There is nothing missing in San Le. Even if there is something missing, in just a moment, Xu Yu, Qing Fei and others will properly present the things in front of her. She does not need to worry about her livelihood. She eats and sleeps every day. In the blink of an eye, she has already It’s the Lantern Festival.
Wei Cheng sent someone to deliver a letter back. She opened the letter and glanced at it. It still contained some insignificant things. He asked her what she did every day. If she had nothing to do, she could go out for a walk.
Asking knowingly.
She folded it, found a box and threw the letter in, not intending to reply.
After dinner, she sat lazily under the lamp reading a book.
It was a book of local scenery that she found in her study when she had nothing to do today. It was called Shazhou Illustrated Book.
Shazhou, also known as Dunhuang, is affiliated to Liangzhou and is the most critical western gateway to Dayin. Decades ago, Ling Ju built the Great Wall and beacons through Dunhuang to Yanze, and set up Yangguan and Yumenguan to ensure the protection of the Central Plains. With the smooth flow of trade routes to the Western Regions, Dunhuang became the "throat key" between China and the West.
The writing in the book is fascinating. The customs and customs of the Gobi desert in Shazhou are very different from those in the Central Plains. There are also illustrations drawn with charcoal in the book. One of the drawings shows a mountain that looks like a pile of sand. There are three small words below. It says Mingsha Mountain.
"The flow is irregular, and suddenly the deep valleys become mausoleums, the high rocks become valleys, the peaks are dangerous and cut, and the solitary smoke is like a painting."
I remembered a book I had read before, in which Mingsha Mountain was also mentioned.
"There is Shajiao Mountain in the west of the river. The peaks are shocking and dangerous, exceeding the stone mountains. The sand grains are thick and yellow, like dry hesitation."
The Shajiao Mountain in that book is Mingsha Mountain.
She was holding the book and looking at the landscape on the screen in a daze. For a moment, it seemed that there were rolling yellow sand and long camel bells in front of her eyes, as well as the sharp Gobi desert and mountains like deep valleys. A wisp of solitary smoke curled straight up, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell thousands of miles away. .
"Qing Fei, have you been to Shazhou?"
Qing Fei, who was quietly adding incense to the incense burner, had become accustomed to her absent-minded appearance these days. The new master never took the initiative to talk to her. Suddenly, she heard a voice calling her from behind. She was speechless for a moment. After reacting, he put down what he was holding and said "Ah".
"Have you been to the sandbank?"
Qing Fei shook his head: "I have never been there. Madam, where is the sandbank?"
Shen Yinxiao stretched out his hand to touch the illustrations in the book, and said in a regretful voice: "That's all, I want to ask if anyone has been there. I heard in the book that there is a mountain on the sandbank that moves around. I don't know if it is true or not. I really want to go and see it. Look."
Qing Fei didn't know what to say and finally knelt down: "I have never been outside Youzhou since I was a child. My master and the generals around him are well-informed. If you want to know, you can wait for your master to come back and ask them. "
Shen Yinxiao glanced at her with a half-smile but Qing Fei met her gaze, shrank his neck and lowered his head.
She moved her gaze back to the book. After reading it for a while, a colorful firework exploded on the sky in the distance with a "bang" sound, like a golden chrysanthemum blooming on the black screen, with golden chrysanthemums. It stayed briefly for a moment and then disappeared.
This scene seemed inexplicably familiar. She put down the book, walked to the door, held the mullioned door, and looked at it for a while.
Suddenly I remembered that there were many fireworks in the sky on New Year's Eve.
That night was so confusing and crazy that even when she thought about it now, her face still burned with panic. The man was obviously not here, but her back felt numb.
I don’t know what he was doing at this time. Are there any fireworks there? Probably not. The camps are all stationed in the mountains by the water. At night, there is only the dark night and the lonely cry of animals in the distance.
She turned sideways and asked Qing Fei behind her: "What day is it today? Why are there so many fireworks."
The Qing Fei girl's heart was bright when she talked about the festival, with a smile on her face: "Today is the Lantern Festival. Madam, do you want to change your clothes and go out for a walk? The city is very lively today, and there are many salesmen from outside. In the process Selling novelty gadgets, I heard that there are merchants from the Western Regions who sell beautiful Moros, made to look like real dolls..."
As soon as she talked about playing, she relaxed a lot and started talking endlessly while counting the toys. Shen Yinxiao listened with a smile and said, "Then change my clothes."
"What?" Qing Fei didn't respond.
"Don't you mean going out to play?" She looked at Qing Fei with a smile: "Hurry up, we can still catch up with the show."
Qing Fei stammered: "Madam, wait a moment, I will go and ask Xu Yu to come, and let's go out together."
