Chapter 21: Chinese New Year's Eve

When Li Su saw the appearance of Concubine Yang's personal maid Ju Xiang, he felt funny in his heart. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info This was deliberate, because he had already seen this expression in his personal maid Caisha.

It turned out that Li Su saw that the socks worn by people in this era were thick and not close-fitting, in fact, they were foot wraps. He himself was not comfortable in dressing, so he Taobao brought stockings.

He not only bought some men's stockings to wear by himself, but also bought a lot of women's stockings, ready to be worn by the maids around him, and of course, prepared some for his mother Concubine Yang.

As the saying goes, a man's head, a woman's feet. Don't look at it, don't touch it. For men, beautiful legs in stockings are a big temptation.

The material of women's stockings is ultra-thin velvet, which is woven with high-tech microfiber all-elastic silk that is softer than a hair, with a dense and delicate texture, smooth to the touch, crystal clear, and good breathability.

Women are born with a love for smooth, soft, delicate and comforting clothes, and it goes without saying that they love stockings.

There are many such jokes in movies and on the Internet, in the early days of stockings, some women could circle and fork with men for a few pairs of stockings.

In Datang, women's feet are usually covered with shoes, not to mention cloth socks. They all value the maintenance of their feet because it is to be appreciated by their men.

After Li Su bought the stockings, he first gave his maid a pair of stockings, and the expression of the yarn picking was the same as the expression of the current Juxiang.

Li Su took out a large bag of stockings, handed them to Ju Xiang, and said with a smile: "Ju Xiang, these stockings are for my mother, don't worry, I will let her reward you some." Also, the pair you wore was given to you. ”

Ju Xiang was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Li Su didn't expect that these stockings would be in the harem, causing a big turmoil.

After Li Su gave the gift, he said goodbye and left.

The Spring Festival, called "Yuan Zheng" (also known as New Year's Day and Yuan Day) in the Tang Dynasty, can enjoy a seven-day long holiday, and its status is equivalent to the winter solstice holiday. According to the calendar at that time, Yuan Zheng was the beginning of the year, and it was the longest holiday in the festival and holiday.

The way people celebrate the Spring Festival is not so much red tape. On Chinese New Year's Eve, a ritual is held in the countryside to dispel all evil – more like a large-scale masquerade. At night, firecrackers and bonfires are set off to reduce the horror of the night with light and loud noises. After the New Year, on the day of the Yuan Zheng, every household drinks, sets off firecrackers, and hangs peach charms to ward off evil spirits to symbolize the beginning of a new era.

On the eve of the Yuan Zheng, there is also an important day, which is the "New Year's Eve" (also known as "New Year's Eve"), which is known today as Chinese New Year's Eve. Chinese New Year's Eve, staying up all night, waiting for the dawn of the Yuan Zheng Day, and welcoming the arrival of the New Year in joy is a form of celebration that the Tang people have existed for.

The royal family celebrates the Spring Festival with a variety of events, the biggest of which is on Chinese New Year's Eve.

On this night, members of the royal family and Beijing officials above the third rank came to the Taiji Hall to celebrate, and the scene was very lively.

Li Su participated in the New Year's vigil, and the eldest grandson Chong followed his father, the eldest grandson Wuji, to also come. He saw Li Su and nodded. Li Su smiled slightly.

Changsun Chong's official position is the lieutenant of Guoyi in the Zhongfu of the Right Military Guard Army (Zheng Liupinshang Military AttachΓ©), he served in the army at the age of 14, and he has real military power, which is one of the reasons why Li Su chose him.

According to Li Yu's plan, Changsun Chong arranged the next move.

Just when the people of Datang were celebrating the New Year, the foreigners in Chang'an City were full of anxiety, and the news of the wolf totem made them nervous.

In the guest house of Honglu Temple.

Xue Yantuo, the head of the royal court, was reporting to the Khan Yinan, and he said: "Great Khan, I have received reliable news that the Wolf King was found from an ancient mansion in Luoyang City and has fallen into the hands of a group of horse thieves, and they are ready to sacrifice to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin in exchange for their captured leader. Now, they have passed Weinan. Prepare to enter Beijing to offer treasures during the Tang People's Spring Festival tomorrow. ”

Yi Nan Khan asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

Xiao Tie said: "I used to arrange a merchant in Chang'an City, his sister is married to the long history of the Tang Prince's Mansion, and the news she overheard from there should be reliable. ”

Yi Nan Khan nodded and said, "It's better to believe it than not to believe it." Send someone to snatch the wolf king right away. ”

After he finished speaking, he shouted to the outside, "Iron Power." ”

Captain Tieli came in. Tie Li is tall and mighty, good at using a long-handled broadsword, and is a famous warrior of Xue Yantuo. He asked: "Khan, what are your commands?" ”

"Tie Li, you immediately follow the chief of the Porthee out of the city, and do everything according to his orders."

"Drink (yes), Great Khan." Tie Li answered.

Then, he asked: "Now, although Chang'an City has no curfew because of the Chinese New Year, the city gate is closed, how can the ministers get out of the city?" ”

Po Tie said: "General Tie, I have my own way to do this. ”

Tonight's Chang'an City, brightly lit, the tall and majestic East Gate Tower, also less solemn and solemn in the past, adding some joy. The captain of the 50-man guard at the gates was a little angry.

It turned out that he was not originally on duty tonight, and he had already purchased New Year's goods and was ready to keep the New Year with his family. No, he received an order to replace others on duty tonight, he was very dissatisfied, but there was no way, so he had to come to duty sullenly.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, he looked in the direction of his home and thought about his family's New Year's celebration. When he thought of his son, who had just been full moon, his white and cute appearance, his face was full of smiles.

Suddenly, in the western street, a large group of people came, as if they were still armed. He immediately ordered his soldiers to be on guard.

The people who came were a large group of warriors from Tibet (India), and they asked to leave the city. The captain was not given an order and naturally refused to open the door.

At this moment, he saw his unworthy boss, the Brigade Marshal (100 people long), and he came over and said, "Open the city gates." ”

The captain did not dare to disobey the order, and immediately ordered to open the city gate, and the brigade commander sent away the Tibetan warriors, walked over, handed the captain a cloth bag, and said, "Give points to the brothers on duty." ”

When the captain opened it, he immediately smiled: inside was white silver, which was enough for 20 taels. There are only 10 people on duty tonight, and now, each of them can get at least one or two pieces of silver, and he is the captain, of course he will share more.

Not long after the Tubo people left the city, another group of people came, more in number than Tubo, it was Xue Yantuo's warriors, and with them came it was the captain of the captain's top boss Captain (500 people long).

And the captain opened the gates of the city, and received thirty taels of silver, and made him happy. Next, the captain looked forward to getting another person out of the city as soon as possible.

Today, it's really evil, and soon, a large group of people came over.