The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Gu Xiangtan turned his gaze away from Mei Jianyou, looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, the river lanterns are probably almost done."

Zhao Jie nodded, turned to look at Mei Jianyou, "Second Miss Mei is going with you?"

A trace of hesitation flashed across Mei Jianyou's face, and the little girl behind said again: "At this time, the master and the eldest lady should have entered the imperial city..." In other words, her second lady was pitifully thrown in the here.

Zhao Jie chuckled, and raised his eyebrows at Zhao Yuan, "Then you might as well ask the sixth son if he is willing to help others to the end, he won't be willing to let the beauty stay alone in the night."

He used it in a teasing tone, but obviously he wanted to make things difficult for Zhao Yuan.

Agreed, this lonely man and widow may not share the same sedan chair, it's not nice to say it.If you don't agree, it seems that the sixth son is so immodest, he doesn't even want to help a mentally handicapped girl. The Mei family doesn't value this concubine girl, but if you want outsiders to not give face, this anger will definitely not go well.Or, Zhao Yuan would like to be the hero who saved the beauty, so she gave up the sedan chair and walked all the way down by herself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jie's smile deepened, and his pale complexion turned rosy.

But Zhao Yuan looked at him with an indifferent expression, a cold face was more dazzling than the blooming epiphyllum behind him in the summer night, so Zhao Jie couldn't help but look away.

Zhao Yuan called out, "Mou Fei."

Mou Fei stepped forward.

Zhao Yuan said, "Give her the sedan chair."

Mou Fei was startled, and replied "Yes."

Zhao Yuan looked at Gu Xiangtan again, "Can the Lingfo sedan chair be shared?"

Gu Xiangtan was slightly surprised, then nodded, "Naturally."

Zhao Jie's lightly shaking fan paused, and the corners of his mouth curved even higher.

"The sixth son really loves people."

Sighing half true, Zhao Jie and Gu Xiangtan nodded, turned around and walked towards their sedan chair.

Gu Xiangtan also walked away, Zhao Yuan followed, neither of them looked at Mei Jianyou over there, leaving only Mou Fei to deal with the aftermath.

Mou Fei said, "Second Miss, please."

Mei Jianyou withdrew her eyes that were still looking at the other end, and followed Mou Fei away gratefully and shyly.

In Lingfo's sedan chair, the two sat side by side. Gu Xiangtan was thinking about something, looking sideways at the dark night outside the window, without saying a word.

Zhao Yuan didn't speak either, she was still sitting upright, looking ahead.

A slightly depressing sense of suffocation permeated the small space.

Suddenly, Gu Xiangtan's temples itched slightly, and as soon as he turned his head, Zhao Yuan was slowly raising his hand, caressing his hair, and took a piece of unburned gold paper scraps from it, thinking It was just now that the night wind blew up and contaminated Gu Xiangtan's head.

Zhao Yuan's movements were gentle, but her expression remained unchanged.

Gu Xiangtan looked at the little crumbs caught between his thin white fingertips, and thought of something, his heart was inexplicably sour.

He sighed softly, "I didn't have time to burn something for my parents today."

But Zhao Yuan said: "I burned it."

Seeing that Gu Xiangtan was in a daze, Zhao Yuan rarely explained: "It's not something big, just some paper money. I burned some and gave it to my father and mother, so we can come along."

Gu Xiangtan blinked, "Aren't you..." He wanted to say, you don't believe this.

Zhao Yuan seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "I don't believe it all, but I believe in cause and effect."

There is no way for good and bad, but people call themselves, good and evil cause and effect, the cycle is not lost.

Gu Xiangtan lowered his eyes, all kinds of emotions in his chest and abdomen were intertwined for a while, and finally turned into an unspeakable and emotional wry smile, and said lightly, "Thank you..."

The sedan chair went on for a while, and the commotion could be heard in the distance, Su Xi asked outside, "My lord, do you want the bearers to go around the tower?"

Gu Xiangtan said: "No need, we can go up by ourselves."

So the bearers got off the sedan chair, and Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan came out from inside. This place is located behind the imperial city, with the entire capital on their backs, so there were no other people around except some soldiers guarding the gate.

The two walked up the tower from an inconspicuous step. Su Xi and An Yin each carried two lanterns on the left and one on the right. Bi Fu cleared the way ahead, but Gu Xiangtan almost stepped on the air. Zhao Yuan grabbed him with sharp eyes and quick hands.

"It's a mistake," Gu Xiangtan smiled.

"Be careful." Zhao Yuan warned lightly, holding his hand but not letting go.

Zhao Yuan's hand was still cold in the summer night, as slippery as water, like a piece of cold jade, but the tiger's mouth and fingertips were a little rough, which were the thin calluses left by daily sword practice. He pulled Gu Xiangtan very tightly. Truth, closeness, for no reason makes people feel at ease.

