Haiyan

The Western Han Dynasty held a huge lantern festival one and a half months before the New Year every year. This custom was handed down from the reign of Emperor Zhao Qi of the Han Dynasty. It is commonly known as the "Winter Return Festival". The meaning of going home, but it means that the New Year is here, and it is time for everyone to join in the fun before going home.

The annual "Winter Return Festival" is more lively than New Year's, because at this time, the foreign population of the Western Han Dynasty has not been exhausted, and the population is very large, which often crowded the city of Kyoto.

Last year was the last Winter Return Festival during the reign of Emperor Ai. At that time, due to the overcrowding of the number of people, the patrols in Beijing could not supply supplies for a while, and they almost stomped people to death. Fortunately, there was no danger in the end. I passed this festival before the noisy New Year.

This year, the Western Han Dynasty had no owner for a while, and too many things happened in the past few days, which made this year's festival much deserted compared to previous years.

The firecracker exploded with a 'touch' on the flat ground, Chang Sheng didn't have time to react, a piece of black banana was blown out of the corner of the moon white clothes, Li Su hurriedly pulled him to his side, his eyes coldly glanced at the The bear child who threw the cannon glanced at him, and instantly frightened the child into crying.

There were people coming and going on the street, with mixed eyes, and when the two of them had walked a long way, Chang Sheng said: "I'll show you how amazing it is, the kids look like they've seen a ghost when they see you."

Li Su snorted, "He cried in fright before I even said a word, how can you blame me?"

Chang Sheng scoffed: "It's your fault that you look quite permeable, I can't blame others."

Li Su didn't care about him, it seemed that he was in a good mood.

In the past, he would never join in this kind of excitement. The Taiwei Mansion is the head of the family, and Li Zongyao is the elder of the elders. Wherever Li Su goes, he will definitely be given up a very wide road. Today, the two Only A Cheng followed behind him, very low-key, not many people could recognize this as General Hongying from Gyeonggi Palace for a while.

Chang Sheng couldn't help sighing, such lively days must not be seen much in the future.

Stopping in front of a stall full of women's accessories, Chang Sheng picked up a beaded flower, and said to Li Su: "With such craftsmanship, I should give it to you for a good-looking person like you. Do you like it? "

Li Su had black lines on his face, took a step back in disgust, and asked him, "What trick are you trying to play?"

Chang Sheng smiled and said, "Hey, I just think that good-looking things should go with good-looking people, what can I think?"

The owner of the stall was a very discerning person. Seeing that the two of them had extraordinary looks, they must be rich people, so he hurriedly fanned the flames, and Li Su said with a cold face: "How can this kind of vulgar thing be worthy of my young master's status!"

The stall owner was so frightened by him that he didn't dare to speak for a while, so Chang Sheng threw a few copper coins over, took Li Su to the side with the pearl flower, and said in a low voice: "If the proton is not as good as it is, just accept it, this is my first This time I gave you a gift, why don't you give me face?"

Li Su sneered and said, "Don't think that I don't know what kind of crooked ideas you have, women's things are more suitable for you to use."

Changsheng explained: "Hey, why are you so fussy? Who stipulates that pearl flowers must be worn by women? I think it is more suitable for a beauty like Proton to wear them. I will try it for you... Hey, What are you hiding from!"

Li Su grabbed his flailing hand and said, "It's not impossible if you want to see me make a fool of yourself, but you definitely don't want to use this kind of woman's stuff!"

Chang Sheng pinched his nose and said with a sneer: "Where am I willing to watch you make a fool of yourself? It's too late to hurt you, how about this, as long as you are willing to accept this pearl flower, and then go back and wear it for me to see, I will promise you one condition, okay?" good?"

Li Su seemed to be interested, looking at him with a pair of red and phoenix eyes, and asked: "It seems that you would rather give up something in exchange for making me ugly...any condition is fine? "

Chang Sheng smiled and said, "Of course, I won't lie to you."

Li Suxie laughed and suddenly surprised Chang Sheng.

Seeing him suddenly lower his head and say something, Chang Sheng's face blushed immediately, and his whole body became a one-foot mark. Li Su took the pearl flower in his hand and put it into his bosom, and said with a meaningful smile : "I've accepted the things, don't forget the conditions I said."

Chang Sheng: "..."

He had already experienced Li Su's experience of shooting himself in the foot with a rock, and now that he did it again, it was almost self-inflicted.

Li Su walked a few steps, saw that Chang Sheng hadn't followed, stopped to wait for him, and asked, "Chang Sheng, why don't you leave?"

Chang Sheng gritted his teeth and stared at him, angrily followed him.

A man and a woman parked on the side of the road were playing with the wind chimes in their hands. The sound of the bells was extremely clear, and the fingernails were lightly brushed and tinkling.

The man was quite tall, and his whole body was hidden in the hood. The index finger that was fiddling with the bell suddenly stopped, and his whole body seemed to tense up. The female partner next to him noticed his strangeness, and said softly: "Ping, What’s wrong with you?"

Yin Ping turned his head to look at the two backs that were getting further and further away, and after a long time, he asked Qing Jun: "Who is that person who just passed by?"

Qing Jun was wrapped in a warm cloak, and the thick scarf covered the lower half of her face, only showing a pair of almond eyes and a white forehead. She shook her head and said, "I didn't see clearly, why, is it someone I know?"

