Kong Xiuzhi sent someone to deliver the message, saying that the things had been delivered, and asked Xie Zheng to relax, Xie Zheng was naturally relieved, and she only waited for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it was a good show.

Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the Shangyuan Festival, Jiankang has a tradition since ancient times, the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to eat the Lantern Festival, that is, the rice balls, but this rice balls are filled, the meat and vegetables are sweet and salty, the taste is different, after all, it is to take the meaning of "reunion and happiness".

In addition, on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, there is a custom of watching lanterns and guessing lantern riddles, so there is no curfew on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but there is always a night patrol of the northern army.

As soon as it was dark, Xie Zheng hurriedly went out with the jade branch to catch the lantern festival, although Huan Rang's temperament was gloomy, he also liked to be lively, so he also pulled Huan Ling to follow.

The brothers followed Xie Zheng and Yuzhi all the way to take a look, and then walked to the bank of the Qinhuai River, where several vendors set up stalls selling river lanterns.

Xie Zheng saw a bunch of women surrounded by the river, squatting there in groups to put river lanterns, so she also bought a river lantern and ran to join in the fun.

Huan Rang saw the situation and liked it quite a lot, he had no money in his pocket, so he pulled Huan Ling's sleeve and said, "Big brother, I also want to buy a lantern to put it on." ”

"Look at the pile of people by the river, is there not a single man?" Huan Ling said, and did not forget to stretch out his hand and point to the riverside, he said: "This lantern is for a woman's house, what do you have to do." ”

Huan Rang sneered and said: "Putting lanterns is just to be lively, how can there be a difference between men and women." ”

The vendor had already taken the river lantern and stretched it out, and Huan Ling couldn't prevaricate anymore, so he had to buy it for Huan Rang.

Huan Rang strode to the riverbank with the river lantern, at that time Xie Zheng had released the river lantern, and was squatting on the bank with his eyes closed to make a wish, Huan Rang stood behind her and quipped: "What did Sister Deyin wish?" ”

Xie Zheng just made a wish, she stood up, and Tong Huan said with a smile: "Since it is a wish, naturally you can't say it, otherwise it won't work." ”

Huan Rang shook his wit and asked Xie Zheng: "Then, does Sister Deyin know what I want to make?" ”

"I don't know," Xie Zheng looked at Huan to make this posture, as if he wanted to say his wish.

Sure enough, Huan Rang said seriously: "My wish is that I hope that Sister Deyin will be named Huan as soon as possible and become my sister-in-law." ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, she was a little shy, she turned her head sideways, glanced at Huan Ling, who was still standing next to the stall, and said to Huan Rang: "Zhong Xuan, you are talking nonsense, aren't you afraid that I will throw you into the river?" ”

Huan Rang sneered at Xie Zheng and said, "Sister Deyin has always treated me very well, how can you bear to throw me into the river." ”

"Poor mouth!" Xie Zheng glanced at him, then turned around and went ashore and walked towards Huan Ling.

Yuzhi followed behind Xie Zheng, and Tong Huan said with a smile: "Erlangjun can put this river lantern quickly, be careful if it's late," she has always hoped that Xie Zheng would become the wife of the Huan family.

"And that said?" Huan Rang squatted down in a hurry, casually put the river lantern into the water, and let it drift with the current.

Huan Ling saw Xie Zheng approaching, and asked with a smile, "What did Zhong Xuan say to you?" ”

Xie Zheng naturally wouldn't tell Huan Ling the truth, she only smiled: "He praised me as a heavenly immortal." ”

"Oh?" Huan Ling laughed and said, "Then what he said is the truth." ”

The two brothers are both oily and smooth-toned, Xie Zheng smiled helplessly, pointed to the direction of the downtown area, and said, "There are lantern riddles there, I'll take a look." ”

"I'll look for you later, don't go far."

Xie Zheng agreed, and then walked towards the crowd with the jade branch.

At that time, Huan Rang had already put the river lantern, so he returned to Huan Ling, and Huan Ling also took him to the crowd, and he asked, "What wish did you make?" ”

Huan Rang said bluntly: "I wish that Sister Deyin will be my sister-in-law." ”

Hearing this, Huan Ling was really happy in his heart, so he smiled sweetly, and he said, "Then I wish you a dream come true." ”

The three brothers of the Huan family, the eldest Boyu, the second Zhongxuan, the third uncle, Huan Rang is the second, and there is only one Huan Ling on the top, and now Huan Rang makes a wish to Xie Zheng to become his sister-in-law, Huan Ling is naturally happy.

Although Xie Zheng promised that Huan Ling would not go far, he wanted to get rid of the Huan family brothers, so he took the jade branch and came to the royal street.

The royal street was also very lively, Xie Zheng saw a group of men and women gathered around the stall in front of him, squeezed over to take a look, and knew that there were two scholars writing lantern riddles.

Another pair of men and women stood in front and scrambled to guess the words, as if they were relatively high.

