Chapter Eighty-Seven: Qingming
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The time in front is a little wrong, Ah Cao confused the solar calendar with the lunar calendar, around the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the word late spring was written in front, which has been corrected, I hope you don't laugh at Ah Cao. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels
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Time flies, the weather is getting warmer, the earth is rejuvenating, and this time has come to the day before Qingming.
"One waits for Tong Shihua, two waits for voles to become quails, and three waits for rainbows to see."
"On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, the bucket finger B, then the Qingming wind arrives."
"At this time, all things are clean and clear, so it is called clear."
This is already the boundary of Gongyi County, a group of twenty-four people walk on the official road, there are men and women among these people, except for a few people who look like the leader, the rest of the people are sturdy, men with knives on their waists, but at this time, there is nothing unusual without this group of people, look at their expressions, this is a group of extraordinary young ladies with guards to go out in the wild.
However, not far behind them, there were two or three camel carts, more than a dozen scattered people, etc., these people carried a lot of things in large bags and small bags, and most of them were from the bankers, but the cars were all merchants. They followed the team in front of them without leaving it, neither disturbing nor leaving, and this team looked a little strange.
In fact, it is also simple, Gongyi County is now famous in the west of Daqin, here wave after wave of banditry, batches of heads and robbers captured alive were first sent to the county, and then sent to the regimental training envoy Yamen through the guò post station, how many pairs of eyes do you have to see along the way? If you can't think of a famous one, you can't make it.
As for Zhaojia Village. Now the scale is getting bigger and bigger, because it is no longer like a village, and it is built by the people of the Zhao family, so word of mouth has become Zhaojiazhuang in Gongyi County, and now the name of Zhaojiazhuang in Gongyi County is naturally known to everyone, and with the spread of fame. Every New Year's Festival, the people in the vicinity, whether they are wealthy families, ordinary people, government officials, merchants, and even people from dozens of miles away will gather here. There are many reasons for the lively holding of a temple fair, and each time it is more and more grand, there are naturally many reasons, reputation is on the one hand, the most important thing is that there are 500 forbidden troops stationed here, these forbidden soldiers eat well, dress well, and are generous with hands and feet. Don't bully people, the people who come here taste the sweetness for the first time, then there is a second time, and when they come to the place, they will also instigate their close people to come, naturally there are more people than once, and another one, here is the green mountain. Before winding around the green water. Rows of wooden houses are scattered. Hidden among the trees that grow taller and taller every year, you can see it at a glance. It's really a unique view.
This group of people following behind is naturally the people who go to Zhaojia Village to catch the temple fair, Qingming is coming, the spring breeze is warm, it is a good time to hold a temple fair, add something to the family, or sell some things, exchange some money to support, if it is after the Qingming Festival, the rain is a little, then it will be the time of spring ploughing, do not take this opportunity to come out and walk around, where is there a chance after that?
As for following behind the people, it wasn't a bandit some time ago, everyone was thinking about it, everyone heard what people said, thousands of people came to Zhaojia Village, that is, today's Zhaojiazhuang to avenge the thieves who died here a few years ago, and the fight started in the middle of the night, it is said that the sound of the fight can even be heard by people a few miles away, do you say that these thieves are not looking for death? Everyone has seen the land of the five hundred forbidden troops, all of them are tall and big, and they can run the valley on their arms, not to mention one top ten, look like that, three or five men always give the land for nothing, only more than 1,000 people, dare to come to the realm of Zhaojiazhuang to seek revenge? I didn't hear what had already spread in the county, "I'd rather meet Yama, don't touch a tiger, I'd rather break through the ghost pass, and don't go to Zhaozhuang." Who is the land, isn't that the tiger in Zhaojia Village?
Sure enough, before dawn, the group of bandits who did not know whether they were alive or dead were killed cleanly, and it is said that there were those who had the courage to go to the place where they were killed, but they did not see the corpses, but they said that the blood flowed, and the whole miles were dyed red, and when you looked at it from a distance, it was like going to the eighteenth layer of hell.
In the eyes of these ordinary people, the five hundred forbidden army is really not much different from the heavenly soldiers and generals, this place in the northwest is originally a fierce people, I heard that Gongyi County has such a hero, not only the young people in the county, but also the men in the neighboring counties who are in the right years are also active, and there are not a few people who come to vote, but people let what you say is crazy, just don't accept it, obviously those stunned boys who have not seen blood are not in the eyes of others at all.
But then again, although the 500 forbidden army is powerful like a god descending to earth, but these ordinary people are not invulnerable, and they should be careful
lost their lives in vain, so behind this group of people was such a team of different people, and there was more and more posture to gather.
The team in front was very vigilant at first, and they also sent people to ask about it, but after knowing the intentions of these people, they ignored it.
These people are headed by a young man in his twenties, who always has a domineering arrogance at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, wearing a navy blue cardigan beard and a pair of golden moire bearded boots on his feet.
