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Chapter 84 The Lantern Festival
Liu Yulin heard that Zhuo Ran and Yan Chengxuan played the piano and danced with Yan Chengxuan last night when they were staying in the Imperial College.As soon as he arrived this morning, he heard the students talking about it, and some people came to ask him if it was true.

If Zhuo Ran really couldn't be allowed to wander around, it would be too conspicuous and attractive.Just as Liu Yulin was thinking, Zhuo Ran walked in with Chang Yinyu.

Chang Yike showed others with another side. He used all Zhuo Ran's powder and Daisy to transform himself into another appearance. It is convenient to travel, and it is also very eye-catching to follow Zhuo Ran.

"Why did you come so late today?" Liu Yulin handed the badge to Zhuo Ran, and said, "I just divided up the tasks of the others, and I haven't thought about yours yet."

Zhuo Ran lowered her head and hung up her waist tag, saying: "Si Ye has always been in charge of persuading students and guiding them, so why should I take care of Qiu Wei this year? Is Jijiu wanting me to take care of these students like I did during the Fajie Exam?"

Since breaking up with Liu Yulin that day, the two have maintained a delicate relationship. Neither of them mentioned the previous incidents, and their words did not contain the previous politeness. Resistant, but also very interesting.

Liu Yulin flicked his long sleeves, stretched out his robe, and said, "It's easy, I finally left it to you. Why don't you say thank you, Xiaqiu?"

"Thank you so much." Zhuo Ran moved her feet, she lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said, "By the way, the Qiuwei test site is in the Imperial College. Dr. Li has always been the chief examiner. Did you change this time?" ?”

Liu Yulin shook his head and said, "Dr. Li insisted on taking the main exam. He just recovered a few days ago. I originally wanted him to rest for a few days. You have to explain the relevant matters to him. I have to watch the whole process, and I don't have time in the exam room." Walk around."

Zhuo Ran smiled and said, "Isn't Jijiu busy all the time?"

"Why do I think your mouth..." Liu Yulin swallowed the words that came to his lips, he sighed, and heard Chang Yike whisper something behind him.

"But let's talk less."

Liu Yulin took a sip of tea and sighed, "As expected of a master and servant."

The corners of Zhuo Ran's eyebrows were slightly raised, smelling the fragrance of flowers and plants in the courtyard, she nodded and said, "I know Lord Jijiu, I'll go back and prepare well. Let these primary school students go back, so as not to disturb the candidates to review their homework."

"Go." Liu Yulin raised his sleeves and ordered, "Wear more clothes in the future, it's getting cold."

Chang Yike looked back and hurriedly followed Zhuo Ran away.

***
Li Xunchuan took the roster handed over by Gu Zhao, which he and Xiong Zhenghao arranged together. Qiu Wei is very important to the Imperial College and the Ministry of Officials, and the imperial army has a large number of manpower, so there are almost no vacancies.

Xiong Zhenghao carefully watched Li Yanchuan's expression, and he also knew that Li Yanchuan did not intervene in this matter, but handed them over to himself and Gu Zhao.

The Forbidden Army should not only listen to Li Yuchuan alone. The so-called way of employing people must not be eccentric.Li Xunchuan started this method a long time ago, the Imperial Army has gradually become an independent team, and will no longer be like the garrison or the Habayashi Guard.

Moreover, after the Lianhua Lane incident, Li Yanchuan went to battle in person from beginning to end, which can be regarded as a great comfort to the Imperial Army and made them more loyal to Li Yanchuan.

"Well done." Li Yanchuan closed the roster, returned it to Gu Zhao, and said, "Besides the exam time, you also need to be careful at other times in the future, especially keep an eye on the doors of the Imperial College, and don't let idlers Wait in."

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "Yes. By the way, master, the fence outside our school grounds was damaged a lot before, and the garrison has repaired it with the help of the garrison. Master can go and have a look."

Outside the big tent is the place where the Forbidden Army practiced martial arts. Xiong Zhenghao devoted himself to the battle. The daily training arranged for the Forbidden Army was basically based on what his brother taught him. Seeing that in the past four years, each of the Forbidden Army has been trained to be fit and strong. Ordinary spears or steel knives are not very handy.

Li Xunchuan stepped out of the tent, he picked up the steel knife casually, this kind of steel knife is naturally not as evil, Li Xunchuan weighed it in his hands, sighed and said: "I will think of a way, I haven't been to the Gaodu Armory yet, When the autumn is over, I will find a new batch of weapons. These are too strenuous to use."

"Governor." Xiong Zhenghao grabbed a long gun and said, "Brothers are really handy with these things. Gu Zhao and I will take them to the mountains to train their bodies from time to time, but there is still no major improvement. What's so good about the governor? Is there a way?"

Gu Zhao raised his lips and smiled, and said, "You're a good boy if you get it cheap. Stinky bear, just heard that the master is going to add new weapons, are you so eager to fight?"

