frivolous

There are people coming and going on the street, the stream is endless, and the sound of yelling and selling is one after another.

I saw a handsome man in dark red clothes standing in front of a house, staring at the vermilion gilt gate in a daze.

Standing next to the gate were two guards with beards like halberds. Seeing the man carrying a long sword, they had an extraordinary bearing, and they had secretly noticed a lot of intentions.However, after a long time, they didn't see anything unusual about him, and the two nurses exchanged a look and then let him go.Just look at it, and you won't lose a piece of meat after just a look.

People are neither things nor things.

The original two majestic snow-white stone lions in front of the gate have been replaced by more emerald green plants of Xiaojiabiyu by the current owner.Thinking about it, the current owner of this house is an elegant man from a scholarly family.

Xie Yan sighed, but in the blink of an eye, he saw two familiar people at the entrance of the alley.

Lan Yin held the bright red candied haws in his hand, and silently huddled beside Jian Suyu.And Jian Suyu stood quietly behind the sea of ​​people, with a pair of obsidian eyes staring at her quietly.The distance was too far, Xie Yan could hardly notice the depth of his eyes like a pool, nor could he see through the bleakness of time in his eyes.

It seemed that as soon as he appeared, even in the crowd, Xie Yan could always see him in a blink of an eye.Lanyue said before that the elder brother's temperament is too dusty, and anyone with a discerning eye can notice him at a glance as long as he is not blind.

But many years ago, Bu Shuanzi, who was disguised as a man, once mentioned angrily: "He has been staring at you for a long time in the crowd!" It seems that every time Xie Yan looks over, Jian Suyu's His eyes never stayed on other places, but on himself... If he didn't know, Xie Yan would have thought that he was silently paying attention to him.

He doesn't like me... Xie Yan muttered inwardly, just as decisively as he refuted Wen Wu that day.The severe pain of being pierced by Xiao Lian's sword back then, now I can't help but get chills down my back when I think about it.But when he recalled the first time they met, he stared at the broken ice in his hand like that: "Are you real..." Xie Yan suddenly didn't want to delve deeper.

People are always like this, when watching other people's affairs, they always speak clearly and clearly.When it was his turn to do trivial things, he shrank his head and was unwilling to face it.

While thinking about it, Lan Yin already held the candied haws with one missing hawthorn in one hand, and pulled his master's clothes corner with the other hand, crossing the crowd and leaning over.

"Why did you come here?" Xie Yan reached out and rubbed the top of Lan Yin's soft head, with a gentle look on his face.Speaking of it, I don't know if Lan Yin knows that this is the old address of his mother's house...

"I made a fuss and wanted to come out to play." Lan Yin sneaked a glance at her master, and seeing that there was no displeasure on his face, she boldly complained, "When I was in Xuanyin, The master is always bored in the ice pool behind the small wooden house to practice. Now it’s all down the mountain, and he’s still bored in the room, so I just want to take him out for a stroll and have some fun. Senior, what are you doing? Are you here too?"

Jian Suyu didn't open her mouth, which was a silent acquiescence, but her gaze stayed on Xie Yan's face, as if the person in front of her would disappear in the blink of an eye.

There is no famous scenery or food near the old site of Xie Mansion, so it is not easy to walk here casually.Xie Yan seemed unaware of the overly straightforward gaze, and did not expose the thin lie, just smiled: "There is no fun at this time. If I remember correctly, every June in Yecheng A grand lantern festival will be held for a whole month. In the past, Lan and I, someone else, once sneaked up the tallest pagoda for offering sacrifices to heaven in Yecheng. , comparable to the bright stars in the night sky."

Lan Yin listened with gusto, eyes gleaming eagerly, and asked repeatedly: "June? Isn't it now? Should I wait until dark? Senior, can you take me and Master to climb the Pagoda of Sacrifice to Heaven?" ?"

"The Heaven Worship Pagoda in Yecheng is the tower for worshiping the sky in the imperial capital. Since ancient times, only the imperial teachers and their family members of the dynasty were allowed to enter, and others were not allowed to go up." Jian Suyu broke the boy's Xiao Xiao with a single sentence. think.

Xie Yan showed a doting smile: "It's not bad to watch in the crowd. The lantern festival will start at about You hour, and it will be almost the same after dinner. Not to mention, the excitement must be lively, and the fun will definitely not be lacking. .”

It's a pity, but it's still a child.As soon as she heard that she could have fun, Lan Yin swept away the frustration on her face, and excitedly tugged at the corner of Jian Suyu's clothes, begging her master to take him out at night.

Unable to resist the boy's plea, Jian Suyu nodded silently.The phrase "crowded crowds are too dangerous" circled around his lips a few times, but he still didn't say it.

As Xie Yan said, when the time of unitary arrives, the whole city that has been silent for a day seems to come alive.

"The willows are on the moon, and the lanterns of the flower market are like day." Xie Yan dragged Lan Yin, who was about to hear the thunderous gongs and drums, and was about to rush out the door. It is said that even the princes and princesses in the palace couldn’t help but sneak out to watch the excitement, so are you guys really not coming?”

"Senior, it's 'the head of the willow on the moon, after the evening when people make an appointment'..." Liu Fengjiu corrected with a blushing face.

