The Shangyuan Festival in the third year of Yuanfu is far less lively than in previous years. Although the city of Tokyo is also crowded and bustling, as far as the eye can see, there is not a single boy running and playing, and there is not a single hawker wandering the streets.

The wind was urgent, mixed with a terrible whistle. People lowered their heads, shrunk their necks, and raised their arms from time to time to shield themselves from the cold wind.

At dusk, the sunset is sprinkled on the wide royal street in front of the Great Xiangguo Temple.

The royal street is twenty miles long and about two hundred steps wide, and such a spacious royal road is not much better than the Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty.

However, at this time, the royal street is empty, and the various shops on both sides are also quite lonely. Mo said that today is the Shangyuan Festival, even if it is an ordinary day, it will not be such a depression.

Since the beginning of winter last year, there has been bad news from the official family that "the holy bow is hesitant" and "the dragon's body is not safe", and it has not improved until this year.

Gradually, there was some discussion in the community. "The official family is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, how can it cause such a major disease that is difficult to cure?" "I heard that there is a Taoist who watches the sky at night and glimpses the wolf taking away the north star. Then there must be treachery and evil to disrupt the dynasty. ”

Therefore, the people of the Imperial City Division of Soldiers and Horses patrol the city every day, whether it is the state bridge on the Bianhe River, the roads on both sides of the Heavenly Street, or the city gate, the palace gate, Jinmingchi and various streets, and often you can see the soldiers of the Imperial City Division on patrol with helmets and armor.

Because of this, even on a festive day like the Shangyuan Festival, the folk seem to be gloomy, how can there be half a taste of the festival?

However, there is also a restaurant that is very lively.

Yujie to the west, out of the Yiqiu Gate, along the West Street to the Shuntian Gate, you can see a towering restaurant. The restaurant is hexagonal in shape and has three floors. The first floor is a hall where the shabby drinkers indulge in wine; The second and third floors are the private rooms of the rich and noble, which can be overlooked from the window, and the scenery of Jinming Pond outside the city and the prosperous market in the city can be seen.

The people of the time have an inscription: "Changfeng Restaurant is high into the sky, and it costs thousands of dollars to drink." In front of the Fan Tower, the fish is drunk, and the dragon is boiled and the phoenix is fat and fresh. Zhao Taibai, lead the immortals, and the Yulou Sheng song is the orchestra. Take a leaf from the incense cup of the tea building, and the queen mother will change the garden".

The Changfeng Building, the Fan Building, the Jade Building, and the Ming Building are the four most prestigious shops in Tokyo. said that it was a shop, and its pomp and circumstance did not lose to the palace garden. Just the year before last, the Fan Tower was renovated, and the newly built dougong even overflowed the Zichen Hall of the Imperial City, which shows its might.

At this time, the building is bustling with people, drinkers talking, drinking and rolling dice, and those who fight crickets from time to time shouting loudly or clapping their legs in regret, compared to the tranquility of the entire city of Tokyo, it seems to be an isolated place.

It's just that there is an interesting story in Tokyo recently, which has attracted people to talk about it in the streets, but it happened to encounter the official family's "holy bow", and the people of the Imperial City Division in the city grasped it tightly, and no one dared to make a mistake in the inner city, so they all came one after another, and they were quick to talk in the Changfeng Building under this Shuntian Gate.

"Hey! Who of you would have thought that Mo Yunxiao could have today! A drinker slapped the wine table, then rolled up his sleeves and said to the people at the table: "'I'd rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao; I'd rather eat three buckets of vinegar than see Mohelu'. Hehe, the son of the Song family dares to scratch lice on the head of this 'female Yama', but I'm afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat! ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and drank the last bit of the idea, and then wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, revealing a very pleasant smile.

The two drinking friends at the same table glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Although Mo Yunxiao is rude, this Song Gongzi is not an idle person. The Fan Lou Song family is also a well-known name in our Tokyo city. Mo Yunxiao can't help but have scruples. ”

"Hey! Yuan Erlang, you are a scholar's opinion. The other person smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you talk about the reputation of Yuanbo, the Fan Lou Song family, the Ming Lou Mo family, it is equal." However, this matter cannot be covered by fame. Thinking that Mo Yunxiao has been dancing with knives and guns since she was a child, and often galloping in the downtown area, who is not afraid of her three points when she sees her? But now, the Song family's eldest man resolutely withdrew from the marriage, which greatly wiped the face of the female king. How could she give up? Hum! Even ordinary people will see it as a great shame when they encounter such a thing, let alone the Mo family! What's more, it's Mo Yunxiao? ”

"Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity......," the drinker who had spoken earlier sighed. He lost the arrogance of looking forward to his self-pride, but he lost his spirit like a frosted eggplant.

"Brother Cheng, what's wrong with you?" The one called Mingyun gently nudged his arm and asked softly.

He raised his head and glanced at the two of them, smiled again, and said, "This Mo Yunxiao looks like a moon, but he has the temperament of a Hedong lion." Alas, it's a pity that I'm the son of the Song family! ”

As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them burst out laughing.

But before the laughter was over, the whole restaurant fell silent. The three of them felt strange, so they looked at the door one after another, and this was so unbearable that they were covered in sweat and hair stood on end.

Standing in the doorway were two women, one tall and one short. The tall woman wore a felt hat, slightly covering her face, wearing a fox fur jacket, white fluff turned out, sticking to her snow-white neck, and the lower body was a fat flared trousers, and her feet were embroidered white face facing shoes, which were extremely luxurious; And the short woman was dressed in a green coat, and her feet were also ordinary women's shoes, and she looked like a maid.

