The emperor issued an order to take the "Fantasy Flower Fire" made by the gunpowder store of the Imperial Guard and set it off. The flames rose into the sky and bloomed in the sky above the imperial city, with orchids, osmanthus, narcissus, plums and chrysanthemums blooming in vivid and moving patterns. Rusheng...
After the fireworks were put off, the Lantern Festival Imperial Banquet was concluded successfully. In the palace, gauze-shaded lanterns were set up, stretching directly to the bedroom. The concubine who served in the bedroom accompanied the emperor and entered the palace in a walking chariot. All the officials knelt down to see him off.
…
After returning to Jinyiwei via the imperial road from Fengtian Palace, Ji Gang left Zhang Bi and Lin Linyou alone.
"Do you know why you two were promoted?" Ji Gang sat.
The two stood and bowed: "Thanks to King Wu for showing me some kindness!"
"Today, the emperor said something to me, called Hengqin Pengze." Ji Gang said, raising his eyes and looking at the two of them, "I heard that Mr. Lin is well-read and literate. I am a martial artist. I don't know the true meaning. Mr. Lin Qi, tell me?"
Lin Linyou has been promoted to a hundred households, and Ji Gang still calls him the commander-in-chief. Maybe he is used to it and can't change his tune for a while, or maybe he did it on purpose?
"Uh... Hengqin Pengze, it's about Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty. He had a stringless harp. He didn't want to be an official, so he resigned as magistrate of Pengze County and lived in seclusion at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain to farm. In his free time, he played the harp, drank wine, and all kinds of things. Ju..." Lin Linyou said like an endorsement.
The look in Ji Gang's eyes did not indicate that he had any undue thoughts about him. He was somewhat relieved.
Ji Gang's eyes were calm and calm. After being involved in officialdom for many years, it was impossible for anyone to see anything in his eyes.
It is said that officials are like rotten wood above the court, but as everyone knows, officials look at the head of Guizhou as if they were rotten wood.
After listening to Lin Lin's explanation quietly, Ji Gang just waved his hand and said, "It's hard to decipher the holy will. You two go down and think about it carefully!"
…
On the way back, the lights were as bright as day, and people rushed out of their homes to look at the lights. There is no curfew in the capital today, and the outer city gates remain open all night. People in the city can go out, and people from outside the city can come in, for five consecutive days. The brothers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are busy again.
but……
"It's better to eat the emperor's food!" Lin Linyou weighed the Jieli silver rewarded by the emperor in his hand, "Not only do you get rice and salary money on weekdays, but you also get benefits during the holidays! Ordinary people in Guizhou are not blessed to enjoy it."
"The salary is not high!" Zhang Bi said.
"Brother, you have to speak with a clear conscience!"
"Isn't it high?"
"Some official positions may not be high, but who knows? We are not from the Ministry of Household Affairs." Lin Lin said, "We, the Jinyiwei, are not high to the outside world, but the emperor does not treat us poorly with various hidden benefits. Us!"
"The Jin Yiwei is the only imperial guard directly under the emperor. My mother-in-law, the emperor naturally has to be more generous!" Zhang Bi said, "Of course, we work for the emperor not for this little money, but for the sake of a little money." A patriotic heart loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
"You have awareness, you have awareness!" Lin Linyou extended his thumb, "Second brother, I give you a thumbs up!"
"Second brother, have you thought about what the emperor meant when he said Hengqin Pengze?"
"No..." Lin Linyou shook his head, "They have said that the Holy Will is unpredictable, so it is so easy to think of it. Can it still be called the Holy Will?"
Zhang Bi showed a disappointed look: "I was pointing at your clever mind!"
"No matter how smart I am, how can I be as smart as you, Bingxue?" Lin Linyou put his hand on Zhang Bi's shoulder, "Brother, don't think so much, you have already been promoted to a thousand households! We should celebrate, right?"
"How do you want to celebrate?" Zhang Bi said, "You have also been promoted to a hundred households... do you want to go to the Jiaofang Division?"
"We must go to Jiaofangsi!" After all, I haven't been there for a long time. "I'll take the palace delicacies back first and let my younger sister and Yue Rong taste them. Then I'll take them out to enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles, and wait for them. When we got tired and fell asleep, let’s just...hey hey hey!"
Zhang Bi also smiled evilly: "Hehehehe!"
"What are you talking about?" Lin Linyou saw through his evil intentions, "I'm talking about going to the Jiaofang Department!"
"Uh, me too...are you afraid that our crystal will be stolen now?"
"Before, I was mainly afraid of the bastard Jin Chang." Lin Lin said, "Now this guy is dead..."
"Don't forget, the thief king in the capital is still alive and well." Zhang Bi said, "Besides, he is your and my enemy."
"This..." Lin Linyou knew he was talking about Jiang Hua, "That guy is already lame, what's there to worry about? Besides, we can't always stay with my little sister and Miss Rong, right? Jin Chang's Adopted son, those are just a bunch of fools, they dare to pick flowers on the heads of our royal guards, I really don’t know how the word “death” is written!”
"Although Jiang Hua is a member of King Wu, he will not mess around." Zhang Bi said, "But he also has a group of idiot disciples."
