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Chapter 402 Lantern Festival (please subscribe!)

When it was time to settle the bill, the treasurer Ma was in a dilemma.

Because Zhang Twelve answered more than 90 lantern riddles correctly, the spirits weighed more than 90 catties. If it was placed a few days ago, the 90 catties of spirits would not be a problem at all for "Wen Xianglai", and he could drink it casually. take it out!

However, as the business was not good a few days ago, the spirits could not be sold, so Yang Zexin did not find someone to make spirits, and now there are not many spirits left in "Wenxianglai", and the remaining stocks are still in stock. It would not be enough if it was given to Zhang Twelve to drink for the distinguished guests on the second floor!

"My lord, that liquor...there is not enough stock in the restaurant..."

"Oh? Wen Xianglai is such a big restaurant, you can't get out more than [-] catties of spirits? Shopkeeper Ma, you don't mean to fool me, you don't mean to give me spirits, do you?"

Zhang Twelve raised his eyebrows and said, he had already figured out another trick to trick him in his mind!

"Young master...how could it be? We Wenxianglai have a good reputation, and there are so many people who can testify that our restaurant really doesn't have enough spirits, otherwise we will definitely give it to you!"

Shopkeeper Ma said very "sincerely".

"oh, I see……"

Zhang Twelve paused for a moment, and then said: "If that's the case, why don't we be the shopkeeper of the horses? I don't want the spirits anymore, so you can convert the spirits into silver and give it to me! Five taels of silver per catty, 95 catties is 470 yuan Five taels, I see that shopkeeper Ma is a real person, so I don’t want the five-pound kid, just give me 450 taels from shopkeeper horse. What do you think of shopkeeper horse?”

"This one……"

All of this happened too suddenly, and the impact on shopkeeper Ma was not small, so shopkeeper Ma is still a little confused now. Being so led by Zhang Twelve's thinking, he even thinks that this idea seems to be a good one...

I didn't expect that I thought this person was not very good before, but this is still very authentic!
Thinking of this, shopkeeper Ma took 450 taels from the few silver notes left in the restaurant and handed them to Zhang Twelve.

After receiving the silver ticket, Zhang Twelve was in a very happy mood. He turned his head and blinked at the girls, and then walked out of the restaurant. After being made such a fuss by him, all the girls lost the mood to stay any longer, and walked out of the restaurant together go……

And shopkeeper Ma has no time to care about Zhang Twelve at this moment, let alone think whether he has given Zhang Twelve more or less banknotes, because as soon as Zhang Twelve leaves, all the talents in the hall on the first floor are going to go to the second floor. Chong, Zhang Twelve gave them the 95 upstairs places, but there are 200 people in the lobby on the first floor, so everyone is scrambling, first come first served...

This made Shopkeeper Ma very busy, and in his spare time, he complained about Zhang Twelve in his heart...

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After coming out of "Wen Xiang Lai", all the girls looked at each other and laughed lightly while covering their mouths.

Today they can be regarded as seeing Zhang Twelve's ability to cheat people, and they can't help but feel sorry for the horse shopkeeper: it is too miserable to be against Zhang Twelve...

"It's not very interesting what kind of broken poetry festival, how about we go to the moat to watch the lantern festival?"

"Okay!"

Zhang Twelve's proposal was immediately supported by Princess Yilan. After all, Princess Yilan had said that she wanted to go to the Lantern Festival when she left the palace.

And Lu Fujing and the others have no objection. They have long heard that Jingzhou's Lantern Festival is famous far and wide, and the young ladies who can meet at the Lantern Festival will have a good marriage. Then they secretly glanced at Zhang Twelve, feeling very happy...

Among these people, only the Holy Maiden of the Yue Kingdom didn't know anything, and her status was particularly embarrassing, and seeing Zhang Twelve smiling and interacting with other women, she felt slightly dissatisfied in her heart: a few days ago when she took her to the street But with a frowning face, now he is smiling happily. Is it so uncomfortable to take me with you?
Zhang Twelve didn't have the time to guess the mind of the saintess of the Yue Kingdom. After getting the approval of all the daughters - the saints of the Yue Kingdom had been automatically ignored by him, Zhang Twelve led them to the direction of the moat.

The reason why Zhang Twelve left the Poetry Club and chose to go to the Lantern Festival was not only because he felt that the Poetry Club was really meaningless, but the most important thing was because he heard the horse shopkeeper say that King Xiang was also upstairs.