Yin Pingyin frowned tightly in the dark, as if he was remembering something, and said lightly: "No, I didn't see it clearly, but I seemed to hear him yelling just now."

"What?" Qingjun asked.

Yin Ping laughed at himself and sighed: "It's nothing, I must have heard wrong."

Suddenly, fireworks exploded from the gate of the palace not far away, and the sky was filled with splendor, reflecting the entire ancient city very dazzlingly.

Crowds of people crowded the long street, cheering, people seemed to have forgotten for a while the difficulties of this empire that was still struggling in the swamp.

Taking down the bell that was in his hand just now, Yin Ping threw a golden bead over. The stall owner was stunned for a while, and thanked him hurriedly. Qing Jun asked him: "What did you buy this for?"

Yin Ping held the bell in his hand, seemed to like it very much and couldn't stop rubbing it, and said, "It's nothing, I just think it looks good."

Qingjun smiled and said, "Isn't this something that children like?"

Yin Ping didn't speak, just looked at the bell in his hand repeatedly, and after a long time, he whispered: "Yes, things that only children like..."

In addition to all kinds of stalls on both sides of the street, there are guards standing guard every [-] steps. Chang Sheng and Li Su walked to places with more people. Along the way, Chang Sheng was very happy. Touching this and that, after a while, Ah Cheng had already carried a lot of things, and followed behind very depressed.

Li Su tugged at his sleeves, and said solemnly: "Don't ask for one. There are no people who come out of my Wutong Garden who have never seen the world like you."

Chang Sheng glared at him, and said in a loud voice: "What do you mean? What do you mean you have never seen the world? Do you think I spent your money? Why are you so stingy? Give me so much salary a month. What's the matter with spending? Or do you want to spend all your money on other people!"

Li Su: "..."

Actually, I don't have much salary, Li Su thought to himself.

Chang Sheng said relentlessly, "Hey, what's wrong with you not being happy?"

Li Su simply shut up.

He couldn't argue with Chang Sheng, his mind would always come up with some weird ideas, which always made him wonder how to refute them.

——Just like when I was a child.

Li Su's heart softened three points at once, but he didn't show it on his face.

All kinds of lanterns illuminate the long street brightly, and there are many lantern riddles guessing throughout the week, large and small lantern shows, juggling and singing, cooking wine and shredded tobacco, snack utensils, everything.

After a while, a loud cheer erupted from not far away. Chang Sheng liked to join in the fun since he was a child. When he became interested, he pulled Li Su to go in. The man seemed to know what he was going to do, and hurriedly said: " I'm not interested."

Chang Sheng said angrily: "Why are you like this? Don't you just come out to watch the fun? Why don't you go? Is it too noisy? Can it kill you? Hey, let me say, why do you still have the same problems as when you were a child?"

Li Su: "..."

Chang Sheng continued: "One moment he thinks I'm spending your money, and the other moment he doesn't go to watch the fun with me, so why bother, just go home and forget about it."

Li Su nodded, and said lightly: "This is a good idea. By the way, let's study the condition you promised me just now."

Changsheng: "..."

Li Su asked knowingly and seriously: "What's the matter, why is your face so red?"

Chang Sheng gritted his teeth: "It's hot!"

Li Su casually licked his waist, and said lightly: "Oh, I can't tell, you are so angry at such a young age, you must be in good shape, right?"

Chang Sheng didn't understand what he meant for a while, and when he realized it, Li Su had already walked away with a smile, leaving Chang Sheng blankly blushing and suffocating.

The river surface beside the moat has long been broken by Wang Yu's patrols. At this time, the lanterns are tightly arranged, and most of the people squatting aside to put the lanterns are girls. Chang Sheng is not interested in this. The weather tonight It was surprisingly good, there was no wind, except for the cold brought by the frost and snow, there were two wailing wailings left by the night owl flying past.

The second round of fireworks has already started again, Chang Sheng felt that such a festival would only be a novelty for a while, and it wouldn't be much fun to stay any longer, and Li Su was really incomprehensible, and always acted prudishly His appearance gave him a headache, so he simply said, "There's nothing to see, let's go back."

Li Su's face was a little weird, his eyes didn't know where to look, Chang Sheng continued: "What's the matter, I'm talking to you."

The corners of his lips were obviously tense, and Chang Sheng couldn't help but groaned for a while, and was about to ask him, when a huge commotion suddenly exploded from the depths of the crowd, "Boom" There was a loud bang, the fireworks had just exploded in the night sky, the sound from both sides collided perfectly, and the cheering crowd not far away didn't hear the abnormality here for a while.

Chang Sheng was so stunned by the light of the fireworks that Li Su suddenly grabbed his wrist and shouted, "Go!"

Chang Sheng didn't even have time to doubt, at this moment, a rain of arrows roared towards him, and in the blink of an eye, the crowd behind him was already bleeding like a river.

'Bang bang bang' -

The sound of fireworks followed one after another. This end of the long street was still immersed in colorful flames, and the other end was already full of wailing. When the patrolling Central Army reacted, suddenly, a sharp arrow with fire shot directly into the sky. Straight through the long row of bright lanterns, sparks instantly ignited the pasted paper and burned it.

The flames soared into the sky, and soon turned into a fiery snake on the long street.