Qingchen found a gazebo alone to rest for a while, and when he woke up, the sun was already setting, and the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the people were busy arranging evening celebrations, running back and forth.

Qingchen saw that the sky was almost dark, and the time was approaching, so he got up and went to the agreed place to meet Xu Qingyan.

In front of the Hundred Flowers Building...

Qingchen looked around, but didn't see Qingyan's figure at all.

He can't be a family affair, so he's not coming. He secretly thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but bow his head in some frustration.

"Well, I'm not alone. Qingchen comforted himself.

Thinking of this, he was already hopeless, if he could find the Wang brothers, then there would be a place to stay tonight, otherwise he would have to sleep on the streets again.

But just as he turned his head and was about to enter the Confucius Temple, a beautiful shadow appeared in front of him, which looked very dazzling in the afterglow.

Her jade face is light, her eyes are clear, the green silk is coiled, and a jade coral hairpin is inserted obliquely, and the lip fat is faint, which is eloquent and moving.

It is draped in a white gauze dress with jade flowers and green lotus, and a blue moire embroidered skirt is worn under it, and the waist is tied with a dark blue spring rain pear flower belt, and a glazed mutton fat white jade ring is hung. Soft and light, slim and elegant.

Slender jade hands, from time to time to play with the hair blown by the wind.

For a while, the two looked at each other.

Qingyan's face couldn't help but flush a touch of crimson, his panicked little hands firmly grasped the hem of his skirt, and secretly said to himself in his heart:

If he knew that I was a woman disguised as a man and deceived him, would he hate me?

No, no, he's a Taoist priest, he can't marry a wife, I'm thinking about something!

Qingchen, on the other hand, was completely fascinated by the face in front of him, and his clear eyes seemed to contain the sun, moon and stars, which deeply affected his ignorant heart.

It was as if in an instant, the whole world became bright.

I should have understood, if I wasn't a woman, how could I have the beauty of the country.

Is this the red dust that Master said?

Why is my heart beating so fast?

I feel like my face is so hot... Ahhh What to do, the eyes can't leave her at all.

Qingchen was flustered in his heart, he had never felt this way before.

All he knew was that it was as if a door had opened by accident, and behind the door was a world he had never known for sixteen years.

Qingyan was the first to break the deadlock, and said a little shyly: "Yes... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hide my identity, I hope Childe doesn't have a grudge against it. My name is Qingyan, my family name is Xu, because my father is a minister of the imperial court, so in order to avoid trouble... Please also forgive the sin of hiding the smoke!"

Qingchen came back to his senses and replied: "The girl is serious, my name is Qingchen, and I am from Qingshan." As for the deception, let it pass away. Aren't you and I already acquainted? As he spoke, a big smile spread across his face.

Qingyan nodded heavily, then showed a happy smile, trotted all the way, pulled up Qingchen's sleeves, and walked in the direction of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival.

Qingchen saw that his hand was held by Qingyan through his sleeve, and his cheeks suddenly turned red, and he became more shy than just now. "For... Why... Do you want to hold hands?" Qingchen stopped, looked at Qingyan with a stupid expression, and asked.

Qingyan smiled, winked at Qingchen, and said: "There are too many people in the Lantern Festival, the son has just arrived, if he gets separated and gets lost, it will not be good!"

After saying that, the little hand pulled tighter.

Qingchen's face unconsciously showed a smirk, and he thought to himself: This smile is too beautiful, what should I do, what is this feeling!

He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if every day in the future is like today, then what's the matter if you don't be that fairy.

Qingyan is like a fairy in the heavenly realm, pulling Qingchen through the crowd of people in the Confucius Temple.

The pedestrians who come and go are all envious, Qingchen is already handsome, and with the smoke of this flower and moon, it is simply a natural pair of fairy couples.

Qingyan dragged Qingchen to an arched bridge, and the bridge was lined with small red lanterns. Under the light and the surface of the lake, it is like being in a magpie bridge.

Looking at the night of Jinling, which was full of lights, Qingchen unconsciously sighed, looked at the clear smoke beside him, and said:

"Qingyan, when I just came down the mountain, I asked an old woman, where is the prosperous place in this world, she told me that the most prosperous place she has been to is this Jinling City, today I saw it, it is indeed extraordinary, so that people forget to return. ”

Qingyan also looked at Qingchen, his eyes were full of tenderness, and said: "There are more prosperous places than this Jinling City, as well as the capital and Chang'an. Because my father is an official, so I stay in the capital with him all the year round, and this time I can meet my son, but also because it coincides with the Spring Festival of the first month, I go back to Jinling to worship the ancestors and ancestors, and after worshipping the ancestors, I will return to the capital with my father. At this, her expression darkened slightly.

