Chapter 156： Four thousand words of lantern festival

Latest website: Pei Xiu also thinks it is so beautiful, such a rare human-shaped lantern, and the ribbons are still fluttering in the wind.

"Then go try and see if you can win it back."

They excitedly stepped forward and pointed at the Chang'e lantern, and asked the shopkeeper what the riddle was. They wanted to guess the riddle.

At this time, a little girl in brocade clothes came out from the crowd and shouted cutely: "You are not allowed to move, this is what I like."

"Oh, little county lord, please slow down, but you can't drill around. What should you do if you bump into it? If you lose ten heads of a minion, it won't be enough to chop off ten heads." Hula la squeezed out a bunch of people around the little girl.

Qiu Baize saw the little girl behind him, and hurriedly stood up to salute, "President Xuexi County!"

"Get up, who are you?" She looked at the person in front of her suspiciously.

After Qiu Baize straightened up, the county chief Xuexi recognized him.

"You seem to be the general by my father's side. I have seen you." She said happily, "Are they yours? You tell them to go away. That Chang'e lantern is mine."

Zhou Yong said unconvinced: "That's obviously what we saw first and came first."

Pei Xiu hurriedly covered his mouth and pulled him behind him. This stinky boy who knew nothing about the sky and the earth, went back and cleaned him up.

"I'm sorry for the county magistrate, the child has no status, please don't care about him." Zhou Cheng also stepped forward and said.

"Hmph, I saw it from a distance, there are a lot of people in this county, you go away." After speaking, he instructed the person behind him to get this lantern.

The shopkeeper watched the whole process and knew that this little girl was very valuable, so he didn't dare to say no, so he hurriedly took off the lantern for her.

Qiu Baize looked at the servants and guards all around her, and asked suspiciously, "Who did the county lord Xuexi come out with?"

"Lord Qiu, the county lord came out with the princess and the prince. They are above the restaurant, let us follow the county lord." The mammy beside her replied.

Qiu Baize was relieved, "There are too many people here, you should pay more attention to the little county owner."

"Yes, Master Qiu."

The crowd began to become noisy again, and the officers and soldiers in front cleared the way, allowing the crowd to stand on both sides.

"Come, come, the lantern car is here."

They quickly stood to the side to protect the child, and the people around were shouting "Tiger, what a big tiger."

This year is the Year of the Tiger, and the big tiger specially made by the craftsman makes the way.

A few of them were too short to see, so they took the shopkeeper's bench and went up to have a look. Qiu Baize and Zhou Cheng also raised one to sit on their necks. This excited the two boys.

Pei Xiu saw that the front of the float was a big tiger, which was very lively and beautiful. There is also a row of various exquisite lanterns in the back, and everyone who sees it is amazed.

"Mother, these lanterns are so beautiful, is that prince rich?" Zhou Yong asked curiously, leaning over to Pei Xiu.

"The whole of Liaodong is his fief, what do you think? Outside, don't mess around. You almost got into trouble by talking like you just did. Fortunately, the little county owner didn't care about it." Pei Xiu glared at him. , I haven't settled the account with him just now, so courageous.

The boss took a peek at the excited little county owner next to him, who made her so unreasonable and grabbed the Chang'e lantern they were looking for, he snorted coldly in his heart.

The lantern car kept moving forward, followed by a group of chasing people, and the street suddenly became a lot empty.

Seeing Xuexi County Lord and his party standing far away, Qiu Baize said to them, "This is Xuexi County Lord, the direct granddaughter of the King of Liaodong, and the youngest daughter of the prince's son. She is seven years old this year. A bit rude, but kind-hearted. She doesn't take little things to heart."

Only then did Pei Xiu feel relieved. The common people would not dare to provoke these nobles.

He added: "Now that everyone is chasing the lantern car, let's go for a walk, and then go to Baoyue Building to guess the lantern riddles. Every lantern in the palace has lantern riddles, you can go and guess it."

Hu Zi asked excitedly: "Can that big tiger also guess lantern riddles?"

He smiled: "Of course."

"Then let's go earlier." Hu Zi has long been interested in the big tiger, because his name also has a tiger.

They walked slowly forward again and again, Zhou Yong turned his head and glanced at the little county owner, she saw it too, made a face at him, and turned around and led people away. Zhou Yong grabbed his head and smiled involuntarily, she wasn't so annoying. In fact, he was looking at the Chang'e lantern, and he was still thinking about giving his mother a beautiful lantern. Now he can only forget it and look at it again.

