After this happened, everyone didn't have much thought of continuing to enjoy the lanterns, but Su Su was a little reluctant, and leaned over to Jiang Lili and whispered: "Jiang Gou, we haven't released the river lanterns yet!"

Jiang Lili looked down at the two river lanterns that Su Su held in his hand, which were indeed a little good-looking.

"To go, to go?" Su Su whispered in Jiang Lili's ear.

"Go, what are you afraid of!" Jiang Lili pursed her lips, not caring.

Su Su screamed happily, holding Jiang Lili's hand and about to run to the river.

Su Shuang was a little worried, "Let's go back to the palace first, after all... ”

Song Dabao and Yanzi had the same idea as Su Shuang, and felt that it would be good to go back and discuss with the adults first. Li Zi didn't judge much.

Song Xiao had an indifferent expression, "What are you afraid of?" as long as they dare to come again, I will dare to take their lives!"

Everyone was still hesitating, and Song Xiao persuaded again: "Don't worry, although this is not the first time this kind of thing, after all, this is Cheng'an, and the charm and spirit don't dare to be presumptuous." ”

Su Shuang said again: "But the injuries on the eldest brother's body... ”

"It's okay!" Su Su waved his hand, "Jiang Gou was injured much more seriously when he was in Luoyang before than he is now, and now he doesn't look like a living tiger! Don't worry, you can't die!"

The corners of Jiang Lili's mouth twitched.

Song Xiao heard the key to it, leaned over and asked, "Jiang Gou, aren't you called Jiang Lili? Is this your nickname, or is it your real name?"

Jiang Lili's face was dark, and he snorted coldly, "Tell you to care?"

Song Xiao laughed, "Jiang Dog, Jiang Dog!

Jiang Lili licked her lips, "You shout more and try it?"

Song Xiao frowned, looked at Jiang Lili's face and was silent for a long time, and finally grinned and snorted, "You are really stingy, and you don't let others call your name." Well, for the sake of your serious injury, I won't shout, if you dare to talk to me like this in ordinary times, I must make you look good. ”

Then he walked to the Huangshui River.

What happened just now did not cause a stir in the streets, and presumably the corpses had already been cleaned up, and there was not even a trace of blood left.

Cheng'an is still prosperous.

At this time, the Huangshui River is brightly lit, the waves on the river surface are picturesque, and the river lanterns that fluctuate and rise and fall along the Huangshui River are like boats full of hope, which will eventually sail into the canal with the water potential, and then sail along the canal into the Huilong River.

When the lantern finally stopped at a remote corner and was picked up by a young boy and girl with a lot of thoughts, it was as if I saw my own wish.

Su Su bought paper and pens at a stall by the river, and ran to Jiang Lili with great interest, "No, write your wishes." ”

"Boring. Jiang Lili snorted and skimmed his face.

"How can you say it's boring?" Su Su frowned and persuaded: "This is all a traditional custom, saying that if you write your wish on it, you will definitely be able to achieve it!"

"Really?"

"It must be true!" Su Su smiled, "Can I still lie to you?"

Jiang Lili was a little moved, and when she was about to reach out and take the pen and paper, she suddenly remembered something and immediately withdrew her hand, "Bored, if you want to write it yourself, I won't write this kind of thing!"

"Don't you have a wish?" asked Susu.

"No!" Jiang Lili replied very crisply, but it was really because it was too crisp that it didn't feel so crisp.

Su Su thought about it with a bitter brow, and suddenly giggled, "Haha, Jianggou, you shouldn't be able to write because you can't write!"

Jiang Li was furious, "Fart! Lao Tzu can't write? This kind of boring thing is only done by a boring little girl like you, wouldn't it hurt my face if you asked Lao Tzu to bend down and do such a meaningless thing?"

At this time, a young man who looked like a scholar smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you write or not, as long as you are sincere." After pondering two sentences, the scholar said: "It cannot be said that this kind of thing is meaningless, it is like pinning a hope on oneself, and this hope is like a light in the filth, it is good to have it, it is very good." ”

Hearing this, Su Su looked at the pen and paper in his hand and muttered, "In that case, what else do I want to buy?"

