Chapter 303 The Yuan Day is approaching
Zhu Xi's brows were furrowed, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and even he didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment.
The bell like Huang Zhong Dalu came slowly, as if a hammer hit his heart, making him a little dizzy, and even became more and more jealous of Ye Qing in his heart, and even began to wonder, did Ye Qing do something?
Could it be that someone was found to hit the bell inside, not like Su Song back then, using the power of water to drive the various mechanisms of the Yuan You Armillary Sphere?
The loud and melodious bell is more solemn than the bell in the temple, but it seems to be less solemn than the solemnity of the temple bell, and there is more of the roughness of the south of the Yangtze River and the sky that has been lost in the north.
Lu Zuqian seemed to be chased by the fading bell and ran into Zhu Xi's study, looking at Zhu Xi in front of the desk who was struggling to write, he was stunned and said, "Did you hear it just now?" That...... The Yuanyu Armillary Sphere has been completely restored. ”
"Whether this is true or not, we need to play the chapter, and we need to take a closer look. If he is tricked, it will not be the great fortune of my Great Song Kingdom, but the misfortune of the traitorous country. Zhu Xi continued to bury his head in the book, and responded in his mouth.
"But ......." Lu Zuqian was stunned, and sighed silently in his heart, but he didn't know how to speak.
After Ye Qing successfully restored the Yuan You armillary sphere, he stayed on the Jiahui Gate for a full twelve hours, and every time the bell and drum sounded, Ye Qing would compare it with the watch on his wrist, including the sundial outside.
And in the attic of the Yuan You armillary sphere, as for the demonstration of the armillary elephant and the armillary sphere, Ye Qing did not think that Zhao Gou could see it clearly, but made him regret that there was no glass in this period, if there was glass, the outside structure would be changed to a transparent glass structure, so that people could see the structure inside clearly from the outside, in this way, I am afraid it will be more liked by Zhao Gou.
Before Zhao Gou and the current saint did not come to this Yuan You Armillary Celestial Instrument in person, even if Ye Qing did not send someone to block the Jiahui Gate Tower, the Guards Division and the Front Division of the Palace would not agree, and before Ye Qing could really block the Jiahui Gate, the Guards Division and the Front Division of the Hall walked over with the Holy Decree.
The content of the holy decree is also very simple, first Zhao Yan praised and congratulated Ye Qing on the restoration of the Yuanyou armillary sphere, and then the guard division and the front division of the palace guarded the Yuanyou armillary sphere, and the idle people were not allowed to go to the top of the city tower.
Ye Qing, who walked down the city tower, looked up at the towering and towering buildings in this period, and couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Looking at the vermilion giant pillar on the top of the city tower, which was difficult to surround, with couplets written by himself on it, Ye Qing couldn't help but smile proudly.
Everything is too perfect, and there is no place for the current emperor and the saint to show the royal heavenly power and ink treasure, then it is ignorant.
So he naturally didn't dare to really carve the couplet on the tower, two huge pillars in front and back, but wrote it on paper and pasted it on the giant pillar.
He believed that no matter whether he was reminding Zhao Gou and the current saint Zhao Yan or not, I am afraid that they would definitely leave the ink treasures of the two of them on the majestic giant pillar, so as to bless the fortune of the Great Song Dynasty.
Ye Qing, who returned home, was naturally facing the home of "four walls", Bai Chun and Jin Se had already moved to the old house two days ago, and Ye Qing, who was busy with work at this time, had already left this matter behind, and when he remembered it, he saw Liang Xing running in from outside.
Seeing Liang Xing come in, Ye Qing originally wanted to enter the palace again, but when he thought that when he was in Jiahuimen, Zhao Gou didn't send anyone to recruit him into the palace after the bells and drums rang for a whole day, I'm afraid that at this time, he didn't have time to see himself at all.
So after hesitating in his heart for a while, Ye Qing planned to go back to the old mansion first, and the day after tomorrow was the first day, and he didn't want to miss the first day of the Great Song Dynasty.
Things were as he expected, Zhao Gou had been visiting the emperor's relatives in addition to the envoys of various countries these days, so he didn't even have time to go to Jiahuimen, as for seeing Ye Qing, Zhao Gou had already left him behind after the bell rang for the first time.
Ye Qing didn't know what the festive atmosphere in the palace was, but the mansion of Li Dao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, had already been lit up and painted, and the top and bottom were full of joy.
For them, this year's Yuan Day is not as important as in previous years, and it is also their only year, hoping that the Yuan Day will pass early, and then quickly usher in the most important moment of the prince's marriage.
The mansions of Wang Huai, Tang Siwei, Liang Kejia, Xiao Zhen and others have already begun to put up lanterns, which is peaceful and festive.
As the mansions of dignitaries began to become festive and lively, the entire Lin'an City began to become festive and lively from south to north.
On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire Lin'an City seems to be decorated with people's hearts, whether it is the streets and alleys, or on the royal street, it is a lively and joyful atmosphere.
Whether it is a shop or a restaurant, or a brothel or a casino, it will close early on this day, and then on the first day, it will be the best time for them to make money every day.
Ye Qing's couplets on the Jiahui Gate were unsurprisingly torn off by Zhao Gou, and then replaced with couplets written by each of them.
Mo Xiaobao looked at Ye Qing, who was teasing Ye Xiaobai leisurely in the warm study like spring, and as usual, after getting the news of Lin'an City every day from Liu Lan'er, he reported it to Ye Qing.
