Liangshui River is located in the south of the city, about two meters wide, and weeping willows are planted on the shore, which is a good place for the people in the capital to enjoy the scenery in spring and summer. There are all kinds of street shops on both sides of the river. In terms of fame, wealth is far less than that in Linglongfang. However, there are many things here, and the people come and go, and it is more lively.

During the Chinese New Year Festival, tonight, the river is decorated with lights everywhere, reflecting the river like a brilliant dragon dancing.

But compared to the city, there is a hint of river wind here.

"A Nuan Leng?" Xiao Huan asked worriedly.

At this time, Lu and Chu had gathered together. The girls were walking in front and the men followed behind. Only Xiao Huan was always by Lu Mingyu. Therefore, his heartfelt inquiries attracted everyone's attention. Lu Huaiyu and the three girls laughed secretly, and Lu Jiaping and Lu Jia'an's cousins ​​also had faint smiles on their faces. It was not that they supported Xiao Huan's pursuit of his own sister, but that they regarded it as the intimacy between cousins.

On their right side, Chu Xing looked at the river side expressionlessly, and Chu Sui pursed his lips and stared at Xiao Huan's side face, feeling unhappy.

"It's not cold, cousin doesn't care about me." Lu Mingyu was dressed in men's clothes and was wearing a moon-white cloak. It was quite warm at this moment, but Xiao Huan's question reminded her. Lu Mingyu stepped forward and asked the two little girls of the Chu family if they were cold. His voice was soft. When he lowered his head and spoke, his face was illuminated by a row of lanterns nearby, like pearls and jade.

Because he asked about his own sister, Chu Xing couldn't help but look over and met Lu Mingyu's delicate face at first sight. He quickly moved away. Perhaps it was intentional or for some other reason, his eyes fell on his cousin, and he saw his cousin looking at the other side with his familiar tenderness.

Chu Xing silently looked away. By chance, he saw a tall man dozens of steps away running to a girl with a string of candied haws and handed it to her with a smile. The girl was in an ordinary dress, but she lowered her head slightly to pick up the candied haws, and her shy appearance was something else. Chu Xing certainly didn't feel anything, but he saw the tall man taking the opportunity to hold the girl's hand...

Another couple who understand the relationship between men and women, Chu Xing turned his direction again, but Feng's eyes were filled with confusion.

What does it feel like to like a girl? He is 25 years old. Since he was fifteen or sixteen, his grandmother has arranged marriages for him. He has no time to meet those girls, so his grandmother gives him the portrait. It may be because of the painter's painting skills. Chu Xing saw that these women were the same and had no intention of spending his whole life with him. Later, his grandmother also tried every means to invite the noble girl to visit her home and asked him to meet him by chance. But when he looked at the noble girls who were blushing and bowing their heads, Chu Xing still couldn't have any other thoughts.

My grandmother advised him to choose someone who thought it was good and get married quickly. Get married early and have children early, but what is the reason? If he is willing to marry a girl, it must be because of his liking, not to let her help the Chu family inherit the family line. It is really just to give birth to a child, and it is a special breed left in the horse farm. What is the difference between horses?

Chu Xing looked at his cousin again, vaguely feeling that as long as he persisted, sooner or later, he would meet a woman who would make him look blind. As soon as he thought, something in his mind would hook him to see a place, and he was rationally suppressed by Chu Xing. Lu Mingyu was indeed different, but he was his younger brother and sister in his previous life, and the person his cousin liked in this life. No matter how beautiful she was, it had nothing to do with him.

"cousin!"

Someone behind him called her cousin, as if she was rushing to their side. The voice was strange and he guessed that he was not calling her sister. Chu Xing glanced at Lu Mingyu and Lu Huaiyu and continued to look at the river view.

Lu Mingyu turned around with Lu Huaiyu, and saw He Li coming with a smile, followed by a pair of siblings. The man was about the same age as Chu Sui, wearing a gray robe, and his facial features were three-point similar to He Li, but he was serious and it was difficult to get close to him. The girl beside him looked at her twelve or thirteen years old, with a goose face and willow-leaf eyebrows, and smiled gently and dignifiedly.

