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When the night began to diffuse, more and more people by the river.

Fortunately, I took up a seat early in the morning. If I came later, I would have no place to stand.

Zhou Leya hugged Zhou Boya's neck and looked at the stars spreading in the distance. The Lantern Festival had officially begun.

Zhang Junming was very excited. When he saw many people coming by the river, including people he knew, he happily jumped past.

Fang Shu held the lotus river lantern in his hand, and saw that Zhang Junming was running towards a place specially for the nobles to put the lanterns, so he turned his head and said to Zhou Boya, "Boya, it seems that the nobles are here too."

Zhou Boya also saw it, so he lowered his head and smiled lightly at Zhou Leya, "Le'er, let's go over there and put the lights, there are few people there."

Zhou Leya has no objection. It is the same wherever the lights are placed. Too many people is not good. The lights are easy to be knocked over halfway.

When Fang Shu heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, why did he leave?It's not very lively here, but seeing Zhou Boya walking towards the left path with Zhou Leya in his arms, Fang Shu hurriedly followed.

The path was a bit dark, and Beixi and Xifu ahead had lit up lanterns early on to illuminate the path.

"I said... Boya, why should we avoid it?" Fang Shu didn't understand.

"With Brother Zhang's temper, he will definitely bring some nobles over. I don't want to be disturbed, especially the nobles." Zhou Boya said lightly.

Turning a corner, the front is the hazy river under the moonlight.

After Zhou Boya said it, Fang Shu understood right away. Also, if the nobles come over, they will be restrained. Although it is not to fear and flatter them, but considering the elders in the family, they have to be restrained even if they are not restrained.

So avoiding it is the only way.

And after Zhou Boya and Zhou Leya left, Zhang Junming brought a few people over excitedly, but when he came, he was stunned, hey, where are they?

"Hey, Zhang Junming! Where is he?" A clear voice with a hint of arrogance sounded.

Zhang Junming turned his head, looked at the young man behind him wearing a brocade robe like black hair and a jade face, and said sullenly, "They're gone."

The young man stared and was about to lose his temper when behind him, the indifferent young man in white brocade suit raised his hand to stop him, "It's okay, we were the ones who came over rashly, and you didn't let Jun Ming come over to report first. They left That's right too."

"But, brother, you..." The jade-faced young man was anxious, "Let's go find them, they won't be far away."

"Qingyu, there's no need. Zhou Boya avoided it on purpose. This is his answer." The indifferent young man said, turned around and strode away.

Seeing this, the young man called Qingyu had no choice but to give Zhang Junming a vicious look, "Idiot!" Then, he also hurriedly left.

Zhang Junming patted his head sullenly, what!What the hell are Li Xuanyu and Li Qingyu doing.Zhang Junming looked back at the empty pavilion again, and sighed, he shouldn't have rushed over just because he was so happy to see Li's sister, now it's all right, Boya and the others are gone.

By the way, this Li Qingyu is just a collateral line, and he was dragged into this by relying on his ancestors' liking. Hmph, Li Xuanyu is even just a collateral line whose parents both died, and he relied on Qingyu's protection!It's still Xiao Leya who is annoying. After all, what does Li Xuanyu want Boya to do? ?

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At this time, by the riverside, watching the river lantern slowly drifting away, Fang Shu asked in a low voice, "Bo Ya, you seem to be avoiding the nobleman?"

"Yes." Zhou Boya replied leisurely, took the jade cake from Hongshi and fed it to Zhou Leya's mouth.Zhou Leya opened her mouth, biting it slowly, while looking at the river lantern that started to drift away. Just now, my elder brother wrote on the river lantern, but he was not allowed to read. What did my elder brother write?

"Why are you hiding? I always feel that your dodging seems unusual." Fang Shu frowned and asked.

"Fang Shu... I promised the teacher not to say anything." Zhou Boya said, seeing Zhou Leya looking vigorously at the drifting river lantern, he gently twisted Zhou Leya's chin, and whispered, "Okay, after going back I tell you, don't look at it."

