Chapter 406: Lion Dance
Looking at the crowd of people who poured into the store, Chen Xu stood at the gate of Qinghe Park with his hands and began to wait, after a while, he heard a clear sound of horses' hooves, and saw a double-bridled carriage coming along the street under the escort of several guards, Xu Fu sat in the carriage, wearing a jade crown and full of energy, and there were two beautiful little girls sitting on the left and right, I don't know if it was a wife or a concubine.
"Doctor Cheng Xu has arrived"
As a middle-aged steward who was standing at the intersection shouted loudly, Chen Xu smiled and stepped forward to greet him, and at the same time followed the emperor behind him with a wave of his hand and shouted: "Lion dance greet!" ”
"Bang Bang"
With the sound of noisy gongs and drums, I saw two colorful and strange monsters rushing out of the gate of Qinghe Garden, and then began to jump and tumble in the open space at the gate, dancing flexibly with the sound of gongs and drums, and also making the appearance of fighting each other.
"Wow, what is this?"
At this time, the people who were still standing on the street watching the excitement suddenly became violent again, and the exclamation on the street also caused all the people who entered the store to run out, and then they all began to look at this strange thing that they had never seen before.
These two monsters are not real at first glance, because as the lion continues to jump and dance, it can be clearly seen that there are two people hiding inside to control the monster's movements, and they are skillful with the two, the jumping and fighting movements are sensitive, and they look very rhythmic with the sound of gongs and drums.
And Xu Fu, who was the first to arrive, was smiling and preparing to get out of the car to greet Chen Xu who came up, but as the two monsters rushed out and began to dance, he was so frightened that he shook his hands and tore off a few whiskers, and the two little ladies around him screamed and arched into his arms and trembled, and the coachman who drove the car fell off the car directly with a frightened head, looking at the monster that was jumping closer and closer at the two ends, and the two tremors couldn't wait to turn around and run, until they saw the two people inside who wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads with their sleeves and calmed down and quickly reined in the reins. Fortunately, although these two monsters looked vicious, they did not have the breath of wild beasts, so the horses were not too frightened, but they kept snorting and were very uneasy.
"Doctor Xu, Doctor Xu"
Chen Xu stood in Xu Fu's carriage and shouted several times, Xu Fu woke up from his stunned eyes, and hurriedly got out of the car to make a gesture to Chen Xu, and at the same time said with a wry smile on his face: "Master Hou, I was almost scared to death just now, what kind of trouble are you doing?" ”
"Haha, Dr. Xu came really early, opening today, just to celebrate! Imperial Doctor Xu and the two ladies inside, please! Chen Xu laughed and arched his hand.
"I'm afraid that the guests who come for a while will be frightened and faint excessively, I'm afraid that Lord Hou will be bad luck for today's opening ceremony!" Xu Fu's words of blessing were very unique, Chen Xu's face darkened by half, and his cheeks twitched a few times and said: "Imperial Doctor Xu has a grudge against which adult in the dynasty, can I help you scare it later?" ”
"Uh, it's free!" Xu Fu wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
If any prince and prince are really scared out of the problem after a while, he won't have to mix in Xianyang when this sentence gets out.
"Imperial Doctor Xu will go to rest and drink tea first, and I will greet other guests here!" Chen Xu led Xu Fu to the gate of Qinghe Garden.
"No, no, this monster dance is very beautiful, Qinghe Hou don't care about me, I'll stand at the door and watch it again!" Xu Fu had completely recovered from the fright, and hugged the two little ladies and watched the two lions dancing with great interest.
"It's good!" Chen Xu nodded, instructed the helper to lead Xu Fu's carriage and guards into the garden to settle down, and then accompanied Xu Fu to stand at the door and watch.
And with the sound of gongs and drums, the two lions danced more and more skillfully, and even began to tease the surrounding audience around the clearing, which also provoked the audience to cheer, and even some people threw copper coins into the clearing, and the scene became more lively.
Today was originally the Spring Festival Day, and the flow of people on the street was endless, and in this noisy sound of gongs and drums and more and more lively cheers, the entire eastern part of Xianyang City soon became more lively, and people who didn't know what happened ran to Liuxiangyuan, so soon several streets were crowded.
"Didi" with the southeast and northwest streets have the sound of bamboo whistles one after another, the forbidden army of the lieutenant's mansion was also alarmed, a team of soldiers came along the street and began to drive away the crowd of onlookers, and finally there was even a team of soldiers in armor who broke up the crowd with neat steps to the gate of Qinghe Garden, the leading hundred generals were ready to scold and stop the two-headed monsters that were still running wildly on the street, but when they saw the brocade-robed young man standing at the gate of Qinghe Garden, his face suddenly became very cautious, and he trotted all the way over and saluted with fists:" Zhao Mo, the hundred generals of the Lieutenant's Mansion, has seen Qinghe Hou! ”
"Excuse me, you guys are here just in time, help maintain order, there will be many adults coming in a while, don't let the crowd who are watching the excitement rush!"
