Qujiang is a cultural symbol of Chang'an City, and in the long river of history, it records countless memories of joys and sorrows.

"Chang'an customs, since Zhenyuan is extravagant in banquets."

The banquet was a common way for Chang'an people in the Tang Dynasty to eat with cloth, and the Qujiang banquet was the most grand.

"The grass bank by the curved pond, the spring breeze forest falls the flower cup."

"When I return, I don't get drunk between the flowers, and the Qimo incense car is like water.

It is a timely thing for people to linger on the bank of the curved water, swallow flowers and lie down and drink.

The Qujiang feast organized by Emperor Xuanzong today, its noisy and grand degree is unprecedented, the palace concubines, hundreds of officials and ministers are in their positions, by the moment of the great victory of the western expedition to Tibet, Emperor Xuanzong now does not matter whether it is a festival or not, as long as he is in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to hold a grand party in Qujiang, feast the ministers, and reward the hundred officials.

Unexpectedly, the Abu branch in Chang'an City also received an invitation from the palace, and a group of people from "Dancing Tianshan" were named to participate. The group of young people who had been immersed in training all day long jumped up happily, and said that they didn't expect the saint to still remember us, what an honor it must be, and when I go back, I must brag to the fathers and villagers in the valley.

In fact, this is the pillow wind blown to him by Emperor Xuanzong's favorite Yang Meiren, saying that his birthday this year has passed, doesn't the saint want to say anything? The Abu branch still rehearses a song and dance for the little girl to congratulate, and there is no movement here at all, which is obviously no longer like people!

Yang Yuhuan made such a fuss, Xuanzong naturally had thousands of companions, so the next day he ordered a grand Qujiang banquet to reward the ministers, and of course he also brought the "dance and music heaven" mentioned by Yang Meiren by the way.

Looking at the excitement of these young men and women, coupled with the fact that she was invited today, Yun Niang naturally did not spoil everyone's interest, and although she had been in Chang'an City for a long time before, the actual range of activities was very limited, even if it was a place like Qujiang, she had never been there.

Therefore, in her heart, she was also willing to go to see it, and finally agreed to go with everyone, a little regrettable if it would be nice if there was Abu by her side.

And this can make Li Zhengqi anxious, so someone outside has malicious intentions towards the female gentleman, he still hides it and doesn't say it, of course, he has no good reason to stop Yun Niang from going out, he can't come up and say sir, you can't go out, a large group of bad people outside who don't know where to hide are preparing to persecute you.

In the end, he could only find the two young people who accompanied him to protect Yun Niang, and said to them solemnly: "The Qujiang Pond you went to today is densely populated and mixed, so your burden of protecting Mr. will be heavier, no matter what happens, you must follow Mr. closely and protect Mr. Safety."

In addition, no matter what you think, you must ask Mr. to bring the pistol, which Mr. Abu himself made for the female gentleman, in case of any accident, there is a contingency plan. ”

The two young men in charge of Yun Niang's security duties saw that Li Zhengqi said seriously, and they also nodded solemnly and agreed.

On the day of the Qujiang banquet, because Li Zhengqi and Li Shiqian were not invited, and there were many businesses in the store, they could not leave, so they could only bow their hands and wish Mr. and his party a smooth trip.

A group of young women and a group of sturdy young men took a ride with great interest, set off from the Abu branch, and marched towards the head of the Qujiang River.

Some lively little girls said that they didn't want to take the car anymore, and they went to Yun Niang to sell cute and pitiful, and they had to learn to ride a horse like those young men.

Yun Niang naturally knew that these young girls had learned equestrianism in the valley, and their horseback riding skills were naturally not a problem, and in the end they were so entangled that they had to let them go.

Now there are a lot fewer people riding in the carriage, Yun Niang has her own car, and other girls take a car.

The carriage in which Yun Niang and the others rode was still designed for them by Abu himself, with a lot of springs installed underneath to absorb shocks, and the carriage was also designed to be wider than ordinary ox carts.

The young girls were either riding tall horses, looking around magically, or squeezing their heads through the windows on both sides of the carriage, looking around, chattering about the grandeur and prosperity of Chang'an City.

Naturally, their energetic young people were also watched and whispered privately by passers-by on both sides, speculating about which big family or powerful people were traveling.

And in the midst of this weaving of people, a pair of gloomy and determined eyes were staring at them fiercely, staring at the carriage in the middle, which was not ornately decorated, but moved steadily.

At this time, the Qujiang pond has already been crowded with thousands of people, cars and horses, fresh flowers and willows, and the fragrance is permeated.

"Sanchun chariots and horses, a generation of prosperous places", although this is not the Sanchun Festival, but since the Holy Edict held a banquet, the people who heard the news are still frantically gathering here.

