comeback [rebirth]

It was the first time for Cen Yuan to hear about this festival. After listening to Uncle Liu’s explanation, he realized that this Wanwu Festival can be regarded as a unique product after King Chu’s advocacy of singing and dancing. This is the time to rest and enjoy the accomplishments of the year.Therefore, on the day of Lidong every year, the Wanwu Festival will be held in the downtown area of ​​Danlin County.

In the morning, people who have been busy for more than half a year are preparing for winter in the fields. After lunch, they will come to the street to sing, dance and eat to celebrate this year's harvest and pray for a good year in the coming year.

In Chu State, the Wanwu Festival can be said to be a festival second only to the New Year.

"The streets should be bustling now," Liu Bo said, "The Wanwu Festival will last all night and will not end until tomorrow morning. There are the most activities in the evening. Your Highness can play for a while. After all, it ends today, so it will have to wait until next year." gone."

How could Cen Yuan miss the people who joined in the fun? He thanked Uncle Liu, and he couldn't help but drag Yan Xuan who had just returned, and went out.

Because Changyou Mansion is far away from the downtown area, when the two of them left the mansion, the surrounding scene was no different, only the faint music could be heard in the air - that's why they didn't notice the outside world in the mansion. lively.

As they walked all the way to the busy city, the sound of the music became more and more clear, and they could even hear the overlapping sounds of different instruments.But when I got to the place, I saw that the busy city was empty of thousands of people, and the scene took on a new look.

Usually, a large area in the downtown area is always crowded with stalls of all sizes, and the passages left between the stalls can barely accommodate two people walking side by side.

However, at this time, all the stalls were neatly surrounded in front of the surrounding shops, leaving only four entrances at the four corners.And in the central area that was previously indistinguishable because it was full of stalls, there is now a thing that looks like four or five lanterns of different sizes, which is taller than the surrounding crowd.

"I feel familiar?" Cen Yuan said.

Yan Xuan pondered for a moment by his side, and said, "The overhead light above the Qingbaolou stage."

Cen Yuan: "..."

Now as soon as the word "Qingbaolou" is mentioned, he can think of a series of images, so he can only pretend to clear his throat before turning his attention back to the overhead light that the other party said.

"It seems to have some impression." He said, "So, this thing is also used for lighting?"

Yan Xuan thought back to the light he saw that day in Qingbao Tower, and saw the faint light emitted by the thing in front of him at this time, so he guessed: "It's probably filled with night pearls."

"Hiss." Cen Yuan calculated how many night pearls would be put into such a big thing, and couldn't help but gasp, "Now that you put it that way, I now feel that there are no night pearls in it, but the light emitted by silver ingots. "

"..." Yan Xuan glanced to the side, his face was speechless, and after a long while, he still couldn't hold back a muffled laugh: "No prospect."

The crowd was crowded, and Cen Yuan was almost shoulder to shoulder with the other party. When he heard this, he could even feel the chest of the person beside him tremble.

He squeezed Yan Xuan's palm: "Why do you call it worthless? Now our family's property is in your hands, and I'm penniless now, so no one is allowed to sigh?"

Yan Xuan took advantage of the situation to grab his troublesome hand and squeezed it directly. On the other hand, he took off the money bag from his waist: "Then I'll keep it for you."

Due to the fact that there were too many people around, he couldn't call the other party "Your Highness", so the words were obviously less teasing and more serious, and even looked at the other party with some solemnity in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, he looked at Cen Yuan and just happened to blink.

Cen Yuan: "..."

One moment before, he was still refuting the other party's teasing, but the next moment he was hit by that look, he felt that he suddenly became a disciple in his heart, and a bunch of crooked thoughts were just about to move.

However, he was not thick-skinned enough to do whatever he wanted in full view of the public, and immediately withdrew those thoughts from the bottom of his heart, preparing to settle accounts after the fall.

He scratched Yan Xuan's palm again, withdrew his hand, and pushed the money bag back as if it was real: "Take it, take it, you pay for it, I just spend it."

Yan Xuan chuckled again, and put the purse back on her waist.

While talking, they followed the crowd and moved a few steps forward. The closer they got to the entrance of the downtown area, the more crowded it became, almost to the point where it was almost impossible to move.

"I'm afraid all the people in Danlin County are gathered here." Cen Yuan couldn't hold back his noise, and he glanced around from the corner of his eye, and he saw someone he knew.

The other party also spotted them with sharp eyes, and was unable to salute due to the current state, so he hurriedly greeted them: "Second Hall—two adults, I'm sorry."

Cen Yuan said: "Master Yang, long time no see."

This person is none other than Cen Yuan and Yang Qi who greeted them at the bridge when they first arrived in Danlin.

What Yang Qi is wearing today is not the official uniform of that day, but a Chu soldier's military uniform, standing at the corner of the intersection and looking very mighty.

He turned his head and told another soldier beside him, asking him to guide the people to avoid accidents caused by crowding, and then he turned back and said to Cen Yuan: "I didn't expect to meet two adults here, let me accompany you." Let's go for a while, both of you."

