Volume II. "Three-Element Beads"

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Haojing of the Great Zhou, formerly known as Qifeng Mansion, takes the meaning of "opening up the frontier".

It covers a vast area, consisting of three cities, the outer city, the inner city and the imperial city, with a population of more than 1.5 million, with majestic momentum, grand scale, and rich in the world.

The outer city has eleven gates and five water gates; There are eight gates and three gates of the inner city, and it is a city within a city. The layout of the inner city is mainly based on "Fang", the whole inner city is divided into eight squares, and the outer city is staggered by blocks, and there are the famous "Eight Views of Kaifeng".

At this time, just after Chinese New Year's Eve, it is the first day of the new year, and every household is lit up with lights, very lively, and every house is plastered with Spring Festival in front of it. On the Huangzhi Mountain in the distance, the yellow curtain and the red curtain are all over the mountain, and the whole seat is covered.

"Brother, why did that mountain look like that, such a big mountain, all surrounded by layers?" A girl's voice rang out in the crowd.

"There is the location of the Taimiao, which is used to worship the emperor's ancestors," the young man said with a smile, "Today is the first day of the first lunar month, and the Son of Heaven is taking the royal family members to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors, and the Queen Mother, the Empress, the eldest princess, the princess and other family members of the Son of Heaven will also go to the Taimiao with the Son of Heaven, so naturally the whole mountain will be surrounded." ”

"How much cloth do you have to waste?" The girl sighed, thought about it, and said, "Queen Mother...... Queen...... Eldest princess...... Princess......"

"Don't ask them if they're delicious!"

"How can I ask them if they are delicious?" The teenage girl stomped.

The girl who spoke, with a delicate lily bun on her head, wore a narrow-sleeved rose purple skirt lined with a bandeau of the same color, the upper edge of the bandeau and the placket of the undergarment were light blue, and a string of pearls hung from the white pink neck.

Her waist is wrapped with a wide belt, which was originally a split top and bottom, and the connection is wrapped by a wide belt, which visually forms a dress-like feeling, and at the same time makes her small waist look more slender and slender. The wide belt is tied with a colorful palace silk, which is an auspicious wishful knot, and the wishful knot is tied at the left waist, and a sword is inserted obliquely.

Although he has a sword, he doesn't feel heroic or heroine-like, but another kind of coquettishness and cuteness.

The young man next to her, wearing a small Kona Aya and Luo long shirt, dressed as a scholar, wearing a leather mu, and shaking a delicate folding fan in his hand, as for the first month when the cold has not disappeared, why do you still shake the fan, this is a scholar's elegant matter, so you don't need to ask.

The two brothers and sisters, naturally Ning Jiang and his sister Xiaomeng, behind them, followed by two women, one of them is Qin Wuyan, at the moment she is dressed as a maid, wearing green clothes, combing her hair in a bun, looking ordinary, completely the role of a big girl in an ordinary rich person's house, and beside her is Qin Xiaoyaer, although she looks like a little girl, she is actually sixteen years old.

They are located on the bank of the Dye River, which passes through the South Water Gate of the outer city, flows into the inner city, and flows out from the Jiaomen in the east, flowing through the inner and outer cities of Haojing, and is one of the main rivers in Haojing.

At this moment, the flower boats, neatly and neatly, flow on the Dye River, and there are many people on each boat, either performing acrobatics, or playing and singing, attracting crowds on both sides of the strait to gather, plus the cries of stalls, extremely lively.

These flower boats, not only from the capital itself of the major green buildings, but also from all over the world, after all, this year is the year of the imperial examination, the world's talented people go to the capital, there are talents, how can there be no beauty?

Xiaomeng is still the first time to spend the New Year in the capital, although when she first arrived in the capital, she was already shocked by its amazing and spectacular atmosphere, but now, seeing the scene of the crowd, she is even more excited, she even feels that even if the people of the entire Linjiang County are gathered together, I am afraid that there are not as many people as there are on this whole street.

"Brother, look there, look there......" Xiaomeng ran to the bank of the river excitedly, pointing to the sky in the distance.

Ning Jiang shook his head amusedly, came behind his sister, shook his fan, raised his head, and looked into the distance with her.

With a bang, a firework burst out under the long white clouds......

***

At the same time, on the royal road in the distance, the luxurious convoy slowly moved forward.

On both sides are the soldiers who are holding the Ge, wearing gold armor, standing solemnly, in front, there is the Son of Heaven Luanyu, and the red feather is shaking.

