The Golden Hairpin

"Then you sit down." He said, walking to the lotus pond, dangling the fire, and lighting a joss stick hanging over there.

He retreated to Huang Zixia's side, sat down in the pavilion with her, and leaned against the railing on the soft cushion.

The joss sticks were ignited one by one by the lead, and the fire spread to the lotus pond, and suddenly countless colored lights appeared. The green flame spread upward, burning out the outlines of countless green leaves. Among the dots of green light, red light, purple light, yellow light, and white light burned together, ejecting bright flames, above the green light, just like Countless huge peonies were bloomed.

Huang Zixian couldn't help but was stunned. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the pattern burning from the bottom up, and asked: "This is... a firework on a shelf? But it seems to be different from the usual."

"Well, people usually make fireworks, tie them into various shapes and ignite them, which is hard to avoid. But I think, pre-knot the required patterns with silk threads, and then apply various colors of gunpowder on the screen patterns. Up, burning up all the way, isn’t it like a blossoming tree?"

Before he finished his words, the burning peony had withered in an instant, and the sparks and the silk thread burned out. However, the fireworks had spread to the set silk net behind, only auspicious clouds were misty, the fairy pavilion door opened, and there were fairies facing each other. Come out and dance lightly. The flame burns for only a moment, the fairies in colorful clothes are instantly withered and bright. Every time the fireworks spray out depicting the fairy's figure, they will change a movement, and the dresses and ribbons on their bodies will also flutter, shining brightly. , It seems to be true.

Huang Zixian was dumbfounded and asked, "How did this come out?"

"Of course I did it seven times. The seven screens burned from front to back. Each time the fireworks burned are actually different. It’s just because we can’t tell the front and back from the front, so we think it’s the same. The fairy is just changing his dance posture."

"The lamp tree is thousands of light, the flames of seven branches are blooming...It's so beautiful..." Huang Zixia listened to his explanation, watching the sparkling fireworks in front of her, staring intently.

The fairy went away, this scene of fireworks was gone, and the fireworks that dazzled her began to be even more dazzling. After the moon is missing the full moon, it suddenly disperses, turning into a little bit of white light, and it is a continuous stream of snow. Every bit of snow suddenly turned into a butterfly, and countless glorious butterflies flapped their wings on the lotus pond, and then turned into stars in the sky, scattered one after another.

Amidst the strange and gorgeous fireworks, Li Shubai turned his head and looked at Huang Zixia beside him. She was widening her eyes in surprise, looking at the changing wonders in front of her. The light of the fireworks changed, making her face also covered with a layer of flowing colors, as if enveloped by neon, light purple, light red, thin green, yellow...

In her bright eyes, the whole changing world is reflected, and the magnificent scenery in front of her eyes, the shadow in her eyes, is more amazing than the real scene in front of him.

He didn't notice it himself, the corners of his lips showed such a pleasant upward arc. He looked at her face, fascinated by the brilliance of her eyelashes gliding like water. Occasionally, her eyes blinked and her eyelashes quivered slightly, as if the wings of a dragonfly vibrated on his chest, provoking him. Heartbeat.

She looked at the fireworks, and he looked at her.

A beautiful moment, a wonderful and grand fireworks ended, and the thin ice on the lotus pond restored tranquility.

Huang Zixia held the hand stove and leaned on the railing, unable to recover for a long time, still immersed in the previous fireworks.

Li Shubai lightly held her hand and said, "Let's go, the remaining smell is not very good."

When she followed him and walked back down the curved bridge again, she looked back at the embers of those silk screens reluctantly, and counted how many layers of silk screens there were to create such a breathtaking beauty in an instant.

When she reached the end of the bridge, she suddenly whispered "Ah" and stopped.

Li Shubai saw her standing in the wind, staring at nothingness in the sky, her expression changed drastically, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Huang Zixia raised her hand to stop him, and whispered: "Let me think about it..."

He stood beside her, waiting for her.

The night breeze roared, and the sky was full of stars. Yongjiafang is a gathering place for princes and nobles. On New Year's Eve, there are singing and dancing everywhere, and the singing from far and near is vague and unrecognizable.

The residual heat of the fireworks caused the thin ice on the surface of the lotus pond to crack and make a slight "click" from time to time.

Huang Zixia stood blankly under the stars. In the night breeze, I only felt that the stars in the entire sky were like snow pouring down in an instant, rushing down towards her. The terrible truths were overwhelming. Her body made her almost unbearable, and her whole body trembled.

Seeing the night wind pierced through the bones, Li Shubai took Huang Zixian's hand and walked to the Yubing Pavilion not far away with her trembling hurriedly. He closed the doors and windows, set the fire to a vigorous fire, and let Huang Zixian sit next to her.

"I just... seem to have thought of something." Huang Zixia finally recovered, knocking on his head and said, "As for the mystery that King E jumped from the Xiangluan Pavilion, I really seemed to have caught something just for a moment. ..."

"Don't worry, let's take care of it." Li Shubai moved a chair and sat down beside her and said, "Why did you think of it? Lotus pond?"

Huang Zixian shook his head and frowned.

Li Shubai thought for a while and asked, "Fireworks?"

"Yes... it's the fireworks!" She almost eagerly grabbed his sleeve, "You told me at the time that the fairy fireworks, because we can't tell the front and back from the front, we didn't know that it was seven pieces of silk. The nets burned from front to back. I thought that the same silk net was burned seven times, and I thought it was the same fairy dancing in a changing posture..."