Lu Mingyu was stunned for a moment before remembering who these two were.

There are two houses in the Marquis of Wukang. The father of He Xie’s father, Wukang, is the eldest son, and he also has a illegitimate brother. Mr. He Er is one or two years younger than Marquis of Wukang, but Marquis of Wukang received the gift for many years after marriage. Mr. He Er gave birth to He Yu when he got married. However, the second house of He family did not have much contact with the Lu family, so Lu Mingyu was not familiar with the brother and sister.

"Cousin Li, you are here too." Seeing his childhood sweetheart, Lu Huaiyu was very happy and stood intimately next to the gift. After standing, he greeted He Yu and his sister indifferently.

Lu Mingyu was disgusted with the gift and kept paying attention to his second sister. When Lu Huaiyu called Wanyu's cousin and continued to talk to the gift, Lu Mingyu noticed that He Yu looked at Lu Huaiyu deeply. His eyes seemed to be unhappy, but it was not just disgust, and it was even more...

She secretly guessed the deep meaning of He Yu's glance. After He Yu's sister He Lanfang greeted the other people in the Lu family, she suddenly suggested to her brother: "Brother, let's go shopping somewhere else?" The eldest uncle's family didn't like them. The married aunt never regarded them as serious nephews and nieces. Even her cousin Lu Huaiyu was cold and there was a difference in closeness. He Lanfang could understand, but she didn't want to stay here to get in the way of others. Anyway, she was not interested in pleasing the Lu family.

"Let's go together, there are so many people." He Yu said lukewarmly. After saying that, he quickly glanced at Lu Huaiyu. The latter stood side by side with He Li, chatting happily, without even notice.

Lu Mingyu could see clearly, and naturally guessed He Yu's thoughts after thinking about He Yu's reactions.

This person actually likes the second sister?

Lu Mingyu really didn't expect that when he lived again, he actually discovered He Yu's secret thoughts. He Le seemed to be a gentleman but was not responsible. He Yu... Lu Mingyu tried hard to recall He Yu's deeds in his previous life, but at that time the two had too few opportunities to get in touch, and people around him would not easily mention He Yu. She knew nothing about He Yu except who the other party was.

"Master Chu." Everyone here was not very familiar with He Yu, and only knew one, so he walked to Chu Xing with a hidden respect between his eyebrows.

The two met? Lu Mingyu couldn't help but listen to the conversation over there.

"Without coming out to appreciate the lanterns, there is no need to be polite to Yuzhi." Chu Xing said politely. He was in Shenshu Camp. The Jinwu Guard, who had been advancing two years ago, has now become the left deputy general next to Liao Shou, the commander of the Jinwu Guard. Chu Xing has a good relationship with Liao Shou. He often hears Liao Shou praise He Yu for being civil and martial. Chu Xing has also met He Yu twice at the banquet, and he still admires him very much.

"Brother Chu." He Yu was so kind. Neither of them was a romantic man, but he could talk together.

Chu Xing listened seriously, but gradually felt a stalemate gaze. He looked sideways and unexpectedly found that Lu Mingyu was peeping at him. When he turned around, the little girl hid behind He Lanfang in a panic, as if he couldn't see her. Chu Xing frowned, not understanding why Lu Mingyu was following them.

Lu Mingyu's heart was thumping over there, and she didn't know what was wrong with her. She obviously wanted to observe He Yu, but as she looked, her eyes moved to Chu Xing's face. Chu Xing stood beside a willow tree, far away from them, half of her face was illuminated by the light, and half was hidden in the shadow of the tree, bright and dark, with phoenix eyes as bright as stars.

Thinking of the glance that Chu Xing threw in, Lu Mingyu became more and more panicked as he thought about it. Did Chu Xing see her?

"Fourth Girl?" He Lanfang looked back and asked in confusion. It was really that Lu Mingyu's behavior just now was too abrupt.

