After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

The Shangyuan Lantern Market in Chang'an City is as lively as ever.

Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu walked slowly along the long street, still surrounded by many servants.

Xiao Wu suggested: "Go for a walk by the river bank? I heard that this year, the street next to the bridge over there is also covered with lanterns, and the appearance reflected in the water has never been seen before."

Xiao Yansui blinked, and said with a little surprise: "On the water's edge? Didn't you say that on July [-], during the Hungry Ghost Festival, when offering sacrifices to deceased relatives and remembering ancestors, did you put lanterns on the water? I hope the ancestors can Come back from Fengdu, see the fireworks in the world..."

Xiao Yansui's own knowledge of this custom is relatively limited, and he only knew it by glancing at some miscellaneous books.

"The street by the river is not in the water." Xiao Wu emphasized every single word.

"Understood..." Xiao Yansui suddenly understood.

Xiao Wu glanced at her, couldn't help smiling, and said, "Go, go and have a look!"

"Okay." Xiao Yansui nodded simply.

On the Lantern Market on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, there were crowds of people, but unfortunately, almost everyone was crowded together, and the whole lively street seemed to freeze.

However, there are many people who come out to enjoy the lanterns, and there are quite a few familiar people who happen to meet along the way.

Compared with Xiao Yansui who often likes to stay in the yard and play with weird little things, so that he is 12 years old this year but has a very limited number of friends, but in just a short while, Xiao Wu has already met two college students. When they stood still for a while to say hello to each other, Xiao Yansui stood quietly by the side, his eyes slightly lowered, and he didn't say much, just waiting for them to finish speaking leisurely.

Xiao Wu's two classmates couldn't help but quickly glanced at Xiao Yansui curiously, but seeing that the little girl was silent, they didn't bother, and soon separated to go shopping.

"Do you want a rabbit lamp?" After a while, Xiao Wu couldn't help asking Xiao Yansui again.

Xiao Yansui didn't answer the question, but smiled slightly: "Brother, are you going to guess the lantern riddles?"

Xiao Wu nodded and said, "Okay, then shall we go later?"

The two brothers and sisters were chatting and laughing, following the direction of the crowd, and gradually walked towards the street by the river bank, compared to the main street, although there were lanterns hanging on the street along the river bank, the crowd It was far less crowded than it was just now. Looking up, one could even vaguely see the beautiful lanterns made of five-color paper, and a shadow was reflected on the water surface, like floating light and broken gold, rippling with the water waves.

On the way, Xiao Wu's sharp eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar figure in front of him, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yansui turned to look at him.

"Liu Niang, do you think that is Zhang Jiulang?" Xiao Wu stretched out his finger and pointed in the front direction. Near the shore, there was a young young gentleman with a brigade of troops beside him. A five or six-year-old girl with a hair ornament on her hair shining under the light was standing together holding hands by the young gentleman.

"I guess so..." When Xiao Yansui said this, she wasn't really sure.

Although today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the sky is covered with dark clouds, gloomy, the brilliance of the stars and the moon are blocked by thick clouds, it seems that there is only a bustling city of lights left in the world, with a few dim lights.Especially Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu were still some distance away from the river bank, so far away, and it was night, basically they could only see a vague figure.

"The little girl next to him should be Zhang Shiniang?" Xiao Yansui narrowed her eyes slightly, trying to see clearly, although it had little effect.

"Go over and have a look, it's his words to say hello!" Xiao Wu withdrew his hand and walked towards Zhang Dai's direction, Xiao Yansui naturally followed directly.

As a result, because Xiao Wu had been looking towards Zhang Dai just now, when he turned around suddenly, he happened to collide with a young man who just passed by.

"Oh!" After Xiao Wu bumped into it with one step, as soon as he came back to his senses, he hurriedly took a step back, "Sorry."

"Brother!" Xiao Yansui reached out and grabbed Xiao Wu's arm.

Almost at the same time, the servant who followed the young man who was bumped just now also cried out: "Young Lord!"

Originally immersed in the deep night, Zhao Junzhuo, who was looking at the lanterns all over the street, was also slightly distracted, so when Xiao Wu just turned around and Xiaoxian bumped into him, he didn't have time to dodge the reaction at all.After taking two steps back, Zhao Junzhuo frowned slightly, but after hearing Xiao Wu's apology directly, he quickly restrained the displeasure on his face, and said softly: "It's okay. "

After Xiao Wu stood firm, he just raised his head and smiled friendlyly at Zhao Junzhuo.

