Ten years of Jianlong, the fifteenth day of the first month.

Li Yuejiao, as the wife of the Hou Shizi of Anyang, is a good person, and she is a person who loves to listen to stories and has been taught by the lord of Xiaohui for three years, but in fact, she knows nothing about the court situation and military affairs.

For example, the last time Chen and Zheng took advantage of the change in the court and united the army to press the border, she only knew that it was because of Xue Zhen's advance layout, which not only successfully defended the city and retreated from the enemy, but also caught Chen Guo by surprise and occupied Huimao City.

But what kind of impact this matter has, Li Yuejiao doesn't know anything.

She also knew that Chen Guoguo had stragglers bravely entered the northern frontier, so the three counties and sixteen main cities in the north were all under the leadership of the Zhenbei Army, strengthening the defense in the city, connecting the dots into a line, and solving those remnants little by little, and never allowing them to go south.

So she only thought that she would stay in Anhua County for the New Year this year, afraid that the New Year's flavor would not be strong, and it would be difficult to go out for entertainment and the like, so she pondered how to arrange the craftsmen, Fu Nian and other small houses in this courtyard, and everyone closed the door and had a lively New Year.

Unexpectedly, the mood of the people in Anhua County for the festival is not only still enthusiastic, but also the yamen notices that there is no curfew from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month and from the thirteenth to the sixteenth day of the first month in the city; The rest of the curfew is also from midnight to midnight, which is much shorter than usual.

Since entering the New Year, the city of Anhua County is constantly lively every day, with the sound of firecrackers from every household and the cries of selling in the streets and alleys, which makes Li Yuejiao, who has traveled far away, feel very good.

It's just that because of Li Yuejiao's current identity, there are many people who come to visit in the first month, but fortunately, she has the highest status in Anhua City now, so she is also the one who can't go or not.

The noble ladies of the six clans sent a post to invite Li Yuejiao to the banquet - Li Yuejiao was too lazy to deal with them, so she resigned.

There are wealthy merchants in the city who have a lot of origins, or local, or Chen and Zheng, Li Yuejiao knows that there is no good banquet, and these people must have a plan to see them, so almost all of them were rejected by her, and even the things sent to the door were returned by her one by one.

She is not short of money.

There are also many neighbors who come to visit the New Year - although Li Yuejiao is not all social, she still asked Mother Tong and Yun Tuan to return the gift to the neighbors with Cuiliu, because the neighbors on this street think that the little lady has a really good temper; People who can't be called neighbors on other streets and have no reason to come to the door are quite hot-eyed.

Fortunately, Li Yuejiao loves to go out, and when she enters the New Year, she sits in her little sheep cart every day, sometimes accompanied by Qin Le and Yuntuan, and sometimes a bunch of people gather, every time she will buy some strange and bits and pieces of local interesting things, and the money is not much, so she wants to be happy and happy.

Life is really easy and comfortable.

Now, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Yuejiao led a family, a mighty group of about 20 people, along the bazaar, to the north of the city.

Anhua County New Year's customs, every year from the thirteenth day of the first month, to sing three days of drama in the city on the three square stage, singing to the fifteenth night of the first month, then in the city is the all-night lantern festival, among which the most lively lantern festival is naturally in the north of the city where rich businessmen gather.

Li Yuejiao, who loves to join in the excitement and listens to the drama, naturally can't miss it, after knowing that there is no curfew, she has already booked the best two private rooms in Zuiyunlou, the largest restaurant in the north of the city, and booked it for three days in a row to watch the play and watch the lanterns.

Zuiyunlou has his own opera troupe, and he has also invited a troupe, and the drama he sings is better than that on the stage in the square.

Even Zheng Xiaoxi, who was worried about assassination, was moved by Li Yuejiao's words on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and went with him in disguise, and also prepared a mask - many people in the Anhua City Lantern Festival wore masks of various colors, so it was not abrupt.

Qin Le laughed at her: "The older you are, the more you live as a child."

Li Yuejiao just found a very delicate set of sheep crutches in the bazaar, tossed them in the car, and said with a smile:

"When I was in Beijing, I entered the wax moon, and every day was a ceremony, and it was a rule, and I had to make trouble until the sixteenth day of the first month, and I was going to forget it this year, of course, I had to have fun."

This year, she only followed the etiquette to worship Du Day, who is an elder, for the New Year; On King Huai's side, Xue Zhen didn't call her, and King Huai didn't have a female dependent, so she didn't move.

Thinking of Xue Zhen, Li Yuejiao's heart was slightly

Slightly sunk.

This New Year, except for the first day of the new year, Chang Feng came to the door to deliver a lot of things, and she didn't get any news from him.

Li Yuejiao knew that he was hiding from herself, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

After that day, although she made up her mind, she really didn't know how to face Xue Zhen.

*

When they arrived at Zuiyun Building, the shopkeeper specially arranged for the waitresses to take care of them, and they had already prepared tea, dried fruits, candied fruits, snacks, etc., all of which were the favorite foods of Li Yuejiao and others.

After all, it's the third day, and Mrs. Shizi likes to eat, and she has already figured it out.

It's still the same as the previous two days, one for the men, one for Li Yuejiao and one for the women, no longer paying attention to the masters and servants, just having fun together, eating and drinking.

Li Yuejiao played with the newly bought copper nine-link again, leaning on the railing of the half-rolled bead curtain, listening to the play on the stage downstairs.

