Denghuaxiao

Chapter 208: Love Binding

Downstairs, the woman collected the money and handed out a rope flower made of silk thread to the men and women standing aside in turn, using it as a ticket to enter the building.

Seeing Lu Zhuo standing still, the woman put the money into the box behind her and emphasized: "The money will not be refunded."

Lu Chen was speechless.

Pei Yunying glanced at her and said, "If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

"Go." Lu Yan took the rope flower from the woman's hand and walked directly in: "She said she won't refund the money."

Pei Yunying smiled and followed behind.

The two walked to the entrance of the pavilion and asked for help downstairs. In front of the door, they woven countless colorful embroidered magpies, which was called "crossing the magpie bridge".

Couples of lovers stood at the entrance and walked in one after another. There were so many people that it was inevitable to bump into each other while walking.

Pei Yunying asked Lu Zhuo to walk inside, blocking the flow of people, and went upstairs with Lu Zhuo.

On the second floor, it turned out to be a spacious hall. Only twenty couples of men and women could enter at a time for "Lanye Dou Qiao". The lanterns inside were also made in the shape of magpies, making it very lively and entertaining.

The hall is also embroidered with clouds, arched bridges, lotus leaves, lotus and other patterns. At a glance, it looks like a fairyland in the Nine Heavens.

A woman in a colorful embroidered dress stood at the end of a small wooden arch bridge, raised her hand and said: "Everyone, be quiet, please listen to me."

The hall fell silent.

"Look at your feet."

Lu Zhuo looked down.

The lights were dim and there were so many people that she didn't pay attention. At this moment, after listening to the woman's reminder, she could see clearly that among the patterns in the hall, there were actually colorful silk threads stretched on all sides, like intricate colorful spider webs. If you are not careful, you could trip. fall.

"This colorful silk thread is called 'Love Thread'. There are seven golden magpies placed in the dark corners of the hall."

The woman laughed and said, "You guys have to find seven golden magpies in the knot of love. Whoever finds the most will be the Qiaohou tonight!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a buzz of discussion around him.

There is no light and no fire, and all the threads are tangled under the feet. Those who are traveling together must walk hand in hand and cling to each other in order to walk smoothly.

Lu Chen frowned slightly.

This place is dark, which is perfect if you want to kill someone silently.

It's a pity that Qi Yutai is cautious and will not come to such a place for ordinary people to have fun.

She raised her head and called Pei Yunying: "Commander of the Palace."

Pei Yunying was leaning against the wall and looking around, as if he was not used to such a lively atmosphere. When he heard Lu Zhuo calling him, he lowered his head and asked, "What?"

"Hurry up and see clearly where the seven golden magpies are."

He was startled: "What?"

"Aren't you the commander in chief in front of the palace?" Lu Yan said: "You should be very good at seeing things in the dark. I can't see clearly. Come and see, you've got it right. Just start touching it later. "

He was puzzled: "Is this what the Commander in Chief does for you?"

He's not the idle guy running errands for others at Luoyue Bridge.

Lu Zhen was displeased: "How can we win if you don't do this?"

He choked and said, "Why didn't I see that Dr. Lu has such a strong desire to win before?"

Lu Yan smiled: "That's twenty copper coins."

He glanced at Lu Chen and sighed, "Okay, I'll give you my orders today."

Only then did Lu Chen give up.

She had never played "Lanye Douqiu" before, and she was not very interested in this matter at first, but for some reason, she came here by accident, but she had some expectations.

The woman in the flower skirt just now saw that everyone was almost done discussing it, she pursed her lips and smiled. Then, the gong in the building rang, and then all the magpie lanterns in the room were extinguished.

"Oh--"

Some of the young people who were close to him exclaimed.

In fact, not all of them were extinguished. There were about three or four dark lamps hidden in the corners. I could only vaguely see the silhouettes of people. If I went deeper, I couldn't see them anymore, not to mention the silk threads tangled under my feet.

In the darkness, Pei Yunying's voice came from my ears.

"Beside the wooden bridge, there is a golden magpie under the lotus leaves, closest to you."

Lu Zhuo perked up and said, "Just go get that one."

After saying that, it’s time to walk towards the wooden bridge.

However, the lights in the hall were dim, and the shadow of the wooden bridge could be vaguely seen, but the silk threads under her feet were as if they were blind. She had clearly crossed them, but they were still entangled, tripping her and almost falling.

"Be careful."

Pei Yunying supported her.

There was an "ouch" sound coming from the side. It seemed that a young man had fallen. The girl who was traveling with him was startled and asked with concern where he fell.

Pei Yunying paused and stretched out a hand: "It's too dangerous to walk like this, hold on to me."

Lu Zhen thought for a while, then he was not polite to him and went to arrest him as he was told.