At this time, there was an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, and he was listening to what the thirty-year-old scribe next to him said, and after saying the first few words, the scribe was also interested, looked around and listened attentively to the guards, and said with a smile: "Today was originally the ancient Cold Food Festival,—— cold food is forbidden fire." Only eat cold or pre-cooked foods. Legend has it that this custom originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, when someone in the Jin Kingdom wanted to kill the eldest prince Chong'er, and the loyal minister Jiezhi pushed to escort Chong'er to flee, and when he was hungry and cold, he cut off his own meat and gave Chong'er to eat, hoping that he would return to China safely in the future, become the monarch, and be diligent in government and love the people.
More than ten years later, Chong'er finally returned to China and became the king. That is, Jin Wengong, one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period, and rewarded the people who had assisted him during his exile one by one, but he only forgot to introduce the push, and he was reminded by others before he hurriedly sent someone to ask the introduction to come to receive the reward.
However, Jie Zhitui did not want to be an official, and went to the mountains with his mother to live in seclusion. Duke Wen of Jin and his courtiers could not be found in the mountains. Someone mentioned that yì set fire to the mountain, and Jie Zhitui is a filial son, and he will definitely save his mother. However, the fire burned for three days and three nights, and there was still no push. After the fire was extinguished, people found Jiezhitui carrying his mother's body on his back under a willow tree. Duke Wen of Jin was very sad and remorseful, and buried the two under the willow tree. The day when Duke Wen of Jin will set fire to the mountain. It is designated as the Cold Food Festival, which stipulates that the people are forbidden to use fire and eat cold food for one day to commemorate the loyalty of Jiezhitui.
In the second year, Jin Wengong and his ministers dressed in plain clothes climbed the mountain to pay tribute to Jiezhitui, and they found that the old willow tree that buried Jiezhitui died and came back to life, and Jin Wengong stepped forward to break the willow branches, and put them on his head in a circle. And hang the willow outside the door as a commemoration.
Later, people mixed the two festivals of cold food and Qingming Festival, so the Qingming Festival after the Tang Dynasty was also the cold food festival, and there was also the custom of ringing the head with willow branches or hanging outside the door.
However, now the wind of the circle head was banned after the Huangchao Rebellion, and the wind of planting willows has prevailed......
was talking happily, but he heard someone next to him snort and glare. When it fell on the man. But the scribe's face was red. The eyes that were originally a little annoyed were also scattered, and then he lowered his head even more. When everyone looked at him, they all laughed secretly in their hearts, and they saw a lot of such situations along the way, but every time everyone still couldn't help laughing.
The man who laughed out loud was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was also dressed as a scribe, and he was a little short, and his round collar was open to the moon-white robe, and his body looked empty, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
Needless to say, this person knew at a glance that it was a girl dressed as a man, and thousands of green silks on the ground on his head were gathered under the crown and hat, revealing a snow-white slender neck, and sat on a white pony without a single miscellaneous hair.
At this time, she had a smile on her face, and her crisp voice came to everyone's ears with the spring breeze, "Brother Ziping said that it is not bad, but the exact time and date of the cold food festival set by Duke Wen of Jin are no longer included, but now the day is set in the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Xuanzong set the day of worshipping and sweeping the tomb as the cold food festival." The correct day of the Cold Food Festival is one hundred and five days after the winter solstice, about around the time of Qingming, so Qingming and cold food are combined into one.
Worship ancestors in front of the tomb and sweep the tomb, this custom can be traced back to a thousand years ago, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a tomb custom, "Mencius-Qi people chapter" also mentioned a shameful Qi people, often go to the tomb of Dongguo with begging for food sacrifice of the tomb, it can be seen that the atmosphere of sweeping the tomb during the Warring States period has been very popular, to the time of Xuanzong, the edict of the cold food to sweep the tomb is one of the "five rites" at that time, so every Qingming Festival comes, "the field road, the scholars and girls are full, and the soap servants and beggars all have the tomb of their parents." ”
And in the spring when there is still some cold, it is necessary to ban fire and eat cold food, afraid that the old and weak women and children will not be able to endure the cold, so as to prevent cold food and cold food from hurting the body, so they set up to go out, go on a swing, play polo, insert willows, tug-of-war, cockfighting and other frolicking skills, strengthen the body, in order to prevent diseases, worship ancestors and sweep the tomb, or a good time to play.
During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village.
Immediately meet the cold food, and it is late spring on the way. Poor Jiang Puwang, I don't see the people of Luoqiao. The North Pole is the lord of Huaiming, and the south is a vassal. The intestines of the old garden are broken, and the wicker is new day and night. ”
The voice was a little low, and the meaning of the sad spring in the poem was expressed through her tactful voice, which made everyone's hearts can't help but be blocked, but Xu didn't want to sweep away the interest of others, she immediately laughed again, and her voice was brisk, and then said: "The tomb sweeping of the Qingming Festival is a custom related to funeral customs. It is reported that in ancient times, "the tomb was not."
