Seeing is the power of the eye, and seeing is the power of the heart. Eyesight is easy to practice, but mental strength is difficult to learn. Wang Yangming stated in his doctrine "The Science of Mind" that the source of any suffering is a lack of wisdom. From a certain level and perspective, I think he is right.

Because I am a very open-minded person, it is not that I am superior in wisdom, but I have always believed that if you think about things that are useless and useless, you don't need to think about them.

Otherwise, my father died early when I was a child, my mother was separated, I grew up alone all the way, and I was betrayed to death, and the ups and downs along the way were enough to torture me crazy more than ten times! But I'm still having a good time, and that's the power of the heart.

So when Zhang Siwei and the others were obviously sheltered, Hai Rui was so angry that he scolded the court, Zhang Juzheng was depressed, and I didn't care about these at all - it wasn't my turn to care, did it?

On the day after the verdict, I returned to Juyong Pass as always, calmly supervising the military and civilians to continue to build and improve the Great Wall, which was what I could decide.

Soon it was the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month. According to the Daming Law, the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the year. At the beginning of the new year, the entire New Year is a winter vacation. It's really exciting, and this month I can do some of my own things and prepare for the future.

However, it is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, this month's vacation did not exist at all, and officials generally could only take three or five days off before they had to come back to work hard. These officials stayed up until after the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the holiday system of the Ming Dynasty was gradually relaxed, and until today, it has become a holiday in the first month.

However, according to the regulations, the first assistant and the cabinet still have to go to work every day, and all departments must also arrange personnel to be on duty. But according to Zhang Juzheng's current situation, in the past few years, he has moved the winter vacation class to his home, and whoever has something to do will come to the house to report.

Turning, watching, and practicing the eagle feather pose, he wandered for two days, and the world was really peaceful in the past two days, and no one dared to make trouble, otherwise the dozen or so corpses hanging on the pole and floating in the wind over there were examples! The people all reacted, watching those wicked people being executed, they were determined to be down-to-earth, and they were all very energetic in their work!

No matter how energetic, by the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I also drove them all home, including Ye Sizhong's troops, and I also told him to return early, and I could catch the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. So they started early, depending on the meaning, they could return to Jizhou before sunset!

Of course, I gave him a New Year's greeting in advance, and said that after the fifth day, I will go to Jizhou to pay New Year's greetings to him and Qi Dudu!

It's time for me to go, too! Standing on the blank of the Badaling Great Wall, my heart is particularly touched. It's another year! It's been two years since I came here! It is said that being alone in a foreign land is a stranger, and thinking of relatives every festival. I'm in another world at all, okay? But then again, I don't think I have anyone to miss.

With a slight melancholy, our group returned to Beijing on horseback. The entire Jingshi has been lit up, and even the city gate has been hung with bonuses! The streets are full of children scurrying around and playing, and most of the shops are closed for the holidays, but red lanterns are hung to celebrate.

No regrets and Nine Ghost Masataka are particularly happy along the way, they have never had a holiday in a big city like Jingshi, so everything is fresh. And for me, having experienced the infinitely open festival of the new era, how can these old folk customs move me?

As I rode slowly down the street, looking at the celebratory crowd and the laughing children, I suddenly felt a little alienated, as if I was looking at the world through a layer of glass, which was clearly in front of me, but I couldn't touch or touch it. Suddenly, there was a loud "knock-click" in my ears, and I suddenly turned around, but it was a few children who were setting off two kicks!

It's loud! Surprise me! Seeing the children laughing so happily because of a cannonball, I envy them in my heart.

Well, there's no need to be so low and negative! I straightened up suddenly, with a shout of "driving" in my mouth, my legs clamped the horse's belly, and the horse called "slippery", and instantly ran forward like an arrow off the string! When everyone saw me speeding up, everyone also accelerated! After a short time, I saw the familiar door number: "Ask Haige".

