[Comprehensive martial arts] Gentle sword

The last time Xie Wan celebrated the Lantern Festival in Baiyun City, but she lived in an inn at that time, and only went out after dinner to watch a lantern festival.Now living in the city lord's mansion, Xie Wan saw the custom of the people in Baiyun city living in the Shangyuan.

Although the Lantern Festival is celebrated in various places, there are differences in the specific ways of celebrating it.And on this remote island far away from the Central Plains, generations have multiplied and lived here, and their unique customs are still preserved here.

For dinner on the day of Shangyuan, Xie Wan ate at the same table as Ye Gucheng.

The Baiyun Ye family has few people, and Ye Gucheng is the only one left in the lineage of the city lord.Ye Gucheng's parents have passed away long ago, and he himself has neither a wife nor a concubine. The lone family is what the emperor claims to be, but it is not inappropriate to put it on Ye Gucheng.He is the master of real power in this city, and he is as lonely as an emperor.In festivals like this one in previous years, he was the only one sitting at the main table.But this year, there is one more Xie Wan.

There have been so many friendships between friends, Xie Wan felt that it was finally Ye Gucheng's turn to invite her this time.

Intellectually, Xie Wan should separate this Ye Gu City from the Ye Gu City in the previous cycle, but saying it and doing it are completely different things.What's more, Ye Gucheng treated her well before, and even helped her a few times. Xie Wan wanted to cut off these old friendships and separate the person in front of her, but she thought she couldn't do it.

As for the sword, Xie Wan didn't have the slightest grudge in her heart, she was the one who lied to him first.

As soon as the lights came on outside, the city lord's mansion had already turned on the lights. Due to the situation, Xie Wan even felt that she could vaguely hear the bustle of people outside during the festivities when the lights were brightly lit.

After Ye Gucheng moved his chopsticks a few times, he looked at Xie Wan's quiet and soft profile not far away, and he also heard the sound of firecrackers and other lively sounds.In the past few days, Ye Gucheng checked a lot of things again, he stopped going to Xie Wan's side because he didn't want to make her suspicious, and at the same time, he also wanted to hide from Xie Wan.He knew in his heart that she had other purposes, but it was different from before and left her in the mansion to recuperate.Xie Wan made Ye Gucheng understand that people's hearts are sometimes not obedient.At this moment when they are eating at the same table, Ye Gucheng will start to guess what Xie Wan is thinking about in such a festive season because of seeing Xie Wan.

Ye Gucheng thought for a while and said, "There will be a lantern festival on the street later."

Xie Wan was a little surprised that Ye Gucheng would speak such homely things to her.

After a while, Miss Awan smiled and replied softly: "Then I'll go out and have a look later."

"Yeah." Ye Gucheng sat upright, and added lightly, "There are many people on the street, so take someone with you."

"City Master, aren't you going?"

The tea was already on his lips, the man paused when he heard her words, and then shook his head.If Twenty-five or the housekeeper, Uncle Ye, were by his side, he would definitely be expressionless in front of him, and secretly heartbroken.

Xie Wan didn't ask any further questions, in fact, she also wanted to know that according to Ye Gucheng's character, Xijing definitely didn't like to go to crowded places like this.

Xie Wan ate seventy percent full, and when she returned to the room where she was currently staying in the city lord's mansion, the maidservant who had been serving her recently brought a bowl of hot Lantern Festival.Xie Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she looked down at her belly, although she didn't have the embarrassment of showing fat, but staying here in Ye Gucheng all the time, and she didn't exercise on weekdays, Xie Wan was very afraid that she would gain weight unknowingly one day.It's a sweet burden to say the least.

"I'm really full." Xie Wan blinked and begged for mercy from the maid.

Who knows that the other party will not be soft-hearted no matter what: "Girl, this Lantern Festival must be eaten, and the whole family can be reunited after eating."

It's a happy reunion... Fortunately, the servant girl also knew that Xie Wan had just finished dinner in the front hall, so she only called her three or four times meaningly.Xie Wan sighed, followed the maid and finished a bowl.

Xie Wan rubbed her belly: "Okay. I want to see the lantern festival outside, will you come with me?"

