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After getting the money bag, Yun Jiuling smiled until her eyes narrowed, and lightly tugged at Fu Li's sleeve, "Then I'm going to buy lanterns, do you want one?"

Before Fu Li could answer, Yun Jiuling turned around and squeezed through the crowd to stand in front of the booth.Standing outside the crowd, Fu Li watched his still untied hair being messed up, keeping his eyes on him.

Yun Jiuling made a coincidence that this happened to be the largest lantern stand nearby.A trolley that wasn't too big was tied three stories high with thin bamboo poles by the shopkeeper, and all of them were hung with lanterns.

In order to prevent everyone from crowding and breaking the lanterns, the shopkeeper even surrounded his trolley with a few long benches, and people could only pick it outside.

The higher you go, the more exquisite the lanterns are.There is a lantern hanging on the top, wrapped in black gauze around it.The red lotus-shaped petals are more layered and complicated than ordinary lotus lanterns, and they caught Yun Jiuling's eyes.

"I want that!" Yun Jiuling grabbed the shopkeeper's hand and pointed at the highest red lotus lantern.The shopkeeper looked over with his hand, saw the one he was pointing at, and smiled more and more kindly.

The eyes of the crowd were all attracted, looking at the man who was going to be the Lantern King this year.Although he was dressed in commoner clothes, he had an extraordinary bearing. Maybe it was a young master from some family who came out to play.

"Young master, that is the Lantern King of this year." The shopkeeper waited all night, just now.According to the usual practice in previous years, the silver taels of selling a Lantern King can be compared to the income of a whole night tonight.

Yun Jiuling didn't know what the Lantern King was, so she turned to look for Fu Li, and saw Fu Li standing not far from him.He shook the money bag in his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "How much silver do you want?"

"Hehehe, that's easy to say." The shopkeeper became more and more enthusiastic towards Yun Jiuling, moved the bench away, and led Yun Jiuling to the middle.

"There is a rule to get my old Litou's Lantern King." Lao Litou smiled triumphantly, and as soon as he walked by the crowd, he got a lot of support, shouting "that's it".

Yun Jiuling's ears ached from the voice, and with a glance, the crowd became much quieter.Turning around and smiling nicely, "The shopkeeper, tell me quickly, what's the rule."

"It's easy to talk about." Lao Li stroked his two beards, "Young master first tell me what the lantern in the black gauze looks like. If you are right, you will pay one or two silver to guess the question; if you are not right, ten Just buy me a small lantern for Wenqian."

Anyway, he just wanted money, and Yun Jiuling had the money bag from Fu Li in his hand, so he didn't panic at all.Looking up again, it was a boxy thing hanging on the top.

No wonder no one asked for that lantern, because they couldn't see what was inside.Yun Jiuling took a step, "I guess it's a lotus lantern, fiery red and complicated."

Old Li's face froze, and his smile was a little fake, "Young master, you have a good eye."

Yun Jiuling opened the purse, took out a tael of silver from it, and put it on the board of the trolley, "I don't know what the question is to guess?"

Seeing the money, Lao Li changed his face again, and quickly took the money over to debate whether it was true or not.The crowd also fell silent, listening to what the question was, and if the young master guessed wrong, they could guess.

"My lord, please listen carefully. What my old man Li wants to ask is this." The man who is used to doing business is very strange. A petal!"

Yun Jiuling frowned, he couldn't see clearly.

"If you can't guess, my lord, then the Lantern King is out of our hands." Old Li put the silver into his cash box, and made a special sound for Yun Jiuling to listen.

Yun Jiuling turned to look for Fu Li, and beckoned to Fu Li.Isn't it just how many petals are there in a lantern? The person he is looking for is Lord Tianzun, if you can't guess it, you will die of laughter.

Old Li didn't stop Yun Jiuling either, and he was allowed to find helpers in previous years.Anyway, if he guessed wrong again and again, he still earned the money.

The crowd of onlookers were full of interest. When they saw that the young man was looking for help, they all looked in the direction of his beckoning.If the young man standing in the middle had an extraordinary bearing, then this one was imposing.

Fu Li walked into the crowd and stood outside the bench.Yun Jiuling walked over, smiled and leaned into Fu Li's ear and said, "Help me take a look, I want that."

Fu Li moved his shoulders uncomfortably as the hot air flowed from his ears.After Yun Jiuling left, she turned sideways calmly.

Yun Jiuling put her ears close to Fu Li, and covered them with her hands.As soon as Fu Li opened his mouth to speak, Yun Jiuling couldn't help shrinking his neck. It turned out that this was the feeling of being pressed against his ear.

"I see." Yun Jiuling grabbed Fu Li's sleeve with her hands, and let him stand beside her, "Even the big ones and the small ones, ninety-nine 81 petals."

"Hey, I really dare to guess..."

"Young master, the taels of silver are gone."

"I know in my heart that this Lantern King is mine."

"Hehe, I still guess the 91st floor."

No matter what the crowd said, Yun Jiuling looked at Old Li.Seeing that Old Li's face was getting worse and worse, he angrily took out a long bamboo pole from the trolley, and went to fetch the Lantern King.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and they froze when they took out money. "This, this, this, the King of Lanterns actually has 81 petals."

That was, Yun Jiuling snorted, Fu Li couldn't have misread it.After taking the red lotus lantern from Old Li, Yun Jiuling stepped over the bench and returned the money bag to Fu Li.

Whether others are envious or jealous, it has nothing to do with Yun Jiuling.He followed the river bank and found a place with few people.

"Fu Li, what wish do you have?" Taking out the note and ink-soaked brush from the red lotus lantern, Yun Jiuling squatted on the bank and looked up at Fu Li.

Fu Li also squatted down, first took out the red lotus lantern that Yun Jiuling was holding on his lap, "Just write your own wish."

"Okay then." Yun Jiuling pursed her lips, turned around, and turned her back to Fu Li.While writing, he said, "You can't peek."

It took half a cup of tea before Yun Jiuling put down the brush, sealed the note and put it in the lantern.Borrowing a fire from someone nearby, Yun Jiuling walked back to the shore holding the red lantern.

"Look quickly, isn't it beautiful?" Yun Jiuling touched the lantern in front of Fu Li, no wonder it was the king of the lantern, the layers of petals were thin and transparent, and the candle was well lit.

Fu Li saw the lantern in Yun Jiuling's eyes, nodded and said, "Put it in the river."

"En." Yun Jiuling held it firmly, stretched her arms, and smoothly placed the base of the lantern into the water.Carefully dialing the water with his hands, the water wave pushed the lantern out.

At the moment when Yun Jiuling turned around, without seeing it, Fu Li moved his fingertips, and a layer of light pattern was lit on the red lotus lamp.He stood up, walked to Fu Li and said, "Go away."

Fu Li nodded, Yun Jiuling was used to this way of getting along with him.It wasn't until the red lotus lantern was washed away and merged into a sea of ​​lights that I looked away, "I hope my lantern floats the farthest."