The night is shrouded, the stars and the moon are out of the clouds, the sky is full of stars like vast light and rain, swaying and flickering, pulling out a long rainbow of light and shadow in the night sky of Jixian County, starting from the far mountains until the end of the smoke and clouds. It echoes with the lights of the ancient city at night, shining brightly, making people unable to distinguish between heaven and earth in a trance.

Heaven and earth are full of lights, and only the crowd of pedestrians on the street can have the difference between heaven and earth. This lantern festival is the first festival after the war, and the people's enthusiasm for the new life makes this short night lively and long.

The Wei River runs through the whole county, the lanterns on both sides of the river embankment are long, red, orange, yellow and green, all kinds of different colors, reflected on the faces of the tourists who enjoy the play on both sides, and they are full of joy. All the way the vendors shouted, the sound was crisp, the flowers were sold, the lamps were sold, the sugar were sold, the puppets were sold, the fruits were all over the place, and it was dazzling to see.

In the crowd, Xiaocui was wearing a brand-new flower dress, wearing a ball head, holding a string of sugar gourds, walking through the flow of people, bouncing, like an elf, with a bulging money bag hanging from her waist, containing the monthly money she had accumulated for a long time.

When I arrived at a stall selling decorations, I saw a flower cat mask, and compared it with my face, I liked it very much, took out a copper coin, stuffed it into the vendor, and did not bargain. After a while, he saw two fake beards, grinned, bought them again, and said to himself: "My uncle's face is clean and clean, and he looks like a girl, I must look good when I go home and bring it to my uncle." ”

Xiang'er's shout came from behind: "Xiao Cui! Emerald! Where are you? ”

Xiao Cui looked for a voice, nodded on her toes and waved her hand: "Miss, where am I?" ”

For a moment, Xiang'er led Sangsang, Sangsang led Bai Rou, and Bai Rou followed by Ah Er.

A few members of the family squeezed out of the crowd like a string of beads and came to Xiaocui.

Xiang'er didn't say a word, grabbed Xiao Nizi's balls, and stuffed her behind her, several girls cooperated, and locked the jumping Nizi between several people hand in hand, and reprimanded her fiercely: "Run, run, run!" Go back and see if I can't clean you up! ”

"That is, don't you look at how many people there are? Where can I find it if I get lost?! ”

Xiaocui lowered her head and snorted: "Isn't this a person who hasn't seen the excitement!" ”

As soon as the flow of people moved, Bai Rou felt that she had been hit by someone, and subconsciously touched her body, and exclaimed in surprise: "Oops, my money bag is lost!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ah Er, who was accompanying him, collided sideways, directly knocking over more than a dozen people, causing shouts again and again.

Fortunately, there were too many people, and I didn't know who hit it, but Ah Eryi reached out and caught someone.

The thief was ruthless, turned around and took out a dagger, and spared no effort to stab Ah Er.

But the thief didn't know that Ah Er was powerful, but in the blink of an eye, the dagger was snatched away, and the knife was inserted into his own leg, causing the thief to scream in pain.

Ah Er took out another money bag from the man, which was dropped by Bai Rou.

"Heroes spare their lives! Heroes spare their lives! "The thieves begged for mercy again and again.

Ah Er didn't bother with him, took back the money bag, grabbed his collar, and threw it into the Wei River.

There were too many people on the street, and from time to time people were squeezed into the water, and in order to seek stability, the government sent officials to take boats in the river, which were specially responsible for rescuing people who had fallen into the water.

Pedestrians hear the sound of water and don't care.

Bai Rou took back the money bag, and after being afraid for a while, she carefully tied the money bag back tight.

Xiang'er took this matter and taught Xiaocui: "Look, there are so many thieves on the street, what should you do if you run away alone and lose something?" ”

Xiao Cui pouted: "It's not that someone else has dropped it." ”

"You still say!"

Xiao Cui lowered her head aggrievedly, and a familiar voice came from her ears at this time.

"Mrs. Lin, are you also there?"

Looking for the voice, I happened to meet Dongfang Bai and a few of her maids.

Several women chatted enthusiastically.

"The lantern festival is so lively, I think I want to come out to see it."

"Huh? Why don't you see Bai Gongzi? ”

"My father-in-law was invited by the head of the Chen family to enjoy the scenery on the number one flower boat tonight, but he didn't have time to accompany a group of women in our family."

