Uncle's carriage came a little late. Take me back to the Shuiming Palace, my aunt has already set up a small banquet for me. This is the first time I've come back since I entered Mingxin Hospital, and it is not a big deal in my aunt's opinion. I once heard my mother talk about my aunt, saying that she was very educated, but my mother didn't say that my aunt was very fond of getting to the bottom of things, and I did something in Mingxin Yuan, and she had to inquire about almost everything. Seeing that she was asking, the uncle said, "Yunni, Mingxin Courtyard is not a place to play, Hanbai is tired enough, let him eat first." ”

My uncle was probably in the same position at home as my father was at home, because my aunt rolled her eyes at him. But because I was there, my aunt didn't say anything more, but Ah Miao sandwiched a piece of meat for me and said, "Cousin Hanbai, you eat meat." ”

After eating, my uncle called me to the study and asked me a few words. He hated his aunt at the dinner table for talking too much, but in fact, what he asked me was what my aunt wanted to know. When I talked about being beaten down by Prince Xu, he frowned and said in a low voice: "Hanbai, your mother is not here, you are in the Mingxin Courtyard, and I can't control you." But there is one thing you have to remember, don't hold a grudge against Prince Xu. ”

I said, "Of course." Just looking at my uncle's solemn appearance, I couldn't help but be a little worried, and asked, "Uncle, what is the origin of this prince?" ”

"This man is the son of the great commander Ding Henry. I heard that Marshal Ding fled with his family and was chased and killed by the commander-in-chief, but His Majesty moved his compassion and let Mrs. Ding and Ding Xu Gongzi go. More than ten years ago, His Majesty retrieved Ding Gongzi's brother and sister from Di Bu and adopted them as righteous sons and daughters. When my uncle said this, he suddenly sighed, but said, "Han Bai, how are you practicing with that meteor hammer?" ”

I said, "It's not good to bring this thing to Mingxin Academy, I haven't practiced it." ”

"Then let's go to the backyard and practice now."

Uncle said that the meteor hammer has four techniques: throwing, turning, hooking, and spinning, and it is not difficult to practice, but it is never-ending to practice, and the most important thing is that practice makes perfect. He suddenly talked about it now, but he was afraid that he didn't want to talk about the prince anymore. But my uncle pulled the topic away, and I guessed what he meant. This prince must not be easy to get along with, and if I have a feud with him, he will definitely come to me in every possible way to trouble. It's just that he hates me like this just because the emperor has given me the treatment of a prince, and it seems that even if I don't intend to offend people, it won't help.

After practicing with my uncle in the backyard for a while, I only felt that my shots were getting smoother and smoother. My uncle put some sticks in front of me, and put a stone on top of them, so that I could shoot them down without touching them. The stick is just standing on the ground and will fall down at the slightest touch, so the head must be pinched with extreme accuracy. I tried several times, either because I was afraid of touching the stick, and I couldn't even touch the stone, or I knocked down the stone with the stick. It's just that the more I practice, the smoother it becomes, and when I get to the eighth time, the copper hammer flies away, and the stones are smashing away, but the wooden stick does not move. I was surprised and delighted, for fear that this time it was just a coincidence, and I tried twice in a row, and each time I was not biased, and I was in the middle of the stone, so I believed that I had grasped the decision, and I couldn't help but be very proud, and turned my head and said: "Uncle, you see, have I done this?" ”

I was about to boast to my uncle, but when I turned my head, I saw that he was thoughtful, and I didn't know what he was thinking. Hearing me call him, he came back to his senses, looked at the few stones that I shot down to the ground, and sighed: "Hanbai, you are really a natural martial artist as your mother said. ”

I was stunned and said, "My mother said that about me? ”

Uncle nodded: "Yes." He paused, and then said softly: "Hanbai, there is just a sentence that you should always keep in your heart. ”

When I saw that my uncle said solemnly, I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, and asked, "Uncle, do you want me to clamp my tail and be a man?" ”

Although my uncle's expression was solemn, my words still made him laugh: "You kid, who told you that?" I don't think your mother would say that, and your father was born with a temperament that would rather bend than bend, let alone say it. ”

"It's Grandpa Fang who said it."