The candles flickering in the lanterns hanging on the eaves by the roadside are reflected through the cover of five-color paper or silk, and they are also dyed with darker colors. Such weak lights are reflected on Zhao Junzhuo's On Zhang Junmei's handsome, clear and somewhat cold face, Xiao Wu was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that the person he bumped into accidentally was a young man with such exquisite facial features.

However, judging by his attire and rather cold and aloof demeanor, it is obvious that he is not an ordinary person, and he is probably the son of a powerful family. Jun has such a good appearance, even if his family background is not obvious, it seems that he shouldn't be so silent and unknown.

Remembering that his elder brother Xiao Heng will take part in this year's imperial examination in a few days, and that students from other places have already rushed to the capital, Xiao Wu pondered, this young man whom he accidentally bumped into, just looking at his age, It seems to be about the same age as Xiao Heng, and maybe he is also a student who is going to take part in the imperial examination, or a student who comes to Chang'an City to visit relatives during the New Year's Day...

Compared with Xiao Wu staring at others curiously, after Xiao Yansui helped Xiao Wu, he just raised his head and cast a casual glance at Zhao Junzhuo.

He looks pretty good, but the gloomy look in his eyes is very dark, he looks like a cold-tempered person, and he shouldn't be easy to get along with. Moreover, when he glanced at him just now, Xiao Yansui vaguely felt that this The young man's brows and eyes seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen this person before, and naturally she didn't know him—maybe it happened to be in the house of someone she happened to meet in the capital relatives!

When Xiao Yansui glanced at Zhao Junzhuo, Zhao Junzhuo was also looking at her.

The young man who just bumped into him was dressed in brocade clothes, and the several guards who followed him all showed concern. If the atmosphere between the two of them was not friendly, it is estimated that the group of guards would have come up just now.

As for the calm young lady next to her, she has fair skin and good-looking facial features, especially her eyes are dark and bright, shining like stars. Neither of them said anything, they just looked away from each other calmly.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is that Xiao Yansui's long hair is like a waterfall, but it is just casually tied into a ponytail. She looks very elegant, she is dressed casually and tightly, but just looking at the expensive cloak and fur on her body, and the large group of guards around her, it doesn't mean that at all...

"Brother, let's go!" Xiao Yansui said to Xiao Wu casually after quickly looking away.

Xiao Wu quickly responded with an "um", then nodded slightly at Zhao Junzhuo, turned around and left, and went straight to the direction of Zhang Dai and Zhang Shiniang who had been aiming at just now.

It wasn't until Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu's brothers and sisters walked away and gradually melted into the bustling lights, and when they could no longer be seen, Zhao Junzhuo looked away slightly confused.

The servant who finally had a chance to intervene quickly asked with concern: "Young Lord, are you all right?"

Zhao Junzhuo shook his head slightly, and quickly calmed down the momentary ups and downs in his heart.

When Xiao Yansui glanced over just now, she obviously glanced indifferently without any emotion, but from her rather casual expression, Zhao Junzhuo had a strange sense of familiarity—just like her back then On the surface, when she was with her mother, Liu Shi, she was not even interested in superficially booing and inquiring, but when Liu Shi became seriously ill, she took the initiative to use the most decisive and effective way to solve everything. She shouldered the doom and hardship that should not have been on her shoulders...

Zhao Junzhuo had always had such an indifferent attitude in his daily life, and his words and deeds were always lukewarm. When the servant saw him, he didn't think much about it, and just continued to follow Zhao Junzhuo quietly.

After a while, seeing that Zhao Junzhuo had never moved, the servant reminded in a low voice: "Young Lord?"

Zhao Junzhuo's eyes fell on the deep night, as if he was remembering and remembering something, and then he stared at it quietly, then withdrew his gaze, and said lightly: "Let's go!"

After passing by without knowing each other, Xiao Yansui didn't take this matter to heart at all, but just followed Xiao Wu and walked towards the river.

On this street by the river bank, two rows of lanterns were hung like festoons, because it was adjacent to the river, the soft and faint lanterns were reflected on the water, and occasionally a biting cold wind blew by, but on the endless river surface On the sky, it is shimmering, light and shadowy, reflecting each other, and it is too beautiful to behold.

"The lanterns reflected on the water are beautiful." Xiao Yansui opened her eyes slightly and said with a smile.

Xiao Wu also nodded, but lowered his voice, and whispered to his sister in a low voice: "It might be unlucky, you know, um..."

Regarding this kind of feudal superstition, Xiao Yansui glanced at Xiao Wu subtly, but, due to the old folk customs, she didn't say much.

After the two of them finally approached, they guessed just now that they were the two figures of Zhang Dai and Zhang Dai's little sister, and naturally they clearly caught the eyes of Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu.

