Zhao Dan was saluting Gu Qing, and at first glance, he heard a gong on the "lampstand", and everyone looked at the lamp.

It turned out that Wang Youzi found a team of officials from Jingzhao Mansion to come and put the mouth of the lampstand to restrict everyone from running up to see the excitement. The reason for Jingzhao Mansion is also very sufficient, there are many people, the platform collapses, and it is easy to hurt people. This was justified, and although many of the people who had finished putting the lights on were not happy to come down, the messenger lifted the whistle stick and obediently came down.

Gu Qing saw that there were more than half of the people on the lampstand, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Qi Shao saw Gu Qing and the three brothers of the Li family coming over from afar, and hurriedly paid a visit, there are many Tai students in the Guozijian who copy books in the Xinguo Mansion every day, and naturally they also know Gu Qing, even if they don't know Gu Qing, they will understand when they see the young masters of several mansions around Gu Qing.

For a while, Gu Qing was surrounded by students, and everyone was competing to salute her. Gu Qing saw so many energetic young people surrounding her, but she was the age of an aunt, the appearance of an old grandmother, and a Lori heart, she suddenly felt bright and sad at the same time, and she couldn't wait to cry at a forty-five degree angle.

The old lady was surrounded by many students, and there were so many families behind her, and at first glance she was a nobleman, and some ordinary people asked curiously who the old lady was. As soon as the officials of Jingzhao Mansion knew Li Rui, they replied that the person was the old lady of the Xinguo Mansion, Qiu Lao Taijun, and he was afraid that he had brought his grandchildren to see the lanterns.

Many of the people who come to put out the lanterns in the West Market come to "pray for blessings". Many of them were left homeless or lost all their belongings in the hailstorm. They set off Kong Ming lanterns in the hope that God would hear their prayers and make the coming year a little better and fuller.

Many of these people have been rescued by the government of the United States.

The first panicked night they spent on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was the quilt they had built in the Gongfu, wearing the winter clothes of the Gongfu, and eating the porridge and rice released by the Gongfu.

They all remember the warmth of a winter coat, a quilt, and a bowl of hot porridge.

Seeing that this old lady Qiu was the old lady from the good family, many people ran not far from Gu Qing and kowtowed to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing didn't notice anyone kowtowing to her at first, there were many students around her, all of them were taller than her, and her attention was not far away, so she naturally didn't know what was going on outside the road.

But gradually, people came to kowtow one after another, and some would shout a few times, Gu Qing heard someone in the outer circle shouting "Old Taijun Qiu" or something, and couldn't help but stick out his head to take a look.

This look was a big shock.

"Why, I, how can the old body deserve so many of you ......to kneel" Gu Qing took a few steps forward and helped a middle-aged woman up.

Many of these people can be her uncles, aunts, grandparents, and grandparents at an age, and she can't afford to kowtow to her like this for no reason.

She is not so arrogant that others kneel down when they hear that she is the old lady of the Guogong Mansion.

"Mrs. Qiu, my family did not freeze to death because of your great kindness, you should kneel down for us!"

"Mrs. Qiu, my grandson has been blessed by your mansion and covered the quilt on your mansion, and his illness is cured. My family is the only seedling, you can ask my grandson to kowtow to you a few times......"

"Old lady, my mother-in-law gave birth that night, if it weren't for the winter clothes and winter quilts of your house, my wife would have been separated and my family would have died overnight, this head, you can stand it!"

"Old Taijun Qiu, if I can be rich and noble in the future, I will definitely repay the kindness of your mansion!"

They came out one by one and kowtowed, and they got up after kowtowing, and they didn't entangle, so as not to burden Old Taijun Qiu.

These people have received favors from others and want to repay them, but most of them are poor families, and there is nothing to repay them. After the disaster, they also sent things to the Xianggong Mansion, but it was difficult to enter the inner city, and they didn't know the gatekeeper who guarded the inner city, so they had to use this form to express their inner gratitude.

Many of the onlookers were young people, and they were the most easily moved, and when they heard that the old lady standing here had done such great merits, they all stood up and waved at Old Mrs. Qiu.

Gu Qing has lived two lives, and he has never received such courtesy from others.