If Jiang Lili would have laughed at Su Su after hearing the word "costing money" in the past, but at this time, his mind was not here at all. He stared at the young scholar with a frown, "Did I see you somewhere?"

The scholar was stunned, "Really, why didn't I feel it?"

Jiang Lili has always believed in his own feelings in the dark, just like the time he met a fortune teller in the Shaobao Temple in Pingsha, he was convinced that he had seen this fortune teller when and where, and that fortune teller was exactly what Cheng was.

"I've really seen it somewhere. “

"Really?" Su Su was a little stunned, "Why didn't I feel familiar?" At the end, Su Su took Jiang Lili's hand again and said, "Forget it, do you care if you've seen it, let's go and put the river lantern!"

Jiang Lili was unmoved, still staring at the scholar in a daze, but staring at the scholar a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Jiang Lili slapped his thigh, "I remember where I saw you, in an inn between Yangzhou and Suzhou, you were with a caravan, led by a rich lady, right?"

Speaking of this, the scholar remembered it, stared at Jiang Lili and Su Su's faces carefully for a long time, and finally smiled: "You are the two children next to the old gentleman? I also blamed my clumsiness, and I didn't even recognize it for a while. ”

This scholar is none other than Chen Wenhao.

It's no wonder that Jiang Lili was deeply impressed by Chen Wenhao, after leaving the caravan that day, Zhang Jiuling analyzed the minds of several people, and this Chen Wenhao was the one Zhang Jiuling saw most thoroughly. Zhang Jiuling's evaluation of him Jiang Lili remembers it very clearly, affectionate, hard-working.

Su Su was still confused, "Really, why don't I remember?"

Jiang Lili smiled and said, "What do you remember? You ate and slept all day long, and you slept and ate, can you remember?"

Su Su's face immediately turned red, and she thought to herself that there are still outsiders here! If you say this to me, then what has become of me? So she hurriedly retorted: "Fart! Where do I sleep all day long, eat and sleep? I often find some time to practice calligraphy, read ancient poems, play the piano, and dance... ”

The more Su Su's face became redder.

Jiang Lili didn't bother to debunk it, turned his head and asked Chen Wenhao, "Why did you come to Cheng'an now?"

Chen Wenhao thought about it for a long time, and didn't ask back, "Why did you also come to Cheng'an?" and replied straightly: "Readers, what you read is nothing more than righteousness and future, and the contemptible people are dull and can't read any righteousness, so ... “

"Come to Cheng Anbo to gain fame, want to seek an official and a half-job, and have a rich family?" Jiang Lili said very bluntly.

Chen Wenhao smiled bitterly, "It's okay to say that. ”

Jiang Lili thought for a while, then suddenly raised her head and asked, "Maybe that young lady doesn't look down on you, so you came here to Cheng'an and want to make a name for her?"

"Why did Childe say that?"

Jiang Lili sneered and said: "Isn't this kind of thing much? The rich lady is a poor scholar, and the rich family looks down on the poor scholar, so the poor scholar wants to impress the rich family by gaining fame." At the end, Jiang Lili sneered again: "It's just that you are even more miserable, the stories in the mouths of those storytellers are all poor scholars and rich ladies who fell in love, and the young lady's parents did such things as beating mandarin ducks, so that the scholars became angry and soared into the sky." You're different, and Miss Fugui doesn't like you at all. ”

Chen Wenhao's face became more and more bitter, and he bowed, "Dare to ask where did you hear this from Gongzi? Or is it that the contemptible thoughts were so obvious at that time that even you can see it?"

Jiang Lili waved his hand, "I don't have that kind of ability, and you are extremely hidden." ”

"That's?"

Jiang Lili laughed and didn't reply.

Chen Wenhao sighed, "It's really not much necessary to ask this kind of thing now." ”

After saying that, Chen Wenhao was about to leave after saluting, Jiang Lili suddenly asked, "Why did you come to Cheng'an?"

