The New Year's Spring Festival is the grandest festival within the entire Western Continent human race, and there is no one.

Strictly speaking, from Chinese New Year's Eve, people will begin to prepare, until the fifteenth day of the first month, in the middle of which there are sacrifices to gods, such as the king of the stove, hoping that he can go to heaven to say some good things to the people, and at the same time go to the grave to pay tribute to the ancestors, remove the old cloth and the new, post the new peach rune god, and even the royal families of various countries will hold a big sacrifice to pray that the whole country can be blessed with good weather in the coming year, from the king to the people, they must not be immersed in this happy festive atmosphere.

People who have worked hard all year can take this opportunity to enjoy a rare holiday, but also can return to their hometown, reunite with their families, enjoy the joy of children and grandchildren, children can get a full of blessings and red envelopes from the hands of their elders, go to the market to buy some fresh gadgets or sugar gourds and other food, and spend the day happily.

Farewell to the old and welcome the new, spring is coming, everything is revived, and the new year is celebrated, this is the grandest festival of the human race in the Western Continent, different from the different customs of the Eastern Continent, in the eyes of the human race in the Western Continent, there is nothing more important than reuniting with the family, and no god will be more reliable than their ancestors.

Among the princes, only the fifth prince Gu Xuan is missing, but this banquet and the state banquet do not seem to have changed much, everything is still according to the previous rules, celebrating the New Year, sending gifts and congratulations to each other, every time at this time, as usual, there is a fierce competition for favor, squeezing each other, which makes His Majesty the Emperor Gu Yi have a headache.

After a family banquet, the only person who feels lost is probably Concubine Li, who has lived in Yongle Palace for a long time and almost never goes out.

Because Gu Yuan, the eldest prince who also served in the Yamen of Liangzhou, came back from outside for the New Year, but Gu Xuan only asked Gu Cang to carry a letter on his behalf, which probably said that because of the first year, he was busy with official affairs and needed to celebrate the New Year with the people, and he couldn't take a break.

The government and the opposition, as long as they are in the know, have been greeted by Gu Cang in advance, hiding from this kind mother, so that she has always thought that her son is actually working in the idle yamen in Liangzhou, there is no big problem, for her, staying at home, will not take the initiative to inquire about the news, maybe it is also a good thing, if she knows that her son is actually at the border, often fighting with the horse bandit Rakshasa clan, and even bruises all over her body, even one eye is blind, how should this mother bear this blow?

For most people, the palace is actually a mysterious courtyard, the people outside beg their grandfather to tell their grandmother, and they want to send their children into it after looking for relationships, but the people inside want to escape in their dreams, but when they really leave this well-defended compound, they will know that the outside world is sinister, and then they should miss it again.

Life is like this, the more you don't have, the more you want it, and the more you have, the more you want to give it up.

Who would have thought that Gu Xuan, the fifth prince who used to be clothed in fine clothes and jade food, was on the city wall on the border of Youzhou at the moment, facing the cold wind and accompanying the soldiers to stand guard together.

Gu Xuan knew very well that the more everyone relaxed, the more he couldn't relax, in order to let more soldiers go home tonight to get together with their families for the New Year, under Gu Xuan's forced request, he took over the task of standing guard, and wanted to wait until after midnight, and then go back to have a reunion dinner with the few people who kept the New Year.

From the first to follow his own horseman Wei Jinglong, to the two brothers Ma Mingze and Ma Erhu who followed him to Huangsha County without hesitation, as well as the original Zhu Dachun and Chen Anmin in Huangsha County, and then to the last Lu Yi, many people have slowly gathered around him, and the loneliness that once came back has never returned.

It's just that he didn't think that it had been a few months since he left the imperial city, but it seemed that a long, long time had passed, and he seemed to have completely become accustomed to the hard life in this hot place, and he even felt that he would not be able to live a stable life if he was sent back to the palace now.

It turned out that although he had no worries about food and clothing, he had always had a deep sense of loneliness, because he knew that there was no place for him in the palace.

Everyone has an indifferent attitude towards Yongle Palace, and even more people are rejected.

