【Xie Li】Returning to Sleeping Dreams

He Chaoyin disappeared.

No one knows why, no one understands why.But the snow-sweeping disciples said that Chaoyin Cave has been deserted for several months.

There are eighteen platforms on the platform of Chunyang Palace, which is ten miles high.But Chaoyin Cave is far away, Xie Yunliu and Li Wangsheng only have a slight chance of encountering He Chaoyin when they practice swords, so Xie Yunliu didn't pay attention when the disciple mentioned it.

But Li Wangsheng noticed something was wrong, so he decided to report to Lu Zu.

There are many peaks on the top of the Sanqing Palace, covered with bells and standing on tripods, standing apart from each other;Li Wangsheng entered in a hurry, but the door was already closed.

Lu Dongbin stood in front of the hall with his hands behind his back, his Taoist robes were windless, and the golden hall was reflected by the dim candlelight, his face was hard to see clearly.

He didn't wait for Li Wangsheng to report, and said first, "Wangsheng, the worldly things have disturbed my heart recently, and I want to travel down the mountain as a teacher, looking for old friends, but I don't know when I will come back. You and Yunliu are in charge of Chunyang first, so don't go too far worry."

Li Wangsheng was taken aback by the sudden news, he didn't know what else could disturb Lu Zu's heart.But he didn't dare to say too much, and just reported He Chaoyin's departure in every detail.

Lu Dongbin was silent for a while and said, "That's right. Of course I've noticed that she's gone. You don't have to pay too much attention to this matter. The year is approaching, so make arrangements and let all disciples have a good year."

Li Wang grows up and bows, which is regarded as farewell.

The next day, when everyone from Chunyang arrived, Lu Dongbin had already drifted away. Only Xie Yunliu stood on the peak early, with his sleeves flying wide and his face solemn, looking into the distance.

So soon is the New Year's Eve.

On the afternoon of the 27th, the big account will be counted, and on the 28th, the guest room will prepare a table for the group year.

On the afternoon of the [-]th day of the new year, Chunyang people set up an incense table outside the mountain gate to burn incense.

In the past, Lu Dongbin was responsible for picking incense, but this time Xie Yunliu was in charge when he was away.

There are five kinds of incense used, namely sandalwood, agarwood, cloud incense, purple incense and tomato orchid incense, which are called "precious five incense".

The incense is split into pieces of thickness and length of an inch; the incense burner with a long handle of the Han Dynasty is bestowed by the emperor, and the incense noodles are also prepared.

Xie Yunliu dug a small hole with the incense ash in the middle of the sandalwood burner with an incense dagger, buried it in the incense surface, and smoothed it with the incense dagger, so that the incense surface was slightly covered with a layer of incense ash.

He lit some incense sticks that had been folded into one-inch lengths in advance, and inserted the burning end into the incense face.When holding the incense, use the left hand, throw the three incense sticks into the furnace three times, and plant them up and down.

Li Wangsheng led all his disciples to recite: "Tao is learned from the heart, and the heart is fake incense. The incense burns in the jade furnace, and the heart is in front of the emperor. The true spirit looks down, and the immortals come to the pavilion. The officials are closed and told, and the path is nine days. "

After burning incense, return the kneeling mat, perform three salutes and nine kowtows.

In this way, this year's festival is over.In the next few days Chunyang did not hold morning classes, and all the disciples were happy to relax, some settled their minds on the mountain, and some went down the mountain to play.

Luo Feng didn't really run far away, he just stayed in Wanhua to look for Pei Yuan, leaving his master and uncle on the mountain to sort out affairs, meet and see him off, people in the palace, good sects, good friends... several times Japan has to be free.

To arrive at the Lantern Festival, it took a whole day and a total of ceremonies.It was dusk when the sacrifice to the heavenly officials was finished.

Xie Yunliu returned to the Tai Chi Hall and dropped his pen, said with a headache, "This year has been really tiring. Wang Sheng, let's go down the mountain."