That is to say, only the grave pit is built, and the grave mound is not built, so the sacrificial sweep is not seen in the book and the grave, and the custom of sacrificial sweep has sustenance. By the time of the Qin and Han dynasties, it had become a trend.
Hanshu. Yan Yannian's Biography". Even if the Yan family is thousands of miles away from Beijing, they will "return to the East China Sea to sweep the cemetery" in Qingming. In this way, later generations included it in the five rites: "The family of Shishu should be allowed to go to the tomb and be included in the five rites, which will always be the norm." "Affirmed by the government, the wind of tomb sacrifice is naturally prosperous......
Yang ......: It's better to sigh than ......
The corners of the girl's mouth curled up as a man, and a reserved smile appeared on her face, but there was inevitably a smug look in her eyes. However, when he saw that the scribe was blushing again and bowing his head thickly, his delicate eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle, and it was obvious that he had not very good memories.
Ignoring this scribe who had so much talent to learn, but as his grandfather said, his heart was not calm enough to succeed, and turned his head to look at the young man who was in the lead. "Seventh brother, Qingming sweeps the tomb to worship the ancestors, you leave Beijing at this time, although you are the emperor...... But aren't you afraid of what others say? ”
This group of people is none other than Li Xuanjin, the king of Jing, who left Beijing to congratulate his grandfather on his birthday, as for this girl. It was when the granddaughter of Yang Gan, the chief of the court, heard Li Xuanjin accidentally say that she was going to leave Beijing for a period of time, this famous female genius of Beijing began to ask endlessly, in the end she asked the matter completely, this is nothing, the most headache is that this daughter lady actually wanted to take this opportunity to go to Beijing for a trip, accompanied by a beautiful woman during the journey, Li Xuanjin naturally couldn't ask for it. In addition, there is no errand in Beijing this time, and it is almost the same as traveling, but taking into account Yang Gandi's thoughts, he didn't agree at that time, but he didn't say anything, just said that as long as Yang Xiang agreed, he had nothing to say.
A few days passed. It's time to clean up and stop. Maybe it's because the cardinal is really pestered by his stubborn granddaughter and has no choice. finally let go, so there was such a talented girl dressed as a man in the team.
I saw Yang Qian'er looking over. Li Xuanjin narrowed his eyes, deeply hid all the admiration, and said with a calm smile: "Naturally, there will be irresponsible remarks about such things, but it is worth it to be able to go out of Beijing to breathe......
At this point, he had to stop, and the ruts were rolling behind him, and the crowd that had been following them quickly passed them and walked forward.
From time to time, some people nodded and smiled at them, obviously thanking them for intimidating the group along the way, so that the bandits did not dare to haunt.
Li Xuanjin was surprised in his heart, these people were so scared before, how could they not be afraid when they came here? Looking at the flow of people helping the old and the young, and was about to send someone to ask for an understanding, at this time, an old man with a white beard stopped, got out of the carriage, and a group of children and grandchildren were mixed around.
This old man obviously has read a book, and his etiquette is very thoughtful, and after a salute, he raised his voice and said, "Childe is going to Zhaojiazhuang?" ”
Li Xuanjin hurriedly got off the horse and saluted, and then smiled and said softly: "That's right, we are going to Zhaojiazhuang to have a look, what does the old man have to say?" ”
The old man's voice was hearty, "I think the son is extraordinary, these ...... These entourages are extremely majestic, so I have to remind my son, don't blame me for being troublesome. ”
"The elder is training, and the younger child naturally wants to listen, how dare he say anything to blame, the old man is in charge of himself."
"Since Gongzi and his entourage are going to Zhaojiazhuang, they should have heard the rules of Zhaojiazhuang, and it is better not to bring knives and guns, if they are mistaken for bandits, how can they get it? The so-called son of a daughter, sitting in the hall, to the front, is the boundary of Zhaojiazhuang, where the peace is tight, and there is no need for these knives and guns to defend themselves, as long as they are handed over to those soldiers who are guarding the roadside, they will return when they leave, I am only afraid that the son is young and vigorous, and he can't bear to be angry, so he will say a few more words, don't think I'm verbose. ”
Before Li Xuanjin could speak, Yang Qian'er next to her couldn't stand it, and a bully immediately appeared in her brain, rampaging in the township, bullying the good, and being caught by the prince of the micro-service trip, and then the bully was ambushed, and the people were wronged.
"We have the official guide in our hands, so ...... Is it? ”
The old man didn't speak, but a young man beside him sneered, and said angrily: "Official lead? Which of those thieves doesn't have an official guide in his hands? I heard that a year ago, there were three thieves who pretended to be officials of the Criminal Department, if it weren't for the wisdom of the magistrate, those thieves might not be able to make trouble......
The old man glared at the young man with a tiger face, and then hugged his fists at everyone, "I just reminded Gongzi, I don't think Gongzi is a bad person, as long as you say good words to those soldiers, it's nothing, say goodbye." ”
After saying this, he got into the car with the support of his children and grandchildren, blended into the flow of people, and disappeared after a while.
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