Chapter 65 Soaring and Celebrating the Buddha's Birthday

On the second day, Xiao Yan got up very early and knocked on Luange's door.

Luan Ge was sleeping in Zhengxiang, and when he heard the sound outside the door, he instinctively covered his ears and exclaimed bitterly: "Don't knock!

Xiao Yan turned a deaf ear, and banged on the door vigorously, with a posture that I would not stop if you didn't come out.

It didn't take long for Luan Ge to finally hold back, she opened the door, staring at a stumbling little kid at the door with a dark face, and before she could speak, she saw him squeezing in from beside her with a smile on his face.

Xiao Yan saw that she was disheveled and her hair was messy, so she took care of herself and put on the flowers she picked in her hand, and helped her open the window, and said while she was busy: "Sister, don't be angry, Mr. said, the plan of the day lies in the morning, go to bed early and get up early to be in good health, you see how fresh this flower is, how fresh the air outside the window is, how happy the birds are calling, and"

"Get out!" A roar of a lion from Hedong came from the Yongluan Palace, startling the birds all over the courtyard.

Half an hour later, Xiao Yan dragged the chicken leg in his left hand and the apple in his right hand Luan Song out of the Yongluan Palace, and then--

"Sister, then, how should we go?"

watched as Luan Ge slowly gnawed the food in her hand little by little, throwing away the last chicken bone, only to see her clapping her hands in a chic manner, and then wiping it on Xiao Yan's clothes. Ignoring his resentful gaze, he hooked his fingers and said happily, "Just follow me." ”

The day before, he was informed that Shu Yang was going out of the palace today, and Luan Ge was afraid that others would ask, so he only went to the concubine of Yong'an Palace.

Last night, someone had already been sent to hand over the words of the third princess if she was fine, to prevent the concubine from worrying, and it happened that the greeting was breathless, and nothing would happen if she thought about it.

Shu Yang originally didn't want her to leave the palace, but after thinking that she hadn't had a good time in so many years, and if she left Chu State this time, she might not have a chance to come back in the future, so she allowed her. Just tell her not to go wrong, pay attention to safety, and deal with some things by herself, and she will follow.

Luan Ge led Xiao Yan to the grove behind the West Third Institute.

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The West Sansho is separated from the Yongluan Hall by only a wide lake, and it used to be where the palace ladies lived. The forest behind it was originally an open space, and when the Empress Dowager Ciren was still there, she thought that she couldn't waste it, so she asked people to change the practice field for those little eunuchs to learn some boxing techniques or something, so that they could work harder for the master.

Who knew that the queen mother had a good intention, but in the end, she let those minions do some fights and brawls because of training and personal vendettas, and because she was only separated from the West Third Institute, she disturbed the night palace maid to rest during the day, not to mention, there were no more despicable rotten dates, which made the whole palace crooked.

In the end, the Queen Mother was angry, and made a few people, and also asked people to level the land, and plant some magnolias, autumn fragrances and other things, after a long time, the Empress Dowager Ciren became less cared for after becoming a monk, and finally grew into a dense forest by herself.

Pushing aside the branches one by one, you will be under the high wall in a blink of an eye, and the palace wall is not higher than the folk houses, especially the outermost one, which is much higher than the ordinary.

Xiao Yan looked at the high wall in front of him, swallowed his saliva, and then consciously lowered his head to look left and right.

Luan Ge looked at him suspiciously: "What are you looking for?"

"Dog hole! How else would we get out of such a high wall?" Isn't that what is written in the book? And she doesn't drill the dog hole, what is she bringing him here for? Do you want him to look at this high wall and retreat?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan sighed in his heart, and was about to question her if she was talking, but she heard Luan Ge say "close your eyes", but before she could react, she felt that her body was light, and she was lifted, so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes, and grabbed Luan Ge's clothes with both hands, until Luan Ge said several times, "It's okay, it's okay, you can open it", and he pulled her desperately.

Luan Ge looked at him like this, angry and funny, and scared: "If you don't let go, let's go back, right?"

