The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist.

As soon as it entered July, the frame of the Great Song Dynasty official family set off from Lin'an, which was mighty and stretched for more than ten miles.

The official family wants to go north to worship their ancestors, which is naturally the top priority of the government and the opposition, and the princes, ministers, entourage, plus the forbidden army of Hu Cong, there are more than 10,000 people, Guo Mo and Nan Xiren, the "Nanshan Qiaozi", are impressively listed.

Nan Xiren's wedding, with the blessing of a group of relatives and friends, was held as scheduled.

And the unexpected episode before the wedding, except for the person concerned, only Guo Mo knows.

Murong Qiudi's hurried steps didn't even show a trace of panic.

Perhaps, many years later and many years ago, each other is completely from two worlds.

Nan Xiren has been standing there for a long time, and the things that he originally came to discuss with Guo Mo are now in his heart.

After a few casual perfunctory words, Nancy Ren made a rare proposal to his apprentice.

"I want to drink—"

In the surprised eyes of several other people in the "Seven Monsters of Jiangnan", Guo Mo took the four masters and found a secluded side hall.

The dish is a delicate side dish, and the wine is the dusty "hero drunk".

The two of you drank cup by cup, no one spoke, and no one moved.

"Mo'er, do you remember the story I told you more than 20 years ago when I was in Luoyang?"

After a few glasses, Nan Xiren was finally willing to put down the cup in his hand.

"Fourth Master, have you seen that 'Xixia Muqiu'?"

It was rare that the fourth master confided in Guo Mo once last time, of course Guo Mo remembered it in his heart, but he thought about it for a long time in his mind, but he couldn't find a woman like "Mu Qiu".

Nan Xiren heard the words "Xixia Muqiu", and unconsciously poured himself another cup.

"Yes, when I entered the East Palace just now, I happened to meet a woman walking out, the same light veil mask, after so many years, it seems that she has never changed."

Guo Mo's eyes widened and he looked at Nan Xiren incredulously.

It turned out that "Muqiu" turned out to be Murong Qiudi?

Guo Mo was a little remorseful, he should have thought that he was from Western Xia, a woman of such an age, and such a high skill, who else could he be besides Murong Qiudi?

"Muqiu" just simplified Murong Qiudi.

"Fourth master, do you know who this 'Mu Qiu' is?"

Guo Mo asked cautiously, even a little afraid of stimulating Nan Xiren in front of him.

Seeing Nan Xiren's slightly confused eyes, Guo Mo knew that he was still in the dark.

Guo Mo personally poured a glass of wine for the fourth master, and filled it himself, so he told Murong Qiudi's name, identity, and origin one by one, and even mentioned her age.

"I see, haha, she turned out to be a member of the Murong family and the concubine of the Supreme Emperor of Western Xia."

Nan Xiren smiled a little miserably, and Guo Mo could see the struggle and helplessness in his heart.

"Fourth master, let it pass in the past, the mountains and rivers are empty, it is better to take pity on the people in front of you. From now on, Murong Qiudi is her Murong Qiudi, and Muqiu will always be the Muqiu in your memory. ”

Guo Mo slowly picked up his wine glass and looked solemnly into Nan Xiren's eyes.

"Haha, that's a good point, I didn't expect that I, who is a master, still need my own apprentice to explain, and punish myself with three cups......"

Three glasses and three glasses, maybe wine can't relieve sorrow, but it can really make people forget the unhappiness in their hearts for a while.

This is just a small episode in the complicated and peaceful life, it is really over when it is over, Nan Xiren did not mention it again, and Guo Mo naturally did not say more.

Everything went according to the established plan, and on June 18, at Nancyren's mansion, a grand wedding was held.

Because of the participation of His Royal Highness Guo Mo, the crown prince, all the officials and generals in Lin'an City either came to congratulate him in person, or at least sent people to send congratulatory gifts.

Even the official Zhao Kuo sent a valuable gift, and personally wrote four big characters - the good couple is natural, and the watch is sent over.

After getting married, Jin Yufeng naturally moved away from Peach Blossom Island, and Guo Mo, for the sake of the happiness of the four masters, could be regarded as a fake public servant, and arranged a position for Jin Yufeng in the "Imperial City Division".

He knew that his fourth master couldn't do such a thing, and he had the experience of "Black Wind and Double Evil", and Guo Mo was also happy to be a good person again.

The day of going north to worship ancestors was set on August 16, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The reason why the official Zhao Kuo set off so early was to see the new territory of the Great Song Dynasty along the way.

