At a glance, there are surging heads, from the foot of the mountain to the direction of Longshan City God's Temple slowly flowing, some visitors themselves also carry small horn lamps, at this time only pick high, as if trapped in the vast sea of people seeking rescue - Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen were surrounded by the crowd, almost untenable, only with the flow of people to the mountain, presumably Shang Ran They are also like this, which makes Zhang Yuan a little worried, there are still two children Jinglan and Jinghui, although there are several servants to follow, Shang Zhoude should also be with them, But there were so many people, they were so messy, and it would be terrible to be swept away again—and he thought, "Will they be on the side?" Well, it's very likely that Ran won't join in the excitement and squeeze into the mountains. Then he turned his head to Mu Zhenzhen behind him and said, "Zhenzhen, let's not go up the mountain first, and then look for Miss Shang and them." ”

Zhang Yuan stood still, the people behind refused to close his feet, pushed Mu Zhenzhen to squeeze Zhang Yuan to continue up, Mu Zhenzhen's chest was close to Zhang Yuan's back, and the back was also pushed and squeezed, embarrassed, hearing Zhang Yuan's words, he struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and jumped on the slope along the edge of the mountain road - Zhang Yuan also barely squeezed out, grabbed Mu Zhenzhen's hand and jumped up the slope on the left side of the road with strength, and said: "Zhenzhen, you go up and take a closer look, are there any Miss Shang?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen stared closely, the heads were crowded, the light and shadow were bright and dark, where could he tell who was who, shook his head and said, "Young master, I can't see clearly." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Then forget it, let's wait here for a while, and after this swarm of bees goes up, the flow of people will slow down - these people are really, as if there is some treasure on the mountain, and there will be no one when it is late." ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled: "It's all like this, you have to be the first." ”

Behind the two of them, there was a neem tree with all its leaves, and a red paper lotus lamp hung on the low branch that was leaning, Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to take off the lamp, but he tiptoed twice and didn't reach it, Mu Zhenzhen said: "Does the young master want this lamp?" As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took it off and handed it to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan said: "It's really a lot taller than me." ”

"No, no." Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly denied it: "The servant is just, just a hand chief." ”

"Chief." Zhang Yuan laughed, carrying a lotus lantern, standing on the slope of the road to watch the crowd of people constantly surging up the mountain, men, women, children, people, etc., crowded one after another, their heads could not be cared for, their heels could not be rotated, they were wrapped up in the momentum, and they could not be independent--these tourists saw a young man and a fallen girl standing on the side of the road, and they were also a little strange, so some people asked in a loud voice: "Young man, what are you looking at with the lantern?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Look at people." ”

There was a burst of laughter.

Lantern Festival, both looking at the lights and people, Zhang Yuan saw a young fair-skinned woman who was squeezed by a scoundrel behind to take advantage of the situation, sniffing her shoulders and slapping her face, the hand below is afraid that it is indispensable to stroke the waist and pinch the buttocks, the woman's face is red, her ears are red, and she can't make a sound, this small family of women has no servants to follow, and it is inevitable that she will suffer a loss.

Mu Zhenzhen also saw it, thinking that his chest was tightly squeezed on the young master's back, his face was hot for a while, but he saw the young master hand her a stone the size of a pigeon's egg, and said, "Zhenzhen, I'm not sure, you give that scoundrel's head." ”

Mu Zhenzhen said "um", took the stone, didn't need to aim, just threw it casually, hit the back of the scoundrel's head, the scoundrel screamed "ah", and he didn't care about molesting the woman in front of him, his head was up, rubbing his head and shouting: "Who hit me?" I thought it was the man behind him who saw that his thin woman was coming to fight upset, and said angrily: "What's the matter with you, and it's not your lady, why are you beating grandpa-" The horizontal elbow hit the man's heart.

The man had long been unable to see it, the man had two companions, and he grabbed the scoundrel and beat him hard, the crowd was in chaos for a while, but fortunately the mountain was unstoppable, and after a while, the crowd was surging, and I didn't know where to push the scoundrel.

Zhang Yuan was happy, praised Mu Zhenzhen for playing accurately, and waited for half a moment, the flow of people up the mountain finally slowed down, Zhang Yuan jumped down the road, came to the bottom of the mountain to look for Shang Ran, and sure enough, he saw Shang Zhoude's brothers and sisters, as well as Jinglan and Jinghui sisters, and a group of ten people at the foot of the mountain under a big pine tree, only lost Wuling.

Shang Zhoude smiled: "Jie Zi, I thought you were taken hostage to the mountains. ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I was coerced and fled back halfway." ”

Shang Ran said with a smile: "There are really too many people, rush to the top with a shout, and we quickly retreat to the side." ”

Xiao Jinghui really wanted to go up the mountain, and said: "Brother Zhang Gongzi, there are not many people now, can we go up the mountain?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's almost, it's impossible to wait until there is no one." ”

A few Shang servants surrounded back and forth, and the group went to the City God Temple, Wuling didn't care, such a big person, Longshan Wuling is also very familiar, and it can't be lost.

When I went up to the City God Temple, the old temple Zhu sold wine in front of the temple gate, and rented the empty building on the left side of the City God Temple to two lamas, and I didn't know what kind of ghost hall he was doing.

Zhang Yuan and Shang Ran looked carefully at the lights along the way, and from the foot of the mountain to the gate of the City God's Temple, they did not see the six wild and natural bamboo lanterns.

At this moment, I suddenly saw the crowd at the foot of the mountain stirring, and someone shouted:

"The county lord is here."

"Lord Fuzun is also here."

"According to the judge, Lord Zhang Fenshou has also arrived."

"Who is the big man who wears a virtuous crown, a python suit, and a jade belt?"

