Pei Min hung up the jade pendant again, touched his nose with a bit of speechlessness, and didn't think much about it.

It's a mixed bag, that's what it says.

The more people there are, the more there are chickens and dogs, and they take the opportunity to make trouble.

This is the same truth in ancient times, most of the people in Chang'an on the Shangyuan Festival went out to carnival all night, and the petty thieves and ruffians had the intention of not making a fortune?

As for whether it is because the family has a serious mother, this is not within Pei Min's control.

As he said, his mother's serious illness is not an excuse.

If there is really a blessing and misfortune, you need to use money, you don't seek a legitimate way, and everyone takes the extreme means of stealing and robbing, then the world will pay it back?

It's just that this trip, just a few hours, I dealt with Wuhou twice, and sent two groups of people to prison, and I feel bad luck when I think about it.

This little episode did not affect everyone's thoughts about the festival.

After the dragon lantern, the group went to Qujiang Furong Garden.

It's winter, and the climate is cold, but when you enter the Hibiscus Garden, it's like being in summer.

The lamp trees are three or four feet high, and thousands of different lanterns are hung.

As the cultural and economic center of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an has never lacked wealthy businessmen. Funding the construction of the lamp tree also has the effect of advertising, for the construction of the lamp tree, they are tired of it, especially generous.

The lantern tree is not visible at a glance, like a sea of lanterns composed of lanterns.

It was a spectacular scene......

Wang Wei said with emotion: "In recent years, Chang'an Shangyuan lanterns, Wei has not pulled every time, and the scale has been better every year, and this year is better than last year." It shows that my Tang Dynasty is getting richer and stronger, catching up with the Taizong and Gaozong periods......"

"In the future, it will only get better and better!" Pei Min looked at the grand occasion in front of him, and was also very emotional, compared with the Shangyuan lantern before he went to Taozhou in his memory, the gap between the two can't be calculated by reason at all.

The most excited were Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, who had never seen such a scene, and shouted in amazement.

They chatted with each other.

Their noisy noises disturbed many men and women walking together, but when they saw that they were two cute little ones, they also smiled in understanding.

The two little ones are so delightful, who would want to lose their temper with them?

It's just that children are children after all, and they can't stop them when they are sleepy.

At this time, when they were resting, it was not easy to play for more than three hours.

Xiao Qi couldn't stand it at first, and he was silent as he spoke.

Holding Pei Min's head with both hands, using his head as a pillow, he fell asleep in a strange posture.

Pei Min held her in his arms, woke her up and was still unhappy, and after a while, he couldn't bear the sleepiness, so he found a comfortable position to sleep in Pei Min's arms.

Xiao Hachi had less people to chat and quarrel, and he was also bored, so he persevered for a while, and after watching the sea of lights, he couldn't hold on in the warm atmosphere.

Pei's mother felt sorry for the two little guys and said, "I'm too old to play." Or, my mother will take Xiaoqi and Xiaoba back first? ”

Pei Min thought for a while and said, "That's it, don't go back." Just rest in this hibiscus garden, lest the two little ones suddenly wake up, and they haven't had enough fun, and they are noisy and want to come back to play. ”

Jiao Chen smiled: "The concubine is also a little tired, let's rest here with my mother!" ”

Hibiscus Garden is a royal garden, a place where only royal nobles are eligible to visit.

Every year on the Shangyuan Festival, the imperial court will make an exception to open the park, so that the people can play, and the good name is to enjoy with the people.

However, the Furong Garden is only half open, and it is still forbidden to play north of the Ziyun Tower.

Because Li Longji will also come to Ziyun Tower on this day and look at the Qujiang lanterns with the emperor's relatives.

The high-ranking status is destined for Li Longji to not be able to experience the pleasure that ordinary people can experience.

This is also the reason why Li Chiying is so excited, if it weren't for Pei Min taking her on a night tour of Shangyuan, it would be difficult for her to experience the fun of ordinary people in her life.

Sometimes I eat too much delicacies from the mountains and seas, and occasionally have a few meals of coarse tea and light rice.

This is the case with Li Chiying.

With Pei Min's status in Datang at the moment, except for the need to ask for instructions on the Ziyun Tower, other places can still enter and exit freely.

Wang Wei and Zhao Yiying said goodbye to Pei Min, and they planned to go boating on Qujiang Pond.

