Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 537

Along Dongpailou Street, the group headed northeast.

At that time, there were all kinds of jugglers on the street, including acrobatics, fire breathing, machetes, monkeys, etc., which were collectively called "Baixi".

In addition, the sound of singing and dancing continued, one after another, and it faintly drowned out the noise on the street.

In front of the doors of some shops, simple stages were set up, with opera singers and song and dance performers. It was so noisy that people were overwhelmed and no one knew where to stop.

However, it is only the morning, and it is not the busiest time yet.

Wait until midnight, in addition to various operas, songs and dances, there are also torches, soaring flames, plus various lanterns...

There is an old saying: "The sound of gold, stone, and leather can be heard dozens of miles away. There are 8000 people strumming strings above the weanguan. A large array of torches, lighting up the heaven and earth, and the flourishing of hundreds of operas are incomparable."

This is what is described.

For Zhu Xiuyuan and the others, singing, dancing or performing arts on the street are not their goal. They came here for the hook-up drama.

Therefore, they never stopped at a certain place. Under the protection of plainclothes officers, they moved slowly and lightly while looking around.

"Haha, it's so lively, so lively..."

Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye walked in front, followed by the three girls Dong Shuzhen, Dong Shuyu and Li Qingnu.

They were so excited. They walked and danced all the way. Although they couldn't stop and watch the operas and songs and dances on the street, it was very exciting to watch them all the way through.

Because the festive atmosphere on the street is too strong, it is easy to infect others.

As for Dong Shuzhen, she is a lively person, so if she is placed here, she will be excited immediately.

Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye were walking in front. Suddenly at a certain moment, they both turned back to check on the three girls.

I saw two girls, Dong Shuzhen and Li Qingnu, holding Dong Shuyu on one side and the other on the right. They were jumping up and down, curiously and carefully staring at the street operas and songs and dances, with smiles on their faces that could hardly be kept.

Dong Shuyu, who was caught in the middle, looked much quieter. Although she was also watching the bustle on the street, she didn't jump or scream wildly, which formed a sharp contrast with Dong Shuzhen and the others.

In addition, Li Qingnu, Princess Anle, was completely released, got mixed up with Dong Shuzhen, shouted and danced, she didn't look dignified at all...

After looking at the three girls, Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye looked at each other again.

They all saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes, then shook their heads together and continued walking forward slowly.

After a while, the group came to Wende Bridge.

Wende Bridge crosses the Qinhuai River and connects Dongpailou Street and Chaoku Street.

Zhu Xiuyuan and the others usually pass this bridge when setting off from Jiangcheng Bofu, whether they are going to Dong's Tea House or Dong Yulou. It can be said that it is the only way.

This time when they went to Chaoku Street to watch the hook show, they also had to pass through this bridge.

There was still some distance between them, but Zhu Xiuyuan and the others saw that the bridge head of the Wende Bridge and the bridge itself were actually filled with a bridge of women!

They should be the ladies of various palaces in Beijing. They are young and beautiful, with bright and fluttering dresses. They are all bright and charming, and infinitely shy, as if a group of fairies descended to earth.

"bridge!"

Suddenly, Dong Shuzhen and Li Qingnu who were behind Zhu Xiuyuan and the others shouted at the same time, and then Dong Shuyu, who had a helpless look on his face, passed Zhu Xiuyuan and the others and rushed towards the Wende Bridge.

"careful!"

Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye shouted from behind at the same time.

"Don't worry, we can save it."

Dong Shuzhen and Li Qingnu waved back, hugging Dong Shuyu, and the three women plunged into the group of women.

It turns out that on the Lantern Festival, when the ladies go out to enjoy the entertainment, there is actually a saying called "walking all diseases", or "walking all diseases", "dispersing all diseases", "walking on the bridge", etc.

This is an activity to ward off disasters and pray for health.

During the Lantern Festival, women meet to travel together, and they cross bridges whenever they see them, believing that this can cure diseases and prolong life.

Therefore, there were only a bridge full of women standing on the Wende Bridge.

Dong Shuzhen and the others were so excited when they saw the bridge.

Knowing this, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others did not stop them. Since today was the Shangyuan Festival, they could just let them go.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye crossed the bridge and came to Chaoku Street. They waited by the bridge for about a quarter of an hour. Dong Shuzhen and the others walked back and forth on the Wende Bridge several times. They were finally satisfied and came back. .

Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye shook their heads and smiled bitterly again.

