Jiaochu

Chapter 513 Lighting the Lamp
When it gets dark, the lanterns are lit up one after another. Pink light, red light, bean green light, yellow light, orange light, purple light... complement each other, illuminating the whole street like glass. The world is like a dream. The lantern tower in the middle is hung with a hundred lanterns from top to bottom, illuminating the whole body brilliantly, like a fairy palace.

The streets were full of people, and families of all ages came out to watch the lanterns. It was the first time for the people in the city to see such a glorious scene, and they all found it strange. The streets were all hung with lanterns, and they were attracted to one after another. In the past, even a pair of eyes couldn't see enough. Those with children at home had to be picked up by adults to look at the lanterns. Some of the lanterns also had lantern riddles written on them. People in groups of three and two expressed their opinions around such lanterns, and the guessing was so lively.

There was a carriage parked in an inconspicuous place at the corner of the street. The colorful light from the lanterns could not reach here. Ye Lingxi sat in the carriage and opened the curtain to look at the lively scene in front. She also wanted to go over and join in the fun, but her eyes were really hurt. She couldn't stand such brilliant lights, so she had to watch from a distance, but listening to the laughter and laughter from the front, she also felt comforted, and her busy work these days was not in vain.

Murong Ze was also in the carriage and said, "Princess, don't you go and have a look?"

Ye Lingxi did not look back, but still looked out of the car window, asking him to go take a look, and then he opened the curtain and asked Hehe and Lingdang to also look. Murongze asked Jingzhe to go too, Lingdang pulled Hehe and left first, Jingzhe Follow the two of them.

After the three people left, Murong Ze came out of the car and sat in the driving seat. Jingzhe had originally driven here. The wheels of the carriage turned slowly. Ye Lingxi opened the curtain to take a look and asked where he was going. Murongze knew it as soon as he said it.

When the carriage drove into the brilliant light, first one or two people recognized that the driver was Murong Ze, their prince, and then a group of people recognized it. They were very surprised that their prince turned out to be the coachman. It's very outrageous. I must have seen it wrong at first glance. But at first glance, I saw that it was really their prince. I was right.

Even through the car windows and curtains, Ye Lingxi could imagine the surprised expressions of the people on the street. She was not very happy and wanted to complain a few times, but she saw everything and it was useless to complain a hundred times. , it would be better to save some energy and think about how to win over people's hearts next. After thinking for a while, she decided to go to the military camp in two days and bring more good wine and meat to reward the soldiers. She didn't expect that a meal of wine and meat would be enough. I bribed people just to show my friendly attitude.

Just as he was making up his mind, the carriage slowly stopped.

The curtain was gently opened by an ice-white hand, and the brilliant light shone in. Ye Lingxi raised her hand to block it. When Murongze saw this, he lowered the curtain again, remembering that he had heard that her eyes were not very good before, and she drove a carriage around. When they got to the back of the lantern tower, they said that there was a lantern that was not lit up there. It was meant for the two of them to light together, but she would not light it if she didn't want to. Ye Lingxi didn't think about it at first, but then she thought about it and asked him if the people on the street could see it. Murongze said that he had planned to light the lantern in front of the people in the city. The lantern was made by himself and turned into a Kongming lantern. The style can be placed in the sky. I originally planned to light it up together to pray for the people in the city.

Having said that, she didn't light the lanterns just because she didn't want to pray for the people. Thinking that this was also a good opportunity to win over people's hearts, she agreed to light the lanterns.

When the two of them went upstairs, Murong Ze walked in front of her to block the light coming from the front. Ye Lingxi lowered her head slightly and looked at the stairs at her feet. When they got upstairs, the housekeeper who had been waiting here brought a lantern.

"Your Majesty and Princess, please light up the lamp and pray for blessings~~~" The voice was loud and loud, shouted three times in a row, and someone from downstairs shouted again. The voice spread from the street to the end of the street, attracting the attention of everyone on the street. They all looked up in the direction of the lantern tower.

A lantern lights up and slowly flies into the night sky. The bright light gradually becomes the size of a mung bean, and finally turns into a light spot the size of a sesame seed. It is like a meteor flowing back to the sky, carrying the wishes of people on the ground into stars.

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News of the lantern festival soon spread to the capital. People were talking in the streets and alleys that the three princesses lit three thousand lanterns for Bo Fujun's smile. In fact, there were only one thousand lanterns, and Ye Lingxi only lit one lantern to pray for the people. Passing back and forth turned into lighting up Sanqianbo Fujun and smiled.

