Seeing that it was New Year's Eve, this Song Dynasty New Year's Eve was actually a time for giving gifts to relatives and friends before the Spring Festival. The gifts received in Wang Pang's house actually contained gifts for one or two rooms. Wang Pang was very busy, but fortunately, he also had Yuexia's help.

.Shen Kuo delivered the medicine as promised, and within a few days, the wounds on his face were almost healed.

Wang Pang was even happier that there was no more jade under the moon. Although sometimes there were things that needed to be explained, the relationship between the two of them had become more interesting, and Wang Pang also seemed to feel that he was always being ignored by others.

It may not be a comfortable thing to see through. For example, he didn't dare to look at beautiful women before, but now he occasionally peeks at her, and Yue Xia doesn't know. As a man, who doesn't have a little lust in his heart?

This was Wang Pang's first New Year in the Song Dynasty, so of course it was very exciting. Before the New Year's Eve, inside and outside the Chaotian Gate, there were auctions for new calendars with brocade decorations, various large and small door gods, peach charms, Zhong Kui, Suan Ni, tiger heads and gold

Picking flowers, spring posts, Taosheng, etc. were very popular in the market and were sold in shops above all as festival items in the Song Dynasty.

New Year's Eve is just around the corner; paper horses printed with Zhong Kui, Cai Ma, Hui Hui Ma, etc. are presented to patrons; some send atractylodes, wild jujubes, and anti-plague pills, which are full of ward off evil spirits and blessings.

Taoist priests and Taoist temples gave gifts of Xian Shu Decoction and other things to the donors' homes. Doctors also gave Tusu bags, knotted four goldfish with five-color threads, concentric knots or Pepsi knots, and gave various decoctions to the patrons. People received them with their foreheads hanging.

Above, in order to ward off evil spirits, I bought spring flags made of tin in the market, and they were decorated with auspicious flowers (I guess they were couplets, hanging money or something like that) to hang over the door on New Year's Day, as a good omen for the new year.[

On the streets and in front of shops, people are selling Atractylodes and Jujube. There are also people selling explosive sticks and fireworks.

Wang Pang watched everyone busy at work, cleaning the inside and outside of the house, posting door gods and hanging peach charms. They all tried their best to buy new year's goods. Women and children also had to buy new clothes. Wang Pang's money was spent like running water.

Setting off firecrackers and lighting candles on New Year's Eve was very popular in the Song Dynasty. At night, the light of incense candles and large braziers reflected the red sky, and the sound of firecrackers made the whole night noisy.

There is also one of the most important activities on New Year's Eve: a ceremony to expel plague ghosts is held in the palace, and the royal city's marriage officials are used. The accompanying guards wear masks and embroidered clothes of various colors, and the Jiaofang envoys (in charge of the Jiaofang) holding golden spears and dragon flags

Meng Jingchu, an official of the Department, was tall and tall, wearing a full set of gold-plated copper armor, pretending to be a general. The two generals who used the Zhendian palace also wore Jiewei, pretending to be door gods. Nan Hetan, an official in the teaching workshop, was ugly, tall and fat, pretending to be a judge. There was also Zhong Kui.

He and his younger sister, the earth god Kitchen God, etc., totaling more than a thousand people.

The Banzhi of the Imperial City Division (the accompanying soldiers) wore masks, embroidered and colorful clothes, held gold spears, silver halberds, painted wooden swords, five-color dragons and phoenixes, and five-color flags.

, Judge, Zhong Kui, Liu Ding, Liu Jia, Shen Bing, Five Directions Ghost Envoys, Zao Lord, Land, Gate, Shenwei and other gods. To drive away evil spirits in self-imprisonment, go out of Nanxun Gate and turn to Longwan, which is called 'burying evil spirits'

That's it. It's night, the sound of firecrackers in the forbidden mountain can be heard outside.

New Year's Day, also known as the first day of the year, is the most important festival of the year. It is what modern people call the first day of the new year.

Kaifeng Prefecture held Guanpu (Guanpu: gambling, gambling with money, throwing property) for three days. The scholars and common people celebrated each other since early in the morning. Food, animals, fruits, firewood, etc. were used in the streets and the songs were called Guanpu.