Xie Zheng had seen the woman, he had seen her when he followed Huan Ling to Lu Ji's birthday banquet last time, and she was still talking and laughing with Gu Xun at that time.

The scholar called her: "Lu Niangzi, you are talented, but you are quite talented!" ”

Lu Qiwei was born in a famous family, and she read a lot of books, she smiled shyly, but Lang Jun on the side was not very happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Little brother, now I am compared to her, you praise her, but you are belittling me." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," the scholar hurriedly waved his hand and replied: "Lu Langjun has only known people, it's not that he doesn't want to praise you, but he really doesn't have the ability to do it, and he can't say your good." ”

This Lang Jun is also surnamed Lu, he is Lu Ji's eldest grandson, Lu Huilin's only son, Lu Zhiwei, the county commander of Wu County, Lu Qiwei's brother and Lu Tanwei's cousin.

The scholar has lifted Lu Zhiwei to the sky, Lu Zhiwei is naturally satisfied, he laughed heartily, and immediately took out a silver ingot from his sleeve pocket, threw it on the stall steadily, and said with a smile: "Come, see the reward." ”

Lu Qiwei, who was on the side, tugged at his sleeve and joked: "Other brothers hold their sister in the palm of their hands as a treasure, but my brother can't wait to trample his sister under his feet, and he even has to guess the lantern riddle." ”

Lu Shi glanced at her and quipped: "Other brothers are all from the world, and your brother is drilled out of the cracks, so naturally he can't compare, but other brothers are so good, and your brother treats you well." ”

"Sister Qiwei!"

There was a call from the crowd, the two brothers and sisters of the Lu family turned around, followed the sound and looked at the crowd behind them, and saw a woman with a good face squeezing in front, Lu Qiwei said happily: "Sister Zizhao? ”

Yu Zizhao said: "I went to your house and wanted to ask you to come out to see the lanterns, your father said that you had come out, and I hurriedly came out to look for you. ”

After she said that, she stepped forward and grabbed Lu Qiwei's hand, which was about to pull her away, but she took a step and turned back, and said to Lu Zhiwei: "Brother Lu, I and Sister Qiwei's two daughters went to see the lanterns, you are a big man, don't you want to come with you." ”

"Okay, you go, I'll just go home and rest," Lu Zhiwei said, and took out two ingots of silver with interest, handed them to Lu Qiwei, and instructed: "Have fun." ”

Lu Qiwei was very familiar with the silver, and he didn't thank him, so he turned around to leave, but when he turned around, he looked at Xie Zheng who was standing aside, and there was some surprise in her eyes, and she always felt that she seemed to have seen this lady somewhere.

Xie Zheng nodded to her, and she nodded to Xie Zheng as well.

Yu Zizhao was impatient, so he pulled her away and urged: "Hurry up, it's too late, the lantern won't have to be seen." ”

Lu Zhiwei saw Xie Zheng and Lu Qiwei nodding to each other, thinking that the two of them were acquainted, so he asked, "Does this lady recognize my sister?" ”

Xie Zheng said truthfully: "I have seen it at Jing Zhaoyin's birthday banquet. ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhiwei looked at Xie Zheng, thinking that since she had participated in her grandfather's birthday banquet, she must be either rich or expensive, but wanted to get acquainted with her, he asked, "I don't know what this lady is called?" ”

"Will Ji Xie Zheng," Xie Zheng replied neatly, without dragging the mud and water at all.

Will you thank you? Lu Shiwei had never known her, but he had heard of her name, he thought about it, Fang reacted, and hurriedly saluted Xie Zheng, saying, "It turned out to be the county lord of Shanyin." ”

"No need to be polite," Xie Zheng gestured for him to get up, and then walked out of the crowd, far away from Lu Zhiwei.

This Lu Zhiwei is a knowledgeable person, if he is not Lu Huilin's son, Xie Zheng really wants to get acquainted with him.

It's a pity that there are different political opinions, and sooner or later there will be-for-tat.

Xie Zheng walked to another pile, here, there was also a scholar who set up a stall to guess lantern riddles, when Xie Zheng squeezed in, he was listening to the scholar say: "The riddle is 'three waters overwhelm the mountain', the riddle is one word, but which noble person can answer it?" ”

Lang Jun, who was dressed as a scholar next to him, folded the folding fan in his hand with a bang, and said triumphantly: "'Dang'!" 'Three waters overwhelm the mountain' is a 'dang' word. ”

The scholar nodded, then picked up a lantern and read it: "The riddle is 'long rain and early sunshine', and the riddle is also a word, please show this Lang Jun." ”

The scholar didn't think about it, so he said: "'Long rain and early sunshine', isn't it just the word 'yesterday'?" ”

The scholar nodded again, and the onlookers, young and old, and the men and women sighed, and the scholar was in high spirits, so he unfolded the folding fan again, shook his head and glanced at the people around him, and saw that he was quite powerful, so he was complacent, and he got carried away, wishing that everyone would praise him again.