When I arrived at the door, I threw the stirrups and dismounted, and the doorman at the door came to pick up the horses, and they all greeted me and congratulated me on the holiday. They all call me "young master", which is also my rule, because at the beginning, Qiao Hansheng and others all called me master, and the maids in the family called me young master. After thinking about it, I asked them to call them young masters, after all, I still hope that I am younger!

Of course, the Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao, Kite, Qinglian, and Yuhe call me Mr., which is another matter, because these people are the ones who support the external small system for me. And those who call me young master should be considered family.

I entered the gate, bypassed the screen into the yard, heard the sound of horses' hooves, the first to run out was a woman, I rode the horse for a long time, my mind was still a little dizzy, I looked at it, it turned out to be a kite! She is wearing a Han woman's dress today, and she is dressed up very cute and cute!

And more importantly, in the past two years, I have been thinking about how to be stronger, better, and safer every day, and I have been treating the kite as a staff officer in the team, and I haven't paid attention to it at all, this girl has become a big girl after these two years, and she is really a big girl, and the more she changes, the better she looks. The mountains and ravines are becoming more and more obvious!

Seeing that I was looking at her fixedly, the kite smiled like a little fox, raised her hands slightly in front of me, turned around, and asked with a smile, "Is it good-looking?" Mr! ”

I suddenly came to my senses, cleared my throat continuously, covered up the embarrassment in my heart, and smiled: "Beautiful!" Where did you buy it from? ”

The kite came up, hugged my left arm and said, "Sister Qinglian gave it to me!" I sighed, but my mind was not here at all, but on her chest as she hugged me, leaning on my arm! Wow rub! I haven't cared about it in the past two years, so I've been promoted from A to C?

In order not to make a fool of myself, I gently shook off the kite's arm and said, "Okay, go and get me some water!" I'm dying of thirst! ”

The kite squinted and smiled in response: "Yes!" Giggling and running into the inner hall. I stood where I was, pretending to look around at the colorful arrangement of lights in the courtyard, but in fact I let my physiological reaction ease slightly, and then walked towards the inner hall. This girl, tsk!

Qiao Hansheng knew that I was coming back and was greeting me out, and the two of us happened to meet at the entrance of the main hall. He bowed to me, asked about the holiday ceremony, and said with a smile that today he asked the mansion to prepare a sumptuous family banquet Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and he could start just waiting for me to return.

I nodded in agreement, and Qiao Hansheng immediately ordered the servants to go into the back hall to prepare.

By the time I paced down the hall, ho! There are three full tables, one large and two small. This is also what the kite has set up with my mind. I'm satisfied.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, we were all seated in the main hall. The method of dividing seats is actually very simple - call my husband's to sit at the big table, and call my young master's to sit at the small table. Of course, the housekeeper Qiao Hansheng is an exception. He sat at the big table with us.

The cold dishes have already risen, ten cold dishes, and the wine they drank was the wine that Murong Qin brought back from Europe last time, but what he was not used to drinking was the liquor that was distributed by the official cellar according to the title, and he looked at the seal, but it was the tribute wine of Xinghua Village outside the Xiushan Gate of Chizhou.

At this time, everyone in the room looked at me with blank eyes, waiting for me to say a toast. I stood up and picked up my glass—a seven-dollar glass for drinking white wine, but full of red wine, and suddenly I felt a strange feeling.

I held the cup, glanced at Murong Qin and Chen Kui with some embarrassment, and before I could say a toast, I collapsed first: "Next time I go to Europe, remember to bring a set of glass goblets back first!"

Murong Qin and Chen Kui looked at each other, not knowing that this goblet was Shenma Dongdong, but they still responded.

I thought to myself, anyway, they don't know the proper way to drink this red wine, so let it be!

Glancing around at the crowd, I said aloud, "All of you here are from*!" No, it's * plus Fuso! ”

It was the first time everyone had heard such an opening remark, and suddenly there was a burst of laughter in the hall!

I waited for everyone to laugh for a while, raised the cup slightly, and the room gradually fell silent. I smiled and continued, "Getting together is fate!" No matter what you were doing, where you are, or what happy or unhappy you have had, coming here is going home! No more wandering! ”

The applause rang out, and I swept my eyes, some people were laughing, and some people were silently shedding tears.