"What do you mean by eldest brother? Not going to the Jiaofang Department?" Lin Linyou was a little disappointed. He felt that with eldest brother's temperament, he shouldn't be afraid of this and that. Could it be that after being promoted to an official, he became less courageous?
"Of course not." Zhang Ben smiled, "We are the Jinyiwei. What do the Jinyiwei do? We hunt down traitors and thieves, investigate misdeeds... We are the ones who deal with bad guys. How can we live in fear and fear because of a few bad guys? "
"That's it."
The folk Lantern Festival is still popular in Hangzhou, and all lanterns made of leather, silk, yarn and paper are produced in Hangzhou (there was no small commodity market in Yiwu at that time). The capital has gathered all kinds of lighting from north to south, such as Minzhong pearl lanterns, Baixiajiao lanterns, southern Yunnan filament lamps, Wude old wall lamps, etc...
The patterns of the lanterns are also numerous and dizzying, including those that look like living figures: Beauty, Laozi, Liu Hai playing toads, and Zhong Kui catching ghosts; there are flowers and plants: grapes, persimmons, bayberry; flowers, birds, and insects: deer, cranes, and walking horses; Kit Kat For smaller ones, there are mica screens, crystal curtains, glass balls, etc.
Even large and small rolling lanterns were placed in the Qinhuai River to drive away dragons.
For a time, the streets of the capital looked at each other with lights, and the golden drums heard each other, and men and women blocked the road and chased each other.
The lanterns are also filled with lantern riddles or acrostic poems for anyone to guess - this is the so-called lantern guessing.
In addition to setting up various lanterns on the streets, there are also amusement and acrobatics; fireworks with birthday ribbons and pearls; boys playing drums to enjoy peace; women lead each other and walk together at night to eliminate all diseases, which is called "walking away all diseases" ”, also known as “walking the bridge” (it turns out that the Bosozoku group has a long history).
Goods from all sides were gathered together, forming a huge lantern market. Merchants from all over the world held their own and set up stalls to sell goods. Most of the goods sold are market foods, such as sugar, rice dumplings, dough balls, lotus stems, melon seeds, various kinds of melons and fruits... The shop floor stretches for one or two miles.
I thought that the younger sister and the others would be full after eating the delicacies in the palace, but I didn't expect that Lin Long was still clamoring for candy.
"Are you not full yet?" Lin Linyou tapped Lin Long's forehead, "Eating too much sugar will make you gain weight."
"But this candy looks really delicious." Lin Long grabbed Lin Linyou's arm, nestled against his chest, acting like a child, "Buy it, buy it!"
"Buy, buy, buy." Lin Linyou took out a few copper coins, "Brother, do you want to eat?"
Zhang Bi said: "If you don't eat it, it will be in my little sister's mouth, and it will be sweet in my heart."
Lin Linyou handed the candy to Lin Long and Yue Rong, looked at Yue Rong and said, "Me too, I ate it in Miss Rong's mouth..."
Yue Rong looked at the candy in Lin Linyou's hand, but did not take it: "When my brother was a child, his favorite thing to eat was candy, but..."
Every festive season, I miss my loved ones even more! It seems that as long as she doesn't find her brother for a day, she can't be really happy.
In fact, before Jin Chang died, he actually told Lin Lin the whereabouts of You Yuerong's brother, but...
"Still called the general flag? The second brother has been promoted to a hundred households!" Zhang Bi said, "Miss Rong, don't worry, you have been promoted. There are more people under your command, and it will not be difficult to find people. I believe that soon, he will be promoted to an official." I can find your brother!"
It seems that they really take this matter to heart. Yue Rong glanced at Zhang Bi and Lin Linyou gratefully, said thank you, and finally took the candy from Lin Linyou's hand, held it with Lin Long, watched the lanterns and guessed lantern riddles...
Looking at their backs, Zhang Bi put his elbow on Lin Linyou's shoulder: "Second brother, are you serious that you didn't sleep with her?"
"I like a flower, there is no need to pick it off." Lin Linyou also looked at the beautiful figures of the two girls in front of him, his eyes reflected the fireworks in the night sky.
"I'm afraid if you don't pick it off, someone else will pick it off..."
"Who is so bold as to steal a woman from me, the official of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei!?"
Zhang Ben raised his head and pointed at himself with his thumb: "I don't know about you yet. You are so eager to help Miss Rong find her brother. Are you waiting for her to take the initiative to commit herself to you?"
"Eat some candy!" Lin Linyou slapped a candy on his face, rolled his eyes at him, and walked forward to follow the two girls.
"It's so sweet!" Zhang Bi said.
"..."
Fireworks soared into the sky, blooming one after another, and the night sky in the capital was gorgeous.
"Brother, I'm in the palace today. I had time to ask the father-in-law who oversees the gunpowder dispensary," Lin Lin said. "Sure enough, the smoke I made was too high. It was still the problem with the sugar. I put too much sugar in it. .”
"Oh? How much should I put in?" Zhang Ben sipped the candy.
"For a small spoon as big as this," Lin Linyou gestured with his fingers, "just add three more spoons."