They just walked and watched, and it was no longer crowded. Zhou Shan also won a lotus lantern and handed it to Pei Xiu happily.

"Auntie, this can be hung under the porch in front of your house."

"Okay, then hang it there." Pei Xiu took it with a smile.

"Ah, why are these mysteries so difficult?" Zhou Yong thought for a long time and couldn't guess any of them.

Hu Zi echoed: "I also think it's very difficult, not one of them."

"Let's go, go ahead and take a look." Zhou Yong took Huzi and walked forward again.

They just kept walking and stopping until they reached the Baoyue Building.

Baoyuelou is usually a gathering place for literati and writers. There is a small square in front of the arena, so the lantern car parked in the square in front of Baoyuelou to let everyone guess word puzzles to win lanterns.

"Look, the lantern car is here, let's go over and guess the riddle." Zhou Heng was so excited that he wanted to drill forward.

Zhou Cheng grabbed him and said, "Don't squeeze, there are so many people in front. Go here on the side, and there are fewer people on the side."

They obediently followed behind them in a half circle.

"Dad, that's all, there are few people here." Actually, there are quite a few, and there are also people standing there, but it's not like the front is surrounded by three floors and three floors.

There are not many people here, and they don't have to squeeze in to protect them, so they just stand on the side and watch the few get in.

Only now did Pei Xiu focus on the lanterns. Before so many people, she didn't dare to look away from the child.

There are a bunch of lanterns, all kinds of animal and flower items, exquisite workmanship, beautiful, more beautiful than any lamp on the street, and can be called works of art, no wonder there are many readers around.

Zhou Cheng asked Pei Xiu if he liked it.

"Are you going to help me guess the lantern riddles and win them back?" Pei Xiu quipped with crooked eyebrows.

The corners of his mouth rose, "I can't do this. Those things I didn't guess will be taken back to the warehouse tomorrow and piled up without seeing the light of day. Why don't you ask Qiu Baize to come over tomorrow."

Qiu Baize was unhappy, "Hey, what's your business with me to please your daughter-in-law? You're still calling me."

"Then can I ask you to help me?" Zhou Cheng turned his head and looked at Qiu Baize sincerely.

"Why are you so scary? Can I help? Let's see what's left later. Let's talk about it first. Which ones you want, and then I can choose one of them." Qiu Baize stayed away from the couple after speaking. He was alone and did not deserve to stand with them and went to the corner.

He saw that the head of people was surging all the time in front of him, and the people in the back were crowding forward without knowing the situation ahead, and there were lanterns in front, and the guards were maintaining that no one would go forward.

The crowd kept pushing and shoving forward. When he saw this, he felt that it would not work, and was worried that something would happen later. After telling Zhou Cheng to let them be optimistic about the child, he went to find someone to disperse the crowd.

The guards around also felt a lot of pressure, and those people were unreasonable. They told them not to squeeze to the side, and they couldn't listen to them. They were told to retreat and couldn't retreat, and they were always pushed forward by the people behind.

At this time, Qiu Baize brought some of the guards who were guarding at the back to the front, and then sent someone to report to the mansion, and asked the mansion to send a few more teams out, otherwise it would be difficult to disperse tonight.

The guard at the front felt the pressure a little lighter. Qiu Baize asked the guards to evacuate the crowd to both sides, instead of crowding forward.

This took effect very quickly, the crowd scattered to both sides, and no longer concentrated in the front.

Qiu Baize was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but who knew that the crowd in the middle became turbulent again, and he vaguely heard someone in the crowd say: "Er Ya, Er Ya, where is my daughter..."

The panic-stricken mood affected other people, and the crowd began to become restless again, and the people who drove the evacuation beside them also wanted to leave in a panic.

At the end, there were people who wanted to squeeze forward, and the people in front wanted to go out in fear, and the crowd was completely chaotic.

Zhou Chengyi was initially attracted by the situation in front of him, and he has been paying attention to the crowd in front of him. Seeing that Qiu Baize was under control, he was relieved, but he also felt that it was no longer safe here, and planned to call the children back.

He asked Pei Xiu to stand in the corner, no matter what happened, don't go anywhere, just wait for him here.

As a result, he just went to look for it, and the crowd panicked again after a while. Pei Xiu watched the surging heads of people in front of him and was terrified. Now there are many people around them pushing and shoving to leave.

