After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

For the extremely simple conversation between Xiao Yansui and Li Tan, the accompanying guards were still a little unable to respond.

However, the confusion and hesitation of others had no effect on Xiao Yansui and Li Tan.

"Liu Niang, what pattern do you like?" Li Tan's eyes quickly swept across the mask, and when he selected a favorite in his heart, he asked Xiao Yansui first.

"Don't call me Liu Niang =_=" Xiao Yansui turned her head to look at him, and said innocently and helplessly, "Shout out, I don't know how many people are turning their heads all over the street."

Li Tan couldn't hold back, slightly bent his eyes and smiled, and then whispered to her: "Then what should I call you?"

After all, Li Tan himself knew that it would not be appropriate to call Xiao Yansui directly. After all, the word Yansui is obviously not common as a name, although the crowd around him was almost all strangers he did not know. However, he, his elder brother Li Chu, and third sister Li Wenning met Zhang Dai just now, and after they got separated, he happened to meet Xiao Yansui again. Who knows if he will meet someone who knows each other later...

After thinking about it, Li Tan tentatively said, "Okay, is this okay?" Even if he shouted in front of the public, except for Xiao Yansui and the few guards around him, probably no one else could react...

"Okay," Xiao Yansui nodded hesitantly. Apart from calling pets such as cats and dogs at home, there seems to be nothing wrong...

After the two children carefully discussed the temporary address, the half circle of guards and servants beside them were all dazed and dazed.

Then, Xiao Yansui glanced at the masks on the stall, stretched out her hand and casually pointed to a pattern on the mask that didn't look particularly scary, although she herself was not afraid of this, but after all, the sky was dark at night and the surrounding lights were dim. The colors are mixed, it would be bad if you accidentally scare others.

"..." Li Tan was stunned for a moment.

The mask Xiao Yansui chose happened to be the one he had just set his eyes on...

However, since the matter was so coincidental, and it was Xiao Yansui who asked the question on his own initiative, Li Tan pursed his lips lightly, reached out to pick up the mask from the vendor, and gently gestured on Xiao Yansui's face For a moment, "Give?"

Xiao Yansui took it over unceremoniously, and turned the mask over for a look. Immediately, she stood on tiptoes, reached out to reach the top of Li Tan's head, and just hung the mask on Li Tan's face. , "here you are!"

Li Tan is still just a child now, as Xiao Yansui picked out the mask, the surprise that just flashed across his face was reflected in Xiao Yansui's eyes, do you like it? Things, in fact, are still easy to see.Xiao Yansui didn't care about these masks, so naturally he wouldn't try to steal people's love.

Before Li Tan could take off the mask on his face, Xiao Yansui had already taken a more refined-looking mask from the vendor and put it on his face casually, "Okay Alright, let's move on!"

Li Tan swallowed the words that he originally wanted to push back. Although it was covered by the mask, there was still a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "Okay!"

Behind the two of them, there were many guards around Xiao Yansui, so naturally someone touched his nose and paid the money neatly.

Walking along this street full of small vendors, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan were both very curious. When they saw any small vendors that were not usually seen, they would go to watch them. It was better than looking at lanterns. Still interested.

In a short while, the two of them had bought sugar figurines made into small animals, bamboo toys, and candied gourds. Of course, all of them were carried by the portable guards and servants. Among the two, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan, always Only Xiao Yansui held the only palm-sized lantern in his hand.

Even though it was a little better than the original street, it was still very crowded here, and he was worried that Xiao Yansui and himself would accidentally get separated again, so Li Tan took Xiao Yansui's hand directly before he knew it.The two children were very playful, and besides buying a lot of odds and ends, when they saw someone performing juggling in an open space, they would surround them and mutter and observe for a while.

I don't know when, a burst of fireworks suddenly exploded in the sky. Even though Xiao Yansui had seen more large-scale fireworks in her last life, in the deep night, all the beauty bloomed in an instant. The more fleeting it is, the more grand and brilliant it will be.

The fireworks in full bloom, no matter what time it is, are still beautiful and fascinating.

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan stopped at the same time, and other tourists on this street also stopped one after another. Everyone raised their heads together and looked into the night sky full of gorgeous fireworks.

Not long after, when the fireworks disappeared, Li Tan suddenly spoke and suggested, "Let's go and set off the Kongming lanterns!"

"Huh?" Xiao Yansui turned her head subconsciously, "Is there a place nearby?"