News like this got into Yan Fei's ears intentionally or unintentionally. He pretended not to care on his face, but the coldness in his eyes got deeper. It was dark and he smashed a table in the tavern, but that person wanted to be there. He held the three thousand lanterns in front of him, smashed the table in front of the man in half with one punch, took out a silver coin and threw it to the waiter, and left without saying a word, and no one dared to trip him.

Carrying two jars of wine, he leaned under a weeping willow tree by the lake and drank the wine in the cold wind. After a while, he drank half of the jar. Someone picked up the other jar of wine. He looked up and said nothing. Keep drinking. Yanjiang sat down next to him, opened the wine cork, touched the wine jar in his hand, raised his head and took a sip of strong wine, sighed happily, and said, "Nine times out of ten rumors are exaggerated. It may not be true." Yan Fei said indifferently, "It's none of my business."

Yanjiang smiled and said, "It's none of your business why you're drinking alcohol here. They've already married, can you still get it back?" Yanfei squeezed the wine jar in his hand and took a big gulp of alcohol. The spicy taste of the wine slightly dispelled the depression in his heart. He said carelessly, "There are no fragrant grasses anywhere in the world." Before he could finish his words, Yanjiang slapped him on the back of the head, making him stagger forward. Yanjiang said seriously, "Who taught you these lies?" Yanfei remained silent and drank. Yanjiang sighed and drank too. The uncle and nephew looked at the sparkling lake and drank in the cold wind, each in his own way. Everyone has their own worries...

Later, there was news that the third princess went to the military camp to visit the soldiers just to please Mr. Bo.

Yan Fei was no longer in the capital at this time, and went to Xuzhou with Ye Xingye as a secret guard to provide disaster relief. He followed secretly without showing his face in front of others.

As they approached the border of Xuzhou, they encountered refugees looting relief money and food. Ye Xingye tried his best to prevent his officers and soldiers from hurting anyone, but someone still used a knife. To make matters worse, a killer disguised himself as a refugee and intended to assassinate Ye Xingye. Fortunately, Yan Xingye Fei took action in time.

Because he was wearing the mask of the Dragon Shadow Guards, Ye Xingye didn't recognize him. He had never seen the mask of the Death Shadow before, so he thought he was a hero who drew his sword to help. His skill was astonishing, with less than half a sword. In a short time, all six assassins were killed. Just as he was about to come over to say thank you, Yan Fei used Qing Kung to fly into the chaotic refugees. He quickly grabbed a few leading ones and threw them in front of Ye Xingye, and then used Qing Kung to fly away. .

Without the leader, the chaos was quickly quelled.

Those people kowtowed and begged for mercy, speaking very pitifully. Ye Xingye had no intention of pursuing the crime, and the refugees also came over one after another to kowtow and beg him for mercy and give him some money and rice, crying that they had not eaten for several days.

Ye Xingye couldn't bear it, and was about to put the rice and money, but was stopped by Yan Fei. Ye Xingye recognized his voice and couldn't help being surprised. He didn't know that his uncle and nephew had come back. Yan Fei whispered to him to keep silent. Don't let anyone know, Ye Xingye agrees. Yanfei said that most of these people were not refugees. They had shown some martial arts in the chaos just now, and told him not to fall into the trap and get on the road as soon as possible and not stay for a long time.

Ye Xing was horrified by his ambition, and when he thought about it, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. He followed Yanfei's instructions and set off on the road as soon as possible.

After entering Xuzhou and distributing all the money and food for the disaster relief, Ye Xingye returned to the capital to resume his life. However, he was found in a book saying that he allowed his officers and soldiers to kill refugees on the road, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and even their wives, children, and mothers. Come over and kneel outside the hall, faint sounds of crying can be heard coming in, and the matter has been spread in Xuzhou, with witnesses and the corpses of refugees as evidence.

Ye Xingye swore to God that he did not condone his officers and soldiers to kill refugees, let alone kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Ye Lanchen asked people to imprison the officers and soldiers who committed the crime, and ordered Ye Xingye to shut up and think about his mistakes.

Ye Xingye was banned from Ganquan Palace, feeling depressed and angry. Only Xiao Luzi was around to persuade him. Although he was not very depressed, he was still quite depressed.

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