Xu Huaigu took Gu Yue to the door of the Yan family, only to see from a distance, a big carriage was parked at the door of the Yan family, eight horses were pulled by the reins, and more than ten domestic servants and maids were surrounded by the carriage.

Chu Wenze and Yan Ruo were very close to each other leaning on the carriage, and the two were still whispering, with excited smiles on their faces, immersed in it.

Therefore, it was Chu Xiuyang who discovered the two who came first, and hurriedly greeted: "Sister March, come here!" "Gu Yueyue also likes Her Royal Highness this princess, after all, Chu Xiuyang is such a child's temper, and she doesn't have a little princess shelf, which makes people very close.

As soon as Xu Huaigu and Gu March arrived, Chu Wenze also took a break from the conversation with Yan Ruoli, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu and Miss Gu are finally here, we have been ready for a long time, let's go now." Xu Huaigu nodded in agreement, and the group got into this luxurious carriage, surrounded by domestic servants with lanterns and incense candles, and more than a dozen people went to Bishui Lake.

Bishui Lake is in the east of Xicheng, there is a tall tower in the middle of the lake, it looks like it is five floors from the outside, but in fact there are nine floors in the tower, and the construction age is very old.

But the strange thing is that this tower does not have a name, and everyone habitually calls it the tower in the center of Bishui Lake, as if it should be so.

Chu Wenze explained to Xu Huaigu in the carriage for the newcomer: "If you want to talk about this blue water lake, you have to mention the two snake demons and the folk tale of the son of the Xu family. ”

"Anyway, this white snake demon ......"

"I know!" Chu Xiuyang's eyebrows fluttered and interrupted Chu Wenze's words, saying, "I used to like to listen to this story the most in the palace. It is said that this white snake demon was originally a white snake on the mountain by the lake, and it took five hundred years of cultivation to transform into a human form......" Chu Wenze glanced at her helplessly, Chu Xiuyang is such a fiery temper, she loves to be in the limelight, so she went with her.

He looked at Xu Huaigu, but saw Xu Huaigu looking out of the car window with blank eyes, as if he was not listening carefully to Chu Xiuyang's story, but thinking about something.

In fact, as soon as Xu Huaigu heard this story, it was like a slap in the face, and those memories hidden deep in his mind were like pebbles at the low tide on the seaside, which became clear again.

This story is very familiar, and he remembers that this is the story told by the storyteller and Zuoqiu Xun when he was in Lucheng at that time.

It was only later that I learned that the storyteller was actually an evil cultivator who had killed countless people, and Zuo Qiu Xun was no longer by his side.

He touched the cloth bag behind his back, as if that would reassure him. Chu Wenze glanced at him suspiciously, and then looked at Yan Ruoli, wondering what Xu Huaigu was behind his back, but no one asked him.

Tonight's Xicheng was particularly lively and crowded, they rode in a large carriage, and even though there were servants in front of them who kept scolding them to open the way, they were moving very slowly.

It wasn't until the sky was completely dark and a bright full moon hung high in the sky that the group rushed to the shore of Bishui Lake.

It's just that at this time, Bishui Lake has already been crowded with people who came to put lanterns. Xu Huaigu looked out of the car window and saw that there was a bustling crowd outside.

The crowd was noisy, moving around, and laughing. At this time, there were already many lanterns in the sky, and from the ground, it seemed that countless stars in the distance had fallen to the near distance, flickering brightly.

Chu Xiuyang poked his head out, glanced at the sky, and shouted excitedly: "Good looking!" It's so much better than when I look at the lanterns in the palace! Chu Wenze hurriedly patted her and motioned her to shut up.

Only then did Chu Xiuyang react, and he put it again

The word "Imperial Palace" was spoken. However, her interest was still very high, she winked playfully, and said: "What's this, even if I am a petty official in my family, I can also watch the lanterns in the palace!" Who would have thought of who we were! Chu Wenze was still not at ease, and still reminded: "It's better to be careful, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble." Chu Xiuyang nodded and said eagerly: "Let's go down quickly, there are already many people on the tower, and if you don't go, you won't be able to squeeze in." Chu Wenze took a look at the tower, and sure enough, he saw a sea of people on it, and people scrambled to poke their heads out of the corridor and rush to set off the lanterns in their hands.

Chu Wenze frowned, he only knew that this place was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there were myths and legends, and it was the most popular place to put lanterns, but he didn't expect that there would be so many people.

It's just that they all came, and Chu Xiuyang didn't seem to care, looking at that look, he was about to have a big fight with those people who squeezed up, Chu Wenze had to get out of the carriage and take the four people behind him to squeeze forward in the crowd.

Chu Xiuyang took the lead, and rushed into the crowd in a flash, Chu Wenze immediately shouted: "Xiuyang, you wait first!" Don't get scattered! And at this moment, two people rushed out from the crowd next to them, blocking Chu Xiuyang's way.

The two of them were all old men, one of them looked like a fairy wind and a Dao bone, and the other had thick eyebrows and big eyes, it was the old Taoist priest and the old eunuch Wufu who followed Chu Wenze on the Fuyao Sect.

It's just that the two of them have changed into ordinary people's clothes at this time, and they don't look dazzling in the crowd at all.

Chu Xiuyuan was stopped by the two, so he had to stop unhappily. The old Taoist priest walked up to Chu Wenze and said to him, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the crowd ahead is too crowded, and Sect Master Cai and I can't protect from a distance. If there is an emergency, you can't rush it for a while. Please allow your Highness to protect us closely. Chu Wenze's face looked very embarrassed.

