Chapter 42: The Feast of the Upper Yuan
After shooting this arrow, in the midst of applause, Minsa has realized that he must win.
He didn't want to lag behind Gu Ting in what he was best at, so the arrow went off the rails and picked a more difficult one to show his archery skills.
"And a peacock eye missed, two warriors." At this time, the initiator of the archery competition spoke in the stands, and he saw that the two young heroes of the world intended to compete, and they also had a smile on their faces that were looking forward to the excitement, urging the two young people to compete for bravery.
"Brother Shu, it's time for you to change this time." Gu Ting smiled calmly.
Still ignoring his smile, he took care of himself and set up the string again, unsurprisingly shooting through another peacock's eye. At this time, people are looking forward to it, and they all want to see how this son, who is dressed in white and looks more delicate and amorous, will end his last arrow.
Gu Ting smiled, calmly concentrated again, stared, and then pierced the arrow into the bow and arrow that still Shu had just shot, and shot through the second eye in the same way.
At this moment, the surrounding crowd was completely sensational, were these two young people divine from heaven, how could they practice such amazing martial arts.
"Good! Good! Good! The person who set up the platform in the stands couldn't help but say three good words in a row, "This one hundred taels of gold will be divided between two equal warriors." ”
He still didn't look at the stand, and said, "Give my share to the people." After saying that, he walked out of the crowd without looking back.
Gu Ting also thanked the person who set up the platform, left the gold for the useful people, and then took Minsa and Sangli out to chase after him.
Still said that he wanted to save some face for himself in the archery competition, but he was directly caught up by Gu Tingzhi, and he was a little more generous and calm than himself, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. But then I thought about it, what was I angry about, and my brain was purely sick.
Mingsa also thought so in his heart at this time, feeling that this person was still squirming like a girl, and there was a problem with the brain meridian, Gu Ting didn't want to worry about him, he was still more energetic.
But what is he angry about? Could it be that he and Gu Ting made an appointment to come to the Yuan Festival together and didn't tell him?
Still Shu tried his best to calm his mind at the moment, feeling that he was really carried away just now, how to bite people everywhere like a mad dog, the little devil didn't react at all, what was he angry about, he thought like this, and everyone's atmosphere eased.
The four of them ate, drank and played all the way, and before they knew it, it was evening.
Under Longshou Mountain, there is a flourishing area, the moon is bright and the flowers are abundant, the lights are many and intertwined, the cars are running side by side, and the feast at night has been prepared for most of it.
As night falls, the fireworks become more intense.
Ten thousand cannons roared in unison, fireworks shook the sky, light was like lightning, colors were varied, golden snakes danced wildly, and fire ropes lingered.
Pieces of fireworks, spit out the clear light and hand over the blue moon, the line of dragons and snakes, Tengbao flames and bright pearls.
"Minsa, let's go, I'll take you to see the lights." As she spoke, she took Minsa's hand and quickly squeezed into the crowd watching the lanterns. Minsa has long been attracted by those all kinds of lights, thousands of styles, exquisite and strange, everything, and the sky is reflected red.
Sang Li while watching enthusiastically explained these lanterns to Minsa, at this time just when the lanterns were on, there were silver lamps, there were high lotus lanterns, and the wick smoke was swirling, curling Tingting, circling in the air.
Among these lamps, the big one is about three or four feet, with various colors of glaze as a frame, there are landscape figures, flowers, bamboos, birds and birds on the lamp, exquisite and brilliant.
Minsa's favorite is the white jade lamp, which is made of white jade, like a clear ice jade pot, and like a jade beauty, refreshing to the heart.
There are also huge lanterns in the imperial city that can be made by skillful craftsmen, one hundred and fifty feet high, decorated with pearls and jade stones, the breeze comes, sonorous rhyme, the dragon and phoenix leaping, really let Mingsa marvel at this is not humanly possible.
It is the grandest place in the world today, and Minsa sighed that she was fortunate enough to be able to witness the festival of the Lingling, and this kind of atmosphere cannot be presented anywhere else.
Those rows of hanging lantern wheels are mixed with tens of thousands, looking like giant trees with thousands of flowers blooming from afar, and the endless lamps are burning very well, causing countless moths to pounce wildly.
The oblique point is silver red, and the golden millet is condensed. When the moon is dark, the flame is like a rainbow.
On this night, all kinds of lights in the palace are dazzling, and will be lit all night, with the beginning of the feast, there are more than 100 singers of the imperial city have begun to sing.
In the sound of drums and drums, in the scene of the torch illuminating the ground, the singing, dancing and feasting at the foot of Longshou Mountain, the feast and drink are about to begin.
The Venerable Lord and his party had already taken the seat, and Sang Li said goodbye to Gu Ting and still talked about Mingsa, and stepped forward to sit.
Still Shu glanced at Minsa beside him and said to her, "Just sit next to me." ”
Minsa still remembered his anger along the way, and did not say anything to him, so he followed him to the front row of the feast and entered the table.
The Lord sat in the highest and central seat, and saw that he had come in with Minsa and sat down.
From this distance, Minsa was dressed in a snow coat with silver filigree inlaid on the rim of her skirt, a rose-colored ribbon lingering around her waist, and a layer of silk as thin as a mist at the hem of the skirt.
The hairband is tied with green silk, the eyebrows are not depicted, and the peach lips are not dyed and red, which is delicate and charming.
It's still so similar to Qingzhi, at this time she has some eyebrows and a displeased expression, but Ren is so partial and moving.
I thought that my mind could be completely controlled, but at this moment, it was turbulent again, and the lord saw that he had recalled the past again, so he was busy drinking a glass of Tusu wine, and withdrew his gaze from Minsa, for fear of revealing a trace of expression.
The food at this feast was very rich and festive.
Let's talk about the wine on the Shangyuan banquet first, which is called Tusu wine.
It is pickled with Chinese medicinal materials such as atractylodes, bellflower, rhubarb, cinnamon, aconitum and so on, and has the saying of slaughtering ghosts and awakening people's souls, so it is necessary to drink it on the first day of this year, bringing auspicious signs to people.
In the food, there are 100 fruit plates, persimmons, lychees, longans, chestnuts, and ripe dates, which symbolize auspicious snacks and are placed on the plate.
I also want to eat reunion cakes, starch made of meat filling in the skin. In addition to reunion cakes, there are countless kinds of cakes to eat, such as longevity cakes, blessing cakes, 10,000 character cakes, happy cakes, periwinkle cakes, flower cakes, crane cakes, seven star cakes, and peach blossom cakes.
There are also a variety of full and attractive preserves, preserved peaches, preserved pears, preserved apples, preserved apricots, etc., full of jade cups and treasures, beautiful.
If you try each one, you probably won't be able to walk.
Minsa thought to himself, glanced at still Shu, and saw that he was looking at himself with a wicked smile, thinking that he thought of the mess he had made in the Lingling Hall a few days ago, and took out a piece of wishful cake in his arms, so he pouted and ignored him, thinking that he was hungry at that time, and now he will not be so ashamed.