From January 14 to January 16, are the auspicious days of lantern watching. At this time every year, the skilled craftsmen converge in Jinlingcheng, sells various decorative lanterns that oneself manufacture carefully. 从正月十四到正月十六,是赏灯的好日子。每年这个时候,能工巧匠们就云集金陵城中,售卖自己精心制作出来的各种花灯。 14 this day starts to decorate with lanterns and streamers on the eve of the lantern festival, 15 this day is the liveliest lantern festival, these Tianchengmen do not close, whatever the common people come and go out, all night long takes delight. 十四这天开始试灯,十五这天就是最热闹的灯会,这几天城门是不关的,任由百姓出入,通宵达旦地行乐。 15 in the morning, Zhan Ning'er and younger sister Taiyang (Sun) are flying a kite in the post house, when this is also south first fullmoon one common activity. 十五这天上午,展凝儿和太阳妹妹正在驿馆里放风筝,这也是南方过上元时的一种常见的活动。 Under not far away cabin, the steric retardation keeps the official who the post house celebrates the new year to make the singing girl sing bent/tune Er for him, that song very does for the occasion, what sang was one „kite tune”: Kite, important is thousand dimension lines, is very frivolous, very flutters, did not fear that you step onto the day. A faint trace , grasp you to entangle in the side. It is not I do not drop, independently when you one did not return, is listening to your wind sound/rumor, I will collect your high and low and near far. 不远处小亭下,正有一位滞留在驿馆过年的官员让歌姬为他唱着曲儿,那曲儿挺应景的,唱的正是一首“风筝曲”:风筝儿,要紧是千尺线,忒轻薄,忒飘荡,不怕你走上天。一丝丝,一段段,拿住你在身边缠。不是我不放手,放手时你就一去不回还,听着了你的风声也,我自会凑你的高低和近远。 Zhan Ning'er pulls the kite to listen to bent/tune Xiangren, thought on Ye Xiaotian unconsciously, if Ye Xiaotian is that soars high in the kite of space, her here pulls the silk thread, can decide makes him fly is higher, leaves itself to be nearer, that would be nice. 展凝儿扯着风筝听曲想人,不觉就想到了叶小天身上,如果叶小天就是那高高飞在天上的纸鸢,她这里扯一扯丝线,就能决定让他飞的更高,还是离自己更近,那该多好啊。 Zhan Ning'er is thinking, suddenly the heart has a feeling, turns head to look, is seeing Ye Xiaotian and Tang Xianzu walks in a hurry outward, Zhan Ning'er calls hastily said: „Ye Xiaotian, where do you go to?” 展凝儿想着,忽然心有所感,扭头一看,正看见叶小天和汤显祖匆匆向外走去,展凝儿连忙唤道:“叶小天,你去哪里？” Ye Xiaotian raises hand to her, high sound said: „I look for deep xuan they to hit horse hang with the soup brother.” 叶小天向她扬了扬手,高声道:“我跟汤兄去找泓愃他们打马吊。” Zhan Ning'er raises the sound said: „Tonight views the lanterns, do you come back?” 展凝儿扬声道:“今晚观灯,你回来吗？” Ye Xiaotian has gone out of the courtyard quickly, he raises hand to Ning'er by far. Also has not returned to the original topic, did not have unable to say. Zhan Ning'er frowns to talk to oneself: „How he was infatuated with hitting the horse to hang for these days, every day leaves very much early. Comes back very much late......” 叶小天已经快走出院落了,他只是远远地向凝儿扬了扬手。既没说回来,也没说不回来。展凝儿蹙眉自语道:“他这几天怎么迷上打马吊了,每天都很早离开。很晚回来……” Zhan Ning'er thinks suddenly when one day of Ye Xiaotian comes back, the gown knee also has obvious scratching has rubbed the mud mark lamely, always thought that Ye Xiaotian hits horse hang view some is not groundless, actually he could not find out the issue to have where, perhaps really such as Ye Xiaotian said when that was Kuai Peng kidded around fell one. 展凝儿忽然想到有一天叶小天回来时一瘸一拐的,袍子膝部还有明显的擦蹭过的泥痕,总觉得叶小天去打马吊的说法有些不尽不实,他又想不出问题究竟出在哪里,或许真如叶小天所说,那是和蒯鹏嬉闹时摔了一下吧。 ...... …… Zhenyuan Hou Residence, verdant green building. 