Chapter 133: Amnesty
But the war did not stop with the defeat of the Lu family. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
There is constantly news of the loss of the city, it is rumored that the once invincible Lu family has surrendered to the enemy, and new news comes that the second son of the Lu family has been strangled by the chaotic army on the battlefield!
In this way, not only was there a tense atmosphere in the palace, but also the ordinary people of the capital seemed to feel the threat of war.
The shadow of the war makes this Spring Festival, the capital is not as festive and lively as in the past.
There was some trepidation in people's hearts, and there was panic and nervousness on their faces.
On Chinese New Year's Eve in previous years, ceremonies were held in the imperial palace to ward off evil spirits, and various performances were performed by officials of the imperial city, warriors from various departments of the forbidden army, and others wearing masks, wearing splendid colorful costumes, and holding golden spears and dragon flags.
When the number of people is large, more than 1,000 people can come out of the palace to expel the evil worship, some people pretend to be judges, some people Zhong Kui and his nickname, the land lord, the stove monarch, the door god, etc., from the Nanxun Gate to Longwan, the mighty, called "burying Chong".
At night, the sound of firecrackers in the palace and the shouts of the crowd can be heard outside the palace.
However, this year, because of the war, the palace was not as lively as in previous years, but simply performed an exorcism performance, and the emperor let everyone disperse.
And ordinary people, in previous years, also have to buy a lot of New Year's goods, such as wax medicine, brocade, new calendar, all kinds of large and small door gods, peach charms, Zhong Kui, spring posts, Tianxing stickers, Jincai, wisp flowers, banner sheng, New Year's plate box, eaves, sheep cavity, fruit, five-color paper money, grits basin, Pepsi, glue tooth and so on.
There are a lot fewer vendors on the streets this year, and people will not be as complete as in previous years, except for some essential items, but they are thinking: who knows if they will be able to stay here after the Chinese New Year! If you buy more things and can't take them away, it's better to keep the silver for other uses!
Shen He's year was spent in prison.
After she was imprisoned, no one interrogated her again, and even An Ruoshui didn't bother her again, so Shen He felt a little strange.
Could it be that Moying bought the relationship? Or is there no big deal with the Lu Mansion?
How did she know that An Ruoshui was now too busy to take care of herself, and she was not a fool. After her father took out a letter from Lu Yu to the enemy, imprisoned everyone in the Lu Mansion, and found evidence of Lu Xun's fornication with the Western Regions and Northern Yan in the mansion, she found that her father had changed.
Because of the Lu family's affairs, her sister An Ruosu once came to beg her father to let the Lu family go, but her father asked her to disassociate herself from the Lu family, and An Ruosu refused. Now she has been exiled to the bitter cold land in the north with her husband Lu Yuantong.
Later, Mrs. Lu and Lu Xun passed away one after another, and then the news that Lu Yu was killed came back, and An Ruoshui's heart was completely cold!
She doesn't know what the meaning of her life is in this world, and she can't see the hope of life!
Shen He was in prison and had no idea what was happening outside.
Ink Shadow is actually no longer in the capital.
After hearing the news that his master had surrendered to the enemy and was killed, Moying set off with the people of Mobu. He didn't believe that his master would defect to the enemy, and he didn't want to believe that his master would be killed by the rebels.
He wants to return his master's innocence, and he also asks for an answer, if the master is still in the world, where is he now?
He's going to find his master!
And when Shen He learned the news that Mrs. Lu, Lu Xun, and Lu Yu had died one after another, it was already the Lantern Festival after the Spring Festival.
After the New Year, it is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival.
This year's Lantern Festival, although it is a little dull than in previous years, the festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival has been brewing for a long time. Perhaps in order to remove the shadow of the pre-holiday war, this year's Lantern Festival is more lively than the Spring Festival.
Just after the New Year's Festival, on the royal street in front of Xuande Gate in Bianjing, Kaifeng Mansion has already built a shed for putting lights with bamboo and wood, decorated with flowers, colored flags, brocade silks, and hung cloth paintings, "all paint fairy stories, or people who sell medicine and hexagrams in the market", this kind of shed is called "mountain shed".
Since the beginning of the year, there are all kinds of artists performing various entertainment programs in the two corridors of Bianjing Royal Street every day: magic, acrobatics, rap, singing and dancing, acrobatics, juju, monkey play, guessing lantern riddles, kit kits, new ears and eyes, and the artists who go out are: Zhang Jiuge who swallows iron swords; Li Waining who played a puppet show; a young athlete who performs magic tricks; the one who acted in the miscellaneous drama; Wen Datou and Xiaocao who play the Ji Qin; the party thousand who blows the pipe; the Twelfth King of Dramatism; Zou Yu and Tian Diguang, who performed miscellaneous costumes; Su Shi and Meng Xuan who built the ball; Yin Chang, a storyteller; Liu Baiyu, who gets insects and ants; Yang Wenxiu performing the drum and flute.
As the Lantern Festival approaches, people are on the left and right of the mountain shed in the royal street, put out two statues of Manjushri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva formed by colorful knots, straddle the lion and the white elephant, and spew out five streams of water from the fingers of the Bodhisattva, which is very spectacular and beautiful!
From the mountain shed to the Xuande Gate of the imperial city, there is a large square, and the government forms a large circle with thorns on the square, which is more than 100 zhang long, and is called "thorn basin". A music shed was built in the thorn basin, where the artists of the workshop played music and operas. Visitors stand outside the thorns and watch.
When it comes to the period of putting the lights, the mountain shed is lit up with ten thousand lights, "the gold and blue shine together, and the splendid scenery shines".
Standing on it is a graceful courtesan beauty, with fluttering dresses and waving in the wind, like a fairy.
The shed is also equipped with an artificial waterfall - the water is wrenched up to the top of the shed with a wheel, and it is packed in a huge wooden cabinet, and then the water outlet of the wooden cabinet is opened at regular intervals to let the water flow down to form a spectacular waterfall, which is very beautiful under the light.
The two buildings of Xuande Gate Tower, each hanging a lamp ball, about a square circle of more than a square zhang, internal burning rafter candles.
Zhufang Lane, Ma Xing, Zhuxiang Medicine Shop, Tea Shop Wine Shop, Lamps and Candles are novel, there are lantern balls, lamp lances, silk lanterns, sun and moon lamps, poetry brand silk lanterns, mirror lamps, word lamps, horse riding lamps, phoenix lanterns, water lanterns, glass lamps, shadow lamps, etc., there are many lamps, which make people dizzy.
It was in such a lively atmosphere that the emperor decided to grant amnesty to the world!
As a result, Shen He was released from prison.
Standing on the street of the capital, Shen He only felt that it was a different world now.
She had no silver on her, so she had to walk back to the Lu Mansion on foot.
However, the two seals on the door of the mansion and the fluttering white flags made her eyes stab!
What the hell is going on? Did something really happen to the Lu family?
Her heart sank instantly, and when she found a passer-by and asked, she learned that the Lu family, which was once in the supreme glory of the capital, was now the home of the sinner! And everyone in the Lu family is also dead and exiled, and they can no longer see those lively scenes!
Shen He only felt grief in her heart, she didn't believe that the old lady who was once so loving would die, and she didn't believe that the upright Lu Xun would end up like this!
What she couldn't accept the most was Lu Yu's death!