Bear was scratching the back of his head.

Li Xunchuan licked the corner of his lips and smiled, and said softly: "I have been trying to find a solution for the kerosene we were thinking about before, but I couldn't find a chance to enter the armory. Don't worry, if you really feel bored, you can do it in batches Take the forbidden army to roll twice in the forest, or fight, as long as it doesn't disturb the people."

Gu Zhao patted Xiong Zhenghao on the back, and said, "Smelly bear, you are watching here. Master and I will go to see the outside of the school grounds."

Xiong Zhenghao took a big stride, and seeing his appearance, Li Yanchuan couldn't help laughing, and said, "Let's go, Gu Zhao."

As expected, the garrison did things swiftly, following Peng Ge's temperament.Li Xunchuan carefully looked at the repairs on the outer fence, and nodded with satisfaction.Gu Zhao led Li Yangchuan around for a full circle.

"Master." Gu Zhao said: "Yesterday I went to see the situation in the cave. There were too many rainy days. Xiong Zhenghao and I tried many times but failed. It's okay these few days, but we just ran into one Qiu Wei, we have to delay for a few more days."

Li Xunchuan walked forward, and said in a deep voice: "This matter was originally urgent, and it took so long and it's not bad for a few days. That place is the best I can find, and I don't want to give it up for the time being."

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "My subordinates understand what the master means, and I will pay attention to it."

"How are you doing with the things I ordered you a few days ago?" Li Xunchuan asked.

Gu Zhao was still thinking about kerosene, and was suddenly asked such a question. He was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Yuchuan, and said, "What did the master say?"

Li Xunchuan frowned, he turned his head and stared at Gu Zhao with a dazed face, staring at him so that he remembered something.Gu Zhao raised the corners of his lips and said, "This... this subordinate found it, it's just a little..."

"What's the matter?" Li Yanchuan took a step forward, Gu Zhao stepped back a little, and said, "Master...you didn't give me enough money, that thing is not cheap."

"Not enough?" Li Yanchuan said, "How much worse?"

Gu Zhao cleared his throat, raised five fingers, and said, "Five..."

"Five or two?"

"..." Gu Zhao bowed his head and remained silent.

Li Xunchuan understood, he lowered his hands, stepped out quickly, and said, "It's okay, just keep the accounts, and you will be able to pay them back one day."

When Gu Zhao raised his eyes, he saw Li Yuchuan's back. He sighed faintly, and said softly, "Sure enough, it's different fates. Why didn't Xiyu get involved in this matter."

Xi Yu, who was in the mansion to settle the accounts, sneezed several times, Wu Song smiled and said, "Brother Yu, have you caught a cold?"

Xiyu shook his head, looked at the account book, and said, "Why do I feel that this account is unclear? Songzi, do you know who moved these accounts? Why are there so many missing all of a sudden?"

Wu Song pinched his nose, and said sadly: "Who else can touch it except you and the master, I have to write down the money for buying candied haws every day."

"Damn." Xiyu leaned on the wicker chair and sighed, "Then how should I calculate it? I won't subsidize my salary, so it's too deceitful for me."

Wu Song smiled and didn't speak, and seriously wrote in the ledger that he spent three pennies to buy candied haws today.

***
Waiting for the night to fall, Gaodu didn't know where to start lighting the fireworks, and there was a sudden response, and the sky was blown up brilliantly.It is said that the moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen round, which is indeed very round. It is very peaceful to just stare at the lively earth so quietly.

Yan Chengxuan changed into a plain robe, and imitated Wen Rongxi to let his hair loose, and only tied a hairband loosely. In the end, Yan Yingzhen scolded him for being nondescript, so he tied his hair up and added a crown, so that he looked normal point.

Wen Rongxi covered her lips and smiled lightly, and only after getting permission did she go out with Yan Chengxuan.

"Yan Shu, will there be such a lantern festival in the south of the Yangtze River?" Yan Chengxuan asked while walking, he looked back at Wen Rongxi from time to time, and said: "But there are many waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, so there should not be many such places."

Wen Rongxi walked slowly, he smiled and said: "There are also. It's just not as fun as here."

Yan Chengxuan waited for Wen Rongxi, he grabbed Wen Rongxi's sleeve and said, "I'll hold you well, don't get separated."

Wen Rongxi smiled lightly, knowing that it was Yan Chengxuan's excuse that he had no money to buy anything, and he didn't expose it, but just let him drag around the streets and alleys.

"Yan Shu, I want this!" Yan Chengxuan saw the lotus lantern hanging high up, this lotus lantern is neither white nor red, it has a faint moon white, it looks very glamorous.

Wen Rongxi looked up, smiled and said, "Take it."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper took down the lamp and said with a smile: "Young master has really good eyesight. This lotus lamp will emit a faint blue fluorescent light at night if it is not lit. It looks best in the room."

