When night fell, Zhao Gou summoned everyone to gather in the center of the mansion, and everyone was all present without exception. With Zhao Gou's order, everyone dressed up and left the county king's mansion, and Zhao Gou also followed in civilian clothes and turned to leave.

At the same time, the Chu Palace's Mansion was also jubilant, and Zhao Yougong, who had not gone out for many years, not only appeared in the court again, but also participated in this year's Qixi Lantern Festival, the biggest news ever. For the happiness of Zhao Yougong, everyone in the house, from the housekeeper to the old servant, wept one after another, and was grateful for Zhao Yougong's actions today.

The door of the mansion opened, and Zhao Gou was waiting outside, seeing that he was neatly dressed, and the image of a handsome son appeared in front of Zhao Gou, which made him stunned for a moment, and teased: "Brother, isn't it a spring heart rippling and wants to get married as soon as possible?" ”

Zhao Yougong glared at Zhao Gou fiercely and ignored it, he had a hard time. When he stepped out of the mansion gate, followed by two guards, the curvature of Zhao Gou's mouth widened again. I thought that my father only sent guards to follow him, but I didn't expect Zhao Yougong to also enjoy such 'treatment', I was really a little surprised.

"The two of you follow, where is there a girl close to the King of Chu, step back three meters!" Zhao Gou spoke out to help Zhao Yougong and resolve his embarrassment. Sure enough, the two guards who didn't change their faces and didn't have any smiles heard this, and they felt that there was some reason, so they naturally stepped back three meters, some distance from the two of them.

"Cousin, what's going on with you?"

Zhao Yougong cried and laughed and whispered: "This is not to blame you, if it weren't for my father hearing that the emperor sent two guards with you, I don't know what he thinks, I was stunned to stuff two guards for me, and these two people came out of the villa, even if they were my orders, they didn't listen to them!" ”

"Cousin, in such a situation, I'm afraid that the younger brother won't be able to be with my brother!" After Zhao Gou heard this, where did he dare to walk side by side with Zhao Yougong, the two guards were supervising Zhao Yougong, if he was with him, he was afraid that his own behavior would be supervised together, and he would not return to the original point at that time, so he didn't think about it, and turned around and slipped away.

No matter how Zhao Yougong shouted, Zhao Gou was stunned and didn't look back, and turned around and left without hesitation.

"It's so unjust! ......" Zhao Yougong looked at Zhao Gou's departing back angrily, and looked at the two people around him with a smile, if it weren't for the fact that these two people were sent by his father, he was afraid that he would have the heart to kill them at this moment.

Zhao Gou slipped away, ignoring Zhao Yougong, and secretly thought: "If you don't leave at this time, when will you stay, it's hard to get rid of the guards sent by my father, if you are with him, I'm afraid there is no difference, and I just want to see how this lantern will be." ”

So, Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougongbing split into two ways, Zhao Gou was unattended, relaxed and comfortable. On the contrary, Zhao Yougong, he is like sitting on pins and needles, if he is not serious, he will be silently remembered by the two guards next to him, and his words and deeds are like acting under the noses of others, which makes him very uncomfortable, but it is difficult to say anything.

On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the weather is warm and the grass and trees are fragrant, which is the day that the girls attach the most importance to. On a clear summer and autumn night, the stars are shining in the sky, a white Milky Way runs through the north and south, and on the east and west banks of the river, there is a shining star each, looking at each other across the river, far away, that is, Altair and Vega.

Zhao Gou raised his head and looked up at the starry sky, and couldn't help sighing: "The veins are opposite, they meet from afar, and the golden wind and jade dew are precious; The misty galaxy, the love of the magpie bridge, the two love for a long time; Slender hands, full of tenderness, the best period is like a dream and now drunk. ”

Without Zhao Yougong and no one else to follow, Zhao Gou was like a kite without the reins, walking everywhere. He won't take a serious look at the woman to see if there is anything he likes, this is not what he should do, so what he said before was just to deal with Zhao Ji and Wei, and even the excuse Zhao Gou had thought about it, so he played seriously without distractions.

