Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty: Yin Fang Folds the Lotus (1)

In the summer solstice of the first year of Yuanchang, the whole country followed the old customs, and all the people from all over the country used music and dance to sacrifice to the land to show the elimination of epidemics and avoid famine and hunger. There were many taboos in the palace. On June 24th, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Taizu decided to follow the German army to improve its military route, secretly turned around and went to Cangzhou, and began to attack Zhang Zhiyan of the Eastern Wu due to the great success of the Northern Expedition. At the beginning of July, Zhang Zhiyan sent troops to surprise the military town of Ezhou (now Wuhan). The defender Xu Zheng had just retreated to Hezhou, an important border town between Dali and Dayuan. Dali had secretly sent a hundred war elephants to the border guards of the Yuan Dynasty. When Taizu received the news of these war elephants, he was not surprised at all. Instead, he smiled, and immediately ordered Xu Zheng, a famous general of the German army, the second-rank Ruiwu general of Shangzhu Kingdom, to take over these war elephants and counterattack Zhang Zhiyan. In one day and one night, Ezhou was recaptured, and the world was in an uproar.

Taizu also secretly believed in the original order, and ordered Xu Zheng to send the eighty-five war elephants that had survived in Ezhou back to Dali as soon as possible. Three days later, dissatisfied with being a toy for children, this war elephant kicked Xu Zheng's young son off three of his ribs, ran wildly everywhere, kicked open the gate of the mansion, and ran into the mountains by himself. , Xu Zheng was demoted three grades in a row, fined for one year, and within three days, he changed from a suspicious deserter to Yuanmou Xunxiao, and then inexplicably became the object of impeachment by the court, and then became the laughing stock of the court officials. After-dinner conversation.

However, after the joke, the reason behind this incident was revealed by Xu Zheng, and Zhang Zhiyan copied it later, deliberately mentioning the nepotism of Mrs. Huaxi that the Yuan family least wanted to mention, making the lover Secretly helping her husband and so on, greatly hurt the mighty myth of the original army. Because Xu Zheng was a member of the Fengde Army, he was stationed in Chuzhou to contain Zhang Zhiyan. It’s another year’s Qixi Festival, catching up with Fengding’s return to the court to report on his duties. It was also lively, and the face of the Holy One also showed a smile. The festival of love, everyone in the palace knows that the emperor must miss Xiaoxian and Chunyi Empress on this day. Sure enough, on the day of Qixi Festival, the holy face was cold, and the royal family members were simply invited, and a family banquet was held hastily. He was depressed and had no intention of feasting, let alone such colorful festivals as the folks, and the people dared not talk too much. After the holy majesty bestowed the objects, the moon disappeared as soon as it was in the middle of the sky.

When I went back to Xifengyuan, Weiwei and the new recruit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs helped me change and unload. Wei Xiaoyu held my changed clothes, looked at the stars in the sky, and said with a pout: "It used to be the Qixi Festival." , it was Mr. who took us on a night tour of the Qinhuai River, it was so beautiful and enjoyable, but I don’t want to go to bed early this Qixi Festival.” Weiwei, whose appearance has almost recovered, also came over to make fun of it: "Oh, yes! Last year I accompanied the princess to the wedding banquet of the previous court, and that scene..."

You may recall that last year, when King Xuan was prominent, the little girl sighed like an adult, holding a red gold spider holding a ganoderma hairpin on her chest in her right hand, looking at the bright starry sky outside the window, her eyes wandered for a while: " The twilight scene of mulberry and elm is gone." Well!It seems that the little girl has fully recovered from the physical and psychological trauma she suffered during the June Snow Incident. Yanhua couldn't help but laugh, and the flower tinsel on the corner jumped happily a few times, but when she saw me looking at her in the mirror, she immediately put away her smile, and professionally and quickly tidied up my jewelry up.

It suddenly occurred to me that the big boat ordered by Jun was delivered the day before yesterday. It was mainly used for business entertainment, to communicate with business relationships, and by the way, I could talk about some "hidden topics" with important people in the middle of the water. Let's put it together this morning. I even came here specifically, saying that I personally brought people to test the water, and the quality is quite good. It happens that there is no curfew on Qixi Festival tonight, so why not take the folks from Xifengyuan for a stroll, and you can also do some "business".