It was too dark everywhere, and she couldn't touch anything at once. The first thing she touched was Pei Yunying's hand. The skin between his fingertips touched like a warm current, and the subtle touch made her suddenly feel uneasy. Lu Zong calmed down, moved up to touch his arm, and then squeezed it tightly.

In the dark, she couldn't see Pei Yunying's expression, but she could only feel the strength of the arm she was holding.

His chuckle came to my ears: "Hold on."

Lu Chen said "hmm".

The two of them walked towards the wooden bridge.

I don’t know how Pei Yunying walked. Maybe the selection of talents by the front minister is not all based on appearance. In short, he has some skills. Although his steps are not fast, he walks very steadily. Sometimes someone who couldn't see the road bumped into him, and he would quickly pull Lu Zhuo away to prevent her from falling.

He took good care of her.

Lu Zhen held his arm tightly and let him lead him with confidence. Maybe in the darkness, a person's sense of touch will be infinitely magnified, and his even breathing and the cold and light fragrance on his body will also become obvious, just like the colorful silk threads under his feet, densely entwined and lingering around him.

When I was lost in thought, I suddenly heard Pei Yunying reminding me: "We're here."

Lu Zhuo raised his eyes.

Under the meager light, the wooden bridge was already in front of us. Under the bridge were many lotus leaves and lotus flowers woven with gold paper and colorful threads. A lotus flower in the middle was blooming particularly brightly, and a little bit of gold shone in it.

The golden magpie was found.

Lu Yan said, "I'll get it." He turned around and walked under the bridge.

"Hey, slow down."

Pei Yunying saw her hurry and hurriedly followed her.

There was a young couple next to them, and they seemed to have seen the golden magpie in the lotus, walking towards the other end.

Lu Zhuo quickened his pace and rushed to catch the young couple. The husband of the young couple saw her thoughts and also quickened his pace. They both stretched out their hands toward the lotus on the bridge. Lu Zhuo grabbed the lotus stem. Who Unexpectedly, the flower stem was actually embroidered under the bridge. When it was pulled, even the person could not stand still, and Lu Zhuo staggered back.

"Be careful."

Pei Yunying was behind her, and when he saw this, he stretched out his hand to support her. Lu Zhuo's back bumped into his chest, but he stepped on a hard bump under his feet, and the bump sank for a moment.

Is this an agency?

Lu Zhuo suddenly felt something bad in his heart. Before he could say anything, he suddenly heard a crisp sound, and something fell from the sky on all sides. Pei Yunying suddenly stepped out of the way, and Lu Zhuo was completely enveloped in his arms, and everything was covered by him. Refreshing aroma.

"What?" She was nervous for a moment.

She was protected in Pei Yunying's arms, her cheek pressed against the cool skirt of his clothes, and something seemed to have fallen on her feet and head, something light and fluffy, tickling slightly when it brushed against her skin.

The next moment, dozens of magpie lanterns in the hall lit up, and along with the ringing of gongs, the woman's voice rang out.

"The bridge of magpies is ready to urge the phoenix to drive. When the time comes, the magpie cries——"

The couple of men and women who had been in the hall were falling and falling, some were leaning on each other and holding the magpie in their hands, smiling sweetly.

Countless thin red ropes were scattered on the ground. Lu Yan lowered his head and saw that a lot of them had fallen on himself and Pei Yunying. The red ropes seemed to pop out from the ground and fell on them. From a distance, they looked like they were tied up. Tie in one place.

Extremely touching.

Just now, Lu Yan stepped on the mechanism under his feet, and these red threads popped out.

"This is called love."

The woman smiled and said: "Spread out thousands of love threads and write a new relationship. Girls and gentlemen, if you fall in love, the two of you will get married in the future, love each other for a lifetime, and grow old together. This is a good sign."

Lu Chen: "..."

She was about to speak when she looked up and met Pei Yunying's lowered gaze.

Lu Tong was startled.

The magpie lights in the hall were dim, and the red lines on all sides were slightly swayed by the breeze blowing from outside. There was an inexplicable softness everywhere.

Her hand was still holding Pei Yunying's arm tightly, and she leaned forward. He put one hand on Lu Zhu's back. When he just couldn't figure out the mechanism, he completely protected her in his arms. The other hand put the knife on his waist. The sheath protects her perfectly.

Those dark eyes were staring at her, the shadows were entangled on the ground, and something was gradually growing where their eyes met.

Lu Zhuo froze in place.

The hand behind her back held her firmly, and a subtle warmth came from her spine. For a moment, her heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously took a step back.

Pei Yunying's eyes moved, and his eyes fell on the red ropes wrapped around the hem of her dress. The red ropes were tightly wrapped around the skirt, making it difficult for her to move, so he knelt down and brushed them away for her.

