Duanmu Fei gave the two of them a New Year's greeting in a decent manner, and said auspicious words such as wishing them "blessings such as the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan", and so on, she happily held the red envelope, expressing her gratitude to her grandfather for the pen and ink money, she was worried that the paper and pen were not enough every month, and the little daughter's delicate state made Duanmu Xian laugh, so that she could go to him with her calligraphy and painting to get the pen and ink.

Duanmu Xian smiled, and the atmosphere became lighter, and the others were also secretly relieved.

Immediately after Duanmu Fei, the other grandchildren also worshipped the New Year one by one according to the order, and then it was the turn of those housekeepers and big girls to come and kowtow to the New Year, You Mama made people carry a few baskets of silver bills, someone is responsible for singing and drinking, someone is responsible for rewarding, the crisp impact of countless silver bills and the appreciation of the people make the atmosphere more lively.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, there was an endless stream of people who came to give Duanmu Xian's New Year's greetings, and the threshold of Duanmu's family was about to be broken.

Duanmu Fei hid lazily at home every day, ate and slept, slept and ate, and teased his little starling and little fox, and his life was not comfortable.

When the maids in the courtyard were all excited to set up lanterns, Duanmufei suddenly realized that the Lantern Festival had arrived.

Early in the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the genius was bright, and the He family took Duanmuqi and He Lingyi, who were dressed up, into the palace together.

He deliberately didn't bring Duanmu Fei and Duanmu, maybe for a long time of dislike, maybe for the first day of the first month. However, on this cold day, the sisters were too happy not to go out, and enjoyed the snow in the warm pavilion with Li Tingyou and Duanmu Heng, who came to pay New Year's greetings.

It had snowed all night last night, and it stopped in the early morning, and now the courtyard was white, covered with snow on the corrugated walls, on the branches, on the flowers and trees, and on the ground.

The air after the snow is very cold, but the warm pavilion is still warm, as if you are in a hot spring, and it is comfortable.

"Hey!" Li Tingyou, who was wearing a blue brocade robe, sighed faintly, and said unlovely, "This year has passed too quickly, and I will go to the government again tomorrow." ”

Duanmu Heng asked casually: "Cousin You, are you still used to it in the household department?" ”

Li Tingyou was already full of complaints, and when Duanmu Heng asked, he couldn't help but complain, "Cousin Heng, look at my hands," Li Tingyou raised his palms with slender knuckles, "My hands were originally holding swords, but now they have more abacus." ”

"Those people in the household department, all of them have a clear look, they don't know how to work around at all, and they can solve things at one time, but they have to be divided into three steps, and the level is stuck with you."

"And those merchants, they are really treacherous and scheming, thinking that Fa'er wants to take advantage of loopholes and seek some benefits, which is even more tiring than marching and fighting."

Li Tingyou shook his head helplessly as he spoke, not to mention an abacus, he has been reading as much as he has in the past ten years in the past few months.

"Cousin You, you've worked hard." Duanmu Fei said with a sympathetic face, but he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, looked him up and down and said, "No wonder I think you seem to have lost some weight." ”

Li Tingyou glanced at Duanmu Fei, who was sitting opposite him, and knew that his little fox cousin was not so kind.

"Scarlet cousin, you can laugh if you want." Li Tingyou said as he took a sip of tea while holding the teacup.

Duanmu Fei was not polite to him, and covered his mouth and laughed with a "poof".

This girl really dares to laugh! Li Tingyou was accidentally burned on his tongue by the hot tea, so hot that he almost didn't squeeze out a bubble of tears, so he could only pretend to be fine.

Duanmu Fei immediately saw that her face-loving cousin was dying again, and smiled even more heartily.

The little white fox, who had been curled up and sleeping on her skirt, woke up, lifted her eyelids, and glanced at Li Tingyou with disdain.

Duanmu Fei casually touched the little fox's back, and the little fox snorted intoxicatedly and slept more sweetly.

Looking at the very tacit understanding of this master and pet, Li Tingyou's eyes couldn't help twitching, and he said in his heart: What kind of person raises what kind of pet, the little fox cousin raises a fox!

While the four cousins were talking and laughing, Duanmuxian came back, and under the guidance of a maid, he strode towards the warm pavilion.

The four juniors in the pavilion got up and saluted Duanmu Xian, beckoned him to sit down, and offered him a glass of warm plum blossom wine.

