The last day of the year is the day when the Yanfeng royal family builds an altar to worship their ancestors in the big square outside the east gate of the imperial city.

From November, the Ministry of Rites will begin preparations for this ancestor worship ceremony and begin to build the altar. From the beginning of the construction to the official completion, it only takes more than ten days. And the people in the capital will come here around noon to join in the fun. For them, the members of the royal family are rare nobles, and being able to take a look at them from a distance on this day can be regarded as satisfying their curiosity.

For the small merchants and hawkers, this royal ancestor worship meeting is equivalent to the last gathering of the year, and they all rushed over early to take advantage of the large flow of people on this day. As long as you follow the arrangements of the patrol battalion that maintains order, and don't even spend a penny, you can get a very good stall.

From noon, the street opposite the main square of the east gate of the palace began to be overcrowded.

In the afternoon, when the sun begins to set in the west, the east gate of Miyagi slowly opens to the beat of drums. The first to open are the small doors on both sides of the gate. The majestic and neat forbidden army was the first to line up and walk out, and the forbidden army, dressed in armor and carrying steel swords and masks, strode forward on both sides of the square, lined up in two lines, and surrounded the square again.

In the face of the imposing forbidden army, some of the people around him involuntarily took two steps back. In their opinion, it is estimated that no one dares to break into the square under the noses of this group of guys.

The next to come out were civil and military officials. On this occasion, no matter how big an official you are, if the royal family wants to worship your ancestors, as long as your legs and feet are really unfavorable, you will basically attend the queue. The queue of officials who came out of the small doors on the left and right walked along the sides of the red carpet that began from the middle gate to the altar and walked to the bottom of the steps of the altar, and stood in line.

Immediately after, the door opened, and the members of the royal family who had just walked out of the red carpet at this time were officially honored. Headed by Emperor Zhao Zongyang, Prince Yanming Zhao Zongming, and Prince Yanyun Zhao Zongyun, these three people who were in charge of Yanfeng led the way, and behind them were the queen and the two princes and princesses, and then, these royal children.

However, Zhao Hongxing did not follow the royal children. According to the rules of the Yanfeng royal family, he is not a "person" before the age of ten......

Zhao Hongxing and Le Aya, as well as Hongyi and Mr. Cang, were all in the queue of civil and military officials.

As soon as the surrounding people saw that the "protagonist" appeared on the stage, they began to cheer. And as His Majesty the Emperor and his party stepped on the steps of the altar higher and higher, the cheers of the people became higher and higher. When His Majesty the Emperor and his party reached the highest point of the altar and stood up, the cheers of the people had begun to deafen.

This is not the effect that someone in the crowd can lead and shout, if it is not for the royal family's actions that are really deep in the hearts of the people, then how can they let the people come to the ceremony spontaneously, and receive this applause like a tsunami.

The upper part of the altar is not large, and a huge "round pot" occupies most of the altar, and the rest of the space is just enough for everyone to stand on.

Zhao Zongyang came to the edge of the top of the altar, first felt the real cheers around him, and then stretched out his hand and pressed lightly into the air, and the cheers of the people in the audience began to fade gradually.

"Qing, I serve the earth, the four seas are peaceful, and the country and the people are safe. I am fortunate to have seen me serve the people, live and work in peace and contentment, and prosper together. Today, it is the end of another year, I want our ancestors to report good news, hope, ancestors, bless my generation safe!"

Zhao Zongyang read out the New Year's speech aloud. Today's speech is relatively simple, because there has really been no major incident in Yanfeng in the past few years, and even if there is a natural disaster, it has been passed safely, and there is no situation of escaping the disaster.

"Long live Yan Feng! Long live my emperor! Long live my generation!" After His Majesty the Emperor finished speaking, the people in the audience couldn't wait to shout the slogan.

Zhao Hongxing was a little surprised when he heard this slogan for the first time, in his previous life, the word long live could only be used by the emperor, but he didn't expect that in Yanfeng, "long live" is an auspicious word that everyone can enjoy.