镇远侯府,滴翠楼。 Li Xuancheng holds a box case to arrive at downstairs in high spirits. Li Xuancheng is skilled in the carving, he gradually many years in this line. Also had been directed by the famous teacher, just like has the level of Grandmaster. Today he used an ice to plant the emerald to carve a Maitreya religion image of Buddha, small image of Buddha three points mild, seven points of icy coldness, a feeling of pure and clear as ice jade sparkling stone. 李玄成捧着一口匣子兴冲冲地走到楼下。李玄成精于雕刻,他在这一行上浸淫多年。又经名师指点过,俨然已经有了大师的水准。今日他用一块冰种翡翠雕了一个弥勒佛像,小小的佛像三分温润、七分冰凉,给人一种冰清玉莹的感觉。 Li Xuancheng feels excellent of this carving display. That jade material is also the high-grade, by, when the carving is completed, then caught up to offer valuable advice to Xia Yingying impatiently, he wants to treat as the gift to give Yingying this jade Buddha. 李玄成觉得这次雕刻发挥的极好。那玉料也是上品,是以一俟雕刻完成,便迫不及待地赶来向夏莹莹来献宝了,他想把这枚玉佛当作礼物送给莹莹。 Li Xuancheng rushes to downstairs the verdant green, sees Old grandfather Xia haughty to sit in downstairs hall impressively drinks tea, Li Xuancheng hastily halting footsteps, reverent and respectful said/tunnel: „Old gentleman.” 李玄成赶到滴翠楼下,赫然看见夏老爷子正大马金刀地坐在楼下厅中喝茶,李玄成连忙站住脚步,毕恭毕敬地道:“老爷子。” „? Is the country brothers-in-law, quickly! Please sit down quickly!” Old grandfather Xia sees is Li Xuancheng, must stand up busily. Li Xuancheng hurries to go forward two steps, attentive said/tunnel: „Old gentleman, you sit well. Do not be overly courteous.” “哦？是国舅爷啊,快！快请坐！”夏老爷子一见是李玄成,忙要站起身来。李玄成赶紧上前两步,殷勤地道:“老爷子,您坐着就好。不要多礼。” „Good! Okay!” Old grandfather Xia sat down, looked at Li Xuancheng one, the smiling said/tunnel: „Do country brothers-in-law look at the lamp tonight?” “好！好好！”夏老爷子坐下,看了李玄成一眼,笑眯眯地道:“国舅爷今晚去看灯么？” Li Xuancheng nods said: „Some this plans, unreliably become also want to invite young lady Yingying to watch lanterns together.” 李玄成颔首道:“有此打算,玄成还想邀请莹莹姑娘一同去赏灯。” Old grandfather Xia looks in his hand holds the small box case, hey a sound said: „Girl, but also I bears a grudge with the old man. This girl. Really by old man spoiling.” 夏老爷子看了看他手里捧着的小匣子,嘿了一声道:“那丫头啊,还跟老夫我呕气呢。这丫头。真是被老夫给宠坏了。” Old grandfather Xia strokes the full beard to sigh, said: „Old man is also open about the facts you. The old men to the country brothers-in-law you, are very satisfied. The family background is good, moral behavior is good and handsome, is passionately devoted about my family Yingying. However, you must coax her to change an attitude become, since old man son one crowd, unmarried girl this, be honest with you, Xia Family three generations , such a miss, really does not want to compel her to cry to live on the edge......” 夏老爷子捋着大胡子叹了口气,道:“老夫也不瞒你。老夫对国舅爷你,是非常满意的。家世好、人品好、相貌堂堂,对我家莹莹更是一往情深。不过,你总要哄得她回心转意才成,老夫儿子一群,闺女就这一个,不瞒你说,夏家三代以来,也就这么一位姑娘,实在不想逼她哭哭啼啼寻死觅活的……” „Younger generation understands, the younger generation understands!” One hear of Old grandfather Xia openly took a stand like this, Li Xuancheng was pleasantly surprised, confident typical: „Absolute sincerity, sincerity enough to move popular sentiment. Old gentleman, you felt relieved that Hyun Seoung-il will persuade young lady Yingying with my sincerity surely!” “晚辈明白,晚辈明白！”一听夏老爷子这样公开表态,李玄成又惊又喜,信心十足地道:“正所谓精诚所至,金石为开。