Luoyang's south city is also called Fengdu, is the largest commercial market in the two capitals of the Great Sui, it is equivalent to twice the west city of Chang'an, there are more than 100 lines of various trades, thousands of shops, merchants gather, pile up goods like clouds, all industries are prosperous, lively and extraordinary. Yang Yuanqing inquired all the way about the tea shop, and the tea drinking in the north of the Great Sui Dynasty was not prosperous, but after the destruction of the Chen Dynasty, many southerners came to the capital, and this time thousands of wealthy families moved from the south of the Yangtze River, which made the number of tea drinkers increase day by day, and there was also a tea shop in the southern city.

The sky is not completely dark, they found the tea shop in the northwest corner of the south city, just a street is filled with the fragrance of tea, there are a total of more than 20 shops, almost the entire northern area of tea is supplied by these 20 tea shops, each shop occupies a large area, the shop mén next to each other, behind most of the two or three into wooden buildings, to the warehouse is more.

In the middle of the street, a six-foot-long red sè flag was hung, on which were written four big black characters: 'Red Rust Tea House', the shop is also the largest tea house in the whole tea house, covering an area of five acres, and there are not many shops covering an area of five acres in the entire Nanshi.

This shop is actually the property of Yang Yuanqing, he alone accounts for 60 percent, Kang Bas accounts for 10 and a half, and the remaining 20 and a half is the share of the money pooled by some major officers of the Fengzhou Army, and this shop also monopolizes the supply of tea in the grassland.

The tea of the Sui Dynasty is green tea, which has not yet been fried and green, and is directly used for frying, which is not suitable for preservation, and is easy to mold and deteriorate, but must be made into tea cakes after simple treatment such as fermentation and drying, and then sold to the grassland.

Although the method is very simple, the trend of tea drinking in the grassland has just risen, and ordinary businessmen do not know it, and it is precisely in this way that the Red Rust Tea House does not do domestic business with thin margins. All the tea was sold to the grasslands and made huge profits. It's actually just a transit warehouse, and the shop is deserted with few customers.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the entrance of the shop, but from a long distance he saw Kang Bas hurrying from the opposite side, in addition to this tea house, he also opened a liquor shop, running between the two shops every day.

Kang Bas wears a Han Chinese green robe, a flat scarf, and a bearded appearance with blue eyes and a sharp nose. It's funny, a bit nondescript.

Kangbas also saw Yang Yuanqing. was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, and opened his arms to usher, from March last year to now, they haven't seen each other for more than a year.

The two hugged tightly, and Kang Basan exaggerated gave Yang Yuanqing a punch in the shoulder, and then pulled his arm and smiled: "Why don't you come to the letter first?" ”

"I came to Beijing to deal with some personal affairs, and I was in a hurry."

"It's for your grandfather!" Combas guessed Yang Yuanqing's intention.

"You know what?" Yang Yuanqing asked.

Combas nodded. "Know a little. Let's go! Let's talk inside. ”

He also beckoned Green Tea and Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers, and ordered the second shopkeeper to prepare accommodation for them dinner, and several men came up and led their horses in.

"There are many places to stay at the tea estate. The accommodation conditions are very good, I asked the Qilu wine shop in front of you to send wine and food to everyone, their braised deer ròu is very delicious, as well as steamed sea bass, the wine is not needed, I have good wine in the store. ”

Kangbas's enthusiastic introduction made the soldiers even more hungry, their eyes were full of anticipation, the second shopkeeper led everyone through the aisle in the store, and went to the lobby at the back to rest, while Kangbas took Yang Yuanqing and green tea to the small guest hall on the second floor, all the way, Yang Yuanqing finally sat down, he breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help stretching his body.

Green tea kneeling in front of the window, small figure, like a green máo kitten, she stared wide, curiously looking out of the window, from here you can see the situation on the street, she has never been to the Central Plains, she is full of curiosity about everything in the Central Plains, everywhere she goes, she will carefully observe the street scene, in her words, there is knowledge in this, she can learn a lot. A guy brought herbal tea, Yang Yuanqing took a sip of the bowl, and then asked Kangbas with a smile, "Are you married?" ”

"Not yet! The uncle of the Sui Dynasty is not easy to find. ”

"How is Yang Wei? I feel like he's kind of interesting to you, and he's mentioned it to me a few times. ”

"This ......"

Kang Ba didn't expect Yang Yuanqing to suddenly mention Yang Wei, which caught him a little off guard, thinking of Yang Wei's tall and fat figure, he was a little worried in his heart, but he was open-minded, so he smiled: "As long as Ah Mo likes it, I have no problem." ”

After a moment's sink, Yang Yuanqing asked in a low voice, "Is there any news of her?" ”

Yang Yuanqing asked about the dust, the winter before last when she left Dali City, there was no news, Kang Bas shook his head, that year he and the dust broke up in the capital, she only said that she went to the south, and there was no news.

Yang Yuanqing's heart was gloomy for a while, he stopped thinking about it, and returned to the topic, "Tell me about my grandfather, what do you know?" ”

"You came unfortunately, yesterday Taiwei Yang's funeral was very grand, the court was closed for a day, and the emperor personally gave him a soul."