Xie Yunliu has not proposed to go down the mountain for a long time.But even back then, he said, "I'm going down the mountain, should I go?" instead of discussing it like this.

Li Wangsheng knew that he had an unruly personality, so he must be impatient with these things, not to mention that Luo Feng went up the mountain today and mentioned that he had made an appointment with Pei Yuan from Wanhua Valley to watch the lanterns.He didn't go down the mountain very much these years, and he still had some vague impressions of the Lantern Festival lanterns when he was young, so he said immediately: "That's fine."

The two casually ate some clean food, informed Shangguan Boyu, Zhuo Fengming and Yu Rui, and went down the mountain.

In Chang'an City, the lights of pots are flowing, the sound of phoenix flute is moving, and the fireworks are shining brightly. It is a scene where cars are like flowing water and horses are like dragons.The light is far away, and the silk strings are slow.There are tens of thousands of people watching the lanterns, from the princes and nobles to the traffickers and pawns, all of them go out to enjoy the lanterns.

The two walked side by side, there were many people on the road, and there were vendors everywhere. Most people in the Central Plains cared about festivals, and there were mostly barbarians on the street, selling rare treasures, exotic animals, gold, silk and spices.The crowd was bustling with activity.

Xie Yunliu grabbed Li Wangsheng's hand and said, "Although you won't be able to find your way, you won't be able to find your people once you turn around. It's hard to get out once, so don't get lost."

The atmosphere is just right, all kinds of lanterns hang high on the street, colorful, mostly pavilions, birds, fish, insects and flowers.The dyed paper is decorated with gorgeous thin strips of various colors, which are vivid and eye-catching.

The silk tassels were braided, and the lights illuminated the faces of the two people.Xie Yunliu's sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, under such a golden-red light, added three points of gentleness for no reason.

Li Wangsheng felt a little joy in his heart, he just wanted to let go and let go, so he didn't break away, but held Xie Yunliu's hand instead.

Xie Yunliu felt relieved and bought a palace lantern.Pisces shape, carved bamboo and copper skeleton, inlaid with gauze silk and horn pieces, painted landscapes, inlaid with white jade.

He held the palace lantern in his hand, held Li Wangsheng with the other hand, looked at him with a smile on his face, and said, "This lantern is exquisitely made, and it will be placed in the Tai Chi Hall. If you insist on reading at night, you won't be afraid." The flickering light hurts the eyes."

Li Wangsheng was in a trance, feeling like he was in a dream.Such a gentle Xie Yunliu is almost misleading and makes people look forward to it.Even if it was a big dream, let him be intoxicated at this moment.

So he nodded with a smile and said, "Okay."

There are many lights and shadows, which is exactly: when spring comes to the world, people's hearts are jade, and the lights burn and the moon is like silver.Until Fang Zun opens his mouth to smile, how can this good day disappear.

"Master? Uncle?" A young man's voice was heard from behind.

Both of them were shocked. Looking back, it turned out that it was Luo Feng and Pei Yuan.Also holding hands, carrying lanterns.

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes, his expression remained the same, he bowed slightly and said with a smile: "I am really lucky to meet two seniors here."

Li Wangsheng hurriedly wanted to pull his hands away, but the two of them were holding each other, and Xie Yunliu pulled them tightly, so he didn't pull them away for a while, and his face became hot all of a sudden.

Luo Feng didn't notice it at all, and said happily: "I heard that there will be Zhixi lanterns in the west of Fujian this year in Chang'an City. Since I am lucky enough to meet Master and Uncle, why not go? It's not far away, and the lanterns will start to light soon. Brother Pei , do you think it's okay?"

Pei Yuan smiled helplessly: "It doesn't matter to me, you can ask your master and uncle if they are willing?"

Luo Feng looked at the two of them with wide eyes, obviously hoping that they could go together.

Li Wangsheng hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, it is naturally good." Looking back at Xie Yunliu.

Xie Yunliu also looked helpless, so he had no choice but to be led by Li Wangsheng and walked forward.

