Chapter 5 Slightly Helping the Wind
"Minqiu!"
Pei You's shout came from afar, then her figure appeared and hurriedly ran towards her. Her appearance promptly relieved the embarrassment between Yang Yuanqing and Pei Minqiu.
"Sister You." Minqiu agreed and smiled and greeted her. When she ran past Yang Yuanqing, she secretly glanced out of the corner of her eyes. She felt that he was looking at him with a smile, as if he had seen through his thoughts. Her face became hot and suddenly turned red. She secretly had anger in her heart, letting Sister You see her blushing. How do you explain?
But she was thinking too much. The night was dark and there was no light. Pei You could not see her blushing. Pei You held her hand and complained: "I have been waiting for you in front for a long time, why are you walking so slowly?"
Pei Minqiu quickly made up a reason, "I walked in a hurry just now, and my ankle twisted. You know, I'm not careful when I left."
"You have been like this since you were a child, and you were impatient, either twisting here or tripping somewhere, and you won't change it even if you are so big."
Pei You squatted down and pinched her ankle "Tell me where it is?"
"Sister You! Don't touch me, I'll just walk slowly for a while."
Pei You had to get up and hold her arm and said, "Let's go! I'll help you walk slowly."
She turned around and glanced at Yang Yuanqing quickly. Her eyes were very complicated. So far, she had not said a word to Yang Yuanqing tonight.
Yang Yuanqing followed him slowly ten steps away. Pei Minqiu's words came with the wind. When he heard it, he couldn't help but feel funny. This little girl was very good at making excuses, but her ankle twisted. Perhaps there was a little bit that she was tripped by the Luoshui.
Although he had been dating several times, he had sent a message to Pei Minqiu, which was very quick and flexible. However, his surname was very quiet, and he fell in love with her a little.
He walked very slowly. After following from a distance, they had already walked to the street between Xiufang and Anyefang. In front of them was the gate of Xiufang. On the corner of the wall, there were several gossips standing against the wall. They were a tall and thin man in his twenties, with a whip in his hand, and he leaned against the wall, with his eyes wandering around the people. It was like looking for a target.
There were many pedestrians rushing to the workshop, most of whom went to see the light of Yulan Buddha. From time to time, groups of girls rushed over, attracting whistles from the golfers, but they did not come forward to tease them. Their target seemed to be not a woman.
Not long after, Yang Yuanqing also came to Xiufang Gate. As soon as he walked into the gate, a burst of rapid horse hooves came from behind him. He turned around and saw several horse riders running from Dingdingmen Street and flying past behind them.
Yang Yuanqing suddenly recognized as a horseman, and it turned out to be the capable general of Liang Shidu and King Yang Qing. He did not see himself, and they stared at several rangers.
Master Liang held the horse beside several rangers, turned over and dismounted, and said something to the tall and thin man. The tall and thin man pointed to the other side, and quickly disappeared from the corner of the street with Master Liang.
"This is a bit strange. What does Master Liang do to do with these gangsters?" Yang Yuanqing felt a little confused. However, he had not had contact with him for two years. He probably didn't think of it, so he stopped caring about them and turned to enter the Xiufang.
...
The Xiufang was already crowded with people, crowded with Luoyang people who came to see the Buddha's light. There was a huge house in the Xiufang, which almost occupied half of the area of the yard.
This big mansion is one of the houses of Zhang Jin, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the other is the houses of Yang Da, and the other is the houses of Princess Leping, Yang Lihua. The houses are one by one, with only one mile of walls, occupying the entire north of Xiufang.
Two of this man were royal relatives, and one was the leading figure of the Guanlong nobles. Both of them had huge wealth and several servants. Their families had set up Ullamate Buddha lamps in the square in front of their respective doors. They also knew that there would be surging people to come to watch the lamps, so they were very dedicated. It was not just a Ullamate Buddha lamp. Each door was filled with colorful lights and bright lights. There was a lantern party. Only Yang Lihua's mansion was tied up in front of her for the public to watch and visit.
In front of the mansion, it seems that the moonlight in the sky enters the other family, there are birds and phoenix lanterns, lions and tigers competing for heroes, Nanhua old lamps, lotus lanterns, fairy lanterns, green cow lanterns, etc. There are various lanterns with dazzling brilliance, which is almost a reenactment of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.
But the most eye-catching thing is the Ullambane. In the middle of various lanterns, almost every family has built a high platform and placed their Ullambane on the platform. Dozens of servants are guarding it. Therefore, this high platform has become the focus of the entire lantern festival. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Xiufang to see the Buddha's light style of this Ullambane.
Not only the Xiufang, but also the major yards on both sides of Dingdingmen Street, there are more or less such Ullamide treasure pots. It is these Buddha light treasure pots that connect Dingdingmen Street, forming a dazzling pearl necklace, attracting half of Luoyang people to visit.