Later, Zhao Hongxing thought about it carefully, no one wanted to sit on the throne, and it didn't matter if the emperor was still alive.

Amid the shouting slogans of the people, Zhao Zongyang and his other two brothers picked up a steel knife placed next to the "big round pot". The knife is made of metal throughout, and it looks heavy.

The three brothers raised their knives together, and then used their bloodlines with all their might, gathering most of the heat generated on the steel knife in their hands.

Between two or three breaths, the three steel knives emitted a blinding white light due to the high temperature generated.

Zhao Hongxing thought that there was some special design on this knife at first, so he specially studied it. As a result, this knife really doesn't have any special design, it's really a metal knife, and the only special thing is that it is more heat-resistant.

According to the knowledge of the previous life, the metal will only shine when it is heated to a high temperature of nearly 1,000 degrees. Therefore, Zhao Hongxing was once again shocked by the ox X of this flame bloodline.

As the steel knives in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor and the two princes shone brightly, the slogans of the people in the audience once again turned into cheers.

Zhao Zongyang and his two elder brothers held the handle of the knife back, and then stabbed the steel knife into the "round pot".

"Boom!", the flames suddenly burst into the sky, and the substances in the "round pot" were ignited by three steel knives of nearly 1,000 degrees, forming a huge torch in an instant.

This is the symbol that Yanfeng used to celebrate more than one year and report peace to the ancestors and ancestors, and the Yanfeng royal family, who gained strength from the flames, also used the flame to communicate with the deceased ancestors on the last day of the year.

The torch gas, and the people in the audience broke out into a cheering climax. The ignition of the flame, for the people, is a symbol of celebrating the peace and security of this year, and it is also a symbol that represents the royal family that can lead them to be fed and clothed, and it is still as majestic as this torch that soars to the sky.

The torch is lit and the festival ends. However, this also means that these people will be lively until tomorrow morning, when the festival begins.

In the evening, in the banquet hall of Miyagi, the dinner party belonging to Miyagi began.

For tonight's banquet, the Ministry of Rites specially organized the song and dance troupe and musicians in the palace to choreograph a lot of programs to cheer up.

I have to say that a large group of young and beautiful girls, dressed in gorgeous costumes, danced in an antique group dance, and the elegance of every beautiful "little sister" when dancing was infinitely magnified by this team, which was really eye-catching. When Zhao Hongxing watched this kind of dance for the first time during the Chinese New Year, he was so shocked by the beautiful scene in front of him that he couldn't close his mouth, and he was made fun of by Zhao Zongyang for his ugly appearance.

"Hongxing, this little doll also knows how to appreciate beauty?" Although this is the emperor's father making fun of Zhao Hongxing's words, he does have some understanding why the ancient emperor was willing to raise a group of people to dance for him, such a wonderful scene, he is willing to watch it if he is fine.

However, every time at this time, Zhao Hongxing misses the time when he celebrated the New Year on the earth, and he still wants to watch cross talk and sketches more than singing and dancing.

The dinner party went on late, and like the rules on earth, the New Year here is also to stay up all night to keep vigil. No matter how beautiful the singing and dancing are, no matter how delicious the dishes are, you can't always eat like this. Therefore, after eating almost, the younger generations collectively deducted the heads of the successors, and everyone went to play wherever they wanted.

Zhao Zongyang and the elders did not know, Zhao Hongxing didn't know, but as soon as he walked out of the door of the main hall, Zhao Zhongling began to shout to play mahjong.

Moreover, she named the four princes to participate, and asked him to take the gifts he received from Zhao Zongyun as a bet.

Zhao Zongyun also brought a lot of gifts to the royal children when he returned to Beijing, but because the north was cold and the trade was not developed, the main business was minerals and metal forging in the northern mountains, so most of the gifts brought back by Zhao Zongyun were relatively rough.

The eldest prince received a bag of "iron marbles", these thumb-sized iron marbles are very delicately made, saying that they are "iron" marbles, but in fact they are lead-coated copper skins.