Look at the lanterns and many people, this river pond boating, through the world of two people, there are many people will spoil the scenery.

Pei Min naturally let them go reasonably.

When he arrived at Furong Garden, Pei Min did not disturb Li Longji, who was gathering in Ziyun Tower, and found a quiet building in a secluded place, and arranged for Pei Mu, Jiao Chen, Xiao Qi, and Xiao Ba to rest.

Wang couldn't stand the crowding and planned to rest in the building.

Pei Min left a few guards to take care of him, and the mighty vote was lost by more than half in a blink of an eye.

The elderly people all withdrew, leaving only Pei Min, Li Zhiying, Li Bai, Wang Zhongsi, Wu Qi'er, and Wang Xiaobai, who was in charge of the guard.

Among the few people, Pei Min is the oldest, with twenty-five old bacon, and everyone else is twenty or below, which can be regarded as a real young ......

However, Pei Min is not old, and he is still a little keen on having fun.

There are little seven and eight here, and he doesn't dare to go to the river to put the lantern, lest the two little guys also clamo to put the river lantern.

At their age, Pei Min didn't dare to take them on an adventure.

Now that there are fewer little seven and eight, a group of people came to the bank of the Qujiang River with high interest.

There are small vendors selling river lanterns on the bank, and Pei Min bought one for himself, Li Zhiying, Li Bai, Wang Zhongsi, Wu Qi'er, and Wang Xiaobai, and let them make a wish to play.

This one came to the river.

Wu Qi'er suddenly said in surprise: "Look, it's a meteor!" ”

Everyone hurriedly raised their heads to look at the night sky, only to see a huge meteor streaked across the sky, fleeting.

Li Zhiying's face turned pale and said, "Broom star!" ”

Wu Qi'er was surprised: "In our west, if you make a wish when the meteor falls, the wish will come true. Such a beautiful thing, how can it be called a broom star! ”

"Really?" Li Chiying didn't care if it was right or not, he directly clasped his fists with both hands and made a wish with a smile.

Li Zhiying secretly glanced at Pei Min on the side, pulled Wu Qi'er and said: "We also have a saying in the East that we pin our wishes on the river lantern, as long as the river lantern does not stop and drifts to the end, the wish can be fulfilled." ”

In an instant, because of this ethereal thing, they became friends, held hands, and went to put the river lantern together.

Pei Min looked around and whispered to Li Bai, Wang Zhongsi, and Wang Xiaobai: "Do you think someone is following us?" ”

Li Bai, Wang Zhongsi, and Wang Xiaobai looked at each other.

Li Bai looked left and right, surrounded by pedestrians.

The men of their group are extraordinary, and the women are also very beautiful, and the crowds passing by are full of curious looks.

How can you see this vast crowd?

"Maybe I'm too careful!" Pei Min smiled: "Whether it's true or not, with us, I really don't believe that there are clowns who dare to come to find trouble, just pay more attention." ”

This person comes and goes, and Pei Min doesn't know whether he is too careful, or if he is really a bad person.

However, none of them are weak hands, and Wu Qi'er also has a certain level of self-defense, and only Li Zhiying really needs protection.

As long as you take care of her, everything is worry-free.

"Let's put the lights on too!"

Pei Min came to Li Zhiying's side, regardless of whether the wish was true or not, and made a small wish, hoping that Pei's mother and Jiao Chen would be healthy and that the little seven and eight would grow strongly, put the river lantern into the river, and let it flow down the river.

Li Zhiying's eyes widened with curiosity, and he smiled: "What wish did you make?" ”

Pei Min casually recited nonsense: "Naturally, I hope that Datang will be rich and strong, and the country and the people will be safe!" What did you promise? ”

Li Zhiying was embarrassed, shook his head like a rattle, but blushed and didn't say anything.

Pei Min didn't ask either.

The group played around the Qujiang River again, and finally found a three-story painting boat for swimming in the lake.

Pei Min drove the painting boat directly into the Furong Garden, and connected Pei Mu, Jiao Chen, Wang, Xiao Qi, and Xiao Ba to the painting boat, so that you can rest and visit the night view of Qujiang River.

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Qujiang Wuhou shop!

Wuhou was a major innovation of the Tang Dynasty, and Chang'an was too large in scale and too populous, so the previous dynasty relied on city guards to maintain law and order, and it was simply too busy.