After all, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, there is not much time for ordinary people to carnival, just like the Qujiang Xingle poem described by Bai Juyi later: "When spring is not happy, the old man is surprised." Pretending to be a poem, titled in Qujiang Road", it is the right way to drink and talk happily and have fun in time.

The literati who were reading hard in the cold window also put down the scrolls in their hands and gathered on the banks of the Qujiang River, shaking their heads and reciting poems, hoping to have a beautiful encounter with the current saint or any dignitary in power.

The young women showed up one after another, picking up the fangs and folding the ruins, the temples swayed gently, and their families were also busy observing the comings and goings, choosing a son-in-law for their daughter.

The large and small traders of Chang'an City are also all dispatched, and all kinds of goods are lined up on both sides, and there are countless rare treasures and precious flowers.

"Carriages and horses are rushing to come here" and "thousands of hubs and thousands of hooves are traveling along the shore", which describes the scene at that time.

Of course, when there are too many people, it seems a little crowded; There are more stalls selling goods, and the road is narrower; The more cars and horses, the higher the chance of traffic accidents.

No, at a bend not far in front of Yun Niang and her group, because the animals pulling the cart were frightened, they jumped and jumped and overturned the carriage they pulled, not to mention that they also overturned another car in the same company.

Fortunately, the female dependents inside were not injured, and the female dependents crawled out of the carriage with panicked faces and disheveled clothes under the support of the maids.

Yun Niang and their party and other carriages and horses were forced to stop, and the two young people in charge of Yun Niang's guards were suddenly stunned in their hearts, did they really let Brother Li say it? Could it be that this group of people in front of them is premeditated to create chaos and specially to deal with the female gentleman?

But it looks like it, it's not like ah, there are female dependents among those people, not to mention, and other entourages are also looking for pedestrians next to them to help turn over the carriage to come, how do you look like a normal person's travel, and the accident in front is just an ordinary overturn.

This relieved the two lads a little, and their nervousness eased a little.

The crowd of people could not move forward, which naturally gave the hawkers on both sides an opportunity, so some vendors carried bamboo baskets with flowers, sweets, small toys and other goods in the crooks of their arms, and pedestrians in the middle of the road.

Naturally, there are also curious tourists who buy some goods, which provokes other vendors next to them to follow suit, and the shouts of selling goods for a while come and go, and the scene is more lively and even chaotic.

Some of the vendors who went to the carriage where Yun Niang and the young girls were riding to sell their goods were stopped by Yun Niang's guards, which made some of the vendors very dissatisfied, muttering and arguing with the young guards.

And the girls sitting in the carriage not only did not stop quiet, but on the contrary, they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic and cheered loudly for the vendors, and even some girls waved their hands to beckon some vendors to come forward and compete to buy all kinds of small goods, after all, they had no experience of buying goods casually before.

When they were young, they couldn't afford to buy their favorite ornaments because their families were poor, but when they came to the valley, they didn't need to buy anything.

And this time after following Yun Niang to Chang'an City, in addition to the performance, every day is still hard closed training, which can make these young people suffocating, taking the opportunity of this Qujiang feast, they are like birds that let go of their wings, and finally be able to satisfy their desire to shop as they wish, so there was the previous scene.

Seeing that these small traders were only selling some flowers, headdresses, dried fruits and other goods, they no longer deliberately blocked them, but let a few vendors sell flowers and headdresses to do a few business.

The overturned vehicle in front of them was already coming, and the young men in charge of the guards were also relaxed, and they pulled the reins and took two steps forward, hoping that their group would pass quickly.

At this moment, the vendor who had just sold a few flowers to the girls walked to the carriage in front of Yun Niang, holding two bright flowers in his hand, and asked through the window: "Ladies and ladies inside, I have freshly pruned flowers here, and the water is smart, do you want to have a few?" ”

The young man in charge of the guard in front heard the question, turned his head, and was about to drive him away, when the curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing Yun Niang's beautiful face, so he had to swallow the words that were about to be spoken.

Yun Niang looked at the man outside the carriage whose face was covered with vicissitudes of life, and said politely: "I don't need it now, thank you!" ”

The man was also looking at Yun Niang fixedly, and muttered, "Okay, okay, don't want it." ”

After speaking, he put the flowers in his hand in the basket and continued to walk forward with a little regret.

When Yun Niang put down the curtain, the two young men in charge of the guard in front were also about to turn their twisted necks, and the man who sold the flowers also walked to the position of the wheel, and suddenly he slammed down the flower basket, revealing a bright short knife in his hand, and leaned in, got on the car and lifted the curtain, and was about to run into the carriage.