This time he came to put out the lanterns, what he wanted most was to have a chance to be alone with Yan Ruoli. With these two old guys around him staring at words and deeds, he was not free at all, and he didn't want to do that.

Chu Wenze frowned, pondered for a while and said: "I understand the kindness of the two, but this time they and I want to put lanterns, and it is a little inconvenient for the two to follow me." I see you just stay down here until I come back. The martial arts master surnamed Cai hurriedly said, "Absolutely not, Your Highness." Now that the crowds are surging here, it's time for the fish to mix. If Your Highness goes alone, I am afraid that it will be dangerous. It is our duty to protect His Highness, and I ask Your Highness to allow us to protect him closely. Chu Wenze glanced at Yan Ruoli, and saw that she seemed to be a little unhappy at this time, and suddenly began to become impatient and said, "Alas, Sect Master Cai's words are wrong. We came all the way here, went to Fuyao Sect, and stayed in this Yan family for several days, but we didn't see anything, could it be that this thing was so coincidental that it happened tonight? I know that the two of you want to protect me with all your heart, but I am already in my twenties, and this time I am out of the palace, I just want to have a chance to be alone with Miss Yan and put out the lanterns, so the two of you should stay below. Then Sect Master Cai wanted to say something, but was glared at by Chu Wenze, and suddenly sighed softly and stopped talking.

Finally persuaded these two personal protectors not to accompany him up, Chu Wenze breathed a sigh of relief happily, took Yan Ruoli's hand, and walked towards the tower in the middle of the blue water lake.

Fortunately, although the crowd was crowded, many domestic servants brought by the Yan family opened the way for the few people behind them in front, and the walk was quite smooth.

Several people rowed past a small boat to the tower in the middle of the lake. And surrounded by the servants, he walked to the top of the tower.

At this time, only a few domestic servants carrying lanterns followed. Finally squeezed to the top of the tower, the group found a place close to the outside to stand, and took the lantern from the hands of those servants, so that Xu Huaigu was able to carefully appreciate this beautiful lantern.

It turns out that the style of this Yanjia lantern is a marquee. A bright candle is lit inside the lantern, and under the steaming heat of the candle, the wheel shaft of the lantern is rotated, and the pattern on the lantern is constantly changing.

The patterns on the lantern are all-encompassing, including beauty and, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and more battlefields.

And the carving is very exquisite, and the gold thread and silver wire are mixed with each other. Under the background of candlelight, the gold thread and silver wire are even more brilliant and beautiful.

Gu Yueyue couldn't help but quietly asked, "This lantern is so gorgeous, how much silver should it cost?" Yan Ruoli thought that she was embarrassed to ask for such a valuable gift, so she said: "Actually, it is not expensive, the craftsmen who make the lanterns are all craftsmen raised by our Yan family, and the cost is about fifty taels of silver, which is nothing." Gu March silently bowed his head.

Fifty taels of silver, that's the living expenses of ordinary people for two or three years. Chu Wenze gave everyone a lantern in their hands, and said with a gentle smile: "This lantern is the most exquisite lantern in Xicheng." Presumably, the lamp god will definitely take care of it more. Let's make a wish and make it a wish, and I wish you all the best of luck! Chu Wenze was the first to say his wish out loud: "I hope that I can be with Yan Ruoli forever, and I hope that the Fusang Kingdom can be strong forever, for thousands of years, and will not be swallowed up by the demon clan." Yan Ruoli opened her eyes and looked at him with affection, and there seemed to be tears flashing in her autumn eyes.

She also said affectionately: "I also hope to be with Your Highness forever, and I hope Your Highness can always be idle and worry-free, and don't worry too much about family and country affairs." Xu Huaigu may have a wish and said: "I hope that this world will always be peaceful and prosperous." Chu Wenze asked with a smile: "Xiuyang, do you have any wishes?" Chu Xiuyang tilted his head, looked at him strangely, and said, "But I heard others say that it doesn't work when I say it, so I won't tell you." Reading the book, Chu Wenze was puzzled: "Is there such a rule?" Aren't all the wishes we made before failing? Chu Xiuyang shook his head with a smile and said, "Anyway, I just won't tell you." Chu Wenze doted on her and said, "I'm happy today, whatever you want." Gu Yueyue closed her eyes, folded her hands, and whispered very seriously: "I hope Xu Huaigu can not leave me." Chu Xiuyang didn't hear clearly, and asked curiously: "What wish did you make, I didn't hear clearly." Gu Yueyue shook her head with a smile and said, "If you don't say it, I won't tell you." Xu Huaigu looked at Gu March silently.

Chu Wenze lifted the lantern out of the tower, laughed and said, "Okay, the wish may be over, it's time to put the lantern!" Chu Xiuyang couldn't wait to stretch out his hand as well, put the lantern outside, and with ease, the delicate and light lantern staggered into the deep night.

In Gu March, Yan Ruoli and Xu Huaigu also put lanterns in turn, and the five lanterns carried different wishes of each person and slowly rose to the sky.

Xu Huaigu looked at the lanterns and felt a lot. But suddenly, almost in the blink of an eye, the five lanterns went out suddenly.

Before everyone could react, Xu Huaigu only felt a chill in his heart surging up in his heart, and a random demonic aura rushed to his face.

He frowned violently, the long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and he shouted angrily: "There is a demon! ”