I quietly got ready, Xiaoyu was elated, and Weiwei smiled happily, but Yuhua is a newcomer, and I haven't seen my debauchery and corruption life, seeing everyone happy, just standing there politely and ignorantly Laugh with you. I put on a bun, put on a white jade hairpin from Dongling, and wore a men's jade-colored silver luan dress, covered with a rose gauze robe, dressed like a gay man, looking at me, just like this, my jaw dropped slightly down. It's the beginning of the rain on the Qixi Festival, and pedestrians are remembering home. Jiang Tian looks at the Milky Way, and the water pavilion folds lotus flowers.

At the time when the new dynasty amnesty the world, the general public was confined at home a while ago, and they all flocked out like a swarm of swarms when they finally caught up with the name of entertainment. However, at night, on Zhuque Street, fireworks are everywhere, and silk and bamboo orchestras are endless. Decorated with lights and festoons, full of voices, we are surrounded by traffic, crowds of people, bustling, bustling, our group disguised as a wealthy family, at first it was difficult to move in the vast crowd, finally sparks in front of us, and we were caught by the carnival crowd Pushing forward, we were almost pushed to the pier in the end, and we breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the staff had been waiting for a long time, everyone held huge candles, bright as day, a resplendent five-story boat was moored on the bank of the water brightly lit, all covered in red and green, beaming, I I took the guys to worship the gods, and took a custom-made extra-large long-strength wine bottle and smashed it on the bow. At last, I didn’t sink the boat like Shrek. Anyway, everyone applauded wildly, haha, it’s okay. The maiden voyage ceremony was over, and a large group of people boarded the boat in a hurry, followed by the Jun family carrying a dozen half-waist-high camphor wood boxes for daily necessities.

At that time, Yanhua was only a twelve-year-old yellow-haired girl. She had never seen this stick before, her big eyes stared straight for a long time, and it took a long time for her jaw to close. Later, this scene was controlled by Weiwei and Xiaoyu for half her life. I turned around and asked Qi Fang quietly: "Have those big boxes been put away?" Qi Fang smiled and said: "It's all been put on the third floor, everyone has been properly arranged, and there is a hard-working guy guarding the door." It’s been a long time since I heard Qi Fang say a secret word, and it’s also been a long time since I saw him smile like this. Sure enough, the news of Bu Xiangning’s recovery made him feel much better, so I smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “The General’s Mansion Did you post the post yesterday?"

