Chapter Five: Chang'an Avenue Chinese New Year's Eve

The sun slowly sank to the west, a light snow drifted in the sky, and the air was still a little cold, but the warm atmosphere of Chang'an seemed to rush straight to Xiaohan, tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, thousands of empty alleys.

The crystal snow fell from the sky like a flower, like a colorful falling in the sky, and the whole Chang'an was plunged into a jubilation, full of heat, and the fiery red that attracted the eyes.

Liu Mengli was wearing a fox fur jacket, commanding the housekeeper in the yard, decorating the Xu family Zhuangzi, since the newlywed, this unruly girl has been a little less willful and a little more housekeeping.

"Uncle Liu, are all the lanterns hung?" Liu Mengli pulled her hair and sideburns, and the snow on it was a little slippery due to the steam.

I saw a middle-aged man with a big beard standing on the ladder and said respectfully: "Young lady, the lanterns of the entire Zhuangzi have been hung up, and our family has been hung up." ”

Liu Mengli smiled lightly and said, "Let's come down and rest if you get it, let Liu Qi take someone to get the Spring Festival couplets." ”

When the bearded man heard this, he said happily: "Mrs. Xie." ”

"Dream Glass." There was a voice of Xu Yang in the courtyard, and when Liu Mengli heard it, a happy smile suddenly appeared on her face, and she returned to the courtyard with the support of the two maids.

"If you go out even when it's snowing, you're not afraid of freezing." Xu Yang was wearing a bearskin jacket, walked up and touched Liu Mengli's little face, which made Liu Mengli's little face crimson.

"The slaves and maids are watching." Liu Mengli is still unemployed, and she is as shy as ever, but Xu Yang is always very arrogant and likes to make small moves in front of everyone.

"What's wrong with it, none of them know that you're my wife." Xu Yang has been getting hot lately, so he likes to tease and tease his cheap young wife.

"Oops, shame on you." Liu Mengli couldn't stand Xu Yang's teasing tone, and wanted to enter the house with a red face, which made several maids also hold back laughter.

Xu Yang scratched his head, and did not plan to go in, and said to Liu Mengli: "Enter the house and prepare to prepare, tonight His Majesty Xià will come to the Chang'an Driving Conference in person, dress up beautifully at night, and prepare to welcome Chinese New Year's Eve together." When I got out of the yard, I heard the laughter of warblers and birds in the yard.

Shaking his head, he just wanted to go outside to see how Zhuangzi's Spring Festival couplets were pasted, but he saw that Han Yanxuan, the kid, was still dressed in dark blue, sitting on the courtyard wall, like an eternal sculpture.

Snowflakes fell one after another, but most of them quickly evaporated into a small puff of white gas after falling on him, which looked amazing.

"Hey, I said Lao Han, if you do this again, you won't be afraid of freezing your body." Xu Yang has always had a deep grudge against Han Yanxuan's deathly behavior of wearing summer clothes in winter.

Han Yanxuan slowly opened his eyes, a layer of snow had fallen on his eyebrows, and he looked like an old man.

"That woman is still a virgin, what are you going to do?" Han Yanxuan always replied to some donkeys' heads and not horses' mouths.

"What do you call that woman, she is my wife, and she is a talented person, don't always be that woman and that woman, call me again, I will do it" Xu Yang originally wanted to say that he would beat you if he called again, but after analyzing the force value of both sides, he felt that saying this seemed to be humiliating himself, so he couldn't say anything threatening.

"Okay, then I won't call it that, but you have to tell me about your plan." Han Yanxuan's eyes were full of profundity, Xu Yang was already speechless to this kid, his mind was full of plans and conspiracies, could he tell him that getting pregnant before the age of eighteen was not good for his health, and it was easier to have a difficult birth?

Han Yanxuan's gaze was always so sharp, and he forced Xu Yang to have nothing to hide, Xu Yang had no choice but to wave towards the courtyard wall and said, "I'll sue you when you come down." ”

As soon as Han Yanxuan heard this, he flew and stepped lightly on the courtyard wall, with a little impatience in his eyes.

Xu Yang quietly approached his ear and whispered a few words, and Han Yanxuan's face, which was originally a little expectant, suddenly showed an indescribable complexion.

"Is it just because a sixteen-year-old virgin is not suitable for giving birth," Han Yanxuan's tone was a little annoyed.

As a result, before he could say it completely, his mouth was covered by Xu Yang, "Shh, big brother, this matter is now except for Mengli and I know, only you know and I know in this world, don't tell me about it, my father-in-law is now thinking about hugging his grandson every day, if it is known, I will hang up." ”

Han Yanxuan's discernment was suddenly very exciting, and he was stunned for a few seconds before he suddenly turned around, flew over the courtyard wall, and could no longer see his figure.

