After the sacrificial shrine and the tenth day is the beginning of spring, and there will be a three-day holiday, and then it will be the New Year, and then the seven-day holiday, and the queen mother will be taboo in the middle, and then the three days of the holiday, pinch the head and go to the tail, Tianbao's seven-year New Year's long holiday is nearly half a month.

The New Year is called Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, it is one of the grandest festivals of the Tang Dynasty, on this day, every family has to worship the ancestors, and the relatives who are far away from home will try their best to rush home to worship the ancestors.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the officers and men of the Anxi Army also have their own places to go, those who have relatives and friends go to the homes of relatives and friends, and those who really have no relatives and no reason in Chang'an go to the newly restored Anxi Jinju Yuan for the New Year.

The house is deserted, only the small courtyard where Li Qing'an lives is full of life, the three little ladies have been busy for several days, although Xiaolian is only a supporting role in music, song and dance, but in the kitchen and housework, picturesque can only give her a hand.

Xiaolian's mother died when she was eight years old, and her father served in the army, so she took on the burden of a family at a young age, killing chickens and fish, cooking rice and tea, tailoring dresses, cutting window flowers, she was ingenious and capable.

Xiaolian actually understood that her father was no longer alive, and at noon, she went to Fang Market to buy incense wax paper candles and arranged them in the vacant west wing.

"Little Lotus!" Li Qing'an's urging voice came from the courtyard, "Where are you?" Pack up, the carriage is already here. ”

"Big brother, I'll be fine right away." Xiaolian's panicked voice came from the west wing, 'Bang! With a thud, an object fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Li Qingan walked towards the west wing room with some curiosity, Xiaolian had been in the room for two hours from noon to now.

"Big brother, don't come in!"

Xiaolian shouted in panic, but it was too late, and Li Qingan pushed the door open.

The scene in front of him suddenly made him stunned, in the middle of the main room, there was an incense case, on which were placed three spirit cards, one large and two small, and in front of the spirit card were neatly placed incense candles and jade cakes, kneading cattle and sheep and other sacrifices.

The large spirit plate reads 'The Spirit of the Ancestors of Qing'an of the Li Family', the two small spirit tablets read 'Qing'an Father' and 'Qing'an Mother', and in the other side room there is another small incense table, which enshrines the spiritual seat of Xiaolian's parents.

Li Qingan's nose couldn't help but be slightly sour, this little lady ......

"Big brother, I'm sorry I didn't ask for your consent in advance!" Xiaolian walked over slowly with a red face.

"It's fine!" Li Qingan lovingly put his arms around her slender shoulders and said with a smile: "Let's come to worship again tomorrow, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, we have to go." ”

Xiaolian nodded obediently, and followed Li Qingan out of the room, the picturesque sisters in the courtyard have been waiting for a long time, the two sisters are wearing short shirts, a pomegranate flower dyed dance skirt, holding a pipa in their hands, like a pair of blooming and Tilian, shining together.

Li Qingan also changed into an ordinary regular clothes, he was wearing a white robe today, wearing a soft foot hood, a nine-ring belt around his waist, and [***] boots on his feet, which was simple and refreshing.

"Big brother, wait for me!" Xiaolian turned around and ran towards the house, "I'll go get the piano." ”

At this time, Rushi stepped forward and whispered, "Big brother, I'm a little scared...."

Li Qingan smiled and twisted her delicate face, "What are you afraid of?" ”

"I'm afraid that Li Xiangguo will take a fancy to our sisters."

If Li Xiangguo takes a fancy to them and asks for them, will the eldest brother give him and his sister?

Li Qingan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this, he is Xiangguo, if he doesn't even have this bit of open-mindedness, who will do things for him?" Besides, even if he asks for it, I won't give it! ”

Rushi looked down and thought about it, but still shook her head gently, "Big brother, you are afraid that we will be lonely on Chinese New Year's Eve, and you want to take us there, we are very happy in our hearts, but I still don't want to go...."

"Sister!" Ruhua is a little anxious, she has been looking forward to it for several days tonight, Xiangguo Mansion for Chinese New Year's Eve, how lively is that, how can you not go?

Rushi pulled her sister aside and whispered: "Ruhua, the eldest brother is afraid that we will be Chinese New Year's Eve and lonely, so he wants to take us there, but we can't go ....."

"Why?" Picturesque is a little unwilling.

Rushi sighed and said, "Have you forgotten what happened to Sister Ruyu?" ”

Ruhuadeng remembered an incident three years ago, Sister Ruyu, who grew up with them, was given by An Lushan to Xi Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites who inspected Hebei, and later heard that Xi Shangshu gave her to another high-ranking official in Luoyang, and she was transferred several times, and finally someone saw her in a notebook in Luoyang.

Ruhua's face was a little pale, and she quickly nodded and said, "Then I won't go either." ”

"Hey! The two of you. ”

Li Qingan stepped forward and hugged them and smiled: "Do you want to go or not?" ”

"Big brother, we don't want to go."

"You don't want to go!"

Li Qingan kissed each of the two pretty faces, and said with a smile: "Since you don't go, then stay at home obediently, and I'll try to come back as soon as possible." ”

At this time, Xiaolian ran out of the room holding Li Qingan's Persian piano box, "Aren't you still leaving?" ”

"Xiaolian, we're not going."

Xiaolian was stunned, "Why?" ”

Rushi shook her head and said, "No, we don't want to go to Xiangguofu, we stay at home tonight." ”

Xiaolian hesitated, stuffed the piano to Li Qing'an and said, "Big brother, then I won't go, in fact, I didn't want to go in the first place." ”

"It's best if you don't go, then I'll go alone."