She has donated a lot in the past, but she has never faced the recipient directly, and most of the donations are anonymous.

It turns out that giving is happier than receiving, and this is indeed the case.

At first, she just thought about it, wanting to see if there was a place to help, except for paying for things, she didn't even leave the mansion. Although later, she also had some regrets that she didn't show her strength, but when she thought that she didn't need to show her strength, it just showed that the hailstorm was not serious enough to that extent, shouldn't this be a blessing?

Thinking like this, she let go of that regret and turned to Li Rui and them.

It's not her who really deserves to be thanked.

"The old body just did some small things, and I really can't stand such gratitude from you."

"The old man is also from the common people, and he has had times of hardship, but now he has received the grace of the king in his family, so he is called a noble person by everyone. Although you also have low times, how do you know that there will not be many 'nobles' among you in the future? ”

Gu Qing paused, suppressed the heat in his eyes, and then continued: "I just hope you can remember today, when he encounters difficulties with others, he also lends a helping hand, which is the best reward for his old body." Please don't mention anything else. ”

"What really allowed you to live a good life again was the interest-free loan from the imperial court to you, the dispersal of rice and porridge, and the reconstruction of the house, and you should thank Banzai and those officials in the court......

"Old Taijun Qiu's teachings, we will not dare to forget!"

"Holy wisdom and benevolence are our blessings, and we will also kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor!" One of them shouted, turned around, and bowed in the direction of Miyagi to the north.

Suddenly, the sound of long live the mountain echoed in the West Market. As long as one person kneels down for this kind of thing, the others dare not kneel, Gu Qing and a group of students saw that the people were kneeling down and bowing in the direction of Miyagi, and it was a little inappropriate for a group of them to stand together, so they glanced at each other, and Old Taijun Qiu was in the front, and also led this group of students to bow to Miyagi.

Miyagi, inside the Zichen Palace.

Tongzhou wants disaster relief, and the household department wants to collect the hermits and displaced households, which is complicated, and the busy Chu Rui can't □, and some officials can also take advantage of the Shangyuan Festival to go out to watch the lanterns, but he wants to be in the study of the Zichen Palace, and has been approving all kinds of recitals and papers, I am afraid that he will not be idle until midnight.

Now that Li Mao has been missing for several days, his heart is like a big stone, both surprise and guilt. The news in Fenzhou is not clear, and it has snowed heavily for several days, which has increased the difficulty of the search, and if Li Mao is really unfortunate to be killed, I am afraid it will not be a trivial matter.

He was only worried that Da Chu would have another incident.

In his mind, he was a hermit all of a sudden, a family of the world, a sudden of the imperial examinations that were only held twice in the ten years of the founding of the country, and a sudden question of how to face the heroes and martyrs of the Xinguo Mansion.

"Your Majesty, who are you going to the harem......" Jiang Sheng, the great eunuch beside Chu Rui, saw Chu Rui get up and hurriedly followed behind him.

"If I don't go to the harem, I'll go outside to breathe. There are still many excerpts to be approved, and I will stay in the Zichen Hall today. ”

"It's cold outside the hall, so let's put on a cloak under Your Majesty."

"No, I'm just going around the entrance of the temple...... Hey? ”

Why are the eunuchs and palace maids outside the palace looking at the sky?

Chu Rui looked into the sky, and saw that there were stars in the western sky, orange-red and rising, and some of them lost their light when they reached a relatively high position in the air, and he didn't know if the road was still in the sky.

Chu Rui first thought similarly to Zhang Xuan, thinking that it was the magic weapon of a certain immortal family, but then when he saw that there were more and more orange stars in the sky, he guessed that it was about something that could be put into the sky like a paper kite.

I think of today as the Midyear Festival, and every household is putting lanterns......

"Could it be the legendary Kong Ming lantern? Someone actually made this thing? Chu Rui glanced at the sky and said to the eunuch Jiang beside him: "The Propaganda Ministry and the officials who will be the prisoners, and then send a few palace guards in private clothes to the west to see who is putting the lanterns." ”

With so many lights, I'm afraid it's not one person putting them.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, the supervisor who would be the supervisor came first, Chu Rui pointed to the Kong Ming lantern in the sky, and asked him, "This thing is a Kong Ming lantern?" ”

"It's Kong Ming Lantern."