After listening to "Loyal to the Country", "Hitting the Golden Branch", "Three Please Fan Lihua", and when she sang "Dingjun Mountain" and "Swimming Dragon and Phoenix", Li Yuejiao was tired of listening, and simply played with Qin Le, Yuntuan, and the four cui to catch sheep crutches.

Everyone enjoyed themselves until the evening, and after dinner, the lights began to turn on one after another.

Li Yuejiao suddenly got up and lit up the flower basket-shaped flowers she made like a brocade palace lamp, and she must go to the street.

Mother Tong's legs and feet are not good, and it is not good to walk for a long time, Qin Le just wants to listen to the play, and persuaded her:

"Where do you sit and don't you look? If you have to go out, so many people, squeeze in again."

"If Senior Sister doesn't like to move, I'll go by myself," Li Yuejiao said, putting on the mask of a Monkey King, and said with a smile, "I don't like Senior Sister like this, when I come out to play, where can I be afraid of too many people?" Wouldn't it be nice to go home and sit?"

Qin Le smiled and poked her head, "I'm worried about you."

Li Yuejiao stuck out her tongue at her: "Okay, wait a little later, I'll come back to watch the fireworks."

After that, he said to the four cui: "If you love to go out, go out, and if you don't like to go out, watch the play here, let's get together to be conspicuous." But if you want to go out, you have to go out together, and don't be left alone."

The four emeralds smiled and should be.

Li Yuejiao happily led the clouds out together.

And when everyone in the private room next door heard that Li Yuejiao was going out, they knew that she didn't want too many people to follow, so Hu Rong was the only one to follow, and he didn't get close, but not far away.

*

When she went out today, Li Yuejiao still felt a little cold, but now because of the large number of people watching the lanterns, she felt a lot warmer. new

There are many lamps displayed in various shops and yamen on the street, each with its own characteristics, each with its own brilliance, big or small, competing for beauty, and there are more colorful heads such as lantern riddles, for elegant people to enjoy.

In this way, it naturally attracted some literati and bachelors.

Li Yuejiao is not very familiar with poetry and books, and she is not interested in color heads, so she does not guess lantern riddles, but only stands outside the crowd to watch the excitement and listen to others guess lantern riddles for fun.

After listening to it a lot, she found that the lantern riddles were not very difficult, and she saw that there were always people who couldn't guess and were in a hurry, so she secretly told Yuntuan the answer and asked her to guess, and got some good luck: such as handkerchiefs and purses with exquisite embroidery, etc.

Many people saw the delicate lantern in Li Yuejiao's hand, and they had to look at it twice. After walking away, there was even a short, sturdy and round rich young master, who simply stopped Li Yuejiao, pointed to the lantern in her hand and asked:

"Hey, where did you get your lanterns?"

Li Yuejiao disliked him for being rude, and said lightly, "I did it myself."

After that, we have to take a detour.

But the rich young master still wanted to stop her and asked, "Then you can make a price and sell it to me." My lady likes it."

As he spoke, he pointed to the three women standing not far away with heavy makeup, each with their own style, looking at them with their words and smiles.

I don't know which one is her lady, or which of his ladies is optimistic about this lamp.

Li Yuejiao frowned slightly: "This young master,

I'm not selling lights."

Let's take a detour again.

The rich young master was suddenly unhappy, took a step to stop her, and shouted, "Which woman are you? Don't you know who I am? My surname is to talk about it."

Surname talk?

Li Yuejiao's eyebrows under the mask were lightly raised, and she could talk about her surname so openly in Anhua County, but she thought that only one of the six clans could talk about it.

She sneered in her heart and said indifferently, "Oh, my surname is Li, and my name is Lamp Bubo."

Anyway, the third time is leaving.

Young Master Tan was face-saving by Li Yuejiao three times in a row, and suddenly lost his temper, stopped Li Yuejiao for the third time, and shouted, "Then I want to buy it today, how about it?"

His voice was louder than the previous ones, and it immediately attracted many people to stop and watch.

When the three women saw it, instead of persuading, they laughed even harder, pointing as if this was the best show.

Hu Rong saw that it was not good, and he immediately wanted to come over.

It's just that as soon as he moved, suddenly a figure stopped in front of Li Yuejiao, separated the young master, and said indifferently:

"Look, this young master is also a decent person, since this lady has already said that she will not sell, why do you want to force it?"

The accent is cold and indifferent, it is a very positive official accent, not like a native of Anhua County, nor like Li Yuejiao or Xue Zhenna who grew up in Beijing, even if he speaks official dialect, he also has some Yujing sound.

Li Yuejiao didn't expect someone to speak up, and after being stunned for a moment, she tilted her head and looked at the person.

is a talented young man with a weak crown, dressed in red, with a delicate face and picturesque facial features, but his expression is quite cold, rejecting the temperament of thousands of miles away, erasing the weakness brought by the delicate.

I don't know.

Young Master Tan was already angry because he didn't buy a lamp, and when he suddenly saw one who came to stir up the situation, he couldn't help but be even more unhappy, but the man was not short, he could only look up at his face, glared and said:

"Who are you? Dare to come here to take care of Young Master Ben's affairs!"

The man in red was still cold, still standing in front of Li Yuejiao, not taking a step, and said coldly:

"The surname is Chu, and he is the left servant of the ministry, but he is enough to take care of this young master's affairs?"

Li Yuejiao was stunned for a moment.

It just so happened that Hu Rong had already come up.

Li Yuejiao hurriedly stopped him, shook her head at him secretly, and muttered in her heart.

The left squire of the ministry?

First the King of Huai, and then the squire.

Now this Anhua county town, is it too noble?