Feng Jia in the back, a beautiful woman, opened the curtain and looked at the fireworks blooming under the white clouds in the distance.

This woman, with her head in a Lingyun bun, is wearing a goose-yellow embroidered gold butterfly placket deep coat, with a beautiful appearance and a beautiful moon.

"Luanmei, what are you looking at?" In the car, a wealthy old woman asked.

The woman turned to the old woman and said, "I'm looking at the fireworks in the distance!" ”

"What's so nice about fireworks, if you like it, ask your royal brother to take more from the palace to your house."

"I'm just going to take a look!" The woman whispered.

"Alas, look at you," said the old woman, "speaking of which, you are not too young, in another year or two, you will be twenty years old, let your royal brother see again this year, if there is a suitable young talent, help you to raise a family ......"

The woman whispered, "Luan Mei is an ominous person......

The old woman said angrily: "You are the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, the emperor's own sister, who dares to say that you are ominous?" The babble of those tongue-chewing guys, you don't care about him......"

This old woman is the mother of today's son, Empress Dowager Chen.

Empress Dowager Chen had a son and three daughters, her three daughters, the eldest daughter married to the son of Hubu Shangshu, and the second daughter married a Tanhualang, only this youngest daughter Luan Mei has never married.

In fact, when Princess Luanmei was fourteen years old, she was supposed to shoot Zhu Maotong's grandson, but when she was greeting her family, Fang Zi, the son of the Zhu family, stepped into the threshold of her house, and somehow tripped over the threshold, and one hit her head on the ground, and she was killed like this, and a good happy event turned into a funeral.

Helpless, Empress Dowager Chen had no choice but to ask the Son of Heaven to find a new partner for Princess Luanmei, but fortunately, Luanmei did not pass through the door, and she could not be regarded as a widow. Two years later, the Son of Heaven from the new branch of the Jinshi, chose a dignified Jinshi to Luan Mei as a son-in-law, this time, Luan Mei passed the door, how do you know that just before the church, the groom who was too nervous was thirsty, let the next person hand him a glass of water, but choked, a breath could not be relieved, so choked to death.

At this time, Empress Dowager Chen didn't know whether to say that her youngest daughter had a bad life, and that her two husbands died on a happy day, or that she had a good life, at least the Jinshi groom didn't choke to death after worshipping, and her daughter still couldn't be regarded as a widow?

In desperation, when today's son had to re-choose a husband for his sister, but even the two horses were in the day of marriage encountered flying disasters, the government and the opposition naturally began to rumor that this princess Bazi Kefu, although "Princess Shang" in the Great Zhou Dynasty, is a glorious thing, but it is still their own life, so everyone began to shirk.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruled the world together, the scholars refused to marry, even if it was a princess, they couldn't get married, for this reason, the Son of Heaven even did not hesitate to upgrade his sister to the eldest princess, but the status was low, the Queen Mother was unwilling to marry her baby daughter, and the high status, people were unwilling to marry her into the door, as a result, the sister of the Son of Heaven became the only one in hundreds of years who had not married to the age of eighteen. The Queen Mother naturally began to feel anxious.

"By the way, Luan Mei," Empress Dowager Chen said, "I heard that the last time you went to Tongzhou to relax, there was a talented man who wrote you a love poem?" ”

The eldest princess of Luanmei lowered her head, her face was a little blushing: "That...... That ......"

The Queen Mother said: "What is that genius called?" ”

The eldest princess of Luanmei whispered: "Ningjiang...... But, but he's still just a lifter, and ...... And he's a little younger than Luanmei......"

"It's really lower, if it's not the descendant of an official above the third grade, then at least he has to be a jinshi to become a jinshi, as for the age," the queen mother said, "Luan Mei, since people like you, if he is admitted to the jinshi this year, even if it is just a third-class fellow jinshi...... Hurry up and get married! ”

The eldest princess of Luanmei said angrily: "The queen mother ......"

***

"No wonder I always say I'm ominous...... Married twice, the two groom officials died on the day of marriage?! ”

In the evening of the same day, Ning Jiang was in the courtyard, looking up at the fireworks flying outside the courtyard, and sighed.

When he was shopping during the day, he deliberately inquired about the past of the eldest princess, Qimeng, and then he couldn't help but be a little speechless.

One of the two bridegrooms tripped and fell to his death on the threshold while greeting his relatives, and the other choked to death by drinking boiling water in front of the worship hall...... Qimeng, you're really ominous enough.