Zhou Leya sat down peacefully.

Fang Shu was startled when he heard this, and then nodded, "I understand." He didn't continue to ask, since it was Teacher Fang Yuanjing's request, there was no way for Boya to keep it secret.

In fact, Fang Yuanjing just asked Zhou Boya to secretly choose a few good ones, and then go to Ghost Valley Bookstore together to see if he can become a student of Ghost Valley Bookstore.He didn't ask him to keep it secret, but Zhou Boya thought that since it was secret, it couldn't be made public, right?

——So, I can’t say anything more.

He wanted to avoid those nobles, besides not wanting to be restrained and no one would disturb his getting along with Le Ya, there was also this consideration.

Ghost Valley Bookstore is never open to the public. The people in Ghost Valley Bookstore are all recommended by Mr. Guigu's disciples, and those recommended must take the exam of Ghost Valley Bookstore. Only after passing the exam can they enter Ghost Valley Bookstore. ——It doesn't matter who you are, whether it's one of the Sixth Family or a farmer's son, it's all the same.

But now, as far as the world knows, the only disciple of Mr. Guigu who is still walking around in the world is his teacher Fang Yuanjing.

The teacher said that there is no one from the sixth family in the Guigu Bookstore. Firstly, there are no outstanding people who can be favored by Mr. Guigu. Secondly, all the disciples accepted by Mr. Guigu are teachers in the Guigu Bookstore. , except him, the other four disciples are not interested in recommending anyone to study.Most of the students in Ghost Valley Bookstore are found by themselves, and then they took the exam and went to study.

This time, due to the relationship of the ancestors of the Li family, many nobles from the sixth family came to Huayi Prefecture, but if they were female relatives, it would be fine. Even Li Wenxuan, the son of the Li family, came, which is intriguing.

Well, he was just in case.

"Let's go, let's go to release the sky lantern." Zhou Boya picked up Zhou Leya, got up and said.

-

When the night was getting dark and there were a few sky lanterns in the sky, Zhou Wende and Li Xiuniang also slowly let go of the sky lanterns in their hands on the edge of the river beach in Huayi Prefecture.

Zhou Wende in cyan clothes and Li Xiuniang in blue skirt stood quietly on the flat ground of the river beach. This is the place where many ordinary people would choose to put up sky lanterns. Those nobles from Kyoto put sky lanterns on tall buildings. In higher places, the released sky lanterns will fly higher, and the bad luck will be carried far away.

Li Xiuniang looked up at more and more sky lanterns in the sky, and couldn't help smiling. She was staying in the mansion, waiting for the master and the two children to come back, but she didn't want to. The master came back early and changed clothes. So he pulled her out, and then, on the river beach, the master handed her a sky lantern. Looking at the words on the sky lantern, she knew that it was written by the master himself: Meeting by fate, staying together by fate, vicissitudes of life, only May it last forever. ——To Embroidery Lady This is what the master wrote to her.

After being married for so many years, this is the first time I have received such a love poem.

Li Xiuniang looked at Zhou Wende beside her, and secretly smiled in her heart, but it was rare for the serious and old-fashioned master to use such a method to make her happy, but at this time, the tense face of the master was not obvious under the moonlight, But she still noticed the red tips of her ears, and she couldn't help covering her mouth and smiling.

At the same time, I also became curious in my heart. Such an idea does not seem to be the master's idea.

"Master, who came up with this idea?" Li Xiuniang asked, looking at Zhou Wende with a playful look and a hint of tenderness.

Zhou Wende was silent for a while, and then he whispered with some awkwardness, "...it was my own idea to bring you to release the sky lantern, and it was Le Ya's idea to write on the sky lantern. Le Ya said, you will be very happy in this way .”