Of course the maid nodded.On weekdays, there are two maidservants who are responsible for taking care of Xie Wan, as for the other maidservant who happened to be transferred to go home for the holiday today.Only then did Xie Wan know that the servants in the city lord's mansion were either the sons of the mansion's family or the children of the common people in Baiyun City. They regarded being able to work in the city lord's mansion as something worth boasting rather than a helpless livelihood.The treatment in the city lord's mansion is good. For such a big festival, as long as they can be transferred privately, they can basically go home for a reunion.The maid who stayed behind said that both of her parents were servants of the city lord's mansion, so it didn't matter if she had a rest today or not.

Two people went to the street.The long street is brightly decorated with lights and festoons, and all kinds of paper lanterns are dazzling. Looking around, the faces of men and women in the bustling crowd are full of joy.Xie Wan picked two rabbit lanterns, one for herself and the other for the maid who came out with her.

The maid introduced to her some customs of the Shangyuan Festival in Baiyun City: "Dancing lions and dragons, watching lanterns and guessing riddles are no different from the Central Plains, but we also have a thousand-cup feast during the Shangyuan Festival."

Speaking of drinking, Xie Wan became interested: "What kind of drink is it?"

The maid said to her: "It's just that everyone drinks and dances together. See who can drink well. After a few drinks, you will be punished and punished for dancing. If the man is drunk, everyone in the city will know that the man has a bad drink capacity, and the girls will laugh at him." If he doesn't marry him, he has to practice hard for a year and come back next year."

Xie Wan was overjoyed to hear it, and the maid saw that she liked to listen, so she pointed in the same direction with her.

"Girl, it's over there. I'll take you there to have a look later. But let's stand a little farther away to see. If we stand close, we can't refuse to be stopped for a drink."

Halfway through the long street, a young man suddenly stopped the maid beside Xie Wan.Xie Wan noticed that the little girl's face turned red suddenly under the light, her expression was shy and coy, but there was a sweetness that couldn't be ignored, Xie Wan didn't understand.She gently pushed the little maid, smiled at her and said, "Since you met, go and chat, I will walk alone."

The maid was so unwilling, she shook her head again and again.Xie Wan persuaded and reassured him several times, and finally pushed him towards the young man.The maid staggered two steps and was immediately supported by the other party. The little girl bit her lip between her teeth, and was moved after hesitation.

"Okay then... be careful, girl, I'll come back to you as soon as I talk."

Xie Wan snorted, and couldn't help laughing at her words.

In the second half, Xie Wan stopped and walked alone.Xie Wan thought to herself, it's a good thing Tong'er isn't here, otherwise she would be rambling again when she was walking in the direction of the Thousand Cup Banquet.The last time Xie Wan went back after wandering around for a while, she had no idea that there was such a unique custom in Baiyun City.She had clearly seen the Shangyuan Lantern Festival in Baiyun City once, but Xie Wan still felt very happy when she was surrounded by laughter and laughter. She actually liked the excitement very much, and felt that she seemed to be happier in this way.

That night, the young people who participated in the Thousand Cup Banquet loved and respected this girl who had never seen her before, but she was as beautiful as a fairy. Smiling Yan Yan's drinking capacity is full of admiration.Xie Wan took the lead and went home drunk with a jar of aged peach blossoms.Peach blossoms cannot be grown on Feixian Island, so this altar of peach blossoms was brought from the Central Plains when Baiyun City traded with the Central Plains, so it was given as a prize.

When Xie Wan returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Ye Gucheng was already waiting for her.

Xie Wan came back at the end of the excitement, it was not too late, otherwise she would have thought that Ye Gucheng felt that he was lost outside.It wasn't because of this, Xie Wan didn't understand why Ye Gucheng waited for her.The thing that made Xie Wan quite dumbfounded was that she found that everyone in Baiyun City had a particularly persistent enthusiasm for Ye Gucheng's marriage. Her guest room was arranged in the place closest to Ye Gucheng's courtyard. the best.

Ye Gucheng saw that the person came back, but he was holding a jar of wine in his arms, and asked about the smell of alcohol on her body, Ye Gucheng raised his eyebrows.

