The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 81 Yuan Xi Lantern
The jade leaks the silver pot and don't rush it, the iron gate and the golden lock are completely open.

Who can sit idle when seeing the moon?Where can I smell the light and not see it?
——"Six Poems of Shangyuan Night Part One" Cui Ye (Tang Dynasty)
On the third day of arriving in Chang'an, it was just in time for the annual Shangyuan Festival.The city of Chang'an is extremely lively.

Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xianyu Zhongtong was also in Chang'an at this time, busy these days congratulating the emperor and paying respects to important ministers.Xianyu Zhongtong is the patriarch of the Xianyu clan in Chang'an. This festive season, he changed the tradition of having a banquet in the Bashu Guild Hall in the past, and held a banquet in his own home.On the eve of the Yuan Dynasty, the mansion was opened, and the court officials and famous Confucian scholars of Shu nationality who were in Beijing were entertained.Zhang Fen, Taoist Qing Chi and other elders were also invited.

Before going to the banquet, Zhang Fen called all the young people from Bashu together and told them:
"Today is the Shangyuan Festival. Everyone has traveled all the way to Beijing. How can we not visit the lanterns? But I want to emphasize a few points. Chang'an seems to be peaceful and peaceful, but in fact it is full of undercurrents and dangers. Especially on the Shangyuan Festival, dragons and snakes are mixed. , Many children are lost every year. It is not uncommon to rob people's daughters and bully men and women, so everyone must be on high alert, stop joining in the fun, and stop meddling in other people's business."

Yichan whispered: "Chang'an is the capital, under the feet of the emperor, is there anyone who dares to bully men and women, and have no law?"

Hearing Yichan's words, Zhang Fen smiled contemptuously: "The king's law is to restrain our ordinary people. What is power? It is the power above the king's law! It is at the feet of the emperor, the royal family, the nobles, the powerful, and the powerful Spreading all over, the power is more prominent.

If you want to go out to watch lanterns, you must go together with more than five people.In case there is a mistake, each other can take care of each other. "

Daoist Qing Chi waited for the elders to repeatedly instruct his disciples before driving to the banquet.

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After the elders left, all the teenagers were in high spirits. After dinner early, they went to visit the lanterns together in small groups.

Bai Fu, Yi Chan, Li Xinkai from the same family, Yue Tianhua from the Yuemen, and Huyi Wang from the Chuan Gang are in a group tonight to visit the lanterns.

Bai Fu went back to the house and changed into the new clothes that Yichan made for himself, a green satin padded jacket, a strong hat with six flute holes, found a hero scarf and tied it on his forehead, took a picture in front of the bronze mirror, the clothes were well tailored, The whole person is tall and straight, with a magnificent weapon.

Waiting downstairs for about a cup of tea, when he heard the movement, Bai Fu raised his head and walked down the stairs gracefully.She is wearing a pink hibiscus blouse, a begonia dyed dance skirt, an apricot yellow silk belt around her waist, and long suede boots. Even cicadas are already tall, but now the clouds are coming out of Xiuxiu, which suits her skin even more Such as snow.Yichan smiled sweetly, blooming like a hibiscus flower, which made Bai Fu look crazy.

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When the five of them went out, it was already dark.Every household hangs lanterns and festoons, flowers, trees and silver flowers, and the whole Chang'an city is like daytime.People in the three streets and six cities are like a tide, and the people who visit the lanterns are helping the old and the young, rubbing shoulders one after another, and it is very lively.There are all kinds of lights all over the street, such as square ones, octagonal ones, fairies, beauties, as well as the twelve zodiac lanterns and the eight immortals crossing the sea lanterns.

A local old man beside him enthusiastically introduced: "You guys, this is the first time you have come to Chang'an to look at the lights? These lights are not unusual. Those who pay attention to shopping for lights, there are only three places to visit in the whole Chang'an city. One is in front of Chunming Gate. , the Aoshan lantern in the Caishan Palace, the second is a lantern of beasts facing the lin in front of the Yuewang mansion, and the third is the lantern of a hundred birds facing the phoenix in front of the prime minister's mansion."

Yue Tianhua said: "I've heard the name of the Phoenix Lantern for a long time, why don't we go to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Everyone had no objection, and they talked and laughed while admiring the lanterns.I saw fashionably dressed young couples all the way, cuddling each other, you and me.Yichan tugged at Bai Fu's sleeve, and said secretly: "Look, senior brother, people go to the lanterns in pairs. It's so boring to have others follow."

