The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 514

"Girls, have you chosen yet?" the stall owner said bravely, the five girls' female soldiers were so blocked that other tourists couldn't get through; these five girls are beautiful, and his old man also likes to see them. But no matter how beautiful it is, it can't be eaten as a meal.

"I've chosen it!" Zheng Liwan had already picked out several bamboo crafts, "I want these, how about you?"

"I've chosen too!" Fang Xiuzhu, Li Youwei, Deng Yu, and Yaoyao showed their results one after another.

"I want these." Yang Qinfang hesitated for a while, but picked up the hairpin that Zheng Liwan showed her, and then picked out the twenty or so bamboo handicrafts that she had seen before. She has two mothers, Two sisters-in-law, one sister, three nephews, six nieces-in-law, and six grand-nephews and grand-nieces, a big family, everyone has to take care of it.There are also two immediate superiors, Yin Mingyue and Cai Wei, she is also going to give some gifts, not to mention buying them, but at least they can make friends with each other, and maybe they can find out why Yang Tong is targeting her.

The female stall owner beamed with joy, and swiftly packed one by one into the bamboo box, while calculating the price, these girls bought almost half of them, so they can close the stall early tonight.This dead old man actually looked at these girls more than 50 times in front of her. She wanted to go back to clean up this dead old man, and said with a smile: "Girl, you have a total of five slings."

Yang Qinfang took out a silver coin from her purse and handed it over, "I only have silver coins, can I?"

Five hanging coins means five hundred pieces of Yanhuang Tongbao, and one hundred pieces are strung together to form one hanging coin. Yang Qinfang and the others spent half a coin, which is equivalent to half a Yanhuang silver coin. It was Da Sui silver coins, and he quickly said: "Of course, I will ask you for five hanging coins."

"There's no need to look for it!" Yang Qinfang said.

"Thank you, girl, it's just that there are so many, how dare you."

The princess Yang Qinfang has a monthly salary from Zongzheng Temple. She is not married yet, and it is all kept by the Empress Dowager Xiao. It was confiscated after the Great Xiao, and the situation of other girls was similar, which also made their lives difficult. Only Zheng Liwan, a motherless child, took care of her own money.It's just that Yang Qinfang usually spends money very generously, and this habit has not changed until now. After a little hesitation, she still said: "It's okay!"

"Thank you very much!"

The female stall owner was very grateful. Seeing that the five people had no lights in their hands, she took out six water lotus lanterns from under the booth and handed them to them one by one. "This lantern is for you. Go to the river and make a wish and let the lanterns go!"

"Thank you, Auntie!"

The six girls took the lamp and walked happily towards the Luoshui River. The female soldiers immediately followed, only a few steps away.

The female stall owner looked at their backs and shook her head, and said in a nagging voice, "How can someone spend so much money? It's really incompetent and ignorant of oil, salt, firewood, and rice. I don't know which high-ranking official's daughter, but there is still a daughter. It's unbelievable that the guards are wearing rough clothes!"

After the female stall owner finished speaking, she suddenly covered her mouth in horror. He knew whose family these girls belonged to...

As a low-level person in the troubled times, she has an extremely vicious vision. She clearly felt that the female soldiers of the six girls were different from the female doctors. They gave her the same feeling as the soldiers who had been on the battlefield, and the female soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were only around the emperor. Shura Wei had actually been on the battlefield and killed people, so the identities of the girls were ready to be revealed.

"Old man, pack up your things, let's go home." The female stall owner happily held the silver coin, and she decided to take it home and offer it as a royal nobility.

"It's not sold out yet."

"I've earned enough today! You can't be too greedy, or you'll be punished!"

"Uh??"

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Luoshui runs across the city, dividing Luoyang in two. The main river has been repaired day and night by slaves, refugees, and disaster victims. The silt that has not been cleared for many years has been cleaned up, and the water level has dropped several feet deep.

Not only that, there are brand new stone steps in the north and south of the river, sloping towards the water!At the highest point of the stone steps is the bluestone street with a width of five feet. There are tall willow trees, sweet-scented osmanthus trees, and camphor trees planted on both sides of the street. These were planted during the Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty, and now they have become riverside landscapes.

At this time, the government put down more than a thousand water lamps neatly arranged in the water, and dozens of small boats were arranging lanterns in the water.

Standing tall beside the river are two lighthouses called Summoning Towers, which were erected by Zongzheng Temple to commemorate the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty who died on the battlefield.

These two lighthouses were made by Kaitian Courtyard. There are eight light positions composed of different colors. The lighthouses are powered by water flow, and the towers move with the water, so that the overall direction and color are constantly changing, and they are dazzlingly presented in front of people's eyes. It was amazing and attracted a large number of people to watch it.

