From the 14th to the 16th of the first month, it is a good day to enjoy the lanterns. At this time of the year, skilled craftsmen gather in Jinling City to sell all kinds of lanterns that they have carefully made.

On the 14th of this day, the lanterns were tested, and on the 15th of this day was the most lively lantern festival, and the city gates were not closed these days, allowing the people to come and go, and they were having fun all night.

On the morning of the fifteenth day, Zhan Ning'er and Sister Sun were flying kites in the post house, which was also a common activity in the south during the Shangyuan period.

Not far from the small pavilion, there is an official who is stranded in the post house for the New Year to let the singer sing a song for him, the song is quite appropriate, singing is a "kite song": kite, the important thing is a thousand-foot line, it is light and thin, it is fluttering, and I am not afraid that you will go to the sky. A thread, a paragraph, hold you around and wrap around. It's not that I don't let go, when you let go, you won't go back, listen to your rumors, I will make up your high and low.

Zhan Ning'er pulled the kite and listened to the music and thought about people, and unconsciously thought of Ye Xiaotian, if Ye Xiaotian was the paper kite flying high in the sky, she would be able to decide if she pulled the silk thread here, and she could decide whether to let him fly higher or be closer to herself, how good it would be.

Zhan Ning'er thought about it, suddenly felt something, turned her head to look, and saw Ye Xiaotian and Tang Xianzu hurriedly walking out, Zhan Ning'er hurriedly called: "Ye Xiaotian, where are you going?" ”

Ye Xiaotian raised his hand to her and said loudly: "Brother Tang and I went to find Hongchou and them to fight horses." ”

Zhan Ning'er raised her voice and said, "Watch the lanterns tonight, are you coming back?" ”

Ye Xiaotian was already about to walk out of the courtyard, he just raised his hand to Ning Er from a distance, neither saying that he would come back, nor that he would not come back. Zhan Ning'er frowned and said to herself: "Why has he been obsessed with horse hunting these days, leaving early every day and coming back late......"

Zhan Ning'er suddenly thought that one day Ye Xiaotian was limping when he came back, and there were obvious mud marks on the knees of his robe, and he always felt that Ye Xiaotian's statement that he went to fight the horse was a little untrue, and he couldn't think of what the problem was. Maybe it's really as Ye Xiaotian said, it was a fall when he was playing with Kuai Peng.

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Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, Dicui Building.

Li Xuancheng walked downstairs with a box in his hand, Li Xuancheng is good at carving, he has been immersed in this line for many years, and has been instructed by famous teachers, as if he has the level of a master. Today, he carved a Maitreya Buddha statue with a piece of ice jade, the small Buddha statue is three points warm and seven points cold, giving people a feeling of ice and jade.

Li Xuancheng felt that this carving was very good, and the jade material was also of the highest quality. As soon as the carving was completed, he couldn't wait to come to Xia Yingying to offer treasures, and he wanted to give this jade Buddha to Yingying as a gift.

Li Xuancheng rushed downstairs to Dicui, and saw that Old Man Xia was sitting in the hall downstairs drinking tea, Li Xuancheng hurriedly stopped and said respectfully: "Old man." ”

"Oh? It's Uncle Guo, hurry! You may be seated! When Old Man Xia saw that it was Li Xuancheng, he was busy standing up, but Li Xuancheng hurriedly took two steps forward. Said politely: "Old man, just sit down, don't be polite." ”

"Good! Good! Old Man Xia sat down and glanced at Li Xuancheng. smiled and said, "Uncle Guo, are you going to see the lights tonight?" ”

Li Xuancheng bowed his head and said: "With this plan, Xuancheng also wants to invite Miss Yingying to enjoy the lanterns together." ”

Old Man Xia looked at the small box he was holding in his hand, and said hey, "That girl, you're still angry with the old man." This girl. I was really spoiled by the old man. ”

Old Man Xia stroked his beard and sighed, and said, "The old man doesn't hide it from you, the old man is to Uncle Guo." Very satisfied. has a good family background, good character, and dignified appearance, and has a deep affection for my family Yingying. However, you always have to coax her to change her mind, the old man and son are a group, and the girl is the only one, I won't tell you, the Xia family has been around for three generations, and there is just such a girl, I really don't want to force her to cry and cry and look for death and life......"

"The juniors understand, the juniors understand!" Hearing Old Man Xia's public statement, Li Xuancheng was surprised and delighted, and said confidently: "As the so-called sincerity goes, the golden stone is open." Old man, don't worry, Xuancheng will definitely use my sincerity to influence Miss Yingying! ”

On the third floor of Dicui Building, outside Yingying's boudoir, two maids with big shoulders and round waists stood with their heads held high and their hands in their hands. Looking at this situation, Yingying was grounded and placed under house arrest, and Old Man Xia was afraid that she would escape and have a tryst with Ye Xiaotian again, so people watched closely outside the door.

Yingying sat in front of the dresser, grimacing hatefully at herself in the mirror, and she took herself in the mirror for her father. If you want to make the always optimistic Yingying girl sad, it is very rare, since she was a child, she has no wish that has not been fulfilled, how can she cry and cry for death and life?

A beam of light and shadow suddenly appeared on the wall, dangling, and gradually moved towards the bronze mirror, Yingying hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands, blocked the reflection on the mirror, and then ran to the balcony happily. There is a balcony outside the third floor, where you can overlook the entire town Yuanhou Mansion.

