This year's Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother. Coupled with the good weather throughout the country, memorials about harvests from various places flew into the palace like snowflakes. Finally, Ning Yongnian was so happy that a piece of paper from the people flew out of the palace with four big characters.
Everyone celebrates.
When Wei Changtian went out, the whole capital was already bustling.
Red lanterns were hung in front of every house, firecrackers were heard all over the city, and even the police officers patrolling the streets tied a piece of red silk on the handle of their knife, which was a festive sign.
Especially in the major business districts in the city, the scene feels more like a Spring Festival train station in the previous life.
A banquet for the people was held on the long street. Although there was no good wine and the food was not exquisite, it was all provided free of charge by the officials.
Vendors selling snacks and lanterns walked among the crowd and shouted loudly. Children held up candy figures with one hand and grabbed the clothes of adults with the other. If they met friends on the road, they would stop and exchange a few words to praise these peaceful days.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and it will soon be midnight.
Daning has no curfew except for a few border cities, so the carnivals in various parts of the city have not diminished at all.
The full moon, which embodies the longing of mankind, has swam into the middle of the night sky, and the silvery white moonlight spreads to the earth without any obstruction, reflecting the figures of all living beings.
Some farmers got drunk on the streets with free wine from the Ten Thousand People's Banquet; some scholars fought over a lantern riddle and became red-faced.
The young warrior who hesitated in front of the gate touched the withered money bag bitterly; the attentive woman leaned against the window and waved her handkerchief to the passing customers; the man in fine clothes cast his eyes on his wife and children not far away; but the child was looking at him. Staring at the sword on the young man's waist with longing...
At this moment, everything in the world is connected by the bright moonlight, like a big drama, slowly unfolding in the dark night.
And just on the bank of the Qingci River in the south of the city, a small theater curtain was finally opened at this time, but the spectators were mostly unlearned and unskilled children of aristocratic families and a few rotten literati.
…
The Qingci River is not very wide or deep, but it is more than enough to carry a few flower boats.
Wei Changtian stood on a small boat. The boatman behind him was struggling to hold up the pole. The boat pushed aside the dots of splendor reflected on the river and sailed towards a flower boat at an unhurried pace.
At this time, we are still some distance away from the flower boat, but the sight of dancing figures and colorful butterflies on the boat is already vaguely visible, which makes people yearn for it.
"There are a lot of people."
Wei Changtian muttered to himself, and Wang Er beside him immediately continued: "Master, most people just want to meet Miss Liu Shi. They are completely uncompetitive compared to you."
Wang Er learned the word "competitiveness" from Wei Changtian, but he didn't expect that he has now learned and applied it.
"Well, I must get started with Yang Liu Shi today."
Wei Changtian nodded and asked again: "How about the things I asked you to do before?"
"It's done, sir, look..."
Wang Er pointed at the small boats hidden around the flower boat, and at the same time handed over a copper whistle: "They are all sixth-grade masters. As long as they listen to the whistle, they can rush onto the flower boat within three breaths." .”
"good."
Wei Changtian took the bronze whistle and stopped talking. The raft under his feet also stopped at the side of the flower boat.
"Master Wei! Master Wei is here!"
Turtle Gong, who was in charge of receiving guests on the ship, shouted and immediately had the ladder lowered.
However, climbing the ladder was too embarrassing. Wei Changtian roughly estimated the height of the flower boat, and with a slight bow of his legs, he stepped on the side of the boat and climbed directly onto the deck.
"Young Master is very skilled!"
The turtle man and the other boys were stunned for a moment, and then they all cheered in unison. From the looks of it, they almost fired off a cannon salute in celebration.
Wei Changtian patted his sleeves like a master, shook out a small ingot of silver and threw it over: "Is Miss Liu Shi out?"
"No way! Isn't this waiting for you?"
Mr. Gui hurriedly took the silver in his hands, and with a smile on his face, he bent over and said, "Master, please come this way. I will lead you to sit down."
"Um."
After walking more than ten steps in the direction where the music came from, we entered the marina.
The scenery in front of me changed instantly, and it seemed to be a different world from the outside.
More than a dozen women wearing only thin veils were dancing to the beautiful music. Their movements, every move, and every smile revealed an extremely charming charm, which made people want to go and dance with them right away. A song.
Almost all of the people sitting around were young princes in luxurious clothes. Not counting the servants, there were about twenty or thirty people. At this time, they were each holding their maids in their arms, drinking and having fun.
These maids are nominally Yangliu Shi's maids, but in fact they all have the responsibility of "sleeping with them".
It even seems that many are about to exercise their responsibilities.
If you have to find a word to describe the scene in front of you... luxuriant? Bells ringing and cauldrons eating? Sensual and lascivious?
or……
A word suddenly popped into Wei Changtian's mind.
A feast between the sea and the sky?
…
Soon, Wei Changtian took his seat in the front row.
A maid who looked as good as Qiu Yun Yuan'er came over and offered her wine and snacks. Then she took two steps closer to him. She would probably throw herself into his arms as soon as he nodded.
However, Wei Changtian had no time to do this at this time.
After waving the maid away, he glanced around the people in the room and asked Wang Er.
"Tell me which family these people are from. Don't leave out any of them."
"yes."
Wang Er, who was standing behind, immediately bent down to Wei Changtian's ear, lowered his voice and introduced one after another:
"The man over there who is touching the maid's thigh is Young Master Fan Xian of the Fan family. His father is the Minister of Rites..."
"The one who is kissing the maid is Mr. He Shouyuan of the He family. His family runs the largest Shunlong Bank in the capital..."
"The one holding the boy's hand is Young Master Yang Yunqing of the Yang family, and my sister is Concubine Yang of the palace..."
"Wait a moment!"
Wei Changtian looked at the feminine-looking Yang Yunqing and wondered, "What is he here for?"
"This Young Master is suitable for both men and women."
"Oh, keep going."
"yes."
"..."
Not long after, Wang Er introduced everyone in the room like a treasure trove, and he paused slightly until it was one person's turn.
Recalling Wei Changtian's instruction just now, "Don't miss anyone," he continued:
"Master, the one who is flirting with three maids at the same time is Master Liu Zongliang of the Liu family..."
Liu Zongliang?
Hearing this familiar name again, Wei Changtian couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Although I don’t know how the previous owner humiliated this person before, judging from the current reaction of the other party, the degree should be no less than the crotch humiliation.
"boom!"
The wine glass suddenly hit the ground, and the three maids jumped away screaming.
Liu Zongliang, who noticed that Wei Changtian was also present, stood up instantly, his eyes filled with blazing anger.
Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of many people, but everyone looked up and quickly lowered their heads to do what they were doing.
After all, no matter it was the Liu family or the Wei family, they couldn't afford to offend either of them.
On one side he looked calm with a smile on his face, while on the other his face was red and angry.
Wei Changtian and Liu Zongliang looked at each other for a while, but the music suddenly stopped at this time.
