Legend of the Orchid

Li Zhonglan staggered, his waist was almost broken, and there was some kind of unspeakable tingling pain somewhere in his body, which made it very difficult for him to walk.

Zhao Tingjie quickly caught up with him and put his arms around his slender waist, but Li Zhonglan froze and hid from the steps like a god of plague. The unusual behavior of the two was just seen by Jin Yan, and the heartfelt guard immediately shouted: "You two Who is it!"

"Jinyan, I'm going out for a while, don't follow me." Zhao Tingjie said, fortunately he didn't say "I'm with Lan'er".

But how could the smart guard not know, so he respectfully obeyed.

The two walked out with a distance of three feet. When they reached the main road, they suddenly saw lights and festoons everywhere. Even the trees were hung with bright red lanterns. , To attract customers, Zhao Tingjie sighed: "It has only been more than ten years since the opening of the dynasty, and the capital is so prosperous!"

Li Zhonglan was not in the mood to answer his words, she just turned her head to one side, pretending to look at the scenery.

Ting Jie wanted to hold Zhong Lan's hand, but the other party quickly avoided it, so passers-by looked at the angry couple with curious eyes: the man is vulgar and ugly, and the woman is cold and glamorous. Sure enough, the woman dislikes him.

Since ancient times, an ugly man matches a beautiful wife, this truth is undeniable!

When walking to the main street, the three gold-encrusted characters of "Drunken Red House" are shining brightly in the night sky. Smiling and fragrant, they rush into the crowd, and the sound of the piano is elegant and melodious.

Li Zhonglan suddenly remembered about Ah Wen, and was a little annoyed at Zhao Tingjie, and finally turned around, glaring at him full of resentment.

Zhao Tingjie was puzzled, hooked Li Zhonglan's waist, pulled Li Zhonglan forcefully, pulled Li Zhonglan into his arms, leaned towards the tip of Zhonglan's nose and asked, "Why are you staring at me?"

Li Zhonglan lowered her eyes and went to push the courtyard steps. Behind them, there was a rogue shouting: "Look, these two people are flirting with each other on the street, so shameless!"

This shout touched the tiger's buttocks, Zhao Tingjie turned his head sharply, his eyes gleamed fiercely, he was already tall and big, and with the make-up and vicious makeup, he looked like a yaksha, so scared that Popi quickly shut up and fucked up escaped.

Taking advantage of Zhao Tingjie's inattention, Li Zhonglan broke free and walked forward angrily. When he reached the entrance of the Zuihong Building, he was surprised to find that there were male actors soliciting customers. The oldest of these male actors was only seventeen or eighteen, but They are all pink and watery, comparable to Jiao'e, wearing a red tube top, showing a large white breast, and a green beige covering the outside, dressed like flowers in the garden.

What's terrible is that there is an orchid attached to the corner of the actor's eye, and there are bored onlookers who help explain: "It is said that Zhao Dezhao, the son of the first emperor, had an affair with Li Zhonglan, the son of Li Yu, the deposed emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Zhonglan loved orchids very much. Some people said he was the orchid. The demon reincarnated and captivated His Royal Highness Zhao. From now on, he loves men and not women! This Li Zhonglan likes to put orchids in the corners of his eyes, which has attracted all the men in the capital to follow suit. You see, it is really unique!"

The audience let out exaggerated and ambiguous laughter, and Li Zhonglan's face turned red and then turned pale, wishing to leave this place of rumors immediately.Zhao Tingjie followed closely, smiled close to his ear and said, "You can post an orchid for me sometime."

Zhong Lan was furious and wanted to squeeze into the crowd again, Ting Jie hugged him vigorously into his arms, and said a lesson: "There are too many people here, be careful I can't find you."

Seeing that she couldn't break free from the restraints, Li Zhonglan had no choice but to give up, still frowning, and pitifully turned her face away from the steps of the courtyard.

Zhao Tingjie said: "Don't you want to eat mooncakes from Longyutang? Let's go buy them."

After all, he entered Longyu Hall with Li Zhonglan in his arms.

Unexpectedly, the boss of Longyutang saw Zhao Tingjie's vulgar appearance and his gray sackcloth, so he spoke contemptuously, and said with a sneer, "Fish mooncakes and shark's fin mooncakes are very expensive, you should buy other ones!"

"No, we'll just buy these two kinds of mooncakes!" Zhao Tingjie's voice was very piercing and intimidating, but it didn't match his attire, which made the shop owner flustered for a while.

"Then how many would the guest officer want to buy?" The boss came back to his senses and resumed his superior attitude.

"Lady, how much do you want to eat?" Ting Jie asked Zhong Lan with a smile.