When Li Xiuniang heard it, her heart was sweet. Seeing that Zhou Wende's expression seemed to be tense, she snickered, knowing that her master was not used to such things at all, so she changed the subject and said softly, "Master, tomorrow, Is Boya going to leave?"

Zhou Wende nodded slightly, thinking of Yao Wang running to see him before dusk, and the decision he made after arguing with Li Yunhe, he sighed in his heart, looked at Li Xiuniang at the side, thought for a while, and said something in a low voice , "...Xiu Niang, Yao Wang came to see me today, he said... he wants to take Le Ya back to Yao Wang Valley, so that he can completely get rid of the poison, and he wants to pass on his medical skills to Le Ya..."

When Li Xiuniang heard this, she was stunned.Yao Wang wants to take Le Ya away? ?

"Then... about how many years?" Li Xiuniang asked in a low voice, feeling very reluctant, but thinking that Le Ya's health would get better in this way, then... no matter how reluctant or worried, I have to bear it.

"The Medicine King said it would take four or five years..." Zhou Wende said in a low voice.

After hearing this, Li Xiuniang bowed her head silently.

Seeing Zhou Wende, he stretched out his hand, held it, and said in a low voice, "Xiu Niang...for the sake of the child, we have to be willing to let go."

After hearing this, Li Xiuniang raised her head and said with a forced smile, "I know, I'm just afraid that Le Ya is too young to take care of herself."

"I will take care of Dongyu, Nanxue, Beixi, and Xifu. And... Brother Yunhe said that he will follow to Medicine Valley, and he will teach Le Yaliu the inheritance of wind."

Li Xiuniang was surprised when she heard this, "But in that case... can Mr. Li go away?"

Zhou Wende sighed helplessly, "It's okay if he said it himself." He didn't know until now that Li Yunhe was also such a childish person, and he quarreled with Yao Wang by patting the table regardless.

Li Xiuniang listened to Zhou Wende talking about the quarrel between Yaowang and Li Yunhe, and she felt happy after being depressed and uncomfortable. She said with a smile, "With Mr. Li and Yaowang taking care of me, then I can rest assured."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiuniang looked up at the sky, the sky lanterns were flying higher and higher, and some of them had started to burn slowly. There were fireworks in the sky lanterns, and when they burned, the fireworks would start to bloom.Looking at the fireworks that began to bloom in the sky, like a feast, Li Xiuniang's expression couldn't help becoming fascinated. When she was in Kyoto, she had seen such beautiful fireworks before, but her mood was different from today.

She was very happy, watching the sky lanterns rising slowly into the sky, watching the continuous blooming fireworks, and listening to the cheers of the people around her, she thought, it's great to be able to see such a beautiful night sky.

"Xiu Niang, let's release the sky lanterns every year from now on." Suddenly, a deep and faint voice sounded in my ears.

"Okay." Li Xiuniang responded with a smile and a low voice.

-

When the sky lanterns were all going up to the sky, on the mountain of Huayi Prefecture, Zhou Boya slowly let go of the sky lanterns in his hand. Speaking of which, he was really reluctant to let go, this was a gift from Le Ya.

Watching the sky lantern slowly rising into the sky, Zhou Leya stared at the sky lantern quietly, while silently reciting the blessing scriptures of "Tian Yi Xin Shu" in her heart. The runes drawn on the sky lantern prayed for Keeping his family and those close to him safe may not have much effect, but if we sincerely pray, there will be gains.

Seeing the sky lantern slowly flying away, Zhou Boya bent down, hugged Zhou Leya, and under Zhou Leya's blank eyes, smiled lightly and said, "Le'er, let's watch as we walk. When we go home, it will be about the same." gone."

Zhou Leya nodded: That's fine, the night wind is already cold, if you stay any longer, you will catch a cold.

Looking at the fireworks in the night sky, Fang Shu felt a little reluctant to leave so quickly, so he bid farewell to Zhou Boya, and continued to wait and watch the fireworks bloom.

Zhou Boya hugged Zhou Leya, and the two walked down the mountain slowly, watching the fireworks bloom in the sky.