"What!"

Yang Yuanqing was taken aback, such a hot summer, only came out of the funeral yesterday?

"And where does the coffin stop?"

"I heard that it was placed in the ice cellar of the White Horse Temple, and it was done for forty-nine days, and yesterday it was Qiqi, and it was officially buried, and the tomb was in Pishan."

Although the length of the suspension time is not fixed, three days in the morning, more than 100 people in the evening, depending on the situation of the tomb, or waiting for the arrival of the most important relatives, but generally in the middle of summer is seven or nine days, the longest is half a month, the body is not easy to preserve for too long, few people stop for forty-nine days, which makes Yang Yuanqing very uncomfortable, the ancestral home of the Yang family Hongnong, the ancestral people can arrive in two days at the latest, and the grandfather's tomb was repaired three years ago, there is no reason, why did the Yang family delay so long to be buried?

Kang Bas seemed to understand Yang Yuanqing's thoughts, so he sighed and said: "I specially asked the inside story from the Yang family, and I heard that the saint refused to give Yang Taiwei's title to your father, so the Yang family protested by stopping the coffin, saying that the saint treats the dead and the living lightly, anyway, there are quite complaints. ”

"And then?" Yang Yuanqing asked coldly.

"In the end, the saint gave in, ten days ago the saint sealed your father Chu Guogong, and the Ministry of Rites was still in the book, but there are gains and losses, a few days ago, the saint decided to choose Cao Qigui. Your father lost the election, and Yuwenshu was chosen. Together with six others, he became the Seven-Fold Minister of the Dynasty. ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't know what to say, he and his grandfather worked hard to bring down Yuwenshu, making his father the first to choose Cao Qigui, and now the Yang family is a title, and he actually confronted the emperor and destroyed his future, so that he had nothing to say.

Kangbas was originally a small businessman who was captured by the Western Turks as a soldier and became a prisoner of war by the Sui army. has been following Yang Yuanqing for so many years. He has become more and more aware of the situation in the Sui Dynasty, especially in the past two years, he has deliberately paid attention to the political situation and knows a lot of inside information.

This is also Yang Yuanqing's hope for him, not to become a businessman who only knows how to make money, but to put his sensitivity to business opportunities to the political situation of the imperial court.

At this time, it was already completely dark, and Combas got up and smiled: "General." Let's go to dinner! ”

"Hmm!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded. "Green tea, let's go together."

The green tea didn't respond, and Yang Yuanqing turned around. I saw her staring blankly into the distance, and she was fascinated.

"Green tea!" Yang Yuanqing called her again, and Green Tea woke up and hurriedly said, "Childe, what's wrong?" ”

"What are you looking at? So fascinating. Yang Yuanqing walked up to her and asked with a smile.

"Childe, what's that? Dazzling. Green Tea pointed to the distance, only to see a light tower several feet high in the distance, the light wheel is bright, constantly changing the face, no wonder Green Tea saw mí.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while, suddenly woke up, turned around and asked Kangbas, "Is it Obon today?" ”

Kang Bas believes in Zoroastrianism and is not interested in this kind of Buddhist thing, but he knows it, so he said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the Obon Festival, and there is a Obon Lantern Festival tonight, which is very lively, and almost half of the people in the capital will go to Luoshui to see the lanterns." ”

Green Tea looked at the light wheel over there again, and there was yearning in her eyes, almost begging Yang Yuanqing, "Childe, let me go and see it, okay?" ”

Yang Yuanqing hadn't looked at the lights for five or six years, thinking about the bright lights, thinking that his own soldiers and green tea had never seen the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty Lantern Festival, and they should let them see it, so he smiled and nodded, "Go to dinner first, and wait for everyone to go together." ”

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During the meal, Kangbas's eldest nv Ah Mo came quietly, sat aside and talked to green tea, she had been in the Sui Dynasty for more than two years, and she followed the local customs, not only spoke Chinese fluently, but also dressed no different from the Sui Dynasty NV, wearing a red sè striped skirt, combing a double ring moon bun, and wearing jīng makeup on her face, she was a Sogdian NV, quite tall, slightly fat, and taller and plump than the average Sui NV.

Ah Mo is sixteen years old this year, and she has been on a blind date several times, but others think she is Hu NV unsuccessful, and her father Kang Bas is bent on finding an aunt from the Sui Dynasty, so the marriage is delayed.

But she is not without fate, since the original Combas praised Yang Wei for being fat and mighty, and being able to find a good wife in Sogdia, the speaker had no intention, but the listener had a heart, Yang Wei paid attention to Ah Mo, and for almost two years, Yang Wei mentioned Ah Mo in front of Yang Yuanqing three times, so that Yang Yuanqing had to consider Yang Wei's thoughts.

Since her father doesn't object, let them stay together more to see if they have this fate, but Yang Yuanqing also knows that Yang Wei's biggest problem is not Kangbas, but the religion they believe in, is Amo willing to give up her faith for Yang Wei?

"Yuanqing!"