After stepping up the last step, Gu Xiangtan raised his eyes and was shocked by the scenery below.

It is Xu time now, and not far from the city tower is the largest living artery in the city - the Lianshui River. The Lianshui River is only more than ten feet wide and five feet deep. County, into the Songming Lake in the east, the water of the Lianshui River is clear and clear, and you can see the bottom clearly when you stand on the bank. It is a good place for the annual river lantern festival.

I saw crowds of people on both sides of the river bank, and from time to time someone put the river lantern in their hands into the Lianshui River and let it float away, but the river in the middle was already lit up by countless river lanterns like a shining strip of light, just as the saying goes: children Compete for the green lotus leaves and thousands of silver flowers to scatter the fire city.

Beauty beyond words.

From here, one can also see the scene of Emperor Zongzheng standing there with other princes and relatives watching the lantern not far away. Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan didn't think about it, they just stared at the boundless scenery under their feet silently, like time They've all come to a standstill.

Suddenly, Gu Xiangtan said, "Shall we make one too?"

Zhao Yuan raised her eyes and nodded.

Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan went down the same road again, and talked with the soldiers defending the city, others would not be able to do it, but the person who came was Lingfo, so the soldiers had no reason not to let go.

So, the two walked towards the Lianshui River together. Once outside, the bustling atmosphere became more intense. Some liturgy of prayers.

Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan walked to a shop selling river lanterns. Bi Fu bought a bunch of materials and handed them over to them.

Gu Xiangtan stared at that thing for a moment, then looked at Zhao Yuan and asked, "This...will you do it?"

Zhao Yuan shook her head expressionlessly.

Gu Xiangtan could only go to see the boss.

The boss was not surprised, and the guest was generous, he looked like a rich kid, he quickly leaned over to remove the materials for them and said: "Come on, let me make the small ones, young masters will naturally understand, it's very simple. "

As he spoke, his hands and feet moved neatly.

Most of the river lanterns are made of colored paper, and the delicate ones are made of bamboo sticks, and then pasted with beautiful spinning, silk, etc., just like the ones in the palace, which are indescribably gorgeous and exquisite.

But right now it is naturally the easiest one, and both of them are smart people, and they learned it after watching the boss fiddle with it a few times, but Zhao Yuan made it very fast, and Gu Xiangtan couldn't get up to speed, then Forget about copying scriptures and writing with your hands. When did you play this game when you were young? Even though you knew how to do it in your heart, your hands just didn’t follow your mind. When you used the scissors, you accidentally cut your fingers , a bit of bright red blood stained the corner of the lotus petal, very eye-catching.

Gu Xiangtan looked at Zhao Yuan helplessly, Zhao Yuan took the handkerchief from Su Xi, and showed Gu Xiangtan the wound. Tan's ugly thing did it for him.

After three or two clicks, two exquisite lotus lanterns were placed in front of my eyes.

The boss handed over two pens and said: "If you want to ask and feel, or pray for relatives and friends, you can write an inscription on it. The Buddha will bless you when you see it."

Gu Xiangtan thought for a while, and wrote the eight words "clean and stable, with boundless blessings" on that spot of blood.

After Zhao Yuan finished writing, the two found a river bank with few people and put the lamp on.

Watching the little lamp filled with candles drifting away along the river, Gu Xiangtan closed his eyes and recited a passage of Buddhist scriptures, hoping that his wish would be fulfilled.

After setting off the lights, the two followed the tourists for a while, not daring to stroll for a long time. After checking the time, Zhao Yuan led the people back.

Over there Mou Fei was already there leading the sedan chair bearers, and Emperor Zongzheng and the Empress on the tower had also driven back to the palace.

Gu Xiangtan stood in front of the sedan chair and said, "I'm leaving."

Zhao Yuan said "hmm".

"I will visit the General's Mansion when it is completed next month.

Zhao Yuan said "hmm" again.

Gu Xiangtan thought about it, and then said it again, "Thank you for the sacrifice."

Zhao Yuan is still "hmm".

Gu Xiangtan lowered his eyes, opened the car curtain and sat in.

Hearing the bearer yell "get up the sedan chair", Gu Xiangtan leaned on his seat and didn't know what he was thinking.

After the sedan chair had traveled a long distance, Gu Xiangtan called for a break.

Su Xi poked his head in from the window curtain.

Gu Xiangtan asked him, "Did you see what the Sixth Prince wrote on the lamp?"

Su Xi chuckled.

Gu Xiangtan glared at him.

Su Xi didn't dare to play tricks anymore, "What Shizi wrote is a line of poetry, which is so mysterious that I don't understand the meaning."

Gu Xiangtan's eyes lit up, "What is it?"

Su Xi recalled it for a while, and read: "You have not yet arrived in Yingzhou, how did the blue sparrow poison the bird matchmaker, does your lord know the reason?"

However, when Gu Xiangtan heard this, he was stunned.