The powerful concubine who competes with Queen Su hates the people of Yongle Palace very much, this is something that many people in the palace know, and because the lady in Yongle Palace can't give out any silver every New Year, it also causes the people in the palace to criticize her a lot, where do they know, it's just that, it's already Concubine Li's daily careful calculations.

Besides, she has no obligation to give money to the subordinates, isn't it? It's just that the mothers of other palaces, even if they are just concubines, in order to have a good relationship with everyone, they will have a more satisfactory life in this palace, and they will prepare red envelopes for their subordinates in advance, which makes Yongle Palace even more stingy.

The brothers in the palace never take him as a brother, and the subordinates don't take him as a master, there is only one second brother, although he has maintained himself since he was a child, but it is more like an elder who loves him, rather than an intersect with peers, in front of Gu Cang, he can't let go of himself as he wants, more, it's like the kind of restraint when facing the teacher, besides, the second brother has always had a lot of things, he is an idler, and he is embarrassed to bother often, and even the two personal maids don't seem to look down on themselves, so he is too lazy to talk about himself.

Lao Huo is a good friend, although in terms of age, he is enough to be his grandfather, but when he gets along, he can talk freely, he will tell himself some of the customs of the Eastern Continent, his own young deeds, and teach himself to speak the local language of the Eastern Continent, but sometimes, Lao Huo does have a kind of market atmosphere that only the people of the human race will have, although he has always been very good to him, but there are always some situations that cannot be recognized, such as he scolded his own tricks, but smiled at the two troublemakers of the He family.

In fact, Gu Xuan can understand, after all, if a foreigner wants to mix in the capital, he doesn't dare to offend a person from such a big family, but understanding is not the same as agreeing, seeing the shopkeeper secretly wiping his tears, he is always a little uncomfortable, after all, he is a child younger than himself, standing up for his own boss, but instead he was beaten and scolded, and he lost face, who can stand it?

Gu Xuan's thoughts flew everywhere, and after a while, he finally came back to his senses, and then subconsciously laughed.

He stood under the city tower, the cold wind from the north, hit his body, whistling, mixed with sand grains, hit his face, not very painful, just a little confused, after a long time, he couldn't help but look back, at this time, it should have been dark in the county, the lights were bright, the people were boiling, this noisy scene, it was much more beautiful than the group of Qing people standing in a row in the Longxuan Pavilion.

The point is, this is his city, and what could be more enjoyable?

After another hour, at the foot of the city wall, the people in the city spontaneously sent some simple food of their own families, although it was naturally thousands of times worse than those finely carved snacks in the palace, but the friendship contained in it could not be measured by value, Gu Xuan's eyes were slightly hot, but he still talked and laughed and shared the food with the other soldiers, while shouting loudly to kill all the thieves and bring peace to everyone.

The soldiers next to them joked with each other, eating, drinking and sleeping together for a few days, and even the warriors of the Rakshasa clan laughed along, from now on, they are truly integrated into the collective, and even many Rakshasa people who have migrated here are also preparing for the New Year like the human race.

There is frequent chaos in the atrium, and there is no war in the south, but for the people of the southland, this may be the last stable New Year.

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The capital of Liangguo, the envoy of the Jin State came from Yanzhou in a gloomy manner, and then left from the capital in a gloomy manner, and there was not even a splash in the middle of the Liangguo, the old man Shangguan Qian, who was the leader of the mission, stood on the side of the carriage, looking at the south from afar, the old tears were horizontal, crying silently, and the personal guard Yu Zhu stretched out his hand to help the old man, his expression was dazed, and he was a little unclear.

Princess Chuyang in the carriage looked at the secret report sent by her father in her hand, her face was calm, and the corners of her eyes were slightly upturned, while the prince of the Jin Kingdom next to her looked back at the Liangguo Xiongcheng that stood at the end of her vision, her eyes were full of sadness and helplessness.

He wanted to stay in the city.

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In Qilian City, His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in the capital, specially sent someone to send a grand gift of commendation, as well as an edict praising Duanmu Shuofeng, and the entire city lord's mansion cheered for it, and invited the envoy to celebrate for a whole day, and all the people in the palace got a valuable reward, and naturally they were even more happy.

