The earliest house of the Qing Dynasty was given by the original Tai Li Heng, built in Sui, not only after a hundred years of wind and rain, the house has been very old, after Li Qing was promoted to the envoy of the Anxi Festival, Li Longji specially gave him a new house, the new house is located in Xuanyi Fang, I don't know whether it is a coincidence or a special arrangement, the opposite side of the new house is just Yang Guozhong's house, and behind it is the former residence of the former Prime Minister Zhang Said, and now it is the house of Zhang Yun, the head of the household.

As soon as the day dawned, the curtain got up early, tomorrow is the New Year, she didn't suddenly remember until last night that the New Year's greetings to Zhang Qiu and Qiong's Mansion have not been prepared! Said that He Yi is actually to give his widow alimony, after the death of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, his son soon lost his official, and was obsessed with the Qinglou Red Lady, a few years of hard work will be the already meager family property tossed up, even the old house was sold, and then abandoned the old mother and wife and daughter to become monks, Zhang Qiu's life is becoming more and more difficult, after the curtain learned about this, he gave them some land for Li Qing, and in the name of the New Year and the Yuan Festival, each sent two sums of money every year, although it can not be compared with Zhang Qiu and Qiong when he was alive, but also to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing.

"Mother! You see, this is made for me by Sanniang. Li Tingyue, who was tied to the sky with two facing the sky, took a pig baby made of cloth and jumped in, she was seven years old, she looked almost like the shoulders of the curtain, she looked quite like Li Qing, the face and mouth and nose were especially similar, she was a smart and lovely little girl, since the year before last, Li Qing wrote to ask Mr. to ask Mr. to teach her to read and write, two years later, she has already known thousands of words in the stomach.

The curtain was busy writing a congratulatory message, and he didn't even raise his head and said, "I know, you go outside to play!" She suddenly remembered something, and stopped her pen and asked, "Aren't you going to school today?" Didn't you say that you would have a holiday tomorrow? ”

Li Tingyue's face flushed, and she begged her mother infatuatedly: "Mother! Daddy is coming back today, I'm afraid that I won't see him when I wake up from sleep, so you just let me go this time! ”

"You little elf, don't you look at Daddy at night?" The curtain scratched her little nose and smiled lovingly: "Then this time today." Not an example! ”

"Then I'll take care of my brother!" Li Tingyue got up from her mother's body with a bone. While she didn't regret it, she quickly ran out.

"Wait a minute!"

The curtain grabbed her and smiled: "Your brother is still sleeping!" Don't wake him up, since you're fine, go to Aunt Zhangqiu's house with your mother. ”

Li Tingyue suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to the curtain: "Mother! I just heard Steward Zhao say that the door of our house is blocked."

The curtain was very surprised, how could the gate be blocked, could it be?" But Uncle Yang's house opposite? ”

"What Uncle Yang, bullying us all day long. Erniang asked me to call him Yang Lao Poison"

"You are not allowed to be rude!" Curtain took her daughter's hand, and taught her a lesson as she walked out: "Tingyue, Uncle Yang is your father's old friend, you are not allowed to talk nonsense!" Since you have read the book, you will have to know the etiquette in the future, and you will have to listen to the words of the husband, you know? ”

"Mother. But the gentleman called him Yang White Wolf. ”

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Between Li Qingfu and Yang Guozhong's house is a sidewalk about seven or eight feet wide, and it is only pedestrians on weekdays, and it is not crowded, but today is Chinese New Year's Eve. The carriage that came to give gifts to Yang Guozhong was crowded in the streets, and the front of Li Qing's mansion was naturally blocked, and a large number of housekeepers and handymen from various prefectures gathered at the door, and Li Qing's family could only go out to run errands, in fact, this was the third time. Yang Guozhong was promoted two months ago, and he did his birthday a month ago, and it was as spectacular as it is today, if it is a few days on weekdays, it will be okay, but the New Year is approaching, and all the houses are paying attention to accessibility and smooth before and after, even small households are not allowed to place sundries at the gate and hinder the year's luck.

Besides, the old man is going home today, which is the top priority of the whole family. Don't let the lord who is returning home for the first time come in through the side door! Early in the morning, the butler ordered his subordinates to bombard people down the steps. But as soon as they walked on the front foot, they were filled again on the steps, and there were more and more carriages, and even if they wanted to leave, they could not move.

The housekeeper was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and ran to the Yang Mansion to negotiate, but no one paid attention to him, at this moment, the curtain pulled his daughter and hurried over, and the gate was really blocked, and the steps were full of housekeepers and subordinates from various houses, each holding a bamboo card in his hand, waiting to listen to the Yang Mansion call.

"What can I do?" The curtain frowned, and she was helpless, so she had to say to the housekeeper: "Go and hang a few lanterns at the side door, and send a few more people to the street to pick up the master." ”

The butler also let out a long sigh, and ordered the door to be closed melancholy, and to do as the mistress said.

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The sky has been bright, according to the old rules, tomorrow is the first day of the first month, every household has to worship ancestors, burn incense, worship Buddha, all the incense and candle offerings need to be prepared properly today, so although the cold wind is cold, but the street is still crowded with all kinds of miscellaneous goods Chang'an citizens.