"you've been drinking?"

Xie Wan thought that Ye Gucheng was surprised that she knew how to drink, and nodded with a smile: "Just now I saw a custom called the Thousand Cup Banquet in the city, so I couldn't help but join in too." After finishing speaking, she smiled at Ye Gucheng. Gu Cheng raised the wine jar in his arms.

"In the end I won."

Unexpectedly, City Lord Ye didn't care about her getting the top spot at all, and his handsome long eyebrows pressed down: "I'm injured, how dare you drink?"

I don't know why Xie Wan was subconsciously afraid of Ye Gucheng's coldness, and smiled embarrassedly with her head slightly lowered.

Ye Gucheng was a little angry and helpless. Xie Wan didn't care much about her body, but before he frowned, Miss Xie said first: "City lord, do you want to drink?"

"I don't drink."

Xie Wan naturally knew his habit of not drinking, but still said: "It's just peach blossom wine, and you won't get drunk after drinking a glass or two. It's a festive season, so what does it matter if it's a rare one?"

Ye Gucheng looked at her smiling face and remained silent.

In the end, City Lord Ye became an accomplice who covered up the wounded and drank with her.

The two sat on the stone bench in the yard, without a wine glass, they simply drank the jar of wine one by one.It was the first time that he drank like this with others, Ye Gucheng took a deep look at Xie Wan while holding the wine jar, and then lifted it up to take a sip.Peach blossom drunk is not intoxicated by wine, but intoxicated by love.The cold wine flowed down the throat into the abdomen, but the lips felt warm.

After drinking a cup, I don't know if it was the moonlight shining, Xie Wan felt that Ye Gucheng's eyes were a little more bright red.

"There are no peach blossoms in Baiyun City." City Lord Ye said after drinking a cup.

"Has the city lord seen it?" Xie Wan took the wine in his hand, and then took a sip.Ye Gucheng added crimson color to the end of his eyes, but Xie Wan's lips became red.Ye Gucheng noticed, and then gently turned his eyes away.

"Yes, I passed by Yangzhou one spring."

"Yangzhou?" Xie Wan thought for a moment, then smiled, "Yangzhou is a very good place."

Afterwards, she continued, "Baiyun City is also very good."

Seeing her state of mind, Ye Gucheng's heart skipped a beat.

"Yangzhou is not bad, and Baiyun City is not bad, but what about your home?"

Yanbei should not be her home.Where is her home, and whether she will feel homesick when she is alone in a foreign land on the Lantern Festival.

Xie Wan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then smiled slightly: "I don't remember anything except the name."

Ye Gucheng took it for granted that this was Xie Wan's lie, and he had no hope that he would be able to pry out any secrets from such a girl who is accustomed to lying now.

"I'll remember."

"Actually, I like snow more than peach blossoms."

snow?Ye Gucheng was stunned for a moment, because Baiyun City was too south, and he had never seen snow in his life.

Xie Wan could see it from Ye Gucheng's expression, and couldn't help the smile deepening on the corner of his mouth.It's not ridiculous that Baiyun City Lord has never seen snow, but Xie Wan laughed for some reason.Maybe it's because the world compares Ye Gucheng to Gushan Baixue?It turned out that Guxue lived in the South China Sea and had never seen snow in her entire life.

Ye Gucheng smiled a little more, and asked Xie Wan: "Why do you like snow?"

"Because," her eyes seemed to have been soaked in the peach blossom drunk once, when Ye Gucheng looked at him, Ye Gucheng felt that there was a light shining there, "it's snowing for everyone in this world."

There was still half a jug of wine left, but Ye Gucheng took it from Xie Wan's hand.Rubbing each other's fingertips, share a little heat with each other.It's not enough to keep warm, but I miss it from now on.

"Don't drink any more."

Miss Xie, who couldn't tell that she had been drinking at all, had no choice but to succumb to the task object.

"Because you said it, I suddenly feel that I haven't seen snow or peach blossoms in a long time."

Ye Gucheng resealed the wine, and replied to Xie Wan with a vague answer: "Okay."