As if attracted by the lighthouse, the people came here one after another to light lamps and put them on. It was very noisy. Every light that was lit represented a good wish. When a light floated away with the water, the deceased relatives could receive their wishes.

The riverside is full of girls who put up lanterns. According to another saying, unmarried girls make wishes to the lanterns at night. As long as the lanterns follow the water, their wishes will come true.The wish of unmarried girls is naturally to find a good husband. They roll up their water sleeves, revealing their wrists like jade, and put the water lotus lanterns into the water devoutly. Slowly, the lanterns carrying beautiful wishes follow the waves of the water. The heart of the river flows away, forming a magnificent array of lights.

Yang Tong took Wei Fengwu and several concubines to a remote place and watched the lively scene quietly. Although they came here in disguise, Yang Tong attached great importance to their own safety, not only did they not join the crowd , and also deployed Shurawei and Xuanjia Army in disguise to follow in the open and dark.

At this time, Wei Fengwu and the others, under the protection of Shurawei, walked quickly to the river with a lamp, and only Yin Mingyue followed Yang Tong.

"Mingyue, don't be so nervous!" Seeing Yin Mingyue looking around vigilantly, Yang Tong whispered amusedly: "Others can guess that I am an important person just by looking at you. His identity was leaked, not to mention there are more than [-] imperial guards around us, so there is nothing to worry about."

When Yin Mingyue heard this, she really relaxed a lot.

Yang Tong looked at the water lotus lanterns in her hand, and said softly, "Let's put the lanterns on!"

"Holy, your safety..."

Yang Tong knew that she really wanted to put the lanterns on, but she was in a dilemma because of her responsibilities, so she said, "My martial arts are not getting better every day, and I am more powerful than before, not so fragile."

"Okay! Then I'll go too!" Yin Mingyue thought for a while, and replied very reluctantly.

"Tell Zhen Guogong for me, the Sui Dynasty he guarded with his life is very good, and it will be better in the future..." Zhen Guogong is Yang Tong's posthumous gift to Yin Shishi.

"Okay!" Yin Mingyue was not interested in putting up lanterns, but her subordinates were very interested and bought a few on the way. Now that she heard what Yang Tong said, she no longer hesitated, and ran to the water's edge to put up lanterns as a token of gratitude to her friends. The grief of the parents.

After Yinmingyue left, Yang Tong also left the bottom of the tree and walked to a relatively open place in front so that everyone could come and meet.

At this moment, a girl's voice hurriedly came from behind him, "Yaoyao, there are few people here, let's go here to put the lights on."

The voice called 'Yaoyao' was very familiar to Yang Tong, but he couldn't remember it for a while. When he turned around, he saw six slender girls running towards this side with lights. When they approached, Yang Tong couldn't help but Laughing, I can actually meet Yang Qinfang and the others here. It’s true that we never meet again in life. Suddenly, a mischievous look flashed in his eyes. He glanced at a seat by the river and walked there. He thought Overhear the wishes of these girls.

"Hurry up!" Li Youwei was running in front of her. She had sharp eyesight and was good at seizing opportunities like her father. When she saw an opening, she immediately greeted a few sisters.

There were huge crowds on both sides of the Luoshui River, and it was not easy to find a vacant seat. Yang Tong brought a thousand Asura Guards and a thousand Xuanjia troops respectively, occupying a large area. These guards pretending to be tourists all knew Yang Qinfang.

Seeing them rushing this way, the outermost guards opened their mouths a bit. The defensive guards at all levels thought so, and several girls came through the gap, approaching Yang Tong step by step. , It's just that they are excited, and they don't know all this, they just think that there are few people here.

"Here, here!"

Li Youwei has already occupied a leisurely sitting stone by the river, greeting her little sister excitedly.And here is the place where Yang Tong hides not far away. Although the lights in the river are bright, the light makes this place even more inconspicuous, so she didn't see Yang Tong nearby.

"Sister, what wish do you want to make?" Zheng Liwan asked excitedly to Yang Qinfang beside her. Today is the first time she has put on a lamp since she grew up, and she is full of curiosity and excitement about everything. Gao, followed her heart and called out 'Sister'.

"I want to say a few words to my father, I hope he is safe there."

Seeing her excited face, Yang Qinfang teased, "What about you? Do you want your mother to give you a good husband?"

Zheng Liwan's face suddenly turned red, and she stomped her feet and shouted: "If you talk nonsense like this again, I will ignore you. I want to wish my mother well and my father well."

"The other lamp is your own wish, right?"

On the way, the two of them each bought two more.At this time, each of them had three lamps in their hands, one was to wish the deceased relatives, the other was to make wishes for the living relatives, and the other lamp was naturally their own wish. Although the two did not say anything, they both understood the other's intention.When Zheng Liwan heard that Yang Qinfang had pierced the thin paper, a trace of blush could not help but fly across her pretty face, and she said angrily, "Didn't you ask your father to give you a wishful man? You are ashamed to say me."

