Chapter 13: Fooled
"Back to the young lady's words, Brother Dong was locked in the house by the young master and not allowed to come out."
So weird?
Dou Lianyi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in his heart.
Lu Shangxuan came back to his senses at this time, stepped forward and glared at the mouthy slave, and then explained with some weakness: "Lianniang, Brother Dong'er has been unwell these days, and there are too many people at the Lantern Festival, so let him rest at home." ”
Hearing this, Dou Lianyi didn't care about a word, but beckoned, and asked Fu Qing, who had been silent all the time, to come forward and say lightly: "Then let Fu Qing go out with us for a long time." ”
After that, he took Bai Zhi and Fu Qing and got into the carriage waiting in front.
And Lu Shangxuan was stunned for a moment, hurriedly got on the horse, and followed closely.
When Bai Zhi helped Dou Lianyi get off the carriage, it was already the beginning of the lights, and it was very lively.
The lanterns hanging on both sides of the market are of different shapes, and the lights are in full bloom like stamens, and no one passing by does not stop to watch.
The noise, the sound of frolicking sounded in the ears, and everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
The occasional shyness between boys and girls smiling at each other often provokes the cheers of the friends behind them.
"A good east wind night blooms thousands of trees, and even more blows down, and the stars are like rain."
Dou Lianyi held Bai Zhi's arm and walked slowly along the flow of people, but he couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.
At this moment, a gentle man's voice sounded beside her, and it was the second half of the poem that was read.
"And I only saw the golden wisps of moth snow willows, and the laughter was full of dark fragrance."
Hearing this, Dou Lianyi frowned slightly, and subconsciously glanced to the side, wanting to see which disciple was in a bad mood for her at this time.
Unexpectedly, the person who took the poem turned out to be a handsome boy who wore a mask and couldn't see his face clearly.
He was slender, dressed in a moon-white silk robe, with a simple jade belt embroidered with dark bamboo leaves, and an ivory fan hanging from it, swaying slightly as he walked.
"You ......"
As soon as Dou Lianyi made a sound, he was noticed by the other party.
He turned sideways, turned his back to the thousands of lights behind him, and just lowered his head like this, calmly meeting the gaze projected by Dou Ripple.
Even if it was covered by a mask, it couldn't hide the light in those eyes that was brighter than the stars, and for a while, Dou Lianyi was slightly distracted.
"Bang, bang!"
The sound of the crowd seemed to disappear in an instant, and she could only clearly hear the faster and faster heartbeat in her chest.
At this moment, there was a loud "bang" in the distance, and fireworks bloomed in the sky, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they shouted loudly and squeezed over there.
"Hey, don't squeeze you, young lady be careful!"
The crowd wrapped Bai Zhi and Dou Ripples, and they moved forward uncontrollably, and they were separated at once.
And that boy had already lightly avoided this wave of people, looking at the ripples in the distance, a light of interest flashed in his eyes.
"Master Qin, Lu Gongzi didn't know where to go after he got off the horse, there were too many people at the Lantern Festival, I lost it."
Fu Qing didn't know what slipped over, and said with some guilt standing beside him.
"It doesn't matter."
The masked boy was Qin Mu, he raised his hand and touched Fu Qing's little head, and then leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"Find a way to stop the others from going to the moat?"
Fu Qing blinked, his eyes full of doubts.
Qin Mu smiled and didn't explain much, but patted him on the shoulder and urged, "Go ahead." ”
He himself walked slowly and leisurely in the direction of the moat against the flow of people, and after a while he disappeared into the distance.
At this time, Dou Lianyi finally squeezed out of the noisy crowd, but Bai Zhi and Fu Qing didn't know where they went.
She lifted the hem of her skirt and walked lightly up the steps next to her, and swept around the crowd from a high position, but found nothing.
Dou Lianyi was in no hurry to go back, anyway, the county prince's mansion would always send guards to find her in the end.
It's just that she doesn't know where she should go now, looking at the crowded crowd not far away, she inexplicably gives birth to an illusion that the world is big and there is nowhere to be home.
"Miss, do you want to buy a lantern and make a wish?"
The stall owner on the side saw that this very good-looking girl had been standing on the steps for a long time without moving, looking a little lonely, so he greeted her warmly.
Hearing this, Dou Lianyi looked up at the night sky, and was almost reflected as if it were day by the blessing lanterns flying into the sky.
"No, the sky is full of wish-making lanterns," Dou Lianyi smiled and declined: "I don't know when it will be my turn to make my wish come true." ”
The stall owner's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the lotus lantern he placed on the edge of the corner of the stall, and recommended: "Then the young lady can try this, you can put it in the moat, and float along the water, it's beautiful!" ”
Hearing Dou Ripple's novelty, she walked down the steps and glanced at the lotus lanterns that no one cared about.
The shape is lifelike, and the stamen is intimately attached to the red paper, which is convenient for Miss Childe to write words on it.
And I can faintly smell that there is a unique fragrance at the stamens.
"Five copper plates, this is a brush and ink, Miss can write whatever she wants," the stall owner took a lotus lantern to Dou Lianyi, and joked: "We don't squeeze with people, anyway, sincerity is spiritual." ”
These words amused Dou Lianyi, she took out five copper plates and handed them to the stall owner, thought about it, picked up the brush and wrote a few lines, and did not forget to ask: "By the way, where is the moat going?" ”
"Well, Miss, you just keep going forward, and then turn right when you see the bridge, there are not many people there, so it's good to put lotus lanterns."
Dou Lianyi nodded, carried the lotus lantern and walked in the direction pointed by the stall owner.
After a while, a person sneaked out of the alley behind.
The man first looked out of the alley left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to this side, he quickly asked in a low voice, "How is the matter going?" Did you do what I said? ”
"Don't worry, everything is going well," the stall owner patted his chest, and then sighed: "But it's really strange, your son-in-law wants to ask a young lady to go to the appointment, and he actually wants to lure him over in this way." ”
"Put away the money, don't talk too much if you shouldn't ask!"
The man hid at the mouth of the alley and never showed up, and his voice was deliberately lowered so that people could not distinguish it, only to see him throw out a bag of silver, and then the person immediately retreated.
When the silver fell to the ground and there was no movement behind him, he turned around, and the alley was already empty.
And Dou Lianyi didn't know that she had taken the bait, so she walked straight all the way and didn't stop until she saw the bridge.