Qingchen was also reluctant in his heart, but he still smiled and said, "It's okay, I can go to the capital to find you when the time comes." Just go and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the capital. ”

Qingyan was surprised when he heard this, and said, "Really! You are really willing to come to the capital to find me!"

Qingchen nodded and said, "Once the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase." ”

The evening breeze blows the green silk on the shoulders of the clear smoke, the lanterns on both sides of the arch bridge sway slightly, and the water surface reflects the sparkling waves.

The two stood side by side, looking at the full moon in the sky, and did not speak to each other, only wishing that time could pass more slowly.

Qingchen looked at the beautiful woman beside him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I have watched the moonlight in Qingshan Moon Cliff for sixteen years, and I have never been as good as this round of Jinling full moon that I watched with you. ”

Thinking of this, Qingchen only felt that there were thousands of thoughts, "only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals" is probably what it means!

"If we can meet in Jinling next year, let's come and see this Qinhuai Lantern Festival together. Qingyan, who looked at the bright moon, said to Qingchen with a smile.

Qingchen also said slowly: "Okay, if it's the Shangyuan Festival next year, if we can still get together here..."

"Let's go, take you to visit the fireworks and lantern riddles on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Qingyan pulled up Qingchen's sleeves and smiled brightly. Today is a happy day, and she can't be sad anymore, she keeps hinting to herself.

Qingchen was puzzled and said, "What is the fireworks riddle?" Isolated from the world in the first half of his life, he naturally didn't understand the customs of the Shangyuan Festival in the world.

Qingyan didn't answer, just smiled back, and said playfully: "You'll know when you go!" After that, he pulled Qingchen and trotted up again.

People on the street began to gather gradually, and fireworks and lantern riddles were one of the main activities of the Lantern Festival during the Shangyuan Festival, and literati and artists who generally felt that they had a few catties of ink in their stomachs would come to show their talents.

Qingchen and the others came to the bottom of a small ring, only to see that on the ring, there were small lanterns hanging one after another, and small notes were dragged down from the middle of the lanterns. The note says a lantern riddle, and if you guess the riddle, you will get a corresponding reward.

Seeing that everyone was coming one after another, the voice of the principal came from above: "Thank you all for coming to this Qinhuai Lantern Festival, and then we will start tonight's fireworks and lantern riddle show!" But for the sake of fairness, each person can only answer once." The voice fell, and there were cheers from below. People climbed into the ring, plucked pieces of paper from lanterns, and thought.

Qingchen flew up, picked a piece of paper from the ring, and fell back to Qingyan's side.

"Fold willows by the bridge and give a beautiful woman - type," Qingchen looked at the lantern riddle and read slowly. I couldn't help but think about it.

Qingyan on the side quickly knew the answer, her beautiful eyes turned, and she whispered in Qingchen's ear: "It's Jiaozi! ”

Qingchen was reminded like this, and he suddenly realized it in an instant. The willow tree by the bridge is broken off and becomes Joe, and the beauty is a woman, of course, it is Jiao.

Qingchen proudly took the note and went to the principal, and sure enough, the riddle was Jiaozi. The principal handed Qingchen a sachet as a reward for answering the question.

Qingchen stuffed a Vermilion Bird Rune into the sachet and handed it to Qingyan, his face was full of happiness, and said, "This is for you!"

Qingyan took the sachet and smiled at it, then walked into the ring and talked to the principal.

After a while, I saw Qingyan in the ring pick up the pen and paper on the table and write a few lines. After writing it, he thanked the principal and returned to the audience.

Qingyan saw Qingchen looking at him with a puzzled expression, and explained: "This is my lantern riddle, I hope that one day, you can solve it." With that, he folded the note, stuffed it into another sachet he was carrying, and handed it to Qingchen.

"This is a sachet I embroidered with my own hands, I hope you will like it. Qingyan's face was slightly red, and he said slowly.

Qingchen took the sachet with both hands and said excitedly: "I like it! I will take good care of it! Please rest assured Miss Qingyan!" he said, carefully stuffing it into the pocket in his arms.

In this way, the two exchanged each other's tokens, because there is a legend in the world.

Legend has it that as long as they hold each other's tokens, the moon elders in the sky will see them, and then use red ropes to guide them to meet again.