The smile on my uncle's face faded. He nodded and said slowly, "It turned out to be Elder Fang." He would really say that, but I didn't expect that you, this kid, would be so popular with Fang Lao, and he would say this to you. ”

I was surprised: "Isn't Grandpa Fang right?" ”

"Of course, it's not wrong, but there's something else I want you to remember." Uncle said, his expression was even more solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Han Bai, your current skills, even if you are older, are probably not your opponents, and you will definitely become more and more powerful in the future." But no matter how powerful a person is, it is just hands and feet, no matter how strong a single opponent is, you always have a way to deal with it, but if the opponent is five tens, or even hundreds of thousands, even if you have three heads and six arms, you are always not an opponent. ”

My heart sank. What my uncle said was not wrong, and I said, "Uncle, if you are really under siege, how should you deal with it?" ”

Uncle exhaled deeply and said in a low voice, "There is only one way, and that is not to let this happen." ”

I was stunned. Originally, I thought that my uncle was going to tell me a trick to be outnumbered, but I didn't expect this sentence. It's just that before I could ask again, my uncle had already said: "Hanbai, those who are highly talented are often easy to be arrogant and arrogant, and they will offend people unconsciously. You are young and knowledgeable, you don't know the depth of many things, and you will take risks and do things absolutely well. ”

I just felt a fever on my face. I don't know if my uncle knew about what happened on the docks that night, but I really did what he said, relying on my own skills and doing things too well, and I was hunted down. If it hadn't been for the unexpected help of the saint that night, I was afraid that something would have happened to me. I didn't dare to be stubborn, so I lowered my head and said, "Yes, uncle, I remember." ”

The uncle didn't preach, and said, "Well, it's rare for you to come back once, so don't say more." Hanbai, you haven't been on the street yet, have you? It's the Autumn Lantern Festival, and you have three days off, so tonight's Autumn Lantern Festival is worth visiting. ”

The Autumn Lantern Festival is held once a year in Wuyun City, which is said to be a custom handed down from the past, when people put krathong into the river to sacrifice their dead family members. In fact, this custom also exists in Wuyang City, but the scale of the autumn lantern festival in Wuyang City is not large, and the lantern is only a palm-sized water lantern, and the autumn lantern festival in Wuyun City is said to have evolved into a festival, and those water lanterns have also become a lantern boat tied into all kinds of birds, beasts, insects and fish. I've heard my mom talk about it, and I've always been a little curious. Listening to what my uncle said, I said, "Hey, the autumn lantern will be open now?" I heard my mother say, isn't this festival in early October? ”

"It used to be the beginning of October, but since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, it has been changed to the end of August. Put autumn lanterns, sing autumn operas, and eat autumn banquets, these three autumn ceremonies are not to be missed. Uncle said, pointed to the side and said, "I'll go and tell Lao Xu, you clean up here and go directly to the door, and I'll let him take you out." ”

Lao Xu is a worker in Shuiming Palace, he is not young, and he usually doesn't do anything, almost just in Shuiming Palace. When I packed up the sticks, I was supposed to put away the meteor hammer as well, but because I had just practiced it, I was really excited, and I really didn't want to drop it, so I tied it to my waist. Anyway, the meteor hammer is not big, and once the robe is covered, nothing can be seen. When I arrived at the door, Lao Xu was already waiting there, and when he saw me, he said, "Young Master Zheng, the prince has already told me, please come with me." ”

