By the time the city gate was about to be locked in the evening, Ding Nie was no longer a human being, and countless things had been thrown around his body.
Wang Huaien also searched for a long time before he found someone willing to help him clean up. Wang Huaien himself immediately went back to the palace to report.
When Zhao Jun learned the news, he was not surprised at all. Regarding what Ding Nie had done, if someone from the court had not stopped him, Ding Nie might have been eaten alive today.
The people of Bianjing hated him to the extreme.
After thinking about it, Zhao Jun ordered: "Continue to tie it out tomorrow, but don't let people throw things anymore. Let him dry for two days first."
"promise!"
In this way, Ding Nie was thrown out to dry in the sun at dawn every day, and was brought back as soon as the city gate was closed.
It's not that Zhao Jun didn't think about letting him hang out to dry all the time. In fact, if he really did this, the angry people designated someone to secretly cut him into pieces at night.
He was tortured like this for several days, and finally on New Year's Eve, he was imprisoned and sent to the sky jail.
Early in the morning, before dawn, the entire palace became lively.
The maids and eunuchs in the palace began the final cleaning work before New Year's Eve.
The floors must be swept clean, and the windows and doors of each palace must be cleaned to make them bright.
It can be said that this is the most thorough cleaning of the palace in a year.
After cleaning, the workers can start to replace last year's door god paintings and old peach charms, which is called replacing the door gods and nailing the peach charms.
The paintings are all portraits of Zhong Kui, while the peach charms are all made of thin wooden boards. In the palace, golden nanmu is generally used as the material.
The peach charm is two or three feet long and four or five inches large. On the top are the gods Suanni and Baize, and on the bottom are the words Yulei on the left and Shentu on the right.
There are some spring poems or words of blessing written on them, and they are updated every new year. "
Hanging it next to the door has the effect of suppressing evil spirits.
This is what every household in the Song Dynasty would do on New Year's Eve.
As the saying goes:
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households are always replacing old talismans with new peaches.
After a busy half-morning, most people in the Song Dynasty, mainly men, left the washing and cooking tasks to their female relatives and then went out to play "chuiwan", which is an activity similar to modern golf.
Naturally, the maids and eunuchs continued to be busy in the palace, while the emperor Zhao Jun exchanged New Year's gifts with the officials. The main gift in the palace was a portrait of Zhong Kui, and the officials gave various gifts, mainly to get good luck. .
Then he took all the officials out of the palace to take Chuiwan.
After playing until noon, everyone simply held a banquet on the court, drank some soup, and then started eating normally, with a burst of light and touch.
When the meal was over, Baiguan started fighting for tea again.
That is, similar to the rules for making fists while drinking, tea fighting also has its own rules for tea.
Each minister took out the good tea he had brought and started cooking it with each other on the spot to judge which one of the other's tea was better.
When it comes to Doucha products, the "newness" of the tea is the most important thing, while the "liveness" of the water used in Doucha tea is the most important thing.
Generally, in the Bianjing competition, green and white beat yellow and white.
First, check whether the color of the tea soup is bright white. Pure white is the winner, while blue-white, gray-white, and yellow-white are negative.
The color of the tea soup can reflect the tea picking skills. The pure white tea soup indicates that the picked tea is plump and tender and the tea is made just right;
The color is bluish, indicating that the steamed tea is not heated enough.
The color is gray, indicating that the steamed tea has expired.
The color is yellow, indicating that the harvesting is not timely;
If the color is reddish, it means it has been baked too hard.
Secondly, look at the duration of the soup flower.
There are too many things to pay attention to.
This stage is called tea tasting, and the competition is about whose tea is better.
This session was an eye-opener for Zhao Jun, the emperor who had returned from the local vassal. He didn't expect that there were so many good teas in the Song Dynasty that he didn't even know about. As a tea lover, he immediately asked Wang Huaien to show up during this period. I wrote down all the good teas, and then went to the palace to purchase more for my own use.
After the tea fight, the tea fight begins.
The officials came out on their own initiative, either listing stories related to tea, or reciting a poem or poem related to tea to compete with each other, just like a drinking party to add to the fun.
Then there is Chabaixi, also known as Tangxi or Fencha. It is a tea ceremony popular in the Song Dynasty, which is the technique of pouring brewed tea into a tea bowl.
People who are good at this can make the flowers in the tea soup instantly display magnificent and changeable scenes.
The mountains, rivers, clouds, and mist resemble flowers, birds, fish, and insects, just like ink paintings, and this requires higher tea-making skills.
After taking a short break after the tea fight, Zhao Jun took all the officials to worship at the Ancestral Temple.
By the time the sacrifices were completed, the sky had darkened, and the palace began to hold a grand New Year's Eve banquet.
At this time, not only the officials, but also their families were allowed to be brought into the palace.
Colorful palace lanterns were hung high, lighting up the entire palace.
The guards can wear new armor and are stationed at every important road in the palace to maintain order. As a banquet hall, Jiying Hall has a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps. This is not to monitor officials, but because there are too many people watching tonight. Complex, more strict management can ensure that everything goes smoothly.
The palace banquet started at the fourth quarter of Shenshi. The palace waiters brought a bowl of steaming dumplings to each table. In addition, there were also the special snacks of the Song Dynasty called fufu (noodle soup).
Then various kinds of food were presented to the ministers' desks for them and their families to enjoy together.
As an emperor and a landowner, Zhao Jun delivered a New Year's Eve greeting without hesitation. Afterwards, the officials drank, and then everyone began to eat and drink at will, drinking and toasting each other, toasting Tusu wine, and tasting delicious food.
From time to time, someone even takes New Year's Eve as the theme and sings one masterpiece after another to set off the atmosphere of the banquet.
Happy time is always short-lived. The dinner is coming to an end amidst the joy, and the time has come to the fourth hour.
With the first crackling sound, the entire palace instantly turned into a sea of firecrackers, and the crackling sounds continued one after another.
Outside the palace, firecrackers also sounded as if in response.
Then there were puffs of fireworks rising into the sky, exploding into brilliant colorful fireworks.
At this moment, the entire sky above Bianjing City was illuminated by fireworks.
Zhao Jun also stood up with a smile and stretched out his hand to Ye Yin beside him.
Ye Yin raised her hand to hold it, and the couple held hands and walked down from the throne. They walked out of the palace along the aisle in the center of Jiying Hall and looked up at the sky.
Gorgeous fireworks continue to rise into the sky, one after another.
The colorful light makes the person's pretty face colorful, which is really beautiful.
The watery eyes of the beauty next to her were smiling and shining brightly.
The black eyes are as if they are the most beautiful black pearls in the world, making people intoxicated.
Zhao Jun suddenly said involuntarily:
"Yin'er, I just found out today that when I look back and smile, I am full of beauty. The pink and white in the sixth palace have no color. What does it mean?"
Ye Yin's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, we have been married for many years, why do you suddenly say these things today?"
Seeing his wife's shy look, Zhao Jun's heart palpitated even more. He raised his hand to help her gently tuck the black hair hanging from her temples behind her ears. Zhao Jun immediately took her in his arms.
Looking up at the sky, looking at the fireworks that were still blooming in the sky, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up and he said slowly:
"Yin'er, for the rest of my life, I still look forward to seeing you today."
"Um!"
With her pretty face flushed and her eyes rippling like water, Ye Yin nodded gently and responded.
boom! boom! boom! …
Another bouquet of flowers rose into the sky and exploded!
The light shines brightly, making the night as bright as day,
Seven branches of fireworks bloom like flowers.
...(End of chapter)