As soon as Duanmu Xian saw that Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei were also in the warm pavilion, he knew that the He family did not take the two of them into the palace today, and his face was a little unsightly.

Today is the Lantern Festival, and there will be a lantern festival around Huangjue Temple in the evening.

When the time comes, the emperor and queen will take the emperor's relatives and noble ministers out of the palace, and under the greeting of the people along the street, they will go to the Huangjue Temple to enjoy the lantern festival and watch the fireworks, which is also an annual event.

But the He family didn't bring Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei, not to mention anything else, Duanmu Jun was talking about marriage at an age, and he should have often taken it out to show his face, so that people could know that their Duanmu family had a daughter to marry, He couldn't think of this, it was obviously a deliberate snub and neglect.

Thinking about it, Duanmu Xian's shrewd eyes became gloomy and dark a little bit.

After Duanmu Xian took a sip of tea, he smiled and said to Duanmufei: "Four girls, do you and your sister want to enter the palace with me later?" "He didn't take them, he brought them himself!

Duanmu Fei shook his head and said with a smile: "Grandfather, my sister and I and Cousin Yu have already agreed that we will go to Huangjue Temple to watch the lantern festival together in the evening." This is the first time I've seen the Lantern Festival in Beijing. Duanmu Fei said that his eyes were as bright as gems, and he looked very much looking forward to it.

Duanmuxian was stunned, remembering that after Duanmu Fei came to Beijing, he first kept filial piety for three years, and last year's Lantern Festival coincided with the change of Qianyayuan Palace, and he didn't catch up with the Lantern Festival. Although it is an honor to drive, it is inevitable that it is inconvenient to move, and it is no wonder that the little girl does not want to enter the palace.

Duanmuxian pondered for a moment, and then didn't force it, "Four girls, then you have fun with your sister and cousin, the Lantern Festival over there in Huangjue Temple is famous, and the temple fair at night is also very lively, and the emperor and queen will also go over......"

Duanmu Xian sat in the pavilion for a while, talked to Duanmu Fei about the excitement of the Lantern Festival, and mentioned some errands to Li Tingyou, and seeing that the sky was almost dark, he took Duanmu Heng into the palace.

As soon as their ancestors and grandchildren left, Duanmu Fei also set off in the direction of Huangjue Temple with Duanmu Jun and Li Tingyou.

Outside, the sun was almost setting, and the sky was dark.

Many of the big red lanterns hanging on both sides of the street have been lit, radiating a glow that illuminates the surroundings.

At this time on weekdays, there are no people on the road, but today the streets of the capital are full of traffic, extremely lively, the Lantern Festival is one of the few days without curfew, so many people come out to stroll, or visit relatives and friends, or go out to enjoy the lanterns.

Li Tingyou escorted the sisters' carriage all the way to the crossroads, which was one street away from Huangjue Temple, and the sky was darker, and a faint full moon could be faintly seen appearing in the dark sky.

Shengjue Street in front of it is bustling and bright, and the mid-air is full of lanterns of different shapes, flowing on it like a river of lights, which is beautiful.

There were stalls on both sides of the street, and it was still early in the morning, and there were not many people on the street, but the vendors couldn't wait to shout, which made the emotions of those passers-by rise with excitement.

Duanmufei and Duanmujun got off the carriage at the intersection, and Li Tingyou also got off the horse, and introduced with a smile: "I heard that every year during the Lantern Festival, this street is a temple fair all the way to Huangjue Temple, and we just walked all the way. ”

As he spoke, a figure in a blue lotus-colored brocade robe strode towards this side, and Li Tingyou immediately saw the person coming, and greeted with a smile: "Ah Yan, what a coincidence." ”

These few words made the expressions of the other three people around him very subtle, and Duanmu Jun knew that it must not be a coincidence that Feng Yan would appear here.

Feng Yan stopped a few steps away, his face almost not falling.

As early as a year ago, he made an appointment with Duanmufei to see the Lantern Festival, saying that he couldn't come in Qianyayuan last year, and he had to make up for it this year.

Feng Yan originally thought that he and Zhen Zhen could get along alone tonight, but he didn't expect that there would be two more oil bottles, but one of them was still Zhen Zhen's eldest sister, and he didn't dare to drive people.