"Huh" Zhao Mo hurriedly agreed, and then commanded his subordinates to start standing guard along the street to maintain order.
"Inspector of the Provincial Imperial Historian Master Meng arrived"
In the sound of gongs and drums, a shout came from the street entrance, and I saw a luxurious four-bridle carriage coming along the street under the escort of dozens of warriors wearing armor and carrying swords, Meng Yi sat on the carriage, and there was a graceful young woman and a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl beside her.
"Meet Lord Meng" The people who were blocked by the soldiers on the side of the road hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"No courtesy, no courtesy!"
"Bang Bang"
In the sound of gongs and drums, the two lions fluttered happily and followed Chen Xu to meet them.
"Ah, Daddy, save me!" The girl sitting next to her suddenly screamed and arched into Meng Yi's arms.
And Meng Yi, who was twisting his beard and smiling, was taken aback, and saw the two-headed monster dancing behind Chen Xu's buttocks, and his frightened feet were soft and almost fell off the carriage, but when he saw that this was just a puppet fake beast manipulated by two people, his face was red for a while and white for a while, and he hurriedly comforted his wife and children, and after getting out of the car, he also said a blessing that made Chen Xu's face black: "Qinghe Hou, what are you doing here, the scared old man's soul almost flew, remember to invite me to a few more banquets to suppress the shock!" ”
Well, of all the princes and princesses, you are the most shameless.
Like Xu Fu, Meng Yi was very interested in the two monsters dancing happily, and asked the guards and coachmen to drive the carriage into the garden, and began to accompany his wife and daughter to stand at the door to watch the lion dance.
"The Ministry of Works ordered the arrival of Lord Jae"
In less than five minutes, the long chant of the welcoming steward was heard again at the corner of the street.
"The inner history has ordered Lord Qi to arrive"
"The Criminal Department ordered Lord Yin to arrive"
"The Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province has arrived, Lord Li"
The time is approaching, and the people who received Chen Xu's invitation are almost rushing to arrive, and the luxurious four-bridle carriages are coming one after another, all of them are the ministers of the dynasty, either the minister or the marquis, and they are all dragging their families, some with wives and children, some with sons, and some with two wives, because today is a festival, just take them out to relax, not to mention that there are free banquets and song and dance dramas, don't eat in vain, don't watch in vain, because next time you want to eat, it is estimated that you will have to pay for it.
And the food of the Qinghe Hou family is delicious, and the wine is also delicious, which is recognized by Xianyang City, but it is conceivable that the meals must be very expensive, because I heard that the Qinghe Inn in Wancheng and Luoyang and other places has at least a thousand dollars for a meal, and according to the temperament of Qinghe Hou, the hotel in Xianyang is only more expensive than the most expensive.
As more and more guests were invited, and they all brought their families, the gate of Qinghe Garden was already full of men, women and children at this time, and all of them had a noble atmosphere, and the shocked onlookers all retreated dozens of feet away and did not dare to approach.
"Knock knock knock"
The two lions were still tumbling and jumping tirelessly.
Although it has been almost half an hour since I watched, everyone is still happy to watch it, pointing and pointing while watching, and laughter resounding throughout the street.
"Stampede......
The ground seemed to shake as a sound of neat, heavy footsteps came from afar.
The voices of the noisy onlookers in the distance quickly fell silent, and quickly spread to the gate of Qinghe Garden like a plague.
"Woo" followed by a long and low horn sound, and then a loud roar came: "The emperor has arrived, the idle people and others have retreated for thirty zhang, and those who violate the order die!" ”
The crowd of onlookers instantly dispersed like a tide, and the entire street was empty in a blink of an eye, leaving only a group of soldiers from the Lieutenant's Mansion standing in line on both sides.
"Stampede......
With the sound of uniform heavy footsteps, a team of lieutenant palace forbidden troops wearing black armor appeared at the corner of the street, their steps neatly long halberds like a forest, and the rolled black flags swayed in the wind.
This group of 500 forbidden soldiers marched directly through the gate of Qinghe Garden with neat steps, and did not stop until they reached the street entrance at the other end to stand up their shields and guns.
The lieutenant forbidden army was followed by the three hundred guards forbidden army, also all in black armor, with large swords and crossbows held at their waists, and one of them poured directly into the Liuxiang Garden opposite, occupying the gate and the wall, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Behind them were hundreds of black-clothed, masked, sword-carrying Xuanwu guards, escorting more than a dozen carriages slowly coming, led by six horse-drawn carriages, sitting in a black Xuanzhu, wearing a black jade crown Qin Shi Huang.
The two lions had already hid in the garden in fright, and the helpers and guards were all waved away by Chen Xu, leaving only more than a dozen welcome ladies and a group of princes and princes and their families at the door.
"Your Majesty!" After Qin Shi Huang's carriage was stable, Chen Xu, Meng Yi, Li Si and others hurriedly greeted him and saluted respectfully.