It wasn't until the red sun set that the ceremonial official came back with a tired look on his face and reported: "In the end, your lords were unable to reach an agreement and decided to send a quick horse to report to the king urgently. The edict can be sent back within two or three days."
He Ran snorted coldly and said: "You adults are so wise. After deliberation for a whole day, I thought of sending someone to ask for an edict. If I had immediately sent someone to chase after learning about this, I'm afraid they would have come back by now.
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The Master of Ceremonies grinned and said, "My lords, I didn't expect that we would argue for so long. During the argument, everyone refused to give in, and they only wanted to persuade the other party. Alas, it ended up being wasted for most of the day."
He Ran walked back and forth for a few steps with a cold face, and just as he was about to send him away, the ceremonial officer smiled and said: "Since the military advisor is interested in Qinghua, why not go to the Qinghua Club in the past two days to have some fun?
The love flower party outside Yangcheng is the most lively, and if the military advisor follows the king to attend the love flower party elsewhere, it will be far less popular than here."
He Ran had a strange look on his face, thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
The ceremonial officer felt a little proud in his heart, and smiled to himself, even if you, the military advisor of the Yi State, are unparalleled in wit, you are now trapped in a cocoon, and there is no way to escape, right? I, the Zhao State's advisors, together, can't scheme against you alone?
Although it was just an insignificant victory, the opponent was He Ran after all, which made the official feel very happy.
The next day, the chief ceremonial officer came to invite him on a trip and presented him with a set of exquisitely crafted scribe's clothes.
Seeing He Ran's slightly surprised look, he smiled and said: "I don't know if the military advisor has brought casual clothes, so I prepared a set. Although the military advisor is an honored guest, it is better to do as the Romans do when attending this kind of love party. Wearing official clothes
I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to obey, and besides, this is also for the safety of the military advisor."
He Ran thought secretly and said: "It's hard for you to think carefully. I have casual clothes here. It's better to bring them to get used to it." What he thought was that since it was for safety reasons, he had to wear his own clothes. Everything at this moment
They all have to think the worst. If they really want to harm themselves, then this set of clothes will probably be an obvious mark. The assassin will be able to hit him with just one look at the clothes. As for changing into casual clothes, he only slightly cares about the plot.
He had heard about it and knew that this was a day for young men and women to express their love. It was passed down from ancient times. It seemed that apart from Xiping and Fanbang, this festival was held in every country. He didn’t know the specific details. Since the ceremonial officer mentioned
Wearing casual clothes is to follow the local customs, and since they had already changed into casual clothes, this must be the custom here.
In ancient times, the population was sparse, so rulers always encouraged childbirth. This is why the Love Flower Festival was born, with the purpose of allowing young men and women to find suitable partners. In fact, Xiping and Fanbang also have similar festivals, and they are held year-round.
Twice, one in early spring and one in late autumn, it’s just not called the Love Flower Festival. He Ran has been here for a long time and is familiar with many customs and festivals, but he doesn’t know much about the Love Flower Festival.
Naturally, he was no longer interested when he was living in different places. The Yi State and the Zhao State were originally from the same family, and their folk customs were the same. However, since the Yi State had been in turmoil for many years, the love festival had gone by without a trace, and even he couldn't even congratulate him.
Knowing that Yi State has this festival, let alone participating in it.
After changing into his casual clothes, the chief of ceremonies took out a delicate red silk flower and wanted to pin it on his bun. He Ran just thought it was because he wanted to dress himself up, smiled and waved his hand and said, "You don't need this."
The ceremonial officer was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly at him and pinned the silk flower to his head.
The Love Flower Festival in Dingyang has been agreed to be held in the suburbs three miles west of the city. Today is the first day of the Love Flower Festival. This side of the West City is already bustling with activity. When we leave the city, there are many cars and horses along the way, and pedestrians flow in. Most of them are young men and women.
, the young men are all in high spirits, wearing different costumes, either civilized or military uniforms, and there are many unique costumes inspired by other places. It can be seen from the looks of the girls that they have been carefully dressed up, and their costumes are even more colorful.
Either it's colorful or it's elegant and pleasant, it makes you dizzy.
When he arrived at the place, He Ran got out of the car and looked around. The choice here was really good. There was a broad grassland to the east, a hill to the south, and a woodland to the east. The scenery was very beautiful. This love flower can be said to be straightforward. It was a young man at the earliest.
Later, the vendors discovered the business opportunities and came here to do business during the festival. This added a lot of noisy atmosphere to the originally affectionate love flower party, and attracted many married people to come.
Join in the fun, but at dusk the place is full of young men and women, and the vendors and others must leave.
He climbed up and looked up happily, and saw only groups of people in twos and threes for several miles around. The center of the venue was extremely crowded with people, and most of the vendors gathered here. He walked towards there casually, and Hong An and other personal guards were extremely nervous at this time.
They had also changed into civilian clothes and were now scattered around the military advisor, not far or near, looking at the people passing by with vigilance.
He Ran noticed that there was indeed no one in official uniform here, which seemed to be the custom. Looking around, although his face was full of joy, from time to time there would be a hint of unnoticeable melancholy, accompanying him
The officiant can detect it if he pays just a little attention.
Not far away, he suddenly noticed two girls following him not too far away. They kept looking at him and talking and laughing in low voices. The chief of ceremonies also noticed it and said to him with a smile: "The military advisor is really
You are a dragon and a phoenix among people, I'm afraid something good will happen to you."
He Ran smiled and asked: "What happy event?"
Just as the ceremonial officer was about to answer, he saw one of the girls coming over, so he signaled with his eyes and stepped aside with a smile. Hong An and Zhong Zong came over alertly and stood on both sides of He Ran, but their faces were full of surprises.
All with a smile.
The girl walked up to He Ran, her little face was already flushed, her big watery eyes shyly looked at him carefully, then stretched out her hands and handed over a beautifully folded water-red silk flower. I don't know if it was because of nervousness or
Shy, her breasts rose and fell violently.
Even if He Ran didn't quite understand the rules of the Love Flower Party, it could be seen from this scene that he roughly understood that the girl was expressing her love by sending flowers. He was hesitant in his heart and didn't know how to refuse. He thought about the nonsense he told the ceremonial officer before that he had gone there often before.
At a love-flower party, if you refuse in the wrong way, wouldn't you show your timidity on the spot? But what should you do if you accept this silk flower? I never thought that this kind of thing would happen again, so I would have asked in advance.
The girl saw that he was smiling and didn't seem to want to refuse, but she refused to pick up the flower. Her face turned even redder and she looked at him shyly and resentfully. He Ran just made up his mind to take it first anyway.
It's better than standing awkwardly like this. Before he could take action, another girl ran over, took the silk flower from the previous girl's hand, said "How stupid!" and then pinned the silk flower skillfully on He Ran's hand.
He then pulled the red-faced girl and ran away giggling. The two of them looked back while running.
He Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he didn't need to do anything after taking the silk flower. He quickly smiled and waved to the two girls who looked back. The chief of ceremonies came over at this time and said with a smile: "This is what the official does.
It’s a happy event.”
He Ran smiled vaguely, not daring to ask any more questions. He took off the silk flowers pinned to his clothes, looked at them, and stuffed them into his sleeves. Hong An and others looked at each other and smiled. They were naturally familiar with the rules of the Love Flower Club.
, I don’t know what the military advisor is doing, but the military advisor often acts unexpectedly, and the seemingly random behavior often has deep meaning, especially in Zhao State at this moment, the military advisor must have a purpose for doing this, so even though
Everyone was curious, but there were Zhao officials nearby and it was inconvenient for them to come forward and ask.
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