I heard that the bamboo horse has a crush on me

Jing Xiu was sent over by someone twisting his arms, "Master Hou, this is the man! He's been sneaking around in the garden early in the morning, there must be something wrong!"

As soon as the person turned to the door, Shen Bi felt a little familiar, "Look up!"

When Jing Xiu heard the voice, a trace of confusion appeared on his face.This voice... He suddenly raised his head, and the two of them were shocked when they met each other.

Shen Bi twisted his eyebrows into a mountain, "Jing Xiu?"

Jing Xiu was also shocked for a long time before he spoke, "Jingzhou...you, you, they call you Lord Hou...what's going on?"

Ever since Shen Bi was no longer afraid of blood, he never planned to hide it from Jing Xiu, but he also didn't want to reveal his identity in such an embarrassing way.

He swung back to the left and right, and stepped forward to help Jing Xiu up, "Get up first...can you see with your eyes?"

Jing Xiu stared straight at him, as if looking at something he had dreamed of for a long time, so much so that he forgot to answer Shen Bi's words.

Shen Bi was quite uncomfortable being seen by him, "I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"So, you are really Lord Hou?" There was a deep sense of loss in his tone, which made Shen Bi confused.

"My surname is Shen, and my single name is Bi. For some...reasons, I didn't want to reveal my identity, so I changed my name."

Jing Xiu lowered his head, his expression unclear, "So that's how it is."

Shen Bi noticed that his mood was sinking very quickly, which should be due to the discovery of the disparity in status between the two of them.He wanted to comfort him, but he felt that the difference could not be eliminated, and the comfort was useless, so he said, "Fu Bo, go and invite the doctor to have Jing Xiu's eyes checked again!"

Jing Xiu smiled at Uncle Fu, "Don't bother." He bent down and bowed, and said with difficulty, "Master Hou, I'm leaving now!"

Before he didn't know Shen Bi's identity, he could live with his friends with peace of mind, but now that he knew, he couldn't live anymore.

"Go? Why are you leaving? Where can you go now?" Shen Bi pointedly said, "If you feel uneasy, then take it as my reward! After all, you have taken care of me for so long, and I don't want to owe you money. For others, let me pay back the favor!"

What Shen Bi said made people feel uncomfortable, but it relieved the burden.Jing Xiu thought for a while, then nodded, "Then, Master Hou, why don't you arrange for me to do something? It's fine to take care of you, or do odd jobs." Even if he agreed to stay, Jing Xiu didn't want to eat and drink for nothing.

"Uncle Fu has a few shops in the capital, I'll ask him to arrange an errand for you, and you stay in the capital, how about it?"

"What about Lord Hou?"

Shen Bi said: "After the Chinese New Year, I'm going to Fuzhou."

"Fuzhou?" Jing Xiu was overjoyed when he heard these two words, "Will Lord Hou take me with you?"

Seeing Shen Bi hesitated, he explained, "My hometown is originally from Fuzhou."

"I see. Then you can go with me!"

After Jing Xiu retreated, Uncle Fu said, "Master Hou really wants to bring Mr. Jing Xiu?"

Shen Bi nodded, he had his own considerations.

He found some clues from a bunch of kung fu cheats brought by Uncle Fu before. The movement of the person who protected him from Hanguan that day was very similar to Japanese ninjutsu, and Jing Xiu's father not only picked up Shen Qiuhong's woodcarving but also Seeing his body being taken away, all this made Shen Bi feel that the matter was far from that simple. He needed to go back to Fuzhou to investigate the matter clearly, and it might be useful to take Jing Xiu with him.

After the new year, it is the Lantern Festival in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning that day, the servants of the Hou Mansion began to tie up lanterns, hoping to have a lively scene during the lantern festival at night.

After noon, a carriage came outside, and the driver pointed out that he wanted to see Uncle Fu, and the first thing he said when they met was: "Don't let Lord Hou see these things!"

He opened the curtain, which surprised Uncle Fu. The car was full of lanterns, square, octagonal, round, long column, and rabbits, lotus, Pisces, and dragon... Forber counted a total of 23 lamps.

The coachman spread out the lanterns one by one, and in a long swipe, they surrounded the gate of the Hou Mansion, which was very eye-catching.

"Where did this come from?" Uncle Fu thought it was a royal gift at first, but he always thought that if it was a royal gift, there should be an imperial decree.

The coachman replied in a hurry: "It's from the Southwest. There's also this for you!" He put a letter in Uncle Fu's hand, and then drove away quickly, as if he was afraid that if he walked slowly, Uncle Fu would put the lantern on. Like stuffing it back into his car.

Southwest... The smile on Uncle Fu's face is getting deeper, the general is quite good this season.He opened the letter with great relief, and after reading it, he smiled like a flower.

The bright purples and reds in front of the door quickly attracted the attention of passers-by, and it didn't take long before it was full of spectators.Uncle Fu hurriedly found someone to move the lantern in and hide it away. He wanted to surprise Shen Bi in the evening, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

During dinner, Chen Bi faced his face, unable to swallow, put down his chopsticks, and asked, "You've been wearing that mysterious smile all afternoon, but is there a happy event?"

Uncle Fu rubbed his face, "Ah? Is there? The old servant is not smiling!"

Shen Bi rolled his eyes at him, and he had to grin behind his ears to laugh, right?