"Didn't people say it? for fame!" Su Su was ignorant.

Chen Wenhao smiled, but he didn't think it was too difficult to speak, "As the girl said, it is indeed for fame." And the cause and effect... “

Saying this, Chen Wenhao suddenly found a stone stool and sat down, the clothes he was wearing were slightly thinner than others, but he did not lose his temper because of the coolness on the stone stool, and said: "What do scholars seek when they study? And I read so that I can make myself clear. There is Yan Ruyu in the book, there is a golden house in the book, I don't ask for Yan Ruyu or the golden house, just so that I can know some truth. “

"But the more you read, the more you bury yourself?" Jiang Lili asked.

"That's right, the more I read, the more I realize that I am actually despicable, and that I have no knowledge in my belly. So I wanted to read more, not to write poetry or writing, but to be a pure literati. “

"It's a pity?"

Chen Wenhao sighed, "It's a pity, it's a pity that I met Miss Mu." On that day, I held a literati poetry meeting in Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, and Miss Mu was the guest of honor at that time, and I was an inconspicuous little literati in the crowd. On that day, the truth in the book that it should have been a phoenix liver gentian for me seemed to have lost much interest, and a person's smiling face often appeared in my mind, and that was Miss Mu. “

Su Su was attracted and hurriedly asked, "Then what?

Jiang Lili glanced at Su Su impatiently, "Then, Miss Mu doesn't like him!"

Su Su was stunned, and suddenly smashed a fist on Jiang Lili's back, "What are you talking about such a disappointment?"

Stretching out his hand to stop Su Su's tantrum, Chen Wenhao smiled: "No amount of clichés can hide the original facts, Childe is right, Miss Mu really doesn't like me." ”

Su Su pouted and sighed, a little disappointed.

"Not all wishes can be granted, and not all wishes will always be the scene of your dreams. For anyone, there will always be a lot of regrets in this world, and the beauty of those books and storytellers and the stories of getting their wishes are often stored in the mouths of storytellers. Why do storytellers only tell these beautiful stories? Because people love to hear such stories. Because they often can't accept that they don't get what they want. And these things can't be changed by your efforts, some things you can work on, and some things are already doomed before they even start. As far as putting yourself in my shoes, you like her, she doesn't like you, the reason is actually quite simple. “

Jiang Lili was interested, "It's really simple, but do you accept it?"

Chen Wenhao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The reason is very simple, the facts are very clear, but it is difficult to accept." Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to Cheng'an. ”

"So are you changing or accepting?"

I wasn't in a happy mood at all because of Chen Wenhao's persuasion, and it was even more uncomfortable to hear the two of them sloppy, Su Su tilted her head and asked in annoyance, "Then what?"

Glancing at Su Su, Chen Wenhao continued with his previous words: "Then, there is actually not much to talk about later, I want to uphold the style of the literati, high-definition and bright, not vines and branches, but I finally lost on Miss Mu's smiling face, and I came to Cheng'an." That day, that is, last spring, I forced my heart to express my heart to her, she said that she would never like a nerd who would only die reading for the rest of her life, and she said that if a scholar does not read the wealth before he was born, and he cannot read the reputation after his death, then he deserves to be just a nerd. “

Without the slightest hint of self-deprecation, Chen Wenhao said: "And I originally wanted to be such a nerd." ”

Su Su gritted her teeth, "How can this thing develop like this? I think a scholar is quite good, so why is Miss Mu so, so, so、。。 ”

"Don't blame her. Chen Wenhao said with a smile.

Jiang Lili was silent for a long time, "In that case, you have chosen the latter between your long-cherished wish and Miss Mu." ”

"That's right. Chen Wenhao replied.

Su Su was still unhappy, and after looking at the smile on Chen Wenhao's face, he hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, I believe that as long as you can make a name for yourself in Cheng'an, then Miss Mu will definitely choose you in the end!"

