Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 87 Shangyuan Festival
The Shangyuan Festival is extremely lively on this day, the streets and alleys of the capital are crowded with people, and the restaurants and teahouses are steaming with smoke.

This is the most important festival of the year in Daqi, which means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Sadness and adversity are left in the past, and hope and light are about to come.On this day, the night market will be open until Haishi, for people to celebrate carnivally. Ordinary people will go out with their families to join in this rare excitement.

It was twilight, and the family of four in Duke Ning's Mansion had all packed up, and they were waiting in the main courtyard to gossip and gossip. They only waited for the porter to bring the carriage over and rushed to Guanqian Street.

Going to Guanqian Street is not a problem, because Guanqian Street is the most lively and prosperous place in the capital, whether it is dragon and lion dances, guessing puzzles and solving lottery, all kinds of rare fun can be found there.

Today, Huo Xian is wearing a black robe, which makes this young general look more imposing.Now that he had nothing to do waiting for the carriage in the yard, he looked at Huo Qi.

Huo Qi had her hair styled into a fairy bun, and to suit the occasion, she put on a bright red gilt bird skirt and a milky white rabbit fur cloak. Although it was very warm, it didn't look bulky.

Huo Xian said quite proudly: "My younger sister is beautiful, even my elder brother feels ashamed of himself."

"Stinky boy, why are you a big man comparing this with your sister?" Wang Qin said amusedly and angrily from the side.

Huo Ruhai nodded with a smile: "Qiqi should wear red more, and wear blue and blue all day long. A girl in her teens will look like she is ten years old."

Before Huo Qi could say anything, Wang Qin rolled her eyes at Huo Ruhai and said, "She can wear whatever she likes. How can there be so many rules?"

"Madam is right." Huo Ruhai cupped his hands.

Several people were chatting and bickering, Uncle Zhang rushed over from the gate of the mansion in a hurry, and said: "Master, madam, the concierge has brought the carriage to the gate, and we can prepare to leave."

The Huo family's carriage drove slowly on the street until it was about to approach Guanqian Street. Due to the crowds and the stalls on both sides of the street, it was difficult for the huge carriage to move forward and could only be blocked halfway.

Huo Ruhai opened the curtain of the carriage and took a look at the road conditions outside. He turned around and suggested: "Why don't you let Zhang An take the carriage to a nearby inn and park it for a while. After all, we have arrived at Guanqian Street now, and our family of four is walking around on the street. , isn’t it lively?”

Wang Qin and the Huo brothers and sisters naturally agreed. After Uncle Zhang took the carriage away, the family of four started strolling around Guanqian Street.

The Huo Mansion's guards led the first team and the second guarded the rear to protect the safety of the master.Because they were all wearing ordinary clothes and deliberately concealed their identities, they couldn't tell that the guards were with the four members of the Huo family.Because there are so many people today, for the sake of convenience, I didn't bring extra maids.

Huo Ruhai and Wang Qin have always been a loving couple, and they walked ahead arm in arm. They would stop for a while as they passed by some stalls selling hairpin jewelry.If he saw something Wang Qin was interested in, Huo Ruhai ordered someone to buy it.Although it is not an expensive thing, it is also a novelty.

Huo Xian and Huo Qi followed closely behind.

Huo Xian looked at the backs of the two people and saw that Huo Ruhai and his wife had distanced themselves from them. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Sister, does Liu Fang's matter have anything to do with you?"

Perhaps because he was afraid of offending Huo Qi, Huo Xian deliberately looked careless, but in Huo Qi's eyes he was completely serious.

Huo Qi's heart tightened, but his face was calm and calm: "Brother asked this, but why I happened to go to the Qingyin Pavilion to listen to the opera that day? It just so happened that the opera I sang that day was not the one I liked. I just sat down and left, and as for what happened later, I didn't know about it earlier than my elder brother."

"Really?" Huo Xian frowned.

"Really. What can I do as a boudoir daughter?" Huo Qi shook his head without guilt.

Huo Xian gave Huo Qi a complicated look.Although he and Huo Qi have been separated for three years, they are also brothers and sisters who grew up together. He knows exactly what kind of temperament Huo Qi is.That day when she played against Huo Qi, her chess moves were full of murderous intent that could not be concealed.And when he saw the blue clothes in the charcoal basin that day in Qiju, he always felt as if he had seen them somewhere.Afterwards, he pondered over and over again, and the deeper he thought about it, he came up with a truth that he didn't even dare to confirm.

Perhaps the woman in Huailin in the suburbs of Beijing is really Huo Qi.Perhaps Huo Qi had some difficulties, so he refused to tell the truth.

