Funing Hall

Among the bustling lights on West Street, Zhao Cong walked slowly, without a specific direction. The glutinous rice ball shop was only mentioned by Xie Wenrui once many years ago, and he had vague memories of it.He seldom goes out of the palace, and he doesn't know much about the road outside.Shangyuan Festival is a good time for young men and women to get along with each other. Now that it is a good year, the West Street is full of brightly dressed young men and women.

When there were too many people, he couldn't find his way.

There are countless shops on both sides of the street, among which the most are selling lanterns, and the cheerful faces are more lively under the reflection of various lanterns.

Zhao Cong simply followed the crowd, seeing so many happy faces, a sincere smile appeared on his face.

Rantao and Fulu both changed into ordinary clothes and stayed by his side. The other guards were dressed in ordinary clothes and mixed in with the crowd, staring closely at him and his surroundings.

Many people were guessing lantern riddles, and Zhao Cong stopped from time to time to listen to them solve the riddles. Seeing that he was finally interested, Rantao smiled and said, "Lang Jun, let's buy a lantern too?"

Fu Lu quickly nodded: "No, although these lamps are not very delicate, they are quite interesting! The little one just saw a rabbit lamp, it was so vividly made! It was bought by a child and held in his hand. , really fits very well!"

Zhao Cong knew that they were trying to make him happy, and he was still in a good mood at the moment, so he nodded in response.

"Look, sir, which one should we buy? There are so many good-looking ones!" Rantao looked at the lanterns around him, there were too many of them, making people dazzled.

Zhao Cong didn't look carefully, he was already attracted by a koi-shaped lamp a few steps away.

The person who made this lamp must have a clever mind. The koi was drawn so vividly that it really looked like the koi in the lake outside the pavilion in his back garden. He couldn't help but walk forward.When he was two steps away, the koi lantern was taken down first, and he stopped.

"My lord! Do you want to buy a lamp?!" It turned out that the one who picked up the lamp was the seller, a young lady, dressed plainly but very lively, with dimples on her cheeks when she smiled.Holding a koi in her hand, she stopped a gentleman, raised her head and asked excitedly and expectantly.

Zhao Cong couldn't help but also looked at the gentleman who was stopped by her, but he could only see the back.

"Lang Jun, buy one! You don't like this one? Which one do you like?"

But the gentleman remained motionless, neither turning around nor looking back.

Zhao Cong smiled secretly, this gentleman should be born well, he is so cold, the little lady's face turned red under the lamp, so she wants to stop him.

"Lang Jun, take a look, as long as you like it, I will give it to you!" The little lady did not give up.

That gentleman was finally willing to move, he turned sideways, looked down at the little lady who was trying to look up at him, and said indifferently: "No need."

The flower on the little lady's face faded in an instant, and she lowered her shoulders.

Zhao Cong finally saw his side profile, but he didn't look carefully, the man was dressed in black, and the big black cloak covered half of his face when he profiled his face.But with only half of his side face, Zhao Cong could tell that he was indeed a well-born man.

Putting it into his previous life, it was an extremely photogenic silhouette.

He was very tall, and he couldn't tell his exact age just by looking at his profile and back.

Before Zhao Cong could take a closer look, the man had already turned around and walked forward, and soon left.

The little lady selling lanterns was staring at his back in a daze.

Zhao Cong stepped forward and asked softly, "Can this lamp be sold?"

"Not for sale—" The little lady turned her head listlessly, and when she saw Zhao Cong's face clearly again, she regained her spirits and immediately said, "Not for sale! Just give it away! I will give the lamp to this gentleman!"

Zhao Cong's mood finally improved, and he laughed in his heart, what a lovely little lady.He smiled and took the lantern in her hand, and the little lady was overjoyed, and asked again: "Mr., do you like this lantern very much?!"

"Yes, you draw very well."

The little lady smiled so that flowers bloomed on her face again.

How could Zhao Cong really want the little girl's things for no reason? He glanced at Rantao, and Rantao understood, took out a few little golden peas shaped like peach blossoms from his purse, and handed them to him.

Zhao Cong specially sent someone to call Zhao Zongning to play, and Zhao Zongning was very happy.

Zhao Cong stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Here you are."