The son of the general supervisor happened to be pulled by Qi Shao to sell lamps, and when he saw the emperor pointing to the sky, he shouted in his heart.

Last year, Qi Shao did a lantern riddle, and the lamp made in his own office caused a big disaster, and he couldn't sleep for a few days when he was worried. Fortunately, the ancestors blessed it, and no one picked it up, and Qi Shao took the lamp made in the house to make a color head.

Now that his son and Qi Shao are selling lamps again, even the emperor has noticed it, and I'm afraid that something is wrong.

The supervisor scolded his son "rabbit cub and turtle grandson" countless times in his heart, and he couldn't wait to find someone to beat up that Qi Shao and tell him to stay away from his son.

His mind was a mess, and he was thinking wildly......

"Aiqing? Aiqing? Sun Aiqing! ”

Chu Rui saw that this would be the supervisor and supervisor was actually distracted in front of him, and couldn't help but shout.

"Huh? His Majesty forgave his sins, and the minister was thinking about this Kong Ming lantern, and suddenly ......" Supervisor Sun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt repeatedly.

"Get up. I was also taken aback when I saw so many Kong Ming lanterns floating in the sky. "Chu Rui is here to ask about politics, of course he won't let the minister kneel on the ground and speak.

"Thank you for your forgiveness." Supervisor Sun hurriedly got up.

Not long after, officials from the Ministry of Works arrived. There were about a dozen officials and heads of various ministries and departments of the Ministry of Industry, but most of them went out to watch the lanterns tonight, and only four or five were found.

But if there are four or five people here, it will be enough for Chu Rui.

Chu Rui asked them to stand at the door, pointed to the Kong Ming lantern floating in the sky and asked, "Have you noticed this?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is someone in the West City who is putting Kong Ming lanterns to 'pray for blessings'." There was an official of the Ministry of Industry who had just arrived from Xishi, and although he did not go to put it in person, he also watched the lampstand from a distance in the restaurant for a while, and naturally knew what the situation was.

"Prayer?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. The people wrote their wishes and thoughts for their relatives and friends on the Kong Ming lantern, and when the ink dried a little, they put the lantern into the sky. This Kong Ming lantern flies into the sky with people's thoughts and conveys their heart's wishes to the sky. There are also people who pray for the victims of hail and snow disasters to rest in peace, and the minister looked at a building in the west market for a while, and the emotion in his heart is really indescribable, and he can't wait to go down and write a few lamps and put them away......"

"Oh, why don't you go?"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to go, but the minister does not bring many family members, the lampstand is crowded with people, although the minister also wants to put the lamp, but I am afraid that a pair of feet will not be able to go back, but I miss the ...... of tomorrow on the court" The official smiled and said, "If you are squeezed out of shape, you will be scared of others, and I am afraid that you will be included in a book of imperial history." Even if you want to go again......"

His words made Chu Rui and the officials next to him laugh.

The mouth of the historian's pen and history is really invincible, invincible!

"Do you know who made this lamp?"

What the minister saw was a group of students from Guozijian selling lamps. The ones who wrote on the Kong Ming lantern for others were also the students of the Guozijian. His Majesty also knows that many people are illiterate, and if they want to express their thoughts with poetry and writing......"

"I have to spend a few dollars and ask those students to write, right?" Chu Rui shook his head with a smile, "Isn't the monthly allowance given to the students by Guozijian enough?" Do you want to rely on selling lamps and words for a living? I remember what kind of lantern riddles were made by students like this in the West Market last year......"

It is because of this lantern riddle that his uncle Wang is still closed in the name of "not governing the family strictly", and the troublesome Chu Yingyuan was also sent back to the fiefdom.

I think this year, they won't go out to see any more lights in the house.

"Sun Aiqing, I remember that your son is also studying in Guozijian, do you know about this?"

Supervisor Sun, who will be the supervisor, slandered the Ministry of Industry official hundreds of times in his heart, he was so afraid, he was afraid that he would pull out the lights of the past two years, and now that the saint asked him to speak, could he still say that he didn't know?

