On the night of Shangyuan, there are countless bright lanterns on the streets of the capital. The city, men and women, young and old, all go out to enjoy the lanterns, bustling with people. Occasionally someone lights up fireworks in the open space, and with a "bang", the colorful flames burst into brilliant light, causing the crowd to laugh.
This year's cold winter was particularly long, and the heavy snow began to fall after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was two months earlier than in previous years. Despite the bitter cold, the Shangyuan Festival is still the busiest day of the year. The weather is rarely sunny, the bright moon is in the sky, the frozen river passes through the city, and the lights on both sides of the river gather like stars.
The men and women in their prime are not afraid of the cold, wearing fresh clothes, walking on the street, watching the lights or people, looking forward and smiling, and decorating the night like lanterns.
"Have you seen that man?" A voice said on the stone bridge, "The one in the blue robe."
"Yes, got it."
"And the woman in purple, the one with the lamp."
"Well, I saw it too."
"I'm coming, you look good."
A gust of breeze blew across the river, and almost no one noticed, only the branches of the weeping willows by the bridge swayed.
Chan's eyes widened, and under the moonlight, her pink face was full of curiosity.
Fairy boy Qingming said something, and after a while, he threw up a thin red rope in his hand. The red rope was shimmering in the night, and it stretched as softly as smoke, falling into the surging crowd. Ah Chan saw the red rope wrapping the hands of the blue-robed man and the purple-robed woman, and disappeared in an instant.
"Zhou Kui, Chen Erniang." Qing Ming murmured, looking down at the Youming Book, and tapped a little on it with a red pen.
Chan: "..." She watched the man and woman stagger away across the crowd, and after a while, they each disappeared into the crowd of people.
In the mortal world, she had heard the legend of Yue Lao's red rope for marriage countless times, but the experience of it was a fresh and wonderful feeling. As a new fairy boy in Yue Lao Palace, A Chan watched the senior's demonstration, nervous and eager to try.
"Okay, the next couple is coming." Qing Ming continued to glance at the booklet. After saying that, he rose up into the clouds and didn't walk very far, when he suddenly realized that A Chan was not following.
"Don't worry, you are an immortal, and mortals can't see you." Qingming shouted to Achan on the cloud.
Only then did Achan feel relieved, and she jumped up and flew into the sky.
Qingming: "…"
"Why do you still use the rabbit to jump in Tengyun?" he asked.
Achan blushed and scratched her head embarrassedly: "I'm used to..."
Qingming didn't talk nonsense, sighed, and handed the Youming Book to her: "Looking for someone."
Chan nodded, looked at the name in the Youming Book, and closed her eyes.
The hustle and bustle of buildings between heaven and earth has disappeared, leaving only the light of countless stars flashing. She felt them, and after a while, she opened her eyes and flew to a street corner. It was the neighbor's two children, who were watching lanterns together at this time. Chan read the formula, threw the red rope, and tied it to the hands of the two children.
Qingming looked at Achan with surprise.
"You didn't use the technique of spiritual perception just now?" he asked.
Chan shook her head: "I won't."
"Then how did you find them?"
Chan said, "I saw it when I closed my eyes."
"Close your eyes? Rabbit's magic?" Qing Ming looked suspicious.
"This... isn't it..." Chan scratched her head.
"Forget it." Qing Ming decided not to ask any further questions, looked up at the sky, and said, "You are quite clever, it's getting late, I have to rush to Luoyang, and the capital will be handed over to you."
"Me?" Chan was surprised.
"Yeah, it's you." Qing Ming said, stuffing the Youming Book and Zhu Bi into Achan's hands, "Tonight, it's better to be more recognizable, so it's better to work harder. After the Spring Festival, everyone stays at home, I'll have to look for them one by one, but it's troublesome."
Achan understood and nodded.
Qingming fled away from the clouds, leaving only Ah Chan in place.
"Bang", someone in the city set off fireworks again. Many colorful buildings were built in the city, decorated with lamps, and haiyu geisha performed dance music and juggling upstairs, which attracted applause from the people who stopped to watch.
