On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the fourth year of Xianheng, Chang'an and Luoyang staged a crowd of driving processions as night approached, and people wore terrifying masks and spontaneously organized street dance performances.

Under the starry night, under the bright lights of the streets and alleys, the crowd of people with all kinds of abominable ghost masks crowded and cheering and laughing through the streets followed the women, the women and the thousands of 800 guards wearing children's masks behind them walked on the road to the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace.

The expulsion brigade to the palace is a necessary destination for the annual expulsion ceremony, one is to drive the royal family, and the other is to receive rewards. What's more, when today's son led hundreds of officials of the imperial court to return to Chang'an from the eastern capital a few days ago, and returned to Chang'an at this juncture, he knew that the Son of Heaven was going to spend the New Year in Chang'an this year, and he might be able to see the face of the sky.

"Why are there so many more driving teams tonight than in previous years, they are almost crowded, this is not the Shangyuan Lantern Festival."

"Brother Tai, you don't know, Gu Wen tonight the two saints will take the crown prince and the kings in Beijing to the Danfeng Gate to watch the parade, according to the practice of previous years, the royal family will have a reward. This year, the two saints are in Beijing, and they also went to the city to watch, this is a great opportunity to see the face of the two saints, do you say that there are not many people? ”

"Hey, haven't you heard, this year, King Yan didn't rush back to Beijing from Anton, and he passed by King Yan's mansion, and the door was deserted."

As soon as people mentioned His Royal Highness King Yan, who had left a great reputation in Chang'an, the people around him were suddenly a little stunned.

"Last year, King Yan was in the Eastern Capital, and he didn't return to Beijing this year, which is really disappointing."

"Brother Tai misses the prize that King Yan gave to the driving team under the Danfeng Gate every Chinese New Year's Eve."

Others said with contempt.

"So what? Who else in the world is as kind and generous as His Royal Highness King Yan? ”

The people who despised him were speechless for a while, the reason is very simple, as a Li Yu with more than 2,000 years of knowledge, he is good at managing his reputation among the people, and he can win praise by giving a little favor to ordinary people in Liangjing.

The people of the Tang Dynasty were still very simple, not as complex as the hearts of the people in society more than 2,000 years later. Whoever is kind to them, they not only remember the kindness of the other person, but also do their best to repay it when necessary.

In this medieval society, there are not even a few decent words of scolding, and it is monotonous. It's like the era of demons dancing in later generations, swearing words will not be the same for three days and three nights.

It can really be described as a bad etiquette, the world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient!

Just like in previous years, when Li Yu was in Beijing, when the driving team arrived at the Danfeng Gate for the royal exorcism, a lottery pool would be set up on both sides of the Danfeng Gate, and no one could draw it without spending money until the prizes prepared in the prize pool were drawn. Everyone can draw prizes, the difference is that the value of the prizes is different, which is equivalent to Li Yu's disguised reward to the exorcist team.

Among the prizes prepared are extremely valuable Hetian jade, mink cloak, Dongzhu, ginseng, deer antler, silver or gold one or two; Medium is two feet of Shu brocade, half a catty of tea or Biluochun, and copper coins ranging from 20 to 50 wen; The low-level prizes are half a catty of vegetable oil (rapeseed squeezing), eggs ranging from one to ten, a pair of cloth shoes or copper coins ranging from one to ten yuan.

Anyway, everyone can draw a prize before the prepared prize is drawn, but the probability of drawing a prize is inversely proportional. The more expensive the prize, the more difficult it is to draw, and only one copy of the same kind is generally prepared, except for Li Yu, who wants to make a big surprise. No one will worry about the cheap prize not being drawn, and it is definitely more real and generous than the reward given by the royal family. After each lottery, several people who became rich overnight would suddenly be born in Chang'an City overnight, becoming the envy of many ordinary people.

Therefore, Li Yu left a reputation of generosity and generosity among the people, and compared with those poor and extravagant people in the two capitals, who are rich and unkind, the image is suddenly extremely tall.

When the procession arrived at the Danfeng Gate, the emperor Li Zhi, who was dressed in a dark dragon costume on the city tower, and the Empress Wu, who was wearing a vermilion skirt and a purple mink cloak, stood side by side, looking at the procession that came to drive the royal family from the city tower with a festive face.

On the left and right sides of the two saints are Prince Li Hong and Pei Wang Li Xian, Zhou King Li Xian, and Ji King Li Xulun, and more than ten years later, Princess Taiping, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, was still a pink cute little loli snuggled in the arms of Empress Wu, curiously looking at the lively crowd under the city, recalling the scene of the fourth brother taking her to participate in the parade on Chinese New Year's Eve many years ago.

Thinking of the fourth brother who was still far away in Anton, Li Lingyue was in a bad mood and pouted in an instant, complaining about Li Yu several times in her heart.

Li Lingyue tugged Li Zhi and Empress Wu's hands and shook them lightly: "Father, mother, you quickly give an order to the fourth brother, so that he will return to Beijing from Anton within a month, and promise to make him look good if he doesn't return." Also, you must let the fourth brother bring enough Anton's specialties, otherwise the little sister won't be able to spare him......"

Li Zhi, Empress Wu, Li Hong and other brothers couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Li Xian smiled and said: "Little sister, you let the fourth brother rush back to Beijing from Anton within a month, unless you let the fourth brother fly back on the eagle." ”

The four brothers laughed for a while, Anton was two or three thousand miles away from Chang'an, and he could only catch up with most of the distance by water in a month, and the land route was even farther away.

"Second brother, you are so bad, deliberately making fun of me. And the eldest brother, the third brother, and the fifth brother, you are all badass ......"

Li Lingyue complained to the four brothers angrily.

"Ling Yue rest assured, for his father, he had already sent someone to Pyongyang to deliver the decree, and ordered Si Yang to rush back to Chang'an before Da Yang got married in February, otherwise his father would cure Si Yang for the crime of disrespecting his brother. Hahaha......"

Li Zhi touched his beard and smiled comfortingly.

As the protagonist Li Hong, who is about to get married, he was a little excited when he heard his father talk about his marriage, and he was afraid that he would be teased by a few younger siblings. In my mind, I thought of the fiancée I had met a few times, and her appearance was slightly worse than that of Yang Huanniang, whose reputation had been damaged by Helan Minzhi before, but this woman was gentle and graceful, and she was also quite popular with Li Hong.

More importantly, Li Zhi is very satisfied with this prospective daughter-in-law, as Li Hong, who takes benevolence and filial piety as his life criterion, even if he is not satisfied, he will be very satisfied with this daughter because of his father's opinion.

Empress Wu delicately smoothed Li Lingyue's hair, and said with a smile: "In this way, Si Yang has to spend the New Year on the way back, he can't eat or sleep well, and let out a bad breath for us Lingyue." ”

"That's how it should be, to teach the fourth brother a lesson if he doesn't return to Beijing on time to reunite with his family, and see if he dares to stay outside on the New Year's Day in the future."

Li Lingyue pinched her fist and said hatefully, many years later, she climbed the Danfeng Gate and looked at the equally lively crowd of people under the city tower, and Chang'an City, which was becoming more and more prosperous. Looking back again, I found in vain that she had long thought that things were wrong, leaving her lonely figure in vain.