Winter turned to spring, and soon it was the fifteenth day of the first month of spring in the eighteenth year of Daye.

Today is the Lantern Festival. After nightfall, the city in Xu County, Yingchuan appears to be very prosperous and lively. It is completely different from the desolate and desolate scene when Yu Wenhuaji ruled here.

Today is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This festival has been valued as early as the Western Han Dynasty, but as a folk festival in the Central Plains and even the whole world, it only started after the Han and Wei dynasties.

And now, it is already the end of the Sui Dynasty. Since most of the Central Plains has been controlled by the Shuanglong Army, there is no longer the pain of war, and there is a rare curfew tonight, so people will naturally not let this go easily.

of important holidays.

Likewise, Xu Ziling, as the marshal of the Ssangyong Army, would naturally not let him go.

Of course, he was not going to have fun with the people, but because Shi Qingxuan, who had said that he would come back to the Central Plains when he had free time the year before last, really came again, and specially invited him to a hotel not far outside the city that was very suitable for viewing.

See you in the moon's garden?

In the moonlit willow branches, people meet after dusk.

When a confidante travels thousands of miles to attend an appointment, Xu Ziling will certainly not miss out on the most beautiful thing in the world!

Therefore, after making some arrangements and preparations, and seeing that it was already getting late, he arrived at the exquisite garden early when it was dark, and as expected, he saw there the handsome man whom he had not seen for nearly two years.

She is becoming more and more beautiful and refined, like a fairy-like beauty who cannot eat the fireworks of this world.

So, the two of them met and after greeting each other and comforting each other, they naturally enjoyed the moon, drank wine and made jokes, completely forgetting many mundane things.

But...

What Xu Ziling and Shi Qingxuan never imagined was that when the two people reunited after a long separation, they entered the house and chatted for a while, and they were in love with each other. It was very likely that something transcendent would happen soon in this place where there were only two people.

When it comes to ordinary friendship, an uninvited guest comes to the door again.

"Such a festive season..."

"My old friend is here, why doesn't Ziling come out and meet him?"

As a resentful and clear voice came, Xu Ziling and Shi Qingxuan in the house first looked at each other in shock, and then, as Shi Qingxuan entered the inner room in shame and anger, Xu Ziling thought about it and had to say with some annoyance.

Pushing the door open, I immediately saw a slender white figure standing at the pavilion in the lotus pond of the garden.

However, it is the first month now, and although spring has entered, the cold here in Yingchuan is still biting, so there must be no lotus flowers or lotus leaves in the lotus pond, except for the frozen pond, the surrounding rockeries and the white snow on the pavilion.

Outside, only the bright moon in the sky can barely be seen.

But despite the beautiful scenery of the festival, Xu Ziling felt that he would rather spend it with Shi Qingxuan, who had hid in the inner room at this time, rather than with the person in front of him.

Some displeased Shi Fei Xuan!

"..."

Therefore, since Xu Ziling was slightly unhappy and always felt that the other party had ruined his good deeds, he naturally walked outside the pavilion and stood still without saying a word.

He didn't go in, and just stared at the other person who was slowly turning around in the night across the twists and turns of the stone plank road in the lotus pond.

"how?"

"It seems that Ziling doesn't welcome Concubine Xuan's arrival?"

Seeing Xu Ziling's polite but distant indifferent expression, Master Fei Xuan was startled, and then sighed with a wry smile.

"..."

Xu Ziling made no excuse.

Because he was not welcome in the first place, not to mention that he knew without guessing that the other party following him here this time must have something to trouble him or want to cause trouble for him.

"Yeah?"

"It seems that Zi Ling still has some resentment in his heart..."

Once again, she looked at Xu Ziling, who was silent, and then the master concubine Xuan sighed bitterly and quietly.

Then, she didn't say anything or explain, she just slowly turned around again, walked to the pavilion and looked up at the night sky.

"Such a beautiful time..."

"I don't know if we can see it with Zi Ling next year?"

Then, after looking at the night sky for a while, the master's concubine Xuan seemed to be inspired by it, and she sighed sadly again.

"oh?"

Frowning slightly, Xu Ziling didn't want to continue playing riddles with the other party, and he always felt that there was something in the other party's words. At the same time, he was also very curious about the other party's purpose of looking for him again tonight. Xu Ziling thought for a while, and simply asked directly:

"Why did Fairy Master sigh like this?"

"That's fine!"

"If you have something to say, just say it!"

After all, there was a beautiful woman waiting in the room behind him. Although tonight's good things must have gone awry, he was still a little impatient as he did not want to get too involved with the concubine in front of him in order to avoid misunderstanding or extraneous matters.

Urgent.

"..."

Concubine Xuan, who had her back to Xu Ziling, suddenly stiffened when she heard Xu Ziling's somewhat unkind words.

Then, after a long time, he slowly turned around, stared at Xu Ziling's eyes and cold expression under the moonlight for a long time, and finally said slowly:

"do you know?"

Having said this, Concubine Xuan, who looked increasingly melancholy, paused for a moment, then looked at Xu Ziling again. After realizing that Xu Ziling seemed a little impatient, she continued:

"Master and the others..."

"We have decided to get rid of you 'Yangzhou Shuanglong' at all costs."

"Master, she..."

"Now, I'm afraid we should have arrived at Yuhang City, right?"

That’s right!

What Shi Feixuan said was more than just a threat!

After several attempts to stop the development of the Ssangyong Army came to nothing or even failed, Cihang Jingzhai had no other option. Apart from being ready to attack the two of them directly, they now had no other option.

choose.

"!

"

"You want to take action against Kou Zhong?"

Although the other party who followed him tonight and came here must have uneasy intentions, Xu Ziling was more worried about his brother Kou Zhong than his own safety.

"when?"

So, when he heard what the other party said, he felt anxious and asked quickly.

"when?"

"Why……"

"It's probably now, when else?"

"On Lantern Festival night, when the moon is full..."

After saying that, she slowly turned around again and looked at the bright moon in the sky. Shi Feixuan couldn't help but sigh again.

"What?"

"Just tonight?"

Xu Ziling was startled at first, and then began to feel worried and angry.

However, after frowning and thinking for a while, he hesitated and couldn't help but look at Concubine Xuan, who had her back turned to him, with a look that looked like a fool and asked in confusion:

"Are you really planning to take action in Yuhang?"

"If what I expected is correct..."

"Master Song and the others should be in Yuhang at this time, but you chose this time. Are you afraid that you are crazy?"

If it were normal times, Xu Ziling would be really worried, just like the last time Kou Zhong returned to Jizhou with only a dozen riders and was blocked by the "sanren" Ning Daoqi, which was very dangerous!

If that situation happened again, he was not sure whether Kou Zhong could escape safely.

However, the other party couldn't choose a good time, so they chose to take action today during the Lantern Festival. Although their master Anne is probably not in Yuhang at the moment, Lord Song and others alone are probably enough for the other party's people to drink a pot.

Yes.

"crazy?"

"Maybe……"

Thinking about last year and what her master, Li Yuan and others did, Shi Feixuan rarely refuted, and her face couldn't help but look a little ashamed and embarrassed.

"but……"

"It is reported that on the night of the Lantern Festival, Kou Zhong will celebrate with the people and will appear on the Drum Tower of Yuhang City. By then, he may only have dozens of guards around him?"

"As long as they move quickly enough, Master and the others should be able to succeed."
To be continued...