And tonight, as Mingting said, it is the Lantern Festival in Tongzhou City, with the streets and alleys, crowded and lively.

As a border city with defensive functions, Tongzhou City has only two entrances and exits in the entire city.

A smaller city gate is on the east side and is only open to the soldiers of Chishui Camp.

The other main entrance is on the south side.

When Jiang Lingyue walked to the south gate, she found that the city gate was closed at this moment.

Jiang Lingyue found a street stall and asked, "Uncle, why is the city gate closed?"

"The war in the western region has been tight these days. It started two days ago. After the sunset, the city gates were closed and it will not be opened until the second day."

"Then I have to go out of the city, so I can only wait for tomorrow?"

"Do you have a document to leave the city?"

"No."

"That won't work! At noon today, the prefect just issued a notice saying that the war was in a hurry and people were not allowed to enter and leave the city at will unless there was a document issued by the prefect."

Noon today?

It seems that this document was specially used by Zhou Buyi and Qingyun to block her.

Jiang Lingyue: "Then do I have any other way to leave the city?"

"No! Do you see the gatekeepers? They stand guard day and night, strictly screen all passers-by. You are a girl, you can't get through!"

"That's how..."

"Miss, do you buy a lantern? Thirty cents a silver bill, I see you are beautiful, I will give you a discount, twenty cents for you! Oh girl, don't leave, hey hey, ten cents are OK! Give me a face, girl!"

The uncle shouted that it didn't work, so he reached out to pull Jiang Lingyue, "Miss, buy one! I'll give you another pack of melon seeds!"

Anyway, he couldn't leave the city for a while, so Jiang Lingyue simply took the melon seeds handed over by the uncle and sat down on the shoulder pole beside him.

While quietly observing the direction of the city gate, she ate melon seeds with relish and sold several lanterns for the uncle.

Not long after, suddenly, a few loud noises came from behind.

Jiang Lingyue turned around and saw fireworks setting off in the middle of a lake behind her.

Jiang Lingyue was surprised to see that although the fireworks of this era cannot be compared with modern times, they can be called exquisite and brilliant, especially the better the lake is.

Accompanied by the sound of fireworks, more and more people began to gather around the lake and stop to watch.

Jiang Lingyue couldn't help but ask: "Did the fireworks be set off by the government?"

The uncle said: "No, it's Shuiyuefang. Every Lantern Festival, Shuiyuefang will set off fireworks!"

Jiang Lingyue looked in the direction pointed by the uncle. There was a water building in the middle of the lake. At this moment, the water building was brightly lit and lanterns were hanging. The fireworks were indeed set in the night sky from there.

Jiang Lingyue couldn't help but remember that Lin Xi was in the Tongzhou Prefecture just now, and Lin Xi pestered Rong Chen to go to Shuiyuefang, probably to watch the fireworks show.

"ah--"

Suddenly, a scream came from the lake!

The fireworks were set off and the people who stopped to watch the lake were cheering enthusiastically. Therefore, this scream did not attract everyone's attention.

Soon, the screams became wild and frantically, and they kept coming from the lake. The people closest to the lake began to stretch their necks and look around inexplicably.

The uncle squinted his eyes and looked towards Shuiyuefang, frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Amid the noisy sound, Jiang Lingyue recognised a low growl.

It's not human voice, but animal calls.

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