Li Tan replied bluntly: "There is a bridge in front, and there is an open space next to the water behind that bridge."

"Oh yes!" Xiao Yansui quickly realized that just now she and her elder brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu would be dispersed by the crowd because a group of people just got down from a bridge and blended into the crowd.

The two of them had already made up their minds, and the guard servants around them would naturally only follow them.

After crossing that bridge, at the place where Kong Ming was placed, the crowd here is not crowded at all.

Xiao Yansui was surprised and a little puzzled. After approaching, he found that there was a small vendor selling Kong Ming by the river, but the Kong Ming lantern would fly up when lit, so this small vendor here The ones on display are all unlit, and there are only two lanterns that are more suitable for decoration.

Looking at the relatively sparse number of people going here, Xiao Yansui thought for a while, and felt that probably more people would like the colorful lanterns on the Tianjie Lantern Market, a bustling and lively scene.

All the thoughts were just turning in his mind, and Xiao Yansui himself was taken too seriously.

Li Tan was still holding her hand, in order to take care of the footsteps of Xiao Yansui who was a head shorter than him, Li Tan always kept his pace full.

For any small vendor who was shopping, seeing Xiao Yansui and Li Tan surrounded by a large group of guards like this, he knew that if the other party was interested, then his actions when shopping must be straightforward.

Although to be honest, when seeing two children holding hands wearing masks and accompanied by a group of expressionless guards, the hawker who sells Kongming lanterns will inevitably bring a bunch of them even if he knows that those nobles are going out However, when he saw Xiao Yansui and Li Tan, he couldn't help but feel a twitch...

After all, the light here is relatively dim, the lights are dark, and both of them are wearing masks, which is indeed a bit scary.

Fortunately, after Xiao Yansui and Li Tan approached, although he knew that it would not affect him, Xiao Yansui still reached out and lifted the mask on his face, and casually put it on the forehead near the top of his head. In the position, after showing a cute little face of Yuxue, he said, "Kongming Lantern?"

"Yes, yes." The vendor nodded quickly.

Li Tan glanced at Xiao Yansui, and pushed the mask on his own face.He reached out and took a Kongming lantern, fiddled with the paper hanging on it lightly, and said softly: "Write a wish."

Xiao Yansui naturally saw his movements and nodded.

The peddler quickly delivered the writing brush and the inkstone with ground ink. The bristles of the writing brush were very rough, and even some forks were split.

Li Tan frowned slightly invisible, but still took it.

Xiao Yansui didn't take it seriously. When she was at home, of course she would also practice brush calligraphy and so on, as a way of self-cultivation. However, the habits developed for a long time in her previous life cannot be changed, reading books and writing quickly Xiao Yansui still liked pencils or self-made quills when she was young. When she solves the problem that the ground ink is too rough, she can also consider going to a blacksmith to make a more detailed pen nib... …

What wish did Li Tan write, he pursed his lips slightly and didn't say anything, so Xiao Yansui naturally didn't know.

As for Xiao Yansui himself, he picked up his pen, but he started to get tangled up again.

In terms of wishes, she actually has quite a lot, such as traveling back to modern times—even if she goes back with her current body and becomes a black household, she will be fine, and then she just hopes that the Xiao family will be safe and well...

After thinking about it, I want a lot, but I feel like I have nothing to write on paper. One is because Xiao Yansui has never believed in this, and the other is because, even if no one sees it right now, If the Kongming Lantern accidentally falls somewhere else, and someone sees the content on the letterhead, she can't help but feel a little embarrassed. Xiao Yansui also knows that her idea may be a bit inexplicable, but the true mood always You can't lie to yourself.

After a short hesitation, Xiao Yansui still drew two random lines on the paper, a few meaningless lines, and then folded the paper.

While the vendor was helping to light the Kongming Lantern, Xiao Yansui moved her fingers a little, just touching the paper to the candle, and then put the Kongming Lantern up neatly. After a while, the Kongming Lantern flew up, and the paper hanging inside The paper will naturally be burned along with it.

Li Tan was still holding his Kongming lantern at first, but because of the height difference, he happened to catch a glimpse of Xiao Yansui's small movements, he was taken aback, and subconsciously called softly: "Sure?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yansui looked back at him.

"It's okay..." Li Tan smiled, and when Xiao Yansui wasn't paying attention, he also lightly burned the letter he had just written.