The little lady stared at the little Jin Kui in his palm, and didn't come back to her senses for a while.I'm afraid there must be 20 taels of these little gold coins! 20 taels of gold is 200 taels of silver! How much is 200 taels of silver?She has never seen so much money since she was a child, and she can't count it at all.Her most expensive lamp only sells for fifty yuan a piece!

She shook her head immediately: "Lang Jun, I can't have this."

"Take it to buy flowers to wear."

She still shook her head: "Thank you, sir. I don't want it. I gave you this lamp. I have flowers to wear!" She pointed to the top of her head as she spoke. The style of her dress is not exquisite, but it is very new. One can tell that it is only worn during the holidays, but she is very satisfied.

Zhao Cong sighed inwardly.

Seeing that she could make His Majesty happy, Rantao persuaded with a smile: "Little lady, take it, it is fate that our lord meets you today, your lamp makes our lord happy, you accept it, and go buy it." You are happy, and our lord will be even happier."

The little lady was confused by Rantao's remarks, and looked up at Zhao Cong in a ignorant manner.

Zhao Cong nodded to her with a smile, then stretched out his hand to her: "Take it."

The little lady looked down at his palm, this was the first time she had seen such a beautiful gold, she struggled for a moment, then carefully stretched out her palm tremblingly.Zhao Cong smiled and put the golden locket in her hand. She looked down for a long time and was very happy. She raised her head and said to Zhao Cong, "It turns out that gold is like this when you hold it in your hand!"

Zhao Cong smiled happily.

The little lady was dazzled by his smile, she came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sir! I will teach you how to look at this lamp! There is something strange in it!"

"Okay." Zhao Cong nodded, and according to what the little lady said, he raised the lamp and pointed it at the moon.

Zhao Shiqi stared blankly at Zhao Cong who was a few steps away.

Zhao Cong held up the lamp in his hand and looked at the moon. People around him were laughing and talking, and they said something, which made him laugh too.He changed the direction to look at the light again, and when he looked up, the hood on his head fell off, Rantao reached out to put it on for him again, but he shook his head, but looked more carefully.

The koi lamp is mainly red, and the light reflected is also reddish, making Zhao Cong's already jade-white face more radiant.

His fingers seemed to be glowing faintly under the moonlight and the colorful lights.

Zhao Cong looked in three directions in a row, and the third direction happened to be facing him.Zhao Shiqi was so frightened that he wanted to hide immediately, but it was too late, but it was fine.Because Zhao Cong didn't see him, Zhao Cong only saw the lamp and the moon in his eyes.

After seeing it, he lowered his head, smiled and said something, and the little lady who sold the lamp nodded again and again.

Then Rantao put on the hood again for him, Zhao Cong didn't refuse any more, but walked towards him with a lamp.

He immediately avoided behind the lamp stand, and watched Zhao Cong, who was looking down at the lamp, pass by him.

When passing by him, Rantao whispered, "Your Majesty, you can't face the wind like that, the wind is too strong."

Zhao Cong smiled and said, "No problem."

No problem——

After five years, I saw Zhao Cong again and heard Zhao Cong's voice again.

It was such a surprise.

But his voice was still so calm and breezy, as if no matter what happened in the world, nothing would disturb him.

He was fascinated by the direction Zhao Cong and the others left.

"Sanlang!" Yin Mo pushed him.

He came to his senses.

"Sanlang, what's wrong with you?!" Yin Mo was puzzled, "Is there any discomfort in your body?"

Zhao Shiqi shook his head.

"That--"

"Go ahead and buy a lamp."

The reason why the two of them went back and forth was precisely because Yi Mo wanted to buy that koi lantern, who would have thought that they would see Zhao Cong as soon as they turned around.

Yan Mo sighed: "My servant just wanted to buy that koi lamp, but I couldn't buy it. Someone bought it away, and my servant just saw it! It's just a handsome gentleman, just buy it if you buy it!"

Yin Mo's voice gradually brought him back to his senses, and he laughed at himself again, in fact, he hadn't seen him for five years, and he looked different from before.In the past, he was a head shorter than Zhao Cong, but now he is not sure how much taller he is.Now, even if he stood in front of Zhao Cong, Zhao Cong might not recognize him.

He has nothing to be afraid of.

Having said that, he still couldn't help but walked to the place just now.