Outside the courtyard, Xiaomeng and Qin Xiaoya'er squatted on the ground respectively, probed the incense they lit in their hands to the fireworks erected in front of them, and then turned around and ran away.

Xiaomeng couldn't help it, he raised his head while retreating, jumped and clapped his hands, suddenly touched a person on his back, was startled, quickly turned around, and said to the man: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

The man said gently, "It doesn't matter...... Hey? Isn't this a little dream girl? ”

As soon as Xiaomeng looked up, she noticed that this person was actually someone she knew...... He turned out to be Song Junzhe, the prince of Hexiang County, so he was surprised: "It turned out to be the prince?" It's been a long time! ”

In the night sky, the fireworks were in full bloom, and the light and shadow that was extinguishing at that time shone on Xiaomeng's peach cheeks and apricot face, and the eyes were as bright as autumn water, and the mouth was slightly pursed, and the innocent and lovely expression made Song Junzhe's heart pound. Recalling the moment when her fragrant back touched her chest just now, although it was only a light touch, the feeling of nephrite in her arms, Song Junzhe was almost crispy to the bone.

On the other side of the "Little Dream ......", Ning Jiang walked out of the courtyard and walked this way.

Xiaomeng turned around and shouted, "Brother! ”

Ning Jiang came to their side, looked at Song Junzhe, who was looking at his sister with a look of amazement, and said, "Why is the prince here?" ”

Song Junzhe smiled and said: "It turned out to be Ning Jieyuan, I just happened to pass by here, just now I just looked up at the fireworks, and almost scared Ling Mei, it was purely an accident, sorry, sorry." Although he was answering Ning Jiang's question, his eyes were still looking at Xiaomeng, and he was reluctant to move away.

Surprise?! Ning Jiang couldn't help but hehe again!

Ning Jiang naturally didn't believe that Song Junzhe's appearance was just an accident, and of course he didn't care much about it.

In the next few days, Song Junzhe would come from time to time to invite their brothers and sisters to go on a tour of the mountains and rivers together, and the excuse he made was because of Ning Jiang's talent and his intention to make friends, but even Qin Wuyan and Qin Xiaoya could see that he was not drunk, and at the same time, he also saw that he had no chance at all.

The reason why they didn't have a chance was not because of their little dream girl herself, but because their old man Xie Yuan didn't look down on this prince at all. And the little dream girl who has almost no opinions about herself, but she listens to her brother for everything.

In these days, while letting Qin Mo, Qin Kan, and Qin Wuyan inquire about the movements of the zombie gate, Ning Jiang held a stack of Shu notes in the mansion they rented in the capital, scribbling and painting from time to time, and sometimes taking out the skyfall streamer and kneading it, as for what he was doing, others were not clear.

Sometimes, Qin Wuyan would also serve tea and soup to the master, but I saw that what the master was drawing with his head down on the desk was a strange humanoid pattern, and in these humanoid patterns, gears were drawn, as well as meridian-like lines, she didn't know what it was, and she didn't dare to ask more. From time to time, she saw that the old man would delete and alter the drawn human figures, or crumple them into a ball, throw them into the stove next to him, and then redraw them.

Although he came to the capital, the lord obviously didn't have any friends, except for the prince of Hexiang County who had ulterior motives, almost no one else came to the lord, and the lord obviously didn't care about it at all.

Sometimes, she thinks that maybe the master is a withdrawn person, but the truth is obviously not the case, obviously, the master just doesn't want to waste his energy on those people, or, in the master's heart, those students who spend all day and day drinking don't seem to be worth wasting his time.

Sometimes, the old man will also let her and the little girl go out with the girl to play, or enter the inner city to go shopping.

And at this time, the prince of Hexiang County will always "coincide", meet them on the road, and then talk and laugh, and accompany their girls to go shopping. Later, she told the lord about this, and the lord frowned, but he didn't lock the girl at home, but just asked her to use disguise to disguise herself as a young lady when the girl went out, and accompany the girl to go shopping, and when the prince of Hexiang County appeared, he inserted herself between them.

The old man said that this is called "light bulb...... Although she didn't know what a "light bulb" was, she played the role of a "light bulb" very well, although she felt a little redundant, the master didn't make the girl like the person, the girl would never like it.

This year's beginning of spring is on the sixth day of the first month, and the old man accompanied the girl to see the lanterns of the herring fish workshop.

Then, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the old man officially went to Guozi Academy to report......

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