Xie Zheng sneered and said, "I also have a mystery here, but I want to ask this Langjun for advice." ”

The scholar looked at Xie Zheng with disdain, and only said the word "say", which was quite arrogant.

Xie Zheng was not annoyed, and said calmly: "The sunset is fragrant, wash away the hearts of all people, the fire is cold, and the heart of the horse ape is added." ”

The scholar was stumped at the moment, shaking the folding fan and thinking about it, but he didn't come up with the answer to the mystery, and the people around him pointed and urged: "Say, say it quickly." ”

The scholar felt deeply embarrassed, so he closed the folding fan and reprimanded Xie Zheng: "You! He glanced at the onlookers again, but finally didn't dare to say the swear words that humiliated Xie Zheng.

Xie Zheng chuckled and said to Yuzhi: "Yuzhi, tell him the answer to the mystery." ”

Yuzhi smiled contemptuously at the scholar: "The mystery is a bald donkey!" Bald donkey! As he spoke, he quickly took off the scarf that the scholar wore on his head.

The onlookers saw that the scholar's forehead was shiny, and the sparse few gray hairs were combed in a good way, as if they had already lost their heads, and they laughed loudly, the scholar felt insulted, and was ashamed of himself for a while, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, he pointed at Xie Zheng and Yuzhi with a folding fan, and scolded: "Shameless woman! Shameless woman! ”

After that, he covered his head and ran away.

The scholar bowed to Xie Zheng and said, "This lady is so talented!" ”

"I've read some books," Xie Zheng also bowed his hand, and the scholar said: "It's better to be like this, there is a mandarin duck spectrum here, that is, the lady is out of the riddle, and when someone is destined to come here to answer, is the lady interested?" ”

This is a new thing, Xie Zheng responded, "I'm willing to give it a try." ”

The scholar hurriedly took out a piece of red paper and placed it in front of Xie Zheng, and then dipped Mao Ying in ink, handed it to Xie Zheng, and said, "Please." ”

Xie Zheng picked up the pen, thought about it, and wrote eight lines of poetry on the red paper, totaling fifty-two characters, and handed them over to the scholars.

The scholar looked at the riddle and smiled, "This is a bit difficult. ”

Xie Zheng said: "The mystery is eight words, please hang it for me, I don't ask for marriage, just a fresh, if someone can solve it, it will be the best." ”

Yuzhi took Mao Ying from Xie Zheng's hand and put it aside, at this moment, suddenly a thief squeezed through the crowd, and when he walked to Xie Zheng's side, he pulled the jade pendant she hung on her waist.

Xie Zheng had already noticed it, and when he turned his head to look, the thief had already run away.

Seeing the situation, Yuzhi hurriedly left Mao Ying and was about to chase it, Xie Zheng looked ahead, saw Chen Qingzhi descending from the sky, blocking the thief's way, and hurriedly pressed Yuzhi and said, "You don't have to chase." ”

Chen Qingzhi stopped the thief and took back the jade pendant, and there were two northern armies behind him, one left and one right, to restrain the thief, and the onlookers praised Lieutenant Chen for being a good hero, so he spontaneously gave way to him, Chen Qingzhi walked to Xie Zheng, handed her the jade pendant, and said: "There are many people at the Lantern Festival, and the lady travels, so it's better not to wear these valuables." ”

"Thank you, Lieutenant Chen," Xie Zheng stretched out his hand to take the jade pendant.

When she thought about kicking Chen Qingzhi that night, she still apologized in her heart.

Chen Qingzhi has always been astute, and when he heard Xie Zheng speak, his voice was quite familiar, he suddenly withdrew the jade pendant, looked at Xie Zheng vigilantly, and said, "Chen has a reluctant request." ”

Xie Zheng also became vigilant in his heart, and said, "Lieutenant Chen, please speak." ”

Chen Qingzhi has an upright temperament, and he doesn't know how to be flexible, so he said bluntly: "Please this lady, say 'I'm sorry'." ”

Xie Zheng looked at him, still calm, she only said: "Lieutenant Chen helped me get back the jade pendant, I should thank you, but you want me to apologize, what is the reason?" ”

Yuzhi also said: "How can Lieutenant Chen make such an rude request, could it be that he doesn't know the county lord of Shanyin?" ”

Chen Qingyi was stunned, hurriedly returned the jade pendant to Xie Zheng, and said: "The lower official has no eyes, and he collided with the county lord, please forgive the county lord." ”

Xie Zheng was silent, only took the jade pendant, and then left with the jade branch.

Chen Qingzhi watched Xie Zheng go away, he stood up straight, looked at Xie Zheng's back, looked at her figure, and carefully distinguished her voice, which seemed to be really the same as the voice of the female thief.

Xie Zheng walked out of the crowd, Huan Ling took Huan Rang to find him, and as soon as he came, he grabbed Xie Zheng's wrist and said, "Why did you come here, you can make me easy to find!" ”

Xie Zheng naturally withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "I saw that there were a lot of people here, so I came over." ”

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