On the way back after Dong Shuzhen and the others walked across the bridge, Zhu Xiuyuan asked with a smile, "Brother Li, Your Highness Princess...was it the same...so happy when you were in Liang Kingdom?"

Li Jiye's complexion tightened immediately, he hehe smiled to ease the embarrassment, "No, I am the Daliang royal family, and the etiquette is extremely strict. The imperial sister was very dignified in the past. But today..."

Li Jiye's face looked a little ugly, "It's just that today is the Lantern Festival. Haha, as the saying goes, do as the Romans do. As an elder brother, I am also happy to see the imperial sister so happy."

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at Li Jiye's face. He was so serious. How could he be happy?

But Zhu Xiuyuan didn't point it out, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, let me just say, Your Royal Highness is dignified and virtuous, why did she suddenly become almost like a wife..."

When Dong Shuzhen and the others returned, the conversation between Zhu Xiuyuan and Li Jiye ended.

The group of people continued to walk slowly along Chaoku Street, "difficultly" walking towards the venue where the Hook Play was held.

Chaoku Street is already the core area along the Qinhuai River, and the flow of people here is even more turbulent. The word "crowding" is not enough to describe it.

The plainclothes men guarding the outer circle had to shrink their space again.

As a result, the space for Zhu Xiuyuan and the others in the inner circle became smaller and smaller. Although it was not yet difficult to turn around, it was no longer as easy as before.

But it's okay, it's a hundred times better than the ordinary people outside. At least, they can still maintain their dignity.

In this way, in the crowded flow of people, they walked northeast along Chaoku Street.

If you want to go to Wuyi Lane where Dong's Tea House and Dong Yulou are located, or Pipa Lane where Huamanlou is located, you need to go southwest after crossing Wende Bridge.

Therefore, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others are gradually staying away from Wuyi Lane and Pipa Lane.

Nearly.

Waves of shouts have already been heard.

They were the "cheerleaders" cheering for the hook scene.

Zhu Xiuyuan and the others walked slowly for a while, and they saw a huge open space in front of them, surrounded by a sea of ​​people on all sides. In the middle of the open space, a fierce hooking scene was going on.

The scene was once extremely lively.

The so-called hook play is actually a tug of war.

However, the game of pulling the hook at that time was slightly different from the tug-of-war of later generations.

The hook-drawing play uses a hemp rope four to five feet long, with hundreds of small ropes tied to both ends. People are divided into two teams, holding both hooks together, with a neutral flag as the boundary, and drums and drums are used to make noise. Pull, and the one who refuses will lose.

But I heard bursts of shouts, deafening and passionate.

With the help of plainclothes, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others got closer and could directly see the hemp rope in the field and the two teams holding on to the hemp rope.

I saw that the two groups of men and horses were all stout men, but they were shirtless in the cold weather, each holding the rope in their hands, which was tied to the hemp rope, half-leaning their bodies, and pulling back with grinning teeth. .Zhu Xiuyuan was watching when suddenly, his hand was grasped by someone. He turned around and saw that it was Dong Shuzhen.

She had let go of Dong Shuyu, stepped forward, and took his hand. Her face was full of excitement, her mouth was slightly pursed, and her two big eyes were wide open.

"Harder! Quickly, harder, pull harder!"

Suddenly, Dong Shuzhen moved. She held Zhu Xiuyuan's arm with one hand and waved with the other. She said, "jump a little," and waved her hand at the same time. She was even more nervous than the person holding the rope.

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Hey, there is no other way, today is the Lantern Festival, let her go.

Shaking his head and sighing, Zhu Xiuyuan accidentally glanced at Liu Wencai and the others not far from the side.

In addition to Liu Wencai, there is also Liu Xun holding a big knife.

When Liu Wencai first saw Zhu Xiuyuan, he was stunned for a moment, then shouted happily, pulled Liu Xun and squeezed over.

"Brother Liu, are you here too?"

"Haha, this hook scene is very exciting, and I love excitement, so I came..."

Liu Wencai chuckled and suddenly saw Li Jiye and Li Qingnu.

The smile on his face suddenly stopped, and he hurriedly raised his hands in greeting and said: "King Qian, Your Highness the Princess!"

However, both Li Jiye and Li Qingnu were very cold and cold. They only glanced at him and didn't speak at all.

Liu Wencai laughed and didn't take it seriously. She and Liu Xun stood aside and watched the hook scene together.

After a while, the three Han Qingshan brothers who had just squeezed in also saw Zhu Xiuyuan and the others.

So the three Han Qingshan brothers also squeezed over. Han Qingshan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiangcheng, Prince Qian, Princess Anle, and the two princes, what a coincidence, you are also here."