In the Central Plains, there are too many stories and feelings, and Zhao Kuo can only understand them from the folds or books before.

Now I can go and see it in person, how comfortable and proud is that?

A team of more than 10,000 people can only walk dozens of miles every day.

Zhao Kuo, who is sixty years old this year, is still in good spirits, and most of the time, he is not happy to stay on the emperor's throne, but rides a free horse, and gathers together with a group of generals.

Go north to worship ancestors, the real place to worship ancestors is not in Bianliang, but in Henan Province, and the specific location is Yongan County, which is under Henan Province.

This Yongan County can be regarded as a functional county, and it has only been more than 200 years now.

In the fourth year of Jingde in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yong'an County was set up in the west of Gong County, the east of Yanshi, and the north of Dengfeng to protect the Song Tomb, which originally belonged to Henan Prefecture, and was upgraded to Yong'an Army in the third year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty.

There are more than 300 mausoleums in the Song Tombs, covering the remaining seven emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty except for the two emperors of Huiqin, plus the mausoleum of Zhao Kuangyin's father Zhao Hongyin, collectively known as the "Seven Emperors and Eight Tombs".

There are more than 300 tombs of queens, royal family relatives, and famous generals and ministers around the eight imperial tombs, such as the mausoleums of ministers such as Kou Zhun and Bao Zheng.

Unfortunately, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Yu, the "Great Qi" emperor supported by the Dajin Kingdom in the Central Plains, carried out large-scale theft and excavation of the Song Tombs.

After the Dajin Kingdom occupied the Central Plains, the Song Tomb buildings were completely destroyed, and the treasures were stolen and excavated.

After Guo Mo recovered Henan Mansion, he organized people to rebuild the Song Tomb, and Zhao Rushu, a descendant of the royal family, was naturally the sole responsible person for this matter.

After several years of continuous repair, the eight imperial tombs have all been restored to their original appearance, and some of the later tombs and the tombs of well-known ministers have also been repaired.

The Yong'an Mausoleum of Xuanzu Zhao Hongyin, the Yongchang Mausoleum of Zhao Kuangyin of Song Taizu, the Yongxi Mausoleum of Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong, nine concubine tombs are buried, and one hundred and forty-one people are buried in the tombs of descendants.

Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng's Yongding Mausoleum, only three queens are buried, and the tombs of the ministers are: Gao Huaide, Cai Qi, Kou Zhun, Bao Zheng, this place is called "Wollongong".

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's Yongzhao Mausoleum, Song Yingzong Zhao Shu's Yonghou Mausoleum, only two queens and five princess tombs, the tombs of the accompanying ministers are: Zhao Pu, Yang Yanzhao, Di Qing and so on.

The Yongyu Mausoleum of Zhao Xuan of Song Shenzong and the Yongtai Mausoleum of Zhao Xu of Song Zhezong are buried with eight queens' tombs and four princess tombs.

When the last time Bianliang was captured, some treasures of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family were also found in the palace of the Jin Kingdom, which were also brought back to Henan Mansion by Guo Mo.

Yongchang Mausoleum as the second mausoleum of the Song Mausoleum, in fact, it is the first mausoleum of the Song Mausoleum, which is buried in the Song Dynasty's founding emperor Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and it is also the most sound and large-scale mausoleum in these eight imperial mausoleums.

Yongchang Mausoleum Mausoleum Bottom Side Length is more than 16 zhang, about 5 zhang high, the cemetery is basically square, there are 80 zhang long in the east and west, north and south, and the center of the four sides opens a door respectively.

The door site is about six zhang wide, a pair of stone lions are placed outside the door, the distance between the south gate of the cemetery and the milk platform is less than 50 zhang, and the distance between the milk platform and the magpie platform is slightly longer.

The distance between the east and west of the two milk platforms is 16 zhang, and the distance between the east and west of the two magpie platforms is 18 zhang.

Between the south gate of the cemetery and the milk platform is the Shinto, the distance between the east and west of the Shinto is fifteen zhang, the symmetrical arrangement of various stone elephants, from the south to the north is the Huabiao, the stone elephant and the mahout, the bird, the horn end of each pair.

Stone horses and horse control officials, stone tigers, two pairs of stone sheep, three pairs of "vassal envoys", four pairs of civil and military ministers, there are stone lions outside the four gates of the cemetery, there are warriors in the north of the stone lion at the south gate, and there are palace people in front of the mausoleum at the south gate.

