[Lu Xiaofeng] Sword God's Steward

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all kinds of lanterns were hung up in Huairen Town. In previous years, Mo Mengke would not go out at this time. One was because it was too cold, and the other was because there were too many people.This is a sea of ​​people, and at a glance, they are all heads, and they don't know whether to look at the people or the lights.

But this year, Mo Mengke walked out on the street packed tightly, still with Ximen Chuuxue.He finally decided to take the initiative and planned to pretend to ask Ximen Chuuxue who he liked when the atmosphere was right.After a year of mental construction, from Winter Solstice to New Year's Eve, and then from New Year's Eve to Shangyuan, isn't it just a year, and he is ready to hear any answers.

Just after dusk fell, every household couldn’t wait to hang up their own homemade lanterns. They were all simple people, and they hung nothing more than cabbage lanterns, gourd lanterns, watermelon lanterns, cat lanterns, and dog lanterns... How close are they? How did it come about, but the folks are masters. Don't look at the things that are ordinary, but what they do is extraordinary. Everything is so vivid, I wish I could become a spirit and jump out to celebrate the festival together.

Naturally, Mo Mengke also ordered the servants of the villa to go out after hanging the lanterns. What they hung was the Nine Lotus Lantern. A lotus flower is divided into nine layers and has various colors. It is hung all over the villa. It sounded very lively, but in fact, there was no one in the villa, so Mo Mengke had a big vacation and went out to play.

Shangyuan Festival was a Valentine's Day in ancient times, comparable to Qixi Festival.Those young boudoirs are usually not allowed to go out for activities, but this day they can go out to play together. The sisters enjoy the lanterns. Maybe they can turn into lovers to enjoy the lanterns after setting up a lantern.

The villa is full of unmarried young men and women of the right age. In such a romantic festival, it is natural to give them the opportunity to go out and find a good relationship.On this day, Mo Mengke asked Ximen Chuuxue out to watch the lanterns, and he probably had the mentality that Ximen Chuuxue didn't know the meaning of it and enjoyed himself.

The streets are very lively. Huairen Town used to be a small town, but after Wanmei Villa settled here, it became a big town, and even many cities couldn't compare to this bustling town. "Dongfeng puts flowers and trees at night, and blows them down. The stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot, and the dance of fish and dragons all night." This poem is most suitable for this time. However.

The bustling crowds are mostly parents who brought their families out to play. The places where dragon lanterns, lions and stilts are played are the most crowded. Since Mo Mengke is here, he naturally wants to join in the fun. Way, followed by squeezed in.

"Ah, isn't this the young master and the owner of the villa? Young master, come over here." Someone in the crowd recognized the two and moved out of the way considerately.

"Thank you." Mo Mengke didn't refuse, he just planned to take a few glances and return the seat to the old man in a while.

Ximen Chuuxue didn't go in, but waited on the outside, and when he saw the old man coming out of the crowd, he nodded to express his gratitude.

"Master, this lamp is for you. If there is a girl you like later, I will give it to her." The old man cheerfully gave the rabbit lamp in his hand to Ximen Chuuxue.To the people of Huairen Town, although the young Ximen Chuuxue looks scary with a deadpan face, he is a good person, so they are not afraid of him.

It was the first time Ximen Chuuxue received such a gift, so he took it carefully and thanked him again.

When Mo Mengke squeezed out, he saw Ximen Chuuxue standing straight on the bustling street with people coming and going, holding a sword in his left hand and a rabbit lamp that didn't match his style of painting in his right.

"You bought it?" Mo Mengke was a little curious, he couldn't tell that Ximen Chuuxue liked rabbits.

"The old man gave it to you just now. Here it is." Ximen Chuuxue gave the lamp on his hand to Mo Mengke, and walked forward.

"Well, it should be given to me. Fortunately, the shadow guards are not here, so it will damage the majesty of the owner~" Mo Mengke took the rabbit lamp, looked at it curiously, and poked it a few times in fun, Under his movement, the rabbit lamp shook.

Mo Mengke suddenly felt a little funny, how could the old man give the lamp to the cold Ximen Chuuxue, although the two of them are indeed older in terms of age, but at a glance, he knew that he must be more amiable~

"Hey, Axue! When he gave it to you..." Mo Mengke wanted to tease the sword god, but when he looked up, he found that the tall figure in front of him was gone.What's the matter, go so fast, don't wait for me?

Mo Mengke is not in a hurry, Ximen Chuuxue will definitely come back to look for him when he finds out that he is gone. With his eyesight and lightness, he just needs to stay here and join in the fun.

Ximen Chuuxue gave the lantern to Mo Mengke unintentionally, and after giving it to him, he suddenly remembered what the old man said just now, and felt a little embarrassed for some reason.This feeling has never been felt before, so he subconsciously quickened his pace, and unconsciously used light work.When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was far away from the crowd.

At the end of a long, uninhabited alley, there are two firefly lights flickering leisurely, like two godless eyes staring at you blankly.A dark cloud drifted past, covering the moon, making the alley where there was no light become pitch black.

Ximen Chuuxue clenched his sword tightly because he could smell blood, "Come out."

After the dark clouds passed, the moon came out, and there was silence all around.

"Oh, officer, don't be fierce." A woman with delicate and heavy makeup came out. She was wearing a light red crepe tube top dress. With a curvy and exquisite figure, "Officer, let me say first, this is none of my business~"

Ximen Chuuxue ignored the woman, but took advantage of the moonlight to enter the alley.

Under the moonlight, one could clearly see a man dressed as a Jianghu laying on the ground. He was already a corpse. He had been stabbed three times on his body. His left calf was near the ankle and the outside of his right thigh. It could be seen that the man who killed him at first wanted to kill him. To stop him, the third sword, which was also the fatal one, pierced through the heart and was crisp and sharp.

"When I passed by here, he was already dead. I am Yanxu from Chunnuan Pavilion, a prostitute, how could I kill people for no reason~ not to mention that I have no strength to fight back, officer, you Believe me..." Yan Xu cried and said, as if he had been wronged so much.

"Let's go." Ximen Chuuxue knew right away that this girl didn't know martial arts, so naturally she couldn't be the murderer.

The author has something to say: Today is Mr. Bai Xiaopu:

The Shangyuan Festival, which is what we call the Lantern Festival now, is the birthday of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.In other words, every time Lantern Festival is celebrated, it is actually my birthday~

I won't talk about some traditional commemorative activities, but talk about others.Since there is a Shangyuan Festival, there is naturally a Xiayuan Festival.The fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is the Xiayuan Festival, and there is also the Zhongyuan Festival. As everyone knows, it falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

Their origins are all related to Taoism.Taoism has three officials: heaven officials, earth officials, and water officials.Heavenly officials bless, earthly officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes. The birth dates of the three officials are the [-]th day of the first month, the [-]th day of the seventh month, and the [-]th day of the October month in the lunar calendar.

So in fact, many of our traditional Chinese festivals are still birthdays~

[PS: This reminds me of North Korea, this kind of anniversary]