The driving team all the way to the north, jumping and jumping, blowing and beating all the way, and the children kept throwing bamboo into the bonfires lit by people on both sides of the road, which is the origin of the most primitive word "firecrackers".

The air in the bamboo knots, when it is burned by the fire, will be exposed to a crackling sound, bursting out bursts of small golden-red sparks, taking advantage of the crowd to drive away, in the night is extraordinarily gorgeous and festive.

The driving team has arrived at the gate of the imperial city, and the soldiers who are keeping vigil today are still standing on the high city gate, wearing the treasure armor that has been preserved for a long time, and the iron armor exudes a cold light in the moonlight.

Open the palace gate, this is a rare day for the people of Chang'an to enter the imperial city, and the last people who can enter are mostly the richer families among the people, who want to enter the palace to drive the emperor and concubines.

Li Er is dressed in a grand costume today, embroidered with a golden dragon, a case from the four seas, wearing a mink coat, wearing a nine-fold crown, supported by many palace maids, sitting in front of the Liangyi Hall of the Taiji Palace, proud of the huge square in front of the Liangyi Palace, the eldest grandson queen is wearing a mink coat, sitting next to Li Er, and there are some concubines such as Yang Concubine and Yin Concubine sitting around.

The square in front of the Liangyi Hall has now become a sea of people, a huge bonfire in the center of the hall is burning non-stop, from time to time there are eunuchs throwing good wood into the bonfire, so that the bonfire burns more vigorously, sometimes the flames can run three or four people to high.

In front of the huge bonfire is a group of jumping dancers, and the official in charge of rituals and ceremonies, Taichang Siqing, will lead his officials and thousands of men and women of the royal song and dance orchestra to perform the "Wu dance" in front of the main hall.

The flames of the bonfire can illuminate the square in front of the whole hall, in addition to the dancers dancing in the middle, there is only a banquet for the civil and military officials on both sides, and now the civil and military officials are sitting at the banquet set up on both sides, the table is placed with the best wine, and there are many small jars of 'mouth cellar', this kind of liquor purified by Xu Yang has now become a tribute wine, which is deeply liked by the royal family, and has become a high-end national liquor among the people.

At the banquet seat of the civil and military officials, Xu Yang and Liu Mengli sat in a seat quite close to Li Er, but they were still far away from those concubines.

The crowd in front of the bonfire gradually receded, and walked up to the people's drive procession outside the imperial city, only to see a masked boy with hideous props coming out of the front, wearing red and black clothes and pants, constantly beating drums and jumping in the square.

Xu Yang actually didn't have much feeling about this superstitious activity of expelling evil demons and plagues in ancient times, but Liu Mengli watched it with relish, and from time to time he smiled and exchanged ideas with Xu Yang.

With the appearance of the little boy, many eunuchs in the palace lit huge candles and burned agarwood, making the night like day.

Li Ersheng sat on the high platform, and the Liangyi Hall behind him was obviously magnificent, and it was as brilliant as a god descending from heaven.

The civil and military officials began to congratulate one by one, the first one was Fang Xuanling, as Li Er's left shoulder and right arm, Lao Fang was the first to speak on heavy occasions every time.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne of the Son of Heaven, in response to the omen of heaven, yin and yang harmony, wind and rain, abundant grains, abundant life, rich country and strong people, the world is peaceful, now it is the end of the year, Chinese New Year's Eve, the drive of the assembly this time"

At first, Xu Yang could still listen to eight or nine without leaving ten, but the more this guy from the old house talked, the smoother it became, what ancient sacrificial texts, what palace guards, anyway, what difficult and obscure old house said, and Xu Yang was stunned after a while.

"Zhongqing, raise your glass, win the drink!" The opening remarks of the old house were finally explained, and the civil and military officials all raised their glasses, "Win the drink!" "Drink a kind of wine called pepper cypress, as for the mouth cellar, few people open the altar, after all, drinking pepper wine is a custom on Chinese New Year's Eve.

After the old house opened, the civil officials began to lose no time in offering poems and essays in response to the occasion to praise the merits of the emperor and make the most of the luxury and luxury of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er listened to it and laughed heartily frequently, and it was later generations who commented on him, but it was his atmosphere that contributed to the arrogance and luxury of the Tang Dynasty.

