Time passed slowly, and the attendants outside the door had come in and looked at it many times. Finally, Zhuge Yue pushed the chessboard and stood up, and the waiting maid immediately stepped forward to put on the deerskin boots for him. Zhuge Yue was dressed in a moon-white dark blue and white robe and a big fur made of fiery red fox fur. The child under the age of thirteen showed an indescribable sophistication.
"Let's go." Zhuge Yue said in a low voice, leading a group of subordinates out the door.
In front of the gate of Zhuge's house, there was a row of horses parked. Due to Zhuge Yue's delay, the other young masters of Zhuge's mansion had already left first. A servant bowed his head and knelt on the ground, Zhuge Yue walked forward calmly, stepped on the servant's back, and got on the horse.
After finishing dressing up, Zhuge Yue suddenly turned his head to look at the maid of Qingshanyuan who was standing at the door to send him off respectfully, and said, "Xing'er, have you seen the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival?"
Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, and quickly shook her head.
Zhuge Yue nodded, "Come up, I'll take you there."
Chu Qiao was stunned for a long while before she understood what Zhuge Yue meant by "coming up", and quickly said, "Master, this is against the rules."
Zhuge Yue frowned, and just about to speak, Chu Qiao stepped forward and said, "Xing'er can ride a horse by herself."
Zhuge Yue glanced up and down at Chu Qiao's small body suspiciously, the suspicion was very obvious.
"The young master gives Xing'er a pony, and Xing'er can ride it."
Zhuge Yue smiled lightly when he heard the words, and nodded to Zhu Cheng, his personal follower. After a while, a maroon pony was pulled out, small in size, but still much taller than Chu Qiao. Everyone's eyes were on Chu Qiao, seeing that she was not as tall as a pony's legs, they all gloated at her misfortune.
The child circled the pony twice, and raised his hand high, but he could only touch the pony's back. A look of amusement flashed across Zhuge Yue's eyes, and he was about to ask someone to help her get on the horse, but suddenly he saw the child reach out and grab the rein, with a little effort, he turned over and climbed up, his movements were surprisingly neat.
There was an exclamation of admiration from the crowd, Zhuge Yue turned his head and saw the child was all in white, like a ball of snow, but he was riding on the horse with his chest up and his head up.
Of course Chu Qiao knew how to ride a horse. Although the current body was inconvenient, but fortunately this pony was very docile. When other horses left, they obediently followed them.
There is no curfew in Zhenhuang City. Today is the Lantern Festival, and the streets are getting more and more lively. It was almost evening, the sky was getting dark, the lights on the street were flickering, the fire trees and silver flowers were blooming, and the fragrant wind was leisurely. Looking up, I can see that the Jiuwei Road passing through the city is full of exquisite lights. On both sides of the road are two rows of red lanterns like long dragons, and countless buildings have become stages. Songs and dances, juggling, drama, noisy music, etc. all gathered in one place. Lanterns and fireworks make the night of the city as bright as day, and countless small merchants are yelling on the streets to solicit business, selling boiled wine and tobacco, tea, food and clothing, fruits and vegetables, household utensils, fragrant medicines and flowers, cosmetics and fireworks, everything is pleasing to the eye. There are all kinds of gadgets that make you happy, and you have everything you need. The night scene of the flourishing age is like a brilliant brocade that suddenly shakes open, and all the magnificence that the world can imagine is mixed in one place in a chaotic way, twisting and turning, you enter and I block, sprinkled overwhelming clouds on the north-south latitude and longitude of Zhenhuang City. luxurious.
Chu Qiao sat on the horse, looking left and right, looking at this rare ancient night scene.
Zhuge's family is an aristocratic family, wherever they go, pedestrians always give way. Walking past a gorgeous building, I saw many brightly colored lanterns placed on the stage, with strange styles, various lovable animals, and fairy flowers and plants, which are very novel and unique.
Seeing that Zhuge Yue had stopped, the stall owner immediately ran forward with a big golden dragon lantern, full of pleasant and auspicious words.
Zhuge Yue acted as if he had never heard of it, and pointed to a lantern on the high platform, and said, "Bring that here."
The stall owner looked back and saw that the fourth son of the famous Zhuge family was referring to a snow-white rabbit lantern, so he couldn't help being stunned.
Holding the lantern in his hand, a rare smile appeared on Zhuge Yue's usually indifferent face, and he handed the lantern to Chu Qiao before saying, "Here you are."
Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously reached out to take it, forgetting to even thank her.
Zhuge Yue's face was calm, he turned his head and beat his horse and continued on his way, as if nothing had happened. The surrounding attendants glanced over Chu Qiao's body strangely, secretly carrying a hint of speculation.
Chu Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she really treated her like a child.
I saw that the rabbit lantern was made very delicately, its whole body was pure white, and its eyes were red. Chu Qiao stretched out her fingers and lightly touched the rabbit's mouth, a small tongue made of pink colored paper suddenly stuck out, which startled her.
At this moment, a chuckle suddenly sounded. Chu Qiao turned her head, and it so happened that a team of colorful lanterns had just walked in front of her, blocking her view. There are golden dragons and colorful phoenixes, jade butterflies and white foxes, fairies and water gods, fragrant grasses, orchids and osmanthus, all of which dazzled her eyes. The bustling crowds are coming and going, and the traffic is busy on the main street of Jiuwei, and the lights are dazzling.
