It was just dark, and the streets were full of lights.

Lights were also lit in the small building.

The pony lantern of the Three Flower Lady had been nourished by spiritual power, only a little older than before, and it was still well preserved, and she used a spell to light it up and hold it in her hand. Song You's lanterns that were originally given by the little ghost at the Pingzhou Dashan Demon and Ghost Market were also well preserved, and at this time, he also invited Sanhua Niangniang to light them up and hand them over to the swallows.

One of the two little monsters carried a lantern and honestly followed the Taoist out.

"The two most lively lantern festivals in Changjing in a year should be the Shangyuan Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival. Song You said.

"The swallow didn't go last time!" The little girl also said.

"Don't look at the Lantern Festival, there are many people, in fact, they are all strangers, and there may only be one passing fate in this life, and then you will not have communication with them, and there will be no contact. They will never know what kind of person you are for the rest of their lives, at most because you are good-looking, and they look at you a few times, but once they go home, it is as if they have never seen you. Song You said, "There's nothing to be afraid of." ”

"Nothing to be afraid of! I don't know you anyway! The little girl said, holding up her lantern, "Sanhua Niangniang's pony lantern was won by guessing a riddle at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival before!" ”

"Got it......"

The swallow boy held the lantern and followed closely.

At night, even if the street is full of lights, how far can oil lamps and candles shine?

In the dimness and darkness, there is another atmosphere.

Countless people crowded and walked in it.

Crowded, like a river in the dark.

Yanzi only felt that everyone passing by was looking at him, and that pair of eyes really made him can't help but be cramped.

But the gentleman is right—

Changjing is prosperous, famous all over the world, the most prosperous and lively time, is the Mid-Autumn Festival Shangyuan Lantern Festival and the annual temple fair, since you have come to Changjing, how can you not experience it once?

The surroundings are all strangers, and there will be no intersection in this life, so there is not much difference from the roadside grass and trees.

So he mustered up his courage.

And this is also a complaint to passers-by-

A delicate girl, a handsome young man, walking in the night with a lantern, followed by a Taoist, the light is shining, like a fairy, which really makes people can't help but look sideways.

What's more, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is different from the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.

Shangyuan lantern will be more emotionally colored.

It's like Valentine's Day.

If you have a heart to belong to, you will make an appointment early this night and come out to meet.

If there is no marriage match of the appropriate age men and women, especially the ladies and literati students who have read books, since childhood, in poetry articles and local rumors heard the story of a lover becoming a family member on the Shangyuan Festival, suppressed a whole year of affection, it is rare to have a good opportunity to release, naturally yearning, each group of three or five or with servants and maids, carrying lanterns walking on the street, eyes are glanced at the opposite sex.

The young man was born handsome, not to mention the young woman and the middle-aged woman, even some men, couldn't help but cast their eyes at him.

The boy had no choice but to look at his nose and nose.

Or cast his eyes at the girl next to him, and see a familiar person, which always makes him feel more comfortable.

"Look at those little people, they are all looking at the pony lanterns of the three flower girls." The little girl's eyes were bright, and she said proudly, "But only Sanhua Niangniang has it." ”

“……”

Listening to her indifferent words, the swallow seemed to be infected by it, and it was a little more relaxed.

"Here Sanhua Niangniang seems to remember, it's almost time to the place where Sanhua Niangniang and Taoist priests guessed lantern riddles before." The little girl stared straight ahead, "If there is a lantern riddle guess, let's go win another one." ”

Hearing this, the swallow also looked forward, and then looked upstairs.

Before I knew it, I had reached the river.

The lights here are particularly bright, several along the way, are the places of flowers and willows, the small building is extremely beautiful, the upstairs window often leans on the beautiful women, all dressed up in flowers, staring at the bottom, both appreciate the gorgeous and lively of the lantern festival, but also attract guests.

In front of us is the Qinghong-in.

Qinghong Courtyard is still brightly lit, and there is a large group of people in front of it, guessing lantern riddles.

Song You led the girl and the boy over to take a look, the scene was probably the same as a few years ago, but the person who presided over the lantern riddle was replaced by another young woman, with a young face and an excellent appearance, and she was no longer familiar.

Lantern riddles are much more complicated than they were back then.

A young scholar, supported by a group of friends, listened to the puzzle with confidence, and when others were thinking hard, he only thought about it for a moment, and then gave the answer, which can be described as a quick thought. Accompanied by some frivolous words, it caused others to look sideways and laugh.

Song You stood in the crowd and looked, but he saw another woman behind the young woman, who had only been a few years old, but her face was still a little familiar.

The woman stood almost at the outermost end of the light, looking only at the young woman, as if guiding the new successor.

At the same time, she also saw the Taoist.

It seemed that he also felt that the Taoist was a little familiar, so he couldn't help but stop his gaze on him, tilted his head slightly, and showed his thoughts, and then his eyes drooped, and he saw the lantern in the hand of the girl behind the Taoist, and then he remembered.

“……”

Song You saluted her slightly.

