When Qin Ke woke up, the room was dark, probably it was night, the sky was as dark as ink, he lay on the bed for a while, recalling the scene he had seen before, those cavalry, and the person who spoke, made him have a strange feeling, but he couldn't describe it, but the more he thought about it, the more entangled he became.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he could only put it aside for the time being, he was a little hungry, slowly propped up his body, and was about to get out of bed to find something to eat, but he heard a gentle knock on the door.

"Ke. Abu called out to him outside the door.

"Abu, come in. Qin Ke said.

As soon as Abu pushed open the door, a strong aroma of vegetable soup on the tray he was holding immediately wafted in, Qin Ke's stomach was shriveled, and he naturally climbed up when he smelled the smell.

Sitting at the table, Ah Ke didn't say anything polite, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and began to eat.

Abu looked at Qin Ke's anxious look, smiled, and said, "I knew that you should wake up hungry at this time, but I was afraid that you would not be able to eat greasy things if you were not in good health, so I asked the kitchen to cook some vegetable soup, which was lighter, but it was good for your health." ”

Qin Ke didn't care much, the porridge was filled with shredded meat and mushrooms, it didn't taste bland, he drank half a bowl in one go, until he sweated, then raised his head and said, "Why are you alone, Lao Gao?"

"Mr. Gao is out. Tonight was the first night of the Lantern Festival, and he said he was going to go out for a walk...... Well, he's talking about 'picking the wind'. ”

"Come on. He just wanted to play around. Qin Ke scoffed at the word "wind collection", "Anyway, I haven't seen him make any tunes after collecting wind everywhere, and he is cheating and drinking everywhere." ”

Abu smiled, noncommittal, but said: "Take a shower after eating, your body smells of sweat, and those who don't know think you're a porter." ”

Qin Ke nodded, but suddenly thought of something, stood up, and walked to the window. Although the inn was not luxurious, the soundproofing was very good, and in the room, he could only hear a slight noise outside.

And when he pushed open the window door, the festive atmosphere that had been brewing for a long time in Ding'an City immediately came to his face, the lantern festival had begun, the sound of gongs and drums was intertwined with silk and bamboo, there was a dragon dance team from below, this not a bustling street has been hung with lanterns, and the light gathered into a ball, driving away the darkness, and reflecting the night of the entire Ding'an City as if it was daytime.

"Let's go out for a stroll too, right?" Qin Ke came to Ding'an City for the first time, and he was also interested in the lantern festival of the Tang Kingdom, so he leaned against the window and said.

Abu scratched his head, he didn't like such a crowded crowd very much, but since Qin Ke proposed, of course he nodded and agreed.

Qin Ke finished eating the vegetable soup, took a comfortable bath with the hot water from Xiao Erduan, changed into clean clothes, and felt a lot more relaxed all over his body, even his steps became lighter, the sound of gongs and drums outside the window was still the same, and there were singers singing in the theater with a sweet voice, which made Qin Ke feel more festive.

Following the singer humming the inexplicable song, pulling Abu abu, they walked downstairs, and when they saw the lively scene outside, the two looked at each other and smiled, like two fish jumping into the water, and soon squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

And in a tea shop outside the inn, there are two people sitting opposite each other, one of them is already drowsy, even though this Tang National Lantern will be very lively, but after all, no one is made of iron, and it is boring to be here for so long.

"Hey, hey, wake up, wake up! The mountain bandit named Lupu slapped Wu Ting hard, and before Wu Ting could come to his senses, he rushed into the crowd first, and Wu Ting hurriedly threw down the tea money and followed in three or two steps.

The owner of the tea shop took the money, and while wiping the table, he looked strangely at the back of the two of them...... The two guests didn't move much of the refreshments and tea in front of them, but they sat from day to night, and their behavior was really grotesque and interesting.

"Although Jianye also has a lantern festival, I have never seen such a lively scene. Qin Ke walked out of the block and walked to the avenue, the dragon dance team was one after another, and at the moment when he just turned his head, a group of children were chasing the dragon with lanterns in their hands, and several parents behind him had gentle eyes and called: "Be careful, don't fall." ”

"Good!" the children replied in unison, and continued to chase the dragon, shouting.