"It's the eunuch Zhong of the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau, and he has no beard."

…… Hangzhou weaving eunuch Zhong Benhua in the inspection envoy Zhang Qilian, Shaoxing prefect Xu Shijin, Shanyin County Commander Hou Zhihan, as well as Zhang Rulin, Wang Siren and other local squires, celebrities and dozens of people accompanied by car to Longshan Pass, loyal Feng Hu treated equally, carrying a big lantern to block the way, and said loudly: "No cars and horses, no smoke and fire, no noise, no hao family slaves are not allowed to drink the road to open up people." ”

Zhang Rulin sat on his shoulder and shouted: "Feng Hu, what are you doing, get out of the way!" ”

Feng Hu held the lantern high and said: "My lord, a few sons have ordered it, and the carriage and horse sedan chair will not be able to get under Longshan, I am afraid that I will not be able to squeeze in." ”

Eunuch Zhong in the luxury carriage came out to take a look, he recognized the words on the lantern, and said with a smile: "Obey him, obey him, since our family obeys him." Taking the lead in getting off the carriage, Zhang Qilian, Xu Shijin, Hou Zhihan, as well as Zhang Rulin, Wang Siren and other more than a dozen Shaoxing squires and celebrities also got off the sedan car - the eunuch Zhong is in his thirties, with white face and shaved shoulders, python robe and jade belt, between the steps, even open-air cyan lining and light red underwear, bright colors, inside and outside, it is very good-looking, Eunuch Zhong looked at the mountain, and said in surprise: "It's so lively, such a light scene, our family is really the first time to see it, wonderful!" Wonderful! Standing at the foot of the mountain and watching endlessly, I was amazed.

According to the inspector Zhang Qilian smiled and arched his hand to Zhang Rulin, his meaning was self-evident, and he was praised by Eunuch Zhong, so even if the Lantern Festival held by the Zhang family in Shanyin was completed, he Zhang Qilian also had face.

Zhang Qilian said: "Gonggong Zhong, the lower officials have prepared a banquet in the Xingsu Pavilion on the top of Longshan, please Gonggong Zhong go up the mountain to drink and watch the lanterns, this light scene is one from the bottom of the mountain to the top, and it is another from the top of the mountain, father-in-law, please." ”

More than ten people were in front, and two entourages supported Eunuch Zhong left and right, and Eunuch Zhong waved his hand and said, "You don't need to help each other, our family can go up this mountain." "Interested, along the road, all the way to see the lights, encounter the calligraphy and painting of the lamp to stop and watch, comment a few words, although said in the clouds, but some people flatter, feel very good, think that they are very talented, is a graceful scratcher.

Over the City God's Temple, on Penglai Gang, and then to the Xingsu Pavilion, the top of the Xingsu Pavilion is towering, increasing the height of Longshan by two zhang, Eunuch Zhong, Zhang Qilian and his line of dozens of people came to the top of Longshan, looking at the lights from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, it is really like the galaxy falling from the nine days, this galaxy also flows to Shanyin City, Shanyin City is poor and winding alleys, there are lights everywhere, and then look into the distance, the Huiji City on the east bank of the Fu River is also a city that never sleeps, this is not only the galaxy upside down, it is simply the heavens and stars are reflected down, and the eunuch Zhong said repeatedly: "It's worth it, it's not worth it, This is the emperor's great blessings, so that all the people can enjoy together. ”

Zhang Qilian and others echoed their voices.

Enjoyed the lantern scene, into the Xingsu Pavilion to go to the banquet, the pavilion can accommodate more than ten seats, could have arranged two people to sit at a table, but Eunuch Zhong was happy to sit at a table, so Zhang Qilian arranged three large round tables in advance, Eunuch Zhong This table is the largest, can sit more than ten people, the same table is Zhang Qilian and other major officials and Shanyin, Huiji two most famous squires and celebrities, Eunuch Zhong is the first.

Eunuch Zhong saw that there was a dish of puffer fish on the table, so he pointed out: "Eating puffer fish is not at the right time, don't you hear Su Dongpo's poem 'Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, and the prophet of the plumbing duck in the spring river." Artemisia is full of short reed buds, it is the poem when the puffer fish wants to go, and the puffer fish has to be warm in February and spring. ”

Zhang Qilian praised: "Gonggong Zhong is erudite and knowledgeable, and even the poems of the Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago are believed in them, and the lower officials admire them. ”

After three rounds of drinking, Eunuch Zhong saw that the officials and gentry present were a little restrained, and their words were dull and lively, so he proposed to make a wine order and let Zhang Qilian issue a wine order, Zhang Qilian said: "Su Weng is the Fang family, please Su Weng give an order." ”

Zhang Rulin issued a wine order called "Flying Red Order", everyone said one or two sentences of ancient poetry, and the poems should be embedded with the words "flying, red", or with the meaning of flying red.

A female performer beats the drum on the ring corridor outside the pavilion, and the person on the seat holds a plum blossom to pass, and the plum blossom passes to whose hand coincides with the drum stopping, then this person must say the "flying flower" verse, otherwise he will be punished for drinking.

Zhang Qilian thought to himself that this must be said by Eunuch Zhong first, otherwise some well-known verses will be finished, and there will be nothing to say when it is Eunuch Zhong's turn, the eunuch is small-minded and moody, maybe he will be annoyed all of a sudden, wouldn't it be a flattery in vain, and quickly ordered a few words from an entourage, and the entourage led the order out of the cabinet.

As soon as the drum stopped, the plum blossom was passing to Eunuch Zhong, who blurted out: "The catkins are flying red." "Well, isn't it wonderful to have flying and red.

(To be continued)