Is Master happy?

At night, the city of Kongzhou became extremely lively. Xiya looked out of the window and saw red lanterns lit up in every house. Men, women, and children came out in costumes, and each shouted and shouted to friends. It was bustling, as if the whole city had gathered here.

"It's very lively, I'm very happy." The fox also jumped up and down the window and looked at it. After thinking for a while, he turned back and asked Xiya, "Did your fairy master tell you when we will go down? If you go late, you may be afraid." Even more, I was thinking of finding my sweetheart sooner."

"You're a fox, how can you find a girl from an ordinary family to be your sweetheart? Shouldn't you find a female fox?" Xi Ya raised his face from the window and asked it suspiciously, "If a girl from an ordinary family knows you It's a vixen, I'm scared to death, how can I stay with you?"

"No, no, I have cultivated for thousands of years and became a human. I am no longer an ordinary fox. Now I am half an earth fairy. After staying with those mortals for a long time, I can also pass on some fairy energy to them and prolong their lives. As the saying goes If one fox attains the Tao, everyone will be blessed." The fox shook his head, speaking logically, his eyes glanced at the lotus lantern Xiya placed on the table, "Little friend, did you write a message on this lamp? I like to write a sentence or two of my own heart here, and say something that is hard to tell others."

"Of course I wrote it." Xi Ya climbed up the stool and took off the lantern, held it tightly in his hands, and said to himself outside the door, "Master, why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? If you don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late." Fox Benben jumped down, thinking only about his sweetheart, and if he went late, he might be taken away by others.

"If you want to go, then go by yourself, Xiya is waiting for me, what are you waiting for me?" Yao Zhou pushed open the door and walked in slowly, wearing a long white sand dress that could cover the upper of the shoes, only The tip embroidered with gold silk cloud pattern is exposed.

She used to dress plainly, but today's dress is a bit cumbersome to wear layered on top of each other. There are some patterns woven with light blue silk thread on the cuffs and necklines, which looks very luxurious, reflecting her soft and beautiful face with a bit of indifference.

"Master." Xi Ya glanced at her, suddenly felt a feeling of constriction in his heart, and only smiled a little silly: "Master is very beautiful today."

"It's really beautiful," the fox answered her, and stared intently, "I really wish I could use the best words in the world to praise the immortal, the immortal really has the beauty of the country, the color of the city... ..."

"Stop it, listen to your words, my teeth are going to be sore," Yao Zhou interrupted the fox rather coldly, stepped forward lightly, took Xi Ya into his arms, and squeezed her little face, "I My good disciple is also very cute today, let's go, Master will take you to the street to watch the lantern festival."

She pulled Xi Ya to go, and the fox followed in three steps and two steps, so she stopped, turned her head and said to it indifferently: "If you want to go, go in human form and don't follow us."

She took Xi Ya by her arm and went out without looking back. The fox watched eagerly, but didn't see the two men coming back to lead him, so he could only sigh in self-pity, jumped on the window sill with four short legs, and jumped over the window. Down, disappeared among the crowd.

It was only after leaving the inn that I saw how noisy Kongzhou City was today. The street at the entrance was crowded with many people, all of them gathered around the road and looked at it.

Xiya tightly hugged his lotus lantern with one hand and Yaozhou with the other, he dared not let go, fearing that with so many people pushing each other, if he got separated, he might not be able to get back overnight.

Yaozhou was not so self-aware. When she saw such a grand event in the world for the first time, when she was amazed, she couldn't resist wanting to join that crowd.

There are some men dressed as scholars standing at the entrance of the inn, in groups of threes and twos, they are waiting for the performance team with their necks raised. Yao Zhou suddenly brings Xi Ya out to disturb them. She just stared blankly, and saw that she seemed to be going out, so she stepped aside.

Yao Zhou turned his head and said thank you softly, then pulled Xi Ya into the crowd in three steps and two, and walked forward.

Xi Ya turned around to look, those scholars were still staring blankly at this place, as if they were captivated by something.

Yaozhou still doesn't know how many bees and butterflies she has attracted along the way, so she just keeps going all the way, towards the lantern festival she has been thinking about.

Xi Ya was protected by her side, avoiding a lot of collisions, although they were all heading towards the distant boat, they accidentally landed on her body.