Yang Yuanqing took his subordinates and the Pei family to admire the lanterns in front of Yang Lihua's mansion. In front of the flower platform where Yang Lihua placed the treasure pot, there were crowds of people. Last year, Yang Lihua's coral pearl and jade treasure pot was recognized by the people of Chang'an to be the most prosperous Buddha light, which means he won the first place. Therefore, there are many people who came to her mansion to watch the Buddha light this year. Everyone stretched their necks to look at the coral treasure pot. First, the pot was unique. A white jade pot with a diameter of one zhang was carved from a whole piece of beautiful jade, moist and crystal clear, and it was unique in the world. This is the palace of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The treasure is the treasure of the Queen's Hall, not even the Sui Palace. The second is coral. A red coral is one meter tall. Last year it was a white coral, but this year it was replaced by a large coral of ten feet. If it was connected to the golden base, it would be one meter tall and rich branches and vines, like a coral tree. This tall red coral is also unique in the world and a priceless treasure. This red coral was originally a treasure of the Ryukyu Palace. It was brought back by the navy army expedition to Ryukyu, and Yang Guang rewarded Yang Lihua.
There are ninety-nine eighty-one golden Buddhas hanging on the coral tree. What’s amazing is that the eighty-one golden Buddhas have different postures, without a single repetition, and the production is lifelike.
Behind the Ullambane is a huge lotus lantern, which was also made by the Shaoqing of the Mansion Temple, He Chou. The lotus lantern cleverly gathers the lights and reflects them on the coral trees and jade basins, making the whole treasure bright and transparent, radiant, forming a huge halo. From a distance, it is full of brilliance and Buddha light is flourishing, completely covering up the halo of the other two mansions, which arouses the aura of the surrounding people.
"General, how much is this coral treasure pot worth?" several of Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers asked curiously.
"This is called a priceless treasure, do you understand?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "This treasure is unique in the world. You can't buy it for no amount of money. Only Princess Leping can own it. If you don't have it, you will cause death."
As soon as Yang Yuanqing said this, he suddenly found a tall and thin man sneakingly approaching Caitai, which looked familiar. He focused his mind and suddenly remembered, wasn’t this the rogue head leaning against the gate? Later, Master Liang was looking for him, why did he come here?
Yang Yuanqing's eyes paid attention to this person and found that this person was not looking at the treasure pot, but focusing on the Caitai. He stared in front of a Caitai pillar for a long time, then lowered his head and ordered his two subordinates for a moment. The two thin subordinates actually got into the Caitai when the person was not paying attention.
Yang Yuanqing understood a little. Could this be the purpose of Master Liang coming to find these rogues? Are they trying to destroy Yang Lihua's treasure pot?
At this time, Yang Yuanqing could defeat this destruction as long as he sent people to catch these people, but he thought that King Qi was the King of Qi, and that the Liang army was the subordinate of King Qi. Destroying Yang Lihua's color platform must also be the King of Qi. Since it was King of Qi's intention, then...
Yang Yuanqing pointed at the tall and thin man at the personal soldiers and ordered the personal soldiers to several. The personal soldiers immediately leaned forward slowly, but waited without showing any expression.
Yang Yuanqing glanced around and saw several blue bricks under a tree that were used to tiptoe. He walked forward and stepped on two blue bricks under his feet.
On the colored table, there were eight servants from the princess's mansion standing in front and behind the huge treasure pot. They were straight and guarding the white jade pot with a knife. They looked focused and were covered with colorful curtains on both sides of the colored table, covering the entire colored table and decorated it very gorgeously.
At this moment, the crowd in the northwest corner of Caitai was scratched. Yang Yuanqing could see clearly that a stream of black smoke rose from the northwest corner, very quickly. The entire curtain was burning. The two thin men crawled out from the other side and fled to the crowd in panic.
Yang Yuanqing hurriedly gave his subordinates a wink. Four personal soldiers chased the two thin men. The tall and thin man turned around and was about to escape, but was rushed from all directions by Yang Yuanqing's other personal soldiers, knocking him over and pressing him to the ground.
"Let me go!"
The tall and thin man struggled desperately. Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers were all very skilled in martial arts. They held him tightly and tied him up with a rope. At this moment, the Liang Shishi sent people from afar to see the situation change, and several rogues in the capital were caught. They were all shocked and turned to report the news.
There was already a chaos in front of Yang Lihua's mansion. People screamed and ran away in scattered. The fire spread rapidly. In just a moment, the entire color platform was covered with thick smoke. The flames swallowed the wooden platform. Four servants were desperately carrying the treasure pot off the wooden platform. At this moment, Yang Yuanqing took action. With a kick, two blue bricks shot towards the wooden platform one after another. A blue brick hit the white jade basin. With a loud "bang!", the white jade basin broke, and the golden sand inside poured out. The coral that was one foot high collapsed and fell on the wooden platform, breaking into pieces. The eighty-one golden Buddhas on it rolled down in all directions.
At this time, another blue brick also shot, hitting the back of a servant's head. He screamed and fell into the raging fire.
The fire had swallowed the entire color platform, and the smoke was rolling. The other servants panicked and jumped off the color platform with their heads in their arms. The fire became more and more intense, and soon swallowed up all the lanterns in front of Yang Lihua's mansion.
Chapter completed!