His son is also making "pen fees", and he is very happy!

"Your Majesty, the minister also knows about this matter. However, it's not that the monthly cases of the Guozijian are not enough, but that the children of the poor family are worried about their families, and most of these monthly cases are sent home by people to support the elderly and children...... "The matter has come to this point, I can only praise this group of Guozijian students, and quickly pick it up."

"My son often talks about the hardships of these poor children at home, so Qi Shao often secretly helps these poor people with various excuses. Last year's lantern riddle was his lead. ”

It's a good deed, Your Majesty!

Qi Shao saw this lamp and felt that it was just a good way to comfort the people affected by the disaster in the city, so he took the matter and asked the students from the poor family to write eulogies for the people. It's not that I want to make any money, it's just a good deed. ”

"Although it is a good deed, there is always a little bit of money for polishing the pen, these students are afraid that they can't even afford the ink money, just this lamp, I heard that Qi Shao has done so many ...... by running in many ways."

Chu Rui listened thoughtfully.

Since Li Laoguo was able to write "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he must have explored the deeds of the Three Kingdoms in many ways, and it is not strange to know that this Kong Ming lantern is not strange.

If the Xinguo Mansion made a "wooden ox and flowing horse", he would really be shocked.

It's just that this time there was that Qi Shao, which surprised him a little.

Guozijian has been in the limelight in the past few years, and he has made this person's contribution every time. It seems that this Qi Shao not only has responsibility, means, and connections, but also a kind-hearted, upright personality. The most valuable thing is that he is still young and has a bright future, and it is a pity that such a talent does not want to become a leader.

He originally thought that he would issue an edict after a while, but it seemed that he would let the ceremonial official go to the Qi Mansion tomorrow to issue the decree.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have come here to ask you if Kong Ming Lantern can artificially control the time and place of falling? If it is to be used for military communication, can it be used? ”

Chu Rui obviously didn't see this thing as a blessing thing. In the coming year, there may be another war at the border, and if this thing is used for communication, it is really wonderful. Especially during the night attack, the battalion can get the news by using the lamp as an order, and it is really convenient for the army to rescue the army at night as soon as possible.

When he was young, he fought with the emperor, and he also went through the battle array, and he was not a person who knew nothing about military affairs.

Several officials of the Ministry of Industry glanced at it a few times, and then shot their eyes to Supervisor Sun, who would be the supervisor. In this group of people, only Supervisor Sun was born as a craftsman and started as an official.

Supervisor Sun secretly complained in his heart. He had also seen the Kong Ming lantern that his son brought home, and the principle was simple, just to control the time and place of fall......

He stood in the hall and thought for a long time before he hesitated a little before he spoke: "Your Majesty, this thing rises by the heat in the lamp, and if there is wind, it can naturally drift away in the direction of the wind." In windy weather, if you put one on the lamp and calculate how far it will fly in a quarter of an hour, you can roughly estimate where it will fly in a few hours. ”

Chu Rui was overjoyed. So, this lamp really works!

"It's just ......" Supervisor Sun was overjoyed when he saw the emperor, and had to say the difficult point again.

"This Kong Ming lantern relies entirely on kerosene to burn fire cloth as a wick, and it can support it for a short time, and I am afraid that it will not be able to fly far. If you want to fly farther, the lamp must be made larger, and there must be enough incendiary material underneath, but in this way, the lamp is so conspicuous that the enemy will see it and try their best to shoot it down. ”

"Can you make it fly higher?"

"If there is enough fuel, it is theoretically possible to continue to rise. However, it is a little inconvenient to have to go up and let it hold on for enough time to fall. If it was just a command with a lamp and a message delivered by quantity, that would be enough. ”

"This is a great thing!" Chu Rui excitedly praised: "You Aiqing must assist the general as a prisoner and improve the Kong Ming lantern that can be used to transmit information. If this thing can be perfected, it will be of great use in the future! When it is done, you are all heroes! ”

"Commandment!"

The ministers bowed down and thanked him, and for a while they discussed other uses for this Kong Ming lantern. Some people hope to meet Qiu Lao Taijun, who was the first person to make Kong Ming lanterns, and should have more ideas.