The surroundings were bustling with excitement, but she felt a little cold in her heart. In a blink of an eye, she saw a man in uniform with a smile on his face, coquettishly waving a small fan towards them, but when he approached, he suddenly Closing the fan, she turned her thief eyes to another place, and bumped into her in a daze. Finally, an unknown anger burst into her heart, she stepped forward to block Yaozhou sideways, and when the man approached, she stretched out her leg and slammed on his calf bone. kicked.

The man staggered and fell face-to-face. The sound of "Ouch" was covered by the noise of the crowd. He fell painfully, but his heart was even more embarrassing to show his ugliness in front of the beautiful woman, so he quickly got up blushing and stained his body. The dust was swept away, and when I looked up again, the beauty had gone far.

After passing this street, and going further, there is an alley selling lamps, where the lights are bright and the fireworks are fading, and Yaozhou's eyes suddenly shine.

"This is the place. A fairy friend once said that the most popular place to go to temple fairs is the Lantern Market. The paper lamps, cloth lamps and gold thread lamps in the alley can dazzle people's eyes. It is really so after seeing it today. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let you make lamps by yourself, wouldn't it be a good idea for us to buy a few delicate lamps from here?" She was in a state of excitement, hugging Xi Ya's neck and talking cheerfully, blocking the way for her. Xi Ya looked at her helplessly, but was infected by the joy on her face, immediately put away all the complicated emotions in his heart, and only smiled softly: "Teacher thinks it's better to do it by yourself."

Although the things she made were quite rough and didn't look like lotus flowers, but after all, the things that Yaozhou had spent a day with her tinkering with were much more precious to her than the lanterns all over the street.

"But we only made one lamp. Master doesn't have any lights yet." Yaozhou held her little hand, which was soft like a ball of glutinous rice cake, "I want to buy seven or eight lamps today and put them in the river." , it can be regarded as letting go of my loneliness for thousands of years."

"Okay." Xi Ya nodded, held her tightly, and hugged his lotus lantern tightly with the other hand, "Master, don't go too fast, Xi Ya is afraid that I..." won't be able to keep up.

Yaozhou didn't hear what she said, but went excitedly to the lantern shop. Most of the people looking at the lanterns on the street were young noblemen and young girls walking together. They all saw that Yaozhou seemed to be a lady from a rich family. He gave her a step or two to step aside because of his eye-catching good looks, but the creek was too small, and it was not as eye-catching as Yaozhou, so she dragged her to the crowded shop. Uncomfortably crowded.

A young man in green shirt seemed to intend to talk to Yao Zhou, but he was only walking towards her in a hurry, but he didn't pay attention to Xi Ya behind her, when he bumped suddenly, the lotus lantern in Xi Ya's hand fell to the ground, and rolled slightly, There were too many people coming and going, and each person kicked it further.

Xiya only thought about her lantern, and when she saw being kicked away, she became a little anxious, let go of Yaozhou's hand and hurriedly searched for it, finally found the lotus lantern that was kicked under a table in a shop, and loosened it. After taking a breath, he wanted to go back again, but when he looked up, there were people in front of him, but where could he see Yaozhou?

She had no choice but to hug the lamp with both hands, plunged into the crowd, shouted for Master in a panic, and searched one by one, but she couldn't find Yaozhou no matter what.

On the other side, Yaozhou felt that his hand was empty, and Benla's tight little apprentice let go of it suddenly. When he looked back, he saw her rushing away through the crowd, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Looking at the lamp, he turned around and wanted to follow her, but he didn't want a man in blue to stand in front of her. With a smile on his face, Junxiu bowed to her politely and said: "I see the girl is watching the lamp here alone." , I’m afraid it’s boring to be unaccompanied, and Xiaosheng happens to be alone, how about you and I as companions?”

Yaozhou was impatient, so he walked around him, and replied with a calm smile, "I'm not alone, I'm going to find her now, thank you for your kindness."

"Miss has a companion?" The young man in green shirt was stunned for a moment, seeing that she was in a hurry to leave, he hurried to follow, "There are so many people here, how can I find the girl alone? Why don't I accompany you to prevent the girl from being bumped into. "

"No need." Yao Zhou replied to him, his tone becoming more and more cold.

The man still didn't know it, he stretched out his hand and wanted to grab her arm.

A person suddenly appeared, stood between the two of them, stopped his stretched hand, faced Yaozhou, bent down and smiled to apologize, "I'm sorry, lady, it's my fault for making lady wait so long , really should be scolded."

