Not only do modern people have big and small long vacations, but Song people also have them. The Cold Food Festival, along with the Qingming Festival, had a three-day holiday for the court officials and the Taixue Club.

The sky was slightly bright, Lotte came out of Biyong, and Shakuchi was already waiting outside, and followed him to Jinmingchi outside the city. The palace examination is imminent, and the students in Biyong are still studying hard, and only a few people who do not plan to participate in the palace examination are traveling.

A few days ago, I went to Chen Yushi, Chen Yushi only vaguely invited Lotte to go to Jinmingchi and did not say deeply, and Lotte also felt a little inexplicable about this.

The Cold Food Festival, also known as the "Non-Smoking Festival", "Cold Festival", and "Hundred and Five Festivals", is one hundred and five days after the winter solstice in the lunar calendar and one or two days before the Qingming Festival. At the beginning of the day, no smoking and only cold food is eaten. Due to the gradual increase in the development of later generations, such as sacrificial sweeping, hiking, swinging, and juju, the cold food festival has lasted for more than 2,000 years and is known as the first major festival day of the people.

As for the Qingming Festival, before the Qing Dynasty, it was only one of the ordinary 24 solar terms, and did not rise to the height of the sacrifice sweep, until the Qing Dynasty, the two can be said to be distinct, but the two festivals are only one or two days apart, and even sometimes coincide on one day, so there is a saying that Qingming and cold food are called together, and then the tomb sweeping has also been postponed from cold food to Qingming.

There was nothing to say all the way, and after walking for nearly an hour, I went out of Suncheonmon Gate to Jinmyeongchi, and then Lotte was stunned by the scene in front of him.

But see the tide of tourists here, laughter and hustle and bustle, as if in the downtown in general, adults shout children to help the old and young, and there are more people who go to the green and sing wildly, this appearance is much more wild than the outing in later generations.

But said that people were crowded along the way, and Lotte sighed in his heart that he didn't know whether he was going out or suffering, and his eyes occasionally wandered, but he found that in the bustling crowd, there were thieves who took the opportunity to steal and touch people's bags, and there were not a few prodigal sons who waited for the opportunity to rub oil.

Jinming Pond is a royal garden, which is open from the first day of March to the eighth day of April every year, allowing people to enter and visit. Along the coast, "weeping poplars are dipped in water, tobacco paves embankments", and the east bank is temporarily built with colorful sheds, and the people watch the water play here. The environment on the west bank is quiet, and most tourists are fishing on the shore.

It is said that Chen Yushi invited Lotte to go out, but in fact, there was another person presiding over the matter. The person in charge knew that the east bank was full of tourists, so he chose to stay in a pavilion in a secluded place on the west bank, and arranged for domestic slaves to be around, so as not to let idle people and others come within a hundred steps.

The west coast is already secluded, and most of the tourists are anglers, making it a world of its own.

Although Lotte rushed to this place early in the morning, but the congestion along the way is stop-and-go, from Biyong to Jinmingchi is more than 20 miles away, and Lotte does not know the path of Jinmingchi, it took an hour and a half. On the contrary, there have been more than ten people in the pavilion on the west bank of this Jinming Pond, all of them are sitting on the ground, and Chen Lingyuan, who has done the imperial history, is sitting in it, but what is surprising is that the person sitting in the main seat is actually an old man with a sixtieth birthday.

Chen Yushi, who was sitting in the pavilion, looked a little impatient, seeing that everyone had arrived, but there was no trace of Lotte, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, but it was not good to put it on his face. Just as Chen Yushi's eyes were glancing around, he saw a slender figure in a jade-colored shirt coming out from behind the boulder, and when the figure got closer, he saw who it was not Lotte.

At this moment, Lotte's eyes are also wandering around, this Jin Mingchi himself is also the first time to come, I only remember that Chen Yushi said that it was in which pavilion on the west bank to gather, while walking and glancing, I saw that there were people gathered in the pavilion here, and there were men, women and children, the old man was already in the sixtieth year, and the woman also had more than 30 people, Chen Yushi was among them, but he was sitting at the bottom.

