Chapter 500: Lamp Mountain and Sea of Fire
"Certainly not a dream." Wang Xian hugged his wife's thin shoulders, carefully looked at her little face, and said with great distress: "Qing'er, you have lost it again." ”
"Officials are ......" Lin Qing'er hugged his waist tightly, buried his head deep in his strong chest, and refused to lift it again. After a while, he said ashamedly: "Official, the concubine is out of shape......"
"Haha......ha ”
"How do officials know about the Dao?"
"Otherwise, the lady can be so bold?"
"The official made fun of the concubine's ......"
The two of them hugged each other and returned to the courtyard, Lin Qing'er personally served Wang Xian to wash his face, Wang Xian smiled: "Even little Jasmine is not at home." ”
"Everyone in the family went out to play, and the jade musk deer accompanied me for a few days, looking at her pitiful appearance of scratching her ears and cheeks, the concubine couldn't bear it, so she let her go to play with Yinling and Lingxiao." Lin Qing'er smiled bitterly.
"Then why don't you go out?" Wang Xian washed his face and changed into a clean brocade robe.
"The official is not at home," Lin Qing'er said shamefully: "The concubine has no heart to have fun......"
"So I'm back in a hurry, tonight is the day after the Festival of Lights, so let's have a good time." Wang Xian let out a long laugh, got up and said, "Lady, are you good at wearing this coat?" ”
"It's all up to the officials." Lin Qing'er was overjoyed, she hadn't gone out too much, otherwise how could she get the opportunity to be in the world with the officials?
The Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, how precious is the time of the Shangyuan Festival? The little couple dressed neatly and went out to the Qinhuai River. Although Jinling City is prosperous everywhere, and there are lights everywhere tonight, people are still used to squeezing into the most prosperous places. The most prosperous place in Jinling City is naturally ten miles of Qinhuai. At this time, the sky has just been dark, the Qinhuai River is like a forest of paintings, the drums and drums of the painting building, have been eager to light up all kinds of lanterns, colorful lights are reflected on the soft Qinhuai River, reflecting the brilliant colors, very charming. Not to be outdone, the shops lined up by the river are lit up, what are the car lights, the ball lights, the lance silk lights, the sun and moon lights, the poetry silk lights, the mirror lights, the word lights, the horse riding lights, the phoenix lanterns, the water lanterns, the glass lamps, the shadow lights, all kinds of Liushanzi lights, all kinds of ingenious lights, Pingjiang Yushan lights, Luo Silk lights, sand opera lights, and the red lights full of characters...... The residents of the capital have poured their creativity into the Shangyuan Festival for a year, and all the lights you can think of are here, and there are also places here that you can't imagine. Regardless of the size of the financial resources and the level of craftsmanship, people are trying their best to decorate their own lanterns, just to compete for beauty in this Shangyuan Festival! Add to the glory!
It was as if the stars in the sky were flipped to the earth, turning into thousands of lamps, shining and shining everywhere, touching all the eyes. In this brilliant nightless sky, people play to their heart's content, a puff of colorful fireworks bloom in the night sky, the sound of drums resounded on the ground, thousands of gongs and drums, out of nowhere, gathered into a long dragon. There are those who step on stilts, dance dragon lanterns, row boats, play tricks, and somersaults, which are huge in scale and full of tricks, so that the audience who is side by side is dizzying. However, what is more popular with the people is the floats that are tied up by the **** music workshop, which are not only full of flowers, purple and red, but also fragrant and lustrous, just like the girls in the lower realm of fairies standing on top. The girls either played the piano and sang, or danced, or even stood there and showed a sweet smile to the crowd, which was enough to make the audience fascinated and follow the floats.
"Grandma is a bear," Wang Xian was also dumbfounded, "Compared with the capital, Taiyuan is his mother's countryside!" Lao Tzu won't go anywhere, I'll stay in the capital! "Although I agree with his words a hundred times, but listening to the official's mouth is dirty, Lin Qing'er is still coquettish, the official is a master, let people hear you talk like this, don't you laugh off your big teeth? She never gave up her efforts to transform her man into a humble gentleman.
In the past, Wang Xian would quibble a few words, but today he had a very correct attitude, admitting his mistakes and promising to correct them, which surprised Lin Qing'er very much, and put his arm around his shoulders and said coquettishly: "Official, I'm hungry......"
"Hungry girl? Is this still worth it? Wang Xian immediately retracted his gaze from the flower boat and said loudly: "Let's go to the restaurant to have some wine and food?" ”
"Today," Lin Qing'er stood on tiptoe and leaned into his ear and said shyly, "People want to taste the food on the street." ”
"Ha Lu Ha, too." Wang Xian saw that the street vendors were selling lactose balls, crystal chestnuts, leeks, candied fruits, fried potatoes, lotus root boxes, grilled fish and other snacks to the public. This also shows how excited she is.
Wang Xian took out a string of copper coins, squeezed into the crowd, and when he came out after a while, he held five or six food boxes in his hand, including seafood balls with soup, lactose balls with filling, and golden roasted tripe...... Swallow Lin Qing'er so much that she swallows her saliva. Seeing the official looking at her playfully, she was busy and embarrassed to cover her mouth with Luo Pa.
