Chinese New Year's Eve, the royal mansion is full of lights, very lively, everyone wears new clothes, meet each other to greet each other, the aroma of the east kitchen spreads, people can't help but swallow saliva when they smell, spring stickers are glued on the doors everywhere, and on both sides of the door outside, it is the big red spring couplet written by Zhao Ta himself.

Since the morning, the sound of firecrackers in Tokyo City has been constant, and the broken jade building is naturally calling Jian Suyi to come for the New Year, Qi Hongyu also came over, and the two of them handled the internal affairs of the palace, and they were busy for most of the day.

In the afternoon, a banquet was held, no matter what the status of the house was, it had to be served, although the number of people here in Zhao Ta was far inferior to that of other princes and ministers, but there were also one or two hundred people.

More than a dozen tables of banquets are lined up from the inside of the middle hall to the outside, and everyone has a place for them, regardless of the stewards and guards, maids and servants, and miscellaneous cooks.

Zhang Xian and Lei San took people to set off firecrackers outside, and Jin'er followed to watch, and only came back to sit down after a "clanging noise".

Before the banquet, Zhao Ta began to distribute New Year's rewards, everyone had a share, everyone thanked them, and then ordered the New Year's banquet to begin.

Zhao Ta sat at the head of the main table, as well as Zhen Niang, Zhang Xian, Zhang Jiaotou, Qi Hongyu, Jian Suyi, Su Shi, and Lei San all sat at this table.

Qi Hongyu and the others originally refused, and they were subordinates, how could they mess up the rules, Zhao Ta just ordered, and a few people didn't dare to disobey.

A banquet was eaten until night, and when the lights of thousands of homes were lit up outside, and the sound of firecrackers started again, Fang Zi slowly dispersed.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ta entered the palace with a cart and a small cart to pay New Year's greetings, and Su Shi and Yulongzhi's guards followed.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw Zhang Di waiting here, Emperor Daojun was a lively person, and knew that many people would come to the palace today, so he asked Zhang Di to bring dozens of eunuchs to welcome and send them here.

Seeing Zhao Ta, Zhang Di hurriedly came over to salute the New Year, and Zhao Ta smiled: "Zhang Taban is very busy today. ”

Zhang Di couldn't help but hide his face and shouted, "Lord, ashamed", it turned out to be the matter of the Ghost Fan Building, the tunnel was dug through, and the Daojun Emperor got his wish to go out of the palace to secretly meet Master Li, so he promoted Zhang Di to an official position, and became the capital of the Inner Servant Province, and still served as the envoy of Yanfu Palace.

The capital of the province of the inner servant is equivalent to the capital of the government department, and the power is very great, and in this position, there is probably no problem in the future to be the supervisor of the inner servant.

went to Emperor Daojun to pay New Year's greetings first, but a large group of officials were there, Zhao Ta left in a hurry, and went to Zheng Niangniang's place, which turned out to be even more headache.

The concubines in the palace, with their sons and daughters here to pay New Year's greetings, are actually more than the Daojun Emperor's side, so they put down their things and wait to leave, at this time Wang Guifei smiled and said: "The second brother and concubine have not been selected yet?" Why don't you introduce me? ”

Wang Guifei is Zhao Kai's mother, one of the two female officials who gave the Queen Mother to King Duan, one is now Zhao Tan's mother Zheng Niangniang, and the other is Wang Guifei, the head of the four concubines.

