As early as the seventh day of the first lunar month, mountain sheds have been erected in the county town. The lanterns on the mountain are decorated with gold and jade, and the splendid scenery intersects with each other. They are all decorated with colorful decorations facing the north. There are also paintings on them with stories about gods and goddesses, or markets selling medicine and divination.

There have long been lantern markets selling lanterns and various items.

This was Wang Pang's first time seeing the real version of the Lantern Festival, which was much more magnificent than the so-called Lantern Festival Lantern Show in Ditan Park in his previous life.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Di Qing allowed a few of them to go to the lantern show together, and everyone prepared separately. After gathering and setting off, they saw that Rou'er and Yuexia were fully dressed. The two girls were all dressed up, Rou'er was wearing pearls on her head, and she was wearing light pink.

The long clothes, carefully dressed up, make them more elegant and playful; they have jade plum blossoms under the moon, white jade hairpins from snow willows, and white robes with mink cicada sleeves, which look even more vivid and beautiful in the moonlight. The two of them followed the king with hand-held bodhi leaf-shaped lanterns. Behind them were

He Libo and Lu Shenyan.

One wife and one concubine, so young and beautiful, and well aware of the ways of women. Although they have not yet married, the king is proud to think about the blessings of the people in the future. It is true that people do not waste their youth in romantic affairs. The two of them are more than welcome to see.

The handsome young man next to Wang attracted passers-by to look at him sideways.

Several people were walking in the market. They saw carts with flower trays, moths and red lights on them, noisily selling on the street. The carts were filled with lactose balls, rare fruits from the north and south, soap cakes, Chengsha dumplings and other foods.

. It was okay for Yuexia and others to arrive, but Wang Pang was dazzled by what he saw.[

Then look at the lanterns and colorful decorations on the hooked tiles and tiles facing the street. The law of the brothel does not allow prostitutes to participate in night tours, so the prostitutes dress up and sit on the porch, while joking with the romantic children, and use bamboo poles to make lanterns, which look like flying stars from a distance.

The streets are crowded with people, and entertainers are competing to perform on the street. There are dramas, raps, dances, acrobatics, music, martial arts performances, etc. Let’s talk about the lanterns. Wang Pang can’t even see them, dragon boats, phoenix chariots, tower stories,

There are all kinds of colored lanterns, as well as sheepskin lanterns, shadow play lanterns, and lamps made of silk, with poems and hidden secrets written on them. Wang Pang thought to himself that this lantern riddle already existed in the Song Dynasty.

Everyone had fun guessing lantern riddles to see who could guess first. When they walked to a place, they saw a writing on a silk lantern: "The Han looks like a beard, the Hu looks like a Han, and the change of appearance is always ordinary, only on the banks of the Fenchuan River." The answer is to guess one person.

Seeing this, Yuexia reached out and pulled down the lantern and threw it on the ground. After walking a few steps, he saw the same lantern again. Wang Pang suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he went to Helibo and Rou'er to pair up. Lu Shenyan and

A team under the moon searched for this lamp separately and told Yuexia to calm down. A few people almost separated, but as expected, the lamp was not one or two, but dozens.

Wang Pang planned to let Yue Xia go back first, but Yue Xia refused. Seeing that Yue Xia was also angry, Wang Pang looked at the crowds of people around him. If he went back now and sent soldiers from the palace, the impact would be even worse. He asked him to escort them.

Let's go back first. But most of these lanterns are made by ordinary people, some are signed and some are not. I asked some people and they all said they didn't know the owner of the lanterns.

It was determined to burn these lanterns at the end of the moon. Lu Shenyan said: "These lanterns are not just one or two, how can they be burned, and there are so many people." Everyone had no idea and looked at Wang Pang. Wang Pang looked around and saw that they were not far away.

It happened that there was a small open space, which the artist had circled for singing purposes only. He gave the storyteller some silver to borrow the land. The artist happily took the silver and lent the open space and the storyteller to Wang Pang.

Wang Pang ordered Yuexia to be in a group with Lu Shenyan, and He Libo and Rou'er to take off the lanterns and bring them to the open space. At this time, the curious people also followed, and Wang Pang took out the silver coins.

, 30 cents apiece, and receive lanterns like this.

Don’t underestimate this 30 cents. People eat about 15 liters of grain per person a day, and the non-staple food they eat is about 40% of the grain. These foods are made into two meals, breakfast and dinner. People in the Song Dynasty did not eat lunch, and they usually eat lunch at noon.

Eat some snacks. It will cost about 20 Wen to buy 15 liters of grain and the necessary supplementary food.

In less than a while, all the lanterns from the lantern festival were collected here. A small mountain was piled in the open space. The king said to everyone: "Can you please tell me who the answer to this lantern riddle is?"

The people looked at each other in surprise, but some of them were willing to answer. King Pang knew that they did not dare to say anything. After all, Di Qing was the magistrate. He said, "Don't worry, everyone. If you know anything, just tell me. There will be a reward of 100 silver coins." After hearing what he said,

, then someone shouted: "It's Mr. Di Qingdi."

Wang Pang smiled and ordered Lu Shenyan to reward him. Except for Yuexia, everyone else didn't know what Wang Pang was selling.

King Que said next to him: "This riddle is indeed about Master Di Qing." The people were in an uproar. This was obviously a scolding of Di Qing. Some people believed it, while others did not believe it and said: "This young master, Master Di is a hero."

." Others said: "We haven't seen him before, but I heard that Di Qing was plotting rebellion."

The king said to everyone: "Everyone, listen to me tell a story!"

Everyone saw that the young master was handsome and handsome, and had just collected money. They saw that his behavior was strange. In the past, listening to books cost money, but today they still got money, so they simply listened to what Wang Pang had to say.