When Cen Yuan was speaking with Lord Yang, he thought of the official accent he had fought with him the day he first entered Danlin, and his teeth felt a little sore.Taking advantage of the movement of the crowd around him, he took a step back, and gently pushed Yan Xuan behind, and the two changed positions.

Yan Xuan: "..."

He cast his eyes on Cen Yuan, and saw the other party winking at him, signaling him: You deal with it.

Yan Xuan immediately let out a dumb laugh, and then turned to Yang Qi, at this time his face had recovered his composure: "I heard that the Wanwu Festival is once a year and it is a unique festival in Danlin County, so let's join in the fun."

"That's that." Yang Qi turned a blind eye, turning a blind eye to their small movements, and said with a smile, "During the Wanwu Festival, almost the entire county, and even people from neighboring counties will come to join us together. Lively, it will only be more lively at night than it is now."

Hearing this, Yan Xuan looked around and saw that most of the crowds were gathered around the stalls, and the closer to the center of the "Ye Mingzhu Lantern" there were fewer people.And at intervals, two soldiers in military uniforms will be stationed to guide the crowd.

"I see that there are soldiers guiding around," he said, "there are so many people now, but there is no chaos."

As if he was praised, Yang Qi immediately laughed again: "Since the prince proposed to hold the Wanwu Festival, he has dispatched people from the Chu army every year to ensure the safety of the people. So far, nothing has happened. The soldiers you see now are just Partly, at a later date, three more batches of manpower will be added, after all, safety is the most important thing."

Yan Xuan let out a "hmm", then looked at the "Night Pearl Lamp" in the middle: "This is?"

"You said this." Yang Qi followed his gaze, "This is already something that happened when the old prince was in power. I heard that it was the 'fluorescent lamp' that the old prince received as a gift. There are only two in the whole world. One of them is kept in its place, and the other is only taken out for balls or festivals like today."

After finishing speaking, he approached the two mysteriously: "I heard that there are high-quality night pearls stuffed inside."

Cen Yuan was located between Yan Xuan and the booth, while scanning the food and small items on the booth with his eyes, he listened to them with his ears up.

After hearing these words, he turned his head to look at the fluorescent lamp again, and shook his head again and again: "Tsk tsk tsk, the feasting and the feasting are so luxurious."

I completely forgot who it was that was "promising nothing" just now.

Yang Qi rubbed his head embarrassingly at the side: "If it wasn't for the Wanwu Festival, the prince wouldn't bother to move out this fluorescent lamp, don't you think so?"

"It should be moved." Cen Yuan said, "You guys have worked hard for a year, so what if you spend a little extra money."

Yang Qi smiled and said, "Your Excellency is right."

The two sang together, but Yan Xuan was caught in the middle. Seeing that their conversation had finally come to an end, the latter immediately asked, "What are those red strings?"

Yang Qi looked at it and said: "Ah, you mean this."

As he spoke, he gestured to the two of his left wrists, and pulled out a red bracelet from under the cuff of his military uniform.

"You two should know that this Wanwu Festival has some meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new." Yang Qi said.

Cen Yuan also had the same question just now, and now he took the initiative to answer the question and nodded: "I heard from Uncle Liu."

Yang Qi said with a smile: "On the Wanwu Festival, the lord will let us distribute red bracelets to the vendors around here, and all the people who come here can get them freely at the stalls, to get rid of the bad luck of the year, and to clean up. Welcoming the harvest year in a clean way.”

Cen Yuan had heard the saying of tying a red string to get rid of bad luck, so he only raised his eyebrows: "I see."

After finishing speaking, he went to a nearby stall to get two red strings, tied one to his wrist, pinched the other and said to Yan Xuan: "Hold out your hand."

Yang Qi was looking at them at first, but he didn't know why when he saw this, he moved his eyes to the side by accident.

When Yan Xuan stretched out his left hand, Cen Yuan grabbed it and tied the other red rope up carefully.As soon as the wrist moved, the red string on his own wrist kept bumping against the wrist bone.

His complexion was already fair, but when the temperature cooled down in autumn, the knuckles of his hands and even his wrists became more distinct, reflecting his fairer complexion than usual.When the movement stops, the red string is just enough to hang on the wrist bone, one red and one white complement each other.

He pinched Yan Xuan's hand and looked at it for a moment, then followed Yan Xuan's sleeve, shifted his gaze to Yan Xuan's body, and looked him up and down.

"Master Yang." He suddenly called out.

On the other side of Yan Xuan, Yang Qi practiced "Do not see evil", he was shocked when he heard the sound, and turned his head and said, "My lord."

Cen Yuan looked quite confused: "Look at our Lord Yan wearing this red string, don't you always feel that there is something weird?"

"..." Yang Qi said in his heart that he looked pretty good, but he said yes, no and no, he was struggling with how to answer, when he saw Cen Yuan whispered "ah".

"I know what's wrong." Cen Yuan said, "Master Yang, do you know if there are any shops selling ready-made clothes near here?"