Lu Mingyu then realized that she was hiding behind her. She was a little embarrassed. After a round of thought, she couldn't find a good excuse. She had to change the topic with a funny look, "Lan Fang, we are both average, call me A Nuan, and let's not care about my cousin."

She smiled kindly, and He Lanfang was flattered. When she met Lu Mingyu's sincere eyes, she knew that she had made friends with her sincerely, He Lanfang nodded and started a conversation with Lu Mingyu. While talking to her, Lu Mingyu gave Xiao Huan a disgusting look and asked him to stay with the man, and what did he look like when he was following her?

Xiao Huan glared at He Lanfang with a faint look. Xiao Huan didn't like anything that disturbed him and his cousin.

"A Nuan, my cousin said there was a lantern over there. Let's go over and take a look?" Lu Huaiyu suddenly shouted excitedly.

Shooting a lantern?

The one who played the most during the Lantern Festival was to guess riddles. Lu Mingyu heard the first time he heard about shooting lanterns, so he immediately became interested and got over with He Lanfang. Seeing that He Li and Lu Huaiyu were walking side by side, Xiao Huan was not convinced. He saw that He Lanfang was on the left and holding Chu Ying on the right. Xiao Huan pursed his lips and followed Lu Mingyu.

Chu Sui couldn't help it anymore, and accelerated his pace slightly. Behind his two sisters was Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan looked at him coldly.

Chu Sui didn't care and his eyes floated to Lu Mingyu from time to time.

Chu Xing, He Yu and the Lu brothers walked at the end like a leisurely walk in the garden, just to be a guest.

After walking along the river bank for about a quarter of an hour, I saw a lot of people gathering on the bank ahead. In the bustling hustle and bustle, a loud voice came from the crowd, "Don't be anxious, it's dark, be careful not to let people go by the purse, and there are those on the riverside. Please take a closer look, otherwise I won't save you if I fall into the river..."

The language is funny, making the people watching laugh.

Lu Mingyu couldn't help but stand on tiptoe, wanting to see what was going on inside.

"I'll lift you up?" Xiao Huan leaned over and said "consider" in her ear.

The young man's voice was clear and not light. But Lu Mingyu was poked into a painful foot. If he wasn't short, why couldn't he see it?

"No need." He refused him unhappily. Lu Mingyu stood still with his feet and tried hard to pretend that he was not curious at all.

Xiao Huanyou didn't know what he did wrong, Chu Suixing gloated and leaned against Lu Mingyu, smiling and said: "I'll tell A Nuan what's going on?"

Feng Liu, the tone is completely different from Xiao Huan. Lu Mingyu didn't even want to pay attention to him. He looked back and stepped back to his cousin Lu Jiaping, who was standing outside the four people, and whispered: "Brother, what are you doing inside?"

Lu Jiaping touched his sister's head and described it to her with a smile.

At the forefront of the people, the middle-aged man who had just spoken continued: "Hello, fellow villagers, the Song Lantern Building is the famous No. 1 Lantern Building in Jinling. The building brings together the best lantern making masters in the world. Since our second son learned to come out of the mountain, the leader of the Jiangnan Lantern Competition has not fallen into the hands of others. Even the emperor praised the Song Lanterns as the No. 1 Lantern in the world, so that we would pay a pair of lanterns every year for him to enjoy... This year, our shopkeeper will open a lantern building in the capital, which will officially open tomorrow. The first three days of buying lanterns will only be 70% of the price, but that is tomorrow. Tonight, on the Chinese New Year, every household will enjoy the lanterns. Of course, our lantern building also wants to make some fun for everyone... Guess the riddles? No, that's too vulgar. Please look at the other side!"

As soon as this said, everyone turned to the other side. Lu Mingyu even left his brother and took a few steps to grab the most favorable position on the shore. The people next to him also squeezed here. The Lu family guards stopped a few, but someone still squeezed over. Chu Xing was closest to Lu Mingyu at this time. Seeing his cousin protecting his two sisters, Chu Xing walked to Lu Mingyu's left and blocked the others with himself before getting closer.