"Ha Luha, lady, the Shangyuan Festival bento is a wandering wreck." Wang Xian smiled and said, "Didn't you look at those girls? ”
Lin Qing'er followed Wang Xian's gaze, and saw groups of girls in groups, with jade plums, snow plums, snow willows, linden leaves, and moth bees made of various colors on their heads. What's more, with the floating teenagers who follow left and right, they squeeze their eyebrows and make eyes, and even directly hold hands, shoulder to shoulder, and are directly carried on their backs, where is there any defense between men and women? !
This is the Shangyuan Festival! There are no rules of etiquette and religion, and the human nature that has been suppressed for a year will naturally erupt like a volcano! It is this scorching heat wave like volcanic lava that makes this Shangyuan Festival so dazzling and intoxicating......
Lin Qing'er finally let go completely, holding Wang Xian's arm, wandering in this sea of joy, opening her mouth for whatever she wanted to eat, and letting her husband insert it into her mouth with a skewer...... Since she was a child, she has never been so forgetful.
Wang Xian only looked at his wife dotingly, his eyes were full of guilt and apology, and when Lin Qing'er filled his stomach, he threw away those food boxes, and suddenly leaned down and said, "Lady, I'll carry you for a ride." ”
Lin Qing'er's eyes were fluttering, her face was red, although she had not drunk, she was already drunk, and she nodded tremblingly. Wang Xian learned from those floating boys, put Lin Qing'er on his back, and walked through the lamp market like a fish on his back.
Lin Qing'er was petite, and she originally felt that the crowd in all directions was covering her like a forest, so she dared to be bold, but at this moment, she was on Wang Xian's back, and she was tall, and her vision was open, but she felt that she was not covered, as if she was being watched by everyone. hurriedly struggled to come down: "Official, let me down, I'm ashamed." ”
"Don't be afraid, who knows whom!" Wang Xian said with a smile.
"The officials are tired......
"You're so light, I can't even feel the weight." Wang Xian said with a smile: "I won't let you down today, just enjoy the lanterns on the back of the official." With that, he walked towards the brightest and loudest place - Gozen Street. Although there are not as many lights on Yuqian Street as on the banks of the Qinhuai River, they are more exquisite, grandiose, and more expensive...... The reason is very simple, the emperor will enjoy the lantern banquet with the princess and concubine at the noon gate, and enjoy with the people. The best lamp is naturally ...... for the emperor.
Lin Qing'er had no choice but to continue to lie on Wang Xian's back in shame, looking at the lights around her, and found that her vision was really better than ever, and she could finally see the 'Baizhang Lantern Tree' that was 80 feet high, lit up and brightened by the moonlight, and the splendid lamp mountain 'Western Bliss' that was 20 feet wide and 150 feet high, hanging with pearls and jade, gold and silver spikes, depicting dragons, phoenixes, tigers and leopards, and full of beauty and charm. Ten thousand lights on the lamp mountain are bright, golden and splendid, and splendid. Some of the lanterns are painted into the shape of Manjushri Bodhisattva crossing the lion, Puxian Bodhisattva riding a white elephant, etc., what is particularly surprising is that the Bodhisattva's arms can move freely, and the fingers can also come out of the water, spraying beads and splashing jade, wonderful and colorful......
But what is more attractive is the mountain lamp. Aoshan lantern is an ingenious combination of lanterns and fireworks. I saw a mountain of lights made of various lanterns, there are phoenixes, golden dragons, mountain demons, birds and beasts...... At this moment, the sound of the phoenix flute moves, the jade pot turns brightly, the fish swings their tails in the water, the phoenix golden dragon hovers in the air, the dragon's mouth spews clouds and spits mist, and the phoenix is full of winged fireworks. When the dragon and phoenix flew to the highest place of Dengshan, suddenly there was a loud bang, and countless fireworks rose into the air, illuminating the dark night sky.
Together with the emperor's concubines on the Wufeng Tower, all the people raised their heads and opened their mouths, staring blankly at this gorgeous scene, and when the fireworks dispersed, people had not woken up from the shock, and the sky was still red.
"It's water, it's water!" The mournful shouts suddenly sounded, and the people followed the sound in a daze, but they saw a mountain of lights burning out at some point. In an instant, the fire spread from one mountain of lights to another, and then ignited the shops on the street, and the fire soared into the sky, dyeing the night sky red.
"Hurry up and put out the fire!" The emperor at the head of the city was stunned, but his ministers reacted and shouted loudly for the water dragon team prepared in advance. But there were at least 100,000 people on the streets of Gozen, and there were crowds of people one after another, and those bulky water dragons couldn't get close to the burning place. However, the fire spread rapidly, threatening to engulf the entire Gozen Street!
The people watching the lanterns were completely chaotic, some wanted to put out the fire, some wanted to flee for their lives, and the time was chaotic. The husband can't find his wife and children, the family can't find the master, the grandmother can't see the son, and the crying and screaming come and go, and the scene is unbearable......