On August 14, Zhao Kuo and his entourage arrived in Yong'an County, where the prince and the prince, Zhao Rushu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Du Gao, the pacification envoy of Henan Province, who was also the prefect of Henan, and the "Yue Family Army" were all under the command of Yue Ao, who had been waiting here.

Zhao Kuo and the civil and military officials rested for one night first, and then spent the Mid-Autumn Festival night together.

The Song Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty, and the festival was also colorful, and moon viewing was the most important festival activity of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, your family decorates the pavilion, and the people compete to occupy the restaurant to play the moon, and the silk fence is boiling. Residents near the inner courtyard, hearing the sound of sheng in the middle of the night, as if outside the clouds. Children in Luli frolic all night. The night market is Khotan, as for the know. “

When the Song people admired the moon, they often held moon worship activities.

The so-called moon worship is to burn incense in the courtyard to worship the moon god and express one's wishes in order to be blessed.

For example, if the middle family is in the family, the man asks for "early steps to the Toad Palace, high climbing Xiangui", so the poet at that time had the sentence "When the people are not surprised to ascend the branch early, just for Chang'e to love the youth".

And the woman is willing to "look like Chang'e, face like the moon".

In addition to worshiping the moon, drinking alcohol is also a big hobby of the world.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rich drank wine and sang, and the poor also bought wine with clothes, "reluctantly welcoming the joy and refusing to waste it".

This year, Guo Mo's brewery opened branches in Chang'an and Bianliang, still controlling the supply of "hero drunk" and always taking the high-end route.

However, "Song Bai" has opened up the supply, even ordinary people can buy a jar during the New Year's holidays.

Admiring the moon and drinking, it is inevitable to write poems next.

It's a pity that the Mid-Autumn Festival words came out from Su Dongpo's "Water Tune Song Head", and the rest of the words were wasted.

When the wine is drunk, the bright moon is in the sky, the autumn breeze is coming, and the official Zhao Kuo also ordered everyone to compose poems to congratulate, and their own ministers greeted and presented poems.

Not to mention that Zhao Kuo felt ordinary, even Guo Mo next to him felt bored when he heard it.

This time he went north, Guo Mo didn't bring too many people, the team was already large enough, and if he brought too many people, he was obviously asking for trouble.

And the two apprentices, Wu Nantian and Haji, are always by his side, Guo Mo is convenient to guide the two of them in martial arts at any time, and if something happens, there is an errand runner.

Of the two hundred "brocade clothes", Guo Mo only brought half of them, led by the "ruthless iron palm" Lu Pingsheng, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had to have some prestige.

Others were admiring the moon, drinking, and writing poems, but Guo Mo was just drinking, and it was his two apprentices who accompanied him.

Originally, there was no place for these two boys, and everyone drank to the end, and no one paid attention to this etiquette, so these two also sat on the master's table.

Wu Nantian was better, knowing his identity and the rules of this occasion, Haji was a little worse, and after more than a dozen cups of "hero drunkenness", this kid's big voice rang out.

Everyone saw that it was His Royal Highness the Prince's servant, and some people even knew that Haji was Guo Mo's apprentice, so naturally no one came to stop him.

"Master, what kind of poems do they make? It's too unlevel, isn't it, why don't you show them a hand? ”

Wu Nantian looked left and right, and saw that no one noticed them here, so he whispered to Guo Mo.

"Can't stop your mouth if you eat or drink?"

Guo Mo glared at Wu Nantian fiercely, he didn't want to be in the limelight.

For one thing, he didn't know how to compose poems at all, and the two articles that were circulated before were still plagiarized.

Second, even if he can compose poems, he can't overwhelm the audience, or if it is a hand-me-down, he is embarrassed to stand up and write.

"What? Does the master have good poetry? Then write it quickly, the master's writing must be a hundred times better than all of them, no, a thousand times—"

Okay, Wu Nantian was glared back by Guo Mo's eyes, but Haji, who was half-drunk, heard Wu Nantian's words by surprise.

As for his big broken voice, he usually speaks with an urn and an urn, but now that he drinks wine, his voice has become louder invisibly.

"Oh, the prince has a good sentence?"

Guo Mo's seat was not far from the official Zhao Kuo, even if there were a few courtiers who came forward to offer poems in the middle, they couldn't block Haji's voice.

"Father, don't listen to this muddy boy's nonsense, how can your sons and daughters have any good works."

Guo Mo saw that it was going to be bad, and hurriedly stood up and denied it.

"Your Highness, don't be modest, let's not talk about the two poems that you were widely circulated in the early years, even if they are the poems in the 'Romance of the Gods', aren't they all written by you?"