The young man in blue was stunned, and retracted his hand embarrassingly, his face was flushed, seeing Yaozhou looking at him, with the corners of his mouth raised, he smiled a little teasingly, stepped forward and held him back. The sleeve of the man who claimed to be her husband-in-law felt even more ashamed and indignant, before he had time to say anything, he sneaked into the crowd and ran away.

Only then did Yaozhou let go, looking at the person in front of him, the smile faded from the corner of his mouth, his expression was quite cold, "Thank you."

"Thank you, the immortal saved my life, why don't you allow me to help you?" The man narrowed his eyes and smiled slyly, "But why don't you see my little friend with you? But she got separated?"

"Yes, I'm going to look for her, you... If you have nothing else to do, just stay with me." Yao Zhou was very worried that what happened just now would happen again, looked up and down the fox a few times, and felt that he was quite attractive In a blink of an eye, he whispered an offense, stepped forward and lifted the fox's hand, and put it lightly on his shoulder, "Let's go."

The fox's eyes widened, his fair face turned red for no reason, and he followed her blankly.

Xiya searched for a long time, but there were people coming and going on the street, but no one was her master. She was anxious and afraid, and finally saw the shop Yaozhou visited just now, but she couldn't see her, so she had to go elsewhere Searching.

She went back and forth and was about to walk all over this alley. She wondered in her heart that Yaozhou had gone to another place. She wanted to go out of the Lantern Market and look for it again, so she slipped through the crowd and squeezed towards the exit. She walked quite fast. Difficult, I managed to get out of the crowded place, and when I looked up, I saw the white-clothed figure I was thinking of at the edge of a shop not far away.

Xi Ya heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to push away the crowd and go to Yao Zhou's place, but when he pushed, he saw a man in black robe standing beside the white-clothed figure. Whisper something in her ear.

There were many people around Xiya, and an older man also saw the two people standing in the lantern market, looked at them enviously, and whispered to his friends: "It really is a gifted man who matches a beautiful woman, this love This scene makes me envious of others."

His words sounded like thunder, and they rang in Xiya's ears. Talented scholars and beautiful ladies, the sweetheart that the fox said...

There was a bit of inexplicable feeling in her heart, as if something was scratching her heart, quite uncomfortable.

She saw that her master was getting close to that person, and there was no worry on her face, so it should not be that person who forced her, presumably going at this moment would also disturb the two of them, why not go to the river first and let go of this lantern, Xi Ya With a strong smile, he got out of the crowd and walked towards a dark river in the city.

Now it's not the time to put off the lanterns, and there is no one else on the bank of the dark river except some boatmen sitting on lotus boats watching the lantern festival.

There was no fire at the end of the stream, and I couldn't light the candle wick in the lotus lantern, so I just found a low-lying place, hugged the lantern and squatted for a while, staring at the small characters written in black ink inside in a daze.

One sentence is to hope that the master will be safe and well, and I can cultivate the Dao as soon as possible, and the other sentence is just four words, which was written by a ghost after she heard the fox's words. Now I feel quite embarrassed when I see it.

Prime Minister Bai Yi...

She still doesn't quite understand the meaning of these four characters, she just feels that her unspeakable emotions can be expressed by these words, thinking of what she just saw, Yao Zhou cuddling with a man, Xi Ya is not very worried , she wanted to stay by Yaozhou's side all the time, but when she saw that scene today, she suddenly felt a little sad. What if the master has a sweetheart and doesn't need me as an apprentice?After all, the master's life is so good-looking, and there are many men who admire her along the way, but... I am absolutely reluctant to leave.

As soon as he let go of his hand, the lotus lantern fell down, swaying in the river, and drifting away with the waves. Xi Ya stood up and looked at it, but there was a bit of inexplicable attachment in his heart. He looked closely, as if Want to see how far this little light can swim.

The lantern was dark, so the boatman on the lotus boat couldn't see it. He hit the oar in his hand, and a wave of water hit the lantern. The enemy's water splashed turbulently, and slowly sank.

Xi Ya felt a sharp pain in her heart. She felt the pain for no apparent reason. Seeing that the lantern was about to sink into the river, she felt in a trance that something would be stripped from her fate in the future like the sinking lantern.

Without any hesitation, she jumped into the water alone without even taking off her shoes and socks, and waded step by step towards the place where the lanterns were submerged.