When Zhao Ta heard this, he dared to answer, and he laughed and told him that he was guilty and walked out, and then Zhao Fujin said: "Second brother, I'll send you." ”

Out of Renming Palace, Zhao Ta saw that Zhao Fujin had combed two double buns, each tied a red ribbon, and was dressed in red, with picturesque eyebrows, very festive, and couldn't help laughing: "Fujin is one year older during the New Year, and she will become a big girl." ”

Zhao Fujin said: "Second brother is joking. ”

Zhao Ta said: "What's the joke about this, by the way, the sugar cake candied fruit I brought has its name written on it, and I will hurry up and take your share away in a while, otherwise Zhao Hu'er will see it and snatch it again." ”

Zhao Fujin nodded, took out a red purse from his body, held it in his hand and said, "Second brother, this is for you." ”

Zhao Ta looked exquisite, and couldn't help laughing: "Is it a New Year's gift for the second brother?" Bought from outside? ”

Zhao Fujin said: "The sisters do it at home together, the eldest sister does the best, but I am poor." ”

The eldest sister is the eldest daughter of the emperor, Zhao Yupan, the same sister of Zhao Ta, and now married.

Zhao Ta put the purse in his arms and said, "Second brother accepted it, it's cold outside, hurry back." ”

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the people from the Broken Jade Building came to pay New Year's greetings, and Zhao Ta opened a banquet.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, officials at all levels under the Guards Division, including senior officers in the army, came to pay New Year's greetings, but the number was too much.

In this way, it was not until the seventh day of the first lunar month that the house gradually stopped, but when it came to the Shangyuan Festival, it became lively again.

Tokyo Castle is home to a lantern festival, and it is divided into three places.

The state bridge is counted as one, the Mahang Street is counted as one, and the Suzaku Gate in the south of the inner city is counted as one.

Among them, Suzaku Street is the largest, because it connects the inner and outer city, and you don't have to go inside when you come from the outer city, you can just enjoy the lanterns here, and there are more stalls in the state bridge and wrapping shops, which are not as spacious as here, so people in the inner city are more willing to come here.

The lantern festival began on the evening of the 13th, and all parts of Tokyo were even more lively than the Chinese New Year's Eve, not only were there colorful lights hanging along several rivers such as the Bianhe River, but even some large trees on the roadside were hung with lanterns, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.

On the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, outside the Suzaku Gate, Yuelai Inn.

Yuelai Inn is the largest inn in the outer city of Tokyo, not only with bungalows, but also with a two-story long building, and several independent courtyards at the back, which are designed for merchants from other places to rest.

Because of the Chinese New Year, most of the businessmen have returned to other places, so there are not many people living in the inn at present, and there are only about a dozen people in Tongpu and Changlou.

As for the small courtyards, only one of them was inhabited.

In this small courtyard, near the verandah, there are two large carts of goods, which are covered by a carport, and from the corners of the goods exposed in the bag, it seems to be some wood carvings and the like.

There are seven or eight rooms in the small courtyard, some are in one of the rooms, and several people are sitting and discussing things.

The leader was a middle-aged man in a fuchsia robe, with thick eyebrows, slightly bulging temples, shining eyes, and a beard under his chin.

There were seven or eight people sitting in front of him, all of them very athletic, with strong arms, not like ordinary people.

Among them, there is a woman, who was born tall, with big eyes and a big mouth, slightly white skin, not good-looking, but not ugly when you look closely, who is not Fang Baihua.

I saw one of them clasping his fists at the middle-aged man in a purple robe and said: "Holy Father, this is a big matter, if you really make trouble with this lantern festival and set fire to Tokyo, how can you escape from the city?" ”

The middle-aged man in the purple robe said: "It's okay, there will be Tian Hu's people answering the lantern tonight, they have a place to hide, and then go out of the city to Hebei Heimu Cliff in a few days, and then you can see Tian Hu." ”

Another person said: "Holy Father, Tian Hu is just a hunter, and he is not a member of my Ming Sect, we are acting on our own, why should we go to see him?" ”

Fang Baihua's eyes flashed slightly at this moment and said, "Brother, I think it's okay if the lantern festival is in trouble, but why bother burning Tokyo?" ”

Fang La looked at her and frowned: "Baihua, since you returned from the last fight, you have a little different thoughts about this Zhao Song court, isn't it that you were bewitched by traitors when you were fighting?" ”

Fang Baihua hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The light is in the sky, the darkness is on the earth, for the good to eliminate the evil, but the light, joy and sorrow, all return to dust." ”

(End of chapter)