When Liu Yuan and others came to the competition area, they found that many old faces were also there, such as Changle Princess Li Lizhen, Qinghe Princess Li Shu, Lanling Princess, Princess Yuzhang and other princesses were enjoying the lanterns under the heavy protection of the guards, which was regarded as having fun with the people.

"Liu Yuan has seen my aunt." As soon as Liu Yuan appeared, he was targeted by Pei Caixia, looking at it with a smile, but he had no choice but to step forward and salute.

Old Demon King Cheng didn't dare to provoke, this Pei Caixia's lethality was not low, Liu Yuan couldn't afford to provoke it, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

In front of her, Pei Caixia was wearing a red bandeau dress, with a high bun, tall figure, elegant temperament, and a pair of wonderful eyes that seemed to contain a flood of spring water, under the light, it looked so delicate and moving, like a rose that had bloomed, but it was a thorny rose.

"Xiaoyuan, dressed so well, are you looking for flowers and asking willows, or are you hooking up with a good family?"

Liu Yuan's heart was cold when he heard this, this Pei Caixia really dared to say anything, and even joked with himself about this kind of question, this scale is a bit big, Pei Jingyan's pretty face was flushed after her, and he said with a wry smile: "Auntie is really joking, the little nephew is here with his female dependents, how can he do these amorous things, besides, the little nephew is not a strange person, a lustful and forgetful person, auntie don't make fun of me anymore." ”

I have to say that Pei Caixia is a woman who understands amorous feelings, is not informal, and in the future generations, she is definitely a strong woman who is very sociable, but unfortunately, it is now the Tang Dynasty.

"Just you?" Pei Caixia said a little disappreciatively: "Forget it." ”

Liu Yuan was speechless for a while. He understood what Pei Caixia meant, and said that he was simple, but there were already four beautiful wives and concubines in the house, and there was a stunning maid by his side, and now the fourth concubine was about to marry into the door, and he was pure, and no one really believed it, if he was really a womanizer, Liu Yuan would admit it, but he was still a good person. In the face of "ironclad evidence", he can only suffer a dumb loss.

"Auntie, this lantern is so beautiful, it is ingenious, and the little nephew admires it."

Well, that topic can't go on. Liu Yuan decided to divert the topic, and there was a huge hexagonal lantern next to Pei Caixia. It's more than four feet tall. Each side is painted with a picture of a plain woman with different styles, the workmanship is very exquisite, and at its corner, it is also inlaid with white jade, which obviously takes a lot of thought, and it is a good combination of "rigidity" and "softness" very perfectly. It is necessary to praise, especially the body shape, compared to other people's ordinary lanterns more than one foot high, this giant lantern stands out from the crowd. It just doesn't match the character of the Demon King of the Mixed World, who likes to be in the limelight.

It is estimated that when making lanterns, Cheng Lao Demon King did not mix less.

Pei Caixia said happily: "Of course, this is made by our family's geese, and I am only responsible for doing it, how about it, our family can do it, right?" ”

"The girl is ingenious, Liu admires." Liu Yuan said to Pei Jingyan with a smile.

Obviously, Pei Caixia wanted to praise her niece, and Liu Yuan complied with her and praised Pei Jingyan.

"Don't dare, this is just a small skill of carving insects, and it is simply insignificant compared to the fact that you can be extremely clever in the square inch of jewelry." Pei Jingyan said modestly.

Pei Caixia on the side yawned, and then said with a smile: "Liu Yuan, you are here just right, it is the first time for the wild goose to come to Chang'an to celebrate the Yuan Festival, and my aunt is old and can't walk, so you can take her for a walk, and it will be more lively if there are more people, lest she be alone, and it will not be good to meet those prodigal sons." ”

The last thing that Cheng Fu lacks is manpower, and he will send two subordinates to accompany him, what is the reason to raise the name of the demon king of the mixed world, and which prodigal son dares to approach? Besides, the security of Chang'an has always been very good, and during the Shangyuan Festival, more people were dispatched, so where could I find so many gentlemen? It's just an excuse for the two to communicate more.

"Yes, Auntie." What could Liu Yuan say, so he had to accept this good intention with a smile.

Farewell to Pei Da Beauty, Liu Yuan and Pei Xiaomei are ready to meet Cui Mengyao, the two side by side, Pei Jingyan is slightly behind half a body, in order to show respect for Liu Yuan, turned his head and glanced at the Yiren next to him, only to see Pei Jingyan with his head down, walking in small steps, his pretty face is still flushed, but there is obviously a smile on his face, I don't know if it is because of the good mood, his complexion is ruddy, and he is a typical image of a happy woman in the boudoir, Liu Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Shocking geese, how are you doing lately?" ”

"It's good, Liu Yuan, what about you? Been busy lately, right? When it was just two people, Pei Jingyan became down-to-earth and generous, anyway, the relationship between the two had already been revealed.