Feng Yan could only make a polite appearance, and saluted Li Tingyou and Duanmu Jun one by one, and then his eyes fell on Duanmu Fei, burning brightly.

Duanmu is wrapped in a large frost-colored cloak inlaid with rabbit fur, with a double snail bun on his head, and a pair of emerald butterfly buckles on his hair bun, and the butterfly wings flutter slightly with the wind, which looks very cute.

"Zhen ...... Duanmu Fourth Girl, "Feng Yan's eyes were almost stupid, Duanmu Jun who saw it on the side felt a little funny, and secretly raised his lips, feeling that his sister and Feng Gongzi were standing together, the female was pretty, the male was handsome, and it seemed to be a very good match.

"Feng Gongzi."

Duanmu smiled brightly, bowed slightly, and something in her arms moved, as if she understood something.

Feng Yan also saw the imminent movement under Duanmu's cloak, raised his eyebrows strangely, and in the next moment, he saw half of the white fox's head poking out of the cloak, and the ice-blue eyes and Feng Yan's phoenix eyes looked at each other for a while, and then the white fox shrank back, and the cloak returned to its original state.

Another drag oil bottle! Feng Yan stared at the place where the little fox had just emerged, and his slightly stiff expression seemed to be questioning, how could it be here.

Only then did Li Tingyou notice the little fox, and couldn't help but ask, "Cousin Scarlet, why did you bring it out too?" The tone was the same disgust as Feng Yan, and Feng Yan raised his eyebrows with concern on the side.

Duanmu Fei touched his pet in the cloak, and said triumphantly: "The dumplings are very warm......"

"So you're using it as a stove?" Li Tingyou teased teasingly, but Feng Yan's eyes lit up, remembering that he had told Zhen Zhen that this little fox could not only be used as a pet, but also as a hand warmer, and it seemed that Zhen Zhen took his words to heart.

Feng Yan thought, the corners of his lips hooked, and his handsome face was shining under the light of the surrounding lights.

As he spoke, the sky darkened completely, and the full moon in the night sky hung above like a silver platter, surrounded by stars.

The street is getting more and more lively, and you can see that at the end of the street, there are many people carrying lanterns and walking towards the temple fair here, talking and laughing.

Duanmufei didn't stay any longer, and after sending the coachman, he walked along Shengjue Street, looking at the roadside stalls as he walked, lanterns, masks, snacks, charades, and goldfish...... These stalls can be said to be five-flowered horse gates, and they are dizzying to see.

Feng Yan quickly bought a few boxes of glutinous rice balls with various fillings and diligently delivered them to Duanmufei and Duanmuxuan, but Duanmufei had a bad premonition in his heart.

She looked back and forth at Feng Yan and Li Tingyou, these two guys have very different temperaments and behaviors, but they have one thing in common

Love to buy things randomly!

Duanmu had the feeling of releasing a hungry wolf into a pile of meat.

Sure enough, her hunch came true.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Li Tingyou buy a box of masks, Feng Yan bought four more windmills, Li Tingyou then bought a few motorcycles, Feng Yan looked at the baskets made by a craftsman and bought many baskets and baskets......

After less than a stick of incense, the two horses carried a lot of things on their backs, and the sisters secretly looked at each other, only feeling that they were really suffering from these two horses.

The two of them walked all the way to buy, and naturally walked a little slower, and before they knew it, the crowd behind them caught up, and the street was bustling, full of people who came to visit the lantern festival, and the sound of talking and laughing lingered around, and even the air seemed to have become a lot warmer.

Duanmu Fei was holding a red fox lantern that had been plugged by Feng Yan in her hand, and the little fox in her arms climbed out of the cloak, squatting on Duanmu Fei's shoulder, looking around curiously, which attracted the curious eyes of many passers-by.

A child pointed to Duanmufei's shoulder and shouted excitedly: "Dog! ”

The little fox also cooperated and "whooped" twice, causing Duanmu to laugh uncontrollably.

This gift is really the right one! Feng Yan said complacently: If you want to come to the New Year's money he prepared for Zhen Zhen this time, she will definitely like it.

Thinking about it, Feng Yan subconsciously touched his sleeve pocket.

At this moment, Li Tingyou's eyes seemed to be attracted by something, and he whispered: "This is ...... Mu Jinfan. ”

Duanmujun was very familiar with this name, but Duanmufei still remembered it vividly, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Li Tingyou's gaze.