With Zhao Hongming's hand strength, the lethality of the iron bullet that popped out of his hand at close range was no less than the power of a bow and arrow, even if the target was wearing soft armor, Zhao Hongming could hit the iron bullet into the opponent's body within five steps. Moreover, the design of the lead core copper skin makes the bullet crack and deform after hitting the target's body.

This kind of hidden weapon makes Zhao Hongming like it very much, and when he is too lazy to do it, he will directly throw these iron bullets, although most of them are not fatal, but they can also hurt the person who is looking for trouble lying on the ground and crying wolf. And what he likes the most is that after this thing breaks into the body, it is very difficult to take it out.

Zhao Hongzhe received two pairs of boots with steel plates embedded in them. Don't get me wrong, for the Yanfeng royal family, their own feet are already heavier than boots with any steel plates. The reason why steel plates are added to the boots is because Zhao Hongzhe's boots are always broken.

For those who practice martial arts, most of the exertion is under their feet. Only by stepping on the ground can you exert twelve points of strength. This is the same for the people of the Yanfeng royal family, however, they often encounter a dilemma when they exert their strength, that is, their shoes are not strong enough, and they will break when they step hard.

Zhao Hongzhe, who often competes with others, has high requirements for the quality of boots, so Zhao Zongyun specially asked craftsmen in the north to make this kind of black technology boots that are comfortable and breathable and embedded with steel plates, and bring him two pairs back every year.

Zhao Hongwei received a special gift, which was a set of equipment that he personally asked Zhao Zongyun to make for the craftsmen in the north. This is a set of equipment used to accurately measure angles, which belongs to the equipment developed by Zhao Hongwei and the Hanlin Institute.

Zhao Hongxing doesn't know what the specific role of this thing is, but looking at Zhao Hongwei's happy appearance, it is estimated that this is also a big step forward in scientific research achievements.

As Zhao Zongyun's own daughter, Zhao Zhongling got another very valuable thing - a gauze made of snow mountain ice silk.

Snow Mountain Ice Silk is the only valuable specialty in the north in addition to various ores. Snow Mountain Ice Silkworm, which is not uncommon in the north, is if you are a perennial snowy snow mountain, find a snow cave and dig down four or five meters to dig a nest of ice silkworms, and eat snow to live, very good breeding. And the difficulty is the difficulty, if to get their silk.

When the ice silkworm wants to spin silk, it must be at a very constant temperature. The temperature is a little higher, and the ice silkworm babies can only spit out water but not silk. When the temperature is lower, the baby ice silkworms continue to sleep without spinning. In the natural environment, the ice silkworm babies only have a short three days of winter and spring communication, and when the sun shines on the snow layer at noon every day, about half a cup of tea will spit silk and pupate.

Zhao Hongxing's is not much to mention, it is still a book. However, after Zhao Zongyun knew that he had started to practice swordsmanship, he planned to give him a weapon to take advantage of next year.

Being able to get such a good dress is enough to see how much Zhao Zongyun cares about his daughter. It's just that this gauze is not a dress that can be worn this season, which makes Zhao Zhongling a little dissatisfied. And Zhao Hongwei's set of equipment is not only polished and shiny, but also has a very peculiar shape, which makes her eye.

changed to something else, Zhao Hongwei specified that he wanted to give it up, but he also favored his sister. However, this equipment is not jewelry and toys, this is a tool that is very useful in many places, and of course Zhao Hongwei can't give it to her.

Zhao Zhongling, who couldn't come directly, even if he used the bet of playing mahjong to force Zhao Hongwei to be willing to gamble and lose, he handed over the things to her after winning him.

However, Zhao Hongxing thinks that Zhao Zhongling's treacherous plan cannot succeed, the title of the fourth prince is not called in vain, and Zhao Hongwei has basically never lost playing mahjong, a game that requires brains.

Zhao Hongxing didn't go to play backgammon with his brothers and sisters on the grounds that he wanted to go back to the courtyard to play backgammon and read books with Hongyi. Le Aya also politely rejected Zhao Zhongling's proposal to take her with her, and wanted to go back to the courtyard to celebrate the New Year with Mr. Cang.