Qi Fang smiled again: "Master, don't worry, everything is ready, the man reported it, the wife is already on the way, and she will be there soon." I felt relieved, stood at the bow of the boat, put away my jade bone fan which symbolizes romance, waved to the sky, and shouted: "Hold the anchor!" The sailor yelled loudly, and the staff on the shore hurriedly set off firecrackers and fireworks, only to hear crackling in the ears, and the festive fireworks flew up, congratulating them on launching, and the big boat slowly left the bank and galloped towards the center of the Weishui River amidst loud noises. In the middle of the water, an ancient pipa song "Weishui Ancient Tune" suddenly floated from the top floor of the big boat. I climbed to the third floor, thinking as I walked, this Xiaofang's ability is getting better and better, where can I find such a good musician to help out, I will have to reward him heavily later. Walking to the third floor, there were two pale warriors standing at the door very vigilantly. I reported my identity loudly to the inside, and the two guys opened the door for me. I stood outside, separated by the bead curtain. I saw three vague figures standing in front of the window, looking at the bright lights on the other side of the Weihe River, as bright as day, and I didn’t even look back when I came in. I only heard Yaoji sighing softly, “When I was young, I remembered that there were fireworks in Zhuangzi one year. So I secretly ran out to see it, and it was so beautiful." Standing beside Yao Ji was a tall figure, that person's phoenix-eyed, full of affection, but he came out of the same face as the face of today's holy majesty.Putting her arms around Yao Ji, she said with a light smile: "At that time, you looked so stupid, even I stood by and stared at you for a long time, but I didn't notice it." Yao Ji's eyes were bright, she turned her head and smiled tenderly: "That's the first time I've seen Qingshan." The phoenix eyes of the original Qingshan were also obsessed: "Yeah, I remember that Qixi Festival that year, you were only seven years old, you wore a half-worn train, and your black hair didn't wear any accessories, but I looked silly. At first glance, I never thought that there would be such a beautiful little girl in this world." The two looked at each other and smiled, and Yao Ji leaned gently on Yuan Qingshan, staring at the world of lights on both sides of the Wei River: "It's been many years, I haven't seen such a beautiful scenery." I was startled, I really didn't expect that Yuan Qingshan would come here, behind the two stood a tall woman who looked to be in her twenties, her complexion was extremely pale, and she was also looking at the beautiful scenery on the other side in amazement. The woman was so vigilant, she turned her head and stared at the scenery on the shore, I didn't move, I just felt a blur in front of my eyes, the glazed curtain was shaking rapidly, it was very sweet, she had already stood in front of me with her hands down, and took me with Yaoji Qingshan and his wife There was a distance between the two of them, and the brown pupils stared at me coldly, as cold as Sadako's, reaching my heart, and I took a big step back in a useless fright. Yao Ji smiled and called out: "Que'er, why are you so unreasonable in someone else's land, let the princess come in." That Que'er withdrew her murderous aura, silently stepped aside, and gave me a blessing. I coughed and stroked my heart and said, "Miss Que'er, excuse me." Recently, I have been feeling uncomfortable in my chest, probably because you people from the Dark Palace have been so frightened. I went into the room, gave a big gift to Yuan Qingshan and Sima Yaoji, and politely asked them to tell me not to ask when they were outside in the future, it would be easy to deceive people. Yuan Qingshan just nodded politely to me, then sat down and listened to the pipa music with his eyes closed. To be honest, I don’t know what to say to him. ! Fortunately, Yao Ji said some kind words, and I also said a few polite words, so naturally I didn't dare to stay longer, so that they can continue the sweet memories of their husband and wife, and I was about to leave. Yuan Qingshan, who had been listening attentively, suddenly said: "This musician is very skilled. This "Weishui Ancient Tune" is originally a story about a pair of young children from different backgrounds who died for each other but ended up getting married. How can you play it so well?" Gentle and moving, flying pearls and jade, it is rare, the most precious thing is that it is sincere and touching, and it makes people feel a lot. I don’t think there are such superb musicians among the people.” We couldn't help but listened carefully to a section, and at the end of the piece, he sighed again: "It's just that when we are rescued and get married, the beauty is beautiful, but it's not natural, and there is still a sense of sadness and choking, rather like It's Changxiao's meaning of returning to the wind and fine snow, and I think this former master of playing flute has switched to pipa in the middle way." After what he said, I thought of a person, and at the same time, I was deeply impressed by the artistic attainments of the members of the Yuan family, and said in admiration: "My uncle is really good at hearing, this is a friend of Mo Wen, named Minqing Her pipa was originally a masterpiece in the Yangzhou Jiaofang during the Yuanwu period, and I did hear her say that she loved the Changxiao when she was young, but she was forced to learn it by her teacher because the geisha was popular in the pipa." At this time, the man reported that Hejin Ferry was coming soon, so I left and said I was going to pick up people. Yaoji immediately interrupted my conversation with Yuan Qingshan and urged me to go quickly. Didn't care about Minqing's pipa music. I wondered in my heart, when did Min Qing come here with Qi Fang, I think they were sneakers, Qi Fang would not tell me, among all the previous concubines, Min Qing was second only to Duan Chaozhu My "second wife" has been with me the longest, and my