't us, let's go ahead and take a look." Zhao Fu was interested, and Lin Hanyu also nodded, although the security of the imperial capital was not the turn of the night wolf, but after all, he was a royal family, so he naturally hoped that the imperial capital would be safe.

"Let's get ready for the fireworks." Lin Haoyan sat on the cruise ship and ordered. Shangyuan Festival fireworks is already a custom, at this time of year symbolizes the huge cruise ship of the royal family will keep setting off fireworks, although the imperial capital is prosperous, but the buildings are generally not high, so almost every corner of the imperial capital can see fireworks, which is also the reason why the Shangyuan Festival will be so lively - nearly an hour of fireworks continue to bloom in the sky, whether it is a talented person studying or a lover in love will not let go of this unique scenery of the imperial capital

"Holy Maiden, my subordinates still have something to do, so I will retire first." Sboro sent the girl to the top floor of the Moon Worship Tower, and then retired. I have to say that the Moon Worship Tower is really high in this era, with seven floors.

Zhao Fu and Lin Hanyu followed those assassins into the Moon Tower, although they did not see the murder weapon, but they were more certain - this is simply too obvious, even Lin Hanyu and Zhao Fu dressed so luxuriously that they needed to check their identities before they could enter, and those people actually drove straight into the house without hindrance.

"Probably ready to start when the fireworks are set off!" Lin Hanyu came to a conclusion, and the three of them came to the seventh floor of the Moon Worship Building, and sure enough, this is not only a place to enjoy the scenery, but also a place to ask for their lives!

There were not many people on the seventh floor, so those assassins did not dare to come directly to the seventh floor, but stayed on the sixth floor, which had a relatively large number of people.

Zhao Fu also saw the girl sitting by the fence at a glance, because it was extremely abrupt for such a person to appear here. It was a girl who should not have appeared in the mortal world, her face was beautiful and serene, her long pale blonde hair was spread on her back, and most importantly, her temperament, there was a hint of holy rhyme between her hands and feet.

Zhao Fu turned around and asked Lin Hanyu with puzzled eyes, and Lin Hanyu immediately shook his head.

"There's a half-blood princess in your palace?"

"No, no."

Zhao Fu felt that in this era, the only one who could have such a look was probably the princess who lived in the palace. But the princess-like girl in front of her frowned, as if what was in front of her was not a delicacy but a dead mouse.

"Mother, why wouldn't the bishop want me to continue my mission?" The girl asked.

"Holy Maiden, this bishop should have his own ideas." The middle-aged woman replied carefully.

The girl continued to sigh, she really didn't know why the people around her were like this, and even her mother didn't dare to say a few more words to herself, so she had to call them all to the table, and she was not allowed to stand stupidly in the back.

"Come on, come on, eat them all, I'm sure I won't be able to eat so much." Although the girl said this, she didn't have the slightest awareness of moving her chopsticks, she just held her face with both hands, urging her mother and the two female officials who followed her to eat.

The middle-aged woman refused to use chopsticks, looking at her daughter, she was very proud, not only because of her beautiful appearance, but also because of the kind heart she had. There is no doubt that his own daughter is the best choice for the Holy Religion, but ...... The middle-aged woman remembered the real holy religion she had seen...... It's not a holy religion, it's just a hell.

The middle-aged woman left her seat and knelt down, "Two sisters, I have something to say to my children, I hope you can step back for the time being!" ”

"However, our task is to take care of ......," one of them said in Chinese with a strange accent.

"But ah, you always need to rest, don't you want to go to the bathroom?" The girl smiled and gave the order in an unquestioning tone: "There will be a quarter of an hour before the fireworks will be set off, and you will come up again then." ”

"Yes." The two didn't want to go against the saint's thoughts, so they agreed to come down and retreat, there was only one passage up and down the moon worship building, and they were not afraid that their saint would slip away quietly.

The middle-aged woman was so excited when she saw that the two people from the Holy Sect who had come down to take care of the actual surveillance were gone, and she wanted to touch her child properly, but she found that her hands were no longer like before, and her hands were now covered with calluses because of the rough work they had done all year round. She could only hold her child tightly into her arms, her body trembling because of this long-lost feeling, how many years, how many years had she not held her own child?

The girl was very well-behaved in her mother's arms, and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, "Mother, you see, how full the moon is tonight. ”

The middle-aged woman rarely smiled, even though it was not pretty, and nodded again and again.

"Those nasty people are gone, mother, what you want to say to your daughter can be said now." The girl looked at her mother's smile with pity.

"Run! Escape! Don't stay in the Holy Cult of the Cross! The middle-aged woman whispered in her daughter's ear with some trepidation and urgency: "Flee to a place where there is no Holy Church of the Cross, find someone to marry and live a good life!" ”

"It's really not good, go to the runway and enter the palace." The middle-aged woman remembered that the Lanhe Empire seemed to be full of churches of the Cross Holy Sect, "It is better to marry Lin Haoyan than to return to the Cross Holy Sect!" ”

"Mother, you haven't told your daughter what my name is, who you really are, and who my father is."

"You don't have a name yet, when I was a child, I had a nickname called Lingling, I am the daughter of Xu Shiyuan, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, you will have my surname, and you will be called Xu Lingling in the future...... As for your father...... It is His Majesty the Pope. ”