The little lady who sold the lamp saw him go and came back, and asked curiously, "Does this gentleman want it?"

"The golden lock that that person gave you just now."

"Huh?" The little lady was puzzled.

Zhao Shiqi stretched out his hand, and Yin Mo put a 50 taels of gold ingot into his hand, Zhao Shiqi handed it out: "Exchange those few gold ingots."

"..."

"not enough?"

Yan Mo directly handed him a bag of gold, and Zhao Shiqi handed it all out.

"..."

"Not enough?" Zhao Shibing turned to look at Yin Mo, but Yin Mo was helpless, with only a purse on her body, she pulled the golden hairpin from her head, and Zhao Shibing was about to take it.

The little lady came back to her senses: "I won't change no matter how much!" She said angrily, "This gentleman is very handsome, but his temper is very strange, he can't compare with the gentleman just now! It was that gentleman who bought me the gold for my flowers and clothes! It was his wish! I won’t change it for any amount!” She even started to tidy up the stall, she didn’t sell lamps anymore, so she went home.

Zhao Shiqi's eyes narrowed, and he wanted to kill again. If he killed it, the golden scorpion belonged to him.

Yan Mo watched him grow up and knew him very well. Seeing his appearance, he quickly grabbed him and whispered: "Sanlang, we are going back tomorrow. Do you want to hide?"

If you want to hide, you can't kill people on the streets of the city at this time!This is not Hangzhou, if you find a stockade in the mountains, you can kill people without anyone noticing. After all, this is the capital city, and today is the Lantern Festival.

The little lady didn't know that someone was trying to kill her, so she quickly packed up the lamp, and before leaving, she gave a stern "hum" to Zhao Shiqi.

Zhao Shiqi knew that he couldn't kill people, but Yan Mo didn't know that Zhao Cong was the emperor, but he knew that Zhao Cong must be surrounded by many guards when he came out, but he was just hiding in the crowd.

As soon as he kills, he can be exposed immediately.

Zhao Shiqi felt unhappy.

If he hadn't seen Zhao Cong, he wouldn't be like this.

After five years, it is still the same as before, as long as there is Zhao Cong, he himself will become extraordinarily terrifying.

He is not a murderous maniac, even if he kills in the past, there must be a reason, but now because of such a trivial matter, he is actually motivated to kill.

Zhao Cong is not in Xuande Building, what is he doing here?

He also knew exactly what he was going to do at this time, but he couldn't control himself, and finally walked in the direction where Zhao Cong left.

Yin Mo didn't know the reason at all, just followed him.

Zhao Cong found the glutinous rice ball shop that Xie Wenrui had mentioned at the beginning, and it was also the shop where he had said that he would bring Zhao Shiyi and Zhao Zongning together, in a secluded alley.Although today is the Shangyuan Festival, everyone is thinking about the lanterns, but not many people come to eat glutinous rice balls.

The shop was very small, with one table inside and two outside, except for the mother-in-law who bowed her head to make glutinous rice balls, there was no one there.

Seeing Zhao Cong coming, the mother-in-law immediately greeted him warmly, trying to lure him in.

Zhao Cong chose a table outside to sit, Fu Lu wiped the table and stool for him, and he sat down.The mother-in-law knew that he was not an ordinary person when she saw him dressed, but she was not afraid of him. She asked him what kind of stuffing he wanted to eat, and asked him about taboos before serving the glutinous rice balls.

There are ten small porcelain bowls inside.

The mother-in-law said with a smile: "Ten glutinous rice balls are perfect and round."

Rantao smiled: "Mother-in-law is good at talking."

"Little lady, although I am old, my eyes are bright. Your husband is really lucky. This life must be perfect and reunion!"

This time, even Zhao Cong and Fu Lu laughed, and Zhao Cong joked: "This mother-in-law, how about you look at this little lady again?"

The mother-in-law really took a closer look at Rantao, and said: "My lady's predestined relationship is probably in this lamp market!"

Ran Tao's face turned red.

Xiao Tang was indeed there today, and even asked the princess to bring a message, wanting to see her.His Majesty agreed very much, even Fu Lu made fun of her, but she didn't want to see it.In the matter with Sun Dalang, although she was innocent, she did not want to marry after all.Instead of seeing Kong to give hope, it is better to simply disappear.

