Chapter Seventy-Three: The Lantern Festival
On the day of Shangyuan, she was invited to go after all. She was accompanied by two sisters of the Gan family.
When she saw Xie Miaojing, she unexpectedly discovered that Xie Lingfeng was not present. This really relieved her a lot.
Xie Miaojing, who also only brought out two maids, seemed very happy that she was invited, dragging her arm to walk around, watching lights, juggling, and buying snacks. It's a lot of fun!
It seems that he has forgotten about his brother's rejection.
Cheng Xiangjin also rarely saw such a lively scene, and together with Xie Miaojing, he walked around in the bustling crowd. All kinds of lanterns are placed on several streets, and at a glance, the fire trees and silver flowers are like daylight.
Walking around, Cheng Xiangjin was intoxicated by this dreamlike environment, and couldn't help laughing.
This smile, like the bright fireworks, is even more dazzling than the gorgeous lanterns around!
In the distance in the crowd, a man dressed in dark red brocade and wearing a tiger mask looked at this scene, his eyes were full of smiles.
This girl has been very indifferent to him from the beginning, and only in places where she can't see can she see her laughing freely.
Cheng Xiangjin and the others took the candy man they had just bought and walked to a lantern stall. The front of this stall was full of people, and when I walked in to inquire, it turned out that there was a reward for guessing lantern riddles. If you guess ten, you can get a pair of marquee lanterns for free, and you can guess for ten cents per person.
Cheng Xiangjin glanced at the whining crowd and wanted to leave, but Xie Miaojing grabbed her and wanted to give it a try with great interest.
Cheng Xiangjin was helpless, so she had to accompany her in.
There are a total of ten lanterns hanging in this stall, each with a puzzle on it.
Xie Miaojing took out twenty coins and stuffed them into the boss's hand, and said loudly: "Boss, the two of us have to guess the riddle." ”
The lantern boss saw that they were two beautiful girls who were well-dressed, and he smiled and responded.
Xie Miaojing took the lead in reading one, "White sugar plums are really rare?" Haha, this is simple, this girl knows, it's the Lantern Festival, right, boss? ”
The boss bowed, "Yes, girl, please guess the next one." ”
"Feet, tall legs, red hats, white robes? Come to think of it, well, it's a big white! Right, boss? ”
The boss shook his head with a smile, "Why don't you try this girl in green?" ”
Cheng Xiangjin didn't want to be in the limelight in such a place, but seeing that Xie Miaojing really wanted to play, he also put aside his scruples and helped Xie Miaojing guess.
"I'm guessing it's a red-crowned crane, right?"
The boss bowed, "Not bad." Let's go ahead and guess the rest! ”
"Ruda as a monk?"
"It's a halfway monk."
"From afar, it has no head, but up close it looks like a cow. Haha, this is simple, it's a noon word. ”
"Spring water in the south and north of the house, what is this ......?"
The two of them were pondering the answer to the mystery of the above mystery, but there was a commotion in the crowd for no reason. "Stop, stop him, don't run ......"
Cheng Xiangjin fixed his eyes, "Cousin? ”
Xie Miaojing also noticed the two people who caused the commotion, a man wearing Zhong Kui's mask was running forward in the crowd, and a man in a light purple brocade robe was jumping over the heavy head, flying over the wall to chase the man. It's just that due to the crowd of the Lantern Festival, he was evaded by that person several times.
"Why does the man in purple in the back look so familiar? It seems to be ...... Eh, don't go, Cheng Xiangjin...... Wait for me ......"
When the lantern stall owner saw the two girls leaving, his surprise flashed, "Which customer wants to try it?" Those who guess correctly will receive a pair of marquee lanterns......"
Cheng Xiangjin pulled Xie Miaojing to chase after him in the crowd, and was almost scattered by the crowd several times. Xie Miaojing didn't know why she went crazy and walked forward, panting and said, "Slow down, I'm going to die of exhaustion!" ”
Cheng Xiangjin looked at Xie Miaojing, who was bent over and panting, and was anxious.
"Jing'er, I have something urgent to go first, you stand here and don't move yet, and when your maid catches up, hurry home!"
"Alas, what are you doing......" Before the words came out, Cheng Xiangjin had already squeezed into the crowd to find Cheng Siyi's whereabouts.
Standing in the crowd and secretly protecting Errao Xie Lingfeng saw the situation, ordered the guards behind him, and quickly chased after Cheng Xiangjin in the direction he left.
Fortunately, due to the large number of people at the temple fair, the man wearing Zhong Kui's mask couldn't run fast at all. When he reached the corner of the street, Cheng Siyi pounced on him.
The masked man seemed to have been prepared, his palm was raised backhanded, and a handful of dust was thrown out, and Cheng Siyi was instantly dazzled.
Cheng Xiangjin, who had already caught up, saw that the man was about to escape, so he threw the dagger he had already held in his hand and threw it on Narao's leg.
The corners of Cheng Xiangjin's mouth twitched, and his forehead was deflected......
It was clearly aimed at his neck......
The man's leg was stabbed with a dagger, and his speed slowed down suddenly.
Seeing this, Xie Lingfeng, who arrived later, jumped up and kicked in a row, and the masked man instantly fell to the ground in pain and fainted.
Xie Lingfeng squatted down and tore off the mask, revealing a very unfamiliar face in an instant.
"Who? Why are you chasing him? ”
This was asked by Xie Lingfeng to Cheng Siyi.
Cheng Siyi's eyes were so fascinated that Cheng Xiangjin took out the water bladder he brought with him and asked him to wash it, and then he barely opened his eyes.
"It's a long story, find someone to get him to the yamen first!"
Xie Lingfeng didn't say much, and ordered the two Hou Mansion guards who arrived later, and the people on the ground were tied up and carried to the yamen.
On the way back, Xie Lingfeng silently looked at Cheng Xiangjin a few times, and saw that her eyes never looked back at him, and he felt aggrieved for a while.
Yan Mochen was on duty in the yamen, and when he saw that Cheng Siyi had arrested someone and asked a few questions, he threw that person directly into prison.
Cheng Xiangjin was waiting outside, and when he saw the two of them coming out, he stepped forward and asked, "Cousin, what happened?" How are you chasing that man at the lantern show? ”
Cheng Siyi's handsome face recalled this incident, still a little gloomy, and said hatefully: "When I was drinking with Yan Gongzi, this person sent a letter to lure the two of us out. and stabbed Yan Gongzi. When I saw that he wanted to escape, I chased after him. Who knew that this man was too cunning and fled to the temple fair. It's easy to find me! ”
"Which one is Yan Gongzi?"
Cheng Siyi sighed, "You have been in Chang'an for a short time, so naturally you don't know each other." This Yan Gongzi is the son of Ding'an Hou, Yan Xiao'an. ”
"Oh. I really haven't heard of it. ”
Cheng Siyi smiled, "It's useless for you girl to know so much." Let's hurry back to the hospital, I still have to go to the uncle's courtyard to talk to him about this. ”
Cheng Xiangjin was relieved to know that there was no big deal, and nodded, "Okay, then I'll go first, you two are free." ”
Xie Lingfeng saw that she was about to leave, so he immediately stopped doing it.
"What's casual, this son won't go with him."