He wanted to secretly pray for his aunt, even though he had never seen her since he was born.But today he was negligent. Although Li Tan's handwriting is not so obvious, it can be recognized by others at a glance. Even, his age is still very young, and the font will definitely change gradually. However, be careful in everything. , can never go wrong.

After setting off the Kongming lanterns, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan were not in a hurry to leave. We stayed where we were. When we raised our heads, we saw the two Kongming lanterns that had just flown up higher and higher. Because of the distance, we mistook them. It seems to have also become the twinkling stars in the night sky.

Waiting until the lights of the two Kongming lanterns became farther and farther away, and it was almost impossible to distinguish clearly from the night, the two people looked away and looked at each other. Xiao Yansui's voice was clear and smiling, "Let's go next where?"

"Going back from the bridge just now, there are still lantern riddles hanging in front of many shops behind that street." Li Tan replied.

"Lantern riddles?" Xiao Yansui raised her eyebrows slightly, then shook her head bluntly: "I'm not very good at this."

She only knows the type of brain teasers that are common in later generations. Don't think about it at this moment in the Tang Dynasty. Most of them must be written in classical Chinese, and Xiao Yansui has no interest in even trying it.Of course, if any shop owner had a different idea and posted the questions in mathematics classics such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", she could still answer a few questions...

A guard following Xiao Yansui wanted to interject just now to remind Xiao Yansui that Sanlang and Wulang were still waiting at the teahouse, but when they saw Xiao Yansui and Li Tan talking again, and obviously With a plan in mind, he continued to follow silently without making a sound.

Fortunately, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan's route this time, although horizontally separated by a street, but vertically, they also went in the direction of the teahouse on the previous street.

In a year, it is rare for the curfew to be lifted on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Naturally, those shops will not miss this opportunity. The shops are all brightly lit, and the traffic of customers is actually more lively than during the daytime on weekdays.

It's just that what Xiao Yansui and Li Tan watched were mostly lively and novel, and they were not very interested in these shops that were open on weekdays.

That is, when Xiao Yansui caught a glimpse of a rather special-shaped rabbit lantern hanging in front of a shop as a prize for guessing lantern riddles, she glanced a little more curiously, and she was still wondering, what is inside the rabbit lantern? How was the structure of the bamboo strips completed? After sensing her gaze, Li Tan turned his head and asked directly: "Du Duo, do you want that?"

"Ah, it's okay!" Xiao Yansui nodded after recovering.

Li Tan directly pulled her and walked over with her. After asking the shopkeeper, he began to seriously guess the lantern riddles.

Xiao Yansui only pricked up her ears and listened carefully to a question. After confirming that the question was exactly what she had expected, she almost lost her mind. Yan Suidu still instinctively leaned on the simplified characters. After thinking about it for a while, she knew that she would definitely not be able to answer even one of these questions. If brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu were here, they would still be interesting. .

But fortunately, Li Tan seemed to be doing well in answering the questions, Xiao Yansui, who was very self-aware, just stood beside him quietly paddling.

Because the person who answered the question was a young man, the tourists and spectators around him also became interested. The group of people who were just passing by subconsciously stopped in their tracks, wanting to take a second look.

The shopkeeper who made the question was also surprised when he saw it.

If a scholar with outstanding literary talent came and solved all the lantern riddles here, the people watching the excitement would definitely say "yes" loudly. However, after the riddle guesser became a child, compared with common scholars, On the contrary, everyone became even more interested, and couldn't help but stay behind out of curiosity.

The rabbit lamp corresponds to ten questions. Li Tan did not expend any effort on the first eight questions. After a little thought, he came up with the answer.

But when it came to the ninth question, the painting style of the question suddenly changed.

"Today there are pheasant rabbits in the same cage, with 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the pheasant rabbits?"

Xiao Yansui's eyes lit up after hearing the classic question about chickens and rabbits sharing the same cage.

——To be honest, as a pure science student, Xiao Yansui had never studied the content of "Sun Tzu's Mathematical Classics" before, but only knew that this book was a relatively classic mathematics classic in ancient China.It's just that when doing questions in middle school, there are occasionally one or two chapters on the test paper, and the person who wrote the questions is probably for fun?Occasionally, there will be a topic described in ancient Chinese, but it is precisely because it is so rare that Xiao Yansui has a particularly deep memory.

So much so that the shopkeeper of that shop had just finished reading the question, and when he heard those familiar numbers, the answer immediately appeared in Xiao Yansui's mind.