He was wearing a long ink robe, a sword around his waist, and stood on the shore with his hands in his arms, with a cold face like a god of killing. No ordinary people had ever seen him like him. The two leading women looked at each other and stopped under the willow tree in front of him. They did not dare to squeeze in any more. The others stopped and consciously left that place to Lu Mingyu and his group.

"A Nuan, be careful not to fall into the river." Chu Sui was distracted to take care of his sisters, but Xiao Huan only had his cousin in his eyes. He rushed to Lu Mingyu's right first and pulled Lu Mingyu back nervously, afraid that she would fall.

"I know, I'm not a child." Lu Mingyu shook his hand away and complained in a low voice. She thought Xiao Huan was too close to her. She instinctively moved to the left. Unexpectedly, she actually hit someone when she retreated. Although the other party avoided it immediately, Lu Mingyu still felt it and turned her head to look while apologizing.

"It's okay, but it's better for the fourth girl to stay away from the shore." Chu Xing looked ahead, his face was cold, his words were concerned, but his voice was not a little gentle.

Only then did Lu Mingyu realize that he was by his side. The man looked like an elder admonishing his younger generation. Lu Mingyu subconsciously chose to obey and retreated a little. He stood firm and looked at the gurgling river water under his feet. Lu Mingyu felt affection when she fell into the ice. She remembered the day she fell into the ice. At that time, her teeth were trembling with coldness and hugged her tightly...

Yu Guangli's man's clothes moved gently with the wind, and Lu Mingyu slowly calmed down, forgetting Chu Xing's coldness when he said hello.

He is such a person. If something happens to him, he will be enthusiastic about helping him, but he is born with a cold face and doesn’t like to laugh very much?

He was not angry anymore, but Lu Mingyu was still a little afraid of Chu Xing, so he moved quietly to Xiao Huan. Xiao Huan realized that he did not regard Chu Xing, who was older and they were too many rivals, so he no longer paid attention to Chu Xing and returned to the other side.

The people here are crowded, but the other side has built a circle of protective boards with wooden boards to circle out the area occupied by two weeping willows on the shore. Two gray-clothed men each brought out a lantern and hung it on the willow tree. It was not until this time that Xiao Huan discovered that there were a red silk tied to the willow tree, one end tied high to the branches, and the other end was decorated with copper hooks, leaving a hanging lantern.

The lanterns are unique in shape, and the light halos shine on the four seasons of flowers on the lantern paper. The red silk sways in the wind, and the lanterns follow, as if the four seasons are swaying in front of you. It is definitely not comparable to the thick lanterns that cost a few cents a day at the roadside stall. The lanterns are well-made, and under the lanterns, paper rings as thick as wine jars are hung respectively.

"Stand here, who can let the bamboo arrow pass through the paper ring? That lantern is his. It only depends on his ability, and the archery is not a penny."

"What if I didn't ejaculate through the paper ring and shot the lanterns?" someone asked in confusion.

The guy in the middle laughed loudly, "I'm sorry, we don't charge money, but these lanterns are time-consuming to make, so some people are cumming randomly. Our wife said, whoever shoots the lanterns will be damaged, please throw them into the river, count them until ten before pulling him up. Did you see that the ginger soup in our shop is ready!"

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pointed back. The originally dark shop behind him suddenly lit up. The shop door opened at some point, revealing the grinning couple inside. There was a long table behind him, with five large sea bowls listed on it, and the big pottery jar next to him was constantly steaming. Look at the shop inside, there were all kinds of paper lanterns, bamboo lanterns, and copper lanterns, just like two-story lantern buildings falling from the sky, which was so beautiful.

Lu Mingyu looked straight. In her previous life, the Song Family Lantern Building shone brightly in the capital and its business was booming. Lu Mingyu also liked the lamps of this family, but she didn't know that the Song Family Lantern Building was so stunning on the eve of the opening of the Song Family Lantern Building. Only the appearance of this lamp building made her visit worth the night.