The Zhixi lanterns are connected end to end, and the night sky is brightly lit, which is brilliant and magnificent.Each lamp is equipped with a glass cup, and the pure camellia oil is lit, which is smoke-free and bright, and the whole body is crystal clear and shining.

On the top of the treasure cover is a red thread tied to a bow-shaped bamboo pole. The lantern bearer is holding it, and his steps are steady. Although he has never practiced martial arts, he is also physically strong.The man was holding a lantern high, and there were many people around him guarding him like stars around the moon.

The four of them first looked at the lanterns from a distance, and felt that they were like a cluster of night pearls gathered together, shining brightly and colorfully.

Luo Feng is the youngest, and although he is usually steady, but after all it is Chinese New Year, his eyes are eager to try.Pei Yuan was helpless, and he was willing to accompany him to watch the lanterns up close.

Xie Yunliu said to Li Wangsheng, "Shall we go and see?"

Li Wangsheng only felt that everything was like a dream tonight, and after waking up from the dream, it was just a phantom, so he indulged his heart for a while.He smiled and said, "Very good."

The two approached hand in hand.

Each lamp is made up of hundreds of small lamps.The lantern is divided into upper and lower parts.There are two layers of revolving lanterns on the axis, which rotate in opposite directions from left to right; all around are various lights, which are divided into three layers: the upper layer is five peony bud lamps; the middle layer is six phoenix lamps; the lower layer is six whole fish lamps.

These lanterns are exquisite and beautiful in shape, and the whole feathers are decorated with strings of colorful beads, which is really beautiful.The lower axis is the umbrella flower pot lamp, surrounded by twelve strings, divided into two layers: the inner layer is a hexagonal palace lamp, or peony lamp, flower pot lamp; the outer layer is a flower basket lamp.

The whole body of this kind of lamp is bright red, the upper and lower parts are decorated with golden cloud patterns, and the bottom is decorated with golden fringes and tassels.

Li Wangsheng sighed: "I haven't gone down the mountain for many years, and I have forgotten the Lantern Festival when I was a child. It's just that no matter how lively it is, it's not as beautiful as this year."

Xie Yunliu held his hand tightly and said, "If you like it, we can come and see it every year."

Li Wangsheng smiled slightly: "Let's talk about the future."

Xie Yunliu was about to answer, thinking about such a simple matter, what else should he take into account, but Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise: "Master, they are selling Lantern Festival over there!"

A vein popped out on Xie Yunliu's head. He turned around and saw Luo Feng tugging at Pei Yuan's sleeve with one hand, looking very pleasantly surprised.Pei Yuan looked at Xie Yunliu, with a helpless look on his face, a little apologetic.

Luo Feng has been stable since he was a child, and it's hard to see him so happy.Xie Yunliu couldn't help it, so he led Li Wangsheng and walked over.

Pei Yuan bought a copy a long time ago, because Luo Feng's hands were full of weird little things, so Pei Yuan fed them directly.

Pei Yuan handed Li Wangsheng another copy.Li Wangsheng took it with one hand, and finally released the other hand from Xie Yunliu. He tasted one and said, "It tastes really good. Senior brother also try it?"

Xie Yunliu held the lantern in one hand, and the rascal said, "It's not convenient for me."

Because Pei Yuan and Luo Feng were at the side, Li Wangsheng was embarrassed to feed him, so he said, "Senior brother still has one hand. I'm holding the bowl, you can eat by yourself."

Xie Yunliu remained motionless, staring at Li Wangsheng, his eyes seemed to be burning with fire.

Li Wangsheng was helpless, thinking that anyway, Pei Yuan and Luo Feng also ate like this, and there was not much difference between senior brothers and friends.He scooped up one with a spoon and handed it to Xie Yunliu's mouth.

A smile flashed across Xie Yunliu's eyes, he opened his mouth to take a bite, swallowed it, and said, "It's really good."

Li Wangsheng turned his face to one side, not wanting to look at him, his face flushed slightly, he didn't know if it was because there were too many people and too hot, or because of the lights.