Yang Wei quickly stepped into the lobby of the tea house, looked at it, looked for Yang Yuanqing, but saw A Mo at a glance, he was stunned, just looked at her stupidly, like a statue of a general, moving.

Ah Mo's face was red with shame, he lowered his head and turned his back, the soldiers covered their mouths, desperately holding back laughter, Combus really couldn't stand it, sighed, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Alas! Who exactly are you looking for? Looking for Yuanqing, or looking for my NV? ”

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and said slowly: "I know everything about my grandfather, you don't need to say it again, it's rare to meet tonight, you can take her to see the lights!" ”

Yang Wei looked at Yang Yuanqing, and then at Amo, he hesitated in his heart, his grandfather only came out of the funeral yesterday, is it appropriate for him to do this? But in the end, he couldn't overcome the desire in his heart, he mustered up the courage to slowly walk to Ah Mo's side and knelt down on one knee, whispering something to her, and after a while, Ah Mo blushed and nodded gently.

Everyone immediately burst into laughter, but they were glared at by Yang Yuanqing, and everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to laugh anymore.

Yang Wei's face was full of joy, and he got up and bowed his hand to Yang Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, then I'm sorry, I'll accompany her to see the lights." ”

"Go ahead!" Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved at him.

Ah Mo slowly stood up and secretly glanced at his father, Combus nodded slightly, in agreement, Ah Mo blushed, and in the laughter of everyone, he lowered his head and followed Yang Wei out quickly.

"Let's wash up a little bit, let's go see the lights!" Yang Yuanqing smiled at everyone.

The crowd was overjoyed and rushed to the well in the courtyard.

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Today, it is called yù Jingtian, and it is the year of Kanto Reason.

The dancing posture is suspicious of Ziyang NV, and the singing voice seems to curb the colorful cloud fairy.

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Buddhism flourished in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the government and the people attached great importance to the Obon Festival, and the Obon festivals of the major temples were all supported by the government, and the pots were sent every year to offer all kinds of miscellaneous goods, as well as the pots, musicians, and officials who sent the pots, etc., the day of the Obon Festival was grand and enthusiastic.

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui advocated frugality and opposed luxury, and the Obon Festival once became light, but the new emperor ascended the throne and advocated prosperity and wealth, and the officials and people of the world enjoyed together, and the style of luxury gradually rose, and the Obon Festival flourished again.

The folk are more called the Zhongyuan Festival, this heaven and earth officials are on duty, hungry ghosts are pardoned, and they are escorted to the yang world to eat, so every household cooks rice and steamed cakes, and offers fruits for the underground ancestors to go home to eat, and at the same time put up lanterns to expel evil ghosts, plus the powerful name mén Yulan to offer pots, fight for the light of the Buddha, attract the people to bring their wives and children to enjoy the fun, this day has become a prosperous day for people and ghosts to enjoy together.

The midyear festival is the seventh and a half months, but in fact, it starts from the beginning of July to welcome the ancestors, a large number of paper money and dark wealth are burned, and it continues until July 15 to send the ancestors, every household wants to worship the ancestors, and the official sacrifice is the soul of the fallen soldiers.

The most lively place of the Luoyang Obon Festival, mainly concentrated on both sides of the Luoshui River, and the Shangyuan Festival is different, the Zhongyuan Festival is the ghost view of the lanterns, the water is yīn, so all kinds of lighting are concentrated in the water, and the two banks of the Luoshui are the place where the Bon and the Buddha light fight, so the two sides of the Luoshui are almost crowded, and hundreds of thousands of residents with their wives and children flock to the two banks of the Luoshui to watch the lanterns.

The colorful light wheel seen by green tea is located on the south bank of Luoshui, the colorful light wheel is actually the divine seat set up by Yang Guang, the son of heaven, for his father Yang Jian, hanging the banner dragon umbrella, and there is a white yù basin, which enshrines a yù tree with a height of one zhang and five feet, which is full of various jewels and gold emeralds, and is displayed in the Fahua Temple on the south bank of Luoshui.

At night, the shrine and the Bon are decorated with a lamp wheel to illuminate, the lamp stand is three zhang high, made by the Taifu Temple Shaoqing He Chou, He Chou can be called the master of the first organ of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the light wheel he designed moves with the wind, constantly changing the face sè, dazzling, breathtaking, attracting a large number of people to come to watch the lantern.

Yang Yuanqing was not in the mood to watch the lanterns, he missed his grandfather's funeral, which made him feel quite regretful, but Green Tea and his subordinates were full of interest, he couldn't bear to sweep their fun, and Zhongyuan was a Halloween Festival, so he bought a few lotus huā lanterns in Nanshi, and led everyone to Luoshui to put lanterns in order to express his grief for his grandfather.

The two sides of Luoshui are crowded with people, crowded with people who put lanterns, thousands of lights float on the water, spectacular and abnormal, boats sail on the water, send lanterns nv put a huā lamp into the water, from time to time to attract a chant on the shore.

Yang Yuanqing found a place where there were fewer people, lit the water lantern, lowered the lamp into the river, and silently prayed for his grandfather with his palms together.

At this moment, a few voices suddenly came from behind him, "Minqiu, come here and put the lights, there are fewer people here." ”

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