In the distance, there is another mansion, which also has a small three-story building. Upstairs, a white cloth was hanging from it, and a picture was drawn on it. The painting shows a little boy and a little girl, the boy is pouting to kiss the girl's face, the girl has two small pigtails on her head, twisting her fingers, and she looks cute.

Yingying laughed out loud, she quickly covered her mouth, looked back with a weak heart, and then looked up to the building, the painting was rolled up, revealing the second painting below, the little girl in the painting was locked in a cage, holding the cage pen pitifully, and the little boy was holding a sword, about to pounce to save the girl. In front of the cage stood several big men with tall chests and shy bellies.

Yingying looked at the painting, her smile became sweeter and sweeter, she leaned on the railing, her hands on her pretty face, and her smile was like a flower.

Ye Xiaotian has never been able to break through the defenses of the Hou Mansion, but Ye Xiaotian is not such a person who is so easy to admit defeat, when he happened to hear that the mansion next to him was Liu Junyang's cousin's house, he thought of a special way.

Ye Xiaotian first used the money to buy the cook in the Hou Mansion who was responsible for buying vegetables, asked Yingying's residence, and then borrowed the embroidery building of Liu Junyang's cousin, and used a small mirror to get in touch with Yingying.

But at such a long distance, it is inconvenient to shout and write, and it is easy to arouse the alarm of the people in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, so Ye Xiaotian switched to painting, first used a mirror to inform Yingying, and quickly showed the painting to her, if someone inadvertently saw the painting. But you may not be able to understand what it means.

In Liu Junyang's cousin's embroidery building, a whole horse of white skin was spread on the ground, Liu Junyang held a dun cloth dipped in ink, his face was black and white, and he shouted at Ye Xiaotian's back weakly: "Hey! I said, what's next? ”

With a sweet smile on her face, Yingying propped her hands on the railing, holding her pointed chin, her charming eyelashes blinking gently, and she looked at the embroidery building in the distance with obsessive satisfaction. Suddenly, she saw a very strange picture, Yingying suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked at it carefully.

"Huh? Brother Xiaotian, this is ...... What do you mean? ”

Yingying frowned and muttered to herself in confusion.

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On the night of the Shangyuan Festival, the city is full of Lantern Festival.

There was a bright full moon hanging in the sky.

The long street is full of people and laughter.

The streets are full of traffic, and many people have all kinds of lanterns hanging in front of their homes and on both sides of the street, which are gorgeous and colorful. The dragon dance team and the lion dance team pass by on the long street. The people followed the onlookers with great interest, and many people carried lanterns and walked happily on the street, carrying lanterns and watching the lanterns. Guess the anagram.

The Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion was also full of lights at this time, Old Man Xia and Gu Sanye were wandering around the courtyard to enjoy the lanterns, with their age and status, they naturally would not go to the streets, but Li Xuancheng stood upright under Dicui Tower. He's been waiting for a long time.

"Get out, get out, get me out!" There was a scolding from upstairs, followed by a heavy slam slamming the door. After a while, Xia Da and Xia Er came down from upstairs and said to Li Xuancheng in a curtive manner: "Uncle Guo, my little sister is ...... Cough! I'm sorry. ”

A touch of annoyance rose in Li Xuancheng's heart, as an uncle of the country, when had he been so snubbed by a woman? In order to please Yingying, he repeatedly whispered and begged for satisfaction, but Yingying intensified, the jade Buddha that was given to her last time was unceremoniously rejected by her, and she refused again when she invited her to watch the lantern tonight, no matter how good Li Xuancheng's temper was, he was inevitably annoyed.

He took a long breath, adjusted his feelings, and smiled gracefully: "It's okay, since Miss Yingying doesn't like to go out, then Li won't go out, hehe, a few of us will have a banquet downstairs to celebrate Shangyuan, how about it?" ”

The brothers of the Xia family are all good drinkers, especially when they feel that their sister treats Uncle Guo slowly, they don't want to go, so they immediately respond, and Li Xuancheng ordered someone to prepare a table and send it to him.

On the Dicui floor, Yingying was wearing a cloak with a crane pattern, standing at the top of the building, looking into the distance. The gongs and drums are noisy in the distance, standing upstairs and looking around, I can only see thousands of lights and towers, and more than ten miles of clouds and smoke in the world. The city is full of lights and drums.

Yingying looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said in her heart: "Brother Xiaotian's last painting also has a bright moon and a strange basket, what does it mean?" ”

On Jinling Street, Zhan Ning'er was walking with Sister Sun, Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi, there were all kinds of lanterns on the roadside, but she was still lacking in interest. Until the evening, Ye Xiaotian didn't come back, and Ning Er really hated Ma Hang.

Suddenly, the crowd in front of him was in a commotion, and then Sister Sun also jumped up and shouted, "Ah! Look, what a big lamp! Sister Ning'er, look! ”

Zhan Ning'er looked in surprise in the direction pointed by Sister Sun, and saw a huge lotus lantern, flying through the air, maybe this lamp is using the principle of Kong Ming lantern, it is actually floating in the air, under the giant lamp, there seems to be a hanging basket-like thing, there are actually people there.

The giant lamp flew not too high, only more than two zhang higher than the city head, when it flew past the city head, the lights of the city head reflected the hanging basket under the giant lamp, Zhan Ning'er's heart suddenly skipped a beat, she saw the person standing in the hanging basket, although it was just a back, but she would never be mistaken, it was Ye Xiaotian, it must be Ye Xiaotian.

: There is one more day to double this year's double is over, ask for the last double monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)