Wang Pang knew in his heart that this light was someone trying to create public opinion. He also thought that Di Qing had medical advice at this time. If he knew that it would be detrimental to his condition at this time, he calmed down and thought about Di Qing's heroic century. He saw him and said:

"Today I will also tell a story. In the first year of Baoyuan of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (1038), Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Dangxiang clan, proclaimed himself emperor in the northwest and established Xixia. At this time, there was a commander named Yanzhou.

This man was born in a peasant family. He practiced martial arts since he was a child and was good at horseback riding and archery. He was brave and good at fighting. He served as a vanguard many times and led soldiers to win battles. In every battle, he wore disheveled hair and a bronze mask. He led the way and was invincible. In four years, he participated in

He fought in 25 battles and was hit by 8 arrows, but he was never timid.

In the past four years, he led 25 battles in Dali, Qinghua, Yulin, Hunzhouchuan, Nan'an, Anyuan and other places. He took in more than 2,300 Xixia tribe camps and captured more than 5,780 people."

When he said this, he heard an exclamation of "Wow" from the crowd.

Wang Pang continued: "This man was once taught by Master Fan Zhongyan and taught Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, and he said to him: "A general who does not know the past and present is a brave man." He then studied more vigorously and became familiar with the military tactics of generals since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

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In the fourth year of Huangyou's reign, Nong Zhigao, the leader of the ethnic minorities in Guangxi, revolted against the Song Dynasty and called himself Emperor Renhui. He recruited troops, captured cities and territories, and fought all the way to Guangdong. We sent troops to conquer several times, but they all lost troops and generals and returned in defeat. At this time,

He had only served as deputy privy envoy for less than three months, so he volunteered and asked for permission.

Shengshang was very happy and appointed him as the envoy of the South Court of Xuanhui, Xuanfu Jinghu North and South Road, to control the banditry in Guangnan, and personally held a farewell banquet for him in Chui Gong Hall."

"At that time, the Song army was defeated in succession, its morale was shaken, and some generals even attacked without authorization. As a result, they returned with heavy losses and heavy casualties. The general we are talking about made drastic measures to improve military discipline and executed those who did not obey orders, which made the army more powerful.

He was greatly roused, and then ordered the troops to stand still, mobilized a large amount of food and grass from various places. After seeing this, Nong Zhigao's army thought that the Song army would not attack in the near future and relaxed its vigilance. However, he took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and suddenly

Dividing the army into three armies: first, middle and rear, he personally led the army to attack quickly, captured the Kunlun Pass in one fell swoop, and occupied the favorable terrain. Then he ordered part of the army to attack from the front. He held the battle flag and led the cavalry, dividing it into left and right wings, and detoured

After that, attack from both front and back, and win in one battle."

Everyone clapped their hands and applauded after hearing this.

Seeing that the speech was almost finished, the king said, "Do you know who I am talking about?"

The people said, "It's Master Di Qing." The king smiled and was about to speak.

Suddenly, a man emerged from the crowd and said: "If you indulge yourself, you can be successful, but you can't be rebellious."

The king looked at the man who had arrived. He was about thirty years old, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. When talking to him, his eyes looked directly at Yuexia and Rou'er. Yuexia said angrily: "Why do you say that my father has treason?"

The man said: "Everyone knows that Di Qing wears yellow clothes in the Xiangguo Temple."

Wang Pang signaled Yuexia not to speak, and he was rude to everyone. "Everyone, please look at me. What color are my clothes under the moon today?"

The people said: "White?" "Yellow"

Originally, the king was wearing a white robe, but it happened that the moonlight and the surrounding lanterns were bright, which reflected his clothes. In addition, everyone looked at the lanterns for a long time, so naturally his eyes were a bit dazzled.

Wang Pang said: "You are all so close to me, and you don't know what color I am wearing. How can you see Master Di clearly when he is on the steps of Daxiangguo Temple? Besides, at that time, Master Di was just like me at this time, standing among the people."

There are soldiers around me. Is this called treason by wearing yellow clothes? If it is called...,,, then what should I do at this time?"

He said with a smile, and everyone laughed and said, "That's right. It seems that Mr. Di was indeed wronged."

Wang Pang continued: "As you all know, the emperor once gave Master Di the gift of washing away the tattoos on his face. But the emperor said: "The emperor does not care about my origin, I will leave the tattoos to let the people know that as long as they fight bravely, they can kill the enemy bravely.

If you are loyal to your country and make more military exploits, you will have a bright future."

After speaking, he asked everyone with encouragement: "Do you think Master Di is right?"

The people shouted: "Your Majesty is right!"

Wang Pang then shouted: "Everyone shout with me, as long as you are loyal to your country, you will have a bright future!"

The atmosphere of the crowd was stirred up by him, and they also shouted together. "As long as you are loyal to the country, you will have a bright future!" Wang Pang secretly laughed in his heart. Those speeches and incitements in his previous life were indeed effective.

He added: "With such loyal ministers, there are still people who make such lamps. What do you think?"

Someone in the crowd shouted: "Burn it!" Then there was a cry to burn the lantern.

The king smiled and said: "As long as you are loyal to the country, you will have a bright future! Anyone who agrees with General Di Qing's words can be burned." [

Everyone was already inspired, and these words were considered impassioned. So three or five people came over, burned lanterns and formed a fire in the open space. The people took money and listened to stories, and they were still inspired. When they looked back to find the king, he had already disappeared.

There was no trace. It turned out that he had already taken advantage of the chaos and left.

Wang Pang left and returned to his house. Several people were chatting and joking all the way. They did not pay attention to the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and had already sent someone to follow him. Wang Pang did not tell Di Qing about it when he returned to his house. After a long time, he forgot about it.
Chapter completed!