Early in the morning, Lin Long stretched out and stood up. He was pleasantly surprised to find two small oranges and a few Lingnan lychee round-eye (longan) dried fruits beside the bedside pillow. When he opened the pillow, there was a red paper envelope with lucky money underneath.
No need to think about it, it must have been the eldest brother Lin Lin Youfang.
Yue Rong, who was combing his hair on the side, saw it and said with a smile: "Your brother is really real. What others put out is fake money, but he puts out real money."
"Sister Rong, don't look at my elder brother's lack of integrity. In fact, he is very nice and attentive!" Lin Long said happily.
Yue Rong nodded. She agreed that he was considerate and attentive, but was he a good person? She had not yet let down her guard against Jin Yiwei, and she did not blame her. Her own brother was poisoned by the commander of Jin Yiwei. She also witnessed it with her own eyes in Suzhou. Many evil deeds committed by Jin Yiwei!
"Yeah!" Lin Long called out softly again. She also opened Yue Rong's pillow, and a New Year's red paper envelope was clearly revealed underneath, "Sister Rong, you have one too!"
I have it too? Yue Rong was also surprised. He took the red paper envelope handed over by Lin Long. There were a lot of treasures in it. Who else could have it if it wasn't Lin Long?
"Sister Lin, we forgot to bolt the door last night..."
"Huh? Last night during the staycation, I went back to my room to sleep when I was sleepy." Lin Long thought for a moment, "Sister Rong, please go back to your room later than me! I fell asleep and you haven't come back yet!"
Yue Rong blushed. Last night, she followed Lin Long back to the room. Lin Long fell asleep in the blink of an eye. She was about to undress and go to bed. She took off half of her clothes, but Lin Long called her out. …
Then, without any explanation, he hugged her and jumped to the roof to watch the fireworks.
Yue Rong wanted to refuse to jump back to the ground, but the next moment, the fireworks she saw from the perspective of the rooftop really shocked her, and she just watched it like this...
Lin Linyou, on the other hand, looked at her red cheeks illuminated by the fireworks...
You are watching the fireworks from the rooftop, and the people watching the fireworks are watching you from the rooftop...
They looked at the roof for a long time without saying anything. After watching the fireworks, Lin Linyou held her in his arms and used Qing Kung Fu to float her back to the ground, then turned around and silently returned to the room.
Yue Rong was in a daze for a moment.
In her daze, she forgot to latch the door.
…
In the imperial city.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the imperial court officials would burn incense, set off fireworks, and throw door bolts or wooden poles three times on the ground in the courtyard, which was called "dropping a thousand gold coins." Drink pepper wine, eat snacks, flat food or dumplings. One or two coins will also be secretly wrapped in the dumplings just like the folk customs, and those who get them will predict good luck for the year. This day is called "Happy New Year" to each other.
Hundreds of officials came forward to express their congratulations, and only those among the Nine Qings were qualified to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor in person. When the officials met each other, they all exchanged a few words:
"When I look back, I become a year older before I know it."
"The children clapped their hands and were so happy to meet the New Year!"
"Happy New Year, Mr. Duan!"
"Dazhong Cheng is happy! We are happy together, we are happy together!"
On this day, the prince no longer has to travel all the way to the capital. He can just present congratulations and gifts like the civil and military officials. In their own fiefdoms, the princes are also very busy. They have to lead the prince, clan members, civil and military officials to the Chengyun Gate to worship the Long Live Card. After the ceremony, they were transferred to the Xin Palace to receive congratulations from the court, and a banquet was given at the end of the court.
After that, the kings and nobles took turns organizing wine and banquets, and the moon was shining brightly.
On this day, people also celebrate each other's festivals, pay homage, and have feasts.
The custom of official New Year greetings is rather special. On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, the host goes out to celebrate the festival. He just places a red paper pad and pen and inkstone on the table at home. When the greeting guests arrive, the housekeeper will lead them to write their names on the pad, which is considered a New Year greeting. The master is not at home at all, and all the welcome and farewell gifts are left to the family servants - after all, the master is busy! In addition to meeting the emperor, there are too many people to meet.
Zhang Bi started packing up early in the morning. With his sixth-grade official rank, he naturally had many relationships to move around.
As the capital's chief police officer, Ren Ran also needs to return home to pay New Year's greetings. Seeing this, Yang Fang couldn't follow him, so he packed his luggage and prepared to go back to his hometown to meet his parents.
Yu Miaolan also returned to the courtyard to pay New Year's greetings to the old madam - although she is currently the only witness to Jin Chang's murder, the Jiaofang Division case has been sealed by the imperial court. To punish Jin Chang's crime, it is best to use treason. Anti-party theory.