I saw that behind a calligraphy and painting stall across the street, a young man in a cyan cloak was sitting behind the stall, his eyes were dazed, and he seemed to be in a daze. Compared with the noodle stalls and sugar painting stalls on both sides, his calligraphy and painting stalls seem very deserted.

Duanmu Fei looked at the other party's dull eyes, and couldn't help but think of the scenes in the theater that day, flashing quickly like a marquee. This Mu Jinfan looked stunned and tough, but he was actually a smart person.

Feng Yan was also looking at Mu Jinfan, and said in a low voice: "General Liang will not surrender to the enemy. ”

Duanmu Fei turned his head to look at Feng Yan, Feng Yan's long eyelashes were half drooping, and the obsidian-like phoenix eyes shone with a cold and clear light, and the eyes of the two intersected for a moment, and they both saw the same idea in each other's eyes.

Duanmufei also felt that General Liang would not defect to the enemy, otherwise, the price of surrendering to the enemy would be too high, and he would take the lives of the Liang family, unless General Liang was crazy, or he was ruthless, and he only had interests in his eyes, but no family affection.

It was the general soldier of Dian Prefecture that Su Fang dared to surrender to the enemy, and it was he who quietly transferred his family from the capital through King Su, so he dared to risk the world's disapproval and let the people of Nanhuai enter the customs.

"Ah Yan, the hero sees the same thing." Li Tingyou patted Feng Yan's left shoulder sympathetically, "...... This Taijun King did a really good job, saying that it was a family split, but in fact, it was just a broken house, and he didn't give anything else, so he drove people out, and it was too good to draw a line with the Liang family. ”

Li Tingyou's voice was full of ridicule and disapproval.

Duanmujun didn't know who Mu Jinfan was, but when he heard the "Taijun Palace", he was thoughtful, a few years ago, the prince of Taijun was abolished, and he was expelled from the house by the king of Taijun in the name of dividing the family, this matter was also spread all over the capital, there were different opinions, some people sighed that the king of Taijun was ruthless, and some people said that the son of the world was not virtuous, and some people felt that the abolished prince was just an abandoned son of the Taijun Palace.

"In front of interests, what about fathers and sons, brothers, and ......" Feng Yan said lightly, and something complicated seemed to disappear in those black phoenix eyes.

"Ah Yan, do you think we should take care of his business?" Li Tingyou said with emotion. There is a saying that the son does not say anything about the father, and when he meets such a cold-hearted father, this Mu Jinfan is really unlucky.

Thinking about it this way, the one in his family is still good, it just so happens that he recently got a treasure knife, and he will send someone to Minzhou tomorrow morning! Li Tingyou thought a little out of the blue.

Duanmufei looked at Mu Jinfan not far away, and the three words had already reached her lips, and she heard someone say it for her: "No need." ”

Duanmu Fei and the little fox on her right shoulder both turned their heads and looked at Feng Yan in unison, the little fox blinked its ice blue eyes, Duanmu Fei blinked her big black eyes, and the movements of the two main pets were extremely consistent with their demeanor.

Feng Yan raised his eyes and looked at the Huangjue Temple more than ten zhang away, and said meaningfully: "Mu Jinfan's seat for this stall is calculated. ”

At this moment, the inside and outside of Huangjue Temple are also full of all kinds of lanterns, illuminating the yellow wall around the temple more and more brightly, solemn, as if bathed in the light of the Buddha.

Although it is already the beginning of the war, the gate of Huangjue Temple is still wide open, as if waiting for the arrival of VIPs.

Li Tingyou showed a thoughtful expression, turned his head to look in the other direction of Shengjue Street, and touched his chin with interest. It's kind of interesting.

Feng Yan quickly glanced at his sleeve and proposed: "I booked a seat at the Dafu Tea House in front, let's go to the seat to rest our feet and drink some tea, and it is estimated that the fireworks will almost start." ”

Li Tingyou patted Feng Yan's shoulder, "Ah Yan, you are still prescient." Li Tingyou looked around at the crowd of people, if they waited for them to book a teahouse or something now, it would definitely be too late.

So, Duanmufei didn't have a chance to express any opinions at all, and the group walked towards the Dafu Tea House in front of the right.