The civil and military officials drank very happily, and Liu Mengli was also very happy, but in addition to being happy, she was also slightly excited, because it was time for her and Xu Yang to come to the stage to celebrate His Majesty, and Liu Mengli, who had not officially met His Majesty, was still very in awe of His Majesty, the Son of Heaven.

One by one, hundreds of officials brought their families to the stage to congratulate Li Er, complimenting Li Er's eternal career.

After the previous duke, it was time for Xu Yang, as the founding county marquis, Xu Yang was honored to be the first official among the marquis who could congratulate His Majesty, and took Liu Mengli to the stage slowly, all the concubines sitting in Li Er's harem along the way, so that Xu Yang was hurting Li Er's kidney.

Walked up to the highest platform in front of the Liangyi Palace, where Li Er and Empress Changsun were sitting.

Li Er said very casually: "Xu Aiqing, you are my hero, just like iron casting, I don't think it's a loss to give you a duke position, but you are still too young, and when you return from overseas with high-yield crops, I will give you a duke position, and I will never break my word." ”

Li Erdu spoke, although Xu Yang didn't care much about this title and that title, but the surface work still had to be done well, and he took Liu Mengli to bow his head and kowtow, thank the Holy Son of Heaven for his grace, and then congratulate Li Er's longevity and eternal success.

Empress Changsun didn't look at Xu Yang a few more times, but kept looking at Liu Mengli and asked, "This is the daughter of Liu Lao." Liu Mengli was a little shy and said yes, and the eldest grandson queen nodded with satisfaction, "You are really handsome, the two of you are also talented and beautiful, and the talented son of Guigu is matched with everyone's ladies, how to look at this marriage and how suitable." After that, he also instructed the palace maid next to him to reward Liu Mengli with a chest pendant.

After kowtowing again, Xu Yang raised his head and said respectfully to Li Er: "Your Majesty, there is a fireworks spectacle on the northern city wall that I want to present to Your Majesty." ”

When Li Er heard this, he was not surprised at all, and said with some joy in his tone: "I am waiting for the wonders you say!" Hurry up and prepare, I'm going to see now. ”

Xu Yang took the order and took Liu Mengli off the high platform.

"Your Majesty, why are you looking forward to it so much, what is this wonder?" Looking at Xu Yang's back, Empress Eldest Sun was very curious and approached Li Er's ear and asked.

Li Er smiled, like a child looking forward to a toy, and said: "Guanyin doesn't know, every time Xu Yang shoots something, it is made of Guigu thaumaturgy, which always surprises people, and every time I hear that he has something to offer, I will look forward to it very much." ”

Empress Changsun thought about it, mahjong, steam cars, honeycomb coal, these things were really offered by the heirs of this ghost valley, and she was vaguely looking forward to it in her heart.

At this time, Xu Yang was holding Liu Mengli's hand and walking towards the city gate, and on the bridge in front of the city gate, it was already some distance from the Liangyi Palace.

"Husband, what is it?" Liu Mengli followed Xu Yang for a short while, and asked a little breathlessly.

"Hehe, husband, I'll take you to the best place to watch the fireworks." Xu Yang smiled mysteriously.

Walking under the city wall, a city hammer hung the two of them, Liu Qizhang Er had been waiting here for a long time, and the gatekeeper general on the city wall was also looking at Xu Yang with great anticipation.

"How's the preparation going?"

"Back to Master Hou, everything has been arranged according to your arrangement."

"Okay, I'll listen to my orders later."

"The little one understands." Liu Qi and Zhang Er both nodded seriously.

Xu Yang then pulled Liu Mengli and ran to a lookout in the farthest place, only to see Xu Yang light a torch and shake it vigorously.

Then the soldiers on the main floor also began to light the torches, then Liu Qi and Zhang Er on the city wall, and finally on the northernmost city wall of the imperial city, a silver light "chirped" into the sky.

This sound attracted the dancing dancers, and everyone turned their heads to look at the north city wall, only to see a silver light in the sky straight into the sky, and then suddenly burst open, like a goddess scattering flowers, and the whole sky was illuminated extremely bright.

The next fireworks exploded in the sky, and everyone in the square grew their mouths, unable to believe such a beautiful vision of heaven and earth in front of them.

On the watchtower, Liu Mengli looked at the poignant fireworks, and her body was already paralyzed in Xu Yang's arms