Chapter 193 Mooncake (7)

Even if there were one or two young ladies who got lost on their own, there would not be more than a dozen young ladies who got lost on their own.

All the officers lowered their heads and did not dare to reply.

Jingzhao Fuyin's face was extremely ugly. He lowered his head and looked at the crowd at his feet. His eyes gradually moved not far away: the area with the brightest lights was the lantern festival that was being held.

Young ladies are getting into trouble one after another. If the Jingzhao Mansion goes down and suddenly evicts people, the matter will become a big deal. Being laughed at, scolded, etc. is still a trivial matter.

The biggest problem is...it can't be driven away, and it may even cause trouble nearby.

This happened in the last years of the previous dynasty! On the Lantern Festival, pedestrians were enjoying themselves, and Jingzhao Mansion suddenly issued an order to expel them! As a result, pedestrians who were still in the mood for fun united to protest. During the pushing and shoving, someone accidentally fell down. There was a huge crowd behind them, and they didn't know what was going on in front, so they were still rushing forward. As a result, the festival suddenly turned into a memorial day, causing a large-scale stampede in which nearly a hundred people died!

As a result, angry people protested in front of Jingzhao Mansion. The relatives of people who died in the stampede even brought coffins to demonstrate in front of Jingzhao Mansion!

In order to quell public anger, a number of officials from Jingzhao Mansion who had performed well in politics were imprisoned. As for the reason why Jingzhao Mansion expelled people in the first place because there was a fire nearby, not many people cared about letting the people take refuge.

Of course, this doesn't happen every holiday eviction. But... Jingzhao Prefecture's hand hanging in his official sleeve trembled slightly: He can't afford to gamble! I don’t dare to gamble either!

We can't expel the pedestrians who are in high spirits, and we can't let the ladies continue to disappear. We can only let the policemen follow the crowd to see if there is anyone suspicious of the ladies.

There were too many pedestrians today, and all the guards from Jingzhao Mansion were out in force. However, when facing these pedestrians, they were like a drop of water falling into the river and sea, unable to stir up any splash.

in this way……

"Have those officers from Dali Temple finished throwing out their lanterns?" Jingzhao Prefecture Yin turned around and asked several officials around him, with a somewhat puzzled expression on his face: On weekdays, he had been looking at the colleagues from Dali Temple, all of them with unsmiling expressions. With serious faces, who knew that this group of people would come to the lantern festival after having enough to eat and nothing to do?

Come and join! The way he summons his friends to help pull people in is truly unbearable.

Speaking of which…

"If you have the lottery in hand, help them cast a vote, so that they can rest assured that they will be able to pick the beauty lamp, and come to help with peace of mind!" Jingzhao Prefecture Yin said.

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When the wind blows, the octagonal palace lantern spins leisurely, the red tassels on the eaves flutter slightly, and the dancing candle lanterns cast a hazy light and shadow.

Wen Mingtang couldn't help but praise "Okay"!

They had seen the unfinished octagonal palace lantern more than once. Both Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu had damaged several lampshades. They had even seen the prototype of the palace lantern.

But... this was the first time I saw a lantern with Lin Fei's paintings.

The paintings of Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit washing hands and making soup on the lantern are lifelike, funny and cute. Not only Wen Mingtang and others who had been reminded of it earlier, but also many new faces who came to watch the lantern couldn't help but stop when they saw this lantern. He stopped walking, pointed at the lantern and said "interesting".

Interesting tight indeed! Wen Mingtang put the sticks in his hand into the box in front of the palace lantern. Through the gap in the paper box, a pile of sticks piled high inside could be faintly seen.

It seems that the people in Dali Temple are quite talented when it comes to "drawing people in"! If things continue like this, it will be more than enough to get a beauty lamp.

After Wen Mingtang, A Bing, and Tang Yuan finished casting their votes, they stood there for a while and looked at the calligraphy of their Dali Temple Lin Shaoqing, and then continued to move forward.

The whole world of the Lantern Festival was illuminated by lanterns as bright as day. As we walked along, after viewing the lanterns participating in the Lantern Festival and reaching the front stage, we could see the lanterns made by the lantern craftsmen.

Compared with the previous lanterns that were more than beautiful but lacked skill, the lanterns on the stage were extremely complicated in both lantern bones and surfaces. Even the lanterns of the four mythical beasts of "Green Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Black Tortoise" looked particularly vivid.

Wen Mingtang and others were looking at it seriously when they heard a voice from not far away: "Humph!"

The three people who heard this cold snort were startled and quickly turned to look at the person who made the sound.

But he saw several young men and women wearing Chinese robes standing not far away, and the one who snorted coldly was one of them.

The young master snorted coldly and shouted: "It's just to show off your skills! The lantern is used for portable lighting. Who can lift this mythical beast lantern? Even if it is lifted, can I still walk while carrying it when traveling?"

Although this statement... sounds a bit sour, it is not the truth! Wen Mingtang looked at the complicated lanterns and shook his head: she would not choose such an awkward lantern when she went out to make lanterns in the middle of the night.

As soon as the young man in the room finished speaking, a woman in a dark cloak who was surrounded by the group of people in the middle spoke: "Brother, don't tell me, you did a really good job...ahem!"

He couldn't stop coughing before he finished speaking. Looking at the woman whose face was getting paler under the dark color of the cloak, the young man felt anxious and distressed. While reaching out and patting the woman's back to help her breathe, he said anxiously Asked: "Amei, are you feeling better?"

The woman nodded and opened her mouth. Before she could speak, she let out another violent cough.

Because of this coughing movement, the woman's whole body trembled, and the thinner figure wrapped under the cloak became more and more shaky.

It was also following her movements that Wen Mingtang noticed that there was a thick layer of fur sewn on the inside of the woman's cloak. Just one glance at such a cloak revealed that it must be extremely warm.

But now...it's just the Mid-Autumn Festival. Wen Mingtang looked at the autumn shirt he was wearing, and then at Ah Bing and Tang Yuan beside him. After walking along the way, Ah Bing even rolled up his sleeves, obviously feeling a little too hot.

This woman was walking among the crowd wearing this outfit... It seemed like her body was probably not in good shape.

At this thought, Wen Mingtang looked at the woman and forgot to look away. The young man who was comforting "A-mei" over there noticed her gaze and immediately took a look at her and said, "What are you looking at? Let's see if I dug you up again." Eye!"

So arrogant and fierce? Wen Mingtang opened his mouth, but before he could speak, he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"What are you looking at? How could someone from the Jiangling Yuan clan show up in the capital at this time? How could the Jiangling Yuan clan, who has always looked down on the time-honored Qian Deng Shop, actually come to see the lanterns made by the craftsmen of the Qian Deng Shop!"

Everyone turned around and looked at the person who made the sound.

Lin Fei, dressed in a crimson official robe, was standing not far away with Zhao You and other familiar faces, looking towards here.