After Xiao Er welcomed them to the elegant seat on the second floor, he heard the rumbling footsteps from downstairs, and a large group of forbidden troops rushed in a menacing manner. The people on the road took the initiative to avoid the two sides, and the soldiers of the forbidden army stood guard on the side of the road in ten steps, clearing a road two feet wide in the middle.

There is also a group of chamberlains and forbidden soldiers who are well-trained to build a high platform, set up a lantern shed, and set up tables and chairs at the entrance of Huangjue Temple...... Each action is effective, in less than a stick of incense, the surroundings are completely new and readily available.

The people all stood excitedly on the side of the road and waited for the emperor to arrive.

There was a commotion on the streets, and everyone was looking forward to it.

I don't know how long it took, but there was another rumbling of footsteps in the distance, and at the end of the street, you could see the bright yellow curtain above Emperor Luan's car floating like an auspicious cloud.

Someone in the crowd was the first to shout: "The saint has come up!" ”

Then, everyone else also shouted, and the voices of countless people overlapped, like thunder, like ocean waves, one after another, wave after wave, endlessly.

The emperor's car was gradually approaching, followed by a huge convoy behind, including many concubines, princesses, princesses, nobles of the clan and close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and the convoy of more than 100 people was mighty.

Those people waiting on the side of the road rarely saw the emperor and these nobles, and they knelt on the cold and hard ground one after another, shouting in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live!" Queen Mother Chitose Chitose! ”

For a while, all the people were shorter, and at a glance, they were all black heads, and the shouts were impassioned and deafening.

In that one after another shouting, the emperor and his entourage sat down in the open space in front of the Huangjue Temple, the emperor and queen sat on the head, and the others sat down one by one according to the status of the emperor and queen, and the dense red lanterns above the lantern shed illuminated there as bright as day.

On the streets, thousands of people bowed their heads, kneeling for a long time, and did not dare to look up at the holy face easily.

The emperor sitting on the high platform looked down at the people kneeling on the ground, felt high-spirited, and commanded a few words to the attendant beside him, and one of the attendants shouted sharply at the top of his voice: "Today's Lantern Festival, hanging lanterns are colorful, the whole world celebrates, the emperor loves the people like a son, and he should have fun with the people and celebrate the festival together!" Rise up, everybody! ”

There was silence all around, except for the shrill voice of the chamberlain echoing through the air.

When the last word fell, the people on the street were boiling and cheering, and their mouths either shouted "Long live long live", or "the whole world celebrates", or "the emperor loves the people like a son" and the like, those words naturally also entered the ears of the emperor on the golden lacquer throne, and the emperor's mood was even happier.

"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”

I only heard a few sounds of breaking the air, and fireworks flew straight up from the ground, exploded in the dark night sky, and bloomed out huge flowers, such as chrysanthemums, peonies, and colorful glows, dyed the night sky as gorgeous as brocade.

One after another fireworks continued to bloom in the night sky, and also ushered in the continuous cheers and admiration of the people below, a scene of singing and dancing.

Feng Yan and several people in the Daifuku Tea House also looked up at the fireworks in the sky through the window, Duanmu Fei put his hands on the window, his little face was illuminated by the lights and fireworks around him, and the little fox squatted directly on the window sill, and with the explosion of the fireworks, from time to time there was a sound of "whoosh" and "woo", which seemed to be frightened.

Duanmu Fei stretched out a finger and touched the little fox's back twice, and casually comforted: "Tuanzi, it's okay." ”

"Poof!"

Another flame burst from the street, Duanmu Fei looked down, and inadvertently, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Mu Jinfan again, he was still selling his calligraphy and paintings in the same place, as if he was outside this noisy world.

Not only did Duanmu Fei see Mu Jinfan, but the condescending emperor in front also saw him.

The Dasheng Dynasty has a history of more than 100 years, and there are many children of the clan, including many distant branches, and the emperor can't all recognize who is who, but the Taijun Wangfu just had an accident a few years ago, and the emperor personally summoned Mu Jinfan, who was still the son of the world at the time, and of course he still remembers him.

The emperor frowned, and said to himself suspiciously: "Isn't this the abolished son of the Taijun Palace?" What is he doing here? ”

Cen Yin sat on the emperor's right hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let the minister go over and have a look......"

The emperor didn't say anything, just picked up the pinched gold wire enamel colorful wishful twig pattern teacup on the side, and drank the tea.

Cen Yin glanced at the little scorpion beside him and told him to check.