Chapter Eleven: Shangyuan's scenery is easy to let go (1)
At night, all the lights in Fushan Tower in front of Xuande Gate are lit.
The bottom layer is a lotus lantern, which is like a golden lotus floating on the ground, rotating around the lantern mountain. The upper layer is a bird and beast, magpies, geese, walking rabbits, climbing monkeys... lifelike and vivid.
The upper level is famous mountains and rivers. Mount Tai, Mount Heng, Mount Song, Mount Huashan, Mount Heng, and the Five Sacred Mountains gather together; the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Sishui, Huaihe, Jishui, and Xijiang rivers flow side by side. The mountains are beautiful and the rivers are beautiful. The water is wide and the mountains are high.
The Yellow Emperor hunted, Dayu controlled floods, King Wu defeated Zhou, Han Wu defeated Hu, and Tang Zong swept north... The top is a dragon, about to rise into the sky, surrounded by two phoenixes spreading their wings.
The lamp mountain in Fushan Tower is a signal. Once it is lit, the other lamps are also lit.
The "Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix" lantern from the Shangshu Province, the "Seventy-Two Sages Studying Lamp" from the Zhongshu Province, the "Biangandi Listening Lamp" from the Menxia Province, the "Dragon and Tiger Leaping Lamp" from the Privy Council, and the "Bianhe Evergreen Lamp from Kaifeng Prefecture"
lamp"...
Then the lights in front of the clan houses, the mansions of high-ranking officials, and the lights in front of the doors of all high-ranking families were eagerly lit. Finally, the lights in the streets and alleys were lit.
There are fiery trees and silver flowers, and the lights are as bright as day.
Men and women, young and old, walked together in groups, carrying small lanterns or snacks, walking in twos and threes through the bustling streets, or watching the sideshows on the royal street.
Tonight is the last performance, please take the time to enjoy it.
"Madam, in the past years, this juggling has been judged, but everyone has their own reasons. Even if the judgment is forced to come out, we will still have to argue for a month or two."
On the street, a maid said to a graceful and beautiful woman next to her. Behind them, two strong women, leading two male servants, followed closely.
"Yes." The young lady replied, her voice like a nightingale's cry, "This year, twelve newspapers including the "Tokyo Times" joined forces and printed votes in the lower right corners of the previous six issues of the twelve newspapers. You can choose.
The top three jugglers will be put into thirty-six boxes and buckets scattered around the city before midnight tonight."
"The results will be tallied the day after tomorrow. The top three with the most votes will receive bronze medals for the A1, A2 and A3 acrobatics of the Lantern Festival in the first year of the Apocalypse, jointly announced by the Tokyo Times and 12 other newspapers. This is
A great opportunity to make a name for yourself in the world.”
"I see, why do I have to work several times harder than last year when I watch these sideshows?"
"Nonsense, last year during the Lantern Festival, Emperor Zhe Miao's Dragon Controlled Bintian, and all the Lantern Festival entertainment was cancelled. Where did you see that? In your dream?"
"Hehe, ma'am, just think that I saw it in my dream." The maid chuckled a few times, and then asked, "Who should I choose, ma'am?"
"I won't tell you! I collected thirty-six votes and asked people to vote in the ballot box."
"Little lady, why didn't you give me two votes? I want to vote for the Hundred Monkey Show."
"In the afternoon, I didn't ask you which three jugglers you like the most. I already voted for you."
"Ah, madam, why don't you let me write the ticket myself?"
"Are you literate?"
The maid was speechless, and the strong woman behind smiled and echoed, "All four of us, my wife, voted for us."
"Ah, madam, how many votes have you saved?" the maid exclaimed.
"It's not like you don't know that our wife loves to read these newspapers and magazines. Aunt Gongsun and I regularly go to help my wife grab "Half Moon Miscellaneous Talk" and "Wenbao"."
"Hehe, madam, these newspapers and magazines are not cheap. No wonder your monthly money is running out every month. Madam, it will not be good if Alang finds out."
"Dad doesn't have time to take charge. After he became the director of merit and virtue in the Ministry of Etiquette, he was so busy that he was rarely seen twice. Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go and look at the lanterns. There is also a third-level selection of lanterns in the newspaper.
I have saved dozens of lantern tickets for everyone to take a look and vote together."
The strong woman behind smiled and replied: "It must be the Dengshan Dejiayi of Fushan Tower in front of Xuande Gate. I heard that it was designed and ordered by the government."
The young lady curled her lips and said, "The Dengshan of Fushan Tower...the first few floors still have some artistic conception, but the top floor, like dragons and phoenixes, is vulgar. If it gets an A-3, it's a complete fraud."
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The maid beside her laughed and said, "My wife is still so mean and mean. What should I do if I go to my husband's house in the future?"
