The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, the stars are like rain, and the BMW carved cars are full of fragrance............

The Lantern Festival is a day for the people of Tokyo to go out and watch the lanterns, and at night, the city is lit up everywhere, and the shops on both sides of the road are hung with various lanterns to attract passers-by.

The people carrying lanterns on the street rubbed shoulders with each other, and they all rushed to the royal street to see the moment when the glass lamp mountain was lit, the carriage had just walked out of Ningshoufang for a short time, and it was so congested that it was impossible to move forward.

This situation is obviously commonplace for everyone in the Hou Mansion, and they abandoned the car one after another and walked forward on foot.

However, the big families are different from the ordinary people, and the female dependents in order not to be crowded by others and show everyone's demeanor at the same time, before leaving, there will be special servants who use silk or cloth to make a long circle around to isolate the people outside, also called "brocade step barrier." ”

As soon as the people saw this formation, they knew that it was a big family traveling, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they would basically automatically stay away, so as not to make any mess, and then they couldn't tell it clearly, and they couldn't afford to pay for it.

This time, Wen Shu was very fortunate to experience it, and followed Lu Xingwan in the middle of the team.

The height of the "Jinbu barrier" is only waist-high, so it does not hinder the sight of insiders, and the bustling and prosperous along the way can be seen.

"In the first month, the first month, the fifteenth day of the first month, the lanterns are yellow, the lanterns are red, and the snow is a good year....... "The children along the street clapped their hands and sang nursery rhymes.

On both sides of the street, there are also actors and actresses performing in the specific rules set out by the government, in short, not only the royal street is lively and noisy, but also the scenery and excitement everywhere along the road.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, when the ladies and girls were sore and weak, they finally arrived at the lantern viewing seat downstairs in Xuande.

These seats are specially set up in the palace for officials and their families above the third grade, and those below the third rank can only book a box in a nearby restaurant.

Lu Yuancheng was originally not able to sit on the lantern seat according to his official position, but the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion belonged to the nobles, so as the prince of the Hou Mansion, he could also enter the lantern viewing seat.

The masters sat in columns, but the maids did not have this treatment, and each master could only serve with one servant by his side, so when Mama Chen accompanied Lu Xingwan to the table, the housekeeper let them play on their own, and they only needed to return here before the third watch.

Yinhong and the others invited to go to the front to buy a lamp ball plug to meet the scene, Wen Shu wanted to find her father, so she said that she didn't want to leave, she just wanted to wait here for the lights to shine.

Green Willow and the others didn't force it, and after asking her if she needed to help with one, they left happily.

Wen Shu stood in place for a while, thinking about whether to go to the tea stall he used to go to to look for it, when he saw Lu Xi squeezing over from nowhere, pulled her to the side and said, "Childe asked me to come over and ask, is the little lady going home now?" If you want to go back, I happen to drop by and can give you a ride. ”

Wen Shu was a little stunned, "Didn't I stay in the mansion, why did you let me go back again?" As he spoke, he glanced at the lantern seat, but found that at some point, there was no one in Lu Yuancheng's position.

"It's not really going back, I'm going to come back before the third watch, there are still two hours before the third watch, if the little lady wants to go back to Xiaocha Lane, follow me to the front and take the car." When he spoke, there was some eagerness on his face, as if he had something urgent to do.

Wen Shu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No need, today is the Festival of Lights, my father may also come out to watch the lanterns, I can't miss it if I go home now, let's stay here, Steward Lu has something to do." ”

Lu Xi didn't say anything else, nodded and left, Gongzi asked him to rush to the north of the city at two o'clock, and time was running out.

He left, Wen Shu went to a teahouse on the right hand side of Yujie alone, of course, it was impossible to get in, first, she didn't have the money, and second, the current teahouse was definitely not empty.

The reason why she went was because in previous years, when she was tired of watching the lanterns, her father would take her to rest at the small tea stall in front of the teahouse.

If there is no accident, my father should also settle there this year, and she will wait in advance, which is better than looking for it in a sea of people.

The tea stall was not far away, and there were few people in front of the stall when she went, and the stall owners were an old couple in their early fifties.

Wen Shu said that she had made an appointment with her father to meet here, and her father would come in a moment, and the stall owner smiled and asked her if she would like to order a pot of tea or hot soup first.

She thought about it for a moment, asked the stall owner to serve a wood dust soup, and then drank it in small sips while keeping an eye on the passing crowd to see if her father was mixed in.

But a quarter of an hour passed, and when the time came for the opening of the lamp mountain, the people who had been crowded here to watch the performance of the Lingren also flocked to the light shed in front of the Xuande Gate, and she could not find her father in the crowd.

What's going on?

This tea stall is a must to go to Xuandemen, her father is going to the front to watch the lights, will definitely go from here, is her eyes bad, see over?

Or did her father not come at all, or did he come early, and she didn't find out?

Just thinking about it, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out behind her, she turned her head to look, and saw the "glass lamp mountain" under the Xuande Gate in an instant, and all kinds of characters on it seemed to come to life, dancing slowly under the brilliance.

Her mind was tugged, she drank the last mouthful of soup in the soup bowl, turned to the stall owner and his wife, and said, "Mother-in-law, I'll go to the front to watch the lights first, if my father comes, please bring him a message, just say I'll come back in half an hour, let him wait for me." ”

"Go, go, I'll bring it for you." The old woman happily responded.

Different from the bustle in the south of the city, the north of the city at this time is a little lonely because the people have flocked to the south of the city.

Lu Yuancheng took Lu Xi and a group of guards from the courtyard, and they were guarding the various gates in the north of the city, their eyes watching all the passing people, especially those who were going out of the city.

Three days later, at the court meeting on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the military department will report a news that shocked the government and the opposition, the Huizhou defense map was stolen last night, and the case involved the battle against Xia half a month later.

It took half a month to crack the case, but the defense map was not recovered because it had been sent out on the night of the Lantern Festival.

Reliving a lifetime, he naturally wants to intercept this matter, but today is the Lantern Festival, the court is on holiday from the fourteenth day of the first month to the sixteenth day of the first month, in addition to the hidden fire team to be on call at any time, other departments, up to the two government councils, down to the Kaifeng government have a holiday.

The Ministry of War is no exception, he can't openly ask the Ministry of War and the Criminal Department to come forward to get people, so he can only secretly intercept people first, and then find a reasonable excuse to get over.

So recently, he sent people to keep an eye on Xu Bin, the head of the military department in charge of important documents, to see if there were any Taoist priests in and out of his mansion recently.

Sure enough, before nightfall, the next person came to report that the Xu Mansion had recruited two Taoist priests to enter the house, so he hurriedly brought someone over.