"Oh, maybe it's the Lantern Festival today! I haven't felt such a festive and lively atmosphere for a long time."

Shen Bi gave him an expression of "I believe in you ghost", the Spring Festival is not festive and lively enough?

Uncle Fu tentatively said: "Master Hou, there are river lanterns by the river tonight, Master Hou, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Don't go!"

Unsurprisingly.

Uncle Fu sighed, "The last time I saw the river lantern was when Lord Hou was 14 years old. I don't know when the next time will be...I'm afraid this old slave won't be able to wait!"

Shen Bi: "..."

At the beginning of twilight, the streets are full of people, and there are fires and silver flowers everywhere.

Shen Bi was wrapped in a scarlet cloak, and followed Fu Bo lazily, looking weary at everything.

Uncle Fu, on the other hand, was in high spirits all the way, surprised by everything he saw, and had nothing to say all the way, "Master Hou, look at how exquisite this lantern is! Lord Hou, look at the stage over there!"

Shen Bi didn't say a word, didn't look sideways, and just walked forward.He really doesn't like this kind of noisy environment, and he thinks that Uncle Fu is very weird today, he is overly delighted and curious, almost like acting.

The two of them traveled through the sea of ​​people and the sea of ​​lights, and finally arrived at the riverside.

Good guy, there are more people, and as far as the eye can see, there are all women.Shen Bi turned his head and was about to leave, but was stopped by Uncle Fu, "Master Hou, you're here, let's have a look before leaving! How about you put one down and pray for good luck?"

"I want to let you go." Asking him to release river lanterns with a group of women is impossible.

Just as Shen Bi turned around, he heard all the women by the river exclaiming:

"Wow, what a beautiful river lantern! Look!"

"So many river lanterns! Where did they come from!"

"Who put this river lantern? My God!"

Shen Bi looked back and saw a large area of ​​river lanterns floating from upstream, almost covering the entire river surface.Each one is shining like a star, looking from a distance, it looks like the Milky Way in the sky falling into the world, or like a piece of bright and transparent brocade, winding on the river.

Seeing Uncle Fu looking at him with a smile on his face, Shen Bi reached out to fish out one from the water - a piece of jade was painted on the petals.

He squinted at Uncle Fu, and took out another one, which was jade; again, it was still jade.

Shen Bi: "..."

"You arranged it?"

Forbe smiled and shook his head, "No."

"Ji Beicheng?" Apart from Ji Beicheng, he really couldn't think of another person who could do such a thing.

Forbe nodded.

"Childish!" Shen Bi rolled his eyes, suddenly felt a heat on his shoulder, put a hand on it, and he didn't turn his head back, "Did General Ji put a lamp on all the girls in the city? "

The other party was surprised at first, then fearful, and finally his voice was trembling, "Yes, I'm sorry... Caomin just wanted to make an excuse, no, I didn't know it was Lord Hou!"

Shen Bi turned his head and saw a panicked face, his heart sank as if he wanted to be caught by something.

It's not Ji Beicheng.

Uncle Fu saw his loss, and said happily: "This piece of river lanterns was made by General Ji himself for Lord Hou."

"Where are others?" If you are in the capital, why don't you show up?Pretending to be mysterious?

"I don't know, but General Ji only said in his letter that he would bring Lord Hou to see He Deng, but he didn't say so."

Of course, it's not impossible.

Shen Bi lowered his arms and covered the river lantern in his hand with his sleeve. He looked back at the nearly thousand lanterns in the river and thought, how long will this take?How boring is Ji Beicheng?

"Let's go back!"

Seeing a lot of lanterns hanging on the gate of the Hou Mansion from afar, he just thought it was made by the servants of the family, but he didn't expect that after entering the gate, there were many lanterns hanging on the road. Fill.

"You guys have done so much today?" There were at least thirty or forty lamps along the way. In the morning, he obviously only saw three people fiddling with them, and they didn't seem to be very skilled... So it's Ji Beicheng again?

Uncle Fu faltered, turned his head and looked around, but didn't see Ji Beicheng, thinking that he probably didn't come, so he said: "The lamps at the door were made by the servants, and the road in the courtyard...is also made by General Ji himself. made."

Shen Bi: "..."

He could almost imagine the posture that guy was sitting in his room at the moment, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

The lanterns are hung all the way to the door of the room, connecting them into a brightly lit light belt, like guiding and welcoming.

A total of 23 lamps, the same age as him.

Shen Bi pushed open the door, the room was pitch black, silent, not even the sound of breathing - Ji Beicheng was not there.

He squeezed the river lantern in his hand, his face was quite ugly, he opened his mouth to say "Take all the lights away", but after thinking about it, he gave up, "You go down first!"

Uncle Fu felt deeply regretful, because Ji Beicheng hadn't been able to come in person, otherwise his Lord Hou's expression wouldn't be so aggrieved.

Shen Bi didn't bother to light the lamp, so she just sat quietly in the dark, looking at the strands of dim light coming through the cracks in the door and windows.

Obviously, these things should have been prepared last year, otherwise it would be too late, but what exactly is Ji Beicheng going to do?

He put the river lantern on the table, and sighed very lightly. He didn't understand why from seeing those river lanterns... to be precise, after being patted on the shoulder, he felt so dull and breathless?

And when the door was opened, the loss at that moment was unprecedented.

There was a very light knock on the door "dong dong", Shen Bi jumped up and opened the door.