"You can't shirk this, the old minister has witnessed it with his own eyes, without the slightest falsehood."

As the saying goes, it is difficult to prevent thieves.

When I wrote the "Romance of the Gods", it was completely to please Xiao Xiang'er, but later I saw that everyone liked it, and I was idle at that time, so I simply "wrote" the whole book.

It's good now, I originally wanted to shirk it, but I was first betrayed by my apprentice, and now I was betrayed by the prince and the prince in my own house, are we such a failure?

"Haha, prince, with the real-name recommendation of Mrs. Zhao, I'm afraid you can't shirk it. Don't talk nonsense, I personally give you the lamp, and if you can write good poems, it can be regarded as a good story. ”

Saying that, Zhao Kuo really stood up and picked up the wine jug on his eucalyptus, this is to step forward and pour wine for Guo Mo?

"Hehe, since the officials have poured the wine themselves, then the old man will study ink for His Royal Highness the Prince——"

As soon as the words fell, another old man came over next to him, who was actually the outgoing Privy Councillor, the former head of the hundred officials, and the current Wei Guo Gong Shi Miyuan.

The day Guo Mo was made the crown prince, it was when Shi Miyuan fell, in order to stabilize the overall situation, Zhao Kuo still gave Shi Miyuan enough dignity and rewarded him with a Duke of Weiguo.

However, except for the false name of this prince, all other positions were erased.

Shi Miyuan fell, but the officials didn't trouble him, and they couldn't stand the small officials and officials who were in charge of specific affairs secretly making stumbling blocks.

The county magistrate might as well take care of it now, find you a stubble today, saying that you have violated the rules, and tomorrow find you a stubble, saying that you have exceeded the system.

For more than a year, many of the industries under Shi Miyuan's name have been harassed or even merged.

Shi Miyuan was also a person who covered the sky with one hand, and he naturally knew the doorway, but unfortunately, the situation is stronger than people now.

For these unexplained things, he can't make a complaint, even if he does, will someone really come to help him out?

Besides, how much of his property, whether it is a property or a title deed, is clean?

Later, Shi Miyuan simply thought about it, and directly distributed most of his property to several sons, and some even sold them at low prices, leaving only the mansion with the plaque of "Wei Guogong", as well as a manor outside the city and 100 acres of paddy fields.

This time, the official Zhao Kuan went north to worship his ancestors, in addition to leaving the necessary officials on duty, he brought the civil and military ministers above the fifth rank in the court, and Shi Miyuan, the Duke of Weiguo, was naturally also among them.

What Shi Miyuan has done for more than a year, Zhao Kuo, who holds the "Imperial City Division" in his hands, naturally understands it clearly.

Now, Shi Miyuan has exhausted his power, and he can't make any waves.

The Great Song Dynasty completely destroyed the Dajin Kingdom and recovered most of the territory of Dajin, and Zhao Kuan's mind seemed to have become open-minded with the expansion of the Great Song Dynasty's territory, and he was no longer in a safe corner.

Especially after the death of the supreme emperor of Western Xia, Li Zunwei, Zhao Kuo seems to have seen a lot, what intrigues, what wealth and power, in the end, isn't it still empty?

Therefore, after Zhao Kuo saw the list of going north drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, he put Shi Miyuan's name on the front a lot, so he was a first-class Guogong.

However, for a title like the Duke of the Kingdom, the official family says that you are useful to you, and if the official family can't remember you, I'm sorry, you are a complete empty shell.

The official Zhao Kuan poured wine, the Duke of Weiguo Shi Miyuan studied ink, and the prince and the prince Zhao Rushu rushed to lay out rice paper for Guo Mo and handed over the wolf's hair.

Guo Mo was dumbfounded.

What does this mean?

Have you been beaten by a group of three old men?

"Haha, prince, you see that all the civil and military officials are looking at you, you, the number one talent in the Great Song Dynasty, won't just admit defeat, right?"

"Your Highness, it's okay to admit defeat, if you see the 'hero drunk' who hasn't opened this altar, you can pour it directly, and the old minister can be regarded as having a step down."

What kind of bullshit "the first genius of the Great Song Dynasty today", isn't that "Xu Zhonglin"?

As soon as the "Romance of the Gods" came out, it immediately caused an uproar, some people were fascinated by the stories inside, some people applauded the poems inside, and some people applauded the characters inside.

Because the author wrote the name of "Xu Zhonglin" in the book at that time, those who had good deeds called "Xu Zhonglin" the first genius of the Great Song Dynasty.