The young lady's face changed slightly, and the strong woman behind her slapped the maid hard on the back, "You little prodigal, you don't have a latch in your mouth, what nonsense are you talking about!"
The maid also knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she slapped her mouth a few times, took the little lady's hand and begged: "Madam, I said the wrong thing, don't drive me away, I have to follow you to watch the lights.
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The young lady chuckled: "You are really good at making excuses. Let's go."
The master and servant walked forward happily again.
After walking six or seven streets, I suddenly heard someone exclaiming.
"There are lantern riddles over there, lantern riddles from Kaifeng Mansion. If you guess the riddles, you will get a prize."
"I heard that there are also lantern riddles created by officials. If you guess it correctly, you will be able to win the Jinshi in the spring of this year."
What a good thing!
Everyone who heard this was shocked and ran towards Kaifeng Mansion.
The maid was also excited and encouraged her little lady.
"Madam, you are so smart, you can easily guess those lantern riddles. Let's go."
The young lady replied reservedly, "I don't really want to go, and I don't want to take the imperial examination."
"My dear lady, just go and dampen the arrogance of those scholars. They are all extremely arrogant with their nostrils turned upward. Let them see that the number one scholar in the imperial examination is not as good as our lady."
"Don't talk nonsense." The young lady scolded, but she was very honest, "Then let's go and take a look for now."
Two male servants opened the way in front, squeezing their way through the rolling crowd. The two strong women closely protected the young lady and the maid, and moved forward slowly in the crowd.
One of them, a strong woman named Gongsun Auntie, seemed to be very experienced. She used her thick arms and pulled her hard. Covetous of the young lady's beauty, they crowded over and wanted to take advantage of the young lady, and they were under her arms.
, just like a little chicken, being picked around and swaying around.
Seeing how powerful it was, the disciples could only leave in anger.
Among the crowd over there were Zhao Si and Ming Zhaoxia.
Ming Zhaoxia was dressed in a simple royal robe, a big hat, and a sword. Her face was like a crown of jade, and her heroic appearance made Song Yu angry to death and Pan An ashamed.
There were male and female disciples who took advantage of the crowd and rushed towards Ming Zhaoxia. They saw four tall men in fancy clothes and holding short sticks guarding the surroundings. Anyone who dared to take half a step forward would be killed.
I'll beat you with a random stick until your nose is bruised and your face is swollen.
If you still dare to say anything, I will pull out a sharp knife and prepare to give you a try.
Under the emperor's feet, there are powerful people everywhere, and aristocratic families are not as good as dogs. Who knows what this person's background is? The disciples were so frightened that they backed away when they saw the four men with rounded eyes and murderous expressions on their faces.
A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and there are plenty of ladies to mop up, so there's no need to hang yourself from this tree.
But before these sluts had time to take advantage of the second young lady they liked, they, like other sluts, had their left and right arms crossed by someone in the crowd, one person at the front and one at the front.
Just when I was about to speak out, I felt a chill on my back.
"If you dare to make a sound, I will stab you in the heart immediately!"
The disciple immediately dared not speak out.
He was kidnapped out of the crowd and taken straight to a remote alley, where he was beaten, put into a sack, and thrown into a carriage at the police station.
The disciple was beaten until he screamed repeatedly, but he didn't know what happened. He only heard a few words from the driver in the sack.
"These bastards have always taken advantage of them like this in the past. They know how powerful they are this time."
"There is nothing we can do, Pai Huazi, the human kidnapper was severely beaten by our police department two or three months in advance. The smarter ones ran out of Kaifeng City earlier. On the Lantern Festival, it is such a big festival, how can we not catch the criminals? There is really no way
Law, let’s arrest these gangsters and pay them back.”
"Haha, it's bad luck for them. We Zhang Fuyin and Cao Tou are both restless people."
Yes, it's so unlucky that I haven't taken advantage yet.
Staring at the backs of Zhao Si and Ming Zhaoxia, someone in the dark had fire in their eyes.
He asked the subordinates around him without looking back.
"Are you sure it's correct?"
"It's the Hun Jun and Zhao Xia Jun. Next to them are Han Jiaxian, the captain of the bodyguard, and four armed guards."
"Five people, plus the two of them, that's seven. We need at least twenty people here to have a chance."
"We don't have enough manpower. If there are twenty people here, there won't be many people left to set fire. What should we do?"
After a moment of silence, the man spoke up, "First bring out the manpower and keep them on standby. The two fires in the second watch are just appetizers. Anyway, I am going to make this fool look good tonight!"
"Yes! Even if we die, we will drag thousands of Kaifeng people to be buried with us!"
The man turned his head and looked at his subordinates, his eyes flashing coldly and he said nothing. This chapter has been completed!