Chapter 228: The Thirtieth Year of the Chinese New Year's Eve

In the end, Li Xiu still did not tell Li Chengdao about gunpowder, but Li Chengdao did not lose heart, and said that he would continue to study the other effects of saltpeter until he found out its most important role. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info I have to say that this kid is a bit dead-eyed, which is completely different from Li Xiu.

It was rare to come out once, Li Xiu originally wanted Li Chengdao to relax, so he didn't plan to give him a lecture, but this kid was a little too studious, and he actually took out the questions accumulated during this time and asked for advice one by one, which made Li Xiu very helpless, so he could only help him answer, and it was not until noon that he finally answered all the questions.

At noon, Yuechan made a sumptuous meal, taking this opportunity, Li Xiu also introduced the lady to Li Chengdao, although Li Chengdao was very respectful on the surface, but he was not very affectionate, until after eating, he found an opportunity to quietly say to Li Xiu: "Sir, I have also heard about the marriage of the emperor's grandfather, but what about you and my aunt?" ”

"Stinky boy, where did you know about this?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Chengdao's words, and then said with some annoyance, he didn't know much about the affairs between himself and Princess Pingyang, and he never showed it in front of Li Chengdao's children, mainly because Princess Pingyang was too shy, so Li Xiu didn't know where he knew?

"Hehe, I'm not a child like Cheng Qian, and I also have eyes, so I can naturally see the abnormality between my husband and my aunt, and there is also Qi Niang, I can use a few packs of dim sum to find out the truth." Li Chengdao smiled slyly at this time, his own guess and Qi Niang's little spy naturally couldn't hide anything from him.

Hearing that it was his own sister who betrayed him, Li Xiu also looked at Li Chengdao a little speechlessly, this guy is not big, but he has a lot of eyes, he knows how to buy people at such a young age, and if he grows up, what will it be?

Li Chengdao played in Li Xiu's house for most of the day, and finally went to Princess Pingyang, after all, it was difficult for him to come out once, and he didn't know when he would be able to come out next time, but Li Xiu estimated that before the situation in the court stabilized, it should be difficult for Li Chengdao to come out again.

When it was getting late, Princess Pingyang suddenly visited, and when she saw Li Xiu, she immediately spoke: "Li Xiu, Chengdao told me just now, you said that the person who plotted the poisoning of the second brother is not the eldest brother, is this true?" ”

Princess Pingyang lived in the palace for ten days to take care of Li Shimin, and after coming back, Li Xiu never said anything about Li Shimin's poisoning in front of her in order not to make her sad, but he could see that this matter has always been a thorn in Princess Pingyang's heart, and the key is that no matter what the truth is, her heart will be drenched in blood from this stab.

"Xiuning, let's not discuss this issue, now His Royal Highness King Qin is fine, you don't have to think too much!" Li Xiu hesitated for a moment and finally spoke, he didn't want to lie to Princess Pingyang, but he didn't want her to know the truth of the matter, so he could only comfort her with these words.

Hearing Li Xiu call her name directly, and did not answer her words directly, this made Princess Pingyang suddenly guess something, lowered her head and pondered for a moment, and finally suddenly raised her head and said: "Li Xiu, you only need to answer me one question, isn't it really the eldest brother who poisoned the second brother?" ”

Seeing that Princess Pingyang was so persistent, Li Xiu was also a little helpless, and finally after thinking about it for a while, he finally shook his head and said: "I can guarantee that it is definitely not poisoned by the prince, and he didn't know about it in advance!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's affirmative answer, Princess Pingyang also sighed, if it wasn't for the poisoning of her eldest brother, then there were only two possibilities, the first was that her second brother poisoned herself in order to frame her eldest brother, but she couldn't accept this speculation emotionally, so she would rather believe that someone else poisoned Li Shimin.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, this day is the Chinese New Year's Eve, yesterday Yuechan took someone to clean up and down the house, making the whole home look new, and even she took out some flowers and plants from the greenhouse and placed them in the living room and other places, making the home more vibrant.

Early this morning, Li Xiu got up early, and then pulled Qi Niang and Xiaoya up, and asked the two little girls to help them paste Spring Festival couplets, originally the Tang Dynasty did not have this custom, at most it was to change the door god, and the door god was not Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong that Li Xiu was familiar with, these two people have not been deified, the door god of the Tang Dynasty is a pair of fairy brothers, the name is Shen Tu and Yu Lei, Li Xiu remembered that there was an animated movie in later generations that told their story.

Since he wants to stick to the door god, Li Xiu simply got the Spring Festival couplets out, the content of the Spring Festival couplets is simpler, although he did not deliberately memorize the Spring Festival couplets in later generations, but every year during the New Year to see more Spring Festival couplets, naturally wrote down a lot, originally he wanted to write it himself, but unfortunately was stopped by Yuechan and Yi Niang, and finally Li Xiu opened his mouth to back, and wrote a few Spring Festival couplets by Yi Niang, who had better calligraphy.