Guo Mo is now forced to forget that he is "Xu Zhonglin".

"Write" poetry, or drink a jar of wine?

Looking at the eager eyes around him, Guo Mo knew that he had no choice, and it seemed that he had to do it again.

However, if you want to write poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to be after the Song Dynasty, and it is really difficult to find out the good ones.

Seeing that Guo Mo had already begun to "conceive", everyone stopped talking and looked forward to it quietly.

Yes, after Guo Mo scraped his bones and searched his intestines, he took the wolf hair handed over by Zhao Rushu with his right hand, took the wine that Zhao Kuo poured with his left hand and drank it all, and dipped it lightly on the inkstone that Shi Miyuan had polished.

"Pipa Immortal: Mid-Autumn Festival-"

"Wow, this is a long and short sentence?"

"Yes, this pipa fairy is not easy to write, a hundred and ten words, but the rhyme is tricky, and the style is elegant......"

"Hehe, dude actually uses 'elegant' to describe it? Admiration and admiration, isn't it the love of men and women? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually uses this word card, isn't it a little ......?"

"Hey, what do you know? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a man of temperament! ”

……

Well, Guo Mo just wrote a word brand name, and the ministers around him who thought they were full of wealth talked about it.

Zhao Kuo turned his head and looked around, glaring at them fiercely.

I finally got my son to agree to write a poem, are you going to come out to stir up the situation?

With Zhao Kuan's devouring eyes, the surroundings fell silent again.

"The blue sea is every year, try to ask who is the ice wheel for? Blowing a piece of autumn fragrance, the clear light is like snow. Looking at it in sorrow, a good day and a good night, I know that it will be sad. Only the shadow is now, that is a heavy pair, the bright moon in the old days.

In the flower path, play hide and seek, once provoked Xiao Xiaojing Wuye. Remember whether to light the small fan, and a few times hot and cold. only fell, filled with all feelings, always vast, not about parting. A purple jade is ruthless, and the night cold blows and cracks. ”

This is a poem of Nalan Xingde, which can be described as the saddest Mid-Autumn Festival.

The bright moon is still the bright moon of the year, but those who go can't be chased, only the word is left to be independent in the middle of the night, and he is secretly sad.

Since you left, even the moon has lost its former brilliance.

"Good words, good words—"

I don't know who shouted, and suddenly, the praise sounded one by one.

Aside from the sad tone of the lyrics, it is also a rare good song.

"Prince, who are you missing in your heart?"

Zhao Kuo is also a person who understands poetry, not to mention Zhao Kuo, even Zhao Kuangyin, who galloped across the horse back then, can write two strokes, not to mention Zhao Kuo, who has been systematically educated.

"Back to my father, my sons miss the strength of my Great Song Dynasty and the heroism of Emperor Taizu, even so, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures still haven't returned to the hands of my Han people."

"Tomorrow is going to worship the ancestors, Erchen felt that there was still something missing, and his heart was empty, so he wrote this poem by ghost."

Well, I've written it anyway, whatever you want to explain it, whether you believe it or not, I believe it myself anyway.

"Yes, worthy of my son. The beauty of the country, the country is the best beauty, but the country is not complete. ”

"However, my son is wise and martial, I believe that soon you will be able to dominate the universe and reproduce the demeanor of the Han people in the Han and Tang dynasties!"

In the end, it is the father and son, it seems that Zhao Kuo also believes it.

The next day, the wind was mild and the sky was cloudless.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military, dressed in costume, under the leadership of the official Zhao Kuo, worshiped to the Yongchang Mausoleum.

The sound of a low horn, the thirty-six soul-chasing drums, the incense candles of the birds soaring into the sky, Zhao Kuo solemnly read out the manuscript of the sacrifice, from Guo Mo downward, all the ministers knelt there religiously.

A sprinkling prose article, Guo Mo listened to it drowsy, but Lao Zhao Kuo read it very well, and finally burst into tears, and raised his arms and shouted.

Guo Mo still can't fully understand the emotions of people in this era, if it is not true feelings, how profound should it be?

"Emperor Taizu is above, and the descendants of the Zhao family in later generations have Zhao Hao, who has flying literary talents, outstanding martial arts, has the world in mind, and swallows mountains and rivers."

"The minister Zhao Kuan is sixty years old, and his energy is not good, and now he is willing to pass the throne to the crown prince Zhao Hao, and may Taizu bless me with the peace of the Great Song Dynasty and the people, and the generations to come——"

What?

Ancestor worship actually evolved into the emperor's succession?

The ministers were stunned......