老爷子,您就放心吧,玄成一定会用我的诚意感化莹莹姑娘的！” The verdant green building three buildings, outside the Yingying boudoir, two strong maids chin up and chest out, cross the hands behind the back to stand. Looked at this scene, Yingying is confined to barracks to put under house arrest, Old grandfather Xia for fear that she ran away with the Ye Xiaotian lover's rendezvous, therefore out of the door made one look closely. 滴翠楼三楼,莹莹的闺房外,两个膀大腰圆的女仆昂首挺胸,负手而立。看这光景,莹莹是被禁足软禁了,夏老爷子生怕她又逃出去与叶小天幽会,所以门外都使人看得紧紧的。 Yingying sits before the dressing table, makes faces to mirror in bitterly, she regarded her father in mirror. To make always optimistic young lady Yingying worry sadly, that may rare, from infancy to maturity, she also has no wish not to achieve, does she possibly cry to live on the edge? 莹莹坐在梳妆台前,冲着镜子里的自己恨恨地扮了个鬼脸,她把镜中的自己当成了她爹。想让一向乐观的莹莹姑娘发愁伤心,那可难得很,从小到大,她还没有什么心愿不曾达成过,她又怎么可能哭哭啼啼寻死觅活的？ One bunch of light shadow suddenly appear on the wall, sways, moves gradually to the bronze mirror, Yingying quickly obstructed an eye with the hand, blocked the reflection on mirror, along with, even if runs delightedly Kouyoudai. Outside three buildings has a balcony, stands can overlook the entire Zhenyuan Hou Residence here. 一束光影突然出现在墙上,晃来晃去的,渐渐向铜镜上移动过来,莹莹急忙用手遮了一下眼睛,挡住了镜上的反光,随即便欢喜地跑向阳台。三楼外有个阳台,站在这儿可以俯瞰整个镇远侯府。 The distant place, another official residence, in that mansion also has three little building. In the building is having a plain white cloth to hang down, on the arrange/cloth is drawing a picture. On the picture is a young boy and a little girl, the boy is digging the mouth to go to the biological girl's cheek, the girl head has two upwards vulnerable point, is turning the finger, darling. 远处,还有另一座府邸,那府中同样有一处三层的小楼。楼上正有一匹白布垂挂下来,布上画着一副画。画上面是一个小男孩和一个小女孩,男孩正撅起嘴巴去亲女孩的脸蛋,女孩头上有两个朝天小辫子儿,扭着手指,憨态可掬。 Yingying „card” smiled, she hurries to cover the mouth, then has a look afraid, then looks to that building that picture was curled, revealed the following second picture, the marked little girl was closed in the basket, grabbing the cage column is piteous, the young boy takes the treasured sword, will throw to save the girl. In front of the basket is standing several guy who throws out the chest the thrusting out stomach. 莹莹“咭儿”地一声笑了出来,她赶紧捂住嘴巴,心虚地回头看看,然后再向那座楼上看去,那画被人卷起来了,露出了下面的第二幅画,画上的小女孩被关在笼子里,抓着笼栏可怜兮兮,小男孩拿着宝剑,正要扑过去救女孩。笼子前面站着几个挺胸腆肚的大汉。 Yingying looks at that picture, the smiling face is getting more and more sweet, she bends down on the column, double is hand-held the elegant face, the dimple like the flower. 莹莹看着那画,笑容越来越甜,她伏在栏上,双手扶着俏脸,笑靥如花。 Ye Xiaotian is unable to break through the numerous defenses of Hou Residence, person but who Ye Xiaotian can it be that is so also easy to concede, when he heard accidentally when nearby this official residence is willow Monarch Yang's cousin family/home, he thought of special means. 叶小天一直无法突破侯府的重重防御,但是叶小天又岂是那么容易服输的人,当他偶然听说旁边这座府邸是柳君央的表妹家时,他就想到了一个特殊的办法。 Ye Xiaotian first spent money to bribe Hou Residence the chef who was responsible for doing grocery shopping, queried the Yingying dwelling place, then borrowed willow Monarch Yang cousin's to embroider the building. Had the contact with a small mirror and Yingying. 叶小天先用钱买通了侯府负责买菜的厨子,问清了莹莹的居处,然后借了柳君央表妹的这座绣楼。用一面小镜子和莹莹取得了联系。 