For some reason, the words Lin Danqing had said before suddenly sounded in Lu Zhen's ears.

"Even though Pei Yunying looks friendly on the outside, he doesn't even bend down when talking to others. He is very arrogant on the inside."

Very arrogant... Now that I think about it, he seems to always bend down in front of her.

He leaned down to talk to her, bent down to lift the medical kit in her hand, and even if he stepped on the trap at this moment, he was protecting her in a safer position first.

He always accommodated her.

She is accommodating and patient, so she is always confident in front of him, and is sure that he will not care about it.

But he forgot that he was actually not a person who was used to bending over.

"Oh, the young lady must be very affectionate with so many love threads wrapped around her body." The woman in colorful clothes walked up to the two of them floatingly, Lu Zhu lowered her head and stepped away, and Pei Yunying looked away.

Neither of them gave an explanation.

The woman glanced at the two of them and smiled knowingly: "What a match made in heaven. Have you two found the Golden Magpie?"

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses. Just now, she failed to pull the lotus stem securely, and accidentally stepped on the trap. She was startled. Her hand slipped and she missed the golden magpie.

There was only one step left, and Lu Zhu felt a little regretful.

Pei Yunying glanced at her, curled his lips, and a golden little magpie emerged from his palm.

Lu Chen stared.

If you look closely, you can see that the golden magpie is carved from lotus root, with its head covered with colors and gold paper. It is as big as a palm and lifelike.

"When did you get it?" she asked.

"After all, I am the commander of the front office," Pei Yunying lowered his head to look at her and said leisurely, "I can't even win this little prize, it would be detrimental to the front office's face."

Lu Chen was speechless.

This man is very proud.

But the woman in colorful clothes laughed: "Young Master has good eyesight, and he got the golden magpie, and he got the 'smart'. Come on, I'll give you two the lottery from the Seventh Empress!"

Lu Chen was a little curious.

The winning numbers for "Threading a Needle and Begging for Skills" and "Happy Spiders for Skills" are "grain boards", and the winning numbers for this twenty-coin "Orchid Night Fighting for Skills" should be even more impressive.

The woman in colorful clothes walked to the door of the building, took out a very small peony pattern wooden comb from a box holding flowers on one side and handed it to Lu Huo.

Lu Yan took it and said, "comb?"

"Yes, girl, this is the comb that the Weaver Girl prayed for. It is said that strands of green silk are combed together, and every inch of love is densely combed. Use this comb to comb your hair, and the more you comb your hair, the more loving you two will be!"

Lu Yan was silent.

It's just an ordinary wooden comb, and the carving is not very fine. It actually costs twenty coppers to go into the building to search. People from Shengjing are not very good at doing business.

But looking at the people "fighting for skill" around them, they are all satisfied and don't care.

As if seeing her disappointment, the woman in the flower skirt smiled and pointed upstairs: "Girl, sir, the scenery on the third floor of our Qiqiao Building is unique, and it is not worse than the Yuxian Building on Qinghe Street. Qian Lan Ye Dou Coincidentally, you can go up to the third floor for stargazing, which is a good deal!”

"I just happened to be tired from fighting Qiao, so let's go up to get some fresh air and have a rest." The woman said as she pushed the two of them up, as if she wanted to make this business the best it could be.

Lu Yan looked at Pei Yunying and asked, "Do you want to see it?"

"Look."

Lu Yan walked forward: "The one who gave me the money."

She doesn't take advantage of others, and no one else can take advantage of her. This lottery was already unworthy of its name, and Lu Zhuo wanted to see how good the Star Observation Tower was, which the woman said was "not worse than the Yuxian Tower on Qinghe Street."

Fortunately, this time it was not a lie.

After entering the Qiqiao Building and going up one floor, the lights were brighter, but they did not come from the hall. Lu Zhu walked to the railing and looked down. A crowd of people with torches, lanterns and music made the downstairs bright and brilliant.

In the distance, a mighty group of people and horses walked by, singing and dancing, but the people were hidden behind huge puppets. The puppets were exquisitely and uniquely made, and they were full of joy. Under the bright lights, the Chinese Valentine's Day night was made even more lively. .

Pei Yunying came over.

"That's a puppet show," he said.

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't understand, he explained: "People hide in it, and puppets perform various plays to celebrate and pray."

Pei Yunying glanced at the crowd passing downstairs: "The folk opera is not big enough. In a short while, after the Tianzhangtai ceremony in the palace, the Nuo ceremony will be more lively than this."

"Nuo ritual ceremony?"

"The emperor is praying for the celebration banquet, and all the officials will be present, and you can also see it."

Lu Chen was thoughtful.

He tilted his head: "Do you like watching this?"