Bai Fu thinks about it too, it's not easy to be with Junior Sister Yang.Such a beautiful day, if you can't be alone, it's really spoiling the scenery and living up to the full moon night.Moreover, after shopping for more than half an hour, except for the crowds and fear of pickpockets, I didn't feel that there was anything unsafe.I'm afraid Zhang Fen and the others are worrying too much.

The two blinked their eyes and smiled at each other.Deliberately slowing down, falling behind the crowd.When they arrived at Cross Street, the crowd continued to walk westward, while the two turned northward. They walked less than [-] meters and came to a large square.

The square is very lively, and in the center of the square are all kinds of juggling troupes.There are those who perform swallowing swords, and those who stack Arhats.Some hold torches and breathe fire with wine.There are lion dances, picking greens to fight for hegemony.

The most spectacular thing is the dragon dance. A fire dragon more than 20 feet long is dancing up and down under the dancing of dozens of people, baring its teeth and claws.The huge dragon head decorated with colorful lights twists its horns and chases the dragon ball in front of it, vividly flying through the clouds and driving the fog, majestic and majestic.From time to time, the dragon head suddenly rushed into the crowd and rushed into the place where the children gathered, scaring the children to scream again and again.

The most amazing thing is the trick of the barbarian's Tongtian rope.I saw a barbarian with several turns of cloth wrapped around his head. With a whistle, a rope rose vertically from the basket little by little, like a living thing.When the rope went straight up to several feet, the barbarian began to climb the rope with bare feet, and performed various flipping movements on the rope when he rose to mid-air.

The two of Bai Yang watched with gusto, and Yichan asked curiously, "Senior brother, what's going on with this trick? It's amazing!"

Bai Fu shrugged and said with a smile: "I really don't know. Could it be that he also has spiritual objects like python beads?"

The barbarian was swinging on a rope when suddenly he lost his hand and fell down.In the midst of everyone's screams, the barbarian whistled, and the rope suddenly fell and shrunk into a rope net.The barbarian flicked on the net, turned upside down, and landed firmly on the ground.Behind the back of the left hand, the right hand is waved forward, bowed half of the body, and gave everyone a deep and graceful salute.Thunderous applause broke out in the arena.The crowd around the audience were hooked, and without hesitation, they threw copper coins and broken silver into this barbarian's money jar.

After watching the juggling, look at the New Year's goods.Surrounding the square are all kinds of shops, including dough kneaders, sugar blowers, and sales of all kinds of goods from all over the world.

When passing by a fortune-telling stand, the fortune-teller got up and shouted to Bai Yang and the two: "You two young men, please stay. According to me, you don't want to stay here, go home quickly. There must be a catastrophe."

Yichan asked, "Sir, how did you find out?"

The fortune teller said: "There is a dark seal between the two of you, which is a sign of great evil. Listen to me and go back quickly!"

Bai Fu smiled and did not refute, pulling Yichan to turn away.

The fortune teller looked at the backs of the two and shook his head secretly.

Is he really so good at seeing faces?Otherwise, it's just that he saw Bai Fu's extraordinary appearance and heroic spirit, and Yi Chan was also pretty and tall, so he said to himself: Tonight, the lantern market is full of ghosts and monsters, and there will be so many injustices. I will abduct you inside.So he pretended to look at the physiognomy to guide Bai Fu and the other two.

Yichan walked into a row of stalls selling rouge gouache and Ropa embroidery.Chang'an's most fashionable styles of the season are being sold here, and I couldn't help being overjoyed and squeezed in.The crowds at these stalls were all women, and it was naturally inconvenient for women to get too close together.Bai Fu wandered around nearby, looking around.

It doesn't matter if you look around a dozen times, I accidentally saw two women holding a child, walking along the wall in a hurry.One of the boys was crying, and the woman holding him pretended to be angry and raised her hands to fight. The boy was so frightened that he quickly fell silent and trembled.Another older girl pretended to faint and leaned her head on the woman's shoulder.When he found that Bai Fu was looking at her, he blinked quickly and opened and closed his mouth soundlessly.

Bai Fu was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the girl opened and closed her mouth, and she was actually saying: "Help me!"

(End of this chapter)