Xie Yan shrugged indifferently: "It's nothing, that's what it means."

The original intention of folk jacquard lanterns and lantern festivals is to get rid of evil spirits and stay away from evil spirits.Pu Xinjiu is not afraid, it's just that those specially made lanterns are a bit eye-catching.He turned his head and glanced at Liu Minghong, who was sitting by the side and was browsing the message sent by Tiandu Yunhai. His delicate side face revealed some expectation, and he couldn't help but nodded: "You guys go first, Feng Jiu and I Minghong takes care of the sect's chores, and I'll meet you later."

It's night, the east wind blows flowers and thousands of trees at night, and blows down stars like rain.The ten-mile long street is full of fiery trees and silver flowers.Every household is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and all kinds of lanterns are doubled, and the colors are bright and eloquent.As the flow of people wandered from one side of the alley to the other, the thunderous sound of gongs, drums and hawking came one after another, endlessly.

The moonlight night scene is good, and the lanterns are not extinguished.

"Wow!" After walking around, Lan Yin, who was holding Xie Yan with his left hand and Jian Suyu with his right, had to circle around the food and toys he had scavenged from the downtown.He stared curiously at the lion dancing on the side of the road, wanted to applaud but couldn't move his hands, so he could only let out exclamation and exclamation along with the crowd.

"The crowd is bustling, you will be squeezed out sooner or later with these things in your arms, put them in the Qiankun bag." Xie Yan stared at the stuff in his arms in surprise.To buy so many things at once, did Lan's family deduct his expenses?

Lan Yin lowered her head in embarrassment, and muttered a few words in a low voice. Xie Yan didn't hear clearly, but Jian Suyu did.So he grabbed the things from the young man's arms, put them into his universe bag, and said lightly: "Your universe bag is full, which means you bought a lot."

The young man pursed his mouth when he heard the words.The master is telling him not to buy things indiscriminately, but he still wants to bring some things to the brothers and sisters of the sect, but he dare not disobey his master's wishes.

"Didn't you just buy some more things?" Xie Yan felt that he might not be suitable to be an elder, and whenever he saw some aggrieved expressions on the faces of younger generations, he couldn't help but soften his heart.Young Master Xie boldly raised his hand: "Buy! Buy whatever you like, if you don't have enough money, I'll give it to you!"

After getting permission, Lan Yin secretly glanced at him, and suddenly laughed out loud: "I found that you two are really like a pair of strict fathers and loving mothers——Oh, there are sugar cakes for sale over there!" In the crowd, he disappeared without a trace.

"Hey! What are you talking about? Brat—" Xie Yan turned around with a red face, and was even more embarrassed when he saw that the person beside him didn't refute.He went to the mask selling stall as if to cover up, pretending to carefully select the dazzling array of masks, and under the attentive eyes of the mask stall owner, he picked up a red animal-shaped mask and tried it on.Through the mask, Xie Yan could see the fair and beautiful face of the person in front of him, which was glowing pink with the colorful lights, which made the heart beat faster for no reason.When Xie Yan raised his eyes, his eyes met, he couldn't help but blushed, and he sighed in his heart that it was fortunate that he was covered by a mask.

In a daze, he suddenly saw a vague sight behind Jian Suyu, and when he followed it with his eyes, it disappeared again.At this moment, a man in a green shirt suddenly turned around, and the familiar facial features caught Xie Yan's eyes, as if they had melted into his skin, and gradually became blank, which made people feel dizzy.

"Uncle!" Xie Yan suddenly tore off the mask and stuffed it into Jian Suyu's palm, feeling that the heart in his chest was about to jump out of his throat, and ran after that person, "Uncle!"

Jian Suyu had heard from her master in the early years that the uncle Xie Yan was talking about—that is, Xie Guoshi, the couple committed suicide in the early years to save Xie Yan's life.He had an intuition that this matter was weird, and before he had time to remind him, the person in front of him ran away like the wind.Jian Suyu couldn't hold back for a while, he decided to find Lan Yin after much deliberation.

Over there, with a little hope, Xie Yan pushed away the people crowding in front of him little by little, and chased straight in the direction where the figure disappeared.

He can be reborn as a human being, why can't uncle and aunt?That's right, there is still moon time, dusk, and Yunhe...

However, Xie Yan did not catch up with that figure until his field of vision widened.He looked around, and saw a few scattered river lanterns floating on the crimson river surface dyed by the lantern festival.Legend has it that these river lanterns, like the ever-bright lanterns, can float to the underworld, so that Yan Luo of the underworld can arrange a beautiful afterlife for his relatives.

When Jian Suyu and Lan Yin first arrived, they immediately saw Xie Yan who was squatting by the river and quietly looking at Yingying River Lantern.The sparkling light on the river's surface softened his nostalgic face a lot.

Maybe it was because his eyes were too hot, Xie Yan suddenly turned his head and smiled at them.With an obviously wanton and wild smile, Jian Suyu could see a little bit of self-mockery and sadness hidden deep in him.

Xie Yan picked up a handful of river water, washed his hands, and was about to stand up, but found that his hands were red.

It was not illuminated by the lights of the flowers, but really red.

The water of this river is dyed red by something.