The birth of Wuhou solved this problem, the so-called Wuhou, just like the later generations of the police, Wuhou shop is also the so-called local police station. They are located in various neighborhoods and are responsible for fire and security issues.

According to the regulations, there are 100 Wuhou people in Dachengmen and 30 people in Dafang; There are twenty people in the small city gate and five people in the small square, and they are led by the left and right Yifu under the left and right Jinwu.

However, the situation of Shangyuan Festival is special, and the left and right Yi mansions have dispatched an additional 1,000 soldiers for today, acting as temporary military marquis, responsible for the security of Qujiang.

There are too many tourists in Qujiang, miscellaneous ruffians and hooligans, and short-tempered Jianghu people, who are dealing with Pei Min's word "mixed dragons and snakes".

If you walk too much at night, you will inevitably encounter ghosts.

The thieves missed, the hooligans suffered, and the Jianghu people couldn't resist the encirclement of the soldiers, and they were all imprisoned in Wuhou Shop.

The originally small Wuhou shop cell was even full.

Sun Hao is one of the stewards of Wuhou Shop, he drinks bitter tea, fights his spirits, and does the work of sitting on the overall situation.

said that he was in charge of the overall situation, but in fact, it was no different from a gatekeeper.

Most of his subordinates have been arranged, but Wuhou Pu itself lacks manpower, and he, the steward, has to guard it himself to avoid an accident.

Compared with watching the lanterns and admiring the handsome men and women swimming in the Qujiang River, while maintaining law and order, Sun Hao sat with his eyes dry, which made him even more bored and irritable.

"Brother Sun, there is another short-sighted one!"

Sun Hao listened to the shouts outside Wuhou's shop, got up scolding, took the cell key, and led the way first.

He didn't know who came, and tonight he transferred a thousand more soldiers from the left and right Yi Mansions, and he couldn't be familiar with them all, just looking at the other party's clothes and knowing that it was his own person.

"What a mistake!" Sun Hao asked casually.

"Robbery!" The person kicked the prisoner in the ass and said, "It's shameful enough to attack a woman with no interest." ”

Sun Hao responded: "The ruffians and hooligans are not all of this virtue, they pick on the old and the weak. However, there are exceptions, and not long ago there was a stupid one. Started with a man, and the other party was a practitioner. The stupid thief will be subdued in three or two strokes, and stealing chickens will not be a loss of rice. ”

As he spoke, he came to the temporary dungeon of Wuhou Shop, opened the cell, and said, "Go in, go in!" ”

The prisoner was wearing shackles, and when he passed by Sun Hao's side, he suddenly broke free of the shackles and slashed Sun Hao unconscious with a blow of the knife.

Wu Hou, who escorted the prisoners, also made an instant move and knocked down all the surrounding guards.

The prisoner shouted: "Who is Wu Yingying? Entrusted to save you! ”

The hooligans in the cell looked at each other, and they didn't know who to call.

The prisoner didn't seem to dare to stay long and shouted, "If you don't want to eat prison food, let's go......"

The prisoners didn't care so much, and rushed out directly with the fake Wuhou.

A group of imprisoned ruffians and hooligans, who didn't know who shouted, rushed out boldly.

The timid did not dare to escape from prison and honestly stayed in the cell......

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Kakukakan!

The so-called canopy is a board game that appeared in the late Han Dynasty and was popular in ancient times, similar to flying chess. There are five dice used in the canopy, some black and some white, called "five woods". They can be combined into six different permutations, known as the six colors. Among them, the all-black one is called "Lu", which is the highest color. The four black and one white ones are called "pheasants", second to Lu, and the other four are called "owls" or "calves", which are variegated.

To put it bluntly, it is a way to gamble!

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no gambling house on the surface.

If you see something on TV or in a gambling house, there is no doubt that it is not rigorous enough.

The harm of gambling is well known, and in ancient criminal law, the severe punishment for gambling was far more severe than it is today. For example, China's first relatively systematic feudal written code "The Book of Law" has such a provision: "If you play a game, you will be fined three gold." Not only that, but the "Book of Law" also stipulates: "If the prince plays a play, he will be flogged." More than that, then it is special. If you don't stop, you will stand more. In other words, the prince not only had to be whipped for gambling, but even the crown prince would be abolished if he gambled more than three times.

Whether it is the "Book of Law" of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or the "Qin Law" later, and then from the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties, all dynasties and dynasties without exception have severe legal punishments for "gambling", especially for officials.