He thought like this, and seeing that Huo Qi didn't want to say anything, he stopped pressing him. He just sighed, patted Huo Qi on the shoulder and said, "You still refuse to tell me the truth. Sister, if anyone dares Bully you, humiliate you, elder brother and parents will make decisions for you, can you understand?"

Huo Qi nodded: "Naturally."

The two walked forward while chatting, but after a while, they saw a small stall on the side of the street densely surrounded by several floors, crowded, even in a crowded place like Guanqian Street, it was very attractive. attention.

In the blink of an eye, a man squeezed out of the stall.He excitedly held a piece of paper and said plausibly: "There is hope for next year! I will definitely be named on the gold list next year!"

It seemed that he was so excited that the seven souls lost six souls. As if he couldn't see the road, the man bumped into Huo Xian solidly when he passed Huo Xian, causing Huo Xian to turn sideways.Only then did he come back to his senses, with a bit of shame on his face: "I'm sorry, brother, I was really too excited tonight, so I bumped into brother!"

Huo Xian waved his hand, not paying much attention, but he had already noticed the crowd in front of the stall, and seeing this person's ecstatic expression, he couldn't help but become a little curious.

He scratched his head and asked: "It's okay. I just want to ask your Excellency, why are there so many people surrounding the stall, and it looks a little unusual?"

The man looked surprised and made gestures: "Brother, you are so ignorant! He is a famous living god in the capital. Whether it is official career, marriage or Feng Shui, it is a first-class efficacious! If you want to find him on weekdays, you will be counted." Hexagrams, you have to pay attention to fate, but today the old man is in a good mood, and he will not refuse anyone who comes!"

Huo Xian nodded knowingly, it was because he had been away from the capital for three years, and he didn't even know these fashions very well.After he thanked the man, he looked narrowly at Huo Qi: "Sister, why don't we also go to the fortune teller? Calculate the marriage for my sister!"

Huo Qi flattened his mouth: "..."

Can she say she's not interested?
Before Huo Qi could speak, Huo Xian pulled Huo Qi through the crowd and pushed to the front.I saw an old man with white hair fidgeting with a lottery tube. This man had an upright figure, but his eyebrows were straight, and he looked a bit like a fairy. The moment people saw him, they had some trust. It was just now. The "living god" in the man's words.

Seeing that Huo Xian seemed to want to tell fortunes, the Living God shook the lottery tube and said with a smile: "You two want to tell fortunes?"

Huo Xian nodded: "I would like to ask for a divination for my sister-in-law."

The living god stroked his beard and shook his head: "One hexagram and one tael of silver."

This price is really not cheap, it can be worth several months of rations for a servant.With such a high price, there are still so many people going forward, it must be that this living god is really capable.Huo Xian said: "Price is not a problem."

"Then may I ask what hexagram you want to ask for your younger sister?" The Living Immortal said with a smile.

"Just ask for a hexagram of peace!" Huo Xian said without hesitation.

Huo Qi couldn't help but look sideways at Huo Xian, and shook his head in amusement.Huo Xian said he was asking for a marriage hexagram, but in fact he was asking for a peace hexagram. It really made people wonder what to say.

The living god contemplated for a moment, and a mysterious smile flashed across his face, as if through his smile, one could see secrets that ordinary people could not see through.He handed the lottery container in his hand to Huo Qi, and said: "This girl has a special destiny, and she is a destined person for the little old man. Please ask the girl to draw a lottery."

Huo Qi was stunned for a while when he heard the words "special destiny", then he took the lottery tube and shook it under Huo Xian's urging eyes.After a while, a life-lot fell from the full tube on the table.

The Living God picked up the fortune-tick, took out a corresponding piece of paper from the wooden drawer at hand and handed it to Huo Qi. He said with a little meaning: "The old man said the same thing, the girl's fate is special. The fate above The poem can only be read by the girl herself, and no one else can read it. If others mistakenly peek into the secret, it will only damage the girl's fate."

Huo Xian retracted his head when he heard this. Huo Qi took the paper without interest. He only smelled the paper exuding the fragrant aroma of peach blossom ink and saw a five-character poem on it. Little poem: "Please sit down, young master, and move to the world like a lantern moth. I'm driving in a poor place, and the willows in the street have long hanging belts. The kerchief is turned upside down, the horse is carrying two pieces of money, and the carriages and horses are galloping."

She only wanted to have fun, and cooperate with Huo Xian to ask for a lottery to solve the hexagram of peace.But when he saw this poem, Huo Qi's eyes flashed a dark light quickly.On the face of it, this living god is trying to tell fortunes for her, but I'm afraid Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong.

Others may not be able to see it, but Huo Qi always pays attention to his poems and books, so he can easily see that this is an acrostic poem.

This man clearly wanted to tell her—please move the corner carriage.

　Huh, no one is watching now?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)