If he ran into King Xiang upstairs by chance, he wouldn't care, but if King Xiang called out Princess Yilan's name, it would be bad.

There are so many people in the restaurant today, and the voices are noisy, if something unexpected happens, it will be bad, so he decided to take them out...

At this time, the sky was already dark, and a bright moon rose from the east, and the city of Jingzhou seemed to be covered with a layer of silver-white veil.

There is a lot of traffic in the city, there are lanterns everywhere, and people come and go like a tide.

Everyone held a small lantern in their hands, which illuminated the winter night extremely brightly, like small moving suns, adding a lot of charm to the night.

Zhang Twelve and the others were walking when they heard someone behind them yelling to get out of the way, and then they saw someone carrying a sedan chair tremblingly towards them. One sedan chair wouldn't take up much space, but two people came. The sedan chairs are still driving side by side, chasing after each other, which is very strange...

Zhang Twelve pulled a few women to stand aside quickly to avoid being hit by the sedan chair, and he was still complaining in his heart, what kind of lady is this, she is sitting in a sedan chair in such a crowded environment, she must be sick!
While he was thinking, a familiar female voice came from the sedan chair: "After waiting for a year, it's finally the Lantern Festival! Today I want to put a few more lanterns!"

Hearing this, the woman in the other sedan chair burst out laughing, and said with a coquettish smile: "How can you be like this? People can only put one lantern when they put up lanterns. If they put so many lanterns like you, If it is picked up by several sons at the same time, what should I do?"

There is a legend about the Lantern Festival. It is said that as long as an unmarried woman puts down a lantern on the upper reaches of the river and writes down your wishes, if a loving son picks it up below, it will be the flower god as a matchmaker. The flowers bloom richly.

And the woman in the sedan chair actually wanted to put a few more lanterns, which is too tough!
"I just want more young masters to pick up my lanterns, and then I have to pick and choose! Even Mu Xiangrong can find such a handsome young master, why can't I, Bai Qingqiao, find it!"

After saying this, the people in the sedan chair stick out their heads... pig heads...

Indeed, Bai Qingqiao's image in Zhang Twelve's mind is indeed like a pig's head, with thick but not tall anus, except for the fat, it is all fat!

That's all, how dare you choose a man casually?Can't you just open your eyes and see that the four bearers who carry you are about to die of exhaustion?
This white and light self-confidence can be seen...

And the other woman also poked her head out, her cheeks were full of jade, her mouth was slightly red, and her eyes were wandering, which seemed a little sad.

This woman is Yang Zexin's younger sister, Yang Fumo who had a relationship with Zhang Twelve, so she is not that annoying.

Yang Fumo didn't know what to say to Bai Qingqiao, because the sedan chair was getting far away from them, Zhang Twelve didn't hear it, and could only look at Bai Qingqiao's swaying sedan chair, praying silently for the bearers, Don't serve the owner of this tonnage next time, money is more important than life!

The further you go, the more people there are on the street, and there are little lights everywhere, which are very eye-catching.

When Zhang Twelve came to the moat with his daughters, he heard a few "booms", and then brilliant fireworks flew into the sky. Amidst the sound of explosions, they turned into colorful patterns, and people looked up. , The sound of cheers is endless.

Looking around, there are colorful lanterns everywhere, colorful and vying for beauty.

After this sound, it indicates that this year's Lantern Festival has officially started...

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It was rare for Mo Li to be on duty without armor today.

If it was put before, she would definitely receive the task of going to the Shangyuan Poetry Association to maintain order at this time. It is said to maintain order, but in fact it is to protect the safety of the prince.

How could the dignified town general personally do such trivial things as maintaining order?
But now that the crown prince is confined in the East Palace, Mo Li naturally didn't receive any orders. This year, this day, she was finally free on the night of the Lantern Festival...

But what can you do when you are free?

It turned out that although she was on duty, she could also go to the restaurant in the name of duty, and go to the poetry club. Before, she was very disdainful of going there to see a group of scholars who were arty and eloquent, so naturally she didn't want to see it.

But this year, she has the urge to go and see - he is so lively, so he must go there too, right?Moreover, his poetic talent is very high. If he goes there, everyone in Jingzhou will know him tomorrow, right?