Qin Ke looked at the group of running children, and inexplicably thought of his childhood moment, when his father was planting rice in the field, he was chasing dragonflies and catching frogs at the edge of the field, the sun was scorching, but he didn't feel hot at all, but his father kept urging: "Go to the shade and stand up, go to the shade ......."

Or smiled and untied the sweat towel tied on his head and put it on Qin Ke's sparsely haired head, for fear that he would get sick from the heat.

Now...... Things are not people, his father and mother have long since left him, all he has is the fragmentary memories of being with them, as time goes by, he can't even recall the appearance of his infant sister, and only remembers his mother's middle-aged but still beautiful face, no matter how specific, he shook his head...... I can't remember.

This made him feel a little sad inexplicably, will one day, the appearance of the master will be slowly forgotten in his mind......

Abu was beside him, and suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Look, behind is the lion dance procession." ”

Qin Ke came back to his senses and looked in the direction of his finger, it was indeed a lion dance team, but with the almost endless dragon dance team in front, the lion dance team in Ding'an City of the Tang Kingdom was also magnificent, just Qin Ke could see, there were hundreds of "lions" chasing the "hydrangea" held by one person in the front, and there were a lot of open and secret battles between each other, and every move showed the lion's character to the fullest, which was very good-looking.

Abu couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "After Mr. became the prime minister, he advocated Jingwu frugality, and there was rarely extravagance, so even if there was a lantern festival in Jianye City, it would never be as grand as the Tang Kingdom." However, I have to say that after all, the Tang Kingdom has a profound heritage, and there is such a scene in a lantern festival. ”

"I remember, Tang Kingdom seems to be one of the richest places in the Ji Dynasty at the beginning?" Qin Ke said as he recalled the books he had read in the Taixue Hall.

"Yes, the other place is our Jingwu. Although Qin Ke was not born in Jingwu, but since Qin Ke's master is Zhuge Wanling's younger brother, and Abu takes Qin Ke as his own, he also directly uses "us" to say, "Jingwu followed the Wu State of the year, which was originally a place of ointment in the world, but because after the split, the big and small Shi clans fought separately, so they naturally weakened." In comparison, the king of Tang was making great efforts to govern the country, using virtuous ministers and benevolent administration, usually eating no more than three dishes, and the carriage and three horses that went out were even horses. With such efforts, the peace of the Tang Kingdom was exchanged, and the prosperity of the Tang Kingdom was also achieved. ”

"Sounds like a good lord of the country. Qin Ke sighed, "But I don't know how the original Tang King would feel when he saw that the Tang Kingdom was so luxurious today, was he relieved or indignant?"

"The affairs of the predecessors are impossible to talk about after all. Abu shook his head.

But in the final analysis, the two of them didn't have the leisure to worry about the social affairs of the Tang Kingdom, not to mention that from now on, the people of the Tang Kingdom under Li Qiuhuang's rule lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they were all proud of being the people of the Tang Kingdom, and maybe his actions were the most suitable for the Tang Kingdom.

The crowd was a little crowded, so the two could only follow the crowd slowly, along the way, the two not only saw the dragon dance and the lion dance such a magnificent team, but also saw the funny clown who stepped on stilts and painted ugly on his face with paint, and also ate a bowl of sweet rice balls in a shop, and there was a boss on the side of the road holding a scarecrow full of sugar gourds to sell, Qin Ke picked two, one handed to Abu, and the two of them ate all the way, walked all the way, and they didn't feel tired.

At this moment, there was a sudden uproar in the crowd, Qin Ke and Abu squeezed through the crowd and came up curiously, it turned out that there was a person holding a roll of bamboo slips and shouting hoarsely at the crowd, Qin Ke thought that something was wrong at first, but the person who shouted was not sad, but his face was full of pride, as if he wanted everyone's attention to be attracted by him.