Xu Yang seemed to remember something and said loudly over there: "Old Han, don't marry early and have children early when you get married in the future." On the other side of the courtyard wall, there was a sound of something falling down, and then I heard Han Yanxuan's somewhat sad and angry voice: "Guigu doesn't marry a wife!" ”

In the hot Chang'an, the streets are already full of red lanterns, people come and go, crowded, lively, cheering and laughing crowds to bring the atmosphere of Chinese New Year's Eve to the top.

The annual exorcism conference has begun, and according to legend, the 'year' beast is chaotic in the world, and the New Year's Day is to get rid of ghosts and demons and bless peace and prosperity, and the night of Chinese New Year's Eve brings this feature to the extreme.

The difference from previous years is that this year, there are many people who go to the street to celebrate the festival, many of them are also from the surrounding counties, and many of them are miners from the mine, who can't go home for the New Year, so they can only come to Chang'an to celebrate the festival.

The brigade on the street has begun to drive the women, and I saw a pair of men and women leading the dance with the masks of the old man and the old woman, and their roles are the mother and the mother; Around the two of them, there are 1,800 people with children's masks, called Hutong Tongzi, and the other people are wearing various ghost masks as negative characters, everyone is dancing and dancing, playing and singing, most of them are mainly engaged in fun and coaxing, Xu Yang and Liu Mengli belong to this category of people.

I saw Xu Yang wearing a scary ghost mask, holding Liu Mengli's little hand, shuttling through the crowd, Liu Mengli was wearing a mask to protect the Tong boy, and followed him all the way, followed by Liu Qi, Zhang Er, Xin'er, and Hua'er, and all the maids and maids also wore masks, and followed Xu Yang to enjoy this annual happy time on Chang'an Street.

Happiness is contagious, Xu Yang only now understands this sentence, the Tang Dynasty of 1,300 years, there is no such large stage as in later generations, there are no special cool lights, there are no various aesthetic performances, but there are the most joyful people here, everyone's face is full of happy smiles, laughing for this prosperous Tang Dynasty, laughing for this bright life. When those smiling faces full of smiles appeared in front of them in groups, everyone would be infected by this atmosphere, and their blood would surge and their hearts would be excited.

Suzaku Street was already full of people, Xu Yang and Liu Mengli finally squeezed through the crowd, and when they looked inside, they saw a bunch of Central Asians with big noses, deep eye sockets, and full beards, wearing pointed heads and wearing upturned tuanhua brocade robes, playing and singing inside and outside Watts, standing or standing, there were people who played the pipa, played the flute, sang, danced in circles and set up a fire in the open space, squeaked and barbecued meat, and the wine of the big altar was unsealed with mud for drinking, the fragrance was wafting in the wind in the heat, and the crowd of onlookers was increasing.

"Husband, look, aren't these Hu people who sing to the guests in the Chang'an Club!" Liu Mengli's mask had been taken off at some point, and her young and beautiful face was exposed to the air.

Xu Yang turned his head, saw the beautiful face of his little wife, took off the ghost head mask, Xu Yang said with a white breath: "Yes, tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, the club will be closed for a day, and these Hu people will also come to join in the excitement of Chang'an." ”

Liu Mengli's little face was slightly red, as if she had drunk wine, looking at those Hu people who were playing and singing, giggling, the beauty in front of her was smiling like a flower, Xu Yang was stunned for a while.

Suddenly, a monk walked out, muttered a lot of Sute to the crowd of onlookers, and then pulled out a bright knife and poked it into his bare stomach.

In the exclamation of the onlookers, the Hu monk's face did not change, and he was still stabbing himself with a knife until the blade broke out of his back. He held the handle of the knife again, cut horizontally and vertically, chopped his abdomen into seventeen or eighteen pieces, and his intestines were broken, but as if he was fine, he sprinkled some water on his body, and then he was fine, and with a flash of lightning, the knife appeared in his hand again, and there was no trace on his stomach.

"Good!" When Liu Mengli saw that Hu Seng had lost his wounds, he also shouted loudly with everyone, pulled Xu Yang's arm, and shook it vigorously, "Husband, husband, this monk is so powerful!" ”

Xu Yang also smiled, after watching the David's magic in later generations, I don't know if these ancient people will be surprised to become a miracle, but seeing that Liu Mengli likes it, Xu Yang generously took out a small gold nugget of one yuan and threw it on Hu Seng's plate, only to see Hu Seng stunned for a moment, and then bowed over and made a big salute, saying something in his mouth.

Liu Mengli looked funny, and couldn't stop laughing, and asked while laughing: "Husband, what is this monk talking about?" ”

"Thank you, husband, for throwing a thousand dollars, great kindness, toothless and unforgettable." Xu Yang teased, Liu Mengli smiled even more happily.

At this time, I heard Liu Qi's voice behind me: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye, the driving team went to the palace, and the emperor appointed Hou Ye to participate in the palace expulsion meeting, and it would be too late to go later." After that, he followed Zhang Er to protect Xu Yang and prepare to go.

Although there was some noise around him, Xu Yang still heard it clearly, and said heroically: "It just so happens that this ghost valley has prepared a big gift for His Majesty, go, follow me to the palace." ”RS