That's right, Le Aya was also invited to the banquet. And Zhao Zongyun also prepared a gift for Le Aya - a beautifully shaped long sword.

This one is almost high on the ground, and it's not very easy to use it now. However, although it is a long sword made of metal, it has almost no weight. Even Le Aya is now effortless to wield in her hand, and she is still sharpened like clay.

Zhao Hongxing was very surprised by such a thing that violated the common sense of physics, and asked what it was. However, Zhao Zongyun prevaricated with a sentence of "this is a secret".

Saying Happy New Year to each other with his brothers and sisters, Zhao Hongxing and Le Aya walked on the way back to their yard.

Zhao Hongxing and Le Aya's yards are roughly the same in the same direction, so they can walk together for a while.

Le Aya walked and looked up and counted the stars, although Zhao Hongxing and Le Aya had no verbal communication, but he looked at Le Aya's innocent appearance, and couldn't help but feel very comfortable.

Unconsciously, Zhao Hongxing came to the intersection where he needed to go to one side with Le Aya, according to his usual habits, he should say goodbye to Le Aya directly at this time.

"Aya'er, do you want to go up to my yard and sit down? But today, I don't know what Zhao Hongxing thinks in his head, he arched his hand and said such a sentence.

"Is the sixth brother's yard very big? It's not like I haven't been there. Le Aya asked suspiciously, but then smiled: "Okay, I'll go to the sixth brother's courtyard to accompany you for a while." ”

Zhao Hongxing didn't expect this girl to agree, but since she agreed, let's go back and sit together for a while, it's a long night, it's boring for the two men to read and play backgammon together, and it's good to have a girl (although only six years old) talk together.

When he was about to arrive at the gate of the courtyard, Zhao Hongxing found Hongyi standing at the door waiting for him.

"I also told Wang's mother that the son should almost go back...... Uh......" Hongyi, who walked up to greet Zhao Hongxing, saw Le Aya behind him.

"Happy New Year, Princess Le Aya. Hongyi hurriedly said hello.

"Go and prepare some hot tea, Princess Le Aya will sit with me for a while. Zhao Hongxing said to Hongyi.

led the two into the courtyard, and Hongyi ran to the kitchen to prepare tea. Zhao Hongxing wanted to beckon Le Aya into the study to sit for a while, but he didn't expect Le Aya to sit directly at the stone table in the courtyard.

"It's a cold day, sitting here?" Zhao Hongxing asked suspiciously. He doesn't care, he can heat himself up while sitting on the stone bench, but Le Aya doesn't have this special function, and he will freeze to death.

"It's okay, there is this jade pendant given to me by the third aunt, it is not cold at all. Le Aya smiled and touched her chest, and the jade pendant that Du Yiqing gave her was hanging in her clothes.

Zhao Hongxing is also strange, a stone will heat up by itself, what is the principle of this? Shaking his head, Zhao Hongxing asked Wang's mother to take a thicker mat for Le Aya and put it on the stone bench.

Zhao Hongxing also sat down at the stone table, but he didn't talk to Le Aya. Le Aya still raised her head and looked at the stars in the sky.

"Does Aya'er also know the stars?" After a while, Zhao Hongxing decided to say something to Le Aya, otherwise he would be a little embarrassed.

"Well, the teacher taught me some when I was in the capital before, and I can use it to identify the direction at night. After Le Aya finished speaking, she looked at Zhao Hong, and said with a smile: "However, it really seems that there are many stars here that are invisible." ”

With Zhao Hongxing's astronomical knowledge, he knew what Le Aya meant.

On Earth, the starry sky that humans can see is logically the same. However, people in the Southern Hemisphere and those in the Northern Hemisphere can only see half of the starry sky because of the dimensionality. For example, people in the southern hemisphere cannot see the Big Dipper, and people in the northern hemisphere cannot see the Southern Cross, and only people in the equatorial can see a complete starry sky.

The principle of astronomy on the earth works in the same way, according to the climatic conditions and geographical location, the capital city should belong to the real equator, so the stars in the night sky are definitely different from the Yanfeng capital city with a geographical location to the north.