"Zhang Jiulang!" Xiao Wu shouted excitedly, then turned to the little girl next to him who was still biting her finger, hesitated for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "This one should be Zhang Shishiniang, right? !"

"Yes, my sister!" Zhang Dai took the little girl's hand, and graciously pulled her child towards Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu, but the little girl was obviously a little bit nervous. Stubborn and timid, after being pushed to the front by his elder brother, he just smiled shyly, in stark contrast to Zhang Dai who was arrogant and arrogant when he was only six years old...

Xiao Yansui looked at the little girl seriously, and Zhang Shiniang, who had just been picked up by Zhang Dai, had already hid behind Zhang Dai again, but poked her head out from Zhang Dai's side, her beautiful big eyes were full of curiosity He looked at Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu.

"Fourteen Niang looks a bit like you." Xiao Wu said with a smile, not forgetting to tease Zhang Dai: "Did you bring Fourteen Niang out to play today?"

With Zhang Dai's domineering and arrogant temper, Xiao Wu felt that it was rare for him to act like such a good brother when facing Zhang Shisiniang...

Zhang Dai gave Xiao Wu a white look without hesitation, and emphasized with a very calm attitude: "This is my own sister who I have watched her grow from such a small one to such a big one!"

I watched the brothers and sisters who grew up with my own eyes, and they didn't have much time to spend together on weekdays. I didn't even have to think about which was more important, which was closer and which was far.

"That's true." Xiao Wu nodded, and gave Xiao Yansui a sympathetic look.

Xiao Yansui: "..." I don't want to talk to him, even if what Xiao Wu said is actually the truth, hey!

Zhang Dai's eyes fell on Xiao Yansui's hair that was only tied into a ponytail, he was a little surprised and disgusted, "Liu Niang, what kind of dress are you wearing?"

——It is the female Taoist priests who have become monks. Not to mention their usual appearance, I am afraid that the Taoist headgear they wear when they are wearing Taoist robes will not be so thin and plain.

In Zhang Dai's eyes, which girl doesn't like to dress up beautifully, there are already many kinds of hair accessories made of gold and jade hairpins, and the gemstones inlaid on them are so dazzling in the sun that it is almost blinding.Those skilled jewelry craftsmen are even able to spin gold and silver foils to make flowers, all kinds of complicated and exquisite craftsmanship are simply indescribable.

"I think it's pretty good." Xiao Yansui tilted her head and smiled slightly with her eyes bent, "I like it like this."

"..." Zhang Dai obviously couldn't understand Xiao Yansui's preferences and aesthetics. Obviously, her clothes and cloaks seemed to be quite normal, so why didn't she like to comb the beautiful hair accessories at various stations, and she didn't like to wear any hairpin accessories?

Several people who had known each other for a long time stood together and talked, and Zhang Shiniang had been standing beside her brother Zhang Dai, stretching out her hand from time to time, and there were guards and servants from the two families beside her. For a while, the conversation became lively Naturally, Zhang Dai, Xiao Wu and Xiao Yansui didn't pay too much attention to Zhang Shiniang, who was standing obediently by the side and pulling her brother's clothes.

As a result, just a little carelessness, an accident happened.

Zhang Shiniang hid behind Zhang Dai's clothes at first, but Zhang Dai didn't care, and let his sister pluck them around quite connivingly. As a result, the low temperature in winter made the soil on the river bank hard. , the child was running, jumping and playing by himself, one accidentally stepped on a raised soil clod, the soil suddenly shattered, the little girl slipped, staggered and fell backwards, originally holding Zhang Dai The small hand on the hem of the clothes didn't have much strength, and couldn't stabilize her figure at all, but her position was always stretched out by Zhang Dai, and others had no time to reach out to stop her, and after a terrified scream of "ah", , the little girl fell directly from the river bank and fell into the river.

In an instant, the faces of the few people standing by the bank turned pale.

"Wanwan!" Zhang Dai was about to rush into the river almost instinctively, and the guards and servants around him were all pale and at a loss in shock.

In this kind of cold winter weather, the river water is bitingly cold, and even a strong adult who falls into it will probably catch a serious illness from the wind and cold, let alone a child who is only five or six years old.

In particular, it was still the Tang Dynasty at this time, and there were no antibiotics for later generations. Even among the aristocratic people who did not worry about medicine, wind and cold were also fatal diseases.

There was one in the water, how could Xiao Yansui let him jump down too, knowing that he would not be able to hold Zhang Dai with his hand, and maybe he would have to be carried away by his momentum, Xiao Yansui simply gave up Suddenly, he raised his leg and tripped Zhang Dai, and when he staggered and almost fell to the ground, he stretched out his hand to help him up again.

