Among all the dynasties, the Shangyuan Festival of the Ming Dynasty may not be the most prosperous, not the most extravagant, but it is definitely the most important festival; In fact, the Shangyuan Festival of the Ming Dynasty began on the eighth day of the first month.

From the eighth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month, there is a custom of lighting up the streets every day; With the approach of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lanterns gradually increase every night, and on the night of the fifteenth day, the city is full of stars, the flower market everywhere, the seventeenth day of the first month is like the end of the prosperous future, and the carnival of the Shangyuan Festival is gradually gone.

Although Ningxia Town is only a small border town, it cannot be compared with the prosperous cities of Beijing and Nanjing, and it is also far from the state capitals in various places. But precisely because it is a border town, the enthusiasm of the people here for the festival is not inferior at all; People hope to forget the worries of being in the border town and seek a rare happy time in the New Year's Lantern Market.

Song Nan drove in the streets and alleys, and the flow of people in the streets and alleys had begun to converge towards Cheng'en Street, which was located in the south of North Street, which was the place where Ningxia Town gathered lanterns every year.

Soon after, the carriage arrived at the south exit of Cheng'en Street, here is already a rubbing shoulders, the black pressure of the crowd is crowded, Cheng'en Street is not allowed to ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair is only allowed to enter on foot, no matter what your identity is, you can only get off the horse and get off the car and enter on foot, the wide street entrance Governor Yamen and the General Army Yamen sent hundreds of soldiers to maintain order and deal with emergencies at any time.

A round of golden bright moon hangs in the eastern sky, this scene is just as the poem says: jade leakage silver pot and do not urge, iron gate gold lock open through. Who can sit idly when they see the moon? Where do you not see the lights?

However, when this scene was beautiful, Song Nan and the master and servant of Ping'an County had no intention of appreciating it; As soon as they came out of the palace, the two guards followed them left and right, not leaving half a step, their eyes were firmly fixed on Song Nan, as if they were not protecting the master and servant in the carriage, but Song Nan on the wheel.

Song Nan didn't care too much, because he didn't plan to get away halfway, and asked Wang Yong to bring the letter back to ask him to bring someone to pick him up at the lamp market, and after arriving at the south exit of Cheng'en Street, Song Nan's eyes have been patrolling the crowd, hoping to see Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao with the Jinyi guards.

The three of them got out of the car at the south exit, and Song Nan deliberately bowed down and said to the county lord of Ping'an: "The county lord and the girl went to shop for the lights, and the old slave I don't like to go to the lights, so I watched the horses here and waited for you to come back." ”

The county lord of Ping'an knew that Song Nan was leaving, and he was a little unhappy for no reason, but then said softly: "Okay, since you don't like to look at the lights, just watch the carriage here." ”

The two guards listened to the answer in their ears, and Ye Baoren stepped forward and said: "Why bother, how can you not see the annual light market?" There are many people here who watch horses and cars for others, give a few pieces of silver and they will take care of it for us, and go in to see the lights together. ”

Song Nan said: "Old man, I really don't like to look at the lights. ”

Ye Baoyi said coldly: "If you look at you, you can see it, what are you talking about?" ”

Song Nan didn't mean what he meant when he heard this, and frowned: "What's the matter, you two are here to protect the county lord, why are you pestering my old man?" ”

The county lord of Ping'an also felt that the tone of the two guards was not quite right, so he said: "Uncle Wang doesn't like to look at the lamp, what are you forcing him to do?" ”

Ye Baoyi hugged his fists and said: "I'm sorry, the prince told my brother to take care of the county lord and the Qingluan girl and this Uncle Wang, how can I take care of him if he stays outside?" This flower market is full of people tonight, there is no one in the three religions and nine streams, in case we meet bad people, something goes wrong, our brothers can't afford it. ”

Before the county lord of Ping'an could speak, Song Nan waved his hand and said: "County lord, these two are right, we must obey the prince's order, and the old man will follow." ”

The county lord of Ping'an looked at Song Nan in a daze, Song Nan stretched out his hand and said, "The old slave opens the way, and the county lord follows the old slave together." ”

Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi glanced at each other proudly, with a smile on their faces; The county lord of Ping'an was full of suspicion and followed Song Nan's footsteps, and looked at the opportunity to ask in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Song Nan said expressionlessly: "They may know my identity, and I wondered that they were always staring at me along the way, but now it seems that they have seen through me." ”

The county lord of Ping'an was startled, and he still had to ask clearly, but Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi had already come over, so they had to hurry up.

Stepping into the street of Cheng'en Street with a width of more than ten zhang, there is a huge large archway across the two streets, the tall archway is hung with red lanterns, fluttering and swaying with the wind, it is very spectacular and beautiful; Behind the archway, a giant marquee more than one person high stands beside the road, and many people stop to watch; All kinds of colored paper figures on the lamp wall slowly turned, attracting a burst of applause from the surrounding onlookers.

Song Nan saw at a glance Hou Dabiao who seemed to be standing on the edge of the marquee, but his eyes were indiscriminate, this guy was wearing civilian clothes with long eyes, and the guys with big shoulders and round waists around him were obviously also people dressed as Jinyi Wei's personal guards, and this time he was also looking around, needless to say, he must be looking for himself.