However such far distance, the frontline propaganda writes is not convenient, moreover is easy to arouse the person vigilance of Zhenyuan Hou Residence. Therefore Ye Xiaotian changes to draws, first informs Yingying with the mirror, that rapid the picture demonstrated that looked to her, if that picture were seen accidentally, is actually not necessarily able to understand its meaning. 但是这么远的距离,喊话写字都不方便,而且容易引起镇远侯府的人警觉。所以叶小天改用画画,先用镜子通知莹莹,那迅速把画展示给她看,那画如果被人无意中看见,却也未必就能明白它的意思。 In willow Monarch Yang cousin's embroidery building, the ground upper berth an entire watermelon, willow Monarch Yang was lifting a mop that dipped black ink. On face black spoken parts together, shouted to the Ye Xiaotian back worn out: „Yeah! I said. What next does need to draw?” 柳君央表妹的绣楼里,地面上铺了一整匹的白皮,柳君央举着一杆蘸了墨的墩布。脸上黑一道白一道的,有气无力地冲叶小天的背影喊:“哎！我说。下一幅要画什么呀？” On the Yingying face has the delightful smiling face, both hands to support on the parapet, holds the sharp chin, the charming eyelash winks gently. Infatuated satisfied looks at distant place that to embroider the building, suddenly, she saw a very strange picture, Yingying opened the eye suddenly, carefully looked. 莹莹脸上带着甜美的笑容,双手撑在栏杆上,托着尖尖的下巴,迷人的眼睫毛轻轻眨动着。痴迷满足的望着远处那座绣楼,突然,她看到了一副很怪异的画面,莹莹蓦然张大眼睛,仔细看了起来。 „Un? What meaning Brother Xiaotian is this......?” “嗯？小天哥这是……什么意思呀？” Yingying is pressed the brow, talked to oneself obscurely. 莹莹蹙起眉头,费解地自语道。 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ The lantern festival night, whole city makes the Lantern Festival. 上元佳节夜,满城闹元宵。 The sky is hanging a bright full moon. 天空挂着一轮明丽的圆月。 On long street crowded, joke cheers. 长街上人来人往,笑语欢声。 On the avenue heavy traffic, by many others entrances and avenues are hanging all kinds of decorative lanterns. Gorgeous riotous. The dragon dance team and lion dance team pass through on the long street, cause the common people to follow full of enthusiasm are surrounding, many people are raising the decorative lantern. Walks jubilantly on the avenue, the inspection lamp views the lanterns, is guessing the anagram. 大街上车水马龙,许多人家门口和大街两边都挂着各式各样的花灯。绚丽缤纷。舞龙队、舞狮队在长街上经过,引得百姓兴致勃勃地跟随围观着,许多人提着花灯。喜气洋洋地行走在大街上,提灯观灯,猜着字谜。 Zhenyuan Hou Residence is also decorated with lanterns and colored streamers at this time, Old grandfather Xia and attended to three masters by pai in the courtyard watching lanterns, naturally cannot go to the street to tour by their ages and status, but Li Xuancheng actually stands downstairs the verdant green straightly. He had waited for a long time. 镇远侯府此时也是张灯结彩,夏老爷子和顾三爷就在院子里徘徬赏灯,以他们的年纪和身份自然不会去街头游逛,而李玄成却直挺挺地站在滴翠楼下。他已经等了许久。 „Goes out, goes out to me!” In the building hears one to reprimand tenderly. Then is the numerous closing sounds, a moment later, summer big and summer two from the building, said to Li Xuancheng embarrasedly: „Country brother-in-law, my Little Sister she...... coughs! Really did not do right by.” “出去出去,都给我出去！”楼上传来一声娇斥。然后是重重的关门声,片刻之后,夏大和夏二从楼上下来,讪讪地对李玄成道:“国舅爷,我那小妹她……咳！实在对不住了。” The Li Xuancheng heart raises wipes the feeling of anger, had he as the nation's uncle, when been so treated coldly by a female? He to ask for the Yingying favor, compromises for the general interest repeatedly submissively, but Yingying is actually intense, on made a return gift to her jade Buddha is rejected by her unrestrained/no trace of politeness, tonight invited her to view the lanterns is rejected by her again, Li Xuancheng temperament again good also unavoidably angry. 