Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen: Shangyuan Festival

Li Yuanfang and Ayu went out the back door and rode slowly.Although the sky is dark at this time, you can see all kinds of colorful lights on both sides of the street fighting for victory. The fleeting light reflects the city like daytime. There are BMWs and fragrant cars along the road. Lights are turned on on the 15th and set off on the 16th. During these three days, the night ban is lifted, and the soldiers who watch the night also take off their equipment and have a big holiday. Everyone from the emperor to ordinary people can have fun, except for going to the Lantern Festival In addition, there are all kinds of excitement such as dragon dance, pinching grain lanterns, and stilts.

Ah Yu was very sad. She had been worrying a lot for the past few days. She didn’t realize that it was the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. This Lantern Festival was supposed to be a day of family reunion, but now she knew that she was a child abandoned by her mother, and her master was in prison again. Life and death are uncertain, even if the city is full of bustle and bustle, what does it have to do with me?Li Yuanfang saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and she was silent. She wanted to say a few words to explain, but she knew that she was not good at words, and she was afraid that what she said would bring tears to her, so she was speechless all the way. He followed Ayu unhurriedly.

When I came to the Luohe River, I saw fire trees and silver flowers on both sides, which stretched for several miles. The boats in the river were also decorated with brilliance.The sound of silk and bamboo mixed with the sound of dragon dance drums came from afar. Listening carefully, it is a piece of "Shangyuan Music".The bridges on the Luohe River are crowded with people. Because of Luoyang customs, on the night of the Lantern Festival, women go out together, and they must cross the bridge when they see it.Further on is the Tianjin Bridge, the widest surface of Luoshui River so far. The bridge is 300 steps long and more than 20 steps wide. , is the busiest place in the city, so it is named "Tianjin Bridge" because it means "Son of Heaven" lives in the harbor.

Li Yuanfang and Ah Yu walked all the way, and saw tourists and jugglers rushing to the street, and several dancing horses in colorful clothes also overtook them from behind. Having passed Ayu's side, Li Yuanfang was wondering not to see the entertainer driving the horse, when suddenly he saw a figure under the horse's belly, a man in gray shirt turned from bottom to top, stepped on the saddle, turned around and smiled, and a long rope went straight to him. Ayu shoots. Ayu was still in a daze, seeing a loop on the top of the rope flying towards him, he was startled, and when he dodged to dodge, it turned out that what the rope was taking was the burden in front of him, he felt a tight hand, the long rope was not deflected Leaning on the lacquer box in the middle of the set, a strong force came, and before Ayu could react, the burden had already been thrown away.

Li Yuanfang thought very quickly. He was on the other side of Ayu, and he was a few steps behind. He couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly. When he saw the man on horseback, he turned around and smiled. It was the tall man he saw in the small town that day, with the Still carrying the bamboo basket, as soon as Fang met the gray-shirted man's eyes, Li Yuanfang sensed something was wrong, and had no time to think about it, so he rode forward early, just as Ayu let go of the burden, seeing that it was out of reach, he rolled the whip, Cut only the way the rope came. In mid-air, a rope and a whip were about to be entangled, but the man in the gray shirt seemed to have expected this move, the rope flicked and swayed, and instead of pulling back in a hurry, he threw it with all his strength. He drew an arc high and flew towards the Luo River a few meters away.

For some reason, the horse that Ayu got off neighed suddenly, and rushed forward. The whip in Li Yuanfang's hand had already changed direction, and was attacking the man in gray shirt. In the sound of piercing through the air, Ayu was coming very fast. When he came up, it seemed as if he was sending the whip to the place where the whip fell, Li Yuanfang hurriedly backed away, barely dodging it, the horse continued to lose momentum, Ayu passed between Li Yuanfang and the gray-shirted man, and ran forward. At this time, the road was crowded with people and the music was loud. Although the people nearby did not understand what was going on, they were afraid of hurting themselves, so they all turned sideways to give way. The tourists who were a little further away would not have expected the horses to rush towards them. Amidst the shouts and shouts, they all stumbled and scrambled to avoid it, but there was a boy in his teens who seemed to be stunned, with candied haws on his mouth, standing in the middle of the street stupidly, not knowing how to dodge at all.

In the blink of an eye, Li Yuanfang and the man in the gray shirt rode forward together. Seeing that the situation was too late, Li Yuanfang stretched out his hand to press on the horse's back, jumped up lightly, and landed on Ayu's panic-stricken horse. He forced him to stand up abruptly, and he was less than a step away from the boy!At the same time, the man in gray shirt had galloped to the side of the boy. Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, his body fell like a fallen leaf on the side of the horse's belly. Hanging firmly on the side of the horse's belly, he stretched out his hand to pick up the child who was standing still, turned over again, and sat down on the saddle.

The bystanders had just let out a long breath, and hadn't let go of the second breath, but the man in the gray shirt laughed loudly and said: "It's done!" He threw the child in his arms to Ayu and Li Yuanfang, and Li Yuanfang leaped into the air Passed Ayu, hugged him firmly, stood on the ground, and hurriedly lowered his head to see if the child was injured. I saw the child's big black eyes rolling, and he started to giggle, clapping his little hands and saying, "It's fun, it's fun, uncle! Fly one!" Li Yuanfang felt relieved, handed the little boy over to the people on the side of the road, looked up to see the man in the gray shirt, but he had long since disappeared, only the dancing horses were walking ahead.