With a dark face, Li Zhonglan said in a rough voice, "I don't want to eat."

This very masculine voice surprised the shop owner again. When he came to his senses again, he believed that the two bumpkins and poor people were looking for him, and sneered: "If you don't have money, you want to eat well, and you don't want to weigh it." How many catties and taels do you have!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression froze suddenly, he stretched out his hands, bowed left and right, and began to slap himself, saying rigidly while slapping: "I was wrong, I am a pig, I am a dog, I am a pig dog Why not!"

Zhao Tingjie was astonished, and immediately looked at Li Zhonglan with a suppressed smile, while the latter stared at the shop owner coldly, with a fierceness in his eyes that Zhao Tingjie had never seen before.

"Miss, that's enough, let's buy a few months of cakes and go back." Zhao Tingjie reminded Li Zhonglan, fearing that Li Zhonglan's body would be ruined by overcasting.

Li Zhonglan said angrily, "I said I don't want to eat."

After he finished speaking, he walked down the street. Zhao Tingjie hurriedly grabbed two mooncakes, and went to stop Lan'er without paying the money.

After Tingjie grabbed Zhonglan, he sighed, dragged her to the tree by the river, took out the mooncakes in his sleeve, and said to Li Zhonglan, "I took two of which I don't know what flavor they are, you can try them."

He stuffed the mooncake into Lan'er's hand, Zhong Lan took a bite dully, and Ting Jie asked, "Is it delicious?"

Zhong Lan's nose fluttered, and she said with tears in her eyes, "It's bitter!"

After speaking, the tears could no longer be held back, and the grievances of that night broke out in full force, and she put her head into Ting Jie's arms, crying loudly.

Zhao Tingjie felt a little regretful. He touched Li Zhonglan's head, patted Li Zhonglan's back lightly, and comforted him softly.

The cry of the person in his arms gradually subsided, and turned into a low sob, Ting Jie coaxed: "You eat the moon cakes, and we will go to put the lanterns later."

Zhong Lan pouted, her shoulders still twitched, and said, "Don't eat it, it's not good."

Zhao Tingjie was puzzled, picked up the mooncake and took a bite, and found that it was not as delicious as the sweetheart mooncake, so he wiped out the two mooncakes for Li Zhonglan.

Clusters of orange lights rose from the crimson night sky. The lights were caressed by the gentle wind, hovering over the sky of Kyoto. It was someone putting lanterns on the bridge.

Tingjie hugged Zhonglan up, took each other's hand and walked to a small stall selling lanterns. They each bought two red Kongming lanterns. The stall owner handed them two pens and asked them to write their wishes on the lanterns. .

What Zhao Tingjie wrote is: chasing dreams and continuing lovesickness in the past, life and death are twins.

What Li Zhonglan wrote is: In the deep valley and orchid, two butterflies live together.

Ting Jie sighed: "Lan'er, I can't help you realize your wish for the time being."

Zhong Lan was at a loss, he knew that Ting Jie's ambition was not in the deep valley, but in the deep palace.

The two walked up to Hongqiao with the lantern in their hands. Zhao Tingjie lit the candles inside the lantern. After the lantern was heated, it flew upward slowly and gradually merged into the sky and sea.

"Look, doesn't it look like a sky full of stars?" Ting Jie pointed at the night sky and said softly.

Li Zhonglan nodded slightly. He looked up at the sky. Those shining lights carried good wishes one by one, adding a lot of warmth to the festive atmosphere of Kyoto.

He sighed: "Ting Jie, I want to stand here with you forever watching lanterns."

Zhao Tingjie smiled slightly and put his arms around his waist. The light in the eyes of the stars was brighter than the lanterns in the night sky. He leaned against Li Zhonglan and said, "With me here, it doesn't matter if you don't look at the lanterns."

Li Zhonglan laughed at him for being thick-skinned, and couldn't help turning his head to look at him, Zhao Tingjie also turned his face sideways, his ferocious triangular eyes were full of tenderness, the huge contrast made Li Zhonglan lean back and forth.

Zhao Tingjie had no choice but to pinch Lan'er's cheek and use a deep kiss to make her serious.

The two looked at the starlight on the bridge for a long time, their lips and teeth were close, and they talked about their love. They didn't realize that Zhao Guangyi, who was dressed in casual clothes, stood in the shadow and looked at them. , to relieve the emperor's boredom?"

"No need." Zhao Guangyi said slightly melancholy.He felt that Li Zhonglan's smile was beautiful tonight, it was a heartfelt laughter, but unfortunately, the other party had never smiled at him like this.If Zhong Lan could smile at him like this, he would definitely let the other party rule and enjoy the glory for the rest of his life.