Li Qing and his entourage still entered Chang'an City from Mingde Gate, walked three squares along Zhuque Street, and then went to Xuanyi Fang, where his new residence was located

Fruit offerings, and some of the small things that children are interested in, such as all kinds of headdresses and dolls, while the boys are all eighteen kinds of weapons and papier-mâché armor cut from wood and bamboo, although this is the case every year, but this year is especially popular.

Zhang Ji's eyes were sharp, he suddenly found something interesting, and couldn't help laughing: "General, look over there." ”

Everyone followed his fingers to look, only to see a group of children in small black armor, carrying wooden knives on their shoulders rumbling through the street, a few young ones were also riding bamboo horses, they saw Li Qing and his party, they all stopped, crowded into a pile on the side of the street, looking at this group of men with reverence in their eyes, everyone saw clearly this time, these children were clearly printed on their chests with two white words: Anxi.

Three hundred dignified Anxi troops slowly lined up into the city, the news quickly spread from the soldiers guarding the city to the ears of the merchants and people along the street, everyone dodged a road, the street was very quiet, no one spoke, as if they were immobilized, silently watching the heroes of the Western Expedition, compared to those troops stationed in Beijing, they described haggard, skinny, wearing bloodstained armor, wearing faded military uniforms with nails, looking like a group of people who broke into the rivers and lakes. They were so dejected compared to the freshly clad and angry horse army they had seen these days, and yet in front of these tattered soldiers, in front of this group of soldiers in rusty iron armor and dressed like people, all the people could not help but bow and salute them.

Be! Fading means countless stormy night marches, means assaults in blizzards, and exposure to the scorching sun; And the rust, that is the blood of their own and the enemy that they did not have time to wipe away in the fierce battle, they fought bloodily for the dignity of the country thousands of miles away, and the three words of the Anxi Army have become the banner and model of heroes.

A sense of pride arose in the hearts of every soldier, and the warriors marched on the most prosperous street in Chang'an, 'Bang! I don't know who took the lead in applauding first, 'Smack!' Syllable! Syllable! The applause rang out sporadically, then more and more and more intensively, and the applause and cheers became a sea of joy.

As the cheers became more and more enthusiastic, the soldiers slowly became embarrassed, they jumped off their horses one after another, and hurried with red faces, and everyone followed Li Qing into the wall path, and walked for about a mile, the cheers gradually faded away, and the surroundings finally quieted down.

At this time, the gate of Xuanyi Fang was already visible, Li Qing took out the work report and the corresponding various items to order Zhang Ji to report to the military department first, and he led the brothers to stride into the gate of Xuanyi Fang.

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The carriages were one after another, and the more they went, the more crowded they became, and finally when they were about five hundred steps away from the gate of his house, everyone could no longer enter, and Li Qing looked at the entire street that was blocked by water, and his brows furrowed into a lump.

At this time, the two soldiers who went to explore the road first squeezed out and said: "General, these are carriages for gifts to Yang Xiangguo, even the gate of the general's house has been blocked, and Madame will let you enter the house through the side door." ”

"Partial door! Why do you want to enter the house from the side door? Li Qing's face was gloomy, although his wife didn't say anything in the letter, but from the helplessness of not having a man at home and her lack of wanting to be neighbors with Yang Guozhong, it can be inferred that Yang Guozhong is absolutely unfriendly to his family, and even bullies them.

"Go! Tell the people in Yang Guozhong's mansion, just say that I said that after an hour, within thirty steps in front of my mansion, there must be no carriages or idle people, otherwise I will not be comfortable this year, and they will not want to be happy. ”

The soldiers agreed and hurried away, but they came back after a while, their faces were flushed, their eyes were burning with anger, and they said loudly: "General, Yang Guozhong's two sons received gifts at the door, and we conveyed the general's words, but they said that if the general was red, he would seal the gate, and enter and exit through the back door." ”

Without waiting for Li Qing to express his position, their words first annoyed the three hundred guards, and everyone was furious, and they all drew their knives one after another, scaring the dozens of gift-givers who were watching around and crawled away.

No matter what he does, the nature is neighborhood discord, at most it is just a personal contradiction and dispute between him and Yang Guozhong, but the nature of the knife changes, even if he Li Qing is reasonable, it will become an attempt to assassinate important ministers of the court, or even support the army to make a rebellion, Li Qing immediately turned around and shouted: "Take back the knife for me!" ”

Seeing that the boss was angry, everyone reluctantly put the knife back into the sheath, Li Qing lowered his head and thought about it, suddenly smiled coldly, and said to himself: "Since they all want to give me gifts, then you are welcome." ”

He immediately straightened up and pointed with his horsewhip, and ordered his own soldiers: "Go! Divide the road in two, and whoever comes to this side of my house will bring all the things in the carriage into the house, and whoever dares to obstruct it, whoever it is, will whip me with a whip! ”

The army agreed with a loud shout and rushed into the carriage procession.