Zhao Cong smiled and said, "Grandma is right."

"Lang Jun..." Ran Tao was even more embarrassed.

Fu Lu laughed until his shoulders shook, and Zhao Cong also laughed, this place was full of joy.

The mother-in-law was also laughing, until two more customers walked into the shop, the mother-in-law hurriedly went to welcome: "Mr., please come in!"

The people who came here were Zhao Shiqi and Yin Mo.The two of them walked directly into the shop and sat down at the table inside.

Yan Mo asked sharply: "Grandmother, what kind of stuffed glutinous rice balls do you have in your shop?"

If it was Cha Xi who followed today, she would be recognized immediately, because she was the one who came outside the palace to call Xiao Langjun away, Cha Xi remembered it very closely.Chaxi has always been guilty of letting Xiao Langjun go.

But the one who came today was Rantao, none of them recognized the envoy, let alone the back of their little man who would grow up very tall five years later.Rantao and Fulu didn't even look there.

On the contrary, Zhao Cong raised his head and saw with his own eyes the pair of masters and servants walking past him, and then went to the table inside and sat down with their backs to him.

With just one glance, he recognized this person as the gentleman who was stopped to deliver the lamp just now.

They ordered two bowls of glutinous rice balls filled with sesame seeds.

Zhao Cong lowered his head and scooped up the glutinous rice balls in the bowl, which were also stuffed with sesame seeds. He took a bite, and the stuffing immediately flowed onto the porcelain spoon.The glutinous rice balls are attractively white on the outside, and the sesame filling is dark, but also very fragrant.

Although the shop is small, the glutinous rice balls made by the mother-in-law are really delicious. After Zhao Cong ate one, he couldn't help but look up at the gentleman again.

His cloak looked very warm, and he was very tall. Even when he was sitting, he was much taller than the maid beside him.

For some reason, Zhao Cong suddenly thought of Xiao Shiyi.

If Little Eleven could grow up safely, what would he look like now?The princes of Weijun's mansion were all tall and tall, and Xiaoshi's eldest brother, Zhao Shiyuan, was even taller than Zhao Congde when he was not a weak crown.

If Xiao Shiyi can grow up safely, he must be tall and handsome like this gentleman, and he will be given lanterns when he walks on the street.

Zhao Cong smiled bitterly.

Zhao Zongning used to make jokes about his appearance, and said that he would go out to watch the lanterns with him on the Lantern Festival, to see how many people wanted to give him lanterns.

It's just that his little eleven must not be as indifferent as this gentleman, and he wouldn't be wearing such a black suit.Xiao Shishi is very elegant, even Zhao Zongning likes the paintings he makes, and he can also make fragrant pancakes.

The more he thought about it, the more bitter and uncomfortable Zhao Cong felt, and the more he couldn't eat the sweet glutinous rice balls.

Coincidentally, a guard standing outside the alley came at this moment, bent down and said softly, "Your Majesty, the princess asked you to go back."

"What's the matter?"

"It is said that the head of Le'an County, the royal family of Hui County, is missing."

Zhao Cong frowned, this is a big deal, he got up immediately.He raised his foot and was about to leave. Before he left, he paused and said to Rantao, "Please invite the man at the table inside to have a bowl of glutinous rice balls."

"Yes."

After Zhao Cong finished speaking, he hurried out of the alley with Fu Lu.

Rantao called her mother-in-law to say something, and stuffed some gold splinters into her hands. Before her mother-in-law could react, she also turned around and left with Zhao Cong.

The mother-in-law looked at the gold in her hand in bewilderment, and then at the empty alley, still a little confused.

Hearing that Zhao Cong and the others had left, Zhao Shiqi looked back, and the mother-in-law realized it at this moment, and immediately said: "This gentleman, the gentleman who was sitting here just now, invite you two to eat glutinous rice balls!"

Zhao Shiqi looked at the small square table outside the shop. There was a bowl of glutinous rice balls on the table, steaming hot.

There was no one at the table.

For no reason, people just look at it, and feel lonely in their hearts.

The author has something to say: Lady Lamp Selling: Angry]

Eleven Niang (strike out) Lang: [Slanting Eyes]

Onlookers: [Laughs]