I sighed slightly in my heart and continued, "Here, I would like to thank you again for your hard work over the past year! The upcoming year is the Year of the Horse, I wish you all the spirit of Ryoma and success in the New Year! ”

Everyone stood up together, raised their glasses and said in unison: "Ryoma spirit!" Success! ”

I raised my glass and shouted, "Done!"

After speaking, take the lead in drinking a full glass of wine! Everyone present took the cup to the bottom, and the room was lively for a while!

The little guy in the courtyard took the opportunity to set off fireworks! The deafening sound of firecrackers and the smoke of gunpowder suddenly spread everywhere! For a moment, I seemed to think of the Spring Festival in my previous life, and the sound of firecrackers did not change at all!

Next, it is a round of toasting and being toasted. The hot dishes are also served, and the atmosphere is getting more and more lively. I tried to immerse myself in this joyful environment and to warm up my heart.

After three hours of eating, everyone was already half-drunk. Qiao Hansheng came over and gave a salute and asked me to move to the backyard, saying that he had arranged a drama team to sing for everyone on New Year's Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve.

To be honest, Peking Opera, Henan Opera, Huangmei Opera and so on are all very culturally rich performance forms, and they have also made great contributions to cultural inheritance, but as a modern person, I prefer cultural carriers such as movies and games, and I am really not interested in this elegant art form.

The troupe sang "Dingjun Mountain" first, and after singing, there was applause, but I was sleepy. Then he sang a piece of "Fighting the Dragon Robe". I was almost asleep, so I turned my head and asked Qiao Hansheng behind me, "Old Joe, is there any mahjong?" Bring me a pair. ”

Qiao Hansheng looked at me with a confused expression and said, "Young Master, what is mahjong?"

This time I was confused, and I suddenly remembered that mahjong was only available in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and I am afraid it has not yet been available at this time! Who did the Lord promise to teach him? It seems like...... It seems to be Qi Dudu and Ye Sizhong.

I had a playful heart in my heart, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and call Yuhe!"

Qiao Hansheng didn't know what I was going to do, but seeing that I was smiling all over my face, he knew that it was a good thing, so he immediately went to call Yuhe.

Yuhe looked at me with a puzzled smile on his face and asked, "Does Mr. miss me?"

I smiled and said, "I miss you." So what, how much is the cheapest kind of jade in our Qingyu Pavilion? ”

Yuhe smiled: "That's it!" That's a lot, and it's not a valuable thing. How much does the gentleman want? ”

I thought about it, what about this mahjong, one hundred and thirty-six pieces are commonly used in the north, and one hundred and forty-four or one hundred and eight pieces are commonly used in the south. Some mahjong also have eighty-four, one hundred and twelve, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and forty-eight, and the most is one hundred and fifty-two.

And I'm most familiar with the mahjong play of one hundred and thirty-six main cards, so I laughed and said, take one hundred and fifty first!

Yuhe immediately sent someone to the store to get it, and it didn't take long to get back two large bags of jade plates.

I sat down in front of the small table, took out the frost, and began to carve with great interest.

After a while, I carved out a 10,000! Seeing that I was playing with the handiwork, everyone was very amused, and many people came up, and the kite was the closest, and his face was pasted on the card. I simply handed her the cards.

The kite stared at the cards for a long time and asked, "Sir, what are these ten thousand for?"

I didn't answer, but pointed to the onlookers around me and said, "If you want to play, don't just look at it, do it!" Go! From 10,000 to 90,000, four for each! ”

After thinking about it, he said: "Go find some of your rouge, and bring some of the depicted danqing, carve a piece, and use the paint to color the middle characters!" The 10,000 words are all red, and I say the tube and the rope, you paint it! ”

This big work is all moving, some carving 10,000 characters, some carving tubes, some carving ropes, and carving southeast and northwest winds, white in the middle. By almost twelve o'clock, a pair of mahjong was finished! I asked Qiao Hansheng again for two dice, so then roll up your sleeves and let's start!