Thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind, and BMW carved cars are full of fragrance.

It's another year of the Lantern Festival. The Eastern Pole Empire is the ancestor of the Kyushu Lantern Festival in the Eastern Regions and even in the world. Among them, the Qinhuai River in the south of the empire and Chang'an City, the imperial capital in the north, have the strongest atmosphere of celebrating the Lantern Festival.

Shine brightly with the lights. to whitewash the peace of the world.

In order to pray for good weather, peace in the world, and finding a lover, most of the peddlers and pawns in Chang'an City will put away their busy affairs that night, and then go to the street to buy lanterns, which can be described as "full of lights".

Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui also bought two lanterns, and then walked on the bluestone paved streets, strolling among the people.

"Jinli has a feast, Lan Tankyan in her early years. The colors are far away, and the light is far away from the sky. The knot is suspicious of the stars, and the building is like the moon. Don't have a daughter laughing, come to the front of the nine branches. ”

There were many scholars in groups, dressed in white, with swords at their waists, and they made poems while talking and laughing, which caused a nod and praise from the surrounding scholars, and then the next scholar continued to compose poems and lyrics, and provoked a burst of praise, and then continued. It's fun and lively.

The ground reflected by the bright white moon in the air was pale, like the day in a dream, and the alleys were black without moonlight, and there was a clear color difference with the ancient streets. But even if there is no moonlight in the alley, there is still a faint reflection of the moonlight on the street, or the light of the lantern flies into the alley. Even if the alley is not illuminated, it is still a comfort.

The moonlight lights are all over the imperial capital.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Jinwu can't help but let all the people freely enter the streets and alleys and enjoy the lanterns all night. Princes and nobles, ordinary people, literati and scholars, and all the vassals did not go to the street to watch the lights.

In particular, some famous streets are even more congested. There are so many people that "the feet do not move, the legs are still, and then they are embraced by everyone for dozens of steps before they land." ".

Fortunately, Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui watched it as a side street of the same street, and there were not many people to that extent, but there were still a lot of them.

On this night, the defenders of Chang'an City would be stationed in the streets and alleys to prevent anything harmful to others, and some prisoners would be taken out of the prison and paraded to warn some ruffians who wanted to do something foul.

Some of the famous families, is in their own water pavilion song platform to hold a lantern festival, invite the world to come to guess the lantern riddles, poems and lyrics, and then there are special records of the poetry of the people of the pen to record the words and deeds of the people to record what everyone said, the second day on the circulation in Chang'an City, some people because of the poetry and lyrics excellent, from then on the fame of Chang'an City, although it is a flash in the pan, but there are still many literati and scholars who rush to it.

During the Lantern Festival, there are a few skilled craftsmen in the capital, who burn the glass bottle with glutinous juice, and then make a lantern, which can store water and raise fish, and the fluorescent candlelight is reflected next to it, which is transparent and lovely, but the price is expensive, and it is the luxury of the rich and noble.

There was once a Jinshi who was in a happy mood after ascending to the throne, so he bought an expensive lantern for the Lantern Festival that year, and kept it at home to play with all day long, and he couldn't put it down. One day, the Jinshi accidentally missed, hit the glass bottle to the ground, and smashed it, he lamented: "My life's family is here, and now it is gone!" This is enough to show the high price of this glass vase lantern.

In the Festival of Lights, the most attractive is naturally the Son of Heaven.

On this day, the emperor will take a small car to lead the palace people to the palace wall of Changle Gate to watch the huge light wheel.

The lantern wheel built by the imperial court with a huge amount of money is as high as more than 200 feet, winding colorful silk, decorated with gold and silver, nearly 10,000 hanging lanterns, and equipped with pearls and jade, the wind blows and sways with a wonderful sound, the moon sets and the lanterns are accompanied by the brilliant fire, the light is bright to the sky, it looks like a heavenly palace illusion in the near distance, and it looks like a rainbow in the clouds, just like a fairyland on earth. Thousands of palace maids who can sing and dance can dance and sing here, and the common people and officials can come to watch.

After selection, many vendors who are cleanly dressed and eat hygienic food are also allowed to sell some special snacks to the palace wall of Changle Gate to many harem concubines and concubines who come with the Son of Heaven, including many Niangniang who are generous. Some vendors became rich overnight.

"Such a sight. Kyushu in the world, only my Eastern Pole Empire has such a climate!" The emperor stood on the tall palace wall, looking down at the dense crowd of people and officials in front of the palace wall, looking at the giant lamp that could light up half of Chang'an City, and only felt extremely proud in his heart.

He is the seventh Son of Heaven in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Eastern Pole Empire, and apart from the first founding emperor and the emperor who unified thousands of dynasties in the Eastern Regions, who can compare with the other four Sons of Heaven? He felt that as long as he accomplished that great thing, the two ancestors who had made great achievements before him could not be compared with him! He might become the first emperor of the Eastern Regions and even the Kyushu of the world!

Thinking of this, his eyes were blazing, and he whispered: "You three not very civilized dynasties are also worthy ......of being called empires?

Beside him, there stood a red-robed eunuch and a long-haired old man in sackcloth, both of whom were martial arts masters and whose hearing far exceeded that of ordinary people. But at this time, as if he had not heard it, he turned a deaf ear and continued to look at the night sky ahead.

"That Nine Rank Sword Immortal is still in the capital?" the young Son of Heaven turned his head and asked the long-haired old man in Mai beside him.

"Your Majesty. It's still there. It's just that his whereabouts suddenly appear and disappear again. The long-haired old man in sackcloth bent down slightly and replied.