Yan Chengxuan was holding the lantern while Wen Rongxi stepped forward to pay the bill. He pulled Yan Chengxuan's hand onto the base and said softly, "Don't touch the lantern, there are scales on it, it's hard to wash off if it gets on your hands."

The storekeeper smiled and said: "This young man is well-informed, he looks like a scholar at first glance, I don't know how to marry him."

Wen Rongxi lowered his head and smiled, Yan Chengxuan raised his eyebrows, and said: "What are you thinking about? The store, Yan Shu belongs to me alone. There are so many scholars in the world, so you can look elsewhere."

He pulled Wen Rongxi over and strode out. The shopkeeper laughed loudly behind him, and buried himself in another lotus lantern to hang it high.

"What did Er Shao just do?" Wen Rongxi's palm was held tightly by Yan Chengxuan, he naturally pulled away, took the lotus lantern in his arms, and said, "Are you so afraid that I will marry someone else's girl?"

Yan Chengxuan shook his head and said, "No."

Wen Rongxi's eyebrows were deep, and the lights at night made it even more charming, Yan Chengxuan looked away, and heard Wen Rongxi say: "Choose something for sir, you can't just buy these for fun."

Yan Chengxuan said "oh", and followed Wen Rongxi.

What happened just now, why was he so anxious all of a sudden.Yan Chengxuan thought for a while, and suppressed the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart, until he pulled Wen Rongxi's long sleeves again, this feeling gradually disappeared.

Tian Wuruo brought Fu Sisi to the Lantern Festival, and he didn't know when the story of the two of them had been widely spread in Gaodu, so there was no need to explain, so the others naturally didn't say anything.

Fu Sisi also told Han Congzhong and Zhou Yu about this matter, as the older generation, she also supported this matter more, and no one dared to talk too much when Tian Wuruo went in and out of Zuixue Court.

Inspired by Ye Lanyi, Chu Shiyu specially found the top embroiderer in the palace and embroidered a marriage letter by himself, leaving only the names of Fu Sisi and Tian Wuruo. Chu Shiyu said, wait If they find a good day, they will embroider each other's name with their own hands, and it will be considered complete.

Tian Wuruo was with Fu Sisi all day, so Luo Ling was naturally free, and had to go to Chang Yinyu in his free time, and Chang Yinyu's master was often taken away, so he could only run with Wu Song. It was all together.

Chang Yinyu looked at the food along the street, heaved a long sigh, and said, "Buy me a copy of what you want to eat, my master won't give me money."

"My master doesn't give me money either." Xi Yu and Gu Zhao also sighed, their money bags were empty.

Wu Song was still young, so Li Yunchuan didn't give him a purse, so naturally he didn't mention the amount of money.Several people looked at Luo Ling together, but they didn't expect that the richest one was a young lady.

Luo Ling smiled awkwardly, and said, "No, Si Ye and the governor should be very rich, why are you so poor?"

"Then who knows?" Chang Yinyu spread his hands, feeling a little helpless, and said, "Just write down the money you spend today, and let us remember it in the future."

Luo Ling took out the purse, which was so bulging that the eyes of the other poor ghosts almost popped out.

Li Xunchuan was walking slowly on the street with Zhuo Ran on his back. Zhuo Ran was a little tired, so he buried himself in his shoulder and closed his eyes to rest his mind. There will be fireworks."

Zhuo Ran gave a heavy "hmm" in a thick nasal voice, she hugged Li Xunchuan's neck tightly, and raised her head.

Li Xunchuan laughed softly: "Chang Yinyu clearly said that you came back early today, why are you so sleepy? Did you catch a cold?"

"I don't know either." Zhuo Ran shook his head and said, "I won't catch a cold. Chi Yue, let's go to the Moon Tower, where we can see the moon clearly."

Li Xunchuan thought for a while and said, "No, it's very windy. I'll take you around a few more times and buy a rabbit lantern to coax you, okay?"

Zhuo Ran nodded, she secretly kissed Li Yuchuan's side neck, played with his hair, and said, "Then I want the biggest rabbit lantern."

"Okay." Li Yanchuan walked straight to the stall selling lanterns, Zhuo Ran's sharp eyes saw the most beautiful rabbit lantern, she pointed to the lantern and said, "Chi Yue, there!"

Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "Hold me tight, don't come down."

Zhuo Ran just hung on Li Yanchuan's body like this, the rabbit lantern didn't touch, Li Yanchuan carried it, and he didn't know where to go, Zhuo Ran's hand drew circles on his chest, Li Yanchuan endured it for a moment, and said: "I don't want to If you want a lantern, keep scratching."

"I want a lantern." Zhuo Ran wanted to get down, but Li Yanchuan let go of her.

Zhuo Ran held onto the lantern and did not let go, Li Yanchuan looked down at her, feeling a little neglected, he pressed the back of her head and kissed her, melted the moonlight, and handed over to Zhuo Ran.

(End of this chapter)