The mountain was very quiet, it seemed that there were only them and the servants five steps behind them.

"Le'er...tomorrow...my brother is leaving Huayi Prefecture." When he was halfway up the mountain, Zhou Boya spoke suddenly, his voice was a little low, as if he was suppressing some emotion.

Zhou Leya turned her head and looked at Zhou Boya: so fast?

Seeing Zhou Leya turning her head to look at him, Zhou Boya smiled, the smile was gentle and doting, but also showing reluctance, "After my brother leaves...you have to take good care of yourself and listen to your parents."

Zhou Leya looked at Zhou Boya firmly, then nodded slowly: He will definitely take care of himself and his parents.The elder brother is not at home, he is the eldest son of the family!Naturally, he has to assume the responsibility of his elder brother.

Seeing Zhou Leya's serious nod, Zhou Boya was very reluctant to give up, hugged Zhou Leya tightly, and sighed in his heart, if only he could pack Leya away together.

-

I walked slowly all the way, walking on the street that was starting to get deserted. Now, the people in Huayi Prefecture probably rushed to the river beach, and there were not many people walking on the street.

When he reached Zhou Mansion, Zhou Boya suddenly stopped in his tracks.

In front of the Zhou mansion, the young man in white brocade looked at Zhou Boya calmly, and when he approached, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm Li Xuanyu."

Zhou Boya smiled gently, put down Zhou Leya, bowed his hands in return, "Next week Boya."

"Brother Boya, Xuanyu has something to ask for." Li Xuanyu said solemnly.

Zhou Boya lowered his eyes and smiled, "I don't know what Boya can do for Brother Xuanyu?"

"Brother Boya, please take me to Ghost Valley Bookstore." Li Xuanyu said in a low voice.

Zhou Leya, who was standing at Zhou Boya's feet, raised her head when she heard this, and looked at Li Xuanyu's face under the moonlight. This person lost his parents when he was young, and his life was rough in his early years. He probably won't have a smooth life until middle age, but... There is also a variable in it. If you can seize the opportunity, then it will be smooth sailing.The variable is... this year, maybe now?

Zhou Boya looked at Li Xuanyu with his hands behind his back, smiled, his smile was gentle, but it was cold, "Boya doesn't know how Brother Xuanyu knew, but, Brother Xuanyu, why should I promise you?"

Li Xuanyu looked at Zhou Boya, suddenly lifted his hem, knelt down on one knee, offered a jade pendant with both hands, and said in a low voice, "This is the only jade pendant left to me by Xuan Yu's deceased parents. Life is as important as life! Now, Xuan Yu presents this jade pendant as my life, and from today on, Xuan Yu's life is Master Boya's!"

Zhou Leya watched and nodded secretly in her heart: This person can bend and stretch.And quite decisive.

Zhou Leya looked at her elder brother Zhou Boya again: What will my elder brother do?

Zhou Boya looked at Li Xuanyu for a while, then took a step forward, supported Li Xuanyu, picked up the jade pendant, then looked at Li Xuanyu's suppressed bitter expression, smiled and said, "I promise you, please wait at the south gate before dawn tomorrow."

Li Xuanyu looked at the jade pendant with great reluctance, then cupped his hands and said in a hoarse voice, "Master Xie Boya."

Afterwards, Li Xuanyu bowed his hands respectfully, then turned and left.

Before Li Xuanyu turned to leave, Zhou Boya suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Brother Xuanyu, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

Li Xuanyu turned around, looked at Zhou Boya, cupped his hands and respectfully said, "Master Boya, please give me some pointers."

"Three years from now, I bet Brother Xuanyu won't be able to enter the top three in the exam."

Li Xuanyu's expression turned cold when he heard the words, "What if Xuanyu enters?"

"Then... this jade pendant is yours." Zhou Boya raised the jade pendant he had just taken from Li Xuanyu, and said with a smile.