The woman was still staring at him, and then turned her head to look at the younger woman in front of her, and saw that she coped calmly, and her demeanor was not inferior to her originally, so she no longer worried, and turned to Lianbu and walked towards the Taoist.

Qinghongyuan is a must in Changjing, she was also one of the celebrities in Qinghongyuan at the beginning, this is not just by appearance and figure, but also has a talent, communication skills, she was also sought after by many literati in Changjing, but it has only been six or seven years, she walked through the crowd, and there are not many people who have set their eyes on her.

Everyone looked at the young woman who was talking and laughing freely in the light.

A new generation replaces the old.

The woman smiled calmly, came to the Taoist, and then asked in a low voice: "The Taoist is the one who was in the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival many years ago?" ”

"It's rare to remember us." Song You also saluted, "Thank you for giving the lantern back then." ”

“……”

The woman's smile couldn't help but become a little thicker when she heard this, her eyes lowered, her eyes were calmer than before, and she looked at the girl behind the Taoist and the pony lantern she was carrying in her hand, and the lantern also had a few small words written on it, "Changjing Qinghong Courtyard", but it did not fade at all.

"This is won by the Taoist guessing the lantern riddle, what does it have to do with the little girl?" The woman just said, "I never thought that there would be a day of goodbye to the Taoist chief." ”

"It's all fate."

"It's a pity that today's Qinghong Courtyard is not as good as it was back then, although there are also lantern quizzes this year, but there are no lanterns, only a pot of turbid wine in the store." The woman shook her head and smiled, looking very embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Song You couldn't help asking.

"It's not that King Shun entered Beijing last year, those military masters didn't spare us, we are not from good families, and we are not women in their mouths." The woman shook her head and smiled miserably, "It's still a trivial matter that the money in the courtyard was looted, and many sisters couldn't stand the insult and committed suicide one after another. I don't know how long it will take for Qinghongyuan to recover. In two years, I will have to leave Changjing. ”

"I see."

Song You couldn't help but sigh.

Who said that Qinglou women don't have integrity?

"That's right—"

Song You suddenly raised his hand, put his left hand into the cuff of his right hand, took out a folded talisman, and said respectfully to the woman: "Thanks to the help of the people back then, I won the lantern, and over the years, my children have liked this lantern very much." I heard that the world is not good now, and there are often evil and strange things in the world, so I gave the next talisman, hoping to keep the next peace. ”

"How's that good?"

The woman smiled with a smile on her face, naturally reached out to take it, and naturally touched the money around her waist.

"It doesn't have to be."

Song You saw what she meant, and immediately smiled: "I don't sell talismans today, but I just have enough goodwill that day, not to mention that just a talisman is just a piece of talisman paper, which is not enough to worry about." ”

"This ......"

The woman was stunned for a moment, and her movements stopped.

"The world is not easy, and it is expected that there will be no chance to see each other in the future, so please take care." The Taoist gave up his hand to her.

"The Taoist is also ......"

Looking up at the Taoist expression, there was a trance in front of him, and the memory came to his heart, and then he remembered that he had never met many years ago, why did he repay kindness to this Taoist for no reason.

It's not out of care for the Taoist, but I think he is gentle and sincere, and he is also respectful and polite to himself.

"I see......"

The woman couldn't help but whisper.

The scene of that day became clear, and she naturally remembered the three-flowered cat that followed the Taoist back then, which was one of the reasons why she had a good impression of the Taoist at the beginning. But at this time, he looked left and right, but he didn't see the three-flowered cat beside the Taoist.

The woman was stunned and couldn't help asking, "I seem to remember that the Taoist chief brought a three-flower cat with him that day, but I don't know where that cat is now?" ”

When the Taoist heard this, he just smiled at her.

Laughing without saying a word, he walked away.

But the light in front of him didn't move.

The woman's eyes lowered slightly, and then she saw that the girl was holding a mahogany pole and carrying a pony lantern, and was looking up at her without blinking. The three-colored clothes on his body are just like the color of a cat. Under the light, her face was so delicate that she was not like a mortal, her face was expressionless, and her eyes were as clear as jewels, and she always felt that she did not look like a human.

Instead, it's like a cat that looks at people.

The two sides looked at each other for a moment, and when they saw the Taoist walking away, she still didn't say a word, only turned her head to look at the Taoist, and suddenly moved, like a rabbit, and chased after him at once.

Immediately, while following the Taoist, he looked back at her frequently.

It's more like a cat......

The woman's expression was stunned, she withdrew her gaze, and looked down at the talisman in her hand.

“……”

The woman couldn't help but shake her head.

The voice of the scholar laughing at the young woman came from the side, and the words were more or less obscene.

"Heh......"

What about Qinghongyuan? What about the Ten Uniques of Changjing? No matter how elegant the Qinglou is, it is still a Qinglou, and it can't compare to the Wanjiang girl who passed away in the Hexian Building. It's okay in peacetime, the people in the city are all etiquette, but where the world and people's hearts are a little chaotic, they can really still take them seriously, and the only thing she can think of for a while is probably this Taoist who has only seen only two sides and has no intersection.

(End of chapter)