I don't know how long it took before the lantern team dispersed slowly. On the other side of the long street, there was a vast expanse of snow beside the frozen Chishui Lake. The willow branches hung low and the trees were covered with snow. A black horse stood leisurely by the side. Holding her chest, leaning lazily on the tree trunk, she looked at her brightly, with a faint smile and black eyes like jade.
There was a loud bang, and everyone immediately looked up at the sky, only to see fire trees and silver flowers all over the sky, and fireworks blooming, like a goddess dancing with long sleeves, and like a beautiful sunset glow, dazzling and intoxicating.
At this time, some naughty child suddenly threw a firecracker under Chu Qiao's horse, and the little red horse was shocked when it was the first time to go out, and it raised its hooves and galloped indiscriminately.
Seeing the young man under the tree, he got on his horse with a whoosh, jumped up with his whip, and hurriedly chased in Chu Qiao's direction.
The servants of Zhuge Mansion exclaimed, but unfortunately they were separated from Chu Qiao by the crowd, so they couldn't rush through for a while.
Zhuge Yue raised his eyebrows, whipped the horse and was about to come over, but the accompanying attendants grabbed the rein tightly. In a fit of rage, he lashed the servant's face with a whip, and when he raised his head and tried to chase after him, the street was already in chaos. The lanterns were flickering, pedestrians crowded, where was Chu Qiao's shadow
The horse ran quickly, the cold wind whistled past the ears, the noisy sound gradually faded away, and gradually only the sound of the horse's hooves landing could be heard. Although the little red horse is small, it is of good breed and runs extremely fast. Chu Qiao tightly grasped the horse's mane with a pair of small hands, and leaned down on the horse's back, calmly examining the surrounding terrain, her small head was spinning rapidly.
Jing Yue'er's small body, which has not yet grown up, is not strong enough to bear the pain of falling from such a fast-running horse, so she has to find another way out.
At this moment, the sound of hooves suddenly came from behind, and a horse quickly caught up with Chu Qiao, running side by side.
"Please beg me, I will save you!"
The boy's voice was shattered by the cold wind, but it still reached Chu Qiao's ears intermittently. The child turned his white jade-like face, and gave the gloating young man a hard look, his eyes were firm, without any panic.
"Then tell me what your gesture means, and I'll save you!"
The night wind was bleak, and the cold moon was like a knife. The pony was running on the snow as deep as an adult's knee. It gradually slowed down, but there was no tendency to stop.
Not missing the opportunity, Chu Qiao suddenly let go of her hands, put her palms on the horse's back, and jumped towards the young man beside her.
With a puff, the whole body of the child threw itself on the young man. The young man exclaimed and hurriedly reined in his horse, but it was too late. The two immediately fell off the black horse like gourds rolling on the ground, landed on the soft snow, and rolled a few times. The black horse didn't feel it, and still desperately chased after the little red horse, and quickly melted into the night without a trace.
"Gallery!" The young man shouted anxiously, raising his eyebrows, before he had time to slap the snow on his body, he staggered two steps after him, but it was all in vain.
"It's time for your horse to be pulled back and chopped. It's fine if you don't know it's been tampered with, but now you don't even know the owner has fallen off the horse. What's the use of keeping it?" Chu Qiao got up from the ground and patted the snow on her body. , looked up and down, no injury, very good.
Yan Xun turned his head, stared at Chu Qiao fiercely, and said angrily, "The blast is a BMW that my father Wang just hunted from the land of Yanbei, and he has been with me for less than half a month, and we are not familiar with each other. What's so strange about it? But you, boldly let go of my horse, what should I do?"
Chu Qiao snorted softly, and said disdainfully: "I didn't tell you to follow me. You can't see your own horse, so what does it have to do with me?"
"How dare you talk to me like that?"
Chu Qiao frowned, and looked contemptuously at the young but handsome Yanbei prince, snorted coldly, turned and walked towards Zhenhuang City.
Yan Xun was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect her to leave just like that, he quickly caught up with him a few steps, and said, "Where are you going?"
Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows slightly, "Of course I'm going back, so why not spend the night here?"
The snow was so deep that the shallow part did not reach Chu Qiao's knees, and the deep part almost did not reach the child's thigh. Yan Xun walked beside Chu Qiao, seeing that she was walking hard, he immediately relieved a lot of the depression caused by losing the horse, and followed with a smile on his face. Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, extreme joy turned into sorrow, his feet let go, and before he could cry out in surprise, his whole body suddenly fell down.
As soon as she heard the cracking sound, Chu Qiao sensed that something was wrong. Almost at the same time, she instinctively reached out and grabbed Yan Xun's arm. It's a pity that Yan Xun's weight is Jing Yue'er. Small body can bear? Just hearing a bang, the two fell into a big snow cave together.
"Hmm... Hey, how are you?" Yan Xun popped his head out of the snow, and pulled hard in the snowdrift. When he saw a small snow-white hand, he immediately dug Chu Qiao out like a carrot, and shook her hand. The head yelled, "You're not dead, are you?"
"Let go." The child frowned depressingly, moved his feet a little, it hurt so much, and his brows frowned even tighter.
Yan Xun was a little anxious, "Are you injured?"
"I can't die." Chu Qiao raised her head and looked up, seeing that the snow cave was not very high, she turned her head and said to Yan Xun, "Can you climb up?"
Yan Xun checked the distance with his eyes, then shook his head and said: "The snow here is soft, if you are on flat ground, you can still jump on it, but not here, it will only sink deeper and deeper."
"You will freeze to death in one night." Chu Qiao whispered, and stood up, "You step on my shoulders and climb up first, and then find someone to rescue me."