He is deaf and clear-sighted, and he speaks very clearly, but this sentence of "come with me" killed me. He walked slowly, and I walked behind him, and I was very depressed. walked out of the Ming Wang's Mansion and walked along the street, but saw more and more people passing by, and Lao Xu walked more and more slowly. I saw that the lights were bright in front of me, and it must be where the autumn lantern festival was, so I was even more anxious, and quickly stepped forward and said, "Lao Xu, there is the autumn lantern festival in front, right?" ”

Lao Xu stood still, took two breaths first, and then said, "Yes, Young Master Zheng." ”

I said, "Lao Xu, I'll go over and see it first, if you're tired, rest on the side of the road, and I'll come here to find you after I'm done?" ”

Lao Xu looked really tired, looked up at the front, and said a little hesitantly: "Young Master Zheng, do you know the way?" ”

"Isn't there a river ahead? I walked along the river, and then came back along the river after reading it, and if I didn't walk around, no nerd would get lost. ”

When Lao Xu heard me say this, he no longer hesitated, and said: "That's fine, then I'll wait for you at the intersection, Young Master Zheng, you will come back after seeing the lights." In fact, that's just the case, the lightboat goes down the river, and it is best to watch the lights on the Yongtai Bridge in front, Young Master Zheng, you have sharp legs and feet, go there first, and you can see it most clearly. ”

I saw that he finally didn't have to let me follow, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, Lao Xu, be careful, don't be crowded, then I'll go over and see it first." After that, for fear that he would change his mind, he ran forward quickly. Anyway, with my legs and feet, even if he changes his hexagram and calls me now, I can treat it as if I can't hear it.

After a ride, I got out of this street. The name of the river in the center of Wuyun City is Chengxiang River, and I heard that it was dug out by hand at the beginning, and it leads directly to the Dinghu Lake at the east gate outside the city. Dinghu Lake leads to the open sea in the east and reaches Zhijiang Province in the south, which is the end point of Cao Yun, and then transported into the city through the Chengxiang River, which is convenient and clean. Now those lightboats also seem to be going down the river until they reach Dinghu. It's just that because this area is a downtown area, there are a lot of people, and when I walked out of the street, the area along the river was already crowded, and I could hardly insert a needle into it.

There are a total of eight bridges on the Chengxiang River, which are called "prosperous times and peaceful, auspicious and more than auspicious". Among them, the west of the city is Yongsheng, Yongshi, Yongtai, Yongping four bridges, and the east of the city is Daji, Daqing, Dayou, Dayu four bridges. Among the eight bridges, the two bridges closest to the city, Yongping and Daji, are the largest, enough to run eight horses in parallel. The Yongtai Bridge near the entrance of the street is not small, and it is indeed the best to watch the lightboats sail by on the bridge, but when I walked to the side of the Yongtai Bridge, I saw that there were more people densely packed on the bridge, and a Yongtai Bridge also left one of the roads that could be crossed. I was not very big, and I couldn't see anything from behind the people, so I walked around the bridge, and when I finally found a place to squeeze forward, I saw the last of the lightboats passing under the bridge.

The lightship is quite small, and the deck is full of lights, which is very beautiful. What I didn't expect was that in the open space on the deck of the ship, there were several young women in full costume holding flower baskets, singing and dancing with themselves. These women are very young and have beautiful eyebrows, I was surprised, but I heard a man next to me whistle at a woman holding a basket of flowers, and shouted: "Little Bai Yu'er, why don't you sing your "Eighteen Touches" tonight?" ”

This man's voice was very frivolous, and I was thinking that this man and the woman were familiar with each other, but I heard the woman at the bow of the boat laugh and scold: "Wang Gongzi, if you want to listen to it, come and talk to you, Xiao Baiyu not only sings to you, but also touches you." ”

Although the woman's voice was not light, her tone was very charming, and I was a little red-faced, and I said in my heart: "Why does this woman talk like this?" At this time, I heard the man also laugh and scold: "Wanderer, you touch me, but we can't afford to touch even half a month's rations." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many people on the side were also laughing, and another person said loudly: "Xiao Bai Yu'er, if you touch someone and you want to collect money, then can I touch you and not collect money?" ”