Her voice was excited, and her face also showed a kind of perplexed confusion: "I seem to know, but I don't know what it is... But, but I can't tell the front and back, it must be the key point of this case!"

Li Shubai was also startled, and then suddenly woke up, eagerly holding her hand, and asked: "You mean, what we saw at the time, perhaps like today's fireworks, was a faked illusion? My seventh brother... …He is not dead?"

Huang Zixian nodded vigorously and said, "I'm not sure yet, but maybe, he just used the topography of Qifeng and Xiangluan Shuangge, and also used the illusion in our eyes to perform this good show of suspended animation? "

Li Shubai pursed his lips and pondered for a long time before saying, "Then, he burned the things I gave him in front of all of us. There must be a reason. Otherwise, he could burn everything before his mother's spirit. Lose."

Huang Zixian nodded vigorously and said, "Yes! This must also be a key point. It is related to how he can disappear in front of us in full view."

Li Shubai took a deep breath and slowly leaned back in the chair. He still held her hand, not knowing whether he forgot to let it go, or he needed her to support himself, to tell himself that this was not a dream: "The seventh brother is still alive... he is not dead, he is still alive?"

Huang Zixia felt the slight trembling of his palm holding his hand, and couldn't help feeling sore. Knowing that Li Shubai and Li Run had the best relationship, now that Li Run was still alive, he was naturally extremely excited. However, Li Run set up the situation in this way to give him the most terrifying crime in the world. What is the reason?

In any case, as long as E Wang Li Run is still alive, they will have a way to find him, there is always a way to dig into the truth and find the root of everything.

"It's freezing cold today and raining and snowing. My seventh brother doesn't know if he will travel far in the snow, but I think it is very likely that he will still be in Chang'an or the suburbs." Li Shubai raised his hand and held his forehead. Because of the excitement, he felt his temples beating slightly, which made his always calm brain seem to have been eroded, and he could no longer think calmly as usual.

Huang Zixian nodded and said: "Since it is confirmed that he is still alive, maybe we can investigate. If we can find the whereabouts of King E, I believe that the prince will be able to clear the grievances and open the current situation."

"Well, we can focus on the ancient Buddhist temples on the outskirts of the city. Although I have one idler now, I still have two or three people on hand. There is no shortage of manpower." Li Shubai said, as if he felt that he was holding her hand too much. It was tight, and then gently loosened, and the excitement and dullness on his face had disappeared. He gently rubbed the white palm of her hand, and slowly said, "I have to ask him personally why."

On the first day of the first lunar month, the people of Chang'an City got up early and rushed to the major Buddhist temples to buy incense. If you can grab the first stick of incense before the New Year's Buddha, it will be the so-called "top incense", which will make everyone fight their heads. However, the first incense in the major Buddhist temples is generally reserved by high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and even if the people wait all night, they still can't take turns. Therefore, most people only turn to each monastery to burn incense after dawn.

Huang Zixia went to Kuiwang's Mansion to see the fireworks last night, and negotiated with him for a long time. When he returned to the Yongchangfang Wang's Mansion, it was past midnight. Before she slept for long, someone was outside desperately patted the door: "Chonggu, Chonggu, Chonggu! Get up, get up, get up!"

There is only one person like this in the world, and she can't fight it at all.

So she had no choice but to answer in a daze, let him go outside and wait first, and then force herself to get up and get dressed.

After washing up, she went to the front hall to take a look. Zhou Ziqin, who was sitting there waiting for her, was simply brilliant and couldn't bear to look directly. The bright red clothes, the bright purple flowers, and the golden belt, no matter which one is aimed at making people blind.

She covered her eyes and sat opposite him: "Today Yuanri... dress whatever you like, I will bear it."

"Isn't it? It's very lively. My mother kept telling me that I should wear such a festive dress in the first month." Zhou Ziqin said, and took out a red packet from her arms and gave her, "Good luck and good luck. You are lucky."

"Thank you, good luck, this is yours." She also handed him what was prepared.

"Hey, Jin Ye Zi, I can't see that you are so generous." Zhou Ziqin opened the red envelope and said happily.

Huang Zixia looked at the red envelope he gave herself. There were two auspicious money inside. She could only put it in her sleeves speechlessly: "I am a pauper when compared to you."

"Let's go, let's go, pauper, I have covered the money for today's incense candles." Zhou Ziqin slapped his chest boldly.

Huang Zixian asked in return: "Scented candle money? What is it?"

"Hey, of course we will burn incense on the first day of the first month. Would you like to burn incense or buy incense candles?"

"...Who said I'm going?"

"What are you doing if you don't go around? I'm bored at home for the New Year, how deserted, or hurry out with me." Zhou Ziqin said, involuntarily urging her to finish breakfast quickly, and then took her out. , Went straight to the nearby temples.

The huge crowds in the various temples reminds Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin of the crowds at Jianfu Temple. Fortunately, this time the people in the capital were scattered to various temples. After all, they hadn't reached the point of being impenetrable, and they could barely squeeze inside.

Standing outside the main hall with joss sticks, the two who couldn't get in looked at each other. Zhou Ziqin asked, "Should we go to the nearby Anguo Temple and offer incense?"