She was against the wall, for fear of being squeezed away by the crowd, and worried that several children would not be scattered.

I don't know who knocked down the lantern car. One of the lantern cars burned up. The crowd surged and knocked down other lanterns and scattered them around. There were constant screams from the crowd.

Seeing this panicked scene, Pei Xiu became even more frightened. She watched someone fall not far ahead before she could get up, and was trampled by the crowd. Fortunately, a girl pushed aside the crowd in time and helped the trampled person up. But the girl didn't stand still and was pushed to the ground.

Pei Xiu looked away, not daring to see what happened to the kind girl. In a blink of an eye, she went to the crowd to search, but her husband and children were still in the crowd and did not come out. I was afraid and worried in my heart, and I prayed that they would come out safe and sound.

Waiting anxiously, the crowd pushed her and rubbed her body past, and she didn't dare to move even a little bit, for fear that they would not find her.

At this time, she finally saw Zhou Cheng's figure. He put the children under his arms and protected them from the crowd.

"mother......"

"Auntie..."

Several children looked at her with tears in their eyes.

Pei Xiu was relieved when she saw that they came out of the crowd safely.

When I saw them coming out from under Zhou Cheng's arms, I found that the number was not right, my heart was raised, and my voice couldn't help raising my voice, "There's one more, where's the boss?"

"I didn't see it, I only saw a few of them next to each other. I'll take them out first, and then I'll go look for them." Zhou Cheng frowned and looked worried.

Pei Xiu pulled him, her eyes were red, she pinched her sour nose, "Be careful, don't be crushed."

"Auntie, I saw that Zhou Yong left the crowd and got out by himself. I tried to pull him but didn't hold back. Then the crowd started to panic, and I didn't dare to move around, so I asked them to hold hands so they wouldn't be washed away. Yes." Tiger said.

There were too many people before, and as soon as Uncle Zhou saw them, he put them under his arms, and he took the opportunity to tell him that Zhou Yong got out. He would protect them first.

Pei Xiu turned to look at Hu Zi: "Then the boss is not in the crowd?" This is good news among bad news.

"It's possible, let's wait here and see if he will come over by himself," he said, looking forward, "I don't know what happened to Qiu Baize?"

Before long, an army came to support. Collective shouting: "Stand still..."

Only then did the commotion in the crowd come under control, and everyone stood there obediently and stopped running around.

Only then did I see that in just a short while, some people were stained with blood, and people who were trampled to death lay in the places vacated by the crowd. The people were afraid.

Soldiers evacuated the crowd from the forks and piled the bodies together again. The prince instructed them to take them to the yamen so that they could claim them tomorrow.

Zhou Cheng saw that the scene was completely controlled, so he brought them out to salute.

The prince looked at Zhou Cheng curiously, "Why are you here?"

"Caomin brought his family over to see the lanterns. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing as a stampede. Caomin's meager manpower can only protect his family in the corner."

"Well, you go back first." The prince nodded, and was about to turn the horse's head when a group of people rushed forward and knelt down.

Pei Xiu recognized that this was the person beside Xiaoxianzhu.

"Master Shizi, the little county lord is gone." Grandma said with tears streaming down her face.

Pei Xiu saw that her hair was messy, and her clothes were wrinkled and she looked extremely embarrassed~ They should have been pushed around in the crowd before.

The prince's face changed suddenly, "Who are you saying is gone, isn't Xue Xi with her grandmother and mother?"

"The little county master wanted to come down to see the lanterns, and the princess asked us to follow her. It's not good for the old slave, the old slave should be damned, he didn't pay attention to the little master, and the old slave would not be able to atone for his sins even if he died, please go to Xiaoxian. Lord."

The prince said with a livid face: "Tie them back to me and wait for the princess. Come on, divide me into teams of ten, and search each road for me."

He was also worried about his daughter's safety, and after he finished speaking, he chose a way to find it.

Pei Xiu pulled Zhou Cheng's sleeve in the corner and whispered, "I didn't see Qiu Baize, where did he go? He should be here after the crowd is evacuated, the boss won't find him and stay with him. ?"

"Well, it's possible, you stand here and wait. Now that there are so many officers and soldiers, they will definitely come back to find you if they're okay. I'll look for you too." Zhou Cheng nodded, he also thought so. Just a little worried if something happened to them?