"Mr. Han... no, I should call you General Han now. Haha, is it okay for General Han to be in the Royal Guards?" Zhu Xiuyuan asked with a smile.

"Uncle Lao Jiangcheng, I am sorry that I am in the Royal Forest Guards."

Zhu Xiuyuan chatted with him for a few words, and Liu Wencai chatted with him for a few more words. Then he calmed down and watched the intense hook-up scene carefully.

After a while, not far from Zhu Xiuyuan and the others, the King of Jinling suddenly appeared, followed by King Kuaiji and his advisor Chen Dongyi.

The King of Jinling spotted Li Qingnu at a glance.

Then, he glanced here from time to time...

King Jinling's little move was quickly discovered by Li Qingnu and Dong Shuzhen.

So, the two women got together, chattering there, and occasionally glaring at the King of Jinling next to them.

"Junior sister, that Jinling King is here again, and he looks over here from time to time. It's so annoying!" Li Qingnu said in a low voice when they got together.

"Well, this King of Jinling is indeed a bad guy. I remember a few days ago, in the stands of the martial arts school, this man once said that my husband's martial arts exams were useless and he wanted to cancel them. He also wanted to punish my husband for his crime of harming the country! "

Dong Shuzhen gritted her teeth and stared at the King of Jinling next to her, wishing she could rush over and bite him to death.

"Junior sister, what should we do? We have to find a way to treat him properly."

"Sister, you are right..."

At that moment, the two women gathered there, communicating quietly and chattering.

As for Zhu Xiuyuan and the others, they didn't pay much attention to them, and were completely attracted by the passionate hook-up scene.

After a while, the two women seemed to have finished their discussion, and instead of continuing to meet and huddle together, they stood up straight.

Li Qingnu stood up straight and stared at the hook-in-hand scene in front of her, looking serious and undistracted.

Dignified and elegant, it is fascinating to look at.

Dong Shuzhen, on the other hand, made small moves one after another. She stood next to Li Qingnu and waved to the King of Jinling, as if to invite him over.

Moreover, Dong Shuzhen pointed at Li Qingnu next to her, as if to say: The princess asked you to come over.

When King Jinling saw Dong Shuzhen's gesture, he was so excited that his whole body trembled.

He didn't hesitate and squeezed over.

Behind him, King Kuaiji and Chen Dongyi seemed to persuade him, but to no avail.

The King of Jinling seemed to be possessed by a demon, his mind was clear and excited, and he came over regardless.

Because Li Qingnu is not only a princess to him, but also a supporter of Liang Guo. With these, he is closer to the position of prince...

At this time, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others still didn't notice Dong Shuzhen's little move, and they didn't know that King Jinling had touched her.

There are only two exceptions.

That is Yan Dashan and Liu Xun.

Yan Dashan was not interested in the hook-up scene, he always kept his eyes on the four directions, listened to all directions, and paid attention to safety at all times.

Naturally, he made no mistakes in Dong Shuzhen's little moves.

As for Liu Xun, he was standing there with a big sword in his arms, looking in all directions and listening in all directions. Naturally, Dong Shuzhen's small movements could not escape his discernment.

However, neither Yan Dashan nor Liu Xun stopped him...

"What are you doing here? Did I call you? You are so shameless and shameless. Her Royal Highness is here. You bad guy, get back here quickly, or I will ask my senior sister to beat you!"

Suddenly, Dong Shuzhen's voice sounded nearby.

It came very suddenly.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Li Jiye, and everyone else around them all turned to look.

Over there, Princess Anle Li Qingnu was retreating under the protection of Dong Shuzhen, while the King of Jinling walked over excitedly, with an evil smile on his face.

Dong Shuzhen said the words just now while retreating.

That's a lot of information.

After hearing this, people who didn't know what was going on had to think that it was Prince Jinling who was shameless and took the initiative to harass Princess Anle!

So in an instant, Li Jiye and Zhu Xiuyuan's faces turned pale, especially Li Jiye, who had an evil aura all over his body and stared at the King of Jinling intently.

This King of Jinling became more and more distasteful to him.

As for the defeat of the king, he even wanted to marry his own sister in order to get the help of Liang Guo... How could Li Jiye not know his thoughts.

But Li Jiye was very unhappy when he saw him, and he would do everything possible to stop this.

The rest of the people, including the three brothers Liu Wencai and Han Qingshan, as well as the ordinary people around them, looked at the King of Jinling with contempt.

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(End of this chapter)