Dongfang Bai was shocked when he heard this: "Huh? Bai Gongzi was actually invited to the number one flower boat? At such an age, it is the first time to board the number one flower boat, and it is the first time in ancient and modern times! Mrs. Lin, congratulations. ”

Xiang'er had a happy face, a long face, the whole family was naked, and she smiled and bent her eyes to entertain.

Wang Xiaohua came out of nowhere, carrying a delicate Moon Palace lantern, handed it to Bai Rou as if offering a treasure, and said a little shyly: "Sister Xiaobai, send you." ”

Bai Rou looked up and down, although this lantern is exquisite, it is bigger, and it is really inconvenient to go shopping with the lantern early.

Bai Rou shook her head: "No, I'll choose it myself when I go back later." ”

Wang Xiaohua froze in place, so she was not lost.

happened to be recognized by a few girls on the side, and was immediately surrounded by the rest of the girls, a little flower on the left, and a playboy on the right.

Wang Xiaohua was so anxious in the flowers that her face was red, for fear that Sister Xiaobai would misunderstand.

But Bai Rou had already gone elsewhere, and she didn't pay attention to it at all.

The street was very lively, and everyone shouted at the top of the voice when they spoke close to their faces, and no one noticed that on the dark river, a black shadow swept past the water, jumped from the water to the top of the flower boat that was slowly moving in the water, and then jumped from one flower boat to another, and there was no shadow at once.

Bai Song couldn't see Xiang'er and them on the other side of the river, but he suddenly felt a chill on his back, and when the crowd looked back, he didn't find anything, only saw a ripple on the water surface reflecting the lights and shadows on the other side.

At this time, a sound of iron armor came from behind him, and a border guard team appeared out of nowhere to penetrate the crowd.

The people dodged for fear of blocking the soldiers' path.

Bai Song knew that the Turks suddenly came during the day today, which alarmed the border army.

The border guards arrived in Jixian, but the Turks settled down again.

At this time, it is not uncommon for border guards to appear, it seems that they are here to maintain order.

Such an explanation is very reasonable, but seeing the serious expressions of these soldiers, it is clear that things are not so simple.

Behind the more prosperous the scene, the more likely it is that unexpected things will happen.

At this moment, Bai Song remembered Qing'er's reminder that she came early in the morning, saying that it was not suitable to travel......

Could it really be that something is going to happen tonight?

There are many things that Bai Song doesn't want to think about, but to this day, Miss Qing'er's performance is really suspicious.

The previous two scholars scattered all their wealth for her, and Bai Song decided that those scholars were wishful thinking and had nothing to do with Qing'er.

But when I saw the shadow behind the screen before, I agreed to participate in the program at the Lantern Festival.

Bai Song faintly felt that Qing'er still had an unknown side.

Thinking about the recent use of various methods by the Holy Lotus Sect to collect money in Jixian County, it seems that all the evidence is proving a point.

Qing'er has a close connection with the Holy Lotus Sect.

Thinking of this, Bai Song's expression became unnatural, thinking that after tonight, he must go to Qing'er to ask and see how she can give herself an explanation.

Bai Song's thoughts were a little confused, he shook his head, and then looked at the crowded flow of people in front of him, and he didn't know when he would be able to get to the place where the number one flower boat was.

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Tonight, Flower Street is the most lively area of the entire Lantern Festival, enjoying flowers and lanterns and women.

There are not only many customers in the flower street flower house, but also generous and rewarding a lot of money.

The girls were so busy that they were afraid of missing a guest.

But Yichun Courtyard is closed, and it seems that this rare carnival has nothing to do with their family.

The building was empty, and only the upper room was still lit.

Miss Qing'er sat in front of the dresser, dressing up seriously.

It's just that tonight's makeup has changed, not to make himself more beautiful and eye-catching, but to make his facial features more heroic, with a men's dress and a square scarf, he has become a suave young man in a blink of an eye.

A dark shadow fell outside the window, and there was no sound of stepping on the tiles outside.

Only a deep voice came from outside: "Holy Envoy, the money has been received, it is being loaded, and it is ready to leave the city at any time." ”

"Don't worry, tonight is not the most lively time. All the attention of the people in the imperial court was on Bai Gongzi, and when the chaos broke out at night, the city defenses everywhere would be relaxed, and at that time, they would be asked to transfer the silver taels to the dung carts and go out of the city. ”

"The Holy Envoy is really a good means, tonight's golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell is admirable."

"When I leave, find an opportunity to burn this building down. And then there's one last thing for you to do. ”

"Is it to protect Bai Gongzi's safety?"

"On the contrary, I want you to kill him!"