Volume 1 Chapter 64 One Hit Kill (5)

The days were like flowing water slowly passing through Li Bao's hands, face and heart, and the day after Yang Siqi presented the copper chime, Hu Sanbao also came back to report, and the bronze bell had been replaced.

In the next few days, Li Bao was dealing with the trivial matters in the palace while paying attention to the news of Shengye Fang outside the palace. At first, there was nothing abnormal, but then finally news came that Yang Gongqing was sick.

When Li Bao heard the news, his heart was ecstatic. Then someone went to inquire about Yang Gongqing's condition carefully, but he didn't find much useful information, and Li Bao was a little anxious for a while.

Later, Li Bao thought that he had to find Yang Siqi for this matter, so he asked Hu Sanbao to invite Yang Siqi to come. Who knew that Yang Siqi did not come to the palace to be on duty, saying that he was taking leave to take care of Yang Gongqing.

Hearing the news, Li Bao felt a little relieved, and Yang Siqi went to take care of it, indicating that Yang Gongqing's condition was very serious. Then Li Bao asked Hu Sanbao to go out of the palace to see Weiyangzi and explain his final steps.

Li Bao thought that since this matter had been carried out according to his plan, he was no longer in suspense. Then someone went to inform Li Keji, and he was scheduled to go to the teaching department on the 17th of the first month to take up his post.

The reason why Li Bao chose this day to take office was because the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty had a three-day holiday, one day before and after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. These three nights, the Tang Dynasty called it "night", from the royal nobles to the peddlers and pawns in Chang'an City, they will go to Chang'an City to watch the lanterns. Of course, Chang'an City is also very lively in the past three days and nights.

After waiting for two days to the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, this day is the first day of the Lantern Festival holiday, and the lantern festival in Chang'an City has begun. Li Bao went to the Xianning Palace at noon to ask Li Yi for permission to go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns, and of course, Li Ying, the princess of Changning. Li Yi immediately agreed, and at the same time asked the chamberlain Liu Jishu to take care of Jing Zhaoyin and let Jin Wuwei accompany the guards to avoid accidents.

Outside the hall of Li Bao, he grabbed Liu Jishu, who was going to Jingzhao Mansion to herald the order, and asked him to convey it to Jingzhao Yin, and the outdoor personnel should choose Zuo Jin Wuwei Zuo Battalion Jiadu C Team, Liu Jishu glanced at Li Bao, and said in his heart: When did these six princes get involved with Jin Wuwei's military man? But at this time, there was no need to refute Li Bao's face, so he agreed.

Li Bao arranged for everyone in the palace to prepare meals and wait for the evening to go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns. Li Ying took Bi'er to the Jinluan Palace at noon and waited for the night to leave the palace, Li Ying came to the Jinluan Palace and laughed continuously, Li Bao also greeted his brother Balang Li Yi, but he is still too young to be more than four years old, so he can't take him out to enjoy the lanterns.

Finally waited for the sun to set, Li Bao and Li Ying couldn't wait to get out of the palace, everyone was busy, Li Bao took Ling'er and Hu Sanbao in a carriage, Li Ying took his two maids in a carriage, and drove to the palace gate.

When he came to Danfeng Gate and saw that Tian Lingyu was still on duty, Li Bao greeted him, went out of the palace gate, and went to the "Mei Yaya" store in Dongshi first.

Now that the sky has just darkened, lanterns have been lit up all over Chang'an City, and from the car window, you can see that there is a lively and festive atmosphere everywhere inside and outside the village. Li Bao looked at these celebratory people and sighed in his heart that such a prosperous scene would no longer exist in a few years. I felt sorry and a little lonely.

Ling'er looked at Li Bao and pondered again, and asked Li Baojiao happily: "Lang Jun, when did Lang Jun start this Lantern Festival, such a lantern is so beautiful, how nice it would be if it was the Lantern Festival every day!" ”

Li Bao listened to Ling'er's coquettish words, his heart warmed, and he said slowly: "The Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, and slowly continued to the present dynasty, the Lantern Festival in the Han Dynasty was only one day, according to legend, the Han Dynasty Lu usurped power to control the government, and the ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping launched a coup d'état to eradicate the power of the Lu family, pacified the dynasty, and then supported the enthronement of Emperor Wen of Han. ”

After Ling'er heard this, her face was happy and she dared to praise Li Bao's erudition, but when she saw that there were still people on the street playing "Taiping Le", her eyes widened, and she said to Li Bao and Hu Sanbao: "Lang Jun, San'er, look, lion dance." ”

"Taiping Le" is also called the lion dance, which began in the Wei and Jin dynasties in the Tang Dynasty, the lion dance at this time is not the same as the lion dance of later generations, because Chang'an belongs to the north, the lion is very thin, not as majestic and beautiful as the common "southern lion" in later generations, and the dance method is not the same.

At this time, the lion dance is generally completed by three people, two people dress up as lions, one person acts as the lion's head, one person acts as the lion body and hind feet, and the other person is the lion leader, and there is a distinction between civil and military in the dance method, the cultural dance shows the tameness of the lion, there are actions such as shaking the hair, rolling, etc., and the martial lion shows the ferocity of the lion, there are actions such as jumping, kicking high, rolling color balls, etc.

What Ling'er saw was the martial lion, and those lion dancers were jumping extremely hard, causing the surrounding people to cheer. Li Bao found that some of the routines of this lion dance have basically been integrated in later generations, and there is no distinction between civil and military lions.