Duanmu Shuofeng feasted the soldiers today, talking loudly, staggering, under the coaxing of many people, even Wu Heng, who has never been a drop of wine, had to drink a bowl with him, and then coughed non-stop, in the good-natured laughter of a group of people, the firecrackers in the city exploded in the sky, and the quiet night sky suddenly turned into a colorful feast.

Duanmu Nanli, who was staying in his yard, could hear the sound of firecrackers outside the window, but he didn't go out, just grabbed a sachet filled with medicinal herbs left by Gu Xuan, and looked down to think about the young man who had actually only seen two sides, at the gate of the courtyard, Xie Houyin, who had just found an excuse to secretly leave from the banquet, looked slightly gloomy, and the courage raised because of drunkenness instantly drifted away with the night breeze.

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In the capital of the Jin Kingdom.

Tai Changqing, who made a big fuss in the Jinluan Palace, was not noisy or noisy after being healed by Tai Healer, but just stayed in his room all day long, did not think about tea and dinner, and no one cared, outsiders rumored that Tai Changqing had gone crazy, Zhu Fengxian came to kneel and serve tea every day as usual, just like the rules that his father once taught him to follow, even if his father ignored him, he did not give up.

The wood is already in the boat, and my father will always see it, Zhu Fengxian thought so.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, in the revelry of the people outside the house, Tai Changqing went to the ancestral hall, faced the ancestral statue, stretched out his hand, and snapped off his two eyeballs alive, his face was calm, everything was carried out silently, no one noticed, and finally, he threw out his eyeballs, and then put his head into the white silk that had been tied up long ago, and committed suicide by hanging the beam.

The lights in the capital are bright, the fireworks are gorgeous, the people in the house are boiling, the people are praising the generosity of the master, and in the ancestral hall, the incense in the stove is burned to the end, and finally it is extinguished.

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At the door of the Chen family's mansion, which is just a few steps away from the Zhu Mansion, countless officials from the DPRK and China came to pay their respects, and even if they didn't come, they sent their subordinates to bring gifts.

The great Sima Chen Xiehu did not come forward to receive the guests, he has been meditating in the house since the day after the court meeting, looking at the saber in front of him that was rewarded to the Chen family by the emperor a long time ago.

The limelight is in the limelight for a while, and Chen Jing, who is the self-proclaimed Dazai, is not at home, he is now in the palace.

Although the little emperor was at a loss, but under the urging of his mother, he still called him father with a smile, he gently rubbed the little emperor's head, his face was full of smiles, and even his eyes were fascinated, and the palace guards next to him couldn't help but look sideways slightly.

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On this day, Xue Bi, the Duke of Chuyang, personally took people to the border pass, preparing to welcome his daughter home.

In the second half of the night, there was a small commotion in the palace, but it quickly subsided, and under the cover of the fireworks outside, it did not even alarm too many people.

Chen Jing hugged the little emperor in his arms, covered his eyes tightly with his hands, looked at the corpse lying on the ground in front of him, shook his head and sighed.

The Queen Mother next to her, whose heart was higher than the sky, was so frightened that her hands and feet were cold, and she fell on the chair, trembling, and she didn't dare to think crookedly.

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On this night, several court officials were dragged out of their homes by the Praetorian Guards under Chen Jing, and after being tortured and confessed on the spot, they were directly beheaded in their own courtyards.

However, the people who happened to pass by outside the door just lowered their heads, covered their faces, and walked away quickly, and the blood that flowed out of the door and even stained their feet, as well as the screams and screams before death, they all turned a blind eye, listened to them, and just walked away quickly.

Chen Jing, who came out of the palace, looked at the fireworks in the distance and listened to the noise in the market, and suddenly couldn't help but shed tears.

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In the valley of the Qilian Mountains.

The grandparents and grandchildren also spent another New Year here, but it was different from the past, because their granddaughter had been lying in the window, looking at the night sky with fireworks over there, thinking about something.

The old man didn't pay attention to her, but stayed in the hut, silently packed his luggage, and thought about the New Year, so he hurried out of here.

He has experienced a lot of things in his life, and he knows that the human heart is the most sinister, although he has not received much information, but it is enough for him to make up his mind to escape from this vortex with his granddaughter.

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Individuals have their own personal sorrows and joys, in short, the New Year in the Southland, just like that.