Chapter 22: The Night of Halloween (1)
Early in the morning on the day of the Wanshou Festival, the two little maids chattered much louder, as if they were deliberately waking Cheng Chen up.
Cheng Chen was helpless, he was really woken up, so he had to let the two cheering little girls wait to wash up and eat breakfast.
"What outfit is Miss wearing today?" Xiaoqing came over and asked.
"Miss is beautiful and looks good in anything, why don't you choose a set for Miss?" Xizhu, who was combing Cheng Chen's hair, interjected.
"Don't! I know which set you want to choose, Xiaoqing, choose a more plain set. Cheng Chen knew Xizhu's thoughts, and he always wanted to sell Cheng Chen.
Cheng Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey! Xiaoqing came back and took the set that I wore last time I went to Dongshi. ”
The bronze mirror reflected Cheng Chen's strange smile...
After the three masters and servants reported to Mego, they took the guards and went out to the West Market.
Xishi is close to the starting point of the Tang Chang'an Silk Road, and there are many foreign merchants living in the surrounding squares, thus becoming an international trade market.
Most of them live in the West Market or some neighborhoods near the West Market. These foreign merchants sold the spices and medicines they brought to the Chang'an bureaucracy, and then bought jewelry, silk fabrics, porcelain and other goods from Chang'an and shipped them back to China for sale, and these goods were highly sought after in their country.
As a result, there are many shops opened by foreign merchants in the West Market, such as Persian mansions, jewelry stores, warehouses, liquor stores, etc. Many of them are orchid restaurants where girls from the Western Regions sing and dance and serve wine.
Cheng Chen and his entourage only went to the shop opened by Hu Shang and saw a lot of foreign things that were passed down in this era.
At this moment, Cheng Chen is holding a large bag of crystal clear, each large high-quality diamond, that is, the diamond of the later generations, if it is in the later generations, it will be developed... Worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
It's a pity that in this era, it's not worth anything at all, and Cheng Chen only spent more than eighty taels of silver to buy this big bag of diamonds.
The three masters and servants walked around with the guards, eating, drinking, and having a happy day, but Cheng Chen felt strange all day.
Cheng Chen felt that someone was staring at her all day, and Cheng Chen could feel that her eyes were full of gloom, which made her feel an inexplicable chill behind her.
can't find these eyes, Cheng Chen can't help it, keep one more heart, just pretend not to know, don't startle the snake, wait to see what the purpose of that person is.
In the evening, Cheng Chen and his entourage of five people who came out of a wine shop with orchid dancing went in the direction of Chongrenfang.
Chongrenfang is adjacent to the imperial city, and the Shangshu Provincial Government Office is located in the east of the imperial city, so Chongrenfang Zhufang has become a gathering place for lifters, electors and officials from other provinces in Beijing and people from all over the world.
Tonight's banquet is related to talents, for the emperor's 60th birthday to show the prosperity of the country...
On a starry night, the rows of lanterns in Chongrenfang are like night pearls covering the bustling streets.
The streets are densely packed, groups or alone romantic talents. There are also many children of rich families, and almost all of them are of the younger generation on the street.
Pairs of talented and beautiful women passed by, bringing bursts of incense that melted into the breeze and wafted into the nose.
The talented man patted his chest and told the beautiful woman in front of him about his full stomach and ideal ambitions, and met the eyes of the beautiful woman's worship and infatuation, and his chest was full of pride.
"Miss, it seems that none of the girls and ladies in the past are dressed up, and Miss Bisheng is dressed so simply! Xizhu complained dissatisfiedly.
Cheng Chen is very helpless, his clothes are very beautiful Okay, the fairy sister's outfit, otherwise how could it be popular in almost all costume TV series.
"Okay, little girl, don't complain, don't be squeezed apart, caught and sold." Cheng Chen's grim expression threatened him, so frightened that the two maids hurriedly took Cheng Chen's hand and walked forward.
There are quite a few stalls on the street, and each stall is full of people, and it is impossible to look inside from outside.
Cheng Chen walked to the nearest stall with two small hands on the left and right, and the three girls asked the guards to help open the way and squeezed to the front.
Guess the lantern riddle, there are many small lanterns hanging on the stall, and the silk rope under the lantern is connected to a wooden card, and the riddle is written in the wooden card.
Cheng Chen casually opened a wooden card and looked at it, and there was a number on the card.
This half looks like an ancient text, and the other half looks like an ancient, and if you remove the center, you become a woman. This sign is a guess word.
This is the word "do".
Xizhu heard Cheng Chen say the answer, so he asked the young man in the stall, regardless of whether what Cheng Chen said was right or not.
"Childe! Is there a reward for guessing correctly? ”
The young gentleman turned his head to look over, Xizhu lowered his head shyly, and secretly said that this boy looks really handsome!
"Huh! This girl needs to guess more than 10 questions correctly to have exquisite gifts, and the more you guess correctly, the more rewards! ”
The anagrams in the lantern riddles, Cheng Chen is not good at it, the simpler ones can guess, and the subsets of the scriptures and history can deal with one or two.
Untie the three autumn leaves,
I can bloom a February flower.
Thousands of feet of waves across the river,
Into the bamboo ten thousand dry oblique.
"The mystery is a bamboo raft!"
Cheng Chen entered the field and looked through the signs one by one, and took down the signs if he guessed correctly.
When the child under the stairs is on his back,
Qingming decoration is the most appropriate.
The hairspring is broken and weak,
Don't complain to the east wind.
"Hee-hee! Miss, I know this, it's a kite! ”
Xizhu finally guessed the right question, happily took the sign and was about to hand it to Cheng Chen.
Cheng Chen didn't take it, and reminded him: "Xizhu, your brand can't be placed with me, and only those who guess correctly can be counted together!" ”
Xi drooped his head, thinking that he was afraid that he would not be able to put together ten questions in exchange for gifts.
Xiaoqing stood in the crowd with the two guards, looking enviously at the two of them wandering around the scene and guessing riddles, Xiaoqing had never been to school, and Xizhu only taught her to recognize some words after she came.
"Let's Jean! Excuse me, everybody! ”
A group of young scholars were squeezing into the crowd without gaps, and Xiaoqing was squeezed in the middle of the crowd.
Xiaoqing is short and can't see the front, she keeps squeezing forward and can't move, but she retreats easily when she retreats, and it is even more difficult to get in now.
Seeing that her young lady was in a hurry, Xiaoqing jumped to the outside of the crowd from time to time to look inside.
At this time, Cheng Chen was holding more than 20 cards in his hand, and Cheng Chen felt that these riddles were too difficult, and he might not even be able to make up thirty questions.
I secretly thought that the TV series could guess more than a hundred things casually, and I could really fool it.
"Xiao Liangzi, why are you in such a hurry? What are you looking for? ”
The person who spoke was Luo Xin, tonight Luo Xin took Moxiang and Liang Ruosi to Chongrenfang to join in the fun, taking advantage of the crowd, it was good to be able to squeeze and rub shoulders with the shy girl.
"Go elsewhere, don't follow me!" Saying that, Liang Ruosi quickened his pace again, looked around, and didn't let go of anywhere, and wanted to squeeze in to find it.
Luo Xin asked Mo Xiang next to him: "Xiangxiang, do you think Xiao Liangzi has a ghost in his heart?" This is clearly looking for someone! ”
"The Enu family looks like they're looking for someone!" Mo Xiang smiled sweetly and looked at Luo Xin with affection. This wrongdoer hasn't looked for him for a long time.
"What if I want to follow you? Xiangxiang keeps up! Luo Xin only felt that Liang Ruosi had a ghost in his heart, so he had to follow him even more.