Li Tan paused for a while, looking at his slightly lowered eyes and serious thinking, he should be doing serious mental calculations.

Xiao Yansui didn't even think about it, just happened that the two of them were holding hands for fear of getting lost, so they drew a sketch in the palm of Li Tan's palm.

The only surprise probably lies in the fact that when Xiao Yansui told Li Tan the answer at the beginning, she instinctively drew the shapes of Arabic numerals. Only then did he suddenly come back to his senses, and silently turned to draw uppercase numbers in his palm.

——It is also beneficial to have more gestures in traditional Chinese characters. Counting the number of strokes and radicals can almost determine which number it is.

After being prompted by Xiao Yansui's correct answer, although he didn't understand how she knew the answer, Li Tan quickly went through the number Xiao Yansui told him in his mind, and after confirming that it matched the question, he immediately answered it. .

As for the last question, the painting style finally returned to normal.

Xiao Yansui didn't know the specific difficulty of these questions. Anyway, classical Chinese was all at a level that she could not understand. In particular, although Li Tan was young, his face was quite calm, and he had ten questions. Except for the wrong-style math problem that Xiao Yansui helped to do, the expression on Li Tan's face never changed.

On Xiao Yansui and Li Tan's side, after successfully getting the rabbit lantern, Xiao Yansui handed over the palm-sized lantern to the guards behind him, and the two of them were still strolling leisurely in front of the small vendors. , but in the appointed tea house, Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu sat at the table, but their gazes were all in the direction outside the door—there was no need to clearly see the faces of those who were coming in and out, or passing by, Both of them knew what clothes Xiao Yansui was wearing today, and what kind of small hair accessories she wore in her hair. Basically, they just had to stare at the little girl who was about the same height and size, and it would be fine. In a daze, I didn't see Xiao Yansui at all...

Xiao Wu raised his head and glanced at the servant who just came to report the letter.

"..." The servant felt a little nervous.

Xiao Heng had a calm expression on his face, although he also had some unbearable worries and worries in his heart because of being separated from Xiao Yansui, he tapped silently on the table with his fingers, and after a while, he said softly: "Just now What did Liu Niang tell you, and the details, please tell me again."

The servant nodded quickly. This time, apart from what Xiao Yansui told him, he happened to see it before, Li Tan reached out and patted Xiao Yansui's shoulder, and then it was clear that the two of them stood together Chu said it out.

"Ah?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but frowned slightly. Although the Xiao family, Li Chu, and Li Tan knew each other, they didn't have any friendship. To put it bluntly, they were just unfamiliar.

Xiao Heng thought for a while, and murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "East Palace..."

"What?" Xiao Wu asked puzzled.

Xiao Heng smiled and shook his head, but did not answer.

"Ah," Xiao Wu clasped his hands together, the young boy sighed deeply, and couldn't help muttering, "Why hasn't Liu Niang come here..." Although he was accidentally squeezed away at the time, but, The distance of such a street, no matter how slow it is, it is time to walk over. Thinking of this, Xiao Wu suddenly became a little flustered, looked at Xiao Heng and said, "Liu Niang will not encounter any accidents, right?"

Thinking of what happened in Ximing Temple last time, Xiao Wu felt lingering fear.

Xiao Heng tapped his head lightly, "What nonsense!"

The servant next to him who seemed to be punished also answered in a low voice, explaining to his fellow servants and guards: "The guards around Liu Niang are always there, please don't worry Wulang."

Xiao Heng knew it well, he glanced at Xiao Wu who was getting more and more anxious, and wrote lightly: "Perhaps he is looking at the lanterns! Don't worry."

"Hey..." Xiao Wu pursed his lips, and then sighed softly. The young boy is not very old, and he has a lot of worries.

Finally, after a while, Xiao Yansui and Li Tan, surrounded by half a circle of servants and guards, finally appeared in front of the teahouse.

Seeing the familiar top of his sister's head, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, he stood up and shouted from the window: "Liu Niang!"

Xiao Yansui raised her head when she heard the sound. Of course, there were also a few Liuniangs from other families in the crowd subconsciously looking over.

Seeing Li Tan, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

Xiao Wu saw it, blinked his eyes twice, flattened his mouth, and suddenly realized that Li Tan and his sister had been holding hands, and immediately wanted to hit him with the cup and saucer in his hand...