"It's not very busy, by the way, Uncle Cheng, I saw Cheng Huailiang just now, that kid and Princess Qinghe were whispering, but I didn't see him."

Pei Jingyan whispered: "The emperor held a banquet on the tower of the palace gate, and called my uncle to eat wine and enjoy the lanterns. After speaking, he also pointed out to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan looked up, and sure enough, on the city wall, there were a few tables of people drinking and having fun, and there were many palace maids and guards standing on the side, needless to say, Cheng Lao Demon King and Li Er and their gang, this group of difficult brothers and brothers who crawled out of the pile of dead people, the relationship is really good, if there is any good thing, Li Er will think of them, unlike himself, although he has made countless meritorious contributions, but he was officially invited to the palace for dinner, only once, of course, Liu Yuan also knew that the feeling of living and dying together was not so easy to get.

Anyway, Li Er slammed the door, and said that he had drastically cut expenses, maybe the food and drink were not as good as his own, Liu Yuan comforted himself in his heart.

"Shocking geese, I want to find you early in the morning, come, let's enjoy the lanterns together, I heard the princess say, you are the best at guessing riddles, we happen to be together." Liu Yuan didn't know how to say this, but he didn't expect that as soon as the little lady saw Pei Jingyan, she immediately pulled her away, ready to look at the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles.

Liu Yuan turned his head and looked, only to see Li Lizhen, Cui Mengyao, Xiaoniang, Pei Jingyan, Qinghe Princess Li Jing, etc., not to mention more than 20 people, all of them are famous and well-known women in Chang'an.

"General"

"General, you're here too"

As soon as Guan Yong, Hou Jun, and Cheng Huailiang saw Liu Yuan, they all came up with a smile and said hello, and Liu Yuan also responded with a smile. Then a group of several people, while admiring all kinds of lanterns, chatted and followed behind the pile of "women's army".

The four-foot-high hexagonal lantern of the Demon King of the Mixed World was very eye-catching, and when he walked to the lantern, Cheng Huailiang said with some pride: "You see, this is the lantern made by our Cheng Mansion, four feet six inches high, it took my mother, cousin Yan and Aunt Fuzhong to make it for half a month, and the lampshade is made of the thinnest and best silk yarn in Suzhou." There is also a hexagonal side inlaid with jade, everyone, how do you feel? ”

"Yes, I have the demeanor of General Cheng." Hou Jun said with a smile.

"It's rare, it's rare." Guan Yong also told the truth.

Cheng Huailiang asked Liu Yuan with a smile: "General." What do you think of this lantern? ”

"Tall," Liu Yuan said with a smile.

"Tall?" Cheng Huailiang said with a puzzled face: "General, what does this mean?" Tall. Is this a person's name? ”

Depressed. Accidentally, he used the colloquial language of later generations again, Liu Yuan explained with a smile: "High-end, atmospheric, and high-grade, referred to as tall." ”

Although he didn't quite understand what Liu Yuan said, Huailiang could still hear that this was a compliment, and said happily when he heard this: "The general still has vision." ”

Can it be said that there is no vision? If this is not good. In the mouth of the old demon king and his wife, the old demon king Cheng estimated that he would give himself a few "iron sand palms", and Pei Da Beauty would take herself away and let her show her one.

Just when everyone was full of praise. Yu Chi Baoqing on the side said with some disapproval: "What is this, it's just a little bigger, inlaid with a few broken stones, the general's tall, the lantern used in our Wei Chi's house is almost the same, this giant lantern can only be regarded as an ordinary product." ”

Trees want bark, people want faces, spending so much effort to make lanterns, it's just a breath of fighting, Cheng Huaiyu heard it, his heart was immediately unhappy, he pulled his neck and said: "You said that our Cheng Mansion is like a big lantern, so what about your Weichi Mansion?" Where is it? A lot of people have been working on it for a long time, and they haven't seen the candles lit, it can't be that it is not done well, and it can't be glued. ”

"Really? Then you have to keep your eyes open and take a good look, general, brothers, let's go here, look at the lanterns in my Weichi Mansion, and make sure that you are in favor of it. Yu Chi Baoqing said as he pulled people to the other side.

Cheng Lao Demon King walked sideways in Chang'an City, but there was one person who was afraid, that is, Wei Chi Jingde, who was even more unreasonable than him, the two seemed to be born enemies, often fighting and tearing each other down, the two old ones were fighting each other, even the younger generation did not like each other, even in the Yangwei Army, Cheng Huaiyu and Wei Chi Baoqing were also competing with each other and not giving in to each other.