Li Qingan went out with a smile.

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At this time, the city of Chang'an has become a sea of festivities, everywhere is the sound of firecrackers, children in new clothes running out of the house, holding a handful of copper coins they have just gotten, and the honey porridge stall and the noodle stall are tightly surrounded.

Li Linfu's mansion is not far away, not long after, Li Qing'an rode to the door of Xiangguo's mansion, Li Linfu's door also hung a pair of red lanterns, the lanterns were lit in the twilight dusk, and the two red lights were particularly eye-catching.

"General Li, you're here."

The second butler of Xiangguo's Mansion ran over, grabbed the reins of Li Qing'an's mount and said, "The master asked me to come out and wait for the general." ”

Li Qingan smiled: "Is there a banquet?" ”

"It's still early for the feast! There are still two aunts who have not arrived. ”

A subordinate led the horse down, and Li Qing'an entered the mansion with the second housekeeper, the house was brightly lit and full of red lanterns, so that the entire Xiangguo Mansion was immersed in a peaceful and festive atmosphere, and the second housekeeper introduced Li Qing'an while walking: "General Li, the Xiangguo Mansion is lively today, twenty-five sons and their wives and children, nineteen married girls are back seventeen, and the aunts have basically arrived." ”

"What about outsiders?" Li Qingan smiled and asked, "Who else but me?" ”

"There are also outsiders, the family of the royal history king Zhongcheng, the family of Ji Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the superintendent of the imperial history Luo Xixiao with his son, these are all distinguished guests specially invited by the master."

Speaking, the two walked into the middle hall, far away, a noisy and lively atmosphere came to the face, although the main hall of Xiangguo Mansion is not as big as Yang Huahua's mansion, but it can also accommodate thousands of people to dine, until this time, Li Qingan saw the extravagance of a Tang Dynasty minister, only to see that the main hall was full of nearly 1,000 people, Li Linfu's twenty-five sons and their wives and concubines, twenty-five daughters and aunts, grandsons, granddaughters, as well as Li Linfu's brothers and sisters and their families, the most spectacular is Li Linfu's wives and concubines, there are three or four hundred people, The whole main hall was full of birds, the sound of warblers and swallows, the fragrance of fat powder, and groups of children running around between the tables, laughing.

Li Qingan was dazzled, he wanted to find Jiang Wuyi, but in the sea of people, where could he see her.

"General Li, please come with me first!"

The second housekeeper led Li Qing'an to a side hall next to him, only to see more than 20 people sitting inside, talking and laughing, and Li Linfu sitting in the middle, talking and laughing with an official about forty years old.

"Master, General Li has arrived."

Li Qingan walked into the side hall with the housekeeper, and he bowed down and said, "See Xiangguo!" ”

"Shichiro is here."

Li Linfu stood up with a smile and said to everyone: "General Anxi Li doesn't need me to introduce it to everyone!" ”

Everyone laughed, and the middle-aged man next to him smiled and said, "It turns out that you are Li Qing'an of the famous capital, and you have admired it for a long time." ”

Li Linfu introduced him: "This is my brother, Li Fudao, the assassin of Runzhou. ”

Li Qingan hurriedly smiled and said, "I have a subordinate who has been appointed as the commander of Dantu County, I don't know if he has arrived?" ”

"You're talking about the Han County Order! He had just arrived in office, and he was a very good person, and as soon as he arrived, he went to the countryside to visit the people. ”

"Then please take care of Li Tingshi in the future!"

"Huh! Certain! Certain! ”

At this time, Li Linfu smiled and introduced him to the other people present, "This is my eldest son Xiu, who will be a young eunuch." ”

A middle-aged man who looked a little like Li Linfu arched his hand at him.

"This is my second son, Si Chu Langzhong, this is the third son, Taichang Shaoqing, this is the eldest son-in-law Zhang Boji, Honglu Shaoqing; The second son-in-law, Zheng Ping, is now a member of the household department....."

Everyone saluted one by one, and in the end, Li Linfu smiled when he looked at it: "The hour is almost up, let's go together!" ”

A group of people followed Li Linfu, walked to the main hall, the lobby was steaming, noisy, as Li Linfu walked into the lobby, everyone gradually quieted down, although they are all a family, but the seats are placed very exquisitely, in the shape of 'same' layout, the distinguished people sit in the front row, the secondary people sit in the back row, in general, the concubine is inferior, the male is inferior to the woman, the wife is inferior to the concubine, Li Linfu sits in the main seat, his wife died early, accompanied by two of his favorite concubines.

Today, there are four distinguished guests sitting, they are all sitting on the right, and Li Linfu's four sons-in-law are sitting in the first row, Li Qing'an's seat is in the middle, on the right is Dali Temple Shaoqing Jiwen, and on the left is the superintendent of the imperial history Luo Xixi.

With Li Linfu's applause, the drums immediately sounded, a team of dancing girls danced, everyone was whispering in a low voice, Li Qingan was holding a wine glass, looking around for Jiang Wuyi, according to Mrs. Yang Shenjin's introduction, Jiang Wuyi's status in the Li Mansion is very low, should be sitting behind the left head, Li Qing'an's eyes glanced at the diagonal edge, there were dozens of Li Linfu's concubines, but did not see her, Li Qing'an's eyes were about to leave, suddenly, he saw a woman in a white dress hurriedly walked in from the small door.

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(To be continued)