relationship is relatively deeper. Even Duan Yuerong said that because of me, Minqing is very respectful and loyal to his wife. I heard that Minqing has always remembered me, Thinking of having me by your side, does Qi Fang want to give me a surprise?I don't know if the other concubines are also here. As soon as we got down to the second deck, we vaguely heard the giggling laughter of children, and followed them away, but saw three pale-faced tall men chasing a child running around, leading by a long-faced The big man with the child was shouting nervously at the child. The child was wearing a small Kunlun slave mask, and he was very agile, jumping up and down on the deck and handrails, a group of people couldn't catch him for a while, and when they saw me at the turning, they screamed and rushed towards me , I was stunned for a while, and then realized that it should be Xiao Yu, so I picked him up, kissed him through the mask, and asked with a smile, "Does Xiao Yu like the night view of Qixi Festival?" Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, hugged my slender neck tightly, pointed to the beautiful scenery of fireworks on the other side and shouted excitedly, I followed the direction he pointed, walked back and forth non-stop to show him, and The big man with a long face asked others to stand on the bow of the boat to watch, and he followed us every step of the way. A huge firework roared into the sky, and for a moment, the fire trees and silver flowers bloomed brilliantly all over the sky, which was magnificent and approached the starry sky. A group of people on the other side laughed and exclaimed, and also illuminated the eyes of the long-faced man in the head. I was fascinated After looking at the big man for a while, while putting down Xiaoyu, he tapped my ivory and jade bone fan into my left palm with his right hand, and said with a grin: "My lord, you are safe here!" The big man jumped up, shrank his strong body back, stared at me for a minute, Fang Zi puffed out his chest and said in a low voice, "How did you recognize me, woman?" I bowed my head gracefully and said modestly: "The mountain people have their own eyes!" The man sullenly said: "How is it possible, no one has ever recognized my disguise." "Look at my eyes!" I pointed my finger at my eyes and exaggerated: "Sun Wukong borrowed me the Fire Eye Jinqing in a dream the other day. From now on, no matter how wonderful the palace master's disguise is, the mountain people will definitely see it." "Tch, Sun Houzi is a god who treats money and beautiful women like dung, how could he borrow a woman who is only interested in profit like you?" "Yo! It turns out that the palace lord has also read the book published by Jingzhong Baoguo Publishing House!" He choked there, his ears blushed suspiciously, and he replied angrily: "It's the comic book you brought Xiaoyu last time, I just glanced at it, the brat was fascinated by it, and now I'm serious every day." You don’t practice kung fu, you only practice monkey boxing, and I heard that it’s a story you made up yourself, and you are too good at telling it.” After hearing this, Xiao Yu played a set of monkey boxing to cheer me up. It was very powerful, and I was very happy to see it. I laughed: "Recently Sun Wukong wanted to change a forbidden curse, I promised to change it for him, and he lent me my eyes." "You're talking nonsense again." I was chatting nonsense with Sima Yun, who had changed his appearance. It might be rare for him to come out today, and he was in the middle of the Weishui River, with beautiful scenery and pleasant music. It was hard for him not to get angry, so he shared a smile that was not natural because of his disguise. I'm laughing. Finally, I raised my eyebrows and said cheerfully: "Let's do it! The master of the palace will tell the mountain man the secret recipe for making pickled melons in the dark palace, and the mountain man will tell you how I recognized the palace master." Last week, Yao Ji asked me to give Pearl a small jar. Pearl invited me to try it out. When I opened the jar, I found that it was just pickled pickled melon. The humble pickles are reserved for my daughter. However, when the first bite of pickled melon was put on the tip of my tongue, I couldn't help but shed tears. This pickled melon is so delicious! So I came up with the idea of ​​developing dark palace pickled cucumbers. Unexpectedly, Sima Yun looked at me with strange eyes, made a nauseous expression, and said with a smile: "Why do you love that thing? I ate it when I was a child, and then I hated it the most. Just thinking about it now makes me want to throw up." "Traveling heaven and earth! Palace Master, believe it or not, the pickled melons in your dark palace will become the world's number one appetizer. With this pickled melons, even if there is no Baicao Garden, you can become the richest people in the world. If you tell me the formula, even if you invest in technology, how about 20%, don’t understand? It’s 28%! You just need to tell me the formula, and you don’t have to do anything else. In the future, I’ll make eight and you two, what? Too low?? Well... it’s a little low, not counting as an honest person, let’s say Sanqi, I’ve already decided on my name, I’ll call it Sanhe Simei, Liubiju or Siqin, so that I can respond to the court , to promote the meaning of loyalty and filial piety, and to be closer to the common people, no, it’s better to read Yi, "Nian Yi Sauce Garden" sounds good... Tonight, on Qixi Festival, it should be more meaningful for us to sign a contract... I don't want to be a tribute to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the profit will be less A lot, like this..." I spoke more and more vigorously, he was dizzy and couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed me who was dancing, touched my forehead with my left hand, and said with a headache: "stop, stop, stop, I didn't understand a word, you never leave Money, we know that people in the world depend on food, and agriculture is the foundation of the people, so it seems that you are suitable to be a money-smelling businessman."