Several ministers discussed with Chu Rui for a while, and Chu Rui saw that it was not too late, so he let them go back early.

After a while, the palace guards who went out to investigate came back, and Chu Rui asked after announcing it, and as the general supervisor said, the people of the whole city were putting lamps and praying for blessings. Not only that, but there were also several places specially set up by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion to set up lampstands, and prepared water guns and water wheels to prevent the lights from falling down in mid-air and burning to the house.

As soon as Chu Rui heard that Jingzhao Mansion was acting so carefully, he was very satisfied with the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion in this position. Thanks to his early dispatch of officials and his efforts to assist those inexperienced students, the people were able to get through the most difficult days without causing resentment.

When his term is over, see if there are any other vacancies, and give him a lift." Chu Rui thought.

"And the messenger of Jingzhao Mansion, this time is really hard, and when these days are over, let the officials notify the messenger who has been on duty for a few days off......

"Your Majesty, when the ministers went to the West Market, they met the crowd and shouted long live, everyone bowed in the direction of the palace, and the ministers were infected by the people at that time, and their hearts were full of blood, and they couldn't wait to smear their livers and brains to thank Jun's grace."

The sergeant who spoke had received the favor of Li Laoguogong, and his parents had also served as soldiers under Li Laoguogong, he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing for His Majesty to ask about this matter, but he didn't want to have something to do with Xinguo Mansion, so he mentioned a few more words, and wanted to take the opportunity to sell a good thing to Xinguo Mansion.

When Chu Rui heard that the people outside loved him very much, he put the lamp to pray for blessings and did not forget to bow to himself in the palace, so he was very happy in his heart, and asked with a smile: "Oh, why do you want to worship me?" ”

When the minister and his colleagues went to the West Market, they met Mrs. Qiu and a few grandchildren watching the lanterns together. Someone thanked Mrs. Qiu for giving porridge and clothes, and Mrs. Qiu said: "The old man was originally a commoner, and the house was deeply favored by the king, so he had the ability to help others." What's more, the public mansion is just an emergency, and it is the imperial court that really allows you to live a good life again. ’”

The general of the forbidden army talked about the luxury of Old Taijun Qiu, and said: "The people are grateful for the kindness of His Majesty, so the mountains shouted long live, and they knocked to the palace with tears. ”

The loyalty of the whole government of the Xinguo Mansion, Chu Rui is naturally knowledgeable. In the past, the old man believed that the old man was also loyal. has her teaching a few grandchildren, and I think that a few grandchildren will also be his and the emperor's ministers in the future.

He called the forbidden army down, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. suddenly felt that it was wrong for him to let Li Mao out, and suddenly felt that he had no choice, and it was right to do so.

He is the emperor, and he can't help himself, so he must let himself be ruthless. But in addition to being involuntarily, he occasionally moves some true feelings. The same is true today.

That's it, it's a big deal to take care of the Xinguo Mansion in the future, and you can't let Li Laoguogong, Li Meng and Li Mao be chilled after they die!

Then the plan, let's choose someone else.

West City.

Since he knew that the old lady of the Xinguo Mansion was in the West City, Gu Qing finally knew what it meant to "watch and kill Wei Jue". Not to mention the pitiful crowding of the family, it also disturbed the business of these students in the West Market.

She couldn't help it, so she had to take Li Rui, Li Jun and Li Ming out of the crowd and prepare to go home.

Unexpectedly, she didn't go far, and she suddenly saw a Taoist priest who seemed to have run to the wrong set, rushing into the West Market with two swords on his back.

Gu Qing's eyes widened, watching this Taoist priest dressed as a "master" rush to the lampstand, grabbed Qi Shao's hand and said something. Qi Shao pointed to her, and then the Taoist priest looked at her.

When the Taoist priest saw Gu Qing, he was shocked, and he squinted his eyes and stared at it for a long time.

Gu Qing was flustered by this handsome Taoist priest who was out of the dust, and hurriedly turned around to take a few grandchildren away.