Yang Qinfang saw that she was anxious like an angry lion, and said with a smile: "I'm not joking with you anymore, let's put on our own lights, and no one is allowed to eavesdrop, should it work?"

"It's more or less the same." Zheng Liwan said angrily, looked at Yang Qinfang like a thief, and ran away worriedly.

Yang Qinfang found a piece of clean grass and knelt down on her knees. She rolled up her sleeves, revealing a section of her wrist. She held a water lotus lantern in both hands and made a wish in a low voice, then carefully placed it in the river.

The other water lotus lantern was picked up by her, silently made a wish for the living relatives, and then put it into the water, the two lanterns merged together, and slowly drifted away.

Yang Qinfang looked at the two lamps going side by side, and after a while, picked up the third lamp.

Yang Tong, who was hiding in the dark, knew that the critical moment was coming, so he sneaked closer, wanting to hear what Yang Qinfang had to say, as long as he could figure out what kind of Mr. Ruyi she wanted, so that he could give back the information truthfully , so that the emperor's grandmother can choose the son-in-law who suits Yang Qinfang the most.

Yang Qinfang stared blankly at the lamp in front of her with big eyes, she seemed a little out of control, she didn't even know that Yang Tong was by her side, she softly called out to the water lotus lamp: "Dong'er, Dong'er... "

Yang Qinfang's two calls were full of lingering girlish affection, and contained deep-seated lovesickness and joy.The soul-stirring murmurs made Yang Tong's body tremble, he is not a fool, how could he fail to hear Yang Qinfang's two calls, how many girls' affection is hidden.

Did this seemingly crazy girl have deep roots in love for her?Although Yang Qinfang was naughty, her heart was as pure as a pool of clear water. She never expected that she would be so thrilling when she fell in love with someone.

Yang Tong's face was earthy, his heart was beating wildly with fright, and he had the idea of ​​running away, but he was too close, if he just ran away, Yang Qinfang would find out, if she knew that her mind was loved by this wrong person Hearing this, the person involved might immediately commit suicide in shame. Even if Yang Tong could stop this time, he would not be able to watch her for the rest of his life. At this moment, he deeply regretted his immoral eavesdropping. If he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't He will hear Yang Qinfang's heart, and he can get along with it indifferently, but after that, no matter how much he pretends, he will be awkward when facing Yang Qinfang, and will never go back to the beginning.

Seeing that Yang Qinfang was immersed in her state of mind, she knew that this was the best time to leave, so she quietly retreated back!He looked at Yang Qinfang with complicated emotions.

After a while, Yang Qinfang put down the lamp, and gently drew out the dagger from her waist, looking extremely ferocious.Just when Yang Tong was terrified, she stabbed the tip of the sword into her arm, pulled it out, raised that arm, and said something to the night sky, as if swearing, that dusty face was indescribable, Under the light, there is an indescribable holy brilliance.

In the flash of lightning, a horrifying thought fell into Yang Tong's heart: Yang Qinfang knew that she had loved the wrong person, and also knew that it was a fruitless love, and she wanted to keep the chastity for her desperate love.

Yang Tong was full of displeasure, he always thought that "keeping festivals" only happened in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties with strict etiquette, but also in the Sui Dynasty with an open social atmosphere!And it was an unmarried girl who performed the ritual of keeping the festival—what's even more incredible is that the person she likes is her own nephew!
For a long time, Yang Tong's helplessness turned into a long sigh. He didn't even dare to mention this knot, let alone untie it. Fortunately, Yang Qinfang also knew that this was impossible, only wishing she had understood it a day earlier. , She confused the concepts of love and adoration, and hoped that she would meet the one in her life in the future.

Because of her occupation, Yang Qinfang always had some wound medicine. After taking the oath, she hurriedly bandaged the wound. She was afraid that her sisters would find out. people.Seeing that Zheng Liwan had put down the last lamp in the river, and Fang Xiuzhu and the others were coming together, she threw the water lotus lamp into the river, but after thinking about it, she felt that she had a sweetheart in her heart and vowed not to marry for the rest of her life. , If the god sees his own lamp, he will be in trouble if he makes a mistake, so he fishes out the water lotus lamp again, and then stomps on it.

Yang Tong, who was watching from a distance, shook his head, a half-grown child, how can he know what love is, she will figure it out one day, what is she thinking about!
Seeing that Yang Qinfang had been bandaged properly, he returned to the gathering place with peace of mind, greeted the concubines who had put up the lights, and continued to play along the river.

(End of this chapter)