However, chatting with girls and saying that scientific common sense is a bit unsightly, so Zhao Hongxing thought about it and didn't use this topic.

"What, are you starting to miss the capital again?" Zhao Hongxing decided to talk about his hometown with Le Aya, although it is easy to arouse people's homesickness, but this is definitely the topic that has the most chance to continue.

"A little bit. Le Aya nodded lightly, and then said: "Although my aunt and fifth sister often ask me to play with me and ask me to eat together, I am still a little lonely. ”

"Lonely...... Zhao Hongxing sighed, "Is it still lonely to have someone to accompany you?" I didn't expect Aya'er's requirements to be a little high. ”

Zhao Hongxing said jokingly, after untying Le Aya's heart knot, this little girl's well-behaved and sensible side began to show in front of everyone's eyes, which also made him like to tease her when he was fine.

Listening to Zhao Hongxing's words, Le Aya blinked her eyes, and suddenly asked, "Sixth brother, aren't you lonely?"

“...... Me?" Zhao Hongxing was stunned by the question.

"That's right. Le Aya didn't seem to ask this question suddenly, and said reasonably: "Sixth brother, you see, the official family and aunt are very good to you, and the brothers and fifth sister are also very friendly to you, but the sixth brother is always alone, and never takes the initiative to play with the eldest brother and the fifth sister, even the aunt, where is your mother, the sixth brother, you rarely go." ”

"I ......" Zhao Hongxing was a little surprised, Le Aya had never said so much except for answering questions in the knowledge class. However, what surprised him the most was the little girl's observational power.

Zhao Hongxing wondered, how did this six-year-old girl see that he was very lonely?

Immediately afterwards, Le Aya continued: "I'm the same, although my aunt and fifth sister like me very much, but I didn't grow up here after all, and there was nothing that belonged to me when I first started here. Of course, I am grateful for everyone's tolerance for me, but I am still a little bit lonely. ”

Le Aya gestured with her hand to look "a little bit", and then asked a sentence that made Zhao Hongxing even more surprised: "But the sixth brother grew up here, why does he feel lonely?"

Zhao Hongxing looked at Le Aya and forcibly suppressed the feeling of surprise in his heart. Because Le Aya's feeling is right, Zhao Hongxing is indeed a little lonely. After all, he had crossed over from another world, and his soul had not belonged here in the first place.

Although it is very comfortable to live in this world - the life of being reincarnated into the emperor's family is indeed very comfortable, but this is really different from the days that he has been accustomed to for more than 20 years, even after nearly eight years, Zhao Hongxing still has not been able to fully integrate into it.

In this world, the harmonious family relationship is also very comfortable for Zhao Hongxing - the royal family let him burn high incense without a palace fighting scene. However, these people are not the family members of their "soul" Shangyuan class after all, and the family of "Zhao Hongxing" is in the world where "Zhao Hongxing" can never go back, and continue their lives.

Sometimes, Zhao Hongxing feels a little sorry for his current brothers and sisters, parents and parents, they treat him with the affection of real relatives, but he, although he gave them the response they expected, he is still a wandering spirit in another world after all, he is not "Zhao Hongxing", "Zhao Hongxing" is not him yet.

This is a top secret, and Zhao Hongxing does not plan to tell anyone. But unexpectedly, Le Aya actually felt a little strange.

How should I say this? Zhao Hongxing thought to himself, is this a "common feeling" between "wanderers in the same land"?

Zhao Hongxing smiled, and did not answer Le Aya's question, but reached out and touched her face, and said, "Yes, you and I are both lonely people." But would you like to stay with me? Aren't you alone with me alone, so that you won't be alone?"

Zhao Hongxing's words made Le Aya's face flush slightly. Maybe Zhao Hongxing meant that he just wanted to change the topic, so that he wouldn't be tempted to confide his secrets with others. However, saying it unintentionally, the listener had a heart, and although Le Aya didn't say anything, she nodded very seriously.

Sixth brother, Aya'er will always be with you.