A big stone in Song Nan's heart fell to the ground, and the Jinyi Wei guards appeared here, so he didn't have a chance to get out, at this moment Song Nan wanted to know what kind of medicine King Anhua was selling in the gourd, and seemed to have insight into his identity, but he let himself out of the palace; Could it be that King Anhua's move was deliberately pretending to be confused and letting himself go?

Song Nan immediately rejected this idea, although he didn't know much about King Anhua, but this person was not a character who let others ride on his head, and since this person was connected with Liu Jin, maybe he knew that there was a situation between himself and Liu Jin, and it was strange that he didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity to get rid of himself for Liu Jin.

Song Nan couldn't figure it out for the time being, but since Jinyiwei was disguised here, he had to let them know that he had already appeared, and he was dressed in a sheepskin jacket with a rickety body, presumably Hou Dabiao and the others must not be recognizable, just now there was a moment when their eyes were attracted by the two palace guards, and they also fell on themselves, and in the end they still didn't recognize themselves.

Of course, Song Nan didn't want them to recognize him, otherwise, with Hou Dabiao's straight nature, maybe he would run up directly and shout 'Lord Song', wouldn't that be true of his stealing into the palace? I don't know if there are other palace guards behind me, once everyone is stolen, it will be troublesome.

Song Nan thought about it, suddenly stopped and pointed to the sugar man stall on the side of the road and said with a smile: "County Lord, Qingluan girl, do you want to eat sugar man?" It's interesting to watch the lanterns and eat candy. ”

Qingluan didn't know what Song Nan meant, and said in his mouth: "Uncle, what is delicious about the sugar man, dirty, my county lord doesn't want to eat it." ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes and said: "Looking at the lanterns and eating candy people, that is, it should be a scene, just like boiling water and bathing with mugwort leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival, whether it is delicious or not is secondary." ”

The county lord of Ping'an stared at Song Nan with his eyes, and felt that Song Nan didn't think about the way to get out at the moment, but came to talk about what sugar people must have a deep meaning, although she couldn't guess Song Nan's intentions, but she still nodded and smiled: "Since Uncle Wang said so, let's go buy a few pieces to meet the situation, and Qingluan will buy a few strings." ”

Qingluan nodded in agreement, and Song Nan hurriedly said: "How can you work Qingluan girl for such a thing, I will run errands, the old man, the girl will accompany the county lord, and I will buy it." ”

Song Nan was about to move, but Ye Baoren grabbed him and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Song Nan said: "Buy candy for the county lord and Miss Qingluan to eat, by the way, do you two want it, the old man will also buy two for you." ”

"Don't go." Ye Baoren said coldly.

The county lord of Ping'an frowned and shouted, "What are you two going to do?" You are here to protect the lord of this county, and you have to take care of what the lord of this county does, why can't I let Uncle Wang buy a few candy people to eat and play? ”

Ye Baoren hurriedly arched his hand and said: "County Lord, the prince has a life, and he wants the two of us to take care of you, how can we take care of us who are running around?" ”

Qingluan sneered and said: "According to what you say, we will simply be tied up hand and foot and dragged away by you, Uncle Wang, don't pay attention to them, the county lord and I want to eat candy, you go and buy it, don't be afraid of them." ”

Song Nanwei didn't speak, Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi exchanged glances, Ye Baoren bowed and said, "The lesson of the county lord is that we are rude." ”

Ye Baoyi pulled Song Nan to the ground and whispered in his ear: "I warn you, you don't know the methods of my brothers, if you dare to play any tricks, I guarantee that you will die a miserable death." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Two, I'll just buy a candy man, why are you shouting and killing." ”

Ye Baoyi sneered: "Don't pretend to be garlic, you understand what I'm talking about." ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Are you two afraid that I won't be able to run away from under my nose?" The stalls on the street are only a dozen steps away, and the two of them have nothing to worry about. ”

Ye Baoyi snorted coldly and said: "It's good if you understand, if you are obedient, you will have a way to live, we are staring at you here, I hope you don't force us to make a move, we don't want to kill people in the street." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Don't dare, I still want to live a few more years, I know the methods of the two of you very well, I remember that last year on Xiangshan, when the two of them pretended to be scholars, I saw the skills of the two." ”

Ye Baoyi smiled coldly and said: "You have a good memory, but you are too bold to dare to sneak into the palace, Lord Song, we admire your courage, but I have to say that you are very stupid." ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Don't say it, I just want to eat candy people and visit the light market at the moment, don't worry, I am a person who knows the times." ”

Ye Baoyi said: "It's better to do this, go ahead, I'll keep an eye on you." ”

Song Nan smiled, turned around and walked towards the sugar man stall on the side of the road, Ye Baoyi and Ye Baoren stared at Song Nan, their bodies were ready to go, the palace had also investigated this Song Nan before, this person's kung fu was sparse, but there was nothing to worry about, if once Song Nan was found to have taken the opportunity to escape, they would be able to jump at a distance of more than ten steps, but they were not afraid of not being able to catch up with him.