A Chansheng joined in the fun, and simply abandoned Tengyun and walked around with the crowd.
"Sell lamps, sell lamps! Newly tied rabbit lamps with red ropes on their feet, Yue Lao protects the marriage!" This gentleman, buy a rabbit lamp for the lady... What? Don't want a rabbit lamp? Where are the sheep lamps, cow lamps and horse lamps, all with red ropes, Lord..."
The voice could be heard from far away, and several women giggled.
"Can lanterns also protect marriage? This hawker is really nonsense!"
"Yes, and the rabbit lamp, isn't the rabbit Chang'e's?"
…
What happened to the rabbit, there are rabbits in Yuelao Palace!
When Anchan listened to their discussion, she was a little unconvinced.
Street corner vendors set up stalls to buy Yuanxiao, and the pot on the charcoal stove was steaming white. When Achan smelled the sweet smell, she was thinking about where to find some pebbles to turn into copper coins to buy Yuanxiao, when she suddenly remembered that she was an immortal now, and blackmailing mortals is a violation of the laws of heaven.
Chan swallowed her saliva and forced herself to walk away regretfully.
Following the name in the Youming Book, she threw several pieces of red rope in a short time. There were fewer and fewer names on the booklet, and Chan felt that the job was quite handy, so she couldn't help but feel happy.
When passing a house, she suddenly heard someone sigh. Looking up, I saw a young girl standing in front of the window of the small building. She sighed in her hands, rubbed them together, and prayed to the moon: "...Li Yao, the little girl, I only hope that you will be happy with your husband, and there will be no regrets in this life..."
Li Yao? Chan flipped through the book of You Ming, but her name was not in it.
Yue Lao never arranged a prince for her... A Chan thought pitifully, and was about to walk away when a seductive scent wafted into her nose with the night wind, and she stopped.
Chan followed the smell and saw a small bowl on the table by the girl's windowsill.
It was a bowl full of Lantern Festival, and Chan could tell by smelling it that it was filled with shredded radish.
Shredded radish for Lantern Festival... A Chan is infinitely sad.
Across the river is Miyagi, which is more lively than anywhere else. The emperor came in person, led the officials in the palace to appreciate the lanterns, and had fun with the people.
The city gate of Miyagi is magnificent, and under the city stands dozens of colorful buildings made of lanterns.
The servants in the palace set off sky-high fireworks in the tower. Bingling hung upside down under the heavy eaves, and the golden paint seemed to be frozen, but it flashed a different kind of brilliance in the night.
The last couple of men and women on the album were also among the crowd watching the lanterns. Chan found them without much effort and tied them with red ropes.
"Look, the King of Guangling County is there!" When Achan passed the crowd, several women were talking excitedly and couldn't stop looking up at the tower.
"where?"
"Over there, see, wearing a red brocade robe."
"ah… "
She also looked up.
In an instant, a whistling rushed into the sky, and the moment when the fireworks exploded, it was as bright as day.
The crowd "coaxed" in admiration.
Ah Chan saw that the young man's face was illuminated by the splendor of the sky, and the streamer outlines the outline, handsome and elegant. He sat among the nobles in robes and jade crowns, and taught people to touch them at a glance; his head was slightly raised, as if watching the fireworks, and he was a little indifferent.
Achan was stunned.
"Where's the King of Guangling County..." Someone sighed, "It would be great if he could take a look here."
A Chan's heart suddenly moved.
She flipped through the Youming Book in her hand and looked at the royal family's names and titles one by one, but after searching for a long time, she did not find the Guangling County King in it.
Also a lonely person... A Chan's heart is bright.
Upstairs, Li Yao's window was blown open by the breeze. She only took a nap on the couch, and when she woke up, she was surprised to find that the Lantern Festival on the case had disappeared.
On the edge of the empty bowl, there were a few drops of soup and a piece of paper.
The handwriting on it was crooked, and it read: "Li Yaotaiqi: Xier's wish, Lang Jun has chosen. I received a bowl of Lantern Festival as a reward." The place where the signature was signed was something like a footprint.