She stared blankly at the lamp building. The lanterns hanging outside the building also illuminated her beautiful and gentle face, her peach blossom eyes shining brightly, as if she had absorbed all the bright lights. If the lamp building was like a fairy scenery, she would be the unparalleled goddess on the shore, beautiful but not vulgar.

However, only two people were lucky enough to witness her glory at this time.

Xiao Huan couldn't take his eyes away, and Chu Xing's gaze stopped for a moment before he silently turned to the other side of the river.

The noisy human speech pulled back Lu Mingyu's thoughts. You can watch the lamp building at any time, but it was only tonight.

Liangshui River is about two meters wide, not far away, and the paper ring is thick enough, but now it is night. The wooden wall opposite protecting passers-by blocks other lights. There are only two lanterns under the willow tree, and the lanterns rotate slowly, and the paper ring sways after a while on the left and right. It is still a bit difficult to accurately shoot through.

Women only watched the fun, men tried it one after another.

Each person has only one chance.

The first two people shot missed, and the bamboo arrow that had not opened its edge was too far away from the paper ring. The third one passed by, which caused a burst of regret. It was the fourth one's turn, and the shooting was so accurate. With a click, the bamboo arrow penetrated the lantern paper... He wanted to escape, but was surrounded by the lively people who loved the most and threw him into the water.

The water was not deep, only reaching the man's knees, and the man could afford it. He hugged his shoulders and shouted that he wanted to drink ginger soup.

Lu Mingyu couldn't help laughing. This lamp building is so good at pleasing the people, and it's more interesting than watching a show.

A lamp was broken, and the guy in the lamp building hung a new one again. The guy who was responsible for maintaining order here explained loudly: "There are four lanterns with the same paper ring, all of which are broken or all won away by someone. They will be replaced with thinner but better lanterns. If you tried the arrow before, there will be no chance, so everyone will think about it before taking action. If you have good archery skills, you can wait for a better lantern in the back!"

So that's the case, the people were even more reluctant to leave, and more people gathered on the shore. On the Lu family, the guards stood on the outermost side, Chu Xing and Chu Sui guarded both sides, Xiao Huan and He Li stood with the girls, Lu Jiaping and He Yu were behind, watching the fun while preparing to adapt to the situation.

In the first group of lanterns, two people fell into the water to amuse everyone, and the remaining two were successfully won by the people. In the second group of lanterns, the paper rings below were only the size of the mouth of the sea bowl. The lanterns were indeed better, but there were more people who fell into the water. One of the four lanterns was broken and three were taken away, and the guy immediately changed to the third group.

When Lu Mingyu's eyes lit up, the first two were boneless lanterns that were hard to see in ordinary lamp shops. The lamp body had no bamboo, iron and other skeletons. They were made of paper pieces of various patterns and patterns pierced with embroidery needles. The shape was unique, small and exquisite, and gently swaying with the wind. Just as everyone was immersed in the "beauty" of the lanterns, the guy spoke again, saying that this group of lanterns was expensive, and the archers needed to pay one or two taels of silver. If the silver was shot empty, it was from the lantern building. If the lantern was shot, he had to stay in the water for a quarter of an hour.

Lights are good lamps. Except for some people who complained about this additional condition, most people expressed their acceptance.

"Does my cousin want it?" Xiao Huan was eager to try.

Lu Mingyu liked these lanterns, but she was even more concerned about the last big lottery and whispered Xiao Huan.

However, Lu Huaiyu took a look at the peony-shaped lantern on the right and begged Heli to help her shoot. Heli was a scholar. Heli did not show off his strength when he heard this, nor did he show any embarrassment. He said openly: "I only have a little archery technique. I can barely try the batch just now. This paper ring is only the size of a baby and a child's wrist, and I am absolutely unsure."

Lu Huaiyu let go of his sleeves in disappointment and instead went to study martial arts cousin Lu Jiaping, and her elder brother Lu Jia'an, who had a pound of pounds. She knew how much he was, and she was not much better than He Li.
To be continued...