Chapter 1209: Shangyuan Festival

Cheng Feng strode away, while Tian Duan watched his subordinates close the courtyard door thoughtfully.

A lieutenant lowered his voice and said, "Boss Tian, this Cheng Feng is too ยทยทยทยทยทยท."

Cheng Feng basically didn't say a few words of greeting from the time he came and went, and even made it clear that as long as it was beyond the scope of killing Yang Jian, it had nothing to do with their Yulin Ride, which naturally made these white-robed people unhappy.

Although you Yulin Riding is also powerful, it is not so cold, right?

And Tian Duan laughed: "He is good for us like this." โ€

Several of his subordinates were a little stunned, and subconsciously exchanged a look.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to watch the white robe and the feather forest ride too closely." Tian Duan's voice was a little colder, "People are not close, they are protecting themselves, why aren't they protecting us?" Since Your Majesty has arranged the tasks on both sides clearly, it is not a bad thing that people do not take a step beyond Lei Chi. โ€

If the white robe is Li Xinchen's hidden arrow, then Yulin Riding is Li Xinchen's open spear, one in the light and one in the dark, which jointly ensures the stability of Li Xinchen's rule. If it was any emperor before the Southern Dynasty, it would be impossible for him to have the courage to directly break out a conflict with a large southeastern clan, or even a life-and-death conflict such as this one.

But Li Xinchen has the courage and the strength, in the final analysis, in addition to Li Xinchen's ability to use the mutual checks and balances and contradictions between the families, he also has the bright and dark trump card of Yulin Riding and White Robe in his hands, and finally he can control those families who intend to rebel, also because of the fast movements of Yulin Riding and White Robe.

Therefore, whether it is Cheng Feng or Chen Yu, they are trying their best to maintain the lukewarm relationship between the white robe and Yulin Qi, if the relationship between the two parties is too close, it will inevitably be replaced by Li Xinchen with a new similar organization.

"I also know that Yulin Cavalry and we are both first-class elites in the hands of His Majesty, so you always want to compete with Yulin Cavalry on weekdays, this time I will give you a chance, but no one is allowed to have a direct conflict with Yulin Cavalry, if it is delayed, I will definitely not spare you." Tian Duan said in a cold voice, "Our first group of people will leave today, and we must rush to Chang'an City as quickly as possible!" โ€

"No!" The lieutenants did not dare to slack off, and at the same time answered loudly.

โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”

Time always passes inadvertently, and the New Year's spirit on the street is strong again on the last day of rest.

The Shangyuan Festival appeared because of the new calendar compiled by Sima Qian, and became one of the most important festivals in China for hundreds of years.

It is precisely for this reason that the Shangyuan Festival has also evolved from the original sacrificial festival to the current celebratory festival.

As early as two days ago, the streets were lit up, and every household took out a variety of materials to tie up their own lanterns, and one after another red lanterns hung on the eaves to illuminate the wide street. At the corner of the street, the government also sent special personnel to set up lanterns to create a strong festive atmosphere.

As soon as nightfall, there were people coming and going on the streets, and the imperial court specially postponed the curfew until the early hours of the morning, just to give people more opportunities to enjoy the lanterns.

From Tianjie to Zhuque Bridge to Wuyi Lane to Qinhuai flowing quietly, there are colorful lanterns along the way. The snow on the road has not yet melted, and the cold wind is chilling on the face, but there is still no way to dampen people's interest in visiting. Especially by the Suzaku Bridge and at the mouth of Wuyi Alley, in order to pray for blessings in front of the mansions of various magnates, there are more lanterns than ordinary people, so it naturally attracts more people to visit.

A painting boat walks slowly along the Qinhuai River, and you can see the lively scene on both sides of the river while standing on the boat.

Li Xinchen, who was dressed in civilian clothes, held a wine glass and said with a smile: "New year, auspicious!" โ€

"Good luck!" Le Chang, Xiao Xiang, Yu Chi Chifan and others all raised their glasses at the same time.

Although there are also lanterns in the palace, this Shangyuan Festival is about a lively and lively place to enjoy the lanterns by stepping on the snow, and there are few people in the palace, so naturally there will be no such atmosphere, so Li Xinchen simply pulled out his wife and children and went to the Qinhuai River to enjoy the lanterns.

Lechang was still pregnant, so he just touched his lips slightly, and Xiao Xiang, Yu Chi Chifan and others naturally drank it all. Li Xinchen stretched out the wine glass, and Zhang Lihua, who was standing on the side, hurriedly poured it for him again.

And Lechang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the first big pilgrimage after the New Year, Your Majesty should drink less." โ€

Li Xinchen put down the wine glass: "It's okay, but this glass of wine can't be wasted like this, why don't we make a wine order." โ€

After a long period of evolution and development in the Han Dynasty, and after the polishing of the Wei and Jin scholars during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it gradually formed a popular way of drinking wine such as the Feihua Order in later generations, and Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty also wrote the book "Wine Order", and the famous "Lanting Collection Preface" actually recorded a grand wine order activity - Liuyu Qushui.

"Okay!" Xiao Xiang and Ning Yuan, the big and the young, immediately shook their spirits, for them, it was obviously too boring to sit on the boat and drink, but with Li Xinchen and Le Chang watching left and right, it was impossible to really run to the shore to enjoy the lanterns with those pedestrians who came and went.

The name of the Flying Flower Order is taken from the Tang Dynasty poet Han Hong, that is, the benevolent brother who wrote "Zhangtai Liu", whose famous sentence "Spring City is full of flying flowers", and the people of the Tang and Song dynasties took "Flying Flowers" as the name.

In this era, there will naturally be no flying flower order, and all kinds of drinking orders have not been perfected and unified, but it does not hinder playing.

Li Xinchen immediately said: "Listen, I say a theme, and then the poems that everyone says must be around this theme, and if you can't say it within five breaths, you will be punished with a glass of wine, how about it?!" โ€

"Good!" Xiao Xiang applauded.

Le Chang and Wei Chi Chifan also leaned forward slightly, their expressions were preoccupied, needless to say, their backgrounds were self-explanatory, they had received a perfect education in poetry and etiquette since they were children, so they were naturally not afraid of this, Ning Yuan stuck out his tongue, and he knew that he would be obedient and memorize more poems.

Zhang Lihua and Kong Wangxian next to him - Chen Shubao's former noble concubine Kong, known as Wangxian because of his residence in Wangxian Pavilion - also sat down in Li Xinchen's greeting, although the two of them are only female officials, but no one in the palace knows that Li Xinchen has already tasted it, and from time to time he pulls these two stunning beauties to sleep together, and Chen Shubao's head is naturally a green grassland.