The shed is decorated with crowns and combs, pearls and jade, hair and face, clothes, flowers, collars, boots and shoes, entertainment and the like, and is lined with dance halls, singing halls, and chariots and horses.

In the evening, the ladies of the noble family watched and watched, and the women of the noble family watched the gambling, while the king was busy watching the scenery.

The common people, the common people, all exchanged congratulations, and the common people, even if they were poor, had to wear new and clean clothes, and drink wine to greet each other. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, they visited the Sanskrit Palace in Lin Palace all day long. Every family was feasting, laughing and noisy.

As it was outside, Wang Pang's residence was even more lively. There were lanterns and colorful decorations hanging on the residence, and there was an endless stream of people coming to visit.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Wang Bean was going to Wang Anshi's Mansion, and then to Master Bao's Mansion. These two people were already very busy. On the second day of the second lunar month, Wang Bean held a banquet and invited singing and dancing prostitutes from the capital to entertain the young men with whom he usually got along well.

several.

Wang Pang's romance is all friends who are slightly older or about the same age as Wang Pang. Some of them are Yuan Ze and Zhong Zhen who hang out with each other on weekdays. Others are Wang Anshi's disciples like Li Gefei and others, and there is a chrysanthemum banquet.

I met the children of other officials at the same table, like Fan Chunchun. There were also junior officials who had just joined the imperial court, like Su Shi, Su Che, Zeng Bu, and Yue Li.

A dozen brothers in their twenties were having a great time drinking and chatting. The elders were also singing every night and had no time to pay attention to them until they were drinking and socializing.

These people also liked this. They didn't have to visit each other anymore. They had agreed with each other years ago to use this place to get together and help the king settle down in his new house.

Then someone asked that this new house should also have a name, so they talked about it one by one. Some suggested naming it after Wang Pang, some suggested naming it after Wang Pang's official position such as Xiuzhilang, etc.

Some people say it is called "Xiangbing" House.

Yuanze said: "It's inappropriate to call this huge mansion 'Ruofu'."

Zeng Bu, Su Shi, and Li Gefei objected to calling it "xiangbing" because they thought it was not of high quality.

Everyone told me that the land bought in Jincheng County has Tangjia Village, which is also a place name, and it is easy to find. This time, Yin Shijie and his wife were asked to go back and find a mansion. That one is called "Jinxiang Mansion"

"Wang Pang has already thought about this.

Wang thought that there was another "Longhu Villa" in Chenzhou. After finding Yuexia, Wang Pang originally wanted to change the name of "Longhu Villa" to "Yuexia Villa", but Yuexia was taboo that it was his father's hometown, so the name change was banned.

Put it aside.[

As for this place, there must be a name for the mansion. It can be used as a name post to make it easier for people to find it. He thought that since this mansion was to find the place under the moon, it would be better to use the name of his mentor. He remembered that Di Qing was called "General Mian Nirvana"

So he said "nirvana".

Li Gefei was far away from where he was doing it, so he was afraid that he might not hear clearly, so he asked: "What? Meyer?"

He was not afraid of the mute speaking, but was afraid of being interrupted by the deaf. As soon as he said this, everyone looked at the king, wondering how he came out of the Gomayer Mansion.

Wang Pang laughed loudly, "Meyer, it just so happens that I got my first pot of gold from making fragrant pancakes, and it was related to coal. From now on, everyone in the world can call me Mr. Meyer."

Everyone congratulated the residence on the name "Meyer House"

But Su Shi wanted to punish him by holding up his wine glass and said: "Today I will punish you by drinking wine from my virtuous brother."

Everyone asked why he was fined with alcohol: "Su Shi said, have you ever seen him snickering?"

Wang Pang was indeed smiling. This Meyer has been called Meiye for a long time, and everyone, old and young, has to call him Mei Ye. When Wang Pang saw Su Shi saying this, he smiled and said, the name of the mansion is given to outsiders, how can it be called Mei Ye?

It was called by people, right?

Joking aside, the name of the "Meyer House" has finally been decided. However, there is a deeper meaning in the king's name. Think about it, more than 700 years later, there was a man who created what is known as the "Sixth Reich" in Europe.