The Tang Dynasty's "Tang Law Shu Yi" clearly stipulates that if a gambler is found to have "a hundred rods", he will directly hit a hundred boards, and his family registration will be confiscated for "floating wealth". If it is a person who sets up gambling to take profits, the law stipulates the "theory of quasi-theft". If you are caught gambling in the capital and are punished with capital punishment, you will be punished with confiscation if you are caught gambling by the people.

It's very demanding.

However, gambling on this thing has a special magic and is loved by the majority of enthusiasts.

"The Biography of the Queen's Concubine in the Old Tang Book" records: Wu Sansi entered the palace and was promoted to the imperial bed, and once fought with Empress Wei, Tang Zhongzong, as the emperor, was on the side to keep accounts.

Tang Xizong is erudite, musical, mathematical, and gambling......

Empress Wu once hosted a gambling game, so that all civil and military officials joined in......

Tang Zhongzong also gambled with his concubine, did not burn candles at night, only used a red glass plate to hold the night pearl, and let the subordinates stand in the lobby with their hands, and the hall was as bright as day......

The list goes on......

And the current emperor Li Longji!

Li Longji has mixed reviews, he has no less heroic than Li Shimin, and he has a playful and playful character, he ...... I also like to gamble, and the gambling products are extremely poor.

His strong interest in gambling is surprising. But gambling skills are average, whenever he encounters defeat, he always wins by means, and even ignores the dignity of the Son of Heaven, or secretly cooperates with other concubines; or chanting continuously, disrupting the audio-visual and doing tricks.

Yang Guozhong is good at bookkeeping because of his excellent gambling skills.

A fool praised Li Longji a lot, and was played as having "Du Zhi Lang Cai".

The emperor liked it so much, and it was obvious that he was about the execution of the decree.

However, Ming's opening of a gambling house is to find death, which is against "Tang Law and Discussion".

Modifications!

It is always the law of officialdom.

The bright ones don't work, the dark ones come!

It's not called a gambling house, it's called a hall. It's not called gambling, it's called gambling.

The Pavilion, the Shuanglu Pavilion, the Lottery Pavilion, and the Chess Pavilion, change the soup without changing the medicine, and there are big names behind the halls, and no one cares.

In Chang'an, it can be regarded as one of the top "gambling houses", with a huge scale.

The lobby can accommodate more than 100 people to gamble, and there are many cubicles and small halls around it for the use of private rooms for big people.

C-shaped private room!

Awanda looked at his many subordinates, his brows tightly locked.

"Are you incompetent? Or is there really no chance at all? We had a complete plan, and you followed it for a night, and finally told me to watch Princess Yuzhen get on the boat? Disappearing on the Qujiang River? ”

His expression was full of unease and anger, and their country valued technology the most. The recipe for black powder is a big deal to them, and even if the risk is great, it's worth the risk.

If he fails, he has nothing to say.

But now he told him that after following him for almost a night, he didn't even have the courage to make a move, which had to make him suspect the incompetence of his subordinates.

A strong man in black cried and said, "My lord, it's really not that we don't have the ability, it's really Pei Min who is too smart." As soon as we get closer, he will react unconsciously. If it weren't for the large number of people coming and going, we would have found out a long time ago. Pei Min has the strength to defeat Mosley Massa, he is always by Princess Yuzhen's side, and we really don't have a chance at all. ”

The thief who snatched Pei Min's jade pendant and captured Pei Min was also in the crowd, and he stepped forward and said, "My lord, it's really not the leader's fault. Pei Min is so difficult that we have thought about luring him away. As long as you get him away, it's easy to get started. Where did I think that Pei Min reacted so quickly, we specially created crowding, so that he had no time to take care of him, he also had the ability to catch me. I didn't react at all. If I hadn't been in a hurry, I would have said that there was a sick mother in bed at home, and I was afraid that there would be more than one luck. ”

Awanda muttered, "It's not exposed, is it? ”

"Don't worry!" The strong man in black said confidently, "We pretended to be the Jianghu people who saved the brawl and made trouble, and we will not be found." ”

"That's it!" Awanda said: "Black powder is very important to us, continue to stare at Princess Yuzhen and look for another opportunity!" I don't believe that Pei Min can protect her for a lifetime! ”

While he was talking, there was a knock on the door outside the house, saying, "Ge Shuhan has something to visit......