When Xiao Yan heard this, he stood up straight and opened his eyes. Looking at the lively crowd in front of him, he smiled: "Wow! It turns out that this is how it is outside the palace!" As he spoke, he glanced back at the high palace wall not far behind him, and excitedly pulled Luan Ge and said, "Sister, did we really fly over there?"

Luan Ge smiled at him, didn't answer, just turned around and walked forward. Yun Yan hurriedly followed, and then ran to the side and said, "Sister, are we really flying out? Sister, you are really amazing! What kind of kung fu are you? Can I teach me? I also want to fly around like a hero to rob the rich and help the poor! Sister?"

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There are many festivals in Chu: the Tian** temple fair and the Huoshentai temple fair in the first month, the Taolou meeting and the Maqiao meeting in March, the Spring Festival, the Flower Niang Festival and the birthday of the Buddha in April, the birthday of the Buddha in Baoguang Temple in June, and the opening of the Gaowang Temple in August.

And the most lively in this, one is the Flower Lady Festival in April, a hundred flowers are blooming, as far as the eye can see, the entire capital is a sea of flowers, and there is an annual Oiran selection competition, for three whole days, it is very lively.

The other is the Buddha's birthday in Baoguang Temple in early June.

Unlike other countries, most of the subjects of Chu did not believe in the Buddha Shakyamuni, but in the native Shengjiazu Buddha. The eighth day of April is the birthday of the Buddha, and the opening of the altar in August is also to promote foreign Buddhism. Only the birthday of the Buddha in Baoguang Temple in June is the birthday of the Buddha of Shengjiazu, and it is also the grandest temple fair of the year.

The temple fair has seven main contents and lasts for three days:

One is to bathe the Buddha, the monks and nuns are fragrant lanterns and candles, set up a bath pavilion in the open-air pure land, the pavilion is for the little elephant of the Holy Jiazu, and the bathing Buddha water made of licorice, thyme and other herbs is stored next to it, so that the believers can pour the Buddha with even water, and then drink it to seek peace and shelter;

The second is the temple fair, where the people enter the incense on the Buddha's birthday, compete for money, release life, ask for children, and pray for the blessing of the Buddha. This is also the most lively part of the whole temple fair, pilgrims come and go in the temple continuously, and the small traders who can be seen everywhere at the entrance of the temple on the street, selling all kinds of folk toys, such as empty bamboo, fluttering, marquee, mane, blowing candy, dough molding, nine rings, rattles, etc. There are also all kinds of juggling performances, puppet shows, jugglers, counting treasures, Yangge, stilts and so on.

This is also the reason why children are happy with the temple fair.

In addition, there are a series of contents such as fasting, marriage, release, seeking children, and worshipping the king of medicine.

Xiao Yan has lived in the palace since he was a child, how have he ever seen such a lively scene, turn around this stall, look at that stall, here I went up to touch the people, and there I squeezed in to watch people breathe fire and swallow swords, and had a lot of fun.

Luan Ge and Shu Yang went to Dianyun Mountain to look for snow jade, and they also encountered some temple fairs on the way, although they were not so grand, but there was not much difference in the temple fairs in the world, and they didn't feel rare, so they only followed Xiao Yan and watched him enjoy himself.

Passing by a stall selling jewelry, I caught a glimpse of a green hosta, but I liked it very much. Seeing that Xiao Yan was still watching the juggling over there, he stopped and asked the price, and listened to the stall owner asking for ten taels, so he frowned and put it down to leave, the stall owner saw that she was dressed well, and hurriedly stopped, and finally two taels of silver were sold.

Luan Ge paid the money, stuffed the hairpin into his arms, and muttered: "What hairpin, it is worth more than my stinky fox, and I dare to ask this girl for ten taels of silver." ”

When he turned around, he saw Xiao Yan's figure missing, and was about to look for it, but he heard a shout from behind the tattoo: "Hey, you stinky thing, you dare to steal my buns!"

As soon as Luan Ge turned around, he felt a white shadow rush and burrow heavily into his arms. The only one frowned, picked up the thing and slipped it out, and when he looked at it, it was six taels who had been sleeping in the house.