"Keep an eye on the Jin people and Xia people, by the way, especially the mansion of Li Dao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Jin and Xia envoys will also spend their time in Lin'an, or they may spend it in the palace, but the prince's wedding, obviously they don't have so many scruples, they don't celebrate is just wishful thinking on the part of the court, I'm afraid that when the time comes, they can't wait for the prince's wedding to have some moths, so that they can see the jokes of the Great Song Dynasty, so after tomorrow, what should the Imperial City Division do, and don't take it lightly. Ye Qing raised his eyelids and glanced at Mo Xiaobao who was standing in front.
Mo Xiaobao, who was still wearing a washed white round-necked shirt, said with a smile: "My lord, you have told me several times today. ”
"Tsk? What is this called, I said it several times for fear that you would forget. Also, didn't you buy yourself new clothes? Tomorrow is the first day, shouldn't you dress up too? A handsome guy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, with this line of work on his body, it seems a little cheap. Ye Qing touched his sleeve pocket as he spoke, it was still a tael of silver, so he had no choice but to throw it to Mo Xiaobao: "Don't be too little, I'll give you New Year's money tomorrow." ”
"No need adults, the clothes outside are too expensive, I ...... I...... That one....... Mo Xiaobao blushed inexplicably, and said hesitantly.
"Oh......." Ye Qing grabbed Ye Xiaobai, who wanted to fly away to find Bai Chun on the table, in his hand, looked at Mo Xiaobao with a smile and said, "What? Did Jinse already buy you new clothes? ”
"No, no, no, it's too expensive to buy outside, so Jin Se promised me to help me make a new one, and Steward Liang also has it." Mo Xiaobao was uncomfortable by Ye Qing's eyes, and said Finally, he hurriedly brought Liang Xing with him, for fear that Ye Qing would think that there was something between him and Jin Se.
"In that case, then you should return my tael of silver to me." Ye Qing got up, snatched away the one or two pieces of silver that Mo Xiaobao held in his hand, and then walked to his second floor.
"I ...... My lord...... Is that okay too? Mo Xiaobao couldn't imagine that Ye Qing was getting more and more picky.
Looking at Ye Qing from the study on the first floor and going to his own second floor, before Mo Xiaobao, who was stunned, heard Jin Se's voice outside: "Mo Xiaobao, the Spring Festival couplets have been pasted, where are you hiding?" Are you embarrassed to let Uncle Liang climb up and down? ”
"It's coming, it's coming." Mo Xiaobao's heart tightened, and he hurriedly ran from Ye Qing's study to the courtyard in Jin Se's mouth, which was much smaller than the original.
Listening to Jin Se, this courtyard used to have only the small second floor of Miss Bai's building, but now the second floor where Lord Ye lives is just two bungalows, one is Lord Ye's bedroom, and the other is the kitchen.
But now, the two bungalows, along with the original small building, have been demolished and built into the two interconnected houses that are now available.
On the side that was originally next to the river, a larger kitchen was built, next to Mo Xiaobao and Liang Xing's gatehouse.
The two maids and Jin Se brought from Wansongfang Mansion lived on the first floor of Bai Chun's small building, and only Bai Chun lived on the entire second floor, just like Ye Qing's second floor, with two floors up and down, and only Ye Qing lived alone.
Ye Qing had just walked up to the corridor connecting the second floor of Bai Chun's building, and saw Bai Chun holding a window flower in his hand, with a rare smile on his indifferent cheeks, and he was with the two maids, next to each other, pasting the window flowers cut by himself.
"Why did you get up?" Bai Chun looked at Ye Qing who was facing the sun from the direction of the corridor at the corner of the two buildings, and asked the guy who was busy in his hand.
"Look at the grilles you've pasted." Ye Qing sat on the windowsill next to him, looked at the two maids who were helping Bai Chun and said.
"It's too hot in the room, but compared to the wet and cold in previous years, I still like the house with the hot copper pipes, it's comfortable to live in, but it's too dry." Bai Chun handed over the work in his hand to the two maids, and then walked not far from Ye Qing and said.
"It's really hard to serve, not hot, not cold......." Ye Qing looked at Bai Chun's glare, and hurriedly stopped and continued.
"Let me ask you, did the queen really promise you? After the prince's wedding, will he help you go to Yanfu to be a matchmaker? Bai Chun looked at it seriously, and asked Ye Qing, who was looking at the two maids from time to time.
"Well, yes. I don't think I will regret it, after all, it's the queen. Ye Qing was a little afraid to look directly at Bai Chun's face, before Bai Bingzhong returned to Lin'an and dissolved Bai Chun's marriage contract with Ye Hong, Ye Qing always felt that he was sorry for Bai Chun for doing this.
"Well, that's fine, don't forget when the time comes." Bai Chun listened to Ye Qing's answer, but nodded with relief and said.
This made Ye Qing feel a little strange, looking at Bai Chun and couldn't help but wonder: "Is this what you asked, or did that girl in Allure ask you to ask?" ”
"What do you care?" Bai Chun turned around, then stopped and said, "Tomorrow, although our family has no relatives in Lin'an, like Yanfu and others, these people who have taken care of our family should visit." ”
“…… I? Visiting Yan Hongyuan? Ye Qing pointed to his nose and asked in surprise.
At the beginning, he just wanted to pretend to be forced in front of Yan Qingzhi, the elder brother of Yan Qingcheng, so he didn't let Yan Qingzhi thank him, but now he actually let himself go to Yan Mansion on the first day, what are you kidding!
(PS: It's too late to come back today, it's just a chapter.) )