After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Li Xiu helped Yuechan and them to paste window flowers, Li Xiu's hometown did not have this habit in his previous life, so he thought it was very fresh, these window flowers were cut by Yuechan and them overnight, there are characters and flowers, and they look extremely beautiful on the window paper.

When it was evening, Yuechan and they were busy making dumpling fillings and waking up noodles, which was also requested by Li Xiu, when it was getting late, Li Xiu called everyone in the family to the living room, and everyone chatted while making dumplings, by the way, Li Xiu also gave the fat sister these guards, as well as Xiaochun These maids all sent red envelopes, as for Yuechan and Liu'er, he wrapped a big red envelope, and Fan'er was married with Yiniang, so her red envelope was the same as Yuechan, which made the little girl smile, it is estimated that in her eyes, the red envelope is not money, It's a bunch of delicious snacks.

The dumplings were wrapped, Yuechan and they prepared a few tables of sumptuous banquets, Li Xiu's family sat at a table, and Yuechan, Liu'er and Fan'er also sat together, in addition to the fat sister and their female nursing home, as well as Xiaochun and their maids at a table, it is worth mentioning that there were also a few tables of wine in the front yard, because Li Xiu invited the fat sister and Xiaochun and their families to come, and after eating, they could be reunited with their families, and if they were willing to stay at home for the New Year, they would be willing to go home and have a carriage and horses.

At this time, Li Xiu stood up and said a few words, which probably meant that everyone had worked hard for a year, and they would make persistent efforts next year, and he would give everyone a salary increase or something like that, although they were all clichés, but they made the fat sister and others very excited.

Because it's the New Year, there is also some wine prepared on the table, don't think that women don't drink, such as the fat sisters who came down from the battlefield, all of them have a good amount of wine, as for Xiaochun, these little maids who have never seen the world are much worse, and they will blush-faced nonsense after a few sips.

Li Xiu didn't drink, so he asked Yi Niang to toast the fat sister and others for a few glasses, but she was also the first time to drink, and she couldn't drink it after a few drinks, so she had no choice but to be replaced by Yuechan, and finally finished the salute.

After a reunion banquet, the fat sister and they went to the front yard to reunite with their families, and Li Xiu's family got together to keep vigil, and naturally couldn't sit down during the vigil, so the cards appeared again, six people played two decks of cards and double-liters, and there were a lot of snacks and snacks next to them, everyone was a little sleepy in the middle of the night, especially Qi Niang kept dozing off, and couldn't even hold the cards in his hand, and everyone else became unhappy.

"Ahem~, I don't think everyone is in the mood to play cards, why don't you come and put on a show?" Li Xiu suddenly opened his mouth at this time and proposed, he suddenly missed the Spring Festival Gala that he hadn't watched for many years in later generations, although many people complained every year, but there are still many people watching it every year.

"Okay, okay, brother, let's tell a story first, you haven't finished telling the story of the monkey making trouble in the Heavenly Palace last time!" As soon as Qi Niang heard Li Xiu's words, she immediately came to the spiritual dao, the last time the story was told to the key point, and she still remembered it.

"What monkey is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace?" Yi Niang, Yuechan and the others had not heard this story, and they were all very curious to ask at the moment.

"Haha~, the story I told to Qi Niang last time, everyone happened to be sleepy, so I'll tell this story again!" Li Xiu's original intention was to let Yuechan and Qi Niang drink a song and dance to liven up the atmosphere, but he didn't expect Qi Niang to want to listen to the story, but such a wonderful story as Havoc in the Heavenly Palace is also suitable for telling in the Spring Festival, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

Yi Niang they hadn't heard it before, so Li Xiu started from the beginning, although Qi Niang had heard it once, but still listened attentively, and when she heard that Sun Wukong was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, her little face suddenly became eyebrows and danced, as for Yi Niang and others, they were also attracted by the story, and the sleepiness just now was also thrown out of the clouds.

The long night was long, Li Xiu deliberately added some details to the story of Havoc in the Heavenly Palace, such as the description of the appearance of the Heavenly Court Divine General, and some of the details of Sun Wukong's fights, anyway, there are so many film and television dramas about Havoc in the Heavenly Palace in later generations, just pick some details and add them to it, which not only makes the story more exciting, but also lengthens the time of the story, and when he talks about Sun Wukong being pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, it happens to be dawn outside, so there is no need to tell the story of Tang Seng learning scriptures later.

With a few rooster crows outside, the story was finished, Qi Niang and others immediately cheered, and pulled Li Xiu to set off firecrackers, not to mention, although the firecrackers sent by Li Chengdao were not as good as the firecrackers in later generations, they were also crackling when they were thrown into the fire, which added a lot of festive atmosphere.

The Chinese New Year, even the officials of the imperial court will have a holiday, Li Xiu was not able to celebrate the New Year at home last year, this year he thought he could have a happy and peaceful New Year, but what he never expected was that on the day of the New Year, Li Shimin's counterattack was finally launched! (To be continued.) )