"How's it going, is it ready?" Cheng Huailiang walked to the place where he placed the lanterns and asked.

A subordinate saluted and said, "Young master, it has just been installed, please light the lamp young master." ”

To Liu Yuan's surprise, this lantern is very big, as tall as an adult, higher than Cheng Lao Demon King's, Yu Chi Baoqing glanced at Cheng Huailiang a little provocatively, took a fire fold, familiarly lit a candle, lit the candle in the big lantern, with the candle lit, not long after, the lantern slowly turned itself, with the lamp turning, a scene of exquisite pictures is now in front of everyone, look carefully, it is the myth and legend of the monkey monkey havoc in the heavenly palace, the lantern design is ingenious, the work is exquisite, the picture is lifelikeLiu Yuan felt that this was not a lantern, but a beautiful work of art.

It's so beautiful.

"Isn't this a heron lantern? It's so beautiful, how many projections are there, wonderful, wonderful. Hou Jun couldn't help but call out.

Turning a heron light?

Liu Yuan remembered that this kind of lantern called the magic lantern in the West was said to be the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people, and it was called the Pan Lamp in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Xianyin candle in the Tang Dynasty, also known as the Zhuan Heron Lantern, and later changed to the well-known marquee lantern, the principle of which is that the candle is lit in the lamp, and the heat generated by the candle causes air currents to make the wheel and axle rotate. There is a paper-cut on the wheel shaft, and the candlelight projects the shadow of the paper-cut on the screen, and the image keeps moving, forming a very good performance effect, which is simpler, it can be said to be a simple projector in ancient times.

Guan Yong said in surprise: "Brother Wei Chi, how did you pull out such a beautiful heron lantern?" It's an extraordinary craft. ”

Yu Chi Baoqing said a little proudly: "There is a maid ring in our house, and this is what the family does, this time it is to let her be in charge, and a few female dependents help to lin, and it takes a lot of effort, because the carriage can't be put down, so it can only be assembled here" After speaking, he turned his head to Cheng Huaiyu and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng, what do you think of this lantern in my Wei Chi Mansion?" ”

"So-so." Although Cheng Huailiang was a little unconvinced, he still admitted it.

This is the temperament of a soldier.

"Ha Lu Ha Ha" Yu Chi Baoqing saw Cheng Huailiang soften, and he was so happy that Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed.

Liu Yuan held one in one hand and said: "Okay, what's there to fight for, have the ability, go to the battlefield, see which one is brave, the one who has made many meritorious contributions to the enemy, this is the real ability, don't hurt the brother's harmony, go, let's go and see how the other lanterns are." ”

Seeing that Cheng Huailiang was unhappy and wanted to quarrel, Liu Yuan hurriedly grabbed the two of them, lest they destroy the internal unity.

Although the two were a little unhappy, Liu Yuan's face had to be given, and besides, this was an insignificant trivial matter, and the two didn't really have an enmity, they looked at each other, smiled, and everything disappeared again.

So, together, to appreciate other lanterns, lanterns are just a general term, in fact, it is divided into many types, chandeliers, seat lamps, wall lamps, lanterns, several categories, from several categories and extended dice lamps, round lights, off the knife lamp, dragon lanterns, palace lights, yarn lights, blue lights, dragon and phoenix lights, angular lights, tree lights, ceremonial lanterns, mushroom lights, etc., the shape is round, square, cylindrical, polygonal, etc., what shape, what style has, see everyone dazzled, dizzying.

Liu Yuan was in the limelight too much in front of him, and he didn't want to be in the limelight at this time, so he worked hard with Cui Mengyao and others to get an ordinary palace lamp to make it lively.

When everyone was enjoying the lanterns, suddenly, someone shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, eight hundred miles of urgency"

"Hurry up and get out of the way, 800 miles urgent"

"Eight hundred miles of urgency, eight hundred miles of urgency, quickly give way"

Eight hundred miles of express mail, that is the highest level of Datang urgent mail, all the way people stop but the letter must not stop, anyone who touches must be unconditionally avoided, not only killed and injured without pity, but also to investigate its responsibility, as soon as they heard the eight hundred miles of urgency, the people on Suzaku Street hurriedly flashed out a passage, let the messenger pass.

This situation and this scene are so familiar, Liu Yuan trembled in his heart: Could it be that there are any major changes on the Western Front? (To be continued......)

PS: It's another 10,000 words and I'm in a bit of a hurry today, first three more, and four more tomorrow!