"The Rothschild family. Isn't it also Meyer Rothschild?"

While everyone was talking and laughing, Lu Shenyan ran in and asked Wang Pian to go to the front hall to receive the order. Everyone didn't know what was going on and what the emperor's order was on the second day of the new year.

Wang Pang hurriedly changed his clothes and went to receive the order. When he came back, everyone hurriedly asked. Wang Pang said that the emperor had an order, and Xuan Wang Pang was going to Nanyuyuan tomorrow for something unknown.

Fan Chunchuan said: "It's a good thing, Brother Ruo is going to receive the reward again."

Wang Pang asked quickly, where did this come from?

Fan Chunchun said: "Yesterday was the New Year's Day court meeting. Hundreds of officials gathered in court, and envoys from various countries congratulated each other. Tomorrow, the envoys from the Liao Kingdom will shoot arrows in the South Imperial Garden. The Song Dynasty will select military officials who are good at shooting to accompany them. If the archer wins, he will return

There is a reward."

When Wang Pang heard this, he was going to compete in archery tomorrow. He hadn't practiced archery for several days, let alone archery and martial arts. It would be embarrassing if he lost.

Na Fan Chunchun added: "That year at the Chrysanthemum Banquet, we saw with our own eyes that Brother Ruo was superb in archery."

The more he praised the king, the more unsure he became. He thought that although he did not receive the jade from Di Qing at that time, it seemed that something was missing since he threw the jade into the dry well outside Privet Temple. He waved to Lu Shenyan who was behind him.

, whispered a few words in a low voice. Xiao Lu responded and went out to do what Wang Pang asked.

Turning around, he heard Su Zhe say: "Do you know where these foreign envoys live?"

During this period, some people knew about it and some didn't. For example, Wang Pang didn't know. Wang Pang asked, "Come and listen to what Ziyou (Su Zhe, also known as Ziyou) says."

Su Che said: "The Liao envoys lived in Dutingyi, the Xixia envoys lived in the west post of Duting, the Goryeo envoys lived in Tongwenguan, Anzhou Lane outside Liangmen, the Uighur envoys, the Khotan envoys, the Jiaozhi envoys lived in the Concierge Courtyard, and the envoys of various foreign countries lived in the Concierge House.

Zhanyun Pavilion or Huaiyuan Post."

Everyone was listening to what he said, but the king seemed to be missing something. Suddenly Li Gefei asked, "Why don't any Japanese slaves come to pay homage?"

When he said this, everyone noticed, and Fan Chunchuan said: "This year, the Japanese slaves came as envoys. I don't know why they didn't come to the court to celebrate the New Year." [

The king said: "Are the Japanese slaves in Marujichi still going against the will of heaven?" Everyone drank and talked and laughed before they dispersed.

After the banquet was over, Wang Pang returned to his room and called Lu Shenyan in. Wang Pang asked him if he had found it. It turned out that Lu Shenyan had gone to retrieve the jade from the dry well.

Lu Shenyan said: "I found it, but it was broken into two halves. But there are still some things that I will put in the young master's study for the time being. Young Master should go over and take a look."

The king saw that Lu Shenyan had a strange look on his face and had half of the jade knotted, so he went to the study with him. There were three or four parcels on the table in the study. They didn't look like old things. The brocade used for the parcels was actually brand new. It was obviously

People put it in there intentionally.

When I opened the package, I found soft gold, silver, and some porcelain inside. This was really strange.

Wang Pang asked Lu Shenyan if anyone else had seen him, and Lu Shenyan said that he only took Liu Qi with him. Liu Qi was a child, only 6 years old, but very shrewd. He was the kid from Chenzhou brought by Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi actually brought him with him when he came to the capital this time. Thinking that Yuanze wanted a book boy, Wang Pang asked Zhang Yi to keep the child. However, the little guy was so smart that he was not willing to give it away and stayed with Lu Shenyan every day.

change.

Wang Pang told Lu Shenyan not to talk about this matter for the time being. He ordered Lu Shenyan to put the things away, and he thought about taking them to Kaifeng Mansion in the middle of the day and letting Master Bao make a decision. He thought it would be nice if Brother Helibao was here. He could secretly put them away nearby.
Chapter completed!