When the people of Bianliang put on new peach charms and hung red lanterns, the first year of Jianlong entered the last three hours.

Most people are already preparing ancestor worship and Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, and since ancient times, people have cared about reunion, and family reunion can be harmonious and beautiful.

There are very few pedestrians on the street, except for a few passers-by who return late, there are basically only the officers of Kaifeng Mansion and the soldiers patrolling the city. At the end of the year, the security of the capital must be guaranteed.

Of course, the most important thing is to be careful with the candles, as wooden houses can easily catch fire when the weather is dry. Especially in a large city with dense construction such as Bianliang, once a fire breaks out, the wind fuels the fire, which is likely to be a disaster.

For this reason, in addition to frequent inspections, the soldiers of Kaifeng Prefecture also prepared emergency fire extinguishing items such as water hoses and loess cloth bags, just in case.

Wu Tingzuo, who knew that Kaifeng Mansion, had repeatedly told him to go home uneasily, lest there be the slightest mistake.

The first full New Year of the Great Song Dynasty, who would dare to be careless?

Zhao Zheng walked on the street of Bianliang, and after seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but think of the Fire Courtyard, the Kaifeng Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty seemed to have such a yamen, but it seems that it has not yet been opened. In an ancient big city like Bianliang, it was necessary to have an emergency fire department.

Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, and I miss my relatives every festive season, but unfortunately I am separated from my relatives and friends in my previous life, and there is no possibility of seeing each other again. In the Great Song Dynasty, there is no one relative, and a lonely person still doesn't know how lonely he will be?

Zhao Zheng was still worried before, whether to go to the Dingli Academy to listen to the Sanskrit singing, or go to Mahang Street to drink flower wine and survive this difficult day.

Now that it is good, Empress Dowager Du directly sent an invitation to let herself enter the palace to attend the dinner, which can be regarded as a place to go. As for this trip, Zhao Zheng didn't particularly care about it, thinking that it was a New Year's banquet invited by the royal family. Such plots are often seen in film and television dramas in later generations.

But when he returned to the concierge to change his clothes, Zhao Zheng noticed that it was abnormal. As an envoy of the Imperial City, he was able to know a lot of information in a short period of time that no one else knew.

It seems that there are no officials or dignitaries in Bianliang City to attend the banquet, and according to custom, the New Year's banquet will be held in the Jiying Hall on the first day of the new year. Chinese New Year's Eve is more of a group member, more like a family banquet!

The royal family's family banquet invited him to participate, and he might be flattered if he was placed on others, but Zhao Zheng was more apprehensive. In my impression, I and Zhao Kuangyin's family don't seem to be able to fight. If you don't have anything to do with the royal family at all, how can you be eligible to participate in the royal family dinner?

Could it be that it was because the Chen Qiao Mutiny at the beginning of the year saved their family? Even if Empress Dowager Du is still grateful to this day, is it necessary to express it on such a special day? It doesn't seem to make sense no matter how you look at it.

Zhao Kuangyinxin also said that there was a good thing, and he would not regret it, the more this was the case, the more worried Zhao Zheng became.

Let's go and take a look, isn't it just to have a meal with the old lady! As for the danger, there should be none. If Zhao Kuangyin wants to clean himself up too easily, it is necessary to beat around the bush like this!

After changing his clothes and putting on a hat to cover his hair, which was still a little undescriptive, a handsome man with a dignified appearance jumped in front of the mirror. There is really a bit of dignity in the vague way.

Escorted by several guards, Zhao Zheng walked all the way and directly entered the Xuanyou Gate of the palace. Chu Zhaofu, who was guarding the safety of the palace ban, was waiting here at this moment, and poor old Chu couldn't go home on Chinese New Year's Eve.

However, he can be used as a general in command of the forbidden army. It can be seen that Zhao Kuangyin's trust in him is enough to manipulate the position of life and death of the emperor, but not anyone can take on it. His grace is extraordinary.

Zhao Zheng and Chu Zhaofu are old acquaintances, the two said hello with a smile, the guards who followed stayed, and Zhao Zheng was relieved to carry the blade and then led the way to the Shengping Building where the banquet was held.

Chu Zhaofu told Zhao Zheng that as usual, the gate of the palace would be closed after nightfall and could not be opened. But tonight is special, Empress Dowager Du has a family banquet, and the imperial brothers Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangmei, who live outside the palace, want to enter the palace, and of course, there are guests like Zhao Zheng. After everyone enters the palace, the palace gate will be temporarily closed until the end of the banquet.

Looking at the carriage and horse honor guard at the gate of the palace, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangmei had already arrived, but after entering by themselves, the palace gate was not closed immediately, Chu Zhaofu was still looking, and it seemed that there were other guests.

Hey, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is getting more and more strange, Zhao Zheng sighed, and when he walked forward, the sky began to fall snowflakes again. When I turned the corner, I saw the heavy palace gate, and I couldn't help but think of a word in my mind - the sound of the axe and the shadow of the candle!

The palace gate of the Great Song Dynasty should be open at night should be only a handful, this year in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Du is still here, hoping that the whole family will be reunited. If in the second year of Jianlong, Empress Dowager Du died as scheduled in the original history, then it would indeed be difficult to have the opportunity to open the palace gate at night in the future.

The only time, I'm afraid that night, is also such a snowflake night, the red candle shadow moved, there was a hidden axe, and the Great Song Dynasty changed the world......