When the Taoist priest saw that Gu Qing was leaving, he hurriedly trotted over and shouted at Gu Qing: "The old lady walks slowly, there is something to inquire about on the trail!" ”

"Grandma, that's Zhang Xuan Zhang Daoren who predicted the hailstorm by Qin Tianjian. He once spoke up and relieved the siege of his grandson, can grandma stop and listen to what he has to ask? Li Rui has a good impression of this Zhang Xuan and intends to make friends. He rarely appreciates a person like this, so he naturally hopes that Gu Qing can also think that his friend is very good.

Gu Qing was already leaving, but when he heard Li Rui say that this young Taoist priest had been kind to him and was an acquaintance, he stopped. Li Rui grabbed her sleeve again, and asked her to listen to what Zhang Xuan wanted to ask with a pleading look.

Gu Qing was a little weak-hearted. It can't be another one to "exorcise evil spirits", right?

It's better to keep a low profile in the future.

Let's talk about Zhang Xuan.

He originally thought that someone was flying, but when he met the West City, countless lights flew up, and he realized that the orange star in the road was some kind of peculiar fire lamp.

When Zhang Xuan was in the Qintianjian in the palace city, he was still far from the light that flew up for the first time, and the lamp flew high, so he naturally mistook it for some kind of magic weapon. But the lights in this West Market are not flying high, and at a glance, he knows that it is a lamp, not an orange star, so he naturally splashed a basin of cold water.

Although Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be a little discouraged in his heart, he was also a young man after all, and he was very curious about it, so he also had the idea of buying a flying lantern for a long time, and turned around and went to Xishi.

It's just that he is wearing Taoist robes, and the pedestrians around him who are watching the lanterns are incompatible, not like he came out to enjoy the lanterns, but like he came out to catch ghosts at night, which attracted countless pedestrians to avoid him, and he was also embarrassed.

finally squeezed to the West Market, and saw that the group of people selling lamps were acquaintances, so they hurriedly squeezed over. They are all acquaintances, and they finally don't have to look at other people's strange eyes.

He asked Qi Shao who made this lamp, and Qi Shao told him to turn around and see that the old lady who made the lamp was the old lady Qiu behind him.

This look shocked him and almost couldn't speak.

This, this, this...... The light of merit of this old lady is so dazzling, how many lives have been saved? Or did she do something that would save countless lives?

Seeing such a dazzling light of merit, he couldn't help but want to step forward and be taken care of a little more, so he said something to him, and through his friendship with Li Rui, he passed through the layers of generals and approached the old lady Qiu.

When he saluted and looked up at the old lady Qiu, the horror in his heart deepened.

He has already lit the eye of heaven on Longhu Mountain, and he can see some abnormalities, and he is proficient in numerology, but he rarely talks about it with people.

This old woman was supposed to be destined to have no relatives and no queens, but now her face is full of red light, showing the image of prosperity of her descendants.

He saw with all his eyes that this woman's life should have been interrupted a long time ago, and she should not have lived in this world. It's just that for some reason it's renewed, exactly like his grandson!

Previously, he saw that Li Ruitian's life of dying young was reversed, and he thought that it must be the perennial blessings of the Xinguo Mansion and the rescue of a master, but he didn't know that the master was actually this old lady Qiu......

He took another look, and Li Jun, Li Ming's children and grandchildren around him were all like this, they should have died early, but now they have changed their fate.

Oh, my God! Changing his life against the heavens without being retributed by the heavens, and even accumulating so many merits, could it be that this is a certain heavenly monarch who went down to earth and accumulated merits in the world?

The author has something to say: Don't worry, this article will not suddenly change the style of painting and become a Xiuxian text. This Zhang Xuan just appears occasionally, adjusting the atmosphere or something...... Mascot?

The author's West Fantasy side is nearing the end, so from this month onwards, this book will be updated more than 1W+ per day, once at noon and once in the evening. This 1W+ may be 1W1 or 1W9, depending on the author's condition that day. So don't worry, jump into the pit.

Small Theatre:

This supervisor scolded his son "rabbit cub turtle grandson" countless times in his heart......

Supervisor's son: Dad, I'm the grandson of the rabbit cub and the turtle, what are you?

Supervisor: You bear child!