In addition, in later generations, lion dances were often performed as performances such as store openings, and at this time, lion dances were only performed as a special performance of the Lantern Festival, and there were no groups specializing in lion dances.

Due to the large number of pedestrians on the street during the Lantern Festival, the speed of the carriage was full, and Li Bao and the others walked for more than half an hour before they arrived at the "beautiful girl". When they arrived at the door of "Mei Yaya", they saw a lot of lanterns hanging on the door, Li Ying and Ling'er hurriedly ran out of the car to see the lanterns, and Li Bao hurriedly instructed Hu Sanbao and Bi'er to follow and take care of them.

Liang Hongmei and Zhao Qiancheng had already greeted him, and Li Bao waited for the two of them to meet the courtesy, and then walked to the second floor. Liang Hongmei told Li Bao that Zhang Qingping, Zhou Rui and others were already waiting for him upstairs.

As soon as Li Bao went up to the second floor, he saw Zhang Qingping rushing over, followed by Zhou Rui and five others. Everyone greeted each other, and Li Bao hurriedly asked everyone to be exempt.

Zhou Rui saluted Li Bao, and then said to Li Bao: "Lang Jun is going to come out today, and he heard a summons in the army, saying that he wanted to guard the nobles on a certain night, and he guessed that he must be Lang Jun." So I inquired with the waiter, and sure enough, Lang Jun named someone to guard. ”

Li Bao, Zhou Rui and others greeted each other casually. Zhang Qingping looked at Li Bao, and then asked, "Did Lang Jun come out alone today?" ”

Li Bao looked at Zhang Qingping, this kid has changed a lot in his body and spirit since the opening of "Mei Yaya", it seems that Wu Anzheng's teaching to him has been very effective. Immediately hammered his chest and said, "My sister is also here, watching the lights downstairs." ”

When Zhang Qingping heard this, he couldn't care about Li Bao's pain, so he said to Li Bao: "Lang Jun is waiting upstairs now, let's go downstairs to see the lights first", and didn't turn back to run downstairs after speaking.

Li Bao looked at him and immediately understood, it turned out that this kid fell in love with Li Ying. Zhang Qingping is Zhang Zhifang's son, he is not ugly, and his background is not low, although Zhang Zhifang's current official position is not too high, but his ancestors also have some shadow. But Li Ying is only thirteen years old this year, which is too young, and this matter depends on Li Ying's meaning. If Li Ying didn't like that kid, his unrequited love would be useless. Li Bao, the soul of the later generations, will never force her.

Zhou Rui and the others also guessed a few points when they saw Zhang Qingping's appearance, and immediately laughed, and said to Li Bao: "Lang Jun must have something to deal with when he first came here, wait there first, and then call us when he wants to go out." ”

Li Bao looked at Zhou Rui and praised in his heart, this Zhou Rui is very smart and eye-catching, and he will become a great tool in time. was not polite to them, turned around and walked with Liang Hongmei and his wife to the private room on the second floor.

After Li Bao sat down, Liang Hongmei took the account book and showed it to Li Bao. Li Bao didn't look at it, but only asked: "Don't look at these detailed accounts first, let's talk about it." ”

Liang Hongmei glanced at Li Bao gratefully, he didn't look at the detailed accounts, which showed that Li Bao trusted the couple very much. So he said: "Since the store opened, it has sold 30 to 50 cakes every day, and a few other pastries, excluding costs, the gross profit is about 1,100 yuan, and the daily income of the tea house on the second floor is about 100 yuan, with a total gross profit of 1,200 yuan." ”

This gross profit has not yet gone out of the loss of labor and materials, but in this time and space, the labor is a slave who has set a death contract, but Li Bao is not so black-hearted, and promises the employees that after ten years of work, the death contract can be lifted, but ten yuan must be paid as a termination fee. After hearing Li Bao's "good governance", the employees of "Meiyaya" shouted that Li Bao was the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and his kindness would be rewarded! After Li Bao heard this, he was secretly proud in his heart.

At this time, the production efficiency is low, and the loss of materials is also negligible.

Li Bao calculated that this "beautiful girl" store alone can provide him with nearly 300,000 yuan of liquidity in a year, which is really not bad. Remembering that the matter of the restaurant has not been resolved, his head is a little bigger.

But now the matter is to solve a big hidden danger, and tonight is a good time. After Li Bao encouraged Liang Hongmei and his wife, he went out and called Zhou Rui and others.

Zhou Rui and the others walked outside the palace every day, and they were better informed than themselves in the palace, so Li Bao said to Zhou Rui: "Tell me what news you have heard recently, Wednesday Lang." ”

"I heard that the Yang Yuan of Xuanhui Yuan made the house haunted, and a copper chime in the house often did not knock on its own sound, and the Yang Yuan made some sleepless dreams recently, and after this fright, he fell ill at the time, but he loved the 'birthday cake' in our store, and he had to eat a little every day."

Two days ago, a Taoist priest came to the door of the Yang Yuan envoy and said that he could subdue the demons, but the Yang Yuan envoy believed in the Buddha, so he did not let the Taoist priest enter to catch the demons. At that time, the Taoist morale was furious, saying that the owner of this house did not know the true immortals, and he was afraid that his life would not be long.

Zhou Rui said it vividly, and Li Bao laughed when he heard it. Dao: Yang Gongqing, your life is not long in coming!