I myself think I'm a cheeky person, when I was in school, sometimes I joked with Shen Baoying and them, and they were always blushing by me, but now I'm blushing, I really didn't expect these people to speak so unscrupulously. And the young woman, named Xiao Baiyu, was also very funny, and I would love to hear her again. However, although the lightboat was moving slowly, it had already sailed past the Yongtai Bridge at this time, and the man who had just spoken to Xiao Baiyu had already shut his mouth. They began to disperse when they were too addicted, but my heart was even more itchy, so I chased them all the way down the Chengxiang River.

The speed of the ship was very slow, so I hurried to the front early, and maybe I would see this little white jade again. It's just that after running a few steps, a large group of people in front of him blocked the road, and it turned out that there was a troupe singing at this intersection. In addition to the lantern boats, there are also wealthy families who invite opera troupes to sing on the road and show passers-by. There is also such a troupe in Wuyang City, and there is a servant named Tan Yueqin who is very popular, and many female classmates are fascinated by this Tan Yueqin. I don't know who the most popular singer in Wuyue City is, but looking at the posture at this intersection, the actor who is playing is not inferior to Tan Yueqin, and the crowd applauds from time to time, and sometimes they should sing in harmony. I couldn't squeeze through it twice, but I was glared at by a few people who wanted to squeeze but couldn't. I didn't dare to make a mistake, thinking that if I made a feud with someone I didn't believe in here, it wouldn't be worth it. But when I go back like this, I won't see that little white jade again, and I'm also unwilling. I was thinking about how to get through the crowd, but I saw a small alley on the right hand side and someone coming out from time to time.

Although the people on the street are crowded and can't get by, they can still get through that small alley. I had an idea and quickly got inside. Although I don't know the road here, these small alleys in Wuyue City basically extend in all directions, anyway, even if I don't know the road, Chengxiang River can always find it. I didn't know that as soon as I walked into this small alley, I saw that this alley was twisted and turned, and it looked strange. I was in a hurry, but now I can't ride a tiger, so I can only go all the way. But this small alley is getting more and more endless, just like the bottomless, and there are fewer and fewer people. I was a little panicked, but when I saw that the front suddenly brightened, my heart was relieved, and my heart finally came out.

As soon as I walked out of this small alley, there was a larger street on the side. I walked back down the street, and after a while, a river appeared in front of me. My heart was relieved, and I thought that this little alley was turning around, and I had probably bypassed the crowd of people, so I walked down the river. Originally, I thought that it would not take much to get to that group of lightboats, but after a journey, the road was not narrow, but it became more and more deserted, and even passers-by could not be seen, so it did not look like there were lightboats to pass by. I was a little busy, but when I saw a room on the side of the road showing light, I hurriedly ran over and knocked on the door. When I knocked on the door, I heard an old woman inside: "Who?" I knocked on the door so late, and the stall closed today. I hurriedly said: "Old mother, I am a passerby, the side of the road, old mother, do you know how to get to Yongping Bridge?" ”

The door opened, and an old woman poked her head out with a candlestick, and shone it on me, and then said, "It's a little brother." You're going to see the lightship, right? Then go there, walk along the pig's tail alley, walk to the Chengxiang River and then east, you can reach Yongping Bridge. ”

The pig's tail alley she said was the long, winding alley I had just walked to. I secretly cried out, thinking to myself, should I go back? Pointing to the front, he said, "What can you get here?" ”

The old woman nodded and said, "I can get there......

As soon as I heard that I could arrive, I didn't care about talking to her more, so I said "Thank you old mother" and ran away. As soon as I ran out, I heard the old woman still muttering something, but I had already wasted a lot of time, and if I had slowed down and the lightboat had crossed the Yongping Bridge, I would not want to run to the next Daji Bridge.