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Chapter 357 Lantern Festival, Meeting Jiang Youzhen

After Jiang Youzhen was pulled into the carriage by Tong Huaian, before he even sat down steadily, Xiao Wu outside started cracking his whip.

Jiang Youzhen immediately touched the wall of the car to steady himself, "Brother Huai'an, where are we going?"

"You've been in the city for so long, but I'm afraid you haven't been to Shili Pavilion yet? There's a lantern festival going on at Shili Pavilion today, let's go and enjoy the lanterns together!"

Jiang Youzhen: …

I had originally planned to visit the eldest lady of the Chen family to discuss what to do next, but Tong Huaian disrupted my plan.

"Why haven't I heard of the lantern festival before?" Since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it. Jiang Youzhen simply leaned against the wall of the car, saying boredly.

"This lantern festival is hosted by Young Master Luo Dan of Yanchu Pavilion, and many scholars and writers are invited to attend. It is said that there will be lantern riddles and literary competitions. If you win the top three, you will receive generous rewards."

It turned out to be another form of literary gathering. Jiang Youzhen suddenly felt that the name Young Master Luodan sounded familiar.

Yanchu Pavilion? Isn't that a famous young prostitute's pavilion in the city? Although it is a dance hall on the surface, who doesn't know the ins and outs of it?

Jiang Youzhen had heard of the famous Young Master Luodan a long time ago. However, there were many romantic scandals related to him, but Jiang Youzhen had only heard of these, and had not heard much about his pretentiousness.

"Oh! You may not know Master Luodan. He is a very mysterious person with some literary talent, but he is..."

Seeing Jiang Youzhen looking up at him seriously, Tong Huaian cleared his throat and said, "He... is a bit of a playboy."

After he finished speaking, Jiang Youzhen suddenly found that his ears were red. He suddenly found it a little funny. Tong Huaian was quite innocent.

The Ten-Li Pavilion needs to be left outside the city, just ten miles outside the southern suburbs of the city, where there is an official road and a huge peach blossom forest. Most pavilions are used as places for farewell, so it is named the Ten-Li Pavilion.

"Oh!" Jiang Youzhen didn't know what to say for a moment.

In less than half an hour, the carriage finally arrived.

Jiang Youzhen lifted the curtain and looked outside the car. There was a lot of traffic outside and the lanterns were lit up, which was particularly spectacular.

"It took several days to decorate it, right? There are so many lanterns!" Jiang Youzhen's eyes sparkled, it was indeed beautiful and he was a little surprised.

Tong Huaian was infected by Jiang Youzhen's excitement and couldn't help laughing.

"This was all arranged by Young Master Luo Dan and his men. Let's go down and take a look."

Tong Huaian asked Xiaowu to find a place to park the car and went directly to a pavilion in the middle.

"This is the Fairy Pavilion. I heard that fairies are flying here!" Tong Huaian pointed to an attic and introduced it to Jiang Youzhen.

"It's just a rumor, because there is a peach blossom forest ahead, and the attic here allows you to climb up and see far into the distance, so many literati would go up there and compose a poem."

Jiang Youzhen and the others turned to the front of the attic. She looked up and found that many lanterns had been lit in the attic. Tables and tea were set up on the second floor, but no one was sitting there yet.

Quite a few people have already come to the Lantern Festival, and there are many vendors nearby. Jiang Youzhen took a look at the stalls, and they were all selling food and lanterns.

"Sir, buy a lamp! There are many kinds here. What do you think of this rabbit lamp?" A vendor shouted and asked Jiang Youzhen who was passing by.

Jiang Youzhen stopped and found that this rabbit lamp was very beautifully made, with painted outer layer and very cute shape.

"Do you like it?" Tong Huaian smiled, finally discovering Jiang Youzhen's childlike side. She had always been too mature at such a young age.

"It's okay!" Jiang Youzhen looked at the stall and found several lamps with unique shapes.

"Young Master, if you like it, just buy it! It's a rare lantern festival, so you should be happy to buy it. Look, there are lotus lanterns and white cloud lanterns here..."

The stall owner saw that the two men were well-dressed and knew they could definitely afford the goods. If he didn't kill them now, when would he?

Jiang Youzhen was very happy. He looked at several of them in a row and planned to choose a good-looking one.

"Bought them all! How much money?" Tong Huaian asked.

"No need? It's such a waste and you can't carry it." Jiang Youzhen quickly refused and just bought it for fun.

"It's not expensive anyway, and they all look good, so just pick the ones you just saw."

"Okay! You two gentlemen are really handsome and generous. I'll give you a good deal. For the five you just picked, I'll give you a total of five taels of silver."

Jiang Youzhen was a little speechless, "So expensive?"

Isn't this obviously a way to kill them?

"Young Master, this is a lantern festival, so the prices are definitely more expensive than usual. Look at this lantern, it's so unique, it took a lot of effort to make it."

"Here!" Tong Huaian took out a five-liang silver ingot and handed it over without saying a word.

"You are so generous, young master." The stall owner smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. It would be so cute if there were more little fools like him!

"You are such a fool with a lot of money! Don't you know that you should ask for a high price and pay a low price?" Jiang Youzhen was holding a lantern, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"It's rare for them to earn so little money. They can spend it to have fun. They can make money, so why not do it?" Tong Huaian smiled gently while holding the rabbit lantern.

The dim light shines on Jiang Youzhen's face, bringing a sense of quiet beauty to this bustling market.

At this time, in a corner on the second floor of the attic, a man wearing a half-bronze mask, with only the lower half of his face exposed, was staring at this side.

"What's the origin of the young man next to Tong Huaian?" he asked without turning his head.

A man in a black cloak walked up to the masked man, and when he saw the two people talking and laughing below, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"Is it her?" A soft murmur came over.

"Do you know him? What's his background?" the masked man asked impatiently.

"Jiang Youzhen, the first in the Wen County case, is currently studying at the prefectural school. His family is a farmer, and he has no foundation."

The masked man looked at the two people below with interest, his eyes moved to Jiang Youzhen, and then fell on her face.

"He does look good. I didn't expect that Tong Huaian, who usually looks so righteous, actually likes this?"

His tone was a little frivolous, with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth.

"It's not the kind of relationship you think. Jiang Youzhen's family is now doing business, and the new policy of Tongzhou Prefecture that the court just promulgated is related to her."

The man in the black cloak coughed twice, then stretched out his pale and slender hand, picked up the tea bowl on the table, and put it into his cloak.

"What do you mean?" The masked man was a little bit incredulous.

"This new policy was proposed by her. Why? It's been so long, and you haven't received any news? What are your men doing?"

The cloaked man's tone was full of sarcasm, but the masked man didn't care about it this time. He just asked in disbelief: "She proposed it? What is her relationship with the Second Prince and the others?"

"She has a close relationship with the Second and Fourth Princes, but you were totally unaware of it. It seems that you have become a clawless tiger after being attacked by a sharp weapon."

"I will rebuild the sharp edge as soon as possible. You should focus more on your own affairs! The two princes have been very cautious recently, and it is not certain that we can get a share of the spoils from them."

The masked man sneered, stretched out his snow-white hand, picked up the dragonfly lantern beside him, and his eyes were shining brightly.

"Let's go, the literary gathering should start, let's meet Jiang Youzhen."