"Intensify your efforts, continue to monitor him, if there is no out-of-the-ordinary behavior, if there is any out-of-the-ordinary behavior...... Take precautions at any time, if you really can't do it, you will fight for ten years to kill him, and it is not too far from that thing at this time, and you must strangle all uncertainties in the cradle. The Imperial Son muttered.

"Yes. The red-robed eunuch and the long-haired old man in sackcloth bent down slightly to receive the order.

"If the two Aiqing are on such a not very formal and serious occasion, there is no need to be so polite with me. The Imperial Son of Heaven smiled at the two gatekeepers of the capital.

"Your Majesty, this is our duty. The red-robed eunuch shook his head, his face strained and serious.

"Okay. The Imperial Son was a little helpless, but he stopped saying and continued to look at the crowd below like a quiet lake.

"Master, this ...... What a big lantern! so beautiful!" Zhao Zhishui squeezed into the crowd, nodded his feet, looked at the huge lantern in front of him, and exclaimed.

"It is made up of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine small lanterns. Each small lantern has a pearl inlay, which can be described as the ultimate luxury. That is, an empire-level dynasty can do this without damaging the national strength. Chu Chou explained.

Even if they were crowded in such a dense crowd, the corners of Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui's clothes were still not touched, because Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui used their internal forces to slightly separate themselves from the people around them, and they seemed to be crowded in the crowd, but for this pair of masters and apprentices, they were not crowded at all.

"It's so beautiful!" Zhao Zhishui's eyes widened and she sighed again.

Chu Chou looked at Zhao Zhishui's eyes in amazement and delight, stunned.

When he saw Zhao Zhishui for the first time, he was attracted by Zhao Zhishui's eyes, and the real reason why he accepted Zhao Zhishui as an apprentice was not because Zhao Zhishui was a rare innate sword embryo, but because Zhao Zhishui's wonderful big eyes like water deeply attracted Chu Chou. He felt that these eyes were really too much like the eyes of the white lilac-like woman.

It's not like a shape, it's like a god.

That year, the country of Yunshui, located south of the Tianjiang River, was affected by the Lantern Festival on the banks of the Qinhuai River. It is also on the day of the Lantern Festival, lantern dances, lion dances, lantern riddles, and lantern appreciation.

On that day, Yunyumen also allowed the disciples in the sect to travel at night to enjoy the lanterns. and gave each disciple a subsidy of five taels of silver, and Chu Chou, as a miscellaneous disciple, still took a subsidy of two taels of silver.

That night, Chu Chou walked out of Yunyumen alone and strolled through the noisy streets, hoping to meet the lilac-like woman.

"Come and see! The lotus lantern is cheap! Twenty copper plates are one! It's not good to sell!"

"We are lanterns from the banks of the Qinhuai River! Pray for blessings and ask for fate or something! Thirty copper plates are worth it!"

"The paper boat lanterns from the Eastern Tang Dynasty are all coming to take a look, they are definitely very good!

As the capital of Yunyu country, it is still very prosperous, especially the Lantern Festival, the street is more women and children, old and young, men and women come and go, the emperor takes hundreds of officials to enjoy the lanterns together, the atmosphere is very strong.

At that time, there was no current Eastern Pole Empire, and there was only one Eastern Tang Dynasty whose national strength surpassed that of the Eastern Regions, and its love for lanterns was outrageous, which made later generations of the Eastern Pole Empire feel ashamed.

Chu Chou walked aimlessly, not knowing where to go, so he wandered with the crowd, like a soul without a body, and like a body without a soul, drifting with the waves.

I don't know how long I walked, how far I went, and I don't know where I went, but it was a crossroads.

Chu Chou suddenly turned his head and looked at the street on the side, stunned, and was overjoyed.

A slender woman in a light green dress stood in a shop, as if selecting a lantern.

Chu Chou approached and heard the dreamy voice that was as clear as water.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this paper boat lantern?" the woman raised her slender arm and pointed to a paper boat-shaped lantern in front of her with her white jade-like fingers, and asked.

"Hehe, this girl, this lantern is the most popular style in the Eastern Tang Dynasty this year, so it is a little more expensive, forty copper plates. The shopkeeper, a middle-aged man in his fifties, smiled and said, "No bargain." ”

"That'...... That's it. The woman was about to open her mouth to repay the price, but who knew that the middle-aged boss spoke first, and she was embarrassed to bargain again.

"Okay!" the shopkeeper smiled as he picked up the paper boat lantern from the cabinet and handed it to the woman, who handed the silver to the middle-aged man.

Chu Chou watched silently in the corner of the side, and after the woman left, Chu Chou walked over, purchased a paper boat lantern of the same style, looked at the back of the woman leaving, hoping that the woman could look back, but until the woman's figure disappeared, he did not look back once.

Chu Chou didn't say anything or look at it, but he just carried the paper boat lantern in his arms and walked to the moat outside the capital of Yunyu Country, where many people in the city were putting the paper boat lantern in the water and letting it flow with the water.

He crouched down, carefully took out the paper lantern and placed it on the water, closed his eyes and made a wish, then let go of his hand and let the lantern drift downstream.

Then got up and turned back, there was no one behind him, Chu Chou was silent, turned away, and disappeared into the brightly lit night.

The huge lanterns of the Eastern Antarctic Empire lit up the eyes of the people, full of lights, full of brilliance.

And Chu Chou was in the crowd, not looking at the huge lantern in front of him, but quietly turned his head, stared behind him for a moment, and then turned his head.

Looking back without a word, the man was still not in the lamplight.

"Isn't it there?" Chu Chou asked himself in a low voice, "Yes, always there." ”