"Brother Le Xian, I haven't seen you for a year, don't come unharmed!"

Just as Lotte was walking quickly towards the gazebo, he saw a person standing up in the pavilion and waving his arms to him. At the same time, he whispered to the woman next to him: "This is the peach blossom Langjun that your husband told you, and you have also read his poems." ”

This person is...... The next moment, Lotte recognized it, it turned out to be Zhao Mingcheng, who he had seen in Pingyu at the official mansion last year, and now he has come to Bianliang, which can be regarded as meeting an old man in another country.

The people in this pavilion want to come and go for many years, most of them know each other, but they have all heard of Lotte's poems, but they have seen Lotte is very rare, and they heard Zhao Mingcheng's peach blossom Le Langjun, they have cast their eyes to watch, only to see that the person who came was thriving and just in time for a young man, and he was handsome and chic, the first sense was preconceived, and everyone was applauded in their hearts.

Lotte bowed his hand from afar and said: "I've seen Zhao Daguan, I've seen Mr. Chen, the students are far away and late, and they are guilty of sin." As he spoke, Lotte told Shakuchi to wait in the distance.

Looking at the characters in the pavilion, except for the eldest one on the main seat, the rest of the people are all about thirty-four years old, except for the youngest himself, Chen Yushi is the same as himself, and he can only be regarded as a small character among the people.

Seeing that Chen Yushi could only sit at the end of the seat, Lotte was surprised by who came today.

Chen Yushi saw that Lotte was coming, got up and introduced everyone to Lotte, and immediately Lotte was stunned, more than a dozen people did not remember the names of several people, except for Zhao Mingcheng, who knew him, the old man who sat on the throne turned out to be the famous poet Zhou Bangyan in the Song Dynasty, and the woman who sat next to Zhao Mingcheng was Zhao Mingcheng's son-in-law, and Li Qingzhao, a female lyricist known as the "first talented woman in the ages" in China.

Stunned, Lotte sat at the end of the seat, under Chen Yushi.

After everyone sat down, Zhou Bangyan raised his glass and said: "When it is cold and cold, I heard that Defu and his wife are back in Beijing, so the old man invited you to go out for fun together, which can be regarded as picking up the wind for Defu and his wife!" ”

Who is Defu? Lotte was puzzled, and in the end, Chen Yushi whispered to Lotte that Defu is Zhao Mingcheng's word, which naturally refers to Li Qingzhao and his wife. In terms of the name, Zhao Mingcheng is far inferior to Li Qingzhao, Zhao Mingcheng's real attainments are in gold and stone, and if he can come to this meeting, Zhao Mingcheng is afraid that he will be stained with the light of his wife Li Qingzhao.

Immediately, Zhou Bangyan asked again: "Defu has lived in Laizhou for more than ten years and has never returned to Beijing, what have you been busy with all these years?" ”

The difference between the two is more than 20 years old, in front of Zhou Bangyan, Zhao Mingcheng is humble, and replied: "The students have been committed to the study of gold and stone for more than ten years, which can be described as young and good. ”

When everyone heard this, they all flattered a few words.

What is the study of gold and stone, Lotte is ignorant. Lotte sighed in his heart that there was indeed an insurmountable gap between himself, a pseudo-scholar and a real cultural person. Listening to Zhao Mingcheng talk about the Tao of Jinshi, everyone was stunned, but he was like listening to the book of heaven, in the words of later generations, with a confused look.

Lotte looked around from the corner of his eyes, and said secretly in his heart, the people in this pavilion are all famous in Bianliang City, although Chen Yushi reads well, but the poetry is mediocre, and he has no friendship with this Zhou Bangyan, how can he find himself.

Then Lotte remembered that Chen Yushi's uncle Chen Qian had served as the right counselor in Beijing, and he thought that he also had some friendship with Zhou Bangyan, but it is unknown why he found himself.