The two women stood in the doorway, and the drinkers looked at each other, except for the crickets in the middle of the fierce battle in the crockpot as if no one was fighting. For a time, the restaurant was as quiet as water.

The maid who was holding her own young lady looked up and exclaimed angrily, "What about the people in Changfeng Tower? Don't come to respond? ”

"Coming, coming......" A restaurant boy bowed and ran quickly. He came to the bottom of the steps, bowed his head, and said very respectfully: "Miss Helu is here, and Xiaodi Sansheng is fortunate to be able to serve." ”

"Alright." The woman with the felt hat asked coldly, "Has the person I want to see arrived?" ”

"Back to Miss Helu, when the person arrived, he waited upstairs in the wind and moon. Little bottom, this leads the way for the girl. As he spoke, he flashed to the side and made a gesture to invite someone in.

The woman didn't respond, but with the support of the maid, she stepped on the floor tiles of Changfeng Tower.

The eyes of the drinkers were attracted by them, and no one dared to say a word, not even gasping for the atmosphere. "Oo......oo In a few moments, they disappeared from the view of the drinkers.

The servant stopped at the door of a private room. He looked up and saw the wooden sign hanging at the door, with the word "Fengyue" written on it, so he gently raised his hand and knocked on the door, saying, "Song Gongzi, Miss Helu has arrived." ”

Soon, the door squeaked open, and a handsome man with a handsome look and a sharp gaze came into view. He had thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and his skin was fair, like an immortal who had come out of a painting, and the maid standing by could not help but blush when she saw it, and hurriedly lowered her head.

It's just that the man looked at the person in front of him, and he was a little flustered for a while, and he was stunned for a while before he said, "Sister of the Mo family, come in." ”

The woman with the felt hat tilted her head slightly and said to the maid beside her, "I have something to say to Brother Song, and you are guarding the door." ”

"Yes, big girl." The maid also bent her knees slightly and agreed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the little guy hurriedly smiled and said, "Wait a minute, Xiaodi will go to the kitchen to prepare food." When he had finished speaking, he ran away.

The woman in the felt hat strode into the room, pacing and looking around, and saw that although the room was not large, it was also delicately furnished. Two hanging windows are divided into the east and west sides, and you can overlook the Jinming Pond and the downtown area respectively. In front of the window was a round table with a small stove for scalding wine, on which a pot of wine was still sitting, but the charcoal fire was running out.

On one side of the table is a mahogany screen, on which is painted with the West Building Mochizuki and Su Zizhan's "Breaking the Array"; On the other side, there are several cabinets, on which are placed some precious utensils, although they can't enter the eyes of people like Zhao Mingcheng, but they are also extremely precious.

The woman came to the table and sat down, gently removed her felt hat, and a pretty and fair face was revealed.

I saw that her eyes were like a lake with Bobi, her eyebrows were like crescent moon silver hooks, and under the towering bridge of her nose was a pair of red lips with lipstick, and her lips were full of flesh, like delicate flowers.

But at this time, her eyes were full of resentment, and her cold gaze was like a sharp arrow aimed directly at the man who was walking towards her.

The man stood still in front of her, made a long gesture, and said, "Sister of the Mo family, brother, I am so polite." ”

"Humph!" The woman's eyebrows gathered, her eyes narrowed, and she asked coldly, "Who is your sister?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then changed his words again and called softly: "Helu." ”

"Helu? Do you only remember my cousin and forget my Mo Yunxiao's name? The woman raised her voice and stared at him.

The man shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "I'd rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao; I'd rather eat three buckets of vinegar than Mohelu. Hehe, brother, how can I not know this witty saying in the city of Tokyo? ”

"Smack!" With a bang, Mo Yunxiao slapped the table hard, shaking the wine jug, the wine cup, and the small stove.

"Then you should know my methods!" Her tone became more and more aggressive, and she squinted her eyes and said, "I am thinking of being with you Song Mingxuan, and I am also thinking of having a good relationship with your Song family in the Mo family, so I will treat you well." You have no intention of me, and you want to break the marriage contract you have made since childhood, and I should have forgiven me. But why did you break the contract in public and make me the laughing stock of Tokyo? ”

After she finished speaking, she slapped the table hard and hard.

Song Mingxuan was stunned for a moment, then sighed deeply and said, "Helu, this matter is that I am sorry for you, and I am also sorry for your Mo family." However, I do have unspeakable concerns. If I don't do this to the public, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to explain it in the future. ”

"Hidden?" Mo Yunxiao looked up to the sky and smiled, and said, "Aren't you clean and self-conscious, dyed with flowers and willows?" ”

"No, no, no!" Song Mingxuan hurriedly shook his hand and said, "I've never ...... Haven't been to that kind of place! However, my secret is more difficult to talk about than eating flower wine. ”

"Humph!" Mo Yunxiao glanced at the corner of her mouth and said, "If you have any hidden intentions, I know if you don't say it." ”

Song Mingxuan was shocked when he heard this, and his back was wet with sweat in an instant. He hurriedly stepped forward, stared at Mo Yunxiao's eyes and asked, "Sister Helu, what did you say?" ”

Facing Song Mingxuan's torch-like gaze, Mo Yunxiao did not dodge or dodge, still raised his head proudly, looked into his eyes, and said, "Why do you insist on retiring from the marriage, and why are you struggling here, hum!" My heart was full of snow, and I knew it all. ”

Song Mingxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "No...... No, it's extremely secretive, how could you possibly know? ”

"Do you want me to say it myself?" Mo Yunxiao leaned forward slightly and asked proudly.

Hearing this, Song Mingxuan seemed to have lost his soul, and could only look at her blankly, as if he was deaf and stupid, and did not say a word.