Maybe the butterfly effect will occur, and this matter may be eliminated in the misfortune, but as a "prophet", Zhao Zheng has always been very sad in his heart. Every time I see Zhao Guangyi, especially the scene where the two brothers of the Zhao family are together and love each other, I feel a strange feeling in my heart.

The same is true today, Zhao Zheng climbed up the flat building under the guidance of the inner servant, and the first thing he saw was Zhao Guangyi and his wife. Teenage Zhao Guangmei sat silently on the side, looking a little alone, although he is the son of Zhao Hongyin, but not the Empress Dowager Du's own child, now he is not old, living alone outside the palace is inevitably lonely.

When he saw Zhao Zheng, Zhao Guangmei nodded politely, he knew that it was this person who saved the lives of the whole family in Dingli Academy. But why did he appear at the family feast?

The young Zhao Guangmei didn't know, but Zhao Guangyi understood that when he saw Zhao Zheng appear, he chuckled in his heart, knowing that some things were inevitable, so there was a slight unnaturalness on his face.

However, his wife Fu Rong greeted him with a smile on her face and said with a smile: "Wulang is here!" ”

"I've seen Madame!"

"Don't be polite, ...... in the future" Fu Rong smiled, and Zhao Zheng really wanted to be called when he saw him in the future, but it was difficult to say it at the moment.

"Gorou, it's been a hard day!" Zhao Guangyi was just about to say hello, when he saw the waiter leading a few people to come, he hurriedly stepped forward and greeted: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Fu Li, you are here." ”

Zhao Zheng turned his head and saw that it was Fu Yanqing and Fu Li, and the guests Chu Zhaofu was waiting for were them?

Today's banquet is becoming more and more interesting, not only with the surname Zhao, but now the Fu family has also appeared.

No, if it is a family banquet, it is reasonable for Fu Yanqing to appear as the queen mother's in-laws, but he is an outsider?

But when he saw Fu Li, Zhao Zheng came back to his senses, could this be the good thing that Zhao Kuangyin said? Empress Dowager Du wants to be this matchmaker herself? It's just that today's occasion seems to be a little special!

"I've seen the prince, the princess, and the county lord!" Zhao Zheng also stepped forward to salute, and in a blink of an eye, Fu Li was looking at himself in surprise, his eyes full of affection.

When Fu Rong saw it, she stepped forward and said with a smile: "Today is really a happy family!" ”

It's a pun, and different people hear different meanings.

Zhao Guangyi heard it in his ears, and he had a strange feeling in his heart, and the relationship between Zhao Zheng and himself would be complicated in the future. It stands to reason that it should be a good thing, but Zhao Guangyi vaguely has a bad premonition.

It wasn't until he saw the palace maid deliver a pot of wine in the pot that Zhao Guangyi, who was almost in a daze, hurriedly came back to his senses and invited everyone to sit down.

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Outside the palace, thousands of families also reunited, and they enjoyed a family feast.

The difference is only that Zhong Mingding's food home is a delicacy, the ordinary home is a few delicate dishes, and if the poor family can eat a few pieces of meat, it will be delicious if there is more oil and water in the bowl.

Ma Sanjia, a craftsman in the inner wine workshop, was able to eat a piece of cake and drink a bowl of bone broth at this time in previous years. But this year is different, the table is propped up on the hot kang, and in addition to the snow-white bread, there are several dishes on the table. At first glance, there is no delicacy at all, but the pieces of meat are clearly visible.

For Ma San's mother-in-law and children, it is a great happiness to see these oily food. There are also these meat-filled slots (dumplings), which are a delicacy for them.

Ma San's mother-in-law served the children with a meal, chewed a piece of fatty meat, and her mouth was full of oil, only feeling extremely happy. However, in a few months, the situation at home has changed greatly, not only for Chinese New Year's Eve, but also for meat on weekdays.

And on the occasion of the New Year, she can wear a newly made flower dress, which is not a good material, but for her who has been sewing and mending for three years, and has never worn new clothes since she got married, she is extremely happy.

"Daddy, eat, eat quickly......" The mother-in-law took a piece of meat and put it into the man's bowl, with a happy smile on her face.

Ma San looked at the satisfied smiles of his mother-in-law and children, and his mood was a little complicated, so that his family could live a few good meals and wear two new clothes, which was a very good thing. To be honest, as a man, I have really treated my mother-in-law and children a little badly over the years.

But he knew very well where the money for buying meat and cloth came from, and it was not comfortable to get it, it was a little hot! The wine in the five jars was quietly sent out of the warehouse, in exchange for today's full food and a few feet of flower cloth.

smuggling the wine in the house, since the previous Emperor Shizong was there, he was going to be killed. Although the warehouse at the end of the year is chaotic, coupled with the fact that I have been doing things for many years and am familiar with the doorway, I may be able to cover up the past. But if someone finds out, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my little life.

If he dies, how will this family live? Today they can still eat a mouthful of meat, but without themselves, they may not even be able to drink a mouthful of rice soup.

The snow is still falling outside, and there are many homeless people in the snow. Ma San didn't want to, he didn't want the children to suffer that crime again.

But it's not up to you to say it, even if the wine shop is fooled in the past, what if those people let themselves steal wine or do something else in the future?

Did the man really take such pains to drink in a few jars? (To be continued......)