Lu Chen shook his head and looked at the huge puppet that was lifted up and then dropped down.

"I was just thinking that if I kill someone here, no one will find out in a short time."

Pei Yunying: "..."

He sighed: "You really know how to ruin the scenery."

Lu Zhen paused, looked away, raised his eyes to search carefully downstairs, and asked Pei Yunying, "Why aren't Sister Yunshu and the others here?"

Pei Yunshu pushed the two of them into the Qi Qiao Building. Now that Lan Ye's Qi Qiao fight was over, looking down from the upstairs, there was no sign of Pei Yunshu and the others.

"No need to look, she will definitely not wait for us there."

"But……"

"Deputy Ambassador Xiao will protect her." He said slowly: "Although Dr. Lu is quite prejudiced against our front secretary, please believe that the selection of the front secretary is not based on looks alone."

Lu Chen: "..."

Damn it, how did he know what she was thinking.

Pei Yunying chuckled lightly, holding his hands on the railing to watch the visitors downstairs.

Behind him, other lovers passed by the railing, whispering affectionately. Lu Zhu thought for a while and asked him, "Does Deputy Xiao like Sister Yun Shu?"

Pei Yunying paused, then suddenly turned to look at her, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"how do you know?"

His reaction made Lu Chen surprised for a moment.

"Every time I go to the Palace Commander's Mansion, he looks at me as if I owe your Palace Commander's Mansion some money. But the way he looks at Sister Yun Shu..."

Lu Yan pondered for a moment: "It seems like I owe Sister Yun Shu money."

Pei Yunying laughed: "Why do you owe me so much?"

Lu Yan added: "He was also protecting Sister Yun Shu along the way."

"that's it?"

Pei Yunying smiled and said casually: "Then I owe you too, and I will protect you all the way. What do you say?"

Lu Zhuo was startled, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Large tracts of moonlight splashed down all over the city like lake water, and when they fell on the human world, they suddenly turned into countless lively stars. The lights downstairs were bright and the crowd was laughing, but he looked sideways at her, his smiling eyes seemed to be filled with hidden tenderness.

The noisy crowd disappeared for a moment, and the night was silent at this moment.

It wasn't until a figure passed behind Lu Zong and bumped into her shoulder, knocking her out of her daze.

There were too many men and women "gazing at the stars". The women were dancing lightly with fans in their hands, and there was a faint scent of jasmine blowing in the air.

But it's not as refreshing as the orchid musk scent on him.

Lu Zhen calmed down and changed his subject.

"Deputy Ambassador Xiao likes Sister Yun Shu, why don't you tell her?"

Judging from Pei Yunying's appearance, he acquiesced in Xiao Zhufeng's wishes. However, what I saw on the birthday today was that Xiao Zhufeng was evasive and silent. Even when walking, he just followed Pei Yunshu silently without taking any initiative.

Lu Zhuo didn't understand that Pei Yunshu had reconciled and was no longer Princess Wenjun. If Xiao Zhufeng liked Pei Yunshu, why didn't he tell her directly.

Pei Yunying looked her over and said, "You are really direct."

"What's the need for this roundabout way?"

He sighed, seeing that she was rarely interested in anything other than revenge, so he simply turned around, leaned his back against the railing, thought for a moment and said, "Because he has concerns."

"What concerns?"

"A lot." Pei Yunying said calmly: "Family background, temperament, and future. Maybe he is worried that his sister doesn't like him at all."

Lu Chen couldn't understand.

She said: "Deputy Ambassador Xiao doesn't seem to be such a forward-thinking person."

She was not familiar with Xiao Zhufeng, but she had only met Xiao Zhufeng a few times, and she could tell that he was cold and hard, like an iceberg that had not melted for thousands of years, and would not be knotted up by unnecessary things.

The Xiao Zhufeng in Pei Yunying's mouth was as strange as another person.

He smiled and said in a very light tone: "No matter what kind of person, after being bound by love, he will worry about gains and losses."

These words sounded a bit sad. Lu Yan looked at him and blurted out: "The commander-in-chief can also be bound by love?"

He didn't speak.

Geng Geng Jing Jing night, far away silver and Han flow. The magpie lantern under the eaves of the attic was rustling in the wind. Pei Yunying leaned against the carved railing. The stream of light slanted across the young man's brows. The handsome and sharp face put away its smile. When silent, it was ruthless and moving.

It was just a casual question, but the person who answered it was silent and just looked at her in silence for a long time.

The wind and moon are melting, the scenery is beautiful and the night is beautiful. The city is full of cinnamon fragrance, and the carved railings are decorated with colorful mandarin ducks in pairs.

In the complete silence, he stared at Lu Huan for a long time and said softly:
"It feels fast."