Then he must be very proud, right?
Thinking of his proud and annoying appearance, Mo Li would laugh unconsciously...

What's wrong with me?

Although she wanted to go, she had no reason to go, and she was not on duty. Wouldn't it be ridiculous for a woman who wields knives and guns to participate in the poetry meeting every day?
Besides, she went by herself...how embarrassing she would be if she met him!
Mo Li, who was staying at the mansion, didn't know what to do, so she was pulled out by her third aunt and Mo Qingyu. The destination was naturally the Lantern Festival outside the city!

Most of the people who come to the Lantern Festival are young single men and women. Older women like Mo Li's mother and second aunt would feel very embarrassed even if they wanted to go.

Although San Yiniang is not young, compared to the other two women, she is the youngest, and she is young at heart, so she can't help but run out with Mo Li and Mo Qingyu...

"Li'er, it's not my aunt talking about you, you are too cold-tempered, if you like it, just say it! Just like my aunt, isn't that how you took your father down back then?"

Walking on the edge of the moat, San Yiniang educated Mo Liyu earnestly.

Seeing Mo Li staring at the lanterns in the river in a daze, San Yiniang said with a bit of resentment: "Oh, we all like that kid, Li'er, you should take the initiative!"

"Who said I like him!"

When Mo Li heard this, she immediately replied.

"How do you know which kid Auntie is talking about?"

Mo Li's face turned red in an instant, but fortunately the light at night was weak, otherwise she would be humiliated.

"Oh, my sister is actually shy..."

Mo Qingyu who was at the side suddenly clapped her hands and laughed, she was always by Mo Li's side, so she naturally noticed Mo Li's changes.

Mo Li turned her head and gave Mo Qingyu a hard look, and said angrily, "If you talk too much, believe it or not, I'll beat you up!"

Mo Qingyu stuck out her tongue at Mo Li, and ran to the front.

Seeing this scene, San Yiniang shook her head helplessly. It seems that there is still a long way to go before Mo Li can be like other girls, so let's start tonight, and let her experience how other girls who have not left the court are. What a life to live!
Third Auntie took out the lantern she had prepared long ago and handed it to Mo Li, but Mo Li shook her head and refused to take it, because she had heard that if a lantern with a wish was placed in the river, if it was picked up by a single son, That would lead to a marriage!
Mo Li used to never believe in fate, and those illusory legends, but now, she is actually afraid...

The third aunt saw Mo Li's worry, she shook her head helplessly and smiled, "Look at you, you don't admit it, but you are very honest in your heart!"

Mo Li was ashamed when she heard that.

"Auntie knows what you think. You can just put this lantern as an ordinary lamp. You don't write or leave any notes. Who will pick it up? If someone picks it up, who doesn't even have a note? Do you know it's your lantern?"

Saying that, he stuffed the lantern into Mo Li's hand.

Looking down at the lantern in his hand, Mo Li was full of thoughts.

Walking along the river bank, looking at a couple of men and women talking and laughing along the bank, I don’t know if they have known each other for a long time or met because of the lanterns, just looking at them makes me feel so happy...

Mo Li suddenly remembered that when the two of them were walking together, they were arguing and bickering most of the time, right?Or, she is practicing a kind of kung fu called "beating people", she is in charge of beating people, and he is in charge of being beaten...

Thinking of this, Mo Li burst out laughing, he is still quite pitiful... But who made him speak so badly and behave so cheaply?

Well, it's time to call...

Seeing some women throwing lanterns into the river from time to time, and seeing the shyness and joy on their faces when they were picked up, Mo Li actually had the urge to try it!

Looking around, she looked a bit guilty, when she found that the men and women around were only talking and laughing and no one was paying attention to her, Mo Li's heart was moved!
I took out the lantern in my hand and lit it with a torch, and the bean-sized flame danced in the air as if alive, light but never light!

She bent down gently, as if she was treating some kind of treasure, and carefully put the lantern into the river, watching the bean-sized flame slowly swaying with the gurgling river water...

"Li'er, you are finally enlightened!"

San Yiniang has been paying attention to Mo Li. Although this lantern is not for choosing a husband and son-in-law, for Mo Li who has a personality like a man, this is a great improvement.

Mo Li looked at the lantern in the river, and said disapprovingly: "Isn't it just a lantern, so let's let it go..."

(End of this chapter)