As a Jinyiwei, he was naturally familiar with the crime of treason, which did not require much evidence. As Emperor Jiajing said: The so-called treason only depends on whether it was planned or not, and there is no need to judge whether it was carried out or not.
Furthermore, hunting down murderers and thieves is the job of the police officers in the capital; hunting down and treasonous people is the job of the Jin Yiwei.
So Lin Linyou let Yu Miaolan go back. I believe Jin Chang wouldn't dare to mess around in broad daylight.
Lin Linyou's relationship is much simpler. There is no need to go to New Year's greetings, and no one comes to pay him New Year's greetings. He has five banners and dozens of captains under his command. One of the banners is Yang Fang, and Yang Fang's ten All the famous school captains were wiped out earlier, and the vacancies have not been filled yet.
He had already told the Xiaoqi Captain who was staying in the capital to avoid this set of customs. He didn't want to be disturbed. The main reason was that he knew that these Xiaoqi captains didn't have much money. Except for him, the general flag, he needed to take care of it. There are still many superiors waiting for them to give gifts!
Fortunately, Yue Rong and his little sister are with him, so he will not be lonely. Otherwise, during this lively New Year period, he will inevitably miss his family members from his time. As the saying goes, he misses his family even more during the festive season!
He was thinking of something to do to pass the time, take Yue Rong and the two of them to go shopping, or go to a temple on the outskirts of the city to offer incense? The courtyard door was knocked at an inappropriate time.
The knock on the door sounded strange. It wasn't Zhang Bi and the others. Who could it be? Could it be some small flag official?
"Didn't I tell you not to come?" Lin Linyou muttered as he walked towards the courtyard gate.
When he opened the courtyard door, he saw Jin Chang standing alone, holding two gift boxes, with a smile on his face.
Once bitten, twice shy! Seeing this guy, Lin Linyou couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After all, she was the one who was "bitten" by him twice.
"Mr. Lin, congratulations on the New Year, may you have good luck, longevity and good health!" Jin Chang put down the congratulatory gift on the steps and saluted. He was very polite and respectful, just like the two people he met at Xiaoyao Building and the Perfume Shop.
Lin Linyou thought about it, put on a smile, and returned the gift politely: "Master Jin is rich! What kind of wind brings you here, Master Jin?"
"Of course it's spring breeze!" Jin Chang said with a smile, leaning over to pick up the gift box, but Lin Linyou showed no intention of letting him in.
Lin Linyou is afraid! I'm just a grown man at home. If he performs some illusion, wouldn't it be dangerous for my little sister to be more tolerant? Never let a wolf into your house!
"Ahem, the salary of the emperor, the gift from Lord Jin, I really don't dare to accept it for nothing!" Lin Linyou laughed.
"It's just a small ritual." Jin Chang said, "It will never violate the rules. It will not violate the rules."
Lin Linyou said: "I don't dare to make the decision since my eldest brother is not here."
"Master Zhang went out to celebrate the festival?" Jin Chang said, "It doesn't matter. In fact, these earthen rituals were originally given to you, Mr. Lin Qi."
"How to say?"
"General Lin Qi really doesn't want to invite me to sit in the house?"
"It's inconvenient." Lin Linyou was very straightforward.
"General Lin Qi doesn't want to know about the Jiaofang Division?" Jin Chang whispered.
Are you trying to deceive me?
"I'm not interested, I don't want to know." Lin Linyou smiled, "This is not our responsibility."
"There are a few incompetent brothers under my command. I heard that last night, after drinking a few taels of cat urine, they actually started to attack my sister." Jin Changchang said this, straight to the point and no nonsense, "These micro earth rituals , I am here to apologize to you and your sister, Mr. Lin, for them."
"Master Jin's words are serious," Lin Linyou said, "It's normal to have some actions while walking around the streets to admire the lanterns. But I was a bit harsh. I didn't know they were your people, Master Jin. Please forgive me."
Jin Chang put down the gift box, cupped it in his hand, and turned around...
Lin Linyou was wiping sweat with his hands - he didn't expect that the sun was quite strong this spring.
Jin Chang stopped and turned around: "Mr. Lin Qi, Jiaofang's case has nothing to do with me!"
"It has nothing to do with me." Lin Linyou put down his raised hand and said with a smile.
Jin Chang nodded, took long strides, and finally left.
Lin Linyou quickly slipped into the courtyard, closed the door, and breathed a long sigh of relief. He felt scared for a while: Damn! If he had cast an illusion during the conversation just now, wouldn't it be just as dangerous if the little girl tolerated them?
This thing is unscientific, really unscientific!
We have to find a way to get rid of this damn illusion of his!
It turns out that I have been eager to deal with Jin Chang because I can't find a way to solve the illusion...