李玄成心头升起一抹恼意,他身为国舅,几时被一个女子如此冷落过？他为了讨莹莹欢心,一再低声下气委屈求全,可莹莹却是变本加厉,上回赠给她的玉佛被她毫不客气地拒绝了,今夜邀她观灯又被她再次拒绝,李玄成脾气再好也难免着恼。 He long inspires, adjusted his mood, smiles to say graceful: „Might as well, since young lady Yingying does not like, Li does not go out, hehe, our several people banquet to celebrate the first fullmoon in this downstairs, how?” 他长长地吸了口气,调整了一下自己的情绪,风度十足地微笑道:“无妨,既然莹莹姑娘不喜欢出去,那李某也就不出门了吧,呵呵,咱们几人就在这楼下饮宴庆上元,如何？” Xia Family several brothers are the people of nice wine, particularly they thought that younger sister cold nation's uncle, feels sorry at heart, immediately responded, Li Xuancheng then told that the person prepared banquets to send. 夏家几兄弟都是好酒之人,尤其是他们觉得妹子慢待了国舅,心里过意不去,马上响应起来,李玄成便吩咐人备桌酒席送来。 In the verdant green building, Yingying is a cloak of Manchurian crane mark, stands in the building head, looks into the distance first is looking. Distant place din of gongs and drums, stands in the building takes a broad view to look, sees only myriad lights towers, ten several li (0.5 km) mist world. whole city lights, flute drumbeat sound. 滴翠楼上,莹莹系着一袭仙鹤纹的披风,站在楼头,眺首远望着。远处锣鼓喧天,站在楼上放眼望去,只见万千家灯火楼台,十数里云烟世界。满城灯火,箫鼓声声。 Yingying looked up the bright moonlight of space, talking in heart: „Brother Xiaotian that marks finally also has the bright moonlight, is a strange basket, actually what meaning?” 莹莹抬头看了看天上的明月,心道:“小天哥哥最后那幅画上也有明月,还有一个怪怪的篮子,究竟是什么意思呢？” On the Jinling avenue, Zhan Ning'er, has Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi with younger sister Taiyang (Sun) dispiritedly is walking together, the roadside has all kinds of decorative lanterns, her actually interest lacks as before. Until the evening, Ye Xiaotian has not come back, Ning'er hung to horse really abhors. 金陵大街上,展凝儿怏怏地与太阳妹妹、还有华云飞和毛问智一起走着,路边有各种各样的花灯,她却依旧兴致缺缺。直到晚上,叶小天都没有回来,凝儿对马吊真是深恶痛绝了。 Suddenly, the front crowd is in a tumult , younger sister Taiyang (Sun) also shies, called out loudly: „! Looks quickly, a big lamp! Elder Sister Ning'er, you looks quickly!” 忽然,前边的人群骚动起来,紧接着,太阳妹妹也惊跳起来,大声叫道:“啊！快看,好大的一盏灯啊！凝儿姐姐,你快看！” Zhan Ning'er is surprised however to follow the direction that younger sister Taiyang (Sun) refers to look, sees a giant lotus-shaped lantern, from airborne has been flying slowly, perhaps this lamp used the principle of Kongming lantern, it drifts unexpectedly in airborne, under the great lamp, as if hanging basket same east and west, has the person who inside that carries unexpectedly. 展凝儿诧然顺着太阳妹妹所指的方向看去,就见一架巨大的莲花灯,正从空中冉冉飞过,或许这灯是采用了孔明灯的原理,它居然是飘浮在空中的,在巨灯下方,似乎还有一个吊篮一样的东西,那里边居然载的有人。 The great lamp flies is not high, is only higher than two zhang (3.33 m) compared with the top, when it has flown from the top, the light of top reflected that great lamp below hanging basket, the heart of Zhan Ning'er is leaking suddenly jumped a racket, she looked to arrive that person in hanging basket, although was only a back, but she will not misread, that was Ye Xiaotian, certainly was Ye Xiaotian. 巨灯飞的并不算高,只比城头高出两丈有余,当它从城头飞过的时候,城头的灯光映着那巨灯下方的吊篮,展凝儿的心突然漏跳了一拍,她看到了站在吊篮里的那个人,虽然只是一个背影,可她绝不会看错,那是叶小天,一定是叶小天。 : One day of double this year double finished, asked the final double monthly ticket! :还有一天双倍本年双倍就结束了,求最后的双倍月票！ ( to be continued ) (未完待续)