It's Xu Yu again.
Thinking of Xu Yu's shining and calm eyes, Shen Yinxiao felt a little unhappy.
It seemed that those eyes were not human eyes, but the eyes of someone placed beside her. There was also a pair of obsidian-like eyes, looking through Xu Yu, across the mountains and rivers, playfully watching her every move like a clown.
It's breathtaking.
She nodded: "Go, hurry up."
Qing Fei quickly ran to find Xu Yu. Shen Yinxiao's smile fell and she sat in front of the dressing table. Lan Yu and Lv Zhu came in to help her comb her hair and dress.
Perhaps thinking of celebrating the festival, Lan Yu gave her a delicate cross bun, inserted a pair of white jade hairpins and white jade beaded hairpins, hung a pair of Dongzhu earrings on her ears, and put a thin layer of powder on her face. , a little Zhudan on the lips has already made Qing Fei, Lan Yu and others full of praise.
His eyebrows are picturesque and his face is beautiful.
Even Xu Yu nodded: "If the Lord sees it, he will definitely be satisfied."
She changed into a soft silver light lily skirt and wore a silver fox light fur cloak. Xu Yu stuffed a small jade rabbit carved hand stove into her hand and followed her out of the yard. There was already a soft sedan waiting for her. When she reached the gate, she looked at the carved carriage and paused.
"I've been stuck in the house for many days. Today I want to take a walk, so I won't take the car."
Xu Yu paused and nodded: "Yes."
The streets were indeed crowded with tourists, and as Qing Fei said, there were merchants from the Western Regions selling novel gadgets. They made ghostly Moros out of mud, and could spin around endlessly with just a crack of the whip. Seeing something interesting, she pointed at it. Qing Fei immediately took out the money and ordered someone to wrap it up.
Xu Yu and Qing Fei followed her closely.
The three of them walked along the Fanyang River to watch a hundred operas and dragon dances. This was the place with the most people, and the flow of people was denser than the water flow. Shen Yinxiao walked fast, and Xu Yu was a little older, and her legs and feet were a little slow. She heard a few shouts from behind her, and when she turned around, Qing Fei's head and hands were hidden in the sea of people, and Xu Yu couldn't even see them.
She frowned and looked around.
The eye is drawn to the endless meandering river.
Thousands of lanterns float on the river, shining like stars.
Going east along the Fanyang River, there is a city gate. The streets are full of merchants selling goods. Some merchants will leave the city early tomorrow morning to go to other places. Their cargo loads and carriages can hold a lot of things. Some of them Experienced merchants will bribe the captain at the city gate to carry private goods and evade official taxes along the way.
She was staggered by the flow of people and almost fell down.
The figures of Qing Fei and Xu Yu completely disappeared from her sight.
"Xu Yu!" she shouted, "Qing Fei!"
There was a huge crowd, but no one responded.
She stood silently in the middle of the road.
The man on the side looked her up and down with a strange expression, his brown eyes and deep sunken eye sockets, looking at her alone as if he were prey.
Then she suddenly remembered that her clothes and jewelry looked expensive.
Youzhou is located on the border, and the people who abduct women and children are as numerous as rats in stinking ditches.
With a cold look on her face, she found a crowded wonton shop, sat down, took out a few pennies, bought a bowl of wontons, and ate while waiting.
The wontons had thin skin and small fillings. She ate them one bite at a time, not in a hurry.
She also didn't notice the pair of searching eyes staring closely at her from behind a tea shop not far away.
Shen Yinxiao was only halfway through eating when someone suddenly took a seat at the empty seat opposite.
She didn't even raise her head or pay attention. The man also ordered a bowl of wontons and pulled out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder in front of her.
That hand was slender and smooth, with a touch of pink in its jade-colored flesh. It was more beautiful than a woman's hand, but the joints were more distinct.
She held the chopsticks with her hand for a moment, raised her head, and met a pair of smiling fox eyes.
"Why is Mrs. Shen sitting here eating wontons alone?" Wei Zheng picked up the tea cup and rinsed the chopsticks slowly, "There is no servant around."
He turned his head to look at her: "If Erlang finds out, he will definitely be unhappy."
Shen Yinxiao stuffed another wonton into his mouth. After eating it, he sighed and frowned: "The ones we followed originally were just because there were too many people on the street. The little girl didn't know where to go wild. I'll go with them." We were separated, so I had to find a place to wait. It was getting dark. Where could I, a weak female prostitute, go to look for me? If I were to be kidnapped and sold into the mountains by a gangster, I would be in trouble. Ling, if they find me later, please help me punish them, otherwise they won't remember it next time."