The streets and alleys of Bianjing City are full of lights, bustling with pedestrians, all young and beautiful women, as well as women who have just been married, and men who have not yet married, and even men who have married wives have come to join in the fun, making the narrow streets more crowded, but they have not complained at all, but they are full of interest.

The newly married woman was not yet pregnant, so yesterday she bathed and changed her clothes and prayed for an early birth of a precious child. Women who have never been married pray for the blessing of meeting Ruyi Langjun as soon as possible. Today is the Qixi Festival, many unmarried women are dressed up, to participate in this event, everyone dreams of meeting a favorite husband.

The streets and alleys are full of clay figures of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl made by hawkers, and even the lanterns are pasted with the paper of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, as well as selling sugar gourds, rouge and other things, the most is the lantern, the shape is strange, the only constant is made according to the common things in life, such as: watermelon, lotus, gourd and other shapes.

The lanterns were originally used to mourn relatives, but the lanterns put up today are for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl to meet as soon as possible, with a strong sense of blessing and affection. Whether it is a lady, a woman from a famous family, or a daughter of a common people, they will buy a lantern and put it in the moat and let the water go away.

The woman put the river lantern to pray for the wishful husband, and the man put the river lantern to find a wife, Zhao Gou walked to the hawker, stopped for a while, and the vendor shouted to Zhao Gou to buy one, wishing him to find a proud person as soon as possible. Zhao Gou couldn't help but laugh and bought one, spent twice the price than usual, and muttered: "It's worthy of being a businessman, it's really shrewd!" ”

Zhao Gou was stunned there for a while with the lantern and didn't know what to do, he had never participated in such an activity, and he didn't know what to do, so he couldn't throw away the lantern well, or throw it away at will, which was a violation of etiquette, and the situation in front of him did not allow it, so he smiled helplessly: "It's really boring!" ”

"Brother, don't you know the way to put lanterns?" A man with a face like jade looked at Zhao Gou who was stunned in place with a smile, and said loudly: "Just go to put lanterns in Xiaye, why don't you go with me in brother?" ”

Zhao Gou nodded helplessly, and the man continued to ask: "Seeing that my brother is not young and extraordinary, why hasn't he married a wife yet?" ”

"......" Zhao Gou had nothing to say, so he had to be silent, and the man didn't mind, and said to himself: "Because of my poor family, my mother's urging is tight, and I am afraid of breaking my mother's heart, I have to come to find a person I like, and with my identity as this, I can only marry a wife!" ”

Zhao Gou asked curiously: "Marrying a wife is related to wealth and poverty?" ”

"Of course it is!" When the man saw Zhao Gou replying, he suddenly came to his senses, and said solemnly: "If the family background is acceptable, how can you never get married, even if you don't have a family, it's the same if the family has been married since childhood; How can a person from a poor family be so blessed, and no woman can take a fancy to him! ”

"That makes sense!" Zhao Gou remembered that the future generations would be the same, and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"Dare to ask my brother's name?"

"Zhao Weiguo!"

"Loyal and patriotic, really good name!" The man couldn't help but say, "Under Yang Zheng!" ”

Zhao Gou muttered to himself: "Yang Zheng? ”

Zhao Gou used a pseudonym, not his real name. The original surname is inconvenient, so the structure is changed to 'defend the country', which means 'to protect the family and defend the country'. Yang Zheng said his name, Zhao Gou sounded a little familiar but couldn't remember where he had heard it, in Yang Zheng's opinion, he thought Zhao Gou was a little curious.

Yang Zheng said embarrassedly: "Brother Zhao smiled!" Yang's real name is Naofu, but this name feels a little bad, he likes to read since he was a child, but he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he changed it to Yang Zheng in the last anger, and I hope Brother Zhao will forgive me! ”

Zhao Gou knew that Yang Zheng had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, he just smiled indifferently, only feeling that although this person was a person who practiced martial arts, he was knowledgeable and courteous, not like the kind of reckless man or martial arts idiot, and when he heard the origin of his name, he couldn't help but smile, and thought: "This person is upright and honest!" ”