Xiao Wu was right next to Xiao Yansui, and happened to have a panoramic view of Xiao Yansui's movement of raising his leg to trip someone, his head felt dizzy for a moment, and he didn't know what to do.

Probably the calmest one among all the people in the field, Xiao Yansui threw Zhang Dai who fell on the ground to Xiao Wu without hesitation, then quickly took the cloak on his body, and rushed to the bank of the river Go up, grab the corner of the cloak and throw it at Zhang Shiniang.

In winter, the water volume of the river course will definitely be a little less than that in the flood season. Zhang Shiniang just fell into the water and was on the bank of the river, and the place where she fell was not very deep. Therefore, the river water in this small area is actually not very deep.In addition, Zhang Dai took his younger sister out to watch the lanterns today, and it was already colder at night. Zhang Shiniang was wrapped in several layers of warm clothes, and her whole body was covered tightly. After a while, the cold river water will not soak her whole clothes, and it is true that it is easy to pour water from the neck and cuffs.

When a person falls into the water, due to the combination of desire to survive and extreme fear, she will instinctively struggle desperately, and if she catches anything floating on the water surface, she will subconsciously hold on tightly.

Therefore, when Zhang Shiniang was terrified and struggling in the river, she reached out and touched the cloak thrown by Xiao Yansui. Naturally, she clenched her hands instinctively, as if she had caught the last piece of driftwood.

Xiao Yan Suiyou used her hands to pull the little girl over evenly and steadily, lest a sudden pull from the side would cause the cloak to break free from the little girl's hand.

When the person approached the shore, without waiting for Xiao Yansui to reach out, the guard stretched out his arm and pulled Zhang Shiniang up from the water.

A group of guards and servants were frightened just now. If they encountered an enemy attack, they would have a good idea. When they encountered such an unexpected incident, they became at a loss. Even though they had been rescued, they still didn't know what to do. Is good.

Xiao Yansui swiftly took off Zhang Shiniang's outermost clothes, which were more than half soaked by the cold river water, and threw them aside, feeling that her inner clothes were not so soaked. Afterwards, he turned his head abruptly, and shouted at Zhang Dai and Xiao Wu, who were also in a mess while rolling over there: "Bring me the cloak!"

Zhang Dai got up from the ground in a hurry, his fingers were trembling, and he was about to untie the cloak on his body, but Xiao Wu, who was far calmer than him at the moment, naturally moved faster with his hands, and he had already taken off the cloak in two or three Taking off her cloak, she rushed over and put it on Zhang Shiniang's body. After the little girl was tightly wrapped in the thick and warm cloak, Xiao Yansui signaled to the people around her that they were still choking, The little girl who was hiccupping from crying helped her up.

Zhang Dai, who was two steps behind, rushed over with a limp, and hugged his sister, "Wanwan, Wanwan, are you okay!"

Xiao Wu patted Zhang Dai on the shoulder, and suggested: "Hurry up and go home, make some ginger soup to drive away the cold, Fourteen Niang really suffered an old crime today—"

The servant next to him heard the sound and wanted to fetch the carriage from Duke Yan's mansion. However, before Xiao Wu could finish his sentence, Xiao Yansui categorically vetoed it: "Why don't you go back? Just find someone nearby and give it to Fourteen Niang." Take a hot bath, change into clean clothes, and drink more ginger soup to drive away the cold. Suzaku Street is crowded with people at the moment, not to mention the carriage, even if you just leave, you won’t be able to get through for a while! "

Xiao Yansui usually keeps quiet, but she has big ideas, but she doesn't interfere with others easily, but when something really happens, her words are clear and orderly, prohibitive, and she doesn't allow others to comment Yes, even with a strong sense of arbitrariness, for a while, no one dared to refute her half a word.

Zhang Dai was about to pick up his sister, Xiao Yansui frowned slightly, a little worried that he was limping just now, let alone sprained his feet, so naturally he ordered a guard to take over and hug her, and in the end even Zhang Dai couldn't It was forcibly carried by the guards.

Xiao Wu looked up twice, and after confirming the location of the nearest residential house, he immediately led the way.

After finding the main entrance, there was no movement in the courtyard, and I thought I was going out to enjoy the lanterns at the Tianjie Lantern Market.

The resident could not refuse at all, so some guards forcibly unlocked the door, leaving only two people guarding outside. Xiao Yansui thought for a while, and ordered two guards, one to deliver a letter to Duke Yan's mansion, and the other to go Find a doctor.

The remaining large group of people rushed in like this, looking for water and pots, lighting firewood to boil the water, and cutting the shriveled ginger. There was really no sugar on the stove, so they boiled it first. , I hope Fourteen Niang can bear to drink a few sips later and don't spit it out...