Zhou Bangyan exchanged a few words with a few people, but turned his eyes to Lotte and said with a smile: "Liu Sanbian, Yan Xiaoxianggong and Su Zizhan are the three recognized poets of the dynasty. ”

Listening to the sound, Zhou Bangyan and Su Shi belong to the old and new parties, although the political views are different, but they still respect Su Shi very much in poetry, which is really admirable.

"Chow Tai Si Le!"

Just when Zhou Bangyan opened his mouth again to continue, he heard someone calling.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this call is called the sound of the warbler, and everyone turned their eyes to the past, but they saw a little lady wearing a green emerald cigarette shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers, water mist and green grass, and a thin veil of emerald water, and beautiful and graceful eyebrows and phoenix eyes were looking at Zhou Bangyan in surprise. Behind this little lady were several accompanying women and maidservants, either holding musical instruments in their hands or carrying food.

"Miss Mingquinoa!" Zhou Bangyan also cast his eyes on the person and immediately recognized the person who came.

It's true that the woman is very eye-catching, but Lotte looks confused again, and he doesn't understand where this Dasheng Mansion is in this dynasty, and what kind of official position this Da Si Le has.

Fortunately, Chen Yushi sat next to Lotte and explained to Lotte in a whisper that He Dasheng's Mansion was the official office of the Zhangle Law of this dynasty, the Zhangle Law. The court banquets and ceremonial ceremonies of the dynasty were all set by the Dasheng Mansion, and Zhou Bangyan promoted the Dasheng Mansion, and the Da Sile naturally called for his official title.

Lotte understands that it turns out that this Zhou Bangyan's position is somewhat equivalent to the role of the dean of the Central Conservatory of Music in later generations.

This quinoa girl is an official trick, taking advantage of the cold season to go out with her sisters, and happened to meet Zhou Bangyan and others at some gatherings.

"I've seen Da Sele!" The Ming Quinoa girl bowed, and the women behind her were also Qi Qi Nafu, only to hear the Ming Quinoa girl say: "Today, I met the blessings of the big Si Le Shi and the maid, if the big Si Le does not dislike it, the servant is willing to be on the side to help the fun!" ”

It is naturally a matter of elegance to have a geisha to help the fun, Zhou Bangyan's eyes swept over everyone, and when he saw that no one objected, besides, how could the Ming Quinoa girl be kind, so he nodded and agreed.

A group of female dancers sat around the pavilion, each taking out their musical instruments. Immediately, there was a sound between the silk and bamboo, and something called Yayi inexplicably rippled inside and outside the pavilion, and a group of literati in the pavilion who claimed to be elegant scholars showed a bit of intoxication on their faces.

I always feel that the ancient music is too dull, and I can't get used to it, but the ancients liked this tune, and Lotte thought so.

After being polite with the female trick, Zhou Bangyan set his eyes on Lotte and said with a smile: "The old man has done research on Le Xiaoyou's poems, and it can be said that he is like a thousand people, resentful, joking, euphemistic, fragrant, and arrogant, all of which are rare sentences in the world." It's just that the old man is dissatisfied, why did you only do half of the song, but how did you not make the second half of the syncope, which provoked the old man to brew several times, but the words that came out were always not answered! ”

Zhao Mingcheng, who has had a two-sided relationship with Lotte, is also extremely sought after Lotte's words, and asked: "What the old gentleman said, could it be that Brother Le Xian's poem is called a half-convulsive poem, and he is afraid of being amorous and tired?" ”

"Exactly!" Zhou Bangyan replied, with a little anger in his voice, and said to Lotte: "Today, you and the old man will make it clear!" ”

Lotte was helpless, the second half of the Diaoyutai inscription wall couldn't be read out anyway, so he had to pick up the words he had made up before and got up and replied: "This half-syncopic poem was an accidental flash of inspiration in the student's mind when he was drunk, and as for the second half of the poem, he really couldn't remember it because he was drunk." ”

"Choking ......"

A chaotic sound sounded, and I saw that the slender hand of the girl who was playing with the instrument suddenly stopped, and suddenly raised her head to look at Lotte, and said with a little sadness and surprise: "Could it be that the official is that Peach Blossom Le Langjun?" ”

This article is from Reading Rim Novels