"Lend you good words. ”

"But... Jiang Lili suddenly smiled, "It's okay." ”

Chen Wenhao was stunned and said, "Don't mind if the son has anything to say, just tell the truth." ”

So the smile on Jiang Lili's face became more and more obvious, and even had a hint of ridicule, "You came to Cheng'an after you confessed to Miss Mu last spring, and it has been almost half a year now! Why did you come to this Huangshui River alone and in simple clothes? I think if you wait until you return to your hometown, then Miss Mu's son can call you uncle!"

Chen Wenhao sighed in frustration, "I don't just want to be such a nerd, but in fact, I am indeed a nerd, I can't learn those slick ways of behaving in the world, and I even have some contempt." Therefore, it has been more than half a year since I came to Cheng'an, but there has been no progress in the future. Originally, he asked his classmates to get a job writing for the government, but he was criticized for writing truthfully, and he resigned from that official position in a fit of anger. Later, he begged countless people to find an errand to manage the accounts, and because he couldn't get used to seeing the bosses fill their private pockets, he resigned from his position by changing the accounts indiscriminately. After that, he worshiped in a laughing official mansion as a master, just as the monarchs thought, and he was not ashamed of the official master's style and scolded the official master and was swept away. By now, he has a depressed appearance, so he can only copy poems and exchange some copper coins for others on the street. “

"But it can't all be those villains who don't distinguish between public and private, why don't you go looking for errands?

With a bitter smile again, Chen Wenhao said: "It's not a secret, now my reputation is already like shit in the entire Cheng'an official mansion, because after I scolded the official master, the official master held a grudge and listed me as a category that could not be hired." Presumably, the official master also has some power, and all the yamen officials will definitely sweep me out of the house as long as they hear my name, and even being a sweeping servant has no hope. “

Su Su propped up his head, sighed the same way, and scolded through gritted teeth: "Why are the eunuchs in this world like this?!"

Jiang Lili laughed, and said, "But even if you get mixed up in Cheng'an, what can you do?

Chen Wenhao was stunned and shook his head expressionlessly, "I don't know." ”

"Hey, Jiang Dog, what are you doing all the time saying such uninteresting things?" Su Su shouted at Jiang Lili with an annoyed expression.

"Doesn't it mean that you have to accept some regrets that can't be changed?" Jiang Lili replied, "You can't see that I'm enlightening him?"

Su Su was fierce, "Where are you enlightening him, you are pouring salt on his wounds! No, you are clearly making fun of him! Fun with him! Why are you like this?"

Too lazy to pay attention to Su Su anymore, Jiang Lili turned his head and smiled at Chen Wenhao: "Since you don't know, then do you want to know?"

Chen Wenhao was stunned again, "Son, what do you mean by this?"

"Be a strategist for me, and I'll keep your brocade clothes and return home!"

Looking at Chen Wenhao's puzzled expression, Jiang Lili snorted into the sky, "I am His Royal Highness of Nanyang Palace, Your Highness!"

Chen Wenhao didn't look happy, he just stood up with a wry smile and bowed to Jiang Lili, "Then thank you son." ”

I was looking forward to a twist that I liked, and complained with a little joy, "You can do what you can", and then Su Su raised the river lantern, "Ah, put the river lantern!"

"It's good to put river lanterns," Chen Wenhao said, "People often put their regrets in another beautiful thing, just like praying to God and worshiping Buddha." ”

After hearing this, Su Su's face became bitter, and he said thoughtfully: "I finally know why you are always fired." “

Chen Wenhao smiled: "I haven't finished talking yet." I just said that it is good to put river lanterns, just like praying to God and worshiping Buddha. People often don't really need gods and Buddhas, just so that they can keep a hope in the midst of the filth and be able to move forward with this hope. Hopefully it's good. “

"It's done, don't talk about these big truths!" Jiang Lili waved his hand impatiently, "Now do the first thing for me." ”

"Dare to ask?" Chen Wenhao bowed and asked.

Jiang Lili snatched